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‘Retire the Fire!’

Electrical and Home Heating Safety

By TINA GORMAN Executive Director Westfield Council On Aging In the last five years, Massachusetts fire departments responded to 2,730 home fires caused by electrical problems.

These fires caused 41 civilian deaths, 111 civilian injuries, 275 fire service injuries, and one firefighter death. Electrical fires are one of the leading causes of fire deaths to older adults. Fortunately, basic strat- TINA GORMAN egies can be implemented to avoid such tragedies.

It is important not to overload outlets and power strips. One appliance should be used per outlet, especially if it is a heat-generating appliance. Electrical cords should not be run under rugs or be pinched by furniture. Extension cords should be used temporarily.

They are not designed for long-term or permanent use.

Every ten years, it is advantageous to have a licensed electrician inspect your electrical system. Small modifications can be made to keep the system current with your home’s electrical needs.

Natural gas and fuel oil are efficient home heating options. However, precautions should be taken to assure that everyone in the home remains safe. If you heat with gas, have your furnace and water heater professionally checked each year. Do not use or store gasoline or painting supplies inside where they can be ignited by the pilot light. Gas leaks can be dangerous.

If you smell something like rotten eggs or you think there might be a leak, move outdoors, do not smoke or turn on or off electrical switches, and dial 9-1-1 immediately. Oil furnaces should be professionally serviced every year. The tank should remain above one-quarter full. If the oil burner releases smoke or soot in the house, call for service.

Fires caused by space heaters can be deadly. Space heaters should not be used as the primary source of heating a house or apartment. Such heaters need at least three feet of space from anything that can burn.

Only heavy-duty extension cords should be used.

Finally and very importantly, space heaters should be turned off before going to bed or leaving the home.

Carbon monoxide is often referred to as the “silent killer.” Heating equipment is the leading source of carbon monoxide in the home. It is important to have carbon monoxide detectors on every level of your home. Gas stoves and ovens should never be used as a source of heat. Appliance vents and exhaust pipes should be kept clear of drifting snow and bushes.

Remember that many household items can catch fire easily. Common flammable materials include curtains, rugs, clothing, furniture, magazines, papers, and bedding. Keep items that can catch fire three feet away from space heaters, fireplaces, stoves, and furnaces. With some basic precautions, Westfield’s older adults can keep warm and stay safe.

“Conscience is the perfect i nterpreter of life.”

— KARL BARTH

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Town of Granville files injunction against SouthwickTolland-Granville Regional School District

Huntington town clerk Andrea McKittrick and assistant clerk Kathleen Thomas.

Huntington losing key officials

By AMY PORTER Correspondent HUNTINGTON – Two key public servants turned in their resignations at Huntington’s Board of Selectmen meeting on Wednesday. A letter was read from town clerk, collector and Board of Registrar member Andrea McKittrick, announcing her resignation with “a heavy heart” from all three roles effective March 20, and citing family health concerns.

During the meeting, selectman Jeffrey McKittrick announced that he would be stepping down as chair of the Board, chief procurement officer and member of the FRTA due to health concerns. McKittrick said he would remain on the Board on a limited basis until his three-year term ends on June 30. He said a phone call policy that is in place will allow him to participate when he is unable to attend meetings.

The position of town clerk for one year will be determined in the town election on May 20, as will the three-year term of selectman, and the two-year term remaining from selectman John McVeigh’s recent resignation, effective June 30, to pursue a higher education degree. That will leave Ed Renauld as the only current member to remain on the Board July 1.

Other open positions that will be decided in this year’s town election include three-year terms on the Board of Assessors, Board of Health, School Committee, Water/Sewer Committee, Whiting Street Fund, Library Board, Hampshire Council of Governments, Pettis Fund, and Constable; as well as one year terms as Tree Warden and Moderator.

Wednesday, prior to the start of the meeting, town treasurer Aimee Burnham discussed how to fill the duties of Andrea McKittrick prior to the election. A decision was made and voted on during the meeting to offer the position of interim town clerk to Kathleen Thomas, who has served as assistant town clerk for the past seven years. Thomas accepted, and will serve from March 20 until June 30.

Burnham also offered to serve as interim collector until a new collector may be hired. Burnham is a bonded employee, and said she is able to add to her bond to serve as interim collector. Burnham also recommended See Huntington, Page 3

Airport commission discusses US National Guard, noise mitigation

By DAN DESROCHERS Correspondent WESTFIELD–A request from a city councilor regarding the US National Guard and an update on the noise mitigation plan were the two main highlights at last night’s Barnes Regional Airport Commission meeting.

The request of the committee was from ward 6 councilor Bill Onyski, who requested additional information about what regulations the airport has over the Guard, particularly when it came to The control tower and a plane hangar at Barnes. (Photo credit: Dan Desrochers) chemicals on airport grounds. As for the Onyski requested information on the “air- of time, among other sources–Onyski said noise mitigation updates, it was said port’s stance for what the Guard can have on that it extends beyond that. that the Federal Aviation Administration Onyski was clear in saying that he did not (FAA) has said they would be allowing grounds” and if there was an agreement in place regarding this.

And although this may expect an answer on it right away but wantthe testing of three individual homes, have been predominantly inspired by the ed to make it public. Eric Billowitz, airport which was previously not being done due to the noise mitigation plan relying recent water contamination in the city of manager for Barnes, said that he would find perflourinated chemicals (PFCs)–a group of an answer but his initial response spoke to on maps and data.

“The question is ‘who is watching the chemicals that are found in stain-resistant where the Guard gets their orders from. guard’,” Onyski said at the meeting last upholstry and firefighting foams, like the kind that was housed at Barnes for a period See Airport Commission, Page 5 night.

By GREG FITZPATRICK Correspondent GRANVILLE – In a court document obtained by The Westfield News, the town of Granville through its Board of Selectmen and Town Counsel KP LAW, has filed a preliminary injunction against the Southwick-Tolland-Granville Regional School District (STGRSD) citing breach of contract over See Granville, Page 3

Recommendations related to Barnes Aquifer possibly coming from BAPAC

By DAN DESROCHERS Correspondent WESTFIELD—The Barnes Aquifer Protection Advisory Committee (BAPAC) is expected to give recommendations to the city soon in an attempt to improve the protection of the Barnes Aquifer and other water sources.

The members of BAPAC will be drafting a letter with their recommendations they decided at their regularly scheduled meeting Tuesday. The recommendations discussed at the meeting would be made to try and influence changes to the city’s zoning ordinances.

See BAPAC, Page 3

Road project set to begin next week

By GREG FITZPATRICK Correspondent SOUTHWICK – According to a press release published by the Southwick DPW, the Feeding Hills Rd. construction project will get underway the week of March 13.

The Massachusetts Department of Transportation is overseeing the project and paying for the estimated $3.97 million construction and Baltazar Construction out of Ludlow is the contractor.

DPW Director Randy Brown said that they are playing a role in the project.

“We’re just involved to provide some local support and input to Mass DOT and the contractor,” said Brown.

The Feeding Hills Rd. project will include three different parts. Widening roads and putting in lefthanded turning lanes is the first aspect. The roads that will have this work done are at Feeding Hills Rd. and Powder Mill Rd., Rebecca Lobo Drive, Hudson Drive, and North Longyard Rd. Having the signals and left-handed turning lanes is important for those intersections that see a lot of traffic.

“Those intersections are difficult to navigate especially during rush hours,” said Brown. “It will certainly improve the traffic flow.”

Baltazar Construction will also make draining improvements along Feeding Hills Rd. from Powder Mill Rd. to Hudson Dr. There will also be another one installed in the North Longyard section.

The third and final addition to the project will feature new sidewalks and bike lanes along Feeding See Road Projects, Page 5

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From the desk of Stefan Czaporowski, Superintendent of Schools

March is Literacy Month across the country, and there is no better time to celebrate the progress in literacy instruction that is being made in Westfield Public Schools. Our 2017 District Literacy Action Plan has been approved by the School Committee and is available to review on our WPS website under the “District” tab. This five-year plan outlines our five goals in the areas of leadership, assessment, instruction, staff development, and student support. These new goals, created with input from over 50 representatives of our educational community, build upon the success of our previous five year plan. We continue to provide students, teachers, and principals the support they need as we move forward in all things literacy.

Unlike math which builds on one concept after another, literacy is cumulative and begins at birth. Virtually everything a child sees and hears contributes to his or her ability to read. A child in a home filled with books, who is read to and well-spoken to on a consistent basis, and who is given opportunities to explore parks, wander museums, and interact with the world enters formal education with a great advantage in vocabulary and experience.

This prior knowledge allows them to create greater meaning from new learning experiences. Those children who come to school with learning gaps and vocabulary deficits begin their formal education at a disadvantage, and our schools attempt to address these

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gaps before they become too wide to overcome.

When students enter kindergarten, they are learning to read, but by the time students reach third grade, they should be reading to learn.

Westfield Public Schools is committed to our literacy initiatives that address not only reading and writing, but also include the skills of speaking and listening and understanding the power of language. Over the past five years we have created foundational documents such as “Accountable Talk Charts” and writing rubrics that align with our 2011 Massachusetts Curriculum Frameworks for ELA and Literacy.

We have implemented classroom structures at the elementary level that ensure all students receive small group direct instruction on a daily basis. We have introduced a writing program at the K-2 level entitled Written Expression that gets to the heart of constructing language, and we build upon that knowledge with theEmpowering Writers program at the 3-5 grade levels.

We have also reconfigured our summer reading program at the secondary level, where we now set aside time to celebrate books through school-wide book discussions and activities.

The middle schools and high schools vary in approach, but each maintains the same goals: to inspire a life-long love of reading and promote literacy skills. Many students have returned to school excited to share their books. Even students who claim to “hate reading” have found

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books that they have enjoyed cover to cover due to a peer or teacher recommendation. And, as research tells us, there is a significant “summer slide” when it comes to learning. Asking students to explore books during the months of summer is one way to deter this academic gap.

Our five year WPS District Literacy Action Plan focuses our efforts on writing in a variety of genres across the curriculum, with anemphasis on argument writing at the secondary level. Within the writing process, our students compare strong and weak arguments, learn to evaluate sources for their credibility, and look at data for its validity.

They are taught to compose arguments that are supported by strong reasons and evidence and use sound explanations and reasoning to express why their argument is worthy. Ultimately, students should be able to apply these analytical skills and concepts to their own decision making process when they venture into higher education and/or the work force.

In this fast paced, ever-changing world, the thoughts of diplomat and Nobel Peace Prize recipient Koffi Annan remain steadfast: “Literacy is…the road to human progress and the means through which every man, woman, and child can realize his or her full potential.” Literacy is the single most important skill necessary to function effectively in school, the work place and society, and Westfield Public Schools is committed to assisting our students in the development of these vital skills.

ODDS & ENDS Maine prisons no longer require visitors to remove bras WARREN, Maine (AP) — Maine’s corrections commissioner has ordered state prison workers to stop making women remove their bras to go through screening to visit inmates.

Commissioner Joseph Fitzpatrick says he didn’t know that women were being required to remove undergarments after the bras apparently set off metal detectors. The commissioner says he became aware of the complaints through news media reports.

He said he had not received any formal complaints.

He declined a request for further comment from The Associated Press.

In 2015, female lawyers visiting clients at the Cumberland County Jail in Portland lodged complaints after being required to remove their underwire bras before they could meet with their clients.

That policy was later rescinded, as well.

STEFAN CZAPOROWSKI Superintendent of Schools

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TODAY IN HISTORY

Today is Thursday, March 9, the 68th day of 2017. There are 297 days left in the year.

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n March 9, 1841, the U.S. Supreme Court, in United States v. The Amistad, ruled in favor of a group of Africans captured by U.S. authorities after they had seized control of a Spanish schooner, La Amistad, that was transporting them to a life of slavery in Cuba; the justices ruled, 7-1, that the Africans had been illegally enslaved, and should be set free.

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libeled in their official capacity by news organizations.

In 1977, about a dozen armed Hanafi Muslims invaded three buildings in Washington, D.C., killing one person and taking more than 130 hostages. (The siege ended two days later.)

In 1987, Chrysler Corp. announced it had agreed to buy the financially ailing American Motors Corp.

In 1796, the future emperor of the French, Napoleon Bonaparte, married Josephine de Beauharnais. (The couple later divorced.)

In 1992, former Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin died in Tel Aviv at age 78.

In 1862, during the Civil War, the ironclads USS Monitor and CSS Virginia (formerly USS Merrimac) clashed for five hours to a draw at Hampton Roads, Virginia.

In 1997, gangsta rapper The Notorious B.I.G. (Christopher Wallace) was killed in a still-unsolved drive-by shooting in Los Angeles; he was 24. French journalist Jean-Dominique Bauby, 44, died at a hospital outside Paris just after publication of his book “The Diving Bell and the Butterfly,” which he’d dictated by blinking his left eyelid after being almost totally paralyzed by a stroke.

In 1907, Indiana’s General Assembly passed America’s first involuntary sterilization law, one aimed at “confirmed criminals, idiots, imbeciles, and rapists” in state custody. (This law was struck down in 1921 by the Indiana Supreme Court, but a new law was passed in 1927 that was repealed in 1974.)

In 1916, more than 400 Mexican raiders led by Pancho Villa attacked Columbus, New Mexico, killing 18 Americans. During the First World War, Germany declared war on Portugal.

In 1933, Congress, called into special session by President Franklin D. Roosevelt, began its “hundred days” of enacting New Deal legislation.

In 1945, during World War II, U.S. B-29 bombers began launching incendiary bomb attacks against Tokyo, resulting in an estimated 100,000 deaths.

In 1954, CBS newsman Edward R. Murrow critically reviewed Wisconsin Sen. Joseph R. McCarthy’s anti-communism campaign on “See It Now.” In 1964, the U.S. Supreme Court, in New York Times Co. v. Sullivan, raised the standard for public officials to prove they’d been

TEN YEARS AGO: Attorney General Alberto Gonzales and FBI Director Robert S. Mueller (MUHL’-ur) acknowledged the FBI had improperly used the USA Patriot Act to secretly pry out personal information about Americans; they apologized and vowed to prevent further illegal intrusions. Former FBI agent Robert Levinson went missing after checking out of a hotel on Iran’s Kish (kihsh) Island a day before his 59th birthday; his fate remains unknown. Brad Delp, lead singer for the band Boston, was found dead in his southern New Hampshire home; he was 55.

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A high-profile international mission to end the Syrian crisis stumbled before it began as the opposition rejected calls by U.N. envoy Kofi Annan for dialogue with President Bashar Assad as pointless and out of touch after a year of violence. Lindsey Vonn of the United States won the World Cup giant slalom race in Are, Sweden to clinch her fourth overall title.

ONE YEAR AGO: Six days before the Florida primary, Democrats Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders tangled in an intense debate in Miami over who was the true friend of American Hispanics, and had even worse things to say about Republican front-runner Donald Trump.

During a Trump rally in Fayetteville, North Carolina, John Franklin McGraw struck protester Rakeem Jones as Jones was being removed by sheriff’s deputies (McGraw, who later apologized for his actions, received a 30-day suspended sentence). Five people, including a pregnant woman, were shot to death in an ambush during a cookout in Wilkinsburg, a suburb of Pittsburgh; two suspects have been charged. A man convicted of killing five people, including his ex-wife, in a 1997 shooting rampage near Houston, was executed by the state of Texas.

TODAY’S BIRTHDAYS: Former Sen. James L. Buckley, Conservative-N.Y., is 94. Singeractress Keely Smith is 89. Singer Lloyd Price is 84. Actress Joyce Van Patten is 83. Country singer Mickey Gilley is 81. Actress Trish Van Devere is 76. Singer-musician John Cale (The Velvet Underground) is 75. Singer Mark Lindsay (Paul Revere and the Raiders) is 75. Former ABC anchorman Charles Gibson is 74. Rock musician Robin Trower is 72. Singer Jeffrey Osborne is 69. Country musician Jimmie Fadden (The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band) is 69. Actress Jaime Lyn Bauer is 68. Magazine editor Michael Kinsley is 66. TV newscaster Faith Daniels is 60. Actress Linda Fiorentino is 59. Actor Tom Amandes is 58. Actor-director Lonny Price is 58. Country musician Rusty Hendrix (Confederate Railroad) is 57.

Actress Juliette Binoche is 53. Rock musician Robert Sledge (Ben Folds Five) is 49. Rock musician Shannon Leto (30 Seconds to Mars) is 47. Rapper C-Murder (AKA C-Miller) is 46. Actor Emmanuel Lewis is 46. Actress Jean Louisa Kelly is 45. Actor Kerr Smith is 45. Actor Oscar Isaac is 38. Rapper Chingy is 37. Actor Matthew Gray Gubler is 37. Rock musician Chad Gilbert (New Found Glory) is 36. Roots rock musician Ben Tanner (Alabama Shakes) is 34. Actress Brittany Snow is 31. Rapper Bow Wow is 30. Rapper YG is 27. Actor Luis Armand Garcia is 25. Actress Cierra Ramirez is 22.

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GOVERNMENT MEETINGS THURSDAY, MARCH 9

HUNTNGTON Planning Board at 7:15 pm

SOUTHWICK Select Board Work Session at 5:30 pm Canal Restoration Subcommittee at 6:30 pm Lake Management Committee at 7 pm

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BLANDFORD Selectmen’s Meeting at 7 pm Zoning Board Meeting at 7 pm

TOLLAND Men’s Coffee at PSC Building at 7:45 am Board of Selectmen at 5 pm

CHESTER Selectmen’s Meeting at 6 pm Board of Health Meeting at 6 pm

City Street Snow Parking Ban details WESTFIELD — The City Of Westfield has an On-Street Snow Ban Parking Policy during plowable snowstorms.

Motorists are not allowed to park on the city streets from the beginning of a parking ban announcement until after the storm ceases and the plowing has been completed on the streets.

Announcement of a parking ban is done on the Local Cable Access Channel 15, Westfield News Group Facebook page, as well as, TV Stations WWLP22 And WBGY 40 and finally, local radio stations, WMAS, WHYN, WNNZ. When a parking ban is called motorists must obey the policy or they will be subject to towing and a parking violation.

When a snowstorm is anticipated to begin during the night, motorists who park their vehicles overnight on the street in front of their residence should move their vehicles off the street prior to retiring for the night.

Motorists who use the downtown core streets for business parking during a snow ban must park in on of the city’s offstreet parking lots. the off-street lots are free during snow bans from 9am to 5pm only. this action will allow the streets to be plowed and prvent motorists from being towed and receiving parking violations.

Motorists may call the following offices or go on the city’s website for confirmattion of a parking ban.

• Public Works 572-6267 • Parking Clerk 572-6202 Press 2 • Police Dept 562-5411 Ext 8 • Mayor 572-6201 • City Website – Www.Cityofwestfield.Org Announcement of a parking ban is reported by the following: • Local Cable Access Channel 15 • Tv Stations WWLP22, CMS3, ABC40 & FOX6 • The Local Radio Stations Wmas, Whyn, Wnnz • City Website – Www.Cityofwestfield.Org • Westfield News Group Facebook page

Putz’s Ultimate Sports Challenge Due to the overwhelming popularity of our “Beat ‘The Putz’” pro football contest, we are about to give readers of The Westfield News sports pages something more. Beginning later this month, area sports fans will have a chance to put their sports knowledge to the test with our brand new contest, “Putz’s Ultimate Sports Challenge.” Pick the winner from each of the four men’s PGA Tour Majors, NASCAR’s biggest races, the Triple Crown, and the NCAA Division I men’s basketball Final Four. Win prizes weekly and compete for our overall grand prize. Putz’s Ultimate Sports Challenge began with the Daytona 500 February 26 and will end with the PGA Championship in August. Look for contest forms in future Sports Pages.

THOM Child & Family Services Painting Fundraiser

A fundraiser for THOM Child & Family Services of Westfield will take place Friday March 10th at 6:00PM at Raymour & Flanigan in West Springfield. A crowd of 100 plus is expected to participate in the painting, which is being done by Paint Social Art, and the food that is being generously donated by Monica Hannoush of the Shortstop Bar & Grill.

Established in 1921, THOM Child & Family Services helps families through comprehensive, high-quality early n You Help Sarah? intervention programs that are able to minimize the effects of medical and environmental risks, diagnosed disabilities and developmental delays of children.

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splitting the position into that of a collector and an assis-

www.sarahgillett.org tant collector for the town, in order to avoid losing continuity

if someone leaves.

Burnham suggested forming a hiring committee for the collector’s position as soon as possible, and asking the new members of the Select Board to serve on the committee following the town election on May 20, and prior to their assumption of office on July 1, in order to speed up the process. Renauld said he would form the committee following the town election, and invite whoever is elected to serve on it.

Burnham also said a turnover audit will be required after the new collector is hired.

Papers for all open seats in the town are available from now until March 29. The only requirements to run for office being a registered voter in Huntington. nt are To residency Know A and Secret?

Southwick-Tolland-Granville Regional Schools Superintendent Jen Willard. (WNG File Photo)

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the district’s decision to close the Granville Village School.

The injunction is regarding the Feb. 8 school committee vote that was in favor of closing the Granville Village School and will result in the dispersing of those Granville students to either attend either Woodland School or Powder Mill School for the upcoming 2017-18 school year.

The document states that in October 2011 an agreement was implemented that stated the district would consist of four schools, one of which being the Granville Village School.

That agreement reportedly contained language that indicated the STGRSD would lease the Granville school for 20 years and “shall pay all expenses of maintaining and operat[ing] the [Village School] and keeping it in good repair during the term [of the lease] and shall insure at its expense the premises.”

One of the concerns with parents of students of the Granville Village School was that the repairs promised to that school in the agreement have not been done and the school district is stating that funds are not available for those repairs which is a factor in the decision to close the school.

Additionally, part of the suit states that residents of Granville were encouraged to approve the creation of a regional school district and by doing so Massachusetts School Building Authority (MSBA) funds of $600,000 would be designated to “make repairs to the Granville Village School, including but not limited to a new roof and windows.”

To date, the roof and windows have not been repaired.

The court documents also refer to a clause in the October 2011 agreement that states no school can be closed unless their is a majority vote of the district’s school committee and only if it is determined to be “extraordinary circumstances,” a claim the plaintiffs say has not been proven.

Granville Selectman Chairman David Ripley feels that the injunction wasn’t the option they wanted, but it’s one the town now has to take.

“It’s unfortunate this is the path that we had to go down,” said Ripley. “It really left the town of Granville no choice.”

Looking at all the complaints that the town of Granville has filed, Ripley just wants the town to get back what they believe is theirs.

“We’re looking to complete repairs that were promised to be done by the District in our minds,” said Ripley.

S o u t h w i c k - To l l a n d - G r a n v i l l e Regional School Superintendent Jennifer Willard said that the school district is not making a comment directly towards the situation at this time, but did say, “Any decision we’ve ever made has been in the best interest of our school district,” said Willard.

Willard then went on to say that the Helps Seniors school Sarah district will have more to comment after next Tuesday when the injunction goes before a judge at Hampden Superior Court.

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“We really want to strengthen protection,” Patty Gamborini, BAPAC member, said.

Gamborini outlined several portions of the Westfield zoning ordinance where changes could occur to improve protection of the aquifer, specifically in Article III, Sect. 3-170, of the Westfield zoning ordinance, titled the “water resource protection district.”

According to the ordinance, this district was made to: “[P]romote the health, safety and general welfare of the community; to protect, preserve and maintain the public water supply and the lands that contribute to it; to conserve the natural water resources within the [c]ity; and to prevent pollution of the public water supply of the [c]ity and surrounding areas.

The changes Gamborini suggested focused mostly on language within the already existing ordinance, and included changes to sections on applicability, definitions and dimensional and coverage requirements.

Among the changes, Gamborini mentioned possibly suggesting the removal of language of special permits in the applicability section, which, according to the current ordinance, “may allow for exemption of any portion of the property not within the delineated Water Resource Protection District from any provision of Section 3-170.”

Another change suggested by Gamborini would be to better define what zones I and II are in the ordinance. Currently, zone I is defined as a “protective radius, typically 400 feet, required around a municipal water supply well or wellfield,” as defined by Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection (MassDEP) and state drinking water regulations. Zone II is defined as a “recharge area of an aquifer which contributes water to a public drinking water well under the most severe pumping and recharge conditions that can be realistically anticipated,” also defined by state drinking water regulations and approved by MassDEP. Also, Gamborini and the rest of BAPAC discussed suggesting a change to the “Dimensional and Coverage Requirements” (Sect. 3-170.8) related to “[m]aximum impervious surface of any lot or common development project,” which is currently set at 70 percent of the lot.

According to Gamborini, she believed that the 70 percent number seemed “excessive” and should be looked at more critically.

“Is there any data behind allowing 70 percent,” Gaborini asked. “Is drinking water still protected?”

Gaborini went on and suggested that educational literature related to the topic should be delved into when considering changes to the ordinance.

The letter is expected to be ready for review by BAPAC for their next meeting, which will occur in early April.

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Seriously? A day without women? Talk about sexist! If men were to ever try that women would be freaking out about sexism. Its no different than if white people created white history month, or held a white lives matter parade. Don’t get me wrong, every human being should be treated equally and those who don’t treat another equally should be held to task but creating a day/parade/event to push a specific gender or skin color results in the opposite of what it’s supposed to do. I hope business owners who had employees that didn’t show up for work today fire those snowflakes!

CIA won’t discuss breach; Will WikiLeaks help tech firms?

WASHINGTON (AP) — The CIA has gone dark about the WikiLeaks dump of nearly 9,000 pages of purported U.S. intelligence files, even as the anti-secrecy group raised the prospect of providing technology companies additional sensitive details it says it has about the agency’s hacking tools.

The CIA wouldn’t confirm Wednesday that the material came from its files, although no one is doubting they did. The CIA wouldn’t talk about whether there was any investigation underway to figure out how the material ended up on the internet for all to see. And the agency wouldn’t say whether it suspects that a mole lurking inside the CIA secretly spirited the material to WikiLeaks, or whether the CIA could have been the victim of a hack.

Still, without acknowledging any breach, the CIA warned: “The American public should be deeply troubled by any WikiLeaks disclosure designed to damage the intelligence community’s ability to protect America against terrorists and other adversaries. Such disclosures not only jeopardize U.S. personnel and operations, but also equip our adversaries with tools and information to do us harm.”

It was the same message at the White House. “It is our policy as a government not to confirm the authenticity of any kind of disclosure or hack,” said press secretary Sean Spicer.

Outside political circles, the fallout and damage to U.S. intelligence operations was still being assessed, but causing alarm nonetheless.

The WikiLeaks disclosures were an extraordinary coup for a group that has already rocked American diplomacy with the release of 250,000 State Department cables and embarrassed the Democratic Party with political back channel chatter and the U.S. military with hundreds of thousands of logs from Iraq and Afghanistan.

The intelligence-related documents describe clandestine methods for bypassing or defeating encryption, antivirus tools and other protective security features for computers, mobile phones and even smart TVs. They include the world’s most popular technology platforms, including Apple’s iPhones and iPads, Google’s Android phones and the Microsoft Windows operating system for desktop computers and laptops.

WikiLeaks has not released the actual hacking tools themselves, some of which were developed by government hackers while others were purchased from outsiders.

The group indicated it was still considering its options but said in a statement Wednesday: “Tech companies are saying they need more details of CIA attack techniques to fix them faster. Should WikiLeaks work directly with them?” It wasn’t clear whether WikiLeaks — a strident critic of Google and Facebook, among others — was serious about such action.

If that sharing should take place, the unusual cooperation would give companies like Apple, Google, Microsoft, Samsung and others an opportunity to identify and repair any flaws in their software and devices that were being exploited by U.S. spy agencies and some foreign allies, as described in the material.

A message seeking additional details from WikiLeaks was not immediately returned, and an attempt to speak to founder Julian Assange at the Ecuadorean Embassy in London on Tuesday was rebuffed.

Security experts said WikiLeaks was obligated to work privately with technology companies to disclose previously unknown software flaws, known as zero-day vulnerabilities because consumers would have no time to discover how to defend themselves against their use, and with companies that design protection software. WikiLeaks has said the latest files apparently have been circulating among former U.S. government hackers and contractors.

“The clear move is to notify vendors,” said Chris Wysopal, co-founder and chief technology officer of Veracode Inc. “If WikiLeaks has this data then it’s likely others have this data, too. The binaries and source code that contain zero days should be shared with people who build detection and signatures for a living.”

One clear risk is that WikiLeaks revealed enough details to give foreign governments better opportunities to trace any of the sophisticated hacking tools they might discover back to the CIA, damaging the ability to disguise a U.S. government hacker’s involvement. “That’s a huge problem,” said Adriel T. Desautels, the chief executive at Netragard LLC, which formerly sold zero-day exploits to governments and companies.

“Our capabilities are now diminished.”

Apple said many of its security vulnerabilities disclosed by WikiLeaks were already fixed. In a statement late Tuesday, it said its initial analysis showed that the latest version of the iOS system software for iPhones and iPads fixed many of those flaws. Apple said it will “continue work to rapidly address any identified vulnerabilities.”

House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Rep. Kevin Brady, R-Texas, left, listens to the committee's ranking member, Rep. Richard Neal, D-Mass., on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, March 8, 2017, as the committee began markup of the long-awaited plan by Republicans to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

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By RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR ALAN FRAM Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — House Republicans scored a predawn triumph Thursday in their effort to scuttle former President Barack Obama's health care overhaul, but it masked deeper problems as hospitals, doctors and consumer groups mounted intensifying opposition to the GOP health care drive.

After nearly 18 hours of debate and over two dozen partyline votes, Republicans pushed legislation through the Ways and Means Committee abolishing the tax penalty Obama's statute imposes on people who don't purchase insurance and reshaping how millions of Americans buy medical care.

"That's what this whole bill was about, kicking people who weren't politically popular," Ways and Means Chairman Kevin Brady, R-Texas, said of Obama's overhaul.

It was a victory of high symbolism because Obama's socalled individual mandate is perhaps the part of the statute that Republicans most detest.

Even so, the White House and Republican leaders confront a GOP and outside groups badly divided over the party's highstakes overhaul crusade.

The American Medical Association, the American Hospital Association and AARP, the nation's largest advocacy group for older people, were arrayed against the measure. Seven years ago their backing was instrumental in enacting Obama's health care statute, which President Donald Trump and Republicans are intent on erasing.

The hospitals — major employers in many districts — wrote lawmakers complaining about the bill's cuts in Medicaid and other programs and said more uninsured Americans seem likely, adding, "We ask Congress to protect our patients."

Groups representing public, children's, Catholic and other hospitals also expressed opposition.

America's Health Insurance Plans, representing insurers, praised the legislation's elimination of health industry taxes but warned that proposed Medicaid changes "could result in unnecessary disruptions in the coverage and care beneficiaries depend on."

Ways and Means worked till nearly 4:30 a.m. EST before approving the final batch of tax provisions in a party-line 23-16 vote. The Energy and Commerce Committee panel continued working, tackling a reshaping of Medicaid.

Conservative lawmakers and allied outside groups claimed the bill took too timid a whack at Obama's law. Numerous GOP centrists and governors were antagonistic, worried their states could lose Medicaid payments and face higher costs for hospitals having to treat growing numbers of uninsured people.

Top Republicans knew if the upheaval should snowball and crush the legislation it would be a shattering defeat for Trump and the GOP, so leaders hoped approval by both House committees would fuel momentum.

In words aimed at recalcitrant colleagues, House Speaker Paul Ryan, R-Wis., told reporters: "This is what good, conservative health care reform looks like. It is bold and it is long overdue, and it is us fulfilling our promises." The last was a nod to campaign pledges by Trump and many GOP congressional candidates.

Outnumbered Democrats used the panels' meetings for political messaging, futilely offering amendments aimed at preventing the bill from raising deficits, kicking people off coverage or boosting consumers' out-of-pocket costs. They tried unsuccessfully to insert language pressuring Trump to release his income tax returns, and failed to prevent Republicans from restoring insurance companies' tax deductions for executive salaries above $500,000 — a break Obama's law killed.

There were signs of growing White House engagement, and perhaps progress.

Trump met at the White House late Wednesday with leaders of six conservative groups that have opposed the GOP legisla-

tion, and several voiced optimism afterward.

"I'm encouraged that the president indicated they're pushing to make changes in the bill," said David McIntosh, head of the Club for Growth, though he provided no specifics.

The legislation would defang Obama's requirement that everyone buy insurance by repealing the tax fines imposed on those who don't. That penalty has been a stick aimed at pressing healthy people to purchase policies. The bill would replace income-based subsidies Obama provided with tax credits based more on age, and insurers would charge higher premiums for customers who drop coverage for over two months The extra billions Washington has sent states to expand the federal-state Medicaid program would begin ending in 2020, and spending on the entire program would be capped at perpatient limits. Around $600 billion in 10-year tax boosts that Obama's statute imposed on wealthy Americans and others to finance his overhaul would be repealed. Insurers could charge older customers five times more than younger ones instead of the current 3-1 limit, but would still be required to include children up to age 26 in family policies, and they would be barred from imposing annual or lifetime benefit caps.

The measure would also repeal taxes Obama's law imposed on segments of the medical industry to help pay for his statute's expanded coverage.

Democrats said the Republicans would yank health coverage from many of the 20 million Americans who gained it under Obama's statute, and drive up costs for others because the GOP tax breaks would be skimpier than existing subsidies.

And they accused Republicans of hiding bad news by moving ahead without official estimates from the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office on the bill's cost to taxpayers and anticipated coverage.

"You can expect more town hall meetings you won't want to go to," said Rep. Sander Levin, D-Mich., a reference to liberal activists who hounded Republicans during last month's recess.

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“It’s a long time coming,” said Brown. “I’m looking forward to getting it under way and getting it completed.”

The construction hours for Baltazar will most likely be Monday through Friday from 7 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., excluding holidays. According to Brown, construction will continue through November of 2017. During the construction time, the traffic on Feeding Hills Rd. may be reduced to just one travel lane.

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The Russell Council on Aging is celebrating St. Patrick’s Day and March birthdays, Tuesday, March 14th at noon. All are welcome to enjoy a catered traditional corned beef dinner will be served followed by birthday cake for dessert at the Russell Senior Center, 65 Main St., Russell. Wear your green and have WESTFIELD you picture take in the Leprechaun’s photo booth. The cost to Major crime and incident log Russell Seniors is $6.50 per person. The cost for all others is Wednesday, March 1, 2017 $11.50 per person. Russell Seniors whose birthdays are in 2:10 a.m.: Motor vehicle violation, Main Street and Free March will receive their lunch at no cost! Reservations will be Street. Police stopped a vehicle that allegedly did not have its accepted by phone at 413-862-6205, through Saturday, March headlights on. During the stop, police noted that the vehicle 11th. fled the scene at a speed of “58 MPH.” Additionally, police reported that the driver allegedly provided a “fake license prior to leaving the scene.” Police lost the vehicle. According to police after, the lessee of the alleged vehicle was questioned but was “less than cooperative,” and police did not suspect The First Congregational Church, 18 Broad Street, Westfield them of being the driver. will once again offer their famous Corned Beef and Cabbage 6:31 a.m.: Accident, North Elm Street. Police received a dinner, Saturday March 11th at 5:30 PM. First Church dinners report of a 2001 Ford F350 that reportedly struck a tree and have become a favorite to area residents and this dinner is went across a lawn. In addition, there was a sign and tree that always a sell-out. Tickets are now on sale from the church office. They are $12.50 for adult’s children 10 and under are were both knocked down by the accident. Police had the free. The menu will consist of corned beef, cabbage, Irish pota- vehicle towed but no injuries were reported.

8:43 a.m.: Motor vehicle complaint and arrest, North Road toes, boiled potatoes, carrots, rolls, butter, dessert and beverage. Come and join everyone for a grand night out. Call the and Jaeger Drive. Police received a report from another driver Church Office at 568-2833 for reservations. that a vehicle was allegedly “all over the roadway,” including crossing a double yellow line. Police were given a license Southwick Annual Dollars for Scholars Mail-a-thon plate number but it was initially incorrect, according to the log.

Volunteers are needed for the Southwick Annual Dollars for Scholars Mail-a-thon on Monday, March 13, 2017 beginning at However, police were able to find the vehicle and stop it.

5:30 in the Southwick-Tolland Regional High School cafeteria. Police found that the alleged operator, Richard Oathout, 30, Your help is needed to stuff envelopes for our annual mailing. of Westfield, had two warrants for his arrest and had a revoked Bring your family and friends to help support Southwick Dollars license. Police arrested Oathout on the two warrants and also for Scholars. All materials and snacks are provided. Applications charged him with operating a motor vehicle with a license for Southwick Dollars for Scholars scholarships will be available revoked. online at http://southwick.dollarsforscholars.org. Log in on the 11:37 a.m.: Larceny, Jeffrey Lane. Police received a report Students and Parents page between February 3rd, 2017 and March of a larceny from a home. According to police, $800, jewelry 31st, 2017. Deadline for the application is March 31st, 2017. and medication was reported stolen. It was reported that the Southwick residents who are graduating seniors or attending col- items were in a lockbox and the box reportedly had “pry lege now may apply. Southwick Dollars for Scholars, formerly known as The Citizens’ Scholarship Foundation of Southwick marks” on it. Police are investigating.

1:23 p.m.: Shoplifting, East Main Street. Police received a presented $100 to the first award recipient in 1955, beginning an important tradition in our town. The 16th Annual Scholarship report of a past shoplifting that was caught on camera. The Awards Ceremony will take place at the Southwick Town hall. incident reportedly occurred Feb. 23. Police are investigating.

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Billowitz said that if you “go all the way up the chain,” the airport’s upper echelon of authority is the FAA, which is under the Department of Transportation (DOT). Meanwhile, the Guard, according to Billowitz, has upper echelon authority from the Department of Defense (DOD). Billowitz suggested that because of this there may not be much in the way of regulations that can come from the airport on the Guard.

Regarding the noise mitigation program, Jane Verbeck from Wyle Acoustical Engineering reported that she and the FAA have been in communication over the testing of three homes on Cara Lane that were eligible for acquisition and demolition in the noise mitigation program.

Initially, the mapping and data within the program were used to determine a house’s eligibility for the acquisition or for sound mitigation, which includes adding central air conditioning and improved roofs, windows and doors to the homes.

According to Verbeck, the FAA gave her a “verbal agreement” to do individualized testing on the three homes to see if sound mitigation could be done rather than an acquisition of the homes. The particular homes in question were not specified by Verbeck and the homeowners have not yet been notified. However, Verbeck said that this is because until it is in writing, she does not want to notify the owners in the event it changes.

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Westfield District Court March 1, 2017 Melinda R. Czupkiewicz, 20, of 44 Hagan Ave., Westfield, was released on her personal recognizance pending a May 2 hearing after being arraigned on two charges of assault and battery, brought by Westfield Police.

Ralph E. Starkey, 43, of 7 Upper Church St., West Springfield, was released on $1,000 personal surety pending an April 14 hearing after being arraigned on charges of violating an abuse prevention order and annoying telephone calls/electronic communications, brought by Southwick Police.

Man convicted of stabbing pregnant woman to death SPRINGFIELD, Mass. (AP) — A Chicopee (CHIH'-kuhpee) man has been convicted of first-degree murder in the death of a pregnant woman who was stabbed more than 30 times.

The Republican reports jurors needed less than four hours on Wednesday to convict Benjamin Martinez in the 2004 slaying of 35-year-old Caridad Puente.

Puente's 11-month-old child was next to her in a closet where her body was found.

Prosecutors say the 48-year-old Martinez's DNA was found in Puente's Springfield apartment and under her fingernails.

Martinez says he was in the apartment the day she died to test heroin for its potency. He says he saw a drug dealer kill Puente and was cut while trying to intervene.

Sentencing is scheduled for Thursday. First-degree murder carries a mandatory life sentence without the possibility of parole.

City Councilor Mary Ann Babinski - Ward 1 Office Hours On Monday, March 13, 2017, Councilor Babinski will hold office hours from 11:00 A.M. to 12:30 P.M. in the Barnes Regional Airport Conference Room located at 100 Airport Road. Ward residents are encouraged to stop by to share their concerns, ask questions and give feedback regarding ward and city issues. Your voice matters! Contact: m.babinski@ cityofwestfield.org or 413-568-8562

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The Williamstown Theatre Festival’s 63rd Season will include four world premieres, a new musical, the first production of a WTF commissioned artist, and much more. Some of the season highlights include: Jen Silverman’s The Roommate, featuring Golden Globe and Emmy Award winner S. Epatha Merkerson (Law & Order) and Golden Globe and Emmy Award nominee Jane Kaczmarek; Sarah Ruhl’s 2005 Pulitzer Prize finalist comedy The Clean House starring Tony Award nominee Jessica Hecht and a new musical A Legendary Romance directed by Lonny Price. For season details: www. wtfestival.org Chester Theatre Company‘s 2017 Summer Season will feature an American Premiere, two New England Premieres, and the return of actor Joel Ripka in a one-man performance. The highlights of Daniel Elihu Kramer’s program include: a staging of Lauren Gunderson’s I and You, directed by WAM’s Kristen van Ginhoven; Skeleton Crew by Dominique Morriseau, whose play Sunset Baby was smoking at TheaterWorks. Also planned are productions of Every Brilliant Thing staged by Kramer, and the American premiere of Folk

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Westfield, MA. For details: 413.354.7770, or visit www.chestertheatre.org Tanglewood welcomes two popular artist concerts to the season. A season-opening performance of “Four Voices”—featuring legendary artists and longtime friends Joan Baez and Mary Chapin Carpenter plus Amy Ray and Emily Saliers of the Indigo Girls—will take place on June 17. Celebrated rocker John Mellencamp will join forces with fellow singer-songwriters Emmylou Harris and Carlene Carter for a performance on July 1. For details: 888-266-1200 or www.tanglewood.org The Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center in Great Barrington announced three additions to the summer schedule , including concerts by Pink Martini (July 11), Michael Feinstein (August 6), and Sutton Foster (August 14). For details: 413.528.0100 or www.mahaiwe.org.

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Some of musical theatre’s most innovative directors and choreographers are headed to Goodspeed this season. Denis Jones, who choreographed Irving Berlin’s Holiday Inn at Goodspeed and on Broadway, returns to stage the season operner Thoroughly Modern Millie. Jenn Thompson, who staged last season’s’s refreshed Bye Bye Birdie, and choreographer Katie Spelman from Broadway’s American Psycho, team up for Oklahoma!

TheaterWorks’ imaginative Rob DENIS JONES Ruggiero, who also works frequently with Goodspeed, and choreographer Parker Esse, will helm an important new revival of Rags.

Esse’s work is familiar to Berkshire Theatre Group regulars, and he won a Helen HayesAward for his choreography for Arena Stage.

Assassins, the Stephen Sondheim and John Weidman musical about presidential assassins and wanna-bes, gets a staging at The Yale Repertory Theatre in New Haven, CT March 17 through April 8. James Bundy directs. Stephen DeRosa, Lauren Molina, and Julia Murney star. Yale describes the controversial musical as ““United in states of disillusionment and alienation, nine men and women emerge from the shadows of the 19th and 20th centuries to take what they believe is their best—and only—shot at the American Dream. Fueled by our national populism in politics and in song, this Tony Awardwinning musical masterpiece is a bone-chilling thrill ride through U.S. history.” For details: 203-432-1234 or www. yalerep.org.

Opportunity The Yiddish Book Center will present a weekend program on “The World of Yiddish Theater”, April 21 to 23 in Amherst. .The program will be taught by Professor Debra Caplan, assistant professor of theater at Baruch College, CUNY. Caplan is a historian of Yiddish theater, dramaturg, director, and translator, as well as a founding member of the Digital Yiddish Theater Project. The deadline to register is April 7. For details: yiddishbookcenter.org/yiddish-theater-weekend-program

Tina Landau, who directed the Broadway revival of Bells are Ringing, will stage a new musical, Deathless at Goodspeed’s Norma Terris Theatre in Chester, CT. Kristin Hariggi and Chase Brock direct and choreograph the new musical Darling Grenadine in Chester, and Hunter Foster stages A Connecticut Christmas Carol in Chester, with dance staging by Lisa Shriver.

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Jacqueline T. Lynch. has written Comedy and Tragedy on the Mountain: 70 years of Summer Theatre on Mt. Tom, Holyoke, Massachusetts. It’s a history of live theatre on Mt. Tom from 1895 to 1965. Columnist Barbara Bernard has written the forward. Lynch will discuss her book on Saturday, March 18, at Blue Umbrella Books in downtown Westfield, MA. For details: http://www.blueumbrellabooks.com/ WAM’s Fresh Take Series presents The Flora and Fauna by Alyson Mead, winner of the Arizona-based Bridge Initiative: Women in Theatre New Work Contest. The play chronicles the celebrations and challenges of a female friendship that spans almost 30 years. Molly Clancy directs the reading or one performance, March 12 at No. Six Depot Roastery and Café on 6 Depot Street in West Stockbridge, MA. For details: www.wamtheatre.com The Music of U2 is showcased by the Hartford Symphony Pops on March 18 at The Bushnell. Conductor Richard Carsey, singer Brody Dolyniuk and a rock band join the Pops to showcase U2’s many hits over the years. For details: 860987-5900 or www.hartfordsymphony.org

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Our Lady of the Blessed Sacrament Church Lenten ‘Pilgrimage of Hope’ WESTFIELD — At Our Lady of the Blessed Sacrament Church in Westfield, the 40 days of Lent will be a pilgrimage of hope with a series of Wednesday evening speakers.

This year’s series the focus is “Hope Among Us.” The series gets underway on March 8th with Gary Zimak radio host and author of “From Fear to Faith: A Worrier’s Guide to Discovering Peace.”

His talk will focus on “Hope for Personal Peace” and the obstacles we face in overcoming our fears and anxieties.

Zimak will share a message about trust in the Lord. The author of six other books, Zimak is a frequent guest on Catholic radio and television programs.

On March 15th, Westfield teacher Patricia Wysocki delivers lessons of life and a message of “Hope for our Children.” Wysocki and her husband adopted three children through international adoption. Professionally, she is an ESL teacher working with elementary school aged children at Highland Elementary in Westfield. “We’re all children of immigrants,” Wysocki says. In the classroom, she teaches children to find their common bonds and to be respectful of differences.

The next Wednesday on March 22nd, West Springfield teacher Katherine Mary Kraver shares stories of her world travels and a message of “Hope for the World’s Children.” Through stories of her world travels and real encounters, the author of “It Was Just a House” and “The Boy with the Red Shoes” teaches empathy and compassion for the children of the world.

CNEWA, the Catholic Near East Welfare Association, is a 90-year-old papal agency serving the church through humanitarian and pastoral support for persecuted Catholics. Deacon Greg Kandra is the Multimedia Editor for CNEWA. He will deliver a message of “Hope for Christians in the Holy Land” on March 29th.

2017 is the 100th anniversary of Mary’s apparitions in Fatima. Join us on April 5th for an evening with Judith Studer, a custodian of the United Nations International Pilgrim Virgin Statue of the World Apostolate of Fatima.

Learn about “Mary’s Message of Hope” and listen as Studer shares stories of her travels with the statue.Studer also has a compelling story about her call to spread the message of Fatima and devotion of Our

Lady. The evening will include a visit from a retired Pilgrim Virgin Statue of Our Lady of Fatima.

Then on April 12th, the series will wrap up with “The Spiritual Call to be a Welcoming People.” Bishop Mitchell Rozanski, Kathryn Buckley Brawner, and Fr. Warren Savage will talk about welcoming the stranger.

During an October audience of pilgrims, Pope Francis reminded Catholics “you cannot be Christian without practicing the Beatitudes. You cannot be a Christian without doing what Jesus teaches us in Matthew 25.” In that passage, Jesus

taught the multitude to feed the hungry, clothe the naked and welcome the stranger.

The March 8, 15, 22, 29 and April 5 & 12th speakers programs begin at 7 p.m. The doors will open at 6:30. The lineup includes musical guests including Psalm 33, the contemporary music group. This Lenten series is free of charge and open to the public. No registration is necessary. Our Lady of the Blessed Sacrament Church is located at 127 Holyoke Road in Westfield.

The church is handicap accessible. Questions? Call 413562-3450.

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South Middle School Band Concert The Westfield South Middle School Band Program presented a concert called ”Orchestrating Success”. The Trombone Choir, 6th Grade Band, Jazz Band, the 7th and 8th Grade Band showed their progress in music since the start of school. (Photos by Lynn F. Boscher)

The Band’s music is anxiously awaited.

6TH GRADE BAND The Trombone Choir consists of music teachers, alumni, and students from South Middle School.

TROMBONE CHOIR

Jacob Beaulieu concentrates on the flute.

Izmarizaray Reyes has the flute at the ready.

Hannah Bruno concentrates on her trombone.

Mason Berube and his with his bass clarinet.

Elina Panasyuk pays close attention to the music.

Jackson Lambert adds his trombone to the mix.

Father and Daughter team, Patrick and Caroline Dufraine play together

JAZZ BAND

The Jazz Band.

Jessica Isler and Philana Pantus play their parts.

Yana Chumakova adds the piano to the Jazz Band.

Will Brewster has a solo on the trombone.

Luke Baillargeon conducts the Jazz Band.

Steven Bonacci plays a solo on his tenor saxophone

Olivia Lawry stands for her part.

Jessica Isler enjoys playing.

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SPORTS The Madness: ‘Challenge’ renewed

By CHRIS PUTZ Staff Writer While the hopes and dreams of every contestant crashed along with several NASCAR drivers in our debut Putz’s Ultimate Sports Challenge event, the Daytona 500, optimism bounces back with March Madness.

Beginning Thursday, contestants will have the opportunity to predict the NCAA Division 1 Men’s College Basketball Final Four. Compete for a gift certificate, and the join in the overall points race for our grand prize.

Beat The Putz PictureOne point will be awarded for each correct Final Four team. A bonus point will be awarded for anyone who predicts all four Final Four teams correctly. Any ties will be broken in a random drawing.

No points were awarded in our first Challenge event as not one entrant managed to pick a top three finisher in NASCAR’s biggest race, making this a great opportunity to start anew with March Madness.

All you have to do to get started is fill out one of our contest forms (one entry per person), which will appear daily in The Westfield News sports section beginning Thurs., March 9. Entries must be postmarked by Wed., March 15 at 11:59 p.m., or dropped off at our office located at 62 School Street in Westfield by the close of business day March 15.

Putz’s Ultimate Sports Challenge, which began with the Daytona 500, ends with the PGA Championship in August, and includes the CocaCola 600 and Brickyard 400, all four men’s PGA

Tour Majors (The Masters, U.S. Open, British Open, PGA Championship), the Triple Crown (Kentucky Derby, The Preakness, Belmont Stakes), and the NCAA Division I men’s basketball Final Four.

Points will be awarded to each contestant following the conclusion of every “Challenge” event.

The Westfield News will publish a weekly leaderboard of our contest’s overall leaders in the points race for the grand prize. The overall points leader following the conclusion of our final “Challenge” event will be deemed our grand prize winner.

Details regarding our grand prize will be revealed in the coming weeks.

Keepin’ it Old School

By DEVIN BATES Sports Intern WSU’18 WESTFIELD – Sunday mornings are typically a time for rest and relaxation, but for members of the Westfield Adult Basketball League, it’s time to lace up and hit the court.

Every week at this time, dozens flock to Westfield High School to drain threepointers, block shots and compete for victory.

Among those preparing to play is Bernie Giampetruzzi, a long-time Westfield native and perennial contender in the league.

“We’ve won four out of the last five years and we’re trying to win it again,” said Giampetruzzi, a member of Old School, a team largely composed of fatherson duos that have been tearing up the court for years.

Bernie is joined by his son, Anthony Giampetruzzi, a former Westfield High School standout who went on to play for Clark University and is currently working at UMASS Medical. Anthony averages 12.2 points per game for Old School.

Playing alongside them are Jim and Matt O’Connor, another father-son duo that have roots in the area. Jim is a graduate of St. Mary’s and currently works in real estate, while Matt graduated from Westfield High School in 2011 and now works at Staples’ headquarters in Framingham.

Ethan Slavin, a former journalism student at Westfield State University, is currently working in public relations. He is the team’s leading free throw shooter at 90 percent.

Westfield Technical’s all-time leading scorer, Steve Martins is also a member of Old School.

The league consists of 10 teams with many of the players hailing from Westfield and the surrounding area. Some teams are more youthful, while others rely on veteran leadership. Almost everyone in the league played high school basketball in the area, and they approach the game with the same tenacity they did years ago.

The pace was slightly more intense this past weekend during the first round of the playoffs.

Old School was able to hang on for a victory against Wolf Pack, a team led by Westfield natives Ricky Pacheco and Joe Meade, who each average some 13 points per game.

As the morning wore on, the intensity increased to an even higher degree. The following matchup, City Hotel vs.

Westfield Bank, was a duel between the fourth- and fifth-seeded teams.

Action takes place in the local adult men’s basketball league. (Photo by Devin Bates) Westfield Bank features several recent college graduates, including former Keene State forward Derek D’Amours. In his first year at Keene State, D’Amours earned a spot on the Little East Conference All-Rookie team while finishing second on the team with 48 threepointers. Now, he’s dominating the Westfield Adult Basketball League, scoring 30.2 points per game.

Westfield Bank’s opponent City Hotel also has some college talent, however. Jordan Santiago, averaging 14.7 points per game for

Team Old School are, from left to right: Jim O’Connor, Matt O’Connor, Anthony Giampetruzzi, Joel Aponte, Steve Martins, Bernie Giampetruzzi and Ethan Slavin.

(Photo by Devin Bates)

the team, used to play guard on the Westfield State men’s basketball team and at Westfield High. During the 2013-14 season, Santiago averaged 11.9 points per game for the Owls.

For many participants, the game seems to light the competitive fire that burned during their high school and collegiate days. On more than one occasion, officials had to step in until cooler heads prevailed.

Along with the occasional expletive, both teams made one thing clear: they were not afraid to shoot from downtown. Westfield

Bank’s Tom Westerholm has drained 29 shots from beyond the arc already this season.

At one point in the game, both teams traded back-to-back treys, firing up both benches.

Westfield Bank was able to hang on for a victory over City Hotel, earning them a spot in the next round.

After the weekend of action, just four teams will be moving on to play in the semifinal: Old School, Westfield Bank, Holyoke Knights and the Young Bucks. Action will resume this Sunday at Westfield High School at 9 a.m.

Team Westfield Bank, from left to right, are: Trevor Bather, Vilenti Tulloch, Tom Westerholm, Derek Damours and Basim Jenkins. (Photo by Devin Bates)

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High School Tournament Schedules SAT., MARCH 4 WEST D2 GIRLS’ ICE HOCKEY FIRST ROUND NO. 12 LONGMEADOW 4, NO. 5 MATIGNON 1

WED., MARCH 8 NO SPORTS SCHEDULED

FRI., MARCH 10 NO SPORTS SCHEDULED

THURS., MARCH 9 WMASS D3 BOYS’ ICE HOCKEY

SAT., MARCH 11 WEST D2 GIRLS’ ICE HOCKEY QUARTERFINALS GALLO ARENA, BOURNE NO. 12 LONGMEADOW-WESTFIELD (13-5-1) VS. NO. 4 METHUEN-TEWKSBURY (18-1-3), 1:15 P.M.

SUN., MARCH 5 NO SPORTS SCHEDULED

CHAMPIONSHIP

MON., MARCH 6 NO SPORTS SCHEDULED

OLYMPIA ICE CENTER, WEST SPRINGFIELD NO. 1 LONGMEADOW (17-3-1) VS. NO. 2 WESTFIELD (16-5), 8:30 P.M.

TUES., MARCH 7 NO SPORTS SCHEDULED

N AT I O N A L B A S K E T B A L L A S S O C I AT I O N

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EASTERN CONFERENCE EASTERN CONFERENCE

GP W L OT Pts GF GA Home Away Div W L Pct GB L10 Str Home Away Conf Cleveland 42 20 .677 — 6-4 L-2 26-7 16-13 28-10 Washington 65 44 14 7 95 212 139 27-6-1 17-8-6 15-7-5 Columbus 65 42 17 6 90 207 149 24-9-1 18-8-5 14-6-1 Boston 41 24 .631 2½ 5-5 W-1 21-9 20-15 26-12 Pittsburgh 65 41 16 8 90 230 184 27-4-3 14-12-5 15-5-1 Washington 39 24 .619 3½ 7-3 W-3 26-9 13-15 25-16 N.Y. Rangers 67 43 22 2 88 216 175 19-14-2 24-8-0 13-10-0 Toronto 38 26 .594 5 6-4 W-1 21-11 17-15 23-14 Montreal 67 38 21 8 84 185 166 20-9-4 18-12-4 12-3-5 Atlanta 35 29 .547 8 4-6 W-1 18-15 17-14 24-15 Ottawa 65 37 22 6 80 175 169 19-10-6 18-12-0 11-10-1 Boston 67 35 26 6 76 188 175 18-14-0 17-12-6 16-7-1 Indiana 33 31 .516 10 4-6 W-1 22-10 11-21 18-20 Islanders 65 31 23 11 73 192 194 20-8-6 11-15-5 9-8-4 Chicago 31 33 .484 12 5-5 L-3 19-13 12-20 20-18 Toronto 65 29 22 14 72 197 195 16-10-6 13-12-8 13-6-3 Detroit 31 33 .484 12 6-4 L-1 20-12 11-21 18-20 Philadelphia 65 31 26 8 70 170 193 19-10-4 12-16-4 6-10-2 Miami 31 34 .477 12½ 7-3 W-3 17-14 14-20 20-20 Tampa Bay 65 30 26 9 69 179 181 17-11-3 13-15-6 11-5-3 Milwaukee 30 33 .476 12½ 7-3 W-4 18-16 12-17 20-22 Florida 65 29 25 11 69 162 183 15-15-3 14-10-8 9-8-5 Buffalo 67 27 28 12 66 169 196 16-12-6 11-16-6 9-10-4 Charlotte 28 36 .438 15 4-6 L-1 17-13 11-23 17-21 Carolina 63 26 27 10 62 156 183 18-10-2 8-17-8 6-13-2 New York 26 39 .400 17½ 4-6 L-1 15-17 11-22 17-23 New Jersey 66 25 29 12 62 147 189 13-13-6 12-16-6 8-9-3 Orlando 24 41 .369 19½ 4-6 W-1 12-21 12-20 16-23 Detroit 65 25 29 11 61 161 196 12-14-5 13-15-6 6-11-5 WESTERN CONFERENCE Philadelphia 23 40 .365 19½ 4-6 L-2 15-19 8-21 16-23

GP W L OT Pts GF GA Home Away Div Brooklyn 11 52 .175 31½ 2-8 L-1 7-24 4-28 3-34 Minnesota 64 42 16 6 90 213 151 23-9-1 19-7-5 15-6-3 WESTERN CONFERENCE Chicago 65 42 18 5 89 198 164 22-8-4 20-10-1 16-8-1 W L Pct GB L10 Str Home Away Conf San Jose 65 39 19 7 85 180 152 20-7-4 19-12-3 13-7-3 x-Golden State 52 12 .813 — 6-4 L-1 26-4 26-8 31-7 Edmonton 66 35 23 8 78 188 174 16-11-3 19-12-5 12-4-3 x-San Antonio 50 13 .794 1½ 9-1 W-9 23-6 27-7 28-8 Anaheim 66 34 22 10 78 172 168 21-8-3 13-14-7 12-6-4 Houston 44 21 .677 8½ 6-4 L-2 23-9 21-12 27-11 Calgary 66 36 26 4 76 179 182 18-14-0 18-12-4 10-9-3 Nashville 66 32 24 10 74 195 188 19-8-7 13-16-3 13-10-1 Utah 41 24 .631 11½ 7-3 W-4 22-12 19-12 24-17 St. Louis 65 33 27 5 71 178 183 18-11-4 15-16-1 11-11-2 L.A. Clippers 38 26 .594 14 5-5 L-1 20-10 18-16 22-17 Los Angeles 65 31 28 6 68 161 164 17-12-1 14-16-5 9-9-1 Memphis 36 28 .563 16 4-6 L-3 19-12 17-16 26-15 Winnipeg 68 30 32 6 66 204 216 16-17-1 14-15-5 16-8-1 Oklahoma City 35 29 .547 17 4-6 L-4 23-9 12-20 22-18 Vancouver 66 28 30 8 64 153 188 18-10-5 10-20-3 11-9-1 Denver 29 35 .453 23 5-5 L-1 17-16 12-19 17-22 Dallas 67 27 30 10 64 188 216 18-12-6 9-18-4 8-14-4 Arizona 65 23 35 7 53 157 210 14-15-3 9-20-4 9-12-5 Portland 27 35 .435 24 5-5 W-3 16-13 11-22 18-20 Colorado 65 18 44 3 39 126 215 9-21-2 9-23-1 6-16-0 Dallas 27 36 .429 24½ 6-4 W-3 19-14 8-22 17-23 Montreal 2, Vancouver 1, OT Minnesota 26 37 .413 25½ 6-4 W-1 16-18 10-19 15-23 NOTE: Two points for a win, one point Wednesday’s Games Sacramento 25 39 .391 27 3-7 L-6 13-19 12-20 15-22 for overtime loss.

New Orleans 25 40 .385 27½ 4-6 L-2 15-18 10-22 12-26 Tuesday’s Games Boston 6, Detroit 1 Phoenix 21 43 .328 31 4-6 L-1 13-19 8-24 8-33 L.A. Lakers 19 45 .297 33 1-9 L-8 12-18 7-27 9-29 Columbus 2, New Jersey 0 Pittsburgh 7, Winnipeg 4 x-clinched playoff spot ___ Wednesday’s Games Orlando 98, Chicago 91 Atlanta 110, Brooklyn 105 Miami 108, Charlotte 101 Indiana 115, Detroit 98 Milwaukee 104, New York 93 Minnesota 107, L.A. Clippers 91 Toronto 94, New Orleans 87 Utah 115, Houston 108 San Antonio 114, Sacramento 104 Washington 123, Denver 113 Boston 99, Golden State 86

Golden State at Minnesota, 8 p.m.

Houston at Chicago, 8 p.m.

Indiana at Milwaukee, 8 p.m.

Toronto at Atlanta, 8 p.m.

Boston at Denver, 9 p.m.

Brooklyn at Dallas, 9 p.m.

Washington at Sacramento, 10:30 p.m.

N.Y. Rangers 5, Florida 2

Ottawa 5, Dallas 2 Thursday’s Games

Toronto 3, Detroit 2 N.Y. Rangers at Carolina, 7 p.m.

Philadelphia 6, Buffalo 3 Minnesota at Tampa Bay, 7:30 p.m.

St. Louis 2, Minnesota 1 Philadelphia at Toronto, 7:30 p.m.

Colorado 3, Carolina 1

Thursday’s Games Cleveland at Detroit, 7:30 p.m.

L.A. Clippers at Memphis, 8 p.m.

San Antonio at Oklahoma City, 8 p.m.

Philadelphia at Portland, 10 p.m.

L.A. Lakers at Phoenix, 10:30 p.m.

Saturday’s Games Utah at Oklahoma City, 3 p.m.

Philadelphia at L.A. Clippers, 3:30 p.m.

New York at Detroit, 5 p.m.

Cleveland at Orlando, 7 p.m.

New Orleans at Charlotte, 7 p.m.

Minnesota at Milwaukee, 8 p.m.

Toronto at Miami, 8 p.m.

Golden State at San Antonio, 8:30 p.m.

Atlanta at Memphis, 9 p.m.

Phoenix at Dallas, 9 p.m.

Washington at Portland, 10 p.m.

Denver at Sacramento, 10:30 p.m.

Friday’s Games Orlando at Charlotte, 7 p.m.

Sunday’s Games No games scheduled.

Anaheim at Chicago, 8:30 p.m.

N.Y. Islanders 4, Edmonton 1 Montreal at Calgary, 9 p.m.

Anaheim 4, Nashville 3, SO Ottawa at Arizona, 9 p.m.

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Warriors fall at home to Celtics again: Boston wins 99-86

By JANIE McCAULEY AP Sports Writer OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — The Boston Celtics had their way in Golden State's typically imposing building again.

Last April, it was wrecking the Warriors' record 54-game home winning streak.

This time, they spoiled Golden State's lone appearance at Oracle Arena in a nearly three-week span.

Isaiah Thomas scored 25 points, Kelly Olynyk added 17 points, five rebounds and five assists off the bench and Boston beat the sloppy Warriors 99-86 on Wednesday night, Splash Brothers Stephen Curry and Klay Thompson combined to shoot just 4 for 17 from 3-point range as Golden State went just 6 for 30 from long range and struggled again without injured star Kevin Durant, who spoke before the game wearing a bulky brace on his injured left knee and using crutches.

"They did a good job of guarding the 3," Thompson said.

"Teams know we can kill them from 3."

Curry had 23 points, five rebounds and six assists, and Thompson scored 25 points as the Warriors' 10-game home winning streak was snapped — nearly a year after Boston last stunned Golden State here.

It was the Warriors' first home defeat against the Eastern Conference this season and fifth in all out of 26 matchups.

"We're in a tough spot in the schedule and with KD's injury. Everybody goes through this at some point in the season," Warriors coach Steve Kerr said. "You just make your way through and you let everybody else freak out and panic. You just keep your nose down, keep working and things work out."

Golden State took a 74-72 lead into the fourth quarter when Curry knocked down a buzzer-beating 3 to end the third over rookie Jaylen Brown, with the two-time reigning MVP pointing and celebrating at the young forward.

Golden State Warriors' Stephen Curry (30) drives the ball around Boston "I didn't say anything to anyone to be honest," Brown said. Celtics' Kelly Olynyk, right, during the first half of an NBA basketball "I think my defense was doing the talking, I was playing game Wednesday, March 8, 2017, in Oakland, Calif. (AP Photo/Ben Margot)

Golden State Warriors' Draymond Green, right, shoots over Boston Celtics' Al Horford (42) during the first half of an NBA basketball game Wednesday, March 8, 2017, in Oakland, Calif. (AP Photo/Ben Margot)

good D until he beat me on that head fake."

Golden State trailed 76-74 with 8:41 remaining before Draymond Green came slashing through the key for a pair of one-handed slams in just more than a minute. Boston, which handed Golden State one of its two home losses last season with that 109-106 victory on April 1, kept answering every big play.

Jae Crowder knocked down a 3 for the Celtics and Golden State then committed two straight turnovers that led to four more points as Boston built its cushion to 90-79.

Green made a steal in his career-best 23rd straight game, the longest by a Warriors player since Curry did so in 33 consecutive outings in 2015-16.

TIP-INS Celtics: G/F James Young was out with a bruised tailbone. He tried to go through shootaround to no avail. ... The Celtics are 4-7 against Golden State since 2010-11.

Warriors: Curry (12,656) is 14 points from tying his father, Dell, for 210th place on the NBA career scoring list with 12,670. ... Matt Barnes received a rousing standing ovation when he checked into the game at the 3:41 mark of the first quarter in his Oracle Arena debut after re-joining the team 10 years after his first stint. ... Golden State's streak of 11 straight games with at least 10 steals ended. ... Thompson reached 200 3-pointers, joining Curry as the only players in NBA history with 200 3s in five straight seasons.

ROAD TRIPPIN' With just more than one day at home, Golden State considered this game almost like a road test given the Warriors are playing eight times in 13 days and already went East, then home for one before a back-to-back Friday at Minnesota and Saturday at San Antonio.

"We're still on the road trip, that's the way we look at it," Kerr said. "This is Game 6 of an eight-game road trip, they just happened to send us to Oakland in between Atlanta and Minnesota. I'm still trying to figure that out."

Kerr will consider resting players as needed this weekend after checking with the training staff. Of leaving town again, he said, "it seems kind of crazy but here we go."

"I know every guy in that locker room wants to play," Curry said.

A NEW CAR Evan Meredith of Oakland hit four 3-pointers during a third-quarter timeout to win a new KIA car.

UP NEXT Celtics: At Denver on Friday looking to split the season series.

Golden State Warriors' Klay Thompson, center, looks for a shot between Boston Celtics' Amir Johnson, left, and Warriors: At Minnesota on Friday looking for a third win in as many Avery Bradley during the first half of an NBA basketball game Wednesday, March 8, 2017, in Oakland, Calif. games this season vs. Timberwolves.

(AP Photo/Ben Margot)

Krejci scores 2 in 4-goal 1st; Bruins beat Red Wings 6-1

By KEN POWTAK NOTES: The 32-year-old Howard has been out since spraining his right knee on Dec. 20.

Associated Press Before the injury, he had a .934 save percentage and a 1.96 goals-against average in 17 games.

BOSTON (AP) — The Boston Bruins had a relaxing night in the middle of a tight playoff ... It was Krejci's first two-goal and three-point game of the season. ... Bruins center Tim chase.

Schaller went hard — skates first — into the backboards and left the ice favoring his right leg David Krejci scored twice and Drew Stafford had his first with Boston during a four-goal first in the first. He didn't return. ... Boston forward Ryan Spooner was out with a concussion susperiod that carried the Bruins to a 6-1 victory over the struggling Detroit Red Wings on tained at Ottawa. Jimmy Hayes took his spot after being a healthy scratch the previous two Wednesday night. games. ... Zetterberg's next goal will be the 324th of his career, moving him into a tie for sixth Brad Marchand had his team-leading 31st and 32nd goals, David Pastrnak also scored, and with Ted Lindsay on Detroit's career list. ... The Bruins are 10-1-1 in their last 12 against Detroit.

Tuukka Rask made 26 saves. Boston is 9-3 since interim coach Bruce Cassidy replaced the fired UP NEXT Claude Julien on Feb. 7.

Red Wings: Host Chicago on Friday.

The Bruins were looking to rebound from a key divisional loss at Ottawa on Monday. They Bruins: Host Philadelphia on Saturday. found it against the Red Wings, who have the Eastern Conference's fewest points.

"The type of season that Detroit's having, it's a little bit different than Ottawa," Stafford said.

"There's a little bit more room out there, a little bit more time to make some plays."

Boston moved four points ahead of Toronto for third in the Atlantic Division.

"If you look at our response from the game in Ottawa, it's a good one," Cassidy said. "It's a credit to them."

Niklas Kronwall had his first goal of the season for Detroit. The Red Wings finished a fivegame trip 1-3-1.

"It was too easy to play against us," Detroit's Henrik Zetterberg said. "We were just giving away chances."

Detroit starting goalie Jared Coreau was pulled after giving up three goals during a 2:25 span in what's likely his last game with the team before he's shipped back to the minors.

Jimmy Howard, a regular goalie with the Red Wings the past eight seasons, finished his second two-game conditioning stint with Grand Rapids of the AHL on Tuesday. He's scheduled to join the team this week.

Krejci gave Boston a 1-0 lead 11:07 into the game when he skated around defenseman Danny DeKeyser and slipped a wrist shot by Coreau's glove.

"We just didn't execute," Kronwall said. "It's been that way for some time now."

Marchand skated quickly to a loose puck just inside the blue line and broke in alone before firing a shot inside the left post, making it 2-0 just 1:01 later.

Stafford, acquired for a conditional sixth-round pick from Winnipeg at the trade deadline, made it 3-0 at 13:32. Krejci stole the puck from defenseman Dylan Larkin in the slot and beat goalie Petr Mrazek with 14.9 seconds left. Marchand scored on a clean breakaway late in the second period.

Rask knew he's be tested when the Bruins got up big.

"Every time seems to be the same thing, you're playing a bit looser and guys feel like there's Boston Bruins center David Krejci (46) pokes the puck past Detroit Red Wings goalie Jared more space out there for offense," he said. "As a goalie you just have to be aware of that situa- Coreau (31) for a goal during the first period of an NHL hockey game in Boston, Wednesday, tion and play the game like it's a tight game."

March 8, 2017. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)

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By ANNIE LANE

Daddy’s ‘Little Girl’ Dear Annie: I am absolutely at my wits’ end and seriously thinking of divorcing my husband.

My husband and I have been married for 11 years. My stepdaughter is 26. She married three years ago after living with her boyfriend for a year. The problem is that she still places her dad over her husband. Her poor husband takes it because he is very meek and does whatever she wants. She definitely wears the pants in the family. She wants to be married, but she still wants to be Daddy’s little girl. It goes beyond that. She still has him so high on a pedestal that it is ridiculous for a supposedly grown woman.

She is driving a definite wedge between us, and it is serious.

They live about two hours away. She and her husband both have jobs. Yet she calls and cries tears that she misses her dad. They still have date nights; he has offered to go places with her if she does not want to go alone. If she calls and has a problem or something that needs to be fixed, he drops everything and runs to her.

In my opinion, she chose to get married and have a husband. She needs to rely on him for things and cut the apron strings with Daddy some and be an adult. I am not begrudging visits; in fact, I encourage them. But I refuse to change our plans simply because she decides, spur of the moment, to make an appearance.

He always takes her side that we should let her come and change our plans. This makes me the monster if I dare say no. I think plans should be made accordingly. We should all four do things together. We could do a dinner out, a day out, etc. My pleas fall on deaf ears.

How do you deal with a 26-year-old who thinks the world revolves around her? I don’t see where she and her husband make any attempt to create their own friendships and have their own life. These are supposed to be the happy years when we can go out and do as we please, but it is far from that. I am about to give up and start taking vacations by myself. -- Desperate in Montana Dear Desperate: You can take a vacation, but these problems will be waiting for you when you get back. So before you get out the suitcase, try getting in your husband’s head. He seems to have a guilt complex that makes him feel the need to bend over backward to make his daughter happy. His fuzzy-headedness on the subject means that you end up having to be the voice of reason -- a voice unwelcome to his daughter and therefore unwelcome to him. (He has the overwhelming need to keep her happy, remember.) If you keep fighting the battle this way, you’re destined to lose.

Instead, you need to get him on your side of the issue, whether by going to therapy together or just by putting on your own therapist cap and talking it out. Why does he feel compelled to help his daughter all the time? How does he think this will impact her and her marriage in the long run? With some clarity, he should see that this codependent behavior is unhealthy and does his daughter a disservice. She needs to learn how to rely not on her dad or even on her husband but on herself.

Send your questions for Annie Lane to dearannie@creators. com. To find out more about Annie Lane and read features by other Creators Syndicate columnists and cartoonists, visit the Creators Syndicate website at www.creators.com.

HINTS FROM HELOISE ALLERGIC REDUCTION Dear Readers: ALLERGIES can be a big problem year-round in most places. (Please see my P.S.) Most think of spring, when everything’s in bloom.

The culprits? Pollen, dander and dust, along with plants, trees, flowers, grasses and tiny pollen spores, all of which can make your eyes itchy and nose runny.

Here are some hints to help keep pollen out of your home: * Vacuum often! Use a HEPA (highefficiency particulate air) filter. * Bathe animals regularly if they go outside. * Remove shoes at the door. * If pollen is really high, shower and shampoo when you get home. * Change air-conditioning filters more often, or rinse them off if they are that type.

Ahhhh ... choooo. -- Heloise P.S. Here in South Texas, we have “cedar” fever (mountain juniper), which can start as early as mid-December and run as late as mid-March!

HINT FROM HIM Dear Heloise: I have some pain in my hands. My hint concerns the small slit on jeans and pants to put the button through. I take a small knife or scissors and make the slit about 1/4 inch longer. This makes it easier when your fingers don’t want to work! -- Dan B., Rapid City, S.D. TRASH COLLECTION Dear Heloise: When I take my two dogs for a walk, I always bring extra bags and pick up trash along the way. -Norm, via email

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‘Good Fight’ takes television lead in making Trump an issue

By LYNN ELBER AP Television Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — A CBSproduced legal drama has taken the lead in weaving President Donald Trump into its stories, and it keeps raising the stakes.

In last month's debut of "The Good Fight," ''The Good Wife" spinoff on CBS' streaming service, lawyer and Hillary Clinton supporter Diane Lockhart (Christine Baranksi) watched and cringed as Trump was sworn into office.

In another episode, a member of the drama's nearly all-black law firm tells his boss he voted for Trump and is scorned by his colleagues.

On Sunday, "The Good Fight" takes on CBS competitor NBC over its delays in airing a drama with allusions to Trump. His new administration again comes in for jabs as well, setting a pattern for "The Good Fight."

After a number of prominent Hollywood figures campaigned vigorously against the Republican candidate, it became an open question of how much their opposition might be reflected in the TV shows and films they produce.

Most shows that debuted last fall have wrapped their production for the season that ends in spring, and movies have a long road to get into theaters.

"The Good Fight," which debuted in February, has taken ample advantage of its timing.

"We have created very politically

aware characters, and it would simply be peculiar if they weren't talking about what was going on politically right now," said Michelle King, who created and produces the CBS All Access show with her husband, Robert.

Robert King said the drama hews closely to what they did on CBS' "The Good Wife," which also dwelled in the world of law and politics.

"That had a lot of references to the Clintons and Obama, and critical depictions too," he said. "The only difference is in degree."

NBC declined to comment on "The Good Fight" episode. CBS All Access directed questions to the producers.

The White House declined to comment, saying staff were focused on moving America forward in the real world.

The upcoming "Good Fight" hour is a thinly veiled shot at NBC's postponement of a "Law & Order: Special Victims Unit" episode about a candidate facing sexual assault allegations.

The unaired "Law & Order: SVU" episode was bumped from its originally scheduled airdate in October and its rescheduled Nov. 16 telecast. NBC hasn't announced a new airdate.

During his 2016 campaign, Trump said that allegations of sexual abuse, including claims he kissed and groped several women, were false.

The "SVU" episode is titled "Unstoppable."

In the "Good Fight" episode, titled "Stoppable: Requiem for an Airdate,"

the law firm accepts the case of a TV writer being sued by his network over an episode about a fictional U.S. senator, Ted Williams, fighting sexual assault claims on election eve. When the network dragged its feet in airing it, the defiant writer posted the episode online.

In defending the writer, attorney Adrian Boseman (Delroy Lindo) presents the case as a cautionary tale of a media conglomerate bowing to government control.

The writer, facing the network's $12 million civil suit filed by the network, invokes Trump in explaining his actions.

"There's been a chilling effect at the studio and the network. They're worried about the Donald holding grudges," he testifies. "I found the idea that they would censor themselves for Trump terrifying and I wanted to point that out."

The Kings said the story was inspired by what's happened with the "SVU" episode but is aimed at the larger issue of government and media.

"There is a lot of attention paid to the FCC because they yield so much power, especially with the networks," Robert King said. "When a president seems more willing to use the brass-knuckles aspects of the government, there could be concern about the way that could be wielded."

He did have a message for NBC. "We'd love to see that episode.

Release it. Our job will be done," he said, wryly.

This image released

by CBS Interactive shows Delroy Lindo as Adrian Boseman, Cush Jumbo as Lucca Quinn in a scene from the "Stoppable: Requiem for an Airdate" episode of "The Good Fight," planned for March 12 on CBS All Access. (Patrick Harbron/CBS Interactive via AP)

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HAPPY BIRTHDAY for Thursday, March 9, 2017: This year you move to a new level of understanding when relating to different personalities. You learn to judge others less as you accept new ideas and different cultures. You relax with the moment and are more spontaneous. If you are single, try not to push someone to commit too soon. You will meet people more easily than in the recent past. If you are attached, the two of you connect on an even deeper level. Work through any nervousness by taking on a new hobby or sport together. LEO often makes you daydream.

The Stars Show the Kind of Day You’ll Have: 5-Dynamic; 4-Positive; 3-Average; 2-So-so; 1-Difficult

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ANDY CAPP Mahoney, Goldsmith and Garnett

ZACK HILL John Deering and John Newcombe

ARIES (March 21-April 19) HHHH You will note a change in your energy and in what you can accomplish.

You will want to work with others, but might not want to be the go-to person if your finances are involved. You tend to say “yes” too often, especially now.

Tonight: Time for some fun and games.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20) HHHH Mars enters your sign today, and extra energy becomes accessible to you. If you don’t have a good outlet for your energy, you could become more quarrelsome than you realize. This planetary change also could add to your magnetism. Tonight: Run an errand or two.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20) HHH You might become rather selfdestructive right now. If you can’t have your way, you will internalize your feelings. You might want to update or revitalize an important relationship in your life. Take some much-needed personal time. Tonight: Not to be found.

CANCER (June 21-July 22) HHHHH A new friend could enter your life in the next few weeks, or an existing friend might become more dominant. Be willing to set boundaries, especially if this person’s requests make you uncomfortable. Explain where you are coming from. Tonight: Treat yourself.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) HHHH Others see you as highly capable and very magnetic. Your creativity emerges, no matter which way you turn. You would like to have someone understand you better, but the drive to do so needs to come from that person. Be reasonable with a request. Tonight: All smiles.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) HHHH You are all smiles as you attempt to have a discussion. You could be dealing with a personal or workrelated matter. You are likely to make quite an impression on someone who seems sophisticated or knowledgeable.

Tonight: Say less and listen more.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) HHHH You will want to connect with someone you care a lot about. This person might be more divisive than you realize and could be a source of stress.

Your best bet would be to do little and detach. See more of what this person is made of. Tonight: Opt for dinner for two.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) HHHH You have an unusual opportunity to move forward, despite someone else’s opposition. In fact, this person’s reluctance often pushes you to move forward. Stay clear of this negative energy, and make choices for you. Tonight: Say “yes” to a friend’s somewhat wild idea.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) HHHH Take an overview. You might opt to make a resolution or get a fresh start in an important area of your life. Do not hold back if you’re interested; dive right in. You might need to use caution around spending, especially if you’re considering making a change. Tonight: Say “yes.”

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) HHHH You could be sorry that you have missed out on so much in your life.

You know what is necessary and worth doing. Stay on top of a project, and don’t let others distract you. A partner will work with you to achieve more of what you desire. Tonight: Let the good times roll.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) HHHH If you make the first move, you might not like the results. If you hold back, you will love all the attention and flattery you receive. Clearly, there is an interest in what you are doing, as others want to get to know you better. Tonight: Go along with what someone else wants.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20) HHH You know what you want to do.

When passion is behind a project or a decision, you are likely to get better results. Others appreciate your authenticity. Be careful in the next few weeks

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ADDITIONAL ATTIC PUBLIC STORAGE SELF STORAGE FACILITY OPERATOR’S SALE for nonpayment of Storage Charges pursuant to the power of sale contained in M.G.L. Chapter 105A, Section 4.

By virtue of and in execution of the Power of Sale contained in a certain mortgage given by Walter G. Kosla and Deborah J. Cheney to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. acting solely as a nominee for Residential Finance Corporation, dated June 6, 2009 and recorded in Hampden County Registry of Deeds in Book 17842, Page 247 of which mortgage CitiMortgage, Inc. is the present holder by assignment from Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. as nominee for Residential Finance Corporation to CitiMortgage, Inc. dated March 27, 2015 recorded at Hampden County Registry of Deeds in Book 20649, Page 473, for breach of conditions of said mortgage and for the purpose of foreclosing the same, the mortgaged premises located at 5 Forest Avenue, Westfield, MA 01085 will be sold at a Public Auction at 1:00PM on March 28, 2017, at the mortgaged premises, more particularly described below, all and singular the premises described in said mortgage, to wit: Being known and designated as Lots numbered 27 (twenty-seven) and 28 (twenty-eight) on plan of Eden Park, recorded in the Hampden County Registry of Deeds in Book 2, Page 47, said lots as one parcel being more particularly described as follows: NORTHEASTERLY: by Forest Avenue, ninety-eight (98) feet; SOUTHEASTERLY: by Lot 26 (twenty-six) SOUTHWESTERLY: by Lot 2 (two), one hundred fifteen (115) feet; and NORTHWESTERLY: by the extension of Railway Avenue, or land of the Woronoco Street Railway, or Southampton Road.

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To all persons interested in the By virtue and in execution of the above captioned estate, by Peti- Power of Sale contained in a tion of certain Mortgage given by Brian Karadimas to Mortgage ElecPetitioner Mary M Domozick tronic Registration Systems, Inc. Palmer, MA as nominee for, BNC Mortgage, FRANK SLEDZIESKI #31, KIMInc., a Delaware Corporation, its BERLY CROSS #23. Sale per A Will has been admitted to in- successors and assigns, dated order of ADDITIONAL ATTIC formal probate April 18, 2007 and recorded with PUBLIC STORAGE INC. TEL: the Hampden County Registry of 413-569-5742. Terms: Cash. has been informally appointed Deeds at Book 16636, Page Units sold by the entirety. Sale is as the Personal Representative 15subsequently assigned to subject to postponement and/or of the estate to serve without Wilmington Trust National Assosurety on the bond. ciation, as successor trustee to cancellation.

Citibank, N.A., as Trustee for The e state is being admin- B N C M o r t g a g e L o a n T r u s t istered under informal proced- Series 2007-3, Mortgage Passure by the Personal Represent- Through Certificates, Series ative under the Massachusetts 2007-3 by Mortgage Electronic Uniform Probate Code without Registration Systems, Inc. by supervision by the Court. Invent- assignment recorded in said ory and accounts are not re- Hampden County Registry of quired to be filed with the Court, Deeds at Book 20325, Page but interested parties are en- 199;of which Mortgage the untitled to notice regarding the ad- dersigned is the present holder ministration from the Personal for breach of the conditions of Representative and can petition said Mortgage and for the purthe Court in any matter relating pose of foreclosing same will be to the estate, including distribu- sold at Public Auction at 9:00 tion of assets and expenses of AM on March 30, 2017 at 101 Nest Lane, Tolland, MA, all administration. Interested parties Owls and singular the premises deare entitled to petition the Court scribed in said Mortgage, to wit: to institute formal proceedings and to obtain orders terminating The land in Tolland, Hampden or restricting the powers of Per- County, Massachusetts, known sonal Representatives appoin- and designated as Lot ON.-19 ted under informal procedure. A as shown on a plan entitled copy of the Petition and Will, if "Plan of Land in Tolland, Mass. any, can be obtained from the Belonging to Julian B. Sekulski Petitioner. and Geneva Sekulski dated: April 5, 1978" recorded in Hampden County Registry of Deeds in Book 4571, Page 25, said lot being bounded and described as follows:

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NORTHERLY: by Lot ON-17, as shown on said plan, one hundred eighty-nine and 28/100 (189.28) feet;EASTERLY: by land of Chamonix Chalet Properties, Inc., now or formerly, shown on said plan as "Open Area", fifty and 00/100 (50.00) feet; and SOUTHEASTERLY: by Lot ON21, as shown on said plan, two hundred seventeen and 76/100 (217.76) feet. TOGETHER with a right of way over the streets as shown on said plan and over the streets in Wildwood, Tolland, Massachusetts, as shown on a plan recorded in said Registry in Book of Plans 127, Pages 10 through 13, together with others lawfully entitled thereto, for all purposes for which highways are commonly used. SUBJECT to restrictions contained in a deed recorded in Hampden County Registry of Deeds in Book 3177, Page 360. For title reference, see deed in Book 12309, Page 432.

LEGAL NOTICES March 9, 2017 Commonwealth of Massachusetts

Other terms if any, to be announced at the sale.

Wilmington Trust National Association, as successor trustee to Citibank, N.A., as Trustee for BNC Mortgage Loan Trust Series 2007-3, Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2007-3 Present Holder of said Mortgage,

By Its Attorneys, ORLANS MORAN PLLC PO Box 540540 Waltham, MA 02454 Phone: (781) 790-7800 14-018031

2003 FORD FOCUS Only 51K miles. Standard transmission. Excellent condition. $3,400 or B.O. Call 569-1239

The Trial Court Probate and Family Court Docket No. HD17P0345EA CITATION ON PETITION FOR FORMAL ADJUDICATION Estate of: Mary E Purdy Date of Death: January 25, 2017

TIMOTHY'S AUTO SALES. Stop by and see us! We might have exactly what you're looking for, if not, let us find it for you! Bartlett Street, Westfield.

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MOTORCYCLES & ATV’S

To all interested persons: A Petition for Formal Adjudication of Intestacy and Appointment of Personal Representative has been filed by

MOTORCYCLE FOR SALE '09 Triumph Bonneville SE 865CC, New. 47 Miles. $5,500.

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Mary Elizabeth Purdy of Concord NH requesting that the Court enter a formal Decree and Order and for such other relief as requested in the Petition.

HELP WANTED

The Petitioner requests that: Mary Elizabeth Purdy of Concord NH be appointed as Personal Representative(s) of said estate to serve Without Surety on the bond in a supervised administration.

IMPORTANT NOTICE: You have the right to obtain a copy of the Petition from the Petitioner or at the Court. You have a right to object to this proceeding. To do so, you or your attorney must file a written appearance and objection at this Court before: 10:00 a.m. on 03/27/2017. This is NOT a hearing date, but a deadline by which you must file a written appearance and objection if you object to this proceeding. If you fail to file a timely written appearance and objection followed by an Affidavit of Objections within thirty (30) days of the return date, action may be taken without further notice to you.

UNSUPERVISED ADMINISTRATION UNDER THE MASSACHUSETTS UNIFORM PROBATE CODE (MUPC)

A Personal Representative appointed under the MUPC in an unsupervised administration is not required to file an inventory or annual accounts with the Court. Persons interested in the estate are entitled to notice regarding the administration directly from the Personal Representative and may petition the Court in any matter relating to the estate, including the distribution of assets and expenses of The premises are to be sold administration. subject to and with the benefit of all easements, restrictions, build- WITNESS, ing and zoning laws, liens, attor- Hon. Anne M Geoffrion, ney’s fees and costs pursuant to First Justice of this Court.

M.G.L.Ch.183A, unpaid taxes, tax titles, water bills, municipal li- Date: February, 27, 2017 ens and assessments, rights of tenants and parties in possesSuzanne T. Seguin sion.

Register of Probate TERMS OF SALE: A deposit of FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS AND 00 CENTS ($5,000.00) in the form of a certified check, bank treasurer’s check or money order will be required to be delivered at or before the time the bid is offered.

The successful bidder will be required to execute a Foreclosure Sale Agreement immediately after the close of the bidding.

The balance of the purchase price shall be paid within thirty (30) days from the sale date in the form of a certified check, bank treasurer’s check or other check satisfactory to Mortgagee’s attorney. The Mortgagee reserves the right to bid at the sale, to reject any and all bids, to continue the sale and to amend the terms of the sale by written or oral announcement made before or during the foreclosure sale. If the sale is set aside for any reason, the Purchaser at the sale shall be entitled only to a return of the deposit paid. The purchaser shall have no further recourse against the Mortgagor, the Mortgagee or the Mortgagee’s attorney. The description of the premises contained in said mortgage shall control in the event of an error in this publication. TIME WILL BE OF THE ESSENCE.

AUTO FOR SALE

March 9, 2017 Commonwealth of Massachusetts The Trial Court Probate and Family Court Docket No. HD17PO337EA INFORMAL PROBATE PUBLICATION NOTICE Estate of: ELIZABETH C WROBLESKI Date of Death December 24, 2016 To all persons interested in the above captioned estate, by Petition of Petitioner ERIC WROBLESKI OF WESTFIELD, MA A Will has been admitted to informal probate has been informally appointed as the Personal Representative of the estate to serve without surety on the bond.

The estate is being administered under informal procedure by the Personal Representative under the Massachusetts Uniform Probate Code without supervision by the Court. Inventory and accounts are not required to be filed with the Court, but interested parties are entitled to notice regarding the administration from the Personal Representative and can petition the Court in any matter relating to the estate, including distribution of assets and expenses of administration. Interested parties are entitled to petition the Court to institute formal proceedings and to obtain orders terminating or restricting the powers of Personal Representatives appointed under informal procedure. A copy of the Petition and Will, if any, can be obtained from the Petitioner.

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Drivers Wanted: Class A and B Full-time/Part-time Flexible Hours Local Deliveries Call T.J Bark Mulch Inc. at 413-569-2400

Cadence Aerospace Tell Tool Operations, a leading supplier to the Aerospace and Defense Industries, is looking for qualified individuals to join our high performance team. With new contracts in place, Tell Tool is in need of qualified individuals with Aerospace manufacturing experience. Cadence Aerospace offers competitive wages, shift differential & excellent benefits: 10 paid holidays, vacation/personal time, medical, dental, vision, FSA, 401k, performance bonus, STD/LTD insurance & tuition reimbursement and career opportunities throughout the North America. Flexible 9 & 12 hour second shifts are available.

Burr Hand 1st & 2nd Shift: Ability to use hand/motorized Deburr equipment & work to fine finishes required by customers. Must be able to work independently with minor supervision. 5+ yrs. experience deburring complex aerospace parts.

Assembly 1st & 2nd Shift: Must be able to assemble products w/established standards using hand & assembly tools, follow instructions from work orders, prints and verbal orders. 5+ yrs. exp.

CNC Machinist 2nd Shift: Capable of set up, operation & inspection of parts on 5 axis CNC lights out machining centers. 2+ years experience.

Please complete your application on-line at: www.cadenceaerospace.com Submit your application by e-mail to telltool.careers@ cadenceaerospace.com Fax 413-562-7237, mail or in person at: 35 Turnpike Industrial Road, Westfield, MA 01085 EOE - M/F/Disabled/Vet

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The Town of Southwick Park & Recreation is looking for: Lifeguards, Gate Attendants, and Assistant Manager The Town is seeking interested candidates for the positions of Lifeguard, Gate Attendant, and Assistant Manager for the Park & Recreation Department at the Southwick Town Beach, 14 Beach Road, Southwick. All positions are required to work holidays and weekends as the beach is open 7 days a week. Positions are approx.

16-32 hrs. a week for approx.

9 weeks. Lifeguards must have Standard First Aid and CPR Certification and Life Guard Certification. Preferred Requirement: Open water certified; if currently not certified, employee will need to be by the opening day of beach. If hired as a lifeguard P&R will have a class set up for employee to get open water certification (at the expense of employee). A copy of the job descriptions and employment application can be obtained at www.southwickma.org or by contacting the Board of Selectmen’s Office @ 569-5995. Applications must be submitted to the Board of Selectmen’s Office @ 454 College Highway, Southwick, MA 01077 by end of business April 10, 2016.

The Town of Southwick is an ADA/EOE/AA employer.

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THERE'S NO PLACE LIKE HOME PET SITTING SERVICE Vacation care, over night sittings, daily dog walks.

(413)667-3684

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TAG SALES

Buying junk or wrecked cars and light trucks.

Call Mark's Auto Parts, E. Granby, CT 860-653-2551

ESTATE SALE! Everything Must Go!

PAYING CASH FOR COINS, stamps, medals, tokens, paper money, diamonds and jewelry, gold and silver scrap. Broadway Coin & Stamp, 144 Broadway, Chicopee Falls, MA. (413)5949550.

Southwick: 18 Kimberly Dr.; Sat, 3/11 - 10a-3pm Sun, 3/12 - 10am-1pm.

Furniture, household items, golf clubs, sewing machine, women's clothing, collectibles. Much more!

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A STEP ABOVE THE REST! JMF CHIMNEY SERVICE Repair your chimney before winter wreaks havoc. We do brick repair, crown seals and repairs. We also do stainless steel liner installs, as well as stainless rain caps. We sweep all flues. Free estimates provided.

Call: 413-330-2186

HENTNICK CHIMNEY SWEEPS. Chimney repairs and rebuilds. Stainless steel caps and liner systems. Inspections, masonry work and gutter cleaning. Free estimates. Insured.

Quality work from a business you can trust. (413)848-0100, (800)793-3706.

CLEANING Quality Cleaning Professional cleaning service, with a personal touch. Residential & Commercial Contact Mariya at 413-262-6985 mariya@westernmass qualitycleaning.com westernmassquality cleaning.com

DOG SERVICES SUSAN'S DOG SERVICES Insured pet care provider.

Providing personalized walking, pet-sitting services in the comfort of your own home.

Servicing Westfield and most surrounding communities.

Call for your free consultation.

413-302-1940 www.susansdogservices.com

DRYWALL T-BEST DRYWALL. Complete professional drywall at amateur prices. Our ceilings are tops!

Call Mike 413-821-8971. Free estimates.

ELECTRICIAN JIM FERRIS ELECTRIC Senior discount. No job too small! Insured, free estimates.

40 years experience. Lic. #16303. Call (413)330-3682.

POEHLMAN ELECTRIC All types of wiring. Free estimates, insured. SPECIALIZING IN PORTABLE AND WHOLE HOUSE KOHLER GENERATORS, SERVICE UPGRADES, SMALL JOBS, POOLS. Gutter de-icing cables installed. All calls answered! Best prices, prompt service. Lic. #A-16886.

(413)562-5816.

FLOORING & FLOOR SANDING A RON JOHNSON's Floor Sanding, Installation, Repairs, 3 coats polyurethane.

Free estimates. (413)569-3066.

FIREWOOD

AFFORDABLE FIREWOOD Seasoned and green. Cut, split, delivered. Any length.

Now ready for immediate delivery. Senior and bulk discount.

Call (413)530-4820 or 413-626-3888

--------------------------FIREWOOD SEASONED FIREWOOD Forest Management 61 Plans Available 5 Generations of Forest Management & Service to the Community We deliver.

Run by veterans.

Green Meadow Lumber

568-0056

--------------------------SEASONED FIREWOOD 100% hardwood Stacking available Cut, split, delivered (128cu.ft.)

Volume discounts Call for pricing Hollister's Firewood 860-653-4950 or 860-250-4869

HAULING A DUMP TRUCK Attic, cellars garages cleaned out. Wood and brush removal.

Handy-Man services plus painting. Snowplowing.

(413)569-0794 (413)374-5377

HOME IMPROVEMENT JD BERRY GENERAL CONTRACTING Full Service Contracting Framing, siding, windows, doors. Site work, additions, garages and decks. Trim work and drywall.

Fully Insured CS 077728 H.I.C 129700 37 Years Experience Call Jim: 413-530-5430 or 413-569-6920

PROFESSIONAL PAINTING Low, low prices! Residential & Commercial. Interior/Exterior painting. Sheet-rock repair.

Ceilings, walls and Light carpentry.

MASTER ELECTRICIAN 40 years experience. Insured.

Reasonable prices. No job too Free Estimates small. Lic# A7625.Call Tom 413-333-6321 or 860-741-5588 Daly, (413)543-3100.

HOME IMPROVEMENT

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DAVE DAVIDSON: Bathroom & Kitchen Remodeling "GET IT RIGHT THIS TIME" Complete Bath Renovations.

Now serving CT. Insured. Quality Work on Time on Budget Since 1984. MA. License #072233, MA.Registration #144831. CT. HIC. #0609568 569-9973. www.davedavidsonremodeling. com

JOSEPH'S HANDYMAN COMPANY Carpentry, remodeling, kitchen, baths, basements, drywall, tile, floors, suspended ceilings, restoration services, doors, windows, decks, stairs, interior/exterior painting, plumbing. Small jobs ok. All types of professional work done since 1985. Call Joe, (413)364-7038.

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HOUSE PAINTING

LOGGING

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M&M SERVICES 29 Years serving the Westfield area. Painting, staining, house washing, interior/exterior. Wall coverings. Water damage and ceiling/wall repairs.

Commercial/residential. Free estimates. Insured. References.

Call Carmine at: 413-568-9731 or 413-537-4665 No job too small !!

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LETOURNEAU & SONS PAINTING 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, interior/exterior painting and staining, ceiling and drywall repairs, water damage repair, exterior home repairs, and carpentry of all types including roof repairs.

Call Bill for your FREE no obligation estimate (413) 977-9633 or (413) 562-5727 www.Ls-painting.com

LANDSCAPING & LAWN CARE

A1 ODD JOBS/HANDYMAN Debris removal, landscaping, Fall yard cleanup, interior and exterior painting, power washing, basic carpentry and plumbing. All types of repair work and more. (413)562-7462

Purchasing standing timber and specializing in land clearing. Local company in business for 20+ years.

Green firewood. Cut, split & delivered. Free delivery in Westfield area. Mixed hardwoods. $180 p/128 cf.

413-835-5491

MASONRY ABC MASONRY & BASEMENT WATERPROOFING All brick, block, concrete.

Chimneys, foundations, hatchways, new basement windows installed and repaired.

Sump pumps and french drain systems installed. Foundations pointed and stuccoed.

Free estimates (413)569-1611 or (413)374-5377

PAINTING & WALLPAPERING HOME DECOR has been making beautiful new rooms for over 16 years. From cabinet makeovers to faux finishes, staging for sales and decorating advice for a new look. Call Kendra now for all your painting needs. Fully insured.

Free Estimates (413)626-8880 or (413)564-0223

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Interior & Exterior

ACCURATE LAWNCARE Leaf & Brush Removal Gutter Cleaning Trimming & Mowing, Snow Removal with Sanding Family owned & operated Call (413)579-1639

25 years experience Including aluminum siding.

Commercial & Residential.

Water damage repairs, ceiling, wall and exterior repairs. Power washing.

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FOR FREE ESTIMATE call: Ken 568-5146

A & J LANDSCAPING Spring & Fall Clean-ups; mowing, trimming, mulching, planting and landscape design.

Arborvitaes for sale.

Quality work & service.

Bobcat services also available (Call Mike @ 562-6502)

Call Tony 413-519-7001

PLUMBING & HEATING NICK GARDNER PLUMBING, WELDING & MECHANICAL SERVICES. Reliable service, Professional. Certified Welding.

Insured. MA Lic. #PL31893-J. Call (413)531-2768 Nick7419@comcast.net

SNOWBLOWER REPAIR AFFORDABLE Snowblower/Lawnmower Service. Tune-ups/Repairs.

FREE pick-up & delivery.

Same day service available.

786-0022

TRACTOR SERVICES

TAG SALES ESTATE TAG SALE!!

SATURDAY MARCH 11TH ALL DAY FROM 9:30AM4:00PM LOCATION: INDOOR AT THE SWINGING BRIDGE AUCTION GALLERY AT 10 E. MAIN ST. (RTE 112) Loads more of fresh items added to this sale from West Springfield Estate.

WE ARE STILL UNPACKING TONS OF BANANA BOXES FILLED WITH LOADS OF ITEMS; CHINA, GLASS, VINTAGE MOTOROLA RADIO, ZENITH RADIO, VINTAGE TELECTRO REEL TO REEL PROJECTOR, CAMBRIDGE SOUND SYSTEM SPEAKERS AND BOGDEN EQUALIZER, CAPODIMONTE FIGURES, ART GLASS ; ART AND FRAMES, QUILTS, COLLECTABLES, GERMAN STEINS, BRISTOL GLASS, NIPPON, SATSUMA, SILVERPLATE, FIGURINES, BUNDLES OF BOOKS, NEW OLD STOCK WEDDING GOWNS, VINTAGE CLOTHING, DESIGNER CLOTHING ETC. MANY SURPRISES AS WE ARE STILL UNPACKING!!!

WE NEED SPACE FOR OUR NEXT AUCTION ON MARCH 25TH 2017 COME ON DOWN FOR GREAT BARGAINS!!!

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JIM'S TRACTOR SERVICES Spruce up for Spring!

STORE / PROPERTY FOR SALE

Grading & leveling of trap rock, dirt driveways & short roads; loader or backhoe work. Mowing of fields & lots with large rotory mower. Equipment transportation. (9 tons or less).

Trucking available. Removal or filling old pools. Insured (Div. of JD Berry Contracting)

A&L Market, Chester, MA, since 1840. Grocery, meat, dairy and liquor. Turn-key, with current inventory. Includes 2 apartments (currently occupied); 2 bedroom & 1 bedroom. $275,000.

Call Peter at 413-354-6593

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TRUCK SERVICE TOP TRUCK SERVICES CORP. Family Owned Servicing Western Mass since 1998

Truck & Trailer Repair We repair Pick-ups, Vans, SUVs & Campers in addition to light, medium, and heavy duty diesel trucks.

NAPA Truck Service Budget Truck Rental Location 24-Hour Emergency Service Fleet Repair MA Inspection Station "No truck or job too big or too small" 165 Bliss St. West Springfield, MA

413-788-6787

LAND MONTGOMERY, MA Beautiful Mountain-top Lot

Panoramic views. Fully cleared, de-stumped and graded. Ready to build.

Minutes to Westfield. 5.69 acres. Asking $130,000.

Call (413)562-5736.

MOBILE HOMES Monson: 2006, 2 bedrooms.

12'x52'. Air move-in condition.

Shingles. Small yard. $39,000 413-593-9961 DASAP.MHVILLAGE.COM

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TREE SERVICE

A DUMP TRUCK Attic, cellars garages cleaned out. Wood and brush removal.

Handy-Man services plus painting. Snowplowing.

(413)569-0794 (413)374-5377

A BETTER OPTION GRANFIELD TREE SERVICE Tree Removal, Land Clearing, Excavating. (413)569-6104

American Tree & Shrub: Removal, pruning, bucket/crane work. Stump grinding, light excavation and tree planting.

Firewood Available Fully Insured, Free Estimates.

24-hour Emergency Services.

Veteran Owned 40 yrs. Experience 413-569-0469

UPHOLSTERY KEITH'S UPHOLSTERY & REPAIRS 30+ years experience for home or business. Discount off all fabrics. Get quality workmanship at a great price. Free pickup and delivery. Call (413)562-6639.

WINDOW CLEANING

CRYSTAL CLEAR WINDOWS Cleaned inside and out!

Including storms and screens.

Fully insured. Free estimates.

Call Paul NOW for your SPRING appointment.

A1 ODD JOBS/HANDYMAN Debris removal, landscaping, Fall yard cleanup, interior and exterior painting, power washing, basic carpentry and plumbing. All types of repair work and more. (413)562-7462

JIM'S TRACTOR SERVICES Can Youup Help Spruce for Sarah?

Spring!

Grading & leveling of trap rock, dirt driveways & short roads; loader or backhoe work. Mowing of fields & lots with large rotory mower. Equipment transportation. (9 tons or less).

Trucking available. Removal or www.sarahgillett.org filling old pools. Insured (Div. of JD Berry Contracting) (413) 530-5430 (413) 569-6920

Want To Know A Secret?

Ask Sarah. www.sarahgillett.org

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