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By | Feb 14, 2024

UMass Springfield Center to honor Henry Thomas III

SPRINGFIELD — UMass Amherst Springfield Center will be named for former trustee Henry Thomas III in honor of his work within his hometown of Springfield, the University of Massachusetts recently announced.


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By | Feb 14, 2024

Veritas Prep to empower students with reality-based financial literacy event

SPRINGFIELD — Veritas Preparatory Charter School in Springfield is set to make significant strides in financial literacy education for high school students, thanks to a grant from the 2024 Financial Education Innovation Fund, administered by the state treasurer’s Office of Economic Empowerment.


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By | Feb 14, 2024

Working group looks at quality of life issues in city of Springfield

SPRINGFIELD — The Neighborhood Quality of Life Working Group came up with a fairly lengthy group of suggestions to improve the city and Ward 8 City Councilor Zaida Govan believes tax revenue from the city’s cannabis industry as well as the annual payments from MGM Springfield could help fund them.


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By | Feb 6, 2024

Event to share legacy of philanthropist behind Mason Square

SPRINGFIELD — The name Mason is woven into the fabric of Springfield, but Regine Jackson of the Pan African Historical Museum USA said most people do not know the history of the man behind the name.


Sarah Heinonen
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By | Feb 6, 2024

MOCHA promotes vaccinations to men of color in Springfield

SPRINGFIELD — Lamont Scott is on a mission. As project director at Men of Color Health Awareness, he and his team have been fighting coronavirus fatigue, insurance bureaucracy and mistrust of doctors to get the word out to the community about the importance of vaccinations for men of color.


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By | Feb 6, 2024

Rock and roll revue kicks off new Springfield performance space

SPRINGFIELD — Get ready for some live music and entertainment. On Feb. 17, the Springfield Performing Arts Ventures Inc. will host its first live show at its new venue, 52 Sumner.


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By | Feb 6, 2024

Sarno lays out goals, expectations for sixth mayoral term

SPRINGFIELD — As Mayor Domenic Sarno begins his sixth term as mayor, he shared his goals for the new term and plans for the city of Springfield with Reminder Publishing.


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By | Feb 6, 2024

Springfield organization provides low-income tax prep help

SPRINGFIELD — Filing taxes is an annual task everyone is supposed to complete, but it can be complicated and expensive. For those who need help completing the process but do not have the funds to hire a tax preparer, Springfield Partners for Community Action offers free income tax preparation.


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By | Feb 6, 2024

Springfield St. Patrick’s Parade Committee readies to crown colleen

SPRINGFIELD — It’s been a long road for 17 girls that applied to represent Springfield this year as the city’s grand colleen. In the beginning, their names were redacted from the applications — they were assigned numbers from 1-17 and were anonymous.


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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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