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By | Jun 26, 2024

Comic book and collectibles show comes to Enfield June 30

ENFIELD — Today, Darcy has amassed a collection of some 15,000 comics — 5,000 of which are his personal treasures and the other 10,000 he brings to shows to sell like at East of the River Comic Book and Collectibles Show on June 30 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.


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Enfield Fourth of July celebration returns with three-day event

By | Jun 26, 2024

Enfield Fourth of July celebration returns with three-day event

ENFIELD — The 2024 Enfield Fourth of July Town Celebration will take place July 5-7 on the Enfield Town Green, 820 Enfield St.


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By | Jun 19, 2024

Enfield Square Mall redevelopment plans ongoing

ENFIELD — The days may be numbered for the once popular Enfield Square Mall, which is a shadow of itself since opening in 1971 with only one major anchor today and few stores in what was once a bustling concourse of national retailers.


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By | Jun 19, 2024

Enfield Public Schools offers learning opportunities this summer

ENFIELD — The Enfield Public Schools have some summer learning opportunities for its students this year. The Enfield High School art department is running a Clay Camp for grades 2-12 between July 15-25. The music department is running two opportunities for summer learning, the Instrumental Music Summer Program for grades 6-9 and the Theater Arts Camp for grades 4- 9 from June 24 through July 18.


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By | Jun 14, 2024

Classic cars wanted for Little Sisters of the Poor annual show

ENFIELD — The Little Sisters of the Poor in Enfield are calling upon all classic car owners to wash and polish up their cherished collectibles for entry in their annual Classic Car Show. The fundraising event, set to take place on June 21 on the front lawn of their St. Joseph’s Residence at 1365 Enfield St., begins at 5 p.m.


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Riverside Reptiles Education Center: vacationing in your own background

By | Jun 14, 2024

Riverside Reptiles Education Center: vacationing in your own background

ENFIELD — The Riverside Reptiles Education Center, or RREC, is a zoo that specializes in reptiles and amphibians. The center displays other unique animals such as invertebrates, including spiders, scorpions, millipedes, centipedes and various insects from around the world. They also have a small variety of unique freshwater fishes like electric catfish, electric eel, freshwater puffer fish and alligator gar. RREC has the largest reptile and amphibian collections and venomous snake collection in the area.


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By | Jun 6, 2024

Enfield Summer Concert Series returns June 11

ENFIELD — Frank Sinatra will be there, and so will The Beatles and other British Invasion groups like Dave Clark Five. But they will only be there in spirit as the second annual Enfield Summer Concert Series continues to bring live music at the Bandshell at Higgins Park in Enfield on June 11 with The Sounds of Frank.


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Annual Vehicle Day returns to Enfield Public Library

By | Jun 6, 2024

Annual Vehicle Day returns to Enfield Public Library

ENFIELD — The Enfield Public Library is hosting its 23rd annual Vehicle Day on Saturday, June 15 from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. at 104 Middle Rd. This community event will have a wide range of vehicles from fire trucks to police cars, garbage trucks, tow trucks, classic cars — anything with wheels — in its parking lot.


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By | Jun 6, 2024

Marine vet with local ties publishes book on forgotten war

CHICOPEE — Tom Hebert is racked by survivor’s guilt, and because of it, the former Marine is writing a seven-volume series of books about the Marine Corps.


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Staasi Heropoulos has been a broadcast and print journalist as well as a corporate communications practitioner, in Western Mass. and internationally for more than 40 years. He loves writing feature articles on local people and places but also welcomes story ideas about corporate and government malfeasance. Staasi can be reached at Staasi.Heropoulos@gmail.com.

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By | May 30, 2024

Blue Heron Creamery: homegrown treats for the community

ENFIELD — If you’re craving for a sweet treat to eat especially on a hot sunny day, stop by Blue Heron Creamery, an ice cream shop on 190 Elm St., that offers locally made ice cream, handcrafted milkshakes and New Orleans style snoballs, finely shaved ice and flavored sugar syrup.


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