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Westfield FY26 budget passes with 6.5% tax increase

By | Jul 8, 2025

Westfield FY26 budget passes with 6.5% tax increase

WESTFIELD — The final vote by the City Council to approve the fiscal year 2026 budget took only a few minutes out of the special meeting hosted in the Westfield Senior Center on June 30.


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LePage repeats gold at SkillsUSA Nationals

By | Jul 8, 2025

LePage repeats gold at SkillsUSA Nationals

WESTFIELD — Westfield Technical Academy Principal Bruce Hastings and Assistant Principal Kevin Dailey could not contain their excitement after internet technology graduate Brady LePage brought back a second-in-a-row gold medal win for Internet of Things: Smart Home technology from the SkillsUSA National Leadership and Skills Conference competition in Atlanta, Georgia, June 23-27.


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Glasgow Lands Scottish Festival to mark 30 years

By | Jul 8, 2025

Glasgow Lands Scottish Festival to mark 30 years

NORTHAMPTON — The Glasgow Lands Scottish Festival will celebrate its 30th anniversary on Saturday, July 19, at Look Park in Northampton.


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By | Jul 3, 2025

The Sphere receives grant to launch Westfield business accelerator program

NORTHAMPTON — A $50,000 grant has been awarded to The Sphere Northampton to launch the Sphere Westfield Mindshift Business Accelerator, an intensive business development program designed to support low-to moderate-income entrepreneurs in the Westfield community.


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Hampton Ponds Association to host 67th July 4 parade

By | Jul 3, 2025

Hampton Ponds Association to host 67th July 4 parade

WESTFIELD — The Hampton Ponds Association will host its 67th annual Fourth of July parade on Friday, July 4, and will feature decorated floats, a tribute to local veterans, a raffle and speeches by local officials.


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Hartleys named 2025 Wyben Parade marshals

By | Jul 2, 2025

Hartleys named 2025 Wyben Parade marshals

WESTFIELD — With five generations of Hartleys living in Wyben since 1831, their name is synonymous with Wyben and one of the many reasons Brian and Kathy Hartley will be honored as the marshals for the community’s 74th Annual Fourth of July parade.


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Armbrook Village residents team up with sophomores for oral history project

By | Jun 23, 2025

Armbrook Village residents team up with sophomores for oral history project

WESTFIELD — At the completion of the second year of the “Past Meets Present” project, Westfield High School 10th graders who had teamed up with residents of Armbrook Village came to the assisted living community for a wrap-up and lunch with their new senior friends.


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Wyben Parade theme for 2025: ‘Farming for America’

By | Jun 23, 2025

Wyben Parade theme for 2025: ‘Farming for America’

WESTFIELD — The Wyben Parade Committee has announced that “Farming for America” will be the theme of its 74th Annual Fourth of July parade and that the committee is adding a new event on the nation’s birthday — a family kickball game.


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Janiesiski Farm celebrates centennial

By | Jun 23, 2025

Janiesiski Farm celebrates centennial

WESTFIELD — Janisieski Farm on Sackett Road is celebrating its 100th anniversary this year and the generations of family stretched across the last century of the farm’s history gathered last month for a celebration and reunion party for the milestone and family’s legacy.


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