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Grinchmas Returns to Springfield Museums
THE SPRINGFIELD MUSEUMS are located on the Quadrangle at 21 Edwards Street in the heart of downtown Springfield, MA. Reaccredited in 2023 by the American Alliance of Museums (only 3% of the nation’s museums earn this distinction), the Smithsonian-affiliated consortium of museums includes the Springfield Science Museum, the Michele and Donald D’Amour Museum of Fine…
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Caring Health Center Welcomes Dr. Abraham Thomas as Chief Medical Officer
SPRINGFIELD – Caring Health Center announces, effective immediately, the appointment of Dr. Abraham Thomas, MD, MPH, as its new Chief Medical Officer. Dr. Thomas brings more than two decades of distinguished clinical and executive leadership experience, including past positions as System Chair of Medicine at Baystate Health, Chief Medical and Quality Officer at Central Maine…
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AFAM News bits
DARRYL MOSS BEAT THE BASTARDS! I don’t know Darryl Moss that well. He wasn’t around during my most active time. But I had a chance to meet with him before he left town. It was after he was fired by Mayor Sarno and his pathetic honcho, Tom Ashe, who I once knew to be a…
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I’M PROUD OF MY SON
I started to title this article about my son Justin Hurst’s magnificent recent second place victory in his triumphant return to the Springfield City Council as some version of the mythical story of the Phoenix rising up from the ashes. But such an artificial description of how my son rose from defeat in the last…
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Tracye Whitfield Makes History as Next President of the Springfield City Council
On November 4, 2025, Tracye Whitfield was re-elected to the City Council to an at-large seat by the voters of Springfield, Massachusetts and the following day, she secured the seven votes needed to become the next President of that body, marking a historic moment for the city of Springfield.
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Student Support Program Keeps Men’s Soccer Successful on the Field and in the Classroom at STCC
SPRINGFIELD – For Coach William Sweidel, the defining moment of the men’s soccer season at Springfield Technical Community College didn’t come from a single goal, win or playoff result. Instead, it came from a realization. “I think this kind of experience,” Sweidel said, gesturing toward the table where he sat alongside MILE advisor Melvin Tejada…
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