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WestfieldWESTFIELD - The Westfield post office, located at 8 West Silver St., will host a renaming ceremony at 10 a.m. on June 22 to dedicate the building to William T. Trant.A former Westfield...

Washington, DCAs people are preparing for the Memorial Day weekend, the state's entire congressional delegation, the governor’s office and several mayors have been invited to meet Thursday with the...

Springfield, MASPRINGFIELD - More than 150 friends and colleagues of the late Springfield School Committeeman Michael P. Rodgers raised more than $5,000 in advance of Wednesday night's scholarship...

Washington, DCNew England Public Radio is in line for an additional $100,000 to help with its expansion into downtown Springfield, under a House budget amendment approved Wednesday.The New England...

Chicopee, MACHICOPEE — U.S. Rep. Richard E. Neal met with the U.S. Secretary of the Air Force Tuesday to follow up on the announcement that Westover Air Reserve Base would be downsized, losing half...

Pittsfield, MAPITTSFIELD -- Congressman Richard Neal will serve as the keynote speaker at Berkshire Community College’s 54th commencement exercises to be held at 4:30 p.m. on Friday, May 30 at...

Springfield, MASPRINGFIELD — Volunteers including local high school students gathered Tuesday on Wilmont Street in the lower Forest Park neighborhood to plant approximately 25 trees in conjunction...

Washington, DCMassachusetts Congressman Richard Neal is expressing frustration at the pace of the federal permitting process involved in re-opening the former North Adams Regional Hospital. The...

Washington, DCCongressman Richard E. Neal speaks on the floor of the US House of Representatives on Tuesday, February 11, 2014

Washington, DC U.S. Congressman Richard Neal was on the campus of Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts in North Adams Friday. As he often does during district visits, the Democrat taught a...

Washington, DC WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — With the Affordable Care Act looking like it is here to stay, Congress expects to continue tweaking the law. In the State of the Union, President Barack Obama...

Washington, DC HOLYOKE, Mass. (WWLP) - On the eve of Black History Month, schools in Springfield and Holyoke honored Jackie Robinson, the first African American to play in the major leagues....

Washington, DC WESTFIELD - Gov. Deval L. Patrick and U.S. Rep. Richard E. Neal used the occasion Friday of a ribbon-cutting at Westfield-Barnes Regional Airport and Barnes Air National Guard base to...

Washington, DC SPRINGFIELD, Mass. (WWLP) - On Thursday, Edward Smalley received a long overdue honor for his father, who was killed on D Day: June 6, 1944. Congressman Richard Neal (D-Springfield)...

Washington, DC Expecting another round of BRAC, or Base Realignment and Closure Commission recommendations, and Pentagon belt tightening, the Massachusetts congressional delegation gathered...

Washington, DC SPRINGFIELD – U.S. Rep. Richard E. Neal, D-Springfield, has remained bullish on the Affordable Care Act, undaunted by the controversy that has surrounded its roll-out and by polls...

Washington, DC GREAT BARRINGTON -- U.S. Rep. Richard E. Neal said on Wednesday that he's in favor of raising the minimum wage in Massachusetts, but believes it should be done in stages, not all at...

Washington, DC As the New Markets Tax Credit (NMTC) program awaited congressional reauthorization in December 2012, Rep. Richard E. Neal, D-Mass., went before the House of Representatives to urge an...

Washington, DC SPRINGFIELD -- Local officials announced Monday that Springfield has received a final settlement of $25 million in federal disaster aid for the 2011 tornado, with the money set to be...

Washington, DC SPRINGFIELD – Rep. Richard E. Neal, D-Springfield is among the members of Congress to sign a letter asking President Obama to restore funding for home heating assisting in next year’s...