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No charges filed in fatal MV from last year 

BY JERRY CARTON 

COURIER CORRESPONDENT 

JAFFREY — 14 months after the 

accident which claimed the life of 

Murdock High School senior Joe 

Freitas and severely injured junior 

Alyssa Ellsworth, New 

Hampshire officials have decided 

not to press charges against 

Cheryl Jankowski, who drove the 

car that crashed into the one in 

which the teenagers were riding 

on Route 202 in Rindge on March 2, 

2012. 

“Unfortunately, we didn’t have 

enough evidence of criminal 

action to make a case we could 

win,” said prosecutor Martha 

Jacques after informing the court 

in Jaffrey last Wednesday that her 

office was not going to proceed. 

“It was a sad accident, a very 

tragic situation, but there was no 

way we could go forward,” 

Jacques asserted, citing legal 

precedent and what she acknowledged 

were “difficulties with the 

investigation.” 

Freitas was driving south on 

Route 202 that Friday night when 

Jacques said Jankowski, traveling 

47 mph in a 45 mph zone, “drifted” 

across the line. 

“Merely ‘drifting’ across the line 

isn’t enough under state law to 

warrant prosecution,” said 

Jacques. 

“If she had done it while trying 

to pass someone or ran a stop sign, 

or was driving excessively fast, we 

could have looked at negligent 

vehicular homicide, but it appears 

none of those things were the 

case,” she observed. 

The accident occurred shortly 

after 9:30 p.m. that night and while 

Jankowski’s blood alcohol tested 

at .01; under the legal limit. That 

exam wasn’t administered until 

1:20 a.m. Saturday morning, 

March 3, for reasons Jacques was 

unable to explain. 

“What we do know is this: she 

wasn’t drunk, she wasn’t under 

the influence of any drugs. There 

was some alcohol in her system, 

but it was well within the limit. 

She had a passenger in the car 

with her. There’s no indication 

they were arguing. She wasn’t texting. 

She wasn’t on the phone. She 

hadn’t fallen asleep while driving. 

The passenger said she had no 

idea what happened. 

“The Shepard case, which 

involved a ruling from the state 

Supreme Court, set the legal standard 

for us to be able to charge Ms. 

Jankowski, and what evidence 

there was unfortunately didn’t 

meet the guidelines for a case. 

Under Shepard, you have to show 

evidence of criminal negligence 

before you can file charges and we 

didn’t have enough to do that,” 

said Jacques. 

Joshua Shepard had been convicted 

of three counts of negligent 

homicide and one count of vehicular 

assault stemming from an accident 

on June 11, 2006 in Laconia. 

However, the state Supreme 

Court overturned that conviction 

in 2009, saying there was no evidence 

of negligence, that 

Shepard’s drug and alcohol tests 

were clean and that, as in the case 

involving the Murdock teens, 

Shepard’s car also drifted across 

the yellow line for a matter of 

mere seconds and determining the 

driver’s intent was impossible. 

“The details of that ruling put 

us in a difficult spot. We couldn’t 

show why Ms. Jankowski did what 

she did,” said Jacques. 

The prosecutor added there 

were questions about the 

Jankowski investigation from the 

outset, a probe which didn’t begin 

until the summer of 2012. She 

pointed out what’s called a “vehi- 

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Courthouse building will 

become police station 

BY RUTH DEAMICIS 

COURIER EDITOR 

WINCHENDON — The vote was 

taken after much discussion, but 

the Board of Selectmen approved 

moving forward with the purchase 

of the former courthouse building 

on Central Street for revamping 

into a new police station headquarters 

for the town. 

Attending the meeting via 

remote access, Chairman Robert 

O’Keefe, who also chaired the 

review committee for the police 

station project, said his committee 

was satisfied that after reviewing 

all the information provided by 

the two respondents Winchendon 

Courthouse LLC provided the best 

viable project. 

The motion passed by the four 

selectmen in attendance (Keith 

Barrows absent) included an addition 

that the project would be code 

compliant, after citizen Tony 

George requested such language 

be included after he had raised 

concerns about public safety code 

regulations for older buildings. 

Town Manager James Kreidler 

agreed with George, tongue in 

cheek concerning an agreement 

with a citizen he hasn’t necessarily 

been in agreement with in the 

past, and asked that such language 

be included in the final motion. 

A second motion requests that 

Kreidler finalize that purchase of 

the property before the end of 

May. 

There will be no negotiation on 

the price of the building, standing 

as it does at $835,000 as listed in the 

request for proposals. The RFP 

process does not allow for further 

negotiations. 

Once the purchase is finalized, 

further RFPs will be sought for 

architectural and engineering 

studies to go forward with the 

rehabbing process for the building. 

No work can be done to the 

building until all necessary steps 

are satisfied through a lengthy 

bidding process. O’Keefe said it 

was important all steps be taken 

correctly, and the process kept as 

open as possible. 

In other business, the BOS went 

through the warrant for the annual 

town meeting scheduled May 20 

and voted to support most of the 

articles as listed. 

Member Jack Blair voted 

against the article that gives town 

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Alicia (Moreau) Shambo 

The training kicked in: 

Shambo did her job 



BOSTON — When Alicia Moreau Shambo saw 

the puff of smoke, felt the ground shake and 

heard the concussion of the first bomb at the 

Boston Marathon April 15, she knew exactly what 

it was. She’d heard it before. 

Her instincts kicked into high gear, and as she 

guided the runner she was just handing a blanket 

to away from the scene, telling her to keep going 

and take everyone else with her; she turned back 

to the site as the second explosion occurred. 

“I began gathering people to me and leading 

Turn To SHAMBO page A10 

ABIGAIL’S GARDEN 

Laurie Pazzano, a landscape 

historian, will deliver 

her lecture on John and 

Abigail Adams and their 

love of gardening Sunday, 

May 5 at 2 p.m. at the 

Murdock Whitney House 

Museum, 151 Front St. 

Created in the 1730s, the 

Adams spent hours weeding 

and planting fruit, flowers 

and vegetables in an intimate 

space. Their son, John 

Quincy Adams, turned the space into a nursery for his trees. The 

lecture explores the history of this great American garden from 

creation through four generations to the present day. 

The program is free and open to the public, though donations are 

always gladly accepted. It is supported in part by a grant from the 

Winchendon Cultural Council, a local agency supported by the 

Massachusetts Cultural Council, a state agency. 

Town elections May 6, candidates weigh in Budget for ’14 passes state 



WINCHENDON — 

Here it is, while everything 

else was going on 

around us, the town’s 

election was scheduled 

as well and is Monday 

May 6 at Old Murdock 

Senior Center from 8 

a.m. to 8 p.m. 

With no contested 

races for any seats, the 

Courier made the decision not to 

hold a candidate’s night, but did 

ask each candidate to return 

answers for the public to review in 

Fedor Berndt Jack Blair Rick Morin 

this issue of the newspapers. As is 

common, some candidates did not 

return the questionnaires in time 

and are not included. Those who 

did, are printed here in 

their entirety. 

While only one vote is 

necessary for any of 

these candidates to be 

elected to their office, it 

is important that voters 

know each person as 

they step into the polls. 

With that in mind: 

BOS 

Each candidate was 

asked to give a review of 

their own reasons 

behind running and a short biography. 

Then the following four 

Turn To CANDIDATES page A9 

House muster balanced 

BOSTON — State 

Representative Jonathan D. 

Zlotnik (D-Gardner) joined his colleagues 

in the Massachusetts 

House of Representatives in passing 

a balanced FY ’14 budget 

focused on increased government 

accountability and oversight 

across the Commonwealth. 

Through this budget, by increasing 

Chapter 70 funding by $5.3 million, 

the House strengthens the 

state’s commitment to cities and 

towns that are paying more than 

their target local contribution. The 

$34 billion budget ensures more 

than $1 billion will remain in the 

state’s Rainy Day Fund. 

Mount Wachusett Community 

College is set to receive $12,084,503 

in general appropriations for FY 

2014, up from $11,007,508 in FY 

2013. The House increases funding 

to state universities and invests in 

the UMass system to enable them 

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WEEKLY QUOTE 

“We only know of one 

duty, and that is to 

love.” 

Albert Camus

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Friday, May 3, 2013 

Students of the Month 

WINCHENDON — The following students 

were recognized for outstanding achievements 

at their respective schools in April. 

The Winchendon Courier and the 

Winchendon McDonald’s have now teamed 

up to make certain every student of the 

month is recognized by presenting each 

with a certificate for a free meal courtesy of 

McDonald’s for their hard work. 

Sixth grader Aidan DeHays, with his younger 

brother Kenyon, is described as a great team player 

and positive role model. He is always willing to 

help other students and is very hard working. 

While he has a quiet manner, he is very conscientious 

and thoughtful. He is works hard with the 

middle school Student Council and was an important 

participant during the state conference. 

Chandler Torres Pagan is a ninth grader and was nominated by Mr. Birney. He describes her as being 

all that is best in a student, with her attitude, work ethic, high personal standards, classroom participation 

and friendliness exhibiting the highest quality. Additionally, she serves as a class officer with all 

the responsibilities that come with holding an office. She is pictured with her family, mother Amanda 

Phillips, brother Zander and dad Roland Torres Pagan. 

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Aidan McGuirk, pictured with his older brother 

Connor, was named student of the month at 

Memorial Elementary School. Throughout his first 

grade year, Aidan has exhibited all the qualities 

needed to be a successful student, consistently 

showing great effort, participating in class discussions 

and learning in a positive way. He is polite 

and courteous to teachers and classmates, able 

to work in any learning group and his cheerful 

greeting is memorable. 

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Fourth grader Kasey Murdoch is described as 

someone who demonstrates respect and responsibility. 

She is a hard working student who strives to 

do her best in everything, who comes in daily with 

a beautiful smile on her face and always willing to 

do anything to help out in class. She maintains an 

“A” average while taking multiple dance classes 

outside of school; truly a role model for others. 

She is pictured with her family, mom Jessica, dad 

Aaron and brother Kyle. 

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THE WINCHENDON 

WINCHENDON — The following students have earned a place on the third quarter honor 

roll at Murdock Middle High School. 

SIXTH GRADE 

Highest Honors: Aidan Bourque, Yang Yi Chen, Alicyn Gormley, Lily Hunt, Chloe 

Lawrence, Jessica Niejadlik, Leah Pelkey, Maria Polcari, Timmy Quinn, Anna Salter, 

Ashley Signa, Cassie Skinner, Lindsey Smith and Caleb Van Hilo. High Honors: Samantha 

Adams, Isaria Alcantara, Isabelle Costa, Lillian Dack, Roasane Delorme, Kaileen Dibble, 

Lindsey Gemme, Chloe Leone, Makenzie Lundin, Evan Ricard, Jake Robichaud, and John 

Sweeney. Honors: Taylor Anderson, Cassandra Barnjum-Smith, Jaina Beauvais, Jeremy 

Bitter, David Blouin, Isabel Bulger, Jillian Bussiere, Matthew Casavant, Colby Corkum Jr., 

Adam Counch, Jeremy Diaz, Adam Digman, Nicole Lemire, Jeremiah Metcalf, Hannah 

Michaud, Mia Miranda, Kelly Murphy, Emily Roberts, Felipe Rodriguez, Lindsay Semenza, 

Phebe Shippy, Sean Stevenson, Mayling Tedstone, Ryan Thira, 

Robyn Ufema, and Garrett Woodman. 

SEVENTH GRADE 

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Highest Honors: Michaela Benedict, Andrew Burns, Alexander 

Marshall, and Thomas Sutherland. High Honors: Lauren Gaunt, 

Ethan King, Maggie Lashua, and Marissa Losurdo. Honors: Connor 

Benoit, Jacob Carter, Rebecca Cormier, Austin Fontaine, Steven 

Ingman, Kevin Mackie, Carissa Manca, Julia Niejadlik, Spencer 

Pelkey, Hannah Ricard, Emily Semenza, Alan Smith, Rachel Spivey, 

Tiana Taylor, Jacob Woodard and Jared Woodard. 

EIGHTH GRADE 

Highest Honors: Abby Higgins, Travis Hull, Alexis Kapp, Ayano 

Kubota, Victoria Lemire, Jasmine Leslie, Cassidy Morey, Aidan 

Provost, Nicholas Richtarcsik, and Victoria Swanson. High Honors: 

Thomas Aho, Brooke Harris, Ryan Kaminsky, Cassandra LeBlanc, 

Jordan Manuel, Max Robichaud and Savannah Smith. Honors: 

Thomas Becotte, Eric Desgroseilliers, Morgan Grant, John 

Hancock, Katie Heacox, Olivia Hunt, Jessica Kotoch, Shelby 

Landress, James Lemmer, Dakota Leslie, Katherine Miller, Jared 

Nelson, Jon Pereira, Dalton Scott, Courtney Simmers-Swanson, 

Derek Waid, and Brittany Williams. 

NINTH GRADE 

Highest Honors: Lindsey Paul, Deanna Polcari, Mackenzie 

Rushia, and Chandler Torres Pagan. Honors: Nicholas Coddington, 

Haley Jandris, Mark Lawrence, Zachery Mallette, and Joseph 

Tavares. 

TENTH GRADE 

Highest Honors: Frances Castro, Bethany Desilets, Rachel 

Dickens, Brandon Jinn, Victoria Marshall, and Renee Rogers. High 

Honors: Myranda Bishop, Chelsea Bitter, Melanie Cranfill, and 

Lianglinglia Zheng. Honors: Keisha Casey-Black, Jocelyn Cormier, 

Amber Dignan, Anthony Galiano, Dallas Hamel, Austin Landress, 

Sabrina Leahey and Meghan Williams. 

ELEVENTH GRADE 

Highest Honors: Katherine Burns, Owen Chace, Brittany Eliason, 

Justin Harris, Kathleen Mazza, and Justin Smith. High Honors: 

Alexander Emerson and Dakota Wood. Honors: Abby Amenta, 

Autumn Brown, Kate Burdin, Brianna Dellechiaie, Timothy 

Enwright, Felicia Ingman, Maryanne Kotoch, Cody Lafrennie, Sara 

Morse, Jordan Rocheleau, Brianna Rogers, Elizabeth Spady, and 

Ryan Stevenson. 

TWELFTH GRADE 

Highest Honors: Ashley Agnelli, Allison Botko, Andrew Polcari, 

Mariah Tenney, and Brontey Torres Pagan. High Honors: Kyle 

Blouin, Daniel Denette, Alyssa Ellsworth, Maria Gamez, Jordan 

Holmes, Nicole LaBrack, Montanna Laverdure, CaSandra 

Parkhurst, and Angela Polcari. Honors: Taylor Barrows, Garrick 

Brewer, Zachary Burchfield, Tiffany Cranfill, Joseph Fortunato Jr., 

Marissa Kaiser, Christopher Leslie, Joshua Lewis, Nicholas 

McAuliffe, Joseph Nalette, Jessa Pereira, Kayla Schoales and 

Linghan Zheng.

LEARN MORE ABOUT IT 

WINCHENDON — Now may be 

the time! The Community 

Preservation Act is a chance for 

small communities to raise their 

own funding for worthy projects 

by tiny increments. The only way 

state law allows cities and towns 

to tax themselves for worthy causes, 

the CPA allows miniscule 

amounts added and designated 

specifically for cultural and historical 

preservation and programs. 

Come learn more about it 

at a special program at the 

Winchendon Historical Society 

Thursday, May 9 at 3 p.m. 

VENDORS NEEDED 

TEMPLETON — Plans are 

underway for this year’s Spring 

Fair and Flea Market, scheduled 

for Saturday, May 25 from 9 a.m. to 

2 p.m. at the First Church of 

Templeton, located on Templeton 

Common. Vendors of flea market, 

craft and business items are welcome 

to rent a space and sell their 

wares. Rent for each 12’ x 12’ space 

is $20, and the Fair and Flea 

Market is held rain or shine in a 

prime location! For more information 

or to reserve a space, 

email david.huhtala@huhtalaoil.com 

or call the church at 

(978) 939-8688. Be sure to put “First 

Church Fair” in the email subject 

line. 

MAD, MAD, MAD! 

WINCHENDON — Once again 

the Winchendon Historical 

Society is planning a Mad 

Hatter’s Tea Saturday, May 18 

from 2-4 p.m. Wear your maddest 

chapeaux and enjoy tea with the 

characters from Alice in 

Wonderland! For more information 

contact the WHS at 9978) 297- 

2142. 

PRESCHOOL SCREENING 


Winchendon Public Schools 

New edition of concerts begins 

with WCMS in May 

WINCHENDON — This spring Concerts 

on the Green music programs at the First 

Congregational Church in Winchendon Old 

Centre will host the Worcester Chamber 

Music Society performing May 17. This will 

be the second performance of this worldclass 

classical music ensemble, and the first 

of this season’s musical series at Old Centre. 

Hailed as a group with imagination, style 

and chops, the Worcester Chamber Music 

Society took the Worcester scene by storm 

with its initial concert in 2006. Within six 

years, it has become a recognized cultural 

presence within the Greater Worcester area 

by presenting sold-out concerts to captivated 

audiences, receiving consistent critical 

acclaim, building new young audiences, and 

training rising musicians through both its 

school residency and Summer Festival programs. 

The WCMS is dedicated to the musical education 

of youth. They visit public and private 

schools each year with formal concerts, 

workshops, and the special Very Open 

Rehearsal program. In addition, the ensemble 

provides free concert tickets to area senior 

centers and assisted living facilities. 

The Society seeks to foster an appreciation 

for classical chamber music and a connection 

to the Greater Worcester community 

through its performances and outreach programs. 

In addition, the organization is committed 

to the nurturing and encouragement 

of young musicians by providing educational 

programs, performance opportunities, 

training, and scholarships for the advanced 

study of music. 

The Society also fosters a Summer 

Festival. The WCMS Summer Festival is a 

fun, innovative classical chamber music 

summer camp for strings, woodwinds and 

pianists age 12 through adult. The organization 

creates a noncompetitive atmosphere 

that nurtures talents of all levels through a 

combination of coaching sessions, workshops 

and concerts given by WCMS’s exceptional 

musicians. 

2013 WCMS Summer Festival includes four 

concerts by members of Worcester Chamber 

Music Society and guest artists. This year 

the dates are July 9, 11, 16 and 18. All concerts 

begin at 8 p.m. and are held in Razzo Hall, 

Clark University. 

“In our discussions about what we had 

learned and experienced, my students surprised 

me with their excitement and wish for 

the ensemble to return. The WCMS had 

struck a chord with my students. They started 

to see that classical music is not just for 

‘old rich people,’ but could be something 

much more exciting,” 

said Michael 

Thibodeau, the music 

director of North 

High School in 

Worcester. 

“The members of 

WCMS gave a priceless 

gift to our students 

during their 

visit. Our young, 

underprivileged boys 

witnessed real living, 

breathing testaments 

to the pay-off of hard 

work and dedication. 

We, as a school community, 

are grateful 

to Peter Sulski and 

his colleagues for 

their positive 

impact,” said John 

Schnell, director of 

music at the Nativity 

School of Worcester. 

Last year the music 

ensemble performed 

at the Congregational 

Church 

Winchendon 

at 

Old 

COURIER CAPSULES 

Preschool Screening will take 

place on May 8 & 15. Children 

must be age 3 or 4 by August 31, 

2013 to be eligible. Screening looks 

at a child’s development in the 

areas of language, fine and gross 

motor skills, cognition and social 

emotional skills. If you have any 

concerns about your child, suspect 

your child may have a disability, 

or if you did not receive an 

information packet by mail please 

call Winchendon Pre-K Program 

978-297-3436. 

STRAWBERRY FESTIVAL 

WINCHENDON — This year’s 

Strawberry Festival at 

Immaculate Heart of Mary 

Church is scheduled Friday June 

14 at 5 p.m. to Sunday June 16 at 

noon. More information to follow. 

REGISTRATION OP 

BOSTON — The 25th annual 

Boston Marathon® Jimmy Fund 

Walk presented by Hyundai is 

seeking walkers. Set for Sunday, 

Sept. 8, the one-day fundraising 

event to fight all cancers offers 

four routes: the 26.2-mile route 

starting from Hopkinton; the 13.1- 

mile route from Babson College in 

Wellesley; the 5-mile route from 

Boston College; and the 3-mile 

route from Dana-Farber Cancer 

Institute. All routes end at the 

Copley Square finish line in 

Boston. Participants will walk to 

raise more than $7 million to support 

lifesaving adult and pediatric 

patient care and cancer research 

at Dana-Farber. The fundraising 

minimum is $300 for walkers age 

13 and older and $100 for children 

12 and younger. Participants enter 

the discount code BOSTON for $5 

off the registration fee. To register 

for the Boston Marathon 

Jimmy Fund Walk on Sept. 8, or to 

support a walker, visit 

JimmyFundWalk.org or call (866) 

531-9255. 

SING FOR A CURE 

WESTMINSTER — Sing You 

Heart Out For a Cute a luauthemed 

Karaoke Night will be 

hosted by the Charlie’s Angels 

Relay for Life Team on Saturday 

May 11 from 8 p.m. to midnight at 

the VFW in Westminster. All proceeds 

will benefit the American 

Cancer Society Relay for Life. The 

event will include a 50/50 raffle 

and ticket auction. For tickets or 

more information, call (603) 899- 

6806. 

SCHOLARSHIPS AVAILABLE 

The Worcester District Medical 

Society Alliance is accepting 

applications for a BSN scholarship. 

Up to $2000 will be awarded 

to a student currently attending a 

BSN or RN to BSN nursing program. 

The recipient will receive 

the award at the WDMS fall district 

meeting in November. 

Applicants must be a legal resident 

of Worcester County prior to 

enrollment of their nursing program. 

To view all requirements 

and to download an application 

visit the website: www.wdms.org 

and go to WDMS Alliance. The 

application deadline is June 30. 

SPRING CONCERT 

GARDNER — The Greater 

Gardner Community Choir celebrates 

spring with its program 

“Light Out of Darkness” on 

Sunday May 5 at 4 p.m. at the First 

Congregational Church, 28 Green 

St. in Gardner. The performance 

features classical, traditional and 

contemporary pieces, which pay 

tribute to light and awakening. 

The 70 member choir is directed 

by Diane Cushing. Tickets are 

available at the door for $10, with 

children and seniors admitted 

free through a grant from the St. 

Gobain Foundation. For more 

information, email info@ggcchoir.org. 

PLANT & BAKE SALE 

FITZWILLIAM — The 

Fitzwilliam Garden Club will 

hold its Spring Plant and Bake 

Centre on a warm afternoon during a weekend 

in June. The idyllic setting of the 

church, nestled into the historic original 

town center is a perfect venue. The distant 

views of mountains and rolling lawns of the 

green augmented the experience. The music 

drifted through the summer air, becoming 

more alluring by the closeness of nature. 

A quartet for flute and strings, and a serenade 

for flute, violin and viola, both by 

Mozart; a string quartet by American Max 

Reger and larghetto by Dvorak made up the 

performance. 

The concert program, which has become 

Concerts on the Green began unofficially in 

2010 when Jay McCrohon approach Debbie 

Maloney of the Winchendon School to perform 

in the church at Christmas. The church 

is unheated in the winter, so it was a 15 

minute A Cappella choir of international 

students who delighted all. It was obvious 

from that point the church, was to experience 

new life. The beautiful proportions and 

details of the sanctuary lend themselves to 

beautiful cultural events. 

The potential for music in Old Centre was 

evident owing to attributes inherent in its 

setting. But it took a number of years to realize. 

“After moving to Winchendon from 

Norfolk, CT the church intrigued me as a 

place for musical performances. The Yale 

Summer Music and Arts Program reside in 

Norfolk each summer. It is an incredible privilege 

to have such a wealth of talent at the 

doorstep,” said McCrohon speaking of the 

Yale concerts, which includes the Tokyo 

String Quartet annually. 

“Even though I have very little formal 

training in music, I rapidly became a music 

enthusiast.” 

The following summer McCrohon, Anne 

Smith LeBlanc, formerly a resident of 

Winchendon Old Centre and Shirley Parks of 

Winchendon, held the next concert in July, 

with the help of volunteers Amber Demarest 

of Templeton, Lois Abare of Winchendon, 

Esther Grimes, Sylvie Marinelli and others. 

The church hosted The Three Sopranos, a 

local ensemble of talented singers featuring 

Dianne Cushing, Betsy Fiedler and Rebecca 

Ufema. They performed a carefully selected 

repertoire of operetta and music from lyrical 

theatre. The concert was a delighted the concertgoers. 

“With the success of that concert, we set 

out to produce more shows,” said McCrohon. 

Since then, the program has included: Roy 

Johnstone and Steve Sharrat of Prince 

Edward Island, Noel Veilleux of 

Winchendon, the Amidon Singers, the 

Worcester Chamber Music Society, and a 

repeat performance by the Three Sopranos. 

The Winchendon Singers, as they have come 

to be known, perform each Christmas. 


Sale on Saturday May 11 from 

8:30-11 a.m. 

We will sell hanging baskets, 

annuals, perennials and baked 

goods. There will be a workshop 

on growing fruit trees presented 

by Steve Gatcombe, an 

orchardist. Garden club members 

will also assist in choosing 

the right plants for your garden 

and how to take care of them. 

Members will be on hand to 

discuss the rewards of membership 

and encourage new members 

to join. 

The Fitzwilliam Garden Club 

is a member of the NH 

Federation of Garden Clubs Inc 

and the National Garden Clubs 

Inc. 

For information about the 

event or the club, please call 

Ellie at (603)585-2292 or Ann at 

(603)585-7752. 

CAR SHOW 

FITCHBURG — Monty Tech’s 

annual spring “Dust Off ” car 

show will be held rain or shine 

from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Sunday, May 

5, on the school grounds. 

All categories of vehicles may 

be entered, and trophies will be 

awarded to the best in each class 

at noon. This year a car auction 

will be held, featuring a 1969 

Chevrolet Caprice and a 1980 

Cadillac Eldorado. 

Walk-ins are welcome, and 

attendees are asked to make a $1 

donation. Admission is free for 

those with a Monty Tech ID. All 

proceeds benefit Monty Tech’s 

Student Assistance Fund. 

The first 125 registered entrants 

will receive prizes. Refreshments 

and lunch will be available. For 

more information, contact Dana 

LeCuyer at 978-345-9200, ext. 3750 

or 

at 

lecuyer_dana@montytech.net. 

Monty Tech is located at 1050 

Westminster St., Rte. 2A, at the 

Fitchburg-Westminster line. 

“These are wonderful wholesome local 

events for our community which serve to 

help preserve Winchendon’s first church,” 

says McCrohon. “I am very pleased with the 

outcome so far. I hope it continues to be supported.” 

The Concerts on the Green project receives 

funds from local advertisers, the 

Massachusetts and Winchendon Cultural 

Council, and individual donations. 

Organizers encourage everyone to attend 

these concerts, even if unsure about whether 

the music will be appealing. It won’t be 

unpleasant listening, and it’s a great opportunity 

to relax. 

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part of our new Trib Watch Program, we 

will collect samples for Bacteria, perform 

stream temperature monitoring and begin a 

stream continuity/culvert survey. 

Volunteers choosing to sample for bacteria 

will collect water samples at designated 

sites on a regular bi-weekly schedule, seven 

or eight times through the summer. Stream 

conditions like temperature need to be 

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teams at times that fit the team’s schedule. 

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activities. Field work begins after Memorial 

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of the watershed’s health, and volunteers 

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VIEWS 

PRESIDENT/PUBLISHER:FRANK CHILINSKI 

EDITOR:RUTH DEAMICIS 

Opinion and commentary from Winchendon and beyond 

WINCHENDON COURIER 

EDITORIAL 

Done deal 

The police station is going into 

the old courthouse on Central 

Street. The decision has been 

made, the project awarded. Now 

the town will purchase the building and 

the next steps taken. 

How soon the police department can 

actually take up residence, though, is 

another story. 

And just what the final project will look 

like is also unknown. But… 

We as a town voted for $2.75 million for 

the entire thing. Period. That’s it. 

And with inflationary increases, prevailing 

wages and every other darn thing that 

comes along, we have to be cautious here 

about just what we expect out of this as an 

end product. 

No pie in the sky fellas. 

As an example…we’ve heard the police 

would “love” their own workout space. 

With the Clark across the street? Why? 

And we as a town pay for some of the 

Clark’s expenses in exchange for the wonderful 

things the Clark provides the town 

because we don’t have a viable rec department, 

so let’s be real here and see if we 

can’t work out a little deal about letting our 

police department in to use the facilities on 

a regular basis too. Maybe even after hours 

if that is more convenient for them (don’t 

think that would be a big threat, do you?) 

So, let’s not be penny wise and pound 

foolish as we look at these plans. Yes, having 

your own weight room and gym equipment 

would be fantastic, would be great, 

but probably not the first thing on the list. 

Let’s be real about expectations going forward. 

Let’s do good work with available funds, 

keep safety and code requirements uppermost 

in mind and peripheries and like-tohaves 

on the wish list where they belong. 

Because while we would love to provide 

the state of the art facility to die for, practicality 

says that isn’t happening; don’t go 

there. Be safe, be sure and squeeze the 

nickels. 

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR 

Cloutier: keeping it clean 

To the Editor: 

I would like to say thank you to all the people 

who came out on Saturday to help us 

with cleaning up Winchendon, because I 

know how hard we all worked to do this. 

I would also like to say that there were 

two things that were very upsetting to some 

of us out there picking up the trash. One 

was the amount of doggie poo that is out 

there. 

The fact is, some dog owners are failing to 

be good owners; when they fail to pick up 

after their best friend when they are done. 

Remember, your dogs do not have thumbs so 

therefore they cannot possibly pick up after 

themselves. It is a town bylaw that you 

should all follow, not just a certain few of us. 

The next thing is that some people 

thought that it was okay to go right behind 

those of us trying to clean up Winchendon 

and throw more trash down! Now people, 

let’s be real; our parents did not teach us to 

be litterbugs so let’s not be litterbugs. 

Please hold onto your trash until you get 

home, and then you can dispose of it properly. 

This would make for a much cleaner 

town, don’t you think? 

So I guess what I am trying to say is that 

we all need to be responsible with cleaning 

up after our dogs, and ourselves, as we are 

the keepers of God’s green earth. 

Thank you. 

CINDY CLOUTIER 

WINCHENDON 

“Every Town Deserves a Good Local Newspaper” 

WinchendonCourier.com 

On recent presidential history… 

Last week all the living 

Presidents got together in Dallas 

for the dedication of the George W. 

Bush Library and were appropriately, 

but naturally very selectively, 

effusive in their praise of 43. 

That’s the way it is at these gatherings. 

They talked about what a 

good man he is and what good 

work he did in fighting AIDS in 

Africa. 

Well. Of the former, Bush does 

seem, has always seemed, to be the 

kind of guy it’d be fun to hang 

with outside the office. Of the latter, 

there’s no doubt W deserves 

enormous and eternal credit. He 

took on an issue which he could 

have ignored, one which no previous 

President had taken quite so 

seriously, and did legitimately 

important and morally good work. 

It makes you wonder what the second 

Bush presidency might have 

been like had 9/11 not changed the 

course of history, or had George W. 

Bush been more reflective and 

thoughtful after that catastrophe. 

To this day, I remain somewhat 

uncertain as to why Bush, who as 

a candidate in 2000 mocked the 

concept of nation-building abroad, 

let himself get sucked into invading 

Iraq, a policy advocated at the 

time only by the neo-conservatives 

who had failed to convince his 

father to chase and 

conquer Saddam 

Hussein after 

Desert Storm. But 

I do have a theory. 

In fact, I have multiple 

theories. 

I’m no shrink, so 

I can’t sit here with 

any confidence 

and suggest the 

son somehow wanted to, I don’t 

know, maybe prove he was somehow 

tougher than his dad? Who 

knows? Parent-child relationships 

can be complicated. Remember 

too, W was, for a long, long time, 

very much the black sheep of the 

family. Then he grew up and 

sobered up, but who among us can 

accurately assess what, if any, 

residue remained and what 

impact that might’ve had on how 

he conducted his own unlikely 

presidency. 

That said I do know this much. 

In the immediate aftermath of 

9/11, the younger Bush’s initial 

instinct was to go after Al Queda 

and the Taliban in Afghanistan. In 

the fall of 2001, that seemed to be 

the logical strategy, at least in the 

short run. At the same time, 

though, there evidently were voices 

in the Administration who’d 

been itching for the chance to get 

JOURNEY 

OF THE 

HEART 

JERRY 

CARTON 

Saddam for a 

decade, in part no 

doubt because they 

had their eye on his 

oil, (let’s not be 

naive) but also, I 

suspect, because 

they genuinely 

believed that at the 

same time, they 

could achieve what 

they considered the wonderful 

goal of exporting American-style 

democracy to the region — the perfect 

cynical/noble two-fer if ever 

there was one. 

The problem, I think, was that 

the President wasn’t biting, at 

least not yet. Maybe it was hard to 

get him to focus. What to do? 

Here’s where another theory 

comes in. I suspect the “intelligence” 

reports claiming there 

were WMDs in Iraq were, from the 

very outset, a fiction designed to 

convince a relatively new 

President, one completely inexperienced 

in foreign affairs and 

already known to be one not to ask 

very probing questions, that our 

national security was at risk. The 

veterans of the first Bush years 

who’d been chomping at the bit — 

Cheney, Rumsfeld, Pearle, Bolton 

— that gang, saw their opportunity 

to finish what 41 refused to let 

them complete. You want another 

layer of conspiracy, if you’re so 

inclined? Try this on: when 

George H.W. Bush became CIA 

director in the wake of Watergate 

and instituted a whole lot of 

reforms in Langley, that made a 

bunch of folks there pretty unhappy. 

Who’s to say there weren’t 

hawkish careerists whose feathers 

had been ruffled and had been laying 

in wait for revenge of some 

professional sort? The perfect 

storm, if you will. 

43 trusted these guys. 9/11 had 

turned him into an interventionist. 

We all remember him with that 

bullhorn atop the rubble. And so 

the pitch was easy: “ Mr. 

President, Saddam’s a very bad 

guy, everyone agrees on that. He 

has these WMDs, we just KNOW 

he does even though we haven’t 

quite found them yet. You believe 

us, right? Your friend Tony Blair 

says so, too. We need to do something 

before he goes even more 

crazy and does God-knows-what. 

Even if you think your father was 

right in what he did not getting 

Saddam back then, times have 

changed. And if maybe you think 

he wasn’t right, well, here’s your 

chance to fix that. These weapons 

— they have to go, and so does 

Saddam. We can bring freedom to 

Iraq. Let’s do it, Mr. President.” 

Obviously I don’t know whether 

it went down exactly like that, but 

who can’t envision Dick Cheney or 

Don Rumsfeld coming up with 

something along those lines? 

And so, accepting that rationale, 

or some other rationale, you pick 

one, George W. Bush, aka the 

Decider, decided to invade Iraq. In 

the first place, that surely deflected 

our attention from 

Afghanistan, and sparked the foreign 

policy mess of the last 10 

years, a policy that has wasted 

how many billions of dollars (keep 

that in mind when you want to 

whine about the deficit) that 

could’ve been far better spent and, 

more importantly, has ended or 

ruined thousands of American 

lives for utterly no defensible or 

sensible reason. 

It was, therefore, against this 

backdrop that former Presidents 

Jimmy Carter, Bill Clinton, and 

present President Barack Obama 

(and who knows, maybe by future 

President Hillary Clinton or Jeb 

Bush, the latter’s mother’s protestations 

to the contrary) joined the 

Bush family at SMU last Thursday. 

Is it any wonder every speaker 

carefully cherry-picked what he 

said? I think not. See you next 

week. 

BUDGETcontinued from page 1 

to meet their goal of a 50/50 split, facilitating a freeze in 

tuition and fees. It also funds a competitive grant program 

for adult college transition services to help low-income 

workers succeed in college programs. Through all this, the 

House budget fosters affordability and makes a significant 

commitment to ensure that the Commonwealth’s residents 

are better equipped to attain a college degree and enter the 

competitive job market. 

The House budget takes a firm stand on reforming the 

agencies tasked with fostering safe educational environments 

for our youngest citizens. A special commission will 

examine the need for greater, affordable, quality early education 

and care services and will determine methods for 

addressing the high cost of such services. The House budget 

also addresses the concerns raised by the Auditor’s 

recent inquiry into the lack of compliance oversight essential 

to ensuring the health and safety of children in private 

care. A compliance manager is placed in the Department of 

Early Education and Care to review oversight procedures 

and to create efficiencies that ensure vendors are compliant 

with new and existing regulations. 

Continuing the focus on reform, the House proposes additional 

oversight within the Executive Office of Health and 

Human Services to bolster the waste and abuse prevention 

reforms enacted last fiscal year. The budget establishes the 

Bureau of Program Integrity, which will provide continuous 

oversight of public assistance programs while maintaining 

eligibility verification and ensuring focus of state 

resources on those residents most in need of assistance. 

A few highlights of the budget include: 

HOUSE BUDGET FOR 

HIGHER EDUCATION: 

Total state funds for higher education line items in FY 

2014 House Budget: $1,045,097,857 (FY 2013 GAA total: 

$947,293,757) 

Provides approximately $914.3 million for the operating of 

public higher education institutions; 

Provides over $90.6 million in state funds for the state’s 

scholarships/financial aid. An increase of $3 million above 

the level provided in the FY 2013 GAA; 

Provides a new line item and funds at $4,750,000 for a 

STEM starter academy to be located at one or more community 

colleges to prepare students for college level courses 

with a focus on science, technology, engineering, and math; 

Maintains the Performance Management Set-Aside 

Incentive Program at its FY 2013 GAA level of $7.5 million; 

Provides the State University Internship Incentive program 

funding it at $1 million under the Department of 

Higher Education’s line item; 

Provides a new line item funded at $250,000 for adult college 

transition services focused on low-income and entry 

level workers; 

Provides level funds to the community college workforce 

training incentive grant program at $1,250,000; 

UMASS fees: Section 83 requires that if UMASS receives 

at least $478,691,873 in its operating line item (7100-0200) in 

the final FY 2014 GAA, it cannot increase mandatory curriculum 

fees for students in the fall 2013 school year. Also 

requires that if UMASS receives at least $518,755,373 in line 

item 7100-0200 in the FY 2015 GAA it cannot increase such 

fees for the fall 2014 school year; 

House Budget for Elder Care: 

Provides, through the consolidated amendment on Health 

and Human Services, increased funding for this item by $1.5 

million to help end waiting lists for seniors needing home 

care services; 

Provides The Councils on Aging an additional $1.28 million 

for FY14; 

The consolidated amendment ensures that elders in nursing 

homes and rest homes will continue to retain $72.80 per 

month for their personal needs. The personal needs 

allowance is a modest amount reserved from an elder’s 

income to pay for items not covered by MassHealth, such as 

dental services, phone calls, newspapers and toiletries; 

Provides $2.8 million to the Quality Nursing Home Care 

Initiative designed to support all nursing homes who are 

engaged in cooperative efforts with their employees to 

improve the quality of care in nursing homes by working 

with direct care workers; 

Provides each beneficiary age 65 and over with an annual 

notice of the options for enrolling in voluntary programs 

including Program of All Inclusive Care for the Elderly 

(PACE) plans, Senior Care Options (SCO) plans, Frail Elder 

Home and Community Based Waiver Program or any other 

voluntary elected benefit to which they are entitled to supplement 

or replace their MassHealth benefits; 

Provides an additional nearly $30 million to the account 

for nursing home rates; 

The House adopted language to create a commission to 

strategize ways to increase elder economic security and 

enable older residents to remain in the Commonwealth and 

in their communities. The commission will assess older 

adults’ current levels of economic security, identify the policy 

and program options now available to older adults, and 

consider best practices for enhancing economic security for 

seniors in the Commonwealth. 

House Budget for Environmental, Natural Resources, and 

Agriculture: 

Provides $200,000 for Buy Local, an important agricultural 

program to assist all farmers and provide consumers 

with fresh, quality products. 

Provides $80,000 for apiary inspectors; 

Provides an increase of $23,000 for a total of $475,443 for 

river-ways protections; 

Provides an increase of $500,000 for a total of $1,500,00 for 

open space and wildlife habitat land purchases; 

Provides an increase of $700,000 funding to the Division of 

Fisheries and Wildlife for a total of $10,840,172; 

Provides an increase to Mass Food Banks of $1 million 

enabling our food banks to supply more meals for a total of 

$14,000,000; 

Provides a increase to the DCR administration and State 

Parks by $500,000 to ensure parks that our constituents 

enjoy will function properly; 

Provides the Elder Nutrition Farm Share (part of Elder 

Affairs) was also funded at not less than $50,000; 

Provides an increase of $50,000 for dam safety for a total 

of $4,456,444; 

Provides new collaborative programs with the Division of 

Marine Fisheries, School of Marine Science at Dartmouth 

and Gloucester Marine Genome Initiative will help to lead 

to solutions regarding fisheries management, food security 

and public health were funded at $525,000; 

Provides the Toxic Use Reduction Institute at UMass 

Lowell will be funded at $1,629,860. 

House Budget for Veterans and Federal Affairs: 

Provides $2,455,789 for operation of the department of 

veterans’ services; 

Provides $2,122,236 or services to veterans, including the 

maintenance and operation of outreach centers so that the 

centers can provide counseling to incarcerated veterans 

and to Vietnam era veterans who may have been exposed to 

Agent Orange, as well as the families of such veterans. The 

centers shall also provide services to veterans who were discharged 

after Sept. 11, 2001 and the families of such veterans; 

Provides $75,000 for women’s veterans outreach program; 

Provides $565,000 for the department of veterans’ services 

for the maintenance and operation of Agawam and 

Winchendon veterans’ cemeteries. 

Provides $2,520,518 for veterans’ homelessness services; 

Provides $2,278,543 for the maintenance and operation of 

homeless shelters and transitional housing for veterans at 

the New England Center for Homeless Veterans located in 

the city of Boston; 

Provides $22,614,000 for the payment of annuities to certain 

disabled veterans and the parents and un-remarried 

spouses of certain deceased veterans; 

Provides $48,327,789 for reimbursements to cities and 

towns for money paid for veterans’ benefits and for payments 

to certain veterans, provided that 100 percent of the 

payments from towns and cities went to homeless shelters 

or transitional housing, shall be reimbursed by the 

Commonwealth. The Commonwealth will also reimburse 

the cost of flags to be put at veterans’ gravesites. The 

amendment also provides that any veterans, surviving 

spouses, or dependants seeking assistance will have health 

and human services as well as veterans and federal affairs 

assisting them; 

Provides $1,060,474 for the administration of the veterans’ 

cemeteries in the towns of Agawam and Winchendon.



OBITUARIES 

Robert E. Adriano, 25 

WINCHENDON — Robert 

E. Adriano, age 25, of 250 

Spring Circle Apt 205A, 

Winchendon died unexpectedly 

Friday, April 26 in 

Cambridge Health Alliance 

Hospital. 

He was born in Manila, 

Philippines on Jan. 10, 1988, 

son of Edgardo and 

Nympha (Encarnacion) Adriano of 

Winchendon. 

Robert was a student in his senior year at 

Fitchburg State University, Fitchburg. His 

major was in accounting. He was a 2006 

graduate of Murdock High School, where he 

GILFORD, NH — Evelyn E. (Nicholas) 

Bastille, age 94, of Gilford died at the St. 

Francis Rehabilitation and Nursing Center, 

Laconia on April 24, 2013. She was the 

widow of Edward C. Bastille. Mrs. Bastille 

was born Dec. 8, 1918 in Winchendon, the 

daughter of the late Bryan and Emma Irons 

Nicholas. 

She resided in Worcester for 50 years 

where she was an LPN and owner/operator 

of the Highland Manor Rest Home. She and 

her husband retired in August 1980, at 

which time their son Richard and daughterin-law 

Maurine took over Highland Manor, 

operating it until 2006, when they and 

Evelyn moved to Gilford, NH. 

Mrs. Bastille was a member of the 

Laconia Congregational Church UCC, and 

previously, a very active member of the 

Central Congregational Church, Worcester. 

She was past president of the American 

Legion Post in Baldwinville, member of the 

Massachusetts Rest Home Association and 

past officer of the Quota Club of Worcester. 

She was a proud member of the Wing 

Family of America. She enjoyed travel, playing 

bridge, crossword puzzles, loved music, 

theater, her summer cottage in Saco, ME, 

and most of all, loved people; a fresh pot of 

coffee always available for friends and family. 

Evelyn E. Bastille, 94 

RINDGE — John Balcom 

Mills Jr. age 68 of Rindge 

passed into glory on April 

18, 2013 at his home surrounded 

by his wife and 

loving family. 

John was born in Lynn 

on Sept. 6, 1944 to John B. 

Mills Sr. and Francine 

(Tudal) Mills. 

John had an extensive life 

and work history that included 

many endeavors such as 

time spent in the Navy Seals, 

United States Navy. He had 

owned and managed several 

automobile dealerships such 

as: Encino Ford, Encino, CA; 

owner of Mills Motors in Pepperell, MA; 

manager of Arista Chevrolet in 

Peterborough, NH; manager of Tacetta 

Chevrolet in Newington NH; and owner of 

John Mills Chevrolet in Brockton, MA. He 

also owned and operated restaurants such 

as: All In The Family Donut Shop in 

Fitchburg, Joma Bakery in New Ipswich, 

NH; and Josiah’s Restaurant in Fitchburg. 

He had owned 13 veteran real estate offices 

throughout Florida as well as the Veteran 

Housing Center in Rindge and the Veterans 

Housing Center in Lyman, SC. He owned 

Mills Construction in Rindge and the Miami 

Tropics basketball team in Florida. 

He was an international commodities 

trader with dealings in Kuwait, Nigeria, 

China, Slovenia and throughout western 

and eastern Europe. He was an international 

commodities broker, specializing in gypsum 

board BPB, Rigips, Ljubljana, Slovenia. 

CEO of FER. He owned the Quantum Link 

all natural vitamin drink, Sweetlink Xylitol 

and the founder of the 501c3 charity Josiah’s 

Will Foundation. 

He was invited to the United Nations as an 

advisor and speaker to the World Bank on 

humanitarian aid and was the recipient of 

United Emirates award on humanitarianism. 

John was a Christian, husband, father, 

grandfather, brother, uncle, and cousin who 

loved and studied the Bible, a linguist, avid 

reader and writer, entrepreneur, salesman, 

pilot, international traveler, artist, poet, and 

guitarist. He enjoyed sailing, politics, and 

was a good baseball coach. John enjoyed 

spending time with his wife, children, and 

was a popular and well-liked student, and 

Hudson Community College in Jersey City, 

NJ. His hobbies included biking, snowboarding 

and playing basketball. 

In addition to his parents, he leaves two 

brothers, Brian Adriano of Winchendon, 

Jose Adriano of Daytona, FL; one sister, 

Sigred Adriano, of Daytona, FL, aunts, 

uncles, cousins and many friends. 

Funeral services will be held Friday, May 

3 at 8 p.m. in Stone-Ladeau Funeral Home 

(stone-ladeau.com), 343 Central St., 

Winchendon. 

Calling hours in the funeral home will be 

Friday, May 3 from 5 to 8 p.m. preceding the 

funeral service. 

Survivors include four sons: Rev. Dr. 

Edward C. Bastille Jr. and wife Louise of 

Gilford, NH, Richard B. Bastille and wife 

Maurine of Gilford, NH, David A. Bastille 

and wife Susan of Saco, ME, and James J. 

Bastille and wife Sandra of Saco, ME; seven 

grandchildren: Daniel, Christine, Carrie, 

Kelly, Kimberly, Caleb, and Michelle. Six 

great grandchildren: Jesse, Evan, Daniel, 

Avery, Johnathan and Jacob; 24 nieces; 33 

nephews; and two much loved sisters: 

Dorothy Grimes of Worcester and 

Georgianna Favreau of Baldwinville. Mrs. 

Bastille was predeceased by a brother, 

Bryan O. Nicholas II. 

A memorial service was held May 1 at the 

Wilkinson-Beane-Simoneau-Paquette 

Funeral Home, 164 Pleasant St., Laconia, 

NH. Burial was on May 2 in the family lot at 

Worcester County Memorial Park in 

Paxton. 

For those who wish, the family suggests 

that memorial donations be made to the 

National Multiple Sclerosis Society, 1 

Bedford Farms Drive Suite 105 Bedford, NH 

03110. Wilkinson-Beane-Simoneau-Paquette 

(wilkinsonbeane.com) Funeral Home & 

Cremation Services, 164 Pleasant St., 

Laconia, NH is assisting the family with the 

arrangements. 

Edith May (Young) Lohnes, 83 

John Balcom Mills Jr., 68 

LOWELL — Edith May 

(Young) Lohnes, age 83 of 

Lowell died peacefully at her 

home surrounded by loved 

ones Tuesday, April 23, 2013. 

She was married to the 

late Eugene Lohnes who 

died June 19, 1973. 

Born in Winchendon, she 

was the daughter of the late 

Harold and Edith Young. 

Edith was a talented artist, who enjoyed 

sewing, knitting, crocheting, and making 

dolls. She was an avid bowler. Her greatest 

joy was being a devoted nana to her 10 

grandchildren. 

She is survived by four daughters: Lynda 

and her husband, Ron Casaubon of Lowell, 

Maureen Moussette of Lowell, Deborah 

Johnson and her husband, Ron Anderson of 

Cape Coral, FL, and Denise and her husband, 

Kenneth Tully of Dunstable; one sister, 

Barbara Mason of Taunton; 10 grandchildren; 

25 great-grandchildren; and many 

nieces and nephews. 

She was the mother of the late Gary 

Lohnes of Lowell, who died on March 4, 

2000, and the sister of the late Harold Young, 

Kenneth Young, Louie Young, Frank Young, 

Gertrude McAuliffe, and Virginia 

Simondisky. 

The family wants to extend their heartfelt 

and sincere thanks to the exceptional staff 

at Rite at Home & Merrimack Valley 

Hospice. 

Funeral services at Dolan Funeral Home 

(dolanfuneralhom.com), 106 Middlesex St., 

Chelmsford, who are pleased to help the 

family with arrangement. Burial in Pine 

Ridge Cemetery, Chelmsford. 

Memorials may be made in her name to 

the merrimackvalley.org or michaeljfox.org. 

27 grandchildren. He was a dedicated man 

of God, who was compassionate to all. He 

was a kind and generous friend who taught 

his children and grandchildren the love of 

the Lord and to follow in all His ways. He 

will be deeply missed and his legacy cherished 

and nurtured for eternity. 

He was predeceased by his parents John 

B. Mills Sr. and Francine (Tudal) Mills, his 

daughter Zion Faith Mills, grandchildren 

Rafael and Zavier Weeks, and his sister 

Janice (Mills) Henderson. 

He is survived by his beloved wife of 42 

years, Marsha (Tommila) Mills, and his precious 

children: Sarah Mills Weeks, wife of 

Harold Weeks of Jaffrey Center; Rebekah 

Mills Salter, wife of Nathan Salter of 

Rindge; Abraham Mills and his wife 

Priscilla Mills of Inman, SC; Isaac Mills and 

his wife Christy Mills of Rindge; Jacob 

Mills and his wife Jeanniffer Mills of 

Manchester, NH; Josiah Mills of Rindge; 

Rachel Mills Colon, wife of Jose Colon of 

Webster; Abigail Mills of Rindge; Jonathan 

Mills and his wife Trissa Mills of 

Greenville, NH; Zacharias Mills of Rindge; 

Tonja Mills of California and John Mills III 

of California; and grandchildren: Dylan, 

Isabella, Sophia and Xander Weeks, Isaiah, 

Elijah, Immanuel and Caleb Salter, Arielle, 

Elsie, Naomi, Sonja, Joseph, David, Anna 

and Daniel Mills, Gabriel and Asher Mills, 

Jaycen and Joshua Mills, Valentino, 

Mariana, Israel and Dominic Colon, 

Kristina, Elizabeth and Khalad Mills, Jacob 

Tyo, Luke and Gabriel Cirivello, Ellie and 

Nolan Mills, and Rebekah Mills. His ssters: 

Joan McMinn and Judie Trammell, and 

many nieces, nephews, cousins and friends. 

In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions 

may be made in John’s name to The Good 

Neighbor Fund, PO 

Box 486, Jaffrey, NH 

03452-0486. 

Funeral Services 

were held Tuesday, 

April 23 at the 

Christian Outreach 

Church, 199 North 

Street, Rindge. 

Pastor Robert 

Hakala officiated. 

Burial will be private 

and at the convenience 

of 

family. 

John’s 

HOLDEN — Carl R. Bailey 

Sr., age 82, passed away on 

Thursday, April 25, 2013 at 

Holden Rehabilitation and 

Nursing Center after an illness. 

His beloved wife of 50 

years, Theresa L. 

(Archambeault) Bailey, passed away in 2004. 

He leaves two sons, Carl R. Bailey, Jr. of 

Mecosta, MI and Michael K. Bailey of Port 

Orange, FL; three daughters, Shauna L. 

Eaton of Leicester, Lisa A. Damon of 

Spencer and Melissa J. Asikainen of 

Rutland; a brother, Lawrence G. Bailey of 

Manchester, NH; a sister, Barbara Oikle of 

Nashua, NH; eight grandchildren; five 

great-grandchildren; nephews and nieces. 

Carl was predeceased by his son, Joseph G. 

Bailey and his sister, Susan Glynn. 

He was born in Worcester, the son of Carl 

G. and Elsie M. (Lyon) Bailey and had lived 

in Holden and Winchendon before moving 

to Rutland. Carl enlisted in the Army 

National Guard and served for one year 

before enlisting in the U.S. Air Force in 1948. 

CONCORD — Henry 

Paul Berlied, age 92 and life 

long resident of Concord, 

passed away peacefully at 

his home on Thursday, 

April 18, 2013. He was the 

husband of the late Thelma 

(Wetherbee) Berlied who 

passed away in 1986. 

Born in Concord on Oct. 

1, 1920, he was the son of the late Norwegian 

immigrants, Conrad and Inga (Olsen) 

Berlied. Raised and educated in Concord, 

Henry graduated from Concord High 

School. During his high school years, he 

played football and basketball, was outstanding 

in track and voted captain of the 

track team in his senior year. As a sprinter 

he excelled in the 100, 220 and 440 yard 

events as well as high jump and broad jump. 

He ran the 100 yard dash in 10.1 seconds in 

the Middlesex League Meet in 1938 which 

stood as a Concord High School record for 15 

years. He was inducted into the first annual 

Concord-Carlisle High School Athletic Hall 

of Fame in 1993. 

He soon married and settled in Concord. 

Henry worked for his entire career as a Tool 

& Die fabricator for Dovre Ski Binding 

Company in West Concord retiring in 1982. 

During his time at Dovre Ski Binding, he 

became a semi-pro ski jumper. He had the 

opportunity to visit the Olympics in Oslo, 

Norway in 1952 and Cortina, Italy in 1956 

YEARS OF 

SATISFIED 

SERVICE 

Carl R. Bailey Sr., 82 

Henry Paul Berlied, 92 

He was an Airman First Class and served 

for over three years with the 801st Supply 

Squadron during the Korean Conflict. 

After serving his country, Carl became a 

truck driver for several area companies 

including New England Grocery in 

Worcester and R. J. Paquette Construction 

Company in Holden. Previously, he was a 

milkman for Lundgren & Jonaitis Dairy 

Farms in Shrewsbury. He was a member of 

Chaffin Congregational Church in Holden 

and the Harold N. Keith American Legion 

Post 204 in West Boylston. 

The family would like to thank the staff of 

Holden Rehabilitation and Nursing Center 

for their care and compassion they provided 

to Carl. It was greatly appreciated. 

A funeral service for Mr. Bailey was held 

Tuesday, April 30, in the Miles Funeral 

Home, 1158 Main Street, Holden. A private 

committal service will be held at Worcester 

County Memorial Park in Paxton. 

In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions 

may be made to the Holden Rehabilitation 

and Nursing Center Residents Activity 

Fund, 32 Mayo Drive, Holden, MA 01520. 

with Leif Nash, the owner of Dovre. He was 

a charter member of the Concord Rod and 

Gun Club. During his spare time and in 

retirement he enjoyed fishing, collecting 

coins and stamps. He frequently walked in 

Great Meadows and observed the birds. 

Henry had many bird feeders and kept track 

of his many visitors. 

Vacationing in York, ME every year was a 

highlight for the entire family. 

He is survived by his children Henry P. 

Berlied Jr. and his wife, Dale Laurian of 

Concord, Thomas I. Berlied and his wife, 

Mary Theresa of Maynard, Barbara A. 

Berlied Beers of Winchendon and John C. 

Berlied and his wife, Roberta A. of Laconia, 

NH. He was predeceased by his son-in-law, 

Albert Beers and two grandchildren. He is 

also survived by 11 grand children, several 

great-grand children and one great-great 

grandson. 

Graveside services will be on Saturday, 

May 4, 2013 at 11:00 a.m. at Brookside 

Cemetery, 136 Gleasondale Road, (Rte 62) 

Stow. Family and friends are welcome to 

attend. 

In lieu of flowers, memorial gifts in his 

name may be sent to: Drumlin Farm, 

Massachusetts Audubon Society, 208 South 

Great Road, Lincoln, MA 01773. 

Arrangements under the care of Glenn D. 

Burlamachi, Concord Funeral Home, 

Concord. To share a memory or offer a condolence 

visit: www.concordfuneral.com 

Emily R. (Enos) Harmer, 78 

WINCHENDON — Emily 

R. (Enos) Harmer, age 78, of 

134 Woodlawn St., 

Winchendon, formerly of 

Lowell and Chelmsford, 

died peacefully Thursday 

afternoon, April 25 in 

UMass Medical Center, 

Worcester. 

She was born in Lowell 

on June 21, 1934, daughter of the late 

Emmanuel and Rose (Santos) Enos and 

moved to Chelmsford in 1979. Since 2003, she 

had lived in Winchendon. 

Emily worked a variety of jobs in the 

Lowell region. She retired from Kronos, 

where she had worked as an assembler of 

time clocks. She earned her GED from 

Montachusett Regional Vocational High 

School later in life. Her greatest enjoyment 

came from traveling with her husband, 

doing puzzles and watching the Boston Red 

Sox. 

Her husband of 27 years, Charles E. 

Harmer, died in 2008. She leaves her children, 

Roseann Bunker of Lowell, David 

Bunker of Dracut, Theresa H. Bunker of 

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Alabama, Michael Arthur of Orlando, FL 

and Robert Harmer of Chelmsford; three 

stepchildren, Daniel Harmer of Tyngsboro, 

Lee Ann Harmer of Methuen and Andrew 

Harmer of Chelmsford; two sisters, Beatrice 

Daly of New Hampshire and Theresa 

Hosmer of Milton; one brother, Mannie 

Enos of Danvers and many grandchildren, 

great grandchildren, nephews and nieces. 

Two children, Linda Bunker and Jean 

Marie Glover and a stepson, Eric Harmer, 

predeceased her. 

Calling hours will be held Monday, May 6 

from 5 to 7 p.m.. in Blake Funeral Home, 24 

Worthen Street, Chelmsford. 

Funeral services will be held Tuesday, 

May 7 at 10 a.m. in Stone-Ladeau Funeral 

Home (stone-ladeau.com), 343 Central St., 

Winchendon. Burial will follow in 

Massachusetts Veterans’ Memorial 

Cemetery, Winchendon. 

In lieu of flowers, memorial donations 

may be made to Dana-Farber Cancer 

Institute, PO Box 849168, Boston, MA 02284- 

9168. 

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Friday, May 3, 2013



WINCHENDON POLICE LOG 

Editor’s Note: The information contained 

in this police log was obtained through public 

documents kept by the police department, 

and is considered to be the account of the 

police. All subjects are considered innocent 

until proven guilty in a court of law. 

MONDAY, APRIL 22 

12:03-1:15 a.m.: 11 building checks, secure; 

3:24 a.m.: ambulance (Ipswich Drive) services 

rendered; 4:25 a.m.: ambulance (Front 

Street) transport; 6:57 a.m.: FD call (Pearl 

Street) assisted; 7:47 a.m.: burglar alarm 

(Spring Street) accidental; 8:18 a.m.: trespass 

entry (Mason Street) info given; 8:24 

a.m.: trespass entry (Mason Street) info 

given; 8:29 a.m.: trespass entry (Prospect 

Street) info taken; 8:31 a.m.: MV violation 

(Teel Road) traffic citation issued; 9:58 a.m.: 

officer wanted (phone) info given; 10:64 a.m.: 

officer wanted (Main Street) spoken to; 12:35 

p.m.: officer wanted (Converse Drive) spoken 

to; 1:09 p.m.: assist other agency 

(Baldwinville Road) assisted; 1:46 p.m.: mental 

health issue (Maple Street) removed to 

hospital; 3:33 p.m.: ambulance (Ready Drive) 

transport; 3:57 p.m.: animal complaint 

(Central Street) report taken; 5:21 p.m.: MV 

stop (Spring Circle) traffic citation issued; 

5:50 p.m.: investigation (Converse Drive) 

report taken. 

TUESDAY, APRIL 23 

12:59-2:21 a.m.: 11 building checks, secure; 

1:29 a.m.: extra patrols (Goodrich Drive) 

secure; 4:35 a.m.: ambulance (Lakeview 

Drive) services rendered; 9:14 a.m.: property 

found (Grove Street) assisted; 10:42 a.m.: 

harassment (Ash Street) report taken; 12:43 

p.m.: accident (Glenallen Street) report 

taken; 3:07 p.m.: custody dispute (Pearl 

Street) assisted; 3:22p.m.: ambulance (Hyde 

Park Drive) transport; 3:59 p.m.: intoxicated 

person (River Street) unable to locate; 4:27 

p.m.: MV operating erratically (Gardner 

Road) spoken to; 5:04 p.m.: MV operating 

erratically (Spring Street) advised officer; 

6:33 p.m.: fire alarm box (Hyde Park Drive) 

fire extinguished; 9:19 p.m.: assist other 

agency (Glenallen Street) no PD service necessary; 

9:50 p.m.: officer wanted (Hyde Park 

Drive) spoken to; 11:15 p.m.: MV operating 

erratically (Front Street) arrest: George J. 

Crowe age 60 of 194 Rhododendron Road, 

Fitzwilliam: OUI-liquor, negligent operation 

of MV; 11:24 p.m.: burglar alarm (Lakeshore 

Drive) false alarm. 

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 24 

1:18 a.m.: investigation (Spring Street) 

report taken; 1:37-4:12 a.m.: three building 

checks, secure; 4:40 a.m.: ambulance (Hale 

Street) transport; 7:02 a.m.: sex offender registration 

(Walnut Street) info taken; 7:54 

a.m.: shoplifting (Central Street) assisted; 

8:39 a.m.: officer wanted (East Grove Street) 

info taken; 8:56 a.m.: illegal dumping 

(Lincoln Avenue Extension) report taken; 

9:00 a.m.: animal complaint (Pearl Street) 

referred to ACO; 10:09 a.m.: animal complaint 

(Cedar Street) referred to ACO; 11:12 

a.m.: MV violation (Glenallen Street) spoken 

to; 11:55 a.m.: suspicious person 

(Central Street) spoken to; 3:15 p.m.: officer 

wanted (walk in) spoken to; 3:43 p.m.: loitering 

(Central Street) services rendered; 4:12 

p.m.: general info (phone) services rendered; 

4:13 p.m.: ambulance (Hospital Drive) 

transport; 4:32 p.m.: fire alarm (Elm Street) 

false alarm; 6:00 p.m.: MV stop (Spring 

Street) summons: Alex X. Rodriguez age 26 

of 244 School St. Apt. #0147, Winchendon: 

operating MV with suspended registration; 

6:09 p.m.: ambulance (Memorial Drive) 

transport; 7:03 p.m.: arrest (Central Street) 

arrest: David M. Gordon age 41 of 306 

Central St., Winchendon: warrant arrest; 

9:11 p.m.: general info (School Street) info 

taken; 10:03 p.m.: MV stop (Lincoln Avenue) 

verbal warning; 10:12 p.m.: MV stop 

(Central Street) written warning; 11:53 p.m.: 

one building check, secure. 

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THURSDAY, APRIL 25 

12:10 a.m.: officer wanted (Front Street) 

spoken to; 12:14 a.m.: extra patrols 

(Glenallen Street) services rendered; 12:55 

a.m.: MV stop (Baldwinville State Road) 

written warning; 1:23-3:50 a.m.: 11 building 

checks, secure; 4:43 a.m.: animal complaint 

(Walnut Street) info taken; 7:09 a.m.: ambulance 

(Central Street) transport; 10:25 a.m.: 

MV violation (School Street) traffic citation 

issued; 10:54 a.m.: MV violation 

(Baldwinville State Road) traffic citation 

issued; 11:00 a.m.: summons service (River 

Street) served; 11:10 a.m.: investigation 

(Town Farm Road) report taken; 11:11 a.m.: 

MV violation (Baldwinville State Road) traffic 

citation issued; 11:13 a.m.: investigation 

(Spruce Street) spoken; 11:22 a.m.: summons 

service (Baldwinville Road) unable to serve; 

11:31 a.m.: burglar alarm (Otter River Road) 

secure; 11:38 a.m.: ambulance (School 

Street) transport; 11:39 a.m.: unwanted 

party (Willoughby Road) report taken; 11:46 

a.m.: MV violation (Glenallen Street) traffic 

citation issued; 12:33 p.m.: MV violation 

(Spring Street) traffic citation issued; 1:21 

p.m.: general info (Lakeview Drive) referred 

to DPW; 1:27 p.m.: vandalism (Glenallen 

Street) report taken; 2:18 p.m.: MV violation 

(Alger Street) traffic citation issued; 3:16 

p.m.: ambulance (Maple Street) transport; 

3:51 p.m.: summons service (Baldwinville 

Road) unable to serve; 3:53 p.m.: MV operating 

erratically (Gardner Road) services rendered; 

4:03 p.m.: animal complaint (Ash 

Street) advised officer; 4:54 p.m.: DPW call 

(Ash Street) services rendered; 5:03 p.m.: 

summons service (Baldwinville Road) 

served; 6:21 p.m.: town bylaw violation 

(Maynard Street) spoken to; 6:29 p.m.: town 

bylaw violation (Maynard Street) spoken to; 

6:40 p.m.: town bylaw violation (Glenallen 

Street) services rendered; 6:49 p.m.: town 

bylaw violation (Hill Street) spoken to; 6:56 

p.m.: town bylaw violation (Beech Street) 

spoken to; 9:08 p.m.: accident (West Street) 

MV towed; 9:42 p.m.: FD call (West Street) 

services rendered; 10:14 p.m.: assist citizen 

(Baldwinville State Road) assisted; 11:56 

p.m.: one building check, secure. 

FRIDAY, APRIL 26 

12:40-1:25 a.m.: five building checks, 

secure; 2:32 a.m.: fire alarm (Front Street) 

services rendered; 4:42 a.m.: assault (Front 

Street) report taken; 6:32 a.m.: animal complaint 

(Boyce Place) referred to other 

agency; 7:37 a.m.: traffic enforcement (Alger 

Street) traffic citation issued; 8:00 a.m.: 

DPW call (Spring Street) referred to other 

DPW; 8:17 a.m.: property damage (Hyde 

Street) spoken to; 10:31 a.m.: traffic enforcement 

(Gardner Road) assisted; 11:56 a.m.: 

welfare check (addresses will not be printed) 

spoken to; 12:12 p.m.: ambulance 

(Hospital Drive) transport; 1:14 p.m.: domestic 

(Cedar Street) arrest, no info; 1:57 p.m.: 

officer wanted (Main Street) no PD service 

necessary; 2:18 threats (Glenallen Street) 

report taken; 5:36 p.m.: suspicious person 

(Central Street) spoken to; 5:45 p.m.: property 

found (Route 202) refer to other PD; 5:55 

p.m.: animal complaint (Central Street) spoken 

to; 6:13 p.m.: accident (Clark) report 

taken; 7:52 p.m.: general info (Mill Street) 

spoken to; 8:36 p.m.: FD call (Goodrich 

Drive) services rendered; 9:49 p.m.: registration 

check (Baldwinville State Road) spoken 

to; 10:03 p.m.: suspicious auto (Gardner 

Road) spoken to; 10:10 p.m.: extra patrols ( 

Glenallen Street) spoken to; 11:42-11:51 p.m.: 

four building checks, secure. 

SAURDAY, APRIL 27 

12:06-3:32 a.m.: seven building checks, 

secure; 12:17 a.m.: MV operating erratically 

(School Street) secure; 9:53 a.m.: ambulance 

(Pearl Street) transport; 10:36 a.m.: property 

found (Teel Road) assisted; 11:03 a.m.: accident 

(Gardner Road) report taken; 11:33 

a.m.: investigation (Gardner Road) info 

taken; 11:40 a.m.: 

officer wanted (Old Centre) spoken to; 11:44 

a.m.: suicide threats (Front Street) removed 

to hospital; 12:42 p.m.: investigation 

(Baldwinville Road) info taken; 1:03 p.m.: 

brush fire (Elmwood Road) fire extinguished; 

3:14 p.m.: MV stop (School Street) 

traffic citation issued; 3:20 p.m.: general info 

(walk in) report taken; 3:53 p.m.: traffic hazard 

(River Street) info taken; 4:26 p.m.: extra 

patrols (Walnut Street) secure; 4:33 p.m.: 

general info (Central Street) gone on 

arrival; 5:10 p.m.: smoke (Maple Street) services 

rendered; 7:43 p.m.: officer wanted 

(Baldwinville State Road) report taken; 7:53 

p.m.: smoke (School Street) negative area 

search; 8:26 p.m.: ambulance (Hyde Park 

Drive) assisted; 8:41 p.m.: general info 

(Cardinal Lane) spoken to; 8:42 p.m.: ambulance 

(Ready Drive) transport; 9:49 p.m.: 

extra patrols (Glenallen Street) secure; 10:13 

p.m.: MV stop (Spring Street) arrest: Craig 

C. Evans age 30 of 66 Benjamin St., 

Winchendon: operating MV with suspended 

license; 10:33 p.m.: assist other PD (Pleasant 

Street) referred to other PD; 10:45 p.m.: noise 

complaint (Spring Street) secure; 11:17 p.m.: 

one building check, secure; 11:35 p.m.: MV 

violation (Spring Street) dispersed gathering. 

SUNDAY, APRIL 28 

125:06-1:40 a.m.: nine building check, 

secure; 12:29 a.m.: MV stop (North 

Ashburnham Road) spoken to; 12:40 a.m.: 

carbon monoxide incident (Goodrich Drive) 

referred to FD; 12:57 a.m.: MV stop (Route 

140) verbal warning; 1:05 a.m.: MV stop 

(Route 140) traffic citation issued; 1:20 a.m.: 

extra patrols (Ipswich Drive) secure; 1:56 

a.m.: suspicious auto (Spring Street) gone 

on arrival; 2:12 a.m. MV stop (Route 140) spoken 

to; 10:05 a.m.: larceny (Juniper Street) 

report taken; 11:01 a.m.: brush fire (Front 

Street) assisted; 11:05 a.m.: animal complaint 

(Spring Street) referred to ACO; 11:19 

a.m.: larceny (Vaine Street) report taken; 

11:37 a.m.: burglar alarm (Otter River Road) 

secure; 11:52 a.m.: MV operating erratically 

(Gardner Road) info taken; 12:48 p.m.: burglar 

alarm (Brooks Road) secure; 1:24 p.m.: 

FD call (Summer Street) assisted; 2:33 p.m.: 

animal complaint (River Street) info taken; 

4:03 p.m.: assist other PD (Gardner Road) 

unable to locate; 4:06 p.m.: keep the peace 

(Pleasant Street) assisted; 4:06 p.m.: property 

damage (Pleasant Street) report taken; 

4:44 p.m.: MV stop (Gardner Road) traffic 

citation issued; 5:42 p.m.: ambulance (Grove 

Street) no fire service necessary; 7:22 p.m.: 

traffic hazard (Grove Street) assisted; 8:06 

p.m. ambulance (Commercial Drive) no fire 

service necessary; 11:40 p.m.: general info 

(Spring Street) spoken to; 11:52-11:56 p.m.: 

five building checks, secure. 

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SPORTS 

Multiple qualifiers highlight track 



WINCHENDON — Murdock 

Middle High School’s track team 

may not have the numbers it did in 

recent years, but that doesn’t 

mean there’s not plenty of talent 

still around, and a bunch of athletes 

brought that point home 

emphatically last week by qualifying 

for Districts in different 

events. 

Rachel Durgin did her teammates 

one better when she became 

the first to punch her ticket to 

States with an 85-foot javelin 

throw in a meet against Ayer, and 

that opened the floodgates. 

Kyle Blouin qualified for the 

Districts in the 400; Dan Fournier 

joined him by making it in the 800; 

Jordan Manuel qualified in the 

mile, Dom Allard in the long jump, 

and Drew Pelkey in both the high 

jump and 200. 

“Ayer’s an absolute powerhouse, 

but we really enjoy competing 

against them,” said Murdock 

Coach Anthony Findley after both 

his teams found themselves on the 

short end of the team results. “I 

really like their coaches. They’re 

like us in that they’re more interested 

in personal bests than winning 

every meet. We told them. 

‘we’ll keep the scores and you just 

do what you do.’ It’s easy to have 

meets with them. 

“We’re just going with what we 

have. We had a great meet, qualifying 

as many people as we did. But 

I believe I can fly! And so she does! 

we’ve got a small team — about 40 

— the attrition because of school 

choice has been horrendous for us 

in terms of overall numbers,” he 

observed. 

But those who are still around 

were busy turning in outstanding 

efforts. Other District qualifiers 

included Alyssa LaBrack in the 

Bill Belko photos 

Plowing the field: this jumper makes 

a great landing. 

shot put, her early spring season 

performance building on the 

superlative winter season turned 

in by the eighth grader. “A great, 

great talent,” marveled Findley. 

Nicole LaBrack made it in discus 

and Autumn Brown, returning 

to track after spending the 

winter playing basketball, qualified 

in the mile. 

Nowhere was the numerical 

reality more starkly on display 

than in a middle school meet 

against Gardner. The Wildcats 

brought about 75 athletes to face 

about 20 Murdock kids. “Alyssa 

and Jordan (Manuel) were great, 

but obviously you have to focus on 

individual efforts and not the 

team results. 

“It’s no big deal, really, but at the 

same time, you have to think if we 

had the numbers, we’d have a good 

chance at being league champs,” 

Findley mused. 

“But like I said, you do what you 

can with what you have, and we 

have some good athletes here. 

We’re just going to keep looking 

for individual spots and personal 

bests. We’re working on making 

every individual better,” said 

Findley. 

Murdock was scheduled to host 

Tahanto yesterday. 

Golf season 

is underway 



WINCHENDON — The beginning 

of May means the start of a 

new golf season as well, and 

Tom Borden, the veteran PGA 

pro at the Winchendon School 

Golf Club, says a great year is on 

tap. 

For instance, a whole bunch of 

leagues are ready to get started 

and the Toy Town Senior Men’s 

Golf is already underway. Next 

Tuesday, May 7, the Couples 

League gets underway at 5:30 

and on Wednesday, May 8 also at 

5:30, the Men’s Sign Up begins. 

The Ladies League opens on 

May 13. 

Those aren’t the only draws 

for the Donald Ross designed 

course. An early season twilight 

rate special will send players off, 

with carts, for just $30 after 2 

p.m. every day, including weekends. 

Borden though, is looking forward 

especially to the summer, 

once school is out, and, as usual, 

a lot of youngsters will be 

swarming the grounds. 

“We have a lot of programs 

and activities for the kids,” he 

noted. Lessons, of course, are on 

tap, with a Tuesday morning 

junior clinic to begin in June, 

($5 per day) and both the Winch 

Junior Tour and the New 

England PGA Junior Tour will 

return in 2013 as well. 

The course came through the 

winter in good shape. “Last year 

we were able to get started earlier 

than usual. This year has 

been more normal but we’re 

ready to be in full swing,” said 

Borden. 

“If the weather cooperates 

like it has this week, we’re hoping 

to have about 250 or so members,” 

Borden predicted. 

Jake Greene, a Winchendon 

School alum, returns for a second 

year as the assistant pro — 

technically a PGA apprentice 

who’s on his way to his Class A 

Heather Perreault photo 

Golf pro Tom Borden with his protégé 

Jake Greene ready to tee off. The golf 

course is already swarming with duffers! 

And specials and leagues are 

underway. 

designation. “It’s like an internship, 

and I’m happy to be back 

here,” Greene said. 

Borden is also the head coach 

of the Winchendon School’s varsity 

golf squad. 

“Having a home course right 

on campus is good for us. The 

school has always been good to 

our program,” he said. His team 

is off to a pretty good start with 

several wins in early season 

matches. 

“It’s fair to say we’re in the 

height of our season, and we’re 

happy with how we’re doing,” 

Borden noted. 

Beginning next week, the 

Courier will include a weekly 

golf roundup, complete with 

results and upcoming events 

and clinics. More information is 

available at the course’s website 

at Winchgolf.com or by calling 

the club at (978) 297-9897. 

Winch Little League underway 


COURIER 

CORRESPONDENT 


2013 looks to be a 

transition season for 

Winchendon’s Majorlevel 

Little League 

and last Saturday’s 

openers at the 

American Legion, 

played out under 

sunny skies, underscored 

those expectations. 

League president 

Jack Smith said 

that 24 softball players 

are making the 

jump from minors to 

the Majors this year. 

“That’s a lot,” he 

noted. 

The softball slate includes contests 

against Barre, Hubbardston, 

and Oakham as well as a revolving 

schedule among the three local 

teams. The boys’ majors also has 

three local squads. 

It was the boys who got things 

started following the individual 

introductions (all team rosters can 

be found at the bottom of this story). 

The Red Sox strolled past the Braves 

20-1 before the Braves took a 12-8 

softball lid lifter from the Pirates. 

“It’s good to see the parents here 

supporting the kids,” remarked 

Smith, who, while looking out on a 

large Opening Day turnout, said the 

program’s numbers have been 

impacted by other options including 

dek hockey and dance. 

“That’s just the way it is,” he 

shrugged. “We’re going to be looking 

for different teams to play from 

around the area,” on every level, 

including older teams, he said. 

While the boys’ game wasn’t competitive 

score-wise, Red Sox manager 

Jake St. Pierre had good things to 

say about his team. 

“We had great defense all around, 

with Jack (Polcari) making the play 

of the game. Our team was considered 

too young but we are smart and 

we compete. We made no errors or 

mental mistakes. We have 12 kids 

who do their jobs and that’s all we 

need to do,” he said. 

Molly Murphy took to the mound for the girls; pitching 

for the Cardinals. 

The girls contest became especially 

interesting in the sixth 

inning when the Pirates showed 

they no quit in them, fighting 

back to make the game pretty close. 

“It was a learning experience for 

our girls. We identified areas of 

opportunity,” said Pirates coach 

Mark Lawrence. 

Braves coach Julie Colcord was 

relieved. “We did some things right, 

we did some things not so great. 

Amber (Colcord) and Molly 

(Murphy) both pitched three 

innings for us and threw some good 

pitches,” she said. 

Those two teams have a rematch 

tonight at the Marvin School. 

Over on the boys’ side, the Red 

Sox are managed by Jake St. Pierre, 

with DJ Herr and Bob Polcari 

coaching. Their roster includes 

Primo Dellasanta, Chris Lamb, Jack 

Polcari, Chris Mitchell, Nick Lamb, 

Tony Wolski, Nick LeBlanc, Dakota 

Herr, Max Race, Andrew Race, 

Mateo Delarosa, and Justin Manuel. 

The Cardinals had the bye. 

Managed by Ross O’Toole (who 

spends his autumns as Murdock’s 

varsity girls soccer coach), and 

coached by Chip Downing and 

Shane Murphy, that team consists of 

Jeremy Bitter, Mitchell Charland, 

Aidan Bourque, Mac Brimhall, Zach 

Richards, Ross O’Toole, Keegan 

Murphy, Greg Downing, Antonio 

The inevitable? Maybe… 

Tammy St. Pierre photos 

One of the Lamb twins winds up for a pitch 

on the Red Sox team. 

Stakley, Guerrin Lovett, and Zander 

Torres-Pagan. 

Jason Young skippers the A’s with 

Justin Colcord and John Deline as 

coaches. The roster is made up of 

Adam Digman, Phil Deleon, Logan 

Huff, Andrew Colcord, Tyler Young, 

Alec Barrows, Logan Tamulen, 

Aidan Gauthier, Gardner Sinclair, 

Nate Zanetti, and Ben Lawrence. 

The Blue Jays had the opening 

bye in softball. Jeff Smith is helped 

by coaches Dwayne Pelkey and 

Keith Woodbury. On the team are 

Leah Pelkey, Emily and Lindsey 

Smith, Johanna Daigle, Courtney 

Darling, Sarah Woodbury, Cassie 

Kreidler, Olivia Grant, Cassidy 

Stadtfeld, Skyler Tenney, Julia 

LeBrack, and Reagan Honeywell. 

Julie Colcord’s Braves include 

Megan Brown, Sophie Chretien, 

Amber Colcord, Morgan Downing, 

Genna Dube, Jocelyn Garner, Erica 

Lashua, Kelly, and Molly Murphy, 

Maria Polcari, Kiley Young, and 

Cassie Zoltak. 

Mark Lawrence’s Pirates are Elise 

Benoit, Elissa Boucher, Kelsey 

Crouteau, Alicyn Gormley, Lily 

Hunt, Sam Jean, Lyanna Laford, 

Chloe Lawrence, Julianna Nolan, 

Sam Pierce, Violet Richard, and 

Cassie Skinner. 

Well, look at it this 

way. The weather 

was beautiful 

Tuesday, and 

that was a nice change. 

There was a huge crowd on 

hand for the formal dedication 

of Murdock’s new softball 

field. A number of the 

key players, Mike Niles, 

Tony LaPointe, Randy Manuel, Bob 

Gifford, were appropriately recognized. 

A bunch of coaches from other sports: 

Anthony Findley, John Maliska, Bernie 

Feldman among them, were there. 

Former Murdock standouts Jocelyn 

Agnelli, Whitney Ashmore, Zoey 

Monahan, and Jess Monette showed up. 

Jocelyn got to throw out the ceremonial 

first pitch. All the pre-game festivities 

were fun. 

And then they played the game, a game 

that mirrored all the Murdock-Gansett 

games through most of the last decade — 

taut and low scoring. 

TALKING 

SPORTS 

JERRY 

CARTON 

It’s no secret and it wasn’t 

anyone’s fault the Lady 

Devils had played a weak 

early season schedule. This 

isn’t like the NCAA where 

some big time college hoops 

programs spend November 

and December beating up on 

patsies. Murdock had no 

control over the fact that 

league opponents weren’t very strong, but 

that also meant the Lady Devils were in no 

way prepared for the Lady Warriors’ Julie 

Melanson, whose defense was flawless 

behind her and who gave up just a couple 

hits while fanning ten in ‘Gansett’s 4-0- win. 

Only in the first inning was Murdock able to 

get a runner into scoring position. What 

happened on a sun-drenched Tuesday afternoon 

was exactly what everyone was worried 

about beforehand and those fears were 

well justified. Additionally, the Lady Devils 

simply have to play better defense if they’re 

going to be a serious post-season factor. In 

any event, we’ll all be down at Gilman-Waite 

field in Baldwinville Tuesday and see if 

things can get turned around. See you there? 

I suppose it’s obligatory to mention Jason 

Collins, the former Celtic and Wizard who 

on Monday became the first player in the 

four major team sports to come out openly. 

President Obama called him. President 

Clinton lauded him. Steve Nash and Kobe 

Bryant said they were cool. Some journalists 

compared him to Jackie Robinson. It’s 2013. 

A bunch of states have legalized same-sex 

marriage. I understand why there is a sense 

that this was a heroic thing to do, but if it is, 

it says more about our historical failings 

regarding tolerance and understanding on 

this issue than it does about Collins himself. 

Seriously, who cares about the next person’s 

sexuality, aside from, say, ESPN’s Chris 

Broussard who condemned it as sinful, and 

other small-minded like bigots? What business 

is it of yours or mine anyway? 

There was also chatter about whether this 

will help or hurt the free agent’s chances of 

being signed for next year. Maybe I’m naive 

but I suspect the fact he’s almost 35 and is at 

best serviceable is a bigger issue. Maybe the 

Lakers can sign him since the Dwight 

Howard experiment has gone so well, ending 

for this year at least with LA being swept in 

the first round, a fate the Celtics managed to 

avoid. 

These playoffs took an unexpected turn 

when Russell Westbrook got hurt and now 

I’m not so sure the Thunder will repeat in 

the West. I liked Denver as a sleeper but the 

Nuggets, as I write, are down 3-1 to the most 

exciting team in the post season — former 

Knick Mark Jackson’s young Golden State 

Warriors. Not looking too good there. 

Finally, tomorrow, they’ll run the 

Kentucky Derby for the 139th time. The 

Derby, which will be won by the undefeated 

Verazzano, or more likely by someone else 

though I have no idea who, and my Derby 

prognostication record is a bit on the pathetic 

side, used to be one of the truly great 

sports events of the year. Now it’s the signature 

event of a niche` sport and that’s too 

bad. It remains a great spectacle. Tune in 

and see.



CANDIDATES continued from page 1 

questions were asked: 

1: The major project on the horizon 

for the town at present is the 

police station. Give us your views 

on the project and whether the 

solutions offered thus far meet 

with your approval. Do you have 

any ideas for re-use of the old 

police department building if any? 

2: The solar farm project is slow 

in evolving, any regrets? Any 

ideas on how to move the process 

faster? Other ideas for clean energy? 

Making Winchendon greener? 

3: Downtown revitalization and 

attracting business to 

Winchendon may not be a job 

description for political office but 

do you have any ideas on the topic? 

4: Several small bylaws with the 

concept of keeping town pride and 

a clean environment (anti-littering, 

clean yards, poop-scoop) have 

not been well enforced; how can 

the BOS encourage more compliance, 

if it has a role? 

C. Jackson Blair 

During my three year tenure on 

the Board of Selectmen I have 

served as vice chairman and 

chairman as well as simply serving 

as a selectman. The issue of 

space to house or police department 

has been a major issue 

throughout the three years and 

continues to be so. It is my hope 

that a resolution can be reached 

during the coming year. 

I am well aware there are controversies 

over the many plans and 

locations that have been discussed. 

The one thing over which 

there seems to be very little controversy 

is that our police department 

works in very substandard 

conditions and that reaching a 

decision to relocate them is long 

past due. 

There have been groups over the 

years that worked to study what 

avenue would be best for us. I 

remember the wonderful slide 

show we had at one town meeting. 

I remember touring one of the 

prospective sites. I know that a 

committee continues to work on 

this and that recently a three man 

committee, headed by the chairman 

of the Select Board, Bobby 

O’Keefe, worked to encourage proposals. 

A deadline was set, proposals 

were received, and those that came 

in on time have been vetted by that 

committee. I know the police 

department needs a new home. 

I support finding a new home for 

them. 

Because I have been alarmed at 

how long it has been taking I have 

asked that at each of our meetings 

we receive a progress report. The 

purpose of the request was to keep 

people watching informed, to provide 

reporters present with regular 

information, and to demonstrate 

to the people that it is not 

the select board that is delaying 

progress. 

Because of issues regarding 

safety and health and the general 

age of the current facility I have 

not spent any time thinking about 

how it might be used once the 

police have moved to a new facility. 

At that time, a proper inspection 

and a consideration of other town 

space needs should be undertaken. 

2. The world needs to be “greener.” 

Much of what we as elected 

officials undertake should be 

informed by whether the project is 

“green” or can be made “green.” 

As is often the case with new 

ideas, the solar market for towns 

exploded. It seemed as if there was 

a race on to put solar farms in 

place. Proposals would be sent. 

Suggestions would be evaluated. 

And everyone wanted to move forward. 

We have seen here in 

Winchendon, as I am sure is true 

elsewhere, that a prudent, 

informed and careful study and 

execution is always needed, not to 

mention a reputable 

partner/provider. I think we are 

headed in the right direction. Of 

course I regret that getting to the 

“finish line” is taking longer than 

we originally anticipated. Having 

said all of this, my colleagues and 

I are keen on the idea and have lost 

no enthusiasm for the idea. 

3.I think there are many ideas 

on how to revitalize downtown. 

Elected officials have ideas but so 

do citizens who do not hold office. 

I cannot imagine there is anyone 

who would not like to see more 

business come to Winchendon, to 

see a vital downtown area, to find 

home values rising because of this 

and more people moving to town. 

It is fair that you have asked me 

if I have any ideas. I do have ideas 

but I am only one of many who 

could put forward thoughts on 

this. I have made getting streetlights 

back on in our town one of 

my priorities. I understand why 

they were originally cut back. But 

a dark town is not seemingly a 

very welcoming town. A dark town 

suggests financial problems and 

can raise safety issues. The Board 

recently requested $25,000 of 

streetlights be turned on and we 

are also contemplating a continuation 

of such requests throughout 

future budget years. In addition, 

trees, flowers, attractive signage 

all come together to create a beautiful 

and welcoming downtown 

area. Businessmen know you have 

to spend money to make money. So 

I would like to see us really step up 

to provide some of this beautification. 

I am not unaware that the 

demands on a tight budget make 

all this very difficult. Priorities 

are set and followed. I do sense on 

the Board that currently is seated 

a willingness to push more for 

some of these less tangible things 

that could make a difference. 

Bottom line I suppose is also 

seriously affected by patronage. If 

the people in our town do not 

patronize the businesses we currently 

have than no one should be 

surprised to see them fail or move. 

Perhaps, more importantly, such 

failures and moves prove a disincentive 

for new businesses to come 

here. 

4. Again, working with the Town 

Manager we drafted the ordinance 

that passed at town meeting. I 

admit to being frustrated at how 

difficult it is to get people to comply 

and, frankly, to get the ordinance 

enforced. It is on the books 

and it is not nearly as restrictive as 

many of the others we read about 

in other towns. The Board has a 

duty to identify problems and offer 

solutions. That has been done. 

Enforcement rests with the administration 

of the town. It is my 

belief that more of this is happening 

than perhaps the voters realize. 

For instance, in the last many 

months I have been contacted by 

four different citizens with complaints 

related to this problem. I 

have taken the complaints to the 

town and I am satisfied that each 

was addressed promptly and 

where appropriate addressed. 

Some one once said that when 

you make a decision you cause 

division. Each time. No way 

around it. Once you take a stand 

people line up in support or 

against. 

Each decision the Select Board 

takes results in such division. I 

have learned that when I take a 

position on any one issue, some 

will congratulate me and some 

will condemn me. Fortunately, 

with so many issues and so many 

decisions the groups are fluid. 

I have appreciated the opportunity 

to serve the last three years. 

Fedor Berndt 

I moved to Winchendon four 

years ago with my two children 

from Worcester. I married a long 

time resident of Winchendon. I 

found Winchendon to be a safe and 

tight community with a lot to offer. 

In my quest to become more 

involved in the community, I 

joined the Planning Board, which I 

currently hold a seat on; I am in 

my third year, currently as Vice 

Chairman. Along with being on 

the Planning Board, I am on the 

School Council and Monachusett 

Joint Transit Committee as a representative 

for Winchendon. I 

want to continue to be a voice for 

Winchendon and was looking for a 

deeper involvement, so I chose to 

run for Selectman, hoping to make 

a bigger difference. I want to see 

Winchendon continue to grow and 

keep the aesthetics of the town, 

and keep the family values it has 

to offer. 

The Police station is a very 

important project, and needs to be 

a priority. The conditions the officers 

endure during the day to day 

operation are not a safe environment 

in the existing structure. I 

am not aware of the current situation 

on where we stand. If elected 

I feel it’s very important in keeping 

the public more informed as to 

what stage or what progress has 

been made on this project. I feel 

keeping residents informed is a 

very important factor in any big 

project such as this. 

Whereas, from what I am to 

understand, the existing Police 

Station is an historical building. I 

would like to see it returned to safe 

environment for a possible opportunity 

for a local business expansion 

or a possible town attraction. 

The Solar Farm Project was a 

win win situation; unfortunately, 

the economy has slowed this project. 

When this project reaches 

fruition it will be a great asset to 

us and will give us some relief in 

the cost of electricity to municipalities. 

The income generated to 

the community will greatly help 

will help us reduce our carbon 

footprint and bring us closer to 

being a “greener” community. In 

short, no regrets about the Solar 

Farm Project, just hope to see it up 

and operational. I would like to see 

more green project to help 

Winchendon residents to get relief 

in rising electrical rates, as well as 

all utilities. 

I think the revitalization to 

down town is important. The 

Planning Board has been looking 

at rezoning some areas for business 

in an effort to help attract 

new businesses. In this economy it 

is hard to see growth but 

Winchendon has a strong attraction 

and desirable location with 

large empty structures to support 

many different types of businesses. 

The new bylaws are great but 

enforcing them has been difficult. 

I feel that town pride and residents 

speaking up when seeing these 

violations, people will think twice. 

I have some thoughts on enforcing 

but need to do some research on 

availabilities of possible solutions. 

I.e.: possibly using such resources 

as parks and recreation committees 

for our bike trail, parks. 

Perhaps possible use of our DPW 

workers to report any violators 

that they might see. Offering a hot 

line where as violators may be 

reported and followed up by our 

police department (perhaps with 

appropriate fines). These are all 

just thoughts and need to be evaluated 

as possible solutions. 

In closing I am passionate about 

moving Winchendon into a more 

prosperous, brighter, greener community 

that future generations 

will look forward to making this 

their permanent homes. 

MODERATOR 

The town’s moderator is best 

known as the person who runs the 

town meeting, but he or she is also 

charged with appointing members 

to the Finance Committee and if 

the new Capital Planning 

Committee is put in place then the 

moderator will also appoint those 

members. The questions put to the 

candidate were: 

1: If the Capital Planning 

Committee bylaw in the annual 

town meeting warrant passes the 

moderator will be placed in charge 

of appointing the members to this 

committee as adjunct to the 

Finance Committee. Do you have 

any ideas what requirements you 

might be seeking in potential candidates 

for those positions? 

2: The Finance Committee has 

been in need of a couple of members 

for a while now, and several 

other boards and committees are 

short members. How do we 

encourage more citizen participation 

in necessary town committees? 

3: In the same vein, do you have 

an opinion on how to encourage 

more participation in town meetings 

and at town elections? 

Richard Morin 

Richard L. Morin Sr.: born in 

Hartford CT Feb. 21, 1949 and married 

to Vickie L. Lafreniere. 

Served in various town positions 

since 1975 and operated a small 

business here since 1983. 

Ideally, we could find people 

with a vision for this town’s 

future. That can think about what 

capital improvements will invigorate 

this town along with prioritizing 

what to fix that is worn out. 

This is not just an issue for volunteer 

municipal officials; service 

clubs have the same problem. This 

is also the most challenging part of 

the job, I have been continuously 

trying to recruit and I have been 

fairly successful at it until very 

recently. We had one vacancy until 

a couple of months ago, now we 

have two. I will keep working on it. 

More controversies? Two year 

mandatory service? Seriously, I 

don’t have an answer. Are people 

just uninterested or do they feel 

powerless to change things? How 

many of them will miss democracy 

when it’s gone? It may be just 

becoming harder to develop relationships 

and a sense of community 

in our transient existences. 

While this philosophical discussion 

continues we should in the 

meantime try reaching out to others, 

inviting them into the process 

on a one on one basis. 

Why am I running? I like the job 

and enjoy the challenges of participating 

in our community. 

HOUSING AUTHORITY 

The members of the board for 

the Housing Authority oversee the 

operations of the multi-unit sites 

administered here in town. Some 

are funded by federal money, some 

by state and some by a combination 

of the two. Regulations and 

guidelines are ever changing; and 

making certain the town is in compliance, 

the citizens who are best 

served by this housing are well 

care for and the administration of 

the entire operation is well run is a 

necessary job. The questions 

posed were: 

1: The Housing Authority 

attempts to maintain a percentage 

of housing stock for low and moderate 

income families and individuals 

within the guidelines laid out 

by state and federal standards. Are 

we as a town in compliance? 

Should we be planning on building 

more units to fulfill our obligation? 

2: Even if we are in compliance 

with the percentages required, we 

often hear this is a lengthy waiting 

list for units. Is there a possibility 

we could build more units to help 

with what appears to be this need? 

3: The Governor’s plan to regionalize 

the Housing Authorities has 

come under a lot of criticism and 

would deal a real blow to local governance. 

Give your views on the 

topic. 

4: At present, there seems to be 

more need for housing for individuals 

than for families in 

Winchendon. Is this a continuing 

trend? 

4: Several small bylaws with the 

concept of keeping town pride and 

a clean environment (anti-littering, 

clean yards, poop-scoop) have 

not been well enforced; how can 

the Board encourage more compliance, 

if it has a role? 

Leston Goodrich 

I retired from a major software 

company as their facilities manager. 

Before working in the private 

industry I worked for the 

Winchendon Housing Authority 

in maintenance and as moderation 

coordinator. I also worked for 

RHI when they were in 

Winchendon as the coordinator of 

the low income self help house 

building program. Presently, I am 

a volunteer at the Winchendon 

Senior Center and also on the 

board of the Friends of Old 

Murdock. 

1.: I cannot speak for the town on 

whether or not we are in compliance 

with the state and federal 

standards. Only if we are not, we 

should try and do everything possible 

to at least meet the standards. 

2.: What can we do about the 

lengthy waiting list for housing is 

a question that every housing 

authority is faced with. It would be 

great to have housing for everyone 

the minute they apply however, 

the way the economy is I don’t see 

any new elderly/low income housing 

being built for a while. We will 

have to work together to move the 

Authority forward, not only for 

today’s needs but for the next generation. 

3.: The Governor’s plan is not 

the way to go taking local control 

of housing and putting it in the 

control of five or six area managers 

is wrong. The local authorities 

know the needs of the people 

in their cities and towns. When 

you regionalize the people in 

charge do not know what the people 

of a small town, like 

Winchendon, they don’t know 

what the needs are. I think the 

Massachusetts Chapter of the 

National Association of Housing 

and Redevelopment Officials proposal 

for reform is a better way 

than what the Governor proposes. 

One of their proposals is that larger 

authorities help smaller ones by 

providing technical assistance and 

services. 

The Winchendon Housing 

Authority over the years has 

become a big asset to the town 

proving elderly and low income 

housing that is recognized by 

many in state and federal government 

as a model authority. If I am 

elected to serve on the Authority I 

will do all I can to keep it one of 

the best local authorities in the 

state. 

4.: With the baby boom generation 

up on us I do see a need in the 

very near future for more elderly 

and low income housing. But with 

the economy the way it is, we will 

all have to work together to move 

the Authority forward to meet 

present as well as future needs of 

our citizens. 

The candidates for Board of 

Health and School Committee, Ed 

Bond, Susan Burdsall and 

Christopher McDonald, did return 

their questionnaires. 

MV continued from page 1 

cle autopsy” was never performed by the state police. The 

car’s so-called “black box” was recovered but offered nothing 

to explain the specific sequence of events. 

“The Rindge police, like many, even most, smaller jurisdictions, 

don’t have anyone qualified to do the kind of 

detailed inspection we would have needed at the time, and 

apparently there wasn’t anyone in the area available, 

either,” Jacques lamented. 

“There can only be an investigator sent if requested by 

the state police. So there was a delay in getting the investigation 

started, and I’d frankly say the diagram we did get 

was ‘half-hearted’ and wouldn’t have made any difference at 

trial,” she said. 

Freitas’ mother Melissa said she was, “very disappointed 

in the investigation. It seems like they didn’t do their job at 

all,” she said. 

While Mary Ellsworth, whose daughter Allysa is still 

recovering, had several thoughts she wanted to share. 

“If we have learned anything from this accident, it is 

don’t be a distracted driver. Pay attention to the road. Don’t 

worry about your cell phone, or your passengers. If you 

drop something it will be there when you get to your destination. 

Pull over if you need to get something. If the driver 

of the car that hit Joe and Alyssa would have been paying 

attention, Joe would still be alive and Alyssa’s life would be 

totally different. Remember, you are not the only person on 

the road,” said Ellsworth 

Jacques said she sympathized. 

“I know the Freitas and Ellsworth families must feel we 

were too lenient, but under the law, we didn’t have 

anywhere else to go. I agree there are serious questions 

about the investigation, and I don’t want to sound 

uncaring because we all know this was a very tragic thing. 

Terrible things happen. I imagine no outcome would have 

been satisfactory to the families and how could it have 

been? When it became evident we weren’t going to be able to 

proceed, I dreaded having to say so.” 

“Last week was the worst week of my career,” Jacques 

reflected. 

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funds to support the CAC and the 

Clark Memorial YMCA, not giving 

an explanation for his no vote. 

The article creating a more viable 

Capital Planning Committee was 

sent to the town’s legal counsel for 

further tweaking, and a new motion 

will be offered from the town meeting 

floor with new wording. With 

that in mind, the BOS voted to 

approve the article, understanding 

they were not approving the article 

as written, but the article as it will 

be presented on town floor. 

The same proviso extends to 

Article 15, which concerns providing 

a method to set aside funds for 

capital projects using money 

derived from payments in lieu of 

taxes garnered from solar farms 

sited in Winchendon. The present 

article cannot be allowed, according 

to town counsel, as it does not meet 

requirements and the town meeting 

cannot bind future town meetings in 

the manner proposed. Town counsel 

has proposed a new method of 

arriving at the intended purpose 

and an article will be offered on 

town floor. 

Several capital projects are proposed, 

the Courier will do a full 

explanation in a separate article 

next week; but at least one, proposing 

$180,000 to rehab the roof of the 

DPW garage, is proposed to be 

either passed over indefinitely or 

taken out of order at town meeting 

because if the so called stretch code 

later in the town meeting is passed, 

the town would be eligible for a 

grant in nearly the same amount of 

funds; some $170,000 that in turn 

must be used for energy efficiencies 

and could conceivable be applied to 

this use. Selectmen agreed to, at this 

time, not recommend this article. 

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them away, sending them away 

from the scene to safety; but I 

knew I had to get through them 

and to the active scene,” Shambo 

said last Thursday sitting calmly 

in front of a sunny window in 

Winchendon. 

She is trained as a Navy medic, 

and spent four years on active duty 

and eight years in the reserves 

going into the Navy directly from 

Murdock High School in 1980; 

trained as a hospital corpsman, 

medic and EMT. She did her time, 

and stayed in the reserves while 

she went back to college, eventually 

earning an MBA in international 

business. 

But she was recalled to active 

duty during Operation Desert 

Storm, and was back on the front 

lines until 1992. 

The training, while not used for 

many years, immediately came to 

the fore. Shambo went to the scene 

of the carnage; and told those 

guarding the perimeter she was a 

medic. From that moment on, she 

said, she could not tell you how 

many people she helped, just that 

she was continuously busy. 

“It was mind boggling, I would 

never have thought this would 

happen on such a traditional day. 

Why would they do such a thing? 

They would have nothing to gain, 

why would they display such 

hatred? To harm people from 

every walk of life like that? Where 

does such hatred come from?” 

Shambo, who lives in Hopkinton 

now with her three children, has 

worked at the Marathon for several 

years, usually at the beginning 

of the race. She has hosted runners 

in her home, worked at various 

events and been there at the 

beginning of the races every year. 

She was once honored as a veteran 

by Hopkinton as a part of the 

Marathon experience a few years 

ago. Two years ago, a friend suggested 

she begin working at the 

finish line for a change, just to see 

what it was like, and so she did. 

“Last year was the first year, and 

it was so hot. My medic training 

was very valuable then too and the 

Mylar® blankets were used to help 

with dehydration issues and collapsing 

runners from the heat. It 

was a different scenario all together, 

but being at the finish line was 

a unique experience.” 

This year, with better weather, a 

gorgeous blue sky and high spirits, 

Shambo and her friends were 

looking forward to an easy finish 

line assignment, and were enjoying 

the day; where she was searching 

the faces of runners for people 

she knew from towns across the 

Commonwealth including 

Winchendon. 

“I grew up here and still know a 

lot of people, so yes, I was watching 

for lots of people.” 

Instead, her day became one of 

continuous duty. 

“I’m trained to respond to mass 

casualty and to signs of terror; the 

sounds of bombs going off just put 

my military training to work.” 

She said as the second bomb detonated 

and she ran toward the 

casualties, two thoughts ran 

through her mind, “I thought of 

my three children, and I thought is 

there going to be another bomb.” 

“But it didn’t deter me from 

helping. I could not, not go. Not to 

help was not an option.” 

She had praise for the Boston 

Athletic Association and its organization 

of the day and the planning 

for the Marathon. 

“The BAA has this down to a science, 

even the tents for medical 

attention were placed for easy 

access to the streets for ambulances, 

well thought out. I have an 

appreciation for the attention to 

detail.” 

She said the attention of those 

who were there, and anyone with 

any medical training were immediately 

on hand doing emergency 

work, triage and helping with 

transport; was outstanding. 

“There were no egos, everyone 

just helped. We worked together 

for the benefit of the casualties, 

and it was amazingly efficient.” 

She said she stayed with a 

patient, into an ambulance and to 

a hospital finally, and when she 

finally realized she was no longer 

at the bomb site, she didn’t know 

where she was. 

“I had to ask, where am I? Which 

hospital? Turns out it was Tufts 

Medical Center. I had to find a way 

to get back, and to get a way from 

there home.” 

She also had to find a way to contact 

her family, eventually getting 

a text to her daughter, to let them 

know she was unharmed and had 

been working at the bomb site. 

“I was covered with blood, none 

of it my own. And I had never had 

gloves but never thought about it. 

When working, you just work and 

do what needs doing.” 

Since April 15 Shambo was 

interviewed by Hopkinton’s own 

cable news channel and also 

appeared on the Today show. She 

is well spoken and poised, very 

articulate about the experience, 

but obviously touched by it. 

“No one should see this and 

experience this. I am glad I was 

able to be of help, but sorry I had 

to use what I know.” 

Highly successful Earth Day 

event pleases organizers 

BY HEATHER PERREAULT 


WINCHENDON — Lots of citizens were 

out on the town last Saturday, cleaning up 

the community with a vengeance since a 

dumpster was provided on Pleasant Street 

to dispose of everything. 

Anyone who helped were provided some 

freebies, thanks to generous business owners, 

at least until they ran out because there 

were more people helping than expected. 

Sandwiches from McDonald’s drinks from 

Cumberland Farms, donuts from Gourmet 

Donuts, and cold water from Winchendon 

Courier were all there. In addition, the 

gloves and trash bags were provided by 

Belletete’s. 

Webelo Pack 193 went from block to block 

cleaning as they went. Their brothers in 

arms, Boy Scout Troop 193 had been out the 

weekend before since they were busy this 

weekend and couldn’t be here. 

Cars and trucks full of trash, furniture, 

Heather Perreault photos 

Cub Pack 193 worked very hard on their area, and brought back several bags of trash. 

tires and more; people of all ages and even 

K9 friends were unloading at the curb. 

Weighed at the transfer station, Board of 

Health Chairman Lionel Cloutier reports 

3.75 tons of waste was in the dumpster when 

it was picked up. 

But some people also took items directly 

to the transfer station, or just cleaned their 

areas without reporting it to the town; so 

the total is actually much higher. 

“It is amazing what was accomplished. 

We’d like to do it again this fall,” said 

Cloutier. 

He and his helpers were keeping track of 

those who did come to the dumpster, and 

where the trash had been picked up. Those 

who worked at the Veterans’ Park, helping 

to unload cars and trucks included: Darryl 

Steffen, Ernest Jean, David Fortin, Beverly 

Long, Beth Smith, Chris Smith, Mike Smith, 

Cindy Cloutier and Rick Germano. Several 

trucks were available to pick up larger 

items if needed including trucks donated by 

Randy Lucier and Rick McAllister. 

Areas in town that were definitely on the 

trash hit list included Town Farm Road, 

Mill Glen Road, Spruce Street, Mechanic 

Street, Maynard Street, Pleasant Street, 

Central Street, Royalston Road South, Pearl 

Street, Maple Street, Lakeshore Drive, Pond 

Street, Elm Street, Linden Street, Webster 

Street, Juniper Street, Locust Street, West 

Street, Lake Street, Front Street, Main 

Street, Gardner Road, the Bike Path, Sibley 

Road, Hale Street, Royalston Road North 

and Lincoln Avenue. 

Folks who took time to give their names 

(and, said Cloutier, we know there were 

many more we want to thank who didn’t tell 

us who they were), included: John, Donna & 

Stacie Girouard, Debbie Fortin, Noah 

Stram, David Fortin and Bev Long, Chris, 

Ruth DeAmicis photo 

Abigail Lemieux did most of Lincoln Avenue all by 

herself. She lives on that street and wanted to be 

sure her neighborhood had a lot of attention paid 

to it. 

Beth & Mike Smith, the Huff family, the UU 

Church, Charlie Woodard, Cindy, Ben & Lee, 

Epie & Daniel Heim and Alex Lemieux, Al 

Beaudreu, Livvy Tarleton, Paul Lafrennie, 

Steve & Jeremy Brown, Ray & Abby 

Lemieux, the CAC group, and Elaine Mroz. 

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MORTGAGEE’S SALE OF REAL 

ESTATE 

By virtue and in execution of the Power 

of Sale contained in a certain mortgage 

given by Scott L. White (the “Mortgagor”) to 

GFA Federal Credit Union (the 

“Mortgagee”), having a usual place of business 

at 229 Parker Street, Gardner, 

Worcester County, Massachusetts, dated 

October 31, 2007 and recorded with the 

Worcester District Registry of Deeds, Book 

42032, Page 61 of which mortgage the 

undersigned is the present holder, and for 

breach of the conditions of said mortgage 

and for the purpose of foreclosing the 

same will be sold at Public Auction on the 

premises situated at 214 Baldwinville State 

Road, Winchendon, Massachusetts, at 

11:00 A.M. on the 14 th day of May, 2013, all 

and singular the premises described in 

said mortgage, to wit: the following 

described land with all buildings, equipment 

and fixtures now or hereafter placed 

thereon: 

PARCEL ONE 

A certain parcel of land, with the buildings 

thereon, situated in the southwesterly 

part of Winchendon, Worcester County, 

Massachusetts, at the southeasterly intersection 

of Day Road and the new 

Baldwinville Road, (Route 202) bounded 

and described as follows, to wit: 

BEGINNING at the northwesterly corner 

thereof at an iron pin marking the intersection 

of the easterly line of the New 

Baldwinville Road and the southerly line of 

Day Road, said pin being 281.45 feet 

northerly of a Massachusetts highway 

bound at a point of tangency on the said 

Baldwinville Road; 

THENCE easterly at an included angle 

of 100° 57’ with the Baldwinville Road, by 

the southerly line of Day Road 284.3 feet to 

an iron pipe in a wall at a corner of land 

now or formerly of one Rice; 

THENCE southerly by land of said 

Rice at an included angle of 85° 45’ 145.5 

feet to an iron pipe at the base of a very 

large white pine tree; 

THENCE westerly at an included 

angle of 89° 46’ by land now or formerly of 

Mattie Hytonen et ux 298.0 feet to an iron 

pipe in the easterly line of said Baldwinville 

Road; 

THENCE northerly by the easterly line 

of said Road, 124.05 feet to the place of 

beginning. 

PARCEL TWO 

A certain parcel of land with any buildings 

and improvements thereon, situated in 

the southwesterly part of said 

Winchendon, Worcester County, 

Massachusetts, at the intersection of the 

easterly line of Route 202 and Day Road, 

bounded and described as follows: 

BEGINNING at the southwesterly corner 

thereof at the intersection of the easterly 

line of Route 202 with the southerly 

line of Day Road, at the northwesterly corner 

of land now or formerly of Maurice R. 

Lefebvre et ux, said point being located 

281.45 feet northerly of a Massachusetts 

Highway Bound; 

THENCE northerly at an included 

angle of 79° 03 

By the easterly line of Route 202, 16.8 feet 

to a point; 

THENCE easterly at an included angle 

of 100° 57’ by the center line of Day Road, 

282.3 feet to a corner; 

THENCE southerly at an included 

angle of 85° 45’ 16.53 feet to the northeasterly 

corner of land now or formerly of 

Maurice R. Lefebvre et ux; 

THENCE westerly at an included 

angle of 94° 15’ by the southerly line of Day 

Road, and being by land of said Lefebvre 

et ux 284.3 feet to the easterly line of 

Route 202 and the place of beginning. 

Meaning and intending to convey all 

our right, title and interest to the southerly 

half of Day Road which will or has reverted 

to by reason of the 1948 discontinuance of 

Day Road. 

PARCEL THREE 

A certain parcel of land with any buildings 

and improvements thereon, situated in 

the southwesterly part of said 


Massachusetts, at the intersection of the 

easterly line of Route 202 and Day Road 

bounded and described as follows: 

BEGINNING at the northwesterly corner 

thereof at a point in the easterly line of 

Route 202, at the southwesterly corner of 

land of Lionel W. Tourigny et ux; 

THENCE S. 75° E. by the northerly line 

of Day Road, 270 feet more or less to the 

southwesterly corner of land of E. Murdock 

Co.; 

THENCE S. 17° W. 16.5 feet to the 

center of Day Road; 

THENCE N. 75° W. by the center of 

Day Road, about 270 feet to the easterly 

line of Route 202; 

THENCE northerly by the said line of 

Route 202, 16.5 feet to the place of beginning. 

Meaning and intending to convey all 

our right, title and interest to one-half (1/2) 

of Day Road which will revert or has reverted 

to us by reason of the 1948 discontinuance 

of Day Road which northerly side of 

said Day Road. 

BEING the same premises conveyed 

to Scott L. White by deed of John T. 

Kelleher et al dated September 9, 2005, 

recorded with Worcester District Registry 

of Deeds, Book 37281, Page 93. 

Said premises are to be sold and conveyed 

subject to any and all unpaid taxes 

to the Town of Winchendon, 

Massachusetts, and to any unpaid liens 

and assessments thereon, and subject to 

and with the benefit of all restrictions, 

easements, improvements, outstanding 

liens, or claims in the nature of liens and 

existing encumbrances of record, created 

prior to the mortgage, if there be any. 

Said premises will be sold subject to 

and/or with the benefit of any and all 

restrictions, easements, improvements, 

covenants, leaseholds, tenancies, occupants, 

municipal or zoning regulations or 

requirements, outstanding tax titles, municipal 

or other public taxes, assessments, 

liens or claims in the nature of liens, and 

existing encumbrances of record created 

prior to the mortgage or to which the 

Mortgage has been subordinated, if any 

there be. No representation is made as to 

the existence or nonexistence of lead paint 

or UFFI at the premises and Buyer purchases 

subject to all requirements related 

thereto. 

If the premises are not serviced by a 

public sewage system, Buyer will be solely 

responsible for compliance with all Title V 

Regulations, including but not limited to, 

any inspection and upgrade requirements 

set forth in 310 CMR (Code of 

Massachusetts Regulations) 15.300 

through 15.305. 

The Mortgagee will offer for sale the 

mortgaged premises as an entirety. 

Terms of Sale: A deposit of FIVE 

THOUSAND AND NO/100 ($5,000.00) 

Dollars to be paid in cash, (U.S. Currency), 

Bank Certified Check, Bank Treasurers 

Check, Bank Cashiers Check or other official 

Bank Check, at the time and place of 

sale. Such deposit must be shown to the 

auctioneer prior to the commencement of 

bidding in order to be entitled to bid. The 

purchaser will be required to sign a 

Memorandum of Sale containing the above 

terms and such other terms as may be 

announced at the time and place of the 

sale. The sale will not be complete until 

such deposit is paid and such 

Memorandum is signed. 

The purchaser will be required to deliver 

the balance of the purchase price to be 

paid within thirty (30) days of sale, upon 

the delivery of the foreclosure deed at the 

office of Richard A. Cella, Esquire, 65 

Pleasant Street, P.O. Box 297, Leominster, 

Massachusetts, at which time the foreclosure 

deed and all related documents will 

be deliver to the Purchaser. The Purchaser 

will be solely responsible for completing 

the filing and recording of all foreclosure 

documents as required by applicable laws 

and for the payment of all deed excise 

stamps and all filing and recording fees. 

The Mortgagee reserves the right to 

postpone the sale to a later date by public 

proclamation at the time and date appointed 

for the sale and to further postpone at 

any adjourned sale date by public proclamation 

at the time and date appointed for 

the adjourned sale date. 

In the event that the successful bidder 

at the foreclosure sale shall default in purchasing 

the within described property 

according to the terms of this Notice of 

Sale and/or the terms of the Memorandum 

of Sale executed at the time of foreclosure, 

the Mortgagee reserves the right to sell the 

property by foreclosure deed to the second 

highest bidder providing that said second 

highest bidder shall deposit with the 

Mortgagee's attorney, RICHARD A. 

CELLA, 65 Pleasant Street, P.O. Box 297, 

Leominster, Massachusetts 01453, the 

amount of the required deposit as set forth 

herein within three (3) business days after 

written notice of the default of the previous 

highest bidder and title shall be conveyed 

to the said second highest bidder within 

LEGALS 

thirty (30) days of said written notice. 

In the event the second highest bidder 

shall not be interested in purchasing the 

mortgage premise, the Mortgagee 

reserves the right, at its sole election, to 

sell the premise by foreclosure deed to the 

other qualified bidders, in descending 

order beginning with the next highest bidder. 

Mortgagee also reserves the right, at 

its sole election, to assume the bid of any 

defaulting or declining bidder.. 

If the second highest bidder declines 

to purchase the within described property, 

the Mortgagee reserves the right to purchase 

the within described property. 

The description of the Mortgaged 

Premises contained in the Mortgage shall 

control in the event of a typographical error 

in this publication. 

Subject to such other terms and conditions 

as may be announced at the time, 

date and place of sale. 

Other terms to be announced at the sale. 

GFA FEDERAL CREDIT UNION 

Present Holder of Mortgage 

By Its Attorney, 

Richard A. Cella, Esq. 

65 Pleasant Street 

P.O. Box 297 

Leominster, Massachusetts 01453 

Telephone No. (978) 537-8214 

April 19, 2013 

April 26, 2013 

May 3, 2013 

MORTGAGEE’S NOTICE OF SALE OF 

REAL ESTATE 

By virtue and in execution of the Power of 

Sale contained in a certain Mortgage given 

by James Snow and Rene Snow to 

Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, 

Inc. as nominee for Omega Mortgage 

Corporation, its successors and assigns., 

dated January 25, 2010 and recorded with 

the Worcester County (Worcester District) 

Registry of Deeds at Book 45406, Page 

270, which said mortgage was assigned to 

M&T Bank, by Mortgage Electronic 

Registration Systems, Inc. as nominee for 

Omega Mortgage Corporation, its successors 

and assigns., recorded with said 

deeds at Book 48411, Page 42, for breach 

of the conditions of said Mortgage and for 

the purpose of foreclosing same will be 

sold at Public Auction at 11:00 AM on May 

17, 2013 at 13 Emerald Street, 

Winchendon, MA, all and singular the 

premises described in said Mortgage, to 

wit: 

The land in said Winchendon, Worcester 

County, Massachusetts, with the buildings 

thereon and numbered 13 Emerald Street, 

bounded and described as follows, viz: 

Commencing on the easterly line of 

Emerald Street at a point seven and 

72/100 (7.72) rods northerly from the 

northerly line of Spring Street; 

Thence on line of said Emerald Street N. 

13° E., five (5) rods; 

Thence Easterly on a line at a right angle 

to the line of said Emerald Street eight (8) 

rods; 

Thence Southerly parallel to the line of said 

Emerald Street (5) rods; 

Thence Westerly on a line at a right angle 

to the line of Emerald Street eight (8) rods 

to the place of beginning. 

See book 45406, Page 268. 

The premises are to be sold subject to and 

with the benefit of all easements, restrictions, 

building and zoning laws, unpaid 

taxes, tax titles, water bills, municipal liens 

and assessments, rights of tenants and 

parties in possession. 

TERMS OF SALE: 

A deposit of FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS 

AND 00 CENTS ($5,000.00) in the form of 

a certified check or bank treasurer’s check 

will be required to be delivered at or before 

the time the bid is offered. The successful 

bidder will be required to execute a 

Foreclosure Sale Agreement immediately 

after the close of the bidding. The balance 

of the purchase price shall be paid within 

thirty (30) days from the sale date in the 

form of a certified check, bank treasurer’s 

check or other check satisfactory to 

Mortgagee’s attorney. The Mortgagee 

reserves the right to bid at the sale, to 

reject any and all bids, to continue the sale 

and to amend the terms of the sale by written 

or oral announcement made before or 

during the foreclosure sale. If the sale is 

set aside for any reason, the Purchaser at 

the sale shall be entitled only to a return of 

the deposit paid. The purchaser shall have 

no further recourse against the Mortgagor, 

the Mortgagee or the Mortgagee’s attorney. 

The description of the premises contained 

in said mortgage shall control in the 

event of an error in this publication. TIME 

WILL BE OF THE ESSENCE. 

Other terms if any, to be announced at the 

sale. 

M&T Bank 

Present Holder of said Mortgage, 

By Its Attorneys, 

Orlans Moran PLLC 

P.O. Box 962169 

Boston, MA 02196 

Phone: (617) 502-4100 

April 26, 2013 

May 3, 2013 

May 10, 2013 

WINCHENDON 

BOARD OF SELECTMEN 

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING 

BYOB PERMIT APPLICATION 

The Winchendon BOARD OF SELECT- 

MEN, acting as the Local Licensing 

Authority, will hold a public hearing in the 

2ND Floor Auditorium, Town Hall, 109 

Front Street on Monday, May 13, 2013, 

beginning at 7:05 p.m. on the application of 

Il Italiano’s, 302 Spring St., Winchendon, 

Mass., Ashraf Soliman, Manager, on the 

application of a BYOB (Bring Your Own 

Bottle). Anyone wishing to make comments 

is encouraged to attend. 

Robert M. O’Keefe, Chairman 

Board of Selectmen 

May 3, 2013 

NOTICE OF MORTGAGEE’S SALE OF 

REAL ESTATE 

Premises: 760 River Street, 

Winchendon, Massachusetts 

By virtue and in execution of the Power of 

Sale contained in a certain mortgage given 

by Roger O. LeBlanc to Mortgage 

Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., and 

now held by U.S. Bank National 

Association, as Trustee for TBW Mortgage- 

Backed Trust Series 2007-2, TBW 

Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, 

Series 2007-2, said mortgage dated March 

12, 2007, and recorded in the Worcester 

County (Worcester District) Registry of 

Deeds, in Book 40827 at Page 171, as 

affected by an assignment of Mortgage 

dated April 5, 2012, and recorded with said 

Deeds in Book 48817, Page 226, of which 

mortgage the undersigned is the present 

holder, for breach of the conditions in said 

Mortgage and for the purpose of foreclosing 

the same will be sold at Public Auction 

on May 24, 2013 at 12:00 PM Local Time 

upon the premises, all and singular the 

premises described in said mortgage, to 

wit: A certain parcel of land situated on the 

southerly side of River Street in 


Massachusetts, and being shown as Lot 2 

on plan entitled " Plan of Land Surveyed for 

Patten Corporation Northeast in 

Winchendon, Massachusetts," dated July 

1988, Scale 1"=100', surveyed by Kelly- 

Granger-Parsons and Associates, Inc., 

which plan is recorded with the Worcester 

District Registry of Deeds in Plan Book 

603, Plan 86, to which plan reference may 

be had for a more particular description of 

said Lot 2. The description of the property 

contained in the mortgage shall control in 

the event of a typographical error in this 

publication. For Mortgagor’s Title see deed 

dated March 12, 2007 and recorded in 

Book 40827 at Page 170 with the 

Worcester County (Worcester District) 

Registry of Deeds. TERMS OF SALE: Said 

premises will be sold and conveyed subject 

to all liens, encumbrances, unpaid taxes, 

tax titles, municipal liens and assessments, 

if any which take precedence over the said 

mortgage above described. FIVE THOU- 

SAND ($5,000.00) Dollars of the purchase 

price must be paid in cash, certified check, 

bank treasurer’s or cashier’s check at the 

time and place of the sale by the purchaser. 

The balance of the purchase price shall 

be paid in cash, certified check, bank treasurer’s 

or cashier’s check within thirty (30) 

days after the date of sale. Other terms to 

be announced at the sale. Marinosci Law 

Group, P.C., 1350 Division Road, Suite 

301, West Warwick, RI 02893 Attorney for 

U.S. Bank National Association, as Trustee 

for TBW Mortgage-Backed Trust Series 

2007-2, TBW Mortgage Pass-Through 

Certificates, Series 2007-2, Present Holder 

of the Mortgage (401) 234-9200 MLG File 

No. 12-04451FC, 1036456 5/3, 5/10, 

05/17/2013- 

May 3, 2013 

May 10, 2013 

May 17, 2013 

WINCHENDON 

Classifieds 

978-297-0050 

FAX 

978-297-2177



After the ball is over 

WINCHENDON — Beals 

Memorial Library has a lot to celebrate 

as it continues to recognize 

its 100th birthday. The Literary 

Ball held last weekend was a wonderful 

way to kick off the year of 

recognition; and it seems everyone 

got into the spirit of it all. 

Proclamations by the Senate and 

the House of Representatives 

were awarded, and Rep. Jon 

Zlotnik did stop by to make his 

presentation in person. 

Photos by Ruth DeAmicis, 

Heather Perreault and Tammy St. 

Pierre. 

Arrrgh mateys! Favorite literary characters did include these 

two, Maureen and Kris Provost who pirated their way into 

the place. Yes, they started out with a parrot on a shoulder 

but the darn thing was annoying. And it was very hard to 

dance while it was there, spoiling a very good time. 

Cindy D’Arcy was the mover and shaker behind 

the ball, and as she finally relaxed into the 

evening, even she had to admit that despite all 

the hard work, it really was a success. 

Channeling the great Keith Richards, chairman of 

the Board of Trustees Ron Muse was probably the 

most relaxed and least dressed up of anyone there. 

As a result, he was quite comfortable all evening 

long, and really got into the spirit of his character. 

Party on Ron. 

Of course our Goddess of Wisdom 

could be none other than Julia White 

Cardinal, who admitted that Athena’s 

wig was horribly uncomfortable. But 

what a great costume never the less. 

Still with stars in their eyes, Bud and Carla Fletcher 

make a great couple on the dance floor. Must be all 

that synchronized walking…. 

The Doc and the Dandy: Doc John Harrington deep in conversation with dapper Great Gatsby (Jack Blair) who 

spoke on behalf of the Beals Foundation. 

Hours and 

hours 

Courtesy photo 

Seniors in Monty 

T e c h ’ s 

Cabinetmaking 

program spent 

about 1,800 hours 

this year designing 

and building a 

solid cherry “New 

Century” style bedroom 

set, valued at 

$11,000 raffled 

April 12 and the 

proceeds will be 

used for scholarships. 

The set was 

on display at the 26th annual Superintendent’s Scholarship Dinner. Seated from left are 

Tyler Godin of 

Ashby, Sabrina 

Morrill of Fitchburg 

(a machine technology 

student who 

designed and made 

the hardware for the 

set) and Nick 

Johnson of 

Fitchburg. Back row 

left to right are 

Forrest Hyde of 

Fitchburg, Alex 

Kotoch of Athol, 

Sean Finney of 

Ashby, Darrion 

Donaghy of Gardner, 

Ashley Bailey of 

Templeton, Sydni 

Ayers of Royalston, 

Zachary White of 

Holden, Shane 

Draleau of Gardner, 

Xavier Pineau of 

Gardner, Olivia May 

of Barre and Nathan 

Williams of Gardner. 

Local 

Heroes 

FOUND HERE!

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