NORTHAMPTON — State officials toured Massachusetts on Sept. 3 to announce $278 million in state and federal financing and tax credits for housing development, including $12.2 million for two housing projects in Northampton.
HOLYOKE — In an effort to outline a roadmap for Holyoke’s future, the city unveiled an updated comprehensive plan during the Planning Board meeting on Sept. 8.
CHICOPEE — Chicopee teacher Keith Harrison has been charged with two counts of possession of child pornography; one count of attempting to commit a crime, to wit, indecent assault and battery on a child under 14 and one count of dissemination of child pornography.
EASTHAMPTON — Restoration work has begun on the city’s historic Civil War Memorial Plaque outside Old Town Hall, the home of CitySpace, after community supporter Silar Kopf spearheaded the effort.
CHICOPEE — The Conservation Commission recently approved the installation of chain-link fencing in the southwest region of the Westover Metropolitan Airport property, but residents are still fighting to stop the project.