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By BERA DUNAU

SPRINGFIELD — MGM Springfield, the first casino in state history, will open for business Friday at 11 a.m. — and western Massachusetts may very well never be the same again.“It’ll be an experience unlike any they’ve ever seen,” said MGM Springfield...

It should come as no surprise that the Pioneer Valley Transit Authority was forced to make service reductions on bus routes as it faced a $1.2 million budget shortfall heading into the new fiscal year. For one, the state has failed to meet a...

There’s an old saying that a leader always should try to leave a place better than he or she found it. That’s exactly what Mary MacInnes did as longtime administrator of the Pioneer Valley Transit Authority — and then some.MacInnes, who retired April...

By AMANDA DRANE

AMHERST — In an ongoing effort to persuade Hampshire College leadership to once again fly the American flag, Springfield Mayor Domenic Sarno is scheduled to meet with the college president on Thursday.Sarno pushed for the meeting with President...

By Caitlin Ashworth and Jack Suntrup

Radio personality Monte Belmonte’s fight against hunger took a giant step forward Tuesday when his two-day, 43-mile march from Springfield to Greenfield raised a record $183,299 and counting.“I felt like I had the wind knocked out of me for the last...