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• SWK/Hilltowns

  Bill seeks stronger gun laws in Massachusetts

  BOB SALSBERG, Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — House Speaker Robert DeLeo (D-Winthrop) has unveiled long-awaited legislation designed to further tighten the state’s...

• Entertainment

  Arts Beat

  Happy 450th to The Bard It’s William Shakespeare’s 450th Birthday, and Shakespeare and Company celebrates the Bard in a season of Shakespearean...

• Westfield

  Veterans remembered over weekend

  JAKE PEARSON, Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — The U.S. Marine Corps’ chaplain, speaking to a congregation that has tied gold ribbons...

• Log

  Police Log, May 23, 2014

  WESTFIELD Emergency Response and Crime Report Friday, May 23, 2014 1:39 a.m.: suspicious activity, Charles Street, a caller reports somebody is trying...

• Log

  Court Log, May 23, 2014

  Westfield District Court Friday, May 23, 2014 Lola D. White, 38, of 108 Norfolk St., Springfield, was released on her personal recognizance...

• SWK/Hilltowns

  Divesting pensions finds support

  STEVE LeBLANC, Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — Environmental activists pushing Massachusetts to divest its state pension fund from fossil fuel companies are...

• SWK/Hilltowns

  Automatic gas tax emerging as key campaign issue

  BOB SALSBERG, Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — Critics of a law that allows for automatic increases in the state’s gasoline tax have...

• Westfield Newsroom

  Western Mass. woman relishes scout leadership

  DIANE BRONCACCIO, The Recorder GREENFIELD (AP) — As a young girl, Molly Robinson was not a Girl Scout — but she’s more...

• Pulseline

  PulseLine, May 24, 2014

  I just read the article about taking the Wielgus property. It sound like nothing is going to stop the Mayor. He will...

• SWK/Hilltowns

  House Speaker to introduce gun control bill

  PHILIP MARCELO, Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — Massachusetts, which has among the toughest gun laws in the country, will revisit the firearms...

• Log

  Police Log, May 22, 2014

  WESTFIELD Emergency Response and Crime Report Thursday, May 22, 2014 9:33 a.m.: assist other agency, Monroe Street, a officer dispatched to serve...

• SWK/Hilltowns

  Gateway Superintendent’s Corner

  After spending nearly a week with a group of seniors on their class trip to Florida, I would postulate that their parents,...