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p 12 eld ve ve e Staff By Melissa Orff Mendon on School MillvilleAlbeeville St. in many yearsprogram similar to one the at her ago.requested have that schools the a Th ated annual the tradition she when others. cation to family, to faith, and service spentals who lives their dedi- inthe 2 honored lives the of individu- three on Mayat School Clough Elementary been morebeen than 100trees planted at Arborthe Day program, there have HillMiscoe As Schools. aresult of studentsthe at Clough the and both tion since1989,and brings together angram inter-school hasbeen tradi- Clough Elementary Student Ryan Fior May 2annual Arbor Day Celebration. acts as one of the fl Th Th e late Tetreault Orise initi- eannual Arbo Reporter “He WhoPlantsaTree;
ag-bearers at the r Day Celebration Salutes Our Military Heroes! Salutes Our Military e pro- Parade steps off at 10 am from the corner thecorner at 10amfrom steps off Parade Memorial Day-Upton Ceremonies ontheUpton TownCeremonies Common Plants Hope” of MapleSt. downRoute 140 of Students listened astrees were dedicated in honor of Gerard and Margaret Sweeny, Central Mass.Central Travel Agency inMil- tion, and owned both and operated at Draper Corpora- of Food Services Mrs.School, Sweeny Director wasthe lish and Latin teacher at Milford High Bertram. brother of Hill Miscoe Teacher Sue and for Charles DeLorenzo, Robert dents Gerard and Margaret Sweeny, of long-timememory Mendon resi- cally for Arbor the Day celebration. that hadwrittenpoems they specifi Hebert and Matthew Forget read also Student members Council Penny and tradition of Arbor Day. Miscoe event, giving narrations of history the dent asreaders acted Council for the advisor Dick Grady. Program Assistant Fred Oldfi Heather McCourt and Meagan Pike, ing Student Miscoe Advisors Council in organizing year’s this event includ- tion and recognized involved those welcomed attendees to celebra- the lowed by the company entrance the march, fol- played directionunder the of Nick LaPete, cil members. Th emony by Hill Miscoe Student Coun- fl parade of Clough students acting as a diff or to recognize someone makes who of haspassed someone who memory Mendon andtohonorbeautify the and schools the throughout town to ag-bearers escortedinto cer- the and for Charles Robert DeLorenzo during the annual Arbor Day Celebration. Mr. Sweeny wasformerly an Eng- Th Students from Hill Miscoe the Stu- Clough Principal Janice Gallagher Th isyear, trees planted willbe in isyear’s program began with a erence inpeople’s lives. The TownThe Crier America the Beautiful National Anthem e Miscoe Hill Band, eld and eld . to ac- Memorial Day-Mendon Ceremonies in front of theTaft Library. of infront Ceremonies Parade steps off at 8 am from theOld at 8amfrom stepsoff Parade - said. of dedication their to family their ,” he blossom, atree symbol so isaperfect of my parents. My parents me helped have living such awonderful memory ard and Martha Grady. “It niceto isso from long-time their neighbors Rich- dedication of atree for hisparents Sweeny, said hewastouched by the son of late the Gerard and Margaret hope,” sheread. com. “He plants who atree; plants with aparting quote from Lucy Lar- in hishonor. munity” by dedicating asoft ness and selfl recognized Lorenzo De for “hiskind- of year, this town the of Duluth, Ga. to hiscommunity.service In March soft his children infootball, baseball and Lorenzo wasalong-time coach for Student members Council read. De- and mostimportantly, hisfamily,” the world,the hiscommunity, hischurch, DeLorenzo. “Rob cared deeply about Charles ofhonor Robert memory the during dedication. the read Student the Members Council and devotion intheir to family,” their to others, gious faith, service intheir excellence ineducation, reli- intheir church. “Th raising and activities social with their education and participated infund- Mendon taught where they religious parishioners at St. Michael’s parish in work ethic,” Sweeny’s the were active ford for 40years. Along with a“strong Cemetery on Providence St. onProvidence Cemetery Aft ceremony the closed Gallagher Another tree willbeplanted to ball, and dedicated many years of www.TownCrier.us ceremony,er the Jay Sweeny, May 16,2014 Vol. 23No.9 eSweeny’s lived alife of ess devotion to hiscom- ball fi eld eld Northbridge Kelly-Miller Circus Coming June 24
Trolley Tours Mendon On Saturday, May 17, Circus Day is Ken Warchol, AKA “Mr. set for Tuesday, Paul Whitin,” will lead June 24 when another old-fashioned the celebrated trolley tour of historic Kelly-Miller Northbridge locations circus brings with tales about the town’s thrills, chills, history and the important and fabulous, role it played in America’s aff ordable Industrial Revolution. family fun to Th e Kelly-Miller Circus will bring el- Exceptional Th ree tour times are Mendon. Tigers, ephants and more to Mendon on June 24. available – 9 and 11 a.m. elephants, Contributed photo or 1 p.m. Although the camels, clowns, Waterfront Estate tours are free, seating is dogs, ponies, limited and “Mr. Whitin” aerialists, acrobats, and much more make marvelous magic says “the seats will go in America’s one-ring wonder. quickly, so sign up right Kelly-Miller, one of the greatest names in the international away!” circus world, is headed for Mendon on June 24, at the Fino Th e trolley tours lot, located on the corner of North Ave. and Route 16 with are being hosted performances at 4:30 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. by the Northbridge Owned and produced by John Ringling North II, the Historic Commission energetic, two hour spectacle headlines world class circus and Alternatives and stars from across the globe including America’s own Titan sponsored by UniBank. of the Tigers, the courageous Ryan Holder in the giant steel 6 Kiwanis Beach Rd. Upton Each tour will begin with arena, the lovely and intrepid aerial star Rebecca Ostrof, and a short presentation in the from Argentina, the astonishingly astute Fusco Gauchos. Six beautiful acres of Singh Performance Center Th ere’s so much more including cavorting clowns, clever pristine, retreat-like, property. at Alternatives’ Whitin canines, prancing ponies, and of course the biggest stars Mill, 60 Douglas Road, of all—the world famous Kelly-Miller Circus performing Upton’s hidden gem. Whitinsville. elephants. High in the Big Top, the lovely North Starlets will Call today for your private showing. Th e tours were sold enchant audiences with their beauty and daring. Camels, out last fall. Don’t miss zebras and dancers join in a salute to Las Vegas. 6kiwanisbeachroad.com this opportunity to On circus day, the fun and excitement begins long before SusanMooreRealEstate.com visit the historic sites in show time. Beginning at 8 a.m., the public is cordially invited Northbridge and fi nd to join the circus family as the big top rises to the skies. Susan Moore out how the area went Th e local appearance of Th e Kelly-Miller Circus is Senior Vice President, Realtor® from farm to factory sponsored by Th e Mendon Lions Club. Advance tickets are 508.397.1365 and became a leader in now on sale at Th e Mendon Greenhouse, Th e Bark Ark, [email protected] America’s transformation Mendon Barber Shop, and Charles River Bank, all on Route 11 Grove Street, Hopkinton, MA 01748 into an industrial giant. 16 in Mendon. Tickets bought in advance are $10 for adults Each office is independently owned and operated. To reserve trolley tour and $6 for children. Tickets purchased on show day at the seats, call 508-234-6232 or circus box offi ce will be $15 for adults and $7 for children. visit AlternativesNet.org/ All proceeds will support Mass. Lions Eye Research and event/TrolleyTours. Mendon Lions projects. MemorialMemorial DDayay SavingsSavings Pricing Effective Monday, May 19 thru Sunday, May 25
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2 UPTON & MENDON TOWN CRIER May 16, 2014 Attention Local Graduates
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May 16, 2014 UPTON & MENDON TOWN CRIER 3 Milford Health Board Do You Know Considers Sharing Nurse Your Social with Upton Security By Kevin Rudden Staff Reporter/Columnist Benefi ts? Th e Milford Board of Health is considering ending its Kevin R. Goff e, President and relationship with the VNA and Hospice of Greater Milford CEO of Dean Bank announced and, instead, contract with the Town of Upton to use its that an upcoming free educational part-time public health nurse for a dedicated 20 hours each workshop entitled “Do You Know week. Th e last time Milford had its own public health nurse YOUR Social Security Benefi ts?” was more than 40 years ago, Board Chairman Kenneth will be held free of charge at the Evans said. bank’s Main Offi ce branch, 21 Trish Parent, who has worked for Upton for the past Main St., Franklin, Tuesday, May 20 years, met with the board on April 28 to discuss what 20 from 9:30 – 11:30 a.m. her duties and responsibilities are in the neighboring Social Security is an important community. “Th ere’s something to be said for having a component of retirement income public health nurse that’s dedicated to your town,” she said. strategy. Understanding the seven “Th at’s nothing against the VNA,” she added. keys to optimizing benefi ts is criti- Health Agent Paul Mazzuchelli said Milford pays Salmon cal. Th ey are: the basics, Medicare, Home Care – which bought the local visiting nurses income benefi ts, tax implications, group from Milford Regional Medical Center a few years when to start, working in retire- ago – $68,000 a year, but shares their services with eight ment and spousal/survivor ben- other area towns. Both he and Parent said the VNA’s main efi ts/estate planning. function is home care nursing, not public health issues. Learn about ways to identify Even when the VNA was locally owned, “We didn’t have potential retirement income gaps that personal service,” Mazzuchelli said. Given the size of & the customized solutions that Milford and the diversity of its population, the town should meet your needs. All material have one or two public health nurses of its own, he said. presented by Carl Scheinman, Fi- Parent said she currently works 20 hours per week nancial Services Manager at Dean for Upton. If the Milford board is interested in hiring Bank, Quentin Climer, Divisional her for another 20 hours per week, it should contact Vice President, Sun America and its counterpart in Upton to explore an intermunicipal Ralph Tepper, Attorney at Law. agreement for her services, she said. Th e Upton Board of No cost to attend, but seating is Health knows about her meeting with Milford offi cials, she limited, so please pre-register by said. Whatever fee might be agreed upon, it would be less contacting Kathy Doura, 508-528- than the amount currently paid to the VNA, Parent said. 0088 or email info@deanbank. “Th at would be something that we’d be receptive to,” said com. Th is complimentary work- Alfred Holman, chair of Upton’s Board of Health, when shop is not a sales presentation. asked about the possibility for such an intermunicipal agreement between the two towns. TheThe LodgeLodge atat GoldenGolden PPondond LuxuriousLuxurious 1 & 2 BBedroomedroom AApartmentspartments ConciergeConcierge ServiceService inin AssistedAssisted LivingLiving SettingSetting
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4 UPTON & MENDON TOWN CRIER May 16, 2014 Advertisers Club Introduces Th e Advertiser’s Club Directory Elizabeth Blake Orthodontics Th ese are the businesses that contract to By Michelle Sanford advertise in Th e Upton and Mendon Town Staff Reporter/Columnist Crier at least 12 times a year. Th ey receive Dr. Elizabeth Blake says when she designed her a frequently discount, feature article about orthodontic practice she defi nitely had her young patients their business (minimum 1/16 page ad) and in mind. “I tried to make it a fun place,” said Dr. Blake. listing in this directory. And that she did. Her beautifully designed offi ce off ers Business Name ...... Ad on Page patients some unique perks to enjoy while on their way to Addeo & Sons Home Improvement ...... 26 achieving a beautiful and healthy smile. Advantage Siding ...... 27 Elizabeth Blake Orthodontics is a special place to A Little Common Sense ...... 1, 16 Artist Pallette...... next complete your orthodontic treatment. Th e professional Bill McCormick Realty ...... next and friendly staff will see patients through to a healthy Blackstone Valley Limousine Service...... next smile all while off ering some fun features along the Blackstone Valley Skating Academy ...... next way. Patients and their siblings can sit and enjoy an Picture: Th e friendly and professional staff at Elizabeth Blake Orthodontics Boucher Energy Systems ...... 24 will help patients attain their best smile possible and include from left to right: Bright Insurance Agency...... 14 i-Pad room fi lled with the latest games prior to their C.J. Cilley Construction ...... next appointments or watch the 3D television in the waiting Front Offi ce Manager Cristina, Dr. Elizabeth Blake, Orthodontic Assistant Cancun’s Mexican Restaurant ...... 17 room. Young patients are also given special rewards for Alexsandra, and Treatment Coordinator Jamie. Colella's Supermarket ...... 2 Consigli & Ruggiero Funeral Home ...... 18 taking care of their teeth throughout treatment. And tifi cate in the Specialty of Orthodontics at the University of Connecticut. She Corinne Ross Massage Th erapy ...... 21 because 25 percent of Dr. Blake’s patients are adults, a is also a Board-Certifi ed Orthodontist; an elite distinction which involves a Cornerstone of Milford ...... 4 more private operatory is available. CPR Etc...... next voluntary examination process through the American Board of Orthodontics. Crystal Industries ...... 13 However, what’s most important to Dr. Blake is the Only 14 percent of orthodontists in Massachusetts are board-certifi ed. She says Cyr Contracting ...... next health and look of her patients’ smiles. Th e practice off ers she considers orthodontics to be a combination of science and art, “Because it’s David Stewart Housewright ...... next standard metal braces, ceramic braces, Invisalign, and actually positioning teeth to work toward a beautiful smile.” Deane Dance ...... next Incognito braces, which are placed on the back of teeth. Diane’s Doghouse ...... 19 Supporting the Hopkinton community is also important to Dr. Blake Elizabeth Blake Orthodontic ...... 23 Dr. Blake will help guide her patients toward the best and the staff . Th ey were recently a sponsor at an event for the Hopkinton ERA Key Realty, Th eresa Sannicandro ...... next orthodontic option for them because as she says, “Every Education Foundation and the Sharon Timlin 5K Road Race in town. ET Home Maintenance ...... 25 mouth is unique.” Exceptional Limo...... next Elizabeth Blake Orthodontics is located at 77 Main St., Hopkinton. For more Frank's Appliance ...... 21 Dr. Blake earned her Bachelor’s degree and Doctor of information, go to www.elizabethblakeorthodontics.com or call 508-435- Friendly Discount Liquors ...... 18 Dental Medicine from the University of Florida. She then 0100 to schedule an appointment. Also, check the practice out on Facebook. Full Circle Tree Care ...... next received her Master’s degree of Dental Sciences and Cer- Gibson Kennels ...... next Gibson Septic Service...... 24 Dr. Janet Goguen, DMD ...... 23 Golden Pond/Golden Goose ...... 4 Goodman Eye Center ...... 14 Heaven’s Gate Pet Services...... 19 Crystal Pool and Spa Celebrates 55 Years! Heritage Siding & Window ...... next Crystal Pool and Spa, known for decades authorized repair center for the Aquabot for your swimming pool and a summer of Hopkinton Physical Th erapy ...... next as Crystal Industries, has reached the 55 family of automatic pool cleaners and we fun.” Hopkinton Eye Associates ...... 16 Iadarola Plumbing & Heating ...... 26 year milestone in business, serving families have added these superior pool cleaners Crystal Pool and Spa off ers free water Ideal Pizza ...... 17 in the region since 1959. Located at 95 to our product off erings.” Th e store also testing, written instructions explaining Imperial...... 3, 28 Mechanic St., Route 140 in Bellingham, carries a wide variety of pool toys, games how to use the chemicals or parts, repairs J.C. Parmenter ...... 26 Jolicoeur Overhead Door ...... next Crystal Pool and Spa off ers its customers and fl oats so everyone can have fun in the for pool fi lters and pumps, pool equipment Just-A-Wee-Day ...... 23 an extensive line of swimming pools, liners, water. repairs, installation of in-ground liners, LaRose Muscular Th erapy ...... next covers, pool services and chemicals, and Founded in 1959 by her grandfather installation of Loop-Loc safety pool covers Liquor Plus...... 12 Little Coff ee Bean ...... 17 supplies for swimming pools and spas. Verne Brown, DiChiara notes the business and pool openings and closings and more. Lynch Wine and Spirits ...... next Known as ‘Th e Pool Store Th at’s All is run primarily by family members. Pool closings can be booked now and done Maple Farm Dairy ...... 10 About Fun,’ Crystal Pool and Spa is “We’re a family business that has been here until Th anksgiving. Mazzone Electrician ...... 18 celebrating their 53rd anniversary with a for four generations and we are looking As the store’s web site, www. MCP Mailbox ...... next Medway Oil & Propane Company ...... 25 Mother’s Day sale on pool lounge chairs forward to many more years in business.” crystalpoolstore.com advises, “Th e best Mendon Motors ...... 19 and an in-store drawing for a free Poolside she added. way to fi nd out about the latest products, Mendon Self Storage ...... next Basketball Game, just in time for Memorial “We have a lot of knowledge based on services and equipment is to visit our Metrowest Oral Surgical Associates ...... next Milford Franklin Eye Center ...... next Day. Th e public is welcome to register for years of experience working with pools and showroom.” Stop by Crystal Pool and Spa, Milford Hardwood ...... 24 the drawing up until May 31. spas, so we can off er our customers good open year round, at 95 Mechanic St., Route Milford National Bank and Trust ...... 22 “We are excited about this year’s season advice,” said DiChiara. “Our customer 140, Bellingham Monday through Friday Milford Regional Medical Center...... next Mill House Liquors...... 4 and we’re looking forward to our best service is one of our strengths. We work 9 a.m. to 6 p.m., Saturday 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Nathans’ Jewelers ...... 23 year ever,” said company president, Kim with each individual supplying the and Sunday 10 a.m. to 2p.m. starting May New England Steak & Seafood ...... 17 DiChiara. “Our customers love the full chemicals, supplies and advice that they 18 through June 29. Or give them a call at Paw Planet ...... next service! We have become a nationally need. We carry almost anything you’d need 508-966-1322. Phipps Insurance Agency ...... 11 Phyllis's Sewing ...... 18 Reliable Pet Sitting ...... 19 Restaurant 45 ...... next Rita’s Home & Gift Store ...... next The Crystal Room Riteway Power Equipment ...... 27 RJM Auto Body ...... next Rose Garden Restaurant & Lounge ...... next their new venue also makes for a perfect conference facility. Safeside Chimney ...... next Vacant for nearly 10 years, Usher purchased the building not long ago and Salon Richard Anthony ...... next left no stone unturned when it came to renovating his business. Th e structure Salon Colour ...... next Scannel Services/Hopkinton Roofi ng ...... next now boasts two function rooms; one that holds up to 80 people, while the Second Nature Landscape ...... 26 other, larger room, holds up to 280 people and contains a full bar. ShellScapes by Marilyn Holman ...... 18 Any business or organization holding a seminar, meeting, or even a Simoneau Electric ...... next charitable function, will fi nd the easy access off 495 a huge plus for attendees, Sky Hook Tree Care...... 27 Stardust Jewelers ...... next not to mention a very accommodating staff ready to assist with all needs Studio 16 Hair Salon ...... next to ensure a successful event. “We’ll assist with WiFi, audio- visual, docking Templeman Tree Service...... 27 stations; really any electronic needs,” said Usher. Staff will also help with Tri County Medical Associates ...... next Truck and Trailer World ...... 21 menu and drink choices and anything else that might be needed. United Parish Nursery School ...... 20 Planning a wedding? Th e Crystal Room has some wonderful off ers for Upton Foreign Motors ...... 19 future brides and grooms. Special discounts are available for those marrying Upton House of Pizza ...... next Upton Recreation Commission ...... next in 2014 and 2015. And to get a great idea of how your reception will look, Upton Self Storage ...... 24 the venue is currently holding Open Houses during upcoming Saturday Wagner Window Service ...... 25 mornings and by appointment. Everyone at the Crystal Room is there to Wanokura Japanese Restaurant ...... 17 Milford’s Crystal Room make your dream wedding a reality. And it’s not just weddings. Th e facility is Wayne Grenier Electric...... 26 Webster First ...... 11 the perfect place to hold a birthday party, shower, baptism; really any type of Whitcomb House ...... next By Michelle Sanford gathering. Williams-Pedersen Funeral Home ...... 18 Staff Reporter/Columnist Th e venue has a very charitable side too as Usher says he likes to give back Wilson’s Tire and Automotive Service ...... 19 Wolf, DDS ...... next According to the dictionary, the defi nition of the word to the community he serves. In the past, the Crystal Room has supported the “refurbish” is to make improvements, freshen up, and Milford Catholic Elementary School and Th e Women and Children’s Shelter NEW AD CLUB MEMBERSS brighten, and all that couldn’t be truer when speaking of of Milford and on June 7, an event for Smiles for Lily will be held there. “We Crystal Room ...... 16 donate what we can. We’re open to a lot of community service,” he said. Milford’s Crystal Room. With its beautifully refurbished AD CLUB INTRODUCES Th e Crystal Room is located at 49 Cedar Street in Milford; just minutes function rooms, a new modernized kitchen and Elizabeth Blake Orthodontics ...... 5 off of 495/Exit 20. 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May 16, 2014 UPTON & MENDON TOWN CRIER 5 Opinion
A VIEW FROM THE COUNTRY LETTERS Lett ers may be edited for length and clarity and will RUMINATIONS By Al Holman be published on a space available basis. Maximum 300 words. Must By Kevin Rudden include signature, address & telephone number. On Monday, May 26th Opinions expressed are solely those of the writer. Town Crier Publica- ti ons will not be responsible for inaccuracies. No Politi cal Endorsements, I have to confess that going to Memorial Day will be observed please! this year’s Annual Town Meeting in America. On June 28, 1968, in Mendon left a sour taste in my the Congress passed the Uniform Monday Hoodwinked and Happy in Upton! Zzzzzzzzz! mouth. Holiday Act, which established Memorial Day To the Editor, Maybe it’s due to the fact that I’m getting older, but I was downright annoyed by some of as a federal holiday. Aft er several years of pressure from Massachusetts Department of the “previous speakers” in the audience and the It is a day when we honor those who Revenue reinforced by annual advisory comments from our several annual Internal Audits, the Upton Board of Selectmen fi nally decided it was a presumptions that they made. gave their last full measure in service to time for action. Swooning in the glow of S.W.O.T. (strengths, weaknesses, Mendon’s fi nances have been in a diffi cult this country. It is a day when in Upton and opportunities and threats anaylysis) and recent Strategic Leadership situation over the past few years. Aft er serious Mendon we read the names of those people Initiatives the Board used their new-found talent to good advantage. It cuts in town services a few years ago, the in a formal and solemn ceremony, so that we was time to go into damage control and address the issue by placing an Finance Committee – in cooperation with just about everyone else – has worked very will always remember their names. It is a item on the warrant for Annual Town Meeting. Th e article was prepared to hard (especially considering its members are moment in time when everything stops and transition the position of Treasurer/Collector to an appointed position. For months now we have heard about the risk to millions of our all volunteers) over the past few years to try we pray in remembrance. Taps is played. It dollars if a candidate does not step up at our next election cycle, who is to restore as many of those town services as is that place in time when we should all rest knowledgeable, qualifi ed and willing. Th e incumbent assures us he will be possible. and remember that those men and women there, but it could also include a candidate from hell, next time! Th e Finance Committee’s report – read out are the mortar that holds this Republic In every instance this proposal was associated with a disclaimer that this loud to the audience – made it clear that many things could not be funded in the coming together. We are blessed and the world is was not about the incumbent who is eminently qualifi ed for the position. fi scal year. Among the requests – or “asks” blessed to have those men and women. It was simply to widen the selection pool to protect the town and allow for actual qualifi cation by examination of credentials, experience and work as Chairman Richard Schofi eld calls them – Yet our government can allow the VA to history. not being funded: $35,000 for the Highway mistreat and ignore those veterans that are So, the Board presented their article once again praising the credentials Department, $30,000 for the Mendon-Upton still alive that need our support. It seems of the incumbent. Regional School District, $3,000 in Public Safety to me that we have a moral obligation to Th e incumbent countered with the usual impassioned eloquence; that expenses, eliminating the lease payment for the Police Station trailer, delaying the purchase of provide medical support to those who have free speech depended on selection by the voters and not by the people an ambulance by one year and $11,201 for the offered by oath the last measure in defense elected to represent the voters. Th is followed by the fountain of knowledge, of law and of fact. It was a done deal. Blackstone Valley Regional Vocational Technical of this country. This is a glaring example of Fact is, on approval of article 3, with an automatic 2.5 percent increase High School. oversight that seems to have no sight. If it resulting in a $55,000 annual salary, the proof is there. In this case, S.W.O.T. Almost immediately, the arguments started: takes a doctor to point out the problem and and strategic leadership planning failed miserably. Failed to transition “Why is BVT being underfunded?” Hello – was now after that doctor, others are coming the position to appointed as proposed! Failed to measure and classify this anyone listening when that report was read? First off , BVT was not “underfunded.” It asked forward and telling of other VA facilities that position properly based real observation, real facts, real need and real risk! for $97,404 and got $86,603. Th at’s 89 percent of have the long wait times. To think that the Oops, I am over my 300 word limit. More to follow! Brought to you by Glenn Fowler its request. BVT was not underfunded – it didn’t managers and directors of these faculties did Upton Assessor get everything it asked for in a year when, as the it to get bigger bonuses is dishonoring the Finance Committee’s report stated – many other very people it is supposed to serve to say the departments also did not. least. In my opinion, those who are found to Use Local Contractors for Hospital Renovation My second issue has to do with people’s lack of understanding of how government fi nances have participated in this falsification should To the Editor, work. Proposition 2 ½ was passed by the state’s be terminated on the spot and without I recently had an appointment at Milford Regional Medical Center, and when leaving, spent some time observing, from the parking lot, the new voters 34 years ago this fall, so it’s almost a given any retirement coverage. What issue more ongoing construction. that anyone under the age of 52 (age 18 to vote, points out the lack of concern of those who I was very pleased to see that Consigli Construction Co., of Milford plus those 34 years) or who has moved into the have the responsibility for serving those received the contract; a long established, local company. state may not understand its limitations. Th e veterans and the citizens that pay their very Puzzled however to see that the concrete being poured was from Morse basic one is that the budget is not “open-ended.” Th is ain’t Washington, D.C., folks. Local salaries than this issue. It is time to hold the Sand and Gravel of Attleboro when there are two well established concrete government can’t just spend whatever it wants government officials accountable for these companies within fi ve miles of the hospital! Th e owners of both have been benefactors of the hospital for decades and plaques honoring their gift s to. Th ere is a “cap” on local spending. In order blatant violations of the public trust. Yes, I adorn the hospital walls. to give something more money – like $11,201 also believe that the IRS should be treated Th e gift s from the late Mr. Rosenfeld, and the Varney family aside, to BVT – you have to cut it from somewhere the same way. wouldn’t it make sense that a local company get the work? Th at the revenue else. I got a huge kick out of the so-called It is time to stop going to the service men from this job, and the pay to the workers, be circulated in the Milford-area, “businessman” who got up and talked about making the right investments in things that and woman to make sacrifices while those the home of the hospital and the home area of the donating public? worked and how, if he could study the budget, who are employed to support them cheat Several years ago, when the Dana Farber unit was being constructed, I observed an Aggregate Industries concrete truck unloading there; he’d fi nd that money for BVT. Really? In a the system and make no sacrifice. It is clear also puzzling not only for the local reasons cited above, but also due to budget that it mostly salaries, who are you going to me that it is time to hold the government Aggregrate’s checkered record on the Big Dig and other major public to fi re? accountable for living up to the oath they projects. I guess my overall dissatisfaction stems from take. Yes I also believe that the IRS should be Perhaps the concrete work when out for bid, and perhaps the bids the fact that the meeting seemed to go on and on and on without seeming to move forward. treated the same way. received where substantially diff erent; but there would be, I believe, some While I support the rights of all people to ask And that’s looking out my window preference for local businesses, regardless of what appears to be the lowest “price” questions, maybe it’s time for a town by-law – as - remembering those who gave the final Oft en the lowest “price” is not the lowest cost when many factors such as many other towns have –limiting how many measure. circulation within the local economy, is considered. times any one person can speak on a given issue. P.S. ... and hoping those who have violated Full disclosure: I have no family or business affi liation with either of the Town Meetings were meant to allow all people the public trust are punished. two concrete companies noted above. to vote and ask questions, not for one person to Larry Pearson engage in a debate with the Finance Committee Mendon chairman. Maybe that’s why attendance at the meeting was so low. If people wanted drama, they could stay home and watch it on TV.
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6 UPTON & MENDON TOWN CRIER May 16, 2014 Modeling for a Cause Edna St. Vincent Millay CLASSIFIED ADS Scholar to Visit Mendon Classifi ed Ads are $25 for 25 Words, 25¢ for each additi onal word. Must At 7 p.m. on Tuesday May 20, Peter Bergman, be prepaid and in writi ng. Email: The- Millay Scholar and former director and creator [email protected] Snailmail: 48 of the museum at the poet’s former home Mechanic Street, Upton, Ma 01568 Steepletop, will deliver a talk, Life of a Berkshire G & J LANDSCAPING is available for Poet: Edna St. Vincent Millay of Newburyport 1. Spring/ Fall cleanups, 2. Fertilization, and West Stockbridge at the Unitarian Church of 3. Lawn maintenance, 4. Mulching, 5. Mendon at 13 Maple Street. Th e program will be Pruning, 6. Bob Cat available, 7. Land- held in Goss Hall. scape construction (Specialized pricing, Th e talk will provide look at the poet who retaining walls, walkways), 8. Weekly spent four of her formative years living in Mowing. Call 508-473-3600 for appoint- Newburyport and her fi nal twenty-fi ve years on ments and price quotes. a 700 acre Taconic Range farm that encompassed Austerlitz, N.Y. and West Stockbridge. Millay, a ULTIMATE TANNING IN MILFORD is seeking a Tanning Salon Manager. Pulitzer Prize winning author, referred to herself Must be experienced - Smart Tan certi- as a Berkshire author for those fi nal years, joining fi ed a plus and have general knowledge Two local residents, Sandra Volpicelli of Hopedale and Jan Ankerson of Mendon, were with Herman Melville, who lived in the region of product. Please call 508-473-3600 for models in the Mount Auburn Hospital Auxiliary’s Annual Spring Benefi t Fashion Show and for 13 years; Edith Wharton, who lived there for more info and to set up an appointment Luncheon on Wednesday, April 30. Th e show was held at the Oakley Club in Watertown eight years; and Nathaniel Hawthorne, who only for an interview. and featured fashions provided by Perceptions of Concord Center. Th e funds raised through managed two years. Th e infl uence of the sights this event will help upgrade clinical facilities, recruit and retain the best physicians and and sounds of this area is clearly shown in much AMERICAN SIGN LANGUAGE nurses, acquire the latest in medical technology, and support the hospital’s mission to of her poetry. TEACHER NEEDED for ages 9-17! teach the medical leaders of tomorrow. Pictured are all the models. From left : Marcine Peter Bergman, currently a director/partner Crossroads Learning Center in Upton starting ASL program in September. Logue (Waltham), Sandra Volpicelli (Hopedale), Sharon Gouveia (Belmont), Adrianne of the Berkshire Historical Society at Herman Faggas (Watertown), Deborah Spearman (Cambridge), Anne Marie Mahoney (in back - Looking for talented, experienced teach- Melville’s Arrowhead in Pittsfi eld is a well-known er. Call Sue Hamilton at 508-603-1700 Cambridge), Kara Flynn (Watertown), Deanne Nahabedian (also in back - Waltham), Julie author of fi ction, plays, newspaper articles Mulvey (Westwood) and Jan Ankerson (Mendon). and theater reviews. Formerly the managing WORK AT HOME INSTEAD SENIOR director of the Berkshire Opera Company in CARE! We are looking for great people Lee, a designer for the Berkshire Th eatre Festival to work as Care Givers with our clients. Wear A Poppy, Show Your Support in Stockbridge, and a playwright and director Flexible schedules throughout the week Th e season is once again here to pay tribute to men and women who have served for Berkshire Concert Artists in Pittsfi eld, and weekend are available. Certifi ed their country. Poppy Days have become a familiar tradition in almost every American he was a six-year member of the Pittsfi eld Home Health Aides (HHAs) and Certi- fi ed Nursing Assistants (CNAs expired community. Th is distribution of the bright red memorial fl ower to the public is one of Cultural Council, a two year member of the or current) or Personal Care Assistants the oldest and most widely recognized program. For over 25 years the American Legion Richmond Cultural Council and a recipient of (PCAs) are encouraged to apply for our Auxiliary Unit #59 of Milford has carried on this tradition. both the President’s Recognition Award in 2005 available Personal Care/Homemaker Connecting the visual image of the poppy with the sacrifi ce of service made by our from Pittsfi elds’ Downtown, Inc., and a 2005 positions. No experience or certifi ca- veterans has been an important goal of the American Legion Auxiliary Poppy Program Leadership Circle Award from the Massachusetts tions necessary for our available Home- since its inception in 1921. On Memorial Day red crepe paper poppies are distributed in Cultural Council. Ad Lib of the Berkshires maker/Companion positions! Call Kim exchange for donations all of which go directly to assist veterans in the community. Th is is also presented him with an award 2008 for his toll-free: 1-888-377-4446 or go to www. all made possible by a group of dedicated volunteers. services to that organization. He has created nine hearthside-homeinstead.com to apply. In anticipation of Memorial Day the American Legion Auxiliary is preparing for their historic plays in Pittsfi eld, highlighting aspects ISO KITTENS. Because we can’t have Annual Poppy fund drive. Volunteers will be at various locations in Milford, during of history in that city including one for the them on our own we’re looking for 2 Memorial Day weekend, May 23 thru 26, accepting your donation in exchange for a Berkshire Historical Society. kittens under the age of 1 to adopt. Call poppy. Harry or Pat at (508) 478-0232
May 16, 2014 UPTON & MENDON TOWN CRIER 7 Upton News Upton Meeti ngs No Surprises in Upton’s Friends of Upton State Forest Potluck Upton Town government meeti ng dates, ti mes, Th e Friends of Upton State Forest invite you to join them and locati ons for all boards, committ ees, and Town Election for their annual potluck supper on Friday, May 16 at United commissions may be found at www.upton. Parish Church Vestry, One Central Square, Upton. Th e public ma.us/pages/calendar.php. By Michelle Sanford Staff Reporter/Columnist is welcome to come to the potluck at 6 p.m. or join us 7 p.m. It was a quiet day at the polls during Upton’s May 5 Annual Town for the free program. Please RSVP for supper to news@ Upton Senior Center Election, which was held at Nipmuc Regional High School. A total friendsofuptonstateforest.org or 508-529-6610. Aft er supper there will be a brief business meeting followed by the program. The Upton Center is open Monday through of 282 residents, or .06 percent, of the community’s 5,035 registered voters cast their vote that day. Because there were no races and all John Galluzzo, author, historian and naturalist, decided that Friday 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Staff is available by in 2011 he would walk a half hour on protected open space in phone from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Acti viti es are incumbents were again seeking offi ce, it appears, for the most part, subject to change. Please call 508-529-4558 Upton’s offi ces will remain status quo. every town and city in Massachusetts. His book, Half an Hour a with any questi ons. Upton Selectman James Brochu will retain his seat for another Day Across Massachusetts, is the story of that journey through Friday, May 16 three years and received 242 votes, with 40 ballots left blank and 351 towns in 365 days. Th rough rain, heat, and snow, his sense Safety Discussion, 1 p.m. zero write ins. Mendon Upton Regional School Committee member of humor and appreciation for nature and history makes it an Monday, May 19 Philip DeZutter received 223 votes with 57 blank ballots and two enjoyable read. Come hear Galluzzo talk about his journey, what Life Aft er Loss, 11 a.m. write ins. Also, Moderator David Loeper will again serve another some of his favorite places were, and what he learned along the way. Birthday Bash, 1 p.m. Copies of his book will be available for sale. Friday, May 23 year and received 262 votes, with 20 ballots left blank and zero write Hot Dog Roast and Patriot Sing-a-Long, 1 p.m. ins. Monday, May 26 Assessor of Taxes for another three years is Teresa Ambrosino who Shredding Event Center Closed for Memorial Day received 241 votes with 41 ballots left blank and zero write ins. Board Th e Upton Board of Health and EL Harvey is once again Tuesday, May 27 of Health member Richard Desjardins will serve another three years holding a shredding event on Saturday, May 31, from 9 a.m. Jewelry Making, 1 p.m. in his position and received 240 votes, with 39 blank ballots and three to 12 noon. Th e event will be held at the Upton playground Friday, May 30 write ins. parking lot located on Main St. (adjacent to the VFW). Upton Kimball’s Farm/Butt erfl y Place, 10 a.m. For the next three years, Richard Gazoorian will again serve as Men’s Club Supper, 5:30 p.m. residents may bring their unwanted fi les, papers, old documents, Recreation Commissioner and received 241 votes, with 41 ballots left Monday and confi dential documents and they will be shredded for you. Tai Chi, 10 a.m. blank and zero write ins. Residents have the option to watch their documents being Bridge, 12:30 p.m. Charlotte Carr, Frances Gustman, and C. John Minnucci will all shredded. Th is event is free of charge to Upton residents. For Healthy Talk, 1 p.m. again serve as Library Trustees for another three years. Carr received more information contact the Board of Health at 508-529-6813 or Chair Exercise, 2 p.m. 232 votes, Gustman received 218 votes, and Minnucci received 225 [email protected]. Tuesday votes. In total, 169 ballots were left blank and there were also two Card Game, 10 a.m. write ins. Line Dancing, 10:30 a.m. Upton Center Trips And fi nally, Paul Carey will serve on the Planning Board for an Th e Upton Center will be off ering some fun trips this spring and Wii Bowling, 12:30 p.m. additional fi ve years receiving 237 votes, 45 ballots were left blank, Wednesday summer. Beginning Friday, May 30 the group will visit Kimball’s and zero write ins and Richard Kennedy will serve on the Upton Acti ve Adult Exercise, 10:30 a.m. Farm, famous for their ice cream and seafood. Aft er a fun lunch, Library Table, 11 a.m. Housing Authority for another fi ve years receiving 240 votes in total, the group will drive to the Butterfl y Place, Westford to enjoy the Canasta, 12:30 p.m. with 42 ballots left blank and zero write ins. beauty of many diff erent colors and types of butterfl ies. Th e bus Board Games, 1 p.m. However, what offi ces might change aft er the election concerns will depart from the Center at 10 a.m. and return at approximately Thursday the three offi ces which had no candidates running. For the vacant 3:30 p.m. Th e cost of the trip will be $10 for admission and Knit and Crochet, 10 a.m. Finance Committee’s three year seat, resident Angelica Th ompson transportation, the cost of lunch is your responsibility. Bingo, 1 p.m. received 17 write in votes. Steve McCaw received 18 write in votes for Future trip will include Galiee and Georges in Rhode Island Friday the three year seat for Trust Funds Commissioner, and Joe McMahon in June; Boston Duck Tour with lunch in July; Cape Cod Canal Acti ve Adult Exercise, 10:15 a.m. received 56 write in votes for the Cemetery Commission’s three year Sculpt and Stretch, 10:30 a.m. Cruise in August; and Southwick’s Zoo in September. seat. Th e three write in candidates will be contacted to make certain Th e bus holds 13 passengers. Priority for the trips aft er May will they are interested in serving in those elected offi ces. be given to those who have not gone on a trip We need more home and less mortgage.
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◆ ATM TREASURER from front page However, Glowacki, who has been against the measure from the start, said there were plenty of qualifi ed individuals in town to take Green Communities Committee had nothing to do with current over the position should he retire or leave. “Upton does have enough Treasurer/Collector’s Ken Glowacki’s talent,” he said adding that residents have approached him inquiring if Passes Two Articles at Upton abilities but more about the town’s he was running again. “I hear their footsteps.” He has stated he plans future. Th e Board has stated to run for the position next year when his term is up. Town Meeting repeatedly that if and when Glowacki Glowacki also voiced his concerns that the change would take away By Michelle Sanford leaves his post, there may not be a residents’ right to vote. “Do not give up your right to vote; vote this Staff Reporter/Columnist qualifi ed resident willing to run for article down,” he urged residents. Resident Th omas Kerr concurred. “I Aft er the passage of two articles, Upton residents are well on their way the position and that an appointment hold the election process very dear. I will not give that up,” he said. to the town achieving a Green Communities designation. Residents in would eliminate that risk. Another resident questioned the concentration of power among attendance at the May 8 Annual Town Meeting passed a zoning bylaw “Our operating budget was $19 town offi cials if the position were to be appointed and urged voters to to allow Large Scale Ground Mounted Solar Photovoltaic Installations million this year. What business pass over the article until there was further discussion on the measure. and to adopt the Stretch Energy Code. Th ese two measures are part would have a chief fi nancial offi cer However, Selectman Robert Fleming reminded attendees that of fi ve criterions the town must complete in order to receive a Green by chance?” asked Selectman Ken when the Town Manager was hired several years back, the Board of Communities status, which will ultimately bring in approximately Picard. “Th is allows us to take control Selectmen gave up much of their authority. He added that because the $145,000 of grant money towards energy effi cient projects. Other of fi nances.” Picard added that recommendation was made to change the position to appointed, the competitive grants could be received as well. 150 communities in the state have Board had an obligation to bring that option before voters. Article 15, brought forward by the Green Community Committee, was appointed Treasurer/Collectors. Eventually the article was defeated by a voice vote. passed by a 2/3 majority vote that evening and therefore will allow for large scale solar installations in town which by defi nition are structurally mounted on the ground. Th e installations will be between 250 to 500 kW DC to be located in commercial and industrial districts. Budget, BVT Expansion, and Capital Purchases Article 16 was presented by Green Committee member Leigh Hamlet and was requesting residents pass the Stretch Energy Code, which aff ects Approved at Upton Town Meeting residential and commercial buildings. Th e Stretch Energy Code aims to improve energy effi ciency for both new construction and some existing By Michelle Sanford funding approved at last year’s May Town Meeting construction aff ecting insulation, doors, windows, and HVAC systems. Staff Reporter/Columnist to make improvements to the exterior of the Police Upton’s Building Commissioner Pat Roche was in attendance at the In two hours, 174 Upton residents voted on 41 Station. Improvements will include window repairs, meeting and said he favored the measure, which passed by majority vote. articles during the town’s May 8 Annual Town replacement of doors, concrete and walkway repairs, Other bylaws brought forward that evening included Article 11 which Meeting which included the new Fiscal Year 2015 and repairing the exterior foam insulation system. passed and will now provide stipends to certain elected offi cials to include budget and a $2.9 million expansion plan that will add Article 25 passed unanimously. $750 for the Chairman of an elected member body and $500 for members three new vocational programs to Blackstone Valley Article 33 concerned the Library and will utilize of that elected body. Members of the Finance Committee and the Town’s Tech. $22,000 in order to conduct a feasibility study for new Constable are not eligible for the stipends. Article 3 was the Fiscal Year 2015 budget. Town library space. Th e $22,000 is contingent on the Library Article 12, also passed, and will reduce the size of the Finance Moderator David Loeper reviewed the $18.3 million being awarded a grant that will pay two-thirds of the Committee from nine members to fi ve which will help the committee operating budget, which is a 4.3 percent increase costs which are estimated to run $66,000 in total. reach a quorum more easily. And Article 13 will now allow the town’s from last year. According to the Finance Committee’s Other money articles passed included Articles 4 and Chief Procurement Offi cer, Town Manager Blythe Robinson, to enter into report, wages rose roughly 2.50 percent based on the 5, the annual budgets for the Water Enterprise Fund contracts or leases for longer than three years should it fi nancially benefi t Personnel Board’s recommendation. Th e report also and Waste Water Enterprise Fund for $1,013,905 and the town. notes the town’s assessment to Blackstone Valley Tech. $748,396, respectively. Article 14 from the Planning Board aimed to add a Table of Principal (BVT) has increased due to more Upton students Article 17 transferred funding to reconcile shortfalls Uses by District and the defi nition for Medical Marijuana Treatment attending the vocational high school. With very in the Fiscal Year 2014 budget and included $132,000 Center to the town’s zoning bylaws. However, residents voted down little discussion, residents passed the new budget for the snow removal account and $17,500 for waste Article 14 feeling it was unlikely such facilities would come to the unanimously. removal curbside services. community and that proper zoning was already in place. Another article having to do with BVT was Article Article 30 will fund $10,000 for a state mandated Th e Community Preservation Committee also sponsored a number 9 which concerned the school’s new $2.9 million roadway sign replacement program and Article 31 will of articles on the warrant that passed unanimously and will help the expansion plan and its aim to add Engineering utilize $25,000 to remove, dispose of and replace an Recreation Commission make improvements around town. (Mechanical/Civil/Aerospace), Veterinary Assisting, asbestos cement pipe on Warrant St. Article 20 will utilize $88,125 of Community Preservation Act (CPA) and Legal and Protective Services to the curriculum. Article 36 will utilize $6,000 from overlay surplus funding to replace the basketball and tennis courts at Kiwanis Beach and Th e funding is to come from the 13 member towns funds to perform research in order to determine the Article 21 will fund $12,500 to fund a survey and engineering work for a it serves and will be paid over a 20 year bond. Article ownership of 10 parcels in town so that tax bills may future handicapped accessible parking lot at Kiwanis Beach. 9 was asking residents to fund Upton’s portion of the be issued to those owners and Article 37 will fund Article 22 will use $16,602 of CPA funds for a number of improvements expenses, 8.3 percent or approximately $21,000, out of $8,274 to cover defi cits in personal property taxes at the recreational facilities at both Kiwanis Beach and Leland Field and the town’s levy limit. Article 9 passed by majority vote from previous fi scal years. Article 23 will use $20,000 to remove trees at the First Cemetery in an and was supported by the Finance Committee. In order to tackle road repairs, residents passed eff ort to help restore damaged property at the cemetery. Residents also approved a number of purchases that Article 39 for $300,000 to be used towards the town’s A total of 174 residents attended the May 8 meeting. evening including Article 24, a used Quint Apparatus pavement management program and Article 41 for the Fire Department totaling $365,000, plus an transferred $20,000 into the Finance Committee’s additional $55,000 from free cash for the principal Reserve Fund. and interest. Th e Quint will replace Engine #2 and Ladder #1. In addition, Article 27 was passed and will purchase a used $45,000 Oshkosh truck for snow plowing and Article 28 will purchase Jumbo Fixed Rate Mortgages a $14,000 mower for maintenance of the recreation fi elds and other grassed areas. In order to maintain the town’s cemeteries, Rate Annual * residents approved Article 29 for $11,900 %% %% Percentage to purchase a weed trimmer, backpack 125125 1166 Rate blower, standing mower, frost remover, and replacement signage. 4. 4. Funding concerning two municipal buildings 4. 4. was also approved. Article 25 was seeking an additional $37,000 to be added to previous • Purchase or refi 30 year term** • FREE pre-approval Upton Historical • No points, low closing costs Beth Caico Mortgage Loan Specialist • Max Loan amount $650,000*** NMLS# 414859 Society Picnic • Loan Serviced by Milford Federal Th e Upton Historical Society Annual Picnic • 1-2 owner occupied family primary residences and election of offi cers will take place Saturday, May 17 at noon in the Grange Hall. Guests are welcome. Th e lunch will be 508.234.8256 catered and the cost is $10 per person. Bring a dessert if you are able. 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May 16, 2014 UPTON & MENDON TOWN CRIER 9 Mendon News Mendon Senior Center Mendon Residents Progressive Yard Sale Th e Village Center The Mendon Senior Center serves Mendon Approve New Budget and June 7 residents 60 years of age or older, people with Th e Friends of Mendon Elders will Overlay District: A Plan disabiliti es, and care givers. Hours of operati on Bylaws at Town Meeting hold their 10th Annual town-wide for Mendon’s Future are Monday through Thursday from 8:30 a.m. Progressive Yard Sale on Saturday, to 3:30 p.m. and Friday from 9 a.m. to noon, or By Michelle Sanford June 7, with the rain date of June 8. Submitted by Shirley Smith call 508-478-6175. Staff Reporter/Columnist A Mendon tradition that brings Master Plan Committee Wednesday, May 21 Aft er a very lengthy discussion, Mendon Th e Master Plan Committee will soon Podiatry Clinic, 9 to 11 a.m. folks for the area to shop at 7:30 residents passed the new Fiscal Year 2015 be sending out a second survey to Mendon Pizza Party & Entertainment, Johnny Diamond, a.m. at the Senior Center where budget during the town’s May 2 Annual Town Country Flair, 12 p.m. shoppers fi rst stop, shop and pick residents. Th ere will be a few questions in the Meeting. Th e new $15.3 million budget was one Thursday, May 22 up the Master List of Sales Directory Land Use and Economic Development sections of a number of money articles passed by the 110 Diabetes Workshop, 10:30 a.m. with a map of the town for $1. that allude to a Village Center Overlay District. registered voters who attended. Monday, May 26 From there, people progress to the In order to answer these questions, residents Th e majority of the budget discussion Senior Center Closed for Memorial Day many yard sales throughout the may fi nd it helpful to have more information. Wednesday, May 28 concerned Blackstone Valley Tech.s budget, and entire town. Last year more than 30 In a proposed by-law, this district will Pen Pal Luncheon, Clough School, 11:15 a.m. the Finance Committee’s recommendation to homes participated. Any Mendon encompass land from Route 16 to the Hartford Monday reduce the vocational high school’s assessment Avenue East /Providence Road intersection and Walking Group, 9 a.m. resident wanting to participate by $10,801; a move several voters did not agree may well involve additional Village Centers. It Whole Foods, 9 a.m. may contact the Friends of Elders, with. Cribbage/Bridge, 9 a.m. [email protected] is a plan for the future. Without a plan, land use Resident Mike Watson made a motion to Chorus, 12:30 p.m. to obtain an application. In exchange changes can, in a relatively short period of time, cut a number of recently restored town elected Tuesday for a $10 registration fee supporting lead to dramatic alterations in the appearance of stipends in order to help make up the $10,801 Stretch and Flexibility, 9 a.m. the Friends with this annual a community. amount. Watson said he felt it was wrong for the Chair Yoga, 11:15 a.m. fundraiser, the Selectmen have agreed What will our Village Center area in Mendon Lunch Club, 12 p.m. town to take funding away from the school and to waive the usual $5 yard sale permit look like 20, 50 or 100 years from now? Will Bocce, 1 p.m. its students but at the same time pay stipends fee to participants that day. Th e future generations have to live with a collection Computer/Technology Class, 2:30 p.m. to those who volunteer to run for offi ce. Aft er of disparate and isolated structures and uses Wednesday Friends do all the advertising, some discussion, his motion was defeated. with little or no integration and a near total Shopping Van, 8 a.m. (Alternati ve Wednesdays) publicity, and provide a laminated A request was also made to take funding from Panera Bread, 9 a.m. yard sale sign for participants’ absence of civic identity? Or can we come up other sources such as the Finance Committee Gentle Yoga, 9 a.m. mailbox posts and price marking with a development vision that is based on Reserve Fund or stabilization to make up the T’ai Chi, 10:15 a.m. stickers. For those unable to hold a the history, character, and strengths of our BVT operational assessment amount. However, Thursday yard sale at their home, the Senior community? eventually that too was also rejected by voters. Stretch and Flexibility, 9 a.m. Center is off ering limited space on A vision for village design should foster Cribbage, 9 a.m. Th e BVT budget was ultimately passed at a fi rst come basis. Spaces for private connections to the surrounding landscape and Lunch Club, 12 p.m. $762,046, an increase of $86,208 from last year’s yard sales at the Center are also $10. incorporate agriculture, recreation, and views Bocce, 1 p.m. budget of $675,838. into the fabric of the community. It should Friday Businesses that would like to take Other money articles passed that evening discourage a “strip mall” look. It should create Outreach, 9 a.m. to noon, by appointment out an ad in the Master List of Sales included Article 6 which funded the town’s Directory to support the Friends and an environment for constructive changes to take Update Valuation Account for $10,000 and their mission, may call, 508-473-6614. place while building on the rich history and Articles 7, 8, 9, and 10, which set up revolving Applications can also be found online culture of our village. Mendon Meeti ngs accounts for the Library, Planning Board, at www.mendonma.gov. Click on More and more New England towns are Monday, May 19 Highway Department, and Conservation responding to this challenge by passing what is MURSD School Committ ee, COA and scroll down for Yard Sale Commission, respectively. called a Village Center Overlay District. Such a Miscoe Hill School, 7 p.m. Registration. Article 11 funded $2,500 toward the Police Thursday, May 22 district would build upon historic development BVT School Committ ee, BVT, 6 p.m. Department’s matching grants program. Article patterns and traditional architectural design For the most up to date informati on on 13, which typically funds the annual lease for Household Hazardous guidelines that would include mixed-use Mendon Meeti ngs, log on to the Police Department’s temporary trailers, was Waste Day in Mendon (residential units over non-residential space), www.mendonma.gov. passed over. Th e Department will seek other garden apartments, senior housing, retail, Th e Mendon Board of Health is options to house its materials and therefore save offi ces, and municipal uses. sponsoring a household hazardous money. Th is idea has long been supported by Men- waste day on Saturday, June 14, Th ere were four bylaws on the warrant; two don residents. A report from the 1996 Mendon Applications Available for between the hours of 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. were passed by voters and two were passed over. Growth Management Strategy states that, “A Th is event is for Mendon residents Article 25, which passed, concerned posting new village zoning district should be consid- Good Citizens Scholarships only. No commercial ventures will Th e Mendon Board of Health, in the warrant outside the Town Hall. According ered that would create village oriented land use be allowed. Proof of residency is partnership with Allied Waste/Republic to Town Clerk Margaret Bonderenko, some regulations.” In the fi rst Master Plan Survey, a required. First come, fi rst served. Th e Services, is proud to announce their annual warrants being 17 or 18 pages long are diffi cult direct question on the overlay district was not location of the event is behind the Good Citizen Scholarship Awards, which to post at the Town Hall. Th e bylaw will take out included, but respondents were almost unani- Mendon Highway Barn on Providence are provided to high school graduating the wording that the warrant must be posted at mous in their desire to protect and preserve the St. next to the Senior Center. seniors in the Town of Mendon. Th is year, the Town Hall but it will continue to be posted rural and historical character of the Town. Accepted items for disposal include four scholarships will be off ered in the in other public places. Part of that same bylaw Another positive aspect of a plan for a oil based paints, stains, varnishes, amount of $500 each. Applications are amendment concerns the timing of when the Village Center Overlay District would be the strippers, solvents, automotive fl uids available online at www.mendonma.gov warrant is delivered to residents’ homes and incorporation of aff ordable housing through and cleaners, waste oil, degreasers, under the Board of Health section of the took out the wording “at least three days before mixed use and garden apartments. Th e problem poisons, insecticides, herbicides, town Web site and in the Board of Health said meeting,” as some residents do not always of aff ordable housing is not going away and fungicides, household cleaners, acids, offi ce. Applications must be received by receive their copy in that timeframe. if a quarter of the apartments are aff ordable, polishes, photo chemicals, swimming the Board of Health offi ce no later than Article 26, which passed unanimously, Mendon can count all those units towards their pool chemicals, and adhesives. Wednesday, May 28, at 4 p.m. updated the town’s Animal Control Bylaw, quota. Th is event will be held rain or shine. which had not been done since 1900. Voters If the Housing Authority should decide to For more information, please call the also passed Article 27, a minor wording change build senior housing on the 11 acres abutting Board of Health at 508-634-2656 or to the town’s General Bylaws of Chapter XI, Maple St., what would it look like? If the email at [email protected]. Section11. Mendon Drive In, one of the few remaining Residents voted to pass over Articles 28 and in the entire country, should one day go out of BETTERBETTER MMILKILK 29. Article 28 was a bylaw addition meant to business, what would replace it? When the deed Enjoy help the town reach the state’s mandated ten Diabetes Workshop restrictions on certain expanses of open space Nutritionist Kerri Sheinberg with percent aff ordable housing. And Article 29 expire, what will be built? the Milford Regional Medical Center Products concerned in-law apartments and was meant Th is Mendon Village Overlay District can will be at the Mendon Senior Center to help the town manage those types of units. provide a blueprint for the next generation of Door to Door Home Delivery on Th ursday, May 22 at 10:30 a.m. Both bylaws will come before voters when more economic, social, and physical changes in this With the Highest Quality Products to review the basics of diabetes and information is obtained. unique historic town. It is a way to take the answer questions so participants can Article 23 passed and authorized the Board initiative in responding to future threats to Glass bottled milk from Hatchland Dairy, maximize their health and well-being. N. Haverhill, NH. Their milk goes directly of Selectmen to lease up to another four acres of our village. It is a way to ensure that Mendon’s Please stop by or call the Mendon from cow to bottling plant to you. land at 36 Milford St. for the development of a future is a vibrant, pedestrian friendly place to Senior Center at 508-478-6175 to solar generation facility on the property. live, work, and shop. Also offering full line of Oakhurst reserve your space. Dairy Products and many other local premium products. If this service is of interest to you, Nominations Being Accepted for Senior of the Year TRY IT FREE!!! We will be glad to drop Th e Mendon Council on Aging is now accepting nominations for this year’s Senior Citizen of the Year. Since 1978 some deserving person off a bole or two for you to try! (or persons) has been awarded the annual distinction of Senior Citizen of the Year. Th e chosen Mendon resident, age 60 or older, generally exemplifi es a spirit of public service and has made a positive diff erence in the community. Written nominations will be accepted until June Call us OR Text!!! 1 and the award will be presented in September. Nomination forms are available at the Mendon Senior Center or on-line from the Council (6455) on Aging home page at www.mendonma.gov. Please drop off or mail nominations to the Senior Center at 62 Providence St., Mendon, MA 508-478-MILK508-478-MILK 01756. If you have any questions about the nomination process, please call 508-478-6175.
10 UPTON & MENDON TOWN CRIER May 16, 2014 Mendon News Land Purchase and Accessibility Projects Approved at Mendon Town Meeting Open the Door
By Michelle Sanford Staff Reporter/Columnist to Lower Rates During the May 2 Annual Town Meeting, Mendon voters said yes to utilizing Community Preservation Act (CPA) funding in order to make a number of areas in town more accessible to those with disabilities. Th e 110 residents in attendance also supported purchasing 70 acres of land on Providence St. Article 20, presented by the Mendon voters decided to purchase 70 acres at 52 town’s American’s with Disabilities Providence St. Th e land is next Mendon Senior Act Coordinator Kevin Rudden, Center and would allow expansion of the facility in requested $40,000 of CPA funding the future. Jane Bigda photo to improve accessibility through the completion of various projects space, or sports fi elds. According to Rudden, the to the Town Beach, Memorial Field need to expand the Senior Center is necessary as As a Webster First Federal Credit Union member, you receive solid Complex, and Colonial soccer the elderly population continues to increase in advice and flexible financing options to leave you feeling right at town. He added the owners of the property will fi eld. Some improvements will home. With our low mortgage rates you can turn the right house sell the land if it is not purchased by the town. include renovating the Town Beach’s into your home. For a limited time only Webster First will even bathroom to make it ADA compliant However, there was some concern brought waive your application fee too. When it’s time to build a strong and installing paved paths from the up regarding the parcel’s wetlands. Selectman Town Beach to various surrounding Lawney Tinio suggested purchasing just one acre financial foundation, think First. areas. Article 20 was passed of the land instead of the entire property. “Th e unanimously. immediate need for the Senior Center is great,” he Visit our Hopkinton branch. agreed. “I would suggest we get one acre for the Article 21 also passed unanimously Serving Hopkinton and neighboring communities. and will utilize $15,000 from CPA Senior Center and that’s all.” Tinio said he didn’t funding for various accessible-related want to purchase 70 acres of land “that’s just projects to the Town Hall. Article going to sit there.” When asked if a wetland study 22 was requesting funding to repair was performed, the answer was no. Nonetheless, the Town Hall’s ramp, however, that Article 17 was passed by 2/3 majority vote. article was passed over by residents Other CPA articles passed included Article until more information is obtained 14 to fund the Fino property’s annual payment for the project. of $97,052 and Article 15 to utilize monies not WebsterFirst.com/Mortgage | 800.962.4452 Th ere was some discussion to exceed $20,000 to fund the town’s part-time *Limited time offer valid through June 2014. concerning Article 17, which was Aff ordable Housing Coordinator. seeking approximately $400,000 of Voters passed Article 16 to use CPA monies Facebook.com/WebsterFirst @WebsterFirstFCU CPA monies to purchase 70 acres not to exceed $23,775 to fund a new basketball of land located at 52 Providence St.; court and hoops at Memorial Field. Article 18 the land was actually appraised for will repair a wall in the Town Hall with CPA $480,000. Future uses might include funding not to exceed $850 and Article 19 will expanding the Senior Center, open restore Town Hall fl oors with CPA monies not to exceed $13,500. Mendon Senior Center Gives Th anks 2 MMapleaple Avenue,Avenue, Upton,Upton, MAMA 0156801568 508-529-3611508-529-3611 HOME • AUTO • BUSINESS
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By Michelle Sanford Staff Reporter/Columnist Do you know that Independent Th e Mendon Senior Center wanted to say many thanks to its volunteers who provide such a valuable service so a special luncheon along with some fun entertainment was held Agents like us are responsible for at the Senior Center on April 30. 80% of all Massachusetts Home Director Amy Wilson Kent says her volunteers are such a critical part of the Senior Center’s success. Th e invitation to the luncheon purposely had a symbol of a butterfl y on it and Auto Policies? which was meant to symbolize transformation. “I am amazed at the fact that our 100 plus volunteers transform this humble building every day into a place where others feel welcome, where answers can be found, where friends can be made, and a sense of belonging can be Find out why Upton and Mendon’s realized,” she said. Last year, the Center’s volunteers and Friends of Mendon Elders members logged in safe drivers continue to earn the lowest approximately 3,800 hours collectively. Altogether 122 residents volunteered their time, with 89 of those volunteers aged 60 years and older. auto rates in the state Before the 40 guests enjoyed their delicious lunch, they were treated to the humorous two- person show titled Jerry and Mabel, which tells the tale of two seniors meeting for a blind date. Th e show was sponsored by the Mendon Cultural Council. Aft er the show was over, a lunch of sandwiches, soup, and salad was served along with dessert. “Without our volunteers, www.phippsinsurance.com this building would be an empty shell. Volunteers bring it to life,” said Wilson Kent. Recently, the Council on Aging, also a critical part of the Senior Center which is made up of We are your reliable insurance neighbors! seven volunteers, conducted a survey relative to the needs of the senior community in town. Th e results will be discussed soon.
May 16, 2014 UPTON & MENDON TOWN CRIER 11 Mendon News
◆ MENDON ELECTION from front page with 43 blank ballots and eight write-ins, and three write-ins. and Alan Tetreault for Highway Surveyor John Vandersluis received 234 votes for the the Taft Public Library for a three year term for three years who received 245 votes with Planning Board’s fi ve-year seat, with 70 bal- and received 196 votes. Incumbent Susan 55 blanks and fi ve write-ins. lots left blank and one write-in. And Diane SHOP Darnell will again serve as Library Trustee Alan Greenberg will again serve on the Stevens received 224 votes for the Housing for three more years as well and received 213 Board of Health for three years receiving Authority’s fi ve-year seat with 79 blank bal- LOCAL!!!!! votes. Th ere were also 199 total blank ballots 228 votes, 73 ballots were left blank and lots and two write-ins. and two write-ins. there were four write-ins, and Bruce Tycks Out of 4,134 registered voters, 305 resi- SUPPORT THE BUSINESSES Other incumbents who were again seeking will serve as Assessor for three years and re- dents took part in the election. IN YOUR COMMUNITY! re-election included Jay Byer for Modera- ceived 236 votes, with 66 ballots left blank tor for one year who received 254 total votes
Briti sh Highlanders Quartered as Mendon Town Meeting Rejects Prisoners of War in Mendon BVT Debt Exclusion By Michelle Sanford Submitted by Richard Grady Staff Reporter/Columnist Mendon Historian By a vote of 37 to 32, Mendon residents defeated Article 24, a debt Th e capture of British and Scottish exclusion meant to help Blackstone Valley Technical Vocational High transport ships by privateers off School (BVT) expand its programming. Th e vote took place during the the coast of Massachusetts in June Town’s May 2 Annual Town Meeting. 1776 created an uncertain future Th e expansion plan aims to add three new programs to the for the hundreds of soldiers who vocational high school to include Veterinary Assisting, Legal had been headed to the rebellious and Protective Services, and Engineering (Mechanical, Civil, and American colonies. Th eir mission Aerospace). Th e $2.9 million price tag is to be funded by the 13 was to put an end to the upheaval communities BVT serves. Mendon brought forward their portion of and attempts of independence from the costs, approximately $15,000, as a debt exclusion to be funded over Great Britain. Th e new prisoners of the next 20 years. Th e tax impact to a $400,000 home was estimated to war were divided into many groups run approximately $8. and dispersed to several towns to a Prior to the vote, BVT Superintendant Dr. Michael Fitzpatrick, variety of conditions of negotiated discussed the need for the expansion noting the new programs will confi nement. Seven of the prisoners allow more students to attend the school as well as help to retain those st Refugees from Charlestown, which was destroyed in the Battle of were offi cers of the 71 British students from attending other vocational high schools out of district. Highlanders Regiment, and they Bunker Hill, stayed in the Ammidon Tavern in Mendon. Th e town also housed British Prisoners of War for a time, too. Contributed photo Th e school has seen a need to increase additional seats as more and were assigned to Mendon. Little did more students continue to apply to BVT. Last year, 800 students applied they know that they were in for a with 300 being accepted. “Th e expansion is attempting to respond to rude awakening! Clough School, but that request was rejected. Th ey were constantly the demand,” said Fitzpatrick to the voters. Th e POW’s signed an agreement being threatened, jeered, and taunted. Because of their state of A number of residents stood in favor of the expansion citing the new with the Provincial Congress and unhappiness, they refused to pay for anything. Th eir leader, Captain programs will not only benefi t the students but also make BVT more Mendon selectmen, which, at the Colin McKenzie, wrote several letters to authorities complaining competitive amongst other vocational schools. And for the small cost time, seemed workable. Selectmen about their abusive treatment and requested that they be transferred to taxpayers, they felt it was well worth the investment. were to assist in providing suitable to another town. He referred to Mendon as being hostile and However, members of the Finance Committee recommend against lodging, food, and clothing for the extremely unpleasant. the expansion plan. Finance Committee Chair Rich Schofi eld explained men and their seven servants, but Possibly, the disgruntled Highlanders may have heard of another the issue was not with the debt exclusion funding but the costs the prisoners were responsible for group of people who were also new to the town of Mendon associated with sending more students to BVT. According to estimates, paying the costs of all fi nancial during the previous June in 1775. Th ey had been staying at Philip it will cost the town approximately $10,000 to send each additional requirements. Th ey were restricted Ammidon’s Inn, 4 Main St., in the village center. Th ey were from student from Mendon to BVT. “Th e operational impact to the town will to a limited area in which they could Charlestown. Th ey had to fi nd a temporary place to live because the be signifi cant,” Schofi eld told voters. He stated that should residents travel. Not obeying the rules of the British Army had destroyed their town aft er the Battle of Bunker pass Article 24, it would likely result in the need for a future override to agreement meant being moved out (Breed’s) Hill and burned their homes to the ground. Th e Red Coats make up for that funding. “And this town has a history of not passing of town to the Worcester Jail. killed their Sons of Liberty military leader, Dr. Joseph Warren, and overrides,” he added. To say that the agreement they mutilated his body beyond recognition. Had they had a chance Selectman Michael Goddard said while he supported the school and did not work out would be an to talk to the 30 homeless refugees, they may have had a better its intensions, he questioned the timing of the expansion as the town understatement! Th ere were many understanding of why no welcome mat was extended to them by continues to work its way out of a diffi cult fi nancial hole. Eventually, serious problems. No one with Mendon’s patriotic residents. It is not known how long the POW’s of residents voted down the debt exclusion by a majority vote. suitable housing would take them the 71st British Highlanders Regiment remained in captivity, but in However, that does not mean the end to the expansion plan. If at in. Th ey wanted to be housed near 1776, during the War for Independence, residents made it very clear least nine towns vote in favor of the $2.9 million project, it can still the intersection of the Worcester- to their uninvited guests whose side they were on! move forward. In addition, Mendon residents still have the opportunity Providence Road and Middle Post Information for this article was researched from Annals of Mendon to support the debt exclusion; per state law, a debt exclusion must be Road, presently North Avenue near by Dr. John Metcalf. passed at a town meeting vote and a ballot vote. Although Article 24 was defeated during the May 2 Town Meeting, it was still put before voters during the Town Election on May 13 as a ballot question. If the Visit www.towncrier.us for Breaking News, Ad Club Introduces, Calendar ballot vote passed, the debt exclusion could again come before voters Items, Photo Galleries, Feature Stories, and more! during a future town meeting.
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12 UPTON & MENDON TOWN CRIER May 16, 2014 Summer Season Starts St. Gabriel the Archangel at West Hill Dam Vacation Bible School 2014 West Hill Park opens for the offi cial Who wouldn’t want to explore a tropical island, with its glittering summer season on Saturday May 17. turquoise waters, warm white sands and cool ocean breezes? Visitors to Park gates will be open daily 8 a.m. to 8 SonTreasure Island are welcomed by the scent of exotic fl owers, the taste th p.m. weekends and holidays and 8 a.m. of tropical fruits and the captivating sound of island music. But this is no 25 Annual Fishing Derby to 6 p.m. weekdays, until school is out ordinary tropical escape! Th ere is treasure to be found here. More precious Th e Upton Police Department is preparing for the 25th on June 23. West Hill off ers swimming than gold, more lasting than diamonds, it is the greatest treasure of all— Annual Fishing Derby at Pratt Pond on Saturday, June 7 from beaches; hiking, mountain biking and God’s love! 8 a.m. to 12 noon with awards and prizes presented at 1 p.m. equestrian trails; a sand volleyball SonTreasure Island, the Vacation Bible School at St. Gabriel the Archangel Bait, hotdogs, hamburgers, drinks, snacks, trophies, and court; fi shing areas; horseshoe pits; Church, will run from August 4-8 from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. for campers prizes are provided free to all children who attend, ages 1-15. and nature viewing areas. Rangers entering Kindergarten through Grade 5. Th e camp features high-energy Pre-registration is now open at Upton Police Headquarters. will lead hikes, dam tours and other games, create colorful craft s, enjoy tropical snacks and the best VBS music Th e fi rst 150 children to register at the Police Station will activities throughout the summer. Park ever with our own live musician Ryan Mascilak! receive a free T-shirt on the day of the Fishing Derby! event calendars and posters are located Young teen, teen and adult volunteers are a welcome and necessary part of at the park bulletin board. Th ree Vacation Bible School. Th e most important thing you can bring to camp is picnic shelters are available for family energy. You will have as much fun as the kids….we promise! gatherings, church picnics, reunions, Registration and volunteer information will available soon in the church birthday and graduation parties. All vestibule or you may contact any one of the directors for more information: visitors to West Hill Park are required Chris at 508-478-8890, Paula at 508-473-3985 or Mary Lee at 508-478-1588.. to pay a small user-fee of $1 per person ages 13 and older, maximum of $4 per vehicle. Annual Day Use Passes are Against the Tide available for $30 each. Golden Age and Th e Massachusetts Breast Cancer Coalition (MBCC) will be holding their Golden Access passports are available annual statewide Against the Tide swim, kayak, walk, or run fundraising events on line from the National Park Service again in 2014. Th e morning events consist of several components: competitive or locally at Roger Williams National and recreational swim, recreational kayak, recreational walk, and competitive Historic Site and John Quincy Adams and recreational run. Participants of all ages and abilities can choose one, House. Th ese national passes are two or three of these exciting activities. In the Aquathlon “Splash and Dash” accepted for discount at U.S. Army component, you can “splash” in the competitive 1-mile swim and immediately Corps of Engineer facilities. Shelter “dash” into the competitive 5K or 10K run (your choice of distance). reservations can be made on line at Th e statewide metro-Boston Against the Tide will be held for the 22nd year www.recreation.gov for program at DCR’s Hopkinton State Park on Saturday, June 21. Th e Cape Cod Against the information and concerns call the Tide will be held for the 16th year at DCR’s Nickerson State Park on Saturday, Ranger Staff , 508-278-2511 and if we August 16. Both statewide events start at 7 a.m. and end at 12 noon. are away from the phone leave us a Please visit www.mbcc.org/swim or call 800-649-MBCC for more number. We will return your call. information and to register or make a pledge on a participant.
SonRock Kids Camp Remember summer camp? Th e fun games, new friends, singing around the campfi re, s’mores... SonRock Kids Camp is all that and more! Every summer Th e United Parish of Upton transforms itself into another place. In 2012 we entered space, in 2013 the big top circus came to town! Th is year United Parish will magically transform into the great outdoors. Aft er playing MilfordMilford CountryCountry ClubClub in the water, we’ll sit by the fi re with Golf in Privacy our bellies full of s’mores and explore Milford Country Club Condos & Golf Course how fun it is to be a child of Jesus. At the end of our time together we’ll climb Memberships Available $350.ºº into our tents, snuggle in our sleeping 9 Hole: Par 3 • No Tee Times Required bags and share our stories from our VISIT OUR NEW WEBSITE morning together. We hope you’ll join milfordcountryclubcondo.com us! Th e SonRock Kids Camp runs from Gift Certificates August 4 to 8. Register on online at Available UnitedParishVBS.org. Call Rachel at 508-478-1250 or email: [email protected] for full information Young Artists 2014 Artists, aged 5 – 18 years old, are invited to submit up to 3 pieces of artwork to the Hopkinton Center for the Arts Young Artists 2014 Exhibition. 88 Fiske Mill Road All 2D media will be accepted, Off Rte. 140, Upton including photography, and 3D work if it can be hung on the wall and does SATURDAY, MAY 17 not protrude more than 10 inches. 8:00 am - 3:00 pm Maximum height and width is 42 Rain or Shine inches. Artwork Drop off is Th ursday and FREE ADMISSION Friday, June 5 and 6, from 2 to 6 p.m. Multifamily indoor/outdoor flea market and Saturday, June 7 from 2 to 4 p.m. and 2 to 6 pm, Sunday, June 8, from 2 DEALERS WANTED! If to 4 p.m. Th e exhibit will run from June you would like to sell: Indoor with table 14 to July 16 in the gallery, 98 Hayden space $20 (call to Rowe, Hopkinton. Gallery hours are 1 reserve) to 6 p.m. with a reception and awards Outdoor space $15 For more information presentation on Saturday, June 14 at 3 (no tables, first come call 508-473-9778 p.m. For more information call 508- first serve) or visit Set up 6-8am 435-9222 or visit HopArtsCenter.org. nipmucrodandgun.com
May 16, 2014 UPTON & MENDON TOWN CRIER 13 School News Blackstone Valley Tech Commendation List Superintendent Dr. Michael UPTON FRESHMEN (Class of 2017) Fitzpatrick has released the following Anthony Betti, HVAC/R; Derek MENDON Commendation List for the second Briggs, Electrical; Charles Brodeur, Sara Burnell, Health Services; Amanda trimester of the 2013-2014 academic Electrical; Julia Calianos, Culinary Godowski, Painting & Design school year at Blackstone Valley Arts; Zachariah Crosby, Culinary Tech.; Sarah Hanscom, Draft ing & Regional Vocational Technical High Arts; Alexia DeDeus, Dental Engineering Tech.; Jonathan Lynch, School. Students are grouped by grade Assisting; Parker Grant, Electronics Electronics & Engineering Tech.; according to hometown and listed & Engineering Tech.; Amber Jones, Abigail Maron, Construction Tech.; 6 Congress Street alphabetically by last name. Multimedia Comm.; Megan Lavoie, Kyle Martell, Health Services; Max Dental Assisting; Adriana Mattingly, Mirageas, Electronics & Engineering Milford, MA 01757 SENIORS (Class of 2014) Dental Assisting; Brett May, Auto Tech.; Th omas Morin, Manufacturing MENDON Tech.; Gabriella Melnick, Business & Engineering Tech.; Samuel 508-473-0556 Tyler Leung, Multimedia Comm.; Tech.; David Morais, Electrical; O’Connor, Culinary Arts; Cassidy Zachary MacDonald, Plumbing; Annelise Moyer, Painting & Design Silva, Multimedia Comm.; Veronica www.brightinsurance.com Jennifer Morin, Draft ing & Tech.; Danielle Reed, Business Tech.; Tenerowicz, Painting & Design Tech. Engineering Tech.; Jessica Roberts, Joshua Renfro, Auto Tech.; Abbigail UPTON •Home •Auto Construction Tech.; Joanna Salvucci, Sheehan, Cosmetology; Domenique Patrick Adler, Manufacturing & •Business Dental Assisting; Alana Th irsk, Silvestri, Electronics & Engineering Engineering Tech.; Kayla Ambrosino, Draft ing & Engineering Tech. Tech.; Samantha Smith, Culinary Arts; Business Tech.; Alyssa Andrade, UPTON Gabriella Suazo, Multimedia Comm. Cosmetology; Paige Chenevert, Dental •Health Anthony Collari, Plumbing; Halle Assisting; Skyler Colwell, Draft ing Coots, Culinary Arts; Kaitlyn Drew, SOPHOMORES (Class of 2016) & Engineering Tech.; Zachary •Life Manufacturing & Engineering Tech.; MENDON Dawson, Draft ing & Engineering Kyle Gorman, Draft ing & Engineering Connor Belland, Draft ing & Tech.; Bridgette Donelan, Multimedia Tech.; Kayla Merrigan, Draft ing & Engineering Tech.; Julie Cavanaugh, Comm.; Brynnydd Hamilton, Auto Engineering Tech.; Brady Neyland, Construction Tech.; Michael Consigli, Tech.; Sophia Harris, Health Services; Electronics & Engineering Tech.; Electronics & Engineering Tech.; Alexandra Killeen, Cosmetology; Madelene Picard, Business Tech.; Matthew Gormley, Culinary Arts; Emily Maloney, Cosmetology; Th eresa Rook, Health Services. Brian Lowther, Manufacturing & Bailey Martin, Auto Tech.; Joseph Engineering Tech.; Markenson Napolitano, Electronics & Engineering JUNIORS (Class of 2015) Sharpe, Manufacturing & Engineering Tech.; Taylor Nasuti, Culinary Arts; MENDON Tech.; Jonathan Siryk, Electronics & Allison Perry, Construction Tech.; David Burroughs, HVAC/R; Engineering Tech. Gregory Renk, Manufacturing & Brittany Gaulin, Business Tech.; UPTON Engineering Tech.; Alexis Sherwin, Hannah Goddard, Culinary Arts; Autumn Campbell, Multimedia Cosmetology; Anna Shobe, Business Kaylie Iacovelli, Plumbing; Austin Comm.; Th eodore Floyd, Electronics Tech.; Casie Uhlman, Culinary Arts; Labastie, Information Tech.; Kevin & Engineering Tech.; Hannah Timothy Welch, Manufacturing & Larson, Draft ing & Engineering Hobill, Multimedia Comm.; Andrea Engineering Tech. Tech.; Zachary Leung, Draft ing Matellian, Multimedia Comm.; Brett & Engineering Tech.; Conner Nasuti, Manufacturing & Engineering MacKinnon, Business Tech.; Adriana Tech.; Aidan Olson, Manufacturing Maron, Cosmetology; Francesca & Engineering Tech.; Spencer Rogers, Niro, Health Services; Eric Peterson, Draft ing & Engineering Tech.; Emma Electronics & Engineering Tech.; Sexton, Cosmetology; Tyler Smith, Benjamin Reiff arth, HVAC/R. Electronics & Engineering Tech.; Edward Taylor, Multimedia Comm.
Upton, Mendon Students Help Bring Home the Gold Seventeen Valley Tech students advance to SkillsUSA national championships
Submitted by Andrew Morrison way for students to network with future HOPEDALE Valley Tech employers, learn the latest industry GOLD: Brittany Firth, Cosmetology Following a victorious performance standards, and discover the power of Under 500 Hours. in statewide competition, 17 students pride and professionalism. Speaking from Blackstone Valley Tech will from personal experience, Lawrence MENDON represent Massachusetts in the said his career path was shaped by a GOLD: Michael Altavilla, Principles of 50th Annual SkillsUSA National SkillsUSA welding competition in 1969. Technology; Jennifer Morin, Technical Championships. “I didn’t win a medal, but it changed Draft ing; Eric Peterson, Mobile Competing in team and individual my life. I saw the connection with Robotics. categories against more than 2,500 business and industry. I saw the mayor SILVER: Jessica Roberts, of the state’s top vocational technical there to welcome us, I saw scholarships Cabinetmaking. students, BVT students captured a being presented, and business total of 32 medals, including 19 gold, professionals were looking over my MILFORD nine silver, and four bronze, in the shoulder to evaluate my welding skills,” GOLD: Stacey Muanya, Career Choice recent SkillsUSA Massachusetts State Lawrence recalled. “I realized that what Commentary. Leadership and Skills Conference. I was doing with my hands and my SILVER: Philip McHenry, Architectural All but two of the gold medalists will mind was important. All of a sudden, Draft ing. travel to Kansas City, Mo. in June my goals in life changed.” BRONZE: George Bolosky, Diesel and represent the Commonwealth Oft en referred to as the Olympics Equipment Technology. of Massachusetts in the SkillsUSA of vocational technical education, Only your doctor can National Leadership and Skills SkillsUSA off ers a valuable outlet for MILLVILLE decide which lens is Conference. students committed to seeing, seeking, GOLD: Ella Dehestani, Community SkillsUSA is the national and securing their goals, according Service. right for you, your organization for students in trade, to BVT Superintendent-Director Dr. visual needs, and industrial, technical, and health Michael Fitzpatrick. NORTHBRIDGE your lifestyle. occupations education. Th e event “Many Valley Tech students enter GOLD: Dillon Arnold, Urban Search & Call us to find held on May 2 marked the eighth year our system with simply a passion for Rescue; Samantha Cellla, Community Valley Tech has hosted a portion of learning,” Fitzpatrick said. “By their Service; Jacob Moon, Industrial Motor out more. the statewide competition. Th is year, sophomore, junior, and senior year, Control. students and organizers were honored they’ve developed into high achieving SILVER: Matt Goldstein, Computer Cataracts Are by the national Executive Director of individuals.” Maintenance Technology; Jake Rivard, One of The SkillsUSA, Timothy Lawrence, who Th e following Valley Tech students, Technical Draft ing. Most Common visited Valley Tech and took part in listed by last name according to town Causes of the conference’s opening ceremony. and medal ranking, were among the UPTON Visual Loss in Accompanied by a production crew school’s 32 medalists at the SkillsUSA GOLD: Anthony Arrigo, Urban Search the United fi lming a documentary on SkillsUSA, Massachusetts State Leadership and & Rescue; Anthony Collari, Plumbing; States. Lawrence praised the Massachusetts Skills Conference: Th eresa Rook, Health Occupations conference as one of the nation’s largest Portfolio. and highest performing gatherings of GRAFTON Providing “Concierge Cataract Care” SkillsUSA students. GOLD: Mikayla Corda, Community UXBRIDGE Lawrence touted the intense and Service. SILVER: Josh Trottier, 508-381-5600 high-pressure competitions as a great Telecommunications Cabling. 145 West Street, Milford www.besteyedoc.com Glen K. Goodman, MD, FACS The Town Criers Are Direct Mailed to Over 20,000 Doorsteps!
14 UPTON & MENDON TOWN CRIER May 16, 2014 School News Telling a Story Through Jazz Nipmuc and Miscoe Hill Girls
Five jazz ensembles from the Mendon-Upton Re- including Duke Ellington’s “Caravan” and “Cottontail”, Become TechGirlz gional School District studied jazz and improvisational and James Swearingen’s “Th e Preacher Man”. Th e eve- techniques in small workshops and then were honored ning welcomed the newly-formed Nipmuc Regional to perform with jazz trombone legend, Jeff Galindo, at Jazz Choir, under the direction of Ann Marie Tremblay. Nipmuc Regional High School on April 29. Th ey sang several arrangements including “Take the A- Galindo said of his work with students, “One thing Train” and “South of the Border.” Th e Nipmuc Regional I teach every student is that music is a language. Like Jazz Lab Band and the Nipmuc Regional Jazz Ensemble English or Spanish or Japanese, music tells a story and are both under the direction of Mike Morel. Th ey gave can make a person really feel diff erent ways. Like a lan- the audience a taste of “Orange Sherbert”, “Hit the guage, music has sentence structure, phrases, and para- Bricks”, “Willow Weep for Me”, and “Maynard and Way- graphs. I teach the students how to understand this and nard”, as well as other selections. Th e night ended with how to begin to interact and communicate as a band.” all fi ve jazz groups joining together with Jeff Galindo to Th e two middle school jazz bands, under the direc- perform “Chameleon”. tion of Nicholas LaPete, performed several selections,
Students from Nipmuc High School and Miscoe Hill School got a hand-on class in computer science during a “TechGirlz” program at Nipmuc on May 3. TechGirlz is an organization that promotes computer science for females and off ers introductory lessons about the fi eld for middle and high school students. By Melissa Orff Staff Reporter Twelve students at Nipmuc Regional High School and Miscoe Hill School took advantage of learning more about the fi eld of computer science when Nipmuc hosted its fi rst TechGirlz program on May 3. Th e three-hour Saturday class was off ered to female students Th e newly-formed Nipmuc Regional Jazz Choir, under the direction of Ann Marie Tremblay, in grades 8-12, with a goal of generating excitement and building sang at the April 29 Jazz Night. Melissa Orff photo. knowledge about the expansive fi eld of computer science. TechGirlz is an organization that promotes computer science Five jazz ensembles from the Mendon-Upton for females and off ers introductory lessons about the fi eld for Regional School District performed with jazz middle and high school students. Th e program was off ered trombone legend Jeff Galindo at Nipmuc Regional through a partnership with Harvard University’s “Women in High School during their April 29 Jazz Night. Th e Computer Science” organization and fi ve Harvard undergraduate two middle school jazz bands, under the direction students who are involved in the organization came to Nipmuc to of Nicholas LaPete, performed several selections, as teach the class. did the Nipmuc Regional Jazz Lab Band and the “Our goal here is to really get the girls excited about computer Nipmuc Regional Jazz Ensemble, both under the science,” said Harvard undergrad Hannah Blumberg, who was direction of Mike Morel. Th e night ended with all one of the fi ve student teachers for the TechGirlz program. fi ve jazz groups joining together with Galindo to Blumberg said that it was important to get girls interested in perform “Chameleon.” Melissa Orff photo. this fi eld and interested in taking computer science classes as early as middle school because in the past it had been typically male dominated. “It is important for there to be an equal representation of males and females, especially when it is an “Transformed by Art”, Miscoe Hill elective,” she said. Th e TechGirlz program was a mix of lecture and hands-on Gym Becomes a Fantasy Garden computer programming lessons, with the students spending By Melissa Orff the morning learning about functions and variables, strings, Staff Reporter booleans, and the basic steps of coding. “We want the girls to gain Th e upstairs gymnasium at Miscoe Hill School was transformed into a some skills here and then go out on their own and code; or when fantasy garden for the day thanks to the creative eff orts and collaboration they go into their classrooms to be confi dent in their computer of students in the district. programming experience,” said Blumberg. “We want the girls to Aft er receiving a grant from the Mendon-Upton Education learn that they can do this, and that they can go into computer Foundation, the art departments at Nipmuc High School and Miscoe science as a career,” she emphasized. started working together to design a collaborative “installation” art piece Principal John Clements said that he was “thrilled” that they which was created and displayed on April 29 at Miscoe. were able to off er this program for the fi rst time, a program Th e fi rst step in the project was to build display units, which was he says aligns well Nipmuc’s emphasis on science, technology, completed with the help of students and teachers at the end of February. engineering, and mathematics (STEM) education. Th e wooden display units held the “Transformed by Art” exhibit at “It was very exciting to see how their three-hour session Miscoe and will stored for future art displays by Nipmuc and Miscoe. introduced complex concepts in an accessible way,” he said. Once the date of the “Transformed by Art” exhibit was chosen, 16 Clements stated that Nipmuc is starting to put more of an students in the Nipmuc Art Department got to work coming up with a emphasis on learning about computer science, and that next year, theme for the display. “We wanted the students to drive this process,” said all of Nipmuc’s sophomores will learn about computer science as Nipmuc Art Teacher Alison Clish. “We showed them the materials that a signifi cant part of the “Fundamentals of Mathematics” course. A scene from the “Transformed by we had to work with and they brainstormed ideas and decided to create a “We recognize that in many ways coding is becoming Art” exhibit in the Miscoe Hill School surrealist garden,” she said. the language of the future. We’re looking to provide more gymnasium. Students from Nipmuc Nipmuc senior Rose Wiklund said that the students easily came up opportunities to help our students to gain fl uency with computer High School and Miscoe Hill worked with the idea of a garden, but wanted to leave room for creative freedom. science,” he said. collaboratively to design and create a “We didn’t want anything too complicated, or too planned because we Clements said overall the day was a success, one he hopes to surrealist garden from pieces of reused knew that it could pretty much go in any direction,” said Wiklund the repeat in the future. “It’s not every day that our students have the or recycled materials. Th e project was day of the installation. Wiklund said mid-process that the art work was chance to work so closely with undergraduates from Harvard. Th e funded by a grant from the Mendon- coming together nicely. “We didn’t know exactly what was going to fi ve presenters did an awesome job exciting our kids about the Upton Education Foundation. happen here, but the middle-school kids have a lot of really good ideas,” subject and showing them the potential of the fi eld,” he said. she said. Nipmuc Art Teachers Clish and Students from Miscoe rotated throughout the day during Art classes Kevin Campbell, and Miscoe Art into the gymnasium to put their creative ideas and personal touches teachers Jon Hansen and Alice Gentili, into the piece. Th e students used reused and recycled materials such as all said they were very pleased with SHOP LOCAL • BUY LOCAL cardboard tubes, felt, wallpaper, pipe cleaners, string lights and more to the project, both of the collaboration create the scene, partnering with Nipmuc students to create the surrealist with the other schools and with the SUPPORT YOUR LOCAL garden. student’s creativity, even if it was “a Th e “Transformed by Art” exhibit was completed before the end little crazy” in the middle of creating of the school day, and was open for public viewing later that evening. the garden. BUSINESSES! “Transformed by Art” was defi ned by the group as “installation artwork,” “It was fabulous,” said Clish. “But or artwork that is created, constructed, or installed on the site where it the end product wasn’t as important KEEP YOUR $$ IN YOUR is exhibited, and is oft en temporary as was the case at Miscoe, where the as the process of working together display was taken down the next day. collaboratively,” she said. COMMUNITY
May 16, 2014 UPTON & MENDON TOWN CRIER 15 School News
School Highlights MEMORIAL: Th e students of Memorial Elementary Mendon-Upton Regional School will be performing in the annual Memorial Compiled by Melissa Orff Day Concerts on May 19. Th ere will be a 10 a.m. and a 2 p.m. performance on this day. Memorial is excited CLOUGH: Clough Elementary School to welcome and honor veterans and to thank them for A PremierPremier VVenueenue PTO and parent volunteers delivered a breakfast their service. Students are asked to wear red, white, and donated by the Uber Café in Mendon to our teachers blue to sing the patriotic songs that they have learning and staff on May 5 for Teacher Appreciation Week. with their music teacher, Ollie MacFadden. Th e Clough PTO and parent volunteers will also be Specials Night will be held on May 22. Parents are providing a lunch catered by the 45 Restaurant in invited to visit Memorial School with their students Medway on May 29 in honor of Teacher Appreciation. to participate in Boot Camp with physical education Kindergarten screenings for all new kindergarten teacher Christine Horn, view student written books students entering kindergarten in the fall was held and see a demonstration of the digital card catalogue at Clough School. If you have a child entering with librarian Karlyn Gale, explore their student’s kindergarten and have not registered or signed up for digital portfolio with computer teacher Katie Jordan, screening please call Dee Pulkkinen at 508-634-1580. enjoy video of the Memorial Day Concert with music Field Trips this month at Clough included the teacher Ollie MacFadden, and view examples of SpecializingSpecializing iin...n... Kindergarten students going on their fi eld trip to Roger students’ art work with art teacher Jess Grady. Students Weddings, Baptism & First Communion Celebrations, Williams Zoo and the fourth grade students going to in Kindergarten and Grades 1 and 3 will participate in Specials Night from 4:30–6 p.m. and students in Sweet 16s, Quinceanaras, Anniversaries, Birthdays, Baby & Garden in the Woods. Th e morning pre-school students Grades 2 and 4 will be participating from 6–7:30 p.m. Bridal Showers, Corporate Events, Bereavements and more will be taking a fi eld trip to the Mendon Greenhouse in a few weeks. Th e Memorial School PTO will also be sponsoring the Clough students and staff partnered with the Milford Spring Book Fair in the library during Specials Night. For more information and to set up a Relay For Life and the American Cancer Society for Th e fi rst grade students will be sharing what they have private tour of our venue, call 508-478-7800 their May School Wide Walk. A representative from the learned about science at the Annual Science Fair on or email [email protected] American Cancer Society joined Clough Elementary to May 29. Students will be developing projects based on talk about avoiding tobacco use and how to stay safe in the interesting facts they have learned while conducting the sun. their “research”. Th is event is always a highlight of Students held the MDA (Muscular Dystrophy Associa- the school year as the young students transform into tion) Hop-a-Th on during gym classes this month. Clough enthusiastic “scientists.” ! will be sending a donation of $578 to the MDA through the student’s eff orts during the Hop-A-Th on. NIPMUC: On May 7, Nipmuc Regional High School Grade 1 students were visited by dental students from students learned about the 1:1 Initiative which will bring Blackstone Valley Regional Technical High School (BVT). iPads to all students and teachers at Nipmuc for the Th e BVT students taught them about dental hygiene and 2014-2015 school year. Students had the chance to learn what happens in the dentist’s offi ce. about the initiative by interacting with students, teachers Grades 1 & 2 will hold their Fairy Tale Ball on May 16 from other schools who have already implemented 1:1 as a culminating activity for the Fairy Tale and Folk Tale learning. Literature Units. On May 3 through the 6, nine Nipmuc students Fourth grade students in Amy Naples and Kami Ellis’ were among the 17,000 students from around the country, Europe and China who qualifi ed for the 68th classes will be performing their Mystery Play for parents, family members and any interested community members Annual DECA International Career Development on May 20 at 5:30 p.m. Conference, which was held in Atlanta, Georgia. Erika Scott, Madison Polay, Robert Herendeen, Robert Aziz, Clough students in grades Pre-K through Grade 4 will hold their Memorial Day Program under the direction of Th eodore Carey, Jonathan Morris, Roma Gujarathi, Julia Sharp, and Demetrius Chokshi-Fox all qualifi ed music teacher Joshua Pelletier on May 23 at 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. for the event by competing at the Massachusetts State Fourth grade students will experience their “Move-Up Career Development Conference held in Boston, Day” on May 27. Th is is an opportunity for fourth grade where they placed in one of the top four spots in students to visit Miscoe and have a tour of the new school their respective categories. Th e students competed in International Business, Creative Marketing, Buying they will be attending in the fall. !"#$% & Karen McDonough’s fourth grade students will fi nally and Merchandising Research, and Financial Literacy & ' ( ! ) & * + ,)! ,- ./ ' * be meeting their Pen Pals from the Mendon Senior Citi- Promotion Events. Aft er researching and completing an zen on May 28 during a special luncheon in the Clough extensive paper the students were required to develop Library. presentations which were presented at each conference. Clough’s School Th ird Annual Clough Classic will be Th e competition provided a wonderful experience for held on May 30 at Blissful Meadows in Uxbridge. For the students, where they had the opportunity to network more information e-mail Jen O’Donovan at golfwith- with students from around the country and the world. [email protected]. On Monday, May 12, the Blackstone Valley Education Foundation (BVEF) held a grant reception at the Pleasant Valley Country Club. At that event Nipmuc presented the STEM Scholars Program which was funded in part by the Welcoming New Patients BVEF. Th e Nipmuc STEM Scholars Program ran as a pilot this year connecting Nipmuc’s Comprehensive Eye Examination seniors to collegiate and professional learning Hundreds of Frames for Every Budget experiences. Sunglasses/Sport Glasses #ONTACT ,ENSES s ,ASIK #ONSULTS Pediatric Vision Care Miscoe Hill School Semi-Formal Th e Miscoe Hill Semi-Formal Committee is looking for donations to help fund this year’s 8th Grade Semi-Formal in June. Without the generosity of volunteers and businesses, this wonderful event is not possible. Please support your students %MILY 0ILOTTE /$ %LISE $!MIANO /$ by mailing a check made payable to 3ABRINA 'AAN /$ MURSD to: Miscoe Hill School, 148 North Evening & Saturday Appointments Avenue, Mendon, MA 01756 Most Insurances Accepted Children's Optical Boutique Attn: Anne Meyer, Principal Th ank you in advance for your 7EST -AIN 3TREET (OPKINTON s s WWWMYEYEASSOCIATESCOM support!
16 UPTON & MENDON TOWN CRIER May 16, 2014 nephews include JoAnn Forrester, Sudbury; Kathleen E. Fowler and her wife Carrie Haug survived by her brother Robert Albanese and Obituaries Jessica O’Brien, Upton; Joel Biedrzycki, Na- both of Whitinsville and two grandchildren; her sister Barbara (Dolly) Munroe. goya, Japan; Aaron Biedrzycki, Boston; Ste- Rebecca Fowler and Abigail Fowler both of Rita worked at several companies includ- UPTON-Paul F. Biedrzycki (71), origi- phen Biedrzycki, Bedford, N.H.; and Emma Holliston. He was predeceased by four broth- ing Park Snow in Haverhill and Western nally from Mendon, who grew up in Upton Biedrzycki, Fulton, Mo. Private services were ers; Gerald Fowler, Frank Fowler, Th eodore Electric in North Andover. She was a talented between 1953 to 1961, passed away in Tucson, held in Tucson. A mass will be celebrated in Fowler and Earl Fowler and one sister Phyllis artist and handicraft person, who enjoyed Ariz. on April 11, 2014. He was the fi rst Eagle his memory at Saint Gabriel the Archangels Perry. making things that others loved, which she Scout awarded in Upton, in 1959. Church at 5 p.m. on Saturday, July 26. A Masonic service was held May 10 at sold at her business, Rita’s Wishing Well. A 1960 graduate of St. Mary’s High School the Buma Sargeant Funeral Home, Milford. Rita and Dick lived in several southern in Milford, he studied for eight years at the UPTON-Wilfred Fowler, 90, of Upton Interment followed at Lakeview Cemetery, New Hampshire towns including Atkinson, Maryknoll Seminary in Glen Ellen, Ill. and passed away Tuesday, April 22, 2014 in the Upton. Hudson and Merrimack as well as Haverhill Ossining, N. Y. A career offi cer with the Metro West Medical Center, Framingham. In lieu of fl owers, memorial donations may and most recently Mendon where they have United States Air Force, he served from 1968 He was the husband of the late Helen (Ste- be made to the Alzheimer’s Assoc. Mass/NH resided for over 35 years. Th e couple loved to 1988 in the U.S. and overseas. He earned venson) Fowler who died in 2006. Chapter, 480 Pleasant St., Watertown, MA to travel and visited or lived in over 20 coun- a Masters Degree in Public Administration Mr. Fowler was the co-owner and operator 02472 or to the charity of one’s choice. tries as well as most of the States in the USA from Troy State University in 1987. of Cott Beverages Distributor in Upton for and many of the Provinces in Canada. She Major Biedrzycki was employed by the over 20 years until his retirement in 1988. He MENDON-Rita Dolores (Albanese) Skin- and Dick spent several winters in Florida un- Pima County Sheriff ’s Department as a 911 was born September 29, 1923 in Whitinsville, ner died on Saturday, May 10,2014 at just til cancer forced them to remain “up North.” Emergency Dispatcher. Aft er eight years, he son of the late Frank and Geraldine (Mitch- aft er midnight aft er a long and courageous Th ey also enjoyed camping with their family. moved to Golder Ranch Fire Department ell) Fowler. He grew up in Whitinsville and battle with cancer. She was born in 1934 in Rita had a loving family and found time to Dispatch. He was Director of Security for the lived in Upton for more than 40 years before Haverhill, the daughter of Albert Albanese be together with them oft en whether camp- Tucson Unifi ed School District and TUSD moving to Texas in 1990 returning to Upton and Mary (Monticelli) Albanese and gradu- ing, gardening or just eating out. She was a School Safety Dispatcher from 1999-2004. in 2004. ated from Haverhill High School in 1954. warm and caring person who will be sorely He is predeceased by his parents, Raymond Mr. Fowler had served in the U.S. Army She is survived by her husband, Richard missed by all who knew her. and Katherine Biedrzycki. He is survived by during WW II. He was a member of the Up- (Dick) Skinner, Mendon, who she married In lieu of fl owers, donations may be made his wife of 44 years, Frances Biedrzycki of ton VFW # Post 5594 and the former Granite in 1956. She is also survived by her children, to the Dana Farber Cancer Institute – Mil- Tucson; his son, Mark Biedrzycki of Port- Lodge of Masons in Whitinsville earning his Brenda Mailloux, Mendon and Bruce Skin- ford, 20 Prospect St.; the Milford Regional land, Ore.; his daughter, Jodi Biedrzycki, her 50 year pin from the Hondo, Texas Lodge of ner, Milford as well as several grandchildren Medical Center, 14 Prospect St.; or Salmon husband Nathan Anderson, and son Ethan of Masons A.F. & A.M. and a great grandchild. . VNA and Hospice, 37 Birch St., Milford, MA Seattle, Wash.; sisters, Anne Biedrzycki and He is survived by one son Daniel F. and his Rita is predeceased by her mother and 01757. 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Th e gmail.com Class of 2015 is sponsoring a 5K on June 7 at the high school to raise money for the class. menu consists of an entrée, soup, salad, bread, dessert, and beverage. All are welcome to come Dressed Up, Not Messed Up For more information visit the Mendon Upton Mental Health Awareness Event Regional School District website. and enjoy a hot meal. Meals are served from 4:30 Fashion Show HOPEDALE-On Monday, June 2 from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. on the last Wednesday and the last MILFORD-Join us for our 5th Annual to 4 p.m., Hopedale Union UCC Church will Friday of every month. For more information, host six mental health workshops presented Howie Carr – Night of Crime contact the parish offi ce at 508-473-8464 or or “Dressed Up, Not Messed Up” Fashion Show MILFORD-On Wednesday, May 21 at 7 p.m. Saturday, May 17 by agencies serving our community and the offi [email protected] on at 6 p.m. at the Milford at the Milford Town Library, Howie Carr will . Youth Center. Th is year we will have an actual surrounding areas. Workshop Off erings are (Choose A or B for present a Night of Crime 2014, which focuses on lift ed runway, thanks to a generous donation of the incredible trial of Whitey Bulger in Boston lumber from Kevin Rudden, which allowed the each session): Milford Area Chamber of Commerce Session I A) Department of Children and last summer. In his usual raconteur style, Carr MILFORD AREA-Th e following events are Youth Center staff and volunteer John Delude, will include inside stories about the testimony, to complete the catwalk during April Vacation! Family or B) Tri-Valley Adult Home Care. being sponsored by the Milford Area Chamber Session II A) National Alliance of Mental and what the TV cameras didn’t record, because of Commerce (MACC) during the next few Th e theme of our show for the fi ft h year they weren’t allowed inside the courtroom. He will be “Dressed Up, Not Messed Up,” to Illness or B) Employment Options. weeks. To register for any event call 508-473- Session III A) New Hope Women’s Shelter or will show photos of Bulger’s victims, before 6700, email [email protected] or raise awareness about underage drinking and and aft er, some of which may be a bit R-rated help teens become better informed about the B) Autism Resource Center. visit MilfordChamber.org. A light complementary lunch will be served for younger children. Carr will explain the Th e 26th Annual Scholars Night will be dangers of alcohol so they can make healthy mysterious murder of Stippo Rakes, and what’s decisions throughout life. in Fellowship Hall. Th e church and workshops Tuesday, May 20 at 7 p.m. at the Imperial are handicap accessible, however, the bathrooms next for Whitey. As much as you read in ‘Ratman,’ Ballroom, Nipmuc Drive, Mendon. MACC will Th e Fashion Show is sponsored by there’s more, and Carr will tell you all about it. the Milford Youth Center & the Juvenile are not wheel chair accessible. Please call for be honoring the top 100 high school graduates details. Sponsored by the Friends of the Milford Town from local schools. To sponsor an honors scholar Advocacy Group. Th is event would not be Library, this event is free and open to the public. possible without: TJ Maxx of Milford, Shea For reservations, please register with your contact the MACC offi ces. Originals, Valley Tech Cosmetology students name, address, phone and email and workshop Businesswomen’s Luncheon Meeting on and independent Beauty Consultant, Kara choices before May 16 by either: calling, 508- “Bald is Beautiful” Paint Nite Th ursday, May 22 at 11:15 a.m. at Waters Geromini. 473-1476; mailing Hopedale Union UCC Fundraiser Corporation, 34 Maple St., Milford. Judith For more information call 508-473-1756 or Church, 25 Dutcher St., Hopedale, MA 01747; MILFORD-On May 28 from 7-9 p.m. Team Bowman of Judith Bowman Enterprises will do a email us at [email protected] . or emailing, [email protected] Bald is Beautiful will be holding a Paint Nite presentation on First Impressions. Th e event will cost $3/person to participate or Fundraiser at Pinz to benefi t the Kids Cancer $10/person to come watch the show. Buzz Off . Registration costs $30 and you can Milford Historical Commission’s Dana Farber and Jimmy Fund sign up at www.justpaintma.com . $10 from Quarry Walk Book Drive every registration will go to the Team. MILFORD-Th e Milford Historical Fixing Our Broken Democracy MILFORD-Stop by the Milford 99, 196 East On June 8, Debbie Erickson, Kem Mauricio, Commission will tour some of the famous MILFORD- Th e Democracy Movement and Main St in Milford on Saturday May 17 and Julie Parsons, Brenda Phillips and Maggie Milford Pink granite quarries on Saturday June Move to the Amend group will hold a 90-minute Sunday May 18 from 11a.m.-4 p.m. and check Young (Team Bald is Beautiful) will shave 14, with the group meeting in front of St. Mary’s workshop that traces the evolution of corporate out our Book Drive to Benefi t Th e Dana-Faber their heads at Gillette Stadium as part of Th e Church, Winter St., at 1:30 p.m. Th e rain date is power and the erosion of democracy in this Cancer Institute and Jimmy Fund. Kids Cancer Buzz Off . Th e Buzz Off supports Sunday, June 15. country. On Saturday, May 17 at 2 p.m. in the We have many books that would be perfect vital programs and services for children and Th e group will drive to various locations Milford Town Library Granite Room. Th e reasons reading for your Memorial Day traveling. their families dealing with pediatric cancer at to walk along paths to see diff erent quarries why a Democracy Movement needs to be built and Children’s Books, Autobiographies, books for Children’s Hospital. sites. Th ere are no working quarry in town and the strategy behind Move to Amend constitutional teenagers, Novels and more. Amazing authors, For more information: visit www. haven’t been for many years but the ledge holes amendment will be discussed. Contact 781-894- such as James Patterson, Danielle Steel, Stephen justpaintma.com or email 18redwood@gmail. themselves tell an interesting story. It doesn’t 1179 or visit MoveToAmend.org. King, John Grisham and Nora Roberts to name a com. For more information on the Kids Cancer take much to imagine the stonecutters splitting few. All books are $1 or less. Buzz Off – visit www.buzzforkids.org the rock and envision the derricks lift ing the We are also hosting a returnable bottle and huge granite pieces out of the ledge holes. can drive if you would like to drop off any Valley Friendship Tour at Information regarding various quarries is donations at that time. Alternatives available for research in Memorial Hall, which is All proceeds from both events go directly to WHITNSVILLE-Valley Friendship Tour, open to visitors Th ursdays, 1 to 4 p.m. Historical Th e Dana-Faber Cancer Institute and Jimmy Alternatives’ annual fundraiser will be held on Commission meetings are held on the second UnitedUnited ParishParish Fund. May 31 from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Alternatives’ Wednesday of the month at 7 p.m. in Memorial ChristianChristian NurseryNursery SchoolSchool Whitin Mill, 50 Douglas Road, Whitinsville. Hall. For further information regarding the WCS Pancake Breakfast quarry walk please call Anne Lamontagne at 508- "The Only Accredited Preschool In Mendon-Upton" Since it began 29 years ago, Valley Friendship WHITINSVILLE-Whitinsville Christian School Tour has raised more than $1.6 Million in 473-8571. will hold its annual Memorial Day Pancake support of Alternatives’ services for individuals NOWNOW EENROLLINGNROLLING fforor FFALLALL 22014!014! Breakfast on May 26, 7-11 a.m. Adults $8, with disabilities in Central Massachusetts. Harmony Family Style CallCall fforor aann aappointmentppointment Children & Seniors $5, Children under four Participants can travel along one of fi ve non- WESTBOROUGH-Westborough Community toto ttourour oourur sschool!chool! free. Th e Girls’ Varsity Soft ball team will also be competitive routes: a one mile walk, 5K and Chorus presents Harmony Family Style Concert having a car wash on the school grounds during 10K walk/runs, and 25 or 50 mile bicycle rides. on May 16,17 and 18 at the Sara Gibbons the breakfast. All proceeds will benefi t the Following the exercise, participants enjoy a Middle School, 20 Fisher St. Westborough. Athletic Booster Club. complimentary lunch, therapeutic massages and Friday and Saturday performances are at 8 508-529-6382508-529-6382 entertainment including music by the Mid-Life p.m. and Sunday matinee is at 2 p.m. General Crisis Band and entertainment for the younger Admission is $12 and for Seniors and Children • Warm and loving atmosphere Lion King Trip members of the crowd. it is $9. BOSTON-Th e Hopedale Cultural Council • Open to all children 2.9 to 6 years old Both teams and individuals are welcome to Th e chorus will sing many songs made Th eater Trips is sponsoring an outing to see popular by related family members from the past • Potty trained not required register online at www.valleyfriendshiptour. the Lion King at the Boston Opera House on kintera.org. Each Valley Friendship Tour along with choral singing and specialty numbers • Dept. of Early Ed. & Care qualified staff Wednesday, September 17 at 7:30 p.m. Tickets sets a new fundraising goal. Th is year’s goal by small groups. Th e Chorus is made up of • A state licensed nursery school are $100 each for mezzanine seating and bus is $180,000 which would make this the third members from surrounding towns including six transportation. Contact Billi Manning, 508-478- record breaking year in a row. from Upton. Th ere will be several Gift Baskets One Church Street, Upton 0929, for reservations. For more information about Valley raffl ed off with winners announced aft er the Friendship Tour or Alternatives, visit www. Sunday show. since 1983 Sandra Leacu, Director Twice Blessed Thrift Shop alternativesnet.org or call 508-234-6232. Productions are supported in part by the HOPEDALE-Twice Blessed Th rift Shop at Westborough Cultural Council. Sacred Heart Church of Hopedale will be NOW OPEN !!!! off ering the following specials in May. All Junior Community Shred-It apparel, boys youth apparel and shorts are a $1 MILFORD- A Community Shred-It event BVCC Upcoming Events while children’s apparel is $.50. Th e shop is open sponsored by the Milford National Bank will be BLACKSTONE VALLEY-Th e Blackstone Valley KELLY’S FARM Th ursdays form 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.” held on Saturday, May 17 at the 300 East Main Chamber of Commerce (BVCC) is off ering the Now Entering Our 78th Season! St. location from 9 a.m. to noon. Th is is free following events during the next few weeks. service and refreshments will be off ered. To register call 508-234-9090, email bvcc@ MemorialMemorial ddayay Greyhound Rescue Fundraiser, BlackstoneValley.org or visit BlackstoneValley. Donations Needed org. Flowers MENDON-Greyhound Rescue of N.E. is a small Upper Charles Saturdays Come into the Cloud: Offi ce 365 Intro to the MILFORD-Th e First Unitarian Universalist non-profi t located in Mendon dedicated to saving Cloud for Modern Business on May 21 at 6 p.m. Plants Church of Milford MA would like to announce retired racing Greyhounds when their racing at the BVCC offi ce, 110 Church St., Whitinsville. Bouquets the second concert in its new concert series: careers have ended. It will be holding its annual Business aft er Hours on May 28 from 5:30 to Upper Charles Saturdays. Local pianist, singer, Hanging Baskets fundraiser yard sale on June 7 and 8 and are 7:30 p.m. at the Fidelity Bank Armory Village, music director, actress, and teacher Rachel looking for donations. Please clean out an attic, 16 South Main St., Millbury. MacKenzie, a Milford native will perform on Fruits and Vegetables • Red Barn Coffee basement or garage and donate new or gently Enterprise Academy: QuickBooks Training Saturday, June 21 at 8 p.m. in the church, 23 (from Ferrucci’s Farm) used items to them; no large furniture or clothes Two Night Seminar Part I, June 10 and 11, 3 to Fresh Eggs • More Pine St. She is joined by six other accomplished please. And it’s tax deductible! Th e money raised 6 p.m. each day at the BVCC offi ce, 110 Church and award winning performers and drummer helps save greyhounds by paying for housing and St., Whitinsville. Chris Chepiga of Framingham in an evening vet bills when their racing careers are over. Lunch & Learn: Marketing Mistakes to of vocal music spanning the genres of Musical Call the kennel for drop off times for your Avoid on June 13 from 11:45 a.m. to 2:20 Th eater, Jazz Standards, and today’s radio items at 508-478-1617. And please note p.m. at Whitinsville Golf Club, 179 Fletcher chart-toppers. Th ere is sure to be something for OPEN 7 DAYS A WEEK Greyhound Rescue changed the location of the St., Whitinsville. Presented by Robert Beadle, everyone in the family! yard sale to 355 Williams St., Uxbridge. president, Northeast Public Relations, Inc. RTE. 140, UPTON • 508-529-4564 Tickets are $20 and can be reserved at 508-473- Business Aft er Hours on June 18 from 5:30 to 3589. 7:30 p.m. at Alternatives Unlimited, 1 Main St., Whitinsville. 20 UPTON & MENDON TOWN CRIER May 16, 2014 Calendar THINK GLOBALLY ACT LOCALLY Th e Times are Changing ByAnne Mazar Senior Citizens are productive members of society Foxwoods Trip Mosquito drawing by Th eresa Speaking to a group of nursing home and elder care executives MILFORD-Valencia Council #80 of the Knights Gorman-Kahler, Artist in Mendon, in Westborough on Wednesday, State Sen. Richard T. Moore, www.cricketseye.com of Columbus is sponsoring a Foxwoods trip on D-Uxbridge, argued that aging “Baby Boomers” will mean a Friday, June 20 for anyone 21 and older. Th e major shift in societal attitudes and in the services provided to bus will leave the Milford municipal parking Th e Little Blessings of Spring and the senior citizens. lot across from Sacred Heart of Jesus Church, With 8,000 “Baby Boomers” turning 65 every day, the elderly Milford, at 4 p.m. and begin the return trip from Mosquitoes… population of Massachusetts, and much of America, is the fastest Foxwoods at 11 p.m. Proceeds of this trip will I love the changing New England seasons, but I have to say growing segment of the population. Many are healthy and active benefi t the council’s scholarship fund. that spring is my favorite. Th e raucous chorus of the birds in the Th e cost of $20 per person included in community life, and some want or need to continue in the morning and the bright green growth that emerge from the lifeless workforce. transportation and a $10 food voucher or free ground are magical. When I get my hands in the soil to remove buff et and $10 in slot plays. If interested: check/ “We cannot, as a society, throw away a resource that has been money needs to be in, on or before June 13. To brown leaves and fi nd last year’s perennials breaking through the years in the making,” Moore told the gathering of nursing home reserve seat: call Jim Burke, F.D.D. at 508-478- rich black soil, it’s like unwrapping presents. And then there are and elder care administrators. “People, including senior citizens, 9813. mosquitoes… want and need to have a purpose in life, and we need to listen to Now is a great time to take steps to lessen mosquito proliferation their aspirations.” DAV Mobile Unit and avoid the use of toxic chemicals. It is wise not to add to the Moore, the current Massachusetts Senate President Pro MASSACHHUSETTS-Th e nonprofi t Disabled billions of pounds of all kinds of pesticides that are used in the American Veterans (DAV) off ers help to all Tempore, or third-ranking member of Senate leadership, served U.S. which enter our food supply, homes, schools and water. as Senate Chair of the Legislature’s Health Care Financing veterans and their families. Th e DAV Mobile Overusing pesticides to prevent mosquitoes can increase the Service Offi ce will be at the following locations Committee and is credited with being a leader in the state’s health from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. on the listed dates to mosquito population by killing the mosquito predators and creating reform eff orts. personally provide the best counseling and more resilient mosquitoes from the surviving pesticide-resistant Moore said that some who have studied the trend of aging claim fi ling assistance available free of charge: mosquitoes. “Baby Boomers” are predicting that with longevity and improved Wednesday, May 28; DAV Westover Chapter Th e best prevention method to reduce the mosquito population health, the growing senior population will want to re-assert 11, American Legion Post 275, 41 Robbins is to get rid of standing water. A mosquito only needs a bottle cap its place in the community as active leaders, not just the social Road, Chicopee. of water to breed and one female can lay 250 eggs. Many species of burden that some younger citizens consider them to be. Th ursday, May 29; DAV W. J. Tiff Szynal mosquitoes do not travel far from where they hatch, so reducing the Chapter 53, Webster Veterans Service Moore cited a recent book, Live Long, Die Short: A Guide to standing water in your yard can be an incredible deterrent. Authentic Health and Successful Aging by Dr. Roger Landry, a Department, 4 Veterans Way, Webster. Aft er a rain, dump water from items that collect water, such as Friday, May 30; Veterans of Foreign Wars Holy Cross graduate and former Air Force Flight physician, who Post 3329, 16A South Main St., Millbury. toys, buckets, fl owerpots etc. Remove leaves from gutters, since wrote, “We (American society) act like, and therefore believe, For further information regarding these clogged gutters hold water. Birdbaths and pet water bowls should that older adults are a societal responsibility; productive years are events, please feel free to contact NSO Mason be refi lled every fi ve days. Before leaving on vacation, tip containers behind them; they are in a recreation or entitlement mode; they Sullivan at 617-303-5675. over so water won’t collect. Make sure your swimming pool pump are cranky and demanding.” Moore asserted that this view of the is circulating water. To reduce mosquito larvae in your frog pond, elderly is actually a rather new phenomenon and a holdover from Trinity Episcopal Church Annual add fi sh to eat the larvae, a fountain to keep the water moving, or the Industrial Age. organic Bt (Bacillus thuringiensis) tablets to kill larvae. However, Moore noted that leading experts suggest that this “recreation Summer Barbecue usually when you build a frog pond, frogs magically appear from MILFORD-Trinity Episcopal Church, 17 or entitlement mode” is likely to change as more seniors continue the wild and jump right in to eat the mosquitoes. Congress St, Milford, will host its annual to be active in work and community life. He explained that while summer barbecue on Sunday, June 15, 11:30 Use a targeted approach instead of spraying a large area. there still will be a need for skilled nursing facilities, at least until a.m. to 1 p.m. Th e menu consists of sliced steak, Consumer Reports rated the eff ectiveness of herbal mosquito a cure for Alzheimer’s and dementia can be found, more support pork ribs, hamburgers, hot dogs, chicken, Italian ointments that can be applied to the body; visit www. systems for seniors are going to continue moving away from sausage, baked beans, coleslaw, and ice-cold consumersearch.com/search/reviews/mosquito%20repellant%20 institutional settings and into the community. drinks. Takeout is available. Th is a public event; herbal, to see the listing. If using more toxic repellants, such as For more information about Sen. Moore’s health care eff orts all are welcome. Admission is $7 for adults, products containing DEET, apply them to your clothes instead of $4.50 for kids under 11. For more information, and advocacy for senior citizens, visit SenatorMoore.com or your skin. Avoid being outside at dawn and dusk, peak mosquito follow him on at Facebook.com/SenatorMoore or on Twitter. contact the parish offi ce at 508-473-8464 or times, or use a screened-in porch. offi [email protected]. com/SenDickMoore. If larger scale control is needed, there are safer alternatives to synthetic pesticides. Investigate the non-toxic mosquito sprays LMT Humane Society Yard Sale that have a garlic or citronella base and can be applied to the lawn Corinne E. Ross MILFORD-Th e Milford Humane Society will and yard. Another larger scale control is the carbon dioxide baited Licensed massage therapist and esthetician for over 25 years host a Yard Sale on Saturday, May 17 from 9 mosquito traps. One method not recommended is an electric “bug- a.m. to 1 p.m. at 289 West St. with a rain date zapper.” Th ey don’t kill many mosquitoes, but are excellent at killing Now Offering of May 24. Th e sale will feature a wide range of the benefi cial pollinating insects. Facials & Waxing gently used goods. All proceeds benefi t the cat Not all insects are dangerous or harmful. Most are essential and kittens at the shelter. For more information for human survival pollinating our food crops, serving as food Book a facial call 508-473-7008. for wildlife and maintaining an equilibrium in nature. A healthy collection of native plants will attract native insects, which will in today and receive a half hour Facials $55 UPTON VFW CARNIVAL turn attract the amphibian, bird and other insect predators. In a Friday, May 16: 6 – 10 pm, Saturday, May 17: balanced environment, no member of the food chain dominates. massage FREE! 508-902-7882 noon to 10 pm; Sunday, May 18: 1-5 pm. 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Th e Beavers had scored a dozen runs batted in and is also hitting runs in bunches, but the Warriors have kept Showing Strong Depth just four runs in four games, and lost north of .400. First-year varsity starter the crooked numbers off the board en route With 100 athletes – 47 boys and 53 girls three of four in the process. So head Colin Fiorentino has been another bat to a 7-2 Dual Valley record and a 10-4 mark – the Blackstone Valley Tech spring track & coach Anthony Leonelli made a change that has come on strong over the last overall. Nipmuc ran off a nine game winning fi eld teams fi gured to boast plenty of depth and moved James Roy and Danny several games. He posted back-to-back streak that came to an end last Friday, and has in a number of events. Such has been the Burdick to the top of the order. Since multi-hit games last week to move his stumbled a bit with a three game losing streak case for the Beavers. Even with a young then, BVT has scored 62 runs, or an batting average above .300. Ben Reiff arth since then. Still, head coach Steve Dellarovere team and without a large number of state- average of 12 and a half a game, en route broke out Monday with three hits and is pleased with his team’s overall performance. qualifi ers, BVT has been able to more than to a fi ve-game winning streak and a 12-3 four runs batted in as part of a 9-1 win “We got into a good groove there for awhile,” hold its own on both the boys and girls overall record. over Nashoba Valley Tech. he said. “Everything revolves around the way meets thanks to consistent place-winners. “We shook up the lineup and the guys “We are playing good baseball right we pitch between Tom Sperino, Teddy Carey, “In the meets we have won, we have had have responded well,” said Leonelli. “Th e now,” said Leonelli. “I feel like the guys and Matt Nichols. Th ose guys have kept us in a lot of athletes place second and third new guys up top have been good for us have started to take ownership of this every game and we have manufactured some to score those crucial points,” said head and they are doing a good job setting the team, they defi nitely want to win.” runs and won some tight games. coach Jeanette Finnell. “We have a young table.” Th e off ense has come in support of a Nipmuc has allowed just three and a team, but everyone is getting better and the Roy took over the left fi eld job and has strong duo that has been a constant on half runs per game this season, tied for the improvement has been steady throughout been hitting leadoff for the Beavers. Th e the mound. Austin LaBastie has been lowest total in the DVC. Sperino, the team’s the season.” move was the result of a great deal of trial a strike-throwing machine, with 47 sophomore ace, posted a 4-1 record with a 0.82 Th e boys have been lead by a number and error for Leonelli. strikeouts and only four walks over 33 ERA through his fi rst 34 innings. He registered of younger athletes, including sophomore “We had been begging someone to win innings pitched. Mike Iacovelli has also 42 strikeouts against only nine walks. Chris Lira. Th e sprinter has consistently that left fi eld job and fi nally we put James thrown well, including a shutout against “Tom has been extremely consistent for us,” scored wins in the 100-yard dash as well in there and he hasn’t gotten out since,” he a typically off ensive-minded Monty Tech said Dellarovere. “He throws a lot of strikes, as being a key cog in the 4x100 relay. He said. “He’s done well in the fi eld and he’s team. attacks hitters, and is aggressive in the strike also competes, and has earned victories in, getting on base at a high clip.” “It’s a great combination to have,” zone. He has mixed his pitches very well to the triple jump and the long jump. “He is Roy came into the week hitting .409 said Leonelli. “Austin gets swings and keep hitters off balance.” someone who has really stood out,” said for BVT and has been getting on in misses and doesn’t put guys on base and Carey and Nichols, who are both seniors, Finnell. “We can count on him most of the nearly half of his plate appearances. Mike does a great job keeping hitters off have given hitters two dramatically diff erent time for wins in our dual meets.” Burdick has been playing second base balance and pitching to contact.” looks. Junior captain Brett May has excelled aft er seeing some time at third base and Aft er a non-league tilt with Martha’s “Teddy is a hard thrower and when he is in in the 100 and 200 and is also part of the shortstop. He’s hitting .407 with six runs Vineyard on Wednesday, the Beavers will and around the zone, he is tough to handle,” 4x100 relay team. He has won all three batted in and Leonelli says he has looked visit Assabet Friday and play Worcester said Dellarovere. “Matt is a fi nesse guy, more so events, and earned a number of second increasingly comfortable at second. Th e Tech twice next week. BVT sits tied with than the other two. He pitches to contact and place fi nishes. May also recently took up duo has been a constant getting on in Assabet at 9-1 atop the Colonial Athletic tries to get ground balls and use his defense. All throwing the javelin and has taken to it front of the big bats in the Beaver order, League standings with Worcester lurking three have been very eff ective for us.” almost immediately, throwing well enough particularly Jared Vadenais, who is hitting just a game out of fi rst place. Nipmuc has also used Kyle Nocera and to earn a spot at the league meet. .529 through 14 games, the second best “We are coming up on a really tough Izaiah Wadsworth for some important innings Fellow captain Jonathan Saniuk has batting average in Central Mass. stretch,” said Leonelli. “One way or on the mound. Off ensively, Nichols has been been a steady place winner in the 800 and “Jared has exceeded expectations by another, we will get sorted out and fi nd the most consistent hitter in the Warriors’ the two-mile. Sophomores Kevin Noonan a wide margin,” said Leonelli. “Th is is a out where we stand over the next couple lineup. Dellarovere credits Nocera with a and Zack Daigle have helped anchor the guy who was our leadoff hitter last year, of games.” breakout game at the plate against Auburn, Beavers’ lineup of throwers. Noonan has and he has been a fi xture at the top of the order placed numerous times in the shot pot and ever since, hitting .438 with eight runs batted Daigle has done the same in both the shot in. Nichols is second on the team with a .405 as well as the discus. average and nine RBIs. Junior Ted Morris “I’m really pleased with how much some began the week with a .366 average and two of our younger guys have been able to home runs. improve,” said Finnell. “It’s encouraging “Off ensively we just need to keep plugging to know we are going to have a lot coming away,” said Dellarovere. “We keep coming up back next season.” short in big moments and my approach is to Th e girls earned wins in four of their keep plugging away and eventually we will fi rst fi ve dual meets thanks to a number break through.” of strong and consistent performers. With a lack of consistent fi repower in the Freshman Shannon Kelly has only been order, Dellarovere is putting an extra emphasis beaten once in the 100-yard dash and is on this team’s defense. part of the 4x100 relay team. Senior captain “We need to make the routine plays and Stephanie Burnell has placed multiple get the outs when we are given them,” he said. times in the mile and is part of the 4x400 “We need to be clean defensively and make relay. Freshman Tabitha Fields has joined the routine plays so we don’t give up the big Burnell on the 4x400 team and has also innings. We can easily handle being down a placed in the 400 yard dash. run or two, it’s the larger defi cits that are hard Junior Francesca Niro is a district to handle.” qualifi er for BVT in the 200 as well as the Dellarovere says he prefers teams like the one long jump and has regularly won both he has now that relies on pitching and defense. events at dual meets. Senior Sam Giff en has Tight, low-scoring games are the norm come placed in both the high jump and the 400 playoff time and he knows his team will be and Delia O’Toole has added to the team’s well tested in that environment. “We are not point totals on a regular basis in the javelin. going to drop 12 or 15 runs on anyone and “I think the girls have a good shot to win that’s fi ne,” he said. “With the way we pitch, we the league,” said Finnell. “Parker Charter can win. We will manufacture runs and keep is another team that has done well and we playing this style of baseball. Th is is what gets don’t face them until next week, but I like you ready for the tournament.” our team a lot and I think we can compete with anyone.” OOurur AdvertisersAdvertisers bbringring TThehe TownTown CCrierrier ttoo yyou!ou! PPleaselease taketake youryour businessbusiness toto them.them. 22 UPTON & MENDON TOWN CRIER May 16, 2014 Sports Nipmuc Soft ball Power Surge for BVT Soft ball Lacrosse All- By Chris Villani Claims Dual Valley Sports Reporter/Columnist Academic Team Th e Blackstone Valley Tech soft ball team rattled off four straight Member Title wins through the May 12 game, enough to qualify for a spot in the By Chris Villani sectional tournament. Th e Beavers have scored 56 runs over the Trinity Scanlon of Upton was Sports Reporter/Columnist four-game streak, and capped it off with Monday’s convincing 25-9 recently named to the 2014 MAAC Th e Nipmuc soft ball team has been on win over Nashoba Valley Tech. “We are hitting the ball well,” said Women’s Lacrosse All-Academic fi re. Th e Warriors rattled off 10 straight wins Valley Tech head coach Denise Medaglia. “We are still not playing Team. To be eligible for the MAAC through Monday and the tenth in a row gave as well together as I would like in the fi eld, and we have made some All-Academic Team, a student them the Dual Valley League championship. errors out there. But as long as we keep scoring runs, we should be athlete must hold a cumulative “We had a slow start to the season with the successful.” grade point average of 3.20 on a 4.0 bad weather and all the rainouts, so we have Junior Meghan McFadden has led the way for the Beavers with scale. Trinity is studying to become had a jam packed schedule with up to four a .674 batting average aft er going 5-for-6 on Monday. But much of a veterinarian at Quinnipiac games in a week and the girls have just kept the BVT off ense has come from its youth. Freshman catcher Rachel University and carries a 3.91 while playing Division 1 lacrosse. Th is on rolling,” said Nipmuc head coach Bernie Arnold is hitting over .550 with four home runs on the season. summer, in affi liation with Next Step Sports Academy, she will be Curtis. “We hope we are peaking at the right “Rachel hits the ball harder than anyone I have ever seen,” said running a series of lacrosse clinics at Nipmuc Regional High School. time.” Medaglia. “We had Bella Picard (2013 grad who earned a division For more information, visit www.nssportsacademy.com. It certainly seems as though they may be one scholarship to St. Joseph’s in the Atlantic 10 conference) and doing just that. Over the 10 game winning- she hits the ball even harder than Bella did. She is a natural soft ball streak, Nipmuc has allowed just a run and player and she is only going to get better.” a half per game. In six of those wins, the Fellow freshman Danielle Reeves is also hitting well over .500 Warriors have held the opposition to one on the season and sophomore Hannah Clark has added more Janet L. Goguen, DMD run or less. Senior pitcher Jaclyn Cortese power to the lineup. Clark hit two home runs in the same inning RESTORATIVERESTORATIVE & FAMILYFAMILY DENTISTRYDENTISTRY has lead the way in run prevention, with on Monday, a grand slam and a three-run shot, as part of an 11 run 83 strikeouts and only six walks through frame for Valley Tech. Medaglia says she was expecting these kinds • CCompleteomplete DDentistryentistry her fi rst 12 games in the circle. One of her of contributions from her young stars.”I was banking that they • CosmeticCosmetic BondingBonding best eff orts came last week in a three-hit would be ready to come in and play big roles for us,” she said. “All • PPorcelainorcelain VVeneers,eneers, CCrowns,rowns, & BBridgesridges shutout of Whitinsville Christian. “She has four of them have been great at the plate and they still have a few • WWhitehite FFillingsillings & MercuryMercury FreeFree RestorationsRestorations been pretty dominant out there and she and years to get even better.” • IImplantsmplants & IImplantmplant SSupportedupported DDenturesentures (catcher) Danielle Schiloski are working well Medaglia has also had to rely on Reeves a shortstop, and Clark, Most Insurances • AAllll periodontalperiodontal servicesservices nownow availableavailable Accepted together,” said Curtis. “Every game she has a catcher, to be vocal leaders as they both play important positions gotten a little bit sharper.” on the fi eld. “Th ey were a little nervous early in the year,” said the PERIODONTIST NOW ON STAFF: Sarah D. Shih, DDS, MS, DMSc Curtis said Cortese and fellow senior head coach. “As they started to get more confi dent they have been Kristen Niland have also started to swing more vocal. Th ey have really stepped up for us.” 113113 MainMain St.,St., UptonUpton PlazaPlaza • 508-529-4591508-529-4591 the bat better in recent games. Cortese went Another plus for the 9-3 Beavers has been getting a full 4-for-5 against Whitinsville Christian with compliment of players into established roles. One of the best three runs batted in. She added three more students on the team and in her class, sophomore Samantha Cella NEED hits and three more RBIs in a 14-5 win over was forced to miss time early in the year due to academic confl icts. NATHANS’ Doherty. Niland drove in fi ve runs against Medaglia expects to have her available for the balance of the Doherty with a home run and a double. season. BVT has also moved sophomore Kat White to the top of CASH? Th e duo has been part of a formidable the pitching rotation. top of the order for Nipmuc. Junior Meghan “I was not expecting her to be our number one pitcher, but I TOP DOLLAR Jewelers Elliot leads off and Schiloski hits second. think she will be pitching all of our big games going forward,” said Sophomore Kayla Peabody has taken over Medaglia of White, who has an ERA south of 1.00. “She is not a PAID for Gold, the fi ve-spot in the lineup. “With Elliot and power pitcher, but she throws strikes. Walks had been hurting us 508-473-7375 Schiloski setting the table and Cortese and and she has been able to keep people off the base paths. Silver, Niland following them, the top of our lineup “All year, we have been mixing things up trying to fi nd that one Diamonds, 157 Main Street has produced,” said Curtis. “Peabody has or two key pieces that are missing and I think we might have it come up with some big hits for us and we are now.” & Coins ... MILFORD hoping she will keep the pace up.” BVT has an important league game on the schedule Friday Peabody had four doubles, a triple, and against Assabet. Th e Aztecs beat the Beavers earlier in the season a home run to her credit coming into the and hold a one-game lead in the Colonial Athletic League week and started the week off by going standings. Valley Tech is still a young team, but boasts far more 3-for-4 with two doubles, home run, three experience than it did when it played Assabet the fi rst time around. RBIs and three runs scored in a 9-2 win over “With a lot of freshmen it can be hard to just throw them in Blackstone-Millville Regional (BMR) that there at the beginning, it takes awhile to see where they are going clinched the league title for Nipmuc. to be comfortable,” said Medaglia. “You never fi nish the year with “It was important for us to go out and the same lineup you started with. We are going to go with what we win Monday because we knew we’d have a have now and see how far it takes us.” tough game against Graft on on Tuesday,” said Curtis. Nipmuc continues to look for increased production from the lower 42 Congress Street, Milford part of the order, and has been able to get 508-473-5511 contributions from a number of players. Juniors Emily Paine and Emily Ambrosino VISIT WWW.TOWNCRIER.US have provided a spark over the past few games. Curtis said junior Lauren Guertin and freshman Grace Caughey have also helped the cause off ensively. Nipmuc had four games on the docket again this week and will wrap up the regular season with home games against Holy Name of Worcester and Notre Dame of Worcester Just-A-Wee-DayJust-A-Wee-Day next Monday and Wednesday, respectively. Th e Warriors improved to 12-1 following the ChildChild CareCare CCenterenter BMR win and fi gure to be a high seed in the Established in 1972 by Suzanne Byrne sectional tournament, but Curtis is focused PRESCHOOLPRESCHOOL & PPRE-KRE-K on the regular season fi rst and foremost. FALLFALL RREGISTRATIONEGISTRATION “I haven’t really thought about the teams NOWNOW OPENOPEN we might play in the districts because I am focused on the teams we are playing,” she New Location! said. “But I think we are going to compete 138 Hartford Ave, Hopedale well in the tournament because we have 508-473-1689 strong bats and steady defense. I am [email protected] confi dent we are going to go deeper into the 5252 weeksweeks a yearyear fromfrom ProvidingProviding QQualityuality playoff s than we have in the past.” 6:306:30 amam - 6 pmpm CareCare fforor IInfantsnfants throughthrough AAgege 114.4. Dannielle Byrne Director/Owner May 16, 2014 UPTON & MENDON TOWN CRIER 23 SSPRINGPRING SPRUCESPRUCE UPUP MASS Housing Organization Recognizes Senator Moore Th e Massachusetts Chapter of the National Association of local accountability. Housing and Redevelopment Offi cials (MassNAHRO) recognized Th e legislation is a counter-proposal to a bill fi led by Sen. Richard T. Moore, D-Uxbridge, for his support of public Governor Deval Patrick that would dramatically consolidate the housing reform. Commonwealth’s 240 public housing authorities into six regional “While there are many already well-managed and functioning authorities. local public housing authorities across our Commonwealth, I was “Th is is an exciting time for public housing in Massachusetts,” pleased to support this reform legislation to help the authorities said Gene Capoccia, Executive Director of the Leominster Housing work better for the wide array of individuals and families they serve Authority and President of MassNAHRO. “We appreciate the and remain accountable to taxpayers in general,” stated Moore. support we have received in the Legislature as we strive to improve Moore was one of 80 legislators who co-sponsored bipartisan the delivery of quality aff ordable housing to our seniors, families, public housing reform legislation that would provide for signifi cant veterans and disabled people, and this is our opportunity to express improvements in the Massachusetts public housing program our thanks.” through revitalization of local housing authority operations, MassNAHRO represents more than 240 local housing authorities preservation of the existing housing stock and enhancements in across the Commonwealth. 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Th e Plant Sale will take place rain or shine on volunteers, who will be working diff erent shift s between the Saturday, May 17 from 8 a.m. to 12 noon hours of 7 a.m. and 7 p.m., will be conducting the Annual Trail at Kiwanis Park, Louisa Lake, Dilla St. Th e Census. To volunteer contact the Friends of the Milford Upper garden club will off er reasonably priced, Charles Trail by emailing [email protected]. locally grown perennials from member’s gardens that will quickly adjust to your garden. Colorful annuals, vegetables, herbs Your Good News Newspaper and houseplants will be sold. In addition, this year we will off er Calla Lilies for sale. A Garden Gallery with garden related items will be featured. Th ese will include Do it... Naturally! decorative garden items, vases, pots, tools and gardening books. Now Selling: FARM RICH COMPOSTED JJOYCEOYCE Coff ee and home-baked pastries will JOYCE be available as you browse and Greenleaf PLUMBINGPLUMBING & Eggs & Beef COW MANURE Garden Club members will be available HEATING,HEATING, IINC.NC. to answer your gardening questions. If TOP SOIL you have further questions, call Margaret FOR GARDENS Plumbing • Heating • Air Conditioning Th ompson, chairperson at 508-473-9548. & LAWNS Residential & Commercial Proceeds from the sale will help fund FREE ESTIMATES Greenleaf Garden Club’s many projects Call Pete Hawkes at John Joyce, Master Lic. #11688 including the downtown civic plantings, LICENSED PWHPWH FFARMSARMS GGreenerreener AAcrescres & 508-497-6344 scholarship, Garden Th erapy and Junior Mendon • 508-473-9842 INSURED joyceplumbingandheating.com Gardener projects. Th e Greenleaf Garden Club of Milford is a member of the National Garden Club, Inc., and the Garden Club F ederation of MA, Inc. LET US MEET YOUR SEPTIC TANK NEEDS! May is Lyme Disease Awareness Month During May, the round table across from the Milford Town Library Circulation Desk will feature materials on Lyme disease, including pocket cards for identifying ticks and removing ticks. According to the Center for Disease 508-435-3381 Control (CDC), May through July is the jcparmenterhopkinton.com time to be most aware of the potential dangers. Massachusetts is one of the 12 states with the most reported cases of Lyme disease in recent years. INC. J.C. Parmenter, Inc. Second Nature Landscape UPTON, MA Lyme disease is characterized by Your first choice in landscaping needs… Hopkinton headache, fever, fatigue, and a rash that • Patios and Walls looks like a bulls-eye. If untreated, Lyme • Parking Lot Clean-Ups can cause grave damage to the joints, the heart, and nervous system. 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Handyman Services Licensed and Insured HIC#164430 • interior & exterior painting, powerwashing • carpentry, trim replacement, doors & floors • kitchen & bath improvements • media & security installations • general maintenance, repairs, and updates 508-524-6182 [email protected], mceshomeservices.com Brian McElligott 9 Plumbley Rd, Upton, MA 01568 OOurur AdvertisersAdvertisers bbringring TheThe TownTown CrierCrier toto you!you! PPleaselease ttakeake youryour bbusinessusiness ttoo tthem.hem. 26 UPTON & MENDON TOWN CRIER May 16, 2014 SSPRINGPRING SPRUCESPRUCE UPUP Record Number of Volunteers Cleanup Blackstone River Over 200 volunteers in seven towns tended Mother Earth on Sunday, April 27, by participating in the Blackstone River Watershed Associations’s (BRWA) EarthDay Cleanup. Th is enthusiastic turnout beat last year’s record for the annual event. Individuals, families, church groups, and scout groups throughout the Blackstone River watershed participated in the cleanup event. Sites included Millbury (the Blackstone River along the Blackstone bikeway), Graft on (the Quinsigamond River, the Blackstone River, Hovey Pond, Hayes Pond, and Silver Lake), Sutton (Lakey Dam), Northbridge (Meadow Pond, the Mumford River River Walk, and the Blackstone River), Uxbridge (the Blackstone Canal and River Hopedale Pond cleanup crew showing off lawn mower and in and around River Bend Park, and the seed drill removed during cleanup. Mumford River), Hopedale (Hopedale Pond), and Millville (the Blackstone River). Th e volunteers worked on land and in the Trash water to remove enough litter to fi ll over removed 170 large garbage bags! Th ey also removed from two dozen tires, household items, bikes, Mumford furniture, hazardous waste, and construction River and debris. Removing this trash keeps Bacon Brook waterways open for fi sh and wildlife, and in Uxbridge for paddlers and anglers. Th e Cleanup also along River improves the water quality of the Blackstone Road. River by removing potential sources of Susan contamination. Th is year’s haul included Th omas ADVERTISING IN THE TOWN CRIER MAKES GOOD BUSINESS paint cans, propane tanks, a computer photo SENSE. HOW ELSE WILL EVERYBODY KNOW YOUR NAME? monitor, three lawn mowers, and an old seed drill! Following the highly productive cleanup, volunteers gathered at River Bend Farm’s Visitor Center in Uxbridge for pizza and refreshments provided by the BRWA with generous support from Stop and Shop of Graft on, Shaws of Northbridge, Hannafords of Uxbridge, and Harry’s Famous Pizza of Uxbridge. Eric “Gary” Thrappas As part of the annual EarthDay Cleanup, the BRWA partnered with Alternatives •Carpentry Unlimited, Inc. to sponsor a Clean and •Windows Green Fair at River Bend Farm. Volunteers •Vinyl Installation viewed displays and demonstrations about & Replacement watershed protection and terracycling. •Painting Seedling plantings and children’s activities •Handyman Services were also provided. Th e Blackstone River Watershed Association’s (BRWA) mission is to engage, Insured • Licensed educate, and advocate to improve water quality in the Blackstone River watershed. For more information on the organization 508-473-2888 and future cleanups, call the BRWA offi ce at www.ethomemaintenance.com 508-278-5200 or visit www.thebrwa.org. Shop Local Support the Businesses LANDSCAPE in Your Community MATERIALS Great Products, Service & Prices! IT’S SPRING! Special Deals on Toro Mowers Come check out special WE DELIVER deals on these tractors Four varieties of mulch: Special and mowers: Deals on Simplicity • Toro Leftovers! Husqvarna • Hustler Hemlock, Pine, Blend & Black. Call for Details! LAWN TRACTOR & CHAIN SAW SALE Screened Loam, Playground Mulch, Going on now! Wood Chips, Specialty Stone, Prompt, Courteous Service Gravel, Sand and more to the Metrowest Area for over 30 years! 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Harry Platcow photo For more photos of the Greater Milford Relay for Life by Harry Platcow visit TownCrier.us. and click on photo galleries On May 9 and 10 Greater Milford held its annual Relay for Life on the Milford High School Football fi eld marking 15 years as the local chapter of the world’s largest movement to end THE TOWN CRIERS cancer. Relay For Life is the American Cancer Society’s signature event, run entirely by ARE DIRECT MAILED volunteers and dedicated to increasing awareness about cancer and raising funds to fi ght the disease. Members of the Greater Milford Relay for Life Committee were: Siobhon Cox, TO OVER 20,000 Lyle Lanham, Bernadette Mederios, Gary Buckley, Michelle Spaulding, Susan Harvey, Kristi ADDRESSES! Lambert and Ruth Buckley. Harry Platcow photo 52 Acres of Quality Preowned Cars! In “the little town of Mendon!” IMPERIALCARS.COM Sale Ends Bad credit OPEN DAILY 9-9, SATURDAY 9-6, SUNDAY 11-6 • 877-599-5729 5/26/14 don’t sweat it. 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