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By | Mar 6, 2024

Mittineague won’t close this year following unanimous vote

WEST SPRINGFIELD — Mittineague School will stay open, for now, the School Committee recently confirmed in a largely symbolic vote.


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By | Feb 28, 2024

Super Tuesday is last chance to vote in presidential primary

Polls will be open 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. across Massachusetts for the “Super Tuesday” presidential primary election on Tuesday, March 5, including at the usual voting locations in the Hilltowns.


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By | Feb 28, 2024

Super Tuesday is last chance to vote in presidential primary

WEST SPRINGFIELD — Polls will be open 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. across Massachusetts for the “Super Tuesday” presidential primary election on Tuesday, March 5, including at the usual voting locations in West Springfield.


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By | Feb 28, 2024

Colleen’s journey started as avid parade watcher with ‘Papa’

WEST SPRINGFIELD — A senior at West Springfield High School, Olivia Lyons, 17, is a member of the varsity volleyball and tennis teams. And newly crowned as West Side’s 2024 colleen.


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By | Feb 21, 2024

West Springfield school days to start earlier, last longer

WEST SPRINGFIELD — Kids may have to wake up a little earlier next year, after the School Committee approved a 2024-25 calendar with earlier start times for most of the town’s public schools.


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By | Feb 21, 2024

Fiber-optic utility expects 55% to sign up, profits in 2 years

WEST SPRINGFIELD — Town officials expect more than half of West Side households to sign up for fiber-optic internet service, and for the town-owned utility to break even in 2026.


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By | Feb 21, 2024

West Springfield presidential primary early voting starts Feb. 24

WEST SPRINGFIELD — In-person early voting will be available starting Feb. 24 and continuing Feb. 26 to March 1 for the presidential primary election in Massachusetts.


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By | Feb 14, 2024

Handprint tradition inspires pride, nostalgia at Mittineague

WEST SPRINGFIELD — You have to hand it to students at Mittineague Elementary School. They’ve been accomplishing great things for more than a decade, and they have handprints on the walls to prove it.


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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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