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🌱 Westfield’s Veterans Day parade steps off this morning

Westfield, Massachusetts Patch AM: a 4 min read

Good morning Westfield! Your connection to what's happening around town is here. Take a sip of coffee and read on. ☀️

In today's newsletter:

  • Westfield’s Veterans Day parade steps off this morning
  • Smell gas? Westfield utility explains what to do
  • MIT mourns Captain Craig Martin, a Westfield State graduate

Also on today's calendar: LIVE MUSIC - CT Grateful Dead All Stars and 9 more events.

Today's riddle: What are the two sides of a circle? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

  • Wednesday: Intervals of clouds and sun, with a high of 57 and low of 42 degrees.
  • Thursday: Cloudy and cooler; p.m. rain, temps: high: 50, low: 37.
  • Friday: Rain; breezy in the morning, with a high of 41 and low of 34 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

1. Westfield and Southwick to honor veterans on Wednesday (masslive.com) — Westfield’s Veterans Day parade leaves City Hall today at 10:30 a.m., heading to Westfield Middle School for an 11 a.m. ceremony. Marchers will follow Court, Broad and West Silver streets. If weather cancels the parade, the ceremony will still take place in the school auditorium.
   

2. Westfield Gas and Electric details public safety plans to City Council (masslive.com) — Anyone who smells gas should move to a safe location and call 413-572-0000 or 911, Westfield Gas and Electric reminded residents during a City Council briefing. The utility outlined its emergency response plans and outreach on gas safety, carbon monoxide and preventing damage to underground lines.
   

3. MIT Police mourn Captain Craig Martin, who served the campus for more than 25 years (massdailynews.com) — MIT Police are mourning Captain Craig Martin, a 1987 Westfield State College graduate who served the campus for more than 25 years. He joined the department as a sergeant in 2000 and rose to captain, building relationships his family said helped support the campus community's safety and well-being.
   

4. Kraft Group eyes $16B data center development in Massachusetts (sportsbusinessjournal.com) — The Kraft Group is exploring a data center development in Sutton worth more than $16 billion, dwarfing the $4 billion proposal in Westfield. Sutton’s town manager says no applications have been filed. The tentative plan calls for 10 buildings opening in phases from 2029 through 2033.
   

5. Amherst Girls XC Win Fifth Consecutive Western Mass Title (amherstindy.org) — At Westfield’s Stanley Park, Amherst’s girls cross-country team captured its fifth straight Western Massachusetts Class A title on Nov. 7, beating Northampton 29–37. Its top five runners finished within 56 seconds of one another, and all seven placed in the top 17. Amherst next competes in a state qualifying meet Nov. 14.
   

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: "What are the two sides of a circle?" — The inside and the outside ! (Thank you James M. for sending it in!)
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