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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, 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...

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...

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, 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, 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...

West Springfield, MA | By James Paleologopoulos, WAMC Northeast Public RadioFunding for a superstructure solution to a longtime traffic headache in Hampden County, Massachusetts has been announced....

Dorchester, MA | By Amy Phillips, 22 NewsA plan to protect the New England Teamsters Pension Plan, the third largest Teamster pension fund in the nation, has been approved.   The Pension...

Springfield, MA | By Jim Kinney | jkinney@repub.comNASA astronaut Stephanie D. Wilson and her crewmates completed this week 18 months of training ahead of the planned August launch to the...

Springfield, MA | By Jeanette DeForge | jdeforge@repub.comA small parcel of land off Liberty Street that was once targeted to be a gas station or small commercial plaza will instead be protected as...

Washington, D.C. | By Tara Copp, The Associated PressThree Massachusetts lawmakers are pressing Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin to ground the V-22 Osprey aircraft again until the military can fix the...

Springfield, MA | By Duncan MacLean, 22 NewsThe state Department of Transportation has approved a new five-year capital investment plan which includes another huge sum of money to advance the vision...

Lenox, MA | By Clarence Fanto, The Berkshire EagleIt’s never too late to celebrate a big federal grant for an important historic preservation project.   At a Town Hall gathering on Tuesday with...

Washington, D.C. | IrishCentral Staff, IrishCentralUS Representatives Mike Kelly (R-PA-16) and Richard E. Neal (D-MA-01), Co-Chairs of the Congressional Friends of Ireland Caucus, introduced a...

Easthampton, MA | By Alexa Lewis, Hampshire GazetteThe city is set to receive $960,000 from the federal government for much-needed water infrastructure upgrades along Route 10 in the coming months....

Springfield, MA | By Jim Kinney | jkinney@repub.comVanessa Ford, a frequent performer at civic events, sang an extended version of “Amazing Grace” Wednesday for Juneteenth commemorations in...

Agawam, MA | By Jim Kinney | jkinney@repub.comDonna Fiorentino of Wilbraham looked around Massachusetts Veterans Memorial Cemetery on Monday, at rows of white headstones standing at attention with...

North Adams, MA | By Sten Spinella, The Berkshire EagleThe city's flood management system feasibility study has acquired the last portion of its funding and is ready to move forward, according to...

Washington, D.C. | by Ray O'Hanlon, Irish EchoCongressman Mike Lawler is this week submitting an E-3 Visa bill to Congress.   He is not alone.   Congressman Richard Neal, a Democrat, and...

Westfield, MA | By Emma McCorkindale, 22 NewsConstruction for the Taxiway B South project at Barnes Air National Guard Base will soon be underway.   According to the Westfield-Barnes Regional...