Agawam

A Massachusetts man will serve almost a decade in prison, two years after he was caught with ghost guns and trying to import various gun parts.

It took nearly a decade, but a large, mixed-income housing development in Agawam will welcome its first tenants in the coming weeks. The project comes as the region, and Agawam itself, deals with affordable housing shortages.

Funding for a superstructure solution to a longtime traffic headache in Hampden County, Massachusetts has been announced. It could also have implications for the state's ongoing west-east rail project.

Voters in Agawam, Massachusetts approved a plan Tuesday to pay for a new high school totaling at least $230 million.