Community Profiles
Community Profiles
Getting Reconnected While the past two years haven’t exactly been kind to co-working spaces, Jeff Sauser said, the long-term view is much rosier. “COVID has really accelerated the trend […]
Lighting the Way Yankee Candle has long been a national and even global powerhouse in the scented-candle business, but the company will always have special appeal in Western […]
Community Spotlight By Mark Morris When it comes to her city, Mayor Roxann Wedegartner takes the long view. “In five years or less,” she said, “you will not recognize Main […]
Community Spotlight By Mark Morris Deerfield is one busy town these days. Residents there are engaged in 22 different boards and committees planning several ambitious projects to better […]
Holyoke Looks to Build on the Momentum from Cannabis, Entrepreneurship Joshua Garcia, Holyoke’s first Puerto Rican mayor and a lifelong resident of this historic community, says that, in many […]
Community Spotlight By Mark Morris Like most area communities, Agawam continues to cope with the COVID-19 pandemic, while also making plans for the day when it is history. That sentiment […]
Community Spotlight By Mark Morris As the pandemic enters its third year of disrupting life as we knew it, the business community in Lee continues to manage the disruptions of […]
Community Spotlight By Mark Morris As 2022 begins, Gina-Louise Sciarra starts the new year as Northampton’s new mayor. As she settles into the job, the city faces big opportunities […]
Neighborhood Connections By Elizabeth Sears There is a marquee sign on Northampton Street in Easthampton that has become quite the local sensation. This old-fashioned sign has caught the attention of […]
Positive Change By Mark Morris If you were designing a college education today, what would it look like? That’s the question Edward Wingenbach, president of Hampshire College, discussed with faculty, […]
Food for Thought There’s no doubt that 2021 was a better year for restaurants than 2020, which was marked by weeks of closure in the spring and strict capacity restrictions […]
Community Spotlight By Mark Morris Fresh off his re-election, Chicopee Mayor John Vieau said the main goal for his second term is the same when he first campaigned for […]
Community Spotlight By Mark Morris While two major construction projects reached completion in 2021, it’s no time to slow down for Longmeadow officials, who are planning several more projects for […]
Community Spotlight By Mark Morris There is no shortage of activity in development projects for Enfield. The most significant project involves the town, with the support of state and federal […]
Community Spotlight By Mark Morris This fall, two long-anticipated projects in Ludlow opened to the public, and officials say there’s more to come. In September, the Harris Brook Elementary School […]
