Anyone 12 or older who wants to dine indoors at a restaurant, go to a gym or see a show will have to produce proof of having received two shots of the vaccine, up from the current one dose, Mayor Bill de Blasio announced Monday. Children ages 5 to 11 will have to show proof of at least one shot.

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We are hearing from local residents if they would get an annual COVID booster shot. This is after an advisory committee for the FDA has raised doubts, about shifting to a yearly covid booster shot.

A proposal from Massachusetts state lawmakers to decriminalize some hallucinogens and psychedelics.

There is some national recognition of western Massachusetts' own Gary Rome, he's been named the 2023 TIME Dealer of the Year.

A ribbon-cutting ceremony was held Friday for a new program aiming to address behavioral health needs in our community.

Democrats on Beacon Hill are looking to change the Chapter 62F law.

The business community has put COVID-19 behind them as we wade into 2023 but many of the pandemic-era challenges to small businesses persist into the new year. 22News spoke with small business owners about what they are still working to overcome.

The Latino Economic Development Corporation is kicking off 2023 with a new round of grants for businesses in Hampden County. Nine Latino-owned enterprises will receive between $1,000 to $3,000.

The Massachusetts Parole Board has unanimously voted that a man sentenced for killing five members of a Springfield family is suitable for parole.

Prosecutors say the father of Harmony Montgomery has been indicted on a second-degree murder charge.

CHICOPEE, Mass. (WWLP) - Some areas picked up snow this week but in the Springfield area it was mainly rain.

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