Westfield

By Tyler Lederer | Oct 23, 2024

Health care question on ballots in Agawam, Westfield, many Hilltowns

AGAWAM — Voters in the districts currently represented by state Reps. Nicholas Boldyga (R-Southwick) and Kelly Pease (R-Westfield) will decide this November whether to ask the representative to support a statewide single-payer health care system. Known as Question...

By Reminder News Staff | Oct 21, 2024

State representative candidate Q&A: Pease, Matthews-Kane

Reminder Publishing sent questionnaires to both candidates for state representative in the 4th Hampden District, which covers the town of Southampton and most of the city of Westfield. Incumbent state Rep. Kelly Pease (R-Westfield) is facing a challenge from...

By Sarah Heinonen | Oct 21, 2024

Warren, Deaton spar in debate ahead of U.S. Senate election

SPRINGFIELD — U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Cambridge) and John Deaton, her challenger for the Massachusetts Senate seat, sparred in a contentious debate in Springfield on Oct. 17.

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Variety of attractions at PumpkinFest, including scout camp

By Tyler Lederer | Oct 16, 2024

Variety of attractions at PumpkinFest, including scout camp

WESTFIELD — On Friday, Oct. 18, Scout Troops 821 and 124, as well as Cub Scout Pack 820, will camp out on the athletic fields behind Amelia Park, and gut and guard 1,500 pumpkins.

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By Tina Lesniak | Oct 16, 2024

Fundraiser comedy show to support charity dance-athon

WESTFIELD — With a renewed vision, WMCD Inc. will host several upcoming fundraisers to support its cause of youth having fun while building leadership skills and making a difference in the community. “Our biggest fundraiser of the year is a FunnyRaising Comedy Show...

By Sarah Heinonen | Oct 10, 2024

Milleron: ‘Half the district doesn’t know I’m running’

U.S. Rep. Richard Neal (D-Springfield) is a well-known name in Massachusetts. Nadia Milleron is not, and as a candidate for the 1st Congressional District, she is outraged by that.

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Award-winning Westfield rail trail touted as part of network

By Tina Lesniak | Oct 9, 2024

Award-winning Westfield rail trail touted as part of network

WESTFIELD — After 11 years of hard work completing the Columbia Greenway Rail Trail, the city of Westfield has received the American Public Works Association’s 2024 Public Works Project of the Year Award.

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Westfield native turned Vermont candlemaker returns for Big E

By Tyler Lederer | Oct 9, 2024

Westfield native turned Vermont candlemaker returns for Big E

John Fisher was born and raised in Westfield, a fourth-generation resident. His family still lives there. He worked at one of the city’s Big Y supermarkets. Now, his candles are sold in both the city’s stores, as well as Big Ys across the Pioneer Valley.

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Westfield mansion won’t be saved, but features may be salvaged

By Amy Porter | Oct 2, 2024

Westfield mansion won’t be saved, but features may be salvaged

WESTFIELD — The city’s Historical Commission isn’t trying to stop the demolition of the Atwater mansion, but it is trying to save some historically significant items in the 1896 house.

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Westfield art walk features flame-painted copper, pub-loving fiddler

By Tyler Lederer | Sep 25, 2024

Westfield art walk features flame-painted copper, pub-loving fiddler

WESTFIELD — ArtWorks Westfield’s annual ArtoberFest art show will return to downtown Westfield from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 28, with around 80 artists, artisans and authors along Elm Street from the Westfield Athenaeum to Arnold Street.