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For local TikTok users, angst and uncertainty as clock runs out on wildly popular app
01-17-2025 6:27 PM

By ALEXA LEWIS

TikTok users around the region were greeting the looming U.S. ban of popular social media platform TikTok with emotions ranging from sadness to anger to skepticism, with many arguing that a government ban constitutes a limit on free speech.

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Rep. Sabadosa, other politicians again co-sponsor ‘Medicare for All’ bill
02-03-2025 10:20 AM

By ALEXA LEWIS

During the last election cycle, voters in nearly a dozen legislative districts voted in favor of a nonbinding ballot question instructing their state representative to support a single-payer health care system in the state.


New norovirus blamed for ‘rapidly’ spreading stomach bug
01-13-2025 11:41 AM

By ALEXA LEWIS

It may seem like everyone knows someone stuck in bed with a stomach bug this winter.


Immigration anxiety rising for Pioneer Valley migrants, advocates
12-23-2024 11:43 AM

By ALEXA LEWIS

Hunched against the cold in a warehouse filled with freshly picked vegetables, a farm laborer sat down for lunch. But her mind was somewhere else.“I’m feeling scared, because when I go out, I’m not feeling safe to walk to the supermarket. I’m worried...


Bus transit gets a boost to expand, connect routes throughout western Mass
12-05-2024 6:35 PM

By ALEXA LEWIS

Transit services are set to expand throughout the region next year, with more than $3 million in state grants awarded to transit authorities in the Pioneer Valley and surrounding areas to improve connections across routes.These expansions come as part...


Hunger skyrockets in region: Organizations grappling with dramatic increase in need
11-22-2024 8:22 PM

By ALEXA LEWIS

While many families are gearing up for their holiday feasts, a large number of Massachusetts residents are struggling to put food on the table. Amid unusually high prices and the conclusion of many pandemic-era supports, local food banks and survival...


March for the Food Bank with Monte Belmonte steps off Monday for 15th year
11-22-2024 6:23 PM

By ALEXA LEWIS

The 15th annual March for the Food Bank with Monte Belmonte will once again traverse the 43 miles from Springfield to Greenfield over Monday and Tuesday.The march has come to be known not just for the creative costumes donned by marchers pushing...


UMass, state ramping up support for public health nurses with $3.5M mentoring, training program
11-17-2024 1:11 PM

By ALEXA LEWIS

AMHERST — When Ann Becker told local public health nurses about a new program that will provide them with support and mentorship, she said she got one common response: “It’s about time.” Becker, clinical associate professor and program leader at the...


As number of health care workers in Valley dwindle, experts at UMass summit discuss ways to reverse trend
10-29-2024 4:12 PM

By ALEXA LEWIS

AMHERST — As rural western Massachusetts watches its populations steadily age, reliable, accessible health care only becomes more important. But since the COVID-19 pandemic, workforce shortages in the industry have been more pronounced than before,...


$25M Mass Audubon grant will fuel Connecticut River watershed conservation
10-28-2024 9:32 AM

By ALEXA LEWIS

Mass Audubon has received the largest federal grant in its 128-year history — $25 million to protect 10,000 acres in the Connecticut River watershed, which will include projects in Pioneer Valley municipalities up and down the river.The funding from...


Cooley Dickinson puts off elective surgeries amid national IV fluid shortage
10-14-2024 7:34 PM

By ALEXA LEWIS

NORTHAMPTON — The far-reaching destruction of Hurricane Helene has generated a national shortage of IV fluids commonly used in hospitals, leading Cooley Dickinson Hospital and the rest of the Mass General Brigham system to postpone elective surgeries...


Community college faculty sound alarm on salaries
09-22-2024 2:02 PM

By ALEXA LEWIS

Without greater investment in salaries for faculty and staff at community colleges in Massachusetts, a free tuition program launched this summer to great fanfare may be “doomed to fail.” That’s the alarm some education leaders are sounding as they...


UMass forum explores path to debt-free public higher education
09-20-2024 4:06 PM

By ALEXA LEWIS

AMHERST — “Growing up poor, all I’ve ever wanted was financial freedom,” said Beatrice Rogers, a third-year psychology and holistic health major at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. But that freedom might be far away for Rogers, whose college...


Taking pulse of a potent potential danger: Airbase briefs municipal officials on electromagnetic pulses
09-14-2024 9:30 AM

By ALEXA LEWIS

CHICOPEE — Imagine waking up to find that electronic technology has stopped working.Cellphones are down, traffic signals are dark and navigation systems are offline. The infrastructure behind modern life would be completely shut down, eventually...


Giving the gift of access: Pay it Forward program helps local artists realize their projects’ full potential
09-06-2024 11:32 AM

By ALEXA LEWIS

Easthampton’s Old Town Hall has once again opened its doors to a diverse assortment of local artistic talent as part of CitySpace’s 2024 Pay it Forward program. As summer winds to a close, the 10 artists and groups selected to this year’s cohort are...


‘You’re not done’: Shutesbury resident saves life of good friend by performing CPR at remote camp
08-12-2024 4:52 PM

By ALEXA LEWIS

CONWAY — Michael Haynack is alive today because of what he calls a “cascade of miracles.”The first of those miracles was the presence of his longtime friend Frank Grindrod when an unexpected heart attack threatened his life. The second, and perhaps...


Next stop, free bus fares: $30M in state budget will allow fees to be waived
08-08-2024 11:11 AM

By ALEXA LEWIS

Fare-free bus rides could be here to stay now that millions of dollars have been set aside in the state budget that will allow regional transit authorities to waive fees, and politicians and others who support the idea say it has the potential to be...


Amid challenges, Baystate Health’s new CEO sees opportunity
08-07-2024 9:29 AM

By ALEXA LEWIS

SPRINGFIELD — When shift change rolls around at the Baystate Medical Center, across from the organization’s corporate offices, Peter Banko can be found sitting on a bench nearby. When physicians, nurses or other staff notice him there, they often ask...


‘A generational game-changer’: State funding free community college starting this fall
08-01-2024 4:52 PM

By ALEXA LEWIS

An initiative that its supporters describe as “historic” and a “generational game-changer” is now reality — community college is free for all Massachusetts residents without bachelor’s degrees.The new MassEducate program included in the state’s fiscal...


Big Y closes delis amid probe of listeria outbreak
07-26-2024 5:59 PM

By ALEXA LEWIS

SPRINGFIELD — New England supermarket chain Big Y, which has stores in many Franklin and Hampshire county communities, is temporarily closing its delis due to a mass recall of commonly sold products from Boar’s Head Provisions Co., Inc.Shortly after...


HERO Act ‘monumental’ for veterans, but one expert says it falls short on housing
06-24-2024 4:26 PM

By ALEXA LEWIS

A leading veterans agent in the region says an expansive bill soon to become law designed to improve the lives of Massachusetts veterans is “monumental” for its expanded inclusion efforts, benefits, and health care provisions, but the measure fails to...

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