Peter Francis

Posts By Peter Francis

• Westfield

  District principals make budget requests

  WESTFIELD – A $6,513,734 budget request was presented to the School Committee Monday by Ronald Rix, the district’s director of technology and...

• Westfield

  Ward reps weigh in on Westfield State

  WESTFIELD – According to the Westfield State University website, Westfield State is dedicated to being an informative, accessible and vibrant community partner...

• Westfield

  Velis ready to represent

  WESTFIELD – It was a joyful evening Tuesday, a good party as far as parties go, but for John Velis, the newly...

• SWK/Hilltowns

  Hilltown highway heads hopeful

  HUNTINGTON – The state Chapter 90 Program has come under fire from highway departments all over western Massachusetts who say that their...

• Police/Fire

  Western Mass.Tech Rescue Team trains

  WESTFIELD – The majority of students residing in University Hall in the northwest corner of Westfield State University’s Western Avenue campus were...

• Business

  House OKs hourly wage hike to $10.50

  BOSTON — The Massachusetts House approved a bill Wednesday that would increase the state’s hourly minimum wage from $8 to $10.50 over...

• Westfield

  Renaissance Manor to take on HGA residents

  WESTFIELD – The Holyoke Geriatric Authority Board of Directors voted to close the facility on March 7 and Renaissance Manor facilities on...

• SWK/Hilltowns

  House Committee advances GMO bill

  BOSTON – The Massachusetts Joint Committee on Environment, Natural Resources and Agriculture recently passed out of committee H. 813, a GMO labeling...

• Westfield

  ‘Rowdy’ residents respond

  WESTFIELD – At a March 24 meeting of the Westfield State University Neighborhood Advisory Board at Landsdowne Place, the university-leased apartment complex...

• SWK/Hilltowns

  Worthington withdrawal discussed with DESE rep

  HUNTINGTON – Representatives from six of the seven member communities of the Gateway Regional School District convened in the library of Gateway...

• Westfield

  Candidates spar as election looms

  WESTFIELD — The two candidates seeking to replace former State Rep. Don Humason (R-Westfield) sparred last night over taxes and tactics in...

• SWK/Hilltowns

  Gateway mulls new maintenance and capital plan

  HUNTINGTON – At a meeting of the Gateway Regional School Committee last night, a course of action was discussed and tabled for...