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Council sends Paper Mill petition to Legislature
WESTFIELD – The City Council unanimously approved two pieces of legislation Thursday sending the home rule petition to accept Paper Mill Road...
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Companies can’t find skilled workers
BOSTON (AP) — A Massachusetts business group is calling for changes in the state’s education system in light of a report that...
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Minimum wage bill hits delay at Statehouse
STEVE LeBLANC, Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — Efforts to raise the state’s minimum wage have hit a snag. On Thursday, a House...
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Jobless rate falls to 6.5 percent, below US
BOSTON (AP) — The Massachusetts unemployment rate dropped back below the national average in February and the state added an estimated 3,800...
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Group challenges New England energy coordination
STEPHEN SINGER, Associated Press HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — A Boston environmental group is challenging how energy policy is coordinated by New England’s...
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Berry to speak at Rotary Club
WESTFIELD – This week’s meeting of The Rotary Club of Westfield will feature, as a guest speaker, Patrick Berry, owner of The...
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Fisher misses ballot
BOB SALSBERG, Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — Delegates to the Republican state convention strongly backed Charlie Baker for their party’s gubernatorial nomination...
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Massachusetts Trial Court stops hiring
BOSTON (AP) — The state’s Trial Court has stopped hiring probation and court security officers because there is still no test for...
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Casino foes ask court to allow repeal effort
BOB SALSBERG, Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — Attorney General Martha Coakley erred in excluding from the November state ballot a question that...
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This Week in Westfield History
By Jeanette Fleck WSU Intern Across the river from downtown, the year 1900 brought the Bismarck Hotel to Westfield. Thomas M. Buschmann...
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Local eatery squeezed for parking
WESTFIELD – The arrival of spring is something Lori Varelas, owner of The Good Table Restaurant on School Street, has been looking...
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Humason hosts fellow pols for pancakes at Pomeroy’s
WESTFIELD – Breakfast is an important meal in the life of an elected official, as evidenced by the massive order of pancakes,...
