Winter hiking joins festivities at Snow Day on Chester Hill
CHESTER — Elizabeth Massa and the Western Mass. Hilltown Hikers don’t wait for a sunny warm day to go hiking.
Southwick looks to re-split parks, senior director positions
SOUTHWICK — The Select Board recently acknowledged that its experiment to have one director for the Council on Aging and the Parks and Recreation Commission really didn’t work.
Westfield Fire Dept. gets $150K for overtime transfer request
WESTFIELD — The City Council approved $150,000 in overtime for Westfield’s Fire Department, and pledged to avert extreme cost-saving measures that firefighters warned would happen if the overtime account runs out, such as closing Fire Station 2 or instituting “brownouts” in coverage.
Westfield science fair has ideas for baby health care, art
WESTFIELD — When Luke Bulan volunteered at Baystate Medical Center’s Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, or NICU, for a week last summer, he noticed he couldn’t do anything to help with half the babies in the unit, because they were confined to incubators.
Free fireworks to celebrate town’s 250th birthday this month
WEST SPRINGFIELD — Fireworks on Feb. 23 will mark the town’s actual 250th anniversary, but the celebrations won’t stop there.
Robotics team introduce teens to engineering, tech careers
The 2024 robotics season kicked off in January with student teams for Rosie Robotics at Agawam High School and Mechatronic Maniacs at West Springfield High School ramping out work to design and build their newest robots.