Cliff Clark

SOUTHWICK — To help fund the town's celebration of America's 250th birthday on Saturday, Aug. 29, the Southwick Civic Fund recently announced that a donor had pledged to match every dollar raised for the celebration up to $20,000.

It's probably a good thing that much of the area is experiencing drought conditions, since work can’t start on repairing the leaking exterior brickwork of Southwick's Town Hall until as much as $1.3 million is allocated for it during an upcoming Town Meeting.

SOUTHWICK — The new owners of Taina's Banquet Hall are holding a back-to-school community event on Sunday, Aug. 16, to help students get the tools they need when classes start in a few weeks.

A convicted sex offender who had failed to register in Westfield was arrested on charges including failure to register, reckless endangerment of a child and assault with a deadly weapon after barricading himself inside a home for nearly two hours while threatening suicide, according to court records.

Southwick's Select Board was supposed to discuss the possibility of renewing the personal contract with Town Accountant Laura Fletcher at its meeting Monday, but couldn’t after learning the contract couldn’t be renewed without a performance evaluation.

Police said that a woman and teenager on a bicycle were seriously injured in two separate incidents Tuesday in Westfield after being struck by vehicles, including one at the crosswalk on Franklin Street where a wheelchair-bound man was struck and killed in 2024.

WESTFIELD — Police said that a woman and a teenager on a bicycle were seriously injured in two separate incidents on Aug. 4 after being struck by vehicles, including one at the crosswalk on Franklin Street, where a wheelchair-bound man was struck and killed in 2024.

During the Southwick Select Board meeting earlier this week, a resident asked about the future of the fiber optic network pilot project if it doesn’t reach a participation rate of 50%.

Using two examples of businesses and food trucks not following the town’s food truck permitting process, Southwick's health director has asked the Board the Health to draft rules that would possibly establish fines for violating the rules.

The owner of a home on South Road in Southwick was issued an enforcement order by the Conservation Commission for sediment flow from his property that inundated a protected wetland area after a heavy rainstorm Monday.