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WEDNESDAY, MARCH 2, 2016
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Southwick voters turn out at Town Hall
People gather before the first community forum on opiate crisis at Westfield High School last night. (Photo by Amy Porter)
Well over 100 turn out for community forum on opioid crisis By AMY PORTER Correspondent WESTFIELD – An estimated 150 people attended the first community forum on the opiate crisis on Tuesday evening in the Westfield High School auditorium, sponsored by the Westfield Mayor’s Office and Westfield Police, Fire and School departments. Mayor Brian Sullivan thanked everybody for attending. “Never did I think that when I was elected a couple of months ago, that I’d have to be scheduling a forum on addiction,” he said. He said after four deaths in a matter of two weeks, he made the first call to Chief of Police John Camerota and asked him what he should do. He then called a meeting of state legislators, police, fire, teachers, the health department city council, the school department and the superintendent. “It’s touching all of us,” Sullivan said. He said the purpose of the forum was to get informa-
tion out there, make everyone aware, and answer some questions. “Tonight’s not going to stop the problem. It is going to get us talking about it,” he said. Sullivan then screened a movie called “Chasing the Dragon,” consisting of interviews with opiate addicts talking about their addictions, and one mother who had lost her daughter. The movie may be seen online at fbi. gov/chasingthedragon. In the movie, statistics were intermixed with the interviews, including the fact that 44 people a day die in this country from prescription opioids. Most of the heroin addicts in the movie said they started with prescription painkillers. Following the movie, Sullivan introduced a panel consisting of Camerota, Superintendent Suzanne Scallion, Representative John Velis, Senator Don Humason, Northwestern District Attorney David E. Sullivan, Dr. See Community Forum, Page 7
Paper Mill shows its ‘Panther Pride’ during school election
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Springfield pair caught quickly after Westfield home break-in WESTFIELD (WWLP) – An off-duty police officer from nearby Southwick is credited with helping Westfield police arrest two home break-in suspects. Westfield Police Capt. Hipolito Nunez said that Julio Santiago, 32, and Carlos Sanchez Martir, 26, both of Springfield, are facing multiple charges in connection with the incident Tuesday morning. Nunez said that just after 9:30 a.m., an off-duty Southwick officer spotted a suspicious vehicle parked outside a home on Pontoosic Road, and called Westfield police about it. An officer went to the home, where he spotted the suspicious car, and the two men, who, seeing the officer, ran away through the backyard. Police were able to catch one of the,, and a police dog was called-in who helped them catch the second. Nunez said that officers were able to recover items that were stolen from the house. Santiago and Sanchez Martir are both being charged with breaking and entering in the daytime, malicious destruction of property, and larceny over $250.
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Paper Mill Elementary School held an election yesterday to name its mascot. Shadow was the overwhelming winner for the Paper Mill Panther. Pictured are second grade teacher Kathy Knapik with students Andrew William, Keishnalee Neal, Haleigh St. Jean, and Sagean Peterson. With them is Principal Cynthis Kennedy. (Photo by Hope E. Tremblay)
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By HOPE E. TREMBLAY Staff Writer WESTFIELD – Super Tuesday was extra special for students at Paper Mill Elementary School. As voters across the city cast their ballot in the presidential primary, students and staff at Paper Mill voted to name their school mascot. The Paper Mill Panther is now known as Shadow. A preliminary election narrowed down the name choices to three finalists. “We had three names to vote on – Paws, Shadow, and Snoop Cat,” said second grader Haleigh St. Jean. More than 500 ballots were cast and Shadow was the winner, with Paws a second close and Snoop Cat trailing behind. Second grade teacher Kathy Knapik spearheaded the election as part of the school’s Panther Pride initiative. This year, the school formed a partnership with a wildlife refuge in Florida and is now in the process of adopting a Florida Panther through its Pennies for Panthers campaign. The Panther Pride program took off this year when Knapik and
By HOPE E. TREMBLAY Staff Writer SOUTHWICK – Voters were lined up at the polls before they even opened in Southwick Tuesday morning, and the majority of them cast their ballot for Donald Trump. Town Clerk Michelle Hill said 39-percent of registered voters came to the polls yesterday, which is 2,645 voters. Southwick has only one polling location, at the Town Hall, so everyone in the community of 9,500 must vote there. It is one of only seven communities in western Massachusetts that has more registered Republicans than Democrats. The majority of those Democrats supported Bernie Sanders. Sanders received 630 votes, while his opponent Hillary Clinton received 453. Trailing Trump’s 758 votes was Republican candidate John Kasich received 256. Marco Rubio earned 239 votes in Southwick, while Ted Cruz received 100 and Ben Carson had 42 votes.
City man accused of driving drunk with pipe bomb released By MICHAEL MAJCHROWICZ @mjmajchrowicz Daily Hampshire Gazette NORTHAMPTON — A Northampton District Court judge ruled Tuesday that the Westfield man arrested last week for driving drunk with a pipe bomb in his car can be released from jail pending trial. Joseph J. Largay, 25, had been held without bail pending the outcome of a hearing for Judge W. Michael Goggins to determine whether or not Largay is a danger to himself or others. “He’s the first one to admit he made a mistake,” Largay’s father, James E. Largay Jr., testified. “Unfortunately, some of the decisions he made weren’t the right ones.” His father told the court that his son appeared “remorseful” and “scared” when he visited him in jail last week. Largay’s relatives — some of whom sat crying and staring
down throughout Tuesday’s proceeding — watched as the police officers who arrested him early Friday recounted the moments they uncovered the bomb. Northampton officers Benjamin Beaver and Matthew Montini pulled Largay’s vehicle over after it appeared to swerve into an oncoming traffic lane, according to a police report. He told police he was on his way home after a night of drinking in Amherst. Largay failed field sobriety tests and also indicated to the officers that there was a handgun in his vehicle’s center console, according to the report. Police also found a sheathed machete. Beneath the gun, along with several boxes of ammunition, was a pipe bomb. Montini testified in court that he placed the bomb on the floor board and backed away.
“Why did you move away?” asked prosecutor Stephen Abraham, an assistant Northwestern district attorney. “Because I thought there was a potential it could detonate,” Montini testified. Largay later told police that he constructed the pipe bomb for entertainment, according to the police report. Largay “was driving around with a loaded gun and a bomb in the car,” Abraham said to Largay’s father. “I would say it was a large firework,” Largay’s father replied. James Largay also testified his son is an avid hunter and that was the reason why a handgun and machete — which he insisted was a large knife — were found in his vehicle. The father also told the court that his son had fallen on hard See Released, Page 7
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Southwick COA plans day trip to Boston Participants to visit Kennedy Museum and take a harbor cruise SOUTHWICK — Southwick Council on Aging is pleased to announce its first day trip organized by the Southwick COA Travelers Club. All local seniors are invited to join the group for a fun day in Boston. Scheduled for Saturday, June 11, 2016, the group will leave from the Southwick Senior Center at 8:00 a.m. on a luxury tour bus for the two-hour ride to Boston. Once in Boston, the group will tour the Kennedy Library Museum, enjoy lunch at the museum, tour Boston Harbor on a 45-minute cruise past the U.S.S. Constitution, and stop on the way home for dinner at the World Famous Kelly’s Roast Beef. The cost for the trip is $75 per person and includes luxury coach transportation from Southwick, admission to the Kennedy Library Museum, lunch at the museum, and the Boston Harbor Cruise. Dinner at Kelly’s is not included in the ticket price. “We’re excited to offer some new trips for our members and seniors in the community,” said Cindy Sullivan, Executive Director of Southwick COA. “The travel club is working hard to plan some additional trips, possibly to New York City, Salem, or Plymouth, so stay tuned.” To register for the trip, please contact the Southwick COA Office at (413) 569-5498.
LONDON (AP) — Scientists say a meteor was the cause of a bright flash of light reported by people across Scotland and northern England. Police Scotland said the force began receiving calls about 6:55 p.m. Monday, with people reporting a loud bang, a sudden blue, green or white light or a fireball in the sky. Several drivers caught the sudden flash and streak of light on their dashboard cameras. Driving instructor Bill Addison said it looked like “a bright, electric blue spark.” “I thought it was a plane coming down at first, but it was moving too fast,” he said. The U.K. weather forecasting service the Met Office said Tuesday the incident wasn’t weather-related and the U.K. defense ministry wouldn’t comment on whether the flash was linked to military activity in the area. Steve Owens, manager of the Glasgow Science Centre planetarium, said the likely culprit was a chunk of space rock — “about the size of a tennis ball or maybe even a watermelon” — that was burning up in the atmosphere.
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TODAY IN HISTORY Today is Wednesday, March 2, the 62nd day of 2016. There are 304 days left in the year.
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n March 2, 1836, the Republic of Texas formally declared its independence from Mexico.
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In 1793, the first president of the Republic of Texas, Sam Houston, was born near Lexington, Virginia. In 1865, Congress established the position of Naval Judge Advocate General. In 1877, Republican Rutherford B. Hayes was declared the winner of the 1876 presidential election over Democrat Samuel J. Tilden, even though Tilden had won the popular vote. In 1917, Puerto Ricans were granted U.S. citizenship as President Woodrow Wilson signed the Jones-Shafroth Act. In 1933, the motion picture “King Kong” had its world premiere at New York’s Radio City Music Hall and the Roxy. In 1939, Roman Catholic Cardinal Eugenio Pacelli (puhCHEL’-ee) was elected pope on his 63rd birthday; he took the name Pius XII. The Massachusetts legislature voted to ratify the Bill of Rights, 147 years after the first 10 amendments to the U.S. Constitution had gone into effect. (Georgia and Connecticut soon followed.) In 1942, the original Stage Door Canteen, a wartime club for U.S. servicemen, officially opened its doors in New York’s theater district. In 1955, nine months before Rosa Parks’ famous act of defiance, Claudette Colvin, a black high school student
in Montgomery, Alabama, was arrested after refusing to give up her seat on a public bus to a white passenger. In 1965, the movie version of the Rodgers and Hammerstein musical “The Sound of Music,” starring Julie Andrews and Christopher Plummer, had its world premiere in New York. In 1972, the United States launched the Pioneer 10 space probe, which flew past Jupiter in late 1973, sending back images and scientific data. In 1985, the government approved a screening test for AIDS that detected antibodies to the virus, allowing possibly contaminated blood to be excluded from the blood supply. In 1995, the Internet search engine website Yahoo! was incorporated by founders Jerry Yang and David Filo.
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President George W. Bush and Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh announced a landmark civilian nuclear cooperation deal in New Delhi. A suicide attacker rammed an explosives-packed car into American diplomat David Foy’s car in Karachi, Pakistan, killing Foy and three others. The Senate voted 89-10 to renew the USA Patriot Act. “Killer nurse” Charles Cullen, who’d murdered 22 patients in New Jersey alone, was sentenced in Somerville to spend the rest of his life in prison.
FIVE YEARS AGO: The Supreme Court ruled, 8-1, that a grieving father’s pain over mocking protests at his Marine son’s funeral had to yield to First Amendment protections for free speech in
a decision favoring the Westboro Baptist Church of Topeka, Kansas. A man armed with a handgun attacked a bus carrying U.S. Air Force troops at Frankfurt airport, killing two airmen before being taken into custody. (Arid Uka, an Islamic extremist, was later sentenced to life in prison.) Militants gunned down the only Christian in Pakistan’s Cabinet outside his widowed mother’s home.
ONE YEAR AGO: Iraqi forces launched a large-scale offensive to take Saddam Hussein’s hometown of Tikrit from the Islamic State group, the first step in a campaign to reclaim parts of northern Iraq from the Sunni extremists. Sen. Barbara Mikulski, D-Md., who rose to become the longest-serving woman in the history of Congress, announced she would not seek re-election when her fifth term ended.
TODAY’S BIRTHDAYS: Actor John Cullum is 86. Author Tom Wolfe is 86. Former Soviet President Mikhail S. Gorbachev is 85. Actress Barbara Luna is 77. Author John Irving is 74. Actress Cassie Yates is 65. Actress Laraine Newman is 64. Former Sen. Russ Feingold, D-Wis., is 63. Former Interior Secretary Ken Salazar is 61. Singer Jay Osmond is 61. Pop musician John Cowsill (The Cowsills) is 60. Tennis player Kevin Curren is 58. Country singer Larry Stewart (Restless Heart) is 57. Rock singer Jon Bon Jovi is 54. Blues singer-musician Alvin Youngblood Hart is 53. Actor Daniel Craig is 48. Actor Richard Ruccolo is 44. Rock musician Casey (Jimmie’s Chicken Shack) is 40. Rock singer Chris Martin (Coldplay) is 39. Actress Heather McComb is 39. Actress Bryce Dallas Howard is 35. NFL quarterback Ben Roethlisberger is 34. Actor Robert Iler is 31. Actress Nathalie Emmanuel is 27. Singer-rapperactress Becky G is 19.
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Become an Elder Advocate! WESTFIELD — A threeday long term care ombudsman certification training will be held at Highland Valley Elder Services March 21-23, 2016. Ombudsmen help ensure the quality of life for nursing and rest home residents. Volunteers are thoroughly trained to assist residents with benefits, rights and entitlements guaranteed under federal, state, and local laws. As a volunteer, ombudsmen may advocate for someone who has no one else as a voice or vehicle for action, and they empower residents with the tools for self-advocacy. Ombudsmen can make all the difference! The Ombudsman Program is a federally mandated advocacy program for nursing home and rest home residents throughout the United States. In Massachusetts, there are 26 separate programs. Highland Valley Elder Services administers the program in Hampshire County and Westfield. We are in need of two new ombudsmen to cover Westfield facilities and two for Hampshire County. Please note: New volunteer recruits are required to interview with the program director and to complete a CORI background check prior to this training. For more information or if you have any questions, please call J. Mary (JM) Sorrell at (413) 588-5755. Can You Help Sarah?
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A Bus Trip sure to Please Everyone! A MANSION TOUR IN NEWPORT RHODE ISLAND!! Travel to Newport RI for a Tour of the “Breakers Mansion” and then a 2-hour Guided Tour of Newport. WHEN: Wednesday, May 25 WHERE: Bus leaves From City Hall at 7:30 a.m. Tour the Mansion from 10:30 a.m. – Noon. Lunch and shopping on your own from Noon to 3:00p.m.; following is a 2-hour guided tour 3:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. Bus leaves at 5:00 p.m. returning to City Hall between 7:00 and 7:30 p.m. COST: $80.00 PER PERSON (Includes Driver tip) Join us for a fantastic trip to beautiful Newport, Rhode Island! CONTACT - Joyce (413) 579-7265 or 831-6611
WESTFIELD Westfield: Legislative & Ordinance at 5 pm Joint Finance and Legislative and Ordinance Committees at 5:15 pm Finance Committee at 5:30 pm Public Health and Safety Committee at 6:30 pm Municipal Light Board at 7 pm
BLANDFORD Fire Department Meeting at 7 pm Finance Committee at 7 pm Board of Health Meeting at 7 pm Planning Board Meeting at 7 pm
CHESTER Municipal Electric Light Meeting at 7 pm
SOUTHWICK Capital Expenditures Committee at 6 pm
HUNTINGTON Board of Health at 6 pm Conservation Commission at 7 pm Water & Sewer
THURSDAY, MARCH 3 WESTFIELD Personnel Action Committee at 6 pm
SOUTHWICK Board of Water Commissioners at 7 pm
SUNDAY, MARCH 6 HUNTINGTON Assessors Meeting at 6 pm
MONDAY, MARCH 7 GRANVILLE Finance Committee at 7 pm
TOLLAND Men’s Coffee at PSC Building at 7:45 am Board of Selectmen at 5 pm
TUESDAY, MARCH 8 TOLLAND SOUTHWICK
MONTGOMERY — Montgomery’s Annual Penny Social, hosted by members and friends of the Montgomery Historical Want To Know A Secret? Society, returns to the Town Hall at Montgomery Center on Ask Sarah. Saturday, March 5 starting at 6:30 p.m. The doors open at 5:45 p.m. to allow preview of the items andwww.sarahgillett.org purchase of penny tickets ahead of the start time. For some good old-fashioned fun for the whole family, including special bidding for the youngsters, join your neighbors and friends for an evening out to beat the “winter blues” and “blahs.” This annual Historical Society fund-raiser helps fund annual scholarship(s) for Montgomery’s graduates. Please note: the “snow date” this year will be Sunday, March 6, starting at 6:00 p.m., and doors will open at 5:15 p.m. for previewing items and purchasing tickets. The snack bar will offer a variety of refreshments for sale, including hot and cold beverages.
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Planning Board Special Permit Hearing at 7:15 pm
(A prescription for those winter blues)
WESTFIELD — Westfield High School Band Presents Give Our Regards to a “Sneak Preview” of the 63nd Annual Westfield High School Pops Concert for Westfield area Senior Citizens, Friday, March 4, 2016 at the Westfield High School Gymnasium, 177 Montgomery Road. Lunch served at 11:15 AM, Concert from 11:45 AM-12:45 PM. Featuring Westfield High School Band and Jazz Ensemble, directed by Patrick T. Kennedy. Luncheon prepared and served by the Westfield High School Culinary Arts Students, Margaret Toomey, WHS Instructor. Funding for the luncheon graciously provide by: Sarah Gillett Services for the Elderly, Inc. 150 free tickets available (first come, first served.) Tickets can be picked up either at the Senior Center or the Westfield High School Main Office.
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Council on Aging at 9 am Conservation Commission Open Office Hours& Business Meeting at 3 pm
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WEDNESDAY, MARCH 9 WESTFIELD School Committee at 6 pm
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Lenten DINNERS 6:00 pm St. JoSeph’S NatioNal CatholiC ChurCh 73 Main Street • Westfield, MA • 562-4403
3/4/16 Clam or Corn Chowder Bread Bowl 3/11/16 Polish Dinner 3/18/16 Fresh Fish Dinner* All dinners and desserts are homemade and include both regular and decaffeinated coffee and tea. Dinner is served at 6:00 p.m. The cost is just $8.00 each dinner, and you can pay at the door. *The Fresh Fish Dinner (3/18/16) tickets are $12.00 and must be purchased in advance, by 3/16/16. You may also call the rectory at 562-4403 Season Tickets For All 3 Meals ~ $25.00. Call for tickets or they are available at the first dinner.
WESTFIELD — The Westfield State University Emergency Response Team (ERT) along with the Department of Public Safety/University Police will be conducting a TEST of the Emergency Notification System, Siren and Westfield State University Alert. This Test is scheduled for Wednesday, March 2, 2016. Thank you for your cooperation, WSU ERT and WSU DPS/University Police Westfield State University
Budget Hearing on March 2 HUNTINGTON – Students, staff, parents, community members and town officials are all invited to a Public Hearing on the 2016-2017 school year budget, on Wednesday, March 2 at 7:00 p.m. in the Gateway Performing Arts Center. This hearing is sponsored annually by the Gateway Regional School Committee, to offer an opportunity for the public to weigh in on the proposed budget, before the committee adopts the budget that will go to the towns for voting at their annual town meetings. By law, the school committee must adopt a budget 45 days before the first town meeting date. Budget information is located on the Gateway website (www.grsd.org/) under the “information” drop-down menu. The Gateway Performing Arts Center is located in the Middle/High School building on Littleville Road in Huntington. The doors to the auditorium are just inside the main entrance of the building. Parking is available in the front parking lot. All are welcome to attend.
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SOUTHWICK — The Southwick Board of Health will host Dr. Lester Hartman at their meeting on March 3, 2016 at 7 pm in the Land Use Room at Town Hall 454 College Highway. This informational meeting will allow interested parties to provide an input for any proposed regulation the Board of Health members may wish to adopt. Dr. Hartman will speak on the hazards of smoking including E cigarettes, and possible legislation to raise the minimum age of legal access to tobacco products to 21 years old. The Southwick Board of Health extends an invitation to all interested parties.
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Please be advised that Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker has ordered that the United States flag and the Commonwealth flag be lowered to half-staff at all state buildings from sunrise until sunset on Wednesday, March 2, 2016 in honor of Major Glenn G. Milliken, Massachusetts Air National Guard, of Wilbraham, MA who passed away on February 23, 2016. This gubernatorial order applies to: 1. The main or administration building of each public institution of the Commonwealth, e.g. town and city halls. 2. Other stateowned or state-controlled buildings. 3. All state military installations.
Hillary Clinton greets supporters during her Super Tuesday evening gathering on March 1, 2016, in Miami. (Getty}
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Fake articles, posts inject confusion into Super Tuesday Warren did not endorse Sanders and Cruz is not leaving the race By DARREN SAMUELSOHN Politico.com Confusion ricocheted across the country on Super Tuesday as fake news articles and fake social media posts left voters scrambling for the facts about a presidential campaign mired in a digital maelstrom of dirty tricks. From Facebook to CNN to The New York Times, the number of viral phony items requiring a debunking kept fact checkers, campaign aides and journalists busy while primary and caucus voting continued from coast to coast. The shenanigans started Monday night when a fake New York Times story – complete with the newspaper’s trademark font, design and bylines from two of its political reporters – appeared online stating that Sen. Elizabeth Warren was endorsing Bernie Sanders. Fake quotes from Warren, Sen. Barbara Boxer and the actress Lena Dunham accompanied the piece, which prompted a response story from the real New York Times knocking down the hoax. A link to the fake story posted on the website Clone Zone had this note: “This clone had to be taken down due to a Cease and Desist order :(.” The online pranks continued on Tuesday when a Twitter user with a bio stating “#WhiteGenocide is real” posted a manipulated image of CNN anchor Wolf Blitzer and fake text on the screen stating: “TED CRUZ DROPPING OUT TOMORROW”. “BREAKING! CNN reporting Cruz insiders say he’ll be dropping out and endorsing @realDonaldTrump! Developing…” wrote @NeilTurner_. Last weekend, the white supremacist Twitter user picked up a retweet and “thank you” from the billionaire presidential candidate. Over on Facebook, an unofficial Ben Carson fan page with more than 173,000 likes included an item that deviated from previous posts lauding the retired neurosurgeon-turned-presidential candidate and urging its followers to vote for Cruz. “We started this page in 2010 because we believed Dr. Carson would make a terrific President,” the post read. “We still do but the polls reflect that now is not his time. This is difficult to acknowledge but we cannot romanticize about this election, our country is at stake. Trump MUST be defeated. If you are voting today, we (the admins) encourage you to vote for the man who has the greatest chance of defeating Trump and that is Ted Cruz.” Donald Trump speaks at the White and Gold Ballroom at The Mar-A-Lago Club in Palm Beach, Fla., on Super Tuesday as New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie listens. Attempts to contact the page’s administrator were not immediately successful. But in the comment section of the page, angry Carson fans cried foul. “LOOKS LIKE CRUZ IS AT IT AGAIN!!! VOTERS, BEWARE,” one user posted. For the record, Warren did not endorse Sanders, Cruz is not leaving the race and Carson does not want his supporters to vote for Cruz. But dirty tricks and a range of other awkward items are now a fact of life in presidential campaigns. From Massachusetts to Alaska, there were reports of missing lawn signs and even exit pollsters who didn’t include Carson’s name when asking voters which presidential candidate they preferred.
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By GLENN THRUSH Politico.com Democrats and Republicans ratified their respective frontrunners on Super Tuesday — and the two winners revealed two parties galloping in radically divergent directions. The Democrats’ top priority in coalescing behind Hillary Clinton: running the country. The GOP’s top priority: venting rage at how the country is being run, represented by the pursed-lip personage of Donald Trump. Falling in line behind Trump (who won seven states but lost Texas) and Clinton (who also took seven states), the parties bucked conventional wisdom about where they ought to be after eight years of Barack Obama. You’d think an out-of-power Republican Party would opt for a consensus candidate like George W. Bush to blaze a trail out of the wilderness. But an ornery, anxious GOP base dove deeper into the woods and selected the wildest candidate out there. Democrats — moving in the opposite direction — told Bernie Sanders they don’t want a revolution. The Vermont senator — earnest shield-bearer for jilted progressives who believe Obama didn’t go far enough on health care, income inequality and trade policy — stalled in the South and faded in the North. Clinton, who has embraced a message of experience and stability that didn’t much help her in ’08, converted a powerful wave of counter-revolutionary fervor into a commanding lead among delegates. 1. Trump is resilient. The last two weeks have not been kind to Donald Trump — Marco Rubio, at long last, subjected him to Trump-ian rhetorical waterboarding, mocking his continence, conjecturing on his spray-tan practices, even opining lewdly about his (lack of) sexual prowess. More importantly, the gates of oppo opened up on the front-runner with a series of damaging stories about the now-defunct Trump University and his use of immigrant labor on construction projects. He underperformed some pre-Super Tuesday polling (especially in Virginia) but he held his double-digit leads in the South, the backbone of his party. And that’s why he’s likely to be the nominee. Here’s a man who talks like an Astoria insurance salesman, sports the midlife crisis comb-over of a guy cruising Queens Boulevard in a Camaro and sleeps in sumptuous apartment towers on Fifth Avenue — and he’s absolutely killing it south of the MasonDixon. It turns out Donald Trump’s gut-level populist pitch is tailor-made for the South: Despite his “New York values,” he handily defeated Cruz in Arkansas, Alabama, Georgia and Tennessee. Why does it matter? Any Republican nominee will romp in these states — the GOP has owned the South since Nixon. But Trump isn’t George Wallace or Strom Thurmond. He’s not a native son, but he’s got a unique feel for the grievances of disaffected, older white voters who love him despite his regional differences. And that speaks to a broader appeal that will make him a serious threat to Clinton in Ohio, Pennsylvania and Michigan despite his vulnerabilities. 2. Clinton’s perfectly happy to run against Trump. Talk to Democratic operatives and people close to the Clintons and they will repeat the same mantra over and over: Wild-card Trump presents a unique threat to their paint-within-the-lines candidate, especially in a debate setting where she might freeze in the face of his personal attacks. And sure enough, Trump tried to head off an insurrection in his party over his candidacy by calling for his opponents to unite with him against their common enemy. “I’m going to go after one person, Hillary Clinton,” he assured the bludgeoned Cruzes, Rubios, Bushes and Fiorinas of the world. But for all their dutiful hand-wringing about Trump, the Clinton camp is, by and large, pleased to have him as an opponent. Their preferred adversary, judging from a very informal canvas of a half-dozen people in Clinton’s orbit over the last few weeks, would have been Cruz. His positions, they opined, were extreme enough to galvanize the party’s base — but he mostly plays by the rules, and Clinton could game out his behavior. Trump is far less predictable, and that poses real dangers to the former secretary of state — but he is also a general election-turnout magnet, especially for black and Hispanic voters. “It’s a trade-off,” said a senior Clinton aide. “But, ultimately, he’s probably going to be one of the worst general-election candidates in history … and oh, yeah, he’s starting a civil war in his own party.” 3. Ted’s not dead. Yet. It’s probably a lot safer to declare Clinton the prohibitive favorite to win her party’s nomination than it is to coronate Trump — for no other reason than Ted Cruz just won the biggest delegate prize so far, his home state of Texas, and took the smaller prize of neighboring Oklahoma as well as Alaska. Add Iowa and Cruz has the appearance of a viable, deadly serious Trump challenger with enough momentum to pose a major challenge. Donald Trump speaks at the White and Gold Ballroom at The Mar-A-Lago Club in Palm Beach, Fla., on Super Tuesday as New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie listens. 2016
Donald Trump’s optimism came on a night in which he once again demonstrated his strength across broad swathes of the Republican Party, winning the majority of the Super Tuesday contests. (AP Photo) Trump takes 7 Super Tuesday states, Cruz takes 3 By Shane Goldmacher But even his own people admit he’s less of a threat than appearances suggest. The math just doesn’t quite add up for the Texas tea partier — unless tonight’s victories spawn a major wave of anti-Trump momentum, spurred perhaps by the (possible) exit of fellow evangelical conservative Ben Carson. Despite the Donald’s somewhat tenuous grasp of biblical chapter and verse, Trump bested Cruz with evangelicals is Southern states outside the Lone Star. And Trump’s appeal is far broader than Cruz’s in the North and industrial Midwest. He enjoys an advantage in almost of all of the big March 15 states (with the exception of Ohio, which is leaning toward native son John Kasich). Cruz’s path seems virtually impossible if he can’t somehow clear out Carson, Rubio and Kasich to emerge as the sole champion of anti-Trump voters. Before the polls closed Tuesday, he stuck a needle in his struggling fellow senator, suggesting that Trump’s dominance in Florida polls were reason enough for Rubio to retire from the field. “There is no doubt that any candidate who cannot win his home state has real problems,” Cruz taunted. Still, he’s got his own problems: Cruz’s former communications director Rick Tyler, speaking on POLITICO’s “Off Message” podcast, suggested his ex-boss had “a narrow” path to the nomination and might only prevail at a brokered convention. 4. Bernie Sanders: Money for nothing? You know a campaign is in trouble when they send out a press release touting a “Path Forward Breakfast” slated for Wednesday to explain how they plan to soldier on after a decidedly not-so-Super Tuesday. No doubt about it, Sanders’ presidential hopes are on life support after a string of big blowouts in the South, but it’s a goldplated, diamond studded ventilator thanks to his defeat-defying online fundraising operation. Sanders has outraised Clinton decisively since the beginning of the year (scoring a record-breaking $40 million in February — including an amazing $5 million day) and he likely outspent her in Nevada and South Carolina, according to sources in both campaigns, burning through cash at a faster rate than Clinton’s Brooklyn operation. His reward? A string of game-changing defeats. On Tuesday, Clinton racked up huge delegate-grabbing victories in Virginia, Texas and other states throughout the Deep South — and she stole Massachusetts, which had seemed like a Sanders safe space after New Hampshire. Sanders snared his share, adding home-state Vermont along with Minnesota, Colorado and Oklahoma to his tally. Top Sanders adviser Tad Devine, a veteran of several other Democratic presidential campaigns, has predicted Sanders’ online fundraising prowess will continue in spite of the losses — and he thinks it will allow him to fight on longer than would a conventional candidate who might otherwise be abandoned by big-money donors. Hillary Clinton speaks during a Super Tuesday night rally in Miami. But how long? And toward what end? Devine has said Sanders is in it to win it, but his own candidate sounded a slightly less optimistic tone during his brief victory speech in Burlington — saying not once, but twice, that he was running not merely to get elected but to spark a “political revolution.” 5. Did John Kasich wreck Rubio? If Rubio ends 2016 as an also-ran — and that appears increasingly likely after a deeply disappointing Tuesday — he might have the feisty Ohio governor to blame. Rubio, a perennial silver and bronze medalist, won only Minnesota on Tuesday and came within 30,000 or so votes of inserting himself back in the middle of the race with an upset of Trump in Virginia. Rubio, a well-liked candidate without a fixed constituency who mercilessly battered Trump for the last week, finally found his people in the high-income, high-education, high-Trumphating D.C. burbs. And he might have won too — if the damnnear-moderate Ohio governor didn’t appeal to the same demographic and gobble up 100,000 votes. Trump underperformed, but he still beat Rubio by 35 to 32 percent, and holds a commanding advantage over the Florida senator ahead of his homestate primary in two weeks. “I think he has to get out,” Trump told Fox News in a phone interview. Rubio won’t. But the clock is ticking.
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Clara Gardner, 24, poses for a photo in her Northampton apartment. Gardner, whose legs were crushed seven years ago, will undergo life-changing surgery in Australia. (Laura Newberry/The Republican via AP)
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Woman to undergo life-changing surgery By LAURA NEWBERRY The Republican NORTHAMPTON (AP) — When 17-year-old Clara Gardner was being treated in the Intensive Care Unit at Baystate Medical Center just after her legs were amputated above the knee, a nursing resident named Mary took care of her. Gardner does not remember Mary’s last name. She does remember how Mary — who had some sort of disability that caused her to limp— gave her hope that one day she, too, could have a career despite severe physical limitations. “Being in my position, I instantly latched onto her,” Gardner, a Northampton native, said as she sat on a couch in her apartment recently. Gardner, now 24, was loading her luggage into the back of a van outside the Amtrak station on Lyman Street in Springfield in August 2008 when a car turned the corner and crushed her into the back of the van. She had just returned from a trip to Mexico with a Spanish immersion program. She later learned that the driver, then-20-year-old Roberto Carasquillo Jr., had been drunk. Carasquillo was sentenced to three to five years in state prison. It’s been three and a half years since Gardner taught herself to get around without a wheelchair by walking on prosthetic legs. And all things considered, she lives a pretty normal life. She drives a hand-controlled car, and lives with her long-term boyfriend, Jeff Rogers. Not unlike others in her age group, Gardner is figuring out what she want wants to do with her life. She graduated from Smith College in January with a bachelor’s degree in Spanish. Ideally, she’d like to use the skills she has acquired to bridge the language gap between her future self — who she imagines will have a career in pediatric occupational therapy — and her young patients and their families. Gardner says she is still limited by her mobility. The prosthetic sockets that her legs fit into are made of hard plastic that cover her thighs, so even sitting with them on is uncomfortable. The edge of the sockets rub against her skin and dig into her bones, leading to sores and abrasions. And it’s hard to get the alignment of the sockets with her legs just right, causing an abnormal arch in her lower back and chronic pain. “At times it’s heartbreaking to see her having such a hard time, to see her putting up with so much pain, to see her having difficulty getting herself up and out,” Kate O’Kane, Gardner’s mom, said in a phone interview. “I think I would be terrified trying to walk on those things,” O’Kane went on to say. “I think it’s pretty amazing she can do it at all.” If Gardner’s going to be standing constantly as a therapist someday, if she’s going to give young kids hope through her career, just as Mary did, something has to change. On May 4, Gardner will undergo osseointegration surgery, which will eliminate the need for the troubling sockets. The procedure involves implanting a rod into the femur, which will extend outside the limb so that the prosthetic leg can be snapped into place. “The surgery gives me hope of being able to live daily life comfortably, to stop limiting what I’m doing every day,” Gardner said. The operation is expensive, between $150,000 and $200,000. Gardner’s family put forward a large sum for the endeavor, but couldn’t front everything. O’Kane set up a fundraiser for the surgery on youcaring.com in early February. Neary 500 people had donated $49,758 to the crowdfunding campaign. The goal was $40,000. Because this type of operation has not yet been approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, Gardner has to travel Down Under to make it happen. Recently, Gardner and O’Kane bought their plane tickets to Sydney, Australia. Gardner will spend one week in the hospital there post-operation, and four weeks in outpatient rehab with others from around the world who have had similar surgeries through the Osseointegration Group of Australia. Gardner and Rogers — who is joining her halfway through her Australia stay — will spend a few days sight-seeing. Gardner said her recovery should be fairly quick because she is a “standard case,” meaning she was fully developed when she lost her legs. There are a number of people in the U.S. who have undergone this kind of osseointegration surgery, which was first developed in Europe in 1990. The Aussies have perfected the procedure, Gardner said, making it much less risky than it once was. Gardner said she is looking forward to the next stage of her adulthood, which will likely involve applying and attending graduate school. “It’s perfect timing to have my whole life up in the air and be able to focus on the surgery,” she said. She acknowledges that without her rocks — her family, closeknit group of friends and Rogers — she would have had a much tougher time getting to where she is today. Gardner asserts that her “extended support system” has been just as instrumental in her growth. “The town has risen to the occasion to help me time and time again,” Gardner said of Northampton residents, later adding, “It’s not that the whole town has been in my life each and every day. But they have, in a way, in the background. If you know that you have this support system behind you, that can totally change how you see everything.” Gardner said that the day she lost her legs, she was suddenly confronted with a dark side of the world — a world where people are careless with their own lives and the lives of others. Through her trials she has seen the best of people, too, she said. “There’s so much horrible stuff going on in the world, and it can get really depressing. We can get cynical about humanity sometimes,” Gardner said. “But you see what happened with this fundraiser; It’s been a flood of money, but it’s also been a flood of love.”
BOSTON – The Massachusetts Commission on Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer, and Questioning (LGBTQ) Youth this week released its annual report advocating the implementation of initiatives aimed at supporting LGBTQ youth across Massachusetts. The annual policy recommendations are intended to provide the Commonwealth’s policymakers with a roadmap to better meet the needs of youth and young adults who identify as LGBTQ. The report was released at the annual swearing-in ceremony of commission members at the Massachusetts State House. Attorney General Maura Healey swore in 17 new members to the 50 member commission. “The Commission on LGBTQ Youth serves a critically important role in ensuring we are all meeting our obligations and responsibilities to protect LGBTQ children and young adults across Massachusetts,” said Healey. “I look forward to working with this impressive group of individuals who have dedicated their time and energy to this important cause. My office is committed to making Massachusetts a more inclusive place for all residents, regardless of their gender identity or gender expression.” “This annual event allows the commission and our partners to celebrate the work we have championed while at the same time recommitting ourselves to the work that remains unfinished,” said Julian Dormitzer, Chair of the Commission. “Although Massachusetts has laid a strong foundation in the fight for LGBTQ equity, state data and the voices of young people both indicate that we must focus on implementation and collaboration in order to make meaningful progress. Each LGBTQ young person in Massachusetts deserves to grow up in a community that celebrates and supports their development.” The Commission’s recommendations address 19 state agencies, ranging from entities that are widely recognized as serving LGBTQ youth, such as the education and foster care systems, to agencies responsible for career services, transportation, and refugee programs. The report also identifies more than 60 agency-specific recommendations for making tangible changes for LGBTQ youth in every city and town in Massachusetts, with a focus on the unique needs of homeless youth, youth of color, transgender youth, and youth living in rural areas. Data from the state’s Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance demonstrate that sexual minority youth remain significantly more likely than their heterosexual peers to have attempted suicide in the past year, skipped school due to feeling unsafe, or used heroin at least once in their life. Speakers at the event highlighted the importance of explicit protections for transgender youth and adults in public spaces, also known as public accommodations. Current legislation, “An Act Relative to Gender Identity and Non Discrimination”, aims to enact such protections and allow Massachusetts to join the eighteen other states that have already done so. Public accommodations include any place that is open to the public and offers a good or service. These spaces are common areas of vital importance to most people’s daily lives, such as grocery stores, medical offices, public transportation, hotels, restaurants, public parks, areas of entertainment, and more. ONLINE http://mass.gov/cgly
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SOUTHWICK — Volunteers are needed for the Southwick Annual Dollars for Scholars Mail-a-thon on Monday, March 14, 2016 beginning at 5:30 in the Southwick Regional School library. Your help is needed to stuff envelopes for our annual mailing. Bring your family and friends to help support Southwick Dollars for Scholars. All materials and snacks are provided. Applications for Southwick Dollars for Scholars scholarships are available online at http://southwick.dollarsforscholars.org. Log in on the Students and Parents page. Deadline is March 28, 2016. Southwick residents who are graduating seniors or attending college now may apply. Southwick Dollars for Scholars, formerly known as The Citizens’ Scholarship Foundation of Southwick presented $100 to the first award recipient in 1955, beginning an important tradition in our town. On May 20th, the 15th Annual Scholarship Awards Ceremony took place at the Southwick Town hall. Scholarship awards were given to 69 very deserving graduates Attorney General Maura Healey takes a photo with members and post graduates totaling over $30,000.00 in awards. Over of the state’s Commission on LGBTQ Youth at their swear- $200,000 has been given to our college bound students to date. ing-in ceremony. JOIN US IN MAKING DREAMS COME TRUE! Southwick Dollars for Scholars is dedicated to making dreams come true for our best and brightest students. Consider joining us at our monthly meetings held on the second Wednesday of each month during the school year at 7 pm in the Southwick Promoted by the Greater Westfield Chamber of Commerce Regional School library. ALL ARE WELCOME! For more All employees are Chamber members! Please forward this information or questions email: southwickdollarsforscholemail to your co-workers! ars@gmail.com
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**COAT DRIVE** We will be collecting coats at this Coffee Hour for The Salvation Army. We are in need of coats - all sizes and genders, from children to adult! Please consider bringing a coat to donate. ——— Coffee Hours are free and open to the public. Please call Pam at the Chamber to register at 413.568.1618! **Coffee Hours are subject to change at the discretion of the Mayor.
22nd Annual Easter Egg Hunt WESTFIELD — Mayor Brian P. Sullivan is pleased to announce that the 22nd Annual Easter Egg Hunt will be held on Saturday, March 19th at South Middle School grounds, 30 West Silver St. with the participation of the Boys & Girls Club, Amelia Skate Park and Amelia Children’s Museum. Line up for the egg hunt will begin at 1:00 PM and the egg hunt will begin promptly at 1:15 PM. The Easter Bunny will arrive at 1:30PM. In case of rain the egg hunt will be held on Saturday, March 26th, at 1:00 PM. This event draws hundreds of children annually & has become a strong tradition in Westfield. There are separate egg hunt areas, divided by age groups, several games, and arts & crafts are available for the children’s enjoyment after the egg hunt. Parents and children may also enjoy Hot Chocolate and juice refreshments provided by Mt. Moriah Lodge of Westfield. This event is made possible through the kind contributions of Kiwanis Club of Westfield, Stop & Shop, Walgreens, WalMart, The Westfield Gas and Electric Company and the employees of Westfield City Hall. We would also like to thank the many volunteers that help to make this event a success.
St. Mary’s Parish School entrance date for kindergarten moved WESTFIELD – St. Mary’s Parish School announced Thursday that it will follow Westfield Public Schools in their decision to change the kindergarten entrance date from August 1 to September 1. Students eligible for kindergarten must take the entrance exam prior to being enrolled. For those students who do not meet the cutoff date for kindergarten, two separate early childhood programs are available. Children who will turn four before September 1, 2016 may be enrolled in the prekindergarten program, while those who turn three before the date are eligible for preschool. Interested families may contact the school at (413) 568-2388.
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St. Patrick’s Day Family Favorites Easy Leprechaun Pie Submitted by Becky Pregent Ratchford 1 (16 oz.) can of beef stew 1 (41/2 oz.) can of mushrooms, drained 1 package refrigerator biscuits 1. in a casserole mix the beef
stew and mushrooms together. 2. Place the biscuits on top so that the sides touch. 3.Bake at 350 degrees for 20 minutes until the biscuits are nicely browned. 4. Serves 4.
My Families Irish Treat Submitted by Becky Pregent Ratchford 2 Cups Vanilla Ice Cream 1 1/4 cups of milk 1/4 teaspoon mint extract Whipped Cream Green Sprinkles Green food coloring Whiskey (optional) Straws
In a blender combine all ingredients except Whipped Cream and Sprinkles. Pour into tall glasses and garnish with whipped cream and sprinkles. Add a straw for the kids and a jigger of whiskey for the adults.
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Colcannon 2 cups shredded cabbage 5 tablespoons of milk 8 oz. potatoes diced 1 large leek chopped pinch of grated nutmeg 1 tablespoon butter melted salt & pepper 1. Cook cabbage in salted boiling water for 10 minutes. 2.In a separate pan bring milk to a boil and add the potatoes and leek. 3.Reduce the heat and simmer for 20
minutes. 4. stir in the grated nutmeg and mash the potatoes and leek together. 5.Add the drained cabbage to the mixture. 6.Spoon the mixture into a warmed serving dish,making a hollow in the middle. 7.Pour the melted butter into the hollow and serve immediately.
1. Place corned beef in a large pot and cover with water. Slowly bring meat to a boil and reduce heat. Let meat simmer for 2 to 3 hours or until a sharp knife slides easily through the meat. When cooked remove from the water and cover. Save the broth. 2. While meat is cooking,prepare vegetables for cooking. (Peel and cut or slice accordingly). 3. About 30-40 minutes before serving put turnip or rutabaga in the broth from the meat. Cook for 15-20 minutes until tender. Add potatoes and carrots then top with cabbage and cook for an additional 15 minutes until vegetables are tender. Place the meat on top of the vegetables for the last 10 minutes to warm. 4 .Remove from the heat and place meat on a platter. Drain and separate vegetables. Put the vegetables in a bowls and serve. Makes 4 servings
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Nathan Somers, Westfield Fire Chief Mary Regan, and Director of Public Health Joseph Rouse. Sullivan said he purposely introduced Rouse last. “Joe Rouse and his office are the ones you guys need to reach out to, because of the resources they have,” Sullivan said. “They’ve been working on this for years. He’s a person you’re going to want to know.” “We were looking for an answer as to what is our role,” Rouse said. “We now have some resources we didn’t have before.” Rouse said his department has agreed to field questions from residents, and are now able to direct people to resources. Rouse reviewed recent history on the opioid crisis, beginning in the 2000s with a spike in prescription medicine. He said prior to that, doctors were reluctant to prescribe the painkillers, but the pharmaceutical companies said they could modify the addictiveness of the drugs. “That was all bull,” he said. He said the presence of heroin right now is due to the Mexican cartel flooding the market. Rouse urged residents to bring unused prescription medications to the police department, where they have a lockbox disposal. He said the Health Department is going to work on two fronts: on prevention, to try to keep the people who have not been affected from getting involved, and also by giving assistance to residents who are dealing with the problem. “Come to us, send people to us, and we’ll put them on the right path,” Rouse said. Somers said that the current problem of addiction to opioids started when doctors were told they were underestimating pain. He said the stories in the film were stories that he hears every day in his practice, with people being prescribed painkillers for an injury or surgery, and quickly becoming addicted, then turning to heroin when they can’t get more pills. District Attorney Sullivan said the problem didn’t get his full attention until he had ten deaths in his community. He said he has now had 120 deaths from heroin and opioids. Sullivan said that the United States has 5 percent of the world’s population, and consumes 80 percent of the pain medications in the world. “You are the solution,” he said. “I want everyone here to leave knowing you can solve this problem. You are Westfield strong.” Sullivan called Westfield one of the strongest communities in western Mass. “Consider addiction to opioids, whether heroin or pills, the same way you treat people who have heart disease or cancer,” Sullivan said to applause. He said opioids change the person using them because the brain needs it. He also spoke strong words about Purdue Pharmaceuticals, who makes OxyContin, calling them “drug dealers.” “Don’t take them to begin with. These doctors or dentists should not be giving you half this stuff,” Sullivan said. “Whatever happened to Tylenol?” Humason said that the state is on top of the crisis, and the House and Senate have passed a bill, which is now in com-
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mittee. He said the response has to come from the local communities to the state and to the federal government. Humason also talked about a task force on marijuana that the Senate recently put together, regarding the question on the ballot about legalizing marijuana for recreational purposes. “In the video, almost everyone started with marijuana,” Humason said. “We’re sending a mixed message to the kids. You shouldn’t drink or smoke, but pot’s okay. Pot is not a harmless drug.” “It really hits home when you lose five people in two weeks,” said Velis. “The hardest thing is when someone comes to my office to say a loved one is hooked.” Velis said the addiction is destroying families. He also chastised the House and Senate for having a bill in committee for a month and a half. “Kids are dying,” Velis said. “If there is any issue we should not be political on, it’s this issue.” Velis blamed doctors for prescribing drugs in too casual a manner, and said the state is going to create a database on bed availability for treatment of addiction. Regan said the fire department is also seeing an uptick of calls relating to drug abuse, averaging four overdose calls a week in Westfield. Regan said they are administering Narcan on almost half of their calls, and performing CPR on people ages 16-60. “A lot of times family members have no idea what’s going on,” Regan said. Following the panel comments, Mayor Sullivan fielded questions from the audience. Subjects ranged from low bail for drug dealers to questions about how the schools are going to educate the children in the community. The call to bring suit against pharmaceutical companies was also raised, as well as a concern about the use of painkillers among student athletes who are self-medicating. District Attorney Sullivan responded that people who traffic and possess large amounts of heroin and oxy are going to be treated very severely. Velis said that holding pharmaceutical companies accountable is being talked about right now. “I think it would be great for pharmaceutical companies to create a fund,” Velis said. “Four out of five people using heroin got hooked on pharmaceutical drugs.” Scallion said that the Westfield Public School District already has an outstanding prevention program in place, with the highest number of adjustment counselors. She also said that she wanted to hear more about problems with self-medicating in the sports program, and urged that person to call her. Scallion spoke about planned upcoming informational sessions, including the next community forum on Tuesday, March 15 at 7 p.m. at the Technical Academy, supporting families impacted by addiction. Also planned is an educational forum with Dr. Ruth Potee on addiction and the teen brain, scheduled for Wed., March 30 at 6:30 p.m. in South Middle School’s cafeteria.
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There are more voters registered as unenrolled in Southwick than anything else. John Vogel of Southwick said that he always makes sure to vote in the primaries. “I think it’s very important that we vote, I think everybody should,” Vogel said. “I think the percentage of people that vote is pretty sad. It should be like 95-99 percent of the people in this country that actually vote.” Political experts predict that unenrolled voters will have a big affect on this election cycle in Massachusetts and several other Super Tuesday states. Hill called the turnout Tuesday _decent,” however she always hopes more residents will vote. The last primary presidential election brought out just 14-percent of Southwick voters, however, in 2012, 34-percent of registered voters exerized their right to vote.Hill said early predictions suggest the election will come down to Trump and Clinton. “That will make a pretty hot election in November,” she said.
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Principal Cynthia Kennedy joined the Paper Mill family. “We were talking over the summer about the school mascot and what it means and we got in touch with a school in Florida and began talking about panthers with them and became pen pals,” said Knapik, “and it’s just grown from there.” Through a grant from the Westfield Foundation for Education, Paper Mill now has books and instructional materials about panthers. Kennedy said Panther Pride is a great way to incorporate learning and behavior expectations, and all students are engaged. “The five year-olds and 10 year-olds are all talking about this,” said Knapik. Students in Knapik’s class have embraced the initiative and one student, Sagean Peterson, created a PowerPoint on panthers to share with his classmates. “We learned about their habitat and where they would roam,” said Peterson. “People kept building houses and their habitat became smaller.” Classmate Andrew William said keeping the panthers from becoming extinct is important. “If there were no more panthers, we wouldn’t have a mascot, and it would affect other animals and the food chain,” said William. Kennedy included a visit to the refuge in her Florida vacation tis year and spent time with the rangers, learned more about panthers, and took a swamp boat tour of the refuge. “The people at the refuge were so excited that we are so committed to their cause,” said Kennedy. “Folks in Florida are very dedicated to protecting the panther habitat.” Kennedy said global warming has raised the water table in the Everglades, destroying the habitat and forcing panthers to seek new homes in residential areas. Kennedy said one of the main issues for the panthers is highways were built through the refuge area and there is a need to build a way for the panthers to cross over – or under – the roads. Knapik said Peterson has already begun working on a design for a natural bridge that could solve the problem, Knapik said the entire class may be designing their own solutions. In addition to lessons on wildlife, the name election gave teachers an opportunity to teach about the presidential election in a way students could relate to. “Elections are a way for you to make a choice,” said second grader Keishnalee Neal. “It could be a name, or even the president.” Knapik’s students were able to identify the candidates in the primary election and talk a bit about them. Once the school adopts its panther, students will have the opportunity to video chat with refuge rangers and watch live video of te panthers. “It wil be in real time and they will be able to ask questions,” Knapik said. Kennedy said the students have all worked very hard on the initiative. “They’ve been doing a great job spearheading this,” she said. In the spring, Paper Mill will will be exploring and improving the Schoolyard Habitat, a national wildlife program.
First Congregational Church offers corned beef, cabbage dinner WESTFIELD — The First Congregational Church, 18 Broad Street, Westfield will once again offer their famous Corned Beef and Cabbage dinner, Saturday March 12th at 5:30 PM. First Church dinners have become a favorite to area residents and this dinner is always a sell-out. Tickets are now on sale from the church office. They are $12.50 for adult’s children under 10 are free. The menu will consist of corned beef, cabbage, Irish potatoes, boiled potatoes, carrots, rolls, butter, dessert and beverage. Come and join everyone for a grand night out. Call the Church Office at 568-2833 for reservations.
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times and was depressed after he was laid off from his job in December. Joseph Largay’s attorney, Torran M. Bagamary of Wilbraham, also said he is not a danger to anyone, adding, “This all came to a head rather quickly for him.” Bagamary also noted that Largay had no previous criminal history. Abraham cautioned that the fact that Largay did not have a criminal history may not matter. “How many times has there been a tragedy and someone says, ‘Oh my God, I had no idea,’” Abraham argued to the judge. “I don’t know how to make a bomb, but I know when they go off, they hurt people, they maim people.” Goggins issued his ruling immediately after arguments. “I do find the testimony of your father persuasive,” Goggins told Joseph Largay. Largay was released on the conditions that he attend daily Alcoholics Anonymous meetings, find employment, undergo substance abuse and mental health evaluations and submit to random alcohol screenings. “You need to stay on top of this,” Goggins told Largay, who is scheduled to return to court April 15. Michael Majchrowicz can be reached at mmajchrowicz@ gazettenet.com.
Pasta and meatball dinner With a big community turnout this past Saturday night, the West of The River ProLife group held their semiannual pasta and meatball dinner at St John’s Lutheran Church at 60 Broad Street. The group exists to promote the ProLife causethose who hold precious the gift of life from conception through to natural death. Meetings are held each month on the second Thursday at 7pm at St. John’s and all are most welcome. Pictured are: Jamie Brunault, Dan Allie, Alicia Belanger, Mike Butler, Bill Schneeloch, and Tom Drapeau. (Photo by Don Wielgus)
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Jared R. Graham WESTFIELD — Jared R. Graham passed away February 22, 2016, at the age of 24. He was a fine young man with many friends and a caring family who will miss him for the rest of their lives. Full of life and energy and with an outgoing personality, he was always willing to pitch in and help when asked, and was often involved with many projects and improvements around home. He was devoted to his family, always attending birthday parties, holiday dinners and other get-togethers, where he was particularly close to the youngest family members, joining in their play and games and helping out whenever needed. He was devoted to his many friends and had an active social life. Born in Holyoke, Massachusetts, he grew up in Baltimore, Maryland, attending schools there, but at the age of 18 returned to this area to live with his grandfather in Russell. Last year he moved to Westfield for reasons of employment, and lived with an uncle there. He worked in construction and landscaping, and also held jobs in retail sales and agriculture. He was pre-deceased by his father, Dylan T. Donovan, and leaves his mother, Meredith E. Graham; his stepfather, Juan “Doc” Valencia; Aunt and Uncle Joseph and Samantha Domingos and their children, Alex and Elizabeth; a step sister, Jenna Montoya Valencia and her son, Julian Montoya Valencia; his grandfather, Mike Donovan; Aunt and Uncle Sean P. and Mary Ellen Donovan and their children, Shane and Connor Donovan; Aunt and Uncle Douglas Hoctor and Jennifer M. Donovan and their children, Michael Millar and Alissa and Cadence Hoctor. Calling hours will take place on Sat., March 5, from 2 P.M. – 3:30 PM at the Firtion-Adams Funeral home, 76 Broad Street, Westfield MA, with a Remembrance service at 3:30PM.
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Mary Terese Smith NORTH ADAMS — Mrs. Mary Terese Smith, a long time resident of North Adams and Williamstown, MA, passed away peacefully on Friday February 26th at The Community Hospice House in Merrimack, NH. Mary was born in Westfield, MA on October 17, 1928, daughter of Edward J. and K. Lillian (Eagan) Cleary. She was a 1946 graduate of Westfield High School, and earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Education from Westfield State College in 1950. Her teaching career included elementary positions in Agawam, Westfield, and after moving to the Berkshires in 1962, she joined the faculty of the Adams-Cheshire Regional School District as a kindergarten teacher. She also served as a training teacher for student interns at both Westfield State College and the former North Adams State College. Mary retired in 1990 after 30 years of dedicated service in the education field. Mary was a member of the National Education Association and the Massachusetts Teachers Association, and a former member of the Board of Directors of Child Care of the Berkshires and Taconic Golf Club. Mary was predeceased by her husband of 62 years, Leonard S. Smith. She also leaves her daughter and son-inlaw Linda S. and Walter G. Whelan; grandson Sean M. Whelan of Nashua, NH; and grandson Brian M Whelan and his wife Whitney of Merrimack, NH. Mary will be fondly remembered by her six nieces, three nephews, sister-in-law Mrs. Doris Smith and several dear friends from Westfield High Class of 1946. A Liturgy of Christian Burial will take place Thursday March 3, 2016 at 10am at St’s Patrick & Raphael Church in Williamstown. Burial will follow in the family plot at St. Mary’s Cemetery Westfield, MA. Calling hours at the Flynn & Dagnoli-Montagna Home for Funerals, WEST CHAPELS, 521 West Main St. North Adams, MA. Visitation hours are Wednesday from 4-7 pm. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to The Community Hospice House Development Office, 7 Executive Park Drive, Merrimack, NH 03054. To send flowers, a message or a card, please visit www.flynndagnolifuneralhomes.com.
Vintage jewelry and wearable works of art for sale March 19 at fund raising event for Cancer House of Hope
WEST SPRINGFIELD – Vintage jewelry, costume jewelry and wearable works of art will be among items sold to the public to raise money and awareness for the Cancer House of Hope. This community event will take place on March 19, 2016 from 9:00 am to 3:00 pm at 246 Park Street, West Springfield. The nonprofit Cancer House of Hope works to enhance the lives of people with cancer and those who care about them by providing emotional, educational, social and spiritual support. The organization receives funding from CHD. “We are holding this sale of vintage jewelry and beautiful wearable works of art to support services delivered to individuals and families facing a cancer diagnosis,” according to Sue Satterlee, Chairperson for the event. Satterlee is herself a twotime cancer survivor who has benefitted personally from the services provided by Cancer House of Hope. She’s also an artist and jewelry maker who has participated in juried art and craft shows throughout the Northeast. “The vintage jewelry sale was run for years by Jan Morin,” Satterlee explains, “and after a five or six year hiatus the subject of reviving jewelry sale was brought up at an Advisory Board meeting. Since I make jewelry, I decided to take a swing at it and give back to Cancer House of Hope. I’ve never run an event like this before, and now I know it’s a lot of work, but once it got going it has blossomed. We have received wonderful donations and I have been researching pieces that are coming in. There is some gold and a lot of sterling silver, even including a Tiffany Pablo Picasso Shooting Star made of sterling silver. There are also vintage jewelry boxes, ladies’ compacts, gloves, church hats with veils, pill box hats, hat boxes, scarfs, vintage pocketbooks, men’s fedora hats and silk ties, hundreds of pairs of men’s cuff links, and more. Everything has been donated, including all the supplies to run the sale, coffee, gift certificates for drawings, even signs announcing the sale posted on the green in West Springfield. We will be able to accept credit cards, too, thanks to CHD. I am in awe of the generosity of people.” Among the artists selling pieces at the sale—and donating a percentage of sales to Cancer House of Hope—is Jessica Appleby, who turns miniature illustrations into wearable art. “My mom’s a painter so art was always around when I was Elaine L. McMahon growing up,” Appleby says. “She did set designs and departWESTFIELD — Elaine L. Cristina Gonzalez ment store displays, working in pastels, colored pencil, oil, McMahon, 88, passed away WESTFIELD — Cristina Torres acrylic and a variety of media. Seeing her enjoy the process of peacefully on February 25, 2016 Gonzalez, 80, passed away peacecreating art and being successful doing what she loved had a lot in the Julian J. Leavitt Family to do with my getting my degree in art from UMass.” fully at home surrounded by her Jewish Nursing Home in Appleby describes herself as an illustrator. “Drawing and loving family. She was born in Longmeadow, Massachusetts. illustration are what I enjoy most and do best,” she says. “When Ponce, Puerto Rico to the late She was born in Ludlow, I started really getting into it I was creating pieces for friends. Eladio Torres and Ramona Massachusetts to the late Ernest That led to doing a lot of custom work, like drawing a certain Gonzalez. She is survived by her and Ida (Gamache) Labossiere animal that someone wanted. I hang illustrations on the wall in children, Luis A. Torres, Roberto and was a graduate of Cathedral my office and people would ask about them. Word got around. Martinez, Marta V. Martinez, High School. She lived in the Through my social network I started to get requests to make Mercedes Martinez, Miguel A. Indian Orchard section of smaller pieces.” Martinez and Luis G. Martinez, her Springfield and then the Forest Appleby does a mixture of commissioned pieces and whatsiblings, Concepcion Torres, Felicita Torres, Maria L. Park section for over 40 years ever inspires her, but she says it’s the small pieces that have been getting attention. She draws miniature illustrations to crebefore moving to Westfield 5 years ago. Elaine retired from Torres, Pedro J. Torres, Carmen L. Torres, Jose L. Torres, ate custom jewelry that is bonded to glass and worn as a penNew England Telephone as a supervisor after over 35 years Altagracia Torres and Edith M. Torres and many grandchildant. “I was used to doing full page illustrations,” she says, of service. She was predeceased by her husband Harry J. dren and great grandchildren. Visiting hours will be held on “but over time I made smaller and smaller illustrations because McMahon, Jr. on October 4, 2007 and her daughter Patricia Thursday from 5-8PM in the Firtion Adams FS, 76 Broad people were asking for something they could wear as a pendant “Patti” A. Burke on February 13, 2008. Elaine leaves her St. Westfield, MA. Funeral and burial services will be held on a chain. Now I do one-of-a-kind drawings using very fine tip son Terrence M. McMahon and his wife Laurie of Westfield, in Ponce, Puerto Rico. pens and miniscule brushes. I enjoy the experience of making her brother Ernest Labossiere and his wife Doris of Lady Marion E. Heffernan something very delicate. It takes precision and also a lot of care Lake, FL and her cherished grandchildren, Sean Burke with CHESTER —Marion E. Heffernan, because it’s easy to wreck it. Most illustrations are about one whom she resided, Conner McMahon and Colin McMahon 88, passed away peacefully on Friday, inch. I use a special acrylic vanish and then bond the paper to all of Westfield. She was a communicant of Our Lady of the February 26, 2016 at the East glass. The materials are all archival so each piece should last a Blessed Sacrament Church. She also leaves her cherished Longmeadow Skilled Nursing Home. long time.” nieces, nephews and cousins. She enjoyed spending time She was born in Springfield to the late Appleby is a Software Developer who joined the team at with friends and family and especially traveling to Florida John J. and Margaret Heffernan. She CHD in 2014. “I kind of fell into IT (Information Technology) in the winter months. Elaine was a member of the Telephone grew up in the Hungry Hill section of through my interest in design,” she explains. “When I was Pioneers of America. She enjoyed creating ceramic holiday Springfield and later moved to Chester. growing up, design software was developing rapidly so I had to items and villages for family and friends. Elaine’s funeral She was employed as a secretary for many years. Marion learn about computers to keep up with the various art programs. will be held on Saturday, March 5, 2016 at 9AM from the was predeceased by her brothers, Maurice Heffernan and My high school had a website club and I got into that. Art and Firtion Adams FS, 76 Broad St. Westfield followed by a John Heffernan. She is survived by her by her nieces Ellen programming are both creative processes so there’s a lot of Liturgy of Christian Burial 10AM in Our Lady of the Heffernan with Paul Gibson of Florence, MA and Claire L. overlap.” Blessed Sacrament Church, 127 Holyoke Rd. Westfield. Heffernan of England. A graveside service will be held on Why did Appleby decide to support Cancer House of Hope? “I don’t have a personal experience with Cancer House of Burial will follow in Gate of Heaven Cemetery, 421 Friday at 12:30 pm in St. Michael’s Cemetery, State Street, Hope,” she says, “but I learned about it through CHD and disTinkham Rd. Springfield. Visiting hours will be held on Springfield. The burial will be in St. James section of the covered it’s a wonderful program. I have coworkers and friends Friday from 4-7PM in the funeral home. Donations in cemetery at the end of the main road on the right. who have received services there. I am happy to do something Elaine’s name may be directed to the charity of your choice. Firtionadams.com nice for the community and it’s such a great cause, I couldn’t say no.” A percentage of the proceeds from every piece of Appleby’s jewelry sold on the 19th will directly benefit the Cancer House of Hope for new programming. Appleby has an Etsy shop of handmade jewelry and illustrations that can be seen at https://www.etsy.com/shop/ WESTFIELD — Westfield High School Band Presents Give Our Regards to a “Sneak Preview” of the 63nd Annual Westfield WatsonHollow. High School Pops Concert for Westfield area Senior Citizens, Friday, March 4, 2016 at the Westfield High School Gymnasium, Donations of vintage jewelry and apparel are being accepted for this event. Anyone interested in making a donation can 177 Montgomery Road. Lunch served at 11:15 AM, Concert from 11:45 AM-12:45 PM. contact Sue Satterlee at 413-569-0419. Featuring Westfield High School Band and Jazz Ensemble, directed by Patrick T. Kennedy. Luncheon prepared and served by the Westfield High School Culinary Arts Students, Margaret Toomey, WHS Instructor. Funding for the luncheon graciously provide by: Sarah Gillett Services for the Elderly, Inc. 150 free tickets available (first come, first served.) Tickets can be picked up either at the Senior Center or the Westfield High School Main Office.
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SCHOOL LUNCH MENUS WESTFIELD ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS Wednesday March 2, 2016 Happy Birthday Dr. Suess ‘One fish two fish red fish blue fish ‘, “Sea shaped Fish” Nuggets, “Under the Sea” Whipped Mashed Potatoes “Seaweed” Green Beans, “Goldfish” Cheddar Cheese crackers, “Water”melon Sorbet
Thursday March 3, 2016 Chicken Patty on a Bun Baked Beans Whole Kernel Corn Fruit Choice
Friday March 4, 2016 Stuffed Crust Pizza Sliced Carrots Heartzels Pretzels Fruit Choice
Monday March 7, 2016 Popcorn Chicken Whole Kernel Corn Slice of Whole Wheat Bread Fruit Choice
Tuesday March 8, 2016 Hot Dog on a Bun with Condiments, Vegetarian Baked Beans, Cape Cod R/F Chips, Fruit Choice
Thursday March 3, 2016 Chicken Fajita with Salsa Spanish Rice with Black Beans, Whole Kernel Corn, School Made Corn Bread, Choice of Assorted Fruits
Friday March 4, 2016 Macaroni and Cheese Steamed Broccoli Whole Wheat Roll Choice of Assorted Fruits
Monday March 7, 2016 Combo Basket w/ Chicken Nuggets, Choice of Assorted Fruits, Tator Tots and Mozzarella Sticks, Steamed Green Beans, Whole Wheat Roll Choice of Assorted Fruits
Tuesday March 8, 2016 Shepherd’s Pie Steamed Carrot Coins Homemade Snickerdoodle Bread Choice of Assorted Fruits
Mar 3: Lasagna, Broccoli, Italian Bread Stick, Fruit Cup, Milk
Mar 4: Very Veggie Soup, Crackers, Toasted Cheese on Whole Wheat, Chilled Pears, Milk
Mar 7: Parent- Teacher Conference, No School
Mar 8: 2 hour Early Release, Turkey Sub, Lettuce, 3 Bean Salad, Fruit Choice, Milk
WESTFIELD NORTH & SOUTH MIDDLE SCHOOLS Wednesday March 2, 2016 Honey BBQ Beef Patty on WW bun, Sweet Potato Fries. Steamed Green Beans. Choice of Assorted Fruits
GATEWAY SCHOOLS Mar 2: 1 Fish 2 Fish Goldfish, Baked chips, Baby Carrots, Fresh Fruit, “Oobleck Blue”
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Saints hockey short handed due to ‘clerical error’ By CHRIS PUTZ Staff Writer WEST SPRINGFIELD – The short-handed Saints nearly pulled off a miracle on the ice, but as they learned late Tuesday that would not be their fate. Vinni Criandi scored two goals, Nate Lapine had four points (1 goal, 3 assists), and No. 3 Wahconah skated past sixth-seeded St. Mary 4-1 in a Division 3A boys’ ice hockey tournament opener Tuesday night at The Olympia Ice Center in West Springfield. St. Mary (10-10-1) rallied from a 2-0 deficit with a late first-period goal, courtesy of forward Matt King. The Saints battled hard for the next two periods, attempting to net the equalizer but fell short. Wahconah (15-4-1) scored a pair of empty-netters late. It was a tough loss for some St. Mary faithful to swallow, knowing several key players were sidelined due to suspensions for a disqualification incurred earlier in the season. Four players, including the team’s top two
leading scorers – senior captain Johnathan “Budda” Spear and Shaun Gezotis – sat out Tuesday night’s game due to a clerical error made by the school’s athletic director’s office. According to St. Mary AD Rob Lepage, athletic officials at the school thought each of the players only had to sit out one game, when, in fact, according to Massachusetts Interscholastic Athletic Association rules and regulations, the infraction (suffered during a regular season game against Chicopee) drew a two-game suspension. Because only one game was served during the regular season, the second game was required immediately upon commencement of the postseason. The loss of the players’ services left a bitter taste in the mouth of those closest to the organization. “We’re extremely disappointed,” said Geof Spear, whose son Johnathan was unable to participate in the final game of his high school career. “The kids did nothing wrong,” he said. “They listened to the AD and coaches. Not
one of them knew the correct rules or regulations … They dropped the ball so hard, it’s not funny.” Had either Spear or Gezotis been able to pick up the puck with their sticks in Tuesday night’s contest, the outcome may not have been the same.
“They made it to the playoffs, they busted their asses for what?” Geof Spear said. Rob Lepage issued a statement Sunday night apologizing for the department’s error. The school, nor the coaching staff, have issued any further statements regarding the paperwork snafu to parents, players, or the media.
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2016 HIGH SCHOOL TOURNAMENTS WESTFIELD HIGH SCHOOL
Wednesday, March 2 GIRLS’ ICE HOCKEY DIVISION 2 TOURNAMENT No. 17 Longmeadow-Westfield (11-6-1) at No. 16 Dennis-Yarmouth (13-7-1), Tony Kent Arena, 7 p.m.
Thursday, March 3 BOYS’ ICE HOCKEY WEST DIVISION 3 TOURNAMENT (at the Olympia, West Springfield) No. 4 Westfield (9-10-1) vs. No. 1 Longmeadow (15-4-1), 8 p.m.
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Westfield State lacrosse falls late to WNEU SPRINGFIELD — Senior Taylor Scialdone (Yorktown Heights, N.Y.) scored the go-ahead goal with 2:22 remaining, lifting the Western New England University women's lacrosse team to a 10-9 victory over Westfield State University this afternoon in non-conference action at Golden Bear Stadium. Scialdone led the way for Western New England with a team-high five points (four goals, one assist), while classmates Tori Cirocco (Carmel, N.Y.) and Brooke Kumnick (Granby, Conn.) combined for five goals and two assists. Senior Ashley Brunner (Stratford, Conn.) also chipped in with one goal and one assist as the Golden Bears earned their first victory of the 2016 campaign. Sophomore Shannon McFadden (West Islip, N.Y.) made a game-high ten saves in the cage, improving her record to 1-1. Senior Samantha Lungarini (Agawam, Mass.) had a hand in seven of Westfield State's nine goals, netting three herself while setting up four others. Sophomore Brooke Williams (Wilbraham, Mass.) also finished with three goals, and senior Blair Smith (Milford, Mass.) added two. The Owls employed three different goalies over the course of the contest, with senior Mimi Khampaeng (Hampden, Mass.) taking the loss after allowing six goals on 13 shots in 39:06 of action. Led by a pair of goals from Lungarini, Westfield State jumped out to a 3-0 lead by the 16:27 mark of the first half. Scialdone got the Golden Bears on the board less than a minute later, however, and Western New England dominated the remainder of the period en route to a 5-3 lead at the break. The Golden Bears continued to roll early in the second half, as Brunner, Cirocco and Scialdone each scored over the first 7:25 of the frame to extend Western New England's advantage to five (8-3). Kumnick pushed the margin to six with her fifth goal of the season at the 16:14 mark, but Westfield State would mount a late comeback to pull even. Smith and Williams fueled the Owls' 6-0 rally with a pair of goals each, as the visitors tied the score at 9-9 with 5:49 on the clock. Scialdone spoiled Westfield State's comeback bid, however, scoring her fourth of the game on a feed from Brunner at the 2:22 mark. The Owls' had an opportunity to equalize again with 1:36 remaining, but McFadden was there to thwart the close range attempt. The two teams were even in shots (24-24) and shots on goal (19-19), while Westfield State held a 30-28 edge in ground balls and the Golden Bears owned a 12-9 advantage in draw controls. Western New England (1-1) wraps up its season-opening three-game homestand on Saturday afternoon against Smith, while Westfield State (0-1) returns to action next Wednesday at Mount Holyoke.
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WESTFIELD STATE UNIVERSITY SPRING SCHEDULE 3/9/2016 Women’s Lacrosse at Mount Holyoke College South Hadley, MA 5:00 p.m. 3/12/2016 Baseball vs Dickinson College (DH) Lake Myrtle Park Main Field, Auburndale 9:15 a.m. 3/12/2016 Baseball vs Dickinson College (DH) Lake Myrtle Park Main Field, Auburndale 11:45 a.m. 3/13/2016 Softball vs Stevenson University Clermont, Fla.- Legends Way #2 9:00 a.m. 3/13/2016 Softball vs William Paterson University Clermont, Fla.- Legends Way #4 11:00 a.m. 3/13/2016 Baseball vs Curry College (DH) Chain of Lakes Park Field No. 3, Winter Haven 1:30 p.m. 3/13/2016 Baseball vs Curry College (DH) Chain of Lakes Park Field No. 3, Winter Haven 4:00 p.m. 3/14/2016 Baseball vs Wheaton College (Mass.) Lake Myrtle Park Field No. 8, Auburndale 9:00 a.m. 3/14/2016 Softball vs North Park University Clermont, Fla.- Legends Way #2 9:00 a.m. 3/14/2016 Softball vs Calvin College Clermont, Fla.- Legends Way #2 11:00 a.m. 3/15/2016 Softball vs Heidelberg University Clermont, Fla.- Legends Way #3 9:00 a.m. 3/15/2016 Baseball vs Suffolk University Lake Myrtle Park Field No. 4, Auburndale 9:30 a.m. 3/15/2016 Softball vs The College of New Jersey Clermont, Fla.- Legends Way #4 11:00 a.m. 3/15/2016 Women’s Lacrosse vs Skidmore College Clermont, Fla. 4:00 p.m. 3/17/2016 Women’s Lacrosse vs Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Clermont, Fla. 9:00 a.m. 3/17/2016 Softball vs Fairleigh Dickinson University-Florham Campus Clermont, Fla.- Hancock Park #4 9:00 a.m. 3/17/2016 Baseball vs Stockton University (DH) Lake Myrtle Park Field No. 5, Auburndale 9:30 a.m. 3/17/2016 Softball
vs Clarkson University Clermont, Fla.- Hancock Park #1 11:00 a.m. 3/17/2016 Baseball vs Stockton University (DH) Lake Myrtle Park Field No. 5, Auburndale 12:00 p.m. 3/18/2016 Softball vs Frostburg State University Winter Garden, Fla.- Foundation Academy #1 11:00 a.m. 3/18/2016 Softball vs Macalester College Winter Garden, Fla.- Foundation Academy #1 1:00 p.m. 3/18/2016 Baseball vs The College of New Jersey (DH) Chain of Lakes Park Field No. 5, Winter Haven 1:30 p.m. 3/18/2016 Baseball vs The College of New Jersey (DH) Chain of Lakes Park Field No. 5, Winter Haven 4:00 p.m. 3/19/2016 Baseball vs Lesley University Chain of Lakes Park Field No. 4, Winter Haven 9:30 a.m. 3/22/2016 Baseball at Becker College Worcester, MA 4:00 p.m. 3/22/2016 Women’s Lacrosse vs Keene State Westfield, MA 7:00 p.m. 3/23/2016 Softball vs Bay Path College (DH) Westfield, MA 3:30 p.m. 3/23/2016 Softball vs Bay Path College (DH) Westfield, MA 5:30 p.m. 3/24/2016 Baseball vs Springfield College Westfield, MA 3:30 p.m. 3/24/2016 Women’s Lacrosse vs Lasell College Westfield, MA 7:00 p.m. 3/25/2016 Softball at Worcester Polytechnic Institute (DH) Worcester, MA 3:30 p.m. 3/25/2016 Baseball at Trinity College (Conn.) Highland Park 3:30 p.m. 3/25/2016 Softball at Worcester Polytechnic Institute (DH) Worcester, MA 5:30 p.m. 3/26/2016 Baseball vs Albertus Magnus (DH) Westfield, MA 12:00 p.m. 3/26/2016 Baseball vs Albertus Magnus (DH) Westfield, MA 2:30 p.m.
3/26/2016 Women’s Lacrosse at Nichols College Dudley, MA 2:30 p.m. 3/28/2016 Baseball vs Mitchell College (DH) 1:30 p.m. 3/28/2016 Baseball vs Mitchell College (DH) Westfield, MA 4:00 p.m. 3/29/2016 Softball at Western New England University (DH) Springfield, MA 3:30 p.m. 3/29/2016 Softball at Western New England University (DH) Springfield, MA 5:30 p.m. 3/29/2016 Baseball at UMass Boston Boston, MA 6:00 p.m. 3/29/2016 Women’s Lacrosse vs Johnson & Wales Westfield, MA 7:00 p.m. 3/30/2016 Baseball vs Elms College Westfield, MA 3:30 p.m. 3/31/2016 Softball at Elms College Chicopee, MA 4:00 p.m. 4/2/2016 Women’s Lacrosse at Worcester State Worcester, MA 11:00 a.m. 4/2/2016 Softball vs Bridgewater State (DH) Westfield, MA 12:00 p.m. 4/2/2016 Baseball vs Bridgewater State (DH) Westfield, MA 12:00 p.m. 4/2/2016 Softball vs Bridgewater State (DH) Westfield, MA 2:00 p.m. 4/2/2016 Baseball vs Bridgewater State (DH) Westfield, MA 2:30 p.m. 4/5/2016 Softball vs Smith College (DH) Westfield, MA 3:30 p.m. 4/5/2016 Softball vs Smith College (DH) Westfield, MA 5:30 p.m. 4/5/2016 Women’s Lacrosse at Smith College Northampton, MA 7:00 p.m. 4/6/2016 Baseball vs Williams College
Westfield, MA 4:00 p.m. 4/9/2016 Baseball at Worcester State (DH) Worcester, MA 12:00 p.m. 4/9/2016 Women’s Lacrosse vs Fitchburg State Westfield, MA 12:00 p.m. 4/9/2016 Softball at Worcester State (DH) Worcester, MA 12:00 p.m. 4/9/2016 Softball at Worcester State (DH) Worcester, MA 2:00 p.m. 4/9/2016 Baseball at Worcester State (DH) Worcester, MA 2:30 p.m. 4/10/2016 Baseball vs Clark University Westfield, MA 12:00 p.m. 4/11/2016 Baseball vs United States Coast Guard Academy Westfield, MA 3:30 p.m. 4/12/2016 Men’s Golf at MASCAC Championship Blackstone National CC, Sutton, Mass. 10:00 a.m. 4/12/2016 Softball vs Keene State (DH) Westfield, MA 3:30 p.m. 4/12/2016 Softball vs Keene State (DH) Westfield, MA 5:30 p.m. 4/13/2016 Softball vs Becker College (DH) Westfield, MA 3:30 p.m. 4/13/2016 Baseball at Western New England University Springfield, MA 3:30 p.m. 4/13/2016 Softball vs Becker College (DH) Westfield, MA 5:30 p.m. 4/14/2016 Women’s Lacrosse at Western Connecticut State Danbury, CT 7:00 p.m. 4/16/2016 Softball at Framingham State (DH) Framingham, MA 1:00 p.m. 4/16/2016 Baseball at Framingham State (DH) Framingham, MA 1:00 p.m. 4/16/2016 Baseball at Framingham State (DH) Framingham, MA 3:00 p.m.
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Westfield Tech’s Alex Stepanchuk attempts to turn the corner on Franklin Tech’s defense. (Photo by Chris Putz)
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Westfield Tech’s Matt Wood, center, puts up a one-handed jumper in between the Eagles’ defense Tuesday night in a road playoff game. (Photo by Chris Putz)
By CHRIS PUTZ Staff Writer TURNERS FALLS – The Westfield Technical High School boys’ basketball team had an electric streak to end the regular season. Unfortunately for the Tigers, they could not catch lightning in a bottle this postseason. Colin Gould scored a game-high 16 points and fifth-seeded Franklin Tech held off an extremely scrappy, determined Westfield Tech team (#12 seed), 53-44, in a Division 4 tournament opener Tuesday night. Tim Shevchenko, who got into foul trouble early in the game, nearly single-handedly helped Westfield Tech (11-10) overcome a double-digit deficit with a 11-point, thirdquarter outburst, and Matt Wood pumped in seven in the fourth but it was not enough. Westfield Tech coach Kyle Dulude said his team’s slow start set them back from the outset. “It took a while to get the rust off,” said Dulude, whose team had not played in nearly a week after finishing the regular season on a six-game winning streak. “We came out of half-time, played a great third quarter and then ran out steam.” Westfield Tech rallied from a 26-16 deficit with a 13-0 run to take a 29-26 lead late in the third quarter. Shevchenko scored nine points during the run, in between a pair of two-
pointers from Alex Stepanchuk (8 points), a baseline drive and a one-handed floater. Alex McBurnie brought Franklin Tech (164) within one point with his only basket of the game with 1:26 remaining in the third quarter, an aggressive drive down the lane. Shevchenko responded for Westfield Tech, converting two free throws with 47.4 ticks left in the quarter. Franklin Tech answered back with a 3-pointer from Tyler Hastings (9 points) to send both teams into the final quarter tied at 31-all. Westfield Tech forced some shots on a halfdozen possessions early in the fourth quarter, and found themselves trailing. An 8-0 run from Franklin Tech, fueled by treys from Gould (from beyond the arc) and C.J. Daignault (an and-one), put the Eagles up 46-35 with 4:01 remaining in regulation. The closest Westfield Tech could close the gap to in the final four minutes would be nine points. “Shots did not fall and we didn’t get to the line,” coach Dulude said. Still, Dulude applauded his players for a tremendous effort in their tournament game and a fine effort by showing huge improvement all season. He also commended Luis Santos and Luis Ruiz for solid efforts off the bench. “We never gave up,” Dulude said. “That is the trait and character I will remember.”
Westfield Tech’s Tyler French makes an aggressive move toward the hoop. (Photo by Chris Putz)
Westfield Technical Academy High School boys’ basketball coach Kyle Dulude talks to his players just minutes before tipping off against Franklin County Technical in a Division 4 tournament opener Tuesday night in Turners Falls. (Photo by Chris Putz)
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ARIES (March 21-April 19) HHHH Be willing to take a risk and break past a restriction. A nurturing associate or someone you find to be quite soothing will make a big difference in how you feel. This person’s nurturing translates into you feeling supported. Tonight: Break out of your normal patterns. TAURUS (April 20-May 20) HHHHH Relating to individuals and understanding their reactions could make all the difference. With more insight, you might not be so reactive. Your ingenuity will define your successes or your failures. Listen to a respected friend’s feedback. Tonight: Accept an invitation. GEMINI (May 21-June 20) HHHH Others seek you out. On one level, you might be overwhelmed, but on another level, you might be flattered. You are coming from a place of security, and you can handle the unexpected. A friend could prove to be too much of a distraction. Tonight: Decide who, where and when. CANCER (June 21-July 22) HHHH You know what you want to accomplish, and you have every intention of doing just that. An older relative or friend could send you a mixed message. Your determination could be tested. A close associate or friend will come through for you. Tonight: Just don’t be alone. LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) HHHH You might feel as if you are on cruise control until someone throws you a curveball. You will have to put out fire after another. You have the energy and the wherewithal to handle any problem. Defer to others, if need be. Tonight: Once more, you’ll show off your stuff. VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) HHHH The unexpected occurs when dealing with a partner. This person will be there for you, but he or she tends to be high energy. You can handle it, though. In fact, his or her words and actions might amuse you as well as motivate you. Tonight: A friend goes out of his or her way for you. LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) HHHH Share more of your feelings, and you will learn more information as a result. You might be jolted by some of what you hear. In fact, integrating this information might be difficult for you, as you can see the situation only from your own perspective. Tonight: Return calls first. SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) HHH You can get past a problem if you relax and get past a financial hassle. Your nerves could be frayed by recent events, which could continue. What you are learning is to expect the unexpected. You also are seeing that you can handle nearly anything. Tonight: Trust yourself. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) HHHH You will get past a problem quickly because you are resourceful and open to new ideas. No matter which way you turn, you’ll see a situation differently. Tap into your ingenuity to decide which way to go. You will gain from making the correct choice. Tonight: In the limelight. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) HHHH Stay anchored, knowing that you have had enough change on the homefront. Though you might not be able to stop someone from being who he or she is, you can choose not to react in a negative way. In the long run, this attitude will cause a positive change. Tonight: At home. AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) HHHH Reach out to someone you care about. You might be stunned by this person’s reaction, but you already know how unpredictable he or she can be. Know that more is coming down the pike toward you. A friend will support you in what you want. Tonight: Zero in on what you want. PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20) HHH You might be pushing too hard to get noticed. You could be in a position where you need to accept more of what is happening around you. You will be able to
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Late goal by Bergeron gives Bruins 2-1 win over Flames By DOUG ALDEN Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — On a homestand loaded with Stanley Cup contenders, the Boston Bruins held tight to their tenuous playoff position by edging the Calgary Flames. Patrice Bergeron scored a tiebreaking goal with 3:24 left in the third period and the Bruins hung on to beat the Flames 2-1 on Tuesday night. “We had to make a play at some point. It was late in the game and it was an important goal obviously,” Bergeron said. “We know how hard the schedule is coming up and how important and how tight the standings are.” The Bruins are in the midst of a four-game homestand, their longest of the season and quite possibly the most difficult stretch they’ll have. It started with a 4-1 loss to Tampa Bay on Sunday and resumes Thursday against the Stanley Cup champion Chicago Blackhawks,
followed by the Washington Capitals, who have the best record in the league. The Bruins couldn’t afford to fall to the road-weary Flames, who were coming off a loss at Philadelphia the night before and have lost six in a row. “I don’t think we were as sharp as we needed to be, but it was big for us that we came through on the power play at the end,” said Landon Ferraro, who scored Boston’s other goal. “It was big to get those two points and not have to try and work for the other one in overtime.” There were few chances at either end of the ice. The Flames were the only team to reach double figures in shots during a period, getting 11 on net in the third. The only one to go in was by Jakub Nakladal, whose first career goal tied it at 1-all 5:35 into the period. The Flames picked up the pressure from there, but a costly penalty for too many men on the ice with 4:07 left in the third gave
NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE EASTERN CONFERENCE GP W L OT Pts GF GA Washington 62 46 12 4 96 205 144 Florida 63 36 19 8 80 174 148 N.Y. Rangers 63 37 20 6 80 180 159 Tampa Bay 63 37 22 4 78 175 151 Boston 64 35 23 6 76 197 176 N.Y. Islanders 61 34 20 7 75 174 151 Detroit 63 32 20 11 75 161 163 Pittsburgh 62 32 22 8 72 167 160 Philadelphia 62 29 22 11 69 157 168 Carolina 65 29 26 10 68 158 174 New Jersey 64 30 27 7 67 140 156 Ottawa 64 30 27 7 67 188 200 Montreal 63 30 28 5 65 173 175 Columbus 64 26 30 8 60 167 196 Buffalo 64 25 31 8 58 148 172 Toronto 61 21 30 10 52 147 182 WESTERN CONFERENCE GP W L OT Pts GF GA Chicago 64 39 20 5 83 180 153 Los Angeles 62 37 21 4 78 165 143 Dallas 65 38 20 7 83 209 189 Anaheim 61 34 19 8 76 153 144 St. Louis 66 37 20 9 83 166 162 San Jose 62 34 22 6 74 188 167 Nashville 64 32 21 11 75 172 161 Minnesota 64 29 25 10 68 170 162 Colorado 65 32 29 4 68 175 187 Vancouver 62 24 26 12 60 150 178 Arizona 63 27 30 6 60 168 198 Winnipeg 62 26 32 4 56 161 186 Calgary 63 26 33 4 56 170 197 Edmonton 65 24 34 7 55 158 194 NOTE: Two points for a win, one point for N.Y. Islanders 3, Vancouver 2 overtime loss. Wednesday’s Games Monday’s Games Toronto at Washington, 7 p.m. N.Y. Rangers 2, Columbus 1 Chicago at Detroit, 8 p.m. Philadelphia 5, Calgary 3 Montreal at Anaheim, 10 p.m. Pittsburgh 6, Arizona 0 Thursday’s Games Tampa Bay 2, Toronto 1 Chicago at Boston, 7 p.m. Detroit 3, Dallas 2, OT Calgary at Buffalo, 7 p.m. San Jose 6, Montreal 2 Edmonton at Philadelphia, 7 p.m. Tuesday’s Games N.Y. Rangers at Pittsburgh, 7 p.m. St. Louis 4, Ottawa 3, SO Minnesota at Toronto, 7:30 p.m. Boston 2, Calgary 1 Tampa Bay at Ottawa, 7:30 p.m. Carolina 3, New Jersey 1 New Jersey at Nashville, 8 p.m. Edmonton 2, Buffalo 1, OT N.Y. Islanders at Winnipeg, 8 p.m. Washington 3, Pittsburgh 2 Florida at Colorado, 9 p.m. Nashville 5, Dallas 3 Anaheim at Arizona, 9 p.m. Minnesota 6, Colorado 3 San Jose at Vancouver, 10 p.m. Florida 3, Winnipeg 2 Montreal at Los Angeles, 10:30 p.m.
Westfield Kiwanis Club’s 47th Annual Auction set for March 6 WESTFIELD — Vacation trips and sports tickets are among the wide variety of items up for bid in the Westfield Kiwanis Club’s 47th Annual TV auction on Sunday, March 6, 2016. The auction will be carried live in Westfield and Southwick on Comcast’s community access channel 15, and will be available elsewhere streamed live on the Internet at www.westfield.ma.edu/ kiwanis. The auction is expected to feature merchandise and services worth more than $55,000, all donated by Greater Westfield businesses and other non-profit organizations. Everything will be auctioned to the highest bidders to benefit the children in the Greater Westfield area. “Super Blocks” of big-ticket items such as vacations will be available, as well as two “big blocks” with other high-value items. Potential bidders can apply in advance for an auction speed bid number by emailing auction@westfieldkiwanis.org. and including their name, address and telephone number. The auction supports many community projects and organizations, including the Boys and Girls Club of Greater Westfield, Westfield’s Little League baseball and softball program, sled hockey, and soccer programs. Auction proceeds have also funded the purchase of bicycle helmets for local school children, children’s reading programs at the Westfield Athenaeum and the Southwick Public Library, and “Good Citizen” awards for high school students in Westfield and Southwick. On a global level, auction proceeds are donated to the Eliminate Project, a joint venture between Kiwanis International and UNICEF to eradicate maternal and neo- natal tetanus, which kills over 60,000 children and women each year. The annual Kiwanis auction began on local AM radio in Westfield in 1969. It moved to a televised format more than 20 years ago, when the Westfield cable community access channel became available. Students and faculty from Westfield State University’s communications department provide technical and studio support. Kiwanis is a global organization of volunteers dedicated to improving the world one child and one community at a time. The Westfield Kiwanis Club has proudly been serving the communities of Westfield, Southwick and the Hill Towns of Western Massachusetts since 1922. Kiwanis clubs have long sought to identify and fill the needs of our community’s children and young adults.
The puck goes past Calgary Flames goalie Joni Ortio (37) for a goal by Boston Bruins center Patrice Bergeron (not pictured) as Bruins left wing Loui Eriksson (21) watches in the third period of an NHL hockey game, Tuesday, March 1, 2016, in Boston. The Bruins won 2-1. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola) Boston its fifth power-play opportunity and the Bruins took advantage. “We had too many men. It was the right call,” Calgary coach Bob Hartley said. Joni Ortio had 23 saves for Calgary, but had little chance on either of Boston’s goals, onetimers by Ferraro and Bergeron. “Joni was very solid,” Hartley said. “He got beat by two great shots, so nothing to fault. You know what? I can’t fault the effort all night. A bad break at the end and that cost us the game.” Ferraro gave Boston the lead on a one-timer from the slot off passes from Brett Connolly and Torey Krug 7:05 into the game. Rask had a shutout going until Nakladal scored 5:35 into the third on a slap shot from the top of the left circle. Jyrki Jokipakka and Michael Frolik assisted. The Flames, who lost in Philadelphia 5-3 on Monday night, kept it close early with defense. Calgary held Boston to five shots in the first and nine in the second as the Flames regained their strength.
Nakladal’s goal gave Calgary a lift and the Flames nearly took a lead a few minutes later, but Rask stopped Michael Ferland three times as he attempted to swipe in a rebound from in front of the crease. “A lot of times when we create scoring chances then we give up a lot,” Rask said. “Today we didn’t create a lot, we didn’t give up a lot and we ended up winning, which is a great sign.” Notes: Boston RW Lee Stempniak, acquired Monday in a deal with New Jersey, played for his ninth team. ... Boston was without LW Zac Rinaldo, who was suspended Tuesday for five games for a hit on Lightning F Cedric Paquette on Sunday. ... C Noel Acciari, recalled from AHL Providence, made his NHL debut. ... Calgary D Jyrki Jokipakka, acquired from Dallas on Monday, played his first game with the Flames. ... Boston coach Claude Julien entered the game two wins away from tying Art Ross for the most regular-season victories in Bruins history (387).
Boston Bruins left wing Matt Beleskey (39) makes contact with Calgary Flames goalie Joni Ortio (37) in the second period of an NHL hockey game, Tuesday, March 1, 2016, in Boston. Beleskey was called for goaltender interference. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola)
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ONE CALL DOES IT ALL! We are a family owned and operated, painting and home improvement company serving the Westfield area since 1986. We specialize in residential/commercial, exterior/interior painting and staining, ceiling and drywall repairs, water damage repair, exterior home repairs, and carpentry of all types.
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25 years experience Including aluminum siding. Commercial & Residential. Water damage repairs, ceiling, wall and exterior repairs. Power washing. FOR FREE ESTIMATE call: Ken 568-5146
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WESTFIELD: Beautiful, 2 bedroom townhouse. Clean, quiet, 1-1/2 baths, carpeting, appliances, hot water included. Sorry no pets. $875. (860)485-1216. Equal Housing Opportunity
WESTFIELD 1&2 bedroom apartments, rent includes heat and hot water. Excellent size and location. No dogs. Call weekdays (413)786-9884.
WESTFIELD- 1 BEDROOM, kitchen and bath. $700 p/month. All utilities included. No Pets. First, last and security. 413-250-4811
WESTFIELD: Very clean & spacious 2 bedroom, 2nd floor. Centrally located. Central A/C, new fuel efficient furnace for low utility bills. Washer/Dryer on-site. Off-street parking. Plenty of storage. Requires approved application and credit check. $850 p/month plus utilities. First/Last/Security. No smoking, no pets. Call Mike: 413-297-0995
HUNTINGTON 1 room with heat, hot water, cable TV, air conditioning, refrigerator and microwave included. $110/week. Call (413)531-2197.
CONDO FOR RENT WESTFIELD: Newly renovated 2-bedroom Condo. $850/month heat included. For sale or rent. Call (860)207-0800.
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5 ROOM, 3 bedroom, completely renovated Westfield/Russell area, country setting. NEW stove, refrigerator and heating unit. Large yard, parking. $950 p/month. No pets please. Call today, won't last. Available immediately (413)348-3431
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