Westfield News

Abby Simchak, President of the Westfield Rotary Club, gets into the spirit of the Oktoberfest.

Part of South Maple Street is closed from Pleasant Street to Floral Avenue due to a water main break.

Third grade teacher Deborah L. Chouinard dons a bee outfit Tuesday as classes reopen at Juniper Park Elementary School in Westfield.

One in 150 children is diagnosed with autism, that's more than pediatric aids, diabetes and cancer combined.

Many local college students are finding themselves in an unexpected last minute race to find funds for this year's education.

The head of a local child welfare program left his 2-year-old son alone in the back seat of a car as he fled from police earlier this month, according to court records.

Gerald R. Lazarus, owner of Braman Chemical, an Agawam based extermination service, cleans yellow jackets out of an air exchange unit in a fifth grade classroom at the Juniper Park School today.

By ALEX PESHKOV apeshkov@repub.com RUSSELL - In a decision that opponents say could doom plans to build a 50-megawatt wood burning power plant here, the state Department of Public Utilities has denied Russell ...

Hilary J. Lombard, of Amherst, and her daughter, Ella J. Lombard, look through books in the children's room of the Jones Library in Amherst.

Gail Boardman Kallock gestures toward pasture land on Montgomery Road in Westfield that the city is purchasing for open space and ball fields.

Howard F.R. Mason Jr., age 87, of Russell, died Sunday at Country Estates in Agawam.

East Silver Street in Westfield is now re-opened Wednesday morning after a tractor trailer accident late Tuesday night.

By GEORGE GRAHAM ggraham@repub.com WESTFIELD - Westfield police arrested a 51-year-old Bates Street man this morning and charged him with armed robbery of the Cumberland Farms convenience store on Main St.

Arnold Runnells drove more than two hours Sunday from his home in Townshend, Vt., to come to the Westfield Fair.

By TED LaBORDE tlaborde@repub.com WESTFIELD - With more than 3,100 hours in the cockpits of F-15 Eagle fighters, Col.

Tax Free Weekend Preview This will be the fourth year in a row Massachusetts has held a sales tax free weekend.

Former Westfield Mayor Richard K. Sullivan Jr., now commissioner of the state Department of Conservation and Recreation, Michael J. Gorski, regional director of the state Department of Environmental Protection, ...

Six new vice presidents at Westfield State College will start work at an annual salary of $150,000, while seven members of the school's administrative team will receives a 25 percent salary increase.

Local news from abc40 Major Drug Bust A major drug bust took place early Tuesday morning in Greenfield.

By TED LaBORDE tlaborde@repub.com WESTFIELD - Health Director Daniel Reardon announced this afternoon the first positive case of West Nile virus in Westfield.