Selectmen Offer Town Administrator Position to Jessica Sizer
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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 August 6, 2020 ❙ Vol. 186, No. 16 ❙ $1.00 Senate candidatewww.barregazette.turley.com SingingSinging the night the nightaway away visits selectmen MikeSenate ValanzolaSenateeconomy, candidateeducation and candidatecommu- Selectmen offer town administrator positionnity. Of all the candidates for the to Jessica Sizer visiting district towns senate seat, he is the only one that was a selectmen. He stated that By Ellenor Downer office can attend the meeting. Selectman Dylan Clark placed tions for the position of treasurer/local aid and Stevens,Chapter 70 moneywho was participating in Selectman Urban also said the By Ellenor Downer Staff Writer Prior to the unanimous vote for them Jessica Sizer, Evan Kenney collector.visits They will visitsreview thewereselectmen can a priority.- the Heselectmen saidZoom that nowmeeting Monday night, selectmen should reach out to the Staff Writer town administrator, each selectman and Sean O’Brien. didates and at their Thursdaythey meet were- the saidfirst areas he cut,thought not having the conser- historical society. The board will the first funded. economy,He mentioned educationeconomy, and education commu- and commu- OAKHAM- Despite a BARRE – Selectmen offered ranked the three finalists. Chair Selectman vice chair Matthew ing and presentMike threeValanzolaMike candidates Valanzolathat the to legislature vation is more commission inter- walk the prop- wait on making a decision until Tuesday snowstorm, Oakham nity. Of all thenity. candidates Of all the for candidates the for the the permanent town administrator Gregory O’Sullivan ranked from Urban ranked Sean O’Brien first interview. The board hoped toested hold in funding erty new was programs, a good idea. Stevens said they hear from the conservation selectmen still held their meeting. but that new programssenate take moneyseat, hesenate is the seat, only he one is the that only one that position to Jessica Sizer at their one to three: Jessica Sizer, Sean and Sizer and Kenney on the same interviewsRepublicanvisiting next candidate week. visitingdistrict for state townsdistricthe townstook a walk on the property and commission and historical society. away from existing programs. Senate, Mike Valanzola, intro- was a selectmen.was a Heselectmen. stated that He stated that Monday meeting. O’Brien and Evan Kenney. He said tier. He said O’Brien had the finan- Felton Field land donationHe alsodid said not that see the any old cars or metal. COVID update duced himself to the two select- local aid andlocal Chapter aid and 70 Chaptermoney 70 money They will meet this Thursday he felt all three candidates would cial background piece that he felt Selectman Urban said theDepartment own- ofHe Elementary said the and river that runs through Interim town administra- men present, EliotBy StarbardEllenor and DownerBy Ellenor Downer Secondary Educationwere (DESE) a priority. was were He a priority.said that He now said that now to discuss a contract package with do a good job. O’Sullivan said the was important. Clark made the ers,Matthew who Broderick.wanted James to Erharddonate land it looked clean and the town well tor Jessica Sizer said the gover- Staff Writera Stafffar too Writer powerful bureaucracy. of Sturbridge is also a running as a they were thethey first were areas the cut, first not areas cut, not her. Selectman vice-chair Matthew three questions, which he asked motion to offer the town admin- next to Felton Field to theDESE town, adopted was common nearby core state and is not contaminat- nor announced that people travel- Republican for the senate seat. Urban said the board should have were designed to show knowl- istrator position to Sizer and did not want to do soil testing,standards as initiativeed.the withoutHe first said a vote funded. thethe firstasphalt He funded.mentioned company He mentioned ing outside of New England must Valanzola saidOAKHAM- he hoped to visitOAKHAM- the Despite aDespite a of the legislature thator input the fromlegislature is more inter- administrative assistant, Sandy edge of the day-to-day workings O’Sullivan seconded it. it wasselectmen too costly.in all 28 townsHe suggested in the the was well containedthat the and legislature there was is more a self-quarantineinter- for 14 days when Tuesday snowstorm,Tuesday schoolsnowstorm, Oakham districts. Oakham Selectman Senate district. He stated that he ested in fundingested newin funding programs, new programs, Hood, contact labor counsel to see of the job. He felt Sizer had the Treasurer/collector position town get input from the conserStarbard -said thatlong he didgone not agree hat factory on the same served selectmentwo terms on still selectmenthe heldWales their still meeting. held their meeting. if he or a representative from his best answers to those questions. The board received six applica- vation commission. Richardwith theC. income side basedbut as thatnet the school new asphalt butprograms that company new take programs money take moneySee SELECTMEN, page 5 Board ofRepublican Selectmen and isRepublican candidate currently forcandidate state for state spending formula that determines chairman of the Tantasqua Regional away from existingaway from programs. existing programs. Senate, MikeSenate, Valanzola, Mikehow much Valanzola,intro- a town must intro- spend on 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 the two select- 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 Starbard and Secondary EducationSecondary (DESE) Education was (DESE) was that his Matthewfocus if elected Broderick.Matthew would be James Broderick.See Erhard SELECTMEN, James Erhard page 7 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 aa runningSupt. as a Muir presents Shop local at Barre Farmers’ Market 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 senate seat. standards initiativestandards without initiative a vote without a vote Valanzola saidValanzola he hoped said to visithe hoped the to visit the ofdraft the legislatureof the orlegislatureschool input from or input from plan Stateselectmen funds inselectmen all 28 towns in allused in 28 the towns into the school districts.school districts.Selectman Selectman Senate district.Senate He district.stated that He hestated that heBy Ellenor Downer about 12 students depending on Starbard saidStarbard that he didsaid not that agree he did not agree QRSD to hold promoteserved two servedterms regional ontwo the terms Wales on the Wales Staff Writer the size of the room, which vary. State approves Pathfinder roof project with the incomewith basedthe income net school based net school Board of SelectmenBoard of and Selectmen is currently and is currently Students in the same grade will 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 Tantasqua RegionalBARRE – Quabbin Regional occupy either adjacent classrooms or $2,003,781 of $3,273,620, with scope and timeline for the pro- partnerships how much ahow town much must a spendtown muston spend on hearing expected to begin the remaining $1,269,839 borne by posed project,” wrote John School Committee,School aCommittee, committee aof committeeSchool of District (QRSD) or a nearby classroom. Pathfinder’s member towns, based McCarthy, executive director of munities that benefit education.from the 37 pro- Starbardeducation. said Starbard the town said the town Technology,18 members health that18 members serves five that towns. serves fiveSuperintendent towns. Dr. Sheila Muir New Braintree Grade School BARRE - The Quabbin late summer on enrollment. the MSBA in a Jan. 29 letter to Dr. jects slated to receivehasgave funding no a way frompresentation hasto collectno way anyto to the collectof theschool any ofstudents the in kindergarten and first Regional School District (QRSD) Pathfinder’s member towns Gerald Paist, superintendent-direc- networksHe advanced explainedHe to explainedthethe selectmen $4 million to Communitythe selectmen Innovation 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