West Springfield
Repaving, pedestrian safety work set for West Springfield Main St.
WEST SPRINGFIELD — After settling issues with the funding, surveyors should be out on Main Street soon, taking the first step in a project to improve the Main Street corridor between Park Avenue and New Bridge Street.
West Springfield clerk reassures voters about fraud
WEST SPRINGFIELD — Voters should feel confident that their votes are being counted, the town clerk said recently in response to comments at a Town Council meeting. “We take voter fraud very seriously,” Town Clerk Otto Frizzell said. “In my tenure, we haven’t had...
Speed humps OK’d in West Springfield, more coming
WEST SPRINGFIELD — Pine Street will be the next neighborhood to get speed humps, after a Town Council vote on Aug. 19. It won’t be the last. Town crews will install the speed-control devices in front of 47 and 54 Pine St., and 105 and 108 Pine St. District 2...
YMCA thanks volunteers who helped open Camp Weber
WEST SPRINGFIELD — This year, 124 volunteers spent hundreds of hours between May and June preparing the YMCA of Greater Springfield’s campgrounds at Camp Weber in West Springfield and Stony Brook Acres in Wilbraham.
West Springfield schools open with bus tracker, building plans
WEST SPRINGFIELD — The summer break is over for students and staff in West Springfield. When they return to school for the 2024-25 school year there will a number of changes. Some of those changes will also affect parents and caregivers. The district welcomes back...
Few decisions on Sept. 3 ballot in West Springfield
WEST SPRINGFIELD — Only one party’s ballot has a contested race locally, but polls will be open 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. across Massachusetts for the state primary election on Tuesday, Sept. 3, including at the usual voting locations in West Springfield. Additionally, the...
West Side Water Department testing PFAS effectiveness of filtration system
WEST SPRINGFIELD — West Springfield will test its Southwick water treatment facility to see if it filters out certain varieties of PFAS, also known as “forever chemicals.”
Cities talk positive impacts of sister city relationships
In Springfield and West Springfield, sister city relationships have had nothing but positive impacts.
West Springfield Boys and Girls Club hosts Eversource Day
An Eversource employee volunteer helps a child get the company’s lineworker outfit on.Reminder Publishing photo by Tyler Lederer WEST SPRINGFIELD — Sometimes, summer camp isn’t about being in the woods. Sometimes, it’s about being in a gymnasium, where Eversource...
Four elementary school principals hired to fill vacancies
When West Side students return for the 2024-25 school year at four elementary schools they will find some new faces in principals’ offices.