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West Springfield Eases Mandatory Water Restriction to Level 1

West Springfield has eased its mandatory water use restriction from Level 2 to Level 1, effective September 11. Mayor Reichelt's administration said the reduced status remains in place until the state Secretary of Energy and Environmental Affairs revises the regional drought declaration…

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West Springfield sees single recorded sale in latest deed filings

Hampden County Registry of Deeds records show just one property transfer recorded in West Springfield between Aug. 14 and Sept. 12, 2026: a $2,350,000 sale recorded Aug. 26, with AAA Northeast as seller and Pioneer Valley Credit Union as buyer. No street address, bedroom, bathroom or square-footage

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Single Deed Recorded in West Springfield During Late-Summer Period

Hampden County Registry of Deeds recorded just one West Springfield property transfer between Aug. 7 and Sept. 5. The Aug. 17 filing lists John R. Abbe and Katherine M. Abbe as sellers and the same two, as trustees, as buyers, a pattern consistent with a family trust transfer. No sale price was

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West Springfield sees single recorded sale in August, at $2.35 million

Hampden County Registry of Deeds records show only one recorded property transaction in West Springfield for the period of July 31 through Aug. 29, 2026: a $2,350,000 sale recorded Aug. 26, with AAA Northeast as seller and Pioneer Valley Credit Union as buyer. No street address or property details

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West Springfield expands speed hump program on residential streets

West Springfield expands its traffic-calming program across roughly a dozen residential streets. The town has installed speed humps, speed bumps and raised crosswalks in an effort to slow neighborhood traffic, according to a Western Mass News report published July 22. Separately, fans p…

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Templeton Golfer Aces Hole-in-One at West Springfield Charity Tournament

A Templeton golfer aced a hole-in-one at West Springfield's Swings for Seniors tournament, winning a new car for his wife. Western Mass News reported the shot in "Hole-in-one earns man new car at Swings for Seniors Tournament," describing how the golfer handed his prize straight to his …

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West Springfield Golfer Wins Car With Hole-in-One at Charity Event

A hole-in-one at a West Springfield charity fundraiser produced one of the week's more good-natured local stories. A Templeton man aced a shot at the Swings for Seniors Tournament on July 14 and won a new car — then handed the keys straight to his wife, according to a Western Mass News …

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Templeton Golfer Cards Hole-in-One, Wins Car at Swings for Seniors

A Templeton man's hole-in-one at the Swings for Seniors golf tournament in West Springfield won him a new car — which he promptly gave to his wife. Western Mass News reported the ace on July 14, 2026, at the charity event held in town, the lone bright-spot item to surface from today's r…

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West Springfield Mourns Longtime Resident Earl "Skip" Cooley, 82

West Springfield mourns the passing of longtime resident Earl C. "Skip" Cooley, 82. Toomey-O'Brien Funeral Home, on Westfield Street, is handling funeral arrangements, according to an obituary notice carried by Legacy.com and WFSB. It was a quiet Monday otherwise for West Springfield — …

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