Amy Porter

Posts By Amy Porter

• SWK/Hilltowns

  Huntington Selectman resigning

  HUNTINGTON – Selectman John McVeigh turned in his resignation at Wednesday’s Board of Selectmen meeting, effective June 30, 2017. He is in...

• Business

  Students give high marks to coop experience

  WESTFIELD – Sean Crawford, of Granville, is a senior at Westfield Technical Academy in the Electrical Wiring shop. He has been working...

• Business

  Westfield Tech students are everywhere, in coops

  WESTFIELD – More than fifty seniors and juniors from Westfield Technical Academy are at businesses throughout Westfield and in neighboring communities, working...

• Westfield

  City Council votes on councilor raises and Complete Streets program

  WESTFIELD – The Legislative & Ordinance Committee made a negative (2-1) recommendation to the City Council Thursday to create an ordinance for...

• Westfield

  School committee holds emergency meeting

  WESTFIELD – The School Committee held an emergency meeting in Room 201 at City Hall on Friday to approve a transfer from school...

• Westfield

  City Council makes decisions on drones, emergency software, and a new pick-up for Police Department

  WESTFIELD – On Thursday, the City Council accepted a $15,000 gift to the police department for the purchase of a drone, authorized...

• Westfield

  L&O recommends step increases for City Council salaries

  WESTFIELD – The Legislative & Ordinance Committee, comprised of Ward 2 Councilor Ralph J. Figy, chair; Ward 4 Councilor Mary O’Connell and...

• Westfield

  200 attend meeting on options for School District

  WESTFIELD – A scheduled School Committee Finance Sub-Committee meeting to discuss options for the FY18 budget drew an estimated 200 parents, district...

• Westfield

  Attorney General’s Office requested Supreme Judicial Court hear appeal on Article 97 protection of Cross St playground

  WESTFIELD – The Office of the Attorney General wrote a letter on September 30, 2016, asking the Supreme Judicial Court to hear...

• Home/Garden

  City councilors start effort to increase tax exemptions for veterans

  WESTFIELD – A letter from At-large City Councilor Cindy C. Harris and Ward 2 Councilor Ralph Figy was hand-delivered to State Representative...

• Business

  Community Preservation Committee reviews open space proposals

  WESTFIELD – The Community Preservation Committee held its quarterly meeting on Thursday. Jay Vinskey, principal planner for the city gave a report...

• Westfield

  Westfield Athenaeum progress report given to Community Preservation Committee

  WESTFIELD – Jayne Mulligan and Linda Saltus, board members of the Westfield Athenaeum, gave a status report on the building project to...