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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.


Sarah Heinonen
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By | Aug 26, 2024

Scholarships awarded as Springfield Partners turns 60

SPRINGFIELD — Springfield Partners for Community Action, a local social services organization celebrated its 60th birthday on Aug. 7 by doing what it does best, helping members of the community get ahead in life.


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By | Aug 26, 2024

Vet’s dream of memorial garden coming to life

SPRINGFIELD — Sometimes, all it takes is one person with a good idea.


Sarah Heinonen
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By | Aug 26, 2024

Where and how to vote in Springfield for the Sept. 3 state primary election

SPRINGFIELD — Election season is in full swing with half a dozen contested races for the state House of Representatives and Senate in Hampden County. With primaries for these races on Sept. 3, Reminder Publishing wanted to provide information on polling places in Springfield.


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By | Aug 26, 2024

What to expect when heading to the polls in Springfield

SPRINGFIELD — With the Sept. 3 primary less than a week away, Reminder Publishing reached out to Springfield’s Election Commissioner and City Clerk Gladys Oyola-Lopez to ask about what can be expected at the polls.


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