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Campbell meets with tenants in Springfield Gardens case

By | Nov 24, 2025

Campbell meets with tenants in Springfield Gardens case

SPRINGFIELD — Attorney General Andrea Joy Campbell visited Springfield recently to participate in a roundtable listening session with community organizers and former tenants of Springfield Gardens.


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Eversource continues to help power Toy for Joy campaign

By | Nov 24, 2025

Eversource continues to help power Toy for Joy campaign

As the Toy for Joy campaign drives its mission of helping children and families share in the joy of the season, Eversource is among those companies that step up and pitch in.


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Ordinances would ban kratom products, regulate food trucks

By | Nov 24, 2025

Ordinances would ban kratom products, regulate food trucks

SPRINGFIELD — Springfield City Councilor Sean Curran has introduced an ordinance to ban the sale of kratom, a drug derived from the leaf of the Mitragyna speciosa evergreen plant, and its synthetic counterpart, 7-OH.


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Baystate Health to offer buyouts in bid to cut costs

By  and  | Nov 24, 2025

Baystate Health to offer buyouts in bid to cut costs

SPRINGFIELD — In an effort to cut costs, the largest employer in Western Massachusetts, Baystate Health, has announced that it is offering severance packages to some of its 1,300 employees who opt for “voluntary separation.”


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Oliveira receives award for work supporting libraries

By | Nov 24, 2025

Oliveira receives award for work supporting libraries

LUDLOW — When state Sen. Jake Oliveira assumed office in January 2023, his first speech on the Senate floor advocated for public libraries across Massachusetts.


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Square One returns to William St. with state-of-the-art facility

By | Nov 24, 2025

Square One returns to William St. with state-of-the-art facility

SPRINGFIELD — The ribbon was cut on Square One’s new $15.1 million early childhood education facility at 186 William St. in Springfield.


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Restaurant owner distributing hot free meals to those in need

By | Nov 18, 2025

Restaurant owner distributing hot free meals to those in need

SPRINGFIELD — A small business owner is having a large impact on hungry Springfield residents.


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SJC declines to hear Springfield’s effort to keep biomass out

By | Nov 18, 2025

SJC declines to hear Springfield’s effort to keep biomass out

SPRINGFIELD — The city of Springfield and its residents were dealt a blow in the latest chapter of their struggle to keep a woody biomass energy plant from being built in East Springfield.


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So That Reminds Me: Festival of Trees returns to Mass Mutual Center

By | Nov 18, 2025

So That Reminds Me: Festival of Trees returns to Mass Mutual Center

SPRINGFIELD — On the latest episode of “So That Reminds Me” hosts Chris Maza and Ryan Feyre sat down with Marketing Director Sarah Gumaer from the Springfield Boys and Girls Club to talk all about the club’s 25th Festival of Trees at the MassMutual Center, which returns this year from Nov. 28 through Dec. 14.


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