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Are restrictions Springfield Diocese uses to protect properties steering them toward demolition? Updated 5:01 AM; Today 5:01 AM Victoria Baeger and her husband have purchased the former Blessed Sacrament Rectory in Greenfield and are in the process of turning it into their home. (Don Treeger / The Republican) 2/26/2021 Facebook Share Victoria Baeger thought she had found the perfect home. It is old enough to have character with an unrestored charm, big enough for her husband and kids to spread out a little bit, situated in a good location and — tricky in a market that was already hot �...

John Dunne: ‘Give St. John Cantius a stay of execution’ Published: 3/8/2021 5:36:28 PM The destruction of St. John Cantius Church on Hawley Street would be a sin. This is a significant building, over 100 years old. It’s beautiful. It tells a story of our city’s past. It’s right in the middle of an important historic neighborhood with historic structures on Bridge Street, Phillips Place and Pomeroy Terrace. The culture, the work, the history, the diversity of our past are all here to see in this building. It is too important to rush to destroy. The community should be given time to...

Food Bank of Western Massachusetts moving to Chicopee Food Bank of Western Massachusetts staffer Catie Gralenski works in the Hatfield warehouse in June. GAZETTE FILE PHOTO By SCOTT MERZBACH HATFIELD — The Food Bank of Western Massachusetts will be moving from its longtime headquarters in Hatfield to a new location in Chicopee. The Food Bank in December acquired 16.5 acres of vacant land at the Chicopee River Business Park, at the corner of East Main and Carew streets, from Westmass Area Development Corp., for $449,235, with the intent to move to a newly constructed building there in the ne...

Seventh-Day Adventist Church buys former Blessed Sacrament in Northampton Updated Jan 14, 2021; Posted Jan 14, 2021 The former Blessed Sacrament Roman Catholic Church at 354 Elm St. in Northampton has been sold to the Southern New England Conference of the Seventh-day Adventists.Don Treeger / The Republican file Facebook Share NORTHAMPTON — A growing Seventh-Day Adventist congregation based in Florence bought the former Blessed Sacrament Church at 354 Elm St. for $455,000. The transaction, recorded at the Hampshire County Registry of Deeds Dec. 30, doesn’t include the rectory next door....

Food Bank of Western Massachusetts moving to Chicopee Food Bank of Western Massachusetts staffer Catie Gralenski works in the warehouse in Hatfield June 3. GAZETTE FILE PHOTO Published: 1/7/2021 11:26:34 AM HATFIELD — The Food Bank of Western Massachusetts will be moving from its longtime headquarters in Hatfield to a new location in Chicopee. The Food Bank in December acquired 16.5 acres of vacant land at the Chicopee River Business Park, at the corner of East Main and Carew streets, from Westmass Area Development Corp., for $449,235, with the intent to move to a newly constructed building...