Big E vaccination site now taking walk-ins
Updated May 10, 2021;
WEST SPRINGFIELD The West of the River Collaborative COVID Vaccination site at The Big E is now open for walk-in recipients with no appointment necessary.
The West Springfield Board of Health made the announcement Monday and it was effective Monday as well. Hours are 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
People are asked to bring their insurance card and are told that they will be registered on site. The Big E site is offering the Moderna vaccine available to those ages 18 and up.
At the last count, the Big E site has administered 3,496 vaccines since opening April 20, said Jeanne Galloway, West Springfield director of Public Health.
Judge won’t dismiss lawsuit against Springfield police, Hampden County sheriff on behalf of woman who died in custody
Updated May 07, 8:58 PM;
Posted May 07, 3:35 PM
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SPRINGFIELD “I can’t breathe. I’m in so much pain right now,” were the words Madelyn Linsenmeir uttered days before her death following her arrest by Springfield police in 2018.
According to a lawsuit filed last year in U.S. District Court, her pleas for help went unheeded by both Springfield police and staff at the Western Massachusetts Regional Women’s Correctional Center, where she ultimately died from a heart infection.
A federal judge this week refused to dismiss the lawsuit filed by Linsenmeir’s family against the city and the Hampden County Sheriff’s Department, rejecting arguments by attorneys for both.
Holyoke City Council addresses police practices, policies after corruption allegation
Updated 12:35 PM;
HOLYOKE – The City Council’s Public Safety Committee took up an order that supports examining the Police Department’s policies and practices.
City Councilors Rebecca Lisi, Gladys Lebron-Martinez and Juan Anderson-Burgos filed the order after a YouTube video posted by Police Officer Rafael Roca alleged widespread corruption within the Police Department. Roca was suspended from duty in early March.
The order stated, “In an effort to obtain neutral, fact-based data and statistics, the city contract an independent assessment of Holyoke Police Department’s structure, policies and practices.”
Ward 2 Councilor and Acting Mayor Terence Murphy, the committee’s chair, said his goal was to share as much public information and possible “to prove what we have and what has been working well” within the Police Department.
COVID vaccine clinic opens Tuesday at The Big E in West Springfield
Updated Apr 19, 2021;
Posted Apr 19, 2021
A regional partnership of six communities will operate a COVID-19 vaccination site at The Big E starting Tuesday. Pictured speaking in March about the collaboration is West Springfield Mayor William Reichelt, flanked by state Sen. Adam Gomez, Big E CEO Eugene Cassidy, Granville Selectwoman Nicole Berndt, Westfield Mayor Donald Humason, Agawam Mayor William Sapelli and Hampden County Sheriff Nick Cocchi. (Jeanette DeForge / The Republican file photo)
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WEST SPRINGFIELD The West of the River Regional Collaborative Vaccine site will start giving COVID-19 shots at noon Tuesday at The Big E.
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