Please be advised: In accordance with President Barack Obama’s proclamation, Governor Deval L. Patrick has ordered that the United States flag and the Commonwealth flag be lowered to half-staff at all state buildings from sunrise until sunset on Wednesday, May 15, 2013 in honor of Peace Officers Memorial Day and Police Week. This gubernatorial order applies to: 1. The main or administration building of each public institution of the Commonwealth, e.g. town and city halls. 2. Other state-owned or state-controlled buildings. 3. All state military installations.
I would like to leave a message about public eating at the Westfield State University. Shoot – I can hardly read it. To the senior citizens that eat at Westfield State University that put the public in danger of stopping this privilege because of their behavior. You know who you are. Staying three to four hours. This is not the senior center. Taking home extra fruit, ice cream cones, etc. Being inconsiderate to students while in the food lines. The word is out that the good thing we have is in danger of coming to an end. Also, the families that bring young children should keep them under control. I sure hope you print this. Thank you.
I don’t know what’s wrong with the engineering department, or the city council, but I feel that when a contractor, whether it’s the G&E or outside contractor, comes up and digs up the road to put a new pipe in or just to fix a pipe, they should leave that as best condition as they can, even better than what it was. But not in Westfield, boy – they dig it up and then the next thing you know there’s nothing but bumps and ruts, and… unbelievable! Plus, look at all those lights in downtown. What a waste of money that was for taxpayers and everybody, the city of Westfield! I mean you go by the Tavern Restaurant there, and I’m going to make a right-hand turn onto Main Street, there are three traffic lights there to tell me to take that right-hand turn. Three! What happened to just one? Did we overkill ourselves with lights in the downtown Green area? I sure think so.
It’s teacher contract negotiation time. Hopefully the Westfield News will print the proposed terms of the contract prior to city approval. Please print it in layman terms, not confusing contract legal language. We taxpayers are interested in things like average teacher salaries, high and beginner teacher salaries, step increases, proposed annual increases, teacher payment percentages for health insurance, retirement benefits, how many hours a week a teacher is required to work and how many weeks a year they actually work. Plus any other pertinent information. Let’s remember our system is still graded below average for competence by the state review board. Salaries and benefits should be commiserate with performance.
Yes. This is the lawn police. 100 Court Street. Cut your grass.
