Colleges and universities are adapting and changing in response to the educational disruptions brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic. Robert Johnson arrived on the still-closed campus of Western New England University in Springfield, Massachusetts in the summer of 2020 to be introduced as the new president. With decades of experience as a higher education administrator, Johnson firmly believes in-person learning is essential.
State and local health officials have had a bruising couple of years in New York, where COVID-19, monkeypox and poliovirus have all demanded acute...
The record-setting tenure of Springfield Mayor Domenic Sarno. The 2011 tornado and its recovery that remade the largest city in Western Massachusetts. The fallout...
The $212 billion New York state budget passed in recent days includes the legalization of mobile sports betting. Governor Andrew Cuomo says it could...