Marilyn June Welch

September 14, 1938 – November 24, 2024 Marilyn June Welch, 86, Sheridan, passed away on Sunday morning, November 24, 2024, at Copper Trace of Westfield. Born on September 14, 1938,…

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Burn that taper!

‘Tis the season for comfort and joy … and less perfection. This year, I vowed to stop needing everything to be perfect and to enjoy the present moments that bring…




Not the holiday play you were expecting

Greetings, a funny, festive, feel-good holiday play, is coming to Basile Westfield Playhouse Dec. 5 to 15. The show is about Andy, who has a sweet Catholic mother, a sour…


Rocks open season by crushing Frankfort

By RICHIE HALL sports@readthereporter.com WESTFIELD – The Westfield boys basketball team dominated its season-opener Saturday at CSI Gymnasium, beating Frankfort 87-17. The Shamrocks were in control from the beginning, only…



First came paper football, then came girls

Four seventh-grade boys. Four seventh-grade girls. Two telephones – rotary dial dinosaurs adhered to parents’ kitchen walls. Thick, twisted, dangled cords, like entangled anacondas in heat. Four seventh-grade boys on…