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Westfield Community Kitchen to close doors | News, Sports, Jobs
WESTFIELD — Westfield Community Kitchen is closing its doors at the end of the month. Jean McCausland, president of the group’s board of directors, cited fewer meals being served as the reason for the closure. The kitchen, incorporated in June 1994 to provide meals to those in need, has seen its attendance drop in recent years, from about 20 meals served a day pre-pandemic to about eight to nine meals served at present. “We would have a few,” McCausland said of attendance before COVID-19 that resulted in take-out-only service. “Twenty was not uncommon, sometimes quite a few more, sometimes less.” Westfield Community Kitchen began with meals available five…