Springfield Fire Department receives $50k in safety grant funds
SPRINGFIELD — The Springfield Fire Department will benefit from nearly $50,000 in funding through the state’s Firefighter Safety Equipment Grant program.
WNE associate professor awarded grant for cancer research
Dana-Lynn Ko’omoa-Lange, Western New England University Associate Professor of Pharmacology, was recently awarded a $423,743 grant to support her pediatric cancer research, the university announced.
In Westfield visit, Healey touts increased preschool payments
WESTFIELD — Gov. Maura Healey, Education Secretary Patrick Tutwiler and Early Education Commissioner Amy Kershaw visited Roots Learning Center on Feb. 15.
Wilbraham community members attend forum on town tax rates
WILBRAHAM — Residents recently received a crash course on why their local taxes rise or fall, what goes into the arithmetic that determines the tax rates themselves and what often used terms such as “free cash” and “mill rates” actually mean.
Private donors help city buy ex-rectory as police station site
WESTFIELD — Thanks to a few private donors, including a large anonymous gift, the city will be able to acquire the former Blessed Sacrament rectory property, for use as a new police station site.
Super Tuesday is last chance to vote in presidential primary
Polls will be open 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. across Massachusetts for the “Super Tuesday” presidential primary election on Tuesday, March 5, including at the usual voting locations in the Hilltowns.