The Westfield News
Posts By Carl E. Hartdegen
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Police/Fire
Fuel oil truck springs a leak
WESTFIELD – Western Avenue was partially closed for hours yesterday morning and afternoon after a fuel truck sprang a leak and spilled...
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Health
Red Cross offers pet first aid app
WESTFIELD – Pet owners can now get medical advice for their best friends right on their phones thanks to a smartphone app...
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Police/Fire
Scrapper charged
SOUTHWICK – A great deal of metal items of all descriptions are stolen – from work sites, backyards and the outside storage...
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Police/Fire
Grant targets underage drinkers
WESTFIELD – Members of the city’s community policing unit got a boost in their ongoing struggle to control underage drinking in the...
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Police/Fire
Animal cruelty charged
WESTFIELD – A woman is facing a felony charge of cruelty to an animal after she allegedly poured bleach over her boyfriend’s...
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Police/Fire
Evidence tossed, burglar benefits
WESTFIELD – A transient man who had been brought to trial in Hampden Superior Court for 12 city break-ins found that number...
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Police/Fire
Pot plantation razed
WESTFIELD – The growing season came to an abrupt and early end on Dudley Avenue Tuesday when city detectives executed a warrant...
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Police/Fire
Owner nabs thief
WESTFIELD – The owner of an Elm Street business captured a burglar Saturday who had broken into his business and was making...
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Police/Fire
Fugitives surrender
WESTFIELD – Two fugitives who had been wanted by police to answer charges of home invasion and assault and battery turned themselves...
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Police/Fire
Airbag deployed, driver denies crash
WESTFIELD – A Westfield State College student who drove away after smashing his pickup truck into a Franklin Street utility pole attempted...
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Police/Fire
Taunting texts trigger tumult
WESTFIELD – There’s a country song in the story behind an apparently shocking broad daylight assault on the grounds of a city...
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Police/Fire
Three-year-old hurt, stepfather arrested
WESTFIELD – A city man was held in lieu of $2,000 cash bail after he was arraigned in Westfield District Court on...
