The Westfield News
Posts By Peter Francis
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Westfield
Primary a $38,000 formality
WESTFIELD – Primary elections are an integral part of the democratic process in the United States of America and in the Commonwealth...
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Police/Fire
Domestic Violence Task Force to launch PSA series
RUSSELL – “85 percent of hilltown residents surveyed agree: DOMESTIC VIOLENCE IS NEVER THE FAULT OF THE PERSON BEING ABUSED.” This slogan...
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Business
Human Resources Unlimited gets grant
WESTFIELD – Human Resources Unlimited, a Springfield-based non-profit organization that connects adults who are mentally or physically disabled or socially disadvantaged to...
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SWK/Hilltowns
Greater Westfield dropout rates improve
WESTFIELD — Improvements by Hispanic, low-income and non-native English speaking students helped drive up Massachusetts’ public high school graduation rate for the...
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SWK/Hilltowns
Chester approves transfer to balance budget
CHESTER – Community residents gathered at Chester Town Hall last night to voice their collective opinion on whether or not to grant...
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1.1KBusinessProperty owners react to BID challenge
WESTFIELD – In the wake of the introduction of a petition to dissolve the city’s Business Improvement District, property owners in Westfield...
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Westfield Newsroom
City celebrates decade of chilly dunks
WESTFIELD – Speakers blared Foreigner’s “Cold as Ice” and Van Halen’s “Jump” over the ice of Westfield’s Hampton Ponds Saturday, commemorating the...
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Business
Hampden County jobs, wages behind
BOSTON – Counties throughout the Commonwealth of Massachusetts have reported gains in employment numbers, according to data released last week by the...
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Business
City YouthWorks seeks level funding
BOSTON – This week Governor Deval Patrick announced a $12 million investment in the successful YouthWorks Summer Jobs Program as part of...
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Westfield
Dobelle assistant Salvidio out at WSU
WESTFIELD – Nanci Salvidio, an assistant to former Westfield State University President Dr. Evan Dobelle, is no longer in her position at...
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SWK/Hilltowns
Kulik on Worthington, mitigation
HUNTINGTON – Prior to a highly anticipated 7:30 p.m. meeting of the Gateway Regional School Committee yesterday evening, residents from several of...
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SWK/Hilltowns
Gateway School Board takes stand on Worthington
HUNTINGTON – After months of discusion regarding the potential withdrawal of the town of Worthington from the district, the Gateway Regional School...
