BOSTON — The Healey-Driscoll administration announced last week that 30 school districts, in partnership with over 100 community-based preschool programs, will receive a total of $20.3 million in Commonwealth Preschool Partnership Initiative grants to expand access to high-quality, affordable preschool for children and families across Massachusetts.
WESTFIELD — The city of Westfield will host a candlelight vigil to honor lives lost to overdose on Thursday, Aug. 28 from 6-8:30 p.m. in the Elm Street Plaza, a new location for the vigil.
On Sept. 14, East Mountain Country Club will be the host site for the first Tim Welch Memorial Golf Tournament to fund scholarship opportunities for aspiring plumbers.
WESTFIELD — The Council on Aging Sassy Stitchers knit and crochet group and Piecemakers quilting group recently completed a project for students in Faces at Westfield State University.
WESTFIELD — While the state Legislature is currently pushing for a bell-to-bell cell phone ban in public schools, Westfield High School is planning to launch a pilot program in January that would limit which programs may be accessed in the school while still allowing use of cell phones for educational and emergency purposes.
