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WILBRAHAM, Mass. (WWLP) - The son of a western Massachusetts Polish-American couple will be educated at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point. Darius and Izabella Karpinski Emigrated from Poland in 1993. Their son, Sebastian, will graduate from Minnechaug regional high school in Wilbraham and will then continue his education being accepted into the U.S. Military Academy at West… Read more »

SOUTH HADLEY - Political leaders and residents honored the late Ted Belsky on Saturday, unveiling a plaque with his name to recognize his decades of hard work on many projects including advocating to build a new park in town beside the Connecticut River. A section of the Hadley Falls Canal Park is now called the Ted Belsky Overlook. Located along Canal Street in the Falls Village, it… Read more »

SPRINGFIELD, Mass. (WWLP) - Leagrey Dimond made a visit to downtown Springfield to help honor her stepfather, Dr. Seuss, on Friday afternoon. Dimond has been in the area for the last few days, touring the city and looking at the recent developments that have been taking place including MGM Springfield, Union Station and the Springfield Museums. She toured the inside of the recently… Read more »

The spring, 2018 flowering of Irish American political activity in support of the Good Friday Agreement and political progress in Northern Ireland has carried into May. Congressman Richard Neal (D-Mass.) and Congressman Peter King (R-NY) co-chairs of the congressional Friends of Ireland, have reaffirmed their support for the Good Friday Agreement, which recently marked its twentieth… Read more »

U.S. Rep. Richard Neal, D-Springfield, took issue Tuesday with President Donald Trump's request that Congress rescind $7 billion in previously approved funding for the Children's Health Insurance Program -- a move which he argued would make it "harder for millions of kids to get the health care they need." Neal, the top Democrat on the House Ways and Means Committee, slammed the… Read more »

President Donald Trump's Tuesday decision to exit the Iran nuclear deal drew pushback from Massachusetts lawmakers, who cautioned that the move could leave the United States isolated from its allies, jeopardize national security and encourage nuclear proliferation.  Members of the state's U.S. House and Senate delegations were quick to criticize the president for announcing he would… Read more »

 Federal funds are flowing into a workforce development program for high school dropouts in western Massachusetts.     The U.S. Department of Labor has awarded a $1.1 million grant to the YWCA of Western Massachusetts and its YouthBuild program.      Congressman Richard Neal this week announced the funding.    " The YWCA is a grand… Read more »

U.S. Rep. Richard Neal, D-Springfield, called on the Trump administration this week to clarify details surrounding the new pass-through deduction included in the Republican-backed tax overhaul law passed last year.  Neal, the top Democrat on the tax-writing House Ways and Means Committee, sent letters to Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin and Acting Internal Revenue Service… Read more »

 Federal funds are flowing into a workforce development program for high school dropouts in western Massachusetts.     The U.S. Department of Labor has awarded a $1.1 million grant to the YWCA of Western Massachusetts and its YouthBuild program.      Congressman Richard Neal this week announced the funding.    " The YWCA is a grand brand and they… Read more »

SPRINGFIELD, Mass. (WWLP) - The YWCA of western Massachusetts is being awarded a $1.1 million grant for its YouthBuild program. Congressman Richard Neal will be in Springfield Tuesday to jointly announce the awarding of the grant alongside members of the YWCA. According to a news release sent to 22News by YWCA, the grant from the U.S. Department of Labor will be used to expand… Read more »