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• Health

  Patrick: No reason to start over on pot

  BOSTON (AP) — There was no need for the state to restart the selection process for medical marijuana dispensaries despite reports that...

• SWK/Hilltowns

  Fisher seeks debate before Mass. GOP gathering

  BOSTON (AP) — Republican gubernatorial hopeful Mark Fisher is calling for a debate with fellow Republican candidate Charlie Baker prior to the...

• Police/Fire

  Chief justice of high court retiring

  BOSTON (AP) — The chief justice of the highest court in Massachusetts announced his retirement Monday after nearly 37 years as a...

• Police/Fire

  ‘¡Retire el Fuego!’ – Incendios en la Cocina y Consejos para su Seguridad

  El año pasado, los accidentes al cocinar causaron la mayoría de incendios y de heridas a envejecientes. Hubieron 9,928 fuegos por cocinar...

• Police/Fire

  Retire the Fire! – Cooking Fire and Burn Safety Tips

  Last year, cooking was the leading cause of home fires and fire injury to seniors. There were 9,928 home fires in Massachusetts...

• Health

  Mass. Speaker questions pot dispensary process

  BOSTON (AP) — The state should take a second look at the medical marijuana dispensary licensing process because some of the information...

• Westfield

  State more involved in WSU president search

  WESTFIELD — State education officials are exerting more oversight in the search for a Westfield State University president than when Evan S....

• Pulseline

  PulseLine, March 3, 2014

  Just following up on the ice dam articles. There was no response to my experiment of looking at the sheds and unheated...

• Police/Fire

  Atención Westfield: Vamos a ‘¡Retirar el Fuego!’

  En el 2012, personas mayores de 65 años sumaron el 33 percent de muertes a causa de incendios en Massachusetts. Es muy...

• Police/Fire

  Attention Westfield: Let’s ‘Retire the Fire!’

  In 2012, those over the age of 65 accounted for 33 percent of the Commonwealth’s fire deaths. Sadly, in the last few...

• Pulseline

  PulseLine, March 3, 2014

  Yeah, reading Thursday Westfield News, front-page story about Mayor Knapik. I hope he does, they dig into his wallet. What he did...

• Health

  WSU Relay for Life Club seeks community input

  WESTFIELD – The Westfield State University Relay for Life Club will hold an informational session about Westfield State’s first ever Relay for...