Backyard hen ordinance passes despite neighbor concerns
AGAWAM — Facing a room full of residents with opinions both for and against allowing hens on residential lots, the City Council voted 10-1 on Dec. 18 to approve the proposed zoning ordinance.
Agawam players, coaches enjoy novelty of powderpuff football
AGAWAM — The annual Thanksgiving football game between the Agawam Brownies and the West Springfield Terriers has been a tradition for nearly 100 years. But there’s now a new football rivalry that is becoming a new Thanksgiving football tradition at AHS.
Sapelli looks back on ‘rollercoaster’ 6 years as town mayor
AGAWAM — In his final week in office, former Mayor William Sapelli described his six-year tenure as “a rollercoaster, quite frankly.”
Ortiz Family Cafe to host fundraiser to purchase dessert food truck
HOLYOKE — The Ortiz Family Café will be hosting a bingo fundraiser on March 2 at the Unicorn as part of efforts to purchase a new dessert food truck and grow the business.
Pearl Harbor vet’s remains identified, return home to Holyoke
HOLYOKE — The 1941 attack on Pearl Harbor has lived on in American history as a defining moment on what it means to serve the country, and now over 80 years later a Holyoke native who died serving during this historic attack will have his remains brought home and laid to rest.
Activists spearhead Bigger Than Roe rally in Northampton
NORTHAMPTON — Generation Ratify Amherst and local high schooler Alice Jenkins spearheaded a “Bigger Than Roe” rally on the steps of Northampton City Hall on Jan. 20 to remind people that the fight for reproductive rights lives on.