[2] The newspaper was purchased by Westfield native Patrick Berry in June 2011 from Allbritton Communications Company.

[1] Upon purchasing the newspaper, Berry introduced color printing for the first time—by retiring the News' 1971 press and printing instead at The Republican in Springfield—and changed the paper's name from The Westfield Evening News in order to emphasize the all-day nature of the news cycle.

He promised a new website and emphasis on social media such as Twitter and Facebook.

Westfield News Group also formerly published The Pennysaver in western Massachusetts and northern Connecticut and two weekly newspapers in the Westfield area, the Longmeadow News in Longmeadow, Massachusetts, and the Enfield Press in Enfield, Connecticut.

[4] In July 2019, The Westfield News was purchased by Reminders Publishing, LLC (a subsidiary of The Republican).