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Westfield virtual history tours document 350 years of civic pride


Westfield virtual history tours document 350 years of civic pride
Updated Feb 21, 2021;
Are parents hearing that perennial question from their children more than ever during the pandemic?
Here’s a new response for parents – and teachers – who are looking for an enriching online experience, one they too can enjoy: virtual history tours of Westfield.
“With the pandemic, we saw a need to provide things for teachers to use with their students and families to do together,” says Cynthia P. Gaylord, one of the volunteers working on the project. “While I am the chair of the Westfield Historical Commission, these tours really came out of discussions from our Historic Education Subcommittee from Westfield’s 350th celebration in 2019. With everything else we had planned for the 350th, we never had the time to work on them in 2019.” ....

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Libraries see big increase in digital check outs, but physical books hold appeal


Libraries see big increase in digital check outs, but physical books hold appeal
Richard Duckett, Telegram & Gazette
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WORCESTER - Executive director Jason Homer shows off renovations to the children s floor at the Worcester Public Library on Thursday, February 4, 2021. The ceiling will replicate the sky and change to resemble day and night throughout the course of the day.
It s an interesting reading item.
According to CW MARS, a library consortium whose members consist of many local area libraries including the Worcester Public Library, there was an increase of 34% in checkouts on digital content in member libraries in 2020 over 2019. ....

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Sword stolen from statue of Revolutionary War hero in Westfield 40 years ago returned


Sword stolen from statue of Revolutionary War hero in Westfield 40 years ago returned
Updated Jan 03, 2021;
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As college pranks go, it proved to be a weighty one, the fallout from which a now aging military veteran carried around with him for almost 40 years. Until now.
All that matters, explains Cindy P. Gaylord, is that a piece of Westfield’s history is back in the city’s possession and will be preserved for generations to come.
On Monday of this week, Gaylord, chair of the municipal Historical Commission, sat in the driveway at her home, masked and socially distanced from her visitor, to hear face-to-face from the man who brought Gen. William Shepard’s sword back to Westfield. More specifically, it is the century-old bronze, sculpted version of the famed general’s sword, which went missing four decades ago from a monument in downtown Westfield. ....

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