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WWW.STURBRIDGETIMES.COM A HOMETOWN NEWSPAPER FOR STURBRIDGE, MASSACHUSETTS USA THE JULY 2007 EDITION Rt. 20 greenery in Sturbridge New OSV CEO New Rotary starts full-time Centennial Park with big agenda one step in a broader plan

By Richard Murphy Route 20 is a hard road. It is much traveled by commercial and passenger vehicles, and it spans the length of the Common- wealth. While some towns have let the major commercial artery aspect take over, Sturbridge aims to protect the small town charac- James Donahue ter as much as possible. By Paul Carr It isn’t easy. But the town is not A new page will be writ- without civic-minded folk who ten this month in the history offer initiative and the desire to of Old Sturbridge Village ensure delightful green space for (OSV) as Jim Donahue the townspeople and their visi- assumes full-time duties as tors. President and Chief Exec- On Flag Day last month, these utive Officer of the museum folks, mostly Rotarians, gathered and all of its operations. to dedicate the new Rotary Until last month, Dona- Centennial Park at the corner of hue was the CEO of the Cedar Street and Route 20. Bradford Dunn Institute for Much of the attention was Learning Differences in directed to Sturbridge Tree Providence, RI, a network of Warden, Tom Chamberland, educational programs that whose efforts had resulted in STURBRIDGE TIMES PHOTO BY RICHARD MURPHY includes a charter school Sturbridge’s 18th Tree City USA Donovan founded in 2000. designation. The award was to PARK DEDICATED, AWARDS PRESENTED He has served once week- have been presented to Chamber- Alan Snow, Community Action Forester, Urban and Community Forestry of the ly in his new role with OSV land on April 12, though was Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation presented Sturbridge Tree since last winter. postponed because he was Warden, Tom Chamberland, with the 18th Tree City USA Award as well as their Growth Award. He is flanked by Dick Vaughan, President of The Rotary Club of Now on board full-time, deployed to New Orleans with Sturbridge. Dick is impresario of The Spirit 970AM, WESO. The station broadcast Donahue talks about his The Army Corps of Engineers. the Flag Day ceremonies. Rotary Centennial Park, which was dedicated that day was Continued on Page 7 Continued on Page 4 planned under the direction of Sturbridge realtor, Lorraine Hebert.

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2 THE STURBRIDGE TIMES | JULY 2007 EDITORIAL A hometown paper The Sturbridge Times How to use

for Sturbridge HOMETOWN NEWSPAPER OF STURBRIDGE,MASSACHUSETTS 01566 USA The Sturbridge Times hen I moved to Sturbridge nearly two PUBLISHED DURING THE FIRST WEEK OF EACH TO SEND NEWS years ago, one of the first things I looked MONTH AT STURBRIDGE, MASSACHUSETTS W for was the hometown paper. While I was OR LETTER TO EDITOR glad to find The Southbridge Evening News, to which I PUBLISHER & EDITOR PAUL CARR E-mail: [email protected] gladly subscribe, I had hoped there would be a paper MANAGING EDITOR JOHN K. SMALL or go to www.sturbridgetimes.com SALES PAUL CARR and select “Got News?” and write to us there. with the name STURBRIDGE on its masthead. DENNIS FINN I grew up in a town with its own newspaper. While or write to us at P.O. Box 418 in Sturbridge 01566 CONTRIBUTORS RICHARD MURPHY or call us at 508-347-7077 it rarely gave us breaking news, it did cover odds and ERIK RADVON ends about life in our town and was always worth a TO PLACE ADVERTISING look. THE STURBRIDGE TIMES TO ORDER A DISPLAY AD: P.O. BOX 418, STURBRIDGE, MA 01566 Sometimes that paper told us interesting things Go to www. sturbridgetimes.com TEL. 508-347-7077 FAX 508-347-8150 and select “Advertise” and then “Order Your Display about the people with whom we were familiar but WWW.STURBRIDGETIMES.COM Ad” (you can order right online) or Call 508-347-7077 didn’t quite know. Like the people in town hall. Or the DELIVERED INTO EVERY HOME AND BUSINESS TO PLACE A CLASSIFIED AD: new cop on the force. Or the ladies who spooned out IN STURBRIDGE. Go to www.sturbridgetimes.com LIST PROVIDER: ALLMEDIA OF DALLAS, TEXAS our lunches at school. From that paper, we learned RESIDENTIAL LIST UPDATED EVERY 3 MOS. and select “Advertise” and then “Classifieds” (you can PRINTED AT MASS WEB, AUBURN order right online) or Call 508-347-7077. that some of our fellow residents were experts at MAILED BY CLARK MAILING COMPANY, WORCESTER See Classified Section in this newspaper for more information. something. We found out who was marrying whom, DELIVERED BY THE STURBRIDGE POST OFFICE who was moving to Chicago for a big job, or what had happened in the town 100 years ago that month. Brevity by Guy and Rodd We were a small suburb about 15 miles west of Boston, and I remember learning from the pages of our little town paper that there were great things to do in our town, and in Boston and on the Cape and else- where. So it was also a paper that spoke directly to us all about ideas and possibilities. From time-to-time we saw our own faces on those pages—under sweaty baseball caps or with grease paint smeared on our cheeks. Our images were chron- icled in majestic processions, at 50th wedding anniver- saries, and in memorial photos celebrating that we had lived and died in that town. In retrospect, I realize that my original hometown newspaper was in a sense also a citizen of that town. While it was directly the voice of the people who worked on the paper, it rightly echoed many other voices. Its effect gave us a sense of continuity and com- munity that could come only from a hometown paper. It helped identify us collectively by confirming what was happening around us. It also affirmed who we were as friends and neighbors. It had our name on it and we were glad to have it. After my first year as a Sturbridge resident, the idea of a paper for this town still tugged at me. So late last year I sat down and mapped it out. As we move beyond the first issue, I expect that this paper will take on its own dimensions, with its life coming from the residents of this splendid town. Our focus will be on the social and lifestyle components of our town and neighbors, though we will address issues of concern across all news categories that affect us. Through our Letters section and Guest Editorials, we will hear from many people. Soon, through words and images, we should recognize in these pages one coherent voice that is uniquely Sturbridge.

THE STURBRIDGE TIMES | JULY 2007 3 THE VIEW FROM STURBRIDGE LETTERS TO THE EDITOR A letter from the editor to the people of Sturbridge

Dear Neighbors, That is exactly what happened takes over a community news- editorial and communications We haven’t generated any let- to my childhood hometown paper. The critical factors are skill and a desire to create a ters to the editor yet, so I figured paper (see editorial on page 2). the vision and agenda of the viable, strong business that will I’d sit down and write one to you. After Fidelity, that paper was publishers. Some are there to be helpful to the community. Let’s headline this: “To those gobbled up again by a whole protect the original idea of the In my work, I have created who think there’s something a little other crew of strangers to the town paper; others slap on a for- publications and communica- presumptuous about starting a town and is today an unrecog- mula package and calculate to tions tools for companies and newspaper when you’re a relative nizable clone. the bottom line. organizations that tell stories to newcomer to the town.” The New York Times owns the I’ve lived here for nearly two affect a desired outcome. While I haven’t heard this small town papers not far from years and like Sturbridge. I don’t The outcomes that I am hop- from anyone, the possibility here in Shrewsbury, Westboro know all of the ins-and-outs and ing for with this newspaper are exists that this sentiment hangs and Clinton. Those papers retain dramas that flow through the that it will be a worthwhile out there in some corners, so I’ll a distinctly local flavor and veins of this town, though that’s addition to our community, that explain my perspective on this. seem to be examples of success- an advantage, not a liability. it will entertain and inform us, Across America, companies ful hometown papers owned We are starting as a monthly and will grow to reflect all of the like Fidelity Investments have remotely. and will revisit frequency when wonderful things that make bought up small community My point is that sometimes it we can properly assess the level Sturbridge an exceptional place. newspapers and sent in people works, sometimes it doesn’t, of predictable news content. PAUL CARR from big cities to staff them. when a newcomer establishes or I come to this job with some Sturbridge

4 THE STURBRIDGE TIMES | JULY 2007 Rotarians dedicate new Centennial Park

Continued from Page 1 Sturbridge Town Administra- tor, James Malloy spoke to the assembled about the business partnerships for beautification, the results of which we see at street corners and on small mini- parks throughout town. Malloy reported that, while trees were lost as a result of the Route 20 Project, which was fin- ished in 1995, plans were under- way to counter the effect. He cited the Fiskdale Mill Project and Sturbridge-in-Bloom Award as examples of the town’s emphasis on its environment, and introduced Tom Chamber- land to elaborate on plans for the greening of Route 20 in Sturbridge. STURBRIDGE TIMES PHOTOS BY RICHARD MURPHY Chamberland described Cen- Centennial Park tennial Park as part of an overall Centennial Park is located at the corner of Route 20 and Cedar Street in Sturbridge. “landscape vision for Route 20”. The vision has been planned for more than 10 years by cumulative and landscaping with selected stepped forward to present Hebert, who directed the Centen- efforts from the Sturbridge Design native trees to resemble mini- Chamberland with the 18th Tree nial Park project. Review Committee, Planning orchards. City USA Award as well as the She said that she wanted to get Board, Tree Warden and Town The vision also includes the Growth Award. the word out that Sturbridge Rotary Administrator. He also mentioned installation of benches inside Snow did not speak long, but is focused on servicing the commu- support from Old Sturbridge mini-parks that will encourage was emphatic in pointing out nity and that they are always inter- Village and the South Central MA people to stroll, rest and chat. that Chamberland is well-known ested in recruiting new members. Chamber of Commerce. Alan Snow, Community and respected in the Forestry Anyone interested in club member- As part of an overall vision for Action Forester, Urban and field throughout the state. ship can call 508-764-9200. the area, Chamberland spoke Community Forestry of the A reception followed the cere- The Rotary Club of Sturbridge about the use of period fencing, Massachusetts Department of mony at Publick House, where has donated over $100,000 in schol- stone walls, wider lawn setbacks Conservation and Recreation we caught up with Lorraine arship funds to local students.

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Meet Tom Chamberland, the man who takes care of our trees (and other things)

STURBRIDGE TIMES PHOTO BY RICHARD MURPHY Tom Chamberland, Town Tree Warden (among many other things) and the new Witness Tree in BY RICHARD MURPHY front of Sturbridge Town Hall. Sturbridge-native Tom culture since Tom became tree planted, but it is no longer protect shade trees. Sturbridge is Chamberland is a caretaker in warden. department policy.” in compliance with this through a many senses. He is most closely “What was good science 10 or Tree City USA is a program state general law and our own identified with his interest in 20 years ago may not be so founded over 25 years ago by the local by-laws. arboriculture, an activity that today,” Tom says. “For example, National Arbor Day Foundation, There is also the requirement captured him while he was on a we now know better than to to promote awareness of the ben- that $2.00 per person living in the “tree walk” with a Burgess ele- plant under power lines, and the efits of having a tree program in community be appropriated for mentary fifth grade teacher. Dutch Elm death taught us to American cities and towns. tree care. And the community “That’s when the seed was avoid monoculture.” To become a Tree City, a must celebrate Arbor Day. planted,” he quipped. The tree warden has also got- municipality must have a desig- When above-and-beyond tasks Chamberland was first elected ten away from overmulching. nated person responsible for the are accomplished, there is further to the position of Sturbridge’s “You can see “mulch vol- care of public trees. There must recognition for the Town. Tom tree warden in 1984 and has been canos” around trees privately also be laws on the books that Continued on Next Page re-appointed to the position ever since. As tree warden, Tom cares for We sell you a pool. We build your pool. all of the public shade trees on town properties, plants new And we service your pool. trees, and maintains all existing public greenery. Remember, nobody works for free. You get what you pay for. In his work, Tom consults with other town boards, such as Service, Savings & Satisfaction is the motto that has made IDEAL POOLS Conservation and Planning, to #1 for over 30 years. ensure that the right tree goes in the right place on site plans. The tree warden’s remit does not involve issues with private lands; however, he does occa- sionally examine private proper- ty to determine any public con- cerns. Tom’s satisfaction in his work is drawn primarily from the sim- Large enough to lead, yet small enough to care. ple natural acts involved in tree planting and maintaining the Owned & Operated natural legacy. by the Gervasi Family “It takes a hundred years to grow a hundred-year tree,” he says, underscoring his devotion to the tradition and stewardship of his work. Much has changed in arbori- 351 East Main Street, Southbridge, MA 508-764-4275 / 800-585-7310

6 THE STURBRIDGE TIMES | JULY 2007 Tom Chamberland: more than a tree guy

Continued from Previous Page bridge was recognized for how it this year. raised two children in Stur- does not stop with the minimum. handled the death of the oldest Looking forward, Chamber- is bridge. The Tree City USA Growth tree in town, dubbed “The looking to form an advisory com- Chamberland is also a veteran Award is given by The National Witness Tree,” a 55-inch diameter mittee to help push for more (Air Force during Vietnam era) Arbor Day Foundation, in coop- maple that had been growing on trees in the town. He is wise to and serves as the town’s eration with the National Asso- the common since the town’s the realities facing town govern- Veteran’s Affairs Coordinator. ciation of State Foresters and the incorporation in 1738. ment and would like to find Chamberland stays busy in USDA Forest Service. It recog- The tree was so named alternative funding sources aside and out of Town Hall. He serves nizes environmental improve- because of its witness to all of the from taxes. as a call fireman and registered ment and encourages higher lev- Sturbridge lads who had Chamberland is happy in his EMT. He volunteers on the els of tree care throughout marched off to the Continental job and has no exit plans. He says Design Review Commission and America. Army, south to the Civil War, and that as long as the town wants is a member of the Board of Throughout the United States to all subsequent wars. him, he wants the job. Assessors. last year, only 523 communities The old maple was removed He has been married 28 years He was Scoutmaster for 14 received this designation. Stur- and replaced with a new witness to Diane (Arsenault). They have years and is on the Mohegan Council Camping Committee. He is past president of the Massachusetts Tree Wardens and Foresters Association and still sits on the board. In his “real job,” he serves as a park ranger with the Army Corps of Engineers. He just returned from New Orleans, where he was part of a team that was oversee- ing the final Katrina cleanup. It is clear from spending time with Tom Chamberland that he loves his work and his town. Got yourselves hitched?

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THE STURBRIDGE TIMES | JULY 2007 7 Jim Donahue takes over full-time at OSV

Continued from Page 1 RDW will craft a branding the folks I’ve met so far. We JULY plans for revitalizing the strategy that accurately want to work with local busi- Village. reflects a new vision for the nesses and the people in town MOVIESat Village Cinema “Our focus for the first year museum, including its poten- to ensure that we’re marketing will be on making sure we tial as a resource for educators. the area well. We want to help Village Cinema is located at the Visitor Center, Old Sturbridge Village. Showtimes are 7:00 have effective marketing and Donahue explains: “One of bring people here who will p.m. and tickets are just $5.00 per person. the things I’ve been thinking communications,” Donahue stay and shop in the local Snacks and sodas are available. said. “We need people to about is how can we expand stores.” know that the Village is open our professional development Will Oliver Wight’s Tavern and there are a lot of great programs for teachers and re-open as an ala carte dining July 6 and 7 things happening here.” educators? We can be a nation- experience? Possibly. For now, OSV has signed RDW al leader in teacher develop- OSV’s new relationship with NANNY MCPHEE (PG) Group, a Providence-based ment for history. We can create Sodexho food management communications agency to in-service programs and service will focus on events. July 13 and 14 handle its media and market- courses for teachers that give HE AST IMZY (PG) ing. The marketing is under- continuing education credits. T L M way with a billboard cam- This will bring people into the Got an opinion, eh? July 20 and 21 paign in strategic, high-traffic Village and the town for multi- areas in the region and radio day stays. This is the kind of BREACH (PG-13) ads have begun on New thinking we need to be en- July 27 and 28 England stations. gaged in. We need to work cre- Media relations for the atively with our many assets.” GHOST RIDER (PG-13) museum are conducted in Donahue is thoughtful as he RDW’s Worcester office, in- reflects on the relationship be- cluding on-site liaison with a tween the museum and the marketing coordinator at OSV. town. “We’re taking steps right “It excites me that Stur- now that will give us an imme- bridge residents can come [to OldSturbridgeVillage diate impact in the market- OSV] for free. I’ve seen the Tell Sturbridge about it. place,” Donahue said. excitement and optimism LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Sturbridge Donahue and the team at about what we’re doing with The Sturbridge Times

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8 THE STURBRIDGE TIMES | JULY 2007 The Interview New Tantasqua science teacher is passionate about competing

guy came up and said ‘Can we help you Local races might have about 300 A conversation with Sturbridge resident, with your number?’ Some girls were entries. The nationals get the best rac- looking at my bike and saying ‘Are you ers from all over the world and there pro-cyclist, mom, and science teacher, really going to do this on that?’ But I’m are huge sponsorships. You see the faces Darcy Foley glad I entered that race because it’s at those events that you see in the where I met my husband. He had just cycling magazines. There are about 15 finished his race and was catching his top pros who do this for a living. There breath and chatting with friends. I will be one in July at Mt. Snow thought — wow, this guy’s a pro — Vermont. They will have really tough because he was in matching spandex. courses and fierce competition. Visually, it will be hundreds of bikes How is a race organized? everywhere. What kind of racing do you do? Have you ever won a pro race? Well, I’m predominantly a mountain bike racer, but I also enjoy road and Locally, yes; nationally, no. But I came cyclocross. The events are broken down in 22nd at Snowshoe (West Virginia). I by skill level, gender, and age. There’s a was winning a lot of expert races at the men’s group, women’s group, etc. national level and ended up breaking my leg in a race three weeks before my How does someone get into wedding. After the wedding, I started competitive mountain bike racing? intensive training and came back stronger the next season.

Anyone can sign up for a race. You Have you ever seen a photo of yourself usually have to start at the Beginner in a cycling magazine? level. Once you have so many wins in your category you can move up and go CYCLING MOM Darcy Foley with her son Camden. from Beginner to Sport to Expert, and My husband gets in all the time but I then, to move into the Pro Level, you don’t. I went into the bike shop one day need to start winning races nationally and they had just received a promo So, Darcy. When did you know that and you have to apply for the pro video for Shimano and I was in that license. video. That was fun. cycling was going to be more than just a weekend activity in your case? How does someone move up in the ranks Are you sponsored? DARCY ON WINNING to the national level? Whenever I pick up a new sport, I I ride for Mountain Bike Mind, which approach it from a very competitive By placement. I won a couple of nation- is a great bike club for riders of all cate- Winning is position. As soon as I realized what al events at the expert level and turned gories. We have some of the best local cycling was, I knew I wanted to com- all about instinct, pro in 2003, the same year I got mar- pros on the team. The club has a lot of pete. I started out in competitive sports ried. Winning is all about instinct, sponsors. I do have an individual spon- commitment, as a ski racer when I was just seven or commitment, and determination. The sor called Healthpak. They evaluate eight years old up in Maine. Later, I and determination. secret to success is long hours of train- people’s lifestyles and develop individ- raced for Colby College and after grad- ing, even when it’s 20 degrees and ual vitamin formulas achieving optimal The secret to uating I moved down here to teach at snowing out. health and performance. success is long hours Bancroft School in Worcester. There, I met a sixth grade teacher who had raced What distinguishes a national race There’s an inspirational quality to what of training, even when it’s 20 for Harvard and could share a lot about from a local race? you’re doing with this mountain biking. degrees and snowing out. his racing experience. My first question wasn’t ‘What kind of bike should I get?’ I love getting people addicted to this It was ‘How do I get my racing The USA Cycling Association comes sport or any sport, really. I know a cou- license?’ It’s that way with me. up with a national series every year ple of women who are in their late 40s that is designed by them. They have who have decided that they are going to Did you enter a race right away? seven races. Local races are also sanc- reinvent themselves into more active, tioned by USA Cycling but planned healthy people. This is a great way for I entered the Sterling Road Race on a and executed locally. The real difference them to do that and I’m psyched to help touring bike. I didn’t have a clue. You between the two comes down to quanti- them out. have numbers you have to pin on your ty and quality of racers. The nationals back. I had mine on upside down. A attract more and better competitors. Continued on next page

THE STURBRIDGE TIMES | JULY 2007 9 Darcy Foley Continued from previous page begin to realize their potential at differ- You’ve organized a ride for your ent moments along the way: rolling Experience History ... into the campsite each night, tracking students. Tell us about that. mileage on the map, summiting steep climbs, chilling out around the campfire In a casual atmosphere Because I’m a teacher I wanted to with friends, crossing the state line or design a bike trip for the kids I had just Connecticut River. Of course, along the spent the whole academic year with, so way we’ll have all kinds of fun staying a few years ago my husband and I cre- at campsites and stopping at lakes, ated the ‘Bay to Peak Run’. This year’s swimming and kayaking. will be our fifth trip. We started in 2002. We do two 40 mile days and then Where is the best mountain biking You know that every day is Thanksgiving have the longest one, an 85-miler. in Sturbridge? at the Publick House. Previously, we had run from Scusset But after serving guests for 236 years, Beach to Mt. Greylock. Because Wells State Park. There’s a nice four- our culinary staff has taken traditional favorites Greylock is closed this year, we’ll be mile trail there. In fact, they used to going to the top of Mt. Snow. have a race there. There are little signs and added a modern twist. still up that say MTB on them that you Experience our innovative menu for yourself. How many kids? can follow around. Sturbridge is really Visit www.publickhouse.com to view our complete menu. full of young active people that you see There will be eight kids, a mixture of out on their bikes. There’s also a decent Present this to your server for 8th and 9th graders. It will be more of a trail behind the Tantasqua Middle 25% off challenge for some than others. The School. And Hodges over in Oxford is your meal. rugged terrain and long distances make good. There’s also a network of ‘secret Valid on Breakfast, Lunch or Dinner in the Historic Dining this challenge a life-changing experi- trails’ but I guess if I told you where Room Only. Discount on food only. Cannot be combined with ence for the teen-cyclists. We go up and those were it wouldn’t be a secret any- any other offer or special. Not valid on Twilight Dinner menu. over some very big hills in central more. Valid between 7/1/07 and 7/31/07 st Massachusetts. We stop at Purgatory Chasm. What is your biggest rush on the bike? It must vary a great deal from year-to-year. Going fast and winning. Honestly, it’s the competition. Now that I’m a Mom On the Common, Route 131 — Sturbridge, MA Every year is different. Each expedition 508-347-3313 www.publickhouse.com really takes on a life of its own. Cyclists Continued on Page 15

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With The Worcester Tornadoes about 18 minutes down the Pike, it’s never been easier Take yourself out to a ballgame

By Erik Radvon ence is increasingly less and less crowds at Hanover Insurance fans, the smiling kids (some charming. Ticket prices fluctuate Park at Fitton Field. wide-eyed with reverence), the Nothing beats a summer from steep to absurd. Should you “We have a lot going on for the enthusiastic players, stoic man- evening down at the ballpark. choose to drive, parking can be fans this summer,” said Joe Izzo, agers, and cool summer dusk The crack of the bat, the roar of an adventure in both time and Assistant General Manager for against the bustle of Worcester, the crowd, and the dusty tension capital. Public transportation, the Tornadoes. “We're putting on one couldn't help but feel that of a slide into home plate are all while wonderful in theory, is five fireworks shows this season, this is more in the spirit of base- familiar staples of Americana. slightly less accommodating in including one on July 3rd for ball than $10 hotdogs and sitting Unfortunately, the modern practice, with many trips along Independence Day.” behind a green pole. world has thrown up some seri- the Green Line providing all the Events down at the stadium “Sure, we go out to Fenway ous hurdles between an average ambiance of a cattle car. While range from Salsa Night to Irish sometimes,” said Mark Sclamo, family and an outing at a ball- sandwiched in between a gaggle Night and encompass everything who came out to see the game game. Between outrageous ticket of drunken BU students and a in between. The docket of home with his two sons. “But this is prices, long travel times, and fellow of dubious hygienic prac- game promotions is impressive something a lot more family ori- sparse amenities, a trip out to tices, many parents might find and far from stale. There are bob- ented. I can bring him here and Fenway Park can simultaneously themselves wishing they were ble-head, team photos, helmets, let him run around and have drain the bank account, gas tank, watching the game from the com- and t-shirt giveaways. The Blues fun,” he said, referring to his 2- and emotional energy reserves of fort of their backyard screen Brothers will be rocking the joint year old son Alex, who was hav- any Sturbridge denizen braving houses. in August, ironically followed a ing a blast playing with Twister, the trek. Enter the Worcester Torna- week later by Law Enforcement the team’s big, orange, dog-like Sturbridge is a solid part of does. The local professional Night. mascot. Red Sox Nation, to be sure, and team, the first to play in Central Not too “This is many here have the desire to Massachusetts in nearly 75 years, shabby for something pour out some love onto Yawkey is not only a regional power- less than 20 we just de- Way. But the reality of the experi- house in the Can Am league but minutes Distance from Sturbridge cided to do also a heck of a lot of fun to down the AY this after- watch. The team has been heat- Pike from FENW 58 miles noon. ing up the summer nights with Sturbridge. PARK Didn’t great sports and great family fun, On a have to do playing home games to raucous recent Sat- FITTON 19 miles a lot of urday night FIELD planning, game there ya know? were no va- Plus, it's cant bleach- about 10 ers and no crackled loudspeak- times cheaper than going out to ers. One step into the park, locat- Boston. It’s good fun.” ed right at The College of the The positive energy in the park Two-year-old Alex Sclamo Holy Cross, and it’s clear that this was palpable. Even a mid-inning yuks it up with his new pal, is no farm league. Rather, the intrusion onto the field by a way- Twister, mascot for spectacle on hand at Fitton was ward skunk was treated with that of a true-blue professional good humor, as Aerosmith's The Worcester Tornadoes. baseball game. “Walk this Way” pounded The radio-worthy voices of the through the speakers and fans local announcers filled the air jumped to their feet, laughing and the sound of bats meeting and dancing. fastballs echoed through the sta- Young Keegan Kerr proudly dium. clutched a newly purchased WXLO funnyman Steve Don- Tornadoes pennant along side his ovan bolted through the stands, dad Tom as the game unfolded. jazzing up the crowd and engag- “This is our fourth time here ing fans in a seemingly endless together,” said Kerr. Tom was array of promotions and fun. chosen to take place in the Free pizza delivered to the cra- evening’s home run challenge, ziest fan, a trip to the money pit having to hit a ball mounted on a (one of those inflatable bubbles tee over the right field fence. with money swirling around in “The only thing I'm used to the air) for one lucky Little hitting off a tee is a golf ball,” he League All Star, and a home run laughed. “But I did it, we got the challenge for movie tickets all movie tickets!” helped to make the action in the As for what keeps the family stands just as exciting as that on coming back to Fitton Field all the field. summer long, the senior Kerr A look around at the cheering offers that “It's easy, local, and

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LET THERE BE Pro Baseball 20 MINUTES FROM STURBRIDGE

STURBRIDGE TIMES PHOTOS BY ERIK RADVON Sun sprays the crowd at Hanover Insurance Park, Fitton Field on a recent Saturday evening. the kids really love it.” line for beer or refreshment, the The amount of personal atten- longest line in Worcester was tion available for the average fan about three people deep. Tornadoes Home Games July-August is what makes the experience Joe Izzo is excited for the rest truly remarkable. of the season. “July is bringing a A small army of Tornadoes bunch of events. The one I'm JULY AUGUST staffers constantly moved about most excited for is our Camp 3 7:05 pm Nashua Pride 1 7:05 pm Nashua Pride the stands. A Fan Assistance Day, when we bring in all these 4 7:05 pm Nashua Pride 2 7:05 pm Nashua Pride booth is prominent in the center kids from summer camps all 5 7:05 pm Nashua Pride 10 7:05 pm Grays of the main gate. The folk with across the region. There will be 6 7:05 pm New Jersey Jackals 11 7:05 pm Grays the organization pulsed with a like 3,000 kids packed into the 7 7:05 pm New Jersey Jackals 12 5:05 pm Grays genuine cheerful exuberance, stadium,” he said. “It's definitely 8 5:05 pm New Jersey Jackals 16 7:05 pm Quebec Capitales engaging spectators in agenda- the loudest day of the year.” 9 7:05 pm New Jersey Jackals 17 7:05 pm Quebec Capitales less conversation. From the fried- Also coming up are both 16 7:05 pm North Shore Spirit 18 7:05 pm Quebec Capitales dough vendors to the ticket Firefighter and Law Enforcement 17 7:05 pm North Shore Spirit 19 5:05 pm Quebec Capitales booth, nearly everyone had a appreciation nights, each of 18 7:05 pm North Shore Spirit 20 7:05 pm Atlantic City Surf smile and was immediately which draws great crowds, 19 7:05 pm North Shore Spirit 21 7:05 pm Atlantic City Surf approachable. A far cry from the according to Izzo. 24 7:05 pm Brockton Rox 22 7:05 pm Atlantic City Surf impersonal and somewhat dehu- With the summer about to kick 25 12:00 pm Brockton Rox 23 7:05 pm Atlantic City Surf manizing services offered at into high gear, why not give 26 7:05 pm Brockton Rox 28 7:05 pm Sussex Skyhawks major sporting events. yourself more than just an 30 7:05 pm Nashua Pride 29 7:05 pm Sussex Skyhawks Even with a packed crowd of evening sequestered at the multi- 31 7:05 pm Nashua Pride 30 7:05 pm Sussex Skyhawks nearly 2,200, all the amenities plex? 31 7:05 pm Sussex Skyhawks flowed without a hitch. In stark Sturbridge families can’t go comparison to a Red Sox game, wrong by adding an evening of where many a poor soul have fun with the Worcester Torn- Box Office: 508-792-2288 YOU CAN BUY TICKETS ONLINE AT: www.worcestertornadoes.com missed half an inning standing in adoes to their calendars.

12 THE STURBRIDGE TIMES | JULY 2007 Dessert as a separate experience ‘Sugar After Dark’ promises to give us THE something delicious to do at night STURBRIDGE IT’S THAT HOUR when you’ve just TIMES GUEST seen a movie or been to a ball game July PicnicITCHEN Basket and you don’t want to go home but K there’s no where else to go. Ugh. By Marion Macedo Well—problem solved—thanks to To submit your recipes for one complete meal to Sturbridge Steve and Alina Eisenhauer of Times Guest Kitchen, please send via email to: guestk- Sturbridge Baking Company. [email protected], or mail them to us: The Starting later this month, Sturbridge Times Guest Kitchen, P.O. Box 418, Sturbridge, Sturbridge Baking will launch MA 01566. Be sure to sign your correspondence and pro- “Sugar After Dark,” a Friday and vide a way to contact so that we can confirm permission to Saturday evening affair that will, publish them. Please do not submit previously-published or each week, give us a wonderful copyrighted material. dessert menu accompanied by select- ed wine pairings. DILL SHRIMP DIP “Inspiration for the idea came from a pastry convention I attended last Chocolate Truffle Cake with Chantilly Cream and 1/2 cup milk 1 tbl. garlic salt Hazelnut Gelato. (2) 8 oz. pkg. cream cheese 2 tbl. Worcester sauce (2) 4 1/2 oz. cans tiny shrimp 1/2 tsp. dill weed year,” says Alina. “We went into an 2 tsp. lemon juice Napoli Pizzeria, III Atlantic City restaurant that was just drinks and desserts and I was Blend milk and cheese thoroughly. Add other ingredients. Serving Only The Best! impressed. But even before then, I’d Chill at least 1 hour. Serve with veggies. Makes about a always wanted to find a way to work this sort of thing into what I do.” quart. $5.00 Off Purchase Some of the sweet temptations QUICHE LORRAINE Of $20.00 Napoli I Springfield will include: Vanilla Malted Creme Or More Napoli II Westfield Brulee with Cashew Almond Brittle; Dark Chocolate Fondu; 1 (9 inch) unbaked pie crust 1 onion, chopped well Closed Mondays Table-top (make your own) Smores; 1/3 cup finely chopped ham 4 eggs Tues.-Thurs. 11 am to 9 pm Flights of Gelato and Sorbetto (a 1/2 pound Gruyere or Swiss 1 pinch salt Fri-Sat 11 am to 10 pm series of individual flavors present- cheese, grated 1 pinch pepper Sunday 12 noon to 9 pm ed in ice glasses); Sautee of Summer 1 tablespoon butter 1 pinch ground nutmeg 57 MAIN STREET, ROUTE 131 Fruits with Basilmint Semifredo 2 cups of hot milk FISKE HILL MALL, STURBRIDGE, MA and Black Pepper Florentine and a Myan Lava Cake (rich jalapeno- Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Line the bottom of the pie 508-347-8225 • 508-347-9438 spiked chocolate cake with a molten shell with diced ham and grated cheese. In a large chocolate center served with Dulce saucepan, melt butter over medium-low. Add onions and 1 COUPON PER VISIT de Leche Gelato). stir occasionally until onions are soft. Spread over ham EXPIRES 3/2008 Those who choose the smores and cheese in pie shell. Beat eggs and add salt, pepper will get their own hibachi and a and nutmeg. Gradually stir in hot milk and heat this mix- pupu-platter style selection of fla- ture over a low flame until it begins to thicken. Pour into Come to the Xtra Mart Subway in Sturbridge vors for the dipping. shell. Bake in preheated oven for 30 minutes or until cus- A special composed dessert will tard is set and golden on top. Of course, serve warm change weekly. Healthy Hearts WHILE YOU PUMP The menu will change seasonally after it has cooled a bit. But this is delicious when cold YOUR GAS to reflect Alina’s emphasis on fresh, for summer picnics. locally-grown ingredients. Route 20, Sturbridge “This will be dessert as a whole 508-347-5600 experience,” says Alina. “We’ll be POTATO SALAD (The one inside the Xtra Mart upscale and loungy, more like where the gas station is) something you would find closer to 5 lbs. potatoes 1/4 cup milk the city.” 1 cup mayonnaise 2 tbsp. yellow mustard 50¢ OFF 6” Sandwich Alina and Steve are consulting 1/2 cup Miracle Whip salt and pepper to taste with Christine Zecker, formerly of dressing 1 bunch green onions sliced Yankee Spirits, for the wine pairing. OFF “Sugar After Dark” will hold a Boil the potatoes until tender. Peel when cooled. Blend $1.00 private preview mid-month and mayonnaise and the Miracle Whip, milk and mustard until 12” Sandwich will begin its regular schedule after- smooth. Add salt and pepper to taste. Cut potatoes into with this ad ward. You will find it located at the cuabes and add to the dressing. Add in green onions and Expires 10/31/07 SturbridgeTimes Sturbridge Baking Company retail blend. Chill well for flavor blending. Serves 10. and café space at 139 Main Street, Healthy and Delicious Sandwiches Route 131. PC.

THE STURBRIDGE TIMES | JULY 2007 13 STURBRIDGE Trekker WEEKEND AWAY The Long Island Hamptons

The beaches in the Hamptons are among the most beautiful on the northeast coast. The trip from Sturbridge can be taken entirely by road Distance down Rts. 84 to 91 and 95, skirting New from York City, then battling 495 out to the end of Long Island. Or you can drive to New STURBRIDGE: London and put your car on a 1.5 hr. ferry to Orient Point, take a snooze or meet UpDepends to you on new friends, then head over to Greenport how you go and drive your car onto the 5-minute ferry to Sag Harbor. PHOTO: AMAGANSETT BEACH

O what’s all this hype about why bother? Montauk Highway, which is the lunch if you’re in a spending mood. the Hamptons? Is this place all In the Hamptons, each village (or road that links these villages from Bobby Van’s Steakhouse in Sthat it’s cracked up to be? Well, hamlet) has its own flavor, and it’s Southampton out to the end of the downtown Bridgehampton attracts that depends on what you’re look- definitely worth at least a drive- island, takes a curve in Bridge- many people you might probably ing for and, depending on where through to sample them. hampton. It’s worth a stop right recognize from music, television, you are, how much attitude you can The village of Southampton was there to walk around, or even have Continued on Page 15 tolerate. But if you like clean, sandy the second town incorporated in beaches with great body surfing, what is now the state of New York relish superb food, enjoy exploring (after Southold). wine vineyards and farms, and can Today, Southampton boasts a tolerate the nagging whines of the splendid and tasteful downtown spoiled and entitled, it’s definitely with fine elegant, understated worth a weekend trip from shops catering to one of the wealth- Sturbridge. Plus—depending on iest and most discerning clienteles how you get there, the journey can in the country. But it’s not all upper- be half the fun. crust and expensive. The Hamptons comprise two America’s first department store, towns on the south fork of Long Hildreth’s, is still located in down- Island: Southampton and East- town Southampton Village. It’s a hampton. Beginning in South- place that sells good quality, sensi- hampton, you will find 13 hamlets ble things for your home at reason- Quality, Convenience, & Personal Service and villages stretching west from able prices. It is also precisely what Westhampton to Sagaponack. Yes. you would expect from a dry goods Hamlets and villages. That’s how store that was established in 1800 570 Main Street — High Quality Meats they do things down there. Sounds and never moved. They have one in Route 20 quainter than it looks in many East Hampton too, but it’s got an — Fresh Seafood places, especially when you get to all-too-fresh cookie-cutter feel. Sturbridge/ — Boars Head Deli Meats places like Central Islip and Outside downtown, high Ronkonkoma. hedgerows line many of the neigh- Fiskdale, MA — Frozen Foods & Ice Creams While we’re on this subject, some borhood streets of this village. As a 508-347-0116 — Dairy Products Sturbridge Trekkers will really result, most of the exquisite man- wonder about these village and sions are all but invisible to us com- — Hand Selected Produce hamlet designations. For example, mon folk. Come to think of it, over in the year 2000, the village of West the years, we’ve seen many more Store Hours: — Fresh Baked Breads Hampton Dunes, located on a barri- gardeners than bluebloods in Mon-Fri 9-7 — Cold Beer, Sodas & Juices er island (it looks exactly as you Southampton. imagine) had only 11 residents and Heading west, the villages of Sat 9-6 — Domestic & Imported Wines 3 houses among its dunes and tall, Bridgehampton and Sagaponack Sun 9-5 waving flea-ridden grass. A village take you further toward the tip of — Selected Groceries & Supplies for 11 people? You have to wonder, the island at Montauk Point.

14 THE STURBRIDGE TIMES | JULY 2007 A unique perspective on an exceptional game

By Dennis Finn Having just moved from Just as I had expected CM Garden in the early-mid-80s, Needham, only five miles from seemed to dominate. The first when Larry, Robert and Kevin Catholic Memorial, to Stur- half ended and if the game had (and sometimes Bill) among oth- bridge, only two miles from ended then, CM would have ers, brought three NBA Tantasqua High School, put me been victorious. The second half Championships to Boston. I have in a unique position last Saint started out much like the first seen great sporting events. Patricks Day evening. with CM seeming to control the What I saw that night in March As I was surfing absently game but Tantasqua, although ranked right up there with the through the channels, my mind down right into the fourth quar- very best sports has to offer. ter, never seemed to go away. In a recent conversation with

was fixed on the idea that I was DENNIS FINN about to go out for drinks and I began to detect a patience, Tantasqua junior varsity coach O BY dinner. That ended when the even a quiet confidence about the Mark Musca, I heard this same clicker landed on CM and team. I won’t mention names story from the coach’s pespec- Tantasqua warming up for a here because this was truly a tive. He told me: State Championship basketball team effort. “It was definitely a David and game at the DCU in Worcester. And then I saw the turning Goliath situation and we ended up winning. It was a tooth and Now, I was never a basketball STURBRIDGE TIMES PHOT point — clear as day. player; I lacked the finesse, opt- With about three and half min- nail game. I have never coached a ing to play football and hockey, this was a lock for CM. utes (I think) left to go one of the group of kids like this before. but this game seemed too good to As a kid I had applied to CM guards, not even a starter from They don’t panic, they have emo- be true. and was rejected so I wasn’t mus- Tantasqua, took an elbow foul tions that are very much in check, I figured I’d watch until it was tering up any hopes for them. As from a CM player who was tow- and they stay focused on the job clear that the big bad city kids one who typically roots for the ering over him. That guard knew at hand. They just get it done. Do were going to take Tantasqua’s underdog in most circumstances it, and I could sense it: CM was we think we are going to be good lunch and laugh all the way I fell on the side of my new going down although they still next year? Yes. Teams will be home. I knew nothing of either neighbors, but felt deep-down held the lead. gunning for us. We’ve been pret- team but, as a city kid myself, I that they did not have much of a I have played in and seen ty good for the last two or three smugly thought, along with, I chance. many athletic events in my life. I years. And now we’re State bet, most conventional wisdom, Then the game began. had seats on the floor of the Champions.”

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THE STURBRIDGE TIMES | JULY 2007 15 Hamptons offer an interesting summer weekend away Continued from Page 13 Because of their relative proxim- running through the halls with you should eat at Babette’s on film or politics. Seating spills onto ity to the ocean, the properties peanut butter fingers. New-towne Road. The food is light the street, café style, and the food south of the Montauk Highway People have always said that and imaginative and priced within and drinks are good. are worth more than those to the East Hampton is great for celebri- reason for that market. Continuing west on Montauk north. The further north you drive, ty-spotting. With a few exceptions, The Hamptons are a bit of a Highway, you will pass the the less expensive it becomes (the that hasn’t been our experience. cliche these days, but there’s a lot Bridgehampton Shops on your deeper the cheaper) but this is all If you do go to East Hampton, there to explore. left, a large plaza boasting the K- relative in the Hamptons. Mart that Caroline Kennedy When you leave Sagaponack, reportedly fought to keep open. you enter Water Mill, the western- Keep going just a bit and take a most village in the Town of What Viking right onto Sagg Main Road. This is Easthampton. brought a fascinating and unassuming You’ll know you’ve arrived in Fjord country road that heads out onto the Village of East Hampton when you to Sagg Main Beach, one of the few the highway takes a sharp left in VODKA hassle-free (and beautiful) public front of a home they call appropri- Sturbridge? beaches in the Hamptons. This is ately “The White House” — a large 1.75 Liter the beach we recommend to you. white clapboard colonial clad with Share your story 99 This stretch of road probably vivid red flowers blooming volup- for an w/$3.00 M.I.R. looks a lot like it did in the 1940s, tuously from window boxes under upcoming series. when Jackson Pollock lived there. every window. It’s a house that 16 Sagg Main General Store is like would fit nicely on Fiske Hill www. a step back 50 years and worth a Road, though there’s something sturbridgetimes. quick stop. Pickle jar. Beeman’s about it that wouldn’t fit in com Fred’s Variety gum. You get the idea. Sturbridge at all. It’s too mani- click on & Package Store The now famous “Loaves and cured. Too contrived. Stark white. GOT NEWS? Fishes” catering and take-out shop Red flowers. Attractively creepy, if Route 148, Sturbridge is on Sagg Main. It’s an interesting you will. One wonders how many The Sturbridge Times 347-9221 little place with ambitious food. kids have been scolded there for

Darcy Foley Continued from Page 9 (of toddler Camden) I have to be more careful. I can’t get out there for long training rides the way I used to. My focus needs to be on quality riding and not so much the quantity.

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New strain of old disease presenting a new danger

A MONTHLY FEATURE OF ly fatal. But most deaths from THE STURBRIDGE TIMES TB occur when the condition is BY not diagnosed promptly or because the proper antibiotics THE FACULTY OF THE Avoiding Tuberculosis are not started in time. HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL In some ways, the current ost people in the United States probably don’t case is a product of advances in Q: The recent news about a have to worry about becoming infected with science and technology. When man with drug-resistant tuberculo- MTB. Those at greatest risk are people who are antibiotic use becomes wide- sis who flew on a commercial jet homeless, poverty-stricken, imprisoned, or who abuse spread, bacteria may mutate has me concerned about this dis- drugs. Other risks include having HIV, working in a into a form that resists antibi- ease. How serious is the risk of medical facility, or being exposed to a person known to otics. When drugs for TB were tuberculosis for the average per- have TB, especially if they are coughing and sneezing. first introduced, drug-resistant son? strains of the germ were rare. Here are some other measures No more. And global travel can A: Last month, health offi- to reduce your risk of TB: spread tough bugs, putting cials quarantined an Atlanta more people at risk. man infected with a type of • If you are near someone with TB, wear a special mask Another twist to this news is tuberculosis (TB) that resists such as an N 95 respirator. Talk to your doctor about that the man with XDR TB multiple antibiotics. He knew how to obtain the type of mask that is effective for this appears to have ignored med- he had TB before leaving for a purpose. ical advice and traveled exten- honeymoon in Europe. After sively. He took two transatlantic U.S. health officials determined • Have regular TB skin tests to determine whether you’ve flights and four flights within he had extensively drug-resist- been exposed, especially if you have one or more risk Europe. ant TB (XDR TB), they contact- factors for the disease. New blood tests may replace skin This potentially put his fel- ed him and told him not to fly. tests in the near future. low passengers at risk. But the man took commercial Confinement in close quarters flights in Europe before flying • If your skin test shows a recent infection, your doctor increases the risk of spreading to Canada, also on a regular will order a chest x-ray and other tests to see if you TB. Long travel time and recir- flight. have an active infection. Even if these tests are negative, culation of the air in an airplane Most people probably your doctor may recommend treatment to prevent a cabin also may contribute to the thought the days of quarantine latent infection from becoming active in the future. risk of spreading the infection. were over long ago. After all, And because this man has XDR we have highly effective antibi- • A vaccine for TB is available, but it is only partially TB, the stakes are particularly otics, vaccinations and other effective. It is rarely recommended in the U.S. But that high. public-health measures to pre- may change if drug-resistant TB becomes a major But you may find it reassur- vent and treat infectious dis- threat. The vaccine is used routinely in other countries. ing to know that modern air- eases. In fact, this is the govern- © 2007 President and Fellows of Harvard College craft pump a combination of 50 ment's first quarantine in more percent fresh and 50 percent than 40 years. And it's not some recirculated air into the cabin. deadly, previously unknown HIV and homelessness. We also sive diagnosis and strict isola- The recirculated air passes infection. He has an age-old dis- saw the first cases of multidrug tion of cases. through a high-efficiency partic- ease about which we know resistant (MDR) TB. Still, there is no room for ulate air filter (HEPA) that's plenty. Ordinary TB responds to a complacency about TB. In 2006, designed to capture 99.9 percent TB is a historic scourge of combination of four drugs for doctors in South Africa identi- of particles as small as 0.3 humankind. Even now, it is the the first two months, followed fied a new, extensively drug- microns, which includes infect- leading infectious cause of by two drugs for four addition- resistant (XDR) strain of TB. ed respiratory droplets. death in the world, accounting al months. But MDR strains XDR TB defies treatment with Also, even the people seated for more than 2 million deaths a resist the first-line drugs, so all standard drugs, making next to the infected man are year. We have been luckier in treatment requires a complex treatment extremely difficult. considered to be at low risk for the United States than in devel- cocktail of multiple second-line Initially, it was confined to acquiring the infection. That's oping countries. Starting in drugs. AIDS patients in South Africa, because he has too few TB about 1900, improved living In the United States, the risk but infection respects no bor- germs to even show up when standards led to a decline in the of both standard and MDR TB ders. XDR TB has already experts examine his phlegm disease, which dropped further plateaued in 1992. It has turned up in other countries under a microscope. And if after the discovery of anti-TB declined steadily since, to an around the world, and further news reports are accurate, it's drugs in mid-century. But in all-time low of about 14,000 spread is a worry. particularly reassuring that 1984, an alarming rise occurred, cases a year, owing to aggres- TB has always been potential- fueled by the twin tragedies of Continued on Page 17

THE STURBRIDGE TIMES | JULY 2007 17 Looking Good, Feeling Good New lessons in science and beauty from Sturbridge aesthetician WHILE THERE IS NO WAY TO GO ysis, but the laser beam sees the color BACK IN TIME, there are ways that in hair from its melanin and there is people can stop or even reverse the selective absorption of the laser heat Advertise in clock on skin aging. into the hair bulb. That is what The Sturbridge Times Tina Malooly McCaffrey, a local destroys the hair.” and reach every aesthetician and owner of Advanced Because hair doesn’t grow all at Sturbridge family and Skincare in Sturbridge, has been the same time, multiple visits are business every month. helping people with their skin prob- required to treat hair that had been in 508-347-7077 lems for over 20 years. Her interest in a dormant state during previous Place your ad treatments. online at: the subject began because of her own www.sturbridgetimes.com skin problems. 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It is mostly women coming ments. business in Sturbridge where she here, whereas there is a much small- “It’s a mild sensation of snapping treats a wide variety of skin prob- er difference between the amount of an elastic against the skin,” lems through multiple treatment men and women having laser hair McCaffrey says. “Some people might modalities. removal as you get closer to the city. sense a mild sunburn for up to 48 “Believe it or not, I see more adult Out here, it’s mostly women.” hours following treatment.” females with acne than teenagers,” HALF THE COST McCaffrey says that her laser is so she reports. “When I first meet a Underarms, bikini lines and facial gentle she is not required to use patient, I take a thorough history hair are the most common requests. numbing creams that are necessary which includes information about The laser treatment for these condi- in other offices. “We use aloe during lifestyle, cosmetic usage and any tions generally involves about five the treatments,” she says. hormonal issues.” visits at an overall cost of about half McCaffrey is concerned about the Clients who come with rosacea of what is being charged in prevalence of skin cancer today. “It’s receive education on the many fac- Worcester. something like one in five now com- tors involved in triggering the non- “We give Boston treatments with- ing down with this,” she laments. No Cost, No Obligation curable skin problem. “We discuss out city prices,” McCaffrey claims. “It’s ridiculous because it doesn’t ______Consultation lifestyle and usually modify dietary Much of what McCaffrey does have to happen. Everyone is going to habits,” McCaffrey says. “There are requires a significant amount of the sun tanning beds. They don’t Affordable______Payment Plans worry about the damage they’re products that help, but each situation client education. Experienced and Certified is different.” For explaining laser treatment for doing to their own skin.” ______The most common problems hair removal, McCaffrey breaks it McCaffrey explains that brown Performing well over spots on the skin represent sun dam- brought to McCaffrey involve spider down to fundamentals. ______200,000 treatments veins, pigmentation issues and the “We explain that the laser we use age. “The laser will see this pigmen- request for hair removal. is a light system device, and the tation and during treatment it will Safe, most effective and “Most people come for hair beam that emanates from it seeks out darken, and then flake and fall off.” comfortable treatments available removal,” McCaffrey says. “Some are pigmentation. It’s similar to electrol- Some laser treatments are not indi- cated for the darkest skin types LASER HAIR REMOVAL because of the high concentration of Upper Lip ...... $48 melanin. Chin ...... $80 Doctors, researchers working on TB The ultrasonic facial is a cutting- Bikini or Underarms . . .$99 Continued from Page 16 mentioned in the news: How did this edge procedure that uses ultrasound even his fiancee has not become man become infected with XDR TB waves, much like a toothbrush, to LASER SKIN RENEWAL infected. in the first place? For the sake of treat skin anomalies. It is so gentle Ultrasonic Facial ...... $78 Most people in the United States public health, answering this ques- that it can be used on all skin types, Rosacea, Acne, Facial Veins, probably don't have to take special tion may be more important than the and can be offered to all ethnic Brown Spots ...... $175 precautions to avoid infection with quarantine. groups. TB (see sidebar). Experts believe the “I’m very high on education in my Advanced risk to public health posed by XDR Copyright 2007 the President and business,” McCaffrey says. “I’m all TB in the United States remains quite Fellows of Harvard College. Developed about good skin care and preventa- Skincare low. by Harvard Health Publications tive measures. This is not a pamper- 71 Main Street ing service. It’s about serious skin You also can expect doctors and (www.health.harvard.edu). Distributed Sturbridge, MA researchers to work hard to solve an by UFS. Submit questions to care because it is so necessary for important mystery that's barely been [email protected]. good health.” — PC

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