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Tonawanda High School to perform ‘The Addams Family’ By KImberlee Sabshin NT SUN CORRESPONDENT
For the first time in Western New York, a high school will pay tribute to the macabre family that has been featured in comics, a live-action 1960s television
show and various animated series to the stage. Tonawanda High School will put on its production of “The Addams Family” musical 7 p.m., Thursday and Friday, Nov. 13 and 14; 7:30 p.m., Saturday, Nov. 15; and 2 p.m., Sunday, Nov. 16., keeping in the spirit of
the Halloween season even after it is over. All performances will be held in the auditorium of the junior-senior high school complex at 600 Fletcher St., Adult tickets are $10, while students and senior tickets are $7. The musical came to Shea’s
Performing Arts Center in downtown Buffalo in 2011, and is based on the text by Marshall Brickman and Rick Elice, music and lyrics by Andrew Lippa, and characters created by Charles Addams in the comics, which he first drew in the 1930s.
Earlier this month, the cast of “The Addams Family” was about a week into their rehearsals, but music, singing and excitement could be heard in the high school auditorium after school hours. As of Thursday, Oct. 2, art teacher and theatre producer Daniel
Lynch, who is directing the musical, said the students were beginning to learn the music, stage blocking and choreography for the production.
See “ADDAMS” on Page A7.
Residents voice concerns about stadium noise KImberlee Sabshin NT SUN CORRESPONDENT
City of Tonawanda Fire Chief Charles Stuart accepts a donation from Legislator Kevin Hardwick for the purchase of 300 children’s fire hats that were distributed at the annual open house and the Fire Prevention Day event last week. The donation was personally made by Hardwick. It was not from a county account.
Hardwick’s donation welcomed Council begins budget review By Kori Sciandra
NORTH TONAWANDA SUN EDITOR
After taking a preliminary look at North Tonawanda Mayor Robert Ortt’s tentative 2015 Budget earlier this month, the common council began meeting with department heads, Tuesday, during the common council workshop. On the agenda for discussion were Engineering, Water/
Wastewater, and Recreation. City Engineer Dale Marshall has three capital projects on the agenda for 2015. “Keep in mind there is a lot of overlap between departments,” said Marshall as he spoke about his department requests. Among the projects are, the Dodder Creek Drainage Restoration. After completing a thorough study, the engineering department believes the solu-
tion to the drainage problem and the whole effected area is to get the Department of Public Works to clean out Dodder Creek from Walter Drive to Warner Avenue, all the way to the Niagara River. Marshall noted a cost savings for this project is that the work would be completed inhouse. “Two years in a row, we have received installments from the Niagara County Refuge District. We have re-
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ceived $50,000 annually, so we have $100,000 so far and in December, we put in for our third installment of that and there are five,” said Marshall. “So the county is going to be giving us, basically a quarter of a million dollars to solve the drainage problems in that ward.”
See “BUDGET” on Page A2.
At Tuesday’s Tonawanda City School District Board of Education meeting, residents who live near Tonawanda Middle/ High School voiced their concerns to the board that the music during boys’ high school football and soccer games is too loud. The residents’ renewed concerns came after attempts by the board and Superintendent Dr. James Newton to reduce the noise by working with Toth’s Sports, the provider of the scoreboard the school uses during sporting events, to analyze decibel levels and keep the sound to a minimum. Additionally, Newton went to houses of residents who issued concerns to keep them updated, but they said this did not sufficiently address the problem. Maryanne Miller, a Fletcher Street resident who previously came to the board with her concerns, said she was surprised when Newton came to her door. She said she appreciated the gesture, since he told her there would be improvements to the sound system and the speaker angle had been changed. After this, she kept a log of the athletic events held. “It seems to me, by keeping a log, that the girls’ soccer games seem to be within reason, as far as music and the loudness of the announcer. The boys’ soccer games are unbelievable. Football is way, way out of there,” Miller said. While she was on her phone in her house during one game, the person on the other end asked her what the noise was. “I know that it is better than it was, except for that football game, so I do thank you for putting some effort into trying to make it better, but there has got to be more done,” added Miller. In response, Newton said, “I’ll call you tomorrow. We are having Toth’s Sports come in again Thursday, so we’ll see what else can be done.” Newton warned that the TNT game, which took place Friday, would be packed with thousands of people. However, more than one of the residents who voiced their concerns on Tuesday said crowd noise was not an issue, but the music and the announcer were too loud. Miller said games included “solid rap music” played at a loud volume. Another resident, Lita Murawski, said she could not have conversations in her home during an event at the stadium.
See “STADIUM” on Page A2
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