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October 26, 2025

Hundreds unite for ‘Out of the Darkness’ suicide prevention event in Agawam

(WWLP) – Hundreds gathered at an event organized by the American Society of Suicide Prevention to raise money and support...
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October 7, 2025

West Springfield schools get $300K for upgrades and programs

(10/7/2025- WWLP)  The West Springfield community received $300,000 in funding on Tuesday morning, aimed at supporting local schools and infrastructure....
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October 2, 2025

Agawam receives state funding to improve several schools

 (10/2/2025- WesternMass News) The state has stepped in to help students and teachers in Agawam with funding for their elementary...
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October 1, 2025

InFocus featuring Senator John Velis

(10/1/2025- WWLP) InFocus with Patrick Berry featuring Massachusetts State Senator John Velis. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sojcJb6qUZU
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September 29, 2025

Velis, Finn provide legislative updates

(9/30/2025- Reminder)  As chair of the House’s Joint Committee on Bonding, Capital Expenditures and State Assets, state Rep. Michael Finn...
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September 26, 2025

Senator Velis donates to aid Mass. Student Trooper Program

(9/26/2025- WWLP) – State Senator John Velis has donated $1,500 to the Massachusetts American Legion to support the Student Trooper...
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September 18, 2025

Sen. Velis renews push to expand state wiretap law

(Daily Hampshire Gazette) State Sen. John Velis is hopeful that a refiled bill to expand and modernize the state’s wiretap...
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September 12, 2025

Springfield remembers 9/11 with unveiling of monument addition, call for unity

(SPRINGFIELD REPUBLICAN) – Whether it was a 25-year-old Air Force lieutenant escorting passenger planes to safety, a lawyer who signed...
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September 3, 2025

A Phoenix rises: Holyoke unveils new Peck School

(Daily Hampshire Gazette) Camilia Garcia remembers thinking that the school her daughter attended not long ago, the now-demolished William R....
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August 19, 2025

State senators want more direct line between Mass. governor, National Guard chief

(SHNS) While National Guard members from three states head to Washington, D.C. to patrol the capital under the command of...
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