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By Ariana Tourangeau on May 18, 2021   PRINGFIELD, Mass. (WWLP) – The City of Springfield and American Medical Response are celebrating the 46th annual National EMS Week by recognizing the care of AMR’S EMS professionals Tuesday morning. According to a news...

By Adam Belson on May 12, 2021   (Mass Appeal) – AMR’s award-winning Earn While You Learn program is once again being offered in Springfield. For those thinking about a career as an EMT, this opportunity is for you. Patrick Pickering, Regional Director for AMR,...

By the editor on May 12, 2021   NATICK – The spending plan released by the Senate Ways & Means Committee proposes significant additional funding for services and programs for individuals with mental health and substance use conditions and reflects a marked...

By Jackson Cote on May 18, 2021   It wasn’t an unusual call for paramedic Rejeanne Boissonneault, but life-threatening nevertheless. A man at a homeless shelter on Worthington Street in Springfield had gone into cardiac arrest after overdosing on heroin in a...

By Felice J. Freyer on May 12, 2021   Opioid-related overdose deaths increased by 5 percent in Massachusetts last year and rose dramatically among non-Hispanic Black men, as the pandemic erased the state’s recent progress in combating the addiction crisis. In its...

By Shira Schoenberg on May 12, 2021   DEATHS FROM OPIOID OVERDOSES increased in Massachusetts during the pandemic, after three years of a steady decline.  The rise in deaths is an alarming sign and one that experts say is likely indicative of the harmful impacts...

By Ryan Trowbridge and Kaylee Pugliese on May 13, 2021     SPRINGFIELD, MA (WGGB/WSHM) -- Trained canvassers are making their way through western Massachusetts this week, encouraging residents to get vaccinated against COVID-19. “We just want to be done with...

By Ryan Trowbridge on May 5, 2021     SPRINGFIELD, MA (WGGB/WSHM) -- May is Asian-American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month and with the rise in Asian hate crimes, one local schoolteacher is speaking out. That teacher said she hopes sharing her...