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VILLAGER CORRESPONDENT Farmer’s Market this year, is farmers markets here and She wanted a way to stop STURBRIDGE—B-Organic proving that one simple mate- there last year and one by one wasting so much food in her Produce Bags, a new ini- rial straight from nature can I started growing it and doing household. tiative launched by Cathy help reduce the use of plastic really well,” said DiPilato. “They were eating DiPilato of Worcester that produce bags and keep vege- “This started as a need for the a lot of vegetables and fruit tables, fruits, and herbs fresh money, but it became a mis- and I needed to make my food longer. sion. Forty percent of people last longer,” she said. “After Annie Sandoli Photo The brand uses 100 in this country waste food and doing some research, I found B-Organic Produce Bags, a new percent certified organic 35 percent waste food because that cotton actually makes initiative launched by Cathy cotton from India to tightly they don’t know what’s in your food last longer. I started DiPilato of Worcester that is fea- weave durable bags that allow their refrigerator.” ordering cotton from the U.S. tured at the Sturbridge Farmer’s for proper air circulation for DiPilato came up and all different countries Market this year, is proving that the items inside, helping pro- with the idea for B-Organic around the world and found one simple material straight from duce to stay fresh for weeks Produce Bags after she lost that organic cotton works the nature can help reduce the use and even months longer than her job in the restoration field best. Once they started using of plastic produce bags and keep it would out in the open or in and started hosting children these bags, they wouldn’t vegetables, fruits, and herbs fresh plastic bags from the grocery between the ages of 13 and 18 longer. store. from China who were going Please Read DIPILATO, page A5 Planning Board seeks new member BY ANNIE SANDOLI after her term ends this year. can say yes or no. We gener- and reviewing and approving Route 15. There was an area VILLAGER CORRESPONDENT “It’s a pretty import- ally meet twice a month on Subdivision Plans, as well as that had a certain type of zon- ant function, planning boards the second and fourth Tuesday, working on long-term plan- ing down there and we had STURBRIDGE—The are important to every commu- but sometimes it varies a little ning tools for the town, includ- a public meeting to find out Planning Board is seeking a nity,” said Charles Blanchard, depending on the work load.” ing developing Zoning Bylaws, what people would like to see new member to fill an open Chair of the Planning Board. Established under Rules and Regulations, in that area. The board evalu- position and the Town of “Anyone interested should Chapter 41, Section 81-A Subdivision Regulations, ates requests for zoning chang- Sturbridge is encouraging all send a letter of interest to the of the General Laws of Master Plans, and Community es and make sure the zoning interested residents to apply. town administrator and then the Commonwealth of Plans. bylaws are properly enforced he will probably interview Massachusetts, the Planning “One of the big things and adhered to. If new devel- The citizen who is chosen them to see what their inter- Board consists of seven mem- this year was working on the opments come in that require to fill the opening by the town est is and whether they would bers who are appointed for zoning bylaws for marijuana, site plan approval, we review administrator will replace be a good fit for the Planning five year terms. These mem- both medical and recreational the site plan and make sure Heather Hart, who is moving Board in his view. Then the bers have responsibilities marijuana,” Blanchard said. it’s consistent with the zoning out of town and will therefore appointment would go before such as acting as the Special “We are also looking at recon- bylaws.” not be seeking reappointment the Board of Selectmen who Permit Granting Authority sidering the zoning along old Please Read PLANNING BOARD, page A5 Charlton Board of Health might hold hearings on NEC plan Early Meskus and a member of the Planning Board. deadlines “If we have our own site assign- ment process, that’s totally differ- ent from being interveners [in the state process],” member Kathleen for the 4th Walker said. “It’s an option we With Independence Day fall- should take and a Board of Health ing on a weekday this year, the ourselves.” submission deadlines for the “If we have to show probable July 5 edition of the Sturbridge cause of a health risk, I think we Villager are being moved up 24 could do that in two seconds,” hours. agreed Chair Matt Gagner. Rather than Friday after- He was referring specifically to noon as usual, the submission resident Melissa Widing’s earlier deadline for any press releases, statement that normal operation letters to the editor, and obitu- of her nearby welding company aries intended for publication could produce the spark that sets Courtesy Photo that week will be Thursday, off a gas explosion if the plant were June 27 at 4 p.m. As always, An updated map recently sent to the DPU project email list shows where the to leak. submissions can be e-mailed proposed NEC gas storage facility would be on Route 169. Southbridge BOH member to Editor Brendan Berube at Roland Larochelle said liquified [email protected]. natural gas is flammable but not BY GUS STEEVES Please note that any submis- if it deems them necessary to pro- explosive as long as it’s in liquid CORRESPONDENT tect public health and the envi- sions received after 4 p.m. on form. However, it also “stays low the 27th will be held for publi- CHARLTON – After a discus- ronnment. Members said they’d to the ground” and rapidly vapor- cation on July 12. sion of the NEC gas storage plant see what happens with the state izes, and under certain conditions The staff of the Sturbridge project that included Southbridge Department of Public Utilities pro- vapors could reach concentrations Villager thanks our readers Health Department representa- cess that has already begun, for at which a spark could detonate it. for their cooperation with this tives, the Charlton Board of Health which they also voted to apply to “It’ll seek low-lying areas, go change in our usual schedule, voted unanimously to “preserve be interveners. down Cady Brook toward us,” he and wishes the community a our rights to hold site assignment At present, Charlton has an said, noting he “question[s] the safe and happy Fourth of July. hearings” on the project. intervention committee compris- security” of such a facility and Under state law, the board has ing Selectman Bill Borowski, wide authority to hold hearings Health Director James Philbrook, Building Commissioner Curt Please Read NEC, page A7 Newspaper Look for the postcard folded into the back of this issue. 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Thank you. 2 STURBRIDGE VILLAGER • Friday, June 21, 2019 Old Sturbridge Academy students launch Little Free Libraries BY ANNIE SANDOLI them. tions. it really helped start to build hands on learning experience VILLAGER CORRESPONDENT “At the beginning of “We saw some of those or develop their awareness of in general is to take learning STURBRIDGE—The sec- the school year, we started books and what books looked outside the classroom and start outside the classroom, give ond graders at Old Sturbridge talking about different types like back then and what books thinking about communities back to the community, and Academy Charter Public of schools around the world look like now,” said Berger. all over that don’t have books.” help those who need it most. School are currently getting and different challenges there “We also talked about who has One of the locations “We definitely have ready to complete their year- are when it comes to getting to access to them and why.” that approved the second grad- a focus on service and reach- long learning project on librar- school,” said Liv Berger, one After learning so ers’ request for a space for a ing out to the community to ies and will be painting and of the second grade teachers much about libraries, books, Little Free Library there was connect what we are learning placing “Little Free Library” at Old Sturbridge Academy and how people receive infor- Big Bunny Supermarket in in the classroom with a need cubbies filled with books of all Charter Public School.

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