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Kick Cancer to the Curb Returns for Fourth Year Mailed free to requesting homes in Webster, Dudley and the Oxfords 508-764-4325 COMPLIMENTARY HOME DELIVERY ONLINE: WWW.STONEBRIDGEPRESS.COM Friday, October 6, 2017 Kick Cancer to the Curb Dudley may seek returns for fourth year new ambulance in wake of accident BY JASON BLEAU non-life-threatening injuries TIMES CORRESPONDENT and the cause of the crash was DUDLEY – A new Dudley under investigation as of this ambulance is one of several report, but the incident did items under consideration for leave Dudley’s fire department capital improvement requests down a vehicle. as the town’s annual October The new ambulance would fall town meeting approaches. cost the town $220,000 through Dudley selectmen addressed borrowing, making up the these requests during a meet- bulk of the $373,500 in capital ing on Sept. 25, which also improvement initiatives select- included a dump truck, com- men are considering moving puter technology upgrades and forward to the October town a new electronic sign for the meeting. town’s municipal building, and Town Administrator Greg a new police cruiser, however Balukonis explained the ambu- the ambulance request comes lance situation is a multi-lay- as the result of an incident ered process as the town also on Sept. 15 where a Dudley need to figure out what it would File Photo Fire Department vehicle was get for considering the vehicle Walkers take part in the 2014 edition of The Fitness Studio’s Kick Cancer to the Curb in Dudley. This involved in an accident on West a loss or whether or not repair- year’s walk will take place on October 21. Main Street. ing the vehicle would be a bet- The accident occurred at ter route for the town. around 10:15 a.m. as the Dudley “One of the things that’s up ambulance was heading into in the air is we’re unsure about BY JASON BLEAU Each year the local gym gives back to the Adam TIMES CORRESPONDENT Webster on West Main Street the necessity for the new ambu- plays a part in giving back Bullen Foundation specif- through the intersection with lance because that’s dependent DUDLEY – For the fourth to those struggling to man- ically because The Fitness Schofield Avenue, the location upon it being declared a total year, Dudley’s The Fitness age expenses and other real Studio’s former owner bene- of Dippin’ Donuts and Rite Aid loss,” Balukonis told selectmen. Studio is gearing up for its world responsibilities after fited directly from the foun- pharmacy. A Mack oil truck “If it can be repaired then this annual Kick Cancer to the being diagnosed with can- dation’s work. operated by Brian Spafford would be withdrawn, but we Curb walk, a four-mile trek cer, but the walk also serves “It’s our fourth annual of Worcester failed to yield at don’t want to miss the oppor- through town on Oct. 21 to as a tribute to one of their walk in remembrance of the intersection, striking the tunity to get this before town raise money to assist cancer own. Angela Toomey, one Kerri Murphy, the original ambulance, which, at the time, meeting due to some quirk in patients through the Adam of the coordinators of the was transporting a patient to a the bylaw that says you have Bullen Foundation. events, said that the walk Please Read KICK CANCER, page A19 nearby hospital. The accident resulted in Please Read BOS, page A18 Courtesy photo Issues range from the A GIFT OF The Black Tavern Historical Society of Dudley was the recipi- lake to the fire PATRIOTISM ent of a new flagpole was handcrafted and donated by Robert W. Grzyb of Dudley. department at STM BY GUS STEEVES ly implements parts of state law STAFF WRITER that “will keep it consistent with WEBSTER – Proposals restrict- what’s actually in practice.” ing “personal watercraft” on Right now, the department is Webster Lake, incorporating run by a Board of Fire Engineers, sewer pump stations into the who legally have to vote for the SCADA system, buying a new chief every year and meet quarter- fire engine, converting street- ly for other issues. Since the board lights, and renovating Bartlett to is Chief Brian Hickey and his two include the superintendent’s office top deputies, that vote’s always a are among the big items on this given. With the change, the board year’s fall town meeting warrant. will be dissolved and Hickey will Other items include adopting the have sole authority as chief. “Stretch Energy Code,” putting a The department’s request for moratorium on recreational pot, $575,000 for a fire engine, how- and what looks like creating a fire ever, almost certainly will spark department. some debate. The plan is to replace The latter immediately sparks three vehicles with it -- 24 year-old the observation that Webster’s Engine 5, 25 year-old Ladder 7 and had a fire department for a long a 33 year-old tanker truck, although time. Town Administrator Doug the latter isn’t listed in the article Willardson said the article formal- Please Read STM, page A19 Regenerating ancient Chinese culture BY GUS STEEVES ideas.” Instead, she sees the flowing STAFF WRITER dance and clothing, the ancient stories, WEBSTER – Although she’s been in the Buddhist-Taoist-Confucian philos- the U.S. for years, Juliet Jin is passion- ophy, and the martial arts of periods ate about her homeland, China -- not as including the T’ang dynasty (618-907) as it is, but as it once was. holding messages for the present. She She could do without the Communists presented some of those ideas last week because, as she put it, they have had “so at Webster Public Library. many campaigns trying to eradicate In traditional medicine, for example, from Wikipedia traditional culture” by “smashing old “the human body resembles a small In a famous painting by Yan Liben, the first T’ang emperor Taizong receives the Tibetan culture, old values, old habits and old Please Read CHINA TALK, page A18 ambassador. Shepherd Hill in need of generator BY JASON BLEAU the high school is in need of a ate replacement. Maintenance based on those numbers that need to be considered when TIMES CORRESPONDENT new generator as the current staff is in the process of solicit- we will need to go out to a making the transition. The DUDLEY – The Dudley one nears the end of its 45-year ing a quote so that we have an formal sealed bid process on school will need a temporary Charlton Regional School tenure. idea of which way we need to go this. We’re still working out replacement for the generator District is looking to replace a “The generator at Shepherd in terms of bidding,” Mathieu the exact specifications.” in the form of a trailer mount- significant piece of equipment Hill has reached the point told the regional school com- Mathieu said this purchase ed rental, a unit that could cost at the district’s high school, where repairs no longer mittee at a recent meeting. is not as easy as simply buy- around $8,000 monthly, and, Shepherd Hill. According to remain an option. 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