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6 The Blackstone Valley Xpress • www.blackstonevalleyxpress.com • June 11, 2021
Nurse of St. Vincent
Hospital speaks out
Hello---
My name is Melissa MacDonald. I am a nurse on
strike at St. Vincent Hospital, Worcester, and I am
starting my 37th year in nursing serving the public
of Worcester County.
I am one of so many who have spent our entire
careers at St. Vincent Hospital. We are asking the
public for your continued support and to keep us
in your thoughts and prayers.
We are fighting a for-profit-owner, Tenet Healthcare
Corporation, which is based in Dallas, Texas.
They have put profits over patients since they
bought St. Vincent Hospital.
The striking nurses have been waiting for about
two years for a fair contract.
We want Tenet to do the right thing for the nurses
and for this community. Thank you.
Sincerely,
Melissa MacDonald
and the striking nurses
of St. Vincent Hospital
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Uxbridge and Sutton vote to authorize officials to negotiate
easements for Blackstone River Bikeway Expansion
WHITINSVILLE – Blackstone
River Valley National
Heritage Corridor’s mission
to continue expanding the
Blackstone River Greenway/
Bikeway has gained momentum.
At town meetings on
May 15, Uxbridge and Sutton
residents voted in favor of
authorizing local officials in
both towns to negotiate easements
that help pave the way
for extending the Blackstone
River Greenway/Bikeway in
their communities.
In Uxbridge, residents
voted in favor of granting
authority to the Select Board
to negotiate mutually agreeable
access easements on
public parcels. Additionally,
the passage of the article
will allow a Greenway/Bikeway
over or along the existing
water/sewer infrastructure
where the proposed
extension of the existing
Blackstone River Greenway
will run. The vision for the
3.5-mile expansion would
bring it from Adams Street
in south Uxbridge to Depot
Street in the center of town.
In Sutton, residents voted
to authorize the Select Board
to convey a parcel of Townowned
land in exchange for
trail and bicycle path easements
that will allow passage
of the Blackstone River
Bikeway on Blackstone
Street, near the Singing Dam.
“The Blackstone Heritage
Corridor Board is very appreciative
of the work and
leadership of Town officials
and the support of Town
Meeting voters in both Uxbridge
and Sutton for their
commitment to extending
the Blackstone River Bikeway.
These strong expressions
of public support from
Valley residents move this
long-planned project closer
to reality,” Blackstone Heritage
Corridor Board Chair
Richard T. Moore stated after
the Town Meetings. “We
look forward to continued
partnership with local officials
and voters in our efforts
to improve recreational
opportunities in the Valley
as we work to complete what
will one day be a 48-mile
bikeway from Worcester to
Providence,” he added.
The Blackstone Heritage
Corridor will continue to
work with state and federal
partners to secure funding
for the design and, later,
construction of these segments
of the path through
the Valley.
“Most communities
where bikeways have
been constructed consider
them to be genuine assets
for their residents as well
as visitors to the region,”
Moore noted. “They provide
opportunities for outdoor
recreation through
historic downtowns and
beautiful views of our natural
surroundings.”
To learn more about the
Blackstone River Greenway/
Bikeway and the Blackstone
River Valley National Heritage
Corridor, visit BlackstoneHeritageCorridor.org.
The Singing Dam on Blackstone Street in Sutton.
A view of the Blackstone River Greenway in Uxbridge,
where it currently ends on Adams Street.
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