by Laura Mason | Oct 30, 2024 | East Longmeadow, Hampden, Hampden County, Local News, Longmeadow, Wilbraham
On Nov. 5, residents will have their final opportunity to vote in this year’s state and presidential election.
by Amy Porter | Oct 29, 2024 | Hampden County, Local Headlines, Local News, More Local Headlines, Westfield
WESTFIELD — Parents at the Oct. 21 meeting of the School Committee expressed worry about plans to close the Fort Meadow Early Childhood Center after this year. Nicole Tillman said her son was “a miracle born at 23 weeks, who we were told was not viable,” and who...
by Hope Murray Tremblay | Oct 29, 2024 | Hampden County, Local News, More Articles, Westfield
WESTFIELD — The Westfield Puerto Rican Association recently raised the flag of Puerto Rico at City Hall and recognized two city residents in honor of National Hispanic Heritage Month, which is celebrated Sept. 15 to Oct. 15 annually.
by Amy Porter | Oct 29, 2024 | Hampden County, Local News, Photo Slider, Westfield
BOURNE — Westfield Superintendent Stefan Czaporowski drove down to Cape Cod on the morning of Oct. 22 to participate in the Healey-Driscoll administration’s announcement at Upper Cape Cod Tech of more than $17 million in Skills Capital Lab Modernization grants.
by Tyler Lederer | Oct 29, 2024 | Hampden County, Hilltowns, Local News, Westfield
WESTFIELD — Could Westfield high school students, even those not on the path to health care jobs, be trained to administer a drug that can reverse an opioid overdose? Suhanee Mitragotri, a neuroscience, and global health and health policy student at Harvard...
by Cliff Clark | Oct 29, 2024 | Hampden County, Local News, More Local Headlines, Southwick
SOUTHWICK — Select Board members want a better understanding of public opinion before they ask Town Meeting to decide on a $15 million bond to build a town-owned fiber-optic network. “I’m reluctant to say today that we should put it on the town warrant until I get...