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<strong>Quaboag</strong> <strong>Current</strong><br />
Town Common<br />
Newspapers<br />
BROOKFIELD<br />
Write-in candidate edges Holdcraft<br />
for planning board seat, p5<br />
NORTH BROOKFIELD<br />
Bussel presents research<br />
on wartime history, p6<br />
CURRENT<br />
WARREN<br />
Students dig in for<br />
Arbor Day, p24<br />
Calendar 3<br />
Editorial/Opinion 4<br />
Business 9/10<br />
Education 10<br />
FREE<br />
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Police Logs 18<br />
Obituaries 19<br />
Classifieds 20/23<br />
Volume 5, Number 38 – 24 Pages Thursday, May 10, 2012<br />
A GOOD GOOOAAALLL<br />
TURLEY PUBLICATIONS STAFF PHOTO BY TIM KANE<br />
BROOKFIELD – Coaches Kelly Geers Landine, left, and Jennifer Grybowski teach youth soccer every Saturday until end of June for ages 4 to 7 from 10.30 a.m. to 11.30<br />
a.m. at Lewis Field in Brookfi eld.<br />
Voters nix<br />
Bay Path<br />
expansion<br />
funding<br />
NORTH BROOKFIELD<br />
- May 4 brought forth a Special<br />
Town Meeting for residents to vote<br />
on the potential funding of the Bay<br />
Path project. The Superintendent<br />
of Bay Path Regional Technical<br />
Vocational High School was on<br />
hand to speak about the project<br />
and answer questions from residents.<br />
There were 84 voters in attendance,<br />
and the funding question<br />
passed with a ballot vote of 56-yes<br />
over 26-no. Three days later, the<br />
Annual Town Election presented<br />
to the voters the opportunity to<br />
vote on the project itself. A total of<br />
416 voters turned out to cast ballots<br />
this time, and the approval for<br />
the project itself was denied, with<br />
186 no votes against 157 yes (not<br />
all voted on this question).<br />
Town seat questions yielded<br />
187 votes for Richard Chabot,<br />
49 for Dane Falardeau, 55 for<br />
Ron Ryel and 25 for Robert Filipkowski<br />
as selectmen candidates.<br />
Two open vacancies on the School<br />
Committee elected in Danielle<br />
Mann with 334 votes, and Nicole<br />
Styles with 70 write-in votes. William<br />
King received 324 votes to fi ll<br />
a vacancy on the Planning Board,<br />
a two-year term. All other positions<br />
were incumbents. There are<br />
2,922 registered voters in North<br />
Brookfi eld.<br />
All roads lead to West Brookfi eld Asparagus Festival<br />
WEST BROOKFIELD<br />
- One of Massachusetts’ most<br />
eagerly anticipated events will<br />
take place on Saturday, May<br />
19, when this town’s historic<br />
common welcomes visitors to<br />
the 10th annual Asparagus &<br />
Flower Heritage Festival. The<br />
party, free to the public, begins<br />
at 10 a.m. and ends at 4 p.m. on<br />
that festive Saturday, but, in fact,<br />
folks from around New England<br />
frequently arrange mini-vacations<br />
in the area, planned around<br />
that special event.<br />
Picture more than 100 local<br />
growers, artisans and countryside<br />
businesses, combined with<br />
music, a May pole dance, frog<br />
jumping contest, and food, wonderful,<br />
glorious food, all gath-<br />
ered in the name of one Deiderick<br />
Leertouwer and his favorite<br />
food – asparagus. In 1790, the<br />
Dutch diplomat traveled from<br />
his native Holland, sent by his<br />
government to promote trade in<br />
Massachusetts and New England.<br />
He settled in West Brookfi<br />
eld, but missed his homeland’s<br />
scrumptious, delicately fl avored<br />
green harbinger of spring.<br />
“Forthwith,” says local historian<br />
Dick Rossman, “asparagus roots<br />
were shipped here from Holland,<br />
and Deiderick planted them near<br />
the foot of Foster’s Hill. Asparagus<br />
patches still appear there; several<br />
of my neighbors claim to own<br />
the original patch”. He modestly<br />
A scene from last year’s festival.<br />
By Cristy Bertini<br />
Reporter<br />
WARREN – Three men have been charged by Warren<br />
Police with attempted murder following an assault<br />
that occurred on May 7.<br />
Police Chief Bruce Spiewakowski reported that offi<br />
cers responded to a disturbance on North Street at<br />
approximately 11:45 p.m. While investigating the disturbance,<br />
police dispatch received a call from Baystate<br />
Mary Lane Hospital in Ware reporting that a man had<br />
been assaulted in West Warren. The victim was being<br />
treated for lacerations and contusions and was identifi ed<br />
as Ben Ostiguy, 29, of Town Farm Road in Warren.<br />
As a result of an investigation conducted by Offi cer<br />
Jeffrey VonDauber and Sergeant Joseph LaFlower,<br />
Barry A. Bennett, 25, of North St., West Warren; Antonio<br />
Alan McClelland, 19, of Old West Warren Road,<br />
West Warren; and William Joseph Ditto, 23, of West<br />
Warren were charged with attempted murder, assault<br />
and battery with a dangerous weapon (baseball bat), assault<br />
to murder while armed, intimidation of a witness,<br />
carrying a dangerous weapon and disorderly conduct.<br />
Town approves Wright’s Mill re-zoning<br />
Planners alleviate<br />
fears of school<br />
overcrowding<br />
By Jennifer Robert<br />
Reporter<br />
WARREN - This year’s Annual<br />
Town Meeting in Warren, preceded<br />
by a Special Town Meeting,<br />
displayed a real community<br />
contribution to the evening, in<br />
more ways than one. High school<br />
students and alumni were present<br />
to check in residents and assist<br />
in multi-media functions, and<br />
the gymnasium became a “family-fun”<br />
center for children of<br />
residents, thanks to the generous<br />
sponsorship of the Warren Community<br />
School PTO.<br />
Teachers and parents volunteered<br />
their time to entertain the<br />
young folks in town, with activities<br />
and sports going on, and even<br />
a bouncy house. Principal Suzanne<br />
Sullivan said, “we wanted<br />
to get people out to this meeting,<br />
See FESTIVAL I PAGE 12<br />
Three Warren<br />
men charged with<br />
attempted murder<br />
and giving the kids something<br />
to do lets mom and dad be in<br />
the meeting.” This collaboration<br />
was certainly benefi cial, as 110<br />
residents of Warren and West<br />
Warren were present for the 6:30<br />
p.m. STM, and over 180 were<br />
checked in at the start of the 7<br />
p.m. Annual Town Meeting.<br />
The most heated issue of the<br />
night came in the form of the<br />
motion to accept Article 6. This<br />
Article addressed the possibility<br />
of amending the Warren Zoning<br />
By-Law by adding a Section<br />
See ATTEMPTED MURDER I PAGE 12<br />
13. This proposed section would<br />
consist of the 65.6 acres that is the<br />
former Wright’s Mill property,<br />
privately purchased roughly four<br />
years. Voters had many concerns<br />
and questions, and approved two<br />
motions to allow non-voters to<br />
address the audience, including<br />
Town Planner Bill Scanlon, and<br />
Tony Marcot, project developer<br />
with MCOD.<br />
Scanlon outlined the reasons<br />
for developmental interest in the<br />
See WARREN TM I PAGE 12<br />
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PAGE 2 A Turley Publication • www.turley.com I Thursday, May 10, 2012<br />
Where is it?<br />
“Do you know where this photo is?”<br />
Each week, a photograph of an object, landmark<br />
or other well-known local item (taken at<br />
close range) will run in the newspaper. Readers<br />
are invited to submit their answers to Tim<br />
Kane at telephone (413) 967-3505 or e-mail<br />
tkane@turley.com. All entries must include<br />
the respondent’s answer, his or<br />
her name, address and phone<br />
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as possible! If it is a photo of a<br />
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name and location of the building. If<br />
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located and how it is used. Of course,<br />
if it is a photo of a random object,<br />
like an American flag, no additional<br />
information is necessary.<br />
The name of the person who<br />
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featured in the newspaper.<br />
In order to qualify for the weekly<br />
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Regional talent show planned July 4th weekend<br />
EAST BROOKFIELD - Can you<br />
sing? Can you dance? Maybe you can<br />
do both? Are you a juggler? Do you<br />
love to entertain audiences with your<br />
stand-up comedy act?<br />
If the answer is yes, then we would<br />
like to invite you to take part in the<br />
“Brookfi elds’ Got Talent” talent show<br />
during the Independence Day Celebration,<br />
which will be held the week-end<br />
of July 7 & 8, 2012, at Connie Mack<br />
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entrance fee to participate. Cash priz-<br />
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each of three categories: kids, teens and<br />
adults.<br />
Though the event is held in East<br />
Brookfi eld, talent is welcome from any<br />
of the surrounding towns.<br />
Anyone interested in performing<br />
please email your name, phone number,<br />
age category and your talent, and someone<br />
will get back in touch with you with<br />
details. Or if you need further information,<br />
please email friendsforthecommunity@yahoo.com<br />
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By Jennifer Grybowski<br />
Turley Publications Reporter<br />
At the May 8 Board of Selectmen<br />
meeting, the board welcomed<br />
Nicholas Thomo for his fi rst<br />
meeting. He won his seat May 7 in the<br />
Annual Town Election, replacing Peter<br />
O’Connell who did not run for re-election.<br />
The board voted Stephen Comtois<br />
as chair, Thomo as vice-chair and Rudy<br />
Heller as clerk.<br />
Common goals<br />
Banister Common/Mall Committee<br />
members Kathleen Wilde and Ron Couture<br />
approached the board to give an<br />
overview of what their committee had<br />
done so far, what it hoped to do, and to<br />
ask for the board’s support in beginning<br />
discussions with MassDOT initiating a<br />
traffi c study of the north end of the common/mall.<br />
Wilde explained that the committee<br />
was formed in 2009, a comprehensive<br />
plan was professionally designed in 2011<br />
and a survey of the area was completed<br />
in 2012.<br />
“We’re hoping now it’s time for us to<br />
begin working on some of the visual improvements,<br />
but this is going to take time<br />
- probably years - to be completed,” she<br />
said.<br />
Wild presented the results of a survey<br />
taken at last year’s Apple Country Fair,<br />
and they showed people would like to see<br />
additional trees and benches, the removal<br />
of overhead wires, period style lighting,<br />
the moving of gazebo, a sidewalk (brick<br />
or brick-like) around the perimeter and<br />
for traffi c to be slowed down.<br />
Another sensitive issue is the area between<br />
the mall and the triangle on Route<br />
9 the garden club takes care of. Wild said<br />
most people see that as an accident waiting<br />
to happen.<br />
“We know this is going to be a major<br />
part of the preservation plan,” she said.<br />
Couture said that the town’s common<br />
is the only real historic landscape left in<br />
town besides the cemetery and that with<br />
towns losing their commons, Brookfi eld<br />
should keep theirs intact because it is<br />
such an agrarian town.<br />
“It really should be saved as much as<br />
possible,” he said. “It would be nice to<br />
keep one piece of land that really says,<br />
‘New England.’ We need discussions<br />
about options of what can happen here.”<br />
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Bylaw Committee members Michael<br />
Seery, Cindy Mundell and Barbara Wilson<br />
approached the board to ask that<br />
proposed bylaws they submitted be put<br />
on the Annual Town Meeting warrant.<br />
The warrant had already been closed,<br />
but committee members were upset that<br />
the articles weren’t placed for voters to<br />
decide on.<br />
“I see this happening all the time,”<br />
Wilson said. “Why wasn’t this put on and<br />
brought to the people?”<br />
Mundell, who is also on the Advisory<br />
Committee, said she would like to see every<br />
article submitted for the warrant, not<br />
just the ones that selectmen decide will<br />
be placed.<br />
One of the bylaws in question Tuesday<br />
night, to print and mail copies of the<br />
ATM warrant to each town resident at<br />
least 10 days in advance, garnered some<br />
contentious discussion.<br />
“This is all about transparency,” Seery<br />
said.<br />
Comtois and Heller said they couldn’t<br />
support nearly $2,500 being spent on the<br />
mailings, especially when many of them<br />
simply ended up in the trash at the post<br />
offi ce. <strong>Current</strong>ly, the warrant is posted<br />
on the web page, in three different places<br />
in town, at town hall and is e-mailed out.<br />
“It gives people the advantage to be<br />
able to go over articles before they hit<br />
town meeting,” she said.<br />
Thomo said he thought it was good<br />
idea to mail them out.<br />
“The more information people have<br />
the better,” he said. “I think knowledge is<br />
more important than money.”<br />
Comtois and Heller were also concerned<br />
that the warrant would not be<br />
ready in time if they re-opened it and<br />
added items, as the warrant had already<br />
been sent to Town Counsel for review<br />
and was scheduled to go to the printer<br />
Wednesday morning.<br />
Ultimately, the board decided to place<br />
the items on the warrant if it was determined<br />
there would be enough time to do<br />
so.<br />
In other news<br />
The board authorized Treasurer Sheila<br />
Frangiamore to solicit bond request<br />
proposals from certain banks to consolidate<br />
the town’s debt service under a<br />
lower rate.<br />
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THE WEEK AHEAD<br />
AMERICAN RED CROSS BLOOD DRIVE Thursday, May 10 from 2-<br />
5 p.m. Sponsored by the North Brookfi eld National Honor Society. To<br />
make an appointment please call (508) 867-7131 or email: fomalley@<br />
nbschools.org. Bring ID when you donate. Most medicines are OK.<br />
DESTINY AFRICA CHILDREN’S CHOIR returns to Sturbridge. Free<br />
concert as part of the 2012 Rhythms of Life tour, sharing their passion<br />
for lively singing, creative African dance and drums on Friday,<br />
May 11 at 7 p.m. at Sturbridge Worship Center, 9 Mashapaug Road.<br />
Call 508-347-9642. An offering will be taken to support this work.<br />
FOUR MEN, ONE CALLING: To serve and protect. As law enforcement<br />
offi cers, Adam Mitchell, Nathan Hayes, David Thomson, and<br />
Shane Fuller are confi dent and focused. Yet at the end of the day,<br />
they face a challenge that none of them are truly prepared to tackle:<br />
fatherhood. Come on out as the First Congregational Church of North<br />
Brookfi eld enjoys one of the top independent theater releases of<br />
2011. “Courageous”, on Saturday, May 12. The movie will be preceded<br />
at 5:30 p.m. by a Pot-Luck Supper in the Church Fellowship<br />
Hall. All are welcome at the Supper and/or the Movie. Call 867-8428<br />
for more info.<br />
ALL REGION CHORAL CONCERT on Saturday, May 12 at 4 p.m. with<br />
the Elementary All Region Choir featuring elementary students from<br />
all fi ve Union 61 schools as well as TJH and THS. Held at Tantasqua<br />
High School Auditorium. “Teach Me the Blues”, “Watu Wote”, “The<br />
Journey”, “Irish Lullaby” and a choreographed production of “Livin’<br />
on a Prayer”. Good will donation at the door.<br />
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White’s Landing appeals to selectmen for help<br />
Looking for support for May 15 public hearing<br />
-BROOKFIELD-<br />
By Jennifer Grybowski<br />
Turley Publications Reporter<br />
White’s Landing owners<br />
James Correia and<br />
Patti White approached<br />
the board Tuesday night to again<br />
to express their unhappiness with<br />
the looming <strong>Quaboag</strong> River Bridge<br />
project.<br />
They said they felt they needed<br />
to speak to the board about it before<br />
the Mass DOT public hearing<br />
that will be held Tuesday, May 15<br />
at 7 p.m. at the Brookfi eld Town<br />
Hall’s Banquet Room. The public<br />
is encouraged to attend the meeting<br />
and ask questions.<br />
According to the offi cial announcement,<br />
the proposed project<br />
consists of the complete replacement<br />
of the existing bridge with a<br />
single span concrete girder bridge.<br />
The bridge roadway will be widened<br />
from 24 to 32 feet and two 5.5<br />
foot sidewalks will be added. The<br />
bridge will be constructed using<br />
one lane of alternating traffi c and<br />
the construction will take approximately<br />
two years. The roadway will<br />
also be raised over the bridge to improve<br />
hydraulics and to improve site<br />
distance approaching the bridge. A<br />
new access to the boat launch near<br />
the bridge will also be constructed.<br />
Correia said he wanted to make<br />
sure the board fully understands<br />
exactly what the state is proposing<br />
and the impact it will have on his<br />
business.<br />
“This is devastating to us, both<br />
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Correia said he had a problem<br />
with some of the eminent domain<br />
land takings proposed: Three of the<br />
temporary takings are going to split<br />
up the land in front of his building,<br />
and essentially leave the business<br />
with no parking for the two years<br />
the project is underway. He said if<br />
the state decides to rope off the parcels<br />
during construction, he’ll have<br />
no access to his property at all.<br />
“There is a lot at stake here for<br />
me and I think a lot of stake for the<br />
town too with what some of the repercussions<br />
will be,” he said. “They<br />
are talking about taking all of my<br />
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BROOKFIELD - The town<br />
of Brookfi eld will hold Memorial<br />
Day Parade in memory of Veterans<br />
of all wars on Monday, May<br />
28. Men and Women of all Military<br />
Services, Town of Brookfi eld Police,<br />
Firefi ghters, First Responders,<br />
Civil Defense, EMTs, Sons of<br />
the American Legion and V.F.W.,<br />
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than likely fatal to us in terms of<br />
trying to operate a business here.”<br />
The land taking will come before<br />
the town at the Annual Town Meeting<br />
in June. Board of Selectmen<br />
Chair Stephen Comtois said he is<br />
against any land takings, but that it<br />
was really up to the voters at Annual<br />
Town Meeting to decide.<br />
Correia also said the original<br />
plans for the project were simply<br />
to tear out the deck and re-deck<br />
the bridge. Now, he said, because<br />
of CSX’s raising of their bridge, the<br />
scope of the project has changed<br />
and MassDOT now have to raise<br />
the <strong>Quaboag</strong> River Bridge up higher<br />
to get rid of the dip caused by the<br />
CSX construction.<br />
“It’s incredible overkill for what’s<br />
needed there,” he said.<br />
White said she was concerned<br />
about the tight timeframe and the<br />
fact that a lot of people don’t even<br />
know about the project.<br />
“This is going to change the landscape<br />
of Brookfi eld and for White’s<br />
Landing,” she said.<br />
The 25 percent design plan<br />
was slated to be presented in the<br />
fall 2011 with construction beginning<br />
either in the fall or spring of<br />
2013 with completion scheduled in<br />
2014. Now, the 25 percent design<br />
plan will be presented May 15, just<br />
weeks before the Annual Town<br />
Meeting where voters will decide<br />
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- opinion -<br />
editorial<br />
Darts & Laurels<br />
DART – To the state DOT and its sad handling<br />
of the bridge projects in Brookfi eld. When the CSX<br />
bridge was raised on Route 148 last year, that would<br />
have been the perfect time to also renovate the<br />
<strong>Quaboag</strong> River bridge – a mere 100-feet away. Now,<br />
a long-time local business and good standing residents<br />
at White’s Landing, which just fi nished major renovations<br />
to their building over the past year, are wondering<br />
if that investment was even worth the expense.<br />
There’s talk of eminent domain land taking by the state<br />
in front of their business that would negatively affect<br />
what little parking is available, not to mention the detours<br />
potentially driving customers away. Moreover,<br />
the bridge project set to begin at North Pond in East<br />
Brookfi eld will also negatively impact the area’s traffi<br />
c patterns, particularly during the school year.<br />
It begs the question of why the state - in all its infi -<br />
nite wisdom - did not group both Route 148 bridge reconstruction<br />
projects together and do them all in one<br />
fell swoop last year? Both projects have been on the<br />
books and in design phase for quite some time.<br />
The state certainly owes White’s Landing and the<br />
town a full explanation at the upcoming hearing. And<br />
the larger question still begs of why a total bridge replacement<br />
is even needed at this time? If the bridge<br />
is in that bad of repair, then monetary recompense is<br />
certainly in order for White’s Landing during the estimated<br />
two-year construction phase.<br />
Instead of the DOT pushing its bicycle to work<br />
week propaganda, perhaps it could help resolve the<br />
real challenges of a small town and its businesses that<br />
live by that vital <strong>Quaboag</strong> River passage. Our state<br />
legislators need to become involved in this issue.<br />
LAUREL - To all the area t-ball and little league<br />
volunteers, coaches, and supporters. You are the ones<br />
who help make your communities work and serve as<br />
inspirations for others to join in helping others.<br />
LAUREL – To the <strong>Quaboag</strong> Hills Chamber of<br />
Commerce who hit a homerun at this year’s annual<br />
business and citizen of the year awards ceremony.<br />
Honoring all the contributions of local businesses and<br />
individuals who helped after the June 1 tornado made<br />
great sense and they were all truly worthy of recognition.<br />
If you were one of those kindred spirits who<br />
coordinated volunteers, cleaned up debris, hugged<br />
victims, delivered meals, or donated money after the<br />
tornado - and demanded nothing in return - then you<br />
know exactly what we are talking about. You are all<br />
winners!<br />
YOUR TURN<br />
Desert Storm Parade<br />
By Bob Potvin<br />
Guest Columnist<br />
A<br />
gorgeous sunny June day was the setting<br />
for the Victory Parade for the Desert Storm<br />
Troops help in New York City on June 10.<br />
1991.<br />
Not knowing anything about the parade until 48<br />
hours before the event, I immediately felt the pull<br />
in my heart to attend. As a Vietnam Veteran I felt it<br />
would better late than never to take in the full panoply<br />
of the military in their attire marching on Broadway,<br />
not as a participant but as an American and as<br />
an observer.<br />
The Big Apple is a hair short of being 200 miles<br />
from our village in central Massachusetts. Interstate<br />
highways make it one very long driveway – from here<br />
to there. Knowing any quick change in plans would<br />
upset the family apple cart, I confi ded in my wife I<br />
wanted to go. We decided our teenage sons were best<br />
at their daily chores, school and work. I would go it<br />
alone.<br />
Shortly after three in the morning I exited Brookfi<br />
eld. As I journeyed towards my destination I remembered<br />
a radio station in NYC I listened to as a kid:<br />
WNEW. Amazingly enough the station beamed as I<br />
zeroed in on the dial. The Milkman’s Matinee, believe<br />
it or not, was still on as it was 30 years ago. The affable<br />
disc jockey played gentle nostalgic music as I<br />
traveled the highway in virtual solitude.<br />
The weather forecast was for a perfect day for the<br />
parade. My emotions began to churn.<br />
Not knowing exactly how I would encounter<br />
the city at rush hour as I passed through Hartford,<br />
I decided to head west to Danbury, CT. By 5 a.m. I<br />
YOUR TURN I FROM PAGE 5<br />
Letter to the Editor<br />
Lots to consider at Sturbridge Town Meeting<br />
TO THE EDITOR:<br />
The Sturbridge Annual Town Meeting will be held<br />
on Monday, June 4. This year, for the fi rst time in many<br />
years, voters will have a clear, distinct choice - approve<br />
a FY13 budget of approximately $26.7 million as recommended<br />
by the Finance Committee, Board of Selectmen,<br />
and Town Administrator – or vote to reject<br />
this budget and instead approve a FY13 budget that<br />
limits FY13 spending to the FY12 approved budget of<br />
$25.6M, a difference of $1.1M, or 4.2%.<br />
Article #3 in the Town Meeting Warrant is the Town<br />
Budget recommended by the Finance Committee and<br />
Board of Selectmen, a budget of $26.7M, a 4.2% increase<br />
over FY12.<br />
Article #4 is the Citizen Petition to limit the FY13<br />
budget to a sum not to exceed the FY12 budget of<br />
$25.6M.<br />
For many voters this will not be an easy decision.<br />
Limiting the FY13 budget to $25.6M will result in a reduction<br />
in services. Approving the $26.7M budget will<br />
result in another increase in property taxes, which have<br />
increased<br />
signifi cantly in recent years.<br />
I expect additional information and arguments will<br />
be forthcoming from proponents of both sides of this<br />
issue during the weeks before the Town Meeting. I<br />
have requested information on property taxes from the<br />
Sturbridge Assessor and when received I will distribute<br />
this information for residents to consider.<br />
I encourage Sturbridge voters to carefully consider<br />
these distinct choices, attend the June 4 Town Meeting<br />
Poetry Corner<br />
........................<br />
To a Cedar<br />
I had nearly forgotten ho I was<br />
Until I sensed your easy strength<br />
And heard the timelessness<br />
Of your years;<br />
Until I caught the sparkle<br />
Of your lacy light<br />
And showered<br />
In your fragrance<br />
Until I recognized your verdancy<br />
Jumping the primal circuit.<br />
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YOUR TURN I FROM PAGE 4<br />
reached Danbury and stopped at a convenience store<br />
for help. I asked “How do workers travel to NYC from<br />
here?” The friendly cashier said they took the train from<br />
Brewster, New York, the next stop on I-84.<br />
Brewster proved to be a fi ne suburb hard on the Connecticut<br />
line. The local diner was open and I packed away<br />
a good country breakfast of juice, milk, ham and eggs<br />
and was ready to greet the 5:50 a.m. train along with a<br />
surprising myriad of workers heading for Gotham.<br />
I had often wondered what it would be like to commute<br />
to New York on a given morning. This day allowed<br />
me to observe how the Metro-North Commuter<br />
Railroad worked: with perfection. This limited-stop<br />
commuter fi lled up as we passed through Croton Falls,<br />
Purdy’s, Golden’s Bridge, Katonah and others before arriving<br />
at grand Central Station at 7:15 a.m. As we traveled<br />
I noticed half of the passengers were reading the<br />
morning paper or paperbacks while others slept. A few<br />
gabbed in soft voices about their weekends. An ordinary<br />
Monday in every sense of the word, so it seemed.<br />
The vibrancy of Grand Central Station this Monday<br />
morning was refreshing. People were hustling in just<br />
about every direction. I looked for evidence of a Parade<br />
and really didn’t notice any. As I alighted to the sidewalk<br />
I noticed a group of shoeshine men. Never passing one<br />
without stopping for a shine, as I once shined shoes for<br />
a dime, my fi rst encounter with a New Yorker proved to<br />
be very interesting.<br />
The man shining my shoes was 39 years old. He had<br />
been raised not too far from where he was working that<br />
morning. When I queried about the parade a big smile<br />
came on his face. “Oh yes, today’s the day for the Desert<br />
Storm Parade.”<br />
Knowing I would be directed correctly, I asked the<br />
best way to Battery Park. My shoeshine friend advised<br />
taking the subway. Within 20 minutes I was roaming<br />
Battery Park observing the media setting up for this<br />
most important day. Network news morning shows<br />
were already broadcasting live as I moseyed about. The<br />
proliferation of New York City Policemen told me security<br />
would be high on this very special day.<br />
Helicopters and blimps began buzzing the harbor<br />
skies as in a distance the Statue of Liberty stood sentinel<br />
on Liberty Island. Everything seemed so beautiful.<br />
Workers were hustling from Staten Island as the<br />
ferry dropped people off by the hundreds. Free spirits<br />
were feeding the pigeons in the park as contingencies<br />
of troops arrived in their battle fatigues. The Parade<br />
Headquarters at Battery Park gave information to all<br />
as they arrived. The plan appeared to be faultless, as I<br />
continued to mosey around the Lower End of Manhattan<br />
Island.<br />
The parade route was one mile: Bowling Green,<br />
north to Broadway through “The Canyon of Heroes” to<br />
Worth Street. A record 6,000 tons and a million yellow<br />
ribbons were to enhance the 500 marching units and<br />
12,000 Desert Storm veterans in their march headed<br />
by Secretary of Defense Dick Cheney, Chairman of the<br />
Joint Chiefs of Staff Colin Powel and General Norman<br />
Schwarzkopf. And to be the fi rst privately funded ticket<br />
tape parade in history seemed to give it a different twist<br />
to me.<br />
With the number of participants expected to top<br />
some 24,000, I decided I would fi nd the reviewing stand<br />
and perhaps a spot where I could observe the event as<br />
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Write-in candidate edges Holdcraft<br />
for Brookfi eld planning board seat<br />
-BROOKFIELD-<br />
By Jennifer Grybowski<br />
Turley Publications Reporter<br />
In an upset at the Annual Town Election May 7,<br />
write-in candidate Kevin Erkkila won the one,<br />
three-year Planning Board seat over John David<br />
Holdcraft, 199 to 189 votes.<br />
“I think this was the fi rst time a write-in candidate<br />
ever beat anyone on the ballot,” Town Clerk Michael<br />
Seery said. “It was pretty remarkable.”<br />
Erkkila had announced his candidacy just days before<br />
the election, and spent Saturday morning at the<br />
a civilian. My emotions were truly mixed as spending a<br />
year in Vietnam 1966-1967 as an x-ray technician draftee<br />
left me unsure how I would feel about a fi rst class<br />
homecoming right before my eyes.<br />
Merrill Lynch’s bronze bull sported American Flags<br />
attached to horns as I passed by the sculpture. My Patriotism<br />
began to squirm. The reviewing stand across<br />
from City Hall was located. The offi cial Welcome Home<br />
Desert Storm Heroes banner graced the Woolworth<br />
building on a big yellow ribbon sporting bows at each<br />
end. Old Glory was as high as on the Fourth of July<br />
above the ribbon. Patriotic tunes of George M. Cohan<br />
fi lled the cool June morning and my goose bumps affi<br />
rmed to me a deep feeling of anticipation, excitement<br />
and reconciliation of my harbored feelings for more<br />
than 20 years.<br />
I found some bleacher seats that were reserved for<br />
spectators. Asking around I located a generous lady who<br />
gave me an extra ticket she wasn’t going to use. I stood in<br />
line for an hour and ended up with a front row seat just<br />
north of the viewing stand. My perch was fi rst class.<br />
As the crowd of spectators fi lled the seats a full Colonel<br />
planked his uniformed body next to mine. I was a<br />
civilian I thought, no need to be concerned with some<br />
brass. You see I was a Draftee and attained the rank of<br />
E-5 Specialist Fifth Class – U.S. Army. Being reasonably<br />
friendly the Colonel told me he was on assignment<br />
from Fort Bragg. I enjoyed his company as he made the<br />
grade the hard way, from E-1 through E-9 then to OCS,<br />
etc.<br />
To my left was an alderman of sorts. Friendly and insightful<br />
to the day’s events. I had advisors on both sides<br />
of me and wasn’t without any questions unanswered as<br />
the ticker tape began to fall from the skyscrapers.<br />
Broadway swelled with all kinds of people. Everyone<br />
was happy. It truly was a day to celebrate after the chills<br />
of winter’s Gulf War, and the memories of all past wars.<br />
At noon the Grand Marshall’s car approached the reviewing<br />
stand. Security tightened as everyone wanted<br />
to see our Gulf War heroes. Vintage Cadillac convertibles<br />
carried Cheney, Schwarzkopf and Powell along<br />
the parade route. Cheers from everywhere exhilarated<br />
everyone’s spirit in the myriad of waving fl ags and ticket<br />
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transfer station handing out pamphlets with information<br />
about himself, complete with pre-printed stickers<br />
voters could simply stick on the ballot for the writein.<br />
Erkkila and his wife also stood outside of town hall<br />
the entire day Monday handing out the stickers.<br />
“They put out quite a concerted effort,” Seery<br />
said.<br />
Holdcraft had told this paper his reasons for running<br />
for the Planning Board were to work for the<br />
people, to try to help the application process go a little<br />
smoother for them. He said he’d like keep 40B projects<br />
out of town and wanted to see a resolution to the<br />
See WRITE-IN I PAGE 6<br />
tape. The parade was on.<br />
A Raytheon Patriot Missile followed the leaders in<br />
the back of a deuce-and-a-half fl anked by fl ags. A “Scud-<br />
Buster” launcher was directly behind. Evidence of our<br />
capabilities world-wide were less than 20 feet away<br />
from where I was standing. CNN television seemed to<br />
be a blur compared to my standing and cheering from<br />
the front row of the grandstand on Broadway. Marching<br />
bands from all four branches of the services in multiples<br />
of many marched and played as thousands of troops<br />
marched by. The one revealing observation from my perspective<br />
was not only were there kids marching, those<br />
who volunteered to defend America and Free Kuwait<br />
but a very noticeable and moving group of Americans<br />
in their forties and fi fties. Clearly this group of people<br />
wasn’t your average every day GI, or so it seemed.<br />
And to see women in large numbers in fatigues told<br />
me these people too had served their country. I no longer<br />
felt alone. They too had experienced the loneliness the<br />
desert and the absence of ice cream on a hot summer’s<br />
day. They knew what mail call was and how important<br />
a letter from home meant on that day of boredom. They<br />
knew of apprehension and uncertainty. Now they too<br />
knew what it felt to be back on terra fi rma, soon to be<br />
free again.<br />
For hours the red and white and blue colors passed<br />
by. For hours everyone who wanted to march did. Representative<br />
groups from around the Free World participated<br />
in the Desert Storm Parade. Majorettes held<br />
their batons high and soldiers marched to the cadence<br />
of the drum as millions cheered. Smiles on faces turned<br />
to tears in some cases simply because of the thrill of the<br />
day. Nobody seemed to be left out. From the small store<br />
merchant selling rolls of fi lm to workers being given<br />
the day off to see the parade as it was, June 10, 1991<br />
marked a day in history when All America cheered.<br />
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Bussel presents<br />
research on<br />
wartime history<br />
- NORTH BROOKFIELD-<br />
By Jennifer Robert<br />
Reporter<br />
While not the fi rst time residents of North Brookfi<br />
eld have had the opportunity to hear Jim and<br />
Sam Bussel speak on their Civil War research,<br />
the evening presentation drew quite a crowd. After speaking<br />
last year to a standing room only crowd, the Bussel’s<br />
were allowed use of the auditorium at the North Brookfi<br />
eld Elementary School this past Friday night so that<br />
townspeople could attend in comfort.<br />
Bussel and Bussel are Civil War buffs, who have traveled<br />
to Gettysburg for some research, and amidst period<br />
photographs and old maps Jim was proud to have recent<br />
pictures of monuments that he has himself visited. While<br />
the subject of Civil War history is something that many<br />
people have a great interest in, this presentation was particularly<br />
engaging as Bussel shared some of the specifi c<br />
interest points of the role that North Brookfi eld residents<br />
played in the War. The town’s 200th committee felt that<br />
it would be appropriate to have Bussel present his local<br />
war knowledge as part of the activities in recognition and<br />
celebration of honoring the 200th birthday of the town of<br />
North Brookfi eld.<br />
Some highlight of the night specifi c to local culture<br />
included stories of The Battle of Roanoke, Feb. 8, 1862,<br />
involving six men from North Brookfi eld, and among<br />
them was Nathaniel Foster, who was the fi rst North<br />
Brookfi eld resident shot in the war. Also during this<br />
time, John Gilmore perished, being the fi rst soldier<br />
from town to become a casualty. His body was returned<br />
home for burial, and over 1,000 people were in attendance<br />
for his funeral.<br />
Later on, in August of 1862, Moses Porter Snell was<br />
sent into war. Dr. Thomas Snell, his grandfather, was a<br />
long-time congregational church minister in town. Another<br />
man with deep ties to the community was Henry Bliss,<br />
who was a 23-year-old young man who had married for a<br />
year and a half, and deployed four days after the birth of<br />
his son. Bliss went on to be a casualty of war, and his son<br />
grew up without ever having known his father. At Antietam<br />
Battlefi eld, North Brookfi eld, boys were attached to<br />
the 15th company, and it was here that Bliss, along with<br />
another local soldier Joseph Fretts, was killed.<br />
A third North Brookfi eld native, Charles Perry, became<br />
severely injured and perished 10 days later due to<br />
complications of those injuries. Despite the casualities,<br />
men from North Brookfi eld continued to enlist and offer<br />
their able bodies to the cause. About 31 men from North<br />
Brookfi eld enlisted for a nine month tour with Company<br />
F, in the “fi shhook”, as it was called. The Ohian company<br />
also had the service of one North Brookfi eld man,<br />
Robert Beecher, who moved to North Brookfi eld when<br />
he was 17 and therefore not placed in company with his<br />
fellow townsmen. Beecher was the nephew of Harriet<br />
Beecher Stower, and his father became a preacher in<br />
town for many years to come.<br />
The change in venue from the last presentation<br />
worked out nicely, as folks were able to enjoy this dynamic<br />
presentation in comfort. Board of Selectman<br />
Chair Mary Walter later commented on the presentation,<br />
saying that it was truly “history come alive, and<br />
was just really wonderful!” There are hopes that the duo<br />
will re-present this piece of local history in the fall for<br />
those who did not have the opportunity to attend.<br />
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The other two contested races were for the Assessor’s<br />
Offi ce, a one-year seat and a three-year seat. Incumbent<br />
Philip Peirce won the three-year seat with<br />
215 votes, a slim victory over political newcomer Angela<br />
Belanger who got 188 votes. Steven Galkowski<br />
received 24 votes. Holly Chisholm won the one-year<br />
seat with 195 votes, also a slight victory over incumbent<br />
Marlaine Burbank, who received 189 votes.<br />
Peirce’s win makes him one of the oldest candidates<br />
ever to win an election in town, at age 76. Barbara<br />
Wilson, age 79, won her uncontested three-year Elementary<br />
School Committee seat with 332 votes, also<br />
making her one of the oldest candidates ever to win an<br />
election.<br />
For the uncontested races, Nicholas Thomo won<br />
the three-year Board of Selectmen seat with 328 votes;<br />
William Frangiamore won the one-year Moderator seat<br />
with 310 votes; Barbara Wilson won the three-year Elementary<br />
School Committee seat with 332 votes; James<br />
Cooke won the three-year Regional School Committee<br />
seat with 329 votes; Roger Charpentier Jr. won the<br />
three-year Water Commissioner seat with 366 votes;<br />
Daniel Leahy won the three-year Board of Health seat<br />
with 332 votes; Joseph Gadbois won the fi ve-year Housing<br />
Authority seat with 312 votes; Arthur Jay won the<br />
three-year Cemetery Commissioner seat with 357 votes;<br />
and both Matthew Bansfi eld and Carol Plumb won<br />
the two, three-year Trustee for Merrick Public Library<br />
seats, with 306 and 301 votes, respectively.<br />
Out if 2,025 registered voters, 438 turned out for<br />
the election.<br />
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NORTH BROOKFIELD – North Brookfi eld<br />
Savings Bank is partnering with Baystate Medical<br />
Center to sponsor a series of June blood drives at their<br />
branches.<br />
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All blood donations will be taken inside the Bay-<br />
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branch location. Those wishing to donate can make appointments<br />
by contacting their local North Brookfi eld<br />
Savings Bank branch or Cheryl McGrath of Baystate<br />
Health at 413-794-4600.<br />
Blood is perishable and there is always a need for<br />
donors of all blood types. To participate, blood donors<br />
must be at least 17 years old (16 years old with parental<br />
consent), weigh at least 110 pounds and in general<br />
good health. “Every three seconds, someone in the<br />
United States needs blood,” noted Donna Boulanger,<br />
president and CEO of North Brookfi eld Savings Bank.<br />
“We hope that these four blood drives will help save<br />
lives in our community and beyond.”<br />
Eligible donors will receive a beach towel and be<br />
entered in a Baystate Health Blood Donor Program<br />
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By Emily Thurlow<br />
Staff Writer<br />
BRIMFIELD – Growing up, Catherine Dionne<br />
spent every day with her grandfather. Because he lived<br />
next door, the two were always<br />
together. Whether their time was<br />
spent indoors or on their long nature<br />
walks, he was always a part of<br />
her daily routine, and she of his.<br />
But that schedule gradually<br />
shifted out of place when Dionne’s<br />
grandfather started to experience<br />
symptoms of Alzheimer’s and eventually<br />
passed due to complications<br />
related to the disease.<br />
Dionne, of Brimfi eld, who has<br />
been involved with the Alzheimer’s<br />
Association for 10 years now, has<br />
taken her fi rst-hand knowledge of<br />
dealing with the disease and put<br />
her energy and efforts into fi nding<br />
a cure. And this coming fall, she<br />
will participate in her ninth Walk<br />
to End Alzheimer’s.<br />
“My grandfather had Alzheimer’s<br />
and I wanted to learn more<br />
about the disease. I have also<br />
worked with residents that have<br />
Alzheimer’s and dementia in nursing<br />
homes for years,” she said, noting<br />
that in addition to honoring her<br />
late grandfather, she will be walking to support those<br />
she’s encountered throughout her experience in elder<br />
care facilities.<br />
By participating in the Walk to End Alzheimer’s, Dionne<br />
will be helping to raise awareness of Alzheimer’s<br />
disease and money to support research, programs and<br />
services for the Alzheimer’s Association, Massachusetts/New<br />
Hampshire Chapter.<br />
“There has never been a greater need to join the fi ght<br />
against Alzheimer’s disease by participating in Walk to<br />
End Alzheimer’s,” said James Wessler, President/CEO<br />
of the Alzheimer’s Association, Massachusetts/New<br />
Hampshire Chapter. “We are truly grateful to Cathy<br />
and all of those participating for their commitment.”<br />
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According to the Alzheimer’s Association, Alzheimer’s<br />
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baby boomers age, the number of people affected by the<br />
disease will rapidly increase, surpassing the estimated<br />
5.4 million Americans that are living with the affl iction<br />
presently. The disease also has a signifi<br />
cant impact on family members,<br />
with nearly 15 million providing care<br />
to a loved one.<br />
“Dealing with Alzheimer’s is having<br />
to go through the grieving process<br />
twice, watching someone slip away<br />
a little each day mentally and physically,”<br />
Dionne said. “Knowing that I<br />
can somehow help better the quality<br />
of life of someone else or even better<br />
my future is what motivates me.”<br />
Alzheimer’s is a type of dementia<br />
that causes problems with memory,<br />
thinking and behavior. Over time,<br />
symptoms will develop and worsen<br />
becoming severe enough to interfere<br />
with daily tasks. <strong>Current</strong>ly the disease<br />
has no cure.<br />
“22 years ago there weren’t a lot of<br />
resources about Alzheimer’s when my<br />
grandfather was struggling with it.<br />
TURLEY PUBLICATIONS SUBMITTED PHOTO And a lot of people didn’t want to talk<br />
Cathy Dionne of Brimfi eld will be taking about it,” she said. “But now we’ve<br />
part in her ninth Walk to End Alzheimer’s.<br />
gotten a lot closer to a cure and many<br />
forms of treatment.”<br />
In the past, she has participated in<br />
the Walk to End Alzheimer’s in Worcester County, but<br />
this year will be walking and participating as a regional<br />
leader in the Pioneer Valley. The walk will take place on<br />
Saturday, Sept. 22 at Holyoke Community College on<br />
303 Homestead Ave. in Holyoke. Registration starts at<br />
9 a.m. and the walk will begin at 10:30 a.m.<br />
“Like I always say, I would be more than happy to<br />
be out of a job if it meant that we were able to overcome<br />
this devastating disease,” she said. “This walk will help<br />
me to help others.”<br />
For those who are interested in contributing to Dionne’s<br />
efforts with the Pioneer Valley Walk or are interested<br />
in learning more about participating in the Walk<br />
to End Alzheimer’s at www.alzwalkMANH.org.<br />
Babysitters Academy planned at Baystate Mary Lane<br />
WARE - Due to popular demand,<br />
Baystate Mary Lane Hospital in conjunction<br />
with Baystate Medical Center’s<br />
Parent Education Department<br />
in Springfi eld, will hold two Babysitters<br />
Academies during the month of<br />
June, to prepare young adults this<br />
summer for the many responsibilities<br />
associated with caring for a baby or<br />
young child.<br />
The fi rst will be held Saturday,<br />
June 2, from 9 a.m. to 1 pm and Sun-<br />
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Participants are given a course<br />
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of the course. There is a $30 fee<br />
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Space is limited. Pre-registration is<br />
required, by calling Baystate Health<br />
Link at (413) 967-2488 or outside the<br />
Ware calling area at 1-800-377-4325.<br />
Chicken BBQ<br />
“PURE COUNTRY”<br />
1-5 pm • $15 Adult/$7.50 12 & Under<br />
Council On Aging Notes<br />
Warren Calendar<br />
Mondays<br />
5:45 p.m. Pitch<br />
Tuesdays<br />
1 p.m. Cribbage<br />
Thursdays<br />
10:30 -11:30 a.m.<br />
Tai Chi<br />
Fridays<br />
1 p.m. Bingo<br />
Thursday, May 17<br />
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Sunday, May 20<br />
8 a.m. to noon Warren<br />
Cultural Council<br />
Breakfast at the<br />
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ticket, available from<br />
any Council Member<br />
or at Senior Center<br />
Thursday, May 24<br />
6 p.m. Meal (included)<br />
7 p.m. Tournament<br />
begins Tickets $7.50<br />
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required in teams of<br />
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413-436-5641<br />
Warren COA menu<br />
Monday, May 14 Garden Salad, Meatball<br />
Grinder, Macaroni Salad, Chips, Dessert, Milk,<br />
Coffee<br />
Tuesday, May 15 Pork Chops, Roasted Potatoes,<br />
Peas & Carrots, Rolls, Dessert, Milk, Coffee<br />
Wednesday, May 16 Chef Salad w/ BBQ<br />
Chicken Breast, Eggs Rolls, Dessert, Milk, Coffee<br />
Thursday, May 17 Bratwurst & Sauerkraut,<br />
Roasted Potato, Beets, Roll, Dessert, Milk, Coffee<br />
Friday, May 18 Garden Salad, Baked Cheese<br />
Lasagna, Rolls, Dessert, Milk, Coffee<br />
West Brookfi eld Calendar<br />
Monday, May 14<br />
9 a.m. SHINE w/ Jerry<br />
9 a.m. Wii<br />
9:15 a.m. Cribbage<br />
11 a.m. Chair Exercise<br />
11:30 Mother’s Day<br />
Lunch<br />
Tuesday, May 15<br />
9:15 a.m. Cribbage<br />
9:30 a.m. COA Meeting<br />
10 a.m. Fallon Insurance<br />
Information<br />
11 a.m. Podiatrist<br />
11:30 Lunch<br />
1 p.m. Busy Bees<br />
West Brookfi eld COA Menu<br />
Wednesday, May 16<br />
9 a.m. Wii<br />
11 a.m. Chair Exercise<br />
11:30 Lunch<br />
1 p.m. Silvertones<br />
Thursday, May 17<br />
8:30 Tai Chi<br />
10 a.m. Be Prepared<br />
10 a.m. DAV Agent<br />
11:30 Lunch<br />
Friday, May 18<br />
11 a.m. Chair Exercise<br />
11:30 Lunch<br />
12:30 p.m. Bridge<br />
Monday, May 14 Mother’s Day Meal: Pork<br />
& Plum Sauce, Herbed Potatoes, Summer Blend<br />
Veggies, Éclairs (Sugar Free Pudding)<br />
Tuesday, May 15 Macaroni & Cheese, Stewed<br />
Tomatoes, Green Beans, Peaches<br />
Wednesday, May 16 Chicken Chow Mein,<br />
Brown Rice, Broccoli, Tapioca Pudding, (Sugar<br />
Free pudding)<br />
Thursday, May 17 Fish w/ Crumb Topping,<br />
Tartar Sauce, Veg. Couscous, Calif. Blend Veggies,<br />
Fresh Orange<br />
Friday, May 18 Beef Stew, Egg Noodles, Corn<br />
Nibblets, Pineapple<br />
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Rep. Gobi praises House Budget for commitment to local aid<br />
BOSTON – State Rep. Anne Gobi (D-Spencer)<br />
and her colleagues in the Massachusetts House of Representatives<br />
passed a balanced FY ’13 budget aimed<br />
at increasing government effi ciency, cutting costs and<br />
preserving essential services across the Commonwealth.<br />
The budget, which passed with bipartisan support, closes<br />
a projected $790 million budget gap through cuts and<br />
adjustments to state spending, one-time revenues, and a<br />
$400 million withdrawal from the Rainy Day fund.<br />
The budget for fi scal year ’13 once again shows the<br />
House’s commitment to the citizens of Massachusetts by<br />
including no new taxes or fees. Conversely, the House<br />
budget makes a signifi cant investment in Local Aid to<br />
help lessen the burden of the recession on municipalities.<br />
Thanks to such sound fi scal management, Standard<br />
and Poor’s increased Massachusetts’ bond rating from<br />
AA to AA+.<br />
“As the Chair of the Committee on Environment,<br />
Natural Resources and Agriculture, I was pleased to see<br />
a number of my sponsored and co-sponsored amendments<br />
adopted in the budget, including additional resources<br />
for land protection, funding for bee inspectors,<br />
support of local farms in promotion of Buy Local, an<br />
increase in the retained revenue account for our parks<br />
and the establishment of a trust fund for the Department<br />
of Agriculture Resources,” said. Gobi<br />
“The House budget for fi scal year ’13 maximizes the<br />
value of every last state dollar and strives to implement<br />
sensible reforms to position Massachusetts for a bright<br />
economic future,” said House Speaker Robert A. De-<br />
Leo. “Although we are still challenged by this downturn,<br />
we’ve produced a budget that preserves essential<br />
services, aids municipalities, strengthens our community<br />
colleges and reforms the use of our EBT system so<br />
that it serves the most in need.”<br />
The budget contains $899M in unrestricted local aid<br />
for cities and towns, $168M in new support for every<br />
school district in the State, and a new $11.3M source<br />
of support for municipalities transporting homeless students.<br />
This budget fully funds the Unrestricted General<br />
Government Aid that municipalities rely on to balance<br />
their budgets each fi scal year. It includes an additional<br />
$65M that was sent out last year in the form of a supplemental<br />
budget, essentially guaranteeing that money for<br />
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The House budget also places a high priority on education<br />
funding by increasing Chapter 70, special education<br />
circuit breaker, McKinney-Vento, and regional<br />
transportation funding.<br />
This budget guarantees all municipal, vocational and<br />
regional school districts an increase over Fiscal Year<br />
2012 Chapter 70 funding for a total increase of $164M.<br />
It will assist districts in meeting their special education<br />
obligations by funding circuit breaker at $221.5M and<br />
for the fi rst time, the House has appropriated funds<br />
to offset the expense of the federal mandate (McKinney-Vento)<br />
requiring communities to incur the costs of<br />
transporting their homeless student population. Furthermore,<br />
the House was able to prioritize regional<br />
school transportation, funding it at $45.4M.<br />
In an effort to create jobs and help cities and towns,<br />
the House budget strengthens the Community Preservation<br />
Act, a law passed in 2000 that allows Massachusetts<br />
cities and towns to establish a fund to support local<br />
needs. Over the past decade, the CPA has promoted<br />
cost savings and job creation. By increasing the funding<br />
available for the statewide CPA Trust Fund in this<br />
year’s budget, the House will provide more local aid and<br />
support for local jobs. This legislation diversifi es the allowable<br />
funding sources that cities and towns can use<br />
to fund their local CPA fund. And it will support the<br />
small businesses in our state by allowing municipalities<br />
to exempt commercial and industrial properties from a<br />
portion of the CPA local surcharge.<br />
This budget also places the Commonwealth’s community<br />
colleges in the best position possible to respond<br />
to the changing needs of Massachusetts and its residents,<br />
particularly in workforce development and continued<br />
higher education. The House budget includes increased<br />
coordination among the 15 separate community<br />
colleges and the Board of Higher Education in order to<br />
provide fl exibility to adapt to new opportunities for the<br />
Commonwealth. This is accomplished while still retaining<br />
the local involvement in the administration of the<br />
schools that has been a critical part of the success of the<br />
community colleges.<br />
In a demonstration of the House’s commitment to<br />
serving elders and the disabled, this budget preserves<br />
CLUES ACROSS<br />
1. Irish mother of gods<br />
5. Provides weapons<br />
10. Hyperbolic<br />
cosecant<br />
14. Kilt nationality<br />
15. Mexican artist<br />
Rivera<br />
16. Circle of light<br />
around the sun<br />
17. What a clock tells<br />
18. To condescend<br />
to give<br />
19. Chocolate cookie<br />
with white<br />
cream fi lling<br />
20. Harry Potter star<br />
23. Without (French)<br />
24. A dissolute man<br />
25. Resecure a book<br />
28. Blanketlike<br />
shawl<br />
32. Opaque gem<br />
33. Biblical name for<br />
Syria<br />
34. Mail call box<br />
abbreviation<br />
35. Mined<br />
metal-bearing mineral<br />
programs such as elder nutrition enhanced home care<br />
services and elder protective services. Recognizing the<br />
high cost of our home services, this budget increases<br />
in-home supports for families of the developmentally<br />
disabled and makes investments in the areas of transportation<br />
and Turning 22. These signifi cant investments<br />
ensure there will be a continuum of services to these<br />
populations.<br />
Finally, the House seeks effi ciencies and re-procurements<br />
in many areas of state government, such as Mass<br />
Health and the Department of Corrections, in order to<br />
achieve savings and maximize our investments. In addition,<br />
the budget provides the tools needed to seek<br />
out fraud, waste and abuse in state funded programs.<br />
The budget includes a provision banning any individual<br />
from knowingly using, transferring, acquiring, altering<br />
or possessing an electronic benefi t transfer card or access<br />
device in any manner not authorized by federal or<br />
state law.<br />
36. Mild yellow<br />
Dutch cheese<br />
38. After a prayer<br />
39. Baseball’s world<br />
championship<br />
42. Knights’ tunic<br />
44. Small pigeon<br />
shelter<br />
46. Meredith, Johnson<br />
& Shula<br />
47. 20th U.S. President<br />
53. Pitcher Hershiser<br />
54. Sans _____:<br />
typeface<br />
55. High water tide<br />
57. Sew up a falcon’s<br />
eyelids<br />
58. Mexican plant fi ber<br />
59. Taxis<br />
60. Fermented rice<br />
beverage<br />
61. A mode of living<br />
62. Formerly (archaic)<br />
CLUES DOWN<br />
1. Fall back time<br />
2. Has a sour taste<br />
3. Gangrenous<br />
infl ammation<br />
WALKING FOR A CAUSE<br />
4. Spoon or fork<br />
5. What is added to the<br />
augend<br />
6. Cambodian<br />
monetary units<br />
7. Golda __,<br />
Israeli P. M.<br />
8. “Walk Don’t Run”<br />
actress Samantha<br />
9. Often the last<br />
movements of a sonata<br />
10. Contaminated<br />
water disease<br />
11. Indian dress<br />
12. Musical pitch<br />
symbol<br />
13. Horse foot sheath<br />
21. 007’s Flemming<br />
22. A billiards stick<br />
25. Catches with a<br />
lasso<br />
26. 3rd part of a<br />
Greek ode<br />
27. Elephant’s<br />
name<br />
29. Distinctive odor<br />
that is pleasant<br />
30. A small sharp<br />
fruit knife<br />
TURLEY PUBLICATIONS COURTESY PHOTO<br />
BELCHERTOWN - Several <strong>Quaboag</strong> Regional Field Hockey players<br />
participated in the Walk of Champions on Sunday at the Quabbin<br />
Resevoir. “Cougars Crush Cancer”. Left to Right, Sarah Duff, Madison<br />
Messier, Dani Sweet, Paige Guzik, and Meaghan Cassavant.<br />
SEE ANSWERS ON PAGE 19<br />
31. Improve by<br />
critical ediiting<br />
37. Droplet in a<br />
colloidal system<br />
38. Failure to be<br />
present<br />
40. Winged goddess<br />
of the dawn<br />
41. Static balance<br />
between opposing<br />
forces<br />
42. Treacle candy<br />
43. Black tropical<br />
American cuckoo<br />
45. Discharge from<br />
the body<br />
46. Training by<br />
multiple repetitions<br />
47. A Chinese image<br />
in a shrine<br />
48. Length X width<br />
49. Mild and<br />
submissive<br />
50. Affectedly artistic<br />
51. Tragic Shakespeare<br />
king<br />
52. Taps gently<br />
56. Time in far<br />
western states
PUBLIC MEETINGS<br />
BROOKFIELD<br />
Tuesday, May 15<br />
• Board of Selectmen public hearing on<br />
<strong>Quaboag</strong> River Bridge, 7 p.m.<br />
• Conservation Commission, 7 p.m.<br />
Wednesday, May 16<br />
• Recreation Committee, 7:30 p.m.<br />
EAST BROOKFIELD<br />
Monday, May 14<br />
• Board of Selectmen, 7 p.m.<br />
Tuesday, May 15<br />
• Conservation Commission, 7:30 p.m.<br />
• Parks and Recreation Committee, 7:30 p.m.<br />
Wednesday, May 16<br />
• Planning Board, 7:30 p.m.<br />
HARDWICK<br />
Monday, May 14<br />
• Capital Planning Committee, 4 p.m.<br />
• Board of Selectmen, 6:30 p.m.<br />
• Wheelwright Water District, 7 p.m.<br />
Tuesday, May 15<br />
• Gilbertville Water District, 5:30 p.m.<br />
Wednesday, May 16<br />
• Conservation Commission, 6:30 p.m.<br />
NEW BRAINTREE<br />
Monday, May 14<br />
• Board of Selectmen, 7 p.m.<br />
• Finance Committee, 7 p.m.<br />
Wednesday, May 16<br />
• Board of Assessors, 7 p.m.<br />
NORTH BROOKFIELD<br />
Tuesday, May 15<br />
• Board of Selectmen, 7 p.m.<br />
Wednesday, May 16<br />
• Board of Health, 6 p.m.<br />
• Planning Board, 7 p.m.<br />
STURBRIDGE<br />
Monday, May 14<br />
• Burgess Elementary School Council, 3:15<br />
p.m.<br />
• Board of Selectmen, 6:30 p.m.<br />
• TRSD/Union 61 Superintendent<br />
Negotiation Subcommittee, 6:30 p.m.<br />
Tuesday, May 15<br />
• TRSD School Committee, 6:30 p.m.<br />
• Design Review Committee Meeting, 7 p.m.<br />
Wednesday, May 16<br />
• Municipal Flagger Recertifi cation, 8 a.m.<br />
• Economic Development Committee, 6 p.m.<br />
Thursday, May 17<br />
• Elderly and Disabled Tax Assistance<br />
Committee, 8:30 a.m.<br />
• TRSD Negotiations Subcommittee, 6:30 p.m.<br />
• Conservation Commission, 7 p.m.<br />
• Sturbridge Lakes Advisory Committee, 7 p.m.<br />
WARE<br />
Monday, May 14<br />
• Special Town Meeting, 6:30 p.m.<br />
• Annual Town Meeting, 7 p.m.<br />
WARREN<br />
Monday, May 14<br />
• Mobile Rent Control Board, 9 a.m.<br />
Wednesday, May 16<br />
• Pathfi nder Regional Vocational Technical<br />
High School<br />
• District Committee, 7 p.m.<br />
WEST BROOKFIELD<br />
Monday, May 14<br />
• Planning Board, 7 p.m.<br />
Tuesday, May 15<br />
• Board of Selectmen, 6:15 p.m.<br />
Thursday, May 17<br />
• Regional Selectmen’s Meeting, 6:30 p.m.<br />
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- business -<br />
Standing up at the right time<br />
– REGION –<br />
By Emily Thurlow<br />
Staff Writer<br />
Looking back on the unexpected<br />
devastation that descended upon<br />
towns throughout Western and<br />
Central Massachusetts almost a year ago<br />
to date, if it weren’t for the selfl essness<br />
and determination of volunteers offering<br />
up themselves in an effort to help those<br />
that were affected to recover, the wounds<br />
suffered would continue to be felt physically<br />
and emotionally. And to make sure<br />
that these altruistic actions were recognized,<br />
the <strong>Quaboag</strong> Hills Chamber of<br />
Commerce (QHCC) recently paid homage<br />
to two women whose deeds fi t the<br />
defi nition of what they felt a true volunteer<br />
is with their annual “Citizen of the<br />
Year” award.<br />
Traditionally, QHCC President Lenny<br />
Weake said that one nominated individual<br />
stands out amongst the rest, but<br />
this year, Gina Lynch, director of the<br />
Brimfi eld Senior Center and coordinator<br />
of tornado relief effort in that town, and<br />
Monson realtor Karen King who founded<br />
the “Street Angels,” were equally deserving.<br />
“The hours, upon hours, upon hours<br />
that these women put in, in their communities<br />
to help their fellow townspeople<br />
was remarkable,” he said. “The<br />
anonymous committee that selected the<br />
two women felt that it was important to<br />
commend both of them.”<br />
In Monson, King’s efforts going doorto-door<br />
with the group she formed,<br />
“Street Angels” informed residents of<br />
the help that was available said Carol<br />
Szarlan, the chairwoman of the QHCC<br />
Board of Directors and vice president of<br />
information technology at Monson Savings<br />
Bank.<br />
“On June 1, the tornado ripped<br />
through my town with tremendous<br />
force,” she said. “It tore down houses and<br />
trees, but never King’s spirit. She never<br />
hesitated, she just got to work.”<br />
She further described the help that<br />
King provided as ranging from an ear<br />
to listen and arms to hold all the way to<br />
fi nding housing and bringing some residents<br />
into her own home.<br />
“With a grant from the Community<br />
Foundation of Western Massachusetts,<br />
the Angels in collaboration with the<br />
First Church have been able to pay for<br />
rental equipment and machinery for the<br />
fi rst clean-up effort. The angels also sold<br />
t-shirts and bracelets to raise money toward<br />
the relief effort,” she said. “All of<br />
this was done by the group – but every<br />
group needs a leader. She has touched<br />
the hearts of all who come in contact with<br />
her and she inspires all of us to be more<br />
like her. I’m glad she is our ‘neighbor.’”<br />
In response to even being nominated,<br />
King have more credit to those who had<br />
worked around her, saying the she was<br />
merely a “conduit” for many different<br />
Chamber honors tornado response facilitators<br />
needs.<br />
“I’m humbled by this award,” she<br />
said. “I honestly wish it could be a group<br />
award for everyone who has helped.”<br />
Moments after the storm swept<br />
through Brimfi eld, “Lynch stepped into<br />
action immediately,” recalls Executive<br />
Director of Hitchcock Free Academy<br />
Sue Gregory.<br />
“Gina lives her compassion through<br />
her daily choices and action,” she said.<br />
“Gina knew what people needed right<br />
away. She knew the volunteers and rescue<br />
workers would be coming to town,<br />
and would need to be fed. She knew people<br />
needed places to stay, needed toothbrushes,<br />
food and bins to collect their remaining<br />
belongings before the rain ruin<br />
them…she knew how to organize relief<br />
efforts.”<br />
Gregory said that Lynch – whom she<br />
describes as a “treasure to the townspeople<br />
of Brimfi eld” – became the go-to<br />
person, who ensured that every question<br />
had an appropriate answer.<br />
“Gina, an unbidden good Samaritan,<br />
has touched more hearts and mended<br />
TURLEY PUBLICATIONS STAFF PHOTOS BY EMILY THURLOW<br />
This year the <strong>Quaboag</strong> Hills Chamber of Commerce decided to award Gina Lynch of Brimfi eld and Karen King of Monson<br />
with the prestigious “Citizen of the Year” award.<br />
more spirits since June 1, than most people<br />
do in a lifetime,” said Gregory.<br />
Tears of gratitude streamed down<br />
Lynch’s face after hearing Gregory’s<br />
kind words. And even as she was being<br />
recognized, she seemed reluctant to take<br />
the credit for herself, instead praising<br />
the team of volunteers, members of the<br />
town and other surrounding communities.<br />
Amidst her praise for the continued<br />
help, she reminded everyone that help is<br />
still needed.<br />
“We’re not done yet,” she said. “We<br />
still need volunteers. Come see me at the<br />
church and I’ll put you to work any day<br />
of the week.”<br />
QHCC is an organization completely<br />
supported by business membership and<br />
is an advocate for economic growth in<br />
the <strong>Quaboag</strong> Hills region through development,<br />
promotion and advancement of<br />
business as well as being the leader for<br />
business and community development<br />
by providing members with a voice in<br />
political, social and economical issues.<br />
For more information about QHCC<br />
visit www.quaboag.com.
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- business - - education -<br />
Bank donates $1,000<br />
to Heart to Heart<br />
NORTH BROOKFIELD - Eastern Bank’s<br />
Charitable Foundation donated $1,000 to the Heart<br />
to Heart Foundation. Susan Haslam of Sturbridge<br />
who works for Eastern Bank’s insurance agency -<br />
Eastern Insurance Group - presented the check to<br />
Richard Fiske, founder of the Foundation and resident<br />
of North Brookfi eld on Saturday, March 10.<br />
Haslam also donated a new television to be used<br />
as a raffl e prize at their upcoming fundraiser, which<br />
is to be held Saturday, June 24 from noon to 9 p.m.<br />
in North Brookfi eld on the ball fi eld. Donations can<br />
be made to Heart to Heart Foundation, PO BOX<br />
154, North Brookfi eld, MA 01535. Fiske says that<br />
the foundation supports area families, especially<br />
helping children with chronic diseases.<br />
“The greatest part is just being able to help. I’m<br />
just grateful to be able to do this work,” said Haslam.<br />
“It’s because of the generosity of people that allow<br />
me to do this.”<br />
Fiske keeps up with the families and children that<br />
the foundation has helped. He goes of his own accord<br />
and drops off bunnies for Easter, gifts at Christmas<br />
See HEART I PAGE 18<br />
REAL ESTATE TRANSACTIONS<br />
Brookfi eld<br />
$200,000 – 4 Mel Lane – Dianne Lynn and Robert<br />
T. Jefferson Jr., Trustees of the Jefferson Living<br />
Trust to Robert T. Jefferson, Jr.<br />
East Brookfi eld<br />
$312,000 – 271 Howe St. – Heather L. Gianfriddo<br />
and Jason Gianfriddo to Zhu Yan<br />
Hardwick<br />
$65,000 – 1776 Barre Road – Scott F. Campbell<br />
and Ruth M. Campbell to Wheelwright, LLC.<br />
New Braintree<br />
$170,000 – 940 Barre Road – Federal Home<br />
Loan Mortgage Corp. to Richard H. Forshay and<br />
Karin Cooke<br />
North Brookfi eld<br />
$328,000 – 63 Brookfi eld Road – Amy J. Moulton<br />
and Larry P. Moulton, Jr. to David R. Proulx<br />
and Heidi L. Proulx<br />
$172,000 – 23 Evergreen St. – Richard L. Powers<br />
and Barbara R. Powers to Scott Allen Nishan and<br />
See REAL ESTATE I PAGE 18<br />
It’s easy being green in bloom<br />
Plant sales to be held<br />
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By Cristy Bertini<br />
Reporter<br />
WARREN – The greenhouse at<br />
<strong>Quaboag</strong> Regional Middle-High<br />
School is overfl owing with organic<br />
plants – including cucumber, tomato,<br />
basil, squash, zinnia, snapdragon,<br />
zucchini, broccoli, and petunias, just<br />
to name a few - thanks to the green<br />
thumbs of the Green and Renewable<br />
Energy Club.<br />
The club – consisting of about 15<br />
– 20 middle school students – met<br />
on Thursday after school to go over<br />
some last minute details for their<br />
upcoming “Seeds to Market” plant<br />
sales with advisor and math teacher<br />
Christine Kiraly-Thomas, or as her<br />
students affectionately call her, “Ms.<br />
KT”.<br />
Some of the students then headed<br />
out to work in the greenhouse with<br />
the group’s assistant advisor, Barb<br />
Fellmeth.<br />
Kiraly-Thomas, now retired from<br />
the U.S. Air Force, tells the students<br />
that their group is a “you” club. She<br />
will walk down the hallways of the<br />
school and pick out a club member<br />
and ask them a question about the<br />
club’s budget or inventory, and she<br />
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expects and accurate answer.<br />
“It’s all about them. They each<br />
have their own jobs in the group,<br />
and it’s their responsibility to make<br />
sure things are done,” she explained.<br />
“I want them to own their group and<br />
be proud of their accomplishments.”<br />
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The <strong>Quaboag</strong> greenhouse is fi lled with plants, which will be sold at the Art Show and Asparagus Festival.<br />
Harris Seed Company donated all the fl ower seeds, and the vegetable seeds were purchased at<br />
a discount<br />
meth, along with a group of students<br />
will head to the Boston Museum of<br />
Science to attend a Youth Summit.<br />
“We are going to be presenting to<br />
students that are coming from all<br />
over Massachusetts,” Kiraly-Thomas<br />
said. “We’ve been collecting photos<br />
of our projects along the way,<br />
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Change of heart led Welsh into teaching<br />
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progress she sees in her students<br />
TEACHER OF THE WEEK<br />
See GREEN I PAGE 18<br />
reer that you went into for the money.”<br />
Instead, Welsh got a business degree<br />
and then took a job at Wright’s in West<br />
Warren working in sales and marketing.<br />
She worked there for 12 years<br />
until the company relocated. Welsh<br />
then took a job as the executive<br />
assistant for the CFO of a large<br />
grocery chain. “That’s when I<br />
started to rethink things,” she said.<br />
“I decided I didn’t really want to<br />
do that kind of work anymore. I<br />
didn’t need to.”<br />
By then, Welsh was married and<br />
living in Hardwick with her husband<br />
and three children. “My husband had<br />
a good job,” she said. “Making money<br />
wasn’t my focus anymore. I just wanted to<br />
do something that I enjoyed. I was ready to follow<br />
my heart.”<br />
Welsh enrolled at the University of Massachusetts in<br />
Amherst where she earned a Bachelor’s Degree in Early<br />
Childhood Education. “I’m three classes away from my<br />
Master’s Degree in Early Childhood Education with a<br />
concentration in English Language Arts from Anna Maria<br />
College,” she said.<br />
When she came to WBES last year, Welsh taught<br />
sixth grade. “I was a little apprehensive about the grade<br />
level,” she admits. “I always saw myself teaching the<br />
younger grades.” However, Welsh said she enjoyed the<br />
way she was able to interact with the older students. “It<br />
was great being able to have a conversation with them,”<br />
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WARREN TM I FROM PAGE 1<br />
old building complex, citing the potential<br />
for “balance between housing and commercial<br />
activity.” He stated to voters, “In<br />
the village of West Warren, there is water<br />
and sewer access, good highway access<br />
and the buildings are already there.<br />
It is ideal.” With a cap of 50 percent of<br />
development being for housing purposes,<br />
the remaining 50 percent would be for<br />
business activity, which Scanlon supports<br />
as being a benefi t to the town’s tax<br />
situation.<br />
A concern raised by many - what the<br />
impact of a potential 190 housing units<br />
would be on schools - was brushed aside<br />
by the assurance that only 20 percent of<br />
such units would be able to be three-bedroom<br />
units under the proposed Article.<br />
Scanlon reminded voters that when they<br />
were all building, they brought children<br />
in to town with them as well.<br />
Rich Saporowski of Bragg Road was<br />
one resident who expressed very serious<br />
concern about the number of children<br />
that such housing could bring in, and his<br />
concern was answered with the belief<br />
that this type of housing would be attractive<br />
to seniors, childless couples and single<br />
folks, most likely. Scanlon stated that<br />
he felt that the town has been thinking of<br />
possible housing development there as a<br />
situation of low-income housing, and that<br />
is not the intent of the developers. Marcot<br />
spoke up and said that the long-term<br />
intent would be to sell off the units individually<br />
as condominiums, but for the<br />
present they would be looking at apartments<br />
with the ability to be revamped<br />
“when the time was right. Marcot cited<br />
that it is too diffi cult a fi nancial time for<br />
folks to obtain mortgages for condominiums,<br />
and it would not be in the best interest<br />
of anyone to develop those buildings<br />
as such.<br />
While many folks uttered agreements<br />
with Saporowski, and other residents<br />
who spoke against such a zoning change,<br />
Sue Libby of Warren suggested that an<br />
overlay would give more control to the<br />
people of the town. “Right now, “ she<br />
said, “he can do whatever he wants over<br />
there, he can put in 290 units, he could<br />
tear down the mill buildings, we have no<br />
control. This zoning change would limit<br />
housing to 190 units, it would let some<br />
control remain with us. He can still develop<br />
right now, without any limits.” Ultimately,<br />
the debate was tabled by a vote<br />
to do such initiated by the moderator,<br />
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and the fi nal vote for the Article passed<br />
93-yes to 29-no. A motion to reconsider<br />
was defeated.<br />
OTHER TOWN MEETING NEWS<br />
During the Special, 11 warrants were<br />
brought forth for public acting. All 11<br />
received favorable votes by the people<br />
of the town, most of them unanimously.<br />
During the short meeting, there was very<br />
little discussion on the Articles presented.<br />
Clarifi cation was requested on Article 9,<br />
which appropriated a transfer of $1,500<br />
from free cash to the Billing Clerk Account,<br />
and Chief Dolan explained that<br />
the additional funds, over the $4,100<br />
budget request approval in 2011, were<br />
to fi ll the gap between the now-resigned<br />
billing clerk who had previously handled<br />
the billing for ambulance service bills<br />
and the current system of billing which is<br />
outsourced to a company billing service.<br />
The old billing clerk was paid a fl at rate<br />
of $80/week, where as the company currently<br />
being used receives 5 percent of all<br />
billing receipts collected per week, thus<br />
making budgeting for this department<br />
expense a bit less exact.<br />
Some folks also asked for clarifi cation<br />
on what exactly the Leachate Account<br />
cited in Article 11 was for, and clarifi cation<br />
was given that this was part of the<br />
landfi ll budget, covering the expenses of<br />
pumping and treatment of the leachate.<br />
The Finance Committee was on hand to<br />
lend their recommendation to all articles<br />
brought forth during the meeting.<br />
After a short recess, the Annual Town<br />
Meeting was offi cially opened a few minutes<br />
past 7 p.m. The majority of the 26<br />
Articles were simple, self-explanatory<br />
and quickly accepted by the town voters<br />
present. A few, however, brought forth<br />
questions and concerns from the audience.<br />
Article 3 concerned appropriation<br />
and transfer of funds for various general<br />
government expenses for FY2012, and<br />
the moderator opened the room for a lineby-line<br />
inquiry after each general section<br />
was approved. Of particular note, the<br />
appropriation of the $156,000 allocated<br />
to the libraries in the budget fell under<br />
scrutiny as the distribution of that money<br />
was set for vote with a $88K/$68K split,<br />
in favor of the Warren library over the<br />
West Warren library.<br />
Elizabeth Kelly, a member of the West<br />
Warren Library Committee and the Library<br />
Needs Committee, made a motion<br />
to amend appropriation<br />
to the same budgeting as<br />
FY2011, with Warren receiving<br />
$78,371 in funding<br />
and West Warren receiving<br />
$78,371. While the<br />
ATTEMPTED MURDER I FROM PAGE 1<br />
general vote seemed audibly close, the<br />
moderator called for a count and the motion<br />
was approved 130-for over 9-against.<br />
Another Article that brought forth a bit<br />
of question was Article 10, requesting an<br />
additional funding in the sum of $4,300<br />
from free cash to the Assessor’s offi ce for<br />
the purpose of placing the maps and data<br />
information of said offi ce on the town’s<br />
website.<br />
Seth Blackwell, Board of Assessor’s<br />
member, responded to a resident’s concern<br />
over this being a wise expense.<br />
Blackwell explained that the project of<br />
putting the information on the server<br />
would cost $2,500, and that there would<br />
be a yearly software support cost of<br />
$1,800. Given the ease of access and the<br />
Spiewakowski said that Ostiguy arrived at Bennett’s<br />
residence with his girlfriend, telling her to wait in the<br />
car. “According to the report, Ostiguy came outside<br />
with three individuals when they began attacking him<br />
with baseball bats,” he said. “He was screaming for help<br />
and told his girlfriend to call 911. The three men chased<br />
him onto the street and continued attacking him. His<br />
girlfriend drove towards the individuals, two of which<br />
FESTIVAL I FROM PAGE 1<br />
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strain, but “We don’t like to boast”.<br />
The festival began as a friendly, small-town happening,<br />
sponsored by the <strong>Quaboag</strong> Historical Society and<br />
the West Brookfi eld Historical Commission, 10 years<br />
ago. A local woman volunteered to cook the asparagus<br />
chowder for which she is now justly famous. Pies were<br />
baked, other savories served. Growers brought plants,<br />
fl owers, honeys and so on. Artists, artisans, and crafts<br />
people brought unique and lovely items to purchase or<br />
admire; animals, raised for fun, food, or yarn, abounded.<br />
Kids brought frogs to jump; a Maypole dance charmed<br />
and enhanced. Music, of course, accompanied the myriad<br />
activities, the bustling, busy, happy day of celebrating<br />
the earth’s goodness and its promise. And when that<br />
day ended, everyone knew the event was a keeper.<br />
In the ensuing decade, the festival’s activities, offerings<br />
and participants have multiplied. Asparagus<br />
cookbooks, featuring offerings from local cooks, were<br />
printed and eagerly snapped up. Thousands of appreciative<br />
visitors now attend each year, enjoying the festive<br />
day as they peruse the oft-times unique offerings of<br />
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On hand to help check in residents attending the night’s meetings were students of <strong>Quaboag</strong> Regional High School,<br />
past and present. Seniors Megan Williams, Taylor Wilk and Karyn Waldron, along with 2009 alumni Olivia Beadry<br />
manned the check-in table at the doors to the auditorium.<br />
A generous act on behalf of the WCES PTO, “family fun night” was offered in the gym, allowing children to play while<br />
their parents attended the meeting. Teachers and parents volunteered their time for this event, and many children<br />
attended. The bouncy house brought into the gym for this occasion was a huge success.<br />
fact that the data would be streamlined<br />
from this point on, the additional funding<br />
would actually be a cost-effective move,<br />
saving the town, and thus the taxpayer’s,<br />
money in the long run. The Article was<br />
approved. Articles 19 and 20 were heard<br />
out of order, by request, and both were<br />
voted yes to a good deal of applause and<br />
cheers from the auditorium. Andrew<br />
Schwenker presented a motion to reconsider,<br />
as “lots of parents are here, and the<br />
Superintendent and School Committee<br />
need to go to West Brookfi eld to present<br />
there, so now would be an appropriate<br />
time to reconsider, while they are all still<br />
here.” That motion to reconsider was defeated<br />
by voters.<br />
had black masks on, and helped Ostiguy into the car<br />
and took him to the hospital.”<br />
Spiewakowski said Ostiguy had severe lacerations<br />
on his arms, knees and the back of his head.<br />
He said that it appears the altercation began over a<br />
gold coin that Ostiguy had in his possession and the men<br />
believed it to be worth a signifi cant amount of money.<br />
The three men were ordered to be held without bail<br />
in Worcester District Court.<br />
everything earthy, artisanal, and excellent. The festival<br />
is still free to the public. Live music is provided by local<br />
musician Dick Chase and friends. The Maypole dance<br />
will be performed at 1 p.m; the frog jumping contest follows<br />
at 1:30 p.m. Free activities and games for children<br />
take place all day. Strolling magician Ed the Wizard will<br />
perform throughout the day. Asparagus Alley offers the<br />
now-famous asparagus chowder and numerous other<br />
lunchtime selections; you won’t want to miss the pies.<br />
There are tables and benches, or just grab a hay bale and<br />
sit awhile, enjoying the music, the splendid common, the<br />
commotion, the crafts, and the photo ops. Bring the kids<br />
and grandchildren, the more the merrier.<br />
Although it has been stated that, on the third Saturday<br />
in May, all roads lead to the West Brookfi eld Flower<br />
and Heritage Festival, West Brookfi eld’s beautiful<br />
common is, in fact, located at the junction of Routes 9<br />
and 67. Look for the bandstand just off the head of the<br />
green, and the fountain near the center. Plan to spend<br />
the day. There is much to see and do in the area. There<br />
is no rain date.<br />
For further information, go to the Asparagus Festival<br />
Blog http://asparagusfestival.blogspot.com/
By Jennifer Robert<br />
Reporter<br />
NORTH BROOKFIELD<br />
- While the proprietors may be<br />
smaller than you would expect<br />
to fi nd behind the scenes of a<br />
well-run business, local students<br />
showed that you don’t have to<br />
be big to make your business a<br />
huge success.<br />
On Saturday May 5, the<br />
fourth through sixth grade<br />
students that have been part<br />
of a unique after-school program<br />
opened their businesses<br />
to the public at “TREPS Marketplace.”<br />
The Congregational<br />
Church self-planned businesses<br />
that students ran either solely or<br />
in partnership, and shoppers had<br />
the opportunity to browse a vast<br />
selection of goods and services<br />
available for purchase. The energy<br />
in the building spilled out<br />
to the grounds, as did the shops.<br />
From student business people<br />
to family, friends and curious<br />
townspeople, faces were smiling<br />
and wallets were opening in<br />
support of the success demonstrated<br />
by the shop owners.<br />
North Brookfi eld Elementary<br />
School wrapped up the sixweek<br />
program designed to help<br />
students understand what is behind<br />
starting a business. From<br />
the brainstorm of the fi rst idea,<br />
to practical matters such as budgeting<br />
and advertising, students<br />
(and their parents) had the opportunity<br />
to learn from business<br />
counselors. While this TREPS<br />
program is unique, being the<br />
fi rst in Massachusetts, it has<br />
also taken on a real revolutionary<br />
air, as this is the fi rst run of<br />
this program in the whole country<br />
to invite business counselors<br />
in to talk to the savvy students.<br />
From all over the state, successful<br />
business people came to<br />
North Brookfi eld to give feedback<br />
on ideas that the students<br />
themselves came up with, and to<br />
help their parents and guardians<br />
know how they can best support<br />
them. Many of the students that<br />
opened shop on Saturday said<br />
that the after-school program<br />
was both, “a lot of work and a<br />
lot of fun.” Danielle Mann, who<br />
heads up the program, said that<br />
the Marketplace event was, “a<br />
huge success! I am so proud of<br />
these kids. They worked really,<br />
really hard and it shows.”<br />
Businesses included both<br />
those that sold goods and those<br />
that provided services. Some<br />
students chose to form partnerships,<br />
such as Justin Lareau<br />
and Luke Jolan, both fi fth graders<br />
at NBES. The boys formed<br />
a collaboration with their plant<br />
company, “Watch Me Grow”,<br />
which sold both vegetable and<br />
fl owering plants. The plants<br />
were started from seed, and<br />
Luke took care of the fl owers<br />
while Justin took care of the<br />
vegetables.<br />
“I lost about half of them, they<br />
died,” said Justin, with a little<br />
laugh, with both boys agreeing<br />
that there was a lot of effort in<br />
maintaining the health of the<br />
plants until the big opening day.<br />
In order to fund the start-up<br />
of their project, they took out<br />
a loan of $34, which they had<br />
tucked away in an apron pocket<br />
to pay back to Luke’s dad. In<br />
another pocket, they had their<br />
day’s earnings, a cleared profi t<br />
of almost equal that at the halfway<br />
point of the day. As part of<br />
their advertising, the boys also<br />
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TREPS Marketplace takes North Brookfi eld by storm<br />
Small businesses are a big success<br />
Justin Lareau and Luke Jolan, both fi fth graders and partners in “Watch Me Grow”,<br />
showcase their self-made and designed shirts promoting their plant business.<br />
Matthew and Nicholas, owners of “Dog Dudes,” used mom’s special recipe to whip up some<br />
tasty treats for canine companions.<br />
designed and printed shirts to<br />
showcase their business, that<br />
they wore that day.<br />
Other students were making<br />
services available to purchase.<br />
Kristen Foote was on hand to<br />
advertise her lawn care services,<br />
“Lawns Can Be Moowed!”<br />
Foote will mow and/or rake for<br />
$8 per hour. Maio Ostromecki<br />
and Jessie Hevy, of J&M<br />
Babysitting, also advertised<br />
their services; babysitting. The<br />
girls are both CPR trained and<br />
babysitting certifi ed, sacrifi cing<br />
part of their April vacation from<br />
school to attend a babysitting<br />
training course. The course cost<br />
each of them $40, and they both<br />
said they had used money they<br />
had saved up from allowances<br />
and birthday gifts to pay for the<br />
course. Many of the students<br />
stuck to one product for their<br />
business, but fourth grader Lyndesy,<br />
owner of LL Emporium,<br />
had a variety of merchandise<br />
for shoppers to choose from.<br />
Survival bracelets and lanyards<br />
(made from paracord), hidden<br />
object toys, and “Little Luvs”,<br />
unique small clay fi gurines,<br />
were some of the whimsy items<br />
featured at this shop. Lyndsey’s<br />
favorite part of this endeavor?<br />
“Making the money,” she said.<br />
While the dedication of the<br />
students, parents and committees<br />
behind the implementation<br />
of the TREPS program were instrumental<br />
in the success of this<br />
endeavor, local businesses were<br />
also supportive in both experience<br />
and monetary means. Hannaford<br />
supermarket donated<br />
hot dogs to be grilled for the students<br />
the day of the event, and<br />
North Brookfi eld Savings Bank<br />
donated funds to the group to<br />
purchase TREPS aprons for the<br />
shopkeepers to use the day of the<br />
event. They also visited the after<br />
school program to talk to the<br />
entrepreneurs about budgeting<br />
for their business. At the Marketplace,<br />
NBSB was on hand to<br />
make change for the students,<br />
TURLEY PUBLICATIONS PHOTOS BY JENNIFER ROBERT<br />
Asa Losurdo explains the concept behind the design of his Lean On Me shelves. Losado sold three shelves the day of the event, and received<br />
orders for 20 more.<br />
Paula St. John and Holly Aitchison of North Brookfi eld Savings Bank were on site to make<br />
change for the young business people and open accounts for anyone interested. NBSS has<br />
been a huge supporter of the TREPS program, contributing both fi nancially and as business<br />
counselors during the workshop series.<br />
and open accounts if desired.<br />
The TREPS program was designed<br />
in New Jersey, intended<br />
to be used either in school or as<br />
an after school program and involves<br />
a series of workshops that<br />
focus on product development,<br />
fi nance, marketing, advertising<br />
and sales. The TERPS Marketplace,<br />
such as the one held<br />
by NBES, is the fi nal step in<br />
the professional program. Over<br />
seventy-fi ve students participated<br />
in this workshop series, and<br />
their business launch was an absolute<br />
success for all.<br />
Fourth grader Lyndsey, owner of LL Emporium, makes a sale. Lysndsey’s booth was unique as it offered quite a variety of innovative, handcrafted<br />
goods.
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Cougars rally past Indians<br />
Sokol, Jankins spark<br />
<strong>Quaboag</strong> to its best<br />
play in years<br />
- WARREN -<br />
By Bob Schron<br />
Turley Publications<br />
Sports Correspondent<br />
Five seasons. Not since the<br />
Tom Baker, Josh Loughlin,<br />
Corey Tebo years<br />
has the <strong>Quaboag</strong> baseball team<br />
played this well.<br />
Greg Sokol pitched a masterful<br />
six-hitter and teamed with<br />
star Thomas Jankins to lead the<br />
Cougars to a 5-2 win at Grafton<br />
Monday.<br />
Coming in the aftermath of<br />
the team’s stunning 10-0 win<br />
over Bartlett on Friday, the<br />
Cougars improved their record<br />
to 4-8. With its streamlined<br />
team, <strong>Quaboag</strong> has become a<br />
contender for a Districts berth,<br />
admittedly still an outside challenger.<br />
It was reported here last week<br />
that <strong>Quaboag</strong> had a chance to<br />
qualify under the Division 3 70<br />
percent stipulation. This meant<br />
that because of <strong>Quaboag</strong>’s truncated<br />
D3 schedule as its part in<br />
the Southern Worcester League,<br />
if the team had won over 50 per-<br />
Columnist dies<br />
in car accident<br />
Editor’s Note:<br />
Our long-time<br />
sports columnist<br />
and voice<br />
of the Red Sox,<br />
Carleton Beane,<br />
59, of Holland,<br />
died in a one-car vehicle accident<br />
on Holland Road in Sturbridge<br />
Wedneday afternoon, according<br />
to Worcester District Attorney<br />
Joseph D. Early. No one else<br />
was involved in or injured in the<br />
crash.<br />
All the staff here at Turley<br />
Publications, Inc. are deeply saddened<br />
and shocked by this breaking<br />
news event that occurred at<br />
our presstime.<br />
With extended friends and<br />
family of Carle’s still being notifi<br />
ed, we decided to wait to post<br />
the news online later this week,<br />
and then publish a fi tting tribute<br />
to our beloved friend, mentor and<br />
co-worker in next week’s edition.<br />
TURLEY PUBLICATIONS PHOTO BY PAT LYONS<br />
A Northbridge runner gets caught in a rundown by a <strong>Quaboag</strong> player.<br />
cent of their games against their<br />
D3 foes, they could get into the<br />
postseason.<br />
However, it’s changed. Because<br />
Uxbridge and Oxford<br />
have dropped down to D3, they<br />
- STURBRIDGE -<br />
By Bob Schron<br />
Turley Publications<br />
Sports Correspondent<br />
Tantasqua bounced back<br />
from a 4-1 defeat at the<br />
hands of Notre Dame<br />
Friday, winning 5-0 over Auburn<br />
in girls’ tennis.<br />
The Rockets defeated the<br />
boys tennis team, 3-2 in their<br />
match, also on Monday.<br />
Nicole Cormier (6-4, 4-6, 6-<br />
4), Emily King (6-0, 6-0) and<br />
Ashley Mason (6-2, 6-0) were<br />
winners in singles for Tantasqua<br />
(7-4). In doubles, Aberlee<br />
Parker and Samantha Robinson<br />
were winners in three sets<br />
as well as the Warriors’ Narissa<br />
Tremblay and Aubree Hanks-<br />
Wistasek, also in three sets.<br />
In the Warriors defeat in<br />
boys tennis, Connor Munnis<br />
no longer qualify under that<br />
rule.<br />
“We need to get six more<br />
wins or fi nish second in the<br />
SWCL West,” said Guimond.<br />
See COUGARS I PAGE 15<br />
(6-4, 6-2) and the doubles’ team<br />
of Austin Avenisian and James<br />
Murray (6-4, 7-5) took down<br />
wins for Tantasqua (7-3)<br />
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Lady Cougars nicked<br />
by Indians in extras<br />
- WARREN -<br />
By Bob Schron<br />
Turley Publications<br />
Sports Correspondent<br />
After its unbeaten start,<br />
the defending Division<br />
3 softball champion<br />
<strong>Quaboag</strong> lost to two of<br />
the best teams in the region,<br />
Uxbridge and undefeated<br />
Grafton.<br />
The Indians edged <strong>Quaboag</strong><br />
(9-3, 7-3 SWCL), 2-1 in 10<br />
innings. After a 7-0 start, the<br />
Cougars split their next four.<br />
“We’ve played well enough,”<br />
said coach John Fox.<br />
“But I think we can pick it<br />
back up again.”<br />
Andrea Vulter of the Indians<br />
drove in the winning run,<br />
breaking up a classic pitching<br />
duel.<br />
Things began quickly for<br />
<strong>Quaboag</strong>, its igniters, Kaitlyn<br />
Ramsey and Ally Sweet getting<br />
the team on the board in<br />
the fi rst. Ramsey led off with<br />
a double and scored on a single<br />
by Sweet.<br />
But then Grafton’s Kendal<br />
Roy stiffened. Roy limited<br />
the Cougars to just fi ve hits<br />
afterward and kept the Cougars<br />
offense off of the board.<br />
In girls lacrosse, led by Melissa<br />
Frio and Cassidy Robert<br />
who each scored three goals,<br />
the Warriors defeated Grafton,<br />
Grafton tied it in the second<br />
on a run scoring single by Michelle<br />
Goulet. Then Roy and<br />
Haley Fountain of <strong>Quaboag</strong><br />
would match scoreless frames<br />
through nine innings.<br />
It set the stage for Vulter’s<br />
winning hit.<br />
“Overall it was a good performance<br />
by our team,” said<br />
coach Fox. “Grafton has a<br />
tremendous offense; they’ve<br />
put up 97 runs in 11 games<br />
this season. And Kendal is<br />
also phenomenal, allowing<br />
only eight runs in her pitching<br />
performance. We had our<br />
chances, putting runners in<br />
scoring position in three different<br />
innings. But I thought<br />
our defense really played<br />
well. They also had runners<br />
in scoring position from their<br />
side. But we held them. They<br />
had a runner on third with<br />
two outs in the eighth. They<br />
had runners in scoring position<br />
three separate times with<br />
no outs. We had our backs<br />
to the wall and kept competing.<br />
It was a very good effort<br />
against a very good team.<br />
Not a perfect effort, but a<br />
very good one.”<br />
The Cougars had defeated<br />
Cormier, King, Mason spark Warriors to 5-0 win<br />
TURLEY PUBLICATIONS PHOTO BY PATRICK LYONS<br />
Tantasqua’s Eric Proulx drives this offering to deep center fi eld for a home run.<br />
See SOFTBALL I PAGE 16<br />
16-8<br />
Also scoring for Tantasqua<br />
were Taylor Farland and Savannah<br />
Lundwell who each<br />
scored two, Jess Farland, Alex<br />
Darger, Jessie Frio, Alli Tichy,<br />
Emily Kirker and Georgia<br />
Granger.<br />
Madi Trainor had seven<br />
saves.<br />
The Warriors then were defeated<br />
by Western Mass power<br />
Minnechaug, 17-6. Jessie<br />
Frio, Robert, Lundwell, Jess<br />
Farland, Taylor Farland and<br />
Melissa Frio all scored for the<br />
Warriors, who trailed 10-4 at<br />
the half.<br />
Kandra Densereua played a<br />
superb second half and fi nished<br />
the day with four saves.<br />
In softball, the Lady Warriors<br />
were defeated by St. Peter-Marian<br />
in a slugfest.<br />
See ROUNDUP I PAGE 15<br />
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COUGARS I FROM PAGE 14<br />
“We’ll fi ght. But our schedule is<br />
tough.”<br />
The Cougars fought from behind<br />
to defeat the Indians, coming<br />
up with three runs in the seventh<br />
inning to decide the contest.<br />
Jankins, Sokol and Jimmy<br />
Zalatores each had two hits to<br />
spark the Cougars to the win.<br />
“We’ve hit the ball better recently,”<br />
said the coach. “We’ve<br />
had trouble putting the bat on the<br />
ball and have still struck out too<br />
many times. It’s put pressure on<br />
our pitching. But we’ve improved.<br />
Our game against Bartlett was<br />
the best this team has played in<br />
fi ve years.”<br />
Against the Indians, Jankins<br />
pitched a complete game shutout.<br />
The Cougars routed Bartlett,<br />
their most impressive run-scoring<br />
performance since 2008. “We’ve<br />
had terrifi c athletes on this team<br />
and now the work they’ve put in<br />
the last few years has paid off,”<br />
added the coach. “The game is<br />
coming easier to them now. When<br />
you’re stringing hits together,<br />
you’re looser, physically and more<br />
confi dent. Thomas, Greg, Jimmy<br />
Zalatores and Matt Sullivan have<br />
all been hitting well.”<br />
Zalatores had two hits and<br />
sparked the team in two separate<br />
rallies against the Indians.<br />
“We’ve come a long way recently,”<br />
said the coach of the<br />
team. “The spirit is excellent on<br />
this team. They’ve hung in there.<br />
I’m proud of them. These are decent<br />
young guys who are going on<br />
to do something after they graduate<br />
something positive. You don’t<br />
see that on some other teams. We<br />
just try to do more than just play<br />
baseball.”<br />
And by the way, they’ve been<br />
playing much better baseball recently.<br />
“I go back to the problem of<br />
getting our bat on the ball,” said<br />
the coach. “We just have to keep<br />
working. But other than (striking<br />
out too frequently as a team),<br />
College NOTES<br />
Kemp helps Ravens to<br />
big victory<br />
RINDGE, N.H. - Franklin<br />
Pierce baseball junior shortstop<br />
and Sturbridge resident Dan<br />
Kemp went 3-for-5, scored three<br />
times, drove in a run and threw<br />
out the tying run at the plate in<br />
the ninth inning in the fi rst game<br />
of a doubleheader on Saturday<br />
afternoon, May 5 as the No.<br />
15/18 nationally ranked squad<br />
squeaked out a 9-8 win over Saint<br />
Michael’s in Northeast-10 Conference<br />
Northeast Division play<br />
at Doc Jacobs Field.<br />
Lamothe named<br />
Brown MVP<br />
PROVIDENCE, R.I. - Emma<br />
Lamothe, a Tantasqua graduate in<br />
2010, was just awarded the MVP<br />
award for Brown University’s<br />
women’s swimming and diving<br />
team for the 2011-2012 season.<br />
Lamothe had a strong season<br />
culminating with the Ivy League<br />
championships in which she was<br />
high scorer for her team with<br />
three top eight fi nishes in the 50yard<br />
freestyle, 100-yard freestyle,<br />
and 100-yard butterfl y, and participation<br />
in two relays, one of<br />
which broke the school record.<br />
Lamothe swam the butterfl y<br />
TURLEY PUBLICATIONS PHOTO BY PAT LYONS<br />
<strong>Quaboag</strong> pitcher Jimmy Zalatores winds up<br />
as he gets ready to make a delivery to home<br />
plarte<br />
we’ve played well. Our fi elding<br />
has been solid and our pitching<br />
very good.”<br />
Sokol has been a surprise.<br />
“I knew he could play,” said<br />
Guimond. “Like a lot of other<br />
guys, he’s a good athlete. His<br />
pitching has been real good. But<br />
in some ways, his hitting has been<br />
even better.”<br />
Heading into play later this<br />
week, the Cougars trailed by a<br />
half-game Leicester for second<br />
lace in the SWCL West. If they<br />
are able to win their head to head<br />
matchup later this month, the<br />
Cougars could reach the tournament<br />
again.<br />
“We just have to play well,”<br />
said the coach. “Our goal is to<br />
make it. These guys defi nitely<br />
deserve a shot.”<br />
Bob Schron is a sports correspondent<br />
for Turley Publications. He can<br />
be reached at bschron@turley.com.<br />
leg of the 200-yard medley relay<br />
with a time of 23.01 seconds, the<br />
fastest at the meet.<br />
McGrail named to<br />
MASCAC Women’s<br />
Softball First Team<br />
BUZZARDS BAY - Fitchburg<br />
State junior outfi elder and<br />
North Brookfi eld resident Alycia<br />
McGrail was recently named to<br />
the MASCAC Women’s Softball<br />
First Team.<br />
Lamoureux helps out Owls<br />
WORCESTER - Worcester<br />
State women’s softball junior<br />
and East Brookfi eld resident<br />
Aimee Lamoureux drew a bases<br />
loaded walk with two outs in the<br />
bottom of the fi fth of a 7-1 loss to<br />
third-seeded Salem State in the<br />
MASCAC Tournament semifi -<br />
nals on Saturday, May 5.<br />
Farland scores for Bears<br />
in NEWLA championship<br />
BRIDGEWATER - Bridgewater<br />
State women’s lacrosse<br />
junior defender and Sturbridge<br />
resident Shelby Farland scored<br />
in the fi rst of the Bears 6-5 overtime<br />
victory over Westfi eld State<br />
in the NEWLA championship<br />
game on Saturday, May 5.<br />
A Turley Publication • www.turley.com I Thursday, May 10, 2012 PAGE 15<br />
– sports –<br />
Lancers too tough for Warriors<br />
- STURBRIDGE -<br />
By Bob Schron<br />
Turley Publications<br />
Sports Correspondent<br />
In a clash between two of<br />
the best girls tennis teams<br />
in Western and Central<br />
Mass, undefeated Longmeadow<br />
defeated Tantasqua, 3-2,<br />
last week.<br />
In a fi rst singles match between<br />
two of the best players in<br />
the state, Longmeadow’s Lisa<br />
Calcasola defeated standout<br />
Nicole Cormier, 6-0, 6-0<br />
Calcasola went to the fi nals<br />
of the singles tournament in<br />
Western Mass last season.<br />
Cormier won the inaugural<br />
Southern Worcester County<br />
League singles tournament<br />
three weeks ago, defeating<br />
<strong>Quaboag</strong>’s Shelby Jankins in<br />
the fi nals.<br />
But Emily King and Ashley<br />
Sports Calendar<br />
Tri-County Baseball tryouts<br />
PALMER - Do you have what it takes to be<br />
a champion? Championship traits consist of<br />
hard work, sacrifi ce, dedication, commitment,<br />
picking up teammates and putting team goals<br />
ahead of personal accomplishments.<br />
If you do, then the St. Joseph’s Saints of the<br />
Tri-County Baseball League (18 years old and<br />
older) will be holding tryouts from 4 to 6 p.m.<br />
at St. Joe’s Field in Thorndike on the following<br />
dates: May 12, May 13, May 19 and May 20.<br />
Interested players should contact Karl<br />
ROUNDUP I FROM PAGE 14<br />
Skyler Shugrue had four<br />
hits and the Lady Guardians<br />
defeated Tantasqua, 15-6 in<br />
softball Wednesday.<br />
Leading 7-6 in the sixth,<br />
the Guardians broke the game<br />
open with fi ve runs in the top<br />
half of that inning.<br />
Olivia Brooks was 3-for-4<br />
with an RBI; Jordan Kingman<br />
and Lauren DiCarlo were each<br />
2-for-4 with two RBIs. Jeszy<br />
McGuire was 2-for-3.<br />
The Warriors were then<br />
upended by the Rockets on<br />
Monday, 9-7.<br />
Trailing 6-1, the Warriors,<br />
who pounded out a seasonhigh<br />
17 hits, scored fi ve runs<br />
in the fourth to tie it. But then<br />
Auburn’s Jackie Mathews<br />
homered to put the Rockets<br />
back in the lead.<br />
Its batting prowess against<br />
Auburn is not a surprise, the<br />
Warriors paced by Kayla<br />
DiBiase who had fi ve hits in<br />
that game.<br />
Tantasqua placed fi ve batters<br />
in the top 25 of the SWCL<br />
in hitting; these included Lauren<br />
DiCarlo .468, Brooks .409,<br />
DiBiasie .340, Amanda Martin<br />
.333 and McGuire .321.<br />
Though struggling in recent<br />
games against the Guardians<br />
and Rockets, Kingman<br />
remained among the league<br />
leaders in pitching with seven<br />
victories and an era of slightly<br />
over fi ve.<br />
Powerful Auburn blanked<br />
the Warriors, 14-0 in baseball,<br />
defeating ace Eric Proulx.<br />
Proulx hurled into the third<br />
before being relieved by Kyle<br />
Mason won in second and third<br />
singles for the Warriors. King<br />
defeated Samantha Krevalin<br />
and Mason edged Brooke Wistreich<br />
in three sets.<br />
The Lancers took the match,<br />
winning both doubles. In fi rst<br />
doubles, Allie Crews and Rachel<br />
Moore defeated Connor<br />
Parker and Samantha Robinson,<br />
6-4, 6-0.<br />
And Melanie Feen and<br />
Anne Hayes outlasted Narissa<br />
Tremblay and Aubree Hanks-<br />
Wistasek, 6-1, 6-2.<br />
The Warriors (6-2) had defeated<br />
Grafton 4-1 Wednesday,<br />
seeping the singles with wins<br />
by Cormier (7-6 (7-5), 3-6, 6-<br />
1), King (6-1, 6-0) and Mason,<br />
7-5, 6-4.<br />
The doubles team of Robinson<br />
and Parker also won in<br />
straight sets.<br />
In boys tennis, the Warriors<br />
defeated Grafton 3-2 and<br />
Bartlett, 4-1.<br />
Lavallee.<br />
Jake Gallant at .386, Proulx<br />
at .370 and Charlie DeCataldo<br />
.302 were among the league<br />
Against Bartlett, Tantasqua’s<br />
Connor Munnis (6-1, 6-1) and<br />
Tom Cloutier (6-3, 6-0) won in<br />
singles.<br />
Both fi rst and second doubles<br />
teams also prevailed: Erik<br />
Messier and Zack Tongeon<br />
won 6-0, 6-2 and the second<br />
doubles team of Austin Avanesian<br />
and James Murray also<br />
won, 6-4, 6-0.<br />
The Warriors captured second<br />
and third singles against<br />
Grafton, Cloutier winning 6-0,<br />
6-0 and Max Proulx also taking<br />
his match, 6-3, 6-4.<br />
The Warriors pulled the<br />
match out with their win in fi rst<br />
doubles, Messier and Mongeon<br />
taking it in three sets, the second<br />
in a tiebreaker: 4-6, 7-6 (2)<br />
and 7-5.<br />
Bob Schron is a sports correspondent<br />
for Turley Publications.<br />
He can be reached at bschron@<br />
turley.com.<br />
Oliveira at 413-283-5223. Serious inquires<br />
only.<br />
Runners wanted for <strong>Quaboag</strong><br />
Plantation Triathlon<br />
WEST BROOKFIELD - The <strong>Quaboag</strong><br />
Plantation Triathlon, which is in its third year<br />
will be held on Saturday, July 7 at 8 a.m. Registrations<br />
are now being accepted through www.<br />
active.com – mailed in registrations will also be<br />
See SPORTS I PAGE 16<br />
TURLEY PUBLICATIONS PHOTOS BY PATRICK LYONS<br />
Tantasqua teammates await Eric Proulx’s arrival at home plate after hitting a home<br />
run.<br />
Tantasqua<br />
starting<br />
pitcher<br />
Eric<br />
Desmarais<br />
(10)<br />
makes a<br />
delivery<br />
to home<br />
plate.<br />
leaders in hitting in the SWCL.<br />
Proulx (3-3, 2.50) was<br />
ranked ninth in the league in<br />
pitching.
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The Week Ahead ....................... May 11-May 17<br />
Friday, May 11<br />
BASEBALL<br />
Bartlett at David Prouty 3:30 p.m.<br />
SOFTBALL<br />
Bartlett at David Prouty 7 p.m.<br />
North Central Charter Essentials 4 p.m.<br />
at North Brookfi eld<br />
Westfi eld Voke at Pathfi nder 3:30 p.m.<br />
BOYS TENNIS<br />
David Prouty at Bartlett 3:30 p.m.<br />
GIRLS TENNIS<br />
Bartlett at David Prouty 3:30 p.m.<br />
Saturday, May 12<br />
BOYS TRACK AND FIELD<br />
Quabbin at District E Class Meet 9:30 a.m.<br />
(at Lunenburg High School in Lunenburg)<br />
GIRLS TRACK AND FIELD<br />
Quabbin at District E Class Meet 9:30 a.m.<br />
(at Shrewsbury High School in Shrewsbury)<br />
Sunday, May 13<br />
No games scheduled.<br />
Monday, May 14<br />
BASEBALL<br />
Sabis at Pathfi nder 7:30 p.m.<br />
Quabbin at Westborough 4 p.m.<br />
Southbridge at <strong>Quaboag</strong> 3:30 p.m.<br />
Tantasqua at Shepherd Hill<br />
SOFTBALL<br />
3:30 p.m.<br />
Whitinsville Christian at North Brookfi eld 3:30 p.m.<br />
Quabbin at Westborough 4:30 p.m.<br />
Southbridge at <strong>Quaboag</strong> 3:30 p.m.<br />
Tantasqua at Shepherd Hill<br />
BOYS TENNIS<br />
4 p.m.<br />
David Prouty at Doherty 3:30 p.m.<br />
Quabbin at Marlborough 4 p.m.<br />
<strong>Quaboag</strong> at Southbridge<br />
(at West Street Field in Southbridge)<br />
3:30 p.m.<br />
Shepherd Hill at Tantasqua<br />
GIRLS TENNIS<br />
3:30 p.m.<br />
Marlborough at Quabbin 4 p.m.<br />
Southbridge at <strong>Quaboag</strong> 3:30 p.m.<br />
Tantasqua at Shepherd Hill 3:30 p.m.<br />
Tuesday, May 15<br />
GIRLS GOLF<br />
Wachusett at Quabbin 3:30 p.m.<br />
BOYS LACROSSE<br />
Northbridge at Tantasqua 3:30 p.m.<br />
GIRLS LACROSSE<br />
Tantasqua at Northbridge 3:30 p.m.<br />
SOFTBALL<br />
Leicester at David Prouty 7 p.m.<br />
Lifelong Learning Center<br />
1455 N. Main Street, Third Floor<br />
(413) 283-2329<br />
Website: www.topfloorlearning.org<br />
SURVIVORS' BRIDGE<br />
This group is for women who are or have been affected by domestic violence.<br />
Community funding enables Survivors' Bridge members to take<br />
FREE classes in computer instruction, math, reading and journal writing.<br />
Top Floor Learning also provides referrals to a support group.<br />
ADULT LITERACY PROGRAMS<br />
English as a Second Language<br />
One to One Tutoring<br />
for learners of English who are at a beginning<br />
level, speak NO English or very little English.<br />
English as a Second Language<br />
Conversation Classes<br />
For learners at an Intermediate or<br />
Advanced level who would like more<br />
opportunities to converse in English.<br />
COMPUTER COURSES<br />
New Classes<br />
Begin April 28!<br />
Beginning and Advanced<br />
Microsoft Office Basics<br />
and Internet classes<br />
Call for a detailed course<br />
description, fees, and dates.<br />
Dean Tech at Pathfi nder 4:15 p.m.<br />
BOYS TENNIS<br />
David Prouty at Northbridge 3:30 p.m.<br />
Burncoat at Quabbin 3:30 p.m.<br />
GIRLS TENNIS<br />
Northbridge at David Prouty 3:30 p.m.<br />
Girls Track and Field<br />
SWCL League Meet at Tantasqua 3:30 p.m.<br />
Wednesday, May 16<br />
BASEBALL<br />
<strong>Quaboag</strong> at David Prouty 3:30 p.m.<br />
Nashoba at Quabbin 4 p.m.<br />
SOFTBALL<br />
<strong>Quaboag</strong> at David Prouty 7 p.m.<br />
Nashoba at Quabbin 4 p.m.<br />
BOYS TENNIS<br />
David Prouty at <strong>Quaboag</strong> 3:30 p.m.<br />
Hudson at Quabbin 4 p.m.<br />
GIRLS TENNIS<br />
<strong>Quaboag</strong> at David Prouty 3:30 p.m.<br />
Quabbin at Hudson 4 p.m.<br />
Tantasqua at Minnechaug 4 p.m.<br />
BOYS TRACK AND FIELD<br />
SWCL League Meet 3:30 p.m.<br />
at Auburn High School in Auburn<br />
TRACK AND FIELD<br />
Quabbin at Mid-Wach B League Meet 3 p.m.<br />
(at Hudson High School in Hudson)<br />
Thursday, May 17<br />
BASEBALL<br />
David Prouty at Leicester 7 p.m.<br />
(at Rochdale Park in Leicester)<br />
<strong>Quaboag</strong> at Bartlett 3:30 p.m.<br />
(at Memorial Field in Webster)<br />
Auburn at Tantasqua 3:30 p.m.<br />
GIRLS GOLF<br />
Notre Dame Academy at Quabbin 3:30 p.m.<br />
BOYS LACROSSE<br />
Grafton at Tantasqua 3:30 p.m.<br />
Girls Lacrosse<br />
Tantasqua at Grafton 3 p.m.<br />
SOFTBALL<br />
Abby Kelley at North Brookfi eld 3:30 p.m.<br />
<strong>Quaboag</strong> at Bartlett 3:30 p.m.<br />
Auburn at Tantasqua 3:30 p.m.<br />
BOYS TENNIS<br />
South at Quabbin 3:30 p.m.<br />
Bartlett at <strong>Quaboag</strong> 3:30 p.m.<br />
Tantasqua at Auburn 3:30 p.m.<br />
GIRLS TENNIS<br />
David Prouty at Leicester 3:30 p.m.<br />
<strong>Quaboag</strong> at Bartlett 3:30 p.m.<br />
Tantasqua at Auburn 3:30 p.m.<br />
Citizenship<br />
For learners of a second language<br />
who would like to become U.S. Citizens.<br />
Reading, Writing, Math<br />
One to One Tutoring<br />
This individualized program centers<br />
on the needs and goals of learners in<br />
reading, writing, and math.<br />
NEED TO TAKE THE GED?<br />
Top Floor Learning provides a complete package of GED services<br />
for adults who are 16 or over and who have left high school.<br />
Pre-GED Math: One-to-One Instruction<br />
Pre-GED Reading/Writing: One-to-One Instruction<br />
GED Official Half-Length Practice Test (FREE)<br />
Call Gail at (413) 283-2329 to make an appointment.<br />
MAY BASKET<br />
17th Annual May Basket Raffle<br />
See baskets displayed at<br />
the Palmer Public Library<br />
beginning May 1,<br />
or online at<br />
www.topfloorlearning.org.<br />
Draw date June 1.<br />
Tickets $3 each or<br />
6 for $15.<br />
For more information on the above programs,<br />
call the Director of Adult Literacy at (413) 283-2329.<br />
– sports –<br />
Nominees wanted for Warrior Athletic HOF<br />
STURBRIDGE - The Tantasqua<br />
Warrior Athletic Hall of Fame Committee<br />
is now accepting applications<br />
for members of the Class of 2012.<br />
Deadline for applications is June<br />
SPORTS CALENDAR I FROM PAGE 15<br />
accepted.<br />
The triathlon will be held at the West<br />
Brookfi eld town beach, check-in time<br />
starting at 6 a.m. and fi nishing at 7:15<br />
a.m.<br />
The race will begin at 8 a.m. and continue<br />
until all participants have fi nished.<br />
The race itself consists of a quarter-mile<br />
swim, 12-mile bike ride, and a 5K run<br />
for adults ages 14 and older.<br />
The children’s race, for ages 4-13,<br />
consists of a 100-yard swim, half-mile<br />
bike ride and a 300-yard run. Entry<br />
fees are $50 per individual, $65 for adult<br />
teams and $15 for children. These fees<br />
will go up after June 1.<br />
Proceeds will benefi t the <strong>Quaboag</strong><br />
Plantation Triathlon scholarship fund –<br />
a new addition to this year’s race. Scholarships<br />
will be given away to students<br />
who have participated in or assisted in<br />
the organization of the 2012 triathlon<br />
and will be a 2013 college bound, graduating<br />
student at <strong>Quaboag</strong> Regional<br />
High School. Preference will be given<br />
to students who have participated in or<br />
helped in the prior year triathlon.<br />
The triathlon began three years ago<br />
when the town of West Brookfi eld was<br />
celebrating its 250th anniversary. Since<br />
then, the triathlon has had many participants<br />
from all over Massachusetts.<br />
For more information about the race,<br />
please visit www.active.com or fi nd us<br />
on Facebook for all race updates.<br />
Tantasqua Pop Warner<br />
football signups<br />
STURBRIDGE - Tantasqua Pop<br />
Warner will host their fi nal signup at<br />
the Tantasqua Middle School on May<br />
22 between 6 to 8:30 pm.<br />
This fi nal signup is your last chance<br />
to save $50 on registration fees.<br />
If your son or daughter has passion<br />
for the game of football or cheer and<br />
would like to experience it for themselves<br />
please attend signup or contact us<br />
at president@tantasquapopwarner.com.<br />
SOFTBALL I FROM PAGE 14<br />
Bartlett on Friday, 7-4. Dani Sweet,<br />
Demi Perrin and Ally Sweet paced the<br />
Cougars 10-hit attack with two hits<br />
apiece.<br />
The Cougars were forced to rally<br />
to win this game as well. Bartlett had<br />
grabbed a 3-1 lead in the top of the second<br />
as Darryle Stone and Alexis Podewamy<br />
drove in the runs.<br />
But the Cougars gamely rallied. Utilizing<br />
their running game, they answered<br />
with three runs in the bottom of the third.<br />
The key hits by Jess McCann, Harley<br />
Wdowiak and Perrin sparked the rally.<br />
Madison Messier and Perrin also<br />
contributed key stolen bases to keep the<br />
rally going.<br />
The teams would exchange runs in<br />
the fi fth and sixth, keeping the Cougars<br />
safely ahead.<br />
The Cougars scored their run when<br />
Dani Sweet doubled to the gap in right<br />
center to score Ally Sweet.<br />
“We had a diffi cult time against their<br />
pitcher, Lucy Orne,” said the coach. “It’s<br />
diffi cult to go up against a pitcher like<br />
Uxbridge’s Norberg, who has tremendous<br />
velocity, and then go up against<br />
1.<br />
For more information, please go<br />
to: Tantasqua.org/THS/. Click on the<br />
Athletics page for the Hall of Fame information,<br />
criteria and forms.<br />
Second Annual Ride for the Slide<br />
BARRE - Dust off the bicycle and<br />
grease up the chain as the Second Annual<br />
Ride For The Slide Fundraiser<br />
breezes through Barre on Sunday, June<br />
3.<br />
Sponsored by the Ruggles Lane<br />
School Parent Teacher Organization,<br />
all the proceeds of this fundraiser will go<br />
toward the construction of a new playground<br />
at the Ruggles Lane Elementary<br />
School. A 20, 30 or 50-mile ride for<br />
adults will start the festivities off at 8:00<br />
a.m., while the children will have their<br />
turn with a one-mile loop beginning at<br />
1 p.m.<br />
Adult registration is $25, $35 or $45<br />
depending on the length choice of the<br />
ride with the fi rst 20 registrants getting<br />
a free t-shirt.<br />
Children are asked to gather sponsors,<br />
with those earning $35 or more<br />
also receiving a free t-shirt. Children<br />
without sponsor sheets are asked to pay<br />
$10 to participate.<br />
All the necessary forms needed for<br />
the event may be downloaded from the<br />
PTO website at rlspto.org. All festivities<br />
will take place at the Ruggles Lane<br />
Elementary School in Barre, with both<br />
rides beginning and ending in front of<br />
the school. For more information, please<br />
contact Karen Lewis at 978-355-9879 or<br />
pbkalewis@verizon.net or Debbie Ennis<br />
at featherdog@charter.net.<br />
Worcester State Summer<br />
Baseball Clinic<br />
WORCESTER - Worcester State<br />
University will be hosting its annual<br />
Summer Baseball Clinic for boys and<br />
girls ages 8-13 from July 23-27.<br />
The camp will run from 9 a.m. to 3<br />
p.m. on the new baseball fi eld.<br />
The cost is $275 for the camp with<br />
trip to a Lowell Spinners baseball or<br />
$350 for the day camp with trip to game<br />
and overnight stay at the University.<br />
The camp will be run by WSU baseball<br />
coach Dick Baker.<br />
For more information call 508-929-<br />
8852 or 774-230-3872 or go to wsulancers.com/camps-clinics.<br />
Orne, who’s a seventh-grader and doesn’t<br />
throw nearly as hard. We were able to<br />
capitalize on their errors though and get<br />
a much needed win.”<br />
It would set up the matchup with the<br />
Indians, having a great season at 11-0.<br />
The Cougars have continued to be a<br />
team that is around the top of the league,<br />
still a reputable force to be reckoned with<br />
in the Division 3 playoff chase. Though<br />
their hitting is not overpowering, it’s reliable.<br />
The Cougars have Andy Koslowski<br />
at 23rd in the elongated SWCL hitting<br />
leader list at .393.<br />
Fountain is next with a .364 average.<br />
Her pitching still superlative, Fountain<br />
was third in the league with a 9-3 record<br />
and a superb 1.90 earned run average.<br />
<strong>Quaboag</strong> braces for the fi nal push<br />
over the next three weeks. It was a year<br />
ago when the team made its surge to the<br />
title. Fox thought that the team’s effort<br />
against Grafton was emblematic of its capability<br />
to repeat.<br />
“We played Grafton evenly through<br />
seven innings (after the teams exchanged<br />
early runs). Each team has their chances,”<br />
Fox said.
A Turley Publication • www.turley.com I Thursday, May 10, 2012 PAGE 17<br />
TURLEY PUBLICATIONS COURTESY PHOTOS<br />
PET PAGE<br />
There are many causes of loose stool. Sudden<br />
symptoms of straining, sometimes with vomiting<br />
can be from a bacterial infection. Generally, fasting<br />
for one day then feeding a bland low fat<br />
meal of tuna with pasta or overcooked rice for a<br />
few days will take care of it. When it persists for<br />
more than one day then antibiotics may be needed.<br />
If the dog is depressed or painful take the<br />
critter to your vet. These can by symptoms of a<br />
viral infection or a blockage.<br />
If your pooch has a slimy (mucousy) stool at<br />
regular intervals, this is often a symptom of a<br />
Tip:<br />
Contact your vet if your pet<br />
is experiencing symptoms<br />
of digestive trouble.<br />
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Latour, Dimopoulos promoted as VPs at Hometown Bank<br />
STURBRIDGE – Hometown Bank<br />
has promoted two branch managers to<br />
vice president, according to President<br />
and CEO Matthew S. Sosik.<br />
Sharon Dimopoulos, AVP and<br />
manager of the Oxford branch, has<br />
been promoted to Vice President,<br />
Branch Administrator. In her new<br />
position, Sharon will be responsible<br />
for coordination, management, and<br />
evaluation of Hometown Bank’s Customer<br />
Care Program and ensuring<br />
standardized processes and practices<br />
across all bank branches.<br />
Kathryn Latour, AVP and manager<br />
of the Sturbridge branch, has been<br />
promoted to Vice President Retail. In<br />
her new position, Kathryn will be responsible<br />
for ensuring that all Hometown<br />
Bank branches are providing<br />
the highest possible level of customer<br />
service and achieving the highest possible<br />
account growth results.<br />
Sharon joined Hometown Bank as<br />
a mortgage underwriter in 2003 and<br />
was promoted to branch manager in<br />
2006 after serving in a number of other<br />
positions. She is active in the Oxford<br />
Lion’s Club, is a volunteer at the Oxford<br />
Ecumenical Food Pantry, serves<br />
on the bank’s Customer Care committee<br />
and is the bank’s representative to<br />
PETS OF THE MONTH<br />
Enjoying the sunny days are Jake,<br />
Casey, Casper and Oliver Storozuk<br />
If you would like to see YOUR PET on this page,<br />
email photo and information including your<br />
pet’s name to Jeanne at jbonsall@turley.com.<br />
Advertise<br />
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Contact<br />
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Kathryn joined Hometown Bank<br />
as branch manager in 2005. She serves<br />
as a director of the United Way of<br />
Southbridge, Sturbridge and Charlton<br />
and is vice-chairman of the board<br />
of directors for the Residential Energy<br />
Assistance for Seniors (REAS) Foundation.<br />
She also serves as treasurer for<br />
the Salvation Army in Sturbridge and<br />
is the Election Warden in her home<br />
community of Brookfi eld.<br />
Hometown Bank has fi ve offi ces<br />
located in Athol, Oxford, South Lancaster,<br />
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The Scoop on Poop!<br />
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food to lamb, fish or venison can help. Make<br />
sure to check the actual ingredients. Remember<br />
eggs are from chickens and brewers yeast is<br />
from wheat. It may take a month for a hypoallergenic<br />
diet to correct the problem.<br />
Contaminated dog food will also cause loose<br />
stool. Periodic loose stool, especially with puppies,<br />
may be from worms. These can be caught<br />
from their mother or from stepping in another<br />
dog’s stool that is passing worms. Cats can get<br />
Kathryn Latour, VP Retail.<br />
roundworms from hunting. Take a stool sample<br />
to your vet. They check for the eggs these<br />
worms lay and can prescribe a dewormer.<br />
A loose stool can also be a symptom of low<br />
digestive enzymes. This is usually seen in a dog<br />
that is thin with a ravenous appetite. Adding<br />
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Arrest(s)<br />
April 28<br />
Arrest: Sabrina Graf, 57 Allen Rd., Sturbridge, MA;<br />
Age: 20; Charges: outstanding warrant.<br />
Monday, April 23<br />
911—Medical Emergency, Howard St., transported to<br />
Harrington<br />
Phone Alarm, S Maple St., no action required<br />
911—Medical Emergency, <strong>Quaboag</strong> St., transported<br />
to Mary Lane<br />
Phone Alarm, Buckboard Ps., checked/secured<br />
911—Suspicious Activity, Allen Rd., spoken to<br />
Tuesday, April 24<br />
911—Complaint/MV operations, Route 9 Hwy., gone<br />
on arrival<br />
Initiated Vandalism, Fiskdale Rd. + Mill St., unknown<br />
outcome<br />
Phone Larceny/theft/shoplifting, Rice Corner Rd., report<br />
taken<br />
911—Welfare check, Nanatomqua Dr., checked/secured<br />
Phone Complaint, Town Farm Rd., no action required<br />
Phone Found/property, Rice Corner Rd., report taken<br />
Initiated Found/lost property, Sturbridge PD, services<br />
rendered<br />
Wednesday, April 25<br />
911—Medical Emergency, Town Farm Rd., transported<br />
to Harrington<br />
911—Complaint, Rice Corner Rd., transferred call to<br />
C3<br />
Phone Complaint, E Main St., could not locate<br />
Cellular Medical Emergency, Fiskdale Rd., transported<br />
to hospital<br />
Thursday, April 26<br />
Initiated Complaint/MV operation, Fiskdale Rd., spoken<br />
to<br />
Initiated Disabled MV, Fiskdale Rd., investigated<br />
Friday, April 27<br />
Radio Alarm, Lake Rd., building checked/secured<br />
911—911/Hang-Up call, Rice Corner Rd., spoken to<br />
Saturday, April 28<br />
Initiated Serve summons, Hayden Ave., could not locate<br />
Initiated Serve summons, Upper River St., services<br />
rendered<br />
Cellular Medical Emergency, Tyler St., transported to<br />
Mary Lane<br />
Phone Fire brush, Rice Corner Rd. + Gay Rd., extinguished<br />
911—911/Han-Up call, Draper St., investigated<br />
Sunday, April 29<br />
011—Medical Emergency, Second St., transported to<br />
Harrington<br />
Radio Complaint/MV operations, Route 148 Hwy.,<br />
could not locate<br />
911—Motor Vehicle accident, W Main St., vehicle<br />
towed<br />
Initiated Investigation, Merrick Ave., investigated<br />
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Arrest(s)<br />
May 1<br />
Arrest: Kevin A Kozolowski, age 44, of 10 North Brookfi<br />
eld Rd., Brookfi eld, was arrested for assault with a<br />
dangerous weapon (domestic).<br />
May 2<br />
Arrest: Jeri L Mucha, age 52, of 26 East Main St.,<br />
Brookfi eld, was arrested on an outstanding warrant.<br />
Monday, April 30<br />
911—Medical Emergency, Grove St., transported to<br />
U-Mass<br />
Initiated Vandalism, Route 9 Hwy., unknown outcome<br />
Initiated Vandalism, Central St., report taken<br />
Phone Medical emergency, E Main St., transported to<br />
U-Mass<br />
Initiated Suspicious activity, Rice Corner Rd., investigated<br />
Tuesday, May 1<br />
Phone Animal call, S Maple St., dispatch handled<br />
Radio Suspicious activity, Route 149 Hwy., could not<br />
locate<br />
Wednesday, May 2<br />
Phone Medical emergency, N Brookfi eld Rd., transported<br />
to Harrington<br />
Initiated Safety hazard, Fiskdale Rd., removed hazard<br />
Initiated Vandalism, Molasses Hill Rd., report taken<br />
Phone Animal Call, <strong>Quaboag</strong> St., transferred call to<br />
C3<br />
911—Medical Emergency, Lincoln St., transported to<br />
hospital<br />
Cellular Fire other, Central St., investigated<br />
911—Medical Emergency, Tyler St., spoken to<br />
Thursday, May 3<br />
911—Medical Emergency, Lincoln St., services rendered<br />
911—Medical Emergency, Lincoln St., transported to<br />
Mary Lane<br />
Initiated Welfare check, <strong>Quaboag</strong> St., spoken to<br />
Radio Motor Vehicle accident, Route 148 Hwy. + Molasses<br />
Hill Rd., transported to U-Mass<br />
Phone Suspicious activity, Maple St., report taken<br />
Friday, May 4<br />
911—Medical Emergency, W Brookfi eld Rd, transported<br />
to Memorial<br />
911—Medical Emergency, Town Farm Rd., transported<br />
to Harrington<br />
Saturday, May 5<br />
Phone Complaint, High St., spoken to<br />
911—Medical Emergency, Deer Run, transported to<br />
U-Mass<br />
Cellular MV accident, Post Rd., services rendered<br />
Phone Missing person, Town Farm Rd., call cancelled<br />
Initiated Disturbance, Lakeside Ave., investigated<br />
Sunday, May 6<br />
Cellular Larceny/Theft/Shoplifting, <strong>Quaboag</strong> St., report<br />
taken<br />
Cellular Medical Emergency, <strong>Quaboag</strong> St., transported<br />
to Harrington<br />
911—Medical Emergency, Third St., transported to<br />
St. Vs.<br />
Phone Medical Emergency, Deer Run, transported to<br />
Harrington<br />
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RIVER WATCH<br />
<strong>Quaboag</strong> River shot on May 8.<br />
TURLEY PUBLICATIONS PHOTO<br />
Editor’s Note: “River Watch” tracks data provided<br />
by the US Geological Survey examining <strong>Quaboag</strong><br />
River fl ow and fl ood records taken at a West<br />
Brimfi eld testing station over the past seven days.<br />
This information is provided to help fi sherman,<br />
boaters, and residential abutters understand their<br />
local tributaries better. For more current daily data<br />
and details, visit http://waterwatch.usgs.gov/.<br />
Drainage area: 150 mi 2<br />
Discharge: 140 cfs<br />
Stage: 3.36 ft<br />
Percentile: 5.85 %<br />
Class symbol: RED<br />
% normal (median): 43.08 %<br />
% normal (mean): 40.34 %<br />
KEY: “Class symbol” refers to how low or high<br />
the river is as compared to historical streamfl ow<br />
records. Lime green is considered “normal” with<br />
yellow, rust and red being “below normal” in<br />
descending order. Ascending shades of blue into<br />
black are “above normal” percentiles.<br />
Monday, April 16<br />
Phone Illegal dumping, Prouty Lane, services rendered<br />
Tuesday, April 17<br />
Phone Suspicious activity, Harrington St., unfounded<br />
Wednesday, April 18<br />
Initiated Vandalism, W Sturbridge Rd., report taken<br />
Phone Complaint, Adams Rd., spoken to<br />
Thursday, April 19<br />
Cellular Motor Vehicle accident, Route 49 Hwy. +<br />
Flagg Rd., no action required<br />
Friday, April 20<br />
Phone Complaint, Route 9 Hwy., spoken to<br />
Quilt show to help mark town’s 200th anniversary celebration<br />
NORTH BROOKFIELD - As part<br />
of the North Brookfi eld 200th Anniversary<br />
Celebration, there will be a<br />
quilt show. We are looking for new and<br />
REAL ESTATE I FROM PAGE 10<br />
Margaret Allen-Nishan<br />
$155,000 – 4 Birch Hill Road – Jennifer<br />
A. Guerra and Anthony Grimaldi<br />
to Laura B. Dusty<br />
Sturbridge<br />
$350,000 – 20 Tannery Road – Hunter<br />
Marosits and Tiffany P. Marosits to<br />
Karim Lakhani and Julie Lakhani<br />
$240,000 – 1 Hawthorne Road – Ruth<br />
J. Washburn, Trustee of the 1998 Ruth<br />
J. Washburn Funding Trust, to Timothy<br />
W. O’Brien<br />
Warren<br />
$220,000 – 18 North Street – Russell<br />
N. Bergeron, Trustee of the North Street<br />
Realty Trust to Maxwell Labier<br />
$216,000 – 92 Keys Road – Priscilla<br />
A. Fickett to Raymond J. Camburn, Jr.<br />
and Sandra L. Camburn<br />
West Brookfi eld<br />
$152,081.26 – 102 Snow Road – Barry<br />
J. Nadon, Jr. and Susan G. Nadon to<br />
Marion Horton Gebhardt<br />
$74,500 – 77 Lyon Road – Homesales,<br />
Inc. to Robert J. Richard and Patricia A.<br />
Richard<br />
old quilts with a connection to North<br />
Brookfi eld. We would love to display<br />
your quilt and its story. The show will<br />
be held at the Haston Free Public Li-<br />
HEART I FROM PAGE 10<br />
and even remembers their birthdays. If<br />
families need more than just donations<br />
he coordinates the donation of furniture,<br />
refrigerators, clothing. He keeps<br />
pictures in his wallet of the children and<br />
is especially touched by the really small<br />
ones that struggle but are so brave and<br />
cheerful. At age 87, he and his wife are<br />
surrounded by pictures of his family,<br />
sons, grandchildren and great grandchildren.<br />
Fiske keeps the giving local, within<br />
20 miles, so that he can visit the families,<br />
fi nd out what they need, stay in touch,<br />
TEACHER I FROM PAGE 10<br />
she said. “I liked how they were able to<br />
express their ideas and add their own<br />
points to the discussion. It was a really<br />
great year.”<br />
According to Welsh, the move to Kindergarten<br />
was a big change. “Talk about<br />
different ends of the spectrum,” she said.<br />
As much as she liked working with the<br />
older students, Welsh said she is happy<br />
to be back with the younger ones. “Once<br />
I got in here I remembered why I wanted<br />
to teach Kindergarten,” she said.<br />
Welsh said the perception that Kin-<br />
brary in conjunction with the Parade<br />
and Olde Home day on Aug. 18. Please<br />
contact Betty Wuelfi ng at 508-867-7424<br />
with any questions or information.<br />
and make sure that they know people<br />
care. He was touched recently when<br />
the family he had helped turned down<br />
more assistance and told him to give<br />
it to other families that are struggling<br />
more. Fiske remains an active baseball<br />
player, he loves the game, and plays in<br />
a band that has been playing for more<br />
than 30 years.<br />
This year Eastern Bank’s charitable<br />
foundation will donate nearly $3 milion<br />
to Massachusetts non-profi ts working<br />
throughout the communities that it<br />
serves. The foundation focuses primarily<br />
on organizations that provide assistance<br />
to children and families.<br />
dergarten is mostly play time is far from<br />
reality. “It’s so academic now,” she said.<br />
“They are expected to know so much before<br />
they enter First Grade.”<br />
For Welsh, watching her students<br />
learning and changing before her eyes is<br />
the best part of her job. “The growth you<br />
see in these kids is unbelievable,” said<br />
Welsh. “You see more day-to-day progress<br />
in here than in any other grade.”<br />
Welsh said when the students arrive in<br />
September they are, by and large, very<br />
dependent. “They can’t write, they can’t<br />
read,” she said. “They can’t cut paper. In<br />
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Initiated Disabled MV, Mechanic St., spoken to<br />
Saturday, April 21<br />
Initiated Safety hazard, Harrington St. + Faith Dr., removed<br />
hazard<br />
911—Disturbance, E Main St., report taken<br />
911—Medical Emergency, Connie Mack Dr., transported<br />
to U-Mass.<br />
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Friday, May 4<br />
Initiated MV stop, Rte. 20 + Hall Rd., citation issued<br />
Initiated MV stop, Rte. 49 + Podunk Rd., citation issued<br />
Cellular Disturbance/dispute, Clark Rd., arrest over 17<br />
yrs. old<br />
Arrest: Nathan S Russell, 419 Grafton St., Apt. #2,<br />
Worcester, MA; Age: 23; Charges: Assault & battery<br />
(domestic)<br />
Saturday, April 5<br />
Initiated MV stop, Rte. 15 + Kelly Rd., citation issued<br />
Initiated MV stop, Whittemore Rd., citation issued<br />
Initiated MV stop, Fiske Hill Rd. + McGilpin Rd., arrest<br />
over 17 yrs. old<br />
Arrest: Reyes Garcia, 41.5 Stafford Apt. #2, Southbridge,<br />
MA; Age: 51; Charges: License suspended, OP<br />
MV with<br />
911—Accident (property damage) Micknucks Marketplace-Main<br />
St., services rendered<br />
Initiated Arrest (on site), McDonald’s Sturbridge-Main<br />
St., arrest over 17 yrs. old<br />
Arrest: Jessica Rose Smith, 39 Rice Corner Rd.,<br />
Brookfi eld, MA; Age: 22; Charges : Warrant arrest,<br />
drug, possess Class A<br />
Sunday, May 6<br />
Initiated MV stop, Rte. 148 + Rte. 20, citation issued<br />
Phone Disturbance/dispute, Scottish Inn-Main St.,<br />
peace restored<br />
Initiated MV stop, Rte. 49 + Ladd Rd., citation issued<br />
Initiated MV stop, Rte. 15 + Kelly Rd., citation issued<br />
Initiated MV stop, by the Meadows-Hall Rd., citation<br />
issued<br />
Monday, May 7<br />
Initiated MV stop, Split/20E, citation issued<br />
Domestic violence<br />
help available<br />
Call the Ware and Warren Domestic<br />
Violence Task Force Community<br />
Input Line with input, advice<br />
or concerns at 413-758-0605<br />
(toll free).<br />
GREEN I FROM PAGE 10<br />
present them.”<br />
All of the proceeds from the plants<br />
sales will be donated to Heifer International,<br />
a global nonprofi t organization<br />
with the goal of ending poverty<br />
and hunger in a sustainable fashion.<br />
Heifer International gives out gifts of<br />
livestock, seeds and trees and extensive<br />
training to those in need. “The students<br />
will choose how the money will be dispersed<br />
through Heifer,” Kiraly-Thomas<br />
said, “The students will take a fi eld trip<br />
to the Heifer Learning Center at Overlook<br />
Farm in Rutland. “We are going to<br />
look at sustainable agriculture as it pertains<br />
to livestock, such as not overfeeding,<br />
and things of that sort and we will<br />
also learn how to teach people to sustain<br />
their own food sources.”<br />
The students will sell their plants<br />
during the Art Show, to be held at the<br />
school on Thursday, May 10 from 6 – 8<br />
p.m., and during the Asparagus Festival<br />
on the West Brookfi eld common on Saturday,<br />
May 19.<br />
some cases, they can’t even hold a pencil.<br />
By the time they leave, they can read<br />
and write one or two sentences. It’s so<br />
rewarding to see what they’ve learned<br />
and to see how proud they are of what<br />
they’ve achieved.”<br />
Welsh said watching her students<br />
making that kind of progress is what<br />
keeps her going. “It’s just amazing how<br />
much they pick up,” she said. “They<br />
never stop surprising me. I’m constantly<br />
impressed with what they can do. Everyday<br />
there’s something that makes me<br />
say ‘wow’!”
CALENDAR I FROM PAGE 3<br />
100TH ANNIVERSAY DINNER for the New Braintree Congregational<br />
Church with a family style chicken dinner with homemade<br />
desserts on Saturday, May 12 at 5:30 p.m. in the New Braintree<br />
Town Hall. They will also be featuring the Hardwick Bell Choir.<br />
Tickets are $12.50 for adults and $6 for children. Please call 413-<br />
477-8772 for reservations.<br />
CHRIST MEMORIAL EPISCOPAL CHURCH ANNUAL TAG SALE<br />
AND ROOTS FOR RECOVERY PLANT SALE at the corner of Main<br />
and Spring streets in North Brookfi eld on Saturday, May 12 from<br />
9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Also, from 9 a.m. to noon is the Roots for Recovery<br />
Plant (Perennials) Sale. A limited number of large and giant<br />
variegated hostas (approximately 25) will be available in addition<br />
to other small perennials. All proceeds will be donated to the EDC<br />
(Eating Disorders Coalition) in Washington DC and to the Massachusetts<br />
Eating Disorders Coalition. If there are any plants still<br />
available, weather permitting, they can be purchased on Sunday,<br />
May 13 from 11 a.m. - 2 p.m. at 2 Ayers St., North Brookfi eld.<br />
SKINNER MOUNTAIN STATE PARK WARBLER WALK will be held<br />
on Saturday, May 12 at 6 a.m. Meet at the gate at the base of<br />
Skinner Mountain State Park. We will hike up the auto road to the<br />
top of the mountain and hike back down. Bring a lunch and plan<br />
to be out until noon.<br />
THE FRIENDS OF THE JOSHUA HYDE LIBRARY is holding their<br />
annual bookmark contest. This year’s theme is “Dream Big —<br />
READ!” All Joshua Hyde Library patrons in one of the following<br />
age groups: 4 - 6 years; 7 - 9 years, 10 - 13 years, and 14 years<br />
– Adult may enter. Bookmarks will be judged on originality, design<br />
and reproducibility. The deadline for all entries is May 15th. Pick<br />
up your entry forms at the library or download them from the Library<br />
website: www.sturbridgelibrary.org or the Friends’ website:<br />
www.SturbridgeLibraryFriends.org<br />
CRAFT A GARDEN BENCH AT HITCHCOCK FREE ACADEMY in one<br />
of our concrete casting classes. Create your own bench for your<br />
garden or patio – made in two pieces for easy transport home. Join<br />
instructor Pete Robitaille of Cornerstone Creations in Sturbridge for<br />
this 2-evening workshop on Monday and Wednesday, May 14 and<br />
16, 6:30 - 9pm. The fee is $82 per bench for residents of Brimfi eld,<br />
Holland, Sturbridge and Wales; all others please add $5. All materials<br />
are included. Call 413-245-9977 or visit us on the web for more<br />
information: www.hitchcockacademy.org .<br />
HOMESTEADING WORKSHOP BEE KEEPING on Wednesday, May<br />
16 from 7 to 9 p.m. at New Braintree Congregational Church, 3<br />
Oakham Rd., New Braintree. Presented by the New Braintree<br />
Grange. Learn about the backyard beekeeper. For more information<br />
call Casey 413-477-9987 or newbraintreegrange@gmail.com.<br />
GARDEN OPEN HOUSE will be held at The Norcross Wildlife<br />
Sanctuary on Friday, May 18 from 5 – 7 p.m. May is a wonderful<br />
time to view the tremendous diversity of wildfl owers in our woodland<br />
gardens. It is the peak time for spring wildfl ower blooms and<br />
we hope that the Yellow Lady Slippers will be in full bloom for this<br />
special event! Leslie Duthie, plant propagator and horticulturist at<br />
Norcross, will be in the garden for guided tours and discussion of<br />
the wildfl owers, both common and rare. For more information, call<br />
413-267-4859 or e-mail Leslie at lduthie@norcrossws.org.<br />
UPCOMING<br />
AN INTERNATIONAL SUPPER will be held on Saturday, May 19 at<br />
6 p.m. inside George Whitefi eld United Methodist Church, 33 West<br />
Main St., West Brookfi eld, MA. Adults $10, Children, $5. For more<br />
info, call 508-867-3002.<br />
NORCROSS WILDLIFE SANTUARY WARBLER WALK will be held<br />
on Saturday, May 19. Meet in the parking lot at Norcross Wildlife<br />
Sanctuary before 6 a.m. We will lock the gate at 6 a.m. and hike<br />
into the Core Sanctuary. If you are late you will get locked out.<br />
Jennifer will have coffee available after the walk. Please RSVP to<br />
ohop@norcrossws.org or call 413-267-4859.<br />
10TH ANNUAL ASPARAGUS & FLOWER HERITAGE FESTIVAL<br />
will be held on the West Brookfi eld Common on Saturday, May<br />
19 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. The event, sponsored by the <strong>Quaboag</strong><br />
Historical Society and the West Brookfi eld Historical Commission,<br />
will feature over 100 local growers, artisans, businesses and organizations,<br />
offering selections of things earthy, artisanal, and<br />
excellent. The festival, free to the public, includes free children’s<br />
activities throughout the day, live music, and a wide selection of<br />
foods from local vendors in Asparagus Alley. There will be a maypole<br />
dance, a frog-jumping contest, and strolling entertainment.<br />
Further details will be provided at a later date or go to the Asparagus<br />
Festival blog: http://asparagusfestival.blogspot.com.<br />
SIXTH ANNUAL JULIANNE CARON MEMORIAL GOLF TOUNA-<br />
MENT at Quail Hollow. Saturday, May 19 with 8 a.m. registration,<br />
9 a.m. shotgun start. Cost is $75/per player (4-some teams)<br />
and includes 18 holes, cart, and dinner. All proceeds benefi t the<br />
Julianne Caron Memorial Scholarship Fund. Sign up by May 11<br />
with Mike Borelli at 508-561-4698 or by email at mikeborelli@<br />
charter.net.<br />
THE WARREN CULTURAL COUNCIL is hosting its Annual Pakcake<br />
Breakfast at the Warren Senior Center on Sunday, May 20t from<br />
8 a.m. to 12 p.m. Tickets are $6 and are available at the senior<br />
center, or by calling 436-9104.<br />
“EVENING IN SIBERIA presented by Socks for Sibera on Tuesday,<br />
May 22 at 7 p.m. in Dugan Hall, Sacred Heart of Jesus Church,<br />
10 Milk St., West Brookfi eld. A review of our organization’s history<br />
including slide and video presentations of visits to Siberia<br />
along with current events and plans for supporting the children<br />
in the future. Russian cultural items will also be on display. Light<br />
refreshments will be served and this event is free, although free<br />
will donations are always welcome! Please call 508-637-1248 or<br />
email us at socksforsiberia@charter.net.<br />
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Ronald L. Gamache, 77<br />
STURBRIDGE – Ronald L. Gamache, 77, died<br />
early Saturday morning, May 5, 2012 in the Radius<br />
Healthcare Center, Southbridge, having been released<br />
from his earthly duties and welcomed in peace and<br />
grace to his heavenly home. He leaves his wife of 57<br />
years, Florianne M. (Desrosiers) Gamache; two sons,<br />
Gregory J. Gamache and his wife Violeta of Sturbridge,<br />
and Thomas P. Gamache and his wife Juliet<br />
of Aurora CO; two daughters Anita Marie Tirkot and<br />
her husband John of Springfi eld and Jeanne Lockhart<br />
of Southbridge; six grandchildren, Ryan Gamache,<br />
Jacob Gamache, Joshua Belanger, Natalya<br />
Tirkot, Gabrielle Tirkot, and Victoria Lockhart and<br />
many nieces and nephews. He was predeceased by<br />
six brothers and one sister. He was born in Worcester<br />
the son of Leopold and Anita Gamache. He was a<br />
graduate of the former Boys Trade School in Worcester.<br />
Ronald worked as a machinist at “T” Tool and Die in<br />
Southbridge many years. He later worked as a greeter<br />
at Wal-Mart for six years. Ronald enjoyed the outside,<br />
he loved fi shing, hunting, gardening, rock collecting and<br />
tending to his fruit trees. Ronald served valiantly for<br />
many years in a variety of leadership roles in the Church<br />
of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, fi rst in Worcester<br />
and later as Bishop of the Oxford Ward in that town.<br />
As an Elder and then as a High Priest in the Church,<br />
he led and inspired members of the Ward, its Bishopric<br />
and Ward Council, and performed sacred ordinances in<br />
both the Washington, D.C., and Boston, Mass., Temples,<br />
where he served faithfully until recent illnesses<br />
prevented him from doing so. He is remembered by<br />
Ward and Stake members as a faithful follower of his<br />
Lord and Savior Jesus Christ and as an example of the<br />
commandment to “love thy neighbor as thyself.” He will<br />
be missed by his many friends, for whom he served as<br />
mentor, role model, and a good and faithful servant. His<br />
funeral service was held May 11, in the Church of Latter-day<br />
Saints, Oxford. Burial followed in North Cemetery,<br />
Sturbridge.<br />
In lieu of fl owers donations may be made to the<br />
Church of Latter-day Saints Perpetual Education Fund,<br />
c/o President Jim Dusty, 31 Edna Circle, North Brookfi<br />
eld, MA 01535. The Daniel T. Morrill Funeral Home,<br />
130 Hamilton St., Southbridge, directed arrangements.<br />
John G. Leach, 95<br />
WARREN - John G. Leach, 95, died Monday, May<br />
7, 2012 in the <strong>Quaboag</strong> Rehabilitation & Skilled Care<br />
Center in West Brookfi eld.<br />
Mr. Leach was born in Warren in 1916, the youngest<br />
child and only son of Charles H. and Jessie (Stirling)<br />
Leach and was predeceased by fi ve older sisters, Irma<br />
(Leach) Fetter, Marion Leach, Alice Leach, Jessie<br />
(Leach) Guy, and May (Leach) Dunbar.<br />
He graduated from Warren High School in 1933<br />
as class president and studied commercial and advertising<br />
art in Boston, then worked in the defense sales<br />
department at the Warren Steam Pump Co. where his<br />
grandfather, John G, Leach, for whom he was named,<br />
had been one of the founders and the fi rst president. In<br />
1938, he went to New York, where he became a promotional<br />
writer at Westinghouse International and then at<br />
McGraw-Hill Publishing, after which he joined Moore-<br />
Robbins Publishing and became managing editor of Advertising<br />
Agency Magazine. In 1955, he joined Batten,<br />
Barton, Durstine & Osborne Advertising in that agency’s<br />
Public Relations department, becoming manager of<br />
the department in 1962. Traveling in Mexico and the<br />
Crossword Puzzle/see page 8<br />
- obituaries -<br />
Caribbean and to Europe, he became very interested in<br />
archaeology and the history of western civilization and<br />
in 1971, at the age of 55 he moved to Athens, Greece,<br />
where he lived for 20 years, indulging his interest in<br />
the past and traveling extensively in Western Europe,<br />
North Africa and the Eastern Mediterranean. He returned<br />
to Warren in 1991 at the age of 75, serving for<br />
several years as secretary of the Warren Historical Commission<br />
and once telling an interviewer, “Emotionally, I<br />
never left Warren”. He never married and is survived<br />
by several nieces, including Marion (Guy) Zurmuhlen<br />
Cahill of Coventry, CT., Elizabeth (Guy) Worthington<br />
of East Brookfi eld, MA., Carolyn (Guy) Godbout Weigel<br />
of Cocoa, FL., Jane (Dunbar) Aldridge of Steubenville,<br />
OH and one nephew, David L. Guy, of Harvard,<br />
MA. There will be no funeral services or calling hours.<br />
In lieu of fl owers, memorial donations may be made to<br />
the Warren Public Library or to the Warren Historical<br />
Commission, both P. O. Box 937, Warren, MA 01083-<br />
0937 or to any charity of the donor’s choice. Varnum<br />
Funeral Home, Inc., 43 East Main St., West Brookfi eld<br />
is assisting the family with arrangements.<br />
Leopold M. “Mike”<br />
Truhel, 82<br />
NORTH BROOKFIELD -<br />
Leopold M. “Mike” Truhel, 82,<br />
of Elm Street passed away peacefully<br />
at home with his family at<br />
his side. He was born in Ware,<br />
MA the son of the late Alexandra<br />
and Zofi a (Zcloinowicz) Truhel<br />
and lived in North Brookfi eld all his life. He leaves his<br />
wife of 60 years Mary L. (Prizio) Truhel; three children,<br />
Deborah Jennette and her husband Peter, Cynthia<br />
Hanrahan and her husband Brian; son Joseph Truhel;<br />
6 grandchildren, Jennifer and Ashley Harvey, Dennis<br />
Jennette, Laura (Jennette) Howe and Kelly and Sean<br />
Hanrahan. He was predeceased by four brothers, a<br />
sister, and several nieces and nephews. He graduated<br />
from North Brookfi eld High School class of 1949. Mike<br />
worked as an Insurance Agent and at Wyman Gordan<br />
where he retired after 30 years of service. He served<br />
as the Town Treasurer of North Brookfi eld for several<br />
years. Mike enjoyed fi shing, gardening and watching<br />
the local High School baseball and basketball games.<br />
He was also an avid Red Sox fan. Mike looked forward<br />
to planning his annual clam bakes and chicken BBQ’s<br />
for his family and friends. The funeral was held on May<br />
8 with a Mass in St. Josephs Church, N. Brookfi eld.<br />
Burial followed in Walnut Grove Cemetery. In Lieu of<br />
fl owers donations may be made in his name to the North<br />
Brookfi eld Fire Dept. or the North Brookfi eld Rescue<br />
Squad, P.O. Box 73, North Brookfi eld, MA 01535. To<br />
offer a condolence or share a memory please visit Pillsburyfuneralhome.com<br />
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or 413-967-3505 for more information.<br />
The Family of<br />
Francis “Rocky” Mundell<br />
wishes to thank all of our relatives,<br />
neighbors and friends for the prayers,<br />
Masses, flowers, donations, food and<br />
words of comfort expressed to us at the<br />
loss of our father and brother.<br />
Thank you to Varnum Funeral Home<br />
and Father Daniel Becker.<br />
You have all been a great consolation<br />
to us during this difficult time.<br />
Lisa Mundell, Priscilla Mundell<br />
and Family
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types of Old Advertising Signs,<br />
Military items to include Daggers,<br />
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dolls, metal trucks, old games,<br />
model car kits from the ‘60s, old<br />
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instruments, guitars of all types,<br />
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413-575-7961 (cell)<br />
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ACE CHIMNEY SWEEPS. Cleanings,<br />
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liners, waterproofing, rebuilds.<br />
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family owned since 1986. HIC<br />
#118355. Fully insured. (413)547-<br />
8500.<br />
AFFORDABLE REMOVAL SERV-<br />
ICES, attics, basements, garages.<br />
Cleaned, moving and odd jobs<br />
including yard clean-up. Free<br />
estimates. (413)627-8717,<br />
(413)657-0343.<br />
AFFORDABLE POOL OPEN-<br />
INGS, liner changes and weekly<br />
maintenance for above and<br />
inground swimming pools. Free<br />
estimates. Please call (413)250-<br />
3776. Please contact Jackie B.<br />
ALL JUNK REMOVED. Appliances,<br />
TV’s, monitors, tires,<br />
furnaces. Cellars, attics, moving,<br />
demolition work performed. Sofas<br />
$35.00, mattresses $20.00.<br />
(413)262-5082 (508)867-2564<br />
Paying for old autos/ trucks.<br />
ALL SEAL ASPHALT. Asphalt<br />
maintenance unlimited, hot crack<br />
repairs, seal coating, line marking.<br />
Experience and quality. Call Jerry<br />
(413)348-4805.<br />
ALL THINGS BASEMENTY!<br />
Basement waterproofing, finishing,<br />
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mold control. Free estimates!<br />
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Servicing all equipment<br />
Service plans are available<br />
Well tank and pump service<br />
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BARRE ROOFING SPECIALIST<br />
Joe Rivard, over 25 years<br />
experience, residential &<br />
commercial, licensed and insured,<br />
free estimates, work guaranteed.<br />
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BRONZE STAR SERVICES, LLC<br />
bobcat work, retaining walls,<br />
patios, Spring clean-up, loaming,<br />
seeding. WEEKLY lawncare services.<br />
Insured. Call Fran (413)575-<br />
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CHAIR SEAT WEAVING &<br />
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trucking available. Fill/ Loam/<br />
Gravel. Call J. Fillion Liquid<br />
Asphalt (413)668-6192.<br />
Services<br />
DRYWALL AND CEILINGS,<br />
plaster repair. Drywall hanging.<br />
Taping & complete finishing. All<br />
ceiling textures. Fully insured.<br />
Jason at Great Walls.<br />
(413)563-0487<br />
FREE METAL PICKUP appliances,<br />
tractors, furnaces, a/c,<br />
swingsets, lawnmowers, water<br />
heaters, washers, dryers, wood<br />
stoves. Will pay for cars. Junk &<br />
rubbish removed for a fee.<br />
(508)867-2564.<br />
HANDYMAN SERVICES<br />
One call does it all<br />
Storm Clean-up<br />
Remodeling,<br />
Roof Repairs,<br />
Excavating<br />
Fully insured. Free estimates.<br />
Reasonable rates<br />
www.rlhenterprises.net<br />
(413)668-6685.<br />
HANDYMAN, PAINTING, TILE<br />
work, carpentry, home improvements,<br />
repairs, new work. Call Gil<br />
for estimate. Fully licensed and<br />
insured (413)323-0923.<br />
HOME THEATER, AV Tech.<br />
(Cert. ISF/HAA). The only Cert.<br />
Installers in this area. Put in<br />
theater for you or install a Plasma<br />
the right way. Sales, service. 413-<br />
374-8000, 413-374-8300.<br />
www.a-v-tech.com<br />
Local drum set instructor<br />
accepting new students<br />
Working professional drum kit and<br />
snare drum instructor with more<br />
than 30 years of performance<br />
experience seeks additional<br />
beginner and intermediate level<br />
students living near Ware,<br />
Tantasqua, David Prouty and<br />
<strong>Quaboag</strong> school regions. Rates<br />
are very reasonable at $30 for a<br />
45-minute lesson. Lesson fees<br />
include costs for all charts, CDs<br />
and handouts, learning and<br />
improving how to sight-read notes,<br />
four-way limb control, dynamics,<br />
rudiments, and using your own<br />
ears with my play-along tracks for<br />
interpretive playing and soloing in<br />
jazz, rock, blues, and funk styles.<br />
Willing to travel to student’s home<br />
to offer weekly or twice monthly<br />
lessons in the evening or on the<br />
weekends. Professional school<br />
band director references, current<br />
student list, and full CORI check<br />
available upon request. Call 508-<br />
867-5985 for more details.<br />
PAINT AND PAPER Over 25<br />
years experience. Free estimates.<br />
References. Lic #086220. Please<br />
call Kevin 978-355-6864.<br />
PLUMBING JOBS DONE by fast<br />
and accurate master plumber.<br />
Small jobs welcome. Cheap hourly<br />
rate. LC9070 Paul 413-323-5897.<br />
ROOF MAINT., MGMT, MA-<br />
TERIAL. Spring roof cleaning<br />
special. Removes damaging<br />
algae, moss, mildew and staining.<br />
Free estimate includes roof<br />
inspection. (413)231-3131.<br />
WE RENOVATE, SELL &<br />
PURCHASE (any condition) horse<br />
drawn vehicles such as sleighs,<br />
carriages, surreys, wagons, dr’s<br />
buggies, driveable or lawn<br />
ornaments. Some furniture and<br />
other restoration services<br />
available. Reasonable prices.<br />
Quality workmanship. Call<br />
(413)213-0373 or (413)277-5404<br />
for estimate and information.<br />
Demers & Sons<br />
401 Mill Valley Road<br />
Rte. 181 (across from<br />
Mill Valley Golf Course)<br />
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26.50<br />
25 26 27 28<br />
29 30 31 32<br />
Base Price<br />
28.50<br />
33 34 35 36<br />
Base Price<br />
30.50<br />
Base Price<br />
32.50<br />
Cleaning Services<br />
& COMPLETE<br />
JANITORIAL<br />
SERVICE<br />
413-531-9393<br />
www.rogersrugs.com<br />
OFFICE<br />
CLEANING<br />
SERVICE<br />
Roger M. Driscoll<br />
Owner<br />
Fully Insured<br />
Free Estimates<br />
Base Price<br />
27.00<br />
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ADDRESS<br />
PHONE<br />
TOWN STATE ZIP<br />
15<br />
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Computer Services<br />
COMPUTER WIZ<br />
For all your computing needs.<br />
Trouble shooting, virus<br />
removal, PC Tune up,<br />
Laptop Repair.<br />
Free Diagnostics.<br />
1605 N Main St., Palmer MA<br />
(413)283-7500.<br />
THE COMPUTER GUYS Mobile<br />
computer repair. We come to you!<br />
Small company, small prices.<br />
Kevin (413)896-5840.<br />
Electrician<br />
DEPENDABLE ELECTRICIAN,<br />
FRIENDLY service, installs<br />
deicing cables. Free estimates.<br />
Fully insured. Scot Winters<br />
electrician Lic. #13514-B Call<br />
(413)244-7096.<br />
Events<br />
ST. MARY'S CHURCH invites you<br />
to our Annual Craft and Vendor<br />
Event May 12th 8:30-2, rain or<br />
shine. Come find a perfect gift,<br />
that little something, or book that<br />
party with one of our many<br />
vendors. Spots may still be<br />
available. Contact us at<br />
stmaryschurchevents@gmail.com<br />
for more information.St. Mary's is<br />
located at 4080 Main Street,<br />
Thorndike.<br />
Home Improvement<br />
CERAMIC TILE INSTALLATION<br />
Kitchen, bath, foyers. Free<br />
estimates, references. Lic<br />
#086220. Please call Kevin<br />
(978)355-6864.<br />
Base Price<br />
27.50<br />
Base Price<br />
29.50<br />
Base Price<br />
31.50<br />
Base Price<br />
33.50<br />
Run my ad in the following Zones(s):<br />
THE DEADLINE IS FRIDAY AT NOON<br />
Send to Turley Publications, 24 Water St., Palmer MA 01069.<br />
Must include check.<br />
Or call 413-283-7084 to place your ad.<br />
16<br />
Home Improvement<br />
20+ YEARS EXPERIENCE!<br />
Complete carpentry, drywall and<br />
painting services. For all your<br />
home improvement needs.<br />
Kitchens, baths, finished<br />
basements and more!<br />
Joe’s GC-License #CS093368.<br />
(413) 219-6951.<br />
A & M CONSTRUCTION-<br />
Foundations to Finish.<br />
Excavations, septic systems.<br />
Check out our website<br />
www.amcnst.com. Fully licensed<br />
and insured. We also provide all<br />
types of handyman services. Call<br />
(978)928-5622, (774)696-7966.<br />
C-D HOME IMPROVEMENT. 1<br />
Call for all your needs. Windows,<br />
siding, roofs, additions, decks,<br />
baths, hardwood floors, painting.<br />
All work 100% guaranteed.<br />
Licensed and insured. Call Bob<br />
(413)596-8807 Cell (860)301-8283<br />
CS Lic. #97110, HIC Lic #162905<br />
DRS PAINTING & HOME IM-<br />
PROVEMENTS One call does it<br />
all. Free estimates. Best price<br />
guaranteed. Lic #168118 Insured<br />
(413)218-9042 or e-mail us<br />
dsheldon12@yahoo.com<br />
HOME IMPROVEMENTS. RE-<br />
MODELING. Kitchens, baths.<br />
Ceramic tile, windows, painting,<br />
wallpapering, textured ceilings,<br />
siding, roofing, additions.<br />
Insurance work. Basement<br />
waterproofing and French drains.<br />
Fully insured. Free estimates. 413-<br />
786-9250. Ron. Member of the<br />
Home Builders Association of MA.<br />
Base Price<br />
24.00<br />
Base Price<br />
26.00<br />
Base Price<br />
28.00<br />
Base Price<br />
30.00<br />
Base Price<br />
32.00<br />
Base Price<br />
34.00<br />
Home Improvement<br />
MARTIN MURPHY CARPENTRY<br />
Complete Home Improvement<br />
Specialist-additions, garages,<br />
decks siding, windows,<br />
kitchens/baths, finished<br />
basements, septic systems, all<br />
repair work. Please call-413-967-<br />
9897- license/ registered/ insuredcell<br />
413-949-1901<br />
REASONABLE RATES, DRY-<br />
WALL, Sheetrock, Taping,<br />
Textures, Knock downs, general<br />
renovations, repairs, painting, tile.<br />
Insured. Free estimates. 413-427-<br />
4662. Ma Reg #274556DA<br />
Instruction<br />
DON'T BE A STARVING<br />
ARTIST - learn how to teach<br />
painting with this special<br />
method to people of all ages<br />
and abilities and have your own<br />
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Fill the need for more art in<br />
healthcare facilities. Check it<br />
out at:<br />
www.artis4every1.com or call<br />
(508)882-3947<br />
TRUCK DRIVERS<br />
NEEDED<br />
A & B CDL CLASSES + BUS<br />
Chicopee, Ma (413)592-1500<br />
UNITED TRACTOR TRAILER<br />
SCHOOL<br />
Unitedcdl.com<br />
Landscaping<br />
LOAM- $18/ YARD delivered<br />
locally, 18 yard minimum. Call for<br />
pricing on lesser amounts<br />
(413)289-2026.<br />
Quabbin Village Hills<br />
Circulation: 50,500<br />
Buy the Quabbin Village Hills or the Suburban<br />
Residential ZONE for $24.00 for 20 words plus<br />
50¢ for additional words. Add $5 for a second ZONE.<br />
First ZONE base price<br />
Add a second ZONE<br />
Subtotal<br />
x Number of Weeks<br />
TOTAL enclosed<br />
Suburban Residential<br />
Circulation: 59,000<br />
+ $ 5 00<br />
Did you remember to check your zone?<br />
Landscaping<br />
*A-1 RICK BERGERON LAWN*<br />
CARE<br />
Spring Clean-ups<br />
Overseeding<br />
Mowing & Landscaping<br />
Loader and Backhoe<br />
Trucking<br />
Wood Chipping<br />
Over 25 yrs. in business<br />
All Calls Returned<br />
413-283-3192<br />
A PERFECT LAWN<br />
spring and fall clean ups<br />
weekly/ bi-weekly mowing<br />
seasonal contracts<br />
new installs, over seeding<br />
mulching, tree cutting & pruning<br />
heavy equipment, hardscaping<br />
drainage problems<br />
we do the work so you can enjoy<br />
your yard<br />
free estimates<br />
413-283-lawn(5296)<br />
ACM. HYDROSEEDING, LOAM,<br />
bobcat, fieldstone walls, retaining<br />
wall systems, pavers, trex decks,<br />
mulch and plantings. Waterfalls<br />
and ponds. ACMBUILDING.COM<br />
(413)348-9826.<br />
ALL SPRING, SUMMER, FALL.<br />
Specializing in shrub and tree<br />
trimming, (2011 storm repair and<br />
removal, arborvitae/ hemlocks)<br />
grass cutting, landscape design,<br />
Spring and Fall cleanups and<br />
removal. Mulch, stone, loam<br />
deliveries, also small loader and<br />
back hoe service, snowplowing.<br />
Professional and fully insured.<br />
Please call Bob (413)538-7954,<br />
(413)537-5789.<br />
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Turley Publications’ Community Marketplace ✦ www.turley.com ✦ Call us toll free at 1-800-824-6548<br />
Landscaping<br />
GROUND SABLE BARK Mulch:<br />
Pure organic bark mulch from our<br />
sawmill, not a blend! $34/ yd<br />
loaded at our sawmill, loading<br />
charge applies on 4 yd and less,<br />
$40.00 delivery charge within 10<br />
miles of sawmill. 4 yd-20 yd<br />
delivery available. Canadian Tree<br />
Expert Inc., Rt. 9, Ware. 413-967-<br />
6553, (413)531-8337.<br />
HYDROSEEDING AND LAND-<br />
SCAPE Construction. Retaining<br />
walls, walkways, patios, erosion<br />
control, skid steer work, fencing,<br />
plantings, loam, trenching, etc.<br />
Free estimates. Medeiros.<br />
(413)267-4050.<br />
LAWN MOWING, SPRING clean<br />
up, rototilling, power washing,<br />
attics, cellars, garage cleaned.<br />
Small paint jobs, mulching, shrub<br />
and tree trimming (413)533-0739.<br />
SCREENED LOAM: SCREENED<br />
to 3/8, no pesticides. $20.00 yd.<br />
loaded at sawmill, $20 loading fee<br />
for 4 yds and less, $29.00 yd<br />
delivered within 10 miles of<br />
sawmill, 8 yd minimum for free<br />
delivery, 4 yd orders $40 delivery<br />
charge within 10 miles. Canadian<br />
Tree Expert Inc., Rt. 9, Ware. 413-<br />
967-6553, (413)531-8337.<br />
TRACTOR FOR HIRE<br />
•Backhoe/ loader<br />
•Brushhogging and field mowing<br />
•Specializing in medium and small<br />
jobs<br />
•Low hourly rates- 7 days per<br />
week<br />
SCREENED LOAM<br />
•Special- Delivered and Spread<br />
$28/yd (15 yd minimum)<br />
Delivery only- call for price<br />
•Volume discounts<br />
(413)530-0256<br />
Lawn & Garden<br />
*COMPOSTED LOAM* 3/8<br />
screened, $22/yd. deliv., 10 yd<br />
min.; 3/4 screened $20/yd. deliv,<br />
15 yd. min. No additives, fillers or<br />
by products. Local deliv. to<br />
Oakham and surrounding towns<br />
only. Oakham = $2/yd. discount.<br />
Eliott Starbard 508-882-0140.<br />
10% SENIOR DISCOUNT Brush,<br />
small tree removal, Spring<br />
cleaning, mowing, organic &<br />
chemical fertilizing. No mess left<br />
behind. Free estimates. Call Chad<br />
(508)769-8242.<br />
COMPLETE LAWN CARE.<br />
Clean-up, mowing, pruning,<br />
seeding, planting, mulch, loam,<br />
fertilizing. Brush and tree removal.<br />
Belchertown, Amherst area. Call<br />
Ed (413)687-8652.<br />
PRIVACY HEDGE CEDAR tree<br />
$7.50 windbreaks, installation and<br />
other species available. Mail<br />
order. Delivery. We serve ME, NH,<br />
CT, MA, NJ, NY, VT.<br />
discounttreefarm.com, 1-800-889-<br />
8238.<br />
• Tree Removal<br />
• Tree Care<br />
• Trimming<br />
• Pruning<br />
• Storm Damage<br />
Lawn & Garden<br />
PROFESSIONAL ROTOTILLING<br />
FOR the home gardener. Average<br />
established garden, $25.00. Free<br />
estimates. Available any time.<br />
Ludlow, Palmer, Belchertown<br />
areas. 413-283-4029<br />
ROTOTILLER FOR HIRE $25<br />
minimum fee + 20¢ a square ft. No<br />
job too small. Local areaweekends<br />
only. Call Bill (413)221-<br />
0421.<br />
Pools<br />
ABC POOL & SPA A+ Rated BBB<br />
Member. License #150679.<br />
Insurance, workmans Comp.<br />
employer. Great deals on Gli,<br />
Merlyn, above & inground pool<br />
liners, liner changes, pool<br />
installations & removal, openings,<br />
leak detection. Mark Kirk owner,<br />
7am to 7pm (413)531-4192.<br />
AFFORDABLE POOL OPEN-<br />
INGS, cover pumping, tear downs,<br />
filter repair, new/used filters,<br />
motors, weekly vacs, chemicals.<br />
Call to schedule LaRue (413)583-<br />
7890 (413)386-8557<br />
Legal Services<br />
BANKRUPTCY LEGAL<br />
SERVICES<br />
Are your debts overwhelming?<br />
Need Loan Modification help?<br />
Stop calls and protect your<br />
assets. Find out what options<br />
are available. Reasonable<br />
rates. Payment plans available.<br />
A federally approved “debt relief<br />
agency” providing debt and<br />
bankruptcy counseling.<br />
Attorney Carrie Naatz, West<br />
Springfield, 413-336-8300.<br />
NEED A GOOD LAWYER?<br />
Attorney Kevin Jourdain can help!<br />
Bankruptcy, Driver’s licenses,<br />
Personal Injury, Wills.<br />
An Affordable General Practice.<br />
Free Initial Consultation.<br />
(413)539-8000.<br />
We are a debt relief agency and<br />
help people file for bankruptcy<br />
under the bankruptcy code.<br />
www.attorneykevinjourdain.com<br />
Masonry<br />
STONEMASON SPECIALIZING<br />
IN dry stone walls, walkways,<br />
seating areas. 35 years<br />
experience Europe/ USA. Member<br />
of Stone Foundation Organization.<br />
kjfkam@yahoo.com;<br />
www.internationalstonemason.com<br />
Kenn Kaminski (413)572-6808.<br />
Painting<br />
KEEP IT PAINTING– Klems<br />
excellent exterior painting.<br />
Interiors too. Specializing in all<br />
aspects of quality painting and<br />
staining. 25 years experience.<br />
Free consultation. Steve (413)477-<br />
8217<br />
No Job too Big or too Small<br />
Fast Service<br />
Insured<br />
Call Today<br />
413-262-2861<br />
Painting<br />
ALBEE AND SONS PAINTING<br />
has been in Business for<br />
Over 40 Years. We Offer<br />
Free Estimates and are<br />
Fully Insured. Services that<br />
We Offer are: Interior/Exterior<br />
Painting, Staining, Texture<br />
Ceilings, Sheetrock,<br />
Power Washing, Wallpaper<br />
Removal, and Minor Carpentry<br />
Please Call<br />
Brian (413) 363-2897<br />
or John (413) 313-6262<br />
for <strong>Your</strong> Free Estimate Today<br />
Plumbing<br />
LINC’S PLUMBING LIC #J27222<br />
Products That Assist<br />
ELDERLY and DISABLED<br />
Satisfy <strong>Your</strong> Needs<br />
IMPROVE YOUR COMFORT<br />
IMPROVE YOUR LIFE<br />
(413)668-5299<br />
Roofing<br />
A HOLE IN your roof to a Whole<br />
New Roof! Specializing in hard to<br />
find leaks. Call N.P. Home<br />
Improvements for your roofing<br />
needs. Storm damage experts.<br />
(413)532-7603<br />
AFFORDABLE, ONE DAY<br />
ROOFING ALL types of roofs,<br />
shingle and torch down. Asphalt<br />
roofing specialist. E.P.D.M.,<br />
T.P.O. Roofs framed and repaired,<br />
rafters plywood etc. we beat all<br />
prices! Fast, neat, dependable.<br />
Over 30 years experience. All<br />
work guaranteed. License<br />
#CS97023 (413)237-5075 Daniel<br />
A. Kiley Builders, LLC, Springfield,<br />
MA. Major credit cards accepted.<br />
ALL TYPES OF ROOFING, shingle,<br />
flat and slate. Call Local<br />
Builders (413)626-5296. Complete<br />
roofing systems and repairs.<br />
Fully licensed and insured. MA CS<br />
#102453. Lifetime warranty.<br />
Senior Discount.<br />
ROOF MAINT., MGMT., MA-<br />
TERIAL. Senior veteran, ADA<br />
Discounts. Mention this ad.<br />
Additional 10% off labor. Free<br />
estimates. Fully insured. (413)231-<br />
3131.<br />
Tree Work<br />
A A A1 - JAY’S TREE SERVICE,<br />
affordable prices, tree removal,<br />
hazard tree removal, cordwood,<br />
stump grinding. We’re insured for<br />
your protection. Don’t be fooled,<br />
ask to see a policy, free estimates.<br />
Mon.-Sun. Call Jay. 413-283-<br />
6374.<br />
AFFORDABLE STUMP GRIND-<br />
ING. Fast, dependable service.<br />
Free estimates. Fully insured. Call<br />
Joe Sablack. 1-413-436-9821 Cell<br />
1-413-537-7994<br />
KEN’S TREE SERVICE AND<br />
LAND CLEARING. We also do<br />
Landscaping/ stonework. Fully<br />
insured. Free Estimate. Cordwood<br />
available.<br />
(774)452-2950.<br />
(413)436-7262,<br />
Pets<br />
RETIRED RACING<br />
GREYHOUNDS AVAILABLE<br />
FOR ADOPTION<br />
spayed/neutered, wormed,<br />
shots, heartworm checked,<br />
teeth cleaned<br />
Greyhound Options Inc.<br />
Force – 3 y.o. red/white male,<br />
easy-going, friendly, seems to be<br />
cat safe<br />
Sarah – 20 months old, fawn<br />
brindle female, had an eye injury<br />
and will be seeing an eye<br />
specialist , quiet, a real snuggler,<br />
likes stuffed toys, seems to be cat<br />
safe<br />
Sue – 4 1/2 y.o. brindle female,<br />
lively, fun-loving, not sure about<br />
cats yet<br />
Trent – 3 1/2 y.o., black male,<br />
easy to please, laid back, happygo-lucky,<br />
seems to be cat safe<br />
Truman – 3 y.o. brindle male,<br />
lovable, easy to please, fast<br />
learner, sits for treats, seems to be<br />
cat safe<br />
Pets<br />
Call Mary (413) 566-3129 or<br />
Claire (413) 967-9088 or see us<br />
May 12 at Dave's Pet City,<br />
Northampton and Petco in<br />
Enfield, 11 am - 1 p.m<br />
www.greyhoundoptions.org<br />
Horses<br />
TWO- ROUGH BOARD run out<br />
stalls with own pasture $75 each.<br />
One private run out stall with own<br />
tack and grain area. (413)348-<br />
3710. Belchertown area available.<br />
Help Wanted<br />
AVON Up to 50% profit. 1-800-<br />
258-1815. avonnh@aol.com<br />
BROOKHAVEN ASSISTED<br />
CARE<br />
PART-TIME<br />
CNA/HHA/Shift Aides/Kitchen.<br />
Must be energetic, organized,<br />
well groomed and reliable.<br />
Apply 9am- 4pm weekdays<br />
19 West Main St.,<br />
West Brookfield.<br />
Call Nancy (508) 612-7525.<br />
Call Center<br />
Great temp to hire opportunities in<br />
Springfield, MA! 2nd shift available<br />
(8 hour shifts start between 2pm -<br />
6pm). Apply online at<br />
www.unitedpersonnel.com<br />
EOE/AA<br />
CASE MANAGER HAPHOUS-<br />
ING, a multi-service regional nonprofit<br />
housing agency, is searching<br />
for 3 case managers for our<br />
Disaster Recovery Team to support<br />
the work of the Long Term<br />
Recovery Boards in Springfield,<br />
West Springfield and Brimfield<br />
area on an outreach basis to<br />
assist people affected by the June<br />
1, 2011 tornado with any unmet<br />
needs. Responsibilities include<br />
assessment, triage, and coordination<br />
of services amongst local,<br />
state and federal agencies, and<br />
volunteer groups, referral, problem<br />
solving and case management.<br />
Strong candidates will have<br />
related experience, knowledge of<br />
social service and community<br />
programs, excellent communication,<br />
organizational, computer<br />
skills and reliable transportation.<br />
Positions run until December 15,<br />
2012 with a possibility of extension<br />
to April 1, 2013. Bi-lingual<br />
(Spanish/English) preferred for<br />
some positions. 40 hrs/wk, wage<br />
range $13.75 to $16.10/HR plus<br />
excellent benefits. Send cover<br />
letter and resume to<br />
HR@haphousing.org or Human<br />
Resources, 322 Main Street,<br />
Springfield, MA 01105.<br />
HAP is an EOE/AA employer that<br />
does not discriminate on the basis<br />
of race, color, religion, sex,<br />
handicap, or national origin.<br />
CLASS 1 LICENSED Cosmetologist<br />
part time or full time. Apply in<br />
person 2370 Main Street, West<br />
Warren.<br />
DRIVER FOR SCHOOL Van.<br />
Hiring in your area. 4-6 hours/ day,<br />
AM and PM route. Must be good<br />
with children and have 7+ years<br />
safe driving experience. Average<br />
$13+/ hour. Call Van Pool<br />
Transportation (978)355-2121 for<br />
application.<br />
GENERAL OFFICE POSITION<br />
Word, Excel, Photoshop experience<br />
a must. 40 hrs/benefits.<br />
Graphic design experience a plus.<br />
Apply in person: F & D Tool, 2044<br />
Bridge St., Three Rivers.<br />
QUABOAG APARTMENTS<br />
WANTS someone to trim and<br />
mow lawn. Call (508)637-1520.<br />
THE REWARDS ARE ENDLESSbecome<br />
a Foster Parent! Call<br />
today to learn about working with<br />
children and adolescents with<br />
special emotional needs. $350<br />
weekly tax free stipend. Call<br />
Devereux Therapeutic Foster Care<br />
at 413-734-2493. See us on<br />
facebook!<br />
Help Wanted<br />
Become a Foster Parent<br />
and enhance the lives of abused or neglected children<br />
or teens. Earn $1500/mo tax-free. Excellent<br />
training, support and weekly supervision.<br />
~Must have car and bedroom space~<br />
Western MA 413-439-9000<br />
or email inquiries to<br />
darespringfield@darefamily.org<br />
Central MA 508-755-7100<br />
or email inquiries to<br />
dareworcester@darefamily.org<br />
IMMEDIATE OPENINGS<br />
Home Health Aides<br />
C.N.A<br />
Homemakers<br />
R.N<br />
Needed in the Palmer, Brimfield,<br />
Chicopee and<br />
Springfield areas.<br />
Call<br />
1-413-592-4600<br />
Fax<br />
1-413-592-0605<br />
Email<br />
jrodriguez@mrhhc.com<br />
REAL ESTATE SALES Positions<br />
Available In Growing Firm. Will<br />
train. We offer the real estate<br />
licensing course w/tuition reimbursement<br />
to qualified agents. Call<br />
Art Ferrara at Landmark, REAL-<br />
TORS for details 413-348-5827.<br />
Course starts May 19th.<br />
RIDE WANTED THREE Rivers to<br />
WalMart 7-4 PM Saturday/<br />
Sunday, 2-11 PM Tuesday/ Weds.<br />
Will pay. Call (413)283-3490.<br />
STADLER “ACE” HARDWARE,<br />
Belchertown. Full time person lumber<br />
yard area. Forklift experience,<br />
truck driving skills preferred.<br />
Rescreening and reglazing windows<br />
and doors. Weekends a<br />
must. Call David (413)323-4521.<br />
TOWN OF WARE Notice of job<br />
opportunity. Applications for summer<br />
employment at Reed Memorial<br />
Pool are now being accepted.<br />
Applicants must be certified in<br />
Lifeguarding and/or Swimming<br />
instruction (WSI). Applications<br />
may be obtained at the Ware<br />
Town Hall. Applications are to be<br />
sent to the Ware Park Department,<br />
126 Main St., Ware, MA<br />
01082. Applications will be accepted<br />
until May 21, 2012. The Town<br />
of Ware is an affirmative action/equal<br />
opportunity employer.<br />
Real Estate<br />
REAL ESTATE<br />
ASSOCIATES<br />
JILL A. GRAVEL, BROKER<br />
See thousands of homes<br />
for sale<br />
24 hours a day<br />
7 days a week at<br />
www.gravelrealestate.com<br />
Thinking of selling?<br />
Call us today for a<br />
no cost, no obligation<br />
market value on<br />
your home!<br />
Evenings call:<br />
APRIL ADAMS 413-495-2276<br />
COURTNEY SHAW 413-289-4450<br />
MERRIE BROWN 413-668-8190<br />
KAYE BOOTHMAN 413-477-6624<br />
VALARIE WILLIAMS 413-658-5471<br />
TINA BURKE 978-434-6000<br />
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$217,500<br />
NEW LISTING<br />
BELCHERTOWN – Renovated<br />
2BR Mobile Home in 2004-2007<br />
w/ lovely 16x20 addition: New<br />
windows, roof, electric, plumbing,<br />
kitchen w/ HW floor, carpeting and<br />
garage added in 2007. $104,500<br />
NEW LISTING<br />
WARREN – Lovely Victorian with<br />
mixed use: Prime Commercial/<br />
Residential Zoning could be many<br />
business ventures or three-family<br />
Home. (71375754) $259,000<br />
WARE – Very well maintained twofamily<br />
Home with 4BR, 2 full and 2<br />
half baths. Great sized rooms and<br />
close to town center. Great tenants-earn<br />
extra income! (71256957)<br />
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BELCHERTOWN – Great 2-Family<br />
in center of town, 2 car garage<br />
attached,Owner occupied and well<br />
cared for. Great value for owner/<br />
investor,move in ready, new roof.<br />
(71345011) $190,000<br />
PALMER – Updated 2 Family w/<br />
newer roof, siding & windows & 2<br />
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separate utilities & low operating<br />
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800-486-2121<br />
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PALMER: Cape home located on<br />
country road, handicap accessible,<br />
some updates done, handy to<br />
Pike. In home office setup.<br />
$229,000<br />
WARE: Affordable two bedroom<br />
Ranch, new kitchen, 12x22 deck<br />
overlooking back yard, Enclosed<br />
front porch for additional space.<br />
$104,000<br />
WEST BROOKFIELD: Efficient<br />
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WARE: Move in ready two unit<br />
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one acre near downtown.<br />
$185,000<br />
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Ruth Vadnais 413-967-6326<br />
Jill Stolgitis 413-477-8780<br />
Shalene<br />
Friedhaber 413-593-6656<br />
Cindy St. George 413-967-3012<br />
Janis Quattrocelli 413-250-1639<br />
Land For Sale<br />
LAND FOR SALE -<br />
HARDWICK CENTER. $30,000<br />
or best reasonable offer for two<br />
1.9 acre perced building lots.<br />
Prefer not to split. (413) 265-<br />
9454.<br />
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PALMER, QUABOAG Valley Cooperative<br />
$29,900, 2 bedrooms,<br />
a/c, sheds, appliances, furnished,<br />
new hot water. Price includes coop<br />
fee. (413)593-9961.<br />
For Rent<br />
3 BEDROOM APT. Three Rivers<br />
$725 per month. First, last<br />
required. No Pets (413)267-1908.<br />
ALL REAL ESTATE advertised<br />
herein is subject to the Federal<br />
Fair Housing Act, which makes it<br />
illegal to advertise “any<br />
preference, limitation, or<br />
discrimination because of race,<br />
color, religion, sex, handicap,<br />
familial status, or national origin,<br />
or intention to make any such<br />
preference, limitation, or<br />
discrimination.” We will not<br />
knowingly accept any advertising<br />
for real estate which is in violation<br />
of the law. All persons are hereby<br />
informed that all dwellings<br />
advertised are available on an<br />
equal opportunity basis.<br />
BARRE CENTER 1 bedroom<br />
apartment. Water & sewer incl. No<br />
pets 1st mo rent & security<br />
$500/mo. Available 5/1. Call<br />
(508)882-0110, (508)450-0332.<br />
PALMER THREE RIVERS.<br />
Country Manor apartments, 1<br />
bdrm, $630, 2 bdrm, $730 month.<br />
All units renov. w/disposal,<br />
dishwashers, microwave, elec.<br />
range, carpets. Parking, fishing<br />
and playground. Cats okay. Call<br />
(413)283-9472.<br />
MONSON 1 bedroom apartment<br />
$550 a month. 1st, last & security.<br />
No pets. (413)335-5065<br />
message.<br />
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newspaper is subject to the Federal<br />
Fair Housing Act of 1968, which makes<br />
it illegal to advertise any preference,<br />
limitation or discrimination based on<br />
race, color, religion, sex, handicap,<br />
familial status (number of children and<br />
or pregnancy), national origin, ancestry,<br />
age, marital status, or any intention to<br />
make any such preference, limitation or<br />
discrimination.<br />
This newspaper will not knowingly accept<br />
any advertising for real estate that is in<br />
violation of the law. Our readers are hereby<br />
informed that all dwellings advertising in<br />
this newspaper are available on an equal<br />
opportunity basis. To complain about<br />
discrimination call The Department of<br />
Housing and Urban Development “ HUD”<br />
toll-free at 1-800-669-9777. For the N.E.<br />
area, call HUD at 617-565-5308. The toll<br />
free number for the hearing impaired is<br />
1-800-927-9275.<br />
WARE LARGE, MODERN, 1 BR,<br />
2nd fl apt. Centrally located. New<br />
refrigerator and stove, off-street<br />
parking, laundry hook-ups, heat<br />
included. No pets. 1st/ last $550<br />
(413)967-6589.<br />
PALMER 1BR. $650/MO. 1 mi to<br />
Pike. Recently renovated. Offstreet<br />
parking. Utilities not<br />
included. Available April 1st<br />
(413)427-2706<br />
PALMER BONDSVILLE 1 & 2<br />
bedrooms $650 & $750 mo.<br />
includes heat & HW, parking<br />
available, on site laundry. No pets.<br />
Available now (413)736-8987<br />
PALMER. 4 BR NICE, CLEAN,<br />
large kitchen, pantry, yard. Pet<br />
OK, off-street parking. $1,100 a<br />
month (413)265-4712, (413)289-<br />
6247 or (781)235-1739<br />
For Rent<br />
HIGHLAND VILLAGE<br />
APARTMENTS<br />
First Month’s Rent Free<br />
Applications now being<br />
accepted for one, two and<br />
three bedroom apartments<br />
•Spacious Townhouses<br />
with ample closets<br />
•Updated Kitchens<br />
•Private Patios<br />
•Playground<br />
•Community Room<br />
•Laundry Facilities<br />
•Cats Welcome<br />
For information call<br />
413-967-3822. EHO<br />
27 Boulder Drive, Ware, MA<br />
WARE- 2 BR Apt. Remod.<br />
Kitch/DR Fam Rm/ LR/ Appl- Off<br />
St. Parking- 1st/ last/ sec.<br />
$750.00- Breton Realty 413-283-<br />
6940<br />
WARE. LARGE 2 bedroom<br />
apartment, centrally located, offstreet<br />
parking. Good credit. $850.<br />
First and last required. (413)967-<br />
9527 or (413)477-6422.<br />
MONSON: SMALL 1 bedroom,<br />
1st floor, appliances, washer,<br />
dryer included. $575 + utilities 1st,<br />
last required (413)267-0246.<br />
PALMER 2 BR apt., $725/ mo. All<br />
new, includes stove, refrigerator<br />
and laundry, off-street parking. No<br />
pets. Call (413)391-0164.<br />
PALMER. LG. STUDIO. Laundry<br />
on premises, off-street parking,<br />
w/w carpeting, quiet, convenient<br />
location. (413)454-1201.<br />
PALMER 2 BEDROOM condo<br />
$700. (413)262-5245<br />
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APARTMENTS<br />
FIRST MONTH’S RENT<br />
FREE<br />
Applications now being<br />
accepted for one, two and<br />
three bedroom apartments<br />
•Heat and hot water included<br />
•Recently Constructed<br />
•Ample Closets<br />
•Fully Applianced<br />
•Community Room<br />
•Laundry Facilities<br />
•Cats Welcome<br />
•Extra Storage<br />
•24 Hour Maintainance<br />
Section 8 Certificates<br />
Welcome<br />
For Information call<br />
(413)967-7755 EHO<br />
17 Convent Hill, Ware, MA<br />
WARE 1 & 2 BEDROOM apts.<br />
available starting at $500 per mo.<br />
1st and last required. 1 year lease<br />
required. (413)967-3976.<br />
WARE 56 NORTH STREET, 2<br />
bedroom. Available now. 1st floor,<br />
W/D hook-ups. $695/mo 1st, last,<br />
security. Cats ok. (978)355-6582<br />
WARREN- 1 bedroom. Off street<br />
parking. Call (413)436-5600.<br />
Vacation Rentals<br />
MOUNTAINS OF NORTH Carolina.<br />
Foscoe Rentals. Beat the<br />
heat! A weekend stay or month<br />
long getaway. Pets are welcome.<br />
Cabins, condos, vacation homes.<br />
1-800-723-7341.<br />
www.foscoerentals.com<br />
Vacation Rentals<br />
WARM WEATHER IS year round<br />
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the dining is fantastic. Walk out to<br />
the beach. 3-bedroom weeks<br />
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Sleeps 8. $3500. Email:<br />
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USED AUTO PARTS, 91-day<br />
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tires, glass. Excellent service, junk<br />
car removal. Amherst-Oakham<br />
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Oakham. 1-800-992-0441.<br />
Autos Wanted<br />
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VEGETABLE PLANTS • HERBS<br />
Memorial Days Pots<br />
For <strong>Your</strong> Loved Ones<br />
1,000’S OF ANNUALS IN MANY VARIETIES<br />
Tracie’s Greenhouses • 3 Ashley Street, Ware, MA<br />
Look for signs off of Homecrest, next to Big Y