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EASTHAMPTON — Plans for a new skate park in the city have hit a significant snag, as new environmental concerns for the proposed downtown location are making it likely that skateboarders won’t be “dropping in” there anytime soon.“Based on our initial...

Two prominent COVID-19 testing sites for the region are closing at the end of March as declining case numbers cause demand for the free, state-supported service to plummet.While the Stop the Spread locations on the University of Massachusetts and...

HOLYOKE — The Boston-based family education organization Families First is expanding its programming to Holyoke and Springfield, and with it hiring a local community organizer to help lead the effort.On Wednesday, the organization announced that its...

Two prominent COVID-19 testing sites for the region are closing at the end of March as declining case numbers cause demand for the free, state-supported service to plummet.While the Stop the Spread locations on the University of Massachusetts and...

NORTHAMPTON — Mayor Gina-Louise Sciarra said Monday that her new administration has had “an extraordinarily busy 28 days” since she took office on Jan. 3, tackling the COVID-19 pandemic and its economic consequences, working to implement new social...

NORTHAMPTON — A new historical marker will grace Sojourner Truth Memorial Park now that the city has accepted a donation from the Pomeroy Foundation, which is installing roadside markers throughout the country to commemorate suffragists and their...

EASTHAMPTON — The city may “kick-flip” its recreational offerings now that funding has been secured to design a skate park on Payson Avenue.For nearly three years, a group of skateboarders have been working to carve out a space in the city to create a...

NORTHAMPTON — The city recorded an average of 22 cases of COVID-19 per day and totaled 311 cases in the two weeks prior to Dec. 28, according to the latest data released by the Health Department on Thursday.Also on Thursday, the Massachusetts...

HOLYOKE — This week, COVID-19 testing sites like Holyoke Community College’s Stop the Spread site have been detecting more than the virus that causes COVID-19. With wait times surpassing the three-hour mark, testers are detecting a high level of...

FLORENCE — During the last few years, the Florence Congregational Church, struggling with declining revenues and an aging congregation, began looking for a potential buyer for the historic building, opened in 1861 and then expanded in the 20th...