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• SWK/Hilltowns

  Report: Unfunded costs choking budgets

  WESTFIELD — The state’s cities and towns have shed more than 15,000 jobs in the past six years, and pension obligations, health...

• Log

  Police Log, January 4-6, 2014

  WESTFIELD Emergency Response and Crime Report Saturday, Jan. 4, 2014 1:08 a.m.: accident, Feeding Hills Road, a caller reports vehicle struck a...

• Around Town

  2 new Eagle Scouts

  SOUTHWICK – In the presence of family, friends, dignitaries, and fellow scouts, two young men from Troop 338 were honored for earning...

• SWK/Hilltowns

  Gateway Superintendent’s Corner

  Although I shared the process used to determine delays, early releases, or school cancellations due to weather and road conditions earlier this...

• SWK/Hilltowns

  In 2014, voters to decide slew of contests

  STEVE LeBLANC, Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — Massachusetts voters who trekked to the voting booth in 2013 won’t get much of a...

• SWK/Hilltowns

  Ballot question backers hope to reach voters

  STEVE LeBLANC, Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — Voters in Massachusetts have grown used to weighty policy questions, from deciding whether to allow...

• Sports

  Hard work pays off for Palma

  When Westfield State University assistant track and field coach Junior Williams speaks, Naloti Palma does more than listen. A sophomore thrower from...

• Pulseline

  PulseLine, January 4, 2014

  I know this is probably an odd time of year to be calling in with this comment but I was riding by...

• Westfield

  Councilor O’Connell: Ward 4 update

  I have had the pleasure during the last few months of reviewing the paperwork and files of former City Councilor Barbara Swords....

• Log

  Police Log, December 31, 2013 & January 1, 2014

  WESTFIELD Emergency Response and Crime Report Tuesday, Dec. 31, 2013 10:19 a.m.: annoying phone calls, West Silver Street, a resident came to...

• Pulseline

  PulseLine, January 3, 2013

  Yes I’m just calling about the sports at the Westfield Vocational High School and it seems that somebody has overlooked that the...

• SWK/Hilltowns

  Tough quest to end family homelessness

  STEVE LeBLANC, Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — By now, Massachusetts wasn’t supposed to have any homeless families. In 2008, Gov. Deval Patrick...