The Dickens Day Village Stroll held on December 4th was a great success! Shoppers strolled the downtown visiting shops and meeting characters right out of a Dickens novel!    Above “Madame Defarge” (Kathy Coache, owner of Westfield Yarn & Thread) is greeted by Father Christmas.

Sheila Harrington was our grand prize winner of a $100 WBID gift certificate, which can be redeemed at any WBID Business in our website directory.

Father Christmas also visited “The Seat Weaver” on Arnold Street where chairs are hand-caned and locally handmade gifts are sold.   The stroll is a great way to find new shops,  meet friendly people and get all your Christmas shopping done.   From the craft fair held at the YMCA on Court St. to Erin’s Own Irish Imports on Elm Street there was certainly something to be found for everyone on your list!

We are proud to announce the winners of our “Westfield At Work” Photo Contest.

First prize – Sandi Bongiovanni, “Westfield At Work” collage and  “Thumbs Up”

Second Prize – Jeffrey Vincent, “Two Old Friends”

Third Prize – Nancy Fleury, “Catching a Rainbow”

Honorable Mention – George Freeman, “Fun In The Garden”

Special thanks to all who entered and submitted beautiful photos featuring different aspects of hardworking people in Westfield. Please stop on Main Street and look in the old Wickles storefront to get a glimpse of these photographs.

Join Representative Don Humason’s annual Free Public Holiday Skate Party at Amelia Park Ice Arena with skating and refreshments!

FREE!

December 18th, 7:00 pm – 7:50 pm

Amelia Park Ice Arena
21 South Broad Street

Add unique treasures to your gift basket at First Congregational Church’s annual Holiday Gift Boutique!

First Congregational Church
18 Broad Street

December 15th, 10:00 am – 2:00 pm

Dinner at the School Street Bistro and a rollicking interactive between-courses version of the classic Christmas tale!

Dec. 16th, 6:30 pm, Doors open at 6:00 pm.

Adults: $25, Children: $13

A portion of the ticket price helps fund future Dickens Days events.

Reservations: 562-8700

Tickets available at the School Street Bistro, the Athenaeum, and on-line at www.tix.com

Thank you to everyone who submitted photos for our “Westfield At Work” photo contest in November.  We received so many beautiful photos showing a lot of hardworking people in our city.  We have displayed many of them in some of our empty storefront windows on Main Street.  Take a look while you’re out shopping for the holiday season!

Winners will be announced on Thursday, December 9th, here on our website and in the Westfield Evening News.

Painter, writer, illustrator, Ruth Sanderson is showing some of her winter paintings in the Jasper Rand Art Musuem this month. She is the illustrator of numerous books for children, including The Enchanted Wood, which won the Irma Simonton Black Award and a Young Hoosier Book Award. Sanderson is especially known for her distinguished fairy tale illustrations.

Please come and enjoy the winter wonderland she has created.

Exhibit will be on display for the month of December.

Robert Feldman
Wednesday, December 8, 2010
Scanlon Banquet Hall
7 pm

*DISTINGUISHED SPEAKER SERIES*

Psychology professor Robert Feldman says lying is common and that people willingly accept and often welcome the lies they are told because it takes a lot of work to identify lying and liars.

Feldman offers his insights into the world of lying in his new book, “The Liar in Your Life”.