West Springfield
Irish Center in West Springfield seeks $2M to finish top floor
WEST SPRINGFIELD — Diners, drinkers, rugby teams, small club meetings and musicians from across the ocean playing intimate concerts, they all come to Morgan Road.
West Springfield council votes 6-3 to take 1st step to new Fausey
WEST SPRINGFIELD — For three Town Council members considering plans to build a new elementary school, the question was “why rush,” especially as the planning process will take years. But for a majority of the Town Council, the response was: Why wait longer than...
West Springfield mayor says he’s working on senior van, kitchen
WEST SPRINGFIELD — “We have a forgotten department in this town,” Linda Parent told the Town Council on March 18, “and that’s the Council on Aging. We have a very small staff there, a part-time custodian and 80-year-old women moving chairs and tables. We also have...
Signs on West Springfield streets part of nationwide Medal of Honor recognition
WEST SPRINGFIELD — American Legion Post 207 hosted a ceremony on March 25 to unveil a sign designating Route 20 in West Springfield as the “Massachusetts Medal of Honor Highway.” The sign, at 83 Park Ave., was sponsored and paid for by the Massachusetts Military...
West Springfield awardees attracted to teaching by love for learning
WEST SPRINGFIELD — Five West Springfield teachers, Megan Banks, Stephanie Duggan, Karin Kane, Courtney Kimball and Christopher Taft, will be honored this month for their exceptional teaching skills. Each was chosen for a 2024 Pioneer Valley Excellence in Teaching...
West Springfield playgrounds, school renovations to get final ESSER dollars
WEST SPRINGFIELD — The last million dollars of pandemic relief funds will upgrade offices and playgrounds at several schools. West Springfield School Committee member Kathleen Alevras, chair of the Facilities Subcommittee, told her colleagues on March 26 that the...
Agawam-West Springfield CROP Walk sets goal of raising $10K
AGAWAM — The 2024 Agawam-West Springfield CROP Hunger Walk will take place Sunday, April 28, at Feeding Hills Congregational Church. CROP Hunger Walks are community-led interfaith events that raise funds to end hunger locally and around the world. Everyone is...
West Springfield council seeks more details before new school vote
WEST SPRINGFIELD — Councilors this month wanted more details before they could get behind plans for a new elementary school. The mayor wants to ask for a new school now and fine-tune the details as the proposal moves through the system. Which approach the town...
West Springfield councilors grill mayor on new school plans
WEST SPRINGFIELD — Mayor William Reichelt made his case for a new school, and members of the Town Council pushed back with several questions at a recent meeting. Councilors cast a critical eye on the need to replace the town’s 1950s and ’60s schools, the taxpayers’...
West Springfield police station replacement starts from scratch
WEST SPRINGFIELD — When it comes to locations for a new police station, “Everything is on the table,” said Town Councilor Anthony DiStefano, chair of the new Police Station Siting Committee. The committee was formed in February as a response to the town’s...
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