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Pine Hill Cemetery ‘residents’ will come to life in Westfield history walk
WESTFIELD — On June 1, the Friends of the Pine Hill Cemetery will host “Grave Conversations: Pine Hill Cemetery Residents Speak.”. Walking tours will invite folks into the cemetery for an afternoon of living history, during which actors will portray historical figures of Westfield who have been laid to rest at Pine Hill, sharing their stories. Tours will take place every 20 minutes, starting at 1 p.m., with the last one leaving at 3:40 p.m., on Saturday, June 1, with a rain date on Sunday, June 2.
Chicopee remembers veterans killed in 1963 and 2013 during Memorial Day commemoration
CHICOPEE – They were heading out to deliver books to Afghanistan children when a homemade bomb exploded outside the gate of a military base in Kandahar. Nine years later, state Sen. John Velis, D-Westfield, a major in the Army National Guard, remembers being one of the people to carry the stretcher with Wilbel Robles-Santa’s body to an awaiting Blackhawk helicopter.
With Congamond Lake rope swing reappearing, so are efforts to remove trees
SOUTHWICK — Nearly 10 months after Select Board member Doug Moglin said something needed to be done to remove several rope swings hanging from trees along the North Pond in the North Pond Conservation Area, the first steps needed to down the trees are being taken. “I think we...
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