MAYORS

The Shoestring reported that the embattled police chief of Greenfield, Massachusetts, and his top deputy received substantial raises from former Mayor Roxann Wedegartner the week before she lost her reelection bid last November.

About a few hundred people attended the swearing in held at Symphony Hall’s Mahogony Room on Monday for Domenic Sarno, Springfield's longest serving mayor who has held the job since 2008.

In Pittsfield, City Council President Peter Marchetti will become the new mayor, taking over for the outgoing Linda Tyer. He defeated John Krol in the contentious 2023 election.

Outgoing Agawam Mayor Bill Sapelli has spent more than 40 years working for Agawam as an educator, school superintendent, and finally, chief executive.

An editorial recently published in the Springfield based newspaper, African-American Point of View, sparked backlash from leaders in the Black community like Bishop Talbert Swan ll, head of the Springfield NAACP.

It's an open mayoral race in Agawam, Massachusetts. The two candidates on the ballot, Cecilia Calabrese and Chris Johnson, have worked on the City Council for years, side by side, and their priorities are not that different.

Voters on Tuesday will decide between incumbent Mayor Roxann Wedegartner and City Councilor Virginia “Ginny” DeSorgher.

Chicopee Mayor John Vieau is being challenged by City Councilor Delmarina López in the mayoral race. Vieu is running for a third two-year term. López is the first woman of color on the council and said she wants to see Chicopee’s diversity reflected in its leadership.

Ahead of the Nov. 7 election in Worcester, GBH News will host an open-format debate among the five candidates for mayor of Massachusetts' second largest city.

Four candidates are on the preliminary ballot, with the top two advancing to the November general election.