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Groceries, toilet paper, rental cars and more: 10 things that are more expensive right now Today 5:30 AM Many restaurants and bars have increased prices on chicken wings, a food that has become popular during the pandemic. File photo by Mark Pynes | mpynes@pennlive.com Facebook Share In the past year, COVID-19 has upended prices and spending habits. Now as vaccines are administered and some semblance of normalcy begins, Americans are making vacation plans, heading to restaurants and buying homes. The turbulence has created some supply and demand issues. Here, we take a look at some goods and...

Whose mountain is it?: State stakes claim on old Mount Tom quarry as owners seek bankruptcy protection Today 5:00 AM Facebook Share HOLYOKE — The state is moving to claim ownership of the former Mount Tom quarry to stop the current owners from converting the 16-acre site into a clean-fill operation in which truckloads of soil would be dumped in the massive crater on the side of the mountain over the next 20 years. Officials with the state Department of Conservation and Recreation are laying claim to the title for the quarry parcel under terms of the state’s 2002 purchase of 144.7 acres o...

Rep. Nick Boldyga proposes creating voter photo ID requirements; opponents see it as voter suppression Updated 1:30 PM; Facebook Share A state representative has proposed legislation requiring would-be voters to show a driver’s license, an armed services ID card or certain student IDs before receiving a ballot. The proposal surfaced as one of 1,157 amendments to the House’s $47.6 billion budget for fiscal 2022. Alongside his amendments to fund improvements to Robinson State Park in Agawam and limit the governor’s emergency powers, Rep. Nick Boldyga filed a proposal to require a photo I...

Holyoke group home for LGBTQ community overcoming addiction opens Updated 9:44 AM; Today 9:41 AM Bonnie O'Donnell is the program director at the Mental Health Associates Residential Rehabilitation Services program home at 11 Yale St. in Holyoke. (Don Treeger / The Republican) Facebook Share HOLYOKE — Mental Health Associates, Inc. has begun welcoming residents to 11 Yale St. — the Tudor-style home that will serve LGBTQ clients with addiction or mental health issues. Bonnie O’Donnell, the home’s program director, led a tour of the facility last week. “I thought they did an incre...

‘My church means everything to me:’ Agawam’s Vivian Roberts surprised by pastor on 103rd birthday Updated 5:15 AM; Facebook Share To nurture his small but sturdy congregation of fewer than 100 over the past year of COVID has not been without its challenges for the Rev. J. Willard Cofield. Each and every member of the First Baptist Church of Agawam, though, provides him inspiration, none more so perhaps than Vivian E. Roberts. Roberts turned 103 on Friday, and Cofield, with help from the entire congregation and the Agawam community, delivered birthday greetings by the hundreds. Literall...