WESTFIELD — At the Greater Westfield Chamber of Commerce’s Oct. 25 legislative luncheon, hosted at Tekoa Country Club, state Sen. John Velis (D-Westfield) told an audience of businesspeople that data shows 20- to 40-year-olds are leaving Massachusetts, and people who graduate from college are not moving to Massachusetts.
SOUTHWICK — The federal Natural Resources Conservation Service will hire a consultant to survey Congamond Lake in person to settle on a flooding plan.
CHESTER — Vanna Maffuccio, principal of Chester Elementary School, welcomed Mary Stucklen, owner of Tommy’s Compost Service in the Berkshires, to spend the day Oct. 28 with staff and students to assist them in expanding the school’s composting efforts beyond the lunchroom. The visit was funded by the BARR grant.
HUNTINGTON — Nickel Stillnight has partnered with the Huntington Public Library staff and trustees to create a large-scale mural for the library.
AGAWAM — For Agawam artist Suzanne DiSessa, who has been learning how to paint the past seven years, painting gives her endless problem solving opportunities.
WEST SPRINGFIELD — The Zoning Board of Appeals denied a variance to WS Coliseum Inc. for a proposed Riverdale Street cannabis dispensary, refusing to waive a requirement that marijuana retail stores be at least 1,300 feet apart from each other.