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A judge ordered a former western Massachusetts aide to Gov. Maura Healey held without bail following a dangerousness hearing Friday that came only days after he was arrested on cocaine trafficking charges, according to court records.

A federal judge in Boston on Friday ruled that the Trump administration must continue to fund SNAP as the government shutdown threatens food aid benefits for millions of Americans, ordering the White House to outline a plan to provide at least partial assistance starting Nov. 1.

We check in with local folklorist Jeff Belanger, talk with Hors d'Oeuvres about the F*ing Awesome Game Show and McGovern with Rep. Jim McGovern.

Today on The Rundown, panelists discuss the state of local elections around the 413, the local impact of losing SNAP benefits amidst the government shutdown and more.

The top five vote-getters will win seats as Springfield city councilors at large in Tuesday's election. All five incumbents from this term are running against three challengers.

El alcalde Dominick Pangallo habla sobre el uso del transporte público en rumbo a Salem, las medidas de seguridad implementadas durante octubre y las maneras de mantener abierto el Centro de Información para Visitantes durante el cierre gubernamental.

There is an at-large city council race pitting 5 incumbents against three challengers and several ward races for city council and school committee.

Municipal elections in Westfield are non partisan, but 63-year-old Mayor Michael McCabe lists himself as a Republican, according to the Massachusetts Office of Campaign and Political Finance. His opponent, 39-year-old Andrew Mullen is a Democrat, and has no record of donations or expenditures.

We visit New Salem Orchard ahead of Franklin County Cider Days, check in with folx from Self-Evident Education about how to support their programming and check out semantic bleaching with the Word Nerd.

Western Mass voters head to the polls Nov. 4 as mayoral races heat up in Easthampton, Northampton, Westfield, West Springfield, and North Adams. We break down the contenders.