Phillip Bishop

Massachusetts

Contributor at WWLP-TV (Chicopee, MA)

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Western Massachusetts communities celebrate Pride

2 days ago | nepm.org | Phillip Bishop

Regional News Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Email 1 of 3 — Pride 3.jpg Springfield, Massachusetts kicked off Pride festivities with a flag raising on Thursday, June 5, 2025. Victoria Carreras / NEPM 2 of 3 — Pride 2.jpg Mayor Domenic J. Sarno (right) and Taurean Bethea (left) discuss the importance of Pride. Springfield, Massachusetts kicked off Pride festivities with a flag raising on Thursday, June 5, 2025.
Local social justice fund aims to close gaps left by federal pullback

1 week ago | nepm.org | Phillip Bishop

Regional News Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Email Holyoke Food and Equity Collective Members of the Holyoke Food and Equity Collective move soil for a resident's free garden bed.
Ending the 'Cliff Effect' with Kristen Joyce of Springfield WORKS, EDC

3 weeks ago | nepm.org | Phillip Bishop

Regional News Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Email Western Mass Economic Development Council Kristen Joyce, Director of the 'Bridge to Prosperity' Pilot Program for Springfield WORKS Local nonprofit Springfield WORKS and the Western Mass Economic Development Council have brought on a new director to lead their 'Bridge To Prosperity" pilot program.
Hampden County DA receives drug testing tools, cell-hacking software

3 weeks ago | nepm.org | Phillip Bishop

Regional News Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Email Steven Senne/AP / APa "TruNarc" drug identification scanner. The device, developed by Waltham-based Thermo Fisher Scientific, uses a low-power laser to scan small bags of drugs and gives police near-instant identification. The Hampden County DA's Office has been donated one as part of a partnership with the Massachusetts National Guard.
Environmental analysis provides clues to Springfield neighborhood's sinkhole problems

1 month ago | nepm.org | Phillip Bishop

Regional News Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Email Elizabeth Román / NEPM A sinkhole on Riverside Road in Springfield, Ma. filled in with dirt and rocks. After nearly 2 years, an environmental investigation has found that Riverside Road, particularly near Orchard Street, in Springfield, is sunken more than 20 feet below ground level.
May Day rally in Springfield highlights needs of local workers

1 month ago | nepm.org | Phillip Bishop

Regional News Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Email 1 of 4 — 1000000337.jpg Hundreds of people took the streets of Springfield Thursday evening as part of a march and rally for International Workers Day, often called May Day. It was an event to empower workers, but also to protest actions by the Trump administration in it's first 100 days.
EPA cancels $900K to address asthma in western Mass., includes city once dubbed U.S. 'asthma capital'

1 month ago | wbur.org | Phillip Bishop

Most of a multi-year, $1 million federal grant meant to tackle the root causes of asthma in Hampden County, Massachusetts, was terminated Friday by the Trump administration, according to a statement from Gov. Maura Healey's office. Cities and towns in the county have struggled for years with air quality issues and high asthma rates. Springfield was dubbed the 'asthma capital of the U.S.' in 2018 by the Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America.
EPA cancels $900K to address asthma in western Mass., includes city once dubbed U.S. 'asthma capital'

1 month ago | nhpr.org | Phillip Bishop

Most of a multi-year, $1 million federal grant meant to tackle the root causes of asthma in Hampden County, Massachusetts, was terminated Friday by the Trump administration, according to a statement from Governor Maura Healey's office. Cities and towns in the county have struggled for years with air quality issues and high asthma rates.
Protestors take to the freeway as part of multi-state demonstration

1 month ago | nepm.org | Phillip Bishop

Regional News Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Email Elizabeth Román / NEPM Protestors participate in an anti-Trump rally in Amherst, Ma. on April 5, 2025. In this photo Rep. Mindy Domb, D-Amherst, speaks with the large crowd on the Amherst Town Commons.
State library board enacts cuts to get ahead of federal funding freeze

2 months ago | nepm.org | Phillip Bishop

Regional News Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Email Elizabeth Román / NEPM Forest Park Library branch in Springfield, Mass. The Massachusetts Board of Library Commissioners announced this week that they will cut several state library services, as they prepare to have more than $3.5 million in federal funding revoked.