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World’s Largest Pancake Breakfast traffic advisory issued
SPRINGFIELD — While Mercy Medical Center is mixing up the batter and the Hampden County Sheriff’s Office is finishing up the bacon, portions of Main Street in downtown Springfield will be closed to allow for the set-up for the World’s Largest Pancake Breakfast. On Friday at 10...
Springfield water panel, construction unions pressed by judge to defend favored labor agreement
SPRINGFIELD – A Hampden County Superior judge pressed lawyers for the Springfield Water and Sewer Commission and construction unions to defend use of a “project labor agreement” when building a $325 million water plant. Judge Michael K. Callan did not rule following an hourlong hearing Tuesday in...
Reversing FEMA, Biden admin issues disaster declaration for September flash floods
Help is on the way for people impacted by severe flooding in Worcester and Bristol counties last year following a declaration by President Joe Biden. The Biden administration announced the declaration Wednesday night, partially reversing a previous FEMA decision to deny federal disaster aid. “This is one major victory,” said...
See all homes sold in Hampden County, May 5 to May 11
The following is a listing of all home transfers in Hampden County reported from May 5 to May 11. There were 99 transactions posted during this time. During this period, the median sale for the area was an 884-square-foot home on Grayson Drive in Springfield that sold for $280,000. Agawam.
Homelessness has increased this year in Hampden County, results of survey say
SPRINGFIELD — On the last night of January, 2,901 people in the county were homeless, according to newly-released data from the Springfield-Hampden County Continuum of Care. That’s an uptick of more than 200 people compared to the same survey done last year. “Unfortunately, we are not surprised by...
Longmeadow man faces most extensive grand jury indictment in recent Hampden County history
SPRINGFIELD — A Longmeadow man accused of operating an illegal gun and drug mill at his Kenmore Drive home is facing a 234-count indictment in Hampden Superior Court. Antonio Fusco, 29, and his brother Franco “Frankie” Fusco, 24, were arrested during a raid at the home in November. Facing the mammoth indictment recently handed up by a grand jury, the elder Fusco was originally charged with dozens of illegal gun, ammunition and drug crimes, as a mountain of fentanyl, cocaine and other narcotics also were discovered at the house, according to court records.
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