Tom Ashe

A week after opening early, a popular pool in Springfield, Massachusetts has been closed due to vandalism. The mayor says it’s the latest in a series of incidents that could force the city to shut the pool down even longer.

As the city’s longtime head of the parks department retires, the mayor’s office in Springfield, Massachusetts, is seeing a change in staff.

The opioid addiction crisis has become a major issue in a high profile local election contest in western Massachusetts. Each of the Democratic candidates…

A candidate in one of this year’s high profile elections in western Massachusetts has dropped out and endorsed a former rival. Jack Griffin, a retired…

Five of the candidates for sheriff in Hampden County, Massachusetts had their first chance to make a direct case to voters as they participated in a…