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$100,000 grant to improve Chicopee Street intersection
A new state grant for Chicopee could mean all the difference in making one dangerous intersection safer for their community.
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‘No Kings’ rallies take place throughout western Mass.
Major celebrations recognizing America's success took place at the Capitol, but some members of the western Massachusetts ...
Map shows biggest population losers and winners in Mass. from new census data
The U.S. Census just released population numbers for every Massachusetts city and town. A map shows which grew and which ...
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Hotel shelter closures impact western Mass. towns
WEST SPRINGFIELD, Mass. (WWLP) – The release of the audit ... shelters will close six months ahead of the original schedule. Western Massachusetts population drops as state numbers rise ...
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As towns grapple with potential school cuts, Mass. lawmakers call for funding formula change
Different towns are weighing different options ... budget proposal that was released in January, a focus for many western Mass. legislators, including myself, is squarely on Chapter 70 and ...
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This is what it’s like in the Mass. towns with the closest presidential election results
“We have more in common than we do different because we all live in the same town in western Massachusetts ... with just over 61% of the vote, many towns in the state saw much tighter ...
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In Western Mass., stark warnings about House GOP budget proposal’s impacts on health services
According to Schaller, the adults enrolled in Riverside's programming span the Pioneer Valley - over 30 towns and cities ... to over 160 clients throughout Western Massachusetts.” ...
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Western Mass. groups send letter opposing pipeline expansion
Beginning more than a decade ago and wrapping up in 2016, a wide-ranging coalition in western Massachusetts banded together to resist Tennessee Gas Pipeline Co.’s Northeast Energy Direct project ...