by Amy Porter | Mar 14, 2024 | Hilltowns, Local News
HUNTINGTON — The Gateway Regional School District presented the fiscal year 2025 budget at a public hearing on March 6. Superintendent Kristen Smidy said overall the budget of $17,971,760 reflects a 3.24% increase, which she added is a little lower than...
by Staasi Heropoulos | Mar 14, 2024 | Hampden County, Local News, West Springfield
WEST SPRINGFIELD — When West Springfield High School girls softball players take the field this spring, they will already have seen thousands of practice pitches fired over home plate by a new pitching machine, and will be wearing crisp new uniforms. The school was...
by Tyler Lederer | Mar 14, 2024 | Agawam, Hampden County, Local News, West Springfield
AGAWAM — West Springfield Mayor William Reichelt told the business community at a recent West of the River Chamber of Commerce breakfast that the town’s budget outlook was “grimmer than it has been in the past.” Specifically, he cited state representatives telling him...
by Dennis Hohenberger | Mar 13, 2024 | Hampden, Hampden County, Local News
HAMPDEN — After the Hampden Planning Board’s initial review, the Conservation Commission conducted a hearing on March 6, specifically addressing groundwater runoff and the environmental implications of Glendale Road Development’s proposed solar project at 530 Glendale Rd.
by Doc Pruyne | Mar 13, 2024 | Franklin County, Local News
SOUTH DEERFIELD — In her March 5 presentation, Shelley Poreda, director of business administration for the Frontier Regional School District, or FRSD, summarized the intentions behind the fiscal year 2025 budget. “Our goal in budget development is to develop a needs...
by Doc Pruyne | Mar 13, 2024 | Franklin County, Local News
SHUTESBURY — For Jody Jones, this is a special moment for internet connectivity in the Bay State. According to the senior planner at the Massachusetts Broadband Institute, or MBI, a tidal wave of money totaling $400 million is flowing out to towns and cities from both...
