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Springfield election commissioner explains inactive voter process

By | Sep 11, 2024

Springfield election commissioner explains inactive voter process

SPRINGFIELD — Three months after the Pioneer Valley Project, a Springfield-based activist organization, shared what appeared to be discrepancies between the status of voters in different city wards, the Springfield City Council Subcommittee on Race and Civil Rights conducted a meeting to discuss the data and the processes for categorizing voters.


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Williams wins another term in House following close contest

By  and  | Sep 11, 2024

Williams wins another term in House following close contest

SPRINGFIELD — It was a victory for incumbent state Rep. Bud Williams, but not necessarily a resounding one.


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Springfield, Chicopee voters reelect Adam Gomez to state Senate

By  and  | Sep 11, 2024

Springfield, Chicopee voters reelect Adam Gomez to state Senate

SPRINGFIELD — Voters in Springfield and Chicopee decided to stay the course, reelecting Adam Gomez to serve another two-year term, representing most of Springfield and about one-third of Chicopee in the state Senate.


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By | Sep 3, 2024

Program would honor celebrated singer from Springfield

SPRINGFIELD — Springfield native and singer Adele Addison may not be as familiar to people today as other hometown heroes such as Dr. Seuss or dancer Eleanor Powell but a proposed program aims to change all that.


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By | Sep 3, 2024

Mattoon Street Arts Festival to return for 51st time

SPRINGFIELD — The Mattoon Arts Festival returns for its 51st edition on Sept. 7 and 8 on Mattoon Street in downtown Springfield.


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By | Sep 3, 2024

Ludlow mobile home park residents take their case to housing court

SPRINGFIELD — The residents at the West Street Village Community in Ludlow, a mobile home park, have taken their case of their landlord increasing the rents from $207 to $503.60 a month to Western Housing Court.


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By | Aug 27, 2024

Way Finders grant to further digital equity and advocacy work

Way Finders has received a $285,000 grant to further digital equity and community advocacy work that will continue digital equity programs in Springfield and now in Holyoke.


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By | Aug 26, 2024

Diocese of Springfield launches new Office of Missionary Discipleship

SPRINGFIELD — When Joe Austin, 33, was in college, he thought he was the big man on campus, because his father told him he was. After taking advanced courses at his high school in North Carolina, Austin was convinced he would earn all A’s when he went to Boston University.


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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 | Aug 26, 2024

Mental health, substance use in communities of color focus for nonprofit

SPRINGFIELD — Making a difference as a nonprofit can be an uphill battle, but the Black Behavioral Health Network is continuing to provide culturally relevant care to the communities of color in Springfield.


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