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TONIGHT Cloudy Low of 37. The WestfieldNews Search for The Westfield News Search for The Westfield News Westfield350.com The Westfield “THOSE WHO SAY THEY GIVE 1668 First Tavern News THE “TPUBLICIME IS WHATHE TONLY IT WAN TS opened on Little Serving Westfield, Southwick, and surrounding Hilltowns BEGIN BY UNDERESTIMATING WEATHER CRITIC WITHOUT River Street. PUBLIC TASTE AND END TONIGHT AMBITION.” BY DEBAUCHING IT.” Partly Cloudy. JOHN STEINBECK Search for — The T.S. Westfield ELIOT News Westfield350.comWestfield350.orgLow of 55. Thewww.thewestfieldnews.com WestfieldNews Serving Westfield, Southwick, and surrounding Hilltowns “TIME IS THE ONLY WEATHERVOL. 86 NO. 151 TUESDAY, JUNE 27, 2017 75CRITIC cents WITHOUT VOL.88TONIGHT NO. 73 THURSDAY, MARCH 28, 2019 75AMBITION Cents .” Partly Cloudy. JOHN STEINBECK Low of 55. www.thewestfieldnews.com Residents ‘It’s Band-Tastic’ expressVOL. 86 NO. support151 TUESDAY, JUNE 27, 2017 75 cents and trepidation brings musicians about St. Thomas grades 4 to 12 purchase By AMY PORTER together this Correspondent HUNTINGTON – Nearly 100 residents turned out for a Saturday at WHS public forum to gauge support for the town’s purchase of the By AMY PORTER historic St. Thomas church on Westfield Lecture Series continues Correspondent Wednesday. Select Board chair WESTFIELD – This Saturday, March 30, band stu- Edward Renauld said when the Walter Powell, a native of Southwick who dents in grades 4 to 12 will be performing “It’s Band- Springfield Diocese put the works as a public history consultant in Tastic” at 1 p.m. in the Westfield High School gymnasi- church up for auction in 2017, Plymouth, MA, was the speaker Wednesday um, to cap off March’s “Music in the Schools” month. the town was interested at the evening at the Old First Church in Westfield WHS and Westfield Technical Academy Band Director time, but couldn’t act fast to share his research about the life of Patrick Kennedy said a combined band of 400 to 500 enough to participate. Reverend Edward Taylor, an early Westfield students will play together in the beginning of the perfor- Renauld said that two months resident who rose to prominence in the mance, then grade 4, then 4-6, then 5-8, then 7-12, then ago, the individual who pur- community as a minister and poet in the the combined high school band, then everybody. “It’s a late 1600’s to early 1700’s. This was the lot of bodies to move,” Kennedy said. chased the church at auction for th $75,000 came to the town and ninth event in the Westfield 350 Lecture Students will practice from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. before Series on Westfield’s history. The next talk the concert begins. asked if they were interested in th buying it. The owner, Gerald is scheduled for Wednesday April 17 at Kennedy said the district started with fourth grade les- Farrelly of Westfield was pres- 6:30pm at WSU’s Dever Stage inside sons a couple of years ago. Now with restructuring, the ent at Wednesday’s forum. Parenzo Hall and the topic will be, configuration is different and new, with a new lineup. Renauld said the selectmen, “Wayfinding through GPS: Planning per- “This is the first time with their schools in this configu- Huntington architect Jeffrey spectives for the City of Westfield”. ration. It will be interesting to see how it all flows,” he Scott Penn, and Vicki Mayhew, said. who chaired the committee that Along with the new configuration are two new band created a Local Historic teachers as well. New fourth grade band teacher Jessica Designation for the church in Pietrosanti, who started in September sees all of the 2012, had started to talk about fourth graders throughout the city weekly for lessons. possible uses for the 1881 build- During these lessons, she said students work to master ing. the basic skills needed to perform on their instruments: Penn called it “relatively posture, tone quality, articulation, rhythm, pitch, tempo, obvious,” the cultural impor- and embouchure, a french word meaning “mouth forma- tance of the church to the town. tion”. These skills are honed over time and create the Referring to Stanton Hall, the foundation for strong performance technique on the former Grange Hall where instruments as a student progresses through the grades. Wednesday’s meeting was held, Layered with music from a variety of genres, students he said, “This building says build the muscles and control necessary to perform on we’re in New England. That their instruments, developing their listening skills to church confirms it.” perform music by ear as well as their ability to read Penn said the town has a musical notation, said Pietrosanti. pressing need for office and On Saturday afternooon, fourth grade students will meeting space, as well as emer- perform a beautiful, simple composition by American gency headquarters. He said the composer, Frank Ticheli, a song that will leave the audi- church has an unconstructed Westfield Theatre Group prepares ence singing a popular tune from the 80’s, and several basement which could be fin- ished, and is well above the See It’s Band-Tastic!, Page 8 flood plain of the Westfield to show ‘Tuck Everlasting’ River, unlike Town Hall, where current records are stored. He By PETER CURRIER said it’s important the church be Correspondent returned to public service. WESTFIELD- The Westfield Theatre Selectman Darlene McVeigh Group is getting ready to perform their ren- said the town has no dedicated dition of the musical, ‘Tuck Everlasting’ at space for seniors, who make up the Westfield Women’s Club in a run that nearly 30% and growing out of will last from March 29th to April 13th. a population of approx. 2,000. The play, which takes place in 1893 and She said the church is handicap is based on the children’s novel of the same accessible, although the eleva- name by Natalie Babbitt, tells the story of a tor might need some work, and young girl named Winnie Foster who meets there is grant funding available a family that has been bound to immortality. Foster, who is played by Emma Linehan, See Residents, Page 8 befriends Jesse Tuck, played by Caden Boeri, and the two struggle to keep the key WHS and WTA Band Director Patrick Kennedy with to immortality out of the wrong hands. the Westfield Technical Academy band. (WNG File Photo) The play’s director, Thomas LeCourt, had intended to run the play with the Westfield Theatre Group in previous years, but was unable to do so until this year. “We’ve waited two years to get the rights Caden Boeri (Top left, sitting) Christine ZBA approves to this play,” said Shelley Haber, the play’s Greene (Bottom left, brown dress) and Nearly 100 residents attended Producer, “Tom actually saw it on Broadway Emme Linehan (stage front, red dress) play the town forum on St. Thomas when it first came out. He fell in love with the parts of Jesse Tuck, Mae Tuck, and Church Wednesday. (Photo by solar project Winnie Foster respectively. (Photo by Peter Amy Porter) See Tuck Everlasting, Page 8 Currier) By GREG FITZpaTRICK Correspondent GRANVILLE – At Wednesday night’s meeting at the Granville Town Hall, the Zoning Board of Appeals unani- mously voted 4-0 in favor of approving the proposed solar project at 1730 Main Rd. Bid awarded for Granville Road culvert project Owned by Granville resident Charles Sheets, By GREG FITZpaTRICK vehicles that drive down that road. The solar project consists of 4.96 acres on Sheets Road Correspondent “It’s an old culvert, there’s sinkholes property owned by Granville resident Charles Sheets, off SOUTHWICK – This week, the Select that have formed periodically as water Main Road. Board has awarded a bid for the Granville washes through,” said Brown. “The cul- Road culvert replacement project to vert has met its life so it’s time to replace See Solar Project, Page 3 Maverick Construction Management it.” Services of Auburn, Mass.. The expectation is that Maverick Maverick Construction Management Construction Management Services will Services came in with the lowest bid of begin construction after July 1. $362,381. DPW Director Randy Brown was seen During Brown’s discussions this week According to DPW Director Randy discussing the Granville Road replace- with the Select Board on the project, he Brown, the total budget for the project is ment project this week and among noted that Granville Road won’t be $467,085. Due to Maverick’s bid of other issues or projects. (Photo by Greg closed during construction when vehi- $362,381 and the additional $40,700 for Fitzpatrick) cles are heading westbound on Granville contracts, there will be a remaining bal- Road. ance of $64,000 to be used for construc- town meeting in May of 2018 voters However, if vehicles are going east- tion contingencies throughout the proj- passed to have the $467,085 appropriat- bound on Granville Road, they will be ect. ed through town funds. detoured down Fred Jackson Road and The design for the Granville Road Reconstructing a new culvert on then onto College Hwy. It’s anticipated culvert replacement project was created Granville Road is important for the that the detour will only last two or three Granville residents are seen at a past Zoning Board about six years ago. Through a special structure and safety of the town and the weeks. meeting regarding the solar project at 1730 Main Rd. PAGE 2 - THURSDAY, MARCH 28, 2019 WWW.THEWESTFIELDNEWS.COM THE WESTFIELD NEWS Happy Birthdays Janet Bostok, of Russell, recently celebrated her 90th birthday surrounded by friends, family and a large gathering of loved ones at the home of her daughter, Lynn Holmes.

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