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Westfield will require residents to use official orange trash bags at the Transfer Station starting Sept. 1, 2026. The city's announcement this week lays out the new bag requirement for household trash drop-off at the facility, though it did not specify where the bags can be purchased o…

A flash flood warning for Westfield, Springfield and Chicopee kept residents on alert overnight into Thursday, July 30, according to a National Weather Service advisory reported by Cedar News. The warning arrived amid heavy regional rainfall, prompting caution for drivers and low-lying …

Westfield reverses course on data center growth, imposing an immediate moratorium on new projects. City officials voted unanimously this week to pause further data center development, a sharp turn for a city that previously extended local tax breaks to help attract a data center project…

Alinabal Group acquires Westfield's Industrial Precision to expand aerospace machining work. The company said in a release it has purchased Industrial Precision, Inc., a machining operation founded in 1974 that runs a facility in Westfield, expanding Alinabal Group's capabilities for ae…

Two men face charges after a Westfield Police sting targeting a phone scam that defrauded an elderly resident. Westfield Police coordinated the operation after the resident reportedly lost money to scammers, according to a Western Mass News report published July 8, 2026. The case unders…