'We Have Lost an Outstanding Leader, Educator and Friend'
Mailed free to requesting homes in Douglas, Northbridge and Uxbridge Vol. IV, No. 34 Complimentary to homes by request ONLINE: WWW.BLACKSTONEVALLEYTRIBUNE.COM Friday, May 27, 2011 ‘We have lost an outstanding leader, educator and friend’ FRIENDS, COLLEAGUES REMEMBER RICE BY CHRISTOPHER TANGUAY TRIBUNE STFF WRITER NORTHBRIDGE — The town of Northbridge mourned the loss recently of one of the most dedicat- ed educators and athletes of the last generation. Courtesy photos Dr. James M. Rice, PhD., a former A 20-year retrospective of the work of Robert Barsamian, inset, is currently on display at the Holocaust Memorial Center coach, teacher and administrator in Zekelman Family Campus in Farmington Hills, Mich. the Northbridge school system, passed away on Saturday, May 7 after a battle with cancer. At only 49 years old, Rice will be James M. Rice sadly missed by his wife and three children, though the memories he Robert Barsamian: Still searching left and the impact he had on the the football field. entire community will not soon be Kenneth LaChapelle, head coach forgotten. ORTHBRIDGE NATIVE TELLS STORY OF HIS PEOPLE WITH ART of the Northbridge football team, N A lifelong resident of considers himself to be fortunate Whitinsville, Rice’s dedication and for having the opportunity to not BY CHRISTOPHER TANGUAY A 20-year retrospective of Barsamian’s installation determination to succeed in every- only coach Rice, who graduated TRIBUNE STAFF WRITER art is currently on display, through July, at the thing he did was infectious, which from NHS in 1980, but to have was evident in the classroom and on FARMINGTON HILLS, Mich.
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