by | Feb 21, 2024 | Hampden / Wilbraham, Hampden County, Local News
WILBRAHAM — The Massachusetts Department of Energy Resources’ Green Communities Division awarded the Town of Wilbraham a $54,358 Green Communities grant to help fund a variety of energy conservation measures.“I am pleased to support this funding...
by | Feb 21, 2024 | Hampden / Wilbraham, Hampden County, Local News
WILBRAHAM – In what Town Administrator Nick Breault said he envisions as the first of at least two and possibly three discussions with members, the Select Board received an overview of the FY25 budget proposal at the Jan. 29 meeting.The line item review offered...
by | Feb 7, 2024 | Hampden / Wilbraham, Hampden County, Local News
HAMPDEN — Brian Domina was selected by the Hampden Board of Selectmen to replace outgoing Town Administrator Bob Markel.Domina is currently the Town Administrator in Whately, a town of about 1,500 people in Franklin County. During his interview for the Hampden...
by | Feb 7, 2024 | Hampden / Wilbraham, Hampden County, Local News
WILBRAHAM — During its Feb. 1 meeting, the Hampden-Wilbraham Regional School Committee agreed to eliminate two potential school reconfiguration options ahead of a formal vote on March 7. After discussion about members and the public’s preferences, the...
by | Jan 31, 2024 | Hampden / Wilbraham, Hampden County, Local News
HAMPDEN — In the wake of Hampden’s Cemetery Commissioners resigning en masse at the end of 2023, the Board of Selectmen appointed residents Joan Shea and Duane Mosier to the Cemetery Commission, to serve until elections are conducted in the spring.Both...
by | Jan 31, 2024 | Hampden / Wilbraham, Hampden County, Local News
The music of Carla Patullo’s 2023 album, “So She Howls,” is haunting yet hopeful. Autobiographical in nature, the mostly instrumental tracks follow the Springfield native through the grief and darkness of a time she thought would be her last, to the...