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Regional Council Still in the Works Rescue, Relief & Relax! Call us to help you with your loved one’s needs 1279A Providence Road (Rte 122) Whitinsville, MA 01588 508-377-4567 Mailed free to requesting homes in Douglas, Northbridge and Uxbridge Vol. III, No. 44 Complimentary to homes by request ONLINE: www.blackstonevalleytribune.com “Delay is preferable to error.” Friday, July 30, 2010 UUPP ONON Regional council THETHE FFARMARM still in the works SEVERAL TOWNS FOPPEMA FAMILY A MULL PARTICIPATION STUDY IN ENDURANCE BY THOMAS MATTSON TRBUNE STAFF WRITER BY THOMAS MATTSON BLACKSTONE VALLEY — TRIBUNE STAFF WRITER Despite the bad economy, the NORTHBRIDGE — There is no middle- Blackstone Valley Chamber of Paula Brouillette Joseph Deliso man at the Foppema Farm. Commerce seems committed to Everything on the 76-acre spread off Hill keeping the idea of a regional eco- a voluntary com- Street is from “us to your table.” The latter nomic council alive. mittee, as the Chamber has might be what Ken and Lisa Foppema Valley boards of selectmen are explained. would say if they were into creating slo- still Two years ago, Deliso presented gans. mulling a proposal backed by selectmen with a proposed first- But the Foppemas are busy people. Even the Chamber of Commerce to take phase participation agreement. though they put in 17-hour days, six days a part in the funding of an entity to “This agreement is designed to week half the year, Ken Foppema just be known as the Blackstone allow each town the opportunity laughs. Valley Regional Economic to make a non-binding commit- “I have to get everything ready in the win- Development Council. ment to the concept,” Deliso said, ter,” he said. Joseph Deliso, chairman of the “giving the Chamber the support- Foppema was jovial about answering Chamber’s Economic ive signal it needs to move the questions. But as time flew by, he was get- Development Committee, has process forward toward reality.” ting edgy.He really had to get back to work. been the leading spokesman for a Deliso has suggested each mem- It was around 11 one morning last week strengthened but small engine to ber town contribute an annual and Foppema was harvesting cucumbers by bring about economic develop- payment of a dollar per resident. hand while also supervising several of his ment in the 11-town region that If all 11 towns join the associa- workforce. Among them were his and Lisa’s includes Blackstone, Douglas, tion, it would produce just under four sons — Jesse, 27, Evan, 25, Lucas, 21, Grafton, Hopedale, Mendon, $100,000, since the population of and Samuel, 19. Jesse and Evan work full- Millbury, Millville, Northbridge, the 11 towns together is about time on the farm, Lucas studied auto Sutton, Upton and Uxbridge. 98,000. mechanics at New England Tech in A council would have more Deliso has indicated he would Warwick, R.I. and Sam is a student at authority as a funnel for industri- also seek help from the state. Gov. Bridgewater State College. al and commercial interests than Thomas Mattson photo Turn To COUNCIL page A8 Turn To FARM page A12 Ken Foppema harvests a pair of cucumbers on his Hill Street farm. Valley Music to debut ‘Mattress’ BY THOMAS MATTSON TRIBUNE STAFF WRITER NORTHBRIDGE — Have you ever thought of sleeping atop 20 mattress- es? And if, before piling up those mat- tresses, someone slipped a single pea in on the floor over which the mat- tresses were to be placed, do you think you would be uncomfortable because you were so sensitive? Well, that is the premise of Hans Christian Andersen’s story, “Princess and the Pea.” They say Ben Hogan had such a fine touch as a putter he could reach into a pocket and tell a dime from a penny. But that is nothing compared to Andersen’s princess. One year it was a lost slipper. Then another year you get a different twist on the exquisite qualifications Thomas Mattson photo required to go in one step from the The Ross Rajotte Memorial Bridge is in line for reconstruction by the state. proletariat to the palace. A century later, Carol Burnett did a comedic retake on the story with the musical comedy “Once Upon a Mattress.” With her unerring sense of smash All is quiet on the hits, Harriet Forman, director of the Valley Music School, Inc., is produc- ing a high school version of “Once Upon a Mattress.” Rajotte bridge front The curtain goes up on the produc- BY THOMAS MATTSON far ahead in time. tion, wrought by 54 high school TRIBUNE STAFF WRITER actors, at 7 p.m., Friday, July 30, and Despite a claim by state engi- again Saturday, July 31, at 1 p.m. and NORTHBRIDGE — In his day as neers last year that a bridge Thomas Mattson photo at 7 p.m., at Northbridge High a foot soldier dodging artillery replacement is on the radar, town Cast members of “Once Upon a Mattress” include (front, from left) Liza Burchman of School. shells in France, Italy, Germany officials are unaware of any spe- Milford, Luke Maloney of Uxbridge, and Julianna Upham of Westboro; (second row, from Admission is $10 for adults, and $7 and North Africa in World War II, cific dates for action. The state left) Rachel Driscoll of Northbridge, Joshua Beauregard of Northbridge, Lauren Dolan of Ross Rajotte trudged across a lot Highway Department sent repre- Northbridge and Jonathan Klos of Uxbridge; (top) Carolyn Chaplin of Hopedale. Turn To MATTRESS page A14 of bridges in worse condition sentatives to Northbridge in June than the span townspeople named 2009 to hold a public hearing on after him in his hometown village the designs they have come up of Rockdale. with for the complete replace- The 85-year-old bridge was put ment of the old bridge. Valley’s start rougher than recession up over the Blackstone River in Asked at that time when the $3 Rockdale in 1925, just a few years million project might get under- BY THOMAS MATTSON even 200 years later, life in New after Rajotte was born. way, the engineers said that TRIBUNE STAFF WRITER England was tough. He won several Purple Hearts although the drawings were only REGION — The farmers and mill In fact, if Samuel Slater had not and among the battles he took at the 25 percent stage then, they workers in the Blackstone Valley of sailed to England and committed to part in were the landing at Anzio would be at 100 percent by the 1800s would envy us. memory the designs for textile Beach and the Battle of Monte December 2009. That meant the Everyone knows how hard the machines he then built when he Cassino in Italy. He no doubt project could be advertised for first winter of 1620-21 was for the returned to Rhode Island, we might walked across a few Army Bailey bidding in January 2010, they Pilgrims who encamped and tried to still be an entirely agricultural bridges in his day, too. said. settle in the Massachusetts Bay region. Sometimes the Rosaire J. Obviously, that was a bit opti- Colony. What Slater’s machines, built in “Ross” Rajotte bridge project has mistic. It seemed more died than lived. the 1790s, did was make the dragged out so long on paper that Even if the advertisement for And while there was a steady An artist’s depiction of early textile produc- it has come to seem a bridge too Turn To BRIDGE page A8 progress in the standard of living, Turn To VALLEY page A16 tion in the Blackstone Valley. A2-3 ...................................... LOCAL A9 ....................... SENIOR SCENE A4-5 ..................................... OPINION A11 .............................. SPORTS CONTACT THE TRIBUNE EDITOR AT A7 .................................... OBITUARIES A13 ........................... CALENDAR ANDY STONEBRIDGEPRESS COM INSIDE @ . 2 • Friday, July 30, 2010 BLACKSTONE VALLEY TRIBUNE Sasseville cites DPW’s needs TRIBUNE BY THOMAS MATTSON ued, “the existing facilities are in mended they be done as soon as the office and at the east end of TRIBUNE STAFF WRITER deplorable condition.” possible. the maintenance bays. ALMANAC NORTHBRIDGE — In a letter The DPW director said “essen- • Inspect the membrane roof • Replace the gas-fired, forced headed “DPW Facility tially no maintenance or repairs and make such permanent hot-air furnace that serves the Sustainability,” Department of have been done to any of these repairs as might be needed to office and break/meeting room QUOTATION OF THE WEEK Public Works Director Richard facilities for approximately 10 maintain the water-tight integri- and include a central air-condi- Sasseville has sent a list of up to years.” ty of the roofing system. Replace tioning system in the new unit. “It’s like milking cows. an estimated $100,000 in needed Sasseville explained “the damaged/stained suspended ceil- As an alternative, explore the pos- improvements to the existing modus operandi for many years ing tiles in the office. sibility of adding central air con- You’ve got to pick ’em DPW quarters. has been to defer expenditures on • Inspect the chimney and make ditioning to the existing unit. “With the recent town meeting the existing facilities because a such repairs as are required for • Replace the fire alarm system. when they’re there.” failure of the proposed purchase new complex was on the way.” continued use. Current system is not working. — Whitinsville’s Ken Foppema, on a similarity “As we sadly now realize, such a • Replace the overhead garage • Provide appropriate personnel of existing buildings in the between dairy and crop farming. Linwood Business Park,” new facility is a long way off,” he doors with new insulated metal safety equipment such as emer- Sasseville addressed Robert said.
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