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TOWN CRIER October 23, 2015 MILFORD, MASSACHUSETTS Vol. 8 No. 24 Est. 2007 • Mailed FREE to all 12,800 Milford addresses www.TownCrier.us Third Annual Milford Homecoming Event Whether you’re a student, reminisce about your high school followed by the Milford High given at halftime to past coaches, and under are free. Pre-register if parent, alumni or resident … experiences, and bring the family School Varsity Football game at players and alumni. possible by dropping off a check come join the fun at the 3rd to root on the Scarlet Hawks. 1:30 p.m. and then a post game And don’t miss out on a special at the school office, 31 West Annual Milford Homecoming The day begins in the MHS reception at the Italian American performance by our alumni band Fountain St., Milford. Event on Saturday October 24. parking lot next to the tennis Vets Club with food, raffles and a – remember “The Horse”? For more information, visit All are welcome! Meet up with courts with a BBQ tailgate catered cash bar. Tickets are $10 for students and the Milford High School web site friends and former classmates to by Carla Tuttle at 11:30 a.m., Special recognition will be $20 for adults. Children age 12 MilfordPublicSchools.com Fun for All at the 3rd Annual Family Fun Day Scouting for Food Milford’s Town Park was filled with youngsters and families on Saturday, October 18 for the 3rd Annual Family Fun Day. Hosted by Alternatives Greater Milford Advisory Council in partnership with the Milford Rotary Club, the day Donations to be Picked featured live music, fun activities and a display from Southwick’s Zoo. A free event, any donations from the event benefit the Alternatives’ programs in the Milford area and the town’s special education programs. Up November 8 By Michelle Sanford Staff Reporter/Columnist Milford’s Annual Scouting for Food is preparing to kick off once again and is looking for charitable residents to donate what they can in order to help local families who are struggling to make ends meet. The Scouting for Food has been a tradition in town for more than 25 years and once again is asking residents to fill up bags of nonperishable food items and paper goods in an effort to stock the shelves of the Daily Bread Food Panty located on Exchange St. which serves Milford, Hopedale, and Upton. According to Food Pantry volunteer Manager and Board of Directors member Cheryl Deangelo, the Daily Bread Food Pantry serves between 240 to 300 families each month; in total approximately 1,000 individuals. “The need here is great. Most people want to work but these days, it’s hard for many to find full time jobs,” she explained. The Food Pantry sees its usage peak between the months of November through January. As a result, the success of the Scouts’ food drive is critical. This year’s Scouting for Food kicks off on Saturday, November 7, when local scouts and other volunteers walk throughout Milford placing door reminders on homes so they don’t forget to fill up a bag (or bags) of much needed items for individuals and families who are struggling financially. The bags will be picked up the following day, Sunday, November 8, and should be left in a visible location by 11:30 a.m. High fives all around as youngsters get ready to play a Deangelo said items most needed at the Food Pantry include rd Ava and Dillon Andriolla show off their painted faces at the game at the 3 Annual Family Fun Day sponsored by hearty soups, canned ravioli, white Albacore tuna fish, beef 3rd Annual Family Fun Day in Milford. Harry Platcow photo Alternatives Greater Milford Advisory Council and the stew, Mac N Cheese boxes, salad dressing, peanut butter and Milford Rotarty. Harry Platcow photo jelly, cake and bread mixes, frosting, and condiments such To view more photos from the 3rd Annual Family Fun Day by Harry Platcow visit TownCrier.us as ketchup and mustard. Snacks, including crackers, granola, and click on Photo Galleries. SCOUTING FOR FOOD p 7 Salvation Army Seeking PAID ECRWSS Boston, MA PRSRT STD U.S. Postage ermit No. 55800 Donations for the Holidays P By Michelle Sanford addition, for Christmas, the Salvation Army’s be taken Staff Reporter/Columnist Angel Tree Program will help provide toys at the It’s hard to believe that it’s already time and clothes to those in need with children 12 Salvation to start preparing for the upcoming holiday years and younger. Families, organizations, and Army season. But that’s exactly what Milford’s individuals select tags from a tree with requests beginning Salvation Army has been doing. The from children for various holiday wishes. October 19 organization is gearing up to help the less According to Major Jessie Irwin, who, along through October fortunate in Milford, Mendon, and Hopedale with her husband Major Dave Irwin, run the 22 from 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. “The reason for get through the holidays with a little comfort Milford location, the reason for the success the applications is we do have a food pantry and joy. of the Angel Tree Program is the outpouring that serves people. However, it’s phenomenal In November and December, the of giving from local residents. “It’s really the amount of people who turn to us during organization, which is located on Congress stunning how generous our community is,” Thanksgiving and Christmas and we have to be St., Milford, will be distributing Thanksgiving she said. “The angel tags are taken by so many. ready for the volume. It’s stunning the amount of and December food “baskets” to struggling It’s really quite inspiring,” she said. Irwin said SALVATION ARMY p 7 individuals and families from the communities every homeroom in Middle School East takes it serves. For Thanksgiving, turkeys, stuffing, tags. Adult family members chose not to give POSTAL PATRON POSTAL MA 01757 MILFORD, potatoes, and other food items will be each other gifts, but instead fulfill angel tag distributed and will be enough for four meals. wishes. Local companies, such as Gold’s Gym Red Kettle Kickoff The organization is currently looking for turkey and Consigli Construction also participate. Saturday, November 14 donations from groups and residents. “There’s an amazing connection when you give Christmas baskets will also include a variety to someone,” said Irwin. 9am - 2pm of staples including fruits and vegetables This year, in order to qualify for the baskets At several Milford intersections Town Crier Publications Town Street 48 Mechanic MA 01568 Upton, and will provide enough for five meals. In and the Angel Tree Program, applications will Claflin Hill Symphony Orchestra 16th Season The Claflin Hill Symphony Orchestra The CHSO Family Symphony Matinee, Please Join us (CHSO) announces the start of ticket sales Sunday, March 20 at 3 p.m., features a Thursday, November 5 for it’s 2015/16 Season. Led by CHSO side-by-side performance with the Claflin Director and Clarinetist Paul Surapine Hill Youth Orchestra plus an Instrument 8 am - 9 pm for its 16th Season, the local orchestra Petting Zoo before and after the concert. will perform a variety of music from the Concert V, American Dreamscape, FOR OUR FALL OPEN HOUSE classics to American show tunes. Saturday, April 30, finishes up the 16th Featuring Our Beautiful Selection Of Fall And Winter Scarves The schedule includes the always- Annual season with a performance by popular Holiday Pops Concert on Saturday, vocal soloist Tommy Gatturna walking December 12, and the Family Matinee on down memory lane with songs from the Sunday March 20. All concerts are held in late 1950s-early 1960s. Popular songs and the Grand Ballroom of the Milford Town Broadway hits will be featured. Hall, Main St. Milford. And all concerts Besides the Symphony Series, the except for the Family Matinee, which starts CHSO will also offer a Chamber Series at at 3 p.m., begin at 7:30 p.m. Alternatives, Singh Performance Center, Concert 1, Rogues, Rascals & 50 Douglas Rd., Whitinsville. All concerts Rapscallions, is Saturday, November 14. begin at 7:30 p.m. Concert 1, the Mirage Sixteenth Season opener will feature the Violin Duo is Friday, October 30, featuring music of birthday boy and celebrated the husband and wife Violin duo Tudor American composer Aaron Copland in an Dornescu and Aleksandra Labinska. Both energetic, powerful and rollicking program are mainstays of the CHSO First Violin devoted to the mischievous nature that section who will present an energetic resides in us all. Music from Mozart and and vivacious program of Violin duo Strauss will also be featured and CHSO and chamber ensemble music, including Buy 2 Scarves / Get 1 Free & 25% Off in the Gift Shop Principal Violist Dimitar Petkov steps works of Wieniawski, Prokoviev, Handel, out front to perform the Rebecca Clarke Bartok and more. Concert II, Chamber Sonata for Violin and Orchestra. Music Cornucopia on Friday, January 22. Concert II, Holiday Pops!, is Saturday, CHSO Director and Clarinetist Surapine R December 12 and will feature holiday convenes a number of friends from the S C A F classics for all ages. CHSO to perform a wide ranging program Tying Made Easy Just in time for Valentines Day, Concert of mixed instrumental works, -- including Scarf Tying Demos III, From the Heart is Saturday, February the Prokofiev Quintet for Winds and Complimentary Handouts 6, the CHSO celebration of love and Strings. Concert III, The Claflin Hill Please join us Thursday, November 5th, 2015 FOOD TASTING8:00 am IN - 9:00 THE pm KITCHEN romance.