WESTFIELD — The City Council approved $150,000 in overtime for Westfield’s Fire Department, and pledged to avert extreme cost-saving measures that firefighters warned would happen if the overtime account runs out, such as closing Fire Station 2 or instituting “brownouts” in coverage.
WESTFIELD — When Luke Bulan volunteered at Baystate Medical Center’s Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, or NICU, for a week last summer, he noticed he couldn’t do anything to help with half the babies in the unit, because they were confined to incubators.
WEST SPRINGFIELD — Fireworks on Feb. 23 will mark the town’s actual 250th anniversary, but the celebrations won’t stop there.
The 2024 robotics season kicked off in January with student teams for Rosie Robotics at Agawam High School and Mechatronic Maniacs at West Springfield High School ramping out work to design and build their newest robots.
WEST SPRINGFIELD — In the midst of strong winds and falling snow, representatives of West Springfield and Westfield Gas & Electric gathered Jan. 29 to officially break ground on a fiber-optic cable hut.
WEST SPRINGFIELD — Town councilors are divided about the School Committee’s decision to close Mittineague School and reassign its students to Coburn and Tatham schools.