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Medway Annual Christmas Parade 

in Its 25th Year 

By J.D. O’Gara 

Jingle bells, holiday lights and other 

Christmas embellishments will adorn 

floats, antique vehicles, fire trucks and 

more as the Medway Christmas Parade 

reaches its 25th year on Saturday, November 

25th, at 5:30 p.m. The parade 

begins at Medway Middle School on 

Holliston Street, proceeding around 

the corner to Main Street, up to Choate 

Park. 

“You’re talking about a wonderful 

Medway tradition, and that’s what I 

want this to be about,” says Parrella, 

who chairs the Medway Christmas Parade 

Committee. “We’re not a religious 

group, but Christmas is a national holiday. 

We want to offer everyone good 

health, prosperity and peace, regardless 

of race, gender, nationality, religion. 

It doesn’t matter. That’s what we’re 

about, and that’s what it should be all 

year, but we want to emphasize it in the 

Christmas season.” 

As with previous years, Parrella says, 

“we are going to have a large contingent 

fire apparatus – -- and awards are 

The Voice of Your Community 

It’s the 25th anniversary of the Medway Christmas Parade, which invites local 

groups to participate and features floats, fire trucks, antique cars and more. Don’t 

miss it on Saturday, November 25th, at 5:30 p.m. Photo used courtesy of Tim Rice 

Photo. Timricephoto.com 

given for various types of fire apparatus,” 

says Parrella. Last year, we had 40 

fire trucks in our parade.” Parrella says 

PARADE 

continued on page 9 

Millis New 

Elementary 

School Up for 

Re-Vote 

Final Article on 

November 6 Town 

Warrant to Take Vote 

Again on Override 


It’s time for another vote, say the Millis 

Board of Selectmen with their decision to 

place the question of a $51.765,857 override 

for the construction of a new replacement facility 

for the existing Clyde Brown Elementary 

School again on the ballot for the Fall 2017 

meeting, to take place November 6, 2017, 

at 7:30 p.m., at Millis Middle School/High 

School auditorium. Article 30 on the upcoming 

Town Meeting warrant contains the same 

wording as Article 13 on the spring warrant, 

which passed 460 to 72. 

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Gravestones for These Medway 

Veterans, after 150 Years 


On Veteran’s Day, just after 

the Medway ceremony at Matondi 

Square, some other veterans 

will receive an honor for 

which they’ve waited 150 years. 

Thanks to Tom A. C. Ellis, Jr., 

Medway historian and author 

of Medway & Millis Civil War Service: 

A History and Roster, written 

for Medway’s Tercentennial, six 

soldiers buried in Oakland Cemetery 

on Barber Street in Medway 

will finally have headstones 

dedicated in their memory. 

“There were no recordings 

of the Civil War veterans,” says 

Ellis, who had combed local 

cemeteries for information on 

soldiers from the era. When he 

found those born from 1810- 

1840, he then checked their 

names with the state adjutant’s 

office for records. 

“I was able to find veterans 

people didn’t even know were 

veterans,” says Ellis, whose work 

on this project took him about 

a year to accomplish. “I came 

across a grave that had six soldiers 

buried in it.” The area, in 

Section A of the Oakland Cemetery, 

was known as “Soldiers 

Lot.” 

Ellis says he was able to get 

hold of a WPA (work program 

administration) list of Civil War 

veterans that helped him to identify 

the six men buried there. The 

Medway Historical Commission 

contacted the Veterans Administration, 

which provided the headstones. 

The ceremony dedicating the 

headstones will feature a 21-gun 

salute by 13th Massachusetts 

Regimental Volunteer Infantry 

reenactors. “They’re coming 

with muskets, in full uniform of 

the Civil War,” says Ellis. 

The six U.S. soldiers to be 

honored, with descriptions garnered 

from Ellis’ book, include: 

Dain, Henry R. enlisted for 

three years as a private at the age 

of 33 into the 3rd Regt. Mass. 

Vol. Cav. Co. “D” February 26, 

1864, and received a $325.00 

state bounty. His occupation was 

that of a teamster. He resided in 

Medway, but was born in Royalston, 

Vermont on March 10, 

1831, to Rice O. and Mary and 

died on September 14, 1864 near 

Winchester, Va. 

Hixon, Egbert Oswell enlisted 

at the age of 34 into the 

8th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry 

Company “D” (known as 

the “Lynn Light Infantry”) April 

30, 1861, (3 months) and was 

discharged from that unit August 

1, 1861. He then re-enlisted 

for three years as a private at 

age 35 into the 1st Company of 

Andrew Sharpshooters September 

4, 1861, at Camp Saunders 

in Lynnfield. He deserted from 

the Sharpshooters September 

4, 1862. He then enlisted in the 

124th Ohio Infantry Company 

“C” December 21, 1863, for 

three years under the name of 

“Hicks.” He died of malaria 

November 22, 1864, in Nashville 

Tennessee as a result of that 

service. He resided in Medway, 

where he worked as a bootmaker. 

He was born on August 1, 1824, 

Shown are the graves of six Civil War soldiers buried in Medway’s 

Oakland Cemetery that had gone without identification or headstones 

until local historian Tom Ellis was able to identify those buried. The 

headstones will be dedicated in a ceremony on November 11th, with 

a 21-gun salute by 13th Massachusetts Regimental Volunteer Infantry 

reenactors. 

in Medway to Isaac and Persis 

(Adams), was married and had 

four children, 

Houghton, Albert C. enlisted 

for three years as a private at the 

age of 20 into the 2nd Mass. Vol. 

Inf. Co. “E” May 25, 1861, at 

Camp Andrew in West Roxbury. 

He was promoted to corporal 

April 1, 1863. He went through 

all the action of the 2nd, up to 

the Battle of Chancellorsville, 

Va., where he was hit by artillery 

in the leg, which nearly severed 

it. He was killed in that action 

May 3, 1863. He resided in Medway, 

where he worked as a boot 

stitcher. He was born around 

1841, in Newton to Abel S. and 

Hannah (Chamberlain). 

Miller, Louis L. enlisted for 

three years as a private at the age 

of 20 into the 12th Mass. Vol. 

Inf. Co. “E” in June of 1861, at 

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Medway Veterans 

Day 2017 


Veterans Day ceremonies in 

Medway will commence at Matondi 

Square in Medway on November 

11, at 11 a.m., at which 

time the churches of the town 

will simultaneously ring their 

bells. The ceremony will consist 

of a proclamation by the Chair 

of Medway’s Board of Selectmen, 

as well as commentary by 

members of the Medway Memorial 

Committee and local 

clergy. The public is invited to 

the gathering, which will take 

place in Medway Village Church 

in case of inclement weather. 

Following the event at Matondi 

Square, a separate ceremony 

dedicating memorial 

headstones to six Civil War veterans 

will take place at Oakland 

Cemetery. 

At 12:30 p.m., the Medway 

Senior Center, 76 Oakland 

Street, Medway, will serve a 

luncheon for veterans and their 

guests. All veterans interested in 

attending the luncheon should 

contact Courtney Riley at the 

Medway Senior Center at (508) 

533-3210. 

Veterans’ 

Day in 

Millis 

The Millis Veterans Day Ceremony 

will take place on Saturday, 

November 11, 2017 and will 

be held at the Memorial Park located 

in front of the Millis Town 

Hall and will begin promptly 

at 11 a.m. The Master of Ceremonies 

will be, Lawrence J. 

McCarter, SMSgt, USAF (Ret) 

1st Vice Commander of the 

American Legion Post 208. The 

featured speaker will be Harold 

Crosby, American Legion Post 

208 who will speak about “The 

Band of Brothers.” 

St. Brendan Parish 

Fall Fair 

St. Brendan Parish 

is pleased to announce their 

53rd Annual Fall Fair will be 

held on Saturday and Sunday, 

November 4th and 5th. The 

Fair will be open from 9 a.m. 

to 4 p.m. on both days. St. 

Brendan Parish is located at 

384 Hartford Avenue (Rte. 

126) in Bellingham). 

The Fair has something 

for everyone. Some of 

the highlights include: White 

Elephant, Handicrafts, Holiday 

Crafts, Used Books, and 

the ever popular Penny Social. 

Stop by the Food Emporium 

for lunch or a snack. The 

Bake Table offers delicious 

baked goods and fresh made 

pasta. There will be children’s 

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Fort Warren, Boston Harbor. He 

was wounded in the leg August 

30, 1862, at the 1st Bull Run 

battle. He died from that wound 

October 2, 1862, at a hospital 

in Washington. He resided in 

Medway, where he worked as a 

clerk. He was born in Franklin 

on August 17, 1840, to Warren 

and Emily. 

Read, George H. enlisted for 

three months as a corporal at the 

age of 20 into the 1st R.I. Vol 

Inf. Co. “H” in April of 1861. 

He was discharged in July of 

1861. He returned to Medway, 

and re-enlisted October 31, 

1861, for three years into the 1st 

Mass. Vol. Cav. Co. “I”, the 1st 

became the 4th Mass. Vol. Cav. 

Co. “I”. He again re-enlisted for 

three years into the 4th Mass. 

Vol. Cav. and received a $499.33 

state bounty. He became very 

sick while in Florida, and was detailed 

as a clerk for the Regimental 

Quartermaster. He resided in 


jeweler. He was born in Medway 

on February 12, 1841, to George 

and Louisa (Fairbanks), and died 

February 25, 1866, of pulmonary 

consumption, after being 

discharged after the war ended 

the previous November. 

Treen, John S. enlisted for 

three years as a private at the 

age of 22 into the 2nd Mass. 

Vol. Inf. Co. “E” May 25, 1861, 

at Camp Andrew in West Roxbury. 

He was in all his regiment’s 

action until he was killed in action 

September 17, 1862, at the 

battle of Antietam. He resided in 


bootmaker. He was born at Wallace 

River, Nova Scotia, Canada, 

around 1839, to Joseph and Lucretia. 

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VOTE 


If the vote passes, the Massachusetts 

School Board Association 

will reimburse the town for 

approximately 57% of eligible 

costs, which translates to about 

41% of total project costs. That 

amounts to a cost for the Town 

for $30.3 - $31 million for the 

new school. The Millis Elementary 

School Board Committee 

had estimated that the cost of 

“doing nothing,” or not approving 

funding for the new school 

would be a comparable $34.6 

million in work needed to renovate 

the existing school and bring 

it up to code. 

The Town of Millis was challenged 

by citizen John Fitzgerald 

following the vote on Article 13, 

as he filed a lawsuit in Superior 

Court against the town on June 


19th. Fitzgerald, who had motioned 

at Spring Town Meeting 

to table Article 13 in order 

to have the town consider other 

locations for the school and not 

cut down trees, a motion that 

did not pass and ended with the 

vote proceeding, argued that the 

Town Moderator had misled 

voters by leading them to believe 

that tabling the school vote 

would jeopardize funding from 

the Massachusetts School Board 

Association. 

Fitzgerald also complained to 

the Massachusetts Environmental 

Protection Agency (MEPA), 

which placed the project on 

hold pending a public commentary 

period and review. On 

September 22nd (EEA#15749), 

the Mass. Executive Office of 

Environmental and Energy Affairs 

(EEA), in a letter signed by 

Matthew Beaton after receiving 

over 450 comments both for 

and against the project by Millis 

residents, decided that the Clyde 

Brown School Elementary Project 

would not require any further 

MEPA review. It concluded: 

“The ENF has sufficiently 

defined the nature and general 

elements of the project for the 

purposes of MEPA review and 

demonstrated that the project’s 

environmental impacts will be 

avoided, minimized and/or mitigated 

to the extent practicable. 

Based on the information in the 

ENF and after consultation with 

State Agencies, I find that no further 

MEPA review is required at 

this time.” 

In a letter to Millis’ town attorney 

on October 5th, Fitzgerald 

threatened to take the matter 

to federal court to defend his 

constitutional right to sue. 

“I had hoped to avoid the 

necessity to reach constitutional 

issues in federal court, but with 

the MEPA process complete, 

the builder having threatened at 

the last Planning Board meeting 

to begin construction as early 

as November, the Town having 

challenged the jurisdiction of the 

Superior Court, and the Town 

having opted not to place Article 

13 before the voters for a clean 

vote at the upcoming November 

2017 Town Meeting, the town 

left me with no choice but to proceed 

with the federal suit,” wrote 

Fitzgerald. 

At the upcoming November 

6th Millis Town Meeting, 

Fitzgerald had added by petition, 

two articles to the town 

warrant, articles 28 and 29. The 

first article petitioned asks voters 

to “cease and desist from demolishing 

the hill by the bandstand, 

and from cutting down trees 

thereupon, and block construction 

of an elementary school on 

that site;” the second, article 29, 

requests that voters re-designate 

“The Hill” as parkland, transferring 

that 6.4 acre parcel of land 

back to parks and recreation. 

With Article 30, it seems, Millis 

voters may once again have 

the chance to decide on the fate 

of the new elementary school. 

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On This Earth for 103 Years 

Doris Wilber, Medway’s Oldest Resident 

By Judith Dorato O’Gara 

Doris Wilber just celebrated a 

birthday. That might not sound 

significant, until you understand 

that she was born on October 

21st, 1914. At 103 years old, Doris 

Wilber, who’s lived in Medway for 

over 82 years, is the Town’s oldest 

resident. And she’s a peach. 

“I got married when I was 21,” 

says Doris, who was married for 

over 63 years to Earl William Wilber. 

She grew up in Framingham, 

but moved to Medway the night 

of her wedding. 

“After the reception in our 

house, my uncle drove us to Medway, 

and we came here at eleven at 

night. It was my honeymoon cottage,” 

laughs Doris. “Four rooms, 

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to take a bath,” she remembers. 

“There were no paper diapers, either, 

and we couldn’t afford them 

if they had them.” 

Doris and Earl had five children, 

and although they sadly lost 

their first child, a boy, the couple 

raised four children in Medway, in 

their birth order, Suzanne, Richard, 

Linda and Donna. Now, says 

Doris, she’s the grandmother of 

nine and the proud great grandmother 

of 17. 

“They’re all wonderful, but 

they live far away, most of them,” 

she says, “but thank the Lord for 

the telephone.” 

Neither Doris, nor her husband 

Earl, ever drove nor owned a car. 

Not getting her driver’s license, says 

Doris’ youngest daughter Donna, 

is the centenarian’s one regret. 

“We walked everywhere,” says 

Doris, who worked until 87 years 

old cleaning houses. “Most of the 

places came and picked me up, 

and we had wonderful friends, 

wonderful, and I still have a couple,” 

says Doris, who even got 

weekly rides to the supermarket, 

where she could find her favorite 

cinnamon doughnuts. 

“I eat a doughnut every day,” 

says Doris, who has a love for great 

foods and announces she’s never 

been on a diet in her life, “and I 

keep happy and smiling and like 

people, enjoy people, especially 

old ones.” 

She loved to cook, too. Until 

a few years ago, says Donna, her 

mother would make “the best 

cakes you ever had in your life, 

with the best frosting in the world. 

Although Doris loves to eat, she 

didn’t eat fast food, says Donna. 

“Every single night, we had a 

home cooked meal,” she says. 

Cooking at home didn’t mean 

Doris stayed there. “I love to go!” 

she says, whether getting out during 

the day for outings with friends 

or traveling greater distances by 

car or airplane. 

Doris also remains active in the 

Rosalie Rebekah Lodge, of which 

she’s been a member for 73 years. 

“I feel it has kept her alive,” 

says Donna. “She’s met so many 

people and had so many friends. 

It’s taken her places (such as the 

Rose Bowl). 

“I still go to the meetings,” 

says Doris. “I don’t have a car, 

and I can’t walk there anymore, 

but I have a couple, Walter and 

Carolyn Johnson – every second 

and fourth Monday, they pick me 

up,” she says. “I enjoy being with 

people and going to the meetings, 

and the refreshments are always 

good, although people don’t bake 

like they used to.” 

Doris also gets out to play cards 

once a week. These days, she loves 

Uno, she says. Her friend picks her 

up, and “after 4 o’clock we go and 

have a feast somewhere. I have a 

wonderful time,” says Doris. 

Times have changed, says 

Doris. She can’t seem to find too 

many programs on TV these 

days, although she likes watching 

people win on a good gameshow. 

She also says drivers seemed 

more courteous years ago, and 

“the dear men, they don’t remove 

their hats anymore.” 

Jeans are also a trend that’s not 

for her. 

“I don’t like dungarees, and 

now they wear them to church,” 

says Doris. “I like good old fashioned 

house dresses. You used to 

put on your house dress and an 

apron.” Current swimsuit trends 

are a bit shocking as well. “They 

might as well walk around naked,” 

she laughs. Music has changed, 

too, and Doris prefers the crooners 

of yesteryear to today’s tunes, with 

her favorite being “Pennies from 

Heaven.” Her husband Earl, she 

says, was a wonderful singer. 

“I still love the old music,” says 

Doris. “Sometimes, when I go up 

to my Suzanne’s, (we listen to) old 

records.” 

Still, of her life at the Medway 

senior housing, where she’s lived 

for 15 years, Doris says, “I love 

every minute.” She has advice 

for those who are looking for her 

youthful secret. 

“Don’t ever think of leaving,” 

says Doris, who has outlived many 

beloved friends and family, including 

her beloved cat, Blackie. 

“You’ve got to think positive. I 

have a friend, Rita Fahey. I talk 

to her every day, and she’ll say, 

‘Doris, all our old friends are gone. 

I hope you thank the Lord every 

day.’ I say, ‘Rita, I do.’” 

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public works chief of operations 

Jim McKay, and about 

twenty residents. 

Stormwater runoff is precipitation—most 

often rain and 

melted snow—that flows over 

impervious surfaces that prevent 

the precipitation from draining 

into the ground. A single-family 

home in town has impervious 

surfaces like rooftops, driveways, 

and patios, while commercial 

parcels include the same, along 

with parking lots and outbuildings. 

The town regularly performs 

stormwater management services 

like catch basin cleaning, street 

sweeping, leaf litter cleanup, 

construction site inspection, and 

constructing and maintaining the 

town’s sewer and drainage systems. 

New regulations will force 

the town to strengthen best practices 

in these areas. 

There are about 4,000 land 

parcels in Millis, and each of 

these, whether they’re residential, 

commercial, municipal, or 

belonging to an organization, 

would pay into the proposed utility. 

Ms. Frederick showed how 

geographic information system 

(GIS) mapping calculates the 

rough square footage of impervious 

surface for each parcel of 

land in Millis. She also said GIS 

data would be verified for each 

parcel. 

Mr. Guzinski and Mr. McCaffrey 

detailed why the town has 

recommended the creation of a 

new stormwater utility to fund 

compliance and activities. Millis 

currently funds stormwater management 

activities through the 

General Fund via taxation, but 

with the new regulations increasing 

the amount of activity to 

comply, the town needed to look 

at different funding methods. 

Transitioning the program to 

a stormwater utility, a fund solely 

dedicated to the cost of stormwater 

management, is the town’s 

attempt to ensure that all parcel 

owners contribute monetarily in 

as fair a way as possible. 

Since a stormwater utility is 

unrelated to property value or 

taxes, all property owners with 

developed land in town would 

receive a quarterly or annual bill, 

like the current water and sewer 

bill. 

Exact costs for a new utility 

will be set if the warrant article 

passes at town meeting. Early 

estimates put the cost at three to 

five dollars per month for each 

1,000 square feet of impervious 

surface per parcel, rounded to 

the nearest 1,000. Town leaders 

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home in town would generate an 

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less than one hundred dollars. 

Ms. Frederick and attendees 

also discussed credits, which 

could partially offset a parcel 

owner’s annual fee. Until the 

utility is adopted, the specifics 

around what would constitute a 

credit, and how much the credits 

would be, are theoretical. However, 

other locales with stormwater 

utilities offer credits for 

best practices like rain barrels, or 

installing rain-sensing sprinkler 

systems. 

Several residents brought up 

interesting questions. If a contained 

community like Rockville 

Meadows has its own stormwater 

retention system, would they automatically 

get a credit? If one’s 

driveway sloped down from the 

street instead of into it, thus keeping 

runoff on one’s own property, 

would that deserve a credit? How 

about gravel driveways instead of 

asphalt driveways? Mr. McCaffrey 

said credits will be developed 

with public input after the town 

meeting if the utility is approved. 

The Clean Water Act of 1972 

significantly strengthened earlier 

legislation concerning the discharge 

into and cleanliness of all 

US waterways. Millis is operating 

under a permit, called the Municipal 

Separate Storm Sewer 

System, or MS4, issued in 2003. 

That permit covers about 260 

MS4 towns and other municipalities 

throughout Massachusetts. 

Millis’s permit has since expired, 

but the EPA has kept the permit 

valid by renewing it while they’ve 

finalized the new requirements. 

The new MS4 permit and 

increased regulations go into effect 

on July 1, 2018. All of the 

affected towns, including Millis, 

have to decide how to best fund 

their stormwater management to 

meet these new regulations. The 

legislation is an unfunded mandate—with 

no money provided 

for fulfilling those requirements. 

A stormwater management 

area of concern high on Millis’s 

list is phosphorus—specifically, 

runoff into the Charles River 

and the tributaries feeding it. 

Millis must either decrease the 

amount of phosphorus entering 

the waters, or keep more stormwater 

out of the waters by shunting 

it to undeveloped land, which 

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become familiar with police and 

fire. If Jamie needs to be taken by 

ambulance, she’s comfortable, a 

little less stressful,” says Guindon. 

The event included the ability 

to climb right into some of the 

vehicles which had lights flashing. 

Despite some morning rain, 

Noonan says, “We had a pretty 

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get word out about their group. 

“It’s really starting up,” says 

Noonan, who says the group, 

which is required by law, had 

become adversarial with the 

school department in the past. 

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an event in itself among the firefighting 

crowd, with towns far 

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“The farthest was from 

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Providence, some from Rhode 

Island, western Mass. with a 

couple of antique trucks. We’ve 

had them from all over the area, 

and there’s a collation at the fire 

station for those who are participating. 

All the trucks are given 

awards, such as ‘oldest,’ and 

‘best-lit,’ and ‘farthest.’ Even the 

city of Boston sent a truck last 

year. Michael Boynton, town 

administrator, he’s a fire department 

buff and coordinates whole 

thing with the Medway Fire Association,” 

says Parrella. 

“Also in the parade, we have 

a number of floats donated by 

Mickey Rojee and family, and 

Santa Claus is going to have one 

of those floats, always the last 

float,” says Parrella. “We also 

invite residents to participate 

This plaque, commemorating all of the Grand Marshalls in the 25 years 

of the Medway Christmas Parade, will be unveiled at the honoring of 

this year’s parade Grand Marshalls. 

with antique cars, trucks, antique 

commercial vehicles. Different 

organizations and groups 

do that sometimes. They meet at 

the Medway Middle School at 5 

p.m., and they should try to notify 

us if they can.” 

Santa, of course, will arrive 

via Medway Fire Department 

escort to Choate Park, where the 

tree lighting and presentation of 

Grand Marshalls and a special 

25th anniversary commemorative 

plaque listing past Grand 

Marshalls will be followed by 

Visits with Santa at the Thayer 

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Grand Marshalls include : 

Medway Police officers Dave 

McRoberts, Donald “Punky “ 

Grimes, Richard Simard and 

William Boultonhouse, as well 

as Fred Sybley, of the Medway 

DPS. Medway’s oldest resident, 

Doris Wilbur, has also been asked 

to ride along in the parade. 

“Last year, we had a new tree 

installed,” says Parrella. “The 

tree was donated by the Robert 

Marzilli Company.” The Medway 

Christmas Parade Committee 

works to put up decorations 

and lights, with help from Medway 

Fire, he says. 

Santa will visit with local 

children at the Thayer House, 

where parents can take their 

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“Pictures with Santa are no 

charge,” says Parrella, although 

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major sponsors, especially, he 

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have kept the Medway Christmas 

Parade alive all these years. 

“We have to raise over $11,000, 

and at least half goes to the 

fireworks display as part of the 

ending ceremonies,” says Parrella, 

referring to the fireworks 

lit over Choate Pond provided by 

American Thunder Fireworks, 

who, Parrella says, have provided 

fireworks for the event “since day 

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In addition to major business 

sponsors, the town-wide yard sale 

saw 78 yard sales this year, and 

with maps sold, the event raised 

over $1,300 that served as a good 

kickoff to Medway Christmas Parade 

fundraising. 

Parrella says he would love to 

see more individuals chip in to 

keep the parade happening. The 

Medway Christmas Parade committee 

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men and women who are currently deployed 

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Thanks to Yanks has just launched its 

annual Hope for Heroes donation drive, 

which it will hold from November 8-11. 

The drive is a collection for homeless veterans 

residing at various veteran shelters, 

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Medway Students Get a Little Pet Therapy 


During Mental Health 

Awareness Week, last month, a 

few furry faces brought a lot of 

smiles to Medway High School 

students. The school hosted local 

therapy dogs as a way to start the 

day off in a positive manner. 

“Therapy dogs at the HS 

came about four years 

ago when Kathy Cummings 

one of our school 

counselors mentioned 

that the Peer Counselors 

were looking into 

it,” says Karl Infanger, 

teacher at MHS, whose 

dog, Kallie, is trained as a 

therapy dog by Therapy 

Dog International, run 

by Pat Gipps, of Holliston. 

“The first three 

years, the dogs came in 

as needed during times 

identified by the counselors 

and administration 

where students may 

face increased levels of 

anxiety like finals or the 

death of a student.” 

“Mr. Infanger and I got support 

from Ryan Sherman, (Medway’s 

Wellness Director), and 

that allowed us to bring the dogs 

in more frequently. The kids love 

it,” says Guidance Counselor Allison 

Jasmin, who is an advisor to 

the Peer Council along with coadvisor, 

Carl Rice. 

This year, the therapy dogs are 

scheduled to come in four mornings, 

to bring calm and cheer to 

the students. 

“I think the dogs are really an 

awesome way to kind of release 

some stress,” says Dante Pantaleo, 

senior and co-president of 

the Peer Council at Medway 

High School. “This week is Mental 

Health Awareness week, so we 

brought them in. Other times we 

think it’s beneficial to bring the 

dogs is during midterms and finals, 

and a couple of years ago, 

we experienced a school tragedy, 

and so we brought the dogs in to 

kind of take the students’ minds 

off the tragedy.” 

Dante applied to be a peer 

counselor, he says, because “I 

wanted to try and make a difference 

in my school community 

and brighten people’s days in any 

way I could.” 

“I think (the therapy dog program) 

has been great, especially 

when we’re able to promote 

it and let the student’s know. 

Each time we bring them in, the 

crowds get larger and larger. It’s 

a nice way to start the day, just in 

dealing with every day stressors,” 

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way we can cope.” 

“I heard one kid say ‘I wish 

we could have them every single 

day,’” says Dante. “I personally 

think, from personal experience 

…if I’d walk in and the dogs 

were here it would put a smile on 

my face. It is just something to 

take your mind off of whatever, 

and it really makes a difference 

throughout the day.” 

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Franklin Downtown Expansion 

Debuts New Café and More 

Franklin School for the Performing 

Arts (FSPA) completes 

its expansion this November to 

assume the entire building of 

the Felix Cataldo Block in downtown 

Franklin. The renovation 

connects all areas of the existing 

FSPA facility, including studios 

and classrooms, staff offices and 

The Spotlight Shop. The expansion 

also creates spacious new 

dance and music studios, a first 

floor waiting area for students 

and families, and Intermission, a 

new downtown cafe available to 

the FSPA community and open 

to the public. 

The Intermission café, opening 

this month, will feature 

healthy menu selections from 

flatbreads, soups and sandwiches 

to coffees, teas and smoothies. 

The café will also offer a variety 

of baked goods from area favorites 

Elizabeth’s Bagels and Medway 

Muffin House. 

“We look forward to FSPA’s 

updated presence in the downtown 

and the opportunity to 

provide a destination at Intermission 

where the public is invited 

to enjoy a menu of drinks and 

snacks in a space with an eclectic, 

artsy ambiance,” noted FSPA 

Director Raye Lynn Mercer. “I 

am happy that our expansion has 

helped us create the feeling of a 

performing arts campus with 

education, performance and 

community space in downtown 

Franklin.” 

The expansion supports a fullservice 

experience for students 

and families alike. The added 

space at 38 Main allows FSPA 

to offer more classes at optimum 

times during the week and to 

build upon the school’s broadbased, 

quality arts curriculum, 

including FSPA Academy and 

FSPA AfterSchool, innovative 

programs launched over the past 

two years. 

Founded in 1985 by Director 

Raye Lynn Mercer, FSPA serves 

more than 500 students annually 

from some 40 communities in the 

region. The school is dedicated 

to the enjoyment of the arts for 

all ages and to the artistic growth 

and development of young 

people. FSPA offers classes in all 

dance disciplines, acting, musical 

theater, voice, and instrumental 

instruction, whether for recreational 

enjoyment or serious 

study. FSPA is also home to the 

Little Music School, teaching 

children as young as 18 months 

to play the piano, as well as the 

FSPA Ballet Conservatory with 

pre-professional training for 

young dancers. 

An extensive calendar of 

FSPA performing opportunities 

features all-student musicals, 

plays, ballets, voice and instrumental 

recitals, opera scenes, 

dance and musical theater showcases, 

and more. Student ensembles 

include dance companies, 

glee club and musical theater 

troupes, as well as the international 

touring ensemble Electric 

Youth, featuring students trained 

at the school. Many FSPA students 

are also cast, by audition, in 

the affiliated Franklin Performing 

Arts Company’s annual season 

of shows. THE BLACK BOX, 

Franklin Performing Arts Company’s 

home and performance 

venue, is located just behind 

FSPA, providing a professional 

space for FSPA student productions. 

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management services for young 

performers who elect to pursue 

professional opportunities. 

Registration is ongoing for 

all FSPA classes, with tuition 

pro-rated. To learn more about 

FSPA programs in music, dance 

and drama, prospective students 

are invited to tour the facilties 

and try a complimentary class. 

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Metrowest Commission Takes a Look at Teen Sexting/Cyberbullying 


On Monday evening, October 

16th, the Metrowest Commission 

on the Status of Women 

(MCSW) presented forum at 

Franklin High School on “Teen 

Sexting: The Harm, The Recovery, 

and Changing the Law.” 

Panelists included Representative 

Jeff Roy, who would talk about 

his recently introduced legislation, 

Bill H.948 “An Act Relative 

to Transmitting Indecent Visual 

Depictions by Teens,” that would 

change the criminal process of 

charging teens as felony sex offenders 

and offer an educational 

diversion program, Senator 

Karen Spilka, Franklin Police 

and School Safety Officer Christopher 

Spillane, Dr. Elizabeth 

Englander, of Bridgewater State 

University, and Denise Schultz, 

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also attended the event from the 

audience perspective. 

“We had 64 kids involved in 

an incident in Franklin High 

School five or six years ago, a serial 

publication of a picture that 

had some really horrible consequences,” 

said Roy, who says he 

was approached by Franklin PD 

Officer Jason Reilly about the 

issue. 

“He said, ‘We’re having a 

bear of a time with students who 

are getting involved in sexting, 

and we lack the tools to deal with 

this,” said Roy. “He said, ‘Right 

now, our choices are to charge 

them with nothing, do nothing, 

or charge them with the possession 

of child pornography. 

There has to be something in 

between.’” 

“Sexting started to arrive 

about 10 years ago,” said Sgt. 

Spillane. At that time, he says, 

On October 16, 2017, the MetroWest Commission on the Status of 

Women hosted a community forum discussing the growing issue of of 

teen sexting. 

the technology was at the high 

school level, but now it has permeated 

middle school culture as 

well. “Honestly, this sexting thing 

is not going away … We’ve seen 

the sexting issue drop down to 

middle school, and we contacted 

Jeff to see if we have a tool to 

maybe get them involved in services 

maybe they’re screaming 

for.” 

Spillane says current laws 

don’t address the problem. 

“I don’t think any police officer 

would feel comfortable charging 

a 14-year-old for a sex felony 

where they’d have to register the 

rest of their life for a mistake,” he 

says. “We’re trying to make this 

more of an educational piece.” 

“Minors would be charged 

with an offense,” says Roy, of 

those who share a private picture 

without consent. “But before 

they’re arraigned, the DA would 

have the opportunity to give them 

an education program.” The 

charge would be a misdemeanor 

of transmitting an image without 

consent instead of a felony child 

pornography charge. 

Rep. Roy is not minimizing 

the seriousness of exposing private 

sexual photos. “We know 

this is dangerous behavior and 

potentially has lifelong consequences,” 

he says. “But we ought 

to be in the education business, 

of allowing kids to learn a lesson 

and address it through a new set 

of statutory rules.” 

If passed, and all the lawmakers 

in the room agreed that the 

law would probably undergo 

many revisions or tweaks before 

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The MCSW forum on teen sexting took a look at the issue from both 

psychological and legal sides. 

that were to happen, the law 

would apply to minors only. 

“If you’re 23 and you share a 

nude picture of a minor under 

16, you’ll still face a child pornography 

charge,” says Roy, 

who says he had to start “from 

scratch” in drafting the legislation, 

as many states have yet to 

deal with it. He contacted a variety 

of sources, including Amy 

Hasenoff of the University of 

Colorado, for their input. 

Senator Spilka, who represents 

Medway and Franklin, as 

well as Ashland, Holliston, Hopkinton 

and Natick, said, that in 

this age of electronic devices, 

said, “This is, in particular, a 

very important bill and issue 

that comes up in all areas and 

school districts across the state.” 

She announced at the forum that 

the Massachusetts senate was on 

the verge of passing an omnibus 

justice reform bill (filed October 

26th) that included a provision 

for a pre-arraignment diversion 

such as what’s in Representative 

Roy’s bill as well as a number of 

other issues that take into consideration 

maturity factors. 

“It’s critical. We want to protect 

our children from the harms 

of sexting, but we want to prevent 

and limit our children from 

entering the criminal justice 

system,” she said. “Research on 

adolescent development consistently 

shows that young people 

do not fully mature until their 

mid-twenties and how they can 

lack important self-control, impulse 

control and good decision 

making capacities - and lack ability 

to fully understand long term 

consequences to their actions.” 

Mistakes, she said, are normal, 

and rather than press 

criminal charges, she says, support 

services can give them the 

resources they need to “get back 

on track.” 

As for prevention, Dr. Englander 

said that discussion about 

private pictures needs to happen 

not only in schools, but also at 

home, starting at a young age. 

“Really talk with your kids. 

Tell them what interests you, 

what worries you. Ask them 

their opinions. Ask them if they 

have any friends who’ve gotten 

involved, and how they would 

handle (that situation). Say, ‘Im 

thinking about this; what do you 

think?’” 

Englander explains that young 

adults today have different ideas 

about nudity, so parents might 

want to tailor their approach to 

discouraging their teens from 

sexting. 

“The good news is, increasingly, 

kids are recognizing there 

can be serious consequences,” 

said Englander. “When you have 

kids who say, ‘It’s just skin, what’s 

the big deal?’ if you can’t convince 

a kid that taking a pic in 

a bathing suit is inappropriate, 

instead emphasize to them that 

this could have repercussions 

they haven’t considered.” 

Spillane says the department 

generally finds out about such 

pictures from the administrators 

of the school, or sometimes by 

people who walk into the police 

station saying that they sent 

an image to a boyfriend or girlfriend, 

that the relationship was 

then terminated, and now that 

image has been sent around. 

“Some use that picture as leverage,” 

says Spillane, “as in, if 

you don’t send me another pic, 

I’m going to send it to my group 

chat. They’re using it to bully, to 

re-victimize the victim.”


Middle School 

Football Cleans Up 

The Millis Middle School 

football team held a car washed 

on Saturday, September 30, at 

Encompass Fitness in Millis MA 

and the team would like to thank 

Mike Eisenstadt (owner of Encompass 

Fitness) for hosting the 

car wash. 

Buddy Bowl 2017 Benefits Veterans 

The Buddy Bowl is a co-ed flag charity football 

tournament for all ages to raise money to assist 

local Veterans and their Families through the 

Warrior Thunder Foundation and its programs. 

The Warrior Thunder Foundation provides scholarships, 

financial assistance, grants and wellness 

retreats for Military, Veterans and their Families. 

Age brackets for teams are: 11-14 year olds 

(grades 7 - 8); 14-18 year olds (High School); and 

Adults. 

Costs: $20 for players under 18; $30 for 18 and 

older. Cost includes lunch. 

Buddy Bowl shirts can be ordered for an additional 

$15. 

Schedule: 

NOVEMBER 18, 2017 11 - 14 year olds 

(grades 7 - 8) and Adults 

8 a.m. to 8:45 a.m. - Registration 

8:45 a.m. to 9 a.m. - Opening Ceremonies 

9 a.m. to 12 p.m. - Tournament 

12 p.m. to 12:30 p.m. - Lunch 

12:30 to 5 p.m. - Tournament 

Those who wish to fundraise to further help our 

Veterans will receive the following based on level 

of fundraising: 

Raise $50 - Buddy Bowl logo’d T-shirt 

Raise $150 - Buddy Bowl logo’d T-shirt and Hat 

Raise $250 - Buddy Bowl logo’d T-shirt, Hat 

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Raise $500 - Buddy Bowl logo’d T-shirt, Hat, 

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Raise $1000 - Buddy Bowl logo’d T-shirt, Hat, 

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12:30 to 5 p.m. - Tournament 

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Jolly Holly Fair & MGC Holiday 

Wreath Sale at Church of Christ 

on Dec 2nd 

The Millis Garden Club and 

the Church of Christ, Congregational 

are once again teaming 

up to make holiday shopping 

and decorating convenient and 

festive. Get ready for the holiday 

season by visiting the Jolly Holly 

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MGC Holiday Wreath Sale. 

Come early to select from 

a wide variety of hand-made 

gifts, crafts, needlework, jewelry, 

home-baked goods, and other 

specialty items. The MGC Holiday 

Wreath Sale will feature 

beautifully decorated wreaths 

and swags designed by club 

members; a limited selection of 

other holiday greens will also 

be available. There will also be 

a silent auction for a variety of 

gift baskets and other items; a 

“Green Zone” featuring rooms 

full of gently used treasures; 

and a special shopping and giftwrapping 

room just for children. 

Special guest Santa will be visiting 

the Fair and will be available 

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Tri-County Teams Up with 

Plainville Public Library 

Tri-County Regional Vocational 

Technical High School 

and the Plainville Public Library 

are pleased to announce an educational 

partnership that will 

give students the opportunity 

to create a new interactive play 

structure area in the Children’s 

Library. The project will be educationally-focused 

on curriculum 

for children ages 0-6. 

This project is brought to you 

with federal funds provided by the 

Institute of Museum and Library 

Services and administered by the 

Massachusetts Board of Library 

Commissioners (MBLC). The 

MBLC developed this direct grant 

program using federal funding to 

help libraries meet local community 

needs including financial and 

health literacy programs, STEM 

and STEAM projects, programs 

that help New Americans learn 

English and become citizens, programs 

that serve teen needs and 

projects that preserve valuable historical 

documents. 

“We are very pleased to be 

given the opportunity to work 

with the Plainville Public Library 

on behalf of our students,” said 

Jean George, Vocational Director 

for Tri-County Regional Vocational 

Technical High School in 

Franklin. “This has been a great 

opportunity for our students to 

New England 

collaborate together to see how 

their specific vocations are integrated 

to complete a project. 

Real-world application of skills 

is a valuable part of the careerfocused 

technical learning experience.” 

The play structure will be used 

by young children to promote social, 

intellectual, emotional and 

physical development. Under 

the supervision of licensed vocational 

teachers, the high school 

students will assist in implementing 

the project. Students in Carpentry 

will work on designing 

and building the structure, while 

students in Graphic Communications 

will create signs to identify 

various theme-centered play, 

and Early Education students 

will develop lesson plans to share 

with families. 

“Once we received the grant, 

I was very motivated in finding 

ways for the community to be 

involved in our work here at the 

Library,” said Laura Brillant- 

Giangrande, Children’s Librarian, 

Plainville Public Library. 

“Since Plainville is in the Tri- 

County district, I thought what 

a great opportunity it is for high 

school students to help us to accomplish 

our goals. It’s really a 

great learning opportunity for all 

ages.” 

Millis Town Flu Clinic 

November 18 

The Millis Health Department 

will hold a Flu Clinic on 

Saturday, November 18th from 

10 a.m.-1 p.m. in the town hall 

Gym. Residents ages 8 years and 

over are welcome to receive a 

flu shot. Those under 19 years 

of age must be accompanied 

by a parent or guardian. Please 

bring insurance cards and wear 

a short-sleeved layer. Those without 

insurance may also receive a 

flu shot. 

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about the flu clinic, please call 

the Millis Health Dept. at: (508) 

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focused on their core business— 

glass—for over fifty years, doing 

business here in town. A lifelong 

Franklin resident, owner Dave 

Nasuti, along with his daughter 

and son-in-law, Beth and Michael 

Razzano, all work at the company 

Nasuti founded in 1963. They 

still care deeply not only for the 

services the company provides to 

the community—they care about 

the people who work at Franklin 

Glass Company as well, many 

of whom can be found out back 

in the shop, directly behind the 

showroom and front office at the 

front of the store. 

Nasuti had to learn fast when 

the businessman he bought the 

company from, rather than 

teaching him the business, found 

another job and left him on his 

own after only two weeks. He 

married and became a father 

that same year as well. But rather 

than give up on the business, Nasuti 

kept his eyes open, worked 

hard and was ready to diversify 

when he found opportunities that 

worked with his business model. 

Auto glass, windows, and screens 

were the primary business when 

Nasuti started. “It’s always been 

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windows and torn screens. You’ll 

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what your new bathroom 

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brightly lit show room. Mirrors of 

different styles are also displayed, 

helping provide a better idea of 

what your home will look like, 

especially helpful for those of us 

who have difficulty picturing the 

finished project. Be sure to visit 

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available. Their interactive 

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are also ready to help replace insulated, 

double-paned glass windows 

with broken seals that cloud 

up. That cloudiness is moisture, 

which not only affects how windows 

look, but also allows heat to 

escape from these compromised 

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and other area colleges. Contractors 

use Franklin Glass Company 

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But the company has never 

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to them for simple things—they 

have special screen material that 

will resist pets who insist on clawing 

through screen doors and window 

screens. They offer a window 

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front office, noted, handing me a 

sample can of cleaner to try for 

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Ursuline Academy Dedicates Athletic & Convocation 

Center in Honor of Reynolds Family 

At a dedication ceremony 

held on Saturday, September 

23, Ursuline Academy’s 

new Athletic & Convocation 

Center was named “The 

Reynolds Family Athletic 

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honor of the Reynolds family 

of Westwood. The Athletic & Convocation Center was 

officially opened for student use on the first day of the 

2017-18 school year. 

Ursuline Academy is an all-girls Catholic school 

guided by the teachings of St. Angela Merici, the founder 

of the Ursuline Order. The Academy has 400-plus students 

in grades 7-12, and is located on twenty-eight acres 

in Dedham. 

Ursuline students gather with Cardinal Seán O’Malley 

at the Mass of the Holy Spirit. L to R: Molly Treseler 

(West Roxbury), Olivia Wenzel (Wrentham), Leila 

Charles (Canton), Lilly King (Norwood), Cardinal 

O’Malley, Fiona Flynn (Dedham), Sara Hernando 

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St. Joseph Parish 40th Annual 

Christmas Marketplace and 

Bake Shoppe 

St. Joseph Parish in Medway will host its 

40th Annual Christmas Marketplace and Bake 

Shoppe on Saturday, November 18th from 9 

a.m. – 3 p.m. More than 50 quality crafters will 

be offering products that include handbags, jewelry, 

wreaths, “USA” doll clothing, hand stamped 

cards and more. Refreshments, raffles, a huge 

bake sale and grand prizes of Celtics and Red 

Sox tickets are also a part of the fair. A traditional 

highlight of the day is the many themed 

gift baskets (pictured left) donated by our Religious 

Education classes and expertly assembled 

by volunteers. 

The Fair will be held at the St. Joseph Parish 

Center located at 145 Holliston Street in Medway. 

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Joseph Parish and its various ministries. 

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Encore Introduces 

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Encore Music Academy and 

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to announce their newest musical 

offering for young children 

and parents! Music for 

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internationally-known, highlyranked 

program that already 

has 37 years of success, over 

900 teachers and 24,000 students 

and counting, across 

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Canada, MYC grew rapidly 

by building strong bonds with 

children through music. The 

goal is to provide the best musical 

education to young children 

by blending the pleasure 

and joy of music-making with 

sound instruction. Encore is 

proud to be adopting MYC’s 

early childhood curriculum 

and methods which directly 

integrate into, and utilize, The 

Royal Conservatory of Music 

curriculum. This program, created 

for children ages two to 

ten years, is designed to teach 

children, at an early age, piano 

skills, how to read music, sightreading 

skills, composition and 

ensemble playing. MYC instructors 

incorporate the four 

learning styles (auditory, tactile, 

analytical and visual) to teach 

each concept which ensures 

that every child has the highest 

level of success by being able to 

apply these skills in each class 

setting, and as they grow musically. 

Encore will offer classes beginning 

in January, 2018, and 

registration is now open! Classes 

for ages 2 and 3 meet weekly for 

10-week sessions. The Sunshine 

level (ages 3 and 4), Sunbeams 

(ages 5 and 6), and Moonbeams 

(ages 7-9) are one-hour, weekly 

classes that run for 36 weeks, 

broken into three 12-week sessions. 

“We are incredibly excited 

to be able to offer this amazing 

program here at Encore Music 

Academy,” says Caitlin Medlin, 

Encore’s Assistant Vocal Director 

and Director of the Music 

For Young Children program 

at Encore. “The opportunity 

for little ones to begin the music-learning 

process at such a 

young age and with such a comprehensive 

curriculum is one 

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to our students for a while now.” 

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Mark your calendars. The 

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November 18th in Millis. 

The month has changed but 

not the traditions of family fun 

and Christmas shopping. 

Santa Claus will attend. Musicians 

will perform Christmas 

selections. 

For shoppers, a team of artisans 

have created handcrafted 

gifts and decor including holiday 

greens. Also available are 

gift baskets, tree ornaments, and 

baked goods. 

Raffle items will include gift 

certificates and Bruins tickets. 

Lunch and refreshments will 

be available for purchase. 

Vendors are welcome to sell 

their holiday wares. 

Proceeds support Saint 

Thomas the Apostle Church. 

The location is the Large Parish 

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The Millis Lions and LEOs Join Together 

to Say THANKS to Veterans 

“Field of Flags” Honoring Veterans to Be Displayed in 

Front of Town Hall 

The Millis Lions Club and 

Millis LEOs will be fundraising 

for Fisher House Boston by 

selling flags, for $10 apiece, in 

advance of Veterans Day. The 

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Metrowest Veterans Consortium Keeps Local Veterans Connected 


Last month, members of the 

Metrowest Veterans Consortium 

toured the Natick Readiness 

Center of the Massachusetts 

National Guard. They were welcomed 

to the facility, opened in 

2014, by Major General Gary 

Keefe, the Adjutant General 

of the Massachusetts National 

Guard. 

What is the Metrowest 

Veterans Consortium? 

Representative Carolyn 

Dykema (D-Holliston) actually 

founded the Metrowest Veterans 

Consortium in April of 2012 to 

bring together leaders in the Veterans 

community to share experiences 

and successes as well as 

highlight needs and concerns of 

veterans in the Metrowest area. 

Local veterans and veterans’ advocates 

can receive up-to-date 

information and build consensus 

and support for initiatives that 

support local veterans. 

“This all started with my own 

education about veterans’ issues,” 

says Rep. Dykema. “I have not 

served in the military, but I was 

assigned to the Committee on 

Veterans’ Affairs. It was an eyeopening 

experience for me on 

the number of vets in our community, 

of all generations. There 

are WWII vets getting older, a 

whole generation of Vietnam 

veterans who are aging and had 

a certain set of experiences and 

special needs, and we’ve got this 

new generation of vets from the 

Afghanistan and Iraq wars, a 

completely different group, that 

not only has a new set of needs, 

but also receives information in a 

different way.” 

Dykema says she wanted to 

connect “the needs of the veterans 

in her community with what 

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Metrowest area, such as Ed Carr, 

of Natick, who suggested connecting 

veterans’ services officers, 

veterans’ advocacy groups, local 

veterans and legislators. 

“In those 19 communities invited 

to participate, any group 

regionally that touches our local 

vets has participated in (the consortium),” 

says Dykema. The 

group meets quarterly, and notices 

are sent out via a type of 

listserv. 

Some of the things the Metrowest 

Veterans Consortium has 

helped facilitate in recent years 

includes: 

• An earmark a few years ago 

(although it did not get recent 

funding) at Framingham State 

University for a paid internship 

program for veterans at 

the school. 

“We have a very active veterans 

group we connect with,” 

says Dykema, “but because 

vets tend to be older and 

have financial commitments, 

they were being torn between 

taking internships and parttime 

jobs to pay the bills, and 

foregoing some of the internships 

that might be better in 

the long term... it was a very 

popular program, and we 

were disappointed we didn’t 

get (recent) funding for it to 

continue.” 

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the Metrowest Veterans Consortium 

was able to advocate 

for changes to local court in 

Framingham to the benefit of 

veterans. 

“About 20 veterans a day commit 

suicide,” says Dykema. 

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home – they’re helpers by 

nature, that’s why they serve, 

but sometimes it’s hard to be 

helped. They come home 

with these challenges, service 

or combat related, and a lot 

of them have undiagnosed 

PTSD, and they don’t’ reach 

out for help. A traditional 

way to cope is things like substance 

use. You see a growing 

use, which leads to things 

like OUIs or other things that 

could bring you into court system.” 

The Valor Act Dykema 

helped to pass offers “a session 

of Framingham District 

Court reserved only for veterans. 

It’s a supported structure. 

Vets have to complete certain 

requirements of this program 

that get them on their feet, 

rather than have them have a 

criminal record.” 

Dykema sees the Metrowest 

Veterans Consortium as “a 

community, more of a network. 

One of things you quickly find 

out when you work with veteran 

community – anytime you can 

have vets connecting, or mentoring 

other vets, it really improves 

the effectiveness,” she says. Anyone 

in that consortium can call 

on that group of resources.” 

As day-to-day examples of 

relationships that she’s been able 

to build through the consortium, 

the legislator points to an event in 

which local students in the public 

service program Project 351 are 

working with Steve Bradford, of 

the Holliston American Legion, 

to write letters to veterans. “We 

were able to pair them up with 

the folks over at the Timothy 

Daniels House,” says Dykema. 

“One other things we did locally 

was connected with Mass. 

Fallen Heroes, Afghanistan 

and Iraq veterans’ families. We 

worked with Steve to bring them 

out to Holliston so the community 

could come and see the moving 

memorial.” 

Dykema is also excited about 

a new Veterans Counseling Office 

that opened up in Holliston 

in August at the Holliston Town 

Office, 1750 Washington Street. 

The Holliston site is the newest 

Community Access Point offered 

through the Worcester Vet 

Center, and offers free and confidential 

counseling services to eligible 

veterans and their families. 

The CAP is open Mondays and 

Thursdays by appointment, and 

you can find out more at (508) 

753-7902. 

“It’s free and confidential 

counseling, a satellite CAP 

(Community Access Point) offered 

through the Worcester Vet 

Center.” 

Dykema points out that the 

group is evolving, with communication 

tending to be the biggest 

challenge. 

“Years ago, you’d go to a 

physical place, but younger vets 

get information very differently. 

We find younger vets get their information 

via Facebook and social 

media, and it’s challenging to 

reach them, because they’re very 

decentralized … Communication 

at large is the project. How 

do we disseminate information 

so that people are aware? That’s 

where the consortium can add 

value. It’s a network to share information.” 

The Metrowest Veterans 

Consortium, says Dykema, has 

an extensive email distribution 

list through which it disseminates 

information about events. If you 

are a veteran and would like to 

have your email added to that 

list, call (617) 722-2680. 

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Floral Designers 

at Holiday Magic 

Fundraiser 

Plan now to start the 

holiday season by enjoying 

an enchanting evening 

on Wednesday, November 

8 when the Garden Club 

of Norfolk presents “Holiday 

Magic” at 7 p.m. at the 

Freeman-Kennedy School in 

Norfolk. 

The highlight of the event 

will be Allen and Bea from 

Windfall Florals of Falmouth 

who will be challenged to 

create holiday designs in containers 

supplied by Garden 

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All of Allan and Bea’s floral 

creations-containers included-will 

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Millis High School’s Allie Smith, 

Wendy’s High School Heisman winner. 

There are some students who 

set the bar. They work harder, 

show more passion and lead by 

example—in the classroom, on 

the field and within the community. 

Wendy’s High School 

Heisman recognizes ALLISON 

SMITH from MILLIS HIGH 

SCHOOL and her dedication 

to never cutting corners by naming 

her School Winner in the 

Wendy’s High School Heisman 

program. 

“Allie is known by her teachers 

and friends for her commitment 

to excellence. The amount of 

time that she devotes to service 

while remaining an outstanding 

student and athlete is impressive. 

We are excited and honored that 

a program like Wendy’s High 

School Heisman is also recognizing 

her hard work,” said Bob 

Mullaney, Principal of Millis 

High School. 

Since 1994, Wendy’s and the 

Heisman Trophy Trust have 

been running the same play to 

perfection: honoring more than 

600,000 of the nation’s most 

esteemed students. This year, 

Wendy’s will celebrate the accomplishments 

of thousands 

of the best high school seniors, 

awarding winners in five phases. 

For more information or 

to track a student’s progress 

through the competition, please 

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Stan and Carone Berman of Framingham, Senator Karen Spilka and Bonnie Mitchell of Ashland 

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MetroWest 

Seniors 

On Saturday, October 14th, Senator Karen E. 

Spilka (D-Ashland) hosted her annual Senior Health 

and Wellness Fair at the Joseph P. Keefe Technical 

School in Framingham. Over 200 MetroWest seniors 

attended the morning event to learn about ways to 

lead healthy and active lifestyles and enjoy a fun 

morning out in the community. 

“Staying happy, healthy and active is important 

for everyone in our community,” said Senator Spilka. 

“Each year I am honored to host this terrific day 

of health and wellness presentations, screenings 

and educational opportunities, and I always look 

forward to seeing friends and neighbors from across 

MetroWest.” 

Mass. Passes Legislation Banning Bump Stocks 

In October, the Massachusetts 

House of Representatives 

passed an amendment sponsored 

by Representative David 

Linsky to the 2017 Supplemental 

Budget banning the sale, purchase, 

or ownership of a “bump 

stock” device. 

The amendment adopted 

by the House bans the possession, 

ownership, or sale of any 

device that attaches to a rifle, 

shotgun, or firearm, other than 

a magazine, which is designed to 

increase the rate of fire of said 

weapon. The legislation carries 

a punishment of imprisonment 

in the state prison by not less 

than three years nor more than 

twenty years, and goes into effect 

six months from the passage of 

the bill. 

“This legislation will ensure 

that no one in Massachusetts can 

legally possess a ‘bump stock,’ 

a device designed to increase 

the deadliness of these already 

deadly weapons,” said Representative 

Linsky (D-Natick). “These 

devices were created by gun 

manufacturers as a work-around 

of the federal law banning the 

sale and possession of automatic 

weapons, and there is absolutely 

no place for them in a civilized 

society.” 

A “bump stock” is a device 

that uses the recoil of a semiautomatic 

firearm to file several shots 

in succession, mimicking automatic 

gun fire. While the weapon 

still fires one bullet for every pull 

of the trigger, the “bump stock” 

automates the trigger-pull process, 

allowing shooters to fire at 

a rate of 400 to 800 rounds a 

minute. Twelve of the rifles the 

gunman in the Las Vegas mass 

shooting owned were modified 

with a “bump stock,” allowing 

him to increase the fire rate of 

his weapon. 

“Congress has continued its 

failure to act in the wake of yet 

another gun violence tragedy, but 

I applaud Speaker DeLeo and 

the rest of my colleagues in the 

Massachusetts House for their 

willingness to take a stand on this 

issue of public safety,” said Representative 

Linsky. 

On October 11th, the Massachusetts 

Senate unanimously 

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Coffee with a Cop 

Day in Medway 

On Wednesday, October 

4th ,Chief Allen Tingley and 

Lieutenants Kingsbury and Mc- 

Sweeney met with residents at 

the Muffin House. No agenda 

or speeches, just a chance to chat 

and share any concerns and ask 

any questions you may have. 

Thanks to all who dropped by. 

Claflin Hill Symphony Launches 

New Concert Series for Fall 2017 

The Claflin Hill Symphony 

Orchestra, a regional, professional 

symphony orchestra 

based in Milford, Mass. is preparing 

for the opening of its 

Eighteenth consecutive symphony 

season in The Grand 

Ballroom of its home venue 

in Milford Town Hall on November 

4, 2017. 

To kick things off, we are 

launching two complementary 

and new performance series offerings 

– “The Milford Federal 

Jazz at the Mill” series, which 

opened on Friday, Octo-ber 27, 

2017 at the Alternatives Whitin 

Mill Singh Performance Center, 

50 Douglas Road, Whitinsville 

– and the Claflin Hill 

– Apple Tree Arts Chamber 

Music Series, which opens on 

Saturday, November 18, 2017 

at 7:30 p.m. in the newly refurbished 

“Great Hall” at One 

Grafton Common, the home 

of Apple Tree Arts, a regional 

commu-nity music school. 

Tickets can be purchased on 

line at www.claflinhill.org and 

are $19, $15 for student, seniors 

and veterans. Season tickets are 

also available. 

The Claflin Symphony Orchestra, 

located in Milford, 

MA, is a powerful regional musical 

force. Through passionate 

performances presented by 

masterful musicians, the CHSO 

plays a leading role in the cultural 

enrichment and vitality 

of Central Massachusetts and 

MetroWest communities. The 

CHSO sponsors a remarkable 

outreach program that helps 

youth perfect their musical talents 

and build long-lasting appreciation 

for music. 

Our Ad & Editorial Deadline 

is the 15th of each month, for the following month’s issue. 

Route 109 construction is tough for local 

businesses. Please show your support. 

Local businesses invest locally, create jobs, put money back into the community, support local 

organizations and keep our town vibrant. Show your support by patronizing these Medway 

Business Council members and other local businesses especially during Rte. 109 construction. 

Learn more about these businesses and MBC at www.medwaybusinesscouncil.org/members. 

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Cybex International Inc. 

D4 Landscaping 

Damon Financial, LLC 

Dennehy Public Relations 

Direct Tire & Auto Service 

Enchanted Memories Travel 

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Keefe Insurance Agency 

Kenney & Kenney Attorneys at Law 

Keystone Liquors 

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Medway Veterans Building Association 

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Charles River Watershed 

Association Hires New Director 

of Philanthropy 

Charles River Watershed Association 

(CRWA), the leading 

science and advocacy nonprofit 

protecting and restoring the 

Charles River and its watershed, 

has announced that Tani Marinovich 

has joined the organization 

as Director of Philanthropy. 

Millis High School Cultural 

Exchange Program 

On Friday, September 22, 

Millis High School welcomed 13 

Dutch students as part of an exchange 

program between Millis 

High School and Jac P. Thijsse 

College (high school) in Castricum, 

Netherlands. The Dutch 

students lived in the homes of 

host Millis High students for the 

week, returning to the Netherlands 

on September 28. The 

goal of the program is for participants 

to learn about a new 

culture through an immersive 

experience. During the week, the 

Dutch students attended some 

classes at the high school. They 

learned about American population 

demographics from students 

in Millis teacher Steve Bigelow’s 

AP Human Geography class, 

experienced American football 

with Scott Kendrick’s Outdoor 

Pursuits class, joined in field research 

with Erin Cheney’s Environmental 

Science class, shared 

autobiographical short 

speeches in Mr. Caulfield’s 

Speech class, and were interviewed 

by students in Danielle 

Mannion’s Broadcast Journalism 

class. The Dutch students also 

presented to both middle and 

high school students about their 

country and culture. In addition, 

the Dutch students traveled with 

their host students to the Freedom 

Trail and Boston’s Museum 

of Science. They also went on a 

variety of excursions with their 

host families over the weekend 

and participated in a number of 

events with families after school. 

The Millis students will travel 

CRWA’s work monitoring the 

Charles River and designing 

greener more resilient neighborhoods 

takes on special importance 

as government funds for 

environmental programs wane 

and extreme weather becomes 

more frequent. Minnesota-native 

Marinovich’s addition to the 

team will help CRWA sustain 

and expand its unique combination 

of science, advocacy, and 

urban design to protect watershed 

communities and the environment. 

to the Netherlands in April and 

live with the Dutch families of 

their host students. There they 

will experience a Dutch high 

school, travel to Amsterdam 

and visit a number of historical 

and cultural landmarks. This is 

the second year of the partnership 

between Millis High School 

and Jac P. Thijsse College, and 

a strong bond has been formed 

between the two schools. Millis 

High school students participating 

in the program are: 

Seniors Ryan Locke, Margaux 

D’Aprile, Shane Joseph; junior 

Lucy Clayton; sophomores Sam 

Riley, Abby Messias, and Amelia 

Coutts; and freshmen Livi Calais, 

Madelene Tavarez, and Abraham 

Chetsas 

Linsky Announces 

DEP Grant Funds 

to Boost Waste 

Reduction Efforts 

Rep. David Linsky announced that the three towns in the 

Fifth Middlesex District are recipients of the Sustainable Materials 

Recovery Program (SMRP) grants from the Department 

of Environmental Protection (DEP). 

The Sustainable Materials Recovery Program, a Massachusetts 

legislative initiative, directs a portion of the proceeds from 

the sale of Waste Energy Certificates to recycling programs 

approved by MassDEP. The SMRP grants offer funding to 

cities, towns, and regional entities for recycling, composting, 

reuse, and source reduction activities that will increase diversion 

of municipal solid waste and household hazardous waste 

from disposal. 

“The Sustainable Materials Recovery Program is a vital 

program with proven success, and I am proud that the towns 

in my district have once again been awarded grant funds from 

MassDEP,” said Representative Linsky. “This grant money will 

go toward supplementing already robust waste reduction efforts 

in Millis, Natick, and Sherborn.” 

SMRP Grants are available for recycling and composting 

equipment, mattress recycling, Pay-As-You-Throw programs, 

waste reduction enforcement, school recycling, and organics 

capacity development projects. 

Fifth Middlesex SMRP Grants: 

• Millis - $5,600 

• Natick - $28,800 

• Sherborn – $3,500 

The towns in the Fifth Middlesex each received SMRP 

grants for the Recycling Dividends Program (RDP). RDP 

provides payments to qualifying municipalities that have implemented 

specific programs and policies that are proven to 

maximize waste reduction, reuse, and recycling. 

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Ross Backs Legislation to 

Protect State’s Critical Species 

Stands up for Local Farmers and Beekeepers 

State Senator Richard Ross (R, Wrentham) has 

announced his co-sponsorship of legislation to protect 

the critical role of pollination. This state’s Joint 

Committee on Environment, Natural Resources 

and Agriculture held a hearing, during which 

committee members heard testimony on four bills 

– H.2113, S.2164, H.457, and S.451 – which aim 

to protect and promote Massachusetts pollinators 

and pollinator plants. 

Ross, who has been a leader on conservation 

issues, points out that across the United States, 

scientists have tried to explain why the number of 

honeybees and orange and black monarch butterflies 

– two of the most important pollinators – has 

declined so rapidly in recent years. This alarming 

revelation is attributed to several factors, including 

parasites, pathogens, pesticides, and immunodeficiencies. 

In order to reverse this alarming trend, a 

bipartisan group of lawmakers has developed this 

legislation that would protect these pollinating species, 

as well as beekeepers and farmers. 

If passed, these bills (H.2113, S.2164, H457, 

and S.451) would: 

• Limit the use of certain pesticides (that are 

harmful to bees) to licensed professionals; 

• Create a task force to implement the planting of 

flowering species for pollinators; 

• Promote pollinator habitats 

Failure to pass this legislation would negatively 

impact beekeepers and farmers, who rely on pollination 

for the success of their crops. 

Senator Ross describes the various ways in 

which pollinating species, like bees and butterflies, 

are important to the sustainment of our food system. 

Ross cautioned that avoiding this issue will 

have significant consequences. “It’s foolish not to 

recognize the value of bees and butterflies in our 

food system, as honeybees pollinate about onethird 

of all the food we eat in America. We could 

say, ‘no bees, no food’.” 

Please contact the office of Senator Ross with 

any questions or concerns at (617) 722-1555 or 

Richard.Ross@masenate.gov. 

Our Ad & Editorial Deadline is the 

15th of each month, 

for the following month’s issue. 

Holliston Mill 

Open Studios 

2017 


Artists at the Holliston 

Mill will host their annual 

Open Studios event on Saturday 

and Sunday, November 

4 and 5, from 11 a.m. to 

4 p.m. each day. 

Artists participating in the 

open studios include resident 

artists, as well as local guest 

or former resident artists. 

The artists ply their crafts in 

a multitude of media including: 

oil, acrylic and watercolor 

paints, sculpture and 

mixed media pieces, photography 

and digital media, 

drawing, printing, jewelry 

and textiles. 

Participants hail from 

Holliston and surrounding 

towns including Millis, Medfield, 

Sherborn, Hopkinton, 

Framingham, Canton and 

Newton. 

Holliston native, musician 

and artist Erica Leigh Stenquist 

will be performing on 

Saturday, from 11-2. 

Light refreshments will be 

served throughout the building 

both days, highlighted by 

a tasting on Sunday from 1- 

3 p.m. hosted by craft beer 

and wine merchants Crafted 

of Holliston. 

The Holliston Mill building, 

located at 24 Water St., 

was built in the late 1800’s 

for use as a shoe factory. 

Currently, the mill is home 

to several small businesses as 

well as artists’ studios. The 

structure remains largely as 

originally designed. 

For more information 

visit the website: “http:// 

www.hollistonmill.com” 

www.hollistonmill.com or 

like the Holliston Mill Facebook 

page. The event is 

free and open to the public. 

The historic building is not 

wheelchair accessible. 

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Medway Public Library November Youth Events 

TODDLER JAM: Every Tuesday and 

Wednesday, 11 a.m. 

Newborns – 3 year-olds are invited to 

this drop-in program of stories, fingerplay 

and songs accompanied by mountain dulcimer. 

Children must be accompanied by 

parent/caregiver. 

IT’S STORY TIME! Every Thursday and 

Friday, 11 a.m. 

Ages 10 months-5 years.* Miss Lucy 

is back and excited to share storytime 

with you again! A drop-in story time with 

songs, stories, and craft. All children must 

be accompanied by a caregiver. * These 

ages are flexible! NO STORYTIME ON 

NOVEMBER 10, 23 or 24. 

PAWS to Read: Wednesday, Nov. 1st, 6 to 

7:15 p.m. 

Interested in reading to a cuddly friend? 

Sign up by calling (508) 533-3217 or register 

at the Circulation desk. Each child 

will get a 15 minute one-on-one reading 

session with our wonderful visiting therapy 

dogs. Children must be able to read independently. 

Grades 2-6. 

Artful Thursdays: Thursday, Nov. 30th, 4 

p.m. 

Join Miss Lucy for a hands-on workshop 

about style and expression. We will 

be exploring a new painter or illustrator 

each month. Fourth Thursday of the 

month. Ages 7 and up. Register in advance. 

Celebrate DINOvember! Digging Dinosaurs: 

Storytelling with Diane Edgecomb 

Saturday, November 4th, 1 p.m., All ages. 

These popular dinosaur adventures 

complement their scientific facts with a 

happy dose of humor. Dinosaur lovers of 

all ages will enjoy the colorful posters, Dinosaur 

Sign-Language and participation 

that keeps audiences engaged and asking 

for MOOORE! Two original stories 

are included. Based on current scientific 

discoveries, this piece educates as it entertains. 

This program is funded by a grant from 

the Medway Cultural Council. 

Breakout Box for Teens: A CASE OF THE 

MONDAYS: Monday, Nov. 20th, 7 p.m. 

Ages 12 and up. Register in advance. 

You’ve just arrived at school and find 

that your teacher has written the date on 

the board. It says “Monday...”--but how 

can that be? You’re 100% sure yesterday 

was Monday, so it can’t be Monday 

again...right? You ask your teacher if 

they’ve made a mistake, but they just give 

you that “teacher look” and tell you to sit 

down. Last night a strange box appeared 

on Miss Lucy’s desk with a note explaining 

that unless her students can unlock the 

box, every day will be a Monday for the 

rest of the year. There’s a timer attached 

to the box. Are you ready to save our 

school year, or will we suffer the curse of 

the Mondays? 

Half-Day Craft: Wednesday, Nov. 22nd 

For more information and to register 

for events and programs visit medwaylib. 

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Contact Children’s Librarian, Lucy 

Anderson, with any questions at landerson@minlib.net 

or (508) 533-3217. 

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Save the Date 

Millis Holiday 

Fire Truck Parade and 

Tree Lighting 

December 9th, 5 p.m. 

Medway Community 

Education Fall 

Programs for All 

Fall is upon us and many of our programs are still open for you, 

your family and your friends to enjoy. Our programs are available to 

all area residents at no additional charge. We offer a 15% discount to 

senior citizens and active military families for our classes. 

For Preschool: 

• Messy Mixtures 

For Teens: 

• Drone class 

• Driver’s Education 

• College Test Preparation 

• Private Music Lessons 

For Adults: 

• Holiday Baking 

• Wine Education 

• Mosaics 

• Ladies Night Out 

• DIY Wreath 

• Ladies Hiking 

• Dance – Assorted Styles 

• Business & Organization 

• Photography 

• Exciting trips for the whole family 

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and register for available programs. You may contact our office at 

(508) 533-3222 option 4 with any questions.


Community Events 


Silver Screen Matinee, 1-3 

p.m., Millis Public Library, 961 

Main Street, Millis 

Great Films: Citizen Kane, 7 



Annual Halloween Candy 

Give Back for our troops via 

Operation American Soldier, 

3-6 p.m., Freeman-Kennedy 

School in Norfolk, Rockwood 

Road entrance, FamilyBased@ 

norfolkcommunityleague.org. 

Dance Fitness FUNdraiser, 

6:30pm-8:30 p.m., sponsored 

by Norfolk Community League, 

a fun night of hip hop and contemporary 

dance, ages 12+, 

$7 NCL member and ages 12- 

18; $10 nonmember. Purchase 

tickets: www.memberplanet. 

com/events/norfolkcommunityleague/dancefitnessfundraiser 


Art Opening, 1-3 p.m., Artist 

Paula Frasier, Millis Public 

Library, 961 Main Street, Millis 

Holliston Mills Open Studios, 

11 a.m. – 4 p.m., 24 Water St., 

Holliston, open artist studios, 

music from 11 a.m. – 2 p.m. Saturday, 

light refreshments both 

days with Crafted offering a tasting 

1-3 p.m. Sunday. Find Holliston 

Mills at www.hollistonmill. 

com or on Facebook. 

Teutonic Titans, Symphony 

Concert by Claflin Hill Symphony 

Orchestra, The Historic 

Grand Ballroom. Milford Town 

Hall, 7:30 p.m., tickets are $19, 

$15 for students, seniors and veterans, 

visit www.claflinhill.org 


Holliston Mills Open Studios, 

11 a.m. – 4 p.m., 24 Water St., 

Holliston, open artist studios, 

music from 11 a.m. – 2 p.m. Saturday, 

light refreshments both 

days with Crafted offering a tasting 

1-3 p.m. Sunday. Find Holliston 

Mills at www.hollistonmill. 

com or on Facebook. 


Millis November Town Meeting, 

7:30 p.m., Millis MS/HS 

Auditorium 245 Plain Street, 

Millis 


MemorizeBest – The Art 

of Remembering Names, with 

Neil Kutzen, 7-9 p.m., Medway 

Public Library, 26 High Street, 

Medway 


Garden Club of Norfolk 

Holiday Fundraiser, 7 p.m., 

Freeman-Kennedy School, 

Norfolk. Features Alan and Bea 

of Windfall Florals, $10. Email 

Tricia Romanus - paromanus@gmail.com, 

Anne Prior 

– priorfarm1@gmail.com, or 

Michele Drolette – mhdsoleil@ 

yahoo.com for tickets. 


Millis Library Veteran’s 

Event, 10 a.m.- 4 p.m., Millis 

Public Library, 961 Main 

Street, Millis 

Holliston Garden Club features 

Bert Ford for “Fall into the 

Holidays,” 7 p.m. refreshments, 

7:30 p.m. program, St. Mary’s 

Church Hall, 8 Church Street, 

Holliston, $12 in advance; $15 

at the door. Advance tickets 

may be purchased in Holliston 

at Coffee Haven, 76 Railroad 

Street , Arcadian Farm, 258 

Norfolk Street, Outpost Farm, 

216 Prentice Street, Debra’s 

Flowers, 258 Norfolk Street 


Medway Veteran’s Day Ceremony, 

11 a.m., Col. Matondi 

Square, Medway, followed by a 

separate ceremony dedicating 

headstones for six Civil War veterans 

at Oakland Cemetery. Veterans 

then invited to luncheon at 

12:30 presented by Medway Senior 

Center. Call (508) 533-3210 

to RSVP for the luncheon. 

Millis Veteran’s Day Ceremony, 

11 a.m., Memorial Park, 

in front of Millis Town Hall. 

Master of Ceremonies Lawrence 

J. McCarter, SMSgt, USAF 

(Ret) 1st Vice Commander of 

the American Legion Post 208, 

featured speaker Harold Crosby, 

American Legion Post 208. 


Medway Fall Town Meeting, 

7 p.m., Medway High 

School Auditorium 

Me Time PaperCraft Time, 

10 a.m. – 1 p.m., ages 16+, 

drop in scrapbooking, card 

making or other paper projects, 

in Makerspace, Medway 

Public Library, 26 High Street, 

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Millis Town Flu Clinic, presented 

by The Millis Health 

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Department, 10 a.m.-1 p.m., 

town hall Gym. Residents ages 

8+ are welcome to receive a flu 

shot. Those under 19 must be accompanied 

by a parent or guardian. 

Please bring insurance cards 

and wear a short-sleeved layer. 

Those without insurance may 

also receive a flu shot. For questions, 

call Millis Health Dept. at: 

(508) 376-7042 or email kdangelo@millis.net. 

40th Annual St. Joseph 

Christmas Fair, 9 a.m. – 3 p.m., 

More than 50 quality crafters , 

refreshments, raffles, bake sale 

and grand prizes of Celtics and 

Red Sox tickets, St. Joseph Parish 

Center, 145 Holliston St., 

Medway. (508) 533-7771 

Bayberry Fair, 9 a.m. – 3 

p.m., St. Thomas Large Parish 

Hall, Main Street next to Mobil, 

Santa, vendors, crafts, lunch and 

other refreshments, raffle. For 

additional information contact 

Timothy Kane at tkane@mcsweeneyricci.com 

Buddy Bowl 2017, coed 

flag football charity tournament, 

Clyde Brown School, 

Millis, raises funds for Warrior 

Thunder Foundation, Agea for 

teams: 11-14 year olds (grades 7 

- 8); and Adults. $20 for players 

under 18; $30 for 18 and older. 

Cost includes lunch. Buddy Bowl 

shirts can be ordered for an additional 

$15. 8 a.m. registration, 

questions to Chip Fagan, (508) 

951-5125 or email cbfagan7@ 

gmail.com, www.warriorthunderfoundation.org 


Buddy Bowl 2017, coed flag 

football charity tournament, 

Clyde Brown School, Millis, 

14-18 year olds (High School), 

raises funds for Warrior Thunder 

Foundation, Agea for teams: 

11-14 year olds (grades 7 - 8); 

and Adults. $20 for players 

under 18; $30 for 18 and older. 

Cost includes lunch. Buddy Bowl 

shirts can be ordered for an additional 

$15. 8 a.m. registration, 

questions to Chip Fagan, (508) 

951-5125 or email cbfagan7@ 

gmail.com, www.warriorthunderfoundation.org 


7th Annual Medway Turkey 

Trot, 7:30 a.m. start, Medway 

High School, 88 Summer St., 

Medway, $15 under 18, $25 18+, 

over 70 free, day of race, $20 

under 18, $30 over 18, proceeds to 

Medway HS athletic dept., www. 

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25th Annual Medway Christmas 

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Me Time PaperCraft Time, 

10 a.m. – 1 p.m., ages 16+, drop 

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other paper projects, in Makerspace, 

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Sports 

Hopkins’ Prime Goal — Another Super Bowl for Millis 

By KEN HAMWEY, 

Staff Sports Writer 

Kurt Hopkins wouldn’t mind 

a repeat of last year. 

The Millis High running 

back, who also excels as a linebacker, 

rushed for 1,050 yards 

and scored 12 touchdowns last 

year as the Mohawks won the Division 

4A Super Bowl by defeating 

Maynard. He also was voted 

a first-team Tri Valley League 

all-star. 

“My goal this year is for us to 

repeat as Super Bowl champs,’’ 

Hopkins said. “It’s realistic, because 

we’ve got experienced 

starters back and our team 

chemistry is good. To be champions 

again, however, we have to 

treat each game like it’s the only 

one left. As for me personally, it 

would be nice to improve on last 

year’s statistics and be a league 

all-star again. But, winning is 

much more important.’’ 

What’s also important is Hopkins’ 

health, and Millis fans got 

a major scare during the team’s 

33-8 victory over Bellingham 

on Oct. 6. He dislocated his left 

elbow late in the second half and 

left the game in an ambulance. 

Hopkins missed the Mohawks 

game against Dover-Sherborn 

and was doubtful for Ashland. 

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Millis had a 5-1 record and 

was on top of the standings in the 

TVL Small Division. Hopkins 

also was on top of his game with 

585 yards rushing and six TDs in 

4½ games. 

The senior captain’s prime 

objective is to stay healthy, finish 

strong as a team and establish a 

legacy. “We want to win the division, 

get to the sectional finals 

and be peaking at the finish line,’’ 

he said. “If we win back-to-back 

Super Bowls, it would cement 

our team as one of the best in 

Millis history.’’ 

The 5-foot-9, 170-pounder is 

a dynamic two-way player whose 

offensive strengths include agility, 

a high football IQ, hitting the 

holes quickly and cutting sharply. 

His prime defensive assets are the 

abilities to read and react and to 

rely on instincts. 

“I enjoy running the ball, but 

playing linebacker is fun, too,’’ he 

said. “It’s exciting to gain yards, 

but I also like tackling and pursuing 

at linebacker. I watch a 

lot of film, and that helps me to 

determine the tendencies of our 

opponents.’’ 

Hopkins, who has a GPA 

that’s off the charts (4.3), is a 

National Honor Society student 

whose work ethic on the gridiron 

is superb. His coach, Dana 

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Kurt Hopkins hands the ball to an official after scoring one of his three touchdowns against Dedham. 

Olson, labels Hopkins as “an oldschool, 

blue-collar competitor.’’ 

“Kurt gives 110 percent every 

play,’’ Olson said. “His motor 

never stops, and he’s able to get 

into position and make plays. 

His running complements our 

passing game, and he provides 

us with great spark. He’s the kind 

of runner who keeps the chains 

moving. He also goes full speed 

on defense and makes things 

happen.’’ 

A leader by example, Hopkins 

considers himself more of 

an on-field captain. “I’ll yell out 

plays that I think our opponents 

will run, and I try to help my 

teammates with positioning,’’ he 

noted. “We’ve got five other senior 

captains (quarterback Bryce 

Latosek, linebacker Ryan Daniel, 

receiver/safety PJ Adams, receiver/safety 

Dom Zonfrelli and 

lineman Ciaran Hourihan) who 

are quality leaders. They promote 

team chemistry, they’re all 

talented, and they all contribute.’’ 

When it comes to contributions, 

Hopkins is usually at the 

head of the class. Last year, he 

scored three touchdowns in 

games against Archbishop Williams 

and Bellingham and his 

TD against Ashland helped to 

clinch the division title. “Those 

games last year were three of 

my best,’’ Hopkins recalled. “I 

gained 175 yards against Bellingham 

and I gained 130 against 

Ashland in a game we won, 8-6. 

This season, I gained 145 yards 

and scored three TDs against 

Dedham.’’ 

All those touchdowns and 

all those yards, however, pale 

when stacked up against a Super 

Bowl crown. Hopkins knows the 

value of team play. “Winning 

the Super Bowl was unreal,’’ he 

said. “It was awesome — a great 

feeling because it justified all our 

hard work.’’ 

The 17-year-old Hopkins, 

who also plays basketball (forward) 

and baseball (infield), 

wouldn’t mind continuing his 

grid career in college, but he 

knows it would likely be in a 

Division 3 setting. Aiming for a 

career in civil engineering, he’s 

applied to UMass, Boston College, 

UConn, New Hampshire 

and Worcester Polytech. “I love 

sports, but I’ll focus on academics 

in college,’’ he said. “However, if 

I choose WPI, it could be a fit for 

football.’’ 

Labeling Olson as “a great 

motivator with a good football 

mind,’’ Hopkins also is a fan of 

his position coach — Jim Perkins. 

“Coach Perkins starred at 

Millis, and he deals with backs 

and linebackers,’’ Hopkins said. 

“He knows what’s needed to improve.’’ 

Hopkins relies on a competitive 

philosophy that focuses on 

winning. “It’s important to have 

fun,’’ he said. “And, winning, 

leads to fun. It’s also important 

to keep improving. I also try to 

learn life lessons from sports. Accountability 

is a lesson that helps 

you avoid earlier mistakes.’’ 

Hopkins doesn’t make many 

mistakes on a football field. He 

started playing the sport at seven 

in the Millis-Norfolk-Medfield 

Pop Warner association, and his 

game has been on the upswing 

ever since. 

Kurt Hopkins is a versatile 

two-way football player who 

could be a TVL all-star again. 

He’d like that, but he’d prefer 

another Super Bowl crown. 

That’s the way champions 

think.


Millis Golf Sees Growing Interest 

Sports 

By Christopher Tremblay 

As the school year gets underway 

and the fall sports begin to 

take place, many Millis athletes 

are thinking more about playing 

on fields and courts; not teeing 

off on a local golf course. For the 

past few seasons, Mohawk Coach 

Dave Hodgdon has put together 

teams with minimal members, 

but this year there was a little 

more interest in the fall sport. 

“We’ve always struggled to 

get enough numbers to make up 

a team. Most teams have a roster 

of 12 or 13 golfers; we usually 

carried 10. This year we had 20 

come out for the team, and we 

kept 14,” the Millis Coach said. 

“I don’t know why the numbers 

increased this year; there is always 

interest in football and soccer, 

but golf is not on their minds. 

Millis is not a golf town, so we 

continue to struggle, and that 

leads to a lack of winning.” 

Of those 20 athletes that came 

out for the golf team this fall, a 

good number of them were seventh 

and eighth graders. Hodgdon 

has put these young athletes 

into developmental camp, sort of 

a feeder program for the varsity 

squad, where they will learn the 

game of golf and continue to improve 

their skills 

On any given day, Millis can 

have one of three golfers teeing 

off as their number one. Sophomores 

Ryan Brooks, Thomas Hill 

and TJ Hourigan have all shot in 

the mid 40’s and continue to battle 

it out for that top spot. Brooks 

is a lefty, who has shown a lot of 

improvement since his freshman 

campaign, and according to his 

coach has not only matured but 

seems more serious this season. 

While Hill is looking to improve 

his game to help the Mohawks, 

Hourigan has a natural 

swing which plays into his long 

game, but on occasion, he will 

swing too hard. All three golfers 

possess decent swings according 

to the Coach. 

One other sophomore who 

has been working his way up 

the ladder is Jacob Costa. The 

sophomore shot a career low 41 

earlier this year, but still needs to 

work on some minor adjustments 

to improve his game. 

Hodgdon knows that his 

younger team is not going to 

win a lot of games right away, 

so while he not only has to work 

with them on their game, he 

also has to put them in the right 

frame of mind. 

“A lot of young kids come in 

with bad habits, and we need to 

guide them in the right direction 

to breaking those habits,” 

the Coach said. “Golf is a team 

sport, but it is also more of an 

individual sport; you have to rely 

on yourself, although the team 

contributes to the overall match. 

I tell the kids to play the course, 

not their competitor, and to 

concentrate on their individual 

shots.” 

Match situations are different 

than practices. According to 

Hodgdon once they step onto the 

actual course, nerves kick in. 

“I tell the kids that any team 

at any match on any given day 

a team can win,” he said. “It has 

to be your day, and if not today, 

then maybe tomorrow; you just 

have to keep on trying. If you 

improve the little things like lowering 

your stroke count, you’ll 

continue to improve.” 

Earlier in the season, Millis 

grabbed its first win as they defeated 

Bellingham in a Tri Valley 

League clash by four strokes. 

All five golfers shot in the 40’s 

and Sean McManus, who usually 

found himself as the seventh 

golfer on the team, shot a 45 

and was a huge contributor to 

the win. 

Millis High Golf, 

which usually 

sees low numbers, 

drew a large 

number this year. 

Coach Hodgdon 

is working on 

teaching the 

largely young 

players good 

habits on 

the green. 

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