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Washington, DCA federal grant has been announced to help preserve rare pieces of Americana in Springfield, Massachusetts. The Springfield Museums have been awarded a grant of nearly $107,000 from...

Washington, DCCOLRAIN — While this year’s apple harvest is in full swing, Pine Hill Orchard’s David Shearer is already applying to the federal government for permission to bring his crew of migrant...

Springfield, MASPRINGFIELD -- For the last month, unwanted prescription drugs have been going in a bin at the Walgreens location at "The X" -- not on the street. The store at 501 Sumner Ave. in the...

Springfield, MASPRINGFIELD, Mass. – Springfield Technical Community College (STCC) has received a $300,000 federal grant from the U.S. Department of Justice Office on Violence Against Women to...

Springfield, MASPRINGFIELD -- A year ago, Christine Jacobs was homeless, and her abuser was out of jail and on the streets searching for her. Today, she lives in transitional housing provided by the...

Heath, RoweHEATH, ROWE — Congressman Richard E. Neal brought good news to Heath in the form of an $88,343 grant that will pay for up-to-date breathing apparatus for a dozen members of the Heath Fire...

Holyoke, MAHOLYOKE -- Construction of a $23.8 million emergency department at Holyoke Medical Center at 575 Beech St. is on schedule with the facility set to be ready by spring, a hospital press...

MilfordMILFORD - With decades of work behind them, town and state officials gathered at Town Hall Saturday morning to acknowledge the completion of a restoration project that cleaned up Milford...

Washington, DC(WWLP) – The Springfield Regional Chamber of Commerce is in Washington, D.C. 22News reporter Kait Walsh was with business leaders Thursday as they heard from top national lawmakers in...

Springfield, MASPRINGFIELD — The Pope Francis High School a capella chorus summed up the sentiment of the day on Sunday, singing 'Hallelujah" as more than 400 dignitaries, students and neighbors...

Springfield, MASPRINGFIELD - The Smithsonian Institution has named the Springfield Museums an affiliate, opening up new opportunities for cultural and historical exhibits and a wealth of educational...

Springfield, MASPRINGFIELD — Waleska Martinez had a smile that could light up a room and it's what her sister Lourdes LeBron most remembers about her younger sister who was killed on Sept. 11. 2001....

Holyoke, MAHOLYOKE, Mass. (WWLP) – The Holyoke Fire Department will be able to hire 10 new firefighters, thanks to a $1,245,940 grant they have received. The federal SAFER grant, Staffing for...

Springfield, MASPRINGFIELD — The City of Springfield has received a $147,456 grant from the Department of Justice to expand communications and technology at the Police Department, Mayor Domenic J....

Pittsfield, MAPITTSFIELD, Mass. — Berkshire County has seen 105 people so far this year taken to the hospital after overdosing. That's on pace for more than 300 in a year. Last year, there were 158,...

Washington, DCIf you want to take a train from Springfield to Boston, there’s only one a day and it’s notoriously slow. But a new federally funded study looks at the cost and benefits of expanding...

Pittsfield, MAPITTSFIELD — Again and again viewers saw the syringe full of yellowish fluid pierce an arm, a hand, even a neck, perhaps imagining — or re-living — how the scourge depicted in "Heroin:...

Springfield, MASPRINGFIELD-- Peg Sterns, a graduate from the Technical High School class of 1928 in Springfield, took a trip back to her alma mater on Monday.   At 105-years-old, she still...

Great BarringtonGREAT BARRINGTON — U.S. Rep. Richard Neal, D-Springfield, congratulated members of the Great Barrington Fire Department on Monday for winning what he termed a "handsome" $160,477...

Great BarringtonGREAT BARRINGTON — Iredale Mineral Cosmetics may have Berkshire roots, but it's a company with an international outlook. Thirty percent of the firm's current revenue comes through...