If school districts can prove they have reached an 80 percent COVID-19 vaccination rate among students and faculty by Oct. 1, they may be eligible to remove mask mandates based on a policy from the state Department of Elementary and Secondary.
VFW Post 8006 in Florence celebrates 75 years of service >As the VFW Post 8006 celebrates its 75th anniversary, a painted portrait of Technical Sergeant Michael Francis Curtin of Florence, who perished in World War II while returning from a bombing mission in France and who the VFW Post was named after, watches generations of veterans and their family members mingle during a 75th anniversary cocktail hour, Friday evening at the VFW Post 8006, in Florence, MA. FOR THE GAZETTE/SABATO VISCONTI >Relatives of the founding charter members of the VFW Post 8006 Gary Brida, Alan Tardy, and Jack Brida read the original charter document during the Postâs 75th Anniversary celebration, Friday in Florence, MA. FOR THE GAZETTE/SABATO VISCONTI
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AGAWAM Steve Cimma, an Air Force veteran, member of Agawam American Legion Post 185 and one of the organizers behind the town’s Memorial Day observances, wove his way through a crowd of onlookers Monday and peered up Main Street toward the distant sound of advancing marchers. “This does us good,” he said of the parade. “It’s good to see people coming together again. It’s good to see people .
SOUTH HADLEY Andrew Yee, the prominent local restaurateur and businessman, whose contributions to the Valley’s hospitality scene were far-reaching, has died at 59.In an announcement on social media, Yee’s business, Bean Restaurant Group, said Yee.