Please be advised that Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker has ordered that the United States flag and the Commonwealth flag be lowered to half-staff at all state buildings from sunrise until sunset today in honor of Master Sergeant Neil J. Morrison, United States Army, of Newburyport, MA who died on May 29, 2015. This gubernatorial order applies to: 1. The main or administration building of each public institution of the Commonwealth, e.g. town and city halls. 2. Other state-owned or state-controlled buildings. 3. All state military installations.
Thank you to the Police Officer who assisted with my car stalled in traffic by the Mass Pike today. He went above and beyond to help, and was very kind and courteous. I am sorry I did not get his name because he deserves to be recognized for his actions.
Good Morning, In a time when police officers are view in a negative light. I think it is important that we highlight all the good they do. Today (Saturday June 20) while running errands with my mother we watched in horror as a older gentlemen near plowed over a crossing citizen in a crosswalk on Washington st. Thankfully she wasn’t hit!!! That when officer at the police station sprung into action quickly checking on the women and then quickly pulling the gentlemen over. I just wanted to say thank you and job well done Westfield Police!!!! You don’t get enough credit for all your awesome work. Hopefully that driver got what was coming and learned a valuable lesson to be more careful and observant as a driver.
Thanks again Westfield Police. Signed, A grateful and proud citizen
this letter concerns the residents of the town of southwick that are involved in the phase 11 sewer project in the powdermill road and surrounding neighborhood,and sub phases in the college hgwy north and congamond road areas and also the southwick board of selectmen. first of all what were these elected officials thinking when they proposed this latest project ,most of the residents that live in these areas are either retired, close to retirement or young families and these projects are not economically feasible and they should have known this beforehand and it makes us think of what kind of elected officials we have in this town.many of us have a small pension or soc.sec.and to ask us to carry a financial burden of up to $25,000,an interest rate up to 6% to 7% and also to have to pay out of our own pockets as much as several thousand dollars to install individual sewer lines on our properties and to remove our septic systems, we say shame on the board of selectmen for not caring and considering their fellow town residents before any projects,also it is not mandatory for the schools to have a sewer hookup,as the school superintendent said we have a perfectly good working septic system in place and fewer children attending our schools. we thought a no vote meant no but apparently not in our town. we will also be contacting our state legislative representatives concerning this whole matter. we hope many other neighborhood residents also will write letters in to this paper and also contact your state representatives, don humason ph#4135681366 and Nicholas boldyga ph#4134553007. this project is completely unaffordable in our town. and if there are any board of selectmen that are more concerned with their fellow town residents than just projects we ask you to respond in this paper. concerned residents.
Franklin St is A MESS… patched and re-patched, still having potholes- been like this for years….yet the city somehow finds money to redo the sidewalks when the street itself is in such dyer need of repair. Don’t you think the street should have been taken care of first? More people travel the road, then use the sidewalks. Isn’t road repair more of a priority than the sidewalks? In speaking with the City’s Engineering office we were informed that for the road to be done properly the sidewalks need to be done first. The completed sidewalks will determine the proper height of the curb then the curb height dictates the depth which the roadbed needs to be reconstructed allowing for the regulated curb reveal between the road and top of curb.
