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WestfieldWESTFIELD – The reconstruction of a $13.5 million runway at Barnes Regional Airport, which will be made of concrete to better accommodate the military F-15 fighter jets, will begin Aug. 5...

Washington, DCAccording to state Rep. William "Smitty" Pignatelli, D-Lenox, a "delegation letter" to be signed by Massachusetts U.S. senators Elizabeth Warren and Edward Markey, who is being sworn...

Washington, DCCongessman Richard E. Neal (D-Springfield) today announced that the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has awarded $288,089 in outreach and enrollment grants to four...

Holyoke, MAHOLYOKE - Veterans and officials from the Department of Veterans Affairs on Friday lauded a $305,000 federal grant to the Holyoke Soldiers' Home, allowing a new, more sophisticated fire...

Washington, DCThe clout of Massachusetts lawmakers may be near its lowest ebb. The state’s two senators have less combined seniority than any pair in the country. The House delegation, possibly the...

Washington, DCU.S. Rep. Richard E. Neal presented Olivia Foster, of Longmeadow, with the Congressional Award at a recent ceremony on Capitol Hill. Congress established the Congressional Award in...

Springfield, MASPRINGFIELD - A quarter of a century after he was first elected to the U.S. House of Representatives, Democrat Richard E. Neal, a former Springfield mayor, will become the dean of the...

Springfield, MASPRINGFIELD — Twelve years and $200 million after its start, the State Street corridor improvement project is approaching the finish line. By Thursday morning, the 3.2 mile...

Springfield, MASPRINGFIELD - All Luke M. Griswold had was a stone engraved with the number 297. No name. No dates. Nothing to suggest he was a Navy veteran, a Civil War hero and the first winner of...

Washington, DCSaturday May 25, 2013 LENOX -- U.S. Rep. Richard Neal, D-Springfield, whose district includes a large swath of Western Massachusetts, will participate in the annual Memorial Day Parade...

Pittsfield, MAPITTSFIELD -- City officials were joined Monday by state lawmakers and U.S. Rep. Richard E. Neal to announce a $132,300 federal grant to update the breathing equipment firefighters use...

Holyoke, MAHOLYOKE - U.S. Rep. Richard E. Neal, D-Springfield, a senior member of the House Ways and Means Committee, Thursday announced that the Holyoke Fire Department will receive $784,165 in...

Washington, DCTuesday April 9, 2013 NORTH ADAMS -- U.S. Rep. Richard E. Neal made a visit to North County on Monday, with stops at Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts and the Sterling and Francine...

DaltonDALTON -- As part of his multi-purpose visit to Berkshire County on Thursday, U.S. Rep. Richard E. Neal, D-Springfield, made a stop at Wahconah Regional High School to stump with students on...

Springfield, MASPRINGFIELD - The city is in line to receive$21.9 million in disaster aid, money it plans to spend on the new South End Community Center, a senior citizens center in Blunt Park, to...

Springfield, MASPRINGFIELD - U.S. Rep. Richard E. Neal this week continued his long campaign to help with peace and progress in Northern Ireland. Neal met in Washington on Tuesday with Sinn Fein...

WestfieldWESTFIELD - U.S. Rep. Richard E. Neal, D-Springfield, joined Westfield Fire Chief Mary R. Regan and other local officials Monday afternoon to announce that the Fire Department has been...

Washington, DCFriday February 8, 2013 PITTSFIELD -- U.S. Rep. Richard E. Neal believes that constituent services are the "lifeblood" of congressional work. "It’s not glamorous," the Springfield...

Great BarringtonGREAT BARRINGTON — There's a new revolution brewing in Massachusetts whose battle cry may very well be, "Less taxation on small fermentations." Flanked by a group of Bay State craft...

Washington, DCCongressman Richard E. Neal released the following statement on President Obama's Inauguration Ceremony tomorrow and the commemoration of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day.   "In...