CHICOPEE — After hosting three separate budget hearing sessions with each department in the city, the City Council approved the mayor’s fiscal year 2026 budget on June 26 for $276.2 million, an increase of 6.4% from FY25.
SOUTH HADLEY — The Friends of the Mount Holyoke Range, a nonprofit environmental conservation organization founded in 1982, began the Summit House Sunset Concert Series in 1987, which is hosted in Skinner State Park’s historic Summit House.
WEST SPRINGFIELD — The West Springfield Public Library began its summer reading program on June 18, and it will run until Aug. 2. This year’s theme is Color our World.
AGAWAM — A few weeks after the official groundbreaking ceremony, Agawam Mayor Christopher Johnson said the Agawam High School project is still on time and on budget.
AGAWAM — Just days before the start of their summer break, Agawam teachers and education support paraprofessionals overwhelmingly approved a new three-year collective bargaining agreement.
SOUTHWICK — At the urging of Southwick’s DPW Officer Manager Beryl Wagner, the Water Commission changed how it will define permanent residency for the elderly who apply for the lower elderly water rate.