Agawam News

AGAWAM - Lt. Gov. Timothy P. Murray will be in town today for Memorial Day festivities, which begin with a parade and conclude with a ceremony at the Massachusetts Veterans Memorial Cemetery on Main Street.

Gasoline prices are moderating a bit, but they're still high enough - about $3.71 a gallon - to keep would-be travelers close to home this Memorial Day weekend.

Most mornings, I have a cup of coffee and a bagel to get my blood pumping. Wednesday, I tried something different ... a 20-story vertical drop leading into a 110-foot "boomerang" turn at 65 mph, followed by a 102-foot vertical loop and then straight up a 200-foot tower - and then the whole thing over again, backward.

Some think marriage can be a roller coaster ride - either scary and stomach-churning, or a shared joy with high, low and upside-down stretches.

Doris M. Ransford, in her officer at Greater Holyoke Chamber of Commerce, from which she is retiring as president after 26 years.

Western Massachusetts is blessed with many great concert venues. From the intimate settings of the Iron Horse Music Hall in Northampton to larger venues like the Mullins Center in Amherst, music fans have a wide array of choices, whether they like lesser-known indie acts or more famous mainstream artists.

HOLYOKE - Police here arrested a Southwick man and charged him with drug and other offenses after he allegedly ran a red light near the intersection of Hampden and High streets just before 7 p.m. Tuesday.

Kathy S. Shepard has the purr-fect way for people to help care for lost, homeless, feral and abandoned cats: attend the Agawam Friends of Homeless Cats Coffee House for Cool Cats.

AGAWAM - The 21-year-old woman who was accidentally shot by a police officer responding to a reported domestic disturbance at her apartment on May 5 suffered a shattered jaw and faces numerous additional surgeries, her lawyer said.

With the Jones Block building on Park Street again full of workers, Polonia Architectural Restorations owner and president Gerry Sanchez says the renewed push is partly fueled by a potential tax credit from the state -- if the renovation is done by the end of this year.

Catch up on a few of the quotes MassLive readers are talking about with this grab bag of stories from this week.

On Friday, May 4, the Weston Middle School Jazz Ensembles, Chamber Orchestra and Chamber Singers performed at the Music in the Parks Festival in Agawam, Mass.

Victor Bruno hands out a statement regarding the death his father the late mobster Adolfo Bruno, during a press conference Thursday afternoon at his restaurant Aldolfo's in downtown Springfield.

Not only was retired West Springfield Police Chief Thomas E. Burke a cop's cop, he is such a regular guy even his long-time barber was among the 500 people who crowded into his retirement party Wednesday at the Log Cabin Banquet and Meeting House.

In the 1980s if you asked a child, "what do you want to be when you grow up?" common answers were "a doctor" or "a model," or maybe even "a football star."A One of the most popular answers was "a teacher." And twenty years from now, teachers will still be a top choice, as it's one of few professions which can undoubtedly stand the test of time.A ... (more)

Millions have heard his voice. Carl Beane, the Agawam native famous for being the voice of Fenway Park, was killed Wednesday afternoon in a car accident in Sturbridge, just miles down the road from his Holland home.

The scene at Elizabeth Manor Apartments at 238 Maple St. Agawam police accidentally shot a woman there will responding to a domestic call.

Carol Kapolinski, of Agawam, speaks out against a proposed trash fee increase during a public meeting Wednesday night at Springfield City Hall.

State officials on Wednesday announced $105 million in state and federal subsidies and tax credits for the construction and renovation of affordable housing projects statewide including nine projects in the region.

A 48-year-old Agawam man pleaded innocent Tuesday in Hampden Superior Court to driving under the influence of alcohol , after having had two previous convictions for that same crime.