Celebrate the 4th and take stock

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With a week and two days to go, we’re hopeful you’ve marked your calendars for Westfield Rocks the 4th. If not, please do so now. (We’re quite the social advisers, no?) Now in its fourth iteration, the one-day festival has grown in vendors and attendees the last three years, and we expect nothing less from 2013’s edition. At Asa Bales Park, the city’s largest gathering will feature a twice-as-large Headliner’s Car Show and an expanded lineup of offerings in the Kids Area, as well as stellar live entertainment by Dave & Rae and Stella Luna & The Satellites. On top of that, Mill Tavern will have a beer garden, and there will be more diverse food options than ever. Go. It’s good for you and good for our community. This is continuing proof that our city is on the rise. It’s a wonderful occurrence, when events grow to mirror a municipality’s progress. That evolution is evident throughout Westfield. So, as you celebrate our nation’s independence, take a moment, please, to reflect on how far our city has come in a relatively short time. May it continue. Enjoy the festival.

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We salute the Westfield High School boys varsity golf team on its recent state championship. In a state that has become golf-crazed, this is a wonderful accomplishment and is to be celebrated. Having quality courses in and around the city, to speak nothing of expert coaching and offseason instructional opportunities, the title might just have been an idea whose time had come. Well played!

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Tenna Pershing, the stellar media relations expert with Westfield Washington Schools, has had her position eliminated. There is nowhere else to turn for budget cuts in the schools? Can the information chief, seriously? We view this as an unfortunate move, one that makes no sense to us.


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