SOUTHWICK — Select Board member Jason Perron proposed adding an article to the May Town Meeting warrant that would lower the Community Preservation Act surcharge placed on residential property valuation from 3% to 1.5%.
WESTFIELD — After a swastika was found drawn on a Westfield Middle School student’s notebook on Tuesday, Jan. 28, Principal Jesse McMillan responded with a letter to the school community. He said earlier in the month, swastikas were also found drawn inside a school-issued device and on an eraser that was found on the floor.
WESTFIELD — WHS biomedical pathway teacher Karen Saunders brought her 10th-grade anatomy and physiology students to Fort Meadow Early Childhood Center on Jan. 27 to run preschool STEM stations for 3 and 4 year olds based on author Jan Brett’s picture books.
WESTFIELD — At a special meeting on Jan. 29, the School Committee unanimously endorsed a motion to authorize Superintendent Stefan Czaporowski to complete a statement of interest to the Massachusetts School Building Authority for the replacement of Westfield Technical Academy with the option of consolidation into one high school to replace both high schools.
SPRINGFIELD — Local and state officials gathered with the community on Jan. 27 to celebrate the grand opening of Caring Health Center’s new facility at 1235 Boston Rd.
SPRINGFIELD — State Rep. Orlando Ramos enters his third term in the state’s House of Representatives with an appreciation for what he was able to accomplish last session, and a desire to make progress on a “diverse set of legislation” he filed in mid-January.