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Polls Open Today for State Primary Election by HOPE E Search for The Westfield News Westfield350.comTheThe Westfield WestfieldNews News Serving Westfield, Southwick, and surrounding Hilltowns “TIME IS THE ONLY WEATHER CRITIC WITHOUT TONIGHT AMBITION.” Partly Cloudy. JOHN STEINBECK Low of 55. www.thewestfieldnews.com VOL. 86 NO. 151 TUESDAY, JUNE 27, 2017 75 cents $1.00 TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 1, 2020 VOL. 89 NO. 211 Polls open today for State Primary Election By HOPE E. TREMBLAY In Southwick, Republican incumbent a Southwick Republican, in the Nov. 3 election. Editor Nicholas Boldyga is facing Agawam City WESTFIELD/SOUTHWICK – The State Councilor Dino Mercadante for the state rep- See Election, Page 3 Primary Elections are Sept. 1, with polls open resentative seat. The winner in the primary from 7 a.m. – 8 p.m. in Westfield and will face the sole Democratic candidate, Southwick. Agawam School Committee member Kerri Southwick voters will head to Southwick O’Connor. Town Hall for all precincts, while Westfield Westfield Republicans Dan Allie, a city residents will vote in various locations based councilor, and Kelly Pease, former aide to on wards. Ward 2 residents will vote at STATE REP. state Sen. Donald F. Humason Jr., will face- Westfield Middle School instead of the Senior NICHOLAS DINO R. off in the primary and move on to the gen- Center, and all others will vote in their usual BOLDYGA MERCADANTE eral election where Independent candidate locations. Ethan Flaherty and Democrat Matthew Garlo Voters will choose a Democratic or tor in general court, which are voted on by both are also vying for the seat. Republican ballot and cast their vote for sev- Southwick and Westfield residents, voters will While not facing opposition in the primary, eral local races. In addition to the senator in select their candidates in local state representa- state Sen. John C. Velis, a Westfield DAN ALLIE KELLY PEASE congress, representative in congress and sena- tive races. Democrat, will face challenger John F. Cain, Westfield schools are in good shape Alleged with PPE, says school safety office By AMY PORTER dents, will return to shops on Sept. special populations. Twenty-four Staff Writer 14. “We should have everything thousand medium size gloves, the voyeur WESTFIELD – Westfield Public by then,” he said. same amount of large size gloves, Schools Safety Officer Christopher Among the equipment ordered and 5,000 gowns were also ordered Rogers, who is also the adminis- was 150,000 adult-size masks for for the same staff. trator of student interventions, said faculty and students grades 7 and Also ordered were 2,400 gallons the schools are in good shape with up; and 150,000 child-size masks of hand sanitizer and 180 cases of personal protective equipment for arrested for preK through grade 6. These sanitizing wipes. the school year. are back up masks, as every stu- “We’ve worked hard to get By CARL E. HARTDEGEN “Everything that we ordered is dent that comes to school is going where we are with this. 75% is Correspondent either in or shipping this week, or to be required to wear a mask or a already in, and the rest will be WESTFIELD – A Longmeadow man is fac- arriving this week,” Rogers said. face covering, with special excep- shipped and delivered sometime ing 15 criminal charges – including five charg- Christopher J. Rogers, Teachers are currently working tions. “We’re in good shape there,” this week, well in advance of any- es of possession of child pornography – after director of student inter- on professional development Rogers said. body coming back,” Rogers said. allegedly using his phone to make photographs ventions and safety officer remotely until Sept. 10 when they Also ordered were specialized Rogers said in terms of safety and videos of female camp staffers changing for the Westfield Public will return to work in their build- N95 and KN95 masks, face shields preparations, everything was done their clothes at the Westfield YMCA summer Schools. (THE WESTFIELD ings, and the first students to come and safety glasses for nurses, cus- camp program. NEWS FILE PHOTO) back, the technical education stu- todians and staff that work with See Schools, Page 6 The man came to the attention of city police on Aug. 3 when the mother MAKING FISHING GREAT AGAIN of a female camp coun- selor called police to report that her daughter had told her the she had City supports effort to seen a cell phone taking pictures of her while she was in a bathroom. The clean Westfield River caller said that the camp By AMY PORTER sen this year because of the fre- officials were aware of Staff Writer quent complaints of residents the situation and were JAMES P. WESTFIELD – The City of and town officials that the trash taking action. McCOLLEY Westfield joined the effort of the problem was getting out of The Westfield YMCA non-profit organization Make hand, and Richards said he chief executive officer, in a subsequent state- MA Fishing Spots Great Again doesn’t want people to lose the ment, reported that the suspect had been imme- on Aug. 29 to clean up popular ability to fish in the river. diately terminated. fishing areas along the Westfield Westfield Flood Control Det. Brian Freeman was assigned to investi- River that have become trashed. Commissioner Albert Giguere gate the case and, on Aug. 27, arrested James P. Brett Richards of Ware, presi- said the City of Westfield sup- McColley, 20, of 73 Nevins Ave., Longmeadow. dent of the volunteer organiza- ported the clean-up, since they Freeman reports, in a court document, that on tion, said their goal is to clean weren’t able to hold their Earth Aug. 3 McColley initially agreed to come to the all waterways and fishing spots Day cleanup this year, which police station for an interview but he later across Massachusetts, from the always includes spots along the Brett Richards, president of Make MA Fishing Spots Great Again called to say he would not appear. Berkshires to the beaches, as Westfield River. and Westfield Flood Control Commissioner Al Giguere with some many times as they can. of the trash collected in the first hour of Saturday’s clean-up on the See Arrest, Page 5 The Westfield River was cho- See River, Page 6 Westfield River. (AMY PORTER PHOTO/THE WESTFIELD NEWS) Batter’s Box beats COVID, ITI for City Cup By CHRIS PUTZ mounted a comeback before base from Cameron Lisowski put King came on to retire five straight Sports Editor Batter’s Box rallied late to forge a two early runners in scoring posi- batters and six of the next seven – – WESTFIELD – It’s only fitting victory. tion. Jachym plated both base run- two by K – – before ITI turned to that this year’s Greater Westfield “It was an awesome win for a ners with a solid hit to left-center its bullpen again to begin the third Babe Ruth Baseball Dan Welch good team,” said Batter’s Box’s field. A Noah Gardner base hit and inning. City Cup championship would Jake Jachym, who went 2-for-2 stolen base immediately put a pair Batter’s Box loaded the bases in resemble the political landscape with a double, walk, run scored and of runners in scoring position again. the third inning, reaching base by with No. 2 Batter’s Box and top- two RBIs. “We all hit the ball. We Aidan King hit a RBI single and error, a Jachym single, and Aidan seeded ITI donning red and blue kind of took innings two through stole second base, putting two more King walk. ITI reliever Eli Petrone jerseys, respectively. five off but we scored when we runners in scoring position. Connor came in and extinguished the threat The “Big Red Machine,” other- needed to and that’s what mat- Niemiec then belted a two-run dou- with two straight Ks. wise known as Batter’s Box battled tered.” ble to right field for an impressive ITI did not go quietly into the back the blue-and-white uniformed ITI stuck it to Batter’s Box first early 5-1 lead. night. ITI in the City Cup finals 8-6 when Ryan LaPoint hit a RBI sin- The ensuing innings were a bit of In the fifth inning, ITI rallied. Friday night at Bullens Field to gle in the top of the first inning. a chess match with ITI matching Paul Lawry singled through the left Batter’s Box’s Jake Jachym takes a become the 2020 champs. Batter’s Box lead-off hitter Josh Batter’s Box stride for stride. side of the infield. Jay Scherpa beat whack during the Greater Westfield The first six batters reached base Sturmer blasted one of the game’s After Batter’s Box drove ITI’s out a bunt for a single. Nick Lenfest Babe Ruth Dan Welch City Cup cham- for Batter’s Box, five with the bat, first pitches to the farthest reaches starting pitcher from the mound by reached on an error, loading the pionship Friday night at Bullens Field. as the “Big Red Machine” blud- of the left corner of the Bullens scoring their fifth run of the game, (MARC ST.ONGE/THE WESTFIELD NEWS) geoned the ball from the outset. ITI Field outfield. A walk and stolen ITI’s Dylan King took the mound. See City Cup, Page 6 Kelly Pease retired after 20 years on active duty. Use of this rank, job titles and photos in uniform does not imply endorsement by the Army or DOD. PAGE 2 - TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 1, 2020 WWW.THEWESTFIELDNEWS.COM THE WESTFIELD NEWS Westfield State University to hold RN-to-BSN virtual information session MSN, RN-BC.
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