Two Star-Crossed Lovers, Or Like, Whatever
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Mailed free to requesting homes in Charlton, Charlton City and Charlton Depot Vol. VII, No. 51 PROUD MEDIA SPONSOR OF RELAY FOR LIFE OF THE GREATER SOUTHBRIDGE AREA! COMPLIMENTARY HOME DELIVERY ONLINE: WWW.CHARLTONVILLAGER.COM Friday, December 20, 2013 THIS WEEK’S QUOTE Two star-crossed lovers, “When we do the best that we can, or like, whatever we never know what miracle is HILL JUNIOR RE-WORKS wrought in our life, or in the life ‘ROMEO AND JULIET’ of another.” INTO MODERN PARODY Helen Keller BY JOY RICHARD STONEBRIDGE PRESS STAFF WRITER DUDLEY — Taking her cue from current comedians and popular culture, one Chelsea Davis photo INSIDE Charlton junior recently penned her first From left, Katie, Lisa, Kyle and Cassandra pose for a photo with play based off the classic “Romeo and Lisa’s book “A Mother’s Journey.” Almanac ....................2 Juliet.” Learning ..................4-5 For Victoria Kelleher, 16, the writing, rehearsal and run of the play, which was Police Logs ................5 titled “Romeo & Juliet: A Parody,” was an ‘A Mother’s Opinion ....................10 exciting blur. She said it was an experience Obituaries ................13 she will never forget, but has inspired her to pen more plays in the future. Calendar ..................13 The play ran for two nights at Shepherd Sports......................14 Hill Regional High School earlier this Journey’ revisited Real Estate ......B Sect. month and Kelleher said to look out into the crowd and see parents, students and even faculty laughing at her writing was LOCAL AUTHOR RECOUNTS LOCAL Joy Richard photo one of the greatest accomplishments she Shepherd Hill Regional High School students has had during her three years with the FAMILY’S STRUGGLE AT Anthony Battista Jr., 17, of Dudley, Caitlin Drama Department. Gunhean, 17, of Dudley, and Victoria Kelleher, 16, “At the end of last year, I did the first act,” BOOK SIGNING of Charlton poses for a photo the week after their said Kelleher. “Then I showed it to Ms. run of “Romeo & Juliet: A Parody.” Kelleher Griffiths and she said at the beginning of penned the original script and said she looks for- BY CHELSEA DAVIS right here,” Lisa said. VILLAGER STAFF WRITER ward to submitting more plays in the future. For Please Read PLAY, page A11 “This is Kyle.” photos from the play, turn to page A8! SOUTHBRIDGE — An Kyle Brodeur, Lisa’s son, author and her family vis- is the focal point of Lisa’s ited the Jacob Edwards biography and was fre- Library on Thursday, Dec. quently described as a 12, to discuss her new biog- “miracle” by everyone UUNNEEXXPPEECCTTEEDD VVIISSIITTOORRSS raphical book and the hard- there. ships she and her family The Brodeur’s story is have been through. one of death and tragedy Lisa Brodeur, of and one of happiness and Charlton, and author of “A inspiration as well. Breast cancer Mother’s Journey,” dis- On the night of Nov. 1, fundraiser cussed her book with a 1997, the Brodeur family, small audience and which included Lisa, her Page A4 answered many questions. husband Michael, and Jacob Edwards Library their three children, Kyle, Director Margaret Kim and Katie were all in LEARNING Morrissey introduced the their car driving down book as “how a life event Route 20 near Oxford when has changed the Brodeur their lives changed dramat- family’s life, but how they ically. have made that into some- Keith Doucette, of thing really very positive.” Charlton, who at the time After Morrissey intro- was drunk and also high on duced Lisa, Lisa intro- cocaine, struck the Courtesy photo duced the main focus of Broudeur’s car head-on. CHARLTON — A family of deer are spotted wandering onto a property in Charlton on the after- her book. noon of Thursday, Dec. 12. “This is the real hero Please Read BRODEUR, page A11 SHERIFF OFFERS NEW WAY TO IDENTIFY CHILDREN, ELDERLY Romeo & Juliet at Shepherd Hill Page A8 A safety scan SPORTS BY JOY RICHARD is now possible to have an STONEBRIDGE PRESS STAFF WRITER even better way to recog- nize someone — and it’s Still thought of as the through a scan of the iris technology of the future, in the eyes. the Worcester County The pain-free, minute- Sheriff ’s Office has start- long procedure includes ed to offer iris-scanning having an eye scan and technology as an alterna- your important written tive to finger printing. information taken and According to Sheriff filed and sent to the Lew Evangelidis, for National Missing years local communities Children’s Organization and law enforcement and the Center for agencies have been finger- Mission Adults, a nation- printing the young and al, non-profit organiza- the old incase there is a tion designed to find miss- Courtesy photo Rams win reported kidnapping and ing children. a resident needs identify. Sheriff ’s Office Worcester County Sheriff Lew Evangelidis sits alongside Community Outreach Coordinator Shawn Page A14 He said with new McKenna during one of the first child iris-scanning sessions in Holden last week. Evangelidis will be advances in technology it bringing the program all over the county in months to follow. Please Read SCAN, page A11 OPINION GET YOUR ‘The number one problem facing Charlton for the last 20 years’ POINT ACROSS PAGE A10 bers, said Southbridge TOWN, STATE OFFICIALS DEBATE WATER ISSUES Town Manager Christopher Clark, but all of them BY CHELSEA DAVIS its Hilltop Restaurant. of Environmental out what their goals are for declined. VILLAGER STAFF WRITER “Thanks to Mobil Exxon, Protection and a few elected IMA and projects involved. The discussion mainly CHARLTON — Officials we are at a position here officials attended to weigh While Charlton had Town focused on the problem of from the towns of Charlton where water is the number in on the discussion. Administrator Robin low water usage in and Southbridge met one problem facing Jack Wofford, of Craver and a few members Charlton. Monday, Dec. 9 to discuss Charlton for the last 20 Cambridge, attended the from the Board of Under the last agreement their inter-municipal agree- years,” said State Sen. meeting to moderate the dis- Selectmen, Southbridge did written by Southbridge, the ment on water. Stephen Brewer (D-Barre). cussion. not bring any of its Town daily flow of 100,000 gallons The Bay Path Regional Aside from members from Wofford said he was there Council members. would be increased to Vocational Technical High the two towns, the to help the towns focus on The opportunity to come Massachusetts Department the issues and help them lay was offered to council mem- School hosted the event in Please Read WATER, page A11 2 •THE CHARLTON VILLAGER• Friday, December 20, 2013 www.charltonvillager.com Bay Path Regional Vocational Technical High School CHARLTON ALMANAC FIRST QUARTER HONOR ROLL THEY SAID IT “I do hope that a resolution CHARLTON — The following Strzelewicz, Cynthia Zayas. Trainor. 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