Hampden News

WILBRAHAM - Police here are investigating the third serious motorcycle crash in about six weeks, but this time a rider got lucky compared with other recent crash victims.

Three hours of bad weather, 365 days of recovery. Along the 39-mile trail carved by the June 1 tornadoes , life is inching back toward normal - a new normal that seems louder, brighter and more unsettling than a year ago.

Pizza. Beer. Gas. Prioritizing expenses as a college student doesn't often leave much for golf.

Here standing a 7 feet tall Aaron Coifman of Venezuela is seen above the graduates.

SPRINGFIELD - An annual remembrance ceremony by the Western Massachusetts Chiefs of Police Association was held Wednesday at Springfield Technical Community College to honor the region's fallen police officers.

WILBRAHAM - Voters at Monday's annual Town Meeting by majority vote approved a fiscal 2013 operating budget of $34,063,537. The budget includes a $21,040,546 assessment for the Hampden-Wilbraham Regional School District .

EAST LONGMEADOW - A new transportation service will be offered to seniors thanks to the efforts of Council on Aging Director Carolyn Brennan.