Girls State a family tradition for Westfield student in Beacon Hill program
Senator Velis’s Message: Mental Health and Substance Use Big Problems Not Talked Enough About
Getting Answers: Mass. DPH to hold public hearing on nursing home closures
Holyoke Soldiers’ Home gets new name, new state oversight
Families of closing Chicopee nursing homes say they are being offered placements in Pittsfield, Boston
New agriculture committee puts focus on region
‘It’s flooding an already completely congested market.’ Nursing home closures in Western Mass. leave families and hospitals scrambling.
‘Breaking through the barriers’: MassHire Holyoke plans to expand efforts to aid workers recovering from addiction
Chicopee, Springfield, Westfield nursing homes want to remain open: Lawmakers searching for ways to make them financially viable
Police investigating threats at several local schools
In the News!
March 3, 2023
(The Westfield News/MassLive - Amy Porter) On Feb. 28, Madison Koziol of Westfield, a junior at Pope Francis Preparatory School...
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March 2, 2023
(Holyoke Media) Last week Senate President Spilka announced new committee assignments for the 2023-2024 legislative session. Senator John Velis (D-Westfield)...
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March 2, 2023
(Western Mass News - Paris Dunford) As the announced closures of four nursing homes here in western Mass., a hearing...
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March 2, 2023
(Western Mass News - Paris Dunford) A name change has come to the Holyoke Soldier’s Home, as well as a...
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March 1, 2023
(MassLive - Jeanette DeForge) Brenda Bauer and her family all live in the same area so when her brother got...
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February 26, 2023
(Daily Hampshire Gazette - Sydney Ko) Western Massachusetts will have ample representation on a new legislative committee focusing on agriculture....
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February 25, 2023
(Boston Globe - Kay Lazar) The abrupt announcement that four nursing homes in Western Massachusetts will be closing this spring...
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February 17, 2023
(MassLive/The Republican - Jonah Snowden) MassHire Holyoke Career Center intends to expand on the work done by its Recovery Ready Workplace...
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February 14, 2023
(MassLive - Jeanette DeForge) Lawmakers working to find solutions to keep four nursing homes open said they are facing multiple...
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February 14, 2023
(Western Mass News - Paris Dunford, Kristin Burnell) Multiple schools across Massachusetts received hoax threats again on Tuesday after a...
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