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Chicopee Mayor John Vieau has announced he is seeking a third term as mayor.

The City of Chicopee is looking for development proposals for the former Uniroyal property.

Public leaders gathered in Chicopee Wednesday to announce new details in a redevelopment project along the city’s riverfront.

Chicopee Mayor John Vieau is scheduled to provide an update on the city’s response to the coronavirus pandemic Friday afternoon.

A nonprofit with the South Texas city of Laredo has received a grant from the EPA to encourage truckers to idle at special environmentally-friendly truck stops where they can hook up and their diesel emissions will be contained. Vouchers are being granted to truckers who participate this month for 50% off hook ups to idling equipment. Laredo is the busiest land port in the United States and thousands of 18-wheelers cross from Mexico daily and under U.S. laws that regulate how much driving they…

A new 51 unit apartment complex is currently being constructed in Chicopee

Oak and West Main Street will be temporarily closed due to construction in Chicopee.

Chicopee firefighters worked Monday night to put out a fire at the former Uniroyal tire factory on Grove Street.

The Chicopee Fire Department is still working to determine what caused the fire at the former Uniroyal tire factory Monday night.

Chicopee Mayor Richard Kos announced Monday he will not seek re-election when his term ends at the end of 2019.

The City of Chicopee has installed live stream cameras at the former Uniroyal property to allow residents to get a first-hand look at the demolition.

A historic Chicopee building will soon be demolished.

Once all future demolitions and abatements are finished, there will only be 3 buildings left of the Uniroyals complex including the administration building.

A local vocational school hosted a state senator today to put the spotlight on job training.

A big payday for the city of Chicopee. The city is received a $600,000 Brownfield Grant.  

The three grants are part of 17 awards given to communities across Massachusetts.

Chicopee Mayor Richard Kos released a video on Tuesday, outlining the progress made at the former Uniroyal and Facemate properties.

The demolition work was immediately shutdown until additional water hoses and water misters were used to control future dust emissions.

The total grant awarded will fund three $200,000 Brownfield cleanup projects in Chicopee Falls at the former Uniroyal property.

Chicopee police recovered a body from the Chicopee River Monday night.

It is still undecided what will become of the land where the old Cathedral High School sat.

Bishop Rozanski met with parents of Holyoke Catholic High School and Cathedral in West Springfield Monday night.

Monday night, Bishop Mitchell Rozanski will go over the latest reviews of the proposed sites for the merged high school.

Calling it the “last piece of the rebuilding puzzle,” a business group is getting involved in the debate over where to build a new school.

It won’t be long before the Bishop has recommendations for the new school that will combine the former Cathedral High and Holyoke Catholic.

Students haven’t walked down the halls of Cathedral High School since it was heavily damaged in the June 1, 2011 tornado.

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Spfld. has begun their search for land to build their proposed regional Catholic H.S. 22News has the latest.