Hampden News

SPRINGFIELD - Hampden County District Attorney Mark Mastroianni is the guest speaker at the Sixteen Acres Civic Association meeting on May 21, at the Greenleaf Community Center on Parker Street.

BOSTON - For the past 15 years, Jean Caldwell has volunteered to teach English to children in Springfield Public Schools who mostly speak another language in their homes.

Jennifer D'Agostino, 26, of 316 Wilbraham Road, was charged with possession of Class A and B drugs and possession of mace without a firearms identification card following a 9:32 p.m. motor vehicle stop near Western Mass Elder Care, 4 Valley Mill Road, according to Holyoke Police Department records .

The National Weather Service has issued a freeze warning through 8 am for all of Hampden County and valley areas of Hampshire County.

Attorney Melissa Long and other lawyers take part in a recent Dial-A-Lawyer program at the Western New England University Law Library in Springfield.

As she tends her newly planted melon seedlings and prepares the three-quarter acre of rented fields at Open View Farm for her first season as a Community Supported Agriculture venture, the 26-year-old Hampden native is already hatching plans for how to put her love for cycling to work for her.

The National Weather Service has issued a "Special Weather Statement" warning residents of Central and Western Massachusetts to be especially careful to avoid outdoor fires.

HOLYOKE - Sunday's brush fire along Interstate 91 in Holyoke was just the tip of the iceberg, with numerous fire stations throughout Hampden, Hampshire, Franklin and Worcester counties keeping busy over the past few days.

Hampden County in Massachusetts has seen a lot of American history. Officially founded in 1812 when it was split off from it's now northern neighbor, Hampshire County, it actually existed in one form or another since 1636.

The Hampden-Wilbraham Regional School Committee Friday afternoon voted to apply an additional $300,000 from a school excess and deficiency account if the two towns fail to approve the full assessments to fund next year's school budget.