Westfield, Massachusetts

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• House fire in Wesfield Wed. morning
  

  Firefighters braved fire and ice to battle a house fire in Westfield Wednesday morning.

• Westfield sex offender gets 2 years for exposing himself twice in public
  

  By BUFFY SPENCER bspencer@repub.com SPRINGFIELD - A 40-year-old Westfield man with a history of indecent behavior in public dating back more than two decades must serve two years in jail.

• Westfield State College students find new pattern with numbers
  

  Westfield State College math students Michael E. Guenette and Jeffrey P. Vanasse, from left, show their discovery in number theory to advisors Julian F. Fleron and Marcus A. Jaiclin By STAN FREEMAN ...

• Agawam City Council OKs emergency repairs to sewer main that crosses Westfield River
  

  By DAVID BERGENGREN dbergengren@repub.com AGAWAM - City councilors say they had little choice but to vote Monday to authorize the borrowing of an additional $400,000 to cover the cost of emergency repairs to a ...

• Work continues on Westfield bridge project
  

  By TED LaBORDE tlaborde@repub.com WESTFIELD - Construction crews will work throughout the winter months on the $60 million Great River Bridge project over the Westfield River at North Elm Street.

• New Jersey management firm to temporarily take over operation of Barnes Municipal Airport
  

  By TED LaBORDE tlaborde@repub.com WESTFIELD - A New Jersey management firm will be hired at a cost of $3,000 a week to oversee operations at Barnes Municipal Airport until a new airport manager is hired.

• Quick-moving storm to dump six inches of snow
  

  By GEORGE GRAHAM ggraham@repub.com SPRINGFIELD - The first flakes of the year's last snowstorm are beginning to slick Western Massachusetts roads.

• Agawam police believe man who robbed Westfield bank may have been involved in other robberies
  

  This is an image from a surveillance camera of a man police say held up a TD Banknorth branch in Chicopee on Dec.

• Springfield police charge two Westfield men with home invasion on Malibu Drive
  

  Springfield police arrested two Westfield men Sunday night and charged them with invading a home on Malibu Drive.

• Shadows Fall rocks Pearl Street
  

  Although Springfield-based metal heroes Shadows Fall may be signed to a major record label and they have toured the world many times over, they refuse to forget their roots.

• Massachusetts Turnpike closed in Russell for two hour following tanker truck brake fire
  

  By GEORGE GRAHAM ggraham@repub.com RUSSELL - State police closed the Massachusetts Turnpike in both directions for two hours this morning after a brake fire on a tanker truck threatened its potentially ...

• Winter Storm
  

  The most intense snowfall rates are about over for Western Massachusetts, but there still will be lingering snow showers, complete with some additional accumulations.

• Search for Westfield Auto Parts robber
  

  Westfield Police need your help in identifying the suspect of a business robbery.

• Chief arraigned on manslaughter charge
  

  Pelham's police chief was arraigned on an involuntary manslaughter charge in connection with the accidental shooting death of an 8-year-old boy.

• Medical group boosts toy fund
  

  A medical group's annual holiday party will help make Christmas morning bright for families struggling to make ends meet in a cheerless economy.

• Crash slows traffic on Mass Pike
  

  A single car accident has slowed traffic eastbound on the Massachusetts Turnpike.

• Westfield youth pleads innocent to vehicular homicide
  

  Alexander Merkulov leaves Westfield District Court after his arraignment on vehicular homicide and other charges Tuesday.

• Two plead not guilty in boy's Uzi death
  

  Two men accused of providing machine guns to a show where an 8-year-old fatally shot himself with an Uzi have pleaded not guilty to involuntary manslaughter.

• Westfield horse shot in the face
  

  A horse in Westfield is recovering after being shot in the face. The horse's owner, Sean Sullivan of Westfield, told 22News he was in his barn late Saturday afternoon when his neighbors called him to say one of ...

City Description

Westfield is a city in Hampden County, in the Pioneer Valley of western Massachusetts, United States. It is part of the Springfield, Massachusetts Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 40,072 at the 2000 census. The ZIP Code is 01085 for homes and businesses, 01086 for Westfield State College and U.S. Post Office boxes. The area was originally inhabited by the Pocomtuc tribe, and was called Woronoco (meaning "the winding land"). Trading houses were built in 1639-40 by settlers from the Connecticut Colony. Massachusetts asserted jurisdiction, and prevailed after a boundary survey. In 1647, Massachusetts made Woronoco part of Springfield, Massachusetts. Land was incrementally purchased from the Indians and granted by the Springfield town meeting to English settlers, beginning in 1658. The area of Woronoco or "Streamfield" began to be permanently settled in the 1660s. In 1669 (OS), "Westfield" was incorporated as an independent town; in 1920, it would be re-incorporated as a city. From its founding until 1725, Westfield was the westernmost settlement in Massachusetts Colony. Town meetings were held in a church meeting house until 1839 when Town Hall was erected on Broad

City Contained By:

• Hampden County
• Massachusetts

City Contains:

• Provin Mountain
• East Mountain

Timezones:

• North American Eastern Time Zone

Size:

• 122.506437619 km squared

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