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The Westfield NewsSearch for The Westfield News Westfield350.com The WestfieldNews Serving Westfield, Southwick, and surrounding Hilltowns “TIME IS THE ONLY WEATHER CRITIC WITHOUT TONIGHT AMBITION.” Partly Cloudy. JOHN STEINBECK Low of 55. www.thewestfieldnews.com VOL. 86 NO. 151 $1.00 TUESDAY,TUESDAY, AUGUST JUNE 27, 10, 2017 2021 VOL. 75 cents 90 NO. 189 COVID closes tortellini maker after 70 years By HOPE E. TREMBLAY the items for sale. Correspondent DeBartolo purchased the business in WESTFIELD — After more than 70 2014 and is the third owner of the com- years in business, Angy’s Tortellini is pany. According to its website, Angy’s closing its doors. Tortellini was created in 1949 as a way With a heavy heart, President and for Angiolina Campanini to support COO Ed DeBartolo made the announce- herself and her three children. ment Aug. 9. DeBartolo believed in the product “We did everything we could,” said and moved here from Arizona to run DeBartolo. “When COVID hit, it dev- the Westfield-based company. He said astated us. We couldn’t recover from his family remains in Arizona and he that.” plans to return home to spend time with All remaining inventory will be sold them. to the public at Angy’s 77 Servistar DeBartolo said closing the company Industrial Way headquarters, starting was not an easy decision. 8:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Aug. 10, with “Last year we were down 12 employ- additional sales Aug. 11 and 12, if sup- ees,” he said, “so we couldn’t keep up plies last. with production that short-staffed. And we’re not the only one.” “I think we will definitely sell out by DeBartolo said wage increases and Wednesday,” DeBartolo said. raw product increases throughout the A minimum of two units of products pandemic have impacted many compa- will be sold per person and customers nies. can purchase products by the case. In Some of Angy’s largest customers addition to Angy’s famous tortellini, are sports venues and with restrictions DeBartolo said its bread crumbs, pizza dough and garlic bread will be among See Angy’s, Page 5 Starfires on fire Fireworks fill the air at Bullens Field after Friday’s Starfires game. See story and photos Page 6. (MARC ST.ONGE/THE WESTFIELD NEWS) Angy’s Tortellini on Servistar Industrial Way in Westfield. (PHOTO BY MICHAEL BALLWAY / THE WESTFIELD NEWS) Baystate Noble Hospital’s ER certified for geriatric care By MICHAEL BALLWAY emergency room has staff designated to serve geriatric patients, defined as age 65 and older. in the Pioneer Valley with this certification, Staff Writer older patients, procedures to screen patients “Our numbers are definitely higher now,” Shukla said, and the only one in the Baystate WESTFIELD — When older patients arrive for dementia, delirium and fall risk, as well as said Dr. Sundeep “Sunny” M. Shukla, Baystate Health network. at Baystate Noble Hospital’s emergency room, equipment on hand to address age-related Noble’s chief of emergency medicine. “The Shukla said improving geriatric care was doctors and nurses don’t just treat the injury or physical needs, such as mobility aids. geriatric population is an exponentially grow- one of his goals when he arrived at the disease that brought them there. They’re also “We couldn’t be more proud to receive this ing population of patients.” Nationwide, he Westfield hospital in March 2020. The final trained and equipped to address the age-spe- accreditation,” said Ronald Bryant, president said, “they account for about 20 percent of piece of the puzzle was a $5,000 grant the cific needs of seniors. of Baystate Noble Hospital. “It spotlights our (emergency room) visits; by 2040, there’s talk hospital received in January. About half that Baystate Noble recently received Level 3 commitment to providing inclusive, and of them being about 40 percent of the visits. money paid for the application fee, while the Geriatric Emergency Department Accreditation patient-centered care for our senior patients.” We have to be able to provide specialized care other half purchased some of the supplies that from the American College of Emergency In 2019, about one-sixth of the 30,000 emer- for them.” Physicians. The honor means Baystate Noble’s gency room visits at Baystate Noble involved Baystate Noble is one of only two hospitals See Noble ER, Page 3 ‘Passion for giving back’ will benefit schoolkids By AMY PORTER said, describing himself as a “people Staff Writer person.” He said he started Project WESTFIELD — When Westfield Give Back to help parents who can’t resident Tyler Hannum started college afford a new backpack every year and online at Devry University this year, he to help with school supplies. Hannum became inspired to give back to the said he is happy that he is able to help. community. Reporting on the status of the project “I’ve been out of school for six last week to Dargie and the two princi- years,” said Hannum, who is studying pals, he said he had filled 48 pencil internet technology and cyber security cases each with three pencils, three at the university. “Technically, this is mechanical pencils, two highlighters, the first time I’m going to college.” two red pens, two black pens and a Hannum contacted his former vice pink eraser. He said each backpack will principal at Paper Mill Elementary have two folders and one notebook school, Susan Dargie, and asked how inside, along with a box of crayons, a he could give back to the children in box of colored pencils, and a box of the community. Dargie, who is now the markers. In addition, each backpack director of curriculum and instruction will have hand sanitizer, safety scissors for Westfield Public Schools, suggest- and silly putty “to help distract the kid- ed backpacks with school supplies in dos and help with anxiety,” Hannum them, and Project Give Back was born. said. Initially, Hannum set a goal of buy- He also got his coworkers at ing and filling 24 backpacks. He then T-Mobile in Westfield, where he is in doubled that number to 48, and decid- telecommunications and cell phone ed to give them to Highland and sales, involved in the project. His man- Munger Hill elementary schools. ager Alexander Brown is donating “I went back to college this year, so backpacks. Drawn downtown I wanted to give back to the commu- Hannum said he plans to organize Kyle Finnell and Dev Merchant talk with illustrator Eric Clarke at Saturday’s ArtWalk in down- nity. I always have a passion for giving another Project Give Back next year, town Westfield, sponsored by ArtWorks Westfield. More photos on Page 3. (PHOTO BY MARC ST. back and helping the community and ONGE / THE WESTFIELD NEWS) helping people in general,” Hannum See Giving Back, Page 3 PAGE 2 - TUESDAY, AUGUST 10, 2021 WWW.THEWESTFIELDNEWS.COM THE WESTFIELD NEWS HERSHEY FELDER GREGG EDELMAN CORINNA MAY LAIONA MICHELLE (submitted photo by WILD THYME BAND (SUBMITTED PHOTO) (SUBMITTED PHOTO) (submitted photo) T. Charles Erickson) (SUBMITTED PHOTO) Arts Beat By MARK G. AUERBACH the highlights: Eric Hill stages Willy cal starring identical twin opera sing- Simone Musical to its Goodspeed by her many roles on Broadway. For Correspondent Russell’s Broadway comedy hit, ers, Jim and John Demier, plays the the River Series, running Aug. 4-29. details: www.berkshiretheatregroup. Members of the Springfield Shirley Valentine, the story of a drab Workroom at A.P.E. @Hawley in The Goodspeed production features org. Symphony Orchestra will perform Liverpool housewife, who is trans- Northampton, Aug. 13-15. My Evil Springfield native Broadway artist The Wild Thyme Band brings with the Kevin Sharpe Group at The formed by a Mediterranean holiday. Twin exposes tenderness and vulnera- Laiona Michelle as the music legend. Celtic folk music to the Huntington Springfield Jazz and Roots Festival in Corinna May stars, Oct. 1-24, at The bility beneath masculine bravado as the Michelle wrote and conceived the Town Green on Aug. 15, as the Historic Springfield on Aug. 14. They are also Unicorn Theatre. Irving Berlin’s White twins tell the story of their lives in musical with the support of Goodspeed. North Hall Association’s second out- scheduled to perform Morning Music Christmas, adapted from the film for words and song. It is a tribute to sibling For details on Berkshire Theatre door concert of the summer. (In case of at Stearns Square on Aug. 28, and Sept. Broadway, comes to the Colonial love, with songs by Eric Sawyer, script Group’s production: www.berkshire- rain, this concert will be held inside 4 at NOSH in Springfield. For details: Theatre, Dec. 3 to Jan. 2. Gregg by Harley Erdman, and staging by Ron theatregroup.org. For details on Stanton Hall next to the Green). The www.springfieldsymphonymusicians. Edelman directs and Gerry McIntyre Bashford. For details: www.eventbrite. Goodspeed by the River: www.good- Wild Thyme Band will draw from the com/events. choreographs. Under the tent outside com/e/my-evil-twin-tickets- speed.org. rich repertoire of Irish and Scottish The Great American Songbook the Colonial Theatre, Mike Wartella 161654098761?aff=ebdssbdestsearch Andy Warhol in Iran, a new play traditional music and includes some Singalong. Hershey Felder, a frequent directs Tor Krautter’s J.P. Prescott’s King Lear, starring Christopher by Brent Askari (American French Celtic music as well. For performer at Berkshire Theatre Group Traveling Medicine Show on Sept. 10, Lloyd, this summer’s big hit at Underground at Barrington Stage), will details: www.northhallhuntington.org. and Hartford Stage, has been streaming a throwback to the 19th century travel- Shakespeare & Company, is available be given a staged reading at Barrington ——— programs for both theatres (and others ling tent shows.