Tyler Lederer

AGAWAM — The Agawam City Council recently voted unanimously to re-establish a sister city relationship with Reggio Calabria, a city at the southern tip of the Italian peninsula.

Mayor Christopher Johnson, center, cuts the ribbon on Way Finders’ Rosewood Way affordable housing complex.

WESTFIELD — Could Westfield high school students, even those not on the path to health care jobs, be trained to administer a drug that can reverse an opioid overdose?

MassDOT officials had a muted response to the idea of an East-West Rail stop in the now-vacant train station in Westfield, according to Mayor Michael McCabe.

WESTFIELD — Pranks, alcohol and infidelity are running themes in “The Bat's Revenge,” based on the German-language operetta “Die Fledermaus,” the Westfield State University Music Theatre Workshop's fall 2024 production.

Westfield State University’s Alumni Relations and Office of Veteran and Military Services will host a free screening of “Honor Flight: the Movie” at 6 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 7, at the Dever Stage Auditorium.

| WESTFIELD — In a Nov. 1 ceremony at the Westfield Senior Center, Mayor Michael McCabe announced that this year's Volunteer of the Year awards go to Cheryl and Brian Richards, and Bill Westerlind.

A selection of paintings is displayed at Cooper’s Commons as part of the Agawam Community Artists and Artisan’s “Art in Motion” exhibit. Suzanne DiSessa’s “Beached” is in the bottom right.

State Sen. John Velis speaks at the Oct. 25 Greater Westfield Chamber of Commerce legislative luncheon, flanked by fellow panelists state Rep. Kelly Pease, left, and Westfield Mayor Michael McCabe, right.

WEST SPRINGFIELD — The Zoning Board of Appeals denied a variance to WS Coliseum Inc. for a proposed Riverdale Street cannabis dispensary, refusing to waive a requirement that marijuana retail stores be at least 1,300 feet apart from each other.