Northampton seeks input from residents on Opioid Settlement funds
NORTHAMPTON — Northampton’s Department of Health and Human Services is currently looking for community input about how the city should spend its Opioid Settlement Funding.
Colleen fulfills lifelong dream: ‘Little me would be proud’
AGAWAM — Going to the Holyoke St. Patrick’s Parade every year as a child, Rachel Sills remembers colleens on floats giving her the “princess wave.” She would then wave back the same way. Next month, she will be the one waving to little girls along the parade route....Unified classes connect special education teens to art, peers
AGAWAM — Many high schools have created inclusive or unified sports programs that pair special education students with their general education peers. Agawam High School, however, is one of the few in the area that has gone beyond sports by adding two unified academic...Lacking votes, councilor withdraws health care resolution
AGAWAM — Before Council President Rosemary Sandlin could even finish introducing a resolution to support Medicare for All in Massachusetts, its sponsor Tom Hendrickson asked for it be removed from the agenda. Had it passed, a copy of the resolution would’ve been sent...Monson’s library reopens after window replacement closed doors
MONSON — The Monson Free Library reopened on Feb. 8 after four months of being closed to the browsing public so that the windows could be replaced.
Planners criticize size, design of proposed storage building
SOUTHWICK — During a Planning Board public hearing on a proposal to build a 58,800-square-foot self-storage facility on College Highway, board members made it clear they think the building is too big for the lot.