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Cooking Incident Leads to Fire on Malden Drive Mailed free to requesting homes in Webster, Dudley and the Oxfords 508-764-4325 COMPLIMENTARY HOME DELIVERY ONLINE: WWW.WEBSTERTIMES.NET Friday, March 13, 2015 THIS WEEK’S QUOTE Cooking incident leads to fire on Malden Drive “A loud voice cannot compete THREE HOSPITALIZED FOLLOWING EARLY with a clear voice, even if it’s a EVENING INCIDENT whisper.” BY JASON BLEAU fire personnel from Webster, Dudley, NEWS STAFF WRITER Douglas and Oxford made their way to Barry Neil WEBSTER — A cooking incident was the scene to tackle the blaze in the early Kaufman to blame for a fire at 11 Malden Drive evening hours. in Webster on Wednesday, March 4, as According to Webster Fire Chief EDITOR’S Brian Hickey, the sole occupants of Photos courtesy Webster Fire and Rescue the home at the time of the fire, which FFICE OURS was reported around 5:36 p.m., were a O H Firefighters from Webster, Dudley, Douglas granddaughter and grandmother, both and Oxford responded to battle a fire at MONDAYS 12-5 of whom were transported to a nearby a two-story home at 11 Malden Drive in hospital, as well as a neighbor who was EDNESDAYS W 1-5 Webster on March 4. The cause of the fire credited with saving the daughter and FRIDAYS 1-5 was determined to be related to a stove in the basement. Please Read FIRE, page A14 INSIDE Seniors ................. A5 St. Louis, St. Learning .............A6-7 Viewpoint ............. A10 Sports ..................A12 Anne to merge Obituaries ............. B2 Events Calendar ...... B3 Real Estate ........Sect.B ‘ALL SAINTS ACADEMY’ TO DEBUT IN 2016 BY JASON BLEAU Delma Josephson of the be taken. Josephson said LOCAL NEWS STAFF WRITER Diocese of Worcester the concept of bring- WEBSTER — Two of said conversations have ing the schools togeth- Webster’s three cath- been ongoing for at er was inspired by the olic education schools least a year and a half Diocese wanting to bring are merging thanks to discussing the possibili- Webster’s catholic edu- a recently finalized deal ty of merging these two cation into the future. that will consolidate schools, and possibly St. “We have three small both the St. Anne and Joseph School as well, schools all very close Pottery, paintings, drawings and other art forms were St. Louis Elementary with a study committee together, and as we look all represented in the art show, all hand made by Oxford Schools into one unified put together and a con- at doing the best we pos- High School students. educational facility in sultant brought on board sibly can in 21st-century 2016. to examine any possible Superintendent Dr. plans of action that could Please Read SCHOOLS, page A14 ‘A once-in- Hometown a-lifetime opportunity’ IN THE SPIRIT OF SEUSS Bank celebrates for Borggaard family Page A2 local art LEARNING ART SHOW SHOWCASES OHS STUDENT WORKS BY JASON BLEAU NEWS STAFF WRITER OXFORD — A cre- ative mind is a terri- ble thing to waste, and when that mind is of a young member of the community embracing Jason Bleau photos their artistic talent, TOP: Mrs. Gould’s this message is even St. Anne class showed off more significant. their appreciation That was the mind- celebrates 100 for Dr. Suess with set of the employees of their own “Cat days of school the Oxford branch of in the Hat” style Hometown Bank, who Page A8 headwear. held a special art show on Thursday, March 5, Jason Bleau photos embracing the works of Oxford High School fresh- DUDLEY — students from Oxford man Anthony Deneault High School. SPORTS The Mason Road shows off just one of his The bank’s lobby School in Dudley works of art featured in became a showcase the art show at the Oxford celebrated one of the works of the of the most cele- branch of Hometown students as parents, Bank. brated children’s bank patrons and ran- authors of all dom individuals from Smith, the receptionist time, Dr. Seuss, throughout the town at the Oxford branch of last week during and region were invit- Hometown Bank, who Read Across ed to embrace the tal- attributed the concept America. For ents and creations of to her own love of art Golden Eagles more photos, turn the community’s young and companies longing run past Rams The Cat in The Hat made countless appearances throughout to page A5! minds. The event was the school, along with his partners Things 1 and 2, playing the brainchild of Cindy Please Read ART , page A14 girls’ basketball pranks and causing mischief as readers presented the in district works of Dr. Seuss to the students. semifinals Page A12 Run for the Beach 5K returning for second year BY JASON BLEAU gear to keep the commu- that raised a little over of Selectmen in late “I don’t know if there is NEWS STAFF WRITER nity busy in the warmer $6,000 to help improve February to hold the race that much that we would DUDLEY — As win- months. the Dudley Beach and for a second year. While change because it was a ter finally starts to settle One event locals can Marino Pond behind the they noted that there really fun and successful down and the warmer certainly look forward Mason Road School. wouldn’t be any major event last year,” said Ide. weather and spring begin to is the second install- Tracy Ide and Joyce changes to the course for “We had a Jimmy Buffet to draw closer, local ment of the Run for the Nierodzinski are the 2015, they are hoping to cover band playing live event planners and orga- Beach 5K Road Race, a co-chairs of the event make the second edition music, the course was nizers are hard at work community event held and received the of the run an even bigger kicking things into high for the first time in 2014 go-ahead from the Board success than the first. Please Read RUN, page A14 2 • THE WEBSTER TIMES • Friday, March 13, 2015 www.webstertimes.net ‘A once-in-a-lifetime opportunity’ for Borggaard family CHARLTON RESIDENT INVITED TO PLAY IN PRESTIGIOUS HOCKEY TOURNAMENT BY OLIVIA RICHMAN America. He will be heading to Canada able to do. NEWS STAFF WRITER with his family this summer to com- “We’re really looking forward to The CHARLTON — Charlton resident pete in the 26th Brick Super Novice Brick,” she said. “We want to support Austin Borggaard is one of the top 240 Invitational Tournament, one of the him in any way we can. We want to root 10-year-old hockey players in North best amateur hockey tournaments in him on as a family.” For Austin and his family to partici- pate in The Brick they will need around GOT SCRAP? GET CA$H $$ $7,000 to $10,000, depending on how many of their family members can go. • Scrap Pick-Up Service Available There are three tournaments that take • Roll-Off Container Delivery place before The Brick and the flights and hotel stays add up. Being part of the • Industrial & Dealer Reviews Boston Junior Bruins also has a pretty • Complete Industrial Demolition & Salvage steep price. • Auto, Truck & Heavy Equipment Scrap Because of the high costs of this rare • All Ferrous, Non-Ferrous Metals opportunity, Austin’s family has started Photos courtesy Andrew Borggaard a Go Fund Me page. Visit gofundme. com/austinbrick to help the Borggaards CENTRAL MASS METALS Austin is very excited to play in The Brick. with travel expenses. You can also track F&D Truck Co., Inc. He said it’s a great honor and can’t wait to the Boston Junior Bruin’s team progress see the city. 14 McCracken Road • Millbury, MA starting early April at www.bostonju- niorbruins.com. the world. He will be part of the Boston 508-752-2300 Junior Bruins hockey team, one of the 14 Olivia Richman can be reached at teams competing in the Brick. 508-909-4132 or by email at olivia@stone- CALL FOR PRICING “This is pretty special,” said Austin’s bridgepress.com. WE BUY EVERYTHING MADE OF METAL! father, Andrew Borggaard. “We’re hum- bled that he’s gotten this far. I know a lot of people have this dream that their kid will play professionally. I just want to keep my kid happy. We’re taking it one ALMANAC step at a time. It’s a chance to coach him and see more of his accomplishments. He has accomplished a lot.” QUOTE OF THE WEEK Austin’s mother, Amy Borggaard, said that he used to walk around with a hock- “We … looked at what we would ey stick as a toddler. When he learned want and need in a 21st-century school. to walk he entered a skating program. Those components are all part of the Once he mastered the art of skating planning. The schools will be able to he switched over to playing hockey. offer more together than they do indi- Andrew used to be a professional hock- vidually.” ey player and Amy a professional cheer- leader, so hockey may be in Austin’s - Superintendent Dr. Delma Josephson blood. of the Diocese of Worcester, commenting He has played in some spring and sum- on the upcoming merger of St. Louis mer hockey tournament teams, such as School and St. Anne School, set for 2016. Blue Chip Selects, Boston Junior Bruins and participated in a Top 40 Showcase. Austin was crowned 2014 Worcester OPEN TO CLOSE Sharks Shootout Champion last year, with over 100 kids participating. DUDLEY “It’s amazing to me,” said Amy.
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