This week, we’re getting answers on tensions between police and the community, a controversial Facebook post by an officer, and the COVID-19 crisis with a one-on-one conversation with Springfield's mayor.

In this week’s edition of The Even Better Western Mass Podcast, Dave Madsen examines the soaring housing market in Western Massachusetts. The Realtor Association of Pioneer Valley numbers from the spring found the median sale price of single-family homes across

In this week’s edition of The Even Better Western Mass Podcast, Dave Madsen’s guest is Danny Eaton, the producing director of the Majestic Theater in West Springfield. Dave’s friendship with Danny goes back to the opening of the Majestic some

The East of the River Five Town Chamber of Commerce recently held its first public breakfast gathering since the COVID-19 pandemic shut everything down. Their featured speaker was legendary NFL quarterback Fran Tarkenton, The man known as the “Mad Scrambler”

In this week’s edition of The Even Better Western Mass Podcast, Dave Madsen’s focus is Moms in Action. It’s a grassroots movement of Americans fighting for public safety measures to protect people from gun violence. There are chapters all across

In this week’s edition of The Even Better Western Mass Podcast, Dave Madsen’s focus is on travel and tourism in the Pioneer Valley. Dave’s guest is Mary Kay Wydra, the president of the Greater Springfield Convention and Visitor’s Bureau. Mary

In this week’s edition of The Even Better Western Mass Podcast, Dave Madsen features the Springfield Regional Chamber’s annual Mayor’s Forum. Springfield Mayor Domenic Sarno, Easthampton Mayor Nicole LaChapelle, Westfield Mayor Donald Humason and West Springfield Mayor Will Reichelt talk

In this week’s edition of The Even Better Western Mass Podcast, Dave Madsen’s focus is on racism. His guest is Vanessa Otero, the interim director of the Healing Racism Institute of the Pioneer Valley. The institute is committed to assisting

In this week’s edition of The Even Better Western Mass Podcast, Dave Madsen’s focus is the Alzheimer’s Association. Its goal is a world without Alzheimer's and all other dementia. Formed in 1980, the Alzheimer's Association is the leading voluntary health

In this week’s edition of The Even Better Western Mass Podcast, Dave Madsen’s guest is Priscilla Ress. Priscilla and Dave have known each other for at least 30 years, from their time anchoring the news together at what was then