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Grant-funded Community Health Survey on PFAS exposure will soon begin
WESTFIELD - Kristen Mello, co-founder and director of Westfield Residents Advocating for Themselves (WRAFT) convened the first community meeting for the PFAS Community Health Survey on June 5 at Westfield Barnes Airport. Mello, an at-large city councilor who said she was representing WRAFT and not the city in this arena,...
Southwick Dollar General store rejected as out of ‘character’ for area
SOUTHWICK — Plans to build a Dollar General store on College Highway have hit a roadblock, as the Planning Board on June 25 fell one vote short of the number needed to approve the project. The 10,640-square-foot retail building proposed by Calito Development Group LLC for 771 College Hwy.,...
Frustrated fans sounding off after music fest cut short, last-minute venue change
Capulet Fest promised a three-day hard rock fest that will “have your mind blown,” according to its website. But fans are pulling out their hair Monday trying to get their money back after cancelled sets, and a last-minute venue change too. The CT Attorney General’s Office is now...
Southwick SB seeks legal advice on how to handle disqualified application for retail cannabis permit
SOUTHWICK – Select Board member Jason Perron made it clear during the board’s meeting Monday that he wanted the disqualified application submitted by town resident James Jaron for one of two retail cannabis permits the town is offering to be considered equally with four other applicants despite Select Board member Diane Gale’s insistence she properly followed the process adopted by the board when she rejected his application.
Hampton Ponds plans 68th annual July 4 parade, celebration Thursday in Westfield
WESTFIELD — The Hampton Ponds Association will again host its annual Fourth of July parade on Thursday, featuring decorated floats, a tribute to local veterans, a raffle, and speeches by local officials. The parade starts at 10 a.m. on July 4 at Hampton Ponds Plaza, marches down North Road (Route 202) and finishes in the Froggy’s Saloon parking lot.
Governor Healey announces $27 million in Fall River, Springfield, Worcester, other communities to create hundreds of new housing units
LOWELL – Today, Governor Maura Healey, Lieutenant Governor Kim Driscoll and Housing and Livable Communities Secretary Ed Augustus announced $27 million in Housing Development Incentive Program (HDIP) awards to create 547 total new units in 11 Gateway Cities across the state. “We expanded the HDIP program in our tax...
Groundbreaking held for 43-unit affordable housing development in Ludlow
An affordable housing organization in Massachusetts is celebrating a milestone in Ludlow – breaking ground for a 43-unit multifamily housing development almost a decade in the making. Frames, beams and walls have been going up at the site of “Greenstead Grove” off Fuller Road as the project overseen by...
Westfield City Council agrees to purchase of rectory lots for police station
WESTFIELD — The City Council voted unanimously on June 20 to purchase the land on Union Street where Westfield plans to build a new police headquarters. Councilors supported the mayor’s plan to pay $758,000 to buy three parcels from the Roman Catholic Bishop of Springfield. The properties are the site of the former rectory and parking lots of Blessed Sacrament Church. The church itself was demolished 20 years ago to make way for new roadways serving the second Great River Bridge, and the congregation moved to new facilities on Holyoke Road.
The Haunting Sounds of the Stables
What is one supposed to write when there is not much left to say?. I could use this editorial to continue to shed light on the inexplicable series of events that have led to the Suffield Historical Society’s demolition of the stables at the King House Museum property which sits prominently in the Suffield Historic District and on the National Register of Historic Places. Instead, I ask our readers to take 19 seconds out of their day to listen to the video posted by Emerald PV on Suffield Forum that has gained over 10,000 views as of this writing: https://tinyurl.com/KingHouseMuseumStables. If inaccessible, the June 10 video shows a bulldozer demolishing the stables. More importantly, if you close your eyes and listen, you will hear the mighty stables putting up its final fight against its destroyers only to be razed to the ground forever. These are the haunting sounds of the stables.
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