Holyoke, MA | By James Paleologopoulos, WAMC Northeast Public RadioWork in Holyoke on a large-scale complex devoted to treating local veterans reached a major milestone ahead of Veterans Day. For...
Needed for F-35s, Barnes Air National Guard Base opens Minuteman Gate
Nov 7, 2024
Westfield, MA | By Jim Kinney | jkinney@repub.comBarnes Air National Guard Base and the 104th Fighter Wing wouldn’t have been considered as a new home for F-35A Lightning II jets if it didn’t have a...
Springfield honors 2 U.S. Army vets as parade marshal and veteran of year
Nov 5, 2024
Springfield, MA | By Jeanette DeForge | jdeforge@repub.comToni Hendrix was just 17 when she joined the U.S. Army, only on the condition she be stationed in Germany. “I came from a poor family...
Neal, MassDOT announce $36.8M for East-West Rail
Nov 4, 2024
Springfield, MA | by Sarah Heinonen | The ReminderSpringfield has moved a little closer to becoming the central hub of a statewide passenger rail system known as Compass Rail. The state received a...
UMass leaders share research system success during Medical School visit from ARPA-H director
Oct 30, 2024
Worcester, MA | By Susan E.W. Spencer | UMass Chan Medical CenterMembers of Massachusetts’ congressional delegation, UMass President Marty Meehan, chancellors of each university campus, and leaders...
Renovation update at Springfield’s Forest Park grandstand
Oct 28, 2024
Springfield, MA | By Kiara Smith, 22 NewsSpringfield Mayor Sarno, Congressman Richard Neal, and other city leaders gathered at Forest Park to announce some major renovations. Renovations to...
Rep. Neal touts funding for WNE engineering department’s ‘Center for Advanced Manufacturing Systems’
Oct 28, 2024
Springfield, MA | By James Paleologopoulos, WAMC Northeast Public RadioFederal dollars are heading to Springfield, Massachusetts to support a center devoted to teaching and training students in...
Electric cars introduce new industries and careers to Western Mass
Oct 19, 2024
Springfield, MA | By Dave Canton | dcanton@repub.comBy 2035 every vehicle sold in Massachusetts will be electrically powered, necessitating the creation of a whole new network of industries to...
Gravity, engineering and planning: Construction begins on $300 million water treatment plant
Oct 16, 2024
Westfield, MA | By Jim Kinney | jkinney@repub.comThe Springfield Water and Sewer Commission celebrated Wednesday the beginning of construction for its $298.2 million West Parish Water Treatment...
UMass Amherst Unveils Henry M. Thomas III Center at Springfield
Oct 15, 2024
Springfield, MA | By Melinda Rose, UMass AmherstThe University of Massachusetts Amherst celebrated former UMass Trustee and Springfield Urban League President Henry M. Thomas III on Tuesday Oct. 15...
Long-awaited Greylock Glen Outdoor Center Opens to Applause
Oct 11, 2024
Adams, MA | By Tammy Daniels, iBerkshiresThere's been numerous plans for the Greylock Glen over the past half century — casinos and golf courses, condos and hotels, tramways and ski slopes. ...
Sublime Systems, with plans in Holyoke, feted for cement in Boston office building
Oct 3, 2024
Boston, MA | By Aprell May Munford | AMunford@repub.comSublime Systems, a manufacturer of low-carbon cement with plans to start building a plant in Holyoke in 2025, was hailed by federal and state...
Lee public safety project gets $1 million in federal funding
Oct 2, 2024
Lee, MA | By Clarence Fanto, The Berkshire EagleThe town’s $36.7 million public safety complex and DPW project gained a $1 million boost from Congress on Wednesday. U.S. Rep. Richard Neal,...
World War II corporal posthumously given congressional gold medal
Sep 29, 2024
Springfield, MA | By Caleb Cook, Western Mass NewsThe U.S. Marine Corps and National Montford Point Marine Association awarded the Congressional Gold Medal posthumously to Corporal Joseph Anthony...
New cybersecurity center to monitor threats, train students opens in Springfield
Sep 17, 2024
Springfield, MA | By James Paleologopoulos, WAMC Northeast Public RadioA community college in western Massachusetts has finished work on a new regional cybersecurity center. Officials gathered to...
Springfield Museums partners with Irish office to explore shared history
Sep 17, 2024
Springfield, MA | By Staasi Heropoulos | Special to The RepublicanThe Springfield Museums today announced a partnership with the Office of Public Works of Ireland to showcase artifacts that...
‘We built a neighborhood;’ developer completes 295 new apartments in former car, Indian Motorcycle factories
Sep 9, 2024
Springfield, MA | By Jim Kinney | jkinney@repub.comFirst Resource Development Co. is marking the completion – and full occupancy – of 96 apartments in the former Knox Automobile Co. factory...
Mass. lawmakers call for severance for workers at Steward’s Carney, Nashoba Valley hospitals
Aug 22, 2024
Washington, D.C. | By John L. Micek | jmicek@masslive.comA coalition of the Bay State’s lawmakers on Capitol Hill have called on bankrupt Steward Health Care to look after some 1,200 workers set to...
Springfield to fight climate change with $20M grant for historically disadvantaged neighborhoods
Aug 14, 2024
Springfield, MA | By Jeanette DeForge | jdeforge@repub.comThe city will see more than 1,500 new trees planted, the Mason Square Library will soon have a more reliable, environmentally friendly...
North Adams Regional Hospital is now officially a critical access hospital. Here’s what that means for its financial future
Aug 1, 2024
North Adams, MA | By Sten Spinella, The Berkshire EagleThe new North Adams Regional Hospital won’t have to worry about money like the old one. Berkshire Health Systems announced Thursday that...