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SERVING THE TOWNS OF BARRE, HARDWICK, HUBBARDSTON, NEW BRAINTREE, NORTH BROOKFIELD, OAKHAM, PETERSHAM & RUTLAND SINCE 1834 ServingServing the towns the of towns Barre, of Hardwick, Barre, Hardwick, Hubbardston, Hubbardston, New Braintree, New Braintree, North Brookfield, North Brookfield, Oakham, Oakham, Petersham Petersham & Rutland & Rutland since 1834 since 1834 Serving the towns of Barre, Hardwick, Hubbardston, New Braintree, North Brookfield, Oakham, Petersham & Rutland since 1834 FEBRUARYBARRE20, 2014 GAZETTE VOL. 179, NO. 40 $1.00 FEBRUARYBARRE20,EBRUARY 2014 GAZETTE F BARRE20, 2014 GAZETTE USPS 044560 VOL. 179, NVOOL. 40. 179, NO. 40 $1.00 $1.00 USPS 044560USPSUSPS 044560 044560 A TURLEY PUBLICATION ❙ www.turley.com Singing the night away May 13, 2021 ❙ Vol. 187, No. 4 ❙ $1.00 Senate candidatewww.barregazette.turley.com SingingSinging the night the nightaway away visits selectmen MikeSenate ValanzolaSenateeconomy, candidateeducation and candidatecommu- nity. Of all theFinCom candidates for the reviews town visiting district towns senate seat, he is the only one that was a selectmen. He stated that local aid and Chapter 70 money By Ellenor Downer visitsvisits wereselectmen a priority. administrator’s Heselectmen said that now budget Staff Writer they were the first areas cut, not the first funded. economy,He mentioned educationeconomy, and education commu- and commu- OAKHAM- Despite a By Ellenor Downer contracts. She based the amount of Mike ValanzolaMike Valanzolathat the legislature is more inter- Tuesday snowstorm, Oakham nity. Of allStaff thenity. Writercandidates Of all the for candidates the forstate the aid to cities and towns on the ested in funding new programs, open every Saturday morningselectmen still held their meeting. senate seat, hesenate is the seat, only he one is the that only onehouse that budget. The senate has not Barre Farmers’ Market but that new programs take money Republicanvisiting candidate visitingdistrict for state townsdistrict towns away from existing programs. Senate, Mike Valanzola, intro- BARREwas a selectmen. –was The a Heselectmen.Barre stated Finance that He stated presented that its budget so that figure He also said that the duced himself to the two select- Committeelocal aid wentandlocal Chapter over aid andtown 70 Chaptermoney admin -70 moneymost likely would change. Vice- Department of Elementary and men present, EliotBy StarbardEllenor and DownerBy Ellenor Downer Secondary Educationistratorwere (DESE) aJessica priority. was were Sizer’sHe a priority.said thatproposed He now said thatchair now Ted Twarog said the commit- Matthew Broderick. James Erhard Staff Writera Stafffar too Writer powerful bureaucracy. of Sturbridge is also a running as a FY22they budget were the atthey itsfirst wereMay areas the6 meeting.cut, first not areas cut,tee not did not have a clear idea of rev- DESE adopted common core state Republican for the senate seat. The town administrator said enue the town would get. standards initiativethe without first a vote funded.the first He funded.mentioned He mentioned Valanzola saidOAKHAM- he hoped to visitOAKHAM- the Despite aDespite a of the legislatureshe that orestimated input the fromlegislature new growthis more conserinter- - The finance committee met to selectmen in all 28 towns in the that the legislature is more inter- Tuesday snowstorm,Tuesday schoolsnowstorm, Oakham districts.vatively Oakham Selectman at $50,000. New growth work on presenting a balanced fig- Senate district. He stated that he ested in fundingested newin funding programs, new programs, Starbard said that he did not agree served selectmentwo terms on still selectmenthe heldWales their still meeting. held theirincluded meeting. new construction, addi- ure of expenses and revenues to with the income basedbut thatnet school new butprograms that new take programs money take money Board ofRepublican Selectmen and isRepublican candidate currently forcandidate state for state spending formulations, that determinesswimming pools, etc. The voters at town meeting. The next chairman of the Tantasqua Regional away from existingaway from programs. existing programs. Senate, MikeSenate, Valanzola, Mikehow much Valanzola,intro- a towntown’s must intro- spendmaximum on levy limit under meeting will be held Thursday, School Committee, a committee of He also said that the education. Starbard said the town He also said that the 18 membersduced that serveshimself fiveduced towns.to thehimself two select-to theproposition two select- 2 ½ was $9,201,953. May 13. The meetings are broad- has no way to collectDepartment any of the Department of Elementary of Elementary and and He menexplained present, to themen selectmen Eliot present, Starbard Eliot and StarbardClaire and Adomaitis, finance com- cast on the local cable access chan- Secondary EducationSecondary (DESE) Education was (DESE) was that his Matthewfocus if elected Broderick.Matthew would be James Broderick.See Erhard SELECTMEN, Jamesmittee Erhard chair, page 7 said she pushed out nel and available on YouTube. a far too powerfula far too bureaucracy. powerful bureaucracy. Turley Publications Photo by Amber King, an intern from Quabbin Regional High School. of Sturbridgeof is Sturbridgealso a running is also as aathe running date as of a the committee’s public The finance committee approved DESE adoptedDESE common adopted core common state core state The band Crawdad E Creek held their sixth annual bonfire and food drive on Saturday, Feb. 8 at American Legion Post 2. RepublicanRepublican for the senate for seat.the hearingsenate seat. from Thursday, May 27 to a $2,000 budget request from the standards initiativestandards without initiative a vote without a vote Valanzola saidValanzola he hoped said to visithe hoped theThursday, to visit the June 3 to allow the com- Felton Field Commissioners and of the legislatureof the orlegislature input from or input from Stateselectmen funds inselectmen all 28 towns in allused in 28 the townsmittee into more the time to present a bal- called the field a “community school districts.school districts.Selectman Selectman Senate district.Senate He district.stated that He hestatedanced that budget he at town meeting. asset.” In the past, the Felton Field Starbard saidStarbard that he didsaid not that agree he did not agree QRSD to hold promoteserved two servedterms regional ontwo the terms Wales on theThe Wales town administrator’s bud- Commission used interest from State approves Pathfinder roof project with the incomewith basedthe income net school based net school Board of SelectmenBoard of and Selectmen is currently andget is currentlyexpenses were about $11.8 a trust fund to maintain the field. public budget about 62 percent of the project cost acceptance of the cost, site, type, spending formulaspending that formula determines that determines Construction chairman of thechairman Tantasqua of the Regional Tantasquamillion Regional and she expected a little The balance was under $10,000. or $2,003,781 of $3,273,620, with scope and timeline for the pro- partnerships underhow $11.6much a how milliontown much must ina spend townrevenue. muston spendWith on low interest rates, the fund hearing the remaining $1,269,839 borne by posed project,” wrote John School Committee,School aCommittee, committee aof committee of expected to begin munities that benefitThe education.from town the 37 administratorpro- Starbard said saidthe town some was not going to grow the way it Pathfinder’s member towns, based McCarthy, executive director of Technology,18 members health that serves five towns. education. Starbard said the town BARRE - The Quabbin late summer on enrollment. the MSBA in a Jan. 29 letter to Dr. 18 membersjects that slated serves to receiveof five the fundingtowns. numbers from were estimates and did in the past. Felton Field on Old the $4 million Communityhas noInnovation way hasto collectno way any to collectof the any of the Regional School District (QRSD) Pathfinder’s member towns Gerald Paist, superintendent-direc- networksHe advanced explainedHe to explainedthe selectmen to thelater selectmen in the month she would have Coldbrook Road is town owned School Committee will meet on By Douglas Farmer include Palmer, tor of the Pathfinder regional dis- that his focusthat if hiselected focusChallenge would if elected (CIC) be grant would program.See be SELECTMEN,See SELECTMEN, page 7 page 7 Thursday, Feb. 27 at 6:30 p.m. at the Staff Writer Blog about it in Ware, Belchertown, trict. “Upon receipt of the certified By Emily Thurlow “The CICmore program actual is a major figures. The town was Quabbin Regional School District our reader forum Staff Writer component of the Patrick Turley PublicationsTurley Photo Publications by AmberGranby, PhotoKing, Hardwick, anby internAmber from King,votes Quabbin an interndemonstrating Regional from Quabbin High School. Regionallocal High School. in the process of negotiating four See BARRE, page 5 Educational Support Center, 872 PALMER – After receiving Monson, New approval, the MSBA and the dis- Administration's commitment to pro- South St. At the conclusion of school formal approval for funding of the Braintree, Oakham trict will execute a project funding Through a program that is vide cities and towns with the tools to The band CrawdadThe band E Crawdad Creekcommittee held E Creek theirbusiness, sixthheld a public theirannual budget sixth bonfireproject annual andfrom bonfire foodthe Massachusetts drive and foodon Saturday, drive on Feb.andSaturday, Warren. 8 at American Feb.