SPRINGFIELD – Springfield Technical Community College, Holyoke-Chicopee-Springfield Head Start (HCS) and dignitaries announced the opening of an HCS early childhood program on the STCC campus.The opening of the facility will provide affordable child care for qualifying families in the region, as well as learning and training opportunities for STCC students.The announcement came at a ribbon…

Welcome to Can You Dig It?, your monthly column for all things related to the farm or gardening so you can supplement your eating with the freshest food possible, save money, and try to make peace with groundhogs. October is the month dentists rejoice, but it’s also when all types of squashes and pumpkins are…

At 576 Bay Street on the corner of Bay and Sherman stands a historical 1887 structure originally built as Tapley Elementary school and later (1993) developed into an affordable apartment complex.As is often the case, the school years were full of grand educational history and were fully embraced by neighborhood children and their families during…

Nobody chooses to live in poverty. Being poor is not the result of bad decisions, a lack of hard work or moral failing. Unfortunately, the stubborn myth that poverty is some sort of a personal failure endures in too many corners of our society.We’re marking the 60th anniversary of the War on Poverty this year,…