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Community rallies to support Westfield family after house fire Updated Feb 05, 2021; Facebook Share WESTFIELD — In less than 48 hours since the Masso family lost their Orange Street home in a fire, the community has come together to raise funds and organize clothing and meals for the extended family of 11. Miriam Masso, along with her husband, David Gonzalez, sister, Melissa Masso, parents Jose and Ketty Masso and children Mariela, 13, David, 11, Gabriella, 10, Victoria, 9, Noel, 7, and Nickolai, 6, escaped the fire without injury about 1:30 a.m. Thursday. Their dog, lizards, and birds are...

Fire at Westfield home displaces 11 people, 11 birds and 2 lizards Updated Feb 04, 2021; A fire that broke out at a Westfield home early Thursday left just under a dozen residents and their pets displaced, among them more than 10 birds and lizards, authorities said. The blaze was reported at the two-family home at 56 Orange St. around 1:20 a.m. and was believed to have started in the attic, according to Westfield Deputy Fire Chief Eric Bishop. “With a report of smoke in the area, the deputy arrived to find the two-story dwelling having an attic fire,” Bishop told MassLive. “We began su...

Rachel Schattman and Kate Yerxa of the University of Maine. The awards will support at least 22 UVM faculty and students from 5 colleges/schools and 8 departments. Over 40 local, national, and international collaborators from at least 8 partner institutions will participate, including the University of California-Davis, the National Socio-Environmental Synthesis Center (SESYNC), the Winooski School District, Bioversity International, and Bahir Dar University. Catalyst Awards are the Gund Institute’s flagship seed grant competition, and have provided over $800,000 in startup funds, supporti...

During a recent meeting of the Bangs City Council, new council member Rick Phelps asked that hours at the city service center be extended to assist those who can not utilize the facility during the current hours of operation. Mayor Eric Bishop released the following information Tuesday evening: The dumpsters located at the city service center at 1003 North Third Street are available to residential, commercial and industrial customers who receive solid waste sanitation service from the City of Bangs. The service center, which has been open from 9 a.m. until 1 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday for ...

This  This year’s holiday show at Fourth Street Fine Art is aptly named: “Home Is Where the Art Is.” The collection features works as eclectic as the artists who make up the cooperatively owned studio. Celena Peet’s mixed-media fiber art hangs beside new oil paintings by Prabin Badhia and Valerie Sobel’s abstract acrylic paintings. This holiday season, people are making their spaces more inviting and functional. Fourth Street Fine Art in Berkeley’s “SoU” District is one of many Berkeley businesses providing art and gifts for people acting on their “nesting instinct” and c...