Last Sunday, residents of the small town of Springfield, Massachusetts gathered for a screening of Maurice Fitzpatrick’s In the Name of Peace: John Hume in America.
The film charts the life and times of the man that many believe was the true driver of the Northern Ireland peace process.
Through interviews with key players in the peace process – including two former US… Read more »
SPRINGFIELD -- As the U.S.-vs.-China trade war escalated Tuesday, U.S. Rep. Richard E. Neal said he'll work against a potential ban on transit agencies spending federal money on Chinese rail and transit cars -- like those CRRC MA assembles and finishes in Springfield.
The ban, different versions of which are before the U.S. Senate and the House of Representatives, is sure to come up in… Read more »
Three Berkshire communities will share nearly $130,000 to upgrade their firefighting and first responder equipment.
The Federal Emergency Management Agency has awarded Hancock $80,000, Cheshire $34,329 and North Adams $14,524.
In all, FEMA doled out $4.5 million to 27 fire departments and agencies across the commonwealth. A third of that funding, $1.49 million, went to The Fire… Read more »
HOLYOKE — For Shannon Yaremchak, an instructor at the Corporation for Public Management, food insecurity remains a looming threat even as she holds a job.
“For today, I am going to be your face of the hungry,” Yaremchak said to a crowd gathered Monday at Holyoke Community College to mark the launch of an initiative to highlight the problem of hunger in the… Read more »
HOLYOKE -- For Shannon Yaremchak, hunger and homelessness aren't abstract concepts, they're realities she and her four children have faced in the years since her husband "abandoned" them.
Yaremchak, a former teacher who ended up living in a hotel as she sought to get back on her feet, said while she struggled to provide her family nutritious meals with just a microwave and dorm-sized… Read more »
NORTHAMPTON — Controversial tariffs imposed on newsprint by the Trump administration have caused added financial burden for newspapers across the country in recent months — but they are likely to end in the near future.
The International Trade Commission this week issued a unanimous ruling that the imported Canadian newsprint, which is formally known as uncoated groundwood… Read more »
SPRINGFIELD - After President Donald Trump announced that he would be cancelling pay raises for almost 2 million federal workers, Springfield congressman Richard Neal released a statement saying he opposed the decision.
Neal said:
"The public servants who make up our civilian federal workforce deserve to be compensated fairly for the important work that they do each day on… Read more »
In a victory for the American newspaper industry, the U.S. International Trade Commission on Wednesday blocked tariffs imposed by the Trump administration on imported newsprint, finding that American producers weren't harmed by imports from Canadian paper mills.
The newspaper industry had complained that the rising cost of newsprint, typically their second-biggest expense, made it… Read more »
Massachusetts congressional lawmakers praised federal trade officials Wednesday for voting to overturn the Trump administration's tariffs on Canadian newsprint.
U.S. Sen. Ed Markey, D-Massachusetts, and U.S. Rep. Richard Neal, D-Springfield, touted the United States International Trade Commission's unanimous vote and finding that Canadian newsprint doesn't hurt American industry.
Markey… Read more »
EASTHAMPTON -- A candle company that focuses on employing women who escaped from war-torn countries earned a visit from U.S. Rep. Richard Neal and state Rep. John Scibak on Monday.
Prosperity Candle, located in the Eastworks Building, is a "mission-driven company" that strives to make a profit while doing the right thing, said co-founder Ted Barber.
"It's not us only helping them," said… Read more »
