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With Congamond Lake rope swing reappearing, so are efforts to remove trees
SOUTHWICK — Nearly 10 months after Select Board member Doug Moglin said something needed to be done to remove several rope swings hanging from trees along the North Pond in the North Pond Conservation Area, the first steps needed to down the trees are being taken. “I think we...
Chicopee remembers veterans killed in 1963 and 2013 during Memorial Day commemoration
CHICOPEE – They were heading out to deliver books to Afghanistan children when a homemade bomb exploded outside the gate of a military base in Kandahar. Nine years later, state Sen. John Velis, D-Westfield, a major in the Army National Guard, remembers being one of the people to carry the stretcher with Wilbel Robles-Santa’s body to an awaiting Blackhawk helicopter.
Springfield OKs zone change for Indian Orchard apartment complex
SPRINGFIELD — The City Council approved a zone change that will allow a local developer to convert a lot with a small restaurant and a used car dealership into an apartment complex. The council voted 11-0 this past week to approve the change to a parcel at Berkshire Avenue...
Pine Hill Cemetery ‘residents’ will come to life in Westfield history walk
WESTFIELD — On June 1, the Friends of the Pine Hill Cemetery will host “Grave Conversations: Pine Hill Cemetery Residents Speak.”. Walking tours will invite folks into the cemetery for an afternoon of living history, during which actors will portray historical figures of Westfield who have been laid to rest at Pine Hill, sharing their stories. Tours will take place every 20 minutes, starting at 1 p.m., with the last one leaving at 3:40 p.m., on Saturday, June 1, with a rain date on Sunday, June 2.
Why billions of gallons of diluted sewage ended up in Mass. waterways last year
SPRINGFIELD — Amid the midday rain Thursday, an estimated 8 million gallons of sewage mixed with rainwater flowed from the city’s sewer system into the Connecticut River near downtown. Stay out of the water for two days to avoid bacteria and pollution, an alert from the city warns,...
‘An emotional ride’: WMass families of Pearl Harbor fallen find closure
Back in 2019, the U.S. Navy contacted Cheryl Hillman Quinn of Holyoke for a cheek swab. They wanted it for DNA testing, because they believed they had remains of Quinn’s father’s brother, Merle Hillman. Hillman had died years before Quinn was even born. If you purchase a product...
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