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                                UNITED STATES
                     SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                           WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

                       ______________________________

                                  FORM 8-K

                               CURRENT REPORT
                   PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE
                       SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

                       ______________________________

      Date of report (Date of earliest event reported): April 27, 2004

                          WESTFIELD FINANCIAL, INC.
           (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

        Massachusetts              001-16767             73-1627673
(State or other jurisdiction      (Commission          (IRS Employer
      of incorporation)           File Number)      Identification No.)

               141 Elm Street, Westfield, Massachusetts 01085
             (Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)

     Registrant's telephone number, including area code: (413) 568-1911

                               Not Applicable
        (Former name or former address, if changed since last report)





Items 1-6.  Not applicable.

Item 7.     Financial Statements and Exhibits

            (a)   No financial statements are required to be filed with
                  this report.

            (b)   No pro forma financial information is required to be
                  filed with this report.

            (c)   The following exhibit is filed as part of this Report:

Exhibit No.    Description
- -----------    -----------

99.1           Press release issued by Westfield Financial, Inc. (the
               "Company") on April 27, 2004, furnished in accordance with
               Item 12 of this Current Report on Form 8-K.

Items 8-11. Not applicable.

Item 12.    Results of Operations and Financial Condition

      On April 27, 2004, the Company announced its earnings for the first
quarter of the 2004 fiscal year. A copy of the press release dated April
27, 2004, describing first quarter earnings is attached as Exhibit 99.1.

      This information and Exhibit 99.1 shall not be deemed "filed" for
purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended
(the "Exchange Act"), or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that
section, nor shall it be deemed incorporated by reference in any filing
under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Exchange Act, except
as shall be expressly set forth by specific reference in such a filing.





                                 SIGNATURES

      Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by
the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

                                       WESTFIELD FINANCIAL, INC.


                                       By: /s/ Michael J. Janosco, Jr.
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                                       Name:  Michael J. Janosco, Jr.
                                       Title: Chief Financial Officer and
                                              Treasurer

Date: April 27, 2004





                                EXHIBIT INDEX

Exhibit No.    Description
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    99.1       Press Release dated April 27, 2004.