Monson News

Virginia C. Midyette, 92, has been chosen as the Monson Rotary Club's Citizen of the Year.

This is the home of Palmer Fire Lt. Todd Warren, where there was a fire on Thursday night.

WESTFIELD - The mementos, degrees and awards in Raymond K. Broderick 's office are a testament to 34 years as an educator and administrator, the last nine of which have been spent as principal at Westfield High School .

Jeanne A. Bailey, of 15 Ely Road, and Charles P. Cournoyer, of 172 Silver St., also are seeking the three-year term.

MONSON - The Republican Town Committee will hold its monthly meeting on June 11 at the Polish-American Citizens Club, 7 Bliss St., at 6:30 p.m. The public is invited to attend; refreshments will be served and beverages will be available at the bar.

MONSON - The School Committee picked Granite Valley Middle School Principal Cheryl A. Clarke as the district's next superintendent at its Tuesday meeting.

Western Massachusetts dispatchers were well represented at the annual 9-1-1 Honors Award Ceremony on Tuesday at Mechanics Hall.

MONSON - Highway Surveyor John R. Morrell said Moulton Hill Road will be closed on June 10 for stone seal work, and motorists should seek alternate routes that day.

MONSON - Tree plantings are scheduled in Monson on Saturday, coinciding with the second anniversary of a tornado that caused widespread destruction across the town.

Many parishes in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Springfield will simultaneously hold an adoration of the Eucharist on June 2 at 11 a.m.or as close to as possible to coincide with an hour-long adoration being held in the Vatican by Pope Francis.

The 8th annual Children's Book Festival on June 8 at the Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art will transport visitors to a world of fantasy with its theme of fairy gardens, while offering the opportunity to members of the Western Massachusetts Illustrators Guild inspired by this theme and view their original artwork.

He said the project is being made possible through $75,000 in state chapter 90 road repair funds.

MONSON - The Monson Arts Council is having a world premiere of "The Interview" by Monson playwright Matt Guthrie at 7:30 p.m. on Friday, May 31.

WILBRAHAM - With the sounds of the Holyoke Caledonian Pipe Band signaling their arrival, the 96 graduates streamed across the lawn at Wilbraham-Monson Academy as a heavy rain fell for the 209th commencement ceremony on Saturday.

MONSON - The Replanting Monson Tree Committee will hold a tree planting to celebrate the town's recovery from the tornado on Saturday, June 1 - the second anniversary of the twister - at 9 a.m. at Rogers Field at Flynt Park.

CBS 3s' Michelle London , left, and Dan Smith from the American Red Cross, talk with George Merrill of Springfield after getting his donation at the corner of Main Street and Boland Way in Springfield for a special Red Cross collection for victims of the Oklahoma tornado.

The Lincoln-Sudbury Regional School District is looking to fill an empty seat, and they are looking to Wellesley in the final three.