Amy Porter

Posts By Amy Porter

• Business

  Westfield Education to Business Alliance sets goals for the year

  WESTFIELD – At the Westfield Education to Business Alliance’s (WE2BA) first meeting since breaking for the summer, held last Thursday at Mestek,...

• Education

  New music teacher at Munger Hill has local ties

  WESTFIELD – Tyler Cook was recently hired as the new general music instructor for K-5 for Munger Hill and Abner Gibbs Elementary...

• Education

  New ideas, hard feelings at Gateway budget discussion

  HUNTINGTON – Although Wednesday’s School Committee meeting was not one of the joint budget sessions scheduled with the towns, the majority of...

• Westfield

  City Council addresses medical district zone and takes a stand against hate

  WESTFIELD: A petition by Ward 2 Councilor Ralph J. Figy for a zone change at 91 and 115 West Silver Street, and...

• Business

  Huntington Board of Selectmen award A/C bid for Stanton and Town Halls

  HUNTINGTON – On Wednesday, the Board of Selectmen awarded the bid to install a cooling system in Town Hall and Stanton Hall...

• Westfield

  Residents speak out at Council meeting

  WESTFIELD – In the first regular City Council meeting following the summer recess, councilors took their time deliberating and listening to comments...

• Education

  Supreme Judicial Court delays Cross St. school decision

  WESTFIELD – City Solicitor Susan C. Phillips said that her office received notice this week that the Supreme Judicial Court of the...

• Entertainment

  Food Fest 2017 Revised Entertainment Schedule

  WESTFIELD – The third annual Westfield Food Fest sponsored by the Rotary Club of Westfield will begin on Friday, August 25 at...

• Westfield

  Committee addresses tax exemption proposal for seniors

  WESTFIELD – City assessor Robin Johnson attended the Legislative & Ordinance Committee on Tuesday, to discuss the motion by chair Ralph Figy...

• Westfield

  Truck exclusion on Paper Mill Road discussed

  WESTEFIELD – The first item on the agenda at the Legislative & Ordinance Committee on Tuesday was the recommendation from the Traffic...

• SWK/Hilltowns

  Blandford selectmen hire secretary; meet with assessors and highway department

  BLANDFORD – New selectman Cara Letendre took up the gavel at Monday’s meeting in the absence of chair Adam Dolby. Among the...

• Westfield

  WSU instructor and great-great grandson of Stonewall Jackson urges removal of Confederate statues

  WESTFIELD – Jack Christian and Warren Christian, the great-great grandsons of Confederate general Stonewall Jackson wrote an open letter this week to...