by Gina Beavers | Jul 4, 2018 | Articles, Newsletter
Happy Independence Day! My pick of the day? Yep, FIREWORKS!!!! Springfield – Star Spangled Springfield at Blunt Park: 6 – 10 PM Agawam – Six Flags: 9:30-10pm PM Amherst – McGuirk Stadium at UMASS Amherst: 9:30 PM North Adams – Joe Wolfe Field (Rain Date...
by Dave Eisenstadter | Jun 29, 2018 | Featured, News, Newsletter
In the midst of the season of high school graduations, a group of dedicated students who had failed to get through high school the first time around earned recognition for passing their high school equivalency test, known as the HiSET, at the Springfield Technical...
by Dave Eisenstadter | Jun 28, 2018 | Featured, News, Newsletter
In an effort to combat families being torn apart through American immigration policy, activists with the Pioneer Valley activist network supporting undocumented immigrants called Sanctuary in the Streets came with their children to a small rally at the Immigration and...
by Chris Goudreau | Jun 12, 2018 | Articles, News
Tuesday afternoon at Union Station in Springfield, Gov. Charlie Baker announced a pilot program beginning in 2019 for north to south passenger rail service that would run twice a day from Greenfield and make stops in Northampton, Holyoke, and Springfield and...
by Chris Goudreau | Jun 11, 2018 | Articles, Featured, News, Newsletter, Wellness
When Lisa Zarcone was 11 or 12 years old, she came home to find her home a hot 90 degrees and her mother smoking on the sofa. She turned down the thermostat and her mother attacked her with a meat tenderizer, violently hitting her more than 20 times. She had bruises...