The Westfield News
Posts By Peter Francis
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Business
Noble Ball eclipses quarter-million mark
WESTFIELD – The results are in for last month’s Noble Ball, the local hospital’s largest fundraiser of the year. The ball, which...
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SWK/Hilltowns
Red Cross hosts legislative breakfast
SPRINGFIELD – The American Red Cross played host to several members of the western Massachusetts legislative body, including Montgomery’s Rep. Peter Kocot...
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Health
WSU student activist promotes HIV awareness
WESTFIELD – Westfield State Senior Tom Durkee is not afraid of a challenge. Every day, the communication major from Springfield, who also...
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Westfield
Westfield State sets financial controls
WESTFIELD – Following the resignation of now former Vice President of Administration and Finance Milton Santiago last week in the wake of...
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SWK/Hilltowns
Gateway adopts new teacher evaluation model
HUNTINGTON – By a near unanimous margin, the Gateway Regional School Committee approved a modified model by which to evaluate teachers, a...
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1.1KHealthForum House hopes Valley Gives
WESTFIELD – It may have been cold and icy outside yesterday, but it was cozy and warm inside the Forum House at...
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SWK/Hilltowns
Valley Gives ups prize ante
WESTFIELD – As 350 local nonprofits and programs gear up for Valley Gives, western Massachusetts’ big 24-hour e-philanthropy event, it appears that...
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Westfield Newsroom
Hilltowns start domestic violence campaign
RUSSELL – A recent survey distributed to residents of the hilltowns of western Hampden County has uncovered that a vast majority of...
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Westfield
Domus gets big loan for “Our House”
WESTFIELD – The Community Economic Development Assistance Corporation (CEDAC) announced this week that it has awarded more than $1.7 million in loans...
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SWK/Hilltowns
Museum ready for Valley Gives
WESTFIELD – As nonprofit organizations from Franklin, Hampden and Hampshire Counties eagerly anticipate the second annual Valley Gives online event on December...
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Business
Hampden County to receive manufacturing training
LYNN – Yesterday, the Commonwealth’s Housing and Economic Development (HED) Secretary Greg Bialecki pledged $1.3 million from the state in support of...
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Entertainment
Local author launches book
WESTFIELD – R.W. Thompson is no stranger to writing. Or rejection slips. “I’ve been looking for a publisher for six years,” said...
