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By Kaitlyn Anness for www.westfield.patch.com

 

The family-owned record store, lost to a six-alarm fire Sunday evening, was a second home to many.

 

Last night, we stood in the Midas parking lot on South Avenue, and watched our memories burn. We stood and watched as Sound Station, and the surrounding businesses, became ashes. What seemed like the last row of family-owned businesses in Westfield, is now gone.

 

And as we stood with Bob Larsen, owner of Sound Station, we just didnt know what to say. I stared through the shattered front window at the horror movie mask they had propped up on a display behind the counter. It used to have my best friends decorated graduation cap on top of it.

 

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