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Patriots donate 30,000 masks to Western Massachusetts nonprofits Updated Mar 12, 2021; Posted Mar 12, 2021 Center for Human Development CEO Jim Goodwin joins Hampden District Attorney Anthony Gulluni as 7,500 medical masks were delivered to the agency courtesy of the New England Patriots Foundation. The team's foundation donated 30,000 masks to area nonprofits. Facebook Share SPRINGFIELD — The New England Patriots have donated some 30,000 medical masks to Hampden County educational, medical and nonprofit organizations, directly from Gillette Stadium. The contributions came after Patriots ...

Springfield slates ‘town hall’ to explain COVID vaccines, debunk myths Updated Mar 12, 2021; Posted Mar 12, 2021 Springfield -- The city has a COVID-19 Town Hall to spread information about the vaccination program. Here, in file photo, Pat Conz and her brother Robert Kelly are among those being vaccinated at the Eastfield Mall. (Hoang 'Leon' Nguyen / The Republican) Facebook Share SPRINGFIELD — A community task force has scheduled a “town hall” virtual meeting on Tuesday to provide detailed information about coronavirus vaccines and to dispel myths about it. City officials will jo...

The Baker administration has approved a plan for neighborhood coronavirus vaccination sites in the largest city in western Massachusetts.

by afampov · March 2, 2021 By Frederick A. Hurst Jynai McDonald is running for Springfield’s Ward 4 City Council seat placing her in position to join several other local African American women elected officials who have been playing a significant, if not dominant, political leadership role for the benefit of the African American community and Springfield in general. 32-year-old Jynai is the daughter of Lester McDonald III and Victoria Lewis. Her paternal grandparents migrated to Springfield from Mississippi and North Carolina many years ago. Her maternal grand...

COVID marks new chapter for independent bookstores Updated Feb 16, 2021; Posted Feb 16, 2021 Zelmon "Zee" Johnson adjusts the shelves in her Olive Tree Books-n-Voices, a community bookstore on Hancock Street in Springfield. (Don Treeger / The Republican) Facebook Share SOUTH HADLEY — For Joan Grenier, owner of the Odyssey Bookshop across from Mount Holyoke College, 2020 was a year of constant reinvention — and gratitude. With business interrupted by the coronovirus pandemic, Grenier said she was faced with the possibility of closing. The crisis prompted her to set up a GoFundMe online f...