by Sarah Heinonen | Mar 12, 2024 | Hampden County, Local News, Monson
MONSON — Silver Bell Farm has become a local destination for holiday events and special occasion parties, but due to regulations from the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection, owner Michael Moore has had to curtail the days he is open, leaving customers with fewer venue options and Moore with less income.
by Sarah Heinonen | Mar 12, 2024 | Hampden County, Local News, Monson
MONSON — The cannabis industry has come to Monson with the opening of the first dispensary in town, Dazed Cannabis.
by Chris Maza and Laura Mason | Mar 12, 2024 | Hampden County, Local News, Ludlow
LUDLOW — School Committee is one of the town’s two contested races in the upcoming annual town election with incumbent Sarah Bowler, currently vice chair of the committee, facing a challenge from resident Isabel Soares.
by Bill Zito | Mar 12, 2024 | Hampden County, Local News, Ludlow
LUDLOW — The public comment period for the town of Ludlow’s new Power Choice Program proposal has now been extended until Friday, March 29, at 4:30 p.m.
by Sarah Heinonen | Mar 12, 2024 | Hampden County, Hampshire County, Local News, Monson, Ware
Three years ago, Aida Torres took on the job of helping communities by distributing donated food to area residents. Now, she is asking others for help to purchase a truck so she can continue her mission.
by Michael Ballway | Mar 12, 2024 | Hampden County, Local News, Westfield
WESTFIELD — Joseph Biden and Donald Trump widened their leads in the presidential nomination races on March 5, and voters in both Massachusetts as a whole, and Westfield in particular, placed themselves firmly in the front-runners’ corners. Both major-party candidates...