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TOWN CRIER August 12, 2016 MILFORD, MASSACHUSETTS Vol. 9 No. 20 Est. 2007 • Mailed FREE to all 12,800 Milford addresses www.TownCrier.us August 19, Voter Registration Comemorando Todas as Coisas Portuguesas Deadline for September Primary Friday, August 19, is the last day to register and be eligible to vote in the State Primary Election scheduled on September 8. Residents who will be 18 years old by the September 8 date may vote in the State Primary Election if they are registered by the August 19 deadline. Residents who have not already registered to vote may do so in the Town Clerk’s office in the Milford Town Hall, 52 Main St., during regular office hours, 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m.; Proudly wearing the colors of their ancestral home, members of the Celebrating Portugal’s 1-0 win over France in the Euro 2016 final on July 10, were in any town clerk’s office in Milford Portuguese Club marched through downtown on Sunday, July these supporters in Milford’s Annual Portuguese Parade. The marchers were among Massachusetts; at the Registry 17. The parade was of the festivities held that weekend celebrating all the hundreds that took to the streets in downtown Milford to celebrate the town’s of Motor Vehicles; at certain things Portuguese in Milford. Harry Platcow photo Portuguese heritage during the annual event on July 17. Harry Platcow photo state agencies or by using the Mail-In registration form. The Mail-In form is available at the local Post Office, the Milford Grabbing a shady Waving to the crowd Town Library, and at any town spot on a hot during Portuguese Parade or city hall in Massachusetts. summer day, through Milford on July Residents may also register Carlos, Emily and 17 was the newly installed to vote online at https://www. Nelza Ferreira were Mayor of Prospect Heights, sec.state.ma.us/ovr/. Those ready to watch the Ed Ross. The 56th mayor who have moved to town and annual Portuguese of Prospect Heights, Ross not reregistered, please do so. Parade through was selected to represent Those who have not returned Milford. The parade those of Polish descent in a census form to the Town was just one of the neighborhood. He is Clerk’s office please do so as the festivities held also the first Jewish mayor. well. Milford residents unsure during the annual Harry Platcow photo about their voter status may Portuguese Picnic call 508-634-2307, fax 508- weekend in mid- 634-2324, or e-mail aneves@ July. Harry Platcow photo townofmilford.com before the To view more photos of the 2016 Portuguese Parade by Harry August 19 deadline. Platcow, visit TownCrier.us and click on Photo Galleries. Local Bus Service to Start on August 29 Stage IV “Drought By Kevin Rudden plowed by the town. “Every stop, every Emergency” Outside Water Staff Reporter/Columnist leg on that trip, we worked our way PAID After the state legislature voted to through it,” the chief said. “At this stage, Ban in Effect ECRWSS Boston, MA By Kevin Rudden PRSRT STD U.S. Postage ermit No. 55800 over-ride Governor Charlie Baker’s we’re comfortable we have it to a point.” P Staff Reporter/Columnist veto of items in the state’s Fiscal Year O’Loughlin joked about dreaming The Milford Water Company declared Stage IV 2017 budget needed to fund a local bus about the bus route. “I think I rode the “drought emergency” in effect as of August 1, meaning service throughout Milford, Selectman bus several times in my head,” he said. a mandatory ban on all outside water uses including Chairman William Buckley announced “Did you get a good seat,” Selectman irrigation systems, sprinklers and hoses. Initial violations that the MetroWest Regional Transit Brian Murray quipped back. will result in a verbal or written warning, and a second Authority (MWRTA) will begin In between the fixed stops, there will violation will result in a termination of water service to providing that service on Monday, be “flag down” stops, O’Loughlin said. the residence or business. August 29. Patrons also will be able to call head Company David Condrey said the ban is due to the At the Board of Selectmen’s July 25 to the MWRTA to ask to be picked ongoing drought. Matthew Beaton, secretary of the state’s meeting, Town Administrator Richard up at one of the stops, he said. The Energy and Environmental Affairs (EEA), last month Villani told selectmen that town officials Transportation Advisory Committee issued a “drought advisory” for Milford and surrounding and the MWRTA had finalized the also received a demonstration on using a towns, citing “cumulative precipitation deficits of four to route, with the two main criteria used smart phone application to track where five inches below normal for the months of April, May and in selecting the bus stops being keeping the bus is as it progresses through the June. For the months of May and June, precipitation was each pass through the town at under an route, O’Loughlin noted. less than 61 percent of normal.” hour and minimizing traffic disruption. Selectmen Chairman William Buckley The privately owned Milford Water Company has “Those were the two main focuses,” he reminded his colleagues that the first posted on its website the monthly water levels in its Echo explained. A third criterion was ease-of- route may be adjusted. “It’s just a pilot,” Lake reservoir from 1995 through this year, as well as use by patrons, Villani added. he noted. “I think the bus route looks rainfall levels recorded since 1991. According to that data, POSTAL PATRON POSTAL MA 01757 MILFORD, Another key factor was designing excellent,” Murray said. “I think the the 30-year average rainfall is 27.34 inches. For 2015, total the route to ensure the safety of riders, route came out very, very well.” Added rainfall was only 23.94 inches and – as of July 31 this year Police Chief Thomas O’Loughlin told Selectman William Kingkade, “I think – the total was 20.94 inches. selectmen. “We actually worked our way we’ve come a long way and I hope it’s At the end of July, the water level in Echo Lake was through each and every stop,” he said, something we can implement.” 62 inches below its spillway, meaning the reservoir is looking at factors such as availability of SEE SCHEDULE ON P. 7. only 56.3 percent full. The last time the reservoir was Town Crier Publications Town Street 48 Mechanic MA 01568 Upton, a sidewalk and whether that sidewalk is BUS SERVICE p 7 completely full was January, 2012. Milford Regional, a Center of Excellence for Substance-Exposed Infants and Their Families Milford Regional Medical Center others. 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Milford Regional Crown & Bridge and can interfere with ongoing maternal trained a total of 40 interdisciplinary treatment for substance abuse disorders. healthcare providers representing 100 In 2015, Milford Regional enrolled in a percent of their team, which included Implants Children national multi-center quality improvement maternity nurses, obstetrician/ Welcome! Dentures collaborative sponsored by Vermont gynecologists and pediatricians. Oxford Network. This collaborative, titled Milford Regional’s Neonatal Abstinence Oral Surgery INICQ 2015: A Universal Training Solution Syndrome (NAS) Care program, called Improving Outcomes for Infants and Baby Steps, helps prepare families to care Families Affected by Neonatal Abstinence for their newborn that has been exposed Syndrome (NAS) engaged 110 centers from to medications, drugs or alcohol. This John C. 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