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TOWN CRIER February 28, 2014 MILFORD, MASSACHUSETTS Vol. 7 No. 15 Est. 2007 • Mailed FREE to all 12,800 Milford addresses. www.TownCrier.us February’s Snow Graces Milford Annual Town Ballot Set for April 1 with a Mantle of White Meeting Town Election Scheduled By Kevin Rudden Staff Reporter/Columnist for May 19 Th e Town Clerk’s offi ce has released the preliminary ballot for the April 1 Town Election, showing that voters will be choosing candidates in four contested races: Highway Surveyor, School Committee, Tax Collector, and The Board of Board of Library Trustees. All other elected positions are uncontested. Selectmen voted • Highway Surveyor: Incumbent • Board of Selectmen (one on February 3 to Scott Crisafulli is being three-year position open) – schedule the Annual challenged for the three-year incumbent William Buckley Town Meeting position by Shelly Leclaire, who • Board of Assessors (one for 7:30 p.m. on previously held the position. three-year position open) – • School Committee: With no incumbent Joseph Niro Monday, May 19 in incumbents seeking re-election, • Board of Health (one three-year Upper Town Hall. The constant February newcomers Joseph Callery, position open) – incumbent The board snowstorms did not deter John Ericson, David Levine and Leonard Izzo, Sr. three-year old Sebastian approved Town Jennifer Parsons are running • Housing Authority (one fi ve- Awrarruda of Milford for the two available three-year year seat available) – Loriann Administrator from spending some time seats. Braza Richard Villani’s outdoors. Dressed for the • Tax Collector: Th eresa • Park Commissioner (one three- schedule for the weather on a sunny day Diomedes Dias, who holds the year position open) –incumbent near the end of the month, meeting, which position on an acting basis, Paul Braza the youngster helped build and Melissa Alves-Tomas are • Planning Board (one fi ve-year opened the warrant a snowman and was busy running for the three-year position open) – incumbent on February 3 and creating bucket-shaped position. Joseph Calagione closes it on March snow piles in his yard. • Board of Library Trustees: • Sewer Commissioner (one Harry Platcow photo 13. Selectmen are Incumbents George Clemens three-year position open) – and Kathryn Mastroianni are incumbent Th omas Morelli slated to approve facing a challenge from and • Town Clerk (one three-year the fi nal warrant on Don't Forget! From December 21 to March 21, our Snowman Contest Scott Vecchiolla for the two position open) – incumbent is on! Email your photos to:[email protected] or post them available three-year seats. Amy Hennessy Neves April 7, and it will be on our FB page Town Crier Publicati ons. Include names of those who Running uncontested are: posted on May 5. built the snowman, what his dimensions are and where he lives. TOWN ELECTION p 9 A Very Sweet Valentine’s Day at Senior Center By Michelle Sanford Staff Reporter/Columnist ECRWSS It may have been a cold and blustery day outside, but warm hearts fi lled the inside of the Senior Center as a group of more than 25 women celebrated Valentine’s Day with a delightful aft ernoon tea. Th e Senior Center’s Valentine’s Day Tea, held on Friday, February 14, came on the heels of a big snowstorm the day prior and some feared the event might be postponed. However, thankfully the tea proceeded as scheduled much to the delight of those who signed up for it and hoping to celebrate the day with friends. To make the aft ernoon especially festive, attendees were encouraged to wear their own Valentine’s Day hat and bring along their favorite tea cup. Th e Senior Center has been holding the Valentine’s Day tea for several years now. POSTAL PATRON POSTAL MA 01757 MILFORD, “I’ve done this before and it’s always a nice aft ernoon,” said Marion Mairs, who sat with her friends all dressed in red. As Senior Center Director Susan Clark and other volunteers served tea from old fashioned tea pots, music was provided by Dressed in festive hats, a group of friends attend the Senior Center’s Valentine’s Day Tea. Top from left : Patricia Town Crier Publications Town Street 48 Mechanic MA 01568 Upton, VALENTINE'S DAY p 3 Berry and Betty Quinlan. Bottom row from left : Joyce Redden, Paula Malnati, and Virginia Breanna. Theresa KKNOWS THE JOB and is DDOING THE JOB... Paid for by the committee to elect Theresa Diomedes Dias Opinion BLOSSOM DO-GOOD RUMINATIONS by Marilyn Holman Th e Middle Aged Dominate By Kevin Rudden In honor of Ben Franklin, who wrote a column in a Boston publication in the 1770s called Silence DoGood, Marilyn Holman, Owner/Manager of Town Crier Publica- Town Meeting Th is is an open message to tions writes this column using the pen name Blossom By Kevin Rudden all Town Meeting Members in Do-Good Staff Reporter/Columnist Milford: Did you ever wonder who “runs” Milford? When it comes to trying to Some days, some weeks, some months just don’t go When you are addressing an size up Milford’s Town Meeting Members, the dominant group is people issue at the Annual Town Meeting or a Special well, unless you really try to stay upbeat. For those ranging in their middle ages – in other words, their 40s and 50s. of you that know me on Facebook as Marilyn Peck Town Meeting, you need to remember that you With the assistance of the Town Clerk’s offi ce, the Milford Town Crier are not giving a presidential “State of the Union” Holman, I celebrated the fi rst 12 days of February, just reviewed the birth years of all elected Town Meeting Members eligible to like some people celebrate the 12 days of Christmas, address – in other words, the shorter the better. attend the February 10 Special Town Meeting and found that the middle Let’s say a major issue is being discussed – because my birthday is on February 12 and I was aged dominate the meeting in terms of numbers, followed by seniors in determined to focus on the fun this life can give us. hypothetically say spending tens of millions their 60s and 70s. of dollars on a new school. If the proponents I went out to dinner, went to the theater, went to the When analyzed, the data provides two separate pictures of those movies, took several art classes and focused on my take 35 minutes to present their case and you who vote on Milford’s municipal and school budgets, its savings and disagree, please don’t take longer than that same friends, my family and myself. borrowings, its spending on capital projects and the passage of its by-laws. I even extended my celebration to February 13 35 minutes for your rebuttal. Taking an hour On the one hand, the elected membership shows the typical dominant isn’t just overkill. It’s wasted breath because the because a girlfriend invited me to a surprise birthday pattern of homeowners raising their families and seniors living on fi xed dinner. Notice I say “invited me” since the snowstorm audience won’t listen to someone speaking that incomes as participating the most in their town government. On the other long. that day prevented us from going out, but that’s okay. hand – when compared to the percentages of the same age groups living in Th e next day was Valentine’s Day and my sweetheart At least, not without something to catch their the town as determined by the 2010 U.S. Census – the age distribution of attention. For example, if the “pro” side had a and I went to our favorite restaurant and had a de- Town Meeting Members is “out of whack” with the census. Th e data also lightful meal; even met some friends at the front door PowerPoint presentation, the “con side could shows that in each decade, people born in certain years volunteered more have had something as well. For example, if and dined with them. than those born in other years. Saturday, Feb. 15 I was still upbeat as I shopped you think that hypothetical news school is too for art supplies and planned my designs for Sunday. close to area residences, why not put up a fancy Sunday morning I whipped out a dozen Sea Glass graphic and show the audience? If you think Pendants and I was mighty proud of my work. I it will be taller than the John Hancock tower posted them on Facebook to rave reviews, and a few in Boston, why not take some photos of tall orders. Life was good. buildings in town, add in the proposed school, Monday I said okay Marilyn, time to stop playing and show them? Face it, people have short with yourself and put the nose to the grindstone and attention spans and like pictures. be a newspaper lady. Well, the mean gods of the uni- Years and years ago (1971 to be exact), I took verse must have heard that, because the minute I let a college course in public speaking. Th ere, I down my happiness guard, they swept in. First thing was taught the time-honored “lessons of three.” I do when I come to my offi ce on a Monday is check First: Tell them what you are going to tell them. my email ... we do most of our customer communica- Second: Tell them what you want to tell them. tion via email and it is very important to receive and Th ird: Tell them what you just told them.

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