by Cliff Clark | Mar 14, 2024 | Hampden County, Local News, Westfield
WESTFIELD — Arriving alongside a new squadron of fighter jets at Barnes Air National Guard Base are questions about noise and pollution. North Side resident Rose Kim, commenting on the current noise level at the airport, said it has affected the quality of life for...
by Amy Porter | Mar 14, 2024 | Hampden County, Local News, Westfield
WESTFIELD — This year’s Sons of Erin float for the Holyoke St. Patrick’s Parade on March 17 is based on “The Unicorn,” a song by Shel Silverstein, made popular by the Irish Rovers. The float, on which this year’s colleen Sydney Drugan and her court of Grace Hanna,...
by Michael Ballway | Mar 12, 2024 | Hampden County, Local News, Westfield
WESTFIELD — The building rising on Franklin Street will be named Westfield River Elementary School, the School Committee voted unanimously on March 4. The new elementary school’s name was one of three recommended to the committee by Superintendent Stefan Czaporowski....
by Michael Ballway | Mar 12, 2024 | Hampden County, Local News, Westfield
WESTFIELD — Joseph Biden and Donald Trump widened their leads in the presidential nomination races on March 5, and voters in both Massachusetts as a whole, and Westfield in particular, placed themselves firmly in the front-runners’ corners. Both major-party candidates...
by Miasha Lee | Mar 7, 2024 | Hampden County, Local News, West Springfield, Westfield
WESTFIELD — This year’s Law Enforcement Torch Run Western Massachusetts Polar Plunge takes place Sunday, March 10, at Hampton Ponds State Park, 1048 North Rd., Westfield. Officer Erica Ireland of the West Springfield Police Department, who helps organize the Polar...
by Mike Lydick | Mar 7, 2024 | Agawam, Hampden County, Local News, West Springfield, Westfield
Book bans and attempted bans at public libraries across the country are increasing, and not just in conservative-leaning states. Even in Massachusetts, some libraries have been challenged by groups that want to restrict access to what books and other materials are...
