Chicopee is a city located on the Connecticut River in Hampden County,Massachusetts,United States. At the 2020 census,the city had a population of 55,560,making it the second-largest city in western Massachusetts after Springfield. Chicopee is part of the Springfield,Massachusetts Metropolitan Statistical Area. The communities of Chicopee Center (Cabotville),Chicopee Falls,Willimansett,Fairview,Aldenville,Burnett Road,Smith Highlands and Westover are located within the city.
Ludlow is a New England town in Hampden County,Massachusetts,United States. The population was 21,002 as of the 2020 census,and it is considered part of the Springfield Metropolitan Statistical Area. Located just northeast of Springfield across the Chicopee River,it is one of the city's suburbs. It has a sizable and visible Portuguese and Polish community.
Edward Patrick Boland was an American politician from the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. A Democrat,he was a representative from Massachusetts's 2nd congressional district.
William Joseph Granfield was a United States representative from Massachusetts.
Gale D. Candaras was a Democratic member of the Massachusetts Senate from 2006 to 2014,representing the First Hampden and Hampshire District. She is an attorney and a former five-term member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives,where she served as a Division Leader.
George Dexter Robinson was an American lawyer and Republican politician from Chicopee,Massachusetts. After serving in the Massachusetts General Court and United States House of Representatives,Robinson served three one-year terms as Governor of Massachusetts,notably defeating Benjamin Franklin Butler in the 1883 election.
George Sylvester Taylor became the first mayor of Chicopee,Massachusetts,on January 5,1891.
Michael R. Knapik is an American politician who served in the Massachusetts Senate (1995–2013) and Massachusetts House of Representatives (1991–1995). In the state Senate he represented the 2nd Hampden and Hampshire District. He is a member of the Republican Party.
The Chicopee River is an 18.0-mile-long (29.0 km) tributary of the Connecticut River in the Pioneer Valley,Massachusetts,known for fast-moving water and its extraordinarily large basin:the Connecticut River's largest tributary basin. The Chicopee River originates in a Palmer,Massachusetts village called Three Rivers as a confluence of the Ware,Quaboag and Swift rivers. It passes through Wilbraham,Ludlow,and the Indian Orchard neighborhood of Springfield.
James T. Welch was a Democratic member of the Massachusetts Senate from the Hampden district,who was first elected to this position in 2010. Prior to this he was the Massachusetts State Representative for the 6th Hampden district,which includes his hometown of West Springfield and parts of Springfield and Chicopee. He served in the House from 2005 to 2011. Prior to serving in the Massachusetts legislature,he was a realtor and member of the West Springfield City Council.
George Perkins Bissell Alderman,often referred to as George P. B. Alderman was an American architect who was active in western Massachusetts and Connecticut during the late 19th and early 20th Century.
Antonio F. D. "Tony" Cabral is the current member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives for the 13th Bristol district. He is of Portuguese descent.
Richard H. Demers was an American politician who served as mayor of Chicopee,Massachusetts,and was a member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives.
Walter Jacob Trybulski was an American politician who served as Mayor of Chicopee,Massachusetts,and was the Republican nominee for Massachusetts State Treasurer in 1960.
Augustus Lord Soule was an American lawyer who served as a justice of the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court from 1877 to 1881.
Bud Williams is a State Representative who represents the 11th Hampden District in the Massachusetts House of Representatives. He represents the city of Springfield. Williams serves as the Vice Chair of the House Committee on Redistricting,and on the House Committee on Ways and Means,the Joint Committee on Economic Development and Emerging Technologies,the Joint Committee on Education,and the Joint Committee on Ways and Means.
Edwin A. Seibel was an American journalist,activist,legislator,executive director of the Holyoke Taxpayers' Association,member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives,and the 34th mayor of Holyoke,Massachusetts. Between his unorthodox lack of political allies,nomination by both Democratic and Republican parties in the same election,management style,and tenure as both a state representative and mayor concurrently,Seibel was described posthumously by a columnist for the Boston Traveller as “the most controversial mayor in Holyoke’s history”. During his tenure,Seibel oversaw the reduction in size of the Board of Alderman,a predecessor of the city council from 27 to 11 members.
Massachusetts Senate's Hampden district in the United States is one of 40 legislative districts of the Massachusetts Senate. It covers portions of Hampden county including most of the majority of in Springfield (7/8),and a half of Chicopee. Democrat Adam Gomez of Springfield,Massachusetts has represented the district since 2021.
Adam Gomez is an American politician,who represented Ward 1 on the Springfield City Council,first taking office in January 2016 and the Hampden District in the Massachusetts Senate. In January 2020,he was selected as vice president of the council.
