by Sarah Heinonen | Feb 2, 2025 | Franklin County, Hampden County, Hampshire County, Local Headlines, Local News, Springfield
SPRINGFIELD — The blueberries in a morning smoothie. The tomatoes in a BLT at lunch. The asparagus on a dinner plate. The food people in Massachusetts eat every day is often grown here. But the people who harvest the crops that feed Baystaters are often paid nearly half of what other workers in the state receive.
by Trent Levakis | Feb 2, 2025 | Hampshire County, Local Headlines, Local News, Northampton
NORTHAMPTON — The city’s Department of Health and Human Services has been selected as a recipient of a significant multi-year grant totaling $595,998 from the Massachusetts Department of Public Health.
by Trent Levakis | Feb 2, 2025 | Hampshire County, Local News, More Local Headlines, Northampton
NORTHAMPTON — In support of art projects and programming in the city Mayor Gina-Louise Sciarra and the Northampton Arts Council announced the award of 31 grants totaling in $24,451 for fiscal year 2025.
by Trent Levakis | Feb 2, 2025 | Hampshire County, Local Headlines, Local News, Northampton
NORTHAMPTON — The Sphere Northampton will be launching an innovative initiative supporting women and nonbinary entrepreneurs after being awarded $89,000 through the Small Business Technical Assistance Grant Program.
by Sarah Heinonen | Jan 29, 2025 | East Longmeadow, Hampden, Longmeadow, Monson, More Local Headlines, Springfield
With 16 years in the state House of Representatives, Brian Ashe finds himself working on core issues each term.Reminder publishing file photo
by Sarah Heinonen | Jan 29, 2025 | Hampden, Hampden County, Local Headlines, Local News, Wilbraham
WILBRAHAM — The School Committee reviewed comments from Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education Regional Governance Coordinator Michelle Griffin regarding the proposed changes to the regional agreement.