By Dan Desrochers
September 1, 2016
WESTFIELD – Residents were given the first chance to discuss the new hazard mitigation plan yesterday evening at city hall.
media coverage
18 Aug
WAMC: Federal Funds OKed For Regional Bike Share Program
By: Paul Tuthill
August 9, 2016
Federal funding has been approved for a bike sharing service in western Massachusetts.
18 Aug
By Scott Merzbach
Saturday, August 6, 2016
NORTHAMPTON — A long-planned regional bicycle sharing program that could launch next summer in both Northampton and Amherst secured more than $1 million in federal funding this week.
05 Aug
By: Ted LaBorde
August 2, 2016
WESTFIELD - City officials are launching efforts to gain Green Community status for the city through the state Department of Energy and Environmental Affairs.
05 Aug
By: G. Michael Dobbs
July 28, 2016
I had a fascinating a-hah moment the other day when I was covering the press conference about a rail study that would improve access to rail travel in Massachusetts, Vermont and Connecticut.
26 Jul
By: Nancy Eve Cohen
July 20, 2016
If you want to take a train from Springfield to Boston, there’s only one a day and it’s notoriously slow. But a new federally funded study looks at the cost and benefits of expanding train service to Boston — and Montreal.
26 Jul
By David McKay & Tamara Sacharczyk
July 20, 2016
SPRINGFIELD, Mass. (WWLP) – A high speed train connecting Springfield to several major cities, including Canada could soon be in the works.
26 Jul
By: Peter Goonan (Photo by Michael Gordon)
July 20, 2016
SPRINGFIELD — A federal study that details the proposed expansion of passenger rail service in the Northeast, with Springfield serving as a key connection, was praised by local advocates Wednesday as a project with great promise and benefits to the region and state.
26 Jul
Daily Hampshire Gazette Editorial
July 19, 2016
My heart sank when I read a recent article in the Gazette about a man who admitted to assaulting his pregnant partner and was given a suspended sentence.
18 Jul
SPRINGFIELD — City officials said Friday that after years of discussions and a feasibility study in 2014, they remain enthusiastic and committed to pursuing grant funds for a proposed bicycle trail in the McKnight neighborhood.