Agawam News

12 at Chez Josef. AGAWAM - The St. Patrick's Committee crowned 17-year-old Allison McCluskey the 2012 Colleen, a title for which 10 other young women competed, and four girls were chosen to be in the Colleen Court.

And now the longtime are club professional is being recognized for his commitment to golf and service to that community in Western Massachusetts.

Edward T. Leyden, president of Ben Franklin Design and Manufacturing in Agawam, is shown with parts his company makes for the nuclear power industry.

AGAWAM - Mayor Richard A. Cohen says he is continuing to work to finish developing School Street Park despite the city not getting a $500,000 state grant to help fund the $2 million-plus undertaking.

Theresa Przybylowicz, left, and Lee Robinson, right, both Professors in the SIMS Medical Center and Virtual Teaching Hospital at Springfield Technical Community College work with students Lori Gamelli, second from left and Rosemarie Romito, third from left, both from East Longmeadow, as they look over a 'patient' inside the school's acute care ... (more)

The former Western Massachusetts Regional Police Academy in Agawam is seen in the summer of 2010, at the time it was sold to Soldier On, an organization that helps homeless veterans.

A 1997 file photos shows Linda S. Skole, left, with Chez Josef founder Allan G. Skole, center, and brother Ronald L. Skole.

The hamburgers and deliberations are finally digested and the winner of the Valley Food Championship Burger Battle is Local Burger at 16 Main St., Northampton, operated by the Igneri family.

Jean Deliso of New York Life's Deliso Financial and Insurance Services congratulates Kirk Smith, left, president and CEO of the YMCA of Greater Springfield, and Tom Creed, chairman of the Y's board of directors, on receiving a $10,000 Community Impact Grant to support the Y's teen programs.

Local Burger in Northampton and White Hut in West Springfield have captured the hearts and stomachs of our three judges.

A uniformed Springfield police officer and detective comb the scene of a shooting early Saturday at the intersection of Taylor and Dwight streets.

Judges in the Valley Food Championship Burger Battle made their last stop in visiting the Final 4 burger joints chosen by online readers of The Republican, MassLive.com and El Pueblo Latino.

AGAWAM - The city's application for a $500,000 state grant that would help it do more than $2 million in work on School Street Park has been denied, according to Director of Parks and Recreation Christopher M. Spark.

The fourth finalist in the Valley Food Championship Burger Battle will be revealed Thursday as the competition draws to a close.

Judges in the Valley Food Championship Burger Battle visited the third of the Final 4 contenders -- White Hut in West Springfield.

We haven't seen that much snow in 2012. But, Tuesday had more of the typical January in New England feel.

When we last checked in with the judges of the Valley Food Championship Burger Battle , they had chowed down at two of the Final 4 burger joints selected by online readers of MassLive.com, The Republican and El Pueblo Latino - Five Guys in Westfield and 911 Burgers and Dogs in Agawam.