Northampton looks to restore stream channel on Old Wilson Road
NORTHAMPTON—Several months after a major weather event caused the culvert on Old Wilson Road to fail, the city is now planning to remove that culvert and open the road’s stream channel.
Easthampton City Council accepts grants for Parks and Rec. projects
EASTHAMPTON — Two major projects in the city will move forward after the City Council officially accepted state grants to help fund the undertakings.
Easthampton leaders advocate for ranked-choice voting
EASTHAMPTON — A little over one week after ranked-choice voting decided Easthampton’s mayor, city leaders at all levels of government are pining for the mechanism to expand to multi-winner election races.
Easthampton community honors Veterans Day
EASTHAMPTON — Despite a blistering cold day outside, the hall room inside the American Legion Post 224 was emanating a warmth as the Easthampton community honored Veterans Day with its yearly ceremony.
Western Mass. leaders come together to combat hunger
SPRINGFIELD — When a halt in federal funding for the supplemental nutritional assistance program left food insecure people scrambling to feed their themselves and their children, Springfield Mayor Domenic Sarno, Hampden County Sheriff Nick Cocchi, Bishop Talbert Swan of the NAACP and the Food Bank of Western Massachusetts formed a coalition to keep the community fed.