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Glass artist blows minds at WSU
WESTFIELD – The lounge at Westfield State’s University Hall was packed to capacity last week, as visitors from the community stopped by...
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Council to roll up medical marijuana ordinances
WESTFIELD – The Legislative & Ordinance Committee will bring both the general and the zoning ordinance, being adopted to regulate and control...
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Flaherty: taxpayers should not pay legal bill
WESTFIELD – City Councilor David A. Flaherty has requested the state Inspector General to prevent the city from paying the legal bill...
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Ransom not paid, ‘victim’ not taken
WESTFIELD – City police advise that no ransoms should be paid without verifying that a loved one has really been kidnapped. A...
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ISO-NE: summer power enough in New England
HOLYOKE (AP) — Energy efficiency will help ensure enough electricity is available in New England even during an extended heat wave, the...
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Advocates call for more restrictions
BOSTON (AP) — Drug abuse prevention groups, state lawmakers and organized labor leaders rallied outside the Massachusetts Statehouse yesterday to call for...
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School budget strategy debated
WESTFIELD – A review of the Westfield School Committee’s proposed budget for fiscal year 2015 was winding down at last night’s finance...
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Judge finds for sign plaintiffs
WESTFIELD – U.S. District Court Judge Michael A. Ponsor issued a judgment yesterday finding that Mayor Daniel M. Knapik violated the rights...
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Is a tan really worth a melanoma diagnosis?
At 19, Heather Riggenbach thought she had landed her dream job working at a tanning salon. Not only was she getting good...
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Westfield nurse finds calling
SPRINGFIELD – Heart disease continues to be the leading cause of death in the United States, and caring nurses like Katie Sullivan,...
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Nutrition Spotlight: Avocado
With Cinco de Mayo right around the corner, what better health food to talk about than the avocado? Nicknamed the Alligator Pear,...
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City cable contract stalled
WESTFIELD – City residents may not see anything different in the cable television services provided by Comcast, but the 10-year contract with...
