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'Bright Nights' Holiday Lights And Big Balloons Parade On Tap This Week

Spirit of Springfield

   Two seasonal traditions that are sandwiched around Thanksgiving return this week to Springfield, Massachusetts. 

   Bright Nights at Forest Park, the three-mile long holiday light display, will be illuminated on Wednesday.  

   The Parade of Big Balloons is scheduled for downtown Springfield on Friday. 

   The nonprofit organization Spirit of Springfield produces both events.  

  WAMC’s Pioneer Valley Bureau Chief Paul Tuthill spoke with Spirit of Springfield President Judy Matt.

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.
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