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Mailed free to requesting homes in Webster, Dudley and the Oxfords 508-764-4325 Complimentary to homes by request ONLINE: WWW.WEBSTERTIMES.NET “Free advice is worth the price.” Friday, July 16, 2010 A new beginning Police Department mulls dispatcher replacement BY JOY RICHARD community as one of a group of department, including part-time TIMES STAFF WRITER dispatchers for the last 43 years (for officers who might be interested in DUDLEY — Selectmen discussed a feature on LaFountain, check out taking LaFounatin’s place. the departure of one of the staples the March 12 edition of the Webster He said offering the position to of the Dudley Police Department Times in our online archives at personnel is typical when search- Monday, July 12, and the reserve www.theheartofmassachusetts.com ing for a new dispatcher, because officer they are looking at as her !). on-the-job training is difficult and potential replacement. “This will be a well-deserved having someone with pervious Dudley Police Chief Steven retirement,” said Wojnar. experience helps operations run Wojnar addressed the Board of He said LaFountain will leave the smoother. Selectmen Monday regarding the position at the end of the month, Wojnar said if no one in the departure of Dispatcher Leona and in the meantime, he has LaFountain, who has served the extended the job to anyone in the Turn To DISPATCHER page A16 He’s got Skills BAY PATH GRAD’S EARNS PLACE AS NATIONAL OFFICER BY JOY RICHARD TIMES STAFF WRITER After three years of hard work in school, one local teen has earned a place as the newest member of the Skills USA National Officers Team. Hugh W. Crawford and his wife Harriett pose for a photo in the new Pearle L. Webster resident and Bay Path Crawford Memorial Library foyer. Regional Vocational Technical High School cosmetology student Ricky Jordan, 16, celebrated being NEW CRAWFORD MEMORIAL LIBRARY elected to the officers team with his family and girlfriend last week. OPENS ITS DOORS During the week Jordan was able to sit down for an interview with BY JOY RICHARD located at 40 Schofield Ave. TIMES STAFF WRITER Villager Newspapers to talk about Family members of the late his victory as well as how attending DULDEY —Even with the Pearle L. Crawford, including Bay Path his freshman year in 2007 threat of thunderstorms loom- her son, Hugh W.Crawford, were changed his life for the better. ing on the horizon, residents and also there to celebrate the event, Jordan took part in the National local officials made their way out which has been in the works for Skills USA Championships for to Dudley to see the new Pearle the last 10 years. Hugh said his Skilled Workers Monday, June 28, Courtsey photo L. Crawford Memorial Library mother would have been proud in Kansas City, Mo, where more open its doors for the first time to see the passion and devotion than 300,000 students and instruc- Webster resident Ricky Jordan, 16, celebrates after being elected to the National to the public last Saturday, July to the new library project and tors gathered to take part in the Officer Team during the national Skills USA competition. 10. echoed the sentiments of Pearle national event where more than 54 Jordan said this was his second the competition his freshman year A large number of people L. Crawford Memorial Library states were represented, and stu- year running for a position and that by one of his teachers, Pamela crowded under tents to shield Director Matthew Hall, who said dents showed off their vocational in his sophomore year he ran for Daust. where he was a campaign themselves from the rain in front that in his mind, the library is skills ranging from carpentry to and won a spot as a state reporter of the library to celebrate the culinary to cosmetology. and was elected a delegate during Turn To JORDAN, page A15 ribbon cutting for the building Turn To LIBRARY, page A14 Families displaced by High Street blaze ‘SOMEONE UP THERE WAS WATCHING OUT FOR US’ BY JOY RICHARD TIMES STAFF WRITER WEBSTER — Fire tore through a three-family home over the Fourth of July weekend, leav- ing the building inhabitable and the families searching for homes. According to Webster Fire Chief Gordon Forrester, the fire, which took place at 211 High Joy Richard photos St., was called into the Webster Fire Department at approximately 4:15 a.m., by a Hugh W. Crawford and his wife, Harriett, prepare to cut the ribbon at the new Pearl L. Crawford Memorial Library in Dudley alongside Library Building neighbor “who heard glass breaking,” which he Committee Co-Chairman Ann Marie Safaee, Sen. Richard T. Moore, D-Uxbridge, Joy Richard photo said was most likely the fire blowing a window out. Rep. Paul Kujawski, D-Webster, and Massachusetts Library Board Commissioner Webster residents Nicole Steina and her daughter Gabrielle, 12, pose Dr. Em Claire Knowles. with a photo of their cat, Mr. Miyagi, which they lost on Sunday, July 4, Turn To BLAZE, A16 after a devastating fire at their High Street apartment. page Seniors ................. A5 Obituaries ............. B2 LEARNING Learning .............A6-7 Events Calendar ...... B3 OMS SUMMER SPORTS Viewpoint ............. A10 Real Estate ........Sect.B Sports ..................A12 Legal Notices ..... Sect.B CAMP OFFERS FUN PAGE A12 PAGE A6 INDEX 2 • THE WEBSTER TIMES • Friday, July 16, 2010 www.webstertimes.net Carrying on the tradition ALMANAC QUOTE OF THE WEEK COLONIAL RESTAURANT MAKES CONNECTIONS WITH DINERS “One year ago, in BY JOY RICHARD TIMES STAFF WRITER April, at the ground- WEBSTER — With more than six decades breaking we promised of tradition behind him, local restaurant owner Robert Morse hopes to continue to serve the Webster community the same way you a beautiful, new his grandparents did. Colonial Restaurant owner Robert Morse library and now we said aside from one location change (from Main Street to Thompson Road), the local have that beautiful, establishment has tried to continue to serve their customers in the same way that they new library.” have come to love over the last 64 years. With that in mind, Morse said he and his staff are always trying to tweak the menu and venue - Pearle L. Crawford Memorial to continue to remain current with local culi- Library Building Committee Co- nary trends. “My grandfather Ted [Morse] opened the Chairman Ann Marie Safaee, com- restaurant, because he loved dealing with the menting on the recent opening of public,” said Robert last week as locals began to fill the dining room around him as dinner the new library. hour approached. Morse said his grandfather passed the business down to his father, Richard Morse, in 1978, but continued to stay involved with cus- PEN TO LOSE tomers until both he and his wife Phinnie O C passed away in the 1990s. DUDLEY Robert, who grew up near his grandpar- Joy Richard photo ent’s business in Thompson, Conn., said he The Colonial Restaurant owner Robert Morse poses next to a photo of his grandparents Ted and Phinnie DUDLEY TOWN HALL (508) 949-8000 took over the facility in 2000 after running his Morse, who founded the Webster establishment 64 years ago. Board of Selectmen (949-8001) own South Boston-based restaurant, Monday-Thursday . .8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Blackstone, for the two years prior to coming affected over the past few years by the down- go out an enjoy themselves in this bad econo- Fridays . .8 a.m. to 1 p.m. back to Webster. turn in the economy, his most faithful my.” Evening appointments if needed. Note: Office Robert said the restaurant business was patrons have come back time after time to cel- Robert said running the business is not hours are for selectmen’s secretary and town something he always enjoyed and he said he ebrate the milestones in their families’ lives, something he could do alone. He said he administrator. Selectmen do not hold office went to collage at Bryant University in North something he said he holds pride in. attributes his floor and kitchen staff for get- hours. Attleborough to obtain his bachelors degree “We deal with every aspect of people’s ting him through the last 11 years he has Town Clerk (949-8004) in business to help him hopefully manage his lives,” said Robert. “From birthdays to been running the facility and he hopes to con- Monday-Thursday . .8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. own establishment in the future. anniversaries and even [after funeral gather- tinue this in the years to come. Thursday nights . .5 to 7 p.m. “I am not a chef, but I love to eat,” said ings], it is nice to have that personal relation- “We will try and continue to grow the busi- Fridays . .9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Robert. “I [also] enjoy the public and love the ship with families.” ness,” said Robert. “We want to tweak and customers we have here.” He said with the difficult economy, he and fine tune [the restaurant] as the times change DUDLEY POLICE DEPARTMENT (943-4411) Robert said the facility has served the com- his staff have devised ways to continue to and become even more involved with the Staffed 24 hours a day, seven days a week munity for so many years now that they have bring patrons in, which he said has pleased community. I want to thank my Executive DUDLEY FIRE DEPARTMENT (949-8040) many repeat, loyal diners, and he said they people and even had them personally thank- Chef Adam Dowd and the service staff with- hope to serve them for as long as they have ing him.

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