Health Archives - Page 52 of 127

After months of review, $13m water filtration bond gets second vote

WESTFIELD – First introduced in March by Mayor Brian P. Sullivan, and after undergoing three attempts to gain a super majority of...

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DPW issues water testing update and announces water restriction

WESTFIELD – Department of Public Works Director David Billips and Systems Engineer Heather Stayton have announced new Department of Environment Protection (DEP)...

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Police, firefighters challenge returns; blood donors sought

WESTFIELD-Since 2013, employees of the Westfield Police and Westfield Fire departments have taken up a challenge – to see who can recruit...

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Faces of Carson

We’d stopped trying to go out in public—no grocery store, no dry cleaning runs. I couldn’t risk it. I stopped answering the...

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Curb Nighttime Snacking

by Eliana Lakritz MS RD LDN, Clinical Dietitian, Baystate Noble Hospital For people trying to lose weight, habitual nighttime snacking is often a...

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State program offers outdoor activities to those with disabilities

HOLYOKE – Having been diagnosed with polio at just nine months old, Bo Tanner has had to deal with the virus that...

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Granville Farmer’s market prepares for second year

GRANVILLE – For the second year in a row, the hilltown communities will have a farmer’s market right in their local area...

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City Council holds public hearing on marijuana zoning

WESTFIELD – City Planner Jay Vinskey introduced, on behalf of the Planning Board a zoning amendment for marijuana shops during a public...

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Free vegetable plants for those who will share their bounty

WESTFIELD-When Brian Kelly saw a Facebook post from the Westfield Food Pantry seeking fresh produce this summer, an “organic idea” immediately came...