Amy Porter

Posts By Amy Porter

• Education

  School Committee reviews FY18 line-item budget

  WESTFIELD – On Wednesday, the Finance sub-committee reviewed the FY18 line item budget of the Westfield Public Schools with the majority of...

• Westfield

  Planning Board continues Boise Cascade compliance review

  WESTFIELD – The Planning Board had a short agenda on Tuesday, as the scheduled continuation of a compliance review for Boise Cascade,...

• Education

  SEPAC workshop on Thursday in honor of Autism Awareness month

  WESTFIELD – The Westfield Special Education Parent Advisory Council (SEPAC) is holding a workshop for all Westfield families on cognitive and behavioral...

• Water

  City of Westfield officials remember Barbara Russell

  WESTFIELD – Colleagues remembered former City Councilor Barbara J. Russell, who passed away on March 22, 2017. Barbara served the City of...

• Education

  Fort Meadow’s pre-schoolers learn about engineering

  WESTFIELD – For Fort Meadow Early Childhood Center’s presentation to the School Committee, principal Joanne Hentnick began with a slideshow of the...

• Sports

  Sports teams honored at School Committee

  WESTFIELD – The City Council chambers was packed with students at the start of Monday’s School Committee meeting, as three teams from...

• Business

  Forward progress with economic development, shared services in hill towns

  HUNTINGTON – The Community Compact signed last year by the six Gateway hilltowns of Chester, Middlefield, Huntington, Blandford, Russell and Montgomery has...

• Education

  Baker-Polito Administration announces funding to cover costs of AP Exams for STEM-related subjects

  STEM Advisory Council will spend $326,000 to help low-income students afford the tests BOSTON – The Baker-Polito Administration announced it will cover...

• Westfield

  Westfield election calendar set; papers available starting Monday, April 3

  WESTFIELD – The election calendar for the City’s 2017 municipal election on Tuesday, November 7 is now posted on the City Clerk’s...

• Education

  Supreme Judicial hearing on Ashley St. school project to take place on April 6

  WESTFIELD – The Supreme Judicial Court hearing on the Ashley St. School and Cross St. playground projects, to determine whether the 1.37...

• Health

  Community garden plots available

  RUSSELL – For vegetable gardeners with no place to plant or no sun in their yards, one answer might be a plot...

• Education

  Westfield Public Schools budget increase reduced

  WESTFIELD – At a public hearing on the FY18 budget for Westfield Public Schools on Tuesday, the district demonstrated that a lot...