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‘A good team’: Rep. Jim McGovern, Rep. Richard Neal say Western, Central Massachusetts, will keep House seats following Census Today 5:02 AM Facebook Share U.S. Rep. James McGovern needs about 21,000. And — hemmed in by state borders and facing a slow growing population in Central and Western Massachusetts — they’ll likely only find them by looking east toward the fast-growing Boston suburbs. But how to do that while keeping the districts centered on, and responsive to, the central and western part of the state, a goal both Neal, D-Springfield, and McGovern, D-Worcester, say is do...

‘We had to go big’: US Rep. Richard Neal, Massachusetts House Speaker Ron Mariano lay out path to recovery at Springfield Chamber event MassLive.com 4/29/2021 Jim Kinney, masslive.com © Don Treeger | dtreeger/@repub.com Congressman Richard Neal joined Springfield Mayor Domenic Sarno (left) at Springfield City Hall to discuss funds from the American Rescue Plan, April 8, 2021. SPRINGFIELD — Thirteen months ago, the ill-understood threat known as COVID-19 loomed over the Springfield Regional Chamber’ annual Outlook luncheon. The event at the MassMutual Center ballro...

U.S. Rep. Richard Neal says President Biden detailed his vision of America in coming decade in address to Congress Updated Apr 29, 2021; Posted Apr 29, 2021 Following his speech to a joint session of Congress on Wednesday, April 28, 2021, President Joe Biden, left, talks with House Ways and Means chairman Richard E. Neal, D-Massachusetts, right, as U.S. Rep. Sean P. Maloney, D-New York, center, looks on in the House Chamber at the U.S. Capitol in Washington. (Franmarie Metzler | House photographer) Facebook Share SPRINGFIELD — Promising to get the Ways and Means Committees work on infras...

Sign defaced at Caanan Baptist Church of Christ; Springfield mayor calls it a ‘most hateful crime’ Updated Apr 28, 2021; Posted Apr 28, 2021 The defaced sign at the Canaan Baptist Church in Springfield. Both signs of the sign were covered with black paint. In the background a Springfield police detective speaks with uniformed officers. (Patrick Johnson / The Republican) Facebook Share SPRINGFIELD — Police are investigating the vandalism of a sign at a predominantly Black church in city’s Liberty Heights neighborhood. Mayor Domenic J. Sarno issued a statement Wednesday afternoon call...

As COVID restrictions ease, Springfield fixes roads, sidewalks to help boost outdoor dining Updated Apr 28, 2021; Posted Apr 28, 2021 Fort Street has received a new surface at The Student Prince restaurant, part of downtown improvements in Springfield, April 28, 2021. (Don Treeger / The Republican) Facebook Share SPRINGFIELD — As COVID-19 restrictions ease and the weather improves, some local restaurateurs are counting on road and sidewalk improvements to boost their plans for outdoor dining areas. The city’s work so far has included repaving Fort Street outside the Student Prince Cafe...