The Westfield News
SWK/Hilltowns
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Divesting pensions finds support
STEVE LeBLANC, Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — Environmental activists pushing Massachusetts to divest its state pension fund from fossil fuel companies are...
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Automatic gas tax emerging as key campaign issue
BOB SALSBERG, Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — Critics of a law that allows for automatic increases in the state’s gasoline tax have...
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House Speaker to introduce gun control bill
PHILIP MARCELO, Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — Massachusetts, which has among the toughest gun laws in the country, will revisit the firearms...
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Senate race takes shape
WESTFIELD – This fall will prove to be a big one for the legislature in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, as numerous members...
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Funding for engine repairs approved
SOUTHWICK – Town Meeting voters approved an appropriation of $125,000 for repairs to Engine No. 2 last week. The apparatus was purchased...
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Gateway Superintendent’s Corner
After spending nearly a week with a group of seniors on their class trip to Florida, I would postulate that their parents,...
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STRHS selects Emerald Shield finalists
SOUTHWICK – Southwick-Tolland Regional High School is proud to announce the three finalists for the school’s prestigious Emerald Shield Award. The three...
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Benefit to be held for fire victims
SOUTHWICK – A Southwick family is trying to put their lives together after a devastating fire tore through their Feeding Hills Road...
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Senate passes $36.2B budget
BOSTON (AP) — The Massachusetts Senate has approved a $36.2 billion state budget for the fiscal year that begins July 1 on...
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Back behind bars after four days free
WESTFIELD – A felon taken in by a Montgomery woman after his release from incarceration in New York was at liberty for...
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Dollars For Scholars awards scholarships
SOUTHWICK – Although the Citizen’s Scholarship Foundation has changed its name to Dollars For Scholars, the mission of providing money for education...
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Gateway Superintendent’s Corner
At its meeting on May 14, the school committee moved a number of items forward in a very productive meeting. As with...
