Chicopee's Hub at Market Square will host a free closet clean-out event Thursday, Oct. 1. Also in today's brief (10 items): Head Start playgroup meets Monday at the Hub; License commission convenes Monday at Front Street; School finance subcommittee meets Monday afternoon; Commission on…
Chicopee's tax collector's office will close Thursday, Oct. 8, as five town boards line up meetings this week. Also in today's brief (10 items): Collector's office to close Oct. 8; School finance subcommittee meets Monday; Board of License Commission meets Monday; Head Start playgroup r…
This week's Chicopee obituary notices column carries six names: Kord, Josephine; Cashin, William L.; Krupa, Jane H.; Laughlin, Dona P.; Wunch, Marcia A.; and Bogdan, Jaroslaw. Josephine Kord, formerly of Chicopee, was a Chicopee High School valedictorian, per her obituary, posted this w…
Chicopee School Committee endorses $106.7 million Berry Elementary rebuild, rejects immigration policy. The committee voted 9-0 to endorse the final design and budget for a new Anna E.
The Chicopee City Council voted to enact ordinances banning camping and loitering on public property, with the loitering ordinance passing 12-0 and the camping ordinance passing 11-0, citing reports of people sleeping on library and City Hall steps.
This week's Chicopee obituary column carries four notices: Boron, Barbara E.; Lapointe, Brian R.; Mitchell, Elizabeth; and Vicente, Luke S. Boron, 85, was a lifelong Chicopee resident who died September 9; Lapointe, 69, was raised in Chicopee before moving to Westfield about 20 years ag…
The Chicopee Historical Commission elected its officers and approved a letter to property owners of homes identified for historic plaques.
This week's Chicopee obituary notices column carries one qualifying death: Bator, Richard Joseph, 70, a Chicopee resident who died September 1, 2026. He is survived by his wife, Rose, and four children. A visitation and memorial gathering are scheduled for September 13 at Beers & Story …
Chicopee settles year-long labor talks; city approves $835K in union wage increases. The City Council voted unanimously on six appropriation orders representing a settlement with United Food and Commercial Workers Local 1459, allocating $835,441.09 in retro pay and wage adjustments effective July
The Chicopee City Council sent a disputed addiction-treatment zoning ordinance to the Planning Board after members split over its scope. Councilor Cushane filed the measure, arguing a proposed rehab conversion of the former Wilmanston Nursing Home East needs more outdoor "green space" to work.