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Asbestos on old span is delaying Westfield bridge project

By | Aug 28, 2024

Asbestos on old span is delaying Westfield bridge project

WESTFIELD — After asbestos pipe jackets were discovered on the now-decommissioned Cowles Bridge, the state’s Department of Transportation announced the bridge’s replacement project would be briefly delayed earlier this month.


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Volunteers vital to keep Westfield’s vintage garden going

By | Aug 28, 2024

Volunteers vital to keep Westfield’s vintage garden going

WESTFIELD — Anne Wellington delved into the history of Grandmothers’ Garden, something she’s been researching for nearly 30 years, during a recent presentation at the Westfield Athenaeum as part of the garden’s 90th anniversary celebration.


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Westfield parishes, school getting new pastor, stained glass

By | Aug 21, 2024

Westfield parishes, school getting new pastor, stained glass

WESTFIELD — Next month, three Catholic parishes in Westfield and the city’s Catholic high school will have a new spiritual leader, and a school chapel with stained-glass windows for the first time.


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Who’s that? Help sought identifying photos in Westfield archive

By | Aug 21, 2024

Who’s that? Help sought identifying photos in Westfield archive

WESTFIELD — The Westfield Athenaeum is once again asking Westfield residents to “take a trip down memory lane” to help the library identify photographs of the city and surrounding areas in its collection.


Mike Lydick
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Engagement, attendance among goals for Westfield schools

By | Aug 21, 2024

Engagement, attendance among goals for Westfield schools

WESTFIELD — School Superintendent Stefan Czaporowski and his central office team of administrators met with principals, assistant principals and department supervisors from all of the schools on Aug. 15 for a morning of professional development at East Mountain Country Club.


Amy Porter
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Sen. John Velis on the migrant crisis

By | Aug 15, 2024

Sen. John Velis on the migrant crisis

State Sen. John Velis said he is done with talk about the federal government helping states like Massachusetts with the migrant crisis.


Amy Porter
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Creative Kids approaches 40th anniversary

By | Aug 13, 2024

Creative Kids approaches 40th anniversary

WESTFIELD — Their business relationship has lasted longer than most marriages — partners Sherri Morini and Fran Frere are approaching four decades running the Creative Kids preschool together in Westfield.


Staasi Heropoulos - Columnist at The Reminder
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Staasi Heropoulos has been a broadcast and print journalist as well as a corporate communications practitioner, in Western Mass. and internationally for more than 40 years. He loves writing feature articles on local people and places but also welcomes story ideas about corporate and government malfeasance. Staasi can be reached at Staasi.Heropoulos@gmail.com.

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By | Aug 13, 2024

Fun day of golf raises funds to help unwanted farm animals

Ian Ireland was one of 60 golfers who hit the links in Feeding Hills to benefit a sanctuary for unwanted animals in Westfield.


Mike Lydick
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96th Westfield Fair promotes agriculture, entertainment

By | Aug 13, 2024

96th Westfield Fair promotes agriculture, entertainment

WESTFIELD — Asked why people should attend a New England County Fair, Andy Freniere, who serves on the Board of Directors for The Westfield Fair, didn’t skip a beat.


Amy Porter
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By | Aug 5, 2024

Researcher to explore ‘treasure’ of a garden in author talk

WESTFIELD — For the city of Westfield, Grandmothers’ Garden in Chauncey Allen Park is a space of beauty and quiet reflection, but few people know the history behind it. People will get the chance to learn more about it when Anne Wellington presents the thesis she wrote about the garden at the Westfield Athenaeum on Monday, Aug 19.


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