By DAVID BERGENGREN dbergengren@repub.com AGAWAM - All Saints parishioners say their church community is something special and they don't want to lose it.

The percentage of people living in poverty in the urban areas of the Pioneer Valley increased last year after having declined the year before, according to statistics released Tuesday by the U.S. Census Bureau.

Local officials and business owners were happy with the news Monday that the new owners of troubled national clothing chain Steve & Barry's have renegotiated the lease at 63 Springfield St.