Six Chicopee-resident obituaries appear in this week's column: Bauer, Kathleen (81); Papoui, Donna Marie (62); Maroon, Carol (78); Keating, Suzanne C. (79); Champagne, Lisa M. (Lessard) (86); and Fournier, Ronald (70). Deaths occurred between June 15 and June 21, 2026. The source obitua…
Backlash over a Chicopee High School administrator's removal dominates the School Committee's year-end meeting.
CHICOPEE -- June 16, 2026, Chicopee City Council approves $4.75 million in free cash transfers, including $3 million in tax relief. The 13-member council voted unanimously Tuesday on a package of year-end
CHICOPEE -- June 2, 2026, Chicopee City Council unanimously approved a $4.76 million financing package to purchase 219-225 Exchange Street as the new home for the school department's administrative offices, ending
Chicopee School Committee unanimously approves $139.4 million FY27 budget. The 10-0 vote Monday sends a $142.5 million total spending plan, including other income, to the City Council, up about 6.5 percent from this year.
Chicopee School Committee approves FY27 improvement plans for all eight schools, $2.1 million in warrants. The committee voted 12-0 to adopt 2026-2027 school improvement plans, pulling the item out of order to honor building principals, with Superintendent Dr.
CHICOPEE -- May 15, 2026, Chicopee City Council unanimously appoints 19-year city employee as new auditor. The council voted 11-0 Thursday at a special meeting to appoint Tiana Steffenhagen, the city's
Chicopee School Committee hired Jennifer Ramsdell as its new special education director. The committee voted 11-0 to approve Ramsdell, who holds a master's from Simmons College and 29 years of special education experience, effective July 1, then unanimously approved her employment contract.
Chicopee's school finance subcommittee found $4.4 million in unexpected city savings, erasing most of its fiscal 2027 budget gap.
CHICOPEE -- April 21, 2026, Chicopee City Council unanimously authorizes more than $16 million in water and sewer bonds in a single night. The council voted 10-0 on four bond authorizations April 21, led
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