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A weekly source to local happenings.<br />
Send all community calendar items to the editor<br />
at tkane@turley.com, or through regular mail at<br />
80 Main St., Ware, MA 01069. Final deadline for<br />
all calendar submissions is Friday at noon the week<br />
before intended publication.<br />
CURRENT EVENTS<br />
Compiled by Tim Kane<br />
tkane@turley.com<br />
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 />
BROOKFIELD UNITARIAN UNIVERSALIST CHURCH CONCERT SE-<br />
RIES will present the Worcester State University Chorale under the<br />
direction of Dr. Christie Nigro, on Saturday, May 12 at 7 p.m The<br />
Chorale will be performing an eclectic mix of repertoire drawn from<br />
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to Be Simple, Amarilli, Mia Bella by madrigalist Guilio Caccini, Alleluia<br />
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A Turley Publication • www.turley.com I Thursday, May 10, 2012 PAGE 3<br />
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 />
during the construction and very<br />
likely what we’re going to end up<br />
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likely fatal to us<br />
in terms of trying<br />
to operate a<br />
business here.<br />
JAMES CORREIA,<br />
White’s Landing owner<br />
”<br />
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 />
Brookfi eld plans Memorial Day Parade<br />
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 />
Scouts, 4-H Youths, Recreation<br />
Teams, Students and Parade<br />
Units are earnestly invited to join<br />
us in a proper observance of this<br />
day. Order of March: 10 a.m. start<br />
at Brookfi eld Elementary School,<br />
35 Central Street. 10:30 a.m. assembly<br />
at Brookfi eld Cemetery,<br />
11:30 assembly at Town Common,<br />
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parking for two years. This is more<br />
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 />
about the takings.<br />
A project handout is available<br />
at www.massdot.state.ma.us/highway.<br />
Memorial Square, Noon dismissal.<br />
In the event of rain, assembly<br />
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