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Tantasqua lays out options for recouping cuts
BY CHRISTOPHER TANGUAY
STONEBRIDGE PRESS STAFF WRITER
STURBRIDGE — In the wake of
an $18 million reduction in regional
school district transportation
handed down from Beacon Hill
recently, the Tantasqua Regional
School District is weighing two
very heavy options in attempts to
offset their share of that burden.
According to Tantasqua
Superintendent Daniel G. Durgin,
the district’s state reimbursement
for transportation has been
reduced from almost complete to
only 29 percent over the last year.
This most recent reduction equates
to a loss of $226,000 on top of more
than $140,000 that was cut from the
district earlier in the summer.
As fees cannot be charged for
regional transport, Durgin said a
portion of that difference would
have to be made up through the five
district towns’ assessments.
“I did send out a letter to the
towns, all five communities,”
Durgin said at a meeting of the
Tantasqua Regional School
Committee on Tuesday, Nov. 17. “I
kind of warned them of the new
assessments based on these figures
to prepare them a little for what’s
coming on the towns’ side.”
Durgin went on to explain the
two options facing the district to
make up the remainder of the cost.
The decision of which option will
be pursued is ultimately up to the
Tantasqua Teachers Association.
Under what Durgin called
“option A,” $18,000 in stimulus
funds from Title 1 and $27,000 from
special education, as well as $20,000
from Medicaid, would be redirected
to transportation.
New purchases of library materials
would be halted and four cocurricular
activities would be cut
from the school under option A,
too.
Junior varsity cheerleading,
freshman basketball for boys and
girls and the Quabbin Music
Festival would all be on the chopping
block.
Another activity — the
Tantasqua Ski Club — would no
longer be funded by the school, but
rather by money generated by the
club’s own activities.
Durgin said the decision was
made to eliminate the first group of
activities because he does not see it
as a viable option to charge fees for
those groups.
The last caveat of option A is for
teachers to take a furlough day on
what is currently scheduled as a
professional development day in
March.
A furlough on that day alone
would save the district $63,000 in
salary dollars and an additional
$12,000 in other expenses.
Option B, Durgin said, is available
in case the teachers’ association
opts not to take the furlough.
Central office staff, Durgin said,
will take the furlough no matter
what.
Under option B, the professional
development day would be held inhouse
with no special guests or
extravagancies.
Salary reductions for certain
staff members may also be necessary
under scenario B, including
non-certified technical instructors
and a long-term substitute.
That substitute is filling in for a
teacher currently on maternity
leave, who requested an extension
of leave through the end of the
school year. That position will not
be filled during the second half of
the school year.
Per the school’s practices right
now, only select disciplines in the
technical school’s course offering
participate in cooperative working
arrangements. As part of option B,
students who are not in those programs
may still be eligible for coops,
getting them temporarily out
of the building, accommodating
the possible reduction in the technical
school.
Similar arrangements may also
be made in the junior high school,
which would result in a combination
of remedial reading classes
under the supervision of one Title
1 certified teacher.
Following the discussion of the
two directions the district can take
on the issue, member Francis
Simanski of Sturbridge thanked
the Tantasqua teachers for even
considering taking a furlough day.
“There are no villains here,”
Simanski said, explaining the
blame for these maneuvers does
not fall on the shoulders of anyone
in the district. “If there are villains,
they’re in Boston.”
At the end of the meeting, James
Cooke of Brookfield motioned that
Durgin send a letter to Gov. Deval
Patrick expressing the district’s
dismay over the recent cut.
Durgin said he had already
reached out to the governor as well
as local representatives and senators,
but that he would do so again.
“I’ve already expressed my individual
displeasure,” Cooke said,
“but I think it carries a little more
power when it comes from all of
us.”
Christopher Tanguay may be
reached at (508) 909-4132, or by e-
mail at ctanguay@stonebridgepress.com.
LEGALS
NOTICE OF MORTGAGEE'S SALE OF
REAL ESTATE
By virtue and in execution of the Power
of Sale contained in a certain mortgage
given by Sean E. Fitzpatrick to Mortgage
Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., dated
March 14, 2007 and recorded with the
Worcester County (Worcester District)
Registry of Deeds at Book 40851, Page 11,
of which mortgage U.S. Bank, National
Association, as successor trustee to Bank of
America, N.A. as successor by merger to
LaSalle Bank N.A., as Trustee for Merrill
Lynch First Franklin Mortgage Loan Trust,
Mortgage Loan Asset-Backed Certificates,
Series 2007-2 is the present holder, for
breach of the conditions of said mortgage
and for the purpose of foreclosing, the same
will be sold at Public Auction at 4:00 p.m. on
December 9, 2009, on the mortgaged premises
located at 17 Lake Shore Drive,
Spencer, Worcester County, Massachusetts,
all and singular the premises described in
said mortgage,
TO WIT:
The land with the buildings thereon situated
in Spencer, County of Worcester being
bounded and described as follows:
Parcel 1:
Being Lot #8 as shown on a plan entitled
''Thompson Lake Shores, Spencer,
Massachusetts'' made by Francis B.
Thompson, C.E., dated August 26, 1944 and
recorded with Worcester District Registry of
Deeds, Plan Book 134, Plan 29, bounded
and described as follows:
SOUTHEASTERLY by the westerly line of
Lake Shore Drive as shown on said plan, 49
feet;
SOUTHERLY by the northerly line of Lot #7
on said plan, 153 feet;
NORTHWESTERLY by the Thompson Lake
as shown on said plan, 50 feet, more or less;
and
NORTHERLY by the southerly line of Lot #9
as shown on said plan, 141 feet, more or
less.
Said premises are subject to the restrictions
set forth in deed from Thompson Lake
Shores, Inc. to Cornelius W. Fitzpatrick by
deed dated December 9, 1947 and duly
recorded in said deeds, Book 3100, Page
275.
Parcel 2:
Also another parcel of land shown as Lot 76
on the above referred to plan, bounded and
described as follows:
WESTERLY by Lake Shore Drive as shown
on said plan, 50 feet;
NORTHERLY by Lot 77 as shown on said
plan, 116.69 feet;
EASTERLY by Lot 108 as shown on said
plan, 50 feet;
SOUTHERLY by Lot 75 as shown on said
plan, 116.63 feet.
Subject to restrictions as recited in deed from
Thompson Lake Shores, Inc. to Harry A.
Osgood dated April 22, 1946 and recorded
with the Worcester District Registry of Deeds
in Book 2997, Page 46.
Parcel 3:
The land in Spencer, Worcester County,
Massachusetts, as shown on plan entitled
''Thompson Lake Shores, Spencer,
Massachusetts'' made by Francis B.
Thompson, C.E., dated August 1944 recorded
with Worcester District Registry of Deeds,
Plan Book 134, Plan 29, being lot 75 as
shown on said plan, bounded and described
as follows:
WESTERLY by Lake Shore Drive as shown
on said plan, 50 feet;
NORTHERLY by Lot 76 as shown on said
plan, 116.63 feet;
EASTERLY by Lot 109 as shown on said
plan, 50 feet;
SOUTHERLY by Lot 74 as shown on said
plan, 116.57 feet.
For mortgagor's(s') title see deed recorded
with Worcester County (Worcester
District) Registry of Deeds in Book 27000,
Page 286.
These premises will be sold and conveyed
subject to and with the benefit of all
rights, rights of way, restrictions, easements,
covenants, liens or claims in the nature of
liens, improvements, public assessments,
any and all unpaid taxes, tax titles, tax liens,
water and sewer liens and any other municipal
assessments or liens or existing encumbrances
of record which are in force and are
applicable, having priority over said mortgage,
whether or not reference to such
restrictions, easements, improvements, liens
or encumbrances is made in the deed.
TERMS OF SALE:
A deposit of Five Thousand ($5,000.00)
Dollars by certified or bank check will be
required to be paid by the purchaser at the
time and place of sale. The balance is to be
paid by certified or bank check at Harmon
Law Offices, P.C., 150 California Street,
Newton, Massachusetts 02458, or by mail to
P.O. Box 610389, Newton Highlands,
Massachusetts 02461-0389, within thirty (30)
days from the date of sale. Deed will be provided
to purchaser for recording upon receipt
in full of the purchase price. The description
of the premises contained in said mortgage
shall control in the event of an error in this
publication.
Other terms, if any, to be announced at
the sale.
U.S. BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS
SUCCESSOR TRUSTEE TO BANK OF
AMERICA, N.A. AS SUCCESSOR BY
MERGER TO LASALLE BANK N.A., AS
TRUSTEE FOR MERRILL LYNCH FIRST
FRANKLIN MORTGAGE LOAN TRUST,
MORTGAGE LOAN ASSET-BACKED
CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2007-2
Present holder of said mortgage
By its Attorneys,
HARMON LAW OFFICES, P.C.
150 California Street
Newton, MA 02458
(617) 558-0500
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November 27, 2009
Town of West Brookfield
Zoning Board of Appeals
A public hearing will be held on Tuesday,
December 1, 2009 at 7:30 p.m. at the West
Brookfield Town Hall, Conference Room, to
act on an application for a Special Permit for
Susan Guzik for the property located at 37
East Main Street, West Brookfield, to operate
a retail shop for antiques and giftware at the
existing non-conforming dwelling in the Town
Common Overlay District. A Special Permit is
required under §8. Town Common Overlay,
et al. The public is invited to attend.
Joan Veinot, Clerk
November 20, 2009
November 27, 2009
Town of Spencer
Conservation Commission
PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE
In accordance with the requirements of
the Massachusetts Wetland Protection Act,
MGL c. 131, s. 40 and the Spencer Wetlands
By-Law:
Alan Berman has filed a Request for
Determination of Applicability with the
Spencer Conservation Commission to
remove four pine trees and general landscaping
located at 41 & 43 Point Eastalee
Drive, Spencer, MA.
Arnold Arsenault has filed a Request for
Determination of Applicability with the
Spencer Conservation Commission to install
a foundation perimeter drain around his
house located at 88 Hastings Road,
Spencer, MA.
Applications can be reviewed at the
Office of Development and Inspectional
Services, Town Hall. A public hearing regarding
these filings will be held by the Spencer
Conservation Commission at the Richard
Sugden Library in the Community Room
located on Pleasant Street on Wednesday,
December 9, 2009, at which time all persons
having an interest may be present and participate.
Conservation Commission meetings
open at 7:00 p.m., public hearings begin at
7:15 p.m.
Ernie Grimes, Chairman
November 27, 2009
TOWN OF NORTH BROOKFIELD
BOARD OF SELECTMEN
Notice is hereby given that the Board of
Selectmen will hold a public hearing on the
renewal of all Alcoholic Beverage Licenses
for 2010 on Tuesday, December 15, 2009 at
7:15 PM in the Senior Center, 29 Forest
Street, North Brookfield. All interested parties
are urged to attend.
November 27, 2009
December 4, 2009
TOWN OF NORTH BROOKFIELD
BOARD OF SELECTMEN
Notice is hereby given that the Board of
Selectmen will hold a public hearing on the
renewal of all Class, II, Class III, and all other
licenses for 2010 on Tuesday, December 15,
2009 at 7:30 PM in the Senior Center, 29
Forest Street, North Brookfield. All interested
parties are urged to attend.
November 27, 2009
December 4, 2009
Notice of Public Hearing –
Spencer Planning Board
At the regularly scheduled Planning
Board meeting to be held on Tuesday,
December 15, 2009 in McCourt Social Hall of
Memorial Town Hall, 157 Main Street,
Spencer, MA, a public hearing will be held on
the following item starting at 7:00 PM or as
soon thereafter as can be heard:
Amendment to an Approved
Definitive Subdivision Plan - Sunset
Holmes, located off Sunset Lane & Holmes
Street, Spencer (Assessor’s Map U6,
Parcels 117 & 152). The application was submitted
by Mr. Richard Hill. The applicant is
requesting an extension time for completion
on the definitive subdivision plan. This subdivision
plan was approved by the Planning
Board on November 14, 2005, and subsequently
amended on September 18, 2006
and December 16, 2008.
Interested parties may review the applications
at the Office of Development &
Inspectional Services in Memorial Town Hall
during regular business hours.
November 27, 2009
December 4, 2009
NOTICE OF MORTGAGEE'S SALE OF
REAL ESTATE
By virtue and in execution of the Power
of Sale contained in a certain mortgage
given by Corban J. Elmore, Rachel Elmore
to Mortgage Electronic Registration
Systems, Inc., as nominee for New Century
Mortgage Corporation dated February 12,
2007, recorded with the Worcester County
(Worcester District) Registry of Deeds in
Book 40719, Page 67 of which mortgage the
undersigned is the present holder for breach
of conditions of said mortgage and for the
purpose of foreclosing the same will be sold
at PUBLIC AUCTION at 03:00 PM on
December 23, 2009, on the mortgaged
premises. The entire mortgaged premises,
all and singular, the premises as described in
said mortgage:
All that parcel of land in Spencer,
Worcester County, Commonwealth of
Massachusetts, as more fully described in
Deed Book 38087, Page 37, ID# R08-53-2,
being known and designated as Lot 9B, Plan
of Land in Spencer, MA, filed in Plat Book
688, Page 29, Recorded 07/08/1994. The
land on the southerly side of Bacon Hill Road
in Spencer, Worcester County,
Massachusetts, shown as Lot 9B on a plan
entitled, “Plan of Land in Spencer, MA., surveyed
for Conrad J Lussier, Donald A Para,
land surveyor, New Braintree, MA., scale
1”=80”, July 8,1994, which plan is recorded
with the Worcester District Registry of Deeds
in Plan Book 688, Plan 29. By fee simple
deed from Corban J. Elmore as set forth in
Book 38087 Page 37 dated 12/05/2005 and
recorded 12/23/2005, Worcester County
Records, Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Subject to and with the benefit of easements,
reservation, restrictions, and taking of
record, if any, insofar as the same are now in
force and applicable.
In the event of any typographical error
set forth herein in the legal description of the
premises, the description as set forth and
contained in the mortgage shall control by
reference.
This property has the address of 46
Bacon Hill Road, Spencer, MA 01562
Together with all the improvements now
or hereafter erected on the property and all
easements, rights, appurtenances, rents,
royalties, mineral, oil and gas rights and profits,
water rights and stock and all fixtures
now or hereafter a part of the property. All
replacements and additions shall also be
covered by this sale.
Terms of Sale: Said premises will be
sold subject to any and all unpaid taxes and
assessments, tax sales, tax titles and other
municipal liens and water or sewer liens and
State or County transfer fees, if any there
are, and TEN THOUSAND DOLLARS
($10,000.00) in cashier's or certified check
will be required to be paid by the purchaser
at the time and place of the sale as a deposit
and the balance in cashier's or certified
check will be due in thirty (30) days, at the
offices of Doonan, Graves & Longoria, LLC,
100 Cummings Center, Suite 225D, Beverly,
MA 01915, time being of the essence.
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.
The premises is to be sold subject to and
with the benefit of all easements, restrictions,
leases, tenancies, and rights of possession,
building and zoning laws, encumbrances,
condominium liens, if any and all other claim
in the nature of liens, if any there be.
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 attorneys,
DOONAN, GRAVES, & LONGORIA L.L.C.,
100 Cummings Center, Suite 225D, Beverly,
Massachusetts, 01915, 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 thirty (30) days of said
written notice.
If the second highest bidder declines to
purchase the within described property, the
Mortgagee reserves the right to purchase the
within described property at the amount bid
by the second highest bidder.
The foreclosure deed and the consideration
paid by the successful bidder shall be
held in escrow by DOONAN, GRAVES, &
LONGORIA L.L.C., (hereinafter called the
"Escrow Agent") until the deed shall be
released from escrow to the successful bidder
at the same time as the consideration is
released to the Mortgagee, thirty (30) days
after the date of sale, whereupon all obligations
of the Escrow Agent shall be deemed to
have been properly fulfilled and the Escrow
Agent shall be discharged.
Other terms to be announced at the
sale.
Dated: November 18, 2009, Deutsche Bank
National Trust Company as Trustee under
Pooling and Servicing Agreement Dated as
of June 1, 2007 Securitized Asset Backed
Receivables LLC Trust 2007-BR5 Mortgage
Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2007-
BR5, By: Reneau Longoria. Esq., DOONAN,
GRAVES, & LONGORIA LLC, 100
Cummings Center, Suite 225D, Beverly, MA
01915, 978-921-2670, www.dgandl.com
(2331.17F2/Elmore)(11/27/09, 12/04/09,
12/11/09)(178690)
November 27, 2009
December 4, 2009
December 11, 2009