by Tyler Garnet | Dec 17, 2025 | Hampden County, Holyoke, Local News
HOLYOKE — Sublime Systems announced that it will be pausing its cement plant project in Holyoke and cutting its workforce after the Trump administration rescinded an $87 million award from the Department of Energy for the project.
by Tyler Garnet | Dec 17, 2025 | Chicopee, Hampden County, Hampshire County, Local News, Springfield
The Eos Foundation recently released its study, Ending Hunger in Our Classrooms with Breakfast in the Classroom, which explores the state of breakfast at Massachusetts’ high-poverty schools and urges schools to implement the Breakfast in the Classroom program.
by Mike Lydick | Dec 17, 2025 | Agawam, Hampden County, Local News
AGAWAM — Thanks to the passion and determination of one teacher, the high school has its first therapy dog.
by Sarah Heinonen | Dec 17, 2025 | Hampden County, Local News, Springfield
SPRINGFIELD — Springfield is “The City of Homes” and one of those historic homes received a new lease on life with help from the city’s Community Preservation Committee.
by Amy Porter | Dec 17, 2025 | Hampden County, Local News, Westfield
WESTFIELD — The first to arrive at the topping off ceremony of the final truss for the new home being built by Westfield Technical Academy students on 12 St. James Ave. was a truck from Westfield Gas & Electric.
by Tyler Garnet | Dec 17, 2025 | Chicopee, Hampden County, Local News
CHICOPEE — Chicopee Superintendent Marcus Ware said the school district has several clarifying questions about a recently-released framework by the state that details expectations and requirements for every high schooler before they graduate.