WESTFIELD — Elizabeth Hanechak of Russell, a Life Scout with Troop 124 in Westfield, kicked off an Eagle Scout community service project over the weekend, collecting electronic waste for e-cycling from over 200 Westfield residents at City Hall.
WESTFIELD — For Gene Theroux, one of the three staff working for the Westfield Veterans Services, nearly every day is Veterans Day. The city’s graves officer, he’s always at one of the city’s nine cemeteries checking conditions of veterans’ gravestones or repairing them.
WESTFIELD — According to unofficial results, 19,821 voters — representing 66.69% of registered voters — cast their ballots in Westfield on Nov. 5.
WESTFIELD — At the Nov. 4 meeting, School Committee member Michael Tirrell brought forward a resolution in support of removing MCAS as a graduation requirement.
WESTFIELD — In an effort to enhance the safety at the intersection of Elm and Franklin streets for pedestrians and motorists, the Police Department will be making some temporary lane adjustments to the streets over the next few months.
WESTFIELD — The Wyben Parade Committee is planning its first Lighted Tractor Christmas Parade on Nov. 23 at 5 p.m., the Saturday before Thanksgiving, with a Sunday, Nov. 24 rain/weather date.