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People's United Bank is set to layoff 747 employees in the state this fall, according to the Connecticut Department of Labor. The layoffs come on the heals of a merger between People's United Bank and a Buffalo based company called the M&T Corporation. The layoffs will be spread between 16...

CHICOPEE, MA (WGGB/WSHM) -- Chicopee Police responded to a call for shots fired at the Motel 6 on Johhnycake Hollow Road Friday night. The call came in around 7:40 p.m. Friday night. Chicopee patrol officers and detectives responded. Chicopee Police Department Lt. Holly Cote tells Western Mass News this appeared...

EASTHAMPTON, Mass. (AP) — A 67-year-old Chicopee woman died Friday after a single-vehicle crash on Interstate 91 in Easthampton, State Police said. Troopers responded to reports of a crash on I-91 southbound around 2 p.m., according to a police statement. They found a car that had come to a stop in the breakdown lane after crashing into a stationary object on the side of the road.

CHICOPEE, Mass. (WWLP) – A proposal for a Cumberland Farms gas station fueled Saturday’s protest in Chicopee. If approved, it would be placed near the Grattan Street and McKinstry Avenue intersection, an area that is filled with small businesses. Residents in the Aldenville neighborhood brought signs as they raised concerns on this controversial proposal.

A Humble hospital worker is behind bars and has been suspended by the Texas Medical Board after he was charged with sexually assaulting a patient and offering the patient drugs. The board on Monday suspended the medical radiologic technologist (MRT) certificate of Cadwallader Coles, 59, who was arrested after a...

(WTNH) — The Department of Energy and Environmental Protection (DEEP) announced Saturday that multiple state parks across Connecticut are currently reaching or have reached capacity. Squantz Pond State Park in New Fairfield. Hammonasset Beach State Park in Madison. Silver Sands State Park in Milford. Mount Tom State Park in Litchfield.

A Hudson Valley man is feeling lucky after cashing in a $10,000 lottery ticket he purchased in neighboring Connecticut. Rockland County resident Eric Fenninger, who lives in the hamlet of New City in the town of Clarkstown, was among the latest CT Lottery winners to cash in a winning ticket worth $10,000 or more.

The West Hartford Fire Department responded to Sedgwick Middle School overnight after a fire alarm was activated. The sprinkler system was able to control the impact of an overnight fire at Sedgwick Middle School and West Hartford Fire Department crews completed the task of extinguishing the blaze, officials said Saturday.

CHICOPEE-The longtime vision of Ruth Willemain’s “Harmony House” is now closing in on becoming a reality. Despite years of setbacks and the COVID-19 pandemic, countless volunteers and board members who have worked tirelessly to see Harmony House of Western Massachusetts come to fruition now expect the doors to be open by early fall.

WESTFIELD – Westfield is the site of one of 52 projects funded in the current round of the Mass Trails Grant Program. The Baker-Polito Administration announced this week that $4 million in grants were given to projects across the Commonwealth to construct, maintain and improve public trails, including hiking trails, bikeways and shared-use paths.

A picnic with hot dogs, salads, games, and surprisingly, political discussion, is set to take place at Look Park on July 31. Organized by the recently established Braver Angels Pioneer Valley Alliance, the event is dedicated to rebuilding trust and community between the left and right. Braver Angels is a national organization whose mission is to find common ground through open discussions without fear and reducing the destructive polarization so prevalent in the country.