WESTFIELD – Although the permitted burning season concluded at the end of April the threat of brush fires in the city is not over.
Deputy Fire Chief Patrick Egloff, the fire prevention… read more…
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Fire threat continues
City man sentenced for child porn possession
WESTFIELD – Richard Starr, 56, of 46 King St., was sentenced to a 42-month term of incarceration after he pleaded guilty to charges of possession of child pornography in Springfield’s… read more…

Area officers remembered
WESTFIELD – A host of bicyclists will leave Springfield Sept. 21 and head toward the Massachusetts Law Enforcement Memorial on the grounds of the Massachusetts State House at Ashburton… read more…
Plates catch officer’s eye
WESTFIELD – Police officers need to develop a facility to observe and remember a wide variety of vehicular registration plates in their never-ending efforts to find stolen vehicles… read more…




