by Tyler Lederer | Aug 21, 2024 | Agawam, Hampden County, Local News, Photo Slider
The park announced its newest attraction, a straddle coaster called “Quantum Accelerator,” park president Pete Carmichael compared it to “Pandemonium,” a steel spinning coaster with a max speed of 31 miles per hour. Both “Pandemonium” and the new coaster, he said, are thrill rides the whole family could experience together.
by Tyler Lederer | Aug 21, 2024 | Hampden County, Local News, More Local Headlines, West Springfield
WEST SPRINGFIELD — West Springfield will test its Southwick water treatment facility to see if it filters out certain varieties of PFAS, also known as “forever chemicals.”
by Amy Porter | Aug 21, 2024 | Hilltowns, Local News, Photo Slider
HUNTINGTON — Bailey Jones, service director for the Hilltown Community Ambulance Association, said the emergency ambulance service which serves six towns in the Southern Hilltowns has updated its fleet with the purchase of a red 2017 Freightliner M2 and stretcher for $56,000.
by Amy Porter | Aug 21, 2024 | Hilltowns, Local News
HUNTINGTON — After a year of information gained from the Barr Foundation’s grant to the Gateway Regional School District, especially its support of trips to other school districts, Superintendent Kristen Smidy reflected recently on what the district has learned. “Last...
by Amy Porter | Aug 21, 2024 | Hampden County, Hilltowns, Local News
BLANDFORD — This Labor Day weekend, plan to spend all or a part of it at the 155th Blandford Fair Aug. 30 to Sept. 2, hosted by the Union Agricultural & Horticulture Society, founded in 1867.
by Cliff Clark | Aug 21, 2024 | Hampden County, Local News, Southwick
SOUTHWICK — With the town’s High Speed Internet Committee reviewing revenue projections and financial modeling for the construction of the town’s proposed broadband network over the past several months, it has become unclear if the project is financially feasible, but...