HOLYOKE — A bright, rainbow sign greets visitors at the entrance to Harper’s Haven, a new playscape at Community Field that honors Harper Violet Brewer, who passed away at 15 months old in March.
Harper’s grandmother, Laura Ferriter, presided over a ribbon-cutting Wednesday that welcomed families as well as U.S. Rep. Richard E. Neal, state Sen. John Velis, state… Read more »
HOLYOKE, Mass. (WWLP) – There was a ribbon-cutting at Holyoke’s Community Field Wednesday morning to dedicate a new playground.
According to a news release sent to 22News, the new playground, Harper’s Haven, is in remembrance of Harper Violet Brewer who passed away in March at 15 months old.
Harper frequently visited Community Field and this donation to the City of… Read more »
HOLYOKE, MA (WGGB/WSHM) -- A ribbon-cutting was held in Holyoke Friday to dedicate a new toddler playground at Community Field.
The playground is named 'Harper's Haven' in memory of Harper Violet Brewer.
Harper died this past March at just 15 months old.
Today, Harper's family spoke of their daughter's love of Community Field.
"She loved the swings. The photograph of her on the swings… Read more »
House Ways and Means Chairman Richard E. Neal’s attitude toward legislating under a Democratic-led White House might aptly be described as “never let a crisis go to waste.”
The Massachusetts Democrat wants to take a page from his party’s 2009 playbook, when the Obama administration took office amid the wreckage of the financial crisis and enacted a… Read more »
SPRINGFIELD –The way Congressman Richard Neal, chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee, sees it, the three most urgent problems facing the nation should be tackled at the same time.
Neal spoke to Reminder Publishing and Focus Springfield in a new edition of the “Government Matters” television program on Nov. 13.
Neal said, “There’s a broad consensus… Read more »
LEE — When Covid-19 struck in the spring, Stephen Boyd, CEO of Boyd Technologies, an advanced materials and technology company in Lee, knew he needed to retool his business to help in any way it could.
With support from a $2 million state Manufacturing Emergency Response Team grant, Boyd quickly shifted work in its medical and life sciences facility and began making personal… Read more »
LEE — When the coronavirus pandemic first began, and a terrified public stayed home, employees at Boyd Technologies kept going to work.
The family-owned company quickly tailored its medical and life-science manufacturing labs off Route 20 to make face masks. Eight months later, it is on track to make 60 million per year — half surgical and half N95 respirators.
All the… Read more »
SPRINGFIELD, Mass. (WWLP) – The city of Springfield is moving ahead with preventative action to protect inner-city neighborhoods from future flooding.
Congressman Richard Neal and Mayor Domenic Sarno committed $2.5 million in federal funds to make certain the Watershop Pond dam remains safe for the foreseeable future and beyond.
According to a news release sent to 22News from the… Read more »
Americans would be allowed to wait longer to withdraw money from their retirement accounts and have an easier time finding old, forgotten accounts under a bipartisan proposal that contains a broad mix of measures to encourage retirement savings.
The offering from Rep. Richard Neal (D., Mass.), chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee, and Rep. Kevin Brady (R., Texas), the… Read more »
U.S. Rep. Richard E. Neal introduced legislation this week that would expand retirement savings options for workers.
Neal and Rep. Kevin Brady, the top Democrat and Republican on the House Ways and Means Committee, introduced the Securing a Strong Retirement Act of 2020 on Tuesday. Bloomberg reported that it's one of the few policies that has a chance of moving… Read more »
