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Holiday Light Display Begins New Season

Spirit of Springfield

The largest holiday light display in the Northeast is in its 19th season in Springfield, Massachusetts.

Bright Nights at Forest Park, the drive-through light display, may look a little brighter this year. About a quarter of the display has been switched to energy-saving LED lighting, according to Judy Matt, president of  Spirit of Springfield, the presenter of Bright Nights

Bright Nights which runs through January 5th includes holiday-themed displays, but also exhibits inspired by Dr. Seuss created- characters and Hasbro board games.

The record-setting tenure of Springfield Mayor Domenic Sarno. The 2011 tornado and its recovery that remade the largest city in Western Massachusetts. The fallout from the deadly COVID outbreak at the Holyoke Soldiers Home. Those are just a few of the thousands and thousands of stories WAMC’s Pioneer Valley Bureau Chief Paul Tuthill has covered for WAMC in his nearly 17 years with the station.