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Layout 1 (Page 1) PRSRT STD POSTAL U.S. POSTAGE PAID CUSTOMER PERMIT #231 ECR WSS SOUTHBRIDGE, MA 01550 Mailed to every home in East Brookfield, West Brookfield, North Brookfield, Brookfield, Leicester and Spencer Vol. 32, No.16 COMPLIMENTARY HOME DELIVERY, 75 CENTS ON NEWSSTANDS ONLINE: WWW.SPENCERNEWLEADER.COM ‘Live out of your imagination, not your history.’ Friday, April 18, 2008 School A Second Chance at victory Hopefuls leader speak on search override narrows question HREE FINALISTS T NEAR-UNIVERSAL ARE NAMED IN CONDEMNATION LEICESTER OF REQUEST BY CHRISTOPHER TANGUAY NEW LEADER STAFF WRITER BY DAVID DORE NEW LEADER STAFF WRITER LEICESTER — The search for the next superintendent of the Leicester Public SPENCER — With a Proposition 2 1/2 over- Schools has been narrowed down to three ride on next month’s ballot the hot topic in candidates. town, four candidates for the Board of The three finalists, Peter Azar, James Selectmen are making sure residents know Connolly and Paul Soojian, met with the where they stand on the issue. Superintendent Search Committee for open Only one candidate who attended a session interviews at a noontime meeting on Christopher Tanguay photo Candidates’ Night Thursday, April 10 spon- Saturday, April 5. State Rep. Anne Gobi (D-Spencer) signs a poster at Second Chance Animal Shelter announcing the sored by the Spencer Taxpayers Association This was actually not the first time the can- Zootoo.com $1 million makeover contest the shelter is still in the running for during a tour Friday, April 11. — Finance Committee member Seth Fancher didates met with the committee, explained — said he would vote for the override. Scott Rieder, chairman of the Leicester “At the end of the day, I will vote for the School Committee and member of the SHELTER STILL IN RUNNING FOR MILLION-DOLLAR MAKEOVER override to save the library,” Fancher said. Superintendent Search Committee. The other three candidates — former Out of the 16 original applicants, Rieder BY CHRISTOPHER TANGUAY porarily house approximately 10 dogs and 12 Selectmen Jennifer Gaucher and Donald NEW LEADER STAFF WRITER said, an initial group of six was selected by cats. The facility also offers a low-cost spay Berthiaume Jr. and the Rev. Ralph DiChiara, the then-larger Search Committee — which, EAST BROOKFIELD — The Second and neutering services. pastor of Hillside Baptist Church in Spencer in addition to the members of the regular Chance Animal Shelter in East Brookfield According to shelter director Sheryl — said they would not vote for the override. School Committee, included several mem- has made it to the next round in a nation- Brackley in a previous interview, if awarded Sarah MacDougall is also running for the bers of municipal government and the com- wide competition that will net the winner a the renovation money, the dog and cat areas two available seats on the board, but did not munity at large. $1 million makeover. of the shelter would be improved, while an attend the Candidates’ Forum. Second Chance, located on Young Road, is a no-kill shelter that serves 25 local commu- Turn To LEICESTER, page 9 nities, but only has enough space to tem- Turn To SECOND CHANCE, page 14 Turn To BOS, page 9 HEEDING THE SIREN’S CALL Getting to know all about you BES PUPILS MEET, ENTERTAIN ELDER PEN PALS BY DAVID DORE NEW LEADER STAFF WRITER SPENCER — For a few months, pupils in Ashley Barringer’s fifth-grade class at Brookfield Elementary School have been writing to residents of the Lincoln Hill Manor nursing home. Last week, those pupils finally got the chance to meet their pen pals, present them with gifts and ask questions about life when the seniors were growing up. The pupils also gave their pen pals, and other residents of Lincoln Hill Manor, the gift of song. Their visit Wednesday, April 9 ended with a few musical selections direct- David Dore photo ed by music teacher Eva Brown. From left, Lincoln Hill Manor resident Arlene Menard answers ques- tions from her pen pals, Brookfield Elementary School pupils Eric Turn To PEN PALS, page 14 Grimes, Danny Metterville and Zach Edwards. Lockdown drills deemed a success QUABOAG TESTS SAFETY PLANS AT SCHOOLS Courtesy photo BY DAVID DORE Planning for the lockdowns began several months EAST BROOKFIELD — The NEW LEADER STAFF WRITER ago and culminated Monday, April 7 at Quaboag East Brookfield Public Library WARREN — Although the three schools in the Regional Middle/High School. The dates on which the had a story hour program on Quaboag Regional School District were put in lock- lockdowns occurred at West Brookfield Elementary fire trucks Thursday, April 10. down last week, students, teacher and staff members School and Warren Community Elementary School Children aged 3-5 had a had nothing to fear. were not immediately available. chance to see East The lockdowns were actually drills to test the dis- Police officers from Warren and West Brookfield par- Brookfield’s Engine 1 and talk trict’s safety plan — drills, according to Interim ticipated in the drills at both elementary schools, to firefighter/EMT Trisha Superintendent Edward M. Malvey, that showed the Malvey said. The Quaboag Regional Middle/High School drill involved officers from both towns and a few Allen, pictured at left. schools are ready in case something serious happens. “Each of the drills went flawlessly,and all of the stu- dents and teachers really did a great job,” Malvey stat- Turn To LOCKDOWN, page 5 ed in an April 14 press release. INSIDE THE NEW LEADER ON PAGE A3 ON PAGE A4 Calendar .......................B3 Police Logs .................A12 Classroom Corner ...........A6 Public Meetings .............A4 Wright’s ‘Fifty Miles Obituaries......................B2 Sports ....................A10-11 Our Towns .....................B4 Viewpoint......................A8 vanishing act from Boston’. 2 SPENCER NEW LEADER • Friday, April 18, 2008 Updates given on fire NEW LEADER ALMANAC QUOTATION OF THE WEEK service, principal search “Don’t put the guilt trip on everybody, we’re closing the library, we’re doing this. It comes down to survival. I can barely afford DURANT: OVERRIDE AT END OF WARRANT the $3,000 a year. I know I can’t do $4,000, and I know I can’t do $5,000.” TO KEEP PEOPLE FROM LEAVING — Spencer selectmen candidate the Rev. Ralph DiChiara, on a proposed Proposition 2 1/2 override. BY RYAN GRANNAN-DOLL East Brookfield Regional ride was put near the end close at 8 p.m. STONEBRIDGE PRESS STAFF WRITER School District has inter- of the May 1 Annual Town Cloutier said residents SPENCER — Selectmen viewed candidates to Meeting schedule to com- can pick up their absentee spent much of their become the new principal pel voters to stay to the end ballots at Town Hall, or THE STATS Monday night meeting at Wire Village School. of the meeting and vote on make other arrangements MEDIAN HOUSEHOLD INCOME (MHI) BY AGE ($) April 14 pontificating on Hopefully, he said, the it. Many typically leave to vote for elected positions Town Householder 55-64 several subjects, or hear- interviews will be complet- after voting on the issues by calling Town Clerk Jean Auburn 58,802 ing reports from other ed this week. they are concerned about, Mulhall at (508) 885-7500, Brimfield 42,083 town officials. Since the town is not Durant noted. ext. 150. Brookfield 40,556 Spencer Fire Chief funding the Parks and Selectmen also approved In other business, Charlton 61,071 Robert Parsons reported Recreation Department a permit for the May 3 Cloutier told the public the Douglas 48,214 his force’s quarterly events with taxpayer money this Spencer-East Brookfield town had spent about Dudley 55,806 to selectmen, telling them coming fiscal year year, Little League parade. $283,756 removing snow Holland 49,063 they responded to 128 Selectman Anthony Bove Marchers will strut their and ice from Spencer’s Leicester 64,643 emergency calls during Jr. asked residents to vol- stuff down Route 9 to roads. Northbridge 56,667 that time, and seven fires. unteer their time to run Route 31. The annual In a potentially smelly Oxford 50,305 Three of the wood ladders, the department. march, league president and sticky piece of busi- Southbridge 44,297 he added, didn’t pass their In addition to Bove’s Scott Simons said, has ness, DeCoff urged resi- Spencer 51,107 inspections and were budgetary comments, been happening since 1966. dents to pick up the excre- Sturbridge 51,016 replaced. Selectmen Chairman In other voting business, ment left behind by their Uxbridge 48,333 Besides the typical fire- Vincent Cloutier said the Cloutier said the decision dogs. Wales 44,375 fighting duties, Parsons town is not recklessly in 2003 to cut the total “It is just common decen- Webster 46,094 said he has been working spending its money; it is amount of hours residents cy,” DeCoff said. with the Massachusetts just not raising enough have to vote in the Annual Cloutier also said he Emergency Management revenue. He described the Town Election from 12 to decided not to seek re-elec- UNRISE UNSET Agency to produce a new town’s spending habits as eight was beneficial tion to his post due to S /S emergency response hand- “very frugal.” because more people voted health problems he has suf- Saturday, April 19 . .6:01 a.m. .7:34 p.m. book for the town. It’s With the town in a finan- in fewer hours, than dur- fered from in January and Sunday, April 20 . .6:59 a.m. .7:35 p.m. being printed now, he said. cial crisis, Selectman Peter ing the longer timespan. last month. While on a Monday, April 21 .
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