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Grab your gloves and join the first Southwick Spiff Up
(Mass Appeal) – The Southwick Land Trust and the Southwick Rotary Club are hosting the first Southwick Spiff Up! With the hopes of making this an annual tradition, grab your gloves and get busy spiffing up the town. Maryssa Cook-Obregon, the President and Director of the Southwick Land Trust, and Dave MacWilliams, the Vice President and Co-Director of the Southwick Land Trust, share the details on this day!
Biden declares September flooding in Mass. a ‘major disaster,’ reversing FEMA denial
Portions of central Massachusetts experienced catastrophic flooding last September. President Joe Biden on Wednesday approved a disaster declaration for areas of Massachusetts hit hard by flash floods last September. The decision, announced by the White House, reverses the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s initial denial in February. Portions of central...
CT National Guard vehicle catches fire on I-91 in Windsor
A Connecticut National Guard vehicle caught fire on Interstate 91 North in Windsor, state police said. Traffic was slowly getting by as rush hour came to an end on Friday evening. The two right lanes of traffic were closed and traffic was backed up in the area. The highway has...
Bomb threat forces evacuation of school in Bloomfield
A magnet school in Bloomfield was evacuated Friday morning due to a bomb threat, according to police. Officers responded to the Global Experience Magnet School on South Griffin Road around 8:15 a.m. after school security noticed some graffiti in a bathroom that was percieved as a bomb threat, police said.
Gotcha! Arrest Made In Theft Of $62,000 Worth Of Parts From BMW HQ: Woodcliff Lake PD
Joseph Domenico Varano, 21, of Bloomfield and his cohorts hit the parking lot of the campus off Chestnut Ridge Road near the Garden State Parkway on May 4, Woodcliff Lake Police Chief Stephen Regula said. Borough police identified Varano and arrested him at his home on Thursday, May 16, with...
Westfield Health Bulletin: Education, capabilities vary among nursing certifications
We celebrated Nursing Week last week. Given the importance of nurses in health care, the nursing profession itself, the education and roles are varied and can be confusing to the lay person. Roles can be clear or muddied in many situations and perceptions. Would a general want to be called a private, a ship captain be called a first mate, Babe Ruth mistaken for a batboy, a chef for a dishwasher?
Trial date set in ‘self dealing’ lawsuit against Springfield’s Heriberto Flores
SPRINGFIELD — A Hampden Superior Court judge set a Nov. 4 trial date for a civil lawsuit filed against Heriberto “Herbie” Flores as well as the former mayor of Westfield and other defendants. The complaint alleges mismanagement of nonprofit organizations run by Flores. If you purchase a...
Incumbents re-elected to Select Board, School Committee in Southwick vote
SOUTHWICK — While Select Board member Doug Moglin easily overcame a write-in campaign by David “Butch” LaBombard on Tuesday, incumbent School Committee member Robert Stevenson prevailed by just 81 votes over his opponent Kim Perron. “I am honored to have been overwhelmingly re-elected to the Southwick Select...
Owner of former home building business in West Springfield pleaded guilty to fraud conspiracy
A former luxury homebuilder, previously from Wilbraham, pleaded guilty for conspiring to defraud the United States and creating false documents to help one of his clients obtain a mortgage.
Ludlow set to expand alternative to police response in mental health calls
LUDLOW — A program that sends clinicians to assist police officers on some calls is poised to expand in the town of Ludlow. Since last fall, local first responders and staff from the Center for Human Development have banded together to bring a new approach in cases involving mental health concerns. The program mirrors efforts around the country, and in the Valley, to provide an alternative to traditional police responses.
104th Fighter Wing warns of taxiway construction’s impact on public
The $32 million enlargement and rebuilding of Taxiway B South at Westfield-Barnes Regional Airport will result in additional, but temporary, jet noise south of the airfield. Work on the Taxiway B South is expected to last into the fall and result in a paved area that’s wider and safer for both military and civilian aircraft.
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