SPRINGFIELD — Springfield City Councilor Sean Curran has introduced an ordinance to ban the sale of kratom, a drug derived from the leaf of the Mitragyna speciosa evergreen plant, and its synthetic counterpart, 7-OH.
WESTFIELD — The Westfield Theatre Group will be presenting “Winter Lights: 10 plays, 5 visions,” a night of 10, 10-minute plays on Dec. 5, 6, 12 and 13, at the Westfield Woman’s Club at 28 Court St.
CHICOPEE — At its Nov. 13 meeting, the Barry School Building Commission voted to recommend the Szetela Early Childhood Center site as the preferred location for the new Anna E. Barry Elementary School.
AGAWAM — For 40 years, Partners Restaurant & Catering has been serving residents and visitors to Western Massachusetts breakfast and lunch seven days a week at 485 Springfield St.
SPRINGFIELD — In an effort to cut costs, the largest employer in Western Massachusetts, Baystate Health, has announced that it is offering severance packages to some of its 1,300 employees who opt for “voluntary separation.”
WESTFIELD — At the Nov. 17 School Committee meeting, Susan Dargie, director of curriculum and instruction, and Christine Shea, director of assessment and accountability, reviewed the proposed changes to the graduation requirements for Westfield High School and Westfield Technical Academy due to the elimination of MCAS assessments as one of the requirements for graduation.