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Agawam adopted a city form of government effective January 1, 1973, comprising a 15-member city council and a town manager. Since May 1989 a mayor is the elected leader of the city. The current city council consists of eleven members elected at large by the voters and is the legislative branch of the town government.
Agawam: City Hampden Mayor-Council 28,692 24.3 sq mi (62.94 km 2) ... Massachusetts City and Town Directory, Secretary of the Commonwealth, Elections Division
Agawam's center began to take shape in the early years of the 18th century. By 1750 the town center lay on one of the main roads connecting Northampton to Hartford, Connecticut, and the area became a significant rest stop along the way. It received significant development in the 1790s when the road was more formally laid out, private homes ...
Route 57 is a 45.42-mile-long (73.10 km) east–west Massachusetts state route that runs from Monterey to Agawam. The eastern 5.0 miles [ 2 ] (8.1 km) in Agawam is a freeway that runs from Route 187 to the route's eastern terminus at U.S. Route 5 .
WWLP-22News, an NBC affiliate, began broadcasting in March 1953 to provide local news, network, syndicated, and local programming to western Massachusetts. Watch the 22News Digital Edition ...
Kasparian filed suit challenging the Massachusetts General Court's authority to dismantle counties, but the suit was dismissed. [3] [4] In 1998, Kasparian ran as an independent for the 8th District seat on the Massachusetts Governor's Council. He received 8% of the vote. [5] In 1999 he finished fourth in the Agawam mayoral race with 1% of the ...
A city has a council or board of aldermen (and may or may not have a mayor, a city manager, or both). Prior to 1821, the only recognized form of government in Massachusetts was the town meeting. On April 9, 1821, an amendment to the state constitution was approved that permitted municipalities to choose other forms of government.
New York City Mayor Eric Adams attends an interfaith breakfast event in Manhattan in New York City, U.S., January 30, 2025. REUTERS/Adam Gray