State Senator Donald F. Humason Jr. (R-Second Hampden and Hampshire) and staff will be hosting office hours next week: Monday August 12, 11:00am to 12:00pm, at the Westfield Council on Aging, 45 Noble Street, Westfield. All are welcome to come, visit, and share their thoughts or concerns on state matters with Senator Humason and his […]

Tinker with us at Makerspace Monday at Southwick Public Library: Tinker, Make stuff, spend time with friends at Southwick Public Library's Makerspace on Monday, August 12 from 3-4 p.m. in the Community Room. This event is for kids entering grades 3-6 in the fall. Try out our LittlBits circuits. Try making a "tumble tot" and […]

Join us on Wednesday, August 14 to try to escape from the haunted Whitney Study. You'll have 45 minutes to figure out clues or you'll be stuck forever! This escape room was designed, prepared, and run by the Escape Room Planners, a group of Westfield teenagers who met over the summer with the sole purpose […]

Blue Umbrella Books will be hosting its annual ghost story even on Saturday August 17 from 6 to 7 PM. Cast members Russell Atwood and Susan Buffum will be telling traditional campfire ghost stories, along with a special appearance by horror author, Tom Deady. There will be an open mic at the end for anyone […]

The Carillon concert for August, will be presented on Sunday, August 18 from 1:30 pm to 2:30 pm. Stanley Park’s Carilloneur will offer a variety of music from the Carillon Tower. Find a park bench, sit and enjoy the music as it drifts through the Park. For further information on the Carillon Concert program,go to […]

Calling all student musicians! Join our family! SYS Springfield Youth Sinfonia Intermediate Orchestra and SYO Springfield Youth Orchestra Advanced Orchestra have openings. Auditions are on August 20. Instruments needed: SYS: flutes, clarinets, brass, percussion, violas and string bass; SYO: bassoons, brass, percussion, violas and string bass. Scholarships and Work Study positions are available. Contact for […]

Westfield High School, invites all incoming freshman, new and transfer students and their parents/guardians to attend Freshman/Parent Orientation on Tuesday August 20 from 9:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. This will be an opportunity to get acquainted with the school and programs that are offered at Westfield High School.

Wednesday, August 21 6:00-8:00 the Westfield Athenaeum will be screening the movie “The Public”. Written and directed by Emilio Estevez and an all-star cast is a story of a Cincinnati librarian who helps a group of homeless people take refuge at the public library in order to survive a brutal winter night. Free and open […]

Summer/Fall Yoga will be starting for six weeks on Wednesday evenings, August 21 through September 25 from 6:00 PM to 7:00 PM, on the Acre Lawn next to the Pavilion Annex. Please join certified instructor Jacqueline Funaro, as she leads the yoga classes. This class is for all levels of yoga practitioners, and all abilities […]

The seventh annual Faith on Fire Catholic Rally will be held on our beautiful grounds of Sacred Heart Parish in Feeding Hills, August 22 and 23 from 6pm – 9pm. Our evenings will consist of Praise and Worship music, Eucharistic Procession, Reconciliation, opportunity for extra prayer under the prayer tent and Prayers for healing. We […]

The annual Food Fest sponsored by the Rotary Club of Westfield will return to Elm Street for a fifth year on Friday and Saturday, August 23 and 24, bringing music, food and entertainment downtown. The event will begin on Friday at 5 p.m. and continue until 10 p.m. On Saturday it will start at noon […]

The Westfield River Watershed Association (WRWA) and the Western Mass. Fly Fishermen will offer a free, Introduction to Fly Fishing clinic Saturday, August 24 from 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. The clinic will take place on Route 20 in Huntington, Mass., in the turnout on the Westfield River, across from the Huntington Health Center. Children […]