The Westfield News
Health
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Bee Aware of Local Apiaries
By: Nick Lombardi, WSU intern ‘18 There is much concern over the bee population in Western Mass, but there is much being...
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City OKs $2.5 million grant for home acquisition
WESTFIELD—The city has OKed the acceptance of a third grant to fund the continuing Noise Compatibility Program (NCP) near Barnes Regional Airport....
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Faces of Carson
People in the helping profession use all kinds of fancy words to describe what’s going on with the people they help. Sometimes...
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More private well test results released
WESTFIELD—As results from private well testing continue to come in, two more homes have been reported to have tested for perfluorinated compounds...
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Rehabilitation starts on Columbia Greenway river crossing
WESTFIELD—Work has begun to connect two city parks and the Columbia Greenway over the Westfield River. Rehabilitation work has begun on the...
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Community Preservation Committee acts on Rail Trail funding
WESTFIELD – The Community Preservation Committee considered the City of Westfield’s request for $250,000 for design work on the Columbia Greenway Rail...
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Clean out efforts underway at Park Street home
WESTFIELD—Efforts to clean out a home where two people died during a fire last month are underway, according to Westfield director of...
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Rainy summer, Risk of illness rising
by: Nick Lombardi, WSU intern ‘18 WESTFIELD – The summer’s frequent rainstorms are a welcome change after last year’s drought, but this...
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Faces of Carson
Kelvin was sick of his mother being sick all of the time. She hadn’t been out of the hospital for more than...
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Cancer House of Hope Seeks Volunteers
WEST SPRINGFIELD –Cindy Sheridan-Murphy remembers walking into the Cancer House of Hope three years ago like it was yesterday. “I was just...
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Tuesdays on the Trail
WESTFIELD – The Friends of the Columbia Greenway Rail Trail have announced “Tuesdays on the Trail,” a casual bike ride that will...
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City council votes on resolution related to crumb rubber
WESTFIELD—Westfield will be adopting a three-year moratorium on the use of synthetic fields that use crumb rubber infill on all city-owned property....
