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Charlton Senior Center Trips Mailed free to requesting homes in Charlton, Charlton City and Charlton Depot Vol. 3, No. 14 COMPLIMENTARY HOME DELIVERY ONLINE: WWW.CHARLTONVILLAGER.COM “A permanent state of transition is man’s most noble condition.” Friday, Apr 3, 2009 Union lawyer: Craver ‘bullying’ union ‘BREAK DOWN’ IN COLLECTIVE BARGAINING PROCESS BY RYAN GRANNAN-DOLL In the meantime, it appears To further cloud the issue, story,” she said. “Why should STAFF WRITER the layoffs will go forward, as Selectman Kathleen Walker, I have to chase after this infor- CHARLTON — Two days Police Chief James A. who is not a member of the mation? Nobody gave me the after selectmen voted to layoff Pervier said he “anticipates” selectmen’s bargaining com- story.” three police officers, the the notices will still be sent to mittee, said she had received Charlton Police Alliance the officers, but Town new information that would ‘COERCED’ union filed a petition with a Administrator Robin L. have caused her to vote to Besides those issues, the state agency asking them to Craver would not confirm continue the collective bar- union’s attorney, Scott mediate a dispute with the that last week. The layoffs are gaining process with the Dunlap, has alleged Craver town over their contract sta- part of the town’s efforts to police union. was “bullying” the union in tus. form its fiscal 2010 budget. “I didn’t have the whole Robin Craver Turn To UNION, page 11 Kathleen Walker State: sex One last bell offender Tucker retiring as middle school head bylaw too BY RYAN GRANNAN-DOLL STAFF WRITER three-sided sign sits on Kathryn strict Tucker’s desk. One side reads, “Smile, happy boss.” The other, “Silence, think- TOWN ENCOURAGED A ing boss.” The third side reads, “Danger, explosive boss.” TO RELAX SOME A feeling of reflection, however, was racing through Tucker, the Charlton Middle School principal, last week as she kicked off the final RESTRICTIONS days of her job. She is retiring from the school at the end of the year, and will be replaced by BY RYAN GRANNAN-DOLL STAFF WRITER Assistant Principal Dean Packard. “It is 30-plus years of mixed feelings,” she CHARLTON — Selectmen are following said during an interview in her office last the state’s recommendations and proposing week. changes to the town’s sex offender bylaw. While the 59-year-old Whitinsville resident “We don’t want to be so overzealous that started her time in Charlton in 2000, her we are facing civil rights challenges,” Police career in education began many years before Ryan Grannan-Doll photos Chief James A. Pervier told selectmen in 1972, when she was a home economics Tuesday, March 24. Charlton Middle School Principal Kathryn Tucker, above and below, is retiring from her job this year. teacher at what is now the Chandler Magnet The Attorney General’s School in Worcester. She served as the princi- office, in a March 12 letter pal at the Blackstone-Millville Middle School to selectmen, raised sever- from 1994-2000. She was also a guidance coun- al concerns with the regu- selor there. lation town meeting voters Having raised three children of her own, passed in November. Tucker’s desire to be surrounded by youths The regulation bars propelled her into her profession. Level 2 and 3 sex offenders “I loved working with kids,” she said. “You from living within 2,000 like seeing that spark when they catch onto feet of a school, park, day something.” care center or elderly Jim Pervier After stints in other school systems, Tucker housing facility. Level 2 came to Charlton in 2000, where she literally offenders, of which there are two in town, helped build the school from the ground up. As have a “moderate” risk of re-offending, part of a large project to build several new according to the state Sex Offender Registry. schools in town and in Dudley, Tucker began There are three Level 3, or “high” risk her current job overseeing the middle school offenders in the community. building’s construction. She picked furniture Potential court challenges and constitu- for the school and even went as far as to tionality issues were the AG’s main con- inspect portions of the building for things she might want to change. Turn To BYLAW, page11 The physical construction part of the job Turn To PRINCIPAL, page 11 INSIDE THIS WEEK’S Old Home Day gets help VILLAGER The second annual silent $1K ADDED TO BUDGET FOR ANNUAL TOWN FEST auction for BY RYAN GRANNAN-DOLL budget at the town meeting using reserve account money, the STAFF WRITER Monday, May 18. The gather- which stands at $1.6 million, Southbridge CHARLTON — The future ing will be held at the to further fund the venture. of Old Home Day has gotten a Charlton Middle School at 7 Recently received money, Area Relay little brighter now that $1,000 p.m. which she said could not be STONEBRIDGE For Life! of town money has been Previous versions of the discussed in open session, PRESS Your chance added to the fiscal 2010 budg- draft budget did not fund Old could also be used. & et. Home Day, but now, Town “Old Home Day has always to join the SOUTHBRIDGE The celebration is held Administrator Robin L. been funded, usually around fight against AREA RELAY FOR annually on the Town Craver has cut $1,000 out of $5,000,” she said. “I am con- cancer before Shawn Kelley photo Common and has, in the past, the Planning Board’s studies cerned with cutting the funds LIFE this year’s big received up to $5,000 in town account and put that same because of the way it gets per- 2ND ANNUAL DISNEY-FLAVORED! funding, along with other amount back into Old Home ceived by the volunteers.” event ! money and equipment dona- Day. Selectman Scott. D. Brown SILENT AUCTION CHARLTON — Wearing the Disney character Stitch tions. That is just one of the The previous lack of fund- disagreed with Walker’s idea. on his head, pre-schooler Andrew Lavoie gets a changes made to the 2010 ing drew concern from “The argument … can be front-row seat for a show put on by the Charlton spending plan as the town Selectman Kathleen Walker. made for anyone of these Middle School Show Choir Friday, March 27 as part struggles to come up with a To further boost the event’s items in the budget that is ON PAGES A16-17 of the Charlton Elementary School’s Disney Day. For balanced budget. Voters will coffers, she proposed, during more photos, turn to page A8. have final approval of the a Tuesday, March 24 meeting, Turn To BUDGET, page 11 TRIVIA Almanac ................. 2 Learning................ 14 “NATURE BOY” This former three-time Obituaries .............. 7 Calendar .................9 OSV HIT WITH MAKES SPECIAL NCAA scoring leader’s Police Logs .............. 5 Real Estate ...B Section MORE LAYOFFS shooting touch earned him Opinion ................ 10 Sports .............. 18-19 APPEARANCE the nickname “Pistol.” INDEX INDEX PAGE 4 PAGE 19 Who was he? Answer inside. 2 •THE CHARLTON VILLAGER• Friday, April 3, 2009 www.charltonvillager.com Town losing three cops with layoffs THE WEEKLY QUESTION Do you agree with the state’s CHIEF: ‘DON’T HANDCUFF ME’ recommendation that the town modify its sex offender bylaw? BY RYAN GRANNAN-DOLL Pervier reminded STAFF WRITER selectmen he had been Last week’s question: Are you likely CHARLTON — Selectmen last week voted to implementing the lay off three police officers. They delayed a budget based on the to vote in the town’s annual election? decision, however, on whether to layoff five selectmen authorizing • Yes — 71 percent Highway Department employees. the grant application • No — 18 percent The town will be down from 19 to 16 police earlier this month. • Unsure — 11 percent officers, after selectmen, in a 4-0 vote done as “I’m asking you to part of an effort to balance the fiscal 2010 draft allow me to continue We want to hear from as many readers as possible budget. forward with the for every question each week. Please keep responses brief. They may either be e-mailed to charltonques- Selectman John R. Bacon, who is up for re- grants. Please don’t [email protected] or phoned in to the editor election this year, did not attend the March 24 handcuff me,” Pervier at 508-909-4107. Please specify you are calling with an meeting. said. answer to the Charlton Question of the Week. All Police Chief James A. Pervier said last That permission, responses must be received by noon Monday, so that week no official layoff notifications had yet however, never we may tabulate the results for the following issue. No been made. The decision comes after the assumed keeping a 19- names, addresses, e-mail addresses or phone numbers Charlton Police Alliance union rejected a officer force, accord- will be published. This is strictly an anonymous opin- wage freeze selectmen offered them earlier ing to Town ion forum. last month. Administrator Robin Along with the layoffs, which are part of the L. Craver. next fiscal year’s staffing plan, the department Selectmen Kathleen will now have one, instead of two, officers par- Walker asked the chief CHARLTON ALMANAC ticipating in the Central Massachusetts Law why the layoffs could Ryan Grannan-Doll photo Enforcement Council SWAT Team. not have been avoided, Charlton Police Chief James A. Pervier makes a point with Selectman Scott D. “By reducing down, it gives me less ability but selectmen waved Brown. Selectmen voted to lay off three police officers last night.
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