Westfield News

Westfield on Weekends and the Business Improvement District are optimistic and conservative in planning community activities in the downtown this year.

The city's cleanup effort following October's snowstorm nearly complete with officials now focusing on the disposal of the remains.

PITTSFIELD - A judge has overturned a clerk-magistrate's decision to not charge a Pittsfield woman for an alleged hit-and-run incident in the Berkshires, ruling that the female driver will now face criminal charges in the case.

And now the longtime are club professional is being recognized for his commitment to golf and service to that community in Western Massachusetts.

World renown golf course architect Geoffrey S. Cornish of Amherst passed away Friday at age 97.

HOLYOKE - Police have released the names of those arrested in a series of Thursday morning raids, conducted by local, state and federal investigators, that netted 3,300 bags of heroin and two guns.

A combination of supply management, reduced wholesale prices and a new state energy grant spells relief for customers of the city's Gas and Electric Department.

Killswitch Engage has found its voice - and it harkens back to the Westfield band's early days.

A Westfield , Mass., resident received the Joint Service Commendation Medal during an award ceremony on Camp Phoenix here Jan.

CBS 3 was the first to report Westfield police confiscating synthetic marijuana from store shelves.

The Jazz Bones are not the ordinary, typical music group. In fact it may be nothing like you have ever heard.

Care for Our Troops was founded in 2010 for the simple purpose of keeping Western Massachusetts military personnel stationed overseas connected with their communities, and for the second year, the group is sponsoring a fund-raiser to continue that mission.

Westfield, 2/3/12, Staff Photo by John Suchocki - Sen. Michael Kanpik gave out Super Bowl collector's edition programs printed in Holyoke by Hazen Paper Co.

Information from a confidential informant led to the arrest of a Massachusetts pair, who police say were found with 100 bags of heroin and an ounce of marijuana.

CHICOPEE, Mass - Defense Secretary Leon Panetta is sounding the alarm that another round of military base closures may be on the way.A The Pentagon is looking for ways to slash $487-Billion dollars.

The Swiss clamp nuts replace standard Mini-Nuts and tighten using standard box wrenches or a 3/8 in drive ratchet wrench with either the EZR wrench adapter or the EZR torque adapter.

The hamburgers and deliberations are finally digested and the winner of the Valley Food Championship Burger Battle is Local Burger at 16 Main St., Northampton, operated by the Igneri family.

Violence, drugs and alcohol; they are pressures and issues that most high schoolers across western Mass have to face every day.

The potential for another round of military base closures across the country has Massachusetts officials preparing for a fight to protect a vital sector of the state's economy that employs tens of thousands of residents.

This image provided by the Southeast Area Animal Control Authority shows a pit bull dog seized Monday Aug.