Category: Hampden County

The World’s Largest Pancake Breakfast is a great way to meet neighbors and friends as the community sits down at Springfield’s breakfast table in celebration of the city’s May 14, 1636 founding. The menu includes hot, hearty pancakes, bacon, coffee, juice and milk, and lots of local talent. Continue Reading >

Neville’s wife Kristin Neville is the executive director of Blues to Green, working in conjunction with New England Public Media to produce this year’s festival.  Continue Reading >

Enshrinement Weekend will begin at Mohegan Sun on Friday, September 10 with the Enshrinement Tip-Off Celebration and Awards Gala. Continue Reading >

Interested candidates are being asked to apply online by filling out a job application for the Eastern States Exposition.  Continue Reading >

When Charles Neville died in 2018, many mourned the passing of a superbly talented musician who not only played in a variety of styles but who by all accounts was unfailingly generous about sharing his music with fellow players and fans alike. Continue Reading >

Excitement is growing as New England’s great state fair, The Big E, inches closer to its even greater comeback this September. Continue Reading >

Blues to Greens, Inc. has been awarded a $10,000 grant from MassDevelopment to help support their annual Jazz & Roots Festival. Continue Reading >

Spring is in full swing and summer is on the way, and with all of the gorgeous weather, activities outdoors – including local farmers’ markets – are popping up all over Western Mass. Continue Reading >

Springfield’s Watershop Pond was recently drained.Ray Sawyer decided to fire up his metal detector to see if he could find anything of interest. His effort yielded rare coins, jewelry and some bullets from the Civil War era. Continue Reading >

Twelve employees from the Hampden County Sheriff’s Department stepped forward to sing parts of the inspirational song “Rise Up” by composer and performer Andra Day, which is about not giving up regardless of the adversities and unforeseen circumstances in one’s life. Continue Reading >