Amy Porter

Posts By Amy Porter

• Education

  Increasing collaboration apparent in Gateway School Committee discussion

  HUNTINGTON – The Gateway Regional School Committee met Wednesday for a regular meeting that was not one of the joint budget meetings...

• Education

  Public hearing held on school technology plan

  WESTFIELD – The School Committee’s Educational Planning and Technology sub-committee held a public hearing on Tuesday on its new technology plan and...

• Westfield

  City starts work on Cross St. playground

  WESTFIELD – Department of Public Works Director David Billips said the city has hired a contractor and bulldozer to level out the...

• Business

  Hinds tapped by Senate President to attend National Broadband & Cable Policy Summit

  BOSTON – State Senator Adam G. Hinds (D-Pittsfield) announced Thursday that he has been appointed by Senate President Stan Rosenberg (D-Amherst) to...

• Education

  Text messaging now an option for school alerts

  WESTFIELD – Parents and guardians in Westfield can now take advantage of Westfield Public School’s Text Messaging Service to receive important information...

• Westfield

  Finance sub-committee tackles full agenda

  WESTFIELD – The Westfield City Council’s Finance Committee met at 5:45 p.m. on Thursday prior to the scheduled City Council meeting. At...

• Westfield

  Westfield CFO job description debated

  WESTFIELD – The draft job description for the Chief Financial Officer was challenged by At-large Councilor Dave Flaherty, first at the Finance...

• Westfield

  Mayor’s briefing addresses social media comments

  WESTFIELD – For the Mayor’s briefing that is held at 6:30 p.m. prior to most City Council meetings, there were only two...

• SWK/Hilltowns

  Huntington Special Town Meeting discussed

  HUNTINGTON – At Wednesday’s meeting, the town’s Board of Selectmen discussed the upcoming Special Town Meeting (STM) scheduled for Wednesday, Oct. 18...

• SWK/Hilltowns

  Huntington Highway Dept. addresses driveway concern

  HUNTINGTON – At Wednesday’s Board of Selectmen meeting, Pleasant Street resident Jeff Smith asked for the selectmen’s help in fixing a drop...

• SWK/Hilltowns

  Huntington one-room schoolhouse repairs needed

  HUNTINGTON – At the Board of Selectmen meeting on Wednesday, David Norton and Bill McVeigh of the Huntington Historical Commission and Historical...

• Education

  Special Town Meetings scheduled for third vote on Gateway budget

  HILLTOWNS – The schedules have been set for Huntington, Russell and Chester to vote for the third time on the Gateway Regional...