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Springfield, MASPRINGFIELD – The city will use a newly awarded $1.29 million federal grant to build a skills training center at Forest Park to provide technical training in the precision...

Washington, DCPresident Obama is sending nearly 300 U.S. soldiers to Iraq to protect personnel at the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad as a militant Sunni group continues its push on parts of the country....

Washington, DCMassachusetts Congressman Richard Neal, a Democrat who represents the first district, recently spoke with WAMC's Alan Chartock as part of WAMC's Congressional Corner series. The dean...

Springfield, MASPRINGFIELD — Jarren Pacheco, who graduated from Springfield Central High School in 2013, will attend the United States Air Force Academy in the fall, according to the Springfield...

Springfield, MASPRINGFIELD - Hampden District Attorney Mark G. Mastroianni received widespread applause from elected officials following his confirmation Wednesday by the U.S. Senate as a federal...

Pittsfield, MAPITTSFIELD -- Berkshire Community College has announced that Shelby Meyers has been selected as the 2014 valedictorian and will provide remarks at the institution's 54th commencement...

Springfield, MASPRINGFIELD – Western Massachusetts communities are due to see roughly a third of $4 million in federal funding being allocated to Massachusetts for environmental cleanup at former...

Springfield, MASPRINGFIELD — The City of Springfield's Veterans Services Department hosted the city's annual Memorial Day Commemoration Ceremony on Friday, honoring veterans ahead of the Memorial...

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....