The Westfield News
Westfield
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Councilors discuss free cash spending
WESTFIELD – The City Council approved a $40,278.36 free cash appropriation to initiate a five-year lease-to-own contract for two new Department of...
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Westfielders combat ice dams
WESTFIELD – As greater Westfield recovers from a flash snowstorm earlier this week, followed by a day of warm conditions Thursday, many...
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Russellville Road house destroyed by fire
WESTFIELD – The remains of a Russellville Road house are in its cellar this morning after it was destroyed by a fire...
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Fingerprinting to begin for school staffers
BOSTON (AP) — Massachusetts school districts have started fingerprinting teachers, administrators, bus drivers and other employees for national background checks. The effort...
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Obstructed walkways ongoing challenge
WESTFIELD – Winter in New England is noted for snowfall, and this winter has seen several large storms which have dumped over...
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Author Steve Edwards to read at WSU
WESTFIELD – The Westfield State University English department presents fiction and nonfiction author Steve Edwards, who will read from his 2010 memoir...
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WSU students travel to Nicaragua
WESTFIELD – Nineteen Westfield State University students traveled to Nicaragua from January 3-17 as part of an International Service Learning course, headed...
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Board rejects flashing sign permit
WESTFIELD – The Planning Board unanimously rejected a special permit petition to allow a flashing electronic sign erected when Cumberland Farms Corporation...
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Planners balk at motel conversion
WESTFIELD – The Planning Board voted to continue the public hearing on a proposal to convert a former Southampton Road motel into...
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563Commission seeks more spots
WESTFIELD – The Westfield Commission for Citizens with Disabilities last night approved small changes to a letter it will be sending out...
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Local pols make pitch for 57 expansion
HOLYOKE – Following an appearance at the Northampton Chamber of Commerce’s Incite Information Lunch at Holyoke’s Delaney House yesterday, Secretary and Chief...
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Hydrant access a safety issue
WESTFIELD – “It always a good idea” to shovel out fire hydrants because if a house is burning every second it takes...
