MassLive.com - Thu Nov 26
Hundreds of people arrived early at the Open Pantry's Holiday Meal Thursday to enjoy snacks, music and socialize before having a full course turkey dinner with all the fixings.
Green job worriesBoston Business Journal - Thu Nov 26
A trainer demonstrating weatherization technique at the Laborers International Union training center in Hopkinton.
Western Mass. is best bet for casinoThe Boston Globe - Wed Nov 25
AS THE COMMONWEALTH moves closer to a rational, long-overdue expansion of legal gambling, the Patrick administration and the Legislature should not forget about Western Massachusetts.
Some Western Mass. residents who used to used to be givers, now forced to be receiversMassLive.com - Wed Nov 25
Salvation Army Capt. Kipp J. Allen, with increasing frequency, encounters people who were once well-off and now struggling to survive.
Western Mass. volunteers to spend part of Thanksgiving helping serve...MassLive.com - Tue Nov 24
Gerry L. Delisle's son Chris spent every Thanksgiving volunteering at Open Pantry Community Service's holiday meal.
Watch The StoryCBS 3 - Tue Nov 24
Attorney General and State Senate candidate Martha Coakley is making stops across the Pioneer Valley.
Watch The StoryCBS 3 - Sun Nov 22
Two people are forced from their homes when their house catches on fire in Hampden County.
Jobless Western Mass. residents line up for food reliefMassLive.com - Sat Nov 21
It had been her last resort, but for Tasha Alston, out of work and struggling to feed four children, the Open Pantry on State Street here has become crucial to her family's survival.
Church sues Mass. city of fire detection systemTelegram & Gazette - Fri Nov 20
MA CHURCH ALARM CHALLENGE SPRINGFIELD, Mass. - A Springfield church has filed suit against the city over a fire detection system installed in the church's cultural center that violates city laws.
St. George Greek Orthodox Church sues Springfield for failing to...MassLive.com - Thu Nov 19
The city is locked in a legal battle with St. George Greek Orthodox Church, accusing the church of installing a new fire detection system at its cultural center that violates city ordinance.
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