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Tara Jacobs/Focus Springfield/Submitted/YouTubePrimary contests big and small have been shaping up across Massachusetts – but, come Sept. 1st, one in particular will appear on ballots in all four of the state's westernmost counties, plus some of Central Mass. -
James Paleologopoulos/WAMCAfter residents passed one of the largest budget gap-filling overrides of its kind in western Massachusetts this year, the mayor of Easthampton says the city has its work cut out for it – including actual cuts.
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The flagship venue on the campus of the Tanglewood Music Center in Lenox, Massachusetts, will be powered by the sun this summer. -
The University of Vermont Health Network has cut or reassigned more than 100 employees across six hospitals in Vermont and New York. -
An independent investigation into the financial records of Great Barrington, Massachusetts, sheds light on how a mishandled public works project is leaving taxpayers holding an expensive bill. -
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In January, a mental wellness check by the Hinsdale, Massachusetts, police department left 27-year-old Biagio Kauvil dead. Many aspects of the lethal police response are under scrutiny – from the lack of mental health professionals on scene before police breached a locked door to confront Kauvil to how the Hinsdale PD determined that rushing the distressed young man was the best way to address the situation. -
In eastern Massachusetts, the bog-standard cranberry holds the mantle of “state fruit” (technically, “state berry”).But in western Mass., a third grade class and several lawmakers have been the tip of the spear in calls to make asparagus the state vegetable. -
Calling out a rise in “youth disturbances” at Union Station, the mayor of Springfield, Massachusetts, is also now calling for an end to free busing in the city – a move that’s attracting criticism from riders and local leaders. -
Since the killing of a young man in a mental health crisis in January, the Hinsdale Police Department has been the subject of public outcry and an investigation into its protocols and practices. -
Fifteen years ago this week, a tornado touched down in Western Massachusetts, tearing through communities and scarring the landscape. -
The city of Burlington has absolved city police of any use of force allegations during an ICE raid in South Burlington in March. The report says the department complied with the Fair and Impartial Policing Policy. But individuals who were at the protest say the findings are more fiction than fact.
