Joshua Garcia is sworn in as mayor as his wife holds the bible.

Springfield Rotary President Atty. Maurice Powe presented the Paul Harris Fellow Rotary award to Springfield Health & Human Services Commissioner Helen Caulton Harris at the recent Paul Harris dinner at the Twin Hills Country Club in Longmeadow.

The Stone Soul Festival Community Service Awards were presented recently at the Cozy Cafe and Courtyard Pavilion. L to R: Awardees Caring Health Center President & CEO Tania Barber, Richard Johnson from the Gandara Center, Springfield City Council Vice President Tracye Whitfield, Warren Barnett from the Hampden County Sheriff’s Dept., Cindy Stovall from the Springfield Family Support Programs and Peter Goonan from the Springfield Republican.

Marcella Spruell-Rose (center) celebrated her birthday with a picnic with family and friends recently.

Trust Transfer Project-Chalk for Change at Community Music School of Springfield with artist Marc Austin.

The Springfield Ballers recently held a Lacrosse clinic for girls in grades 3rd through 8th. Ballers co-Directors James Gee and Michael Anderson collaborated with Gianna Allentuck from Elias Brookings Elementary School and Springfield Boys and Girls Club Family Center Exec. Dir. Keshawn Dodds to pull together a talented team of college and high school coaches and players to help train the girls for an upcoming Lacrosse league in Springfield.

Sisters 4 Life Fitness Challenge President Joyce Calhoun presented Commerce High School Senior James King Jr. a $1,000 scholarship sponsored by the Big Will Express. King will attend Norwich University and major in Mechanical Engineering. L to R: Captain Ayanna Crawford, King’s mother Shameka Cherry, James King Jr., Calhoun and members of Fitness 4 Life.

Wistariahurst Museum in Holyoke presented a virtual program entitled “Ida B. Wells: The Price of Resistance-An Interactive Performance/Workshop” with Amina Jordan-Mendez, a performing and teaching artist with Enchanted Circle Theater.

January 1, 2020 issue. The Peter Brace Brigade participated in the Springfield Parade of the Big Balloons the Friday after Thanksgiving.

Event organizer Tiffany Allecia leads a parade of vendors at the Black & Brown Wall Street Mall Pop-Up Kwanzaa Marketplace at Eastfield Mall during Kwanzaa 2020.

Event organizer Tiffany Allecia leads a parade of vendors at the Black & Brown Wall Street Mall Pop-Up Kwanzaa Marketplace at Eastfield Mall during Kwanzaa 2020.

Tobias Billups from Springfield Pharmacy, working with Golden Years Home Services and the Commonwealth Care Alliance, presents Veteran Lydia Pagan an “Appreciate Your Service” Thanksgiving Care Package at the Sgt Gomez Veterans’ Campus during the Thanksgiving holiday.