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Chicopee’s new school administration building to provide better accessibility

Chicopee’s new school administration building to provide better accessibility

CHICOPEE — Chicopee Public Schools will finally have a more centralized, accessible location to do business. On Aug. 28, School Department members, elected officials and residents attended a ribbon-cutting ceremony for a permanent location for Chicopee’s school administration office at 229 Exchange St.


Enfield Community Chorus celebrates 50 years of music, friendship and community

Enfield Community Chorus celebrates 50 years of music, friendship and community

ENFIELD — For 50 years, the Enfield Community Chorus has brought singers together to share their love of music and bring music to the wider Enfield community. The chorus has grown into a beloved local tradition that welcomes singers from Enfield and surrounding towns.


St. Patrick’s Committee’s car show will rev up Agawam’s Irish spirit

St. Patrick’s Committee’s car show will rev up Agawam’s Irish spirit

AGAWAM — Car shows are popular events — both for people who enjoy showing their vehicles and for the people who enjoy coming to the shows to admire them.


Chicopee’s new school administration building to provide better accessibility

CHICOPEE — Chicopee Public Schools will finally have a more centralized, accessible location to do business. On Aug. 28, School Department members, elected officials and residents attended a ribbon-cutting ceremony for a permanent location for Chicopee’s school administration office at 229 Exchange St.

Enfield Community Chorus celebrates 50 years of music, friendship and community

ENFIELD — For 50 years, the Enfield Community Chorus has brought singers together to share their love of music and bring music to the wider Enfield community. The chorus has grown into a beloved local tradition that welcomes singers from Enfield and surrounding towns.

St. Patrick’s Committee’s car show will rev up Agawam’s Irish spirit

AGAWAM — Car shows are popular events — both for people who enjoy showing their vehicles and for the people who enjoy coming to the shows to admire them.

‘Literary Monsters’ to take stage in Easthampton as multi-faceted performance

EASTHAMPTON — Part rock concert, part puppet show, and part ghost story, “Literary Monsters,” from performance troupe Shadow, Sound Spectacle, will grace the Easthampton Media Black Box Studio Theater stage on Saturday, Sept. 12, at 7:30 p.m. for a one-night multimedia event.

DiZoglio ostracizes Legislature for ‘patronizing’ voters

SPRINGFIELD — State Auditor Diana DiZoglio does not believe Massachusetts is immune to the federal government’s threat to democracy. In fact, she thinks the state is very much part of the problem.

New, delicious bites coming to the Big E in 2026

WEST SPRINGFIELD — With just a few weeks remaining until the Big E opens its doors for the 2026 season on Sept. 18, the fair hosted its annual media food preview on Aug. 27.

Longmeadow Public Schools proposes policy manual changes

LONGMEADOW — Longmeadow students are officially back in school and the district is proposing policy changes surrounding student discipline and medication.

West Springfield continues to support public-safety with funds from Gaming Commission

WEST SRPINGFIELD — The Massachusetts Gaming Commission is awarding West Springfield $132,900 through its Community Mitigation Fund, supporting public safety throughout the town.

Chicopee and South Hadley school projects move forward

The Anna Barry Elementary School project in Chicopee and the Mosier Elementary School project in South Hadley both reached important milestones following the Massachusetts School Building Authority’s Board of Directors’ recent decisions on Aug. 26.

East Longmeadow brothers become local business owners after college graduation

EAST LONGMEADOW — A pair of brothers from East Longmeadow are owners of their own gym three months after graduating from college, a move that the two cited as “the best decision we’ve ever made.”

Local health boards remove kratom from store shelves

With the state’s recent classification of kratom and its derivatives as Schedule I substances, the Boards of Health in Westfield and Southwick are having the potentially dangerous herbal extract removed from shelves of mostly convenience stores or gas stations in both communities.

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Latino Arts Festival to return to Springfield Museums

SPRINGFIELD — Ahead of National Hispanic Heritage Month, which runs from Sept. 15 to Oct. 15, the Springfield Museums will host the fourth annual Latino Arts Festival in partnership with Mi Museo Committee. The festival, on Friday, Aug. 28, is free and open to the public.

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