Westfield News Archives

“We will now be reviewing all the bid and all the documents of the top three bidders to make sure there is nothing wrong and then we will be making a recommendation”

By PAMELA H. METAXAS pmetaxas@repub.com CHICOPEE - Approximately $800,000 in road and sidewalk construction in the South Fairview section of Chicopee is set to begin soon as six bidding packages have been ... via MassLive.com

“As far as I am concerned, there is no burning allowed.”

Showers forecast for today and tomorrow, and heavier rains for Monday, should bring welcome relief from the rash of brush fires that has been plaguing Western Massachusetts, said fire officials yesterday. via MassLive.com

I am looking for the parents of my 3rd Great Grandfather Ebenezer Still who married Susanna PRESTON on 09 Oct 1791 at Windsor, Berkshire Co, MA. via Cousinconnect.com

“Westfield Bank never contacts customers asking for personal information. This is a scam activity”

Police detectives and officials at Westfield Bank are investigating a new telephone scam aimed at gathering bank customers' personal information including account numbers. via MassLive.com

“It is also vastly superior to the current F-15s stationed here, because this new aircraft is both air-to-air and air-to-ground combat capable”

Juliette N. Kayyem, Massachusetts Under Secretary for Homeland Security, tries the F-22 Raptor flight simulator during a visit to to the 104th Fight wing at Barnes Municipal Airport today. via MassLive.com

“I look forward to seeing friends and college alumni, as well as making new acquaintances in the Pittsfield area”

Former Pittsfield mayor and current president of Westfield State College, Evan S. Dobelle, is looking to bridge into the Berkshires. via Berkshire Eagle

“We are quite confident we will be able to identify all individuals involved in this crime and hold them accountable”

A low-level Mafia member admitted Thursday that he shot and killed Springfield's regional mob boss in 2003 in exchange for $10,000 from the leader's rivals. via Seattle Times

“It takes us from three to five years to find a piece of land that we can afford before we can build a home”

A lack of affordable home building lots is placing the future of the Greater Westfield Affiliate of Habitat for Humanity in jeopardy. via MassLive.com

“It (the action plan) represents a lot of giant steps forward for the city on a number of fronts”

Home ownership, the Facemate/Uniroyal site, a new Senior Center and the Aldenville Fire Station are among the top projects listed in the draft fiscal year 2009 action plan for the Community Development ... via MassLive.com

Two Massachusetts men are accused of stealing a swimming pool from a Granby backyard. via The Boston Globe

Paul D. Burke, 80, died Wednesday, April 9, 2008, in Portsmouth Regional Hospital surrounded by his family. via Seacoast Online

The Westfield fire department has been working at a house fire at 337 City View Road Wednesday morning. via WWLP

“I'm excited... to see everybody cheering and the St. Patrick's Day decorations.”

Technically, Peggy Reidy waited four hours yesterday outside the Yankee Pedlar Inn to get a hot spot to watch her daughter in the St. via MassLive.com

“Any Midas shop in the country will honor a Midas warranty.”

There was little sign of activity today at the Midas Muffler shop on Memorial Drive in Chicopee. via MassLive.com

State environmental officials have signed off on a plan to build a wood-burning electrical power plant in the western Massachusetts town of Russell. via WWLP

“It looked like the world was on fire”

A driver of a Subaru lost control while entering Interstate 91 north yesterday morning, causing a chain reaction that led to a fiery explosion of a tanker truck carrying 10,600 gallons of fuel. via MassLive.com