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Special permits are good for a year from the time they are granted by the Chicopee City Council. That has meant developers must receive a building permit within 12 months.

The Artist Café coffee house is open Monday through Saturday, from 7 a.m. to 3 p.m. Late-night music nights are held Thursday and Friday from 6 to 10 p.m.

Insa has a national reach but its growing and packaging operation is in Easthampton.

With the five-year grant that the university announced Wednesday, UMass Amherst will lead a consortium of universities and colleges from around New England to study road safety.

The loss of Coca-Cola's facility and the millions it pays in water and sewer revenue is “financially devastating,” one official said.

The WFCR radio station plans to move out of its Main Street location this month, following high profile layoffs centered around TV production.

The West Springfield resident, who was a finalist on The Voice, will be performing the National Anthem at the 127th Boston Marathon.

Residents of a West Springfield housing complex for the elderly and disabled say a seemingly random attack of a woman on a neighboring street on March 26 horrified the community.

A former manager in charge of gas lines for Berkshire Gas alleges in a lawsuit he was fired for flagging unsafe practices he believed could trip an explosion.

A 28-page report authored by Springfield Police Deputy Chief Steven Kent was released to the Hampden district attorney's office almost three years after the DOJ published a stinging review of the narcotics unit.