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ONLINE: WWW.BLACKSTONEVALLEYTRIBUNE.COM “I don't believe in failure. It's not failure if you enjoyed the process.” Friday, February 6, 2009 Towns brace for midyear budget cuts shortfalls in revenue. concern to those in charge of draw- REDUCED STATE AID FORCES OFFICIALS TO SCRAMBLE For some, like Worcester, that ing up the budget. means an estimated $5,037,681 must The cuts will be taken from BY THOMAS MATTSON trators trying to balance the books Jan. 27 that a roughly 9.7 percent be cut from a budget the city started Lottery funds and other assistance TRIBUNE STAFF WRITER for this year, even as they keep an reduction in the estimated Cherry to work on in the fall of 2007. For accounts intended for local towns REGION — Midyear cuts to fiscal eye on what looms as an even Sheet receipts will be imposed on other, smaller communities, like and cities year 2009 local budgets pose just one tougher 2010. FY 2009 budgets of communities Douglas for example, the reduction Northbridge will have to deal with is less — $88,464 — but no less of a more challenge to Valley adminis- Gov. Deval Patrick announced throughout the state because of Turn To CUTS page A10 Citizens opposed to Berkowitz plan for more tonnage BY THOMAS MATTSON Ram. TRIBUNE STAFF WRITER In response to points made in NORTHBRIDGE — Citizens for the Berkowitz letter to the Preservation of Northbridge Department of Environmental (CPN) has asked a state official to Protection (DEP) Commissioner deny a waiver request by Tom Laurie Burt, Shelley Buma, a CPN Berkowitz Trucking to allow the representative, said that, unlike solid waste transfer station off the implication of the Berkowitz Douglas Road to continue opera- letter that only limited portions of tion within a riverfront area, as his business lie within the 200- well as to expand tonnage. foot river area limit in which cer- Berkowitz also seeks to process tain commercial operations are construction and demolition not allowed, the current debris. Berkowitz facility falls almost The letter from Berkowitz was written by a lawyer from Norfolk- Turn To TONNAGE page A6 Kujawski, Callahan upset by ‘backroom’

Thomas Mattson photo From left, USOT’s Linda Simonds, David Moriarty and Robert Monaco at last weekend’s fund-raiser at the VFW. election of speaker BY ANDY LEVIN TRIBUNE STAFF WRITER REGION — Two of the Valley’s USOT draws crowd to gala state lawmakers agree that last week’s election of new House Speaker Robert DeLeo, D-Winthrop, EVENT FORGES BOND BETWEEN COMMUNITY AND TROOPS was certainly not Beacon Hill’s finest hour. State Representatives Paul BY THOMAS MATTSON packed the place for a dinner and of the food,” she said, “and busi- Kujawski, D-Webster, and Jennifer TRIBUNE STAFF WRITER raffle to raise money for gifts to be nesses donated the raffle items.” Callahan, D-Sutton, both remain State Reps. Paul Kujawski, D-Webster, and UXBRIDGE — There is nothing sent to soldiers in Iraq. The grand prize was a handmade harshly critical of the process that It was the sixth annual Uxbridge patriotic quilt. Jennifer Callahan, D-Sutton, spoke out about like a good, rousing neighborhood led to DeLeo’s succeeding former the process that led to Rep. Robert DeLeo get-together for an overarching pur- Support Our Troops benefit dance. “W raise money to ship goods to House Speaker Salvatore DiMasi, being appointed House speaker. pose. According to co-chair Diane troops,” Moriarty said. Meanwhile, who resigned Jan. 26 amid grand DiMasi of essentially handing the This community excels at it. Moriarty, it may be the only such her husband David Moriarty,and co- jury probes and an investigation by gavel to DeLeo behind closed doors. Take Saturday night, Jan. 31, at event of its kind in Massachusetts. chair Linda Simonds ran the raffle the state Ethics Commission. the VFW Hall. More than 250 people “Local restaurants donated most Turn To USOT page A15 Kujawski and Callahan accused Turn To SPEAKER page A10 Pinewood Derby offers lesson in life BY ANDY LEVIN so many of them have been TRIBUNE STAFF WRITER working on them for weeks, NORTHBRIDGE — It has with help from their mom or become almost like a rite of dad.” winter, across the country and Each Scout is given an offi- here in the Valley. cial Grand Prix Pinewood A staple of Cub Scout life for Derby kit including a block of more than five decades now, the wood, four nails and four Pinewood Derby combines wheels. Derby rules allow for technical skill, competition, the boys to customize the mod- and lessons about winning and els, but at completion the car losing. may be no longer than 7 inches, St. Peter’s Church in no wider than 2 3/4 inches, and Whitinsville was the site of no heavier than 5 ounces. Cub Scout Pack 150’s annual Kittredge said it takes sever- Pinewood Derby last Saturday, al hours to complete the cars Jan. 24, as 59 youngsters and because of the necessary sand- their families crowded around ing and painting. a huge wooden track to take “That translates into a lot of part in the race. one-on-one time for the boys “This is one of our biggest and their parents,” he said. events, with almost 100 percent Several of the cars were Thomas Mattson photo participation every year,” “truly amazing,” according to Robert Kittredge, co- Kittredge. One boy created a ‘DEFENSE!’ Cubmaster of Pack 150 and the Batmobile inspired by the 1960s event’s chairman. “The Scouts NORTHBRIDGE — Sean O’Bannon plays defense against get their kits before Christmas, Turn To DERBY page A18 Heath Ostoin at the Whitin Community Center last week- end. Both 10-year-olds are on the WCC traveling squad. For Courtesy photo more photos, see A11. At right, Boy Scout Andrew Belanger (left) inspects cars prior to the first ses- sion of last weekend’s Pinewood Derby at St. Peter’s Church in Whitinsville.

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BY THOMAS MATTSON profit Community Access and Media Board. School. Nolan is certified in CPR and ALMANAC TRIBUNE STAFF WRITER He has served five terms on the Planning Advanced Cardiac Life Support. NORTHBRIDGE — Selectmen are expect- Board, including as chairman, has been a “I have followed the issues surrounding ed to name three members to the newly member of the Cable Advisory Committee 12 the cable studio location, the [Community] QUOTATION OF THE WEEK organized Northbridge Access and Media years and is its current chairman. He has Standards Review Board, and the formation Inc., a non-profit community corporation also been on the Earth Removal Board. of the Access Corporation as a citizen and “The problem now is that that will assume control of local television Berkowitz has been a Boy Scout leader 15 selectman,” Nolan commented. “I have every sector [of the economy] operations. years, a member of AMVETS and active at attended meetings of the Cable Advisory is being hit.” The school department and the Cable the Oliver Ashton Post, American Legion. Board. I hope to provide input to promote, Advisory Committee will also each appoint He is the host and producer on a local access grow and improve [local] access in — Executive Office of Workforce and one member to the five-member corporation. television show. Northbridge.” Labor Development Director of Policy and The Board of Selectmen established the He is a trustee for Soldiers’ Memorials, Planning Robb Smith, on rising unem- corporation Jan. 26. The new corporation and a member of the Republican Town ployment rates across the region. will take over local operations from Charter Committee. Communications. The board is expected to Berkowitz has worked in local access tel- EAL STATE RANSACTIONS R E T name three members to the corporation at evision for 20 years. He listed as valuable NORTHBRIDGE its Feb. 9 meeting in Town Hall. his keeping up to date with technology. He There are four candidates — Sharron said the show he produces and hosts has • $216,000, 608 Church St., Brosnahan, Ampagoomian, Harry Berkowitz, Ronald the second-longest run on local access tele- Kitty-Rena, and Brosnahan, Michael, to Guillaume, and Selectmen Daniel Nolan. vision. Mowry, Ryan A. All except Nolan serve on the Cable Ronald Guillaume is a senior software • $363,500, 68 Nicole Ave., McMorrow, Advisory Committee. automotive engineer with a bachelor’s Michael S., and McMorrow, Penny, to Sharron Ampagoomian is a licensed prac- degree in computer science from Central Tritone, James M., and Tritone, Sharyn. tical nurse and has a bachelor’s degree in New England College. He is a specialist in AACCURACYCCURACY advanced client server programming and is UXBRIDGE Consumer and Family Studies/Education from Framingham State College. certified by Worcester Polytechnic • $409,900, 15 Gervais Way, H&B Realty, She serves on the Cable Advisory Institute as a tester. WAATCHTCH and Hunchard, Bruce J., to Begin, Gene, Committee and is also on the Zoning Board An active public access producer, W P., and Matthewson, Meghan. of Appeals. Guillaume is a member of the Cable Access THE STATS Sharron Ampagoomian videotapes many Committee and a member of the Video The Blackstone Valley Tribune The average age of townspeople, educational events and is a two-time New Educators of New England. is committed to accuracy in all by percentage, ages 65-plus. England Cable News award winner. She has “I am developing a system to record video-recorded outreach programs with the masses at St. Patrick’s Church,” he said. “I its news reports. Although Ton 65-plus (%) Northbridge ..13.8 numerous safeguards are in Auburn ...... 18.1 Oxford ...... 11.2 National Guard in Washington D.C., the have interviewed four vendors for quoting Brimfield ...... 11.0 Southbridge ..15.1 Worcester Art Museum and Alternatives. improvements to Channels 1, 12, and 3.” place to ensure accurate report- Brookfield...... 13.5 Spencer ...... 12.4 She has been a producer and director of Guillaume assisted Town Manager ing, mistakes can occur. four shows. She has also done purchasing Theodore Kozak in negotiating the current Charlton ...... 7.7 Sturbridge ....13.4 Confirmed fact errors will be Douglas ...... 7.7 Uxbridge ...... 9.9 and trade shows. cable contract with Charter Dudley...... 12.8 Wales ...... 7.3 Ampagoomian served on the Conservation Communications. corrected at the top right hand Holland ...... 8.6 Webster ...... 16.7 Commission, the School Committee, and the Guillaume has 11 years of experience as corner of page A3 in a timely Leicester ...... 12.4 * Information as of Open Space Committee. a public access producer. manner. 2000 U.S. Census She has produced shows for Channel 12 for Selectman Daniel Nolan is a telemetry many years and broadcast selectmen’s meet- nurse at Metrowest Medical Center in If you find a mistake, call SUNRISE/SUNSET ings for years. She has also done numerous Framingham. 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EDITORIAL Updike

remember this writer from the “Lampoon” with the strange name who just produced Domestic Istories like crazy at Harvard. His name was John Updike. It was a memorable name and it would become even more iconic over the next half violence all century. He is known mostly for his “Rabbit” tetralo- gy, but I think his best work came in short sto- ries and literary criticism and in a few later novels. The “Rabbit” books gave him a wider too common circulation than he would have had if he had stuck to other forms of writing. And, in truth, those books did contain a whole host of bril- cursory view of the dispositions at liant sentences Uxbridge District Court will shed and para- A much light on the frequency of domes- graphs. But I tic violence cases heard in the Valley. never believed USINGS Of course, domestic violence doesn’t just in them. And M happen in this part of the state — it is a while I rejected national epidemic. the notion Here in Massachusetts, the statistics Updike did not THOMAS remain sobering, although in 2008 there was say anything, MATTSON some reason for hope that intervention and there was a other methods are having an impact. Still, too sense in which many people are falling victim to domestic that was true. violence. And too many of them are paying We still (in classes on English literature) talk the ultimate price. about Theodore Dreiser, who could not write Between 2003-08 there were 163 homicides his way out of a shopping bag. But the man as a result of domestic violence. There were, pulled at your heart with solid themes. It is this according to Jane Doe. Inc., 25 in 2008, an very lack of thematic substance his strongest critics held against Updike. increase of six over 1993, but a decrease of 17 Anyone who has wrestled with the meaning from 2007, when there were 42. LETTERS TO THE EDITOR of life as religion mostly conceives it versus the What the Jane Doe Inc. found troubling was flood of claims by science from the opposite that, in the cases studied over the past five direction and may be reticent about public years, few victims of domestic violence had utterance favoring the theological side of received services from local domestic vio- things. So he can concentrate on observation. lence programs. What’s more, few, if any, of He can tell us how ordinary people act. And in the perpetrators had taken part in a batterer’s Equal pay for equal work his most popular novels, that is what Updike intervention program. does. But he rises above that in his best work, There are a variety of causes that call for although he might not have agreed “Rabbit” ith economic troubles mak- workforce, this expectation is unfair our attention and assistance in this area, with was not his best. He seemed to think you arrive ing headlines, many won- to men who might like to work, say, no small amount of them devoted to fighting at the sacred by going through the profane. dered what President a 40 hour workweek and not a 60 cancer. Residents throughout this area have W To many,Updike went to the well a few times Barack Obama’s first legislative hour workweek so that he could always stepped up to the plate in that regard. too many in conveying the shallow, evanescent move would be. As it turns out, it spend more time with the children It is much more difficult to get people to attractions among the privileged upper middle didn’t have to do with bailout plans he’s working to support financially. stand up to and for domestic violence. That, class. Emily Brontë and Jane Austen were bet- or the economy in general. It had to Keeping families as a top priority however, is precisely what is needed if the ter at the psychic dimensions of sexual rela- do with fair pay. is both parents’ jobs — and that next victim is to be protected. A phone call to tionships. “Equal pay is by no means just a doesn’t necessarily mean that keep- police, to family members, or to a close friend Updike’s closest readers and the critics in women’s issue, it’s a family issue,” ing family a top priority falls finan- general responded to him because he was prob- — or to a witness who ignores the victim’s the Associated Press reported cially to fathers and to mothers in ably the best writer of his generation (Philip pleas to remain silent. Only when more voices KRISTAL Obama saying last week. “And in the form of working outside the Roth called him the greatest American man of are heard can a truly effective campaign this economy, when so many folks LEAR home less (or for less pay). letters…). In fact, “best” is a weak, because against domestic violence be waged. K are already working harder for less Others criticize Obama’s first leg- generic, word to say what Updike, who died Locally,one resource for victims or witness- and struggling to get by, the last islative act, saying that it will create Jan. 27 at 76, was all about. es of domestic violence, especially for chil- KRIS REARDON thing they can afford is losing part too many lawsuits. Still others claim In my view, he ranks among the dozen, dren, is the Worcester Community Action of each month’s paycheck to simple that while employers should pay maybe half dozen, greatest stylists in Council. The Domestic Violence Hotline can and plain discrimination.” men and women with commensurate experi- American history.He would hold that level had be reached at 800-799-SAFE (7233). If you’re a he written only a fraction of the 50 books he According to the U.S. Census Bureau, ence in the same positions equal wages, that parent, and you feel stressed to the point published. women still earn only 78 cents for every dol- it isn’t the government’s job to tell business- where violence toward your children could I remember going into a movie theater in the lar men earn. And the new bill Obama es what to do. occur, the Parent Stress Hotline is 800-632- 1950s and seeing “Casablanca” or “Winter signed last week — the Lilly Ledbetter Fair But cases like Lilly Ledbetter’s prove why 8188. Light” and “Strawberries,” the latter two by Pay Act — extended the time that women the bill Obama signed is so necessary, It may be easier said than done, but a loud- Swedish filmmaker Ingmar Bergman, who have to sue for fair or equal wages. despite the arguments against it. er voice must be given to domestic violence — struggled with the same religious issues Sometimes I think it’s easy to forget about Ledbetter was used by Obama much like now. Updike did. But Bergman cast a fog of mystery issues like equal pay when so many people Joe the Plumber was used by John McCain perhaps more amenable to Nordic taste than are struggling to get any pay at all, with during the presidential campaign season, any vehicle Updike could find to do likewise on mass layoffs and job shortages across the and her story is well known: After working behalf of more pragmatic Americans. country. But in this economic climate, it is at Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. for 19 years, I think Updike was as subtle a writer as BLACKSTONE indeed more important than ever to ensure she realized that she had been paid signifi- Henry James and, while Updike’s poetry was that workers are being fairly compensated. cantly less than her male counterparts. She generally not first-rate, it was his poetic tem- ALLEY RIBUNE When it’s tough to get a job, many are more sued the company, and a lower court in perament that informed his prose. In the end, V T willing to accept any decent paycheck they Alabama found Goodyear guilty of discrimi- he was on a different level from James. He can get, regardless of what their peers with nation. The decision was eventually brought lacked the maniacal drive of Faulkner’s sen- LETTERS POLICY commensurate experience in the same posi- to the U.S. Supreme Court, however, where tences and came closer to those of Scott tions are making. in a 5-4 decision, Ledbetter’s case was Fitzgerald. But whereas Faulkner cast spells of But equal pay is actually a pretty simple thrown out because she had failed to file a unknowable and often menacing and innocent concept, even in times like these, when claim about the discrimination less than 180 intentions commingling toward a dark end, ur opinion pages are a forum for Updike was like a series of breathtakingly many employers do not have the resources days after the discriminatory pay was set. columnists and our valued readers lovely islands set in a turquoise sea. No prose to express their views and thoughts to give away huge paychecks, even if they In her dissenting decision, Justice Ruth artist in American history equaled his com- O wanted to. It simply means paying people Bader Ginsburg outlined why this was prob- on a variety of issues. mand of language, except Herman Melville We strongly encourage people to speak who are in the same position with similar lematic: oftentimes, pay discrimination is and James Agee. their mind through The Tribune, and make educational and job experience the same concealed and therefore not something that Melville and Faulkner were superior story- it easy to do so by offering two forums — rate — and that if businesses can’t afford to women may even realize is happening. She tellers. And so was the stylistically limited Letters to the Editor and guest columns — pay women the same wages they pay men for wrote that in this type of situation, which is Dreiser. through which to get a point across. the same job, that they should reassess what quite common, that “disparity arises not The other thing Updike had was the ability to Letters to the editor are always welcome, they are paying all their employees and not because the female employee is denied a offer sparely crafted memories and straightfor- and can be sent to the Blackstone Valley just pay lower wages to females. raise but because male counterparts are ward commentary with as much economy of Tribune, 25 Elm St., Southbridge, Mass., It seems like a very simple concept, after given larger raises.” words as Hemingway ever achieved. 01550, or via e-mail at andy@stonebridge- all, but when women are on average still So, the same women who are working just But Updike could not for long repress his press.com. only making 78 cents for every dollar men as hard and doing just as good of a job as Harvard summa cum laude intellect. Please refrain from sending letters via make, it suddenly becomes a lot less simple. their male counterparts might be promoted He was a surprisingly religious person enun- fax, and be sure to supply a home address In fact, there are a variety of complex rea- in a nearly equal timeline — but not com- ciating a solipsistic Kierkegaardian recasting and phone number to allow for confirma- sons why this happens, many of which have pensated in the same way. Because many of Christianity combined with a Thomistic tion. Allow at least 48 hours for a to do with flawed traditions, stereotypes, companies do not advertise each of their reverence for things as they are, with a God response. Letters must be submitted by 4 and a variety of arguments from women employee’s paychecks publicly, it can be dif- who seemed impossibly transcendent, as con- p.m. Friday to ensure publication in the themselves which challenge women’s role in ficult to figure out why men and women who veyed by Swiss neo-orthodox theologian Karl Barth. following Wednesday’s issue. Comments of the workplace. are promoted nearly equally are still con- When I was in grad school, it was a common- a slanderous or libelous nature will not be For example, the group Concerned Women tributing to the statistic that says that place that all the giants of the world in politics published, and personal attacks will not be for America writes on its Website that, women make 78 cents for every dollar men and the arts had gone, and that reconstruction allowed. according to a study conducted by the group, make. from smaller insights was now the order of the The maximum word count for letters is “women have the opportunity to earn as And while more lawsuits can certainly be day. In a way, Updike was a victim of that era. 500. much as men, but they often have different annoying, as critics of the Lilly Ledbetter He was also a victim of his own genius. That is, goals and values.” The group also cited the Fair Pay Act note, maybe the threat of that he was so caught up in the accurate telling and fact that due to the choice to start a family, annoyance will encourage employers to be the sheer brilliance of his metaphysical reflec- women also tend to have less consecutive more vigilant and ensure they are equally tions on small rural towns of the Old America WANT TO SOUND OFF? years of experience than their male coun- compensating male and female employees like the Shillington, Pa. he grew up in and on terparts. The group also claims that many with equal experience in the same positions the emergent suburban America that robbed Sound Off is your women choose lower paying positions or so that they don’t get sued. The law extends the country of charm and threw Americans opportunity to speak refuse promotions “voluntarily because the 180-day period under which women can back on their own imaginations in an almost Puritanical subsistence that led to sin more out about the impor- they have decided to keep their families the sue from the day that pay is initially set to top priority in their lives.” the date of the last paycheck at that unequal easily than to salvation, that he missed a gigan- tant issues of the day. If men and women were fairly compensat- pay rate. tic theme such as the one that occurred to the The Tribune will pub- ed for equal work in situations where their And as Obama noted, pay disparity is not imagination of Melville or of Faulkner. He missed it because, no doubt, it was not there. lish many of your responses each credentials match up, however, then maybe just a women’s issue. It also pertains to keeping families as a top priority would be everyone in a family, as well as to workers “Rabbit, Run” and its successors always seemed to me unreal, the conscious creation of week, with preference given to matters something that could economically fall on who face pay discrimination based on race, of local significance. Keep your com- a fictional character, although their praise has both parents — not just fathers. Doesn’t it religion, having a disability, or age — all of been universal. ments to the point and please avoid benefit the whole family when, if both par- which are rightfully covered under the new I knew what Updike was capable of, and over personal attacks and slander. ents choose to or need to work, the burden of bill as well. the course of time he delivered as only he bringing home a paycheck can be split more E-mail your comments to: could. equally among both parents, depending on Kristina Reardon, of Uxbridge, is a I feel his loss, for no generation ever had a [email protected]. their chosen profession and qualifications? Tribune columnist. spokesman with a greater gift for cognitive In addition to being unfair to women in the music than John Updike. BLACKSTONE VALLEY TRIBUNE Friday, February 6, 2009 • 5 OPINION Obama and the culture of death

“It cannot be denied that such a grievances.” The devout religious abortion as a trifling wedge issue own proponents — in defense of culture of death, taken as a whole, convictions of those, who have nur- that has only helped to create an their misguided cause. betrays a completely individualistic CONTRA tured an abiding compassion and interminable polemic between two They must, in short, make clear to concept of freedom, which ends up by unwavering fidelity to the funda- irreconcilable extremes also reveals President Barack Obama, that if he becoming the freedom of "the strong" MUNDUM mental principle that every human a glaring indifference and profound believes his decision will magically against the weak who have no choice life is endowed with inviolable dig- disrespect of those who stand for engender harmony between those but to submit.” nity and inestimable worth by the the protection of innocent human who have never sought any compro- — John Paul II, 1995 MIGUEL Creator of all life, barely rise to the life. It may behoove him to remem- mise, and those who rightfully view GUANIPA status of “worn out dogmas.” ber that what he and his supporters the killing of innocent human life in "For too long, international family With the magic stroke of his exec- view as a fundamental right of any civilized society as an intolera- planning assistance has been used as utive pen, Obama has declared his every woman often involves the ble state of affairs, then he is in for a a political wedge issue, the subject of intentions that no ground will be arbitrary destruction of that which very rude awakening. John Paul II exposed this Orwellian a back and forth debate that has given and no prisoners spared. Yet science has universally recognized But above all, they must pray for double-speak in his 1995 encyclical served only to divide us… I have no he appears strangely confident that as a human life. For those in the pro success, since our very democracy “The Gospel of Life” when he spoke desire to continue this stale and fruit- his decision will serve as a catalyst life movement, it is recognition of hinges upon their unqualified victo- of the “innocuous medical terms less debate." for reconciliation between two the utter vulnerability and supreme ry in this epic struggle against the which distract attention from the — Barack Obama, 2009 fiercely opposing sides. innocence of that life that fuels and culture of death. fact that what is involved is the right But the fact that he expects only sustains their dedication to a per- Since every other human right is to life of an actual human person.” fter hearing Barack Obama’s one side, namely pro life advocates petual stance in its defense. necessarily derivative of that most Obama’s intercession on behalf of words in defense of his deci- — to either stop voicing their resist- In light of this unprovoked, but fundamental of all rights that neces- his very supportive pro-choice con- sion to rescind a ban that pro- ance altogether, or assume sole not wholly unexpected offensive, sarily precludes their practice, the A tingency is also further clarification hibited the giving of federal money responsibility for paving a viable pro life advocates should remain right to life, it follows that any viola- of where he has always stood when to international groups that per- forum for civil discourse with their fiercely captive to their convictions. tions of this right would eventually it comes to the abortion issue. By form or provide information on adversaries — reflects the extreme They should welcome this militant encourage further violations of Obama’s own reckoning, the heroic abortions, both pro choice and pro contempt with which he regards ploy to frustrate their honorable every other human right for which efforts of those who have bravely life groups should know who it was those who do not hold to his world- efforts as an opportunity to find we claim to stand. No true democra- stood in defense of innocent human in his inaugural address that he was view. His expectations of extin- renewed strength, and rekindle the cy can long survive in which its life in the womb — and long endured referring to when he spoke of those guishing any further debate on the flame of commitment to their cause. most vulnerable citizens are denied, ridicule from the press for their dis- who for too long have been holding issue by signing back into law a They should continue unabated in no less by those who are supposed to senting views — have been reduced on to “petty grievances” and “worn measure that literally forces the exposing the silent genocide that be its trusted custodians, protection to nothing more than pointless out dogmas.” opposition to subsidize that which has been taking place for decades in of that right through which only efforts to engage in what is ulti- As is to be expected from those they have historically repudiated this country against the most vul- thereby any other freedoms can be mately a “stale and fruitless who have tried to defend the inde- signals an appalling kind of arro- nerable members of society, as they exercised. debate.” The unimaginable grief fensible, upholding this policy gance from a man who presumably also lay bare the myriad fabrica- and discord this issue has wrought requires one to be steeped in what covets the mantle of unifier. tions that have been advanced by Miguel Guanipa, of Whitinsville, upon countless lives and relation- for decades has been the pro choice Obama’s cavalier dismissal of the those from the pro death camp — is a Tribune columnist. ships at home and abroad have been movement’s preferred vernacular. enduring national discussion on later exposed by even some of its reduced to nothing more than “petty What is ‘My Generation’?

'm filing a formal complaint...... And Michael Jackson. And Reagan. in the 80s. I fell in love in the 80s. I got my ways. With whom, I'm not quite sure, so And the first Bush. heart broken in the 80s. I formed and solidi- But Big Dawg was the first band I ever saw I I'll just throwing it out there. To Oh, and we had the '80s. fied some great friendships in the 80s. I had when I turned 21. For the next 10 or so years, whoever coined the terms I, unlike a lot of folks out there, hap- some great times in the 80s. I had some really I saw them pretty much every Wednesday "Babyboomers" and "Generation X" pen to think the '80s were a pretty bad times in the 80s. A certain wintertime car night at Ralph's in Worcester, without fail, — or, too be a little more hip, Gen X, darn fine time. Naysayers like to accident in 1985 comes immediately to mind. and whenever and wherever else they hap- as they call it. point to Reagan and how we grew The whole time, through absolutely every pened to play. You see, folks my age, the ones who more in debt and basically started event, there was a song, a cassette tape Bruce, Bones, Mitch, Doug "Do Me" Moore have bid adieu to their 30s, but are ourselves on a downward course, but (remember those?), a band - there was a and J-Bar. They all know who they are. still begging off the 50s, don't fit into I beg to differ. soundtrack for all the things I went through. It started in 1989, this relationship. OK, I either of those categories. It's a little BIRD’S The '80s had one thing going for First crush? Michelle. Soundtrack? was a groupie. Get over it. But it really was a disconcerting to be floating out there them that can't be taken away - music. Anything U2 did. relationship. Ask anyone who became part of with no real generation to call your NEST That's right, music. By the way, Michelle and I forged a friend- the Dawg Pound, they'll tell you. It was spe- own. You say you had Elvis and the ship starting in 1985 that has lasted through cial. We're not the Greatest Generation; WALTER BIRD Beatles? today. We never did have a romantic relation- That's how the 80s ended. Me, all grown up - that's already been taken. Gen X, of We had Michael Jackson and ship, but I got one of the best friends you or so I thought - with the battle scars (in some course, is gone — by the way,it's also Madonna. could ever ask for out of it. Not bad, I'd say cases literally) to prove it. the name of the punk band with whom one You wanted a revolution? First love? Pam. Soundtrack? The Outfield's They began with a wide-eyed 12-year-old Billy Idol got his start. Babyboomers? My par- We wanted our MTV. "Play Deep." about to enter high school. ents and people of their generation have that And we got it. Car accident? Dad's 85 Buick Regal with Make fun of that decade if you must. But it one cornered. The '80s have been ripped apart, mocked, about five or six friends and relatives packed was my decade. It's what defined me, first as a What, then, of us mid- to late-30-somethings ridiculed, the subject of countless satires. inside. Soundtrack? Billy Idol's "Rebel Yell." teenager, then as a young man. and 40-somethings (unfortunately, I'm in the You name the joke, the decade of the '80s has Oh, and I can't forget the cassette of Rush my So we're a generation without a name. But latter group)? been the punch line. older brother gave me as I lay in the hospital. we had a hell of a fun decade. Ask someone What the hell is our generation? The decade of decadence, it has been called. College? Skidmore in Saratoga Springs, who grew up then. Ask them when they went We didn't wage any military campaigns on And the music. The music has been pretty N.Y. Soundtrack? Just about every song that to their first concert. Or had their first real the scale of World War II, although a good much collectively tossed in the trash heap of was big in 1986. date. Or where they had their prom and when many of us have been in the Gulf War, the life. Hair bands were the rage, even if talent Next big crush? Heather Haley. it was. Iraq War and in Afghanistan. Since a whole was in short supply. There was bubble gum Soundtrack? Well, I listened to a lot of alter- They'll tell you '80-something.' bunch of people don't think we ever should rock, arena rock, pop rock - basically, all the native stuff at that time Depeche Mode, OMD, Maybe that's what we should call our gen- have gone into Iraq in the first place, that kinds of music the so-called music experts stuff like that. Actually, I listened to OMD a eration. The 80-Somethings. Whatever you leaves "Greatest" out of the question -even if regard as not worthy of being in the same lot in the early 90s, too. call it, I'm proud of it. it hadn't already been spoken for. league of the blues, rockabilly and all the And then there was 1989, when I turned 21. There is no real single event that shaped other genres that helped generations grow up That's the year I discovered Big Dawg. Walter Bird Jr. may be reached (508) 909- our lives. We didn't have an assassination (or and come of age. Every one of us has a band, a musical 4107, or via e-mail at wbird@stonebridge- two, or three, or more) like the Babyboomers. I take offense at any dissing of the '80s. I group that defines a time in our life. I love U2, press.com. We didn't have a Woodstock. came of age in the 80s. A lot of "firsts" hap- Social Distortion, Johnny Cash and Billy Idol. We did have Rodney King. And OJ Simpson. pened for me in the 80s. I got a good education All of them have been important in so many Another legislative session… another speaker

alvatore DiMasi is now a expect that in the end all will Speaker DeLeo was the Chairman of the from Blackstone. DuBois ran against former speaker. Like play nice. I can only hope that House Ways and Means, therefore the House’s Callahan eight years ago. He has had three SFlaherty and Finneran ON THE in the end, that is what hap- chief budget writer, at the time of Callahan’s other chances to run but hasn’t done so. I sus- before him, he left under a pens. speech. pect that is because he knows that Callahan cloud. I am nothing short of LEFT Representatives Paul Her speech could be viewed as out of turn enjoys respect and appreciation from her con- dismayed by this trend of per- Kujawski and Jennifer because the leadership, Chairman DeLeo, had stituents. sons who have talent and expe- ART Callahan were both supporters decided to not support her proposal. She felt The question has to be why an article like rience, indeed phenomenal of John Rogers, who until right strongly about her position and brought her this gets written in the first place? If the ques- leadership skills, ultimately DUBOIS before the vote for the new argument to the full membership. This inci- tion was who took the pay raise and who did- squandering their gifts and speaker was a viable candidate. dent was brought to the public attention by n’t, wouldn’t the proper article for a newspa- their opportunities. I find Both appeared ready to vote for Callahan. Soon there after, a project that per with such a large circulation researched myself outraged as a Democrat in the way Rogers, of Norwood, until he removed himself Callahan was seeking funding for — an ongo- all the area’s legislators? The inclusion of these events reflect upon the very values of from contention. Prior to Rogers ending his ing design project for elderly housing in quotes from a member of Speaker DeLeo’s my party. Further, events such as these candidacy,Kujawski was quoted in the Boston Bellingham — was cut from the budget. The team and a former political adversary smacks besmirch the very meaning of public service. Globe harshly criticizing the process. On the need for elderly housing in Bellingham has of political mudslinging. It is no wonder that the general public has so day of the vote, Callahan chose not to vote for not magically gone away. Isn’t it a shame that when we elect a Paul little confidence in the political process at any the new speaker, Robert DeLeo. She instead Most recently the Worcester Telegram& Kujawski and a Jennifer Callahan, we assume level of government. voted “present”. The centuries-old protocol on Gazette published a front-page article about that we, the voters, are their bosses? We But, these recent events are much bigger that type of vote is that a legislator can either what Callahan did with the most recent pay entrust them with our issues and to champion than my personal political viewpoint. The vote for a person by name or vote “present”. A raise. She gave the money to charitable organ- the needs of their districts — our homes. We speaker of the House is an extremely powerful “no” vote is not allowed. izations, but the paper took issue with how now know all too well that their jobs are a position and the selection of a new speaker is In the case of Kujawski’s comments and she did it. The reporter limited his article to great deal more complicated. Their jobs rife with problems for members of the House Callahan’s vote — both were in my view Callahan, and did not report on the 19 other become political — in the worse sense. Still of Representatives. In leading up to Speaker courageous. Being courageous in Boston for a Worcester County legislators. Many others whatever the risks are to the Valley and to DiMasi’s resignation, for well over a year, Blackstone Valley legislator is admirable, but simply took the raise. Webster — the value of having legislators that there had been a battle over who would suc- does carry with it some risk. For instance, this The article included only two quotes. One say what needs to be said and put principles ceed him. last spring Callahan stood on the House floor was from Rep. Vincent Pedone, of Worcester, before politics brings honor to our area and One would like to think that competition during the budget debate to argue for more who was a former member of Speaker dignity to the halls in which they serve. would have been expected and, in fact, money for health care. A member of the lead- DiMasi’s leadership team, and a big backer of desired. Competition, it seems to me, is a vital ership team scolded her afterwards for speak- now Speaker DeLeo. The other quote is from Art Dubois, of Uxbridge, is a Tribune part of the democratic process. I would then ing in what he viewed was out of turn. Robert DuBois (no relation to me) a selectman columnist. 6 • Friday, February 6, 2009 BLACKSTONE VALLEY TRIBUNE CNP opposed to Berkowitz plan for increased tonnage

health and safety and the environ- ‘UNSUPPORTED CLAIM’ TONNAGE ment continued from page A1 • Evidence is lacking that the “If denied the waiver, the facility Berkowitz seeks river waiver, waiver will result in environmental would also then be denied the site entirely within the jurisdictional benefits assignment modification request- riverfront area. • The Berkowitz letter overlooks ing the increase in tonnage which increased capacity to 100 tons Nor, CPN claims, is Tom numerous other waste-handling in turn would not be in the best Berkowitz Trucking the only solid businesses currently servicing the interest of the community,” CPN waste company servicing town, and fails to mention the avail- quoted the Berkowitz letter. BY THOMAS MATTSON Northbridge. Moreover, the ability of other suitable sites in the CPN called the Berkowitz claim TRIBUNE STAFF WRITER Berkowitz operation is not a regional district. unsupported. NORTHBRIDGE — Tom Berkowitz Trucking Inc. of Douglas “municipal” solid waste transfer Although Berkowitz refers to the “Trash is not piling up on the Road, a solid waste transfer station, seeks a state waiver from station, and the town is host to the growing community of streets of Northbridge,” CPN point- riverfront area regulations to increase its allowable tonnage Northbridge Recycling Center, Northbridge, CPN observed, “the ed out. “The waste-handling needs from its current 35 tons a day to 100 tons, and to expand the site- according to CPN. Because of that, average daily tonnage at the facility of residents are currently being assigned area of operation more than 10 times its present area. CPN said, the solid waste and recy- has decreased steadily from 2005 to met by numerous companies.” Moreover, Berkowitz wants to process construction and dem- cling needs of Northbridge resi- 2008.” CPN also took issue with a claim olition debris on its site. dents are met by a number of com- “Additionally, the number of fore- by Berkowitz that Northbridge In a Jan. 19 letter to Commissioner Laurie Burt of the panies, and there is no “overriding closures and absence of new con- lacks space for other solid waste Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection community, regional or state public struction suggests a declining hous- transfer stations. [DEP], lawyer Melissa Parker and engineer Brian Moran, both interest” at stake, as Berkowitz ing market,” CPN maintains. “Data In his letter to the DEP, of Norfolk Ram Group, LLO, cited 10 points as ground for a claimed. from the UMass Donahue Institute Berklowitz said: “The feasibility of waiver: “Moreover,” CPN continued, shows the growth in total number a second suitable location for a • “The original site assignment of the building was made “given the current negative condi- of housing units in Northbridge waste handling area within the before adoption of the regulations set forth.” tions along the river as identified from 1990 to 2000 to be zero.” Town of Northbridge is unlikely.” • “The site, while within 200 feet of Meadow Pond, a river as by the Blackstone River Watershed “A June 24, 2008 article in the “We cannot concur with the state- determined by local authorities, is in fact across a public way Association Mumford River Survey, Boston Globe states homes sales hit ment and the proponent provides (Douglas Road)… Additionally,on separate properties along the and given the history of violations, an 18-year low in Massachusetts, a no evidence to support the state- river’s banks are commercial buildings, many of which were increasing the allowable daily ton- recovery is not anywhere in sight,” ment,” CPN said. built after the site assignment was made.” nage and expanding the site and foreclosures are “the worst in a According to the U.S. Census • “Since the site assignment was originally granted in 1997, assigned area pose an increased generation.” Bureau, Northbridge has a total the owner has implemented revised ‘Best Management risk to the environment, while not Data submitted by the proponent area of 18.1 square miles. Of that, Practices,” including a water quality swale, concrete block bar- “result[ing] in environmental bene- to the Northbridge Board of Health 17.2 square miles of it is land and riers, a storm water collection trench, and removal of the out- fits in excess of those that could be reflects reduced demand for the 0.9 square miles of it (4.87 percent) fall in the area of the loading ramp… All of these improve- achieved in the absence of the facility’s services, CPN said, citing is water, CPN observed. ments have reduced the chance of any runoff reaching the waiver.” average daily tonnage received by “A reasonable person could con- river.” CPN argued that a hardship Berkowitz as 39.93 in 2005, 37 in clude a portion of that land would • “The requested increase in tonnage will have only a mini- based on reduced facility revenue 2006, 33 in 2007 and 32.9 in 2008. be suitable [for solid waste transfer mal effect on traffic flow on Douglas Road along the river; one generation would not be sufficient In 2003, CPN noted, a letter from stations],”CPN declared. tractor trailer truck and five to seven curbside pickup trucks to invoke a waiver of the state’s Congressman Richard E. Neal to Moreover, CPN stated, “the propo- per day are anticipated at this time.” Riverfront Area regulations. DEP Commissioner Robert nent ignores suitable sites within • “The tonnage increase is not intended to be instantaneous. “While it’s clear the proponent Golledge with respect to the propo- the regional district. A GIS map of “It will allow the facility to grow as the surrounding commu- wishes to increase the facility and nent’s previous request for expan- the regional district shows the loca- nity continues to grow. The magnitude of the increase was thereby its revenues,” CPN said, sion said: tion of 8 active solid waste facilities requested during a meeting with the Northbridge Board of state law is equally clear that “The site where this facility within a 5- mile radius . Health held on Dec. 28, 2006. Originally, an increase to 75 tons a “hardship based on..… reduced would be housed is 180 feet from the “In our opinion,” CPN said, “the day was requested by Berkowitz. However, the Northbridge facility revenue generation will not Mumford River, one of the major granting of a waiver will not result Board of Health requested 100 tons per day to allow for reserve be sufficient to invoke a waiver tributaries to the Blackstone River: in environmental benefits in excess capacity within the facility, and also to prevent the need for the with respect to Riverfront Area reg- a river that has received national of those that could be achieved in site assignment to be modified again in a few years as the town ulations.” recognition as an American the absence of the waiver.” continues to grow. The intent of the Board of Health was that Furthermore, given the facility’s Heritage River. “ CPN took issue with a statement this increase would cover the life of the facility into the fore- history of site assignment non- Neal’s comments were in in the Berkowitz letter that “this seeable future, so that additional tonnage increases would not compliance, wetlands and storm response to a proposal by Berkowitz waiver would prevent the environ- need to be required.” water violations, CPN argued, “it and a partner from Andover to mental impacts that would occur in • “Although a portion of the office building and of the waste- would seem unreasonable to waive process medical waste at the developing a second property and handling building is within the 200-foot riverfront area, these important environmental protec- Berkowitz site.. operating the waste handling busi- portions are enclosed, with the exception of the main office tions.” In 2004, Town Counsel Mark ness on two parcels of land.” entrance. Truck traffic is in the 100-foot and 200-foot riverfront CPN noted four items Berkowitz Reich, on behalf of the Northbridge This statement makes many area when entering the facility [because] the access road to the listed in his request for a site Board of Selectmen, remarked to assumptions, according to CPN. facility is within the 200-foot riverfront area… All handling of assignment major modification: the Northbridge Board of Health in First, “it assumes that another waste is done within an enclosed building. Per Berkowitz • To increase the limits of the site regard to a Berkowitz request for a solid waste handling business Trucking Waste Protocols, there is no storage or handling of assigned area from 0.23 acres to 14-ton per day increase: would be built if the waiver is not waste outside of this building. Onsite exterior storage of recy- 2.697 acres. “The increase in tonnage at the provided. We see no evidence of clable materials is not done within the 200-foot riverfront area. • To increase the permitted ton- site will serve to increase traffic competitors seeking to develop a All onsite drainage is directed to a water quality swale and nage from 35 tons a day at 5.5 days and waste impacts within the second property. Waste needs are detention pond designed and installed with the DEP’s approval. per week to 100 tons a day at 6 days Riverfront area.” being met.” During levels of high water within the detention pond, it over- per week — a 212-percent increase Given the current negative condi- Further, “it assumes there would flows into the adjacent wetlands area on site. No storm water is in tons per week. tions along the river as identified be environmental impacts if a sec- discharged directly to Meadow Pond/Mumford River.” • To go from a permit that cur- by a river survey and the regional ond property were developed.” • “The local demand for removal of municipal waste has rently allows acceptance of house- plan to further protect the CPN said the assumption is not increased dramatically. Since the original site assignment in hold waste only to one that also per- Mumford River, CPN said, “in our supported by evidence. 1997, building permits have been issued for the construction of mits the acceptance of construc- opinion, increasing the allowable “In addition,” CPN declared, “it 875 new single-family dwellings within Northbridge. The tion and demolition waste. daily tonnage and expanding the should be noted the applicant seeks Berkowitz facility has seen an increase in the tonnage received • To move from a permit that only site assigned area pose an to process construction and demoli- from the local community and is requesting a tonnage increase allows handling of waste to one increased risk to the environment. tion debris which may contain primarily to handle this increased municipal demand in order that also permits processing of As such, denial of a waiver is war- many toxic substances, including to prevent further violations of the current tonnage limit of 35 waste onsite. ranted.” mercury, lead, arsenic, cadmium tons a day.” “The applicant seeks a waiver “Berkowitz is requesting a ton- and vinyl, the storage and handling • “The granting of this waiver will not have any detrimental under specious logic,” CPN said, nage increase to primarily handle of which may result in pollution of effect on the ability of the Board of Health to review the appli- that [because] the facility is cur- [what he says is] increased munici- soils, surface waters and ground cation, nor will it affect the Board of Health’s ability to monitor rently in non-conformance with pal demand,” according to CPN. waters, within the ‘riverfront the premises.” existing ‘riverfront area’ regula- After the Berkowitz facility was area.’” • “The granting of this waiver will prevent the need for addi- tion, an expansion of the level of built, other waste haulers entered CPN claimed that at that rate, it tional waste transfer stations to be built to serve the growing non-conformity should follow.” the Northbridge marketplace and would require 57 trucks to handle community of Northbridge and the surrounding towns. The CPN made five additional points compete for customers, CPN noted. 100mtons a day. granting of this waiver will also not result in the need for addi- in response to the Berkowitz letter The waiver request “implies a According to 2004 testimony from tional construction at the Berkowitz facility. The facility is cur- to Commissioner Burt: financial hardship due to increased the applicant, in 2004 the fleet was rently capable of handling a 100-ton-per-day capacity… To • There is no evidence that strict competition, which is not sufficient 20 trucks for 35 tons. This equates develop other land would not only cause additional waste-han- compliance with the riverfront cri- to invoke a waiver,” CPN said. to 57 trucks for the proposed 100 dling activities in another portion of town, but would most like- teria would result in undue hard- Moreover, the proponent claimed tons per day. ly also cause the construction of, or at least the redevelopment ship. increased demand, which CPN said “It’s important to note the site is of, a separate parcel of property to serve the increase in waste • There is no evidence of overrid- is also not supported by evidence. already overburdened and the addi- from the expanding residential and commercial properties in ing community, regional or state “In fact, every economic report tion of 65 more tons per day and asso- Northbridge and surrounding communities. This waiver would public interest indicates an unprecedented hous- ciated increase in commercial vehi- prevent the environmental impacts that would occur in devel- • There is no evidence the granti- ing crisis and downturn, not a cles will only serve to exacerbate the oping a second property and operating the waste-handling busi- ng of the waiver would not dimin- housing increase.” situation,” CPN wrote the DEP. ness on two parcels of land... With the prevalence of the ish the level of protection to public Mumford River system and other surface water bodies within Northbridge as well as the continued growth of residential areas within the town, the feasibility of a second suitable loca- Greater tion for a waste-handling area within Northbridge is unlikely.” Don’t let tax preparation get you down! • “In the absence of this waiver, the Berkowitz facility will not Worcester Monthly be able to handle the current volume of municipal solid waste Home # Office # Jobsite that exists with the communities served by this facility… If Coin Show denied this waiver, the facility would also then be denied the Wherever to meet your needs site assignment modification requesting the increase of ton- February 8th, 2009 nage, which in turn would not be in the best interest of the com- 508.278.9878 munity or Tom Berkowitz Trucking Company.” 9:30AM - 3:30PM 682 Millville Road Uxbridge, MA 01569 Auburn Elks Lodge 754 Southbridge Street • Auburn, MA # YEAR END TAX PREPARATION # SALES • QUARTERLY • PAYROLL TAX (Mass Pike, Exit 10 to Rte. 12 South) # QUICKBOOKS SET-UP & TRAINING # HOURLY • WEEKLY • MONTHLY 46 Tables - 40+ Dealers # ACCTS. 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Elsie M. Liberty, 95; leaves family in Valley George M. Liberty, 78; Korean War veteran UXBRIDGE — Elsie M. (Jacobs) Liberty,95, Jacobs, of Linwood; a sister, Annie J. NORTHBRIDGE — George M. Liberty, 78, Liberty. Mr. Liberty of Sylvan Road, died Tuesday, Jan. 27, in the Gniadek, of Uxbridge; many nieces and of Colonial Drive, died Wednesday,Jan. 28, in was a U.S. Army Lydia Taft House, Uxbridge. She was the wife nephews. She was predeceased by a daughter, Beaumont Nursing Center, surrounded by Korean War veteran. of the late Homer J. Liberty. Eleanor A. Liberty,and by a brother, Henry J. his loving family. He worked for 15 years Mrs. Liberty was employed at the Liberty. He leaves his wife of 50 years, Dorothy R. at the Fenwall Corp. in Tupperware Co. in Blackstone for many Funeral services were held Friday, Jan. 30 (Garand) Liberty; a son, Rene M. Liberty, of Ashland, until his years. in the Buma Funeral Home, 101 North Main Whitinsville; two daughters, Michelle E. retirement in 1997. He She was born Feb. 13, 1913, in Rockport, St., Uxbridge. Brooks, of Tennessee, and Brenda L. Valliere, was a member of St. Maine, the daughter of the late Orrie M. and Interment followed in Pine Grove of Slatersville, R.I.; two grandchildren; two Patrick’s Church in Sarah J. (Dewey) Jacobs and attended Cemetery, Whitinsville. brothers, Sylvio Liberty, of Milford, and Whitinsville and was Northbridge schools. She was a lifelong mem- In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may Norbert Liberty, of Massachusetts; several an avid baseball and ber of the United Presbyterian Church in be made to the Kathryn M. Huston Mission nephews and nieces. He was predeceased by NASCAR fan. Whitinsville and a member of the church’s Circle, c/o United Presbyterian Church, 7 three brothers, Leo, Eli and Hervey. His memorial funeral service was held on Kathryn M. Huston Mission Circle. Spring St., Whitinsville, MA 01588. Born in Uxbridge on March 6, 1930, he was Saturday,Jan. 31, with a Mass in St. Patrick’s Mrs. Liberty leaves a brother, Francis son of the late Naraire and Lena (Either) Church, Whitinsville. Readers share their timesaving tips and tricks

big pat on the back to You can use baby wipes to • • • My hint, which is especially helpful in the readers who are quick TAKE clean stains on a carpet. I was winter is: To back down a hill driveway, start A to share good ideas that able to get a coffee stain out of A Sturbridge shopper has the risk of a in reverse, but a you roll just a bit, quickly put work for them. Here we are in THE mine and I didn’t have to worry future wardrobe malfunction “all buttoned into neutral so the engine in not moving you up.” the middle of a snowy New HINT about exposing my baby to bad but just the roll. Try not to apply brakes until England winter and readers chemicals. For a wet spill, blot you reach the end of the driveway so as to I just bought a very unusual print two piece are taking time out from shov- KAREN with an absorbent cloth first, avoid skidding off a side. This has helped me outfit — on sale of course! It came with an eling and de-icing to send in TRAINOR then use a baby wipe to scrub it a great deal. their helpful tips! From driving away. They also work on furni- extra button attached to the care label in a lit- tle plastic bag. The button could never be on slippery streets to a clever ture and clothing stains CATHERINE BUZZELL replaced as it is so unusual, so I immediately camera trick, the following tips although you want to check to WEST BROOKFIELD really do make life a little easier. make sure it won’t take color out first. sewed it on the inside of the jacket in an And remember, send in your best hints and If you have baby wipes that have dried out inconspicuous place. Now I will not have to you could win dinner for two the Publick (because you or your toddler left the container worry about searching for it if one does PRIZE WINNER House. open), they make great dust cloths. I have even become loose. Congratulations to Robert P. Beauregard of used them on my Swiffer broom to sweep up North Oxford, whose name was drawn as win- • • • dust off the floors. CLAIRE HORVATH ner for Dinner for Two at the Publick House in STURBRIDGE When relocating electronics, proper plug Sturbridge. He offered the driving tip above. placement can be a pain. With this timesaving HEATHER PAQUETTE • • • tip, tangled wires (and nerves) are a thing of SPENCER Win Dinner for Two at the Publick House the past. Slippery streets can mean dangerous driv- • • • Your tips can win you a great dinner for two ing this season. Thanks to a reader for point- at the historic Publick House Historic Inn in Happy new year and thanks for your col- Have your creative kids crossed the (ink) ing us in the right direction when it comes to Sturbridge. Simply send in a hint to be umn. Over the “holidaze” we got into the spir- line? Try this tip to remove their bold body steering clear of skids. entered into a random drawing. One winner it of out with the old and in with the new. We art. per month will win a fabulous dinner for two rearranged our furniture etc, and we were What’s the best advice when a front wheel (a $60 value) at the renowned restaurant, able to save hours (I think) in frustration and I have a tip that many parents might appre- drive automobile (and that includes almost all located on Route 131 across the town common "I told you so's" by taking a digital photo of the ciate if they have creative toddlers and/or cars on the road) goes into a skid? Most people in historic Sturbridge. Because I'm in the busi- back of our stereo and TV when we had to young kids. This is good for permanent mark- would say to cut the front wheels in the direc- ness of dispensing tips, not inventing them unplug and move them. We just looked at the er or semi permanent marker on skin. … tion of the skid and gently apply brakes. (although I can take credit for some), I'm photo and we had a visual reference for where For those who have kids who like to paint That’s fine if you have a rear wheel drive vehi- counting on you readers out there to share all those wires should get hooked back up. themselves or decorate themselves (on pur- cle. But with a front wheel drive, you steer your best helpful hints! Also, after a few "not-dripless" candle inci- pose or by accident) with permanent or semi away from the direction of the skid by accel- dents, I just used any old credit card to scrape permanent marker, try removing it with some erating the vehicle, since the drive wheels are Do you have a helpful hint or handy tip that the wax up. It works great and doesn't scratch nice heavy shampoo (like Dove or Pantene) up front. And there’s no reason to tap on the has worked for you? Do you have a question most surfaces. and a finger nail brush (not too harsh). For brakes. This way, you’ll come out of the skid. regarding household or garden matters? If so, areas that need a little extra (belly buttons or why not share them with readers of the MONICA WAGNER ears) try Vaseline with a Q-tip. ROBERT P. B EAUREGARD Blackstone Valley Tribune? Send questions DUDLEY Vaseline also works great on lipstick. Don’t NORTH OXFORD and/or hints to: Take the Hint! c/o the Spencer forget to use some moisturizer afterwards. New Leader,25 Elm St., Southbridge, MA 01550. • • • I hope this is useful for a few people! • • • Or e-mail [email protected]. Hints are entered This busy mom has discovered the wonders This reader shares her skills for navigating into a drawing for dinner for two at the historic of baby wipes. DEB RYAN slippery hills Publick House Inn. SOUTHBRIDGE

NEWS BRIEFS Local students collect 1,000 pairs of shoes for charity

NORTHBRIDGE — “Most of us have lots of their senior year DECA pub- Northbridge High School sen- shoes we no longer wear,” lic relations project. DECA is iors Joseph Susienka and said Petersen. “According to the only national student Casey Petersen have teamed one estimate, more than one organization operating up with Soles4Souls, an inter- billion pair of shoes lay idle through the nation’s schools national charity dedicated to in American closets from to attract young people to providing free footwear to coast to coast. In spite of that, careers in marketing, man- people in desperate need with there are millions of people agement, and entrepreneur- astonishing results. both in the United States and ship. Its purposes are (1) to Susienka and Petersen ran around the world in desper- develop a respect for educa- a shoe drive in the ate need of footwear.” tion, which will contribute to Northbridge school system to “We are so pleased with the occupational competencies, raise awareness and collect reaction and results of our and (2) to promote under- shoes for Tennessee-based project” said Susienka. “As standing and appreciation for Soles4Souls. Between the lifelong residents of the responsibilities of citi- school district’s four schools Northbridge, we know our zenship in our free, competi- during a two month long cam- community has a great heart tive enterprise system. paign, they managed to col- and this just underscores it.” The two will be presenting lect a total of 1,079 pairs of Susienka and Petersen their project to a panel of shoes. completed the campaign as judges drawn from business, education and govern- ment at the Massachusetts state competition, which occurs March 5-7 in Boston. The Northbridge High School chapter advisor is faculty member Susan Palmer-Howes. SUSHI SOUNDS APPETIZING. JAPANBUT, YOU WOULDN’T TRAVEL TO TO GET IT.

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BY ANDY LEVIN tuate from town to town, but all 4.4 percent in December 2007. In approximately 512 Uxbridge resi- December. TRIBUNE STAFF WRITER have one critical aspect in com- December, approximately 487 dents were out of work. • Webster’s December unem- REGION — The latest data from mon — they are headed upward. Oxford residents were without a • Brookfield’s December jobless ployment rate was 8.4 percent, up the Executive Office of Labor and • Auburn had the lowest rate of job. rate held at 7.5 percent, up from from 7.2 percent in November. The Workforce Development reveals joblessness in the region, at 5.4 • North Brookfield had a 5.9 percent a month earlier and a rate in December 2007 was 5 per- many communities in south-cen- percent well under the state aver- December unemployment rate of full two percentage points higher cent. In December, approximately tral Massachusetts are faring bet- age, though still up from 4.6 per- 6.5 percent, a full point higher than in December 2007. 700 residents were out of work. ter than the state average, but also cent in November and from 3.9 than November’s 5.5 percent. The Approximately 126 residents filed • Southbridge had the highest that rising unemployment rates percent in December 2007. Based town’s December 2007 jobless rate unemployment claims in jobless rate in December, 11.5 per- are inescapable no matter where on EOLWD samples, approximate- was 4.3 percent. Residents of December. cent, up from 8.2 percent in one lives. ly 471residents there filed unem- North Brookfield filing claims in • West Brookfield’s rate stood at November and 5.9 percent in The Executive Office of Labor ployment claims in December. December totaled approximately 7.5 percent in December, 5.7 per- December 2007. According to and Workforce Development • Douglas’ unemployment rate 161. cent in November and 5 percent in EOLWD sampling, approximately (EOLWD) reported joblessness in was 5.9 percent in December. In • Charlton’s jobless rate was 6.6 December 2007. Approximately 960 Southbridge residents filed Massachusetts increased from 5.9 November the rate stood at 5.4 percent in December, up from 5.8 141 residents were jobless in unemployment claims in percent in November to 6.9 per- percent and in December 2007 it percent in November. The figure December. December. cent in December. In December was 4.6 percent. Approximately stood at 4.3 percent in December • Spencer’s December rate was The EOLWD doesn’t project 2007, the state’s unemployment 264 Douglas residents filed unem- 2007. Approximately 447 residents 7.5 percent, up from 6.1 percent in employment trends, Smith rate was 4.3 percent. ployment claims in December. were out of work this past November and 4.7 percent in explained, but those that do are Job losses in Massachusetts this • Leicester had an even 6 per- December. December 2007. Approximately not optimistic about a near-term past December totaled approxi- cent jobless rate, up from 5.1 per- • Dudley is among a group of 500 residents were jobless in turnaround in the economy. mately 16,800, according to the cent in November and from 4.6 towns with an unemployment rate December. “There doesn’t seem to be a EOLWD. percent in December 2007. higher than the state average. Its • Northbridge had a 7.8 percent light at the end of the tunnel yet,” The national unemployment Approximately 357 residents filed jobless rate jumped to 7.3 percent December jobless rate, up from 6.6 he said. “And the people who do rate jumped from 6.8 percent in for unemployment benefits. in December, up from 6.3 percent percent in November and 4.8 per- make the projections are saying it November to 7.2 percent in • Sturbridge had a 6.2 percent in November and from 4.4 percent cent in December 2007. may not be until the end of this December, up from 4.9 percent a unemployment rate. In November in December 2007. Residents filing Approximately 579 residents filed year, or even 2010.” year earlier. that number held at 5 percent. The for unemployment benefits in unemployment claims in “Here in Massachusetts we did a December 2007 rate was 3.9 per- December pretty good job of weathering the cent. Approximately 306 totaled approxi- first sixth months or so of the Sturbridge residents were out of mately 431. national recession, EOLWD work this past December. • Uxbridge had DeJong completes Coast Guard training Director of Policy and Planning • East Brookfield’s December a 7.4 percent Robb Smith said. “Part of this was unemployment rate was 6.3 per- unemployment UXBRIDGE — Coast Guard Seaman how to apply them in their military perform- due to our educated workforce and cent, up from 6.1 percent in rate in Apprentice Ian DeJong, son of Kristin A. and ance and personal conduct. DeJong will join our diverse economy.The problem November and from 3.7 percent in December, up Daren S. DeJong, of Uxbridge, recently grad- 36,000 other men and women who comprise now is that every sector is being December 2007. Approximately 72 from 5.9 percent uated from the U.S. Coast Guard Recruit Coast Guard's force. hit [with job losses]. We saw man- East Brookfield residents filed in November. Training Center in Cape May, N. J. Men and women train together from the ufacturing have layoffs first, then unemployment claims in The town’s job- During the eight-week training program, first day in the Coast Guard just as they do the financial services. Now it is December. less rate in DeJong completed a vigorous training cur- aboard ships and shore units throughout the the professional industries — • Oxford’s jobless rate for December 2007 riculum consisting of academics and practi- world. To reinforce the team concept, lawyers, architects.” December was 6.4 percent. It stood was 4.7 percent. cal instruction on water safety and survival, DeJong, and other recruits were trained in Close to home, jobless rates fluc- at 5.6 percent in November and at In December, military customs and courtesies, seaman- preventing sexual harassment, drug and ship skills, first aid, fire fighting and marks- alcohol awareness, civil rights training, and manship. A major emphasis is also placed on the basics of the work/life balance, as well as physical fitness, health and wellness. total quality management. DeJong and other recruits also received DeJong is a 2007 graduate of Blackstone instruction on the Coast Guard's core values Valley Technical High School in Upton. — honor, respect and devotion to duty -- and

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NORTHBRIDGE • Richard Lavallee, 51, of 56 Overlook St., Whitinsville, was arrested Jan. 27 and charged with domestic assault and battery. Officers responded to a report of a domestic dispute. The victim sustained minor injuries. Lavalle was released on bail. Sgt. Shawn Heney made the arrest at 9:09 p.m. Labrecque was taken into custody • William Vanni, 46, of Uxbridge, was after officers were called to the scene of arrested Jan. 29, and charged with oper- an altercation. Officer Josiah ating under the influence of alcohol, Morrissette fourth offense. Made the arrest at 4:20 p.m. at 158 Vanni was arrested at the scene of a North Main St., Uxbridge. one-car accident in which he crashed his Jeep Cherokee into a guardrail and tree • Adam M. Sughrue, 20, of 11 Pulaski on Quaker Street. He was held overnight St., Uxbridge, was arrested Jan. 25 and at the Northbridge police station on charged with two counts of possession of $1,540 cash bail. a class E drug and carrying a dangerous Investigating officers were Thomas weapon. Dejordy, Brian Patrinelli and Randy He was held pending arraignment in Lloyd. They were assisted at the scene by Uxbridge District Court. Lt. Timothy Labrie. Sughrue was taken into custody after UXBRIDGE officers were called to the scene of an altercation. • Rebecca J. Labrecque, 20, of 6 Officer Josiah Morrissette, assisted by Brookside Drive, Douglas, was arrested Officer Kevin Jan. 25 and charged with disorderly con- Sullivan and Officer Gregory Bach, duct and resisting arrest. made the arrest at 4:15 p.m. at 158 North She was held pending arraignment in Main St., Uxbridge. Uxbridge District Court. BLACKSTONE VALLEY TRIBUNE Friday, February 6, 2009 • 9 Senior Scene NORTHBRIDGE Medical Volunteer Drivers Blackstone. Call Bev at (508) 278-7609. each member’s doctor and a team of profes- SENIOR CENTER The Northbridge Senior Center is in serious Tax Help sionals design each care plan — and each mem- need of volunteer medical drivers to drive local AARP tax counselors will be available every ber has 24-hour access to a team of profession- Senior Center Hours senior residents to medical appointments out of als The Northbridge Senior Center will be open Wednesday and Friday through April 3. Call town. Any time that you can volunteer would be (508) 278-8622 to schedule an appointment. • Because SCO members keep all their Monday through Thursday from 8:30 a.m. to 4 greatly appreciated. MassHealth benefits p.m., Friday 8:30 to 1:30 p.m. For more informa- Blood Pressure Clinic For more information, call the Senior Center tion, call (508) 234-2002. Tax Assistance A free VNA blood pressure check will clinic The Northbridge Senior Center will have tax at (508) 278-8622. Bad Weather will be held at 11:30 a.m. on Tuesday, Feb. 17. preparers available beginning Feb. 2. The serv- Call (508) 278-7609 for reservations. Grocery Shopping In the event of inclement weather the Senior ice will be for local seniors only. Anyone inter- The Senior Center travels to Hannaford’s Center will not open when the Northbridge ested in this tax assistance program needs to Heating Fund every Tuesday and Wednesday morning. School System is closed you may also listen to call the center to make an appointment. The Uxbridge Elderly Connection is pleased Contact Joe Rondeau at (508) 278-8622 to make a radio station WTAG. The local television sta- to announce a special heating fund has been set van reservation. tions 4, 5, 7 will have the list scrolled across the Fallon Rep up for seniors. We are most grateful to John and bottom of the screen. Northbridge School The Northbridge Senior Center will have a Debbie Stratton for their generous monetary Pitch Mondays delays will affect the Senior Center’s opening at Fallon rep from 10 to 11:30 a.m. on Wednesday, donation to start this special fund for our senior A Pitch party will be held Mondays at 6:30 9:30 a.m., instead of 8:30 a.m. Feb. She will be available to answer any ques- citizens. Our community is made better by way p.m. There is a $2 donation. tions you may have regarding your Fallon of their generosity. If you need help with your Senior Club Prescription Advantage Changes Senior plan. At 1 p.m. on Wednesday Feb. 11, Prescription utility costs this winter, please call the Senior The Senior Club meets at the Uxbridge Advantage and SHINE Representatives will Ask the Nurse Center at (508) 278-8622. If you would like to Senior Center on the second and fourth present information about changes in the The nurse will be available from 11 a.m. to 1 make a donation to the special heating fund for Wednesdays of each month. We are looking for Prescription Advantage Program. All present p.m. on Feb. 24 to take vital signs and to answer seniors of Uxbridge, please make your checks new members and enrollment in this group is Prescription Advantage clients and those inter- questions you may have regarding your med- payable to The Uxbridge Elderly Connection, open year round. ications. Inc., 36 South Main St., Uxbridge, MA 01569. ested in applying are encouraged to attend this DOUGLAS SENIOR CENTER important meeting. Call the center to sign up. Valentine Party Fallon Information Alyssa Graveson, director, (508) 476-2283 Holiday Closing The Northbridge Senior Center will host the Fallon representative Gail Trubow will be The Northbridge Senior Center and the Tri- Worcester Trinity Symphonette at 10:30 a.m. on available from 1-3 p.m. on Wednesday,Feb. 18, to The Douglas Senior Center is located in the Valley nutrition site will be closed on Monday Tuesday, Feb. 17. Make reservations ahead of answer your health insurance questions. basement of the post office at 331 Main St. The Feb.16 in observance of Presidents Day. time. Bottle Drive Senior Center is open Monday through Birthday Dinner Help us raise money with Brownie Troop 982. Volunteer Drivers Thursday from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. The Tri-Valley nutrition site is in need of vol- The monthly birthday dinner will be at 11:45 Save your soda cans and bottles and drop them Crocheting unteer drivers to deliver meals to local home- a.m. on Tuesday,Feb. 24.Anyone having a birth- in the box at the Senior Center. A crocheting class is held Wednesdays at bound elders Monday – Thursday.Any day that day in February is invited to attend and bring a Cards noon at the center. All ages are welcome. you have available would be greatly appreciated guest. Reservations are needed to be in by noon Come join us for an afternoon of card playing average time would involve approximately 2 1/2 on Thursday,Feb. 19. Call the center. There will every Tuesday at the Senior Center. Contact Painting Class hours. Call the center for more information be a plant raffle and birthday participants will Rita at (508) 278-2824 for more information An acrylic painting class is held at the Senior be eligible to win. Center from noon to 1:30 p.m. on Thursdays. Fuel Assistance about this card group. The class will be taught by a local instructor The Northbridge Senior Center is now taking Computer Workshop and is for all levels. Supplies will be provided. applications for senior citizens, by appointment The Northbridge Senior Center has begun a Join Elderly Connection only. Please call the center to find out the eligi- computer workshop on Monday afternoons The Uxbridge Elderly Connection, Inc., Senior Van bility guidelines and to make an appointment. from 1:30 to 3 p.m. Workshops will include set- invites you to become a member of its fund- The van is on the road and will provide trans- New eligibility guidelines: Family of one ting up a database for addresses and mailing raising group. The Uxbridge Elderly portation to destinations that SCM Elder Bus Maximum income is $27,860 Family of two: labels. Photo printing, editing and organizing. Connection, Inc., is a non-profit, organization does not. The van is for the use of all seniors Maximum income $36,454. Using Microsoft Word, Excel, or Access. Sign up that serves as the Friends group to the Uxbridge and disabled people in Douglas and Sutton. The for one or all three workshops Senior Center. Membership in this organiza- van is available 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., Monday VNA Clinic tion is open to everyone interested in support- through Thursday. Reservations must be made The VNA of greater Milford/Northbridge UXBRIDGE SENIOR CENTER ing the Uxbridge Senior Center. We invite fami- 48 business hours ahead of time by calling the area will conduct a Keep Well Clinic from 11 Marsha Petrillo, director — (508) 278-8622 ly members, caregivers, business people, young Sutton Senior center at (508) 234-0703. a.m. to 1 p.m. on Tuesday, Feb. 10. No appoint- Beverly Clarke, nutrition site manager — adults and all interested individuals to join The ment necessary Elderly Connection, Inc. Membership is $2 per Yoga (508) 278-7609 The Senior Center is now offering a yoga Matter of Balance year and will help support the Uxbridge Senior Joe Rondeau, transportation coordinator — class on Thursdays at 11 a.m. Please call to sign There is — Fall Prevention & Exercise Center. If you are interested in becoming a (508) 278-8622 up. Workshop on Tuesday morning, from 10 a.m. to Mary Rice, outreach coordinator — (508) 278- member please call us at (508) 287-8622. noon. This program will be for eight weeks 8638 SCO Blood Pressure Clinic every Tuesday. The Workshop is limited to 10 The clinic will be held the third Thursday of Computer Literacy The Senior Care Options (SCO) Program people. Call the center if this is a program that each month from 10-11 a.m. The Senior Center is offering computer class- brings Medicare and MassHealth together and may interest you, as there is space for several es from 3-4 p.m. on Thursdays and Wii games is especially for MassHealth members. Seniors Bingo more people. from 2:30 to 4 p.m. on Fridays, through Feb. 26. who are 65 years of age or older, and meet the Games are held every Tuesday at 11:30 a.m. Rep. Peterson Office Hours MassHealth financial eligibility criteria, may Lunch is available prior to bingo and must be Help Wanted The Northbridge Senior Center will host be eligible for SCO. reserved a week earlier. Volunteer drivers are needed to deliver Meals state Rep. 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BY THOMAS MATTSON “We’ll use a lift rather than an ele- TRIBUNE STAFF WRITER vator,” Kozak said of the choice for NORTHBRIDGE — The Aldrich how to get people from the first to School, a stately, three-story brick the second floor at Aldrich. building on Hill Street that shel- “Right now, we have five men the tered high school students in the Sheriff [of Worcester County] 1890s and elementary students in brought down to paint the building’s later years, will have a new purpose interior,” Kozak noted. come this summer — an annex to “It’s a big job,” he said. “It the Town Hall. includes the hallways as well as the Town Manager Theodore Kozak classrooms.” said on Monday the historic build- He noted the first floor has two ing is being spruced up for use by large classrooms, with three on the the planning, the building and the second floor. There is also an office health departments. The school space on the first level.” department had jurisdiction over “We’re upgrading the bathrooms Aldrich for a century, and gave it on both levels for the handicapped,” over to the town several years ago. he said. Selectmen have for years been As for lead paint, Kozak said the Thomas Mattson photos mulling over what to do with the old town had already stabilized that, as Above: Town Manager Theodore Kozak. school. required by law. Right: The Aldrich School was built in It was used for kindergarten class- The planning and building depart- the late 19th century. es for decades, and the kindergarten ments are housed in a building on program was reduced to a half day Piedmont Street off Route 122 north school became the middle school. in 2007, but restored to a full day in of Plummer’s Corner. It is the same “The Aldrich School was named January 2008, after a storm of building the police have their head- after Ella Aldrich, who had taught protest greeted the school adminis- quarters in. Although within the 40 years, longer than any other local tration. same building, once a factory owned teacher,” Aldrich explained. “She “We’re putting all the pieces by Swiss industrialist Hans Theiler, retired around 1906.” using the space at Aldrich for local built in 1876 as a memorial to the together,” said Kozak. “It will also the police station is off Hope Street. Within the past two years, the government. Whitin family. free up a meeting room in Town According to local historian Aldrich School got a new slate roof. An alternative possibility was to The Whitins built and ran Whitin Hall.” Spaulding Aldrich, the Aldrich Town voters approved $50,000 for house some town offices on the third Machine Works, the largest produc- He was referring to the space School was built around 1896 and the current rehabilitation this past floor of Town Hall. The idea was to er of textile machinery in America. occupied by the Board of Health. was first known as the Whitin- May. drop a ceiling and essentially estab- It was owned and managed by the Back in the 1960s and before, the Lasell High School. When the new “It’s easier to get a building per- lish a rectangular box within the family from 1831 to 1966, when current Board of Health room was high school, now the town’s middle mit at Aldrich than it is at the pres- vast space of the top floor. White Consolidated Industries of used for meetings of the Board of school, was built around 1904, the ent Building Department office off The third floor of Town Hall was Cleveland took it over. At one time, Selectmen, the Board of Health, the Whitin-Lasell High School shifted Piedmont Street,” Kozak said. “We used for labor union meetings, after World War II, when production Finance Committee, the Industrial gears toward lower grades. What is hope to complete it [the rehabilita- musicals and many theater produc- peaked, Whitin Machine employed Development Commission and now the middle school became tion of Aldrich] by the summer.” tions through the years. It has a nearly 5,000 at the main plant in the other groups. What is now the Northbridge High School. In 2001, He spoke of how the selectmen stage, a balcony, and rows of stately, Whitinsville section of selectmen’s Room was a district the new Northbridge High School had suggested the possibility of gothic windows. The Town Hall was Northbridge. court. opened. That was when the old high Valley towns scrambling to make midyear adjustments

CUTS Theodore Kozak. some $720,000 from the projected FY “The Cherry Sheet is not looking $600,000 from FY 2008’s figure — continued from page A1 He mentioned health insurance, 2010 financial aid to Northbridge. good,” she said. $21,610,015. workers’ compensation, and town “It’ll make it more difficult for “We have a spending freeze. And Meanwhile, Guzinski said, town liability insurance. next year,” he said. we hope to find some savings in officials will be addressing the FY the loss of $255,883; Uxbridge with a “We’ll see if we have any reserves In Uxbridge, which faces a department budgets, but I’m not 2010 budget over the next six to eight reduction of $166,799. All officials in those line items,” he said. “I’ll $166,799 cut from state financial quite sure.” weeks. seemed to agree that cuts at the start meet with the department heads assistance for FY 2009, Town Myers said Genereux expects to The town administrators seemed of a year are one thing, but reduc- [this week] to see where we can Manager Jill Myers said she had see a $180,000 surplus in the town’s to think enough money can be found tions halfway through the school cut… We’ll try to freeze [jobs]. If been meeting with Finance Director health insurance budget by the end to pare from budgets so that person- year are another. someone leaves, we won’t fill the David Genereux, School of the fiscal year. She pointed out nel need not be laid off. That is only Although they are not startling position.” Superintendent Daniel Stefanilo that Uxbridge has moved from town the last resort. figures, they come with only five Kozak said he would also be on the and School Business Manager employees paying 20 percent of And after what Northbridge went months left in the FY 2009 year that lookout for any “unnecessary Donald Sawyer the past two weeks their health insurance costs to 25 through a year ago, when about 60 ends June 30. money” left over after the Town to assess the impact of the cut, as percent, saving the town 5 percent. teaching positions were cut (several Patrick said there would be no Meeting in May. well as other financial issues. Uxbridge has set a FY 2009 budget retirements left positions some of cuts in Chapter 70 aid, which is allo- “It’s difficult to make late cuts,” “Local receipts are very low for of approximately $35 million. which were filled later that year), cated for school use, but there may he said. this year,” Myers said. “Earnings on In Douglas, Executive the whole community is leery of be some question whether or not The FY 2009 Northbridge budget investments are down 32 percent. Administrator Michael Guzinski is anything approaching that experi- schools will be asked to share in the is $36,940,000. Building permits have slowed down, meeting with department heads and ence. It is not the amount — $255,000 reductions of state financial assis- While a $255,000 budget cut in the and we are waiting for the school officials this and next week to — which is a small fraction of the tance on the principle that they con- middle of the fiscal year is no pic- motor vehicle excise commit- look at where the town can shave deficit Northbridge faced in 2007-08 sume the major portion of a town nic, next year, FY 2010, will be much ments.” $88,464 off to close the gap. — but the mere memory of what budget. worse, according to Kozak. She said last week and this week The town budget for FY 2009 is happened that may make people a “We’ll look at our fixed costs,” He estimated the state would cut are critical. $22,221,055. It rose a little more than little jittery in that town. said Northbridge Town Manager Callahan, Kujawski disturbed by Beacon Hill process

ment]. He made all of us believe that under his that made DeLeo speaker. She was the only place. SPEAKERd from page A1 leadership we could move forward.” Democrat to levy such a protest. “It is business as usual,” she said. “The only Kujawski said he eventually moved to sup- “The new speaker is the exiting speaker’s difference is the name on the speaker’s door port DeLeo following Rogers’ call for unity hand-picked successor,”Callahan said. “When has changed… In this speaker’s fight, the real Both were initially among the supporters of among House members. DiMasi announced his retirement, Mr. DeLeo losers [were] the people of Massachusetts.” DeLeo’s rival for the post, Rep. John Rogers, D- “[DeLeo] wasn’t my first choice, but he’s the was ready with a press release announcing Her disappointment notwithstanding, Norwood. speaker and I offer my complete support for that he had locked it up and had enough votes Callahan is still optimistic about prospects for Kujawski said he was “completely disgust- him,” Kujawski said. “If we are going to sit to be elected the new speaker.” change in Boston. ed” by the situation and accused the ex-speak- and stew, nothing good is going to come of The whole affair, according to Callahan, “I remain hopeful that the new House lead- er of misrepresenting himself in a ploy to get this. These times are unprecedented and we exemplified why the public has lost faith in ership will stand behind promises for swift reappointed Jan. 7 that was meant only to are going to need as much cooperation as pos- many of its elected leaders. and meaningful ethics reform,” she said. “I orchestrate DeLeo’s ascension. sible from all 160 members of the House.” “There was no discussion or debate,” she will continue to work with leadership to “This was a complete handoff to the new Callahan, a staunch advocate of ethics said. “There was no chance for new candi- accomplish such necessary reform. The speaker,” Kujawski said. “[DiMasi] outright reform legislation, went even further than dates to come forward. There was no public Legislature missed a great opportunity deceived us. I had specifically asked him a lot Kujawski in opposing the process. The maver- input or scrutiny.” throughout this process to demonstrate to the of questions with regard to the future of the ick Democrat voted “present” during the roll Callahan echoed Kujawski, saying the deci- public that we are serious about changing the House and whether or not we could move for- call for DiMasi’s reappointment last month, sion was “made in a back room and rushed way business is conducted on Beacon Hill and ward with his leadership before [the appoint- then again during the formal vote last week through almost before anyone could object. letting the sunlight into the building.” Members have DiMasi, a Boston Democrat, was the third whiplash. We just took consecutive House speaker to step down amid a vote for speaker and allegations of impropriety. here we are taking Charles Flaherty resigned in 1996 after fed- another vote [a few] eral authorities charged him with income tax weeks later.” violations. Thomas Finneran was also the Callahan claimed subject of a federal probe when he left office in the appointment of 2004. Finneran subsequently pleaded guilty to DeLeo kept an unac- obstruction of justice for lying under oath in a ceptable status quo in civil action involving redistricting.

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[email protected] BLACKSTONE VALLEY TRIBUNE Friday, February 6, 2009 • 11 WCC home to annual Knights of Columbus shoot-off

BY THOMAS MATTSON TRIBUNE STAFF WRITER NORTHBRIDGE — It’s a good thing Paul Pierce wasn’t there, or maybe Larry Bird, too. That would have made win- ning the Mumford Council Knights of Columbus free throw contest harder. As it was, it was hard enough for 25 kids aged 10 through 14 who tried their luck and skill with 15 free throws each in the Whitin Community Center gym. K of C representative Bruce Caissie ran the event and was delighted to see that 10 of the 25 entrants were girls. Winner of the 10-year-old competition was Jack Marzec. He tossed in 12 out of 15 shots. Three tied for tops in the 11-year-old bracket — Ryan Choate, of Douglas, Sam Protrowski, and Matt Zywien, all of whom hit on 11 of 15. Both the 10- and 11-year- olds had a slight advantage over the older age group. They threw the ball from12 feet away, not the regulation 15 feet. But that will come Thomas Mattson photos soon enough. Above: Patrick Sweeney, 11, in Grade 5 at Northbridge Middle School. Three-time tournament Right: Claudia Marzec, 12, of Grade 6 at the Northbridge Middle champ [in his age group] School, gets ready for a shot at Whitin Community Center under the Noah Ratcliffe led the 12-year- watchful eye of her father, Selectman James Marzec. olds by netting 9 of 15, and 13- year-old Erick Foglio was 12 0f 15. In the 14-year-old bracket, Mikaela Bernard led the pack with 9 of 15. The next stop for the seven winners comes at 10 a.m. Saturday, March 7, at the St. Louis Middle School in Webster. Basketball shot- makers from all 11 Blackstone Valley towns and from the Webster and Southbridge region will vie in Webster. Survivors of that shootout will be eligible to go on to the state finals April 7 at Holy Cross College in Worcester. Beyond looms internation- al competition. Tim Claflin, of Uxbridge, uses the squat rack while friend Mark “It was fabulous,” said Gallagher, of Uxbridge, looks on. Cassie of the free throw con- test at Whitin Center. “Our Tim Claflin and Mark outside, but everything’s goal is to provide an activity Gallagher, both of Uxbridge, frozen.” for kids.” worked the big weights. Wayne Skudera said he Each winner at the Whitin Claflin tried a few lifts on the walks, but does more with Center received a plaque, squat rack. weights than his wife does. Cassie said. Regina and Wayne Skudera Over at the Olympic pool, In another part of Whitin took a long walk without con- light played on the surface of Center, people lifted weights, cern about snow banks and the water, catching swim- ran on a treadmill, or did reps ice. They used treadmills. mers doing laps at a steady with small weights. “I aim for two miles,” said pace and kids jumping in to Mrs. Skudera. “I usually walk make a big splash.

Left: Gallagher is reflected in mirror as he works out. Above: Also last weekend at WCC, families enjoy swimming time.

UXBRIDGE HIGH SCHOOL’S JANUARY SENIORS OF THE MONTH Jaime Lepizzera Shawn Robinson Jaime Lepizzera does not look for accolades or recog- Shawn Robinson is a quiet yet determined leader at nition of the person that she has become. Uxbridge High School. When asked, teachers describe Jaime as a strong, con- His academic, personal and social growth over the fident young woman who has her priorities in place. past four years has been acknowledged by staff mem- Academically she carries a solid B grade point average. bers and peers alike. Shawn carries a high B average, She takes her studies seriously and has geared her earning him Honor Roll status for the past six semesters. recent classes towards her desire to pursue a career in His smart, fun and creative personality is welcomed in criminal justice. She is responsible, dependable and ded- the classroom. He knows how to bring “life to a class” in icated. She is as much of a team player as she is capable a positive and productive manner. These leadership to work independently.Jaime is someone who can prior- skills can also be found in the athletic arena. itize and can put perspective on the important things in A four-year member of the football, basketball and ten- life. Because Jaime has dedicated herself to supporting nis teams, Shawn’s commitment to excellence is respect- her mentally challenged brother who needs assistance ed by his coaches and his teammates. He has become a on a daily basis, she has not had time to be active in most confident student-leader who is able to work with others of the extra-curricular activities offered at UHS. This without having to sacrifice his own principles. This is a responsibility has fostered Jaime’s maturity in many key reason why Shawn has been named captain of both ways that high school students do not understand. She is the basketball and tennis teams this year. Shawn has conscientious, carries positive energy and is a genuinely also performed community service for St, Mary’s nice person. Vacation Bible School as well as the UHS Holiday Party. With these characteristics Jaime has all the skills to Shawn is a well-rounded student who values opportu- Jaime Lepizzera find challenges and success in all of her future endeav- Shawn Robinson nities to lead as well as learn from. His Spartan spirit is ors. Jaime’s steadfast poise and caring demeanor will be a welcome commodity in the halls of UHS. missed at UHS this spring when Jaime graduates. Everyday she lives our school mission of developing responsible citizens with a desire for life long learning. 12 • Friday, February 6, 2009 BLACKSTONE VALLEY TRIBUNE SPORTS Strong second half enough for Northbridge

IN BATTLE OF THE RAMS, SHEPHERD HILL BESTED

BY NICK ETHIER shots in the first half, and SPORTS STAFF WRITER that’s not good for us. He NORTHBRIDGE — The needs to get touches inside.” first half of the Shepherd Hill Getting the ball inside vs. Northbridge game opened up the perimeter Saturday,Jan. 31 was as back- game, as sophomore guard and-forth as you can get. The Cory Pryor hit three 3-point- Hill had a four-point lead ers in the second half, and after one quarter (16-12) and a scored a game-high 23 points. one-point advantage at half- “He’s a very good shooter,” time (29-28). Baker said of Pryor. “He’s Minor adjustments from coming off a lot of injuries. Northbridge were the differ- He’s getting stronger.” ence in the second half, as “Pryor just burned us,” Nick Ethier photos they scored 45 points in the Shepherd Hill coach Duane Top left: Shepherd Hill and Northbridge players hit the floor to come up final 16 minutes for a 73-60 Corriveau said. with the loose ball. Above: Ryan Begreen (22) can't catch up to this victory. With Hippert touching the Northbridge player, who attempts a 3-point shot. Big man Casey Hippert got ball more, and finishing with more touches down low and 19 points and 10 rebounds, defender Tyrell Damon Northbridge won third quar- seven rebounds. game. In order to beat a good improved his play on ter scoring, 23-17, and fourth Another determining fac- team, you need a little help. Shepherd Hill’s Ryan quarter scoring, 22-14. tor in the outcome of the We can’t be in foul trouble.” Begreen. Northbridge’s other big game was the foul situation “I think that maybe we ran “We had to play better D in man, Zach Zidelis, added 17 in the second half. out of gas,” he added, citing the second half,” Northbridge points. Northbridge was in the dou- that multiple players were in coach Paul Baker said. “I Begreen began the game on ble bonus for most of the the game battling sickness. thought Begreen did what he fire for Shepherd Hill, scoring fourth quarter, as Shepherd Northbridge improved its wanted (in the first half). I his team’s first 10 points. Hill picked up multiple fouls record to 13-2, and was on a thought in the second half Three more in the second on reaches and pushes. 12-game winning streak after Tyrell did a much better job quarter gave him 13 at inter- Northbridge was only called starting the season 1-2. on him. mission, but he was limited to for four fouls in the second Shepherd Hill (9-6), mean- “I thought we did a better nine points in the second half half. while, stood one win away job inside in the second half,” to finish with 22. “We got in all kinds of foul from qualifying for the post- Baker continued. “I think Teammate Brian Westgate trouble,” Corriveau said. season tournament. A Shepherd Hill defender can't stop Northbridge's Zach Zidelis from (Hippert) only took a few chipped in with 21 points and “That’s part of the basketball scoring two of his 17 points. Pioneers kick off second half with Bartlett rout

BY NICK ETHIER points on the Indians, winning quarter scoring, 19-10. SPORTS STAFF WRITER Martinez hit his third trey of the game, and had 15 WEBSTER — The Southbridge boys’ basketball team has points at intermission. already qualified for postseason play, but they have shown no The third quarter was where the Pioneers broke the signs of slowing down. game wide open, outscoring Bartlett, 28-11. Three min- Instead, they have many goals to accomplish heading into utes into the frame DeLeon dodged a defender and hit a February. The Pioneers want a high seed in the District and lay-up. Moments later, he stole the ball cleanly from an Clark Tournaments, respectively, and there’s the opportunity Indian guard and hit another breakaway lay-up. That to take the Southern Worcester County League West title. four-point swing doubled up Bartlett, 52-26. Southbridge won another game Jan. 27 against SWCL West After a time out, Vega drained another 3-pointer to rival Bartlett, helping its chances in seeding and league rank- give Southbridge a 15-4 run to start the quarter. ing. The Pioneers never trailed, and rolled to an 82-50 victory With the score now 61-31, and the Indians threatening of the Indians in front of a large, boisterous crowd. on the offensive side, Southbridge’s Angel Colon swat- “Today we just said to ourselves, ‘We need to send a mes- ted an attempted post move, sending the Southbridge sage,’” senior point guard Jose DeLeon said. “Every team is faithful to their collective feet. basically ready for us.” “We’re playing better,” Pioneers coach Bob Fowler DeLeon posted a game-high 19 points, and was a main con- said of his 11-2 squad. “The good thing is we’re using a tributor in the impressive first quarter, which saw the lot of kids. We have to continue this.” Pioneers jump out to a 9-2 lead just two minutes into play. It Martinez finished with 18 points, while Vega had 16 was 21-12 Southbridge after the opening quarter. points and nine rebounds. Richie Alcantara also con- Victor Martinez hit two 3-pointers in the first, with DeLeon tributed with eight points. and Jose Vega each draining one. For Bartlett (4-10), Nick Kobel was their leading scor- Mike Agbortoko did his job on the glass, collecting five of his er with 11 points. Jesse Bond had nine, and Bob seven rebounds in the first quarter. Mitchell scored eight. The second quarter saw Southbridge gain another nine Fowler was pleased with the roster, from top to bot- tom. “Our starting five (DeLeon, Martinez, Vega, Hashian Rosario and Nathan Power) played well,” he said. “After that, no matter who we put in they did the job. We rebounded well (43-37 Southbridge), we didn’t have many turnovers Northbridge High School for- (only three Bartlett team steals), we had a ward Casey Hippert, who ton of steals (12), we scored 19 points and grabbed 10 shot very well from the rebounds in a win last week floor. This may be our Shawn Kelley photos best shooting night.” Bartlett’s Andrew Trottier makes a shot. over Shepherd Hill. Fowler cited a few key role players who ting a tremendous amount of playing time. He’s stepping up may not be in the starting line- big. Vontilen Rosario, he’s playing well. Colon’s playing very up, but contribute with big well. We’re getting good backup people.” Y minutes each game. And DeLeon and Fowler know that this team can keep win- “Agbortoko was hurt all sea- ning. B son last year,” he said. “This is “Positioning for Clark, Districts (and) trying to win the really his first full season. He’s SWCL title … be a high seed for everything,” DeLeon said. playing really well. Richie “We have to go in, play our style, force the tempo of the Alcantara did not get much game,” Fowler added. “We’re chasing that SWCL title.” playing time last year. He’s get-

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AUBURN KEEPS SPARTANS TO ONLY 10 POINTS IN FIRST HALF

BY NICK ETHIER SPORTS STAFF WRITER UXBRIDGE — The Uxbridge girls’ basketball team was down 13 points — 32-19 — to start the fourth quarter against Auburn Jan. 30. But the Spartans were able to rally off 15 points in the final eight minutes, compared to the Rockets’ two. The 38-34 Uxbridge victory improved their record to 9-5, inching them closer to securing a spot in the Central Mass. tournament. Ten wins is the magic number to qualify. “We weren’t hitting any shots that we were taking,” Uxbrdige coach Dean Tourangeau explained about the first half, which saw the Spartans net only 10 points. “(But) the game isn’t over at halftime.” The first quarter was played under a slow pace that only featured a combined three field goals by both teams. Auburn led after the first eight-minute frame, 7-4. The Rockets then picked up the offense, slightly, in the second quar- ter. They were able to score 11 points in the frame, compared to the Spartans’ six. At the half Auburn led, 18-10. The Rockets played a solid third quarter, outscoring Uxbridge 14-9. Brittany Gabrielian drained a 3- pointer, and then hit a running lay- up on the next possession. With just under four to play in the frame, Auburn was up double digits, 23-13. Chloe Patterson then got in on the action, sinking a 3-pointer and put- ting the Rockets up 13. “I had my doubts early in the sec- ond half when (Auburn) hit two threes and stretched the lead,” Tourangeau said. “Then they came back and broke our press and had two lay-ups.” Despite the hardships of the first three quarters, the Spartans turned everything around in the fourth to pick up the victory. Libbi Richardson inched Uxbridge closer with 5:30 to go, hit- ting a trey from the top of the key, and making the deficit four points (32-28). Then, with three minutes to play, Stephanie Seagrave hit a baseline jumper, putting the Spartans two Nick Ethier photos points down, 34-32. After one free throw each from Clockwise from top: An Auburn player races upcourt with the ball through traffic of Shannon Morton and Laura Bishop other Rockets and Spartans. Stephanie Seagrave releases the ball to a teammate, to tie the game, Richardson sunk with Auburn’s Johanna Annunziata defending. Auburn coach Joe Hurley gives point- another 3-pointer with just under a ers to his team. minute to go, giving Uxbridge the lead for good, 37-34. Joe Hurley said. “Every time we’ve lingering, there isn’t much room for sensational game. Gabrielian, Richardson (10 points, five “We made the plays when we had had an opportunity to give a game error left for the Rockets. Patterson and Gina Lirange also rebounds) were strong in the fourth to,” Tourangeau said. “They willed away we’ve always sucked it up and “We have to win four games,” had good games for Auburn, with quarter. themselves to win.” won the game. Tonight we probably Hurley noted. “We’re going to do it.” each scoring nine points. “Sometimes we’re not too artistic, The heartbreaking loss dropped had four turnovers in the last Despite the loss, Hurley said for- Tourangeau said the efforts from but they do play hard,” Tourangeau Auburn’s record down to 6-9. minute of the game.” ward Omeche Idoko (six points, 11 Bishop (12 points, six rebounds), said of his team. “It was our game to win,” coach And with postseason aspirations rebounds and three steals) played a Seagrave (five points) and HIGH SCHOOL NOTEBOOK

MONDAY, JAN. 26 third quarter as they raced to a 33-25 lead Senior Laura Bishop (12 points, six rebounds), Athletic League. entering the final quarter. Uxbridge came sophomore Libbi Richardson (12 points), sen- • Shepherd Hill 62, Bartlett 37 — Megan Grafton 43, Uxbridge 36 — The Lady alive behind senior Jake Storey early in the ior Lindsay McQuade (four steals, four Boutillette was able to score 12 points to lead Spartans dropped a tough Southern fourth and tied the score at 34-34. Grafton’s rebounds) and sophomore Shannon Morton the Rams past the Indians. Worcester County League East game to the Mark Bradshaw, second leading scorer in the (eight points) paced the Spartans. Bartlett’s high scorers were Kristen host Indians. Both teams struggled in the first SWCL East and scoreless in the game, hit back • Southbridge 66, Quaboag 56 — The Cameron and Bryana Poulin, who each had 11 quarter as Grafton took an early 7-3 lead at to back 3-pointers around a Chris Resker lay- Pioneers were able to edge past the Cougars points. break. Uxbridge fought their way and trailed up and Grafton jumped to a 42-34 lead. The thanks in large part to Jose DeLeon’s game- Shepherd Hill improved to 13-1 (6-1 SWCL 17-15 at halftime. Both teams played even to Spartans dug in and took the lead at 47-45 as high 22 points. Victory Martinez and Hashian West), while Bartlett fell to 6-9 (3-5). start the second half and were tied 25-25 head- Storey,Dan Tessier and Pat McCrohan hit key Rosario both chipped in with 10 points. • Gardner 51, Tantasqua 43 — The visiting ing into the fourth quarter. With Grafton con- jumpers. With time running out, Grafton’s Sean Ramsey led Quaboag with 13 points. Tantasqua swim team lost a close match to the trolling the boards and hitting their foul shots Dave McDonough sent the game into OT, hit- • Westborough 96, Tantasqua 72 — Even Gardner squad. Winners for the Warriors down the stretch they were able to pick up the ting two free throws. McDonough scored six though the Warriors tasted defeat, Katie include Devinne Aquadro in the 50- and 100- victory. Senior Ashley Ostrem (nine points), points in the last minute to keep the Grafton Stebbins won two races, including the 200- meter freestyle, Roy Cloutier in the 100-meter sophomore Shannon Morton (eight points) hopes alive. Grafton dominated the overtime meter IM and 100-meter backstroke. Roy breaststroke, and the 200-meter freestyle relay and senior Laura Bishop (five points, five period, as the Spartans were forced to foul. Cloutier took home the 100-meter breast- team of Katie Sotar, Luis McKinstry, Tiffany rebounds) stood out for Uxbridge (7-5, 4-2 Grafton outscored the Spartans 14-4 at the foul stroke. Weldon and Drew Fuchs. Tantasqua next par- SWCL East). line to seal the deal. Uxbridge (5-9, 1-5 SWCL ticipated in the League Championship Meet FRIDAY, JAN. 30 TUESDAY, JAN. 27 East) was led by Tessier (19 points) and Storey Tuesday, Feb. 3. (17 points). • Bay Path 41, Hudson Catholic 34 — The Grafton 58, Uxbridge 49 (OT) — Facing the All scores in the High School Notebook have WEDNESDAY, JAN. 29 Minutemen were able to overcome a 10-point senior-laden Indians in a Southern Worcester deficit with a great fourth quarter, netting 17 been submitted by local coaches. To have your County League East match-up, the Spartans • Uxbridge 52, Leicester 24 — The host Lady points to Hudson Catholic’s six. school’s results included, e-mail information to dropped a thriller in overtime. Uxbridge took Spartans ran their record to 8-5 (4-2 in the Nicole Primavera led Bay Path with 12 the Sports Department at sports@stonebridge- the early lead, 10-9, at the first break. Grafton’s Southern Worcester County League East) as points, while Sam Parker had 10, Elizabeth press.com, or leave a message on the Sports height worked to their advantage in the paint they coasted over the Wolverines. Colon nine, and Karla St. Laurent six. Line at (508) 909-4133. as they grabbed a 24-19 lead at halftime. Uxbridge led at all the stops and never saw The Minutemen now have an overall record Grafton continued to control the boards in the their lead shrink throughout the contest. of 11-4, including a 6-4 mark in the Colonial Local students collect 1,000 pairs of shoes for charity

NORTHBRIDGE — Northbridge High total of 1,079 pairs of shoes. our community has a great heart and this appreciation for the responsibilities of citi- School seniors Joseph Susienka and Casey “Most of us have lots of shoes we no just underscores it.” zenship in our free, competitive enterprise Petersen have teamed up with Soles4Souls, longer wear,” said Petersen. “According to Susienka and Petersen completed the system. an international charity dedicated to pro- one estimate, more than one billion pair of campaign as their senior year DECA public The two will be presenting their project viding free footwear to people in desperate shoes lay idle in American closets from relations project. DECA is the only nation- to a panel of judges drawn from business, need with astonishing results. coast to coast. In spite of that, there are al student organization operating through education and government at the Susienka and Petersen ran a shoe drive in millions of people both in the United States the nation’s schools to attract young people Massachusetts state competition, which the Northbridge school system to raise and around the world in desperate need of to careers in marketing, management, and occurs March 5-7 in Boston. awareness and collect shoes for Tennessee- footwear.” entrepreneurship. Its purposes are (1) to The Northbridge High School chapter based Soles4Souls. Between the school dis- “We are so pleased with the reaction and develop a respect for education, which will advisor is faculty member Susan Palmer- trict’s four schools during a two month results of our project” said Susienka. “As contribute to occupational competencies, Howes. long campaign, they managed to collect a lifelong residents of Northbridge, we know and (2) to promote understanding and 14 • Friday, February 6, 2009 BLACKSTONE VALLEY TRIBUNE VALLEY NOTEBOOK Uxbridge town manager designee reviewing contract

BY ANDY LEVIN to him by the Board of Selectmen, The Blackstone Valley Chamber Smith. Jump-a-thon this week (Feb. 2-6) as TRIBUNE STAFF WRITER Kuros said, though he hadn’t thor- of Commerce (BVCC) will honor “Given the nature of the econo- part of an effort to raise money for REGION — Uxbridge Selectmen oughly reviewed it as of Monday Presidents Day by hosting area my right now, this is a very timely the American Heart Association Chairman Kevin Kuros said evening. business leaders at its Wednesday, topic and an innovative approach (AHA). Monday that the man selected to be Szlosek, who is an attorney, told Feb. 11 breakfast meeting at to offer advice on ways to continue The youngsters collected dona- that community’s next town man- Kuros he would contact him with Pleasant Valley Country Club on business as usual,” BVCC tions for AHA by jumping rope dur- ager appears to have adjusted his any questions or issues regarding Armsby Road (off Route 146) in President Jeannie Hebert said. “It ing physical education class. personal schedule in order to expe- the contract. Selectmen are offer- Sutton. is just one more way we can sup- “They are also jumping to keep dite his arrival on the job. ing Szlosek a one-year contract A panel comprised of several port each other to ensure the suc- their hearts strong as well as to Selectmen voted last month to with an annual salary of approxi- business presidents and CEOs will cess of the Blackstone Valley busi- learn jump rope skills,” Taft offer the town manager post to mately $90,000, plus benefits. The take part in “Ask the Presidents,” ness community.” Assistant Principal Lori Fafard Michael Szlosek, of Ludlow. He one-year term would go into effect which will include a question and Admission to the breakfast is $20 said. would succeed Town Manager Jill at the start of fiscal year 2010 on answer session. The business lead- for pre-registered BVCC members, Fafard said physical education Myers, whose contract was not July 1 and would be preceded by ers will begin the forum by speak- $25 for members at the door, $30 for teachers Bonnie Dimmick and Pam renewed by the board. Myers’ last what essentially amounts to a pro- ing about their companies, how pre-registered non-members and Seagrave coordinated this year’s day on the job will be no later than bationary period. they have succeeded over the years $35 for non-members at the door. event and that several parent vol- Feb. 21. Selectmen have expressed hope and how they plan to remain The breakfast begins at 7:30 a.m. unteers turned ropes so that the Kuros said Szlosek was vacation- that by going with a series of one- strong during a period of economic For more information, call the students could jump “Double ing in Florida with his family this year contracts they will find a good turmoil. BVCC at (508) 234-9090, or register Dutch” style. week, a trip that was moved up to fit for the position and then renew Panelists will include Koopman online at Taft began participating in ostensibly eliminate any conflict the deal each year. Lumber Company’s Tony www.blackstonevalley.org. AHA’s Jump Rope for Heart in 1997, with his starting work at Town Szlosek served for several years Brookhouse, Allcare Medical after a third-grader at the school Hall the third week of this month. as Ludlow’s town manager. Supplies’ Bill Fredericks, Lampin TAFT SCHOOL JUMPING died from a heart condition. Since The manager-designee has Corporation’s Rick Mongeau, and Taft Elementary School in 1997, the Taft School has raised received a draft contract forwarded CHAMBER HOSTS W.B. Smith Financial Services’ Bill almost $112,000 through the event. PRESIDENTS Uxbridge held its 12th annual Relentless winter makes impact on wildlife

ld Man Winter has decided to stay hunt because they had their wings clipped, around for an extended period of time which made them unable to fly. O this year with out a break, although a New York’s rearing pens are not covered in bit warmer temperatures have been predict- the winter because of damage to them from ed for this week. heavy snow. Clipping the wings solved that The extreme problem. Sportsmen must be furious! cold and crust- • Ice fishing opportunities are endless in ed snow has the Bay State and anglers are taking every THE GREAT been hard on chance they have to enjoy the great outdoors OUTDOORS wildlife and on their favorite body of water. food for them • Upcoming ice derbies include the Lake has been Chauncy annual in Westborough, Saturday, RALPH extremely hard Feb 7, sponsored by A-1 Bassmasters. Call TRUE to find. Deer Marc Bourque at (508) 533-5393 for more have been wan- information. dering into The first annual Nipmuc Ice Derby will be many back yards of local residents and eat- held Feb. 8 by the Mendon Pond Association. ing many of their expensive trees and bush- Call Jerry’s Bait & Tackle for more informa- es. During their search for food, many deer tion, (508) 473-9748. are being struck by automobiles. Wild turkeys are also ganging up on The Mass. Bow Association will hold its numerous residents who thought it was annual banquet on Saturday evening, March great to feed them and enjoy their daily vis- 7, at the Elks Lodge in Franklin. Call Jerry’s its. Now many have had enough of the Bait & Tackle for more information and tick- pesky birds as they roost on car hoods and ets. This is a big night with good food, enter- block residents from gaining entry to there tainment and raffles that could have you homes. Some birds have become extremely winning a great hunting trip. aggressive in protecting their territory and • A free basic hunter safety course will be This week’s picture is of Scottie and George Blanchard ice fishing on a pond in Whitinsville this past have actually attacked residents. Feeding held at the Whitinsville Fish & Game Club Sunday. wildlife should not be practiced, but if you on March 9,10, 11 and 18, starting at 5:30 p.m. do you should be committed to feeding them You must attend all classes to receive your tact Catherine Williams at the office of week and the show will run Feb. 5-8. throughout the entire winter as they become certificate, which is required for all first- Energy & Environmental Affairs, (617) 626- Planning a hunting or fishing trip this year dependant on that food source. That can time hunters. No excuses for missing any 1809. or just hanging out at the show to talk with become very expensive as my wife and I classes. The class will be taught by Ed • The Singletary Rod & Gun Club in Oxford old friends, meet the pros, or attend a semi- know. We have a couple of bird feeders near Pokornicki and Ron Harney. Call (978) 632- will start its winter meat raffles on Feb. 8 nar, this is the absolute place to be to cure our picture window, as we enjoy watching 7648 for pre- registration. and they are open to the public. The gigantic cabin fever. numerous species of birds visit them on a • Mass. bear hunting results netted 79 meat raffles will have six tables of meat and If you miss this show you will not need to daily basis and they are filled on a daily bears in September and 22 in November. One a lobster table. An early bird special will be wait long to hit the next show, which will be basis. Can spring be far behind? bear weighed in at 350 pounds and was taken held from 1-2 p.m. Future dates are March 1, at the Big E in Springfield. This show starts • New York has taken some extreme meas- with a rifle. The largest bear taken with a April 5, May 3 and June 7. Come on down! on Feb 19, and runs through Feb. 22. It has ures on bird hunting in that state. They have bow weighed in at 285 pounds. All of the • Recreational saltwater regulations for many of the best displays of the latest hunt- ordered all state run pheasant farms to close, weights were dressed weights. summer fluke have been finalized for ing and fishing equipment under one roof thus curtailing any future pheasant pro- • The Patrick administration has released Massachusetts and Rhode Island and they and also has the latest in Marine products. grams in the state. The hundreds of pheas- a $3.5 million award in grants to protect 1,150 are as follows: Mass. 17 1/5” five fish daily Seminars of all kinds are available to every ant that had been held for future breeding acres of land, which includes farmland and limit from June 10 to Aug. 15; Rhode Island, hunter and fisherman, whether you are a for 2009 stockings were sent to a facility to be forest across the state. This involves proper- 20” 7 fish daily from Jan. 1to Dec. 31. pro or just getting started. Don’t miss it! processed and donated to a food pantry in ties in Grafton, Worcester and six other • It is time for the Toyota Eastern Fishing Take a Kid Fishing and Keep them Rods New York. The birds could not be released to cities and towns. For more information, con- & Outdoor Exposition to open its doors this Bending!

Care Reform Law of 2006, which created the Connector nomic pain of being laid off. Authority. He was also an integral part of the Health Care Recognizing this, Moore is pushing for residents to contact the Moore urges residents to examine Quality and Cost Containment Law that was passed in 2008. Commonwealth Connector Authority through their Website at One of the options available to people who become unem- http://www.mahealthconnector.org/portal/site/connector/, or low-cost health insurance ployed is the federally enacted Consolidated Omnibus Budget by calling 1-877-MA-ENROLL. Workers who have been laid off Reconciliation Act, otherwise known as COBRA. Part of COBRA qualify for Commonwealth Care, or a comparable plan through REGION — During this period of economic downturn, many covers employees who have been laid off, and need to continue the assistance of the Commonwealth Choice program. Any individuals across the country are being laid off — faced with an their health insurance. While COBRA provides relief for the plans through the Authority will be markedly less than COBRA indeterminable amount of time as to when they may find newly unemployed, individuals who are part of the COBRA plan and many private options, and will help ease the financial bur- employment again. typically have to pay their full premium, as it is not subsidized by den that the unemployed may be experiencing. Additionally,the Part of the pressures felt by people and their families are the their former employer. According to a report issued by the Commonwealth Connector will provide assistance for anyone costs of utilities, food, and health insurance. Recognizing this, Commonwealth Fund, persons who are part of the COBRA plan who has been laid off, and is having a difficult time maintaining Sen. Richard Moore, D-Uxbridge, is urging his constituents and need assistance in paying almost 80 percent of their insurance. health insurance. Massachusetts residents to examine all of their options when COBRA requires employers to continue to offer employees For more information, please contact Timothy Greene in seeking health insurance coverage after unemployment. health care plans at a group rate, which is significantly less than Moore’s State House office at (617) 722-1420. “Health care can be difficult to pay for when people are what an individual would pay employed, never mind having to face payments when you are through a private insurance unemployed,” said Moore. “I urge every person who has been provider. However, without the laid off to utilize the services of the Massachusetts premium subsidies offered by Commonwealth Connector Authority, which may be able to an employer, it still remains an assist you in finding a health care plan you can afford.” exorbitant cost for someone Moore, who is Senate chairman of the Health Care Financing who is experiencing the eco- Committee, was a key architect of the Massachusetts Health BLACKSTONE VALLEY TRIBUNE Friday, February 6, 2009 • 15 Dance benefit forges local bond with soldiers USOT continued from page A1 program with a pizzazz not far short of an old-time Virginia tobacco auctioneer’s. “The group will have been together six years this month,” Diane Moriarty said. She and her husband have a son who is an Army sergeant who has returned from Iraq, and another who is going through basic training at Quantico, Va. Asked what kinds of goods the troops in Iraq prefer, Michael Damon, a Marine vet- eran of the Gulf War and also of the current war in Iraq, said it is the spirit of thinking enough to send troops some- thing that counts more than any particular object. “It’s not about what you send,” Damon stressed. “It’s the fact you sent it. Damon said he was in Iraq most recently in 2005-06. Helping David Moriarty and Linda Simonds with the raffle was Polly Crawford, and Maureen Cleary, of Uxbridge, and her twin sister, Kathy Tighe, of Sutton. Diane Moriarty said 10 fam- ilies at the event have some- one in Iraq. “Others [families] have had Thomas Mattson photos family members there [in the Above: The VFW held a full house. Below left: David Moriarty served as master of ceremonies. Below right: Veterans posed at USOT’s dance last weekend: Angel Mesquitta, Barbara past],” she said. Poulin, Michael Damon, Andrew Simonds, Don Letourneau, James Miller, Richard Christensen, Glenn Moody, Fred Traverse, Dave Labrie, Matt Chapdelaine, Pat Fettuccia, Santo She explained last Saturday’s Mazzarelli, Dennis Seely, Mike Comfort, Ralph True, Henry Stefanick, Richard Decelles. event expressed “the care and concern of citizens for our fighting men and women.” The group started off six years ago, she said, with Barbara Harris, Linda Simonds, Dennis Seely, in the Seabees Reserve, Donna Featherstone and the Moriartys. Diane Moriarty said her older son Kevin was with the Stryker Division, 24th Infantry, in Mosul, Iraq, dur- ing 2004-05. Their younger son Andrew, doing his basic training, is in the Army Reserve. “We try to package some- thing monthly [to send to troops in Iraq],” Mrs. Moriarty said. “Many organi- zations have come together to work with us.” Among them are members of the American Legion, the VFW, Boy Scouts Girl Scouts, women’s groups, and others, she said. “Fox News found only one other group in the state like ours,” Mrs. Moriarty said. “Our organization would not work without donations,” she added. Goods to be sent to troops in Iraq may be dropped off at the Town Hall, she said. The Pitch group’s Website is www.uxbridgesupport- sourtroops.com. Asked why he wants to return to Iraq, Damon said it’s to help his comrades in any League way he can. Nearly 20 veterans from different wars Starts Monday Night responded to requests to stand together for pictures. Feb. 9, 7:00 pm

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Together the four musicians of Pucker have one goal: to create a Above: The Mayocks. Right: Pucker great time playing what the people want to hear. Bathing the listener (drums) and Dennis Fancher (gui- • Stone Lily, 9 p.m., The Pump with harmonies, hooks, and raw tar) they create a “rural cosmopoli- House, Southbridge for Josh Peterson), 8 p.m., Valley Mohegun Sun Casino, Uncasville, CT energy, Pucker has more than 70 tan.” sound, blending folk, rock, • Radio Ranch Band, 8 p.m., Wales Springs Sports club, North years of collective experience country, and R&B. In 2009 they plan Country Lounge, Holland Rd., Wales Grosverdale, CT WEDNESDAY, FEB. 11 throughout New England. Their to travel more to try to reach a larg- • Yankee Dogs, 8:30 p.m., The • Becky Chace, 8 p.m., The Vanilla • Steve Willey,8:30 to 11:30 p.m., TJ dynamic approach and commitment er audience. Village Lounge, Route 171, Bean Cafe, Pomfret, CT O’Brien’s, Sturbridge, Mass. to a great live show has rewarded Explain the brothers, “We have to Woodstock, CT • Curtis Brand, 8 pm, Victoria • RAM, 9 p.m., Lucky’s, Foster, R.I. them with an impressive following court the audience, introduce our- • RAM, 9 p.m., Altones, Jewitt Station Cafe, 91 Main Street, • Sugar, 7 p.m., Wolf Den, of avid fans. The band constantly selves and keep people coming City, CT Putnam, CT Mohegun Sun Casino, Uncasville, strives to maintain that perfect bal- back.” • Southside Johnny and the • Mark Renburke, 9:30 pm, The CT ance of chemistry needed to form a Learn more at Astbury Jukes, 8 p.m., Wolf Den, Gold Eagle, 8 Tracy Road, Dayville, truly entertaining rock band. www.themayocks.com. Mohegan Sun Casino, Uncasville, CT THURSDAY, JAN FEB. 12 Don’t miss the fun and mayhem CT • Johnny Winter, 8 p.m., Wolf • Bill McCarthy’s Open Mic this Saturday at The Pump House in FRIDAY, FEB. 6 Den, Mohegun Sun Casino, (upstairs), 8 p.m., TJ O’Brien’s, Southbridge. Visit SATURDAY, FEB. 7 Uncasville, CT • Terry Brennan, 9 p.m., Fiddler’s Sturbridge, Mass. myspace.com/puckerrokz for more Green, Worcester • Jim Perry,Spruce Street Tavern, • Dean Bagley, 7 to 10 p.m., Point about the band. SUNDAY, FEB. 8 • Bill McCarthy & His Guitar, The 8 p.m., Clinton Breeze, Webster, Mass. Also happening in Southbridge on Galway Bay Irish Pub, 186 Stafford • Tall Heights, 8 p.m., Assumption • Blues Jam w/Jim Perry, 4 p.m., • Songwriter Sessions w/Lisa Saturday, The Mayocks play The St., Worcester College Pub, Worcester. Greendale’s Pub, Worcester Martin, 7 p.m., The Vanilla Bean Cannery Music Hall at 12 Crane • Gary Bernath Band, 9 p.m., • Bill McCarthy & His Guitar, 8 • Maria Sangiolo, 4 p.m., The Cafe, Pomfret, CT Street. Gilrein’s, Worcester p.m., Junior’s Pizza Grille, Vanilla Bean Cafe, Pomfret, CT • Jay Dempsey & Highway Call, 7 Hailing from Granby, Conn. the • Ed Dave & T, 7:30 p.m., Worcester • Crystal Shawanda, 7 p.m., Wolf p.m., Wolf Den, Mohegun Sun group has been around nearly a Greendale’s Pub, Worcester • Old School, 7:30 p.m., Den, Mohegan Sun Casino, Casino, Uncasville, CT decade and has produced three criti- • The Howl, Bow Thayer & The Greendale’s Pub, Worcester Uncasville, CT If you’re a live act that would like to cally acclaimed albums. This “band Perfect Trainwreck and the Dirty • BYOBlues, 9 p.m., Gilrein’s, be featured, know of someone else who of brothers” sure knows how to MONDAY, FEB. 9 Truckers, 8 p.m., Lucky Dog, Worcester is, or simply want to let us know about craft a tune; siblings John Mayock Worcester • The Sam James Band, • Open Mic, 8 pm, Dark Horse an upcoming gig, e-mail me at the and brother Tim have a bond that is • Dan & Steve of Weight of Skullfunked and Kung Fu Grip, 8 Tavern, 12 Crane Street, address below. Anything I get before the core of their music. John the Gravity, 10 p.m., Mill Street Brews, p.m., Lucky Dog, Worcester Southbridge Friday of each week will make the fol- (singer/songwriter/guitarist) and Southbridge • The Maycocks, 9 p.m., The lowing Friday’s paper.Keep the music Tim (bass and vocals) player create • Irish Session w/ The Pikey’s: Cannery, 12 Crane Street, TUESDAY, FEB. 10 live and not so quiet here in a musical gumbo that is one part Rose and Fred Higgins, Patrick Fyfe Southbridge • Bill McCarthy’s Open Mic, 7:30 Northeastern CT & Central MA! Newport Folk Fest, and two parts and Friends, 9 pm, Dark Horse • Pucker, 9 p.m., The Pump House, pm, Greendale’s Pub, Worcester Email Mark: Woodstock. Tavern, 12 Crane Street, Southbridge • Gotham, 7 p.m., Wolf Den, [email protected]. Together with Dennis Cotton Southbridge • Tongue and Groove (A Benefit Prevent cancer and keep your heart healthy this February

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Courtesy photos Winning cars from Session 2.

DERBY with them to some degree, so it’s an continued from page A1 opportunity for Mom or Dad to show them how an adult handles these things.” television series; another car promot- Kittredge gave a rundown of the ed environmentalism, a third featured local results: Logan Philbrick’s nee- working headlamps. dle-shaped car was dominant during The Scouts competed in two divi- the early rounds of the first session, sions, one for first- and second- but was narrowly defeated in the graders and another for students in finals by Peter Kittredge’s Boston grades 3-5. The youngsters raced two Bruins model. AJ Gagner’s red road- at a time using a double elimination ster took second place, followed by format. Unlike many activities for Philbrick and Chad Lamont. younger children, the Cub Scouts’ In the second division, Jacob Session 1 winners, from left, Logan Philbrick, Peter Kittredge and AJ Gagner. Pinewood Derby encourages rather Bodwell’s spider car took first place, intense competition. Indeed, many of followed by Carson Peters’ Scout the races last weekend were decided buggy and Colby Johnson’s wedge by half a car length or less. That, model in a tie for second and Brian Kittredge said, is one of the most Wildman’s pirate-themed car finish- important aspects of the event here. ing third. “Sportsmanship is one of the things Donald Murphy, a Cubmaster from we talk about a lot in Cub Scouts and it Manhattan Beach, Calif., created the gets put to the test here,” he said. “We Pinewood Derby in 1953. Since that still use head-to-head racing, not the time, the Cub Scouts estimate that ‘averaged time’ format used in some approximately 45 million boys have towns. That means there is a lot at participated in events across the coun- stake here in every single race.” try. The intensity of the races combined “Some of the dads here remember with all of the time and effort prepar- racing their own Pinewood derby cars ing for them can mean a lot of disap- when they were Cub Scouts,” said pointment for the boys on the losing Kittredge. “I think the appeal is the end. That is not, however, necessarily same today as it was when we were a negative thing, according to kids — the chance to build your own Kittredge. miniature racer and see it go head to “Those boys stay and cheer for their head against your friends’ in a real friends and den mates who are still competition.” racing,” he said. “It’s competition Kittredge thanked the many volun- between friends — win or lose they’ll teer parents and Boy Scouts who made be working together on a new activity this year’s Pinewood Derby possible. at the next den meeting. Also, it’s a win or loss their parents can share

Session 2 winners, from left, Jacob Bodwell, Carson Peters, Colby Johnson, and Brian Wildman.

NEWS BRIEFS Moore to donate part of cost of living raise Humane Society REGION — When Gov. Deval Patrick announced earlier this year that state legislators were entitled to a 5.5 percent cost of living increase, Sen. Richard Moore, D-Uxbridge, said he would donate this year’s raise to charities in his dis- trict. “While Joanne and I could certainly use the additional money to keep up with the cost of living, we didn’t feel that it was right to accept the money personally when so many people are hurting because of the economic recession,” Moore said. “Consequently,during the year I will be making donations to local charities that are helping to ease the impact of the hard times that we are all facing.” Moore has identified a variety of local charities such as food pantries, free medical clinics, dog and cat shelters, and youth centers that are meeting important local needs, but which may be struggling because of reductions in state fund- ing or charitable giving. In the coming months, as he receives the cost of living increase, he will announce the specific beneficiaries of the donations. As caretakers of five cats — three feral cats who arrived at their door and two who were given to them by people who could no longer care for the animals — Moore and his wife have a long history of helping distressed felines. Last year they donated to Hope for Animals in Bellingham and continue to encourage others to support this very worthwhile pro- gram. The group is urgently seeking a free or low rent location to relocate when their current lease expires in May. This month, the Moores will donate to the Milford Humane Society, and plan to make their donation during the group’s bake sale on Saturday, Feb. 7 at Stop & Shop in Milford. The sale will be held from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. “As President Obama has said, we’re living in a ‘new era of responsibility.’ I certainly hope that other concerned cit- izens will donate food items or money to this cause, and that others can patronize the food sale,” Moore said. Donations of baked goods or financial contributions are appreciated and can be dropped off by 10 a.m. the day of the sale. For more information on the sale, or to inquire about the cats and kittens in the shelter's care, call the shelter at (508) 473-7008. All proceeds from Milford Humane events benefit the shelter's residents.

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2009 (508) 909-4063 2 • Friday, February 6, 2009 BLACKSTONE VALLEY TRIBUNE CALENDAR MONDAY FEB. 10 BEANE, BARNATT NORTHBRIDGE — UMass Memorial health insurance counselors will explain programs, answer questions, and fill out and submit the TIE THE KNOT paperwork for health insurance from 6-8 p.m. at the Blackstone Valley Free Medical Program, Northbridge High School, 427 Linwood Ave., Whitinsville. Additional assis- tance includes applications for food stamps, Social Security/SSI, Medicare Part D and WIC. Appointments are not needed. For more information, call (508) 334-9300 or go to need- [email protected]. TUESDAY FEB. 10

SUTTON — The Sutton Women’s Club will have as its guest speaker Dennis Rice, execu- tive director of Alternatives of Whitinsville. Discussion will be on the “green” renovation NORTHBRIDGE — Lauren (Beane) Barnatt, daughter of the historic Whitin Mill and the programs of Mr. and Mrs. William Beane, of Whitinsville, and offered to individuals with disabilities. The Jason Barnatt, son of Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey, of meeting starts at 7 p.m. at the Sutton Senior Whitinsville, were married on Oct. 11, 2008, at The Center, 19 Hough Road and is open to all Harding-Allen Estate. women from Sutton and surrounding com- The bride was given in marriage by her father. Pastor munities. For more information, please con- Christopher Mitchell officiated the ceremony. tact Cynde Balazs (508) 865-2301. A reception followed in the gardens at the Harding- Allen Estate. The Barnatts honeymooned in St. Lucia and live in SATURDAY Whitinsville. FEB. 14

SUTTON — The First Congregational Church of Sutton will be hosting a Children must be 5 years of age on or before Vocational Technical High School in Upton. Benefits Service Center at 1-877-222 VETS dinner/dance at Pleasant Valley Country Sept. 1, 2009 to be eligible for entry into The TEAS test is part of the admissions (8387) or visit the VA health eligibility Club. The public is invited. Tickets are $75 kindergarten. requirement for students to be accepted into Website at www.va.gov/healtheligibility. each. Table reservations are available at $650 At the time of registration parents must pres- Valley Tech’s new, highly popular post-sec- for a group of 10, and $520 for a group of eight. ent a birth certificate, most recent physical ondary Practical Nursing Program, which is UXBRIDGE — When you’re finally done dig- The evening will begin with a cash bar cock- and an up-to-date immunization record. scheduled to open with its first class this fall. ging out your driveway after a long, snowy tail reception and complementary hors d’oeu- Prior to entering kindergarten, students The system has received prerequisite winter, get ready to “dig out” your old vres at 6 p.m. A four-course gourmet buffet must have the following immunizations: approval to develop a practical nursing pro- Hawaiian shirts and khaki’s for a dinner will be served at 7 p.m. Music will be 5 DPT (Diphtheria, Pertussis, Tetanus) gram for initial authorization from the “Margaritaville” themed Uxbridge provided by Music Sensations with DJ 4 OPV (Polio) Massachusetts Board of Registration in Superintendent’s Gala. Roberta Mandella. 2 MMR (Measles, Mumps, Rubella) Nursing. Come celebrate the beginning of spring at the Proceeds from the evening will benefit First 3 Hep-B (Hepatitis B) The TEAS Review courses will be offered in Crystal Lake golf course in North Smithfield, Congregational Church of Sutton. Lead test two sessions at Valley Tech. Mathematics will R.I. on Saturday, March 28. This is the fifth For tickets or reservations, please contact Varicella Vaccine (or medical documentation be held from 6-8 p.m. on Tuesday, Feb. 3. year the event has taken place, but the feel of Marie at First Congregational Church at (508) of having the chicken pox) Reading comprehension and test-taking the party will be much less formal than in 865-6914. The Mantoux (Tuberculosis) Test is highly strategies will be held from 6-8 p.m. on past years. recommended but not required for kinder- Thursday, Feb. 5. Each session is $25 and a The festivities will begin around 7 p.m. with garten minimum of 10 registrations is needed to dancing to the beat of a live band. Many deli- TUESDAY If you have a friend or relative who has an eli- hold the sessions. Students must register in cious appetizers will be on hand and a cash gible child, please bring this notice to their advance. For further information, please visit bar will be open for all you “Parrotheads.” As FEB. 17 attention. For planning purposes, it is impor- the Valley Tech Web site at in the past, a silent auction will have many tant that we have an accurate count of stu- www.valleytech.k12.ma.us or contact exciting items to bid on and will be a major UXBRIDGE — State Rep. Jennifer dents entering kindergarten. If you are Kathleen Ashe, Valley Tech’s LPN coordina- highlight of this fun-filled evening, which Callahan, D-Sutton, will host Java with unable to attend registration on this day, you tor, at (508) 529-7758, ext. 3122 during school will end around 11 p.m. Information about Jenny (monthly office hours), from 6-7 may call Northbridge Elementary School at day. ticket prices and times will be available in the p.m. at Mom’s Breakfast and Lunch. (508) 234-6346 to schedule an appointment to near future. Residents are welcome to visit with the register your child. UXBRIDGE — The regional animal control All proceeds from the gala benefit the representative to discuss issues or con- officer and the Board of Health are holding Uxbridge Education Foundation. The gala is cerns over a cup of coffee. If the Callahan the sixth annual rabies clinic at the the major UEF fundraising event of the year is unable to attend, a member of her staff Blackstone Valley Veterinary Hospital, and provides grant funding to supplement the will be present on her behalf. If this time SATURDAY Douglas Street, Uxbridge. The clinic will be district’s operating budget. The grant monies is inconvenient for you, please call her held from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Saturday,March are used to allocate funds to teachers and staff district office line at (508) 865-7788 to FEB. 28 21. There will also be a microchip clinic. Fee who are developing innovative approaches to schedule an appointment at your conven- UXBRIDGE — Massachusetts native Phil for the rabies shot is $10 per animal and the curriculum as well as to provide scholarships ience. Buck, biologist/explorer, is preparing for his fee for microchip insertion is $15 per animal. to graduating Uxbridge High School seniors. third ocean voyage, a 7,000-mile journey These clinics are open to all residents from The UEF is seeking help from local business- from Boston to Egypt aboard a primitive Uxbridge, Mendon and Douglas. es or private citizens to donate money,gift cer- SUNDAY reed ship. Buck will be sharing his knowledge Bring your most recent rabies certificates if tificates, gift baskets or any other appropriate at a 2 p.m. presentation at the Uxbridge Free you want the long-term rabies shots. items to the silent auction to help ensure a FEB. 22 Public Library. This program is free of successful night. Please contact Judi Lanoue charge and presented by a Massachusetts UXBRIDGE — The Young at Heart group of at (508) 278-8634 ext. 7110, or UXBRIDGE — Join Park Ranger Viola Cultural Council Grant and the Uxbridge Faith Fellowship Church will be taking two [email protected] with any dona- Bramel at West Hill Dam at 2 p.m. for a local Cultural Council. All ages are welcome. overnight trips this year — March 11-13 to tions. wildlife survey. Meet at the office located at Registration is not necessary. Indian Head Resort in New Hampshire and Tickets to the Superintendent’s Gala can be 518 East Hartford Avenue. Help enter our For more information, please contact Acting June 14-20 to Mackinac Island, Missouri. For purchased at the superintendent’s office, the data in the Annual Backyard Bird Count at Library Director Debra Young at (508) 278- more information, call Sue at (508) 476-3438. central office, the schools’ main offices or Cornell University. 8624. from any UEF member. Please call the super- Explore various habitats and the birds that NORTHBRIDGE — The Alpha introductory intendent’s office at (508) 278-8649. migrate or make their home in the pine course to Christianity begins Sunday,Feb. 1, groves, marshes, and other fabulous habitats UPCOMING/ONGOING at the Pleasant Street Church, 25 Cross St., NORTHBRIDGE — Fairlawn Christian of West Hill Dam. Participants should dress Whitinsville. The course is for people inter- Reformed Church is again partnering with for the weather, be prepared to hike about a NORTHBRIDGE — The Whitinsville ested in finding out what Christianity is all Calvin College in presenting “The January mile to the various sites, are welcome to bring Woman’s Club has scholarship applications about and for asking any and every question Series” via Webcast, weekdays through Jan. binoculars, pack a snack and water and may available for graduating seniors of an about God, the Bible or any aspect of the 27, from 12:30 to 1:30 p.m. Listen to highly bring snowshoes if conditions warrant. This accredited high school and a resident of Christian faith. acclaimed speakers inform and challenge you program will be cancelled for blizzard condi- Northbridge. The applications may be Each Alpha session begins with a free supper, each day on a different subject, event, and tions or heavy rain. Junior Rangers Level 2 obtained at the guidance office of followed by a video talk and small group dis- experience. This award-winning lecture earns wildlife credit. Scout troops welcome. Northbridge High School or Whitinsville cussion time. The program continues for 11 series is free to the public. Fairlawn is handi- Youth under the age of 18 please bring an Christian School. Students attending other weeks and runs from 5:30 to 8:15 p.m.. capped accessible and a nursery will be pro- adult. For more information, please call schools may call (508) 581-9766 or (508) 234- The non-denominational Alpha program is vided. Fairlawn is located at 305 Goldthwaite Bramel at (508) 278-2511, item 3 on menu. 3003. The three scholarships given annually for adults of all ages, and all are welcome. For Road in Whitinsville. For more information, are: Whitinsville Woman’s Club Scholarship more information or to register, please con- call (508) 234-2838. ($600); Viola White Walker Scholarship ($600); tact Judy in the church office at (508) 234-5268 WEDNESDAY Annette M. Keesen Scholarship ($600). All or via e-mail at [email protected], or visit UXBRIDGE — The town clerk’s office applications must be received by March 15. www.pscrc.org. announces that dog licenses for 2009 are FEB. 25 The Woman’s Club also has applications available. To get a license for your dog, you available for several other scholarships made REGION — For veterans struggling financial- must come to the town clerk’s office in Town NORTHBRIDGE — Registration for the 2009- available by the General Federation of ly due to a job loss or decreased income, the Hall to fill out an application and pay for the 2010 school year’s full-day kindergarten Women’s Clubs of Massachusetts. For more Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) offers licenses. The fee is $7 per dog neutered or program will take place from 8 a.m. to 3:30 information, call Dorothy Salmon at (508) an assortment of programs that can relieve spayed and $11 per dog not neutered or p.m. at the Northbridge Elementary School 58109766. the costs of healthcare or provide care at no spayed. Cash or checks made payable to the library. cost. “Town of Uxbridge” are accepted. It is not necessary to have your child attend UXBRIDGE — The town clerk’s office Veterans whose previous income was ruled The deadline to license dogs is Tuesday, registration. announces that 2009 census forms have been too high for VA healthcare may be able to March 31. Late fees will be charged for each mailed to all households. The town is enter the VA system based upon a hardship if dog registered after the deadline. A-1 COMPLETE required under state law to conduct the annu- their current year’s income is projected to fall You must bring in a copy of each dog’s rabies al census. below federal income thresholds due to a job certificate, which will be retained by our AUTO DETAILING All residents are urged to comply with the loss, separation from service or some other office. We will keep the copy and cannot make (508) 266-0516 census request. Answering the census pro- financial setback. copies in our office. tects your rights as an Uxbridge resident and Veterans determined eligible due to hardship For information about dog kennel licenses or is the only official proof of current and/or can avoid co-pays applied to higher-income for further information about dog licenses, past residence. If you are a registered voter veterans. Qualifying veterans may be eligible please contact the town clerk’s office via you must answer the census to maintain your for enrollment and receive health care at no email at [email protected] or by “active” status. cost. telephone at (508) 278-3156. Any resident with any questions or concerns Also eligible for no-cost VA care are most vet- in regards to the census may contact the town erans who recently returned from a combat DOUGLAS — Open burning runs through clerk’s office by e-mail at zone. They are entitled to five years of free VA April 30. The fee for the permit is $5 for the [email protected] or via tele- care. The five-year “clock” begins with their season. Please be aware of the following phone by calling (508) 278-3156. discharge from the military, not their depar- changes in issuing permits this year: We now ture from the combat zone. • All permits will be issued only at the fire sta- Gift accept M/C / VISA REGION — To assist potential students in Each VA medical center across the country tion between 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Monday thru Certificates preparing for the Practical Nursing Program Available Discover / American Express has an enrollment coordinator available to Saturday. Mike “McCoy” Dupree, owner admissions exam, TEAS Review (Test of provide veterans information about these • To activate your permit on the day you wish 41 Court Street Linwood, MA 01525 Essential Academic Skills) courses will be programs. (Across from Linwood Mill) offered at Blackstone Valley Regional Veterans may also contact VA’s Health Turn To CALENDAR, page B7 BLACKSTONE VALLEY TRIBUNE Friday, February 6, 2009 • 3 Have the Bishes found new hope? DA DOWNPLAYS ‘NEW’ LEAD IN CASE

BY GUS STEEVES AND RYAN GRANNAN-DOLL even seriously considered killing Stanger her- STONEBRIDGE PRESS STAFF WRITERS self. SOUTHBRIDGE — A man who lived on “It was just a bad experience,” she said, not- Everett Street for more than 20 years is now a ing she did not seek criminal charges. “ … “person of interest” in the eight-year-old slay- There were a lot of other things, personal ing of Molly Bish, but local authorities are things. I just couldn’t take anymore.” downplaying his involvement. LeBarge said she often tried to get the police Rodney Stanger, 60, is now an inmate at the involved, but they didn’t act — despite the fact Marion County House of Correction in then-Police Chief Gary Fontaine was her Florida awaiting trial for the first-degree mur- cousin. On one occasion, she said, they were der of his girlfriend, Crystal Morrison, and the on the scene when he drove by and she pointed attempted murder of another woman. From him out, but they said their first priority was 1978 until 2001, Stanger lived at 232 Everett St. to get her to safety instead. with a succession of wives and girlfriends, the She attributes some of their unwillingness latest being Morrison. to arrest him to the fact he’s an honorably dis- The wives that could be reached Wednesday, charged Marine with service in Vietnam. A Courtesy/myfoxboston.com photo, left; Bish Foundation, right call to the Marines’ human resources office to Jan. 28 told consistent stories of abuse, con- Former Southbridge resident Rodney Stanger, left, is being held awaiting trial on murder charges in Florida. confirm that was not returned, but it is cited in trolling and even bizarre behavior, suspicious- Heather Bish said “this guy fits the profile we’re looking for” in the death of her sister, Molly, as illustrat- Florida news reports of the Morrison killing. ness, isolation and a violent temper on ed in the composite sketches, right, the family is now featuring on a Palmer billboard. Stanger’s part, but that their relationships Like the other woman, LeBarge eventually with him started off well. They said Stanger divorced Stanger, but the court gave him visi- face the death penalty if convicted. is not willing to emphasize the possibility often locked up the phones, wouldn’t allow tation rights. Initially supervised, they became To some people here in Massachusetts, how- Stanger killed Bish, only noting that he’s “a them to have friends in the house, followed unsupervised after a year, despite LeBarge’s ever, Stanger should also be considered a sus- person of interest.” He said several factors them when outside, disappeared for lengthy warnings. pect in another killing — that of Molly Bish in make Stanger a possible suspect — the fact periods at odd hours, made up allegations of Eventually,LeBarge said, she felt she had no June 2000. That concept was first floated by he’s now a defendant in a murder case; he was infidelity and other excuses to beat them and choice but to violate a court order and take her Morrison’s sister, Bonnie Kiernan of Douglas, interviewed by police shortly after the Bish worse. daughters out of state. who claims Morrison called her on Feb. 19 and killing; his own family members have noted Deborah Stanger (nee LeBarge), his second To this day, LeBarge believes she made the 20, 2008, a few days before her death, and sug- his resemblance to the crime sketch; he left the wife, saw the latter behaviors repeatedly right choice and was lucky — doing so kept gested Stanger’s involvement in the Bish state; he had access as a fisherman and hunter before she fled to Minnesota. She claimed he them alive, she said. She told the Ocala (Fla.) killing in a pair of cryptic conversations. to the areas from which Bish vanished where would take her two daughters — Naomi and Star-Banner last March that he had told her During the first conversation, Bonnie said she was later found; and his brother owned a Nina, the former from a previous marriage, the day before that he would one day kill them. she gave Morrison numbers for FBI and car at that time resembling the one reported the latter Stanger’s own daughter — and lock “He’s a predator. He seeks out vulnerable Massachusetts State Police, then said, “My near the scene. them in the dark basement for hours on end. women, isolates them and controls them until bird started to screech … and Crystal said to All of that, however, is circumstantial, The basement, she said, was where he raised they leave one way or another — dead or me who was that.” The next day Morrison Shamshak notes. various animals, including fighting roosters, alive,” she said last week. “ … People need to called Kiernan again, “She hesitated for a “Physical evidence — that’s what they beagles and at least one pig, and he periodical- start talking about abuse, not just the victims. minute, but then whispered ‘murders’ into the need,” he said. “It’ll ultimately be a forensics ly would spend hours watching them mate. People have to stop covering up for him.” phone,” and later asked, “So what is your case. … It’s an uphill battle and they have a lot When he got tired of them, she claimed, he Morrison left by the first route, Florida bird’s name? … And I said Molly.” After a of work to do.” took them out and shot them, possibly at his police allege. According to documents faxed by moment, Kiernan said “Oh my God,” and Timothy Connolly, spokesman for the father’s property in Sturbridge. Worse yet, the Marion County Sheriff ’s Office, Stanger Crystal went “Yeah.” Worcester County District Attorney, is even LeBarge said, Stanger once kicked Naomi for was arrested Feb. 25, 2008, covered in blood “in “I believe she was an accessory after the more circumspect. simply putting stones on a wall, and she sus- a fetal position laying on the ground” in a bam- fact” because, after the Molly Bish assailant’s “This is not a new development,” he said. pects he sexually assaulted one or both girls. boo copse behind a neighbor’s home in sketch came out, “she and Rodney moved to “This office has received hundreds of tips on Another ex-wife said Stanger was “sexually Summerfield, Fla. He had allegedly just invad- Florida in 2001,” Kiernan said. “Deep down in the Molly Bish case. One tip was Stanger, and abusive” to her, often chased her for sex and ed that home and attempted to strangle the her heart, she knew it was Rodney.” our investigation into the murder of Molly dated other women while married to her. She woman, Laura Backus, while saying, “God When asked why she was coming forward Bish continues.” declined to identify herself, except to say she’s please help me, I’ve done something bad.” with this information now, nearly a year after still in Southbridge. After nearly six years of Further investigation revealed he had just the Morrison murder, Kiernan said she was Stonebridge Press Staff Writer Christopher increasingly hostile behavior — a relationship come from his own home, where he had “only doing as I’m told.” She said she has been Tanguay also contributed to this story. which, she said, started with board games and stabbed Morrison to death. Initially found not in contact with the family of Holly Piiranien few arguments — the woman said she sought competent to stand trial, Stanger spent some (whose murder is also unsolved) and the Bish Gus Steeves may be reached at (508) 909-4135, divorce when her daughter from a prior mar- time in a Florida psychiatric hospital getting family’s volunteer private investigator, or by e-mail at [email protected]. riage saw Stanger essentially patrolling the medication before being transferred back to Thomas Shamshak. She claimed Shamshak Ryan Grannan-Doll may be reached at (508) 909- area near their new home. the county jail. His trial has since been sched- told her to seek “as much media as possible.” 4050, or by e-mail at rgrand@stonebridge- Things got so bad, the woman said, that she uled for April and, under Florida law, he could Shamshak, a former police chief in Spencer, press.com. Patrick: I won’t cut local aid to schools

BY RYAN GRANNAN-DOLL “We have tough choices among schools,” Frost said. “I wouldn’t take ing a time when they are garnering he still needs to talk to his town offi- STONEBRIDGE PRESS STAFF WRITER miserable options,” he said. “I think this as a guarantee [that schools fewer customers. He added he was cials about it. REGION — State and town offi- you all know how strongly I feel would not see budget reductions].” “suspicious” the revenue would be Patrick also proposed requiring cials were breathing a small sigh of about the long-term importance of Patrick also proposed several meas- given back to communities. owns to either join the state’s health relief last week after learning the high quality education.” ures to ease the state’s fiscal crisis, “I don’t support the state raising insurance fund or find an alternative state will not be cutting local aid to State Rep. Geraldo Alicea, D- including a one-cent increase in the the meal tax by one percent just to that is of equal value. His proposed area schools. Charlton, was pleased with the news, state’s meals and hotel tax, which put it back in the coffers,” Frost said. legislation would also require towns State and local officials are, howev- but urged caution. would go directly to boosting local “I would rather do casinos first. We move retirees to the Medicare pro- er, still nervous about future budget “We’re certainly not looking at aid. Patrick said that would generate have to stop some of the frivolous gram. Last, he wants towns to region- cuts. increasing that funding, because the $150 million in new revenue. spending … before we ask our citi- alize more of its services. In a speech to local officials last money is not there,” he said. Lawmakers were mostly undecided zens to pay more taxes.” While officials are still struggling week, Gov. Deval Patrick announced Alicea’s Republican colleague, on their feelings about that idea, State Rep. Ann Gobi, D-Spencer, with the current fiscal crisis, they he would not ax any of the state’s aid state Rep. Paul Frost, said Patrick including state Rep. Paul Kujawski, said the idea would do little to help are already forecasting a dismal to local districts. He did, however, “passed the buck” in his actions D-Webster. her towns, but said the state could do budget year, which Frost said could reveal he would be cutting local aid because any future cuts to general “I don’t think it would provide sub- the tax raise as a local option, which spark bitter battles between any com- by $128 million this year, and is pro- local aid to communities would force stantial revenue,” Kujawski said, she said would towns to voluntarily munity’s service agencies over fund- jecting a $375-million cut in the next those towns to reduce their contribu- noting his district has few restau- opt-in to the increase. ing. fiscal year’s budget. The state’s $1-bil- tions to their respective school sys- rants. State Sen. Michael Moore, D- “It is going to create a rift,” he said. lion budget gap is forcing Patrick to tems. Frost was definite in his opposi- Worcester, said he wanted more Gobi said the forecast is “very make the cuts, after he cut $1.4 bil- “It doesn’t necessarily mean that tion the proposal saying it would details about the proposal before grim” and “2010 is expected to be lion from the books last year. the governor is fully funding our only hurt restaurants’ business dur- commenting on it, while Alicea said even worse.” BUSINESS DIRECTORY

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On January 29, 2009, February 6, 2009 Late of NORTHBRIDGE the mortgage shall control in the event of a Alternatives Unlimited, Inc recorded with the In the County of WORCESTER typographical error in this publication. Worcester County Registry of Deeds a NOTICE OF MORTGAGEE'S SALE OF Date of Death January 5, 2009 For Mortgagor's Title see deed dated NOTICE OF ACTIVITY AND USE LIMITA- REAL ESTATE NOTICE OF PETITION FOR May 19, 2000, and recorded in Book 22607 TION on the disposal site, pursuant to 310 By virtue and in execution of the Power PROBATE OF WILL at Page 149 with the Worcester County CMR 40.1070 through 40.1080. of Sale contained in a certain mortgage To all persons interested in the above cap- (Southern District) Registry of Deeds. given by Edward Wrobel to Wells Fargo tioned estate, a petition has been presented TERMS OF SALE: Said premises will be The NOTICE OF ACTIVITY AND USE LIMI- Bank, N.A., dated October 28, 2005 and praying that a document purporting to be the sold and conveyed subject to all liens, TATION will limit the following site activities recorded with the Worcester County last will of said decedent be proved and encumbrances, unpaid taxes, tax titles, and uses on the above property: (Worcester District) Registry of Deeds at allowed, and that MICHAEL MELLOR of municipal liens and assessments, if any, Book 37668, Page 34, of which mortgage HOPKINTON in the County of MIDDLESEX which take precedence over the said mort- Permitted Activities and Uses Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. is the present holder, or some other suitable person be appointed gage above described. for breach of the conditions of said mortgage executor, named in the will to serve without FIVE THOUSAND ($5,000.00) Dollars of i. Residential uses of the site, which are and for the purpose of foreclosing, the same surety. the purchase price must be paid in cash, cer- consistent with permitted and restricted will be sold at Public Auction at 5:00 p.m. on IF YOU DESIRE TO OBJECT THERETO, tified check, bank treasurer's or cashier's activities; February 27, 2009, on the mortgaged prem- YOU OR YOUR ATTORNEY MUST FILE A check at the time and place of the sale by the ises located at 2 Heritage Drive, Unit 2, WRITTEN APPEARANCE IN SAID COURT purchaser. The balance of the purchase ii. Commercial and industrial activities and Building 1, Heritage Park Estates AT WORCESTER ON OR BEFORE TEN price shall be paid in cash, certified check, uses including but not limited to, landscaping Condominium, Whitinsville (Northbridge), O’CLOCK IN THE FORENOON (10:00 AM) bank treasurer's or cashier's check within and routine maintenance of landscaped Worcester County, Massachusetts, all and ON FEBRUARY 24, 2009. thirty (30) days after the date of sale. areas; singular the premises described in said mort- In addition, you must file a written affidavit Other terms to be announced at the sale. gage, of objections to the petition, stating specific Shechtman Halperin Savage, LLP, 1080 iii. Excavation associated with repair and/or TO WIT: facts and grounds upon which the objection Main Street Pawtucket, RI 02860 Attorney for maintenance of underground utilities and/or Unit 2 (the 'Unit') in Building 1 (the 'Building') is based, within thirty (30) days after the The Bank of New York as Trustee for the construction conducted under the supervi- in the Heritage Park Estates Condominium return day (or such other time as the court, Certificateholders CWABS, Inc. Asset- sion of a Licensed Site Professional (LSP) (the 'Condominium') created pursuant to a on motion with notice to the petitioner, may Backed Certificates Series 2006-BC3, and in accordance with a Soil Management Master Deed dated January 18, 1985, allow) in accordance with Probate Rule 16. Present Holder of the Mortgage, (401) 272- Plan and Health and Safety Plan prepared recorded in the Worcester District Registry of WITNESS, HON. DENISE MEAGHER, 1400 and implemented in accordance with Deeds in Book 8533, Page 320. The mailing ESQUIRE, First Justice of said Court at (5500311/Smith)(01/23/09, 01/30/09, Obligations (iii) and (iv) of this Opinion prior address of the Unit is 2 Heritage Drive, WORCESTER this day, January 30, 2009. 02/06/09)(139715) to commencement of such activities; Whitinsville, Massachusetts. Stephen G. Abraham January 23, 2009 Said Unit contains 2,265.6 square feet, more Register of Probate January 30, 2009 iv. Activities and uses which are not identified or less, and is shown on the floor plans and February 6, 2009 February 6, 2009 by this Opinion as being inconsistent with site plans filed with said Master Deed and on maintaining a condition of No Significant the copy of a portion of said plans attached Commonwealth of Massachusetts Commonwealth of Massachusetts Risk; to a deed recorded at the Worcester District The Trial Court The Trial Court Registry of Deeds in Book 8640, page 312, Probate and Family Court Department Probate and Family Court Department v. Such other activities and uses, which in to which is affixed a verified statement in the WORCESTER Division WORCESTER Division the opinion of a LSP, shall present no greater form required by Massachusetts General Docket No. 09P0114GM1 Docket No. 09P0214EP1 risk of harm to health, safety, public welfare, Laws, Chapter 183A, Section 9. In the Matter Of In the Estate of or the environment than the activities set Said Unit is conveyed together with: LAYLA J MELLO TERESA ANN MACKENZIE A/K/A forth in this paragraph; 1. An undivided interest of 2.52922 percent in Of UXBRIDGE TERESA A. MACKENZIE the common areas and facilities described in In the County of WORCESTER Late of WHITINSVILLE Restricted Activities and Uses the Heritage Park Estates Condominium NOTICE OF PETITION FOR In the County of WORCESTER Master Deed. In the event that, and at such APPOINTMENT OF GUARDIAN OF Date of Death December 2, 2008 i. “Unrestricted” residential use of the prop- time as a subsequent, Phase or Phases are MINOR NOTICE OF PETITION FOR erty, use as a school (other than adult edu- added to the Condominium by amendment to To all persons interested in the above cap- PROBATE OF WILL cation), nursery, child daycare, child recre- the Master Deed, the undivided interest of tioned matter, a petition has been presented To all persons interested in the above cap- ational area, and/or other such use at which the Unit and the praying that DEREK BETTENCOURT and tioned estate, a petition has been presented receptors are likely to have high intensity and common areas and facilities shall be and MELISSA BETTENCOURT of UXBRIDGE in praying that a document purporting to be the high frequency contact with soils; become that specified in any amendment to the County of WORCESTER or some other last will of said decedent be proved and ii. Use of the site for agricultural purposes, the Master Deed; suitable person be appointed guardians of allowed, and that THOMAS C MACKENZIE growing produce for consumption or use as 2. An exclusive right and easement to use the person and the estate of LAYLA J of N ATTLEBOROUGH in the County of feed; one (1) parking space identified as Number 2 MELLO of UXBRIDGE in the County of BRISTOL or some other suitable person be on the site plan filed with the Master Deed; WORCESTER, a minor child, to serve with- appointed executor, named in the will to iii. Any activity including, but not limited to, 3. The benefit of, and subject to, all ease- out surety. serve without surety. excavation which is likely to disturb contami- ments, rights, restrictions, agreements and IF YOU DESIRE TO OBJECT THERETO, IF YOU DESIRE TO OBJECT THERETO, nated soil, without supervision from a LSP provisions created in said Master Deed, the YOU OR YOUR ATTORNEY MUST FILE A YOU OR YOUR ATTORNEY MUST FILE A and prior development and implementation Declaration of Trust creating Heritage Park WRITTEN APPEARANCE IN SAID COURT WRITTEN APPEARANCE IN SAID COURT of a Soil Management Plan and a Health and Estates Condominium Trust and the By-Laws AT WORCESTER ON OR BEFORE TEN AT WORCESTER ON OR BEFORE TEN Safety Plan in accordance with Obligations contained therein, as the same may be O’CLOCK IN THE FORENOON (10:00 AM) O’CLOCK IN THE FORENOON (10:00 AM) (iii) and (iv) of this Opinion; amended of record, the Rules and ON FEBRUARY 10, 2009. ON FEBRUARY 24, 2009. Regulations from time to time WITNESS, HON. DENISE MEAGHER, In addition, you must file a written affidavit iv. Any activities which damage and/or com- promulgated thereunder, and the floor plans. ESQUIRE, First Justice of said Court at of objections to the petition, stating specific promise the effectiveness of the vapor barri- This conveyance is also subject to and with WORCESTER this day, January 14, 2009. facts and grounds upon which the objection er and sub-slab venting system specified the benefit of the provisions of Stephen G. Abraham is based, within thirty (30) days after the within Obligations and Conditions (i) and (ii) Massachusetts General Laws, Chapter 183A Register of Probate return day (or such other time as the court, in preventing the migration of volatile organic as now In force and as from time to time February 6, 2009 on motion with notice to the petitioner, may compounds into Building B; amended. allow) in accordance with Probate Rule 16. The Unit is intended for residential purposes NOTICE OF MORTGAGEE'S SALE OF WITNESS, HON. DENISE MEAGHER, v. Access to contaminated soil, unless such only by one family or by not more than three REAL ESTATE ESQUIRE, First Justice of said Court at activity is first evaluated by an LSP who ren- unrelated persons. Premises: 25 Park Terrace, Uxbridge, MA WORCESTER this day, January 27, 2009. ders an Opinion which states that such Subject to rights, easements, and restrictions By virtue and in execution of the Power Stephen G. Abraham access is consistent with maintaining a con- of record to the extent in force and applica- of Sale contained in a certain mortgage Register of Probate dition of No Significant Risk. ble. given by Ann Marie Smith to Mortgage February 6, 2009 For mortgagor's(s') title see deed record- Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. as Any person interested in obtaining additional ed with Worcester County (Worcester nominee for Solstice Capital Group Inc. and information about the NOTICE OF ACTIVITY District) Registry of Deeds in Book 37668, now held by The Bank of New York as Trustee Commonwealth of Massachusetts AND USE LIMITATION may contact Philip Page 31. for the Certificateholders CWABS, Inc. Asset- The Trial Court Ingersoll-Mahoney, Alternatives Unlimited, These premises will be sold and con- Backed Certificates Series 2006-BC3, said Probate and Family Court Department Inc, 54 Douglas Road, Whitinsville, veyed subject to and with the benefit of all mortgage dated October 25, 2005, and WORCESTER Division Massachusetts 01588, 508-234-6232. rights, rights of way, restrictions, easements, recorded in the Worcester County (Southern Docket No. 09P0225EP1 covenants, liens or claims in the nature of District) Registry of Deeds, in Book 37790 at In the Estate of The NOTICE OF ACTIVITY AND USE LIMI- liens, improvements, public assessments, Page 181, for breach of the conditions in said GERARD J BASZNER A/K/A TATION and the disposal site file can be any and all unpaid taxes, tax titles, tax liens, mortgage and for the purpose of foreclosing JOSEPH GERARD BASZNER reviewed at Department of Environmental water and sewer liens and any other munici- the same will be sold at Public Auction on Late of NORTHBRIDGE Protection Central Regional Service Center, pal assessments or liens or existing encum- February 27, 2009 at 11:00 a.m.. Local Time In the County of WORCESTER 627 Main Street, Worcester, MA 01608, 508- brances of record which are in force and are upon the premises, all and singular the prem- Date of Death November 15, 2008 792-7683 applicable, having priority over said mort- ises described in said mortgage, to wit: NOTICE OF PETITION FOR gage, whether or not reference to such THE LAND IN SAID UXBRIDGE, WORCES- PROBATE OF WILL February 6, 2009 restrictions, easements, improvements, liens TER COUNTY, MASSACHUSETTS WITH To all persons interested in the above cap- or encumbrances is made in the deed. THE BUILDINGS THEREOF ON THE tioned estate, a petition has been presented Commonwealth of Massachusetts TERMS OF SALE: WESTERLY SIDE OF PLEASANT STREET, praying that a document purporting to be the Worcester, ss. SUPERIOR COURT A deposit of Five Thousand ($5,000.00 ) AND ON THE NORTHERLY SIDE OF last will of said decedent be proved and DEPARTMENT OF THE TRIAL COURT Dollars by certified or bank check will be ARIGHT OF WAY 20 FEET WIDE AS allowed, and that MARJORIE T BASZNER of CIVIL ACTION required to be paid by the purchaser at the SHOWN ON A PLAN OF LAND OF HOME NORTHBRIDGE in the County of WORCES- No. 09-0194B time and place of sale. The balance is to be R. GRAY, UXBRIDGE, MA MADE BY TER or some other suitable person be To: paid by certified or bank check at Harmon FRANCES J. BRENNAN, SURVEYOR, appointed executor, named in the will to Matthew S. Kennedy of the Town of Uxbridge Law Offices, P.C., 150 California Street, RECORDED WITH WORCESTER DIS- serve without surety. and County of Worcester, Massachusetts Newton, Massachusetts 02458, or by mail to TRICT REGISTRY OF DEEDS IN PLAN IF YOU DESIRE TO OBJECT THERETO, AND TO ALL PERSONS ENTITLED TO THE P.O. Box 610389, Newton Highlands, BOOK 136, PLAN 91, BOUNDED AND YOU OR YOUR ATTORNEY MUST FILE A BENEFIT OF THE SOLDIERS’ AND Massachusetts 02461-0389, within thirty (30) DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS: WRITTEN APPEARANCE IN SAID COURT SAILORS’ CIVIL RELIEF ACT OF 1940 AS days from the date of sale. Deed will be pro- BEGINNING: AT A STONE BOUND AT THE AT WORCESTER ON OR BEFORE TEN AMENDED: Bristol County Savings Bank, a vided to purchaser for recording upon receipt NORTHWEST CORNER OF THE PREMIS- O’CLOCK IN THE FORENOON (10:00 AM) banking institution with a usual place of busi- in full of the purchase price. The description ES HEREIN DESCRIBED, SAID BOUND ON FEBRUARY 24, 2009. ness in Taunton, Bristol County, of the premises contained in said mortgage BEING ALSO A CORNER OF LAND NOW In addition, you must file a written affidavit Massachusetts claiming to be the holder of a shall control in the event of an error in this OR FORMERLY OF WILLIAM CHASE AND of objections to the petition, stating specific mortgage covering property situated on publication. HELEN TAFT; facts and grounds upon which the objection Hartford Avenue West, being numbered 3 on Other terms, if any, to be announced at THENCE: S. 73 DEGREES E. BY SAID is based, within thirty (30) days after the said Street, in said Uxbridge given by the sale. HELEN TAFT LAND 162.61 FEET TO A return day (or such other time as the court, Matthew S. Kennedy to Bristol County WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A. DRILL HOLE IN THE WALL AT LAND NOW on motion with notice to the petitioner, may Savings Bank dated November 10, 2006 and Present holder of said mortgage OR FORMERLY OF PULLAN; allow) in accordance with Probate Rule 16. recorded in Worcester District Registry of THENCE: S. 16 DEGREES W. BY SAID WITNESS, HON. DENISE MEAGHER, Deeds, Book 40143, Page 168, has filed with By its Attorneys, PULLAN’S LAND 208.68 FEET TO A STAKE ESQUIRE, First Justice of said Court at said court a Complaint for authority to fore- HARMON LAW OFFICES, P.C. ON THE NORTHERLY LINE OF SAID WORCESTER this day, January 27, 2009. close said mortgage in the manner following: 150 California Street RIGHT OF WAY; Stephen G. Abraham by entry on and possession of the premises Newton, MA 02458 THENCE: N. 81 DEGREES 30’ W. WITH THE Register of Probate therein described and by exercise of the (617) 558-0500 NORTHERN LINE OF SAID RIGHT WAY February 6, 2009 power of sale contained in said mortgage. 200809-2303 - BLU 164 FEET TO A DRILL HOLE IN THE WALL If you are entitled to the benefits of the January 30, 2009 AT LAND OF SAID CHASE; NOTICE OF ACTIVITY AND USE Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Civil Relief Act of 1940 February 6, 2009 THENCE: N 16 DEGREES E. BY SAID LIMITATION as amended, and you object to such foreclo- February 13, 2009 CHASE LAND 232.94 FEET TO THE POINT sure you or your attorney should file a written OF BEGINNING. Alternatives Unlimited, Inc appearance and answer in said court at CONTAINING 35,910 SQUARE FEET, 54 Douglas Road Worcester in said County on or before the MORE OR LESS. Whitinsville, Massachusetts 01588 ninth day of March next or you may be forev- BLACKSTONE VALLEY TRIBUNE Friday, February 6, 2009 • 5

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NEW PRICE WEBSTER – THOMPSON – DUDLEY – WEBSTER – 4 Kenneth Ave! WEBSTER – 54 Lake Parkway! 11 Ronnie Dr! Better than 15 Rachel Dr! WEBSTER – 49 Lake Parkway! WEBSTER – 121 Thompson Road! DUDLEY – 16 Dave’s Way! 6Rm 4 Bdrm 46 Sawmill Rd! Park Like Brand New 6Rm Colonial! “2006” 5Rm Split!! Open Flr Plan! New! 2 Yrs! 8Rms! Oak Cabinets! GE Updated 7 Rm Ranch! Cabinet Packed Super Convenient! Huge 60’ 7Rm Custom 2004! "L" Shaped Colonial! Cape! 1.26 Acre Lot! Country Kitchen 1.25 Acres! 2008 In Gr Pool! Merino Pond 70' Waterfront! Frplcd 8Rm Main Quiet Cul-de-Sac! 3Bdrms - Master Applianced! 2 Bdrms! Potential Profiles! Din w/Hrdwds! Fam Rm Kit! Din Area w/Sliders to Mahogany Ranch! Cabinet Packed Kit! Frplcd Ideal Place to Live and Work From! w/Oak Cabinets! Frplcd Liv Rm! 3 Full w/Cathedrals! Master w/Whirlpool & Sep Deck! 3 Bdrms! Wood Trim House! 4Rm "Townhouse" In-Law w/Master Bath! 2.5 Baths Total! Lower Level Fam Rm! 2x6 Construct LivRm! Family Rm! 3Bdrms 7 Rms! Super Kit! 3 Bdrms! 1.5 Baths! Baths! Deck and Covered Patio for Pick Your Carpeting & Counters! Deck! Shower! 2.5 Baths! Game Rm! Sec Sys! 2X6! Throughout! Replacement Windows! w/Hardwood Floors! Tile Bath! Half Walk-out Lower Level! C/Air! Porch! Entertaining! Partially Finished Lower Apart! Oak, Birch & Bamboo Hrdwd Oil Heat! Town Services! And More! w/Steel I Beam! Fenced Back Yard! 30x40 Deck w/Hot Tub! 30'AG Pool!! 2 C Partially Finished Lower Level w/Wood Acre Corner Lot! Interior Cosmetics Patio! Deck! Turn-around Drive! Level w/Fam Rm & Full Bath! In-Law Flrs! 4/5 Bdrms! 3.5 Baths! 5 Z LP Gas $249,900.00 Town Services! Convenient! Garage! 1Acre! Cul-de-sac! Stove & Brick Hearth! Shed! Garage! Needed! Garage! $209,900.00 Walk to Webster Lake! Potential! Motivated Seller! Heat! Finished Lower Level! Garages! $189,900.00 $349,900.00 $194,900.00 $299,900.00 $274,900.00 $449,900.00

NEW LISTING WEBSTER LAKE Access - WEBSTER LAKE – WEBSTER LAKE – DUDLEY – 14 Edward Rd! 8+ Rm OXFORD – 26-1 Thayer Pond Dr! 4Rm WEBSTER LAKE – 120' Waterfront! 118 810 Beacon Park! Middle Pond WEBSTER LAKE – South Pond! 80’ DUDLEY – 26 West Main St! Ideal Lakeside Ave! More Land & House for Ideal Garden Unit w/Water Views! Colonial! 1/2 Acre Corner Lot! Fully Condo! 816’ Garden Unit! Water View! 9 Rm Brick Cape! Grand Views of South Waterfront Lot! One of the Absolute Best Waterfront! Perfect 8Rm Custom Professional Building! Parking to the Applianced! Din Rm w/Chair Rail! Fam Pond! Frplcd Liv Rm & Fam Rm! Less $$/Taxes! Idle Your Boat to Open 10 Beautiful Acres! Sandy Beach! Fantastic Shorelines on the Lake! Perfectly Level! Colonial! Panoramic Views! Granite Kit! Rear! Suitable for a Number of Recently Remodeled! Applianced! Marble Waters! Swim Just Steps Away! Nature Lakeside Pool! 1100’ of Yr Round Living or Rm! 1st Flr Laundry! 15x15' Master Tile Bath! 1 Bedroom! Central Air! Pool! Lake Facing Mstr Bdrm! Main & Lower Sandy Beach! Western Exposure Across Formal Dining! Frplcd Liv Rm! Master Opportunities! Updated Colonial! High Lovers Back Yard! 7 Rm Contemp Cape! as 2nd Home! Applianced! 5 Rms! 2 Bdrm/Bath w/Lake Views! Family Rm! Bdrm w/Full Bath! 2.5 Baths Total! 3/4 Move-in Condition! Level Kitchens! Beautifully Landscaped! Frplcd Fam Rm! 3 Bdrms! Master Bath! the Widest Expanse of the Lake with Traffic Count! Excellent Visibility! Bdrms! Master Bath! 2 Baths Total! CAir! Sunsets to Die For! 10,183’! 3 Bdrms! 3.5 Baths! Hrdwds! Cathedrals! Bdrms! 2 Car Garage w/Openers! $119,900.00 26X30' Garage! Roof 07! Siding 09! 2.5 Baths! Don't Pass it By! $224,900.00 $749,900 $189,900.00 Neighborhood Setting! $289,900.00 $589,900.00 $354,900.00 Garage! And More! Town Services! $325,000.00 2 Car Garage!

NEW PRICE WEBSTER LAKE WEBSTER LAKE – 50’ WATER WEBSTER LAKE - Killdeer Island - WEBSTER LAKE - WEBSTER LAKE - Exceptional WEBSTER LAKE! 6 S. Point Rd! WEBSTER LAKE – Middle WEBSTER LAKE – Waterfront Lot! Spectacular FRONT! 2 Lots as One! On the Lake 7 Rm Colonial w/Character & Charm! Property! Spectacular Sunsets! 100' South Pond - Southern Exposure! 95' Pond! Prime Southwestern Build Your Waterfront Vacation Home on Middle Pond – Reid Smith Cove! Views Across Middle Pond! 85' Waterfront! 5700'! 4 Fireplaces! Cherry Waterfront! Ideal Summer or Yr Round 3,660', across the Street 10,488’! Ideal 2nd Home or Enjoy Year Rd! Exposure – Spectacular Sunsets! this South Facing "South Pond" Piece of Western Exposure – Beautiful Sunsets! Panoramic Views of North Pond! Waterfront! Huge 20,202' Lot! 11 Rms! Library! Granite Kitchen! Media Rm! Use! 9,823' Lot! Liv Rm w/Lake Views! 80’ Waterfront! Level 31,005’Lot! Paradise! 5,486’! Ideal "Solar" Setting! 7Rms! 3/4 Bedrooms! Cathedrals! Fireplaced! Hardwoods! 2/3 Bdrms! 2 3 Lake Facing Bdrms! 4/5 Bdrms! Black Pearl Foyer! Tray Ceilings! Master Open Flr Plan! 2 Bdrms! Full Walk-out Build Your Dream Home! 7Rms! 2 Complete Kitchens! Tired of Cooking, Having Company, 1.5Baths! Garage! $498,900.00 2 Look Directly Out at the Lake! Baths! Enjoy Nearby Indian Ranch! Ever Master Bath! 3.5 Baths! 2 Frplcs! Suite & Office Suite! Lake Level Lower Level - Finish for More Rms! 3Bdrms! 3 Baths! Sandy Beach! Changing Water Views! $409,900.00 w/Kitchen &10x20 Resistance Pool! Walk to Point Breeze Restaurant! Additional Waterfront Lots – 8500’! All the Benefits of a Direct Waterfront In-law Apartment! 2 - 1st Flr "Offices"! Priced Below Assessed Value! Garage! $225,000.00 Additional Adjacent Buildable Gardens! Security! And More! $398,900.00 $698,900.00 Each $249,000.00 at a Fraction of the Price & Taxes! C/Air! And More! $1,799,900.00 $269,900.00 Waterfront Lot! $219,900.00 $749,900.00

2 Maple Avenue Shrewsbury, MA 01545 APT. ONT www.NewEnglandMoves.com OUNG Y SEE THIS! 2ND FLR ARDWOOD FLRS WATERFR EW TO MARKET H N Inger Christensen 508/769-3823 THOMPSON, CT. - $214,900 THOMPSON, CT. - $359,900 WEBSTER - $699,900 WEBSTER - $209,900 WEBSTER - $169,900 WOODSTOCK, CT - $149,900 Lge Cape w/4rm apt 2nd flr. 3br, Younger 4 br Colonial, extra cabs, Waterfront! Your own 98 ft 10-12 Rm Colonial, 5br 3 full ba, 2 5 Yr young Split-entry, open fl plan, Beautiful Townhouse with view, 508/365-3561 2ba, new kitch & heat, deck, gran c-tops, 40 ft farmers porch, Peninsula. Waterview from every half ba, 4 firepls, 2 staircases, 7 3br 3ba, sliders to deck, yard. 5rm 1.5ba, deck, all new cabinets, garages, country setting. more room, 9-10 rms, 4 docks, more! zone ht, needs some work Close to Rt 395. hdwds & tile floors. Licensed in MA & CT 7 Walker Road 433 East Thompson Road 131 Birch Island Road 750 School Street 21 Brown’s Brook Road 449 Dugg Hill Road

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WEBSTER - $349,900 THOMPSON,CT -$344,900 WEBSTER - $249,900 WEBSTER - $549,900 OXFORD - $299,900 WEBSTER - $189,900 You’ll be impressed! Young 2-fam, Custom Cape ctry setting. Ranch w/rear apt, total 9 rms, 4br Killdeer Island Waterfront! 70ft Large 2000sf Colonial on 3 plus Clean 2-Family 5/4 rms, 2.5ba, To view these properties please visit mstr bdrm w/private roof Mahogany deck, full wall field- 2.5ba, hdwd flrs, firepl, FHW heat, sandy beach. 8rm 3br 2 full ba. acres, 8rm 4br 2.5ba, fireplace, farmer’s prch, walk-out fin bsmt, 2- stone frpl, 1st fl mstr ste, maple deck,views of Webster Lake gar, walk to bus/stores Cont Ranch, stone firpl LR, fin LL hardwood/tile, 2-car gar, private car gar, fenced yd, walk to bus/stores www.IngerC.com cabs, 2 plus acres 11 Deslauriers Avenue 285 Killdeer Road 73 LaPorte Road 28 Slater Street 284 Killdeer Road 41 Joe Jenny Road Open House Directory Deadline: Monday at 10am (C) Condo (X) Condex (M) Multi-Family (T) Townhouse (B) Business (U) Duplex (S) Single Family (D) Adult (P) Land (L) Mobile Home (A) Apartment Community ADDRESS STYLE TIME PRICE REALTOR/SELLER/PHONE SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 2009 SPENCER: Candlewood Drive SF 11:00-2:00 $259,900 Century 21 Toomey Lovett Inc. 508-885-3443 SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 2009 AUBURN:

Prospect Hill Estates SF 11:00-3:00 $329,900 Emerson Realtors/Kevin Maher 508-832-5324 15 Bridle Path SF 11:00-3:00 $374,900 Emerson Realtors/Kevin Maher 508-832-5324

DUDLEY: 159 Pierpont Road SF 12:00-2:00 $232,900 Weichert Realtors/ Jo-Ann Szymczak 508-943-7669 Tobin Farms Dudley/ Oxford Road SF 1:00-4:00 Starting @ $399,900 Weichert Realtors/Jo-Ann Szymczak 508-943-7669

OXFORD: 46 Prospect Street SF/U 11:00-3:00 $390,000 Emerson Realtors/Kevin Maher 508-832-5324 SOUTHBRIDGE: 35 Stoney Brook Drive SF 12:00-1:30 $199,900 Re/Max Professional Associates/ Lorraine Herbert 508-864-4232 STURBRIDGE: 1 Highland Lane SF 12:30-2:00 $489,900 Re/Max Professional Associates/ Lorraine Herbert 508-864-4232 5 Hinman Street T 2:30-4:00 $149,900 Re/Max Professional Associates/ Lorraine Herbert 508-784-0500 94 Breakneck Road SF 2:00-3:30 $349,900 Re/Max Professional Associates/ Lorraine Herbert 508-784-0500 SPENCER: Candlewood Drive SF 11:00-2:00 $259,900 Century 21 Toomey-Lovett, Inc. 508-885-3443 WARREN: 32 Elm Street SF 12:00-2:00 $189,900 Olde Village Realty Partners 508-347-6556 106 Dunham Road SF 12:00-2:00 $309,000 Olde Village Realty Partners 508-347-6556 6 • Friday, February 6, 2009 BLACKSTONE VALLEY TRIBUNE

Help 23 FISKDALE ROAD Our Economy, BROOKFIELD, MA 01506 Buy A Quaboag Valley Brenda Ryan Dot Aucoin Melissa Mary Jo Spiro Vivian Debra Debbie Joan Chad House! Broker- Real Estate 508-867-4555 Broker/ Cournoyer Demick Thomo Marrero- Nordby- Thomo Lacoste Splaine Owner Hilli Doros Rivera Realtor Brookfield: Great Price! This very clean & well w/possibility of 3 building lots, buyers to confirm, 98 HAMILTON STREET, SOUTHBRIDGE, MA 01550 • 508-765-9155 • 1-800-784-0445 FAX: 508-765-2698 maintained 2/br mobile home is located on a nice nice area, also available as individual lots, subject to $7500 TAX CREDIT TO FIRST TIME HOME BUYERS www.aucoinryanrealty.com Now offering rental services corner lot w/carport & attached 3 season screen necessary approvals. $180,000 Sturbridge: Sprawling 10 room Southbridge: Bright & Sunny! No Southbridge: Custom built one level room. Recent updates include roof & new floors Call Kris Casucci 508-784-0655 Home by well respected builder! Colonial! 5 bedrooms & 4 1/2 Work Needed! 7 rooms 3 bedrooms 1 throughout, park fee $170/mo. $56,000 plus park Worcester: New Price! Nice 3/br Cape Cod style baths! 3400sf of living area! 2 1/2 baths. 14’ x 25’ 1st Floor GREAT Quality shines throughout! 1825 sf share home in Lincoln Square section next to Green Hill master suites! First floor master ROOM! Gleaming hardwood floors of living area! Spacious tiled kitchen Call Lisa Caron 508-341-8299 bedroom with its own entrance. throughout! 2 fireplaces! Front to back open to familyroom w/ fireplace & Municipal Golf Course, great neighborhood. Mint condition! Great home for master bedroom! AWESOME YARD! dining room. Hardwood floors.2 car Worcester: New Price! Ranch, 3/br 1.5/ba, flexible Home in good condition, new water heater, updat- garage attached with walk thru laun- combined families! Impressive! Neighborhood setting near Hospital! floor plan, fenced in yard, needs some TLC, walk- ed oil/forced hot-water furnace, electric & plumb- Easy to see! $339,900! dry room. Full walk up attic! $249,900. Beautiful yard. $239,900. out basement, town water & sewer. $109,900 ing. $178,000 Call Gillian Narayana 508-784-0675 Call Kathleen Cembura 508-867-8971 Southbridge: MUST SEE INSIDE! Southbridge: Grand Victorian Home with Southbridge: Lovely Antique a 2 bedroom apartment! 7 rooms 3 bed- NEW KITCHEN in 2007! 7 rooms 3 Dutch Colonial-spacious 9 rooms Brookfield: Nanatomqua-55+ Mobile Home Sturbridge: Desirable Fiske Hill area subdivision! bedrooms 1 1/2 baths. Front to back rooms 1 1/2 baths! Curved staircase! EW w/4 bedrooms, 1 1/2 baths! Huge kitchen with wood stove! Great for Adult Community, 2/br mobile home 3 season Well-maintained Colonial, custom “Cronin” livingroom with fireplace! Gleaming N Gorgeous Hardwoods! Stunning entertaining! Enclosed porch! 3600sf! porch, nice lot, storage shed, park fee $100/mo. kitchen w/corian counter tops, breakfast area w/FP, PLUS Wonderful Curb Appeal with hardwood floors.Formal dining front foyer! Veranda style front $67,500 plus park share large FR w/wood/coal stove, 2nd floor has 4/bdrs room! French doors to enclosed wrought iron fencing! Huge level yard porch! Updated windows! Must w/2 car garage! Over ? acre! Walking dis- Call Lisa Caron QVRE 508-341-8299 including a master suite, partially finished LL, 2 car porch. Must be sold! $148,000. see inside! $209,900. tance to hospital, schools, shopping & churches! Maybe suitable for Doctor’s Brookfield: Beautiful 13 acre parcel of fields & attached garage. $289,900 office-$229,900! woods with 1173’ of frontage on scenic Rice’s Pond Call Danny Minchoff 508-784-0653

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##################################################### Maher Real Estate CENTURY 21 SWEEPSTAKES! 508-400-0438 508-832-5831 Auburn 1-800-563-7019 *Grand Prize $21,000* Houses for Rent www.century21maher.com • [email protected] Sandra Loughlin Joyce Johnson Webster-Modern 2 bedroom ranch. Licensed in MA&CT Call for details Owner/Manager Owner/Broker Stove, refrigera- 508-769-2605 508-958-1742 tor. Hardwood floors. Full base- ment. Available immediately $800/month Thompson Ann Marie Danielle Helen Ronald Anne Maryann Judy Janice Diane Franny Anne Lorraine Sue Chic Elie Waterfront- Sorensen Therrien Vangsness Garabedian Coulson Johnson Empie Ward Pacevicz Gaudette Greenberg Jankowski Kusz Beland Kahale Ranch-5 room, 2 Webster: Bank Owned Super opportu- bedroom on 1+ ••• RENTALS ••• nity to own a 3 bedroom ranch at a bar- acres. Enclosed porch. On Quaddick Lake. Available immediately Auburn - 10 RM, 5 BR, 2.5 gain price. Walk to Webster Lake HORT SALE REDUCED Beach. Basement has semi-finished $900/month S BA, Pool, Nice Yard! $2575+ rooms. New floor coverings just Webster-Like new Dudley - 4 BR, 2.5 BA, 4+ installed throughout. New Carpeting Ranch close to and vinyl flrs. Oversized two car garage. acres - $1950+ Webster Lake. SOUTHBRIDGE: Brand new, top quality 2 Ideal for workshop or storage. Large NEW kit. cab., cer. WALES-Wow! Lovely little ranch MILLBURY-”Short Sale” Very AUBURN-REDUCED!-6 Rm, 3 BR 2 $159,900 DUDLEY: Young, Spacious 2700+ sf. Webster - Waterfront Brand BR, 1.5 ba, 2 story condo! Granite and deck ideal for cookouts. tile, carpet, stove, ref., immediate close to lake George! Totally reno- motivated seller! 2 BR Ranch ba w/2 fireplaces! Finished LL for home, 2 full and 2 half baths, eat-in New 3 BR, 2.5 BA, Garage! fully appl. kitchen peninsula, gas fire- occupancy. $875/month vated! Great value at! $68,000 w/finished L.L. Recent updates! family room or in-laws! 1 acre lot kitchen w/ Corian, hardwoods, fplcd $1975+ place, Central air, large walk-out base- FR, 2 tiered deck, pool! $350,000 Priced at 198,000! Reduced! ment! Reduced! $199,000 on cul-de-sac! $249,900 $ $$$$$$$$$$$$$ CENTURY 21 Y 2 FAMIL ON DEPOSIT SWEEPSTAKES! ON DEPOSIT Visit our open houses

AUBURN: Totally Renovated 3 BR, 2 BA DOUGLAS-Not a short sale or Register to win CHARLTON: WOW!... “Diamond in the WEBSTER-Very nice vinyl-sided 2 OXFORD: Reduced! Nice 3BR, 1.5 bath family w/2 br's each fl. Fully applc'd, ranch. Finished LL! A gorgeous house! foreclosure! Spacious 2 family, 3 rough”! Right in the center of town is end unit townhouse w/full basement, br’s hardwoods, updated! $1,000 monthly prize! this 2200+ sf home in need of loving 1st fl new kitchen w/center isle and Located near I-290 and Mass Pike. A brkfst area. Adorable! Off st parking..2 small 5 unit complex, small pets wel- must see! $249,900 $235,000 $$$$$$$$$$$$$$ restoration! $159,900 driveways. Reduced! $189,900 come. Just Reduced! $147,000 ######################################################

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OPEN WEEKENDS TOOMEY-LOVETT, INC. SPENCER – “CANDLEWOOD ESTATES” www.C21TLC.com This home NORTH BROOKFIELD – Set on over 8 acres, this four WARE - New construction cape, close to everything, NORTH BROOKFIELD – Ranch style LOG home, will fit your needs and wallet. New 2 bedroom, one bedroom colonial could be a nice mini-farm. Out three bedroom, two bath, 1762 sf, could be ready set privately off the road on about 5 acres. level attached single family home. Garage, A/C, buildings, pasture and a nice setting. Bring your soon, town utilities, half acre plus lot , near schools. Seven rooms, three bedrooms, 2.5 baths. You Fireplace, deck Custom kit. w/appliances. Much touches and gardens to make this property complete. Great price for new construction. $219,900 can finish extra space in the loft area. Large Come to our More! Come see for your self. Ready early Spring…. $234,900 $329,000 $249,900.. Colonial up and ready $259,900 (more land is avail at additional price) walk out basement. Wooded lot. Buyer Info Center SIMILAR Open Sunday

2/8/09 from 12-2 WEST BROOKFIELD – Come view one of the EAST BROOKFIELD - Beautiful Colonial loaded nicest antiques in town. Sellers have made many w/upgrades-open livingroom w/floor to ceiling CHARLTON: Two bedroom condo, beautiful new updates to this colonial home. Wonderful brick fieldstone fireplace, large kitchen w/granite NORTH BROOKFIELD – New contemporary split interior with ceramic tile in kitchen & bath, new At both of our patio area off back with fireplace. Home has two counters, master suite w/2 huge walk-in closets, to be built, set on 1.5 acres, vaulted ceiling in tilt windows, w/d hookups, new carpet. Large pellet stoves to reduce heating costs, granite masterbath w/whirlpool tub. Oversized great great room, large master with own bath, two car yard with inground pool. Units include new appli- locations!!! counters in kitchen, huge master bedroom and room. Great commuter location Not a drive-by, garage, finish the lower level yourself and save. ances. Whole complex on three acres. Easy fenced yard. $192,000 so much value for the price! $329,900 Choose your colors now. $249,900 access to pike. $129,900 270 Main St., Spencer (508) 885-3443 EW LISTING EW LISTING N N 85 East Main St., West Brookfield SPENCER – Something for everyone in this very CHARLTON – Spacious contemporary with three BROOKFIELD: Two bedroom home in Wagon BROOKFIELD: Brookfield Meadows a 55+ park, is unique home. Four bedrooms, three full baths, bedrooms, two full baths. Fireplaced two story liv- Wheel park, two bedroom affordably priced, where this three bedroom, two bath home (508) 867-7064 inlaw possibilities, wonderful open floor plan ing room, unique features throughout include roof corner lot Has some updates done. $50,000 resides. Unique central living area containing kit, with sunken living room, radiant heat, gas fire- top deck. If you like unique then you need to view dining and livingroom set up, master suite on one Each office independently owned place and two (2) car garage. Too many features this home now. $309,900 end and other two bedrooms on the other. Nice and operated to list, call now for private viewing. view. $125,000 BANKS, STOCKS AND LOANS, OH MY! FIND THEM ALL ON OUR EASY-TO-USE ONLINE DIRECTORY. All local. All the time. TheHeartOfMassachusetts.com BLACKSTONE VALLEY TRIBUNE Friday, February 6, 2009 • 7

ERA Key Realty Services 351 Main St., Oxford • Key Realty Services(866) 321-6812: Toll-Free! 943-4900 * 987-8400 OFF EXIT 1 - RT. 395 - THOMPSON ROAD, WEBSTER, MASS. Licensed in CT & MA! Visit our website: www.ERAKey.com (Click on “Oxford”) R Marc D. Becker, Carla Manzi, Brokers DUDLEY: Immaculate, WEBSTER -- Big, solid young 1392 sq. ft. three-family on 1/3 acre -- Townhouse on dead-end 3-3-3 -- living room -- for- EW LISTING N street – Spacious, cabi- mal dining -- big, eat-in net-packed kitchen – din- kitchen -- hardwood floors - E ing area with slider to - storage areas -- detached deck – 14x17 ft. living 2-car garage -- handicap room – three bedrooms – ramp -- vinyl siding -- Douglas-$199,927 Oxford-$229,900.! Oxford-$199,000.! In process of complete remodel- 1.5 baths – garage – oil recent roof -- some updates 3 rm Cottage! With buildable lot! 2 unit multi., total 9 rms, heat – pets allowed needed -- family-owned Overlooking private lake; ing! New windows, roof, deck, sep- 1st unit 2 beds, 2nd 1 bed! tic, plumbing, heating, baths and since 1924. A Zoning approved 28x44 home with .26 acres! Completely remodeled! kitchens. Great location, on dead R/E Tax $1477 $225,000 R/E Tax $2320.28 $204,900 3 beds; Septic design complete, New siding, deck, heating, end st.! 3-4 beds 1.5 baths.! not recorded kitchens and baths. Located on Close to playground and WEBSTER dead end st! center of town. WEBSTER – Lovely cen- – 2268 sq. ft. ter hall, hip roof colonial Raised Ranch in very good – eat-in kitchen – formal REDUCED neighborhood -- cabinet L dining room – front-to- kitchen -- dining area back fireplaced living w/sliders to deck -- living room – spacious room -- three bedrooms -- screened porch – hard- ceramic bath -- lower level woods – garage – convenient to highways, shopping, family room -- hardwoods schools. -- replacement windows -- vinyl siding -- garage. Thompson CT-$197,500.! Webster-$499,900.! Oxford-$234,000.! • R/E Tax $2048 $259,900 R/E Tax $1950 $199,900 4 Rm., 2 BR, 1 bath Ranch; Webster lake waterfront with 90’ 2 unit multi, 1st unit 5rms, 1 bed, 1005 sq.ft.; Very affordable ranch, of frontage; Home is including a 1 bath. 2nd unit 4rms, 2 beds, 1 bath. 1398 sqft, .25A lot. newer roof, windows and siding. Pontoon in the sale. 4 rm, GRANDVIEW ESTATES Fireplace for chilly nights. Currently used as a large single WEBSTER -- Charming 2 bed, 1 bath, 977 sqft. family. 2nd floor would make for a TheFull Evergreen basement just waiting to be PHASE II 19th century Cape with Located on a .22A lot. fine in-law or studio apartment. PIASTA ROAD, DUDLEY finished. Home sits next to the Oxford eat-in kitchen... E FIVE 2-ACRE LOTS STILL common. pantry...1st floor laun- AVAILABLE IN THIS dry... dining room...4 LOVELY TEN-LOT SUBDIVISION BR... 2 baths... wide Road and utilities completed. board floors... recent 454 Main Street Sturbridge (508) 347-6556 Great schools, convenient windows and furnace... central location... minutes to S commuter, location, low taxes. Break ground on your dream home! schools, shopping, highway! 18A West Main St, Rte. 9, Brookfield (508) 867-5500 Lots priced at $125,000 and $150,000 R/E Tax $1498 $209,900 Mike Weeks Dianna Heagney Elaine Phifer John Sherman Joan Mellen John Roderick Roger Mundell Sue Pulsifer STERLING REALTY ESTABLISHED 1962 T Carol Holstrom Mike Seery Ann Marie Damian Susan Tittle www.sturbridgerealestate.com

OPEN HOUSE OPEN HOUSE Warren Warren, WHEN YOU THINK OF REAL ESTATE - THINK OF STERLING A 32 Elm Street 106 Dunham Rd. SINCE 1962 www.sterlingrealtyhomes.com OUR 47TH YEAR Febuary 8th Feb 8th 12-2pm 12- 2pm

Updated Victorian with all original woodwork, pat- Price reduced on this 8 room, 3 bedroom, 2 1/2 bath terned hardwood floors, fireplaced and 1st floor colonial. Huge living room with fire-place, kitchen with laundry! Come explore this proudly maintained 9 island and stainless steel appliances, walk-up attic, RE/MAX Professional Associates T rm, 4 Br Grand home. Only $189,900. walk-out bsmt, with 2 car garage. $309,000. Lorraine Herbert, (508) 784-0500 E ~ SUNDAY OPEN HOUSES! ~ Sturbridge Condo – Beautiful wooded setting in a gated community, this prestigious 3 Br home has it all. Dudley-3 bedroom colonial in great location, Two floors, private master bedroom suite w/twin van- sunny family room, cherry cabinets and lots of Open 12:30-2:00 1 Highland Lane, Open 12:00-1:30 35 Stony Brook Drive, ities, endless closets, finished walkout lower level, counter space, 2 car garage, this should not be Sturbridge Southbridge • large open living-dining area, attached 2 car garage, missed, reduced, $289,900 quality thru-out, $285,000. 1 3% towards closing costs! Pristine, decorated 3 BR 1 ⁄2 New upscale 10-room home BA Colonial. Hdwd DR, in cul de sac neighborhood cabinet packed kit, huge LR, withall the extras! Must See!! fin LL, beautifully S $489,900 landscaped lot. (Rt 20-Arnold Rd- $199,900 HighlandLn) (Rt 131-Elm St-Lebanon- Trailside)

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REDUCED 100% Fin avail & FHA 2-1 mortgage rate buy down! approved! Freshly renovated Brand new 4 BR 2.5 BA 2BR 1.5 BA townhouse style Col, 1+ A lot, AC, granite, C condo with all appliances! cath family rm, hdwds, deck, CHARLTON. Beautiful & meticulously DUDLEY. Beautiful 4 BR, 2.5 bath colo- HOLLAND. Waterfront w/ unbeatable $149,900 2-car garage. maintained 4 BR, 3 bath colonial nial abutting 20+ acres of conserva- views! Mint property has fireplace in (Rt 20-Hinman) $349,900 w/great yard! FP in FR. Newly remod- tion land. Kitchen w/ upgraded appl, LR, yearround sunroom, 2 BR plus eled kitchen. Private country setting sunken FR w/ FP, professionally land- fully finished walkout lower level. A (Rt 131-Haynes-Mashapaug- on just over 1A. $345,000. Cindy scaped… $336,000. Cindy Sowa must see! $319,000. Beverly Gray. Breakneck) T Sowa Forgit. Forgit. Licensed in CT. & MA EW LISTING REDUCED N LOCAL NEWS ONLINE. Call For A Free Market Analysis 508-407-5150 I THINK OF IT AS A View www.joannsoldmyhouse.com JO-ANN SZYMCZAK, CRS, GRI, SRES 508- 943-7669 NORTH BROOKFIELD. Antique colo- SOUTHBRIDGE. What potential! 3- SPENCER. 3 Family with 4th unit over CONNIE NEDOROSCIK, REALTOR 508-949-3205 nial in need of updating and repairs. family with huge garage/barn/work- garage. Large driveway for off-street 3 BR, attached garage. Nice rural shop! Charm & character with many parking. Some rehab done, siding, FULLY STOCKED 771 Southbridge Street. • Auburn, MA – “Independently owned and operated” location near center of town. $ modern updates! 1st floor w/ FP in some windows. 2 apts totally redone. 70,500. Dick, Jerry or Jennifer. LR, hardwoods. Large level lot. Nice area close to Main st. $159,900. O $225,000. Bob Maynard. Priscilla. REFRIGERATOR EW PRICES WHENEVER YOU WANT A 5,000 Bonus To N $ $2,000 Bonus To REDUCED REDUCED REDUCED Selling agency Selling agency LATE NIGHT SNACK. Open House Sunday 12-2 Open House Sunday 1-4 DUDLEY- Waterfront DUDLEY DUDLEY- Tobin Farms 159 Pierpont Rd. 24 Prospect Ave. Dudley/Oxford Rd. N $232,900 $234,900 Starting at $399,900 SPENCER. Lovely condo w/ 3 floors of STURBRIDGE. Gorgeous home w/lots WEBSTER. Make an offer! Large 6 Unusual A-Frame w/view of Pierpont Immaculate Ranch, kitchen w/dining Originally priced at $519,900...Beautiful living space. Nicely maintained, 2 BR, BR Colonial in need of some updates Pond, open floor plan, eat-in kitchen, area, hdwd flrs throughout, modern new subdivision quietly tucked away in of upgrades: crown moldings, picture master BR on upper level, garage w/loft, baths, 1st fl laundry w/washer & dryer, a country setting but convenient to I- move in condition. Eligible for frame wainscotting, hardwoods. and renovation. Close to major routes easy access to major highways, new lower level has walk-out easy to finish a 395 and the Masspike. This beautiful ExpressPath Financing. $129,900. Fabulous FR w/ FP, 4 BR, 2.5 baths. and amenities. $ 49,900. Carol solar hot water system, wood insert in family room, includes modern 1/2 bath, colonial is up and ready for immediate Priscilla. $425,000. Gracellen Riel. Allard Vancil. fireplace. patio, deck off laundry. occupancy. Home Ownership Month in Auburn - Ask The Experts • All local. All the time. Free Workshops on Radon; Title 5, Selecting Contractors For Additions TheHeartOfMassachusetts.com Feb 12 & 14 - Radon Feb 18 & 21 - Title 5 Feb 25 & 28 - Contractors

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NORTHBRIDGE — Looking to get No accounting experience is need- • Permits are for Douglas residents rid of your used books? The 10th ed, although basic computer skills only. Gear Christian Youth Cyclists of and e-mail access are necessary and Any questions, please call (508) 476- Whitinsville are raising money basic acquaintance with tax issues 2267 through donations of new and used is desirable. Training and mentor- 90 Worcester Road Webster $279,900. 9 Frederick Street Webster $325,000. books, CDs, DVDs, videos, and ing will be provided. One does not Spacious 2,361 sf custom cape! Business zoned! Sale or lease *3 commercial units w/incredible NORTHBRIDGE — Whitinsville Superb location for professional bldg or very fine potential* Very appealing waterfront building w/97' audio books. The group has placed a need to be a member of AARP to Social Library’s Literacy and ESL personal residence!! Quality craftsmanship & direct riverfront! Major updates are done! drop-off donation container for res- serve. Go to AARP.com/tavolun- extraordinarily well maintained! 4 huge brs. 2 like Including: 30yr architect roof, quality vinyl siding, Program is offered to individuals idents, businesses, schools, teers and click on tab for new ceramic full baths ~ 1 on ea level! Gleaming security lighting, 3 heating/ ac units, 3 electrical who would like to learn or improve hardwood floors throughout! Beautifully unique services, sprinklers & more! Natural gas, town libraries, and other groups who “Leadership Development” and their English skills. Tutors avail- kitchen! 30x24 LL workshop! water/sewer! Large level parking lot! wish to contribute books they no open pages for “Client Facilitator” able for one-on-one or group les- longer have a use for and would like and “Counselor.” Please call (508) sons. There is a small fee for the to see re-purposed, while also rais- 753-7905 if interested and for more care, counseling, medications, spe- Johnston Avenue from Brook Street workbook. For further information, ing money for the cycling group. information. cialist referral, chronic illness care. to end of Johnston Avenue. please stop by or call library at (508) The “Got Books?” donation contain- Also, referral for financial aid and • Odd-numbered side: East Street 234-2151, ext. 4. er, distinguished by its lively purple NORTHBRIDGE — The Blackstone prayer support from 12 churches. from Johnston Avenue to Christian and yellow signs, is conveniently Valley Free Medical Program, dedi- Church lot, Forest Street, Johnston NORTHBRIDGE — Adult located at the Expanded Blackstone cated to the memory of Dr. Robert NORTHBRIDGE — The all-night Avenue from Church Street to East Children of Alcoholics (ACA) is a Regional Recycling Facility (behind Bajema, is held from 6-8 p.m. on the parking ban will remain in effect Street, Pine Street, Prospect Street 12 Step Ala-non fellowship of men the fire station) at 193 Main St. in second Monday of the month at until April 1. The ban is effective from Cottage Street to Church and women whose common pur- Whitinsville. Donations can be Northbridge High School, 427 from 1-6 a.m. and is applicable to all Street, Upper Border Street from D pose is healing, recovery and dis- made by the public during regular Linwood Ave. This is a project of streets with the following excep- Street North, Water Street from covery of self. Recycling Center hours, every the Northbridge Association of tions: gate behind fire station to bottom of The ACA meeting in the Saturday from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m., with Churches. • Even-numbered side: D Street, hill, Granite Street from 23 Granite Northbridge area meets on the exception of January and This program is for the uninsured. High Street, Linden Street, Main St. to East Street. Mondays at 7:30 p.m. at Oakhurst February. Funds raised through No appointments needed. Street from Buma Square to Border Violators of the ban will be tagged Conference Center (Catholic book donations will benefit the 10th General comprehensive services Street, Maple Court, Overlook and if interfering with snow Charities), 120 Hill St. For further Gear Christian Youth Cyclists. and referrals include general physi- Street, Upper High Street from 66- removal will be towed at owner’s information, call Rose at (508) 234- cals, pap smears, mammograms, 100, Water Street from Main Street expense. 9004. REGION — The AARP Foundation- lab testing resource, acute illness to gate at the Shop yard entrance, 8 • Friday, February 6, 2009 BLACKSTONE VALLEY TRIBUNE FEBRUARY, 04, 2009 ☎ TOWN-TO-TOWN CLASSIFIEDS ☎ A STONEBRIDGE PRESS PUBLICATION ☎ 1 Town-to-Town CLASSIFIEDS HOME TOWN SERVICE, BIG TIME RESULTS TO PLACE YOUR AD VISIT US ONLINE CALL www.towntotownclassifieds.com TOLL FREE 1-800-536-5836 6 Shaper Bits Amana Air Never used w/factory 010 FOR SALE 010 FOR SALE 010 FOR SALE coating. 1/2 inch shank. NOT Conditioner 010 FOR SALE 010 FOR SALE 010 FOR SALE FOR HAND ROUTER. 18,000 btu only used 4 *MUST SELL* 200+ Music CD’s $185.00 summers, 2 heavy for me to Baby Grand Piano 1996 Tigershark Antique Tall, Bicycle Pedestal Table $8.00 each or 10 for $75. No Delta Lathe lift. $400 new, sell for $200. Mahogany, No Brand Name. Men’s Trek Pilot 5.2, 58cm Two-Seat Jetski rap. Email your want list: Reproducer Ask for Pat, Mirrored 52”x54”. $2000 Italian made, all wood, Black [email protected] (508)885-5542 Kids No Longer Play! finish, oval shape. built in & Trailer Fits 12" & 14" Delta Craftsman Miter Box with Lathes $450 Sideboard/ $700 OBO 5-Piece Graco leaf, 16 “ wide, 49” long, $1275 back saw. This is not cheap Dresser/Foyer Call 508-885-5389 Baby Set (without leaf) 38” wide Backpack Antique Red After 5pm 5-Phone Executone Office plastic. $65.00. Never Used Highchair, Playpen, Stroller, 30” high. Call (508)943-7215 Vermont Casting Piece Carseat, Swing. $250 $200. Telephone System $100 $450 Lovely piece imported Call (508)949-7539 Call (508)943-7215 Gas Heater from Manchester, Beautiful Wedding Gown Back up Powerpack for 3-Year Old Formal Excellent Condition. England. Over 100 Years Size 10-12, Ivory Strapless, Computer, $100 Asking Price $1700 Furniture Used. $200 Living Room 6000 BTU A/C Old. Carving, Columns, Entertainment Center 14’ Antique Stainless-Steel Call 508-867-5677 7 Drawers, Serving Area, All In Excellent Condition Couch $50 Or Office 508-755-0972 $200/BRO, like new. Milkcan, $25 Burl Inlay Detail. Small Redecorating and need 508-943-2007 Utility Trailer Blue & Gold. Stereo With Speakers $50 Shelves For Candelabra. 2005 Car Mate, Black, Antique Singer Sewing Matching Wingback Call 508-278-7958 Antique Stool space. Store-new Appraised At $2400 condition, MUST SEE! Rear Ramp w/Side Door. Machine, $50 Chair Included. 74” High x 63” 8’ Fisher Plow & Lavatory (508)832-3684 Brand-New Interior Work Bench IBM Selectric Typewriter $400 Porcelain Handles. Wide x 23” Deep. w/Storage Drawers. & Table, $100 Old stlye off 1995 F-250. 774-230-1763 Automatic Scrubbing Dual Axle, 7000lb GVW, 508-832-7414 Frame & Hydraulics included. (2)Glass Doors For Kitchen Power-Head Cabinet 508-248-6949 Beauty Salon Great Shape. 508-461-9097 $750 or best offer. Email For Photo Equipment $500 $3500 OBO 35MM Camera Call Jeff @ 2 Solid Wood Doors [email protected] Reconditioned Prop 508-248-4224 (978)857-0305 6’8”x32” Price Is $1250 2 back to back, free floating Pentax K-1000 (1)4 Lights, (1)15 Lights styling stations, $200 each 19” Pitch, Fits 16-Year Old 2 Pianos with assortment of lenses All French Country 3 Wood Frame Solid or best offer. Merc Cruisers 2 electronic flashes, and Ethan Allen Glass Door Call Suzanne $85 Double Pane Both in excellent condition many other accessories. 24”x50” APARTMENT (508)886-6494 and tuned, Price includes Sell all for $250. Furniture 508-826-2029 Windows move to 1st floor location in 30-Gallon Electric LIQUIDATION Call (508)943-5954 or 3pc Wall Unit Hot-Water Heater Beveled Glass With Screens: Worcester County. Please Everything Must Go! Campground (4) 22.75”W/40”H call 508-885-3705 days (508)943-7704 Tables -Sofa, Butler, LP Gas Wall heater Furniture Coffee And End (10) 22.75”W/48”H End & Nested tables 712-299-5239 Membership (9) 22.75”W/56”H 4x8 Open Trailer Men’s Clothing Table Set Queen-Size Contemporary Style, $100 Free Camping At 15 Resorts, Newly done over. Asking Couch/Sleep-sofa All Amenities Included. Use With Crank Opening 2-Horse Trailer $525. Pictures (1) 40.75”W/41”H ‘98 Sundowner (Extra High, Soft pastel colors Came Back With All In Excellent Condition Own Tent/RV, Or Rent Extra Wide), Dressing Room. Call (508)885-5560 Many Miscellaneous 508-987-2502 Furnished RV/Cabin At (2) 34.75”W/48”H Leave Message Mint Condition. 508-208-8401 Him From Items Campground. Unlimited Asking $50 OBO Per Set $9400 Chickering Lifetime Transfers. 774-262-8929 Brand New Bunk Can schedule viewing Vietnam... No Reasonable 413-245-7055 on weekends 1964 Handpainted Spinet Piano $1500 OBO Beds and 2 Offer Refused 508-347-9319 4 Spartan All Athena Stereo Picture. Painter Has Baby Grand & 20 Foot Dual Axel Dressers Gallery In Vietnam. 508-949-6425 Season Tires Beautiful wood frame Speakers $300 Bench Car Seat Size 185-65R-15. Used only Flat Bed Trailer $700. 1993 Chevrolet includes mattresses, pillows, 3ft tall x 1ft wide, excellent Black & Decker Brand New $20 10K miles, paid $280, will Medium Duty. 2500 GVW ladder (never used). $2000 quality, fantastic sound. 2 Camaro; 21,270 miles, all sell $140. or best offer. Auto Buffer Front load washer & dryer original, $5000. Boy’s (3-4 yr) Bike All Newly Rebuilt. $899 speakers. Asking $380 set. $1200. $35 Call (508)765-9049 OBO Call (508)987-1594, leave for pair. $20 Call (508)765-9316 leave after 4:30pm Call (774)364-0367 message 508-769-2351 message will return call. Call (508)341-4659 508-347-7441 774-272-2459

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Fold-up Real Ranch Please call (774)452-1760 Shelves And Small Closet. Technalon Car Cover Plush Or Berber. or email Measures 64” Long, jacket paid $700, Handmade rocker, $100. asking $250. Call (774)745-0153 Fits Car 16’-17’6” Mink Jacket We Also [email protected] 19” Wide, 30” High. Lead Chandelier $60 Very Good Condition for pictures $150 Call (508)885-4303 Contemporary Style Carry Linoleum 508-892-0254 $150 (Negotiable) Mint Condition 508-885-9992 $800 or best offer Call Tom at Computer Grooming 508-892-1107 Handicapped 508-943-2444 C & S Carpet Mills Compaq FS7600 Everything Must Equipment Oak Bedroom Set Lexmark Printer/Copier/Fax Scooter Queen bed and mattress, Refinished Chairs 508-886-2624 Go!! 1 Romani Grand Daddy Dryer $1,200 Or Best Offer Toll Free Lexmark Printer 1 Romani Clipper Vac Large Double hutch, nightstand and Natural Or Painted Finish, Portable Dishwasher Call Between 3pm-5pm dresser with mirror. All in Some Decorated. Singles To 1-800-861-5445 All For $550 OBO with butcher block top, $250. (B&B Model) Stainless-Steel 1 42 Inch Hydraulic (508)949-7638 excellent condition. Mattress Sets Of Six. Computer Desk (Corner) Farmers table with 5 chairs, Sink brand new. $1300 or BO. Very Reasonable! $195 OBO $200. Oak cabinets, various Grooming Table Moving Must Sell Mahogany TV and sizes, six pieces, $400. 1 Hydro Surge Bather REDUCED! 508-764-4493 Case Tractor Office Chair (Cully) Garden Leisure 6 Seater Video Stand 1948 VAC With $65 Call (508)328-3438 Asking $2500 For All w/Faucet & Sprayer 508-987-2419 Hot Tub with lounger, $50. Samsung 61” Sickle-Bar Mower. Entertainment Center 43” x 22” $3800/BO. Asking $1650 OBO Exercise Brand New HDTV-DLP TV 58”x52”x19”, Solid Wood Heavy Duty 9’ Fisher $75 Weider Pro 9940 dual weight $300 Entertainment Center with stand for sale for $1500. International Harvester Equipment Highway Plow bench, $150. Black chrome and glass Two-Row Corn Planter Numerous Dog Weider weight bench, Call (508)733-5047 for One-way plow, set up for 508-735-9493 Trampoline, $75. asking $500 or BO. appointment. Trailer-Type, With Breed Books preacher curl and leg backhoe or truck, $650. Call (860)377-7549 or Hydraulic Lift. extension with Olympic bar. Brand new computer 508-867-9734 armoire, $450. (860)928-1135 $800 OBO 295lbs of weight, $250. 50lb Fisher Snow-Foil Type Heavy Like New! Santa Barbara punching bag, $50. Curl bar, Duty 8’ Plow for truck Large Two-Level Light Please call Spa/Hot-Tub 860-974-9811 Dark Wood Curio 85lbs or weight, $40. $500 (508)404-5470 Oak Entertainment 55” Wide x 77” Tall, Oak Coffee Table 105 Jets, 7 Person. Upright Cedar Chest & [email protected] Heavy Duty Hobart Meat $125 Center Therapy Lounge, Neck & 18” Deep or 508-637-1046 Grinder. Floor type with large Moving Sale $250 Foot Massage, 2 Additional Rocker Glass Doors On Top, With bowl. $375 Good Condition 2 couch and chair sets, $300 36” TV Therapy Seats Plus Multi-Colored Cushioned Three Drawers Below. Extang Trifecta Briggs & Stratton 12HP 8’ x 11’ Karastan each. Miscellaneous bed- Cooldown Area. Top, Cherry Wood Cedar $500 Tonneau Cover Vertical Riding Mower Oriental Rug room furniture, best $250 Waterfall/Volcano, Lights offer. (Different Colors). Starry (Hope) Chest and Matching Highchair Fits ‘06 Ford F150 crew cab Engine, $95 New Fringe & Loveseat/Recliner Rocker. Both In Excellent Professionally Cleaned Call (774)766-0359 Maroon, $350 Night Blue With Red $50 with 5 1/2 ft. bed. Like new, Used 15” Monitor Maintenance Free Vinyl Condition. $275. Asking $25 $350 Moving Kid’s Recliner Cabinet. One Year Old White Crib Call (508)987-0859 Blue, $50 Cedar Chest $300 Mattress Included $300 Call (508)461-9097 Call Rich Sturbridge/East Paid $8000 New Rocker $200 508-826-2029 Hoover Commercial Vacuum Asking $6000 Call 508-756-2607 508-885-2866 Fishing Rods, HO Scale Train Brimfield Area $100 Will Deliver Comes With Engines, Cars, Call (508)864-8578 Living Room Couch Must Sell 7’ Artificial Christmas Tree Cherry Bedroom Set Dental Chair Reels, Boxes, Buildings And Accessories. And Matching Chair $1900 Lots Of Time & Money Put You pick up between 9/14 $50 Schwinn Electric operates well, Would Plugs, Floral Design Fabric Maple Dining Room Set be great for tattoo parlor, etc. Into It! Pictures Available. & 9/21 Call Jeff at 508-450-1054 Email: $150 (802)380-0844 Electric Scooter With Hutch 3 to choose from. $50 each. Streamers, Needs new battery, $60. $300 Call (508)987-3143 [email protected] 413-245-9001 General electric-hot point Oak Roll-top Desk Or 774-402-1274 refrigerator, top mount-no Oak Vanity Table With Chair Etc. 7 drawers, 7 cubbies, very Air Hockey table, $40. Living Room front, $250. Frigidaire good condition, $200. $75 Designer Archery Hot Tub dishwasher, sink mount. Not (508)764-6560 Stereo With Furniture hard plumbed, $250. General Call (508)478-7577 Speakers/Woofer Equipment ‘07 model; 6 person, 32 jets, Best Offer For: after 3pm Sears 7100BTU Wedding with all options. Waterfall, Electric-Hot Point dryer, $45 Sporting goods, FlexSteel Couch, $150. Maytag-Oversized Air Conditioner aroma-therapy, lighting, with Outdoor World $75 (2)Sofas $150/$300 Dress Machinist Tools & cover, full warranty. Brand Chair & Ottoman. capacity washer, $150. Toaster-Oven Auto Tools, most half General Electric 10,000 BTU Resort Special Queen-Sized Never Worn! new in wrapper. Cost $7000, La-Z-Boy Couch & Recliner. Master Membership, New $40 Handicap walkers, sell for $3800. window mount air Headboard & Frame Christina Wu Strapless All Items High Quality, conditioner, $150. Samsung Unlimted Lifetimes. Includes $75 B.O. For All $10-$30. Call (860)244-9544 Like New. Free Camping, All Amenities, Gown with train. Size 8. 35MM Canon Camera 5,000 BTU window mount air 508-278-2729 Purchased at Kleinfelds HP Scanner Email For Photos conditioner, $75.00 RV/Tent Sites Or Rent A 4-Drawer File Cabinet $25 508-282-1026 NYC. Elegant beading $200 [email protected] Furnished Cabin, Plus Pier One Wicker Table & (508)885-5189 $50 Entertainment. with organza & silk/satin 401-316-4793 MOVING! Two Chairs With material. $700. Prices Negotiable! Also: 32”x52” WOW! All For $900 Removable Glass Top Cherry Dining Call (508)949-2528 Custom Made Moses Transfer Fees Paid! $95 Living Room Set Oak Desk $60 Call Now! Room Table Baskets. 90” Sofa Two-Piece Frigidaire Stackable (508)765-7322 Dudley 1-407-433-9320 TV/Microwave Hutch With 2 leaves, 4 side chairs Love Seat 508-949-3025 and 2 captains chairs. Dirt Bike Washer & Dryer Oriental Rug $75 2003 RM65 Suzuki Jewelry Only $500. Like New (Machine-Made) MY GOOD-BYE Piano 508-397-5289 Cherry TV Armoire Great condition, asking $300 OBO New 14K Ruby & Diamond $1200. Yellow gold cross pendant, 2 Matching End-Tables YOUR GOOD BUY Baldwin Spinnet Only $300. Call Phil Light brown color. Bought at Snow Tires Must be seen to appreciate. Call (774)696-3360 $300 or best offer. Also gem- Take The Whole Set For to well-cared for BR chest of 508-234-3348 stone rings & pendants, best drawers, twin beds, dresser, Steinerts. Good condition, 4 P225-60-R17. Tires like Prices are negotiable. $1000 Or Best Offer $700. 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Completely furnished Elevator accessible, onsite Available Immediately 508-425-6644 Part-Time Sales Mortgage Professionals 508-347-3275 laundromat, trash removal, Local Recruiting Firm efficiencies. All utilities Second Floor, Call Now For More Position 774-230-7885 and cable. $200 per private parking. Washer/Dryer Hookups, Information. Available At A Busy Bridal Growing Rapidly. Duties: week. Appliances included. Personal Storage, Yard. Salon. Applicants Must Be Filling Job Openings & Office/Homes Call Tammy at For more info $750, First & Last Rated One Of Arranging Interviews With Spring Or Fall Cleanings The Top 10 Mature, Personable, And 508-579-0539 (508)867-4277 Reasonably Good Have A Flair For Fashion. Top Banks In New England & Weekly/Bi-Weekly Or Credit & References. Recession-Proof 25-30 Hours Per Week. New York City. Training Monthly Cleanings North Brookfield Careers!!! ************** No Dogs, Please. (Wed. 10a-8pm, Flexible; Provided. Commission Flexible Hours/Days 4 Room, 2 Bedroom Illegal Drug Users Thursdays 4pm-8pm, EQUAL HOUSING Charlton Apartment. Need Not Apply. Flexible; Friday/Saturday $75k+. Benefits. Registered/Insured/ Bonded OPPORTUNITY Small One Bedroom. Stove/Refrigerator, Section 8 OK Customer Help A MUST!) Call Jeff At Off-Street Parking. Washer/Dryer Hookups, Please Call Loren’s Bridal North Wind Consultants Call Joe At START NOW! References Available ************** $600/Month Gas/Gas Heat, Trash 774-230-8486 508-347-5222 860-774-2800 All real estate advertising in Heat & Utilties Not Included. Removal, Yards. Off-Street $19.25 Base Appt. For An Appointment Flexible FT/PT Sales/Service. this newspaper is subject to Available 1/1/09 Parking (2 Cars), Storage No Experience Necessary. Cleaner Homes The Federal Fair Housing Act 508-248-1899 Unit, Dead-End Street. Southbridge Post Office Now Commercial & Residential of 1968, which makes it Cat OK. First/Security. Ideal For Students! 400 SERVICES Clean 4 room, 2 bedroom All Ages 17+ Hiring! Cleaning Service. illegal to advertise any $550/Month+Utilities duplex apartment. Stove, Conditions Apply. Avg Pay $20/hour, Quality Cleaning To Fit Your preference, limitation or 508-735-3015 refrigerator, hookups, Call Now $57K/year, including Federal Customized Needs, With discrimination based on race, Douglas or [email protected] basement, yard, good area. benefits, OT. Placed by People You Can Trust! color, religion, sex, handicap, No pets. Credit check, 508-797-0600 Licensed & Insured. familial status (number of 1, 2 & 3 Bedroom adSource, not affiliated 400 SERVICES Apartments Available North Brookfield First & Last with USPS, who hires. Call To Schedule A children and or pregnancy), First Floor Two Bedroom $675 per month, FREE Estimate national origin, ancestry, age, Prices start at $845/month. Apartment With Back Deck. plus utilities. 1-866-533-4717 774-633-1118 Customer 402 GENERAL SERVICES marital status, or any Includes heat, hot water, A/C, Fully Applianced, Call (508)765-2658 Service intention to make an such pool, fitness center & Washer/Dryer Hookups. Shift 442 LICENSED DAY preference, limitation or children’s program. Includes Additional Storage discrimination. This Representative Supervisor CARE Off street parking. Room, Off-Street Parking. Southbridge Join UniBank to help us A&H newspaper will not Call (508)476-3777 Cats OK. Cohassee Street serve our customers by Residential Setting knowingly accept any $700/Month Plus Utilities First Floor, Nice Three Southbridge Area *************** advertising for real estate opening new savings and UNK The Commonwealth of Douglas First/Last & Security Bedroom. Quiet Dead End checking accounts, To Assist Manager J that is in violation of the law. Large Two Bedroom In Credit Check. Street. Stove & certificates of deposit, With Day-To-Day Massachusetts Office of Our readers are hereby Elegant Older Home On Main Available After 2/15. Refrigerator Included. and cross-selling other Administration Of REMOVAL Child Care Services informed that all dwellings Street. Includes Washer & Contact Connie $875/Month products offered. requires that all ads advertising in this newspaper Dryer. Partially Furnished. 508-867-6535 Heat & Utilities Not Included. Program. are available on and equal Applicants must have two MASONRY placed in the newspaper Separate Eating Area, 508-248-1899 Staff Training, ISP’s for child care (daycare) opportunity basis. To Hardwoods, Plenty Of North Brookfield years business complain about experience, high school & Behavioral Plans, MOVING in your home include Storage! Parking Off-Street. Second Floor 2+ Bedroom Southbridge Crisis Intervention, discrimination call The Pay Heat & Electric. Apartment. Quiet diploma or equivalent, your license number. Department of Housing and Comfortable, Sunny 3-Room, customer service Etc. Experience With CLEANING & First/Last & Security Neighborhood, 1 Bedroom Apartment. Nice Dev. Disabled Urban Development “HUD” $750/Month Washer/Dryer Hookups. experience, basic teller Leicester Center toll-free at 1-800-669-9777. Neighborhood, Walking and new accounts Population Necessary. DEMOLITION Call Cliff 508-476-1700 $695/Month Distance To Town. For the N.E. area, call HUD First, Last & Security knowledge. HS/GED, Driver’s Family Daycare ad 617-565-5308,. The toll Includes Heat, Hot Water, UniBank offers License, Orientation Experienced Provider Has Douglas 508-248-3725 Washer/Dryer, Stove & free number for the hearing New Three Bedroom, competitive wages and Training Required. Openings For Your Child, impaired is 1-800-927-9275 Refrigerator. excellent benefit package, Toddler Through Second Floor Apartment. Northbridge $695/Month including Health, Dental, Call School-Age. Enclosed Yard, Washer/Dryer Hookups. (Linwood) Non-Smoker Preferred life insurance, long and 508-943-0700 x111 Quiet Street. Flexible Hours. 505 APARTMENTS FOR $950/Month No Pets First & Security First Floor, short-term disability, long Or Send Resume To: Special Low Rates Available RENT Four Room Apartment. Call 508-764-7494 term care, an employee K. Bernard Clean Out At This Time. Available March 1st Kathy 508-476-2699 NO PETS, assistance program, and Life Skills Inc. Attics, Garages, Auburn NO SMOKING. a 401(k) plan. Salary mid 44 Morris St., Cellars, Houses, 508-892-9983 Two Bedroom Apartment. Clean, Cozy, Quiet. Southbridge to high $20’s, depending 508-769-1437 (cell) Washer/Dryer Hookups, Douglas First Floor Three Bedroom, Webster, MA 01570 Apartments, Two Bedroom. Off-Street Parking. on experience. Offices, Stores, Etc. License #2084989 Off-Street Parking. $800/Month Plus Security. Newly Renovated. Porch, Centrally Located. New Appliances, Washer/Dryer Hookup, Apply At: Appliances Dishwasher. Quiet, Private Includes Heat, Hot Water, No Pets. First & Last. Stove, Refrigerator, Storage. Section 8 OK. Truck Drivers Available Feb. 15th Country Road. No Traffic. AVAILABLE IMMEDIATELY Demolition $800 Plus Electric. Blinds & Carpeting. Small Buildings 508-949-1834 Available Now First And Security Wanted SEARCH 508-407-8010 No Smoking, No Dogs. Required. Human Resources Class A CDL with Hazmat. ATTN: Landlords Call (508)476-1722 508-234-2025 Department 508-473-4576 Call (508)864-6554 49 Church Street Day Driving Or House Owners Throughout Northeast. Clean & Dudley Dudley Whitinsville, MA 01588 LOCAL. 2 Bedroom Apartment 3 bedroom apartment. Email: Company Based in Paint Interiors Heat and Hot Water Included. Southbridge [email protected] North Brookfield. Section 8 approved. SOUTHBRIDGE First Floor, Five Room, We Do The Work! Hardwood floors, large No Pets/No Smoking EOE/AA Retirees Welcome! Off-Street Parking BRAND NEW Two Bedroom Apartment. kitchen/dining, quiet Gas Stove, Very Nice, No Overnight Loads. 10% Discount neighborhood, front Call (860)935-5206 (508)867-3235 With This Ad APARTMENTS! Quiet Neighborhood, Driver IT’S A porch, off-street parking, Dudley Handicapped Parking. Call washer in basement. 2 Bedrooms/$775. Easy Access. Large Valet Parking Attendant- Stove included. Cute & Clean 1 Bedroom, Available now. to work at several locations 800-844-0034 3rd Floor Apartment. Bathroom. NO-BRAINER No smoking, some pets OK. Stove, refrigerator and Non-Smokers Preferred. in Worcester, MA. IF YOU THINK First/Last & Security Close To Major Routes. IMMEDIATE OPENING! F/T- Porch, Stove, Refrigerator. dishwasher included. First, Security, Credit $975/month plus utilities Check, References P/T available. Potential to The Budget Coach or Section 8. Off-Street Parking, Secure building. earn $11 and more to start. Nice Yard. Off-street parking. Required. TACK Professional Help For Call (508)987-5441 $650/Month Great benefits heath, dental, $550/Month NO Pets. 401k plan, plenty of room for INVOLVES A SHARP OBJECT, Your Personal Finances. 508-943-2670 Call (508)765-5852 774-452-0830 growth! Applicant must be A: YOU SHOULDN’T OWN A North Brookfield over 18, must be able to The Budget Coach Will Find what you’re Southbridge Develop A Personal Plan looking for, 28 Spring Street drive standard 3 large rooms, first North Brookfield Southbridge First Floor, Two Bedroom, transmission vehicles, have HORSE, quick and easy. 4 Room, Second Floor, With You, Using Simplified floor. $625/monthly. 12 Cohasse Street Five Room Apartment. valid license, and prior AND B: Business Approaches. Stove & Refrigerator, Small One Bedroom, Second Off-Street Parking, Enclosed customer service experience References and security Washer/Dryer Hookups, Porch, Washer/Dryer FIND AN HORSE SUPPLY DEALER Over 20 Years Successfully required. Floor. Includes Stove and a plus!!! ON OUR EASY-TO-USE All Local. Enclosed Back Porch. Refrigerator. Hookups. Heat & Hot Water Please contact us at ONLINE DIRECTORY. Managing Budgets. All the time. No pets. Washer/dryer First & Last, No Pets. $500 per month. Included. 877-455-5552 or at: [email protected] hookups. $650/Month First & Last Required. $800/Month All local. TheHeartOf Write To: Utilities Not Included. www.valetparkof All the time. Or 508-792-9087 Massachusetts.com Call (508)867-2478 508-344-2660 america.com/employment PO Box 100 Call 508-248-1899 TheHeartOfMassachusetts.com Or (508)867-7404 North Brookfield, MA 01535 508-320-4570 FEBRUARY, 04, 2009 ☎ TOWN-TO-TOWN CLASSIFIEDS ☎ A STONEBRIDGE PRESS PUBLICATION ☎ 5

505 APARTMENTS FOR 505 APARTMENTS FOR 505 APARTMENTS FOR RENT RENT RENT Sturbridge Southbridge Southbridge 2 Bedroom House. FIRST MONTH’S NEW LISTING! $950 RENT FREE Clean & Spacious 5-Room, Completely Remodeled, HELP WANTED Clean Four Room Two Bedroom New Inside, Near Commons, Apartment, Third Floor. $750 A/C, Parking, Minutes To One Year Lease & Heat Efficient With I-84, Route 20 And The Graphic Design/Pagination References Required. New Heat & Water Systems Mass Pike. Porch, Yard. & Thermal Windows. Available 2/1 Last & Security Washer/Dryer Hookups, Last, Security & References $575/month Refrigerator & Stove, 774-241-0330 Stonebridge Press is currently seeking a Call 508-765-0386 Fenced Yard, Porch, Weekdays 9:30a-5:30p Off-Street Parking, Ceiling Graphic Design/ Page Layout artist. Fans Throughout. Sturbridge To Apply No Pets. No Smoking Nice, clean one Position available immediately. No Pets, No Waterbeds First & Security bedroom apartment Section 8 OK in good area. Includes Quark Xpress experience is a must. AVAILABLE FEBRUARY! stove, refrigerator, Pagination experience is a plus, Southbridge Call 508-765-8730 air and laundry room Five Room, Three Bedroom, on premises. but will train the right candidiate. Second Floor Apartment. $575/month. Nice Fenced-In Yard. Southbridge Security deposit, lease Must be available to work flexible hours. Section 8 Approved. Newly Renovated Two and references required. $675/Month Please call 774-230-4697 Bedroom Apartments. Hardwood Floors, Sunny, (508)347-7709 505 APARTMENTS FOR 505 APARTMENTS FOR Please forward resume to: Quiet. Washer/Dryer Southbridge Hookup In Basement. RENT RENT [email protected] Four Bedroom, Second Floor. Available February 1st Sturbridge Webster or by mail to Julie Clarke, Large Eat-In Kitchen, Near No Pets. One Bedroom, One Bath. Police Station & Route 169. First/Last Month’s Rent. Four Rooms Plus Pantry, Whitinsville Available Now. Heat & Hot Two Bedrooms, Private 1, 2 or 3 bedroom c/o Stonebridge Press, 25 Elm St., $900/Month Plus Utilities $650 Water Included. Section 8 OK Call 508-867-7992 Enclosed Porches. Brand apartments. Large rooms, Southbridge, MA 01550 No Pets. No Smoking. New Gas Heating System. with appliances. Off-street Call Tim Or Cara One Month’s Security 508-347-5175 Sunny, Neat & Clean. Great parking. No pets. Southbridge Deposit & References Area. Off-Street Parking. No utilities included. Non-Smokers Only. Required. $675/Month Plus Utilities First/Last & References Stonebridge Press is an EOE Southbridge Cozy Three Room, One $635/Month 508-949-7660 Call (508)476-7856 Four bedrooms, 7 rooms, Bedroom. Stove & Fridge. Contact Dennis 1 bath, 2 living rooms, big $495/Month 508-347-0810 510 kitchen. second floor. First & Security, Webster Brand new building. Credit Check. Cats OK. Sturbridge Large Three Bedroom COMMERCIAL/BUSINESS Off-street parking, 413-283-5445 First Floor Apartment. Section 8 OK, deleaded, Leave Message Sturbridge Heights Living Room, Dining Room, Chase Mill laundry facilities, (Hall Road) Off-Street Parking, Coin-Op. Complex 530 HOUSES FOR SALE 546 CEMETARY LOTS 550 MOBILE HOMES convenient location. Spacious 1 Bedroom. $950/month Southbridge First & Last. $650/month. Also: Second Floor, Five (Formerly Ethan Allen) Woodstock Worcester County Sturbridge Retirement Second Floor, Two Room Apartment. Located In Dudley, MA Completely Remodeled Call (617)645-2811 Bedroom. Stove, Also Available Memorial Park, Community Brand New Two Bedroom Section 8 Approved Indoor/Outdoor Space Split-Level Ranch. 4 Completely Rebuilt In 2002. Refrigerator. Hardwood Available For Immediate Bedrooms, 2 Full Baths. Paxton Southbridge Floors. Hot Water Included. Applianced Apartments. For More Information New Floors, Walls, Doors, Starting At $845/Month Call 508-943-8807 Lease For Storage, Large Family Room. 4 lots in the Garden of the Windows, Kitchen Cabinets, High Street No Pets. Everything New. Cross, which is the oldest 2 Bedroom, Very Nice, First, Last & Security Call (508)729-3429 Light Industrial, Bathroom. Carpeting On All Manufacturing, Office. Located On One Acre garden in the park. Value Floors Except Kitchen & Quiet And Clean, $675/Month With Beach Rights To $7000, asking $6000. $675 Per Month. 508-829-5853 Sturbridge Call Today For Info Bath. New Vinyl Siding. Webster 774-280-6026 Bungee Lake. Will sell separately. 508-735-9639 Call (508)764-3743 Two Bedroom Apartment. Asking $259,900 Call (508)892-8685 Southbridge Heat Included. Washer & OPEN NOW!!! Possible Lease Option Dryer & Trash Removal Southbridge Spacious first floor, 2BR, Prospect Call 508-320-2175 550 MOBILE HOMES Incredible, Spacious, Living room and dining Included. Tri-State Speedway Year Round Second Floor, Two room. Quiet area on Rte.169. $925/month Indoor Go-Kart & 546 CEMETARY LOTS 14x70 Mobile or Winter Bedroom Apartment. Washer/dryer hookups, First/Last & Security Estates Amusement Center 3 Lots Hardwoods, Appliances, Off-street parking. Call For An Appointment Home Porches, W/D Hookups, $775/month. First/Last 508-347-5124 1 & 2 Bedroom Pine Grove W/56ft addition which Home Off-Street Parking. RENT NOW & GET HALF OF Apartments. Spencer includes 24x12 den, 14x12 This 1475 sq. ft. 2 $725/Month Plus Utilities FIRST MONTH FREE!!! Cemetery bedroom 2 full bath, fully Thompson 1 Month Free Rent Office Space Whitinsville, MA work room w/sink and 18ft First & Security Required. (774)262-6533 3 Bedroom Duplex Bright & Spacious Rooms In porch w/handicapped ramp. furnished, like new home No Pets All Adjoining, Side-By-Side. inside and out, is in a Apartment. Close To I-395. Now Available: Beautiful, Historic Victorian. Good Location Near Large hallways/doors, for 508-410-7004 Oil Heat, W/D Hookups, Historical Buildings Centrally Located On Route wheelchair. New beautiful 55 and older Southbridge Front/Path. gated community. It’s Spacious Three Bedroom No Pets. $800/Month 9. Ample Parking. Great Asking $1100 Each roof/windows. $98K plus Security Required. Must Income Qualify Location. Variety Of park share. located in Fort Pierce, FL., Southbridge Apartment. SECTION 8 CERTIFICATES Or $3000 For All 3 just minutes from beaches Remodeled. Nice, Quiet Area. 860-923-9120 Floorplans Available. 508-234-5389 Bill, (508)347-5463 Large 6 Room, Two WELCOME Call 508-735-4335 and great fishing. Many Coin-Op Laundry. other extras. $79,900. Bedroom, Washer Hookups. Pets OK. First & Last. Garage. Second Floor. Uxbridge Call Cemetery Lot Make an offer. $600/Month One bedroom apartment with Southbridge 14x70 Mobile $650/Month Plus Utilities. Call 617-733-8172 Call (508)779-0311 First & Last loft, stove and refrigerator (508)943-9567 2000 Sq.Ft. Commercial For Sale Home Call Dave included. $650 per month E.H.O. Space. Zoned For All Uses Worcester County Memorial with central air. Mint 413-262-3579 Southbridge plus utilities. First and last. Plus Retail., Across From Park, Paxton, MA. condition to move in. Many 565 ROOMS FOR RENT Three bedroom first floor, Also have garage for rent for Dunkin Donuts (E.Main Garden Of Heritage II, 609B, new extras. Located in de-leaded, remodeled, stove, $100/month. Street), Great Traffic Area. 2 Lots (1 & 2) attractive over 55 park in Spencer Southbridge off-street parking, Webster Newly Renovated/Painted. $1500 For Both Large First Floor 6-Room Call Second Floor, Brand-New Sturbridge. Rooms Available washer/dryer hookups, Snowplowing Provided. Call 508-347-3884 Call Joe (508)347-8976 Apartment. Gleaming Wood (508)278-6319 Five-Room Apartment. Call For More Information Leave Message If No Answer Professionally Managed. limited/restricted Historic Building. Common Floors, Freshly Painted, Nice storage. First, last and Off-Street Parking. Coin-Op 860-928-4155 Yard, Nice Location. Warren Washer/Dryer. No Pets. 1983 Mobile Home Kitchen/Living Areas. security deposits. Section 8 Cemetery Lots Security Deposit & $850/Month Plus Utilities. welcome. References and Townhouse (No Fees) Call 508-943-8232 14’x70’, Liberty Brand. First & Security. No Pets. 7 Rooms, 2 Bedrooms, 2 Full Southbridge for Sale Two Bedroom, References Required. credit check. No pets, Please Call George Pam no utilities. Baths, Porch, 2 Rooms Retail Space Worcester County Memorial All Remodeled With REMAX Professional (Office/Sewing), Fenced Webster Main Street, high visibility. Park-Paxton, MA Attached Screenhouse. 508-791-3224 $850.00 per month. EOH Associates 508-885-5556 Call (508)637-1074 Yard, Appliances, Second Floor, Clean Two $1300 per month 2 Lots (#408A) available in Park Share Included. Or Visit Washer/Dryer, Parking, Bedroom Apartment. Good plus utilities. the beautiful Garden of Valor $69,000 OBO Area, Off-Street Parking. In- www.pamcrawford.com Southbridge Private Yard, Turn-Key. Call (508)765-5995 II. $5,000 for both. 508-867-5043 575 VACATION RENTALS $850/Month cludes Stove, Washer/Dryer Call (508)987-0531 Two Bedroom Hookup. Southbridge Apartments. Well Call 508-867-8971 Sturbridge Large Five Room, Two No Pets/Smokers Brookfield Maintained, $700/Month Plus Utilities Commercial/Office Space Cape Cod Bedroom Apartment. Convenient Locations. For Rent In The Heart Of The CEMETERY Nanatomqua Mobile Washer/Dryer Hookups, First/Last & Security Summer Rental From $650 Webster Reference & Credit Check Business District. Home Park Off-Street Parking. Call For More Details From $425 To $795 Per LOTS: (55 And Over) No Pets. No Smoking. 508-949-3044 6 Room House 508-769-2500 Ask For John Month. Two in the 2 Bedroom with 1-1/2 First & Last NORTH VILLAGE 508-248-0847 Garden of Valor West Yarmouth $800/Month Bath, Living Room, Large at Worcester Memorial Kitchen, Laundry Room One Minute walk to Ocean 508-641-2427 Southbridge: 2 bedroom units Webster Park in Paxton. Spacious 2 Bedroom Webster $1500/best offer. With New Appliances, beach. All amenities. Large 1 bedroom modern. starting at $760!! And Door To Back Porch. $950.00 per week. Southbridge Wall to wall, appliances Apartment. 2nd Floor, For Rent Please call Large Three Bedroom included, coin-op laundry, no Gas Heat. Coin-Ops, 508-885-5133 REDUCED Call 617-797-4665 or Heat and hot water Off-Street Parking. 1000 Square Feet Apartment, Third Floor. pets, lease and security. is included. $79,900 617-698-0638 Washer/Dryer Hookups, $575 and up, utilities not $625 Per Month. To 508-868-4662 Off-Street Parking. included. First & Security Deposit Must income qualify. Call 508-410-1319 14,000 Square Feet Cemetery Plots at $750/Month + Utilities Call (508)764-2866 And Anything Worcester County Mobile Home First & Security Section 8 Vouchers In Between... 508-410-7004 Spencer Accepted. Webster Memorial Park For Sale Florida Two Bedroom Apartment, Owner Will Give You in Heritage I. 2 lots. $1200. In Sturbridge Retirement Great One Bedroom. Price You Can’t Refuse! Co-Operative. Top Level; Bedroom, Small Please call Third Floor. Neat & Clean, Call (508)987-6180 Disney Area Off-Street Parking, 508-753-3670 44x23, 5 Rooms, 1 1/2 Baths Southbridge Office, Bath. Lower Level; (508)987-1595 (1068 sq.ft. Gross Living All the comforts of Large Three Bedroom, Open Kitchen/Living/Dining, Washer/Dryer Hookups. Cemetery Plots Excellent Location, Area). Air Conditioning, home, with the Second Floor. Freshly 1/2 Bath, Laundry. Worcester County Memorial Corner Lot, 2 Sheds. Painted. New Wall-To-Wall Quiet Lake View, Pool. Affordable. 515 CONDOS-RENT/SALE Park, Paxton; 2 Person, attractions nearby. Call For Details. For Appointment Carpeting, Hot Water, First/Last & Security Deposit. Webster Garden Of Faith. 508-347-9370 2 Bedroom, Range, Clothes Dryer, Criminal/Credit Check 1-508-612-6192 Spencer $1400 OBO (For Both) 2 bath condo. 18 Mechanic Street 1-508-943-7436 Refrigerator, All Included. Starting At $825/Month Furnished Studio Apartment. Two Bedroom Condo. Bright, Currently Sells For $2100 Sleeps 6, Highly Efficient To Heat! INCLUDES UTILITIES Shared Bathroom. With Modern, Contemporary Direct From WCMP. Retiring? Full kitchen, pool, No Pets/Waterbeds 508-885-5216 All Utilities, Laundry, Webster Style. Hardwood, Please Call Think Of A Mobile Home tennis and more! $750/Month Off-Street Parking. Two Bedroom Apartments. Tile, & Appliances. 508-892-1679 In A Beautiful Park In One-Year Lease Spencer $125/Weekly Coin-Op & Off-Street Great Kitchen. Beautifully Sturbridge. WINTER SPECIAL For Rental Application Parking. Second & Third Landscaped Grounds. Two Bedrooms, One And To Apply Call One Bedroom Apartment. Convenient Location. Garden of Prayer $50/NIGHT! $520/Month Call 508-943-9452 Floor Available. No Pets. 3 lots, side by side, buy two One Half Bath, Deck, Patio, 508-765-0386 Rent To Own! New Roof, New Windows, 9:30am-5:30pm Off-Street Parking. $600/month for $2000 and get the third 508-885-4078 First & Last. No Pets. Webster First/Last & References (6 Months Credit) free. Choice ground. And Many Updates. References Required. 508-943-1076 From $850 Worcester county memorial seerealtor.com 2 Bedroom Apartment Call 508-735-4335 Southbridge Coin-Op Laundry On-Site. Second Floor. Off-Street After 5pm park, Paxton MA. $89,500 508-347-8791 Modern 2 Bedroom 774-200-1427 Parking. Appliances And 525 HOUSES FOR RENT Call (508)234-7116 Florida Apartments. Appliances, Heat Included. No Pets. Webster Fort Myers Beach Off-Street Parking. Spencer $700 per month. Two Bedroom, De-Leaded. Southbridge Two Cemetery Sturbridge Immediate Occupancy! One bedroom duplex, Call (508)450-6421 Near Park & School. 3 bedroom, 2 bath cape. Lots $99,900 One Bedroom Beach $675-$725/Month appliances, one year lease, Available Now Modern kitchen, living room, (Park Share Included) Cottage. 774-258-0147 Worcester County no pets. First, last, $500 Webster $600/Month laundry/mud room, garage, Memorial Park Charming, Move-In Ready. security. $525 per month. March 1st-14th Brand New Two First/Last & Security private back yard & patio. In Paxton Fully Applianced, C/A, Open $1200/Weekly Southbridge Please call 508-886-4312 Bedroom Apartment. 508-304-3141 $1500 per month plus Floor Plan. Two Bedrooms, Modern One Bedroom Third utilities. First and security. $900 For Each, One Large Bath. (Off-Season) Weeks Many Amenities References required. Floor Apartment For Rent. Spencer Including Dishwasher. West Brookfield $1800 For Both Maintenance Free. Shaded. December & April Knotty Pine Kitchen With Two Bedroom Apartment, Call (508)729-0910 From $450/Weekly Nice Area, 1 and 2 bedrooms, walk to Call Cheryl Monthly Fee $180. Appliances, Washer & Dryer. W/D Hookups, Stove & Includes Taxes, Cable Nice Location. Fridge, Trash Included. Washer/Dryer Facilities. beautiful town common. 413-245-4181 All Clean, Quiet & Stove, refrigerator, TV And More! $600/Month Plus Utilities New Carpet & Paint, Etc. $775/Month Southbridge Why Rent? Well Equipped. Security Deposit Required. No Pets. References Required. dishwasher, washer/dryer Single Family Home WORCESTER COUNTY hookups, nice yard. 860-315-7122 Near All Attractions. 508-764-7095 $725/Month No Pets Three Bedrooms, One And MEMORIAL PARK; Partial Heat Included Call 508-769-2500 $595-$750/month plus A Half Bath, One-Car Garage. 774-262-0340 Sturbridge 774-230-7146 utilities. No pets. First and Nice Neighborhood Paxton, MA Sturbridge last. (Westwood Parkway) 2 adjoining lots. Mobile Home 55+ Lakeside Webster Call (508)868-5911 or $1100/Month Asking $1500 or Best Offer 1 Bedroom, Ideal WELLS, MAINE Spencer (508)867-2398 508-735-2535 for both call (508)867-3820 Apartments Two Bedroom Apartment. First Floor, Four Room Location, Close To Village By the Sea 3 Room, 1 Bedroom Heat, Hot Water & Apartment. With Parking. Worcester County Everything. New Floors, 2 bedroom/2 bath condo. Apartment . Kitchen Appliances Included. Stove, Refrigerator, And West Brookfield Webster Pool complex, with Coin-Op Laundry In Carpets, Paint, Windows, Appliances, 1/4 Mile To Washer/Dryer Hookups, 2 bedroom apartment 3 Bedroom, 1 Bath Ranch. Memorial Park Shower, Cabinets & jacuzzi and exercise room, I-84 And MA Pike. Trash Removal, Off-Street Basement. second floor. Off street In Quiet Neighborhood. Paxton, MA outdoor pool, in-unit laundry, No Pets. First/Last & Counters. Newer Furnace, A/C, cable. No Smoking, No Pets. Parking. parking, washer/dryer $1000/Month Plus Utilities Plots In Garden Of Honor. A/C & More. References A Must. No Smoking, No Pets. Security Required. hookup. $700 per month, Available Immediately! 2 Lots & 2 Vaults. Daily Rate $80-$90 $625/month. First/Last & Security Section 8 Approved plus utilities. No pets. Call Linda At Asking $2700 For All Washer/Dryer. $650/Month Call For Details Call (508)347-9623 $900/Month Call for more details, Bazinet Realty 774-745-0026 $37,500 (508)429-7568 9am-6pm 508-885-6445 508-864-7595 (413)436-9544 508-943-0667 Please Leave Message 508-347-7027 6 ☎ TOWN-TO-TOWN CLASSIFIEDS ☎ A STONEBRIDGE PRESS PUBLICATION ☎ February, 04, 2009 Aut motive

705 AUTO ACCESSORIES 720 CLASSICS 725 AUTOMOBILES 725 AUTOMOBILES 725 AUTOMOBILES 715 AUTO SERVICES 715 AUTO SERVICES 700 AUTOMOTIVE Used Auto Parts 1953 Ford 2002 BMW 325ci 2007 Dodge 1994 Ford Taurus 91 day Guarantee. Large 2-Door Sedan Convertible Charger SXT Only $500! Good Deal! inventory of engines, For Listings D&M Mild Custom, $11,000 Excellent Condition. Only 1,400 Miles, Pearl-Coat 800-559-4138 xL273 705 AUTO ACCESSORIES transmissions, tires & glass. 38,883 Miles. Automatic Red, Grey Interior. 3.5L V6, Excellent service. Free parts 1955 Oldsmobile Transmission With Sports Lots Of Toys. NO Bank Lien Towing & Recycling locating service. Shift Mode. Grey Leather $19,595 OBO 1992 Ford Escort 4 Cooper Weather Amherst-Oakham Auto 4-Door Heated Seats. Car Is Loaded. Must See! Runs Great, 92k Miles. Paying CASH Call (800)992-0441 or Original, $10,000 Harmon-Kardon Sound Sharon 774-287-2031 $1200 Master S/T Tires (508)799-9969 System, Premium 860-942-0464 For Your Junk & Unwanted Vehicles Steel Belted, 205/65 R15 1975 Ford Flatbed Wheels, Etc. 2000 Dodge Fully Licensed & Insured Like New $150 $1600 $19,999 1995 Geo Prizm 720 CLASSICS Contact Josh Caravan 110K miles, Red, 4 door Cars, Trucks and Farm Equipment Wanted 4 Cooper Weather 1953 Ford 3/4 Ton 508-885-7085 56,000 miles, excellent sedan, recently, Master S/T Snow 1989 BMW 325i condition. Non-smoker, reconditioned, new starter, Call D&M Towing 508-887-3645 Groove Tires Red convertible new black Pickup am/fm/cd, recent tires. runs great. TOLL-FREE 1-877-820-2TOW Solid, Needs Restoration, 1999 Buick Park 225/55 R17 top new transmission, Asking $3900. Moving must sell quick!! Inquire at: www.dmtow.com Like New $200 automatic, runs perfect, $2500 $2500 or best offer. $5500. Call (413)245-4587 Ave 1983 Lincoln Town 508-867-2560 Collection MUST BE SOLD! Loaded, like new, leather, Call (508)341-4434 or 978-760-3453 Car (860)857-4168 Evenings 122K miles. $4500. 20,000 miles, estate car. Call (508)752-8683 725 AUTOMOBILES 740 MOTORCYCLES 1985 Buick 1973 Green Excellent condition. Always 2002 Lincoln LS Riviera garaged. $3900 or best offer. 2006 Scion XB 2004 Harley VW Beetle (508)317-7092 Black/Tan, Leather, 40k, A-1 Condition Must Sell My Beautiful, 1993 Buick Fully Loaded, Chrome Still In New Condition! Davidson Ultra Restored Pride & Joy! Recent Engine, LeSabre Sedan 1996 Dodge Intrepid Rims/Grill/Rocker Has 19k Miles On It. Carries 4 new Yokohama 135k Original Miles. Pretty Good Tires Platinum Warranty, Good Classic Good Shape, Runs Well. ES Sedan Panels/Pillars, Until 2012, Or 70k Miles. All 5500 miles, $17000. High Speed Rain Blue With Black Landau Best Offer $950 FIRM Brand New Snow Tires, Roof. Plush Interior. 413-245-3530 119k Miles, Good Condition. Options, 35-40MPG, Call (508)943-0242 Please Call Mike $1100 BO Extra Set Of 18” Chrome Burgundy Exterior. Tires Mechanically Good. 774-253-8502 195-50-R15/82V on mint 5 $2500 OBO 1995 Toyota Supra Call 508-764-5317 Rims with Tires. New Excellent Inside/Out. 2002 Harley Bolt American Racing 508-476-1721 Twin-Turbo, Stock, 6-Speed. After 5pm Brakes $13,900 Wheels. Fits Accord, Sentra, Original. 60k, 508-943-5954 XLH 883 Sportster Camry, Corolla, Miata, Neon 1993 Cadillac 1994 Dodge Sharp Car! Mint! 9500 Miles, Crash Bars, Black-On-Black, Leather, $13,500 obo and many more. 1962 Buick Two-Owner Car. Fleetwood Intrepid 2001 Subaru Highway Pegs, Saddle Bags, Call Tom ask if they will fit $50,000 FIRM 774-289-9074 Passenger Pegs & Pillion, Electra 225 Florida car. 46k miles, 86k Miles, Needs Forrester Custom Grips. your car. 4-Door, Excellent Running & Best Reasonable Offer 1973 Pontiac regular gas; 17-18 in city Transmission Work. 1999 Mercury Standard, Recent Brakes, Excellent Condition Spencer Body Condition. 36k Original 27-28 highway. Fully loaded, Good Body, Strong Cougar A/C, Roof Racks. Looks Looks & Runs Great. Miles. Light Grey. Trans-Am Light Blue with Light Engine, Good Tires. & Runs Great. 774-745-0173 Price Negotiable 4-Speed, With 455cu. White, 92k, V6, 5 Speed, All Asking $4500 Blue leather interior. $6200. Nice Car $5,500 OBO 860-617-7335 Call Laurie Burgundy Interior, Original, Call (508)832-3029 or Options. College 508-987-3244 508-450-5740 Matching Numbers. 90k. (508)272-3433 Asking $700 OBO Forces Sale 2000 Harley Third Row $50,000 FIRM Call Before 8pm $3800 OBO 2006 Volkswagen Davidson XL883 Bench Seat 1987 Chevy 508-344-2660 2004 Chevrolet 508-892-4434 Call Jetta For Ford Expedition 508-476-3907 Custom Monte Carlo LS Corvette Monte Carlo LS 1992 Dodge 508-335-1283 Black, fully loaded, leather, 5 Pearl Blue, Screaming Eagle, (Eddie Bauer) Light Blue, 2-door hard-top, disc CD changer, heated Tan Leather, Excellent 1978 Anniversary Black/Grey, Excellent Carb/Pipes, Forward Pegs, 5.0 V8 automatic, perfect Condition, 43k Miles. Stealth 1996 Mercury seats & mirrors, sunroof, Drag Bars, Fat Boy Back Rim, Condition. velour interior, 1-owner, Black T-Top, 57k Miles. Red, Mint Condition. front, side & rear air bags. Fits Model Years ‘97-’02 New Exhaust, Starter, Etc. $9500 21” Spoked Front Rim. Lots 120K miles. Bought new at 508-987-1350 $6500 OBO Grand Marquis $14,900. Of Chrome Added, 1,493 $150 Diamond Chevrolet. Very $5500 OBO 508-347-3613 Blue Hill Edition Call (508)949-6914 860-935-0039 508-713-3513 Miles, Flawless. good condition, 2000 Chevy Loaded, White w/ Blue Asking $5800 runs great. $2500. 725 AUTOMOBILES 1985 Fire-Engine Interior, 90k Miles 1993 Volvo 240GL 860-792-1168 (508)347-9386 Malibu Red Mazda RX7 $2,995 obo 4-Door Sedan, 132k Truck Rails 1999 Audi A4 1.8T V6, 126k Miles, A/C, Miles. Runs Fine. No Chrome Tube For 8’ Bed 1984 Firebird SE 82k Miles. 19” Chrome Power Everything. CD Player. 1.1L Rotary Engine. 1992 Chevy Rust. CD, Automatic. 1998 Harley Great Condition H06, air, auto locks doors & Wheels, Body Kit, Custom $2000 OBO Mint Condition. Corsica $2300 OBO Davidson $95 For Set windows. Cast wheels, MUST SELL! Single Owner, 54k Miles. 508-867-6023 Chapman. Best offer. Paint, Plus Many Extras. Blue, 119k Miles, 1200 Sportster 15,500 miles, Asking $9,800 508-762-6773 Always Garaged, No Rust, excellent condition, GM Chrome Call (617)872-3230 Sunroof. Good Condition or best offer 6 Cylinder Automatic Corvette 1988 registered, many extras! Slotted Wheels Runs Beautifully. $7000 or BO Antique Black (508)717-9244 2005 Chrysler $1,195 obo Excellent Condition. New 15”, 5-Lug Bolt Pattern $5000 T-Top, Tires & Interior. 508-764-8754 For Full-Size GM. Jaguar Pacifica 508-845-9237 (508)615-5959 Over $11k Invested. $200 Set Of 4 2004 Chrysler AWD, 138k Miles, Mostly 1972 XJ6. Body, paint and Highway. New Tires, Great Asking $7500 OBO 1994 Harley chrome nearly perfect, New Town & Country 2003 Ford 2006 Mustang 454 Complete Family Car, Well Maintained. 1-508-943-1128 Davidson GM Block Michelin pin stripe tires and One Owner, 23,500 Miles. $6500 OBO Mustang GT Convertible 1-508-341-3164 many spare parts. Silver, 44,500 Miles, Dyna Wide Glide. 19K miles, With Fuel Injection Black Custom Paint, Fully Photos Available With 22k Miles, Custom good shape, extra lights, Best Reasonable Offer. Loaded, Perfect Condition Call Bill & Andrea Excellent Condition. SPORTS UTILITY $1200 Call Tom (Spencer) Exhaust, Pro 5.0 Shifter, extra chrome, forward $18,000 Or Best Offer 860-377-0396 Ebiach Lowering Springs. $11,500 508-259-8805 (774)745-0173 860-916-8247 VEHICLES controls. $7500. Call 508-764-3723 860-928-1064 Clean Car, Mint Condition. Call (508)864-3198 Garaged In Winter. 1997 Olds Regency 2001 Chevy $14,000 OBO Nice solid driver 105K Blazer LT 2008 Honda 508-864-9692 highway miles, loaded with Second Owner, 6-Cylinder, Save $1000 PLUS! 508-764-1401 moonroof, needs nothing. Electronic Shift-on-The-Fly 4 Only 90 Miles! Asking $3500. Wheel Drive. Very Clean, Rebel CMX250C 2003 Ford Call (860)974-3022 Runs Great, Needs Nothing! 94k Miles, 22MPG. $2899 Mustang Mach 1 $500 Police Asking $6000 508-987-6313 Azure Blue with Black Impounds! 508-864-3846 leather. 18K miles, like brand 2005 Honda VT750 new. Couple after Cars/Trucks From $500! Shadow Spirit market parts. $17,500. For listings 2003 Dodge Call (508)987-8486 800-559-4138 ext. 3468 Mint Condition, Low Durango Mileage, Always Garaged. 2008 Pontiac G5 ABS, A/C, Alloy, AWD, Pearl Blue/Metallic Silver 2000 Ford Brand New! Low Mileage. 7 P.Seats, H.Seats, Flame, Chrome Backrest. Taurus SES 2-Door Coupe, R/Boards, Fully Loaded, Asking $4500 OBO 3.0L V6, Loaded, Midnight Blue. New Tires. 95k Miles, Call 860-792-0506 Ice Cold A/C. Bought For $18,000 4x4, 4.7L. $7000 OBO $1995 Sell For $14,500 Call Rick At 774-230-4485 508-245-5715 2004 Honda VTX Or Rob 508-764-0626 1300 Retro 1-800-282-4356 1996 Saturn SL 1987 Pontiac 4-Cylinder, Cold A/C, Great Pristine condition, Candy On Gas, CD System. Safari Wagon 2004 Jeep Apple Red, many chrome Very Reliable - Must See! Full-Sized, One Owner. 80k Liberty Sport extras, less than 2000 miles, $1495 OBO Miles, Excellent Condition. Silver, 49k Miles. $7500 firm. Free mini bike $1200 with purchase. 774-208-3313 Excellent Condition. Call David, Russo Coal/ CD/AM/FM Radio. (508)234-0631 1999 Ford Wood Stove Asking $14,200 Mustang Excellent Condition 774-364-1133 2003 Honda 6-Cylinder Automatic, 94k Hardly Used. Or After 5pm CRF-150 $350 508-886-7184 Miles, White. Power Seats, Hardly Used! Windows, Locks & Steering. Call After 3pm Ask For Linda Very Good Condition. Paid $3200 508-885-3036 Asking $1800 Firm $4995 740 MOTORCYCLES Call 508-764-4570 2001 PT Cruiser (508)987-0557 2005 Aquila 250 Limited 1994 Honda 1999 Ford Ranger Silver w/ Leather, Loaded Cruiser Extended Cab Pickup One Owner 356 miles, showroom CBR 600 V6, 4.0L Excellent Condition, 24k 131,780 Miles. Recent A Loved Car!!! condition, bike can be seen at 364 Main Street, Oxford. Miles. White & Black. Tuneup, Tires, Brakes. Low Price Reflects 114k, New Chain & Tire. New Timing Belt, and $2700. Runs Well. Call (774)280-2630 $2800 OBO $3500 Extensive Tune-up 508-765-9266 (Book Value $6000+) REDUCED 860-923-1848 $5700 2006 Harley 2003 Kawasaki 1998 Ford (508)476-3715 Davidson KX65 Contour LX Wanted Sportster XL883C One Owner, Runs Great, Blue. Reliable, Runs Great, New Sprockets and Chain. Old Camaros White with saddle bags. Son has outgrown it. 133k. Good Tires, 1967-1969 including parts, 2,091 miles. $6000. Also Recent Brake Job. pieces in any condition. Will Harley helmet, jacket and $1600 OBO $1700 Or Best Offer consider other models. gloves for sale. Call 508-764-1515 508-892-9212 Call (860)633-0869 Call (508)949-0621 or (Cell) 508-450-6458 Looking for Ford, Lincoln or Mercury Parts, Service or Collision Repair? MILLBURY FORD MERCURY on Route 20 in Auburn can help you out. 8 Just a few short minutes from Worcester, at exit 6B off I-290, we have a large staff of Ford Certified Technicians capable of performing all your service or collision repair needs, always at competitive prices. 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740 MOTORCYCLES 745 RECREATIONAL 750 CAMPERS/TRAILERS 750 CAMPERS/TRAILERS 750 CAMPERS/TRAILERS 760 VANS/TRUCKS 760 VANS/TRUCKS 760 VANS/TRUCKS VEHICLES 2007 Suzuki 2002 Featherlite 35’ Park Model 2001 Dodge Truck Cap Camper/RV 1996 Ford E-250 Boulevard 1500cc 2006 Suzuki 2 Horse Trailer Trailer Dakota 3/4 Ton Heavy Duty, For 1999 Dodge Pickup Two-Tone (Red/Black), DG Extra high and wide. Rear Fully equipped, furnished 2001 Coachhouse 4 Wheel Drive, Extended (Short-Bed) Big Straight Pipes, Gel Seat LTZ 400 52k Miles, Completely Extended Utility Van. load, front unload, like new. with 10’x35’ attached Cab One Owner, Mint 75k Miles On Engine, $700 obo & Stock Seat. Cobra EFI White/Blue, Max Of 20 Hours Asking $9500. enclosed room. Heated, A/C, Self-Contained Camper Condition. Fully Loaded! 508-892-0526 Programmer, K&N Filter. On Bike. Upgrades Include Van. Shower, Toilet, 186k Original Miles. Call (508)868-2502 friendly neighbors, large Bedliner & Cover, Remote Well Maintained. A/C, Extra Chrome Pieces Added. Full Yoshimara Exhaust, field, family activities, access Sink, Stove, Generator, Only 1800 Miles Stage II Jetted, Skid Plates, Auxiliary Batteries, Start, 12 Disc CD, Tool Shelves. Great For to new built in pool, Visors, Steps, Electric Floor Coverings! 765 HEAVY EQUIPMENT $7500 OBO Nerf Bars, DG Bumper, 2005 Fleetwood inexpensive comfortable and MORE! Reverse. Transferable Asking $27,000 Windows/Locks/Mirrors, $2100 508-892-1550 PaceArrow 37A living, located in Woodstock Call Mike 1980 Ford 555 XL Warranty. CT. Park open April-Oct. Full Rear Seat. Serious Inquiries Only! Motorhome MUST SELL! 508-269-2420 2005 Suzuki C50 $40,000 includes lot. 2009 $22,000 $9000 obo Tractor Backhoe $3800 FIRM 18K miles, loaded, no assessment and the R.E. Tax (508)757-5211 Call 774-230-4350 pets/smokers. Two slide New motor in 1995, many Boulevard Cruiser (508)278-7616 or (508)765-8848 new hoses, pins, bushings. Black/Grey, 300 Miles, outs, tv’s A/C’s & furnaces. 1994 Ford F150 Electric awning & levelers, (508)450-0689 Runs good. Asking $10,000. Mint! workhorse 8.1L Vortec w/5 1997 Dodge XLT 4x4 Xtracab Call (508)764-2101 $4899 750 CAMPERS/TRAILERS 1988 Skamper Motor Home speed, lots of extras. For Sale Dakota Sport 4x4 Pickup 508-885-9892 2002 12x40 Park Low $90’s. Pop-Up Camper Power everything, 122K Looks Good, Runs CAT D8H 508-753-5529 Call (508)885-4727 1998 Rexhall Rexair , Asking $1500 Chevy 454. miles, looks good, runs Excellent! V8, PW, Bulldozer Model RV Well-kept, Immaculate. Looks New, Leather & good. Rhino spray on PL, Cruise, 5-Speed, 2004 XL 883 (like brand new) on beautiful 2001 Fleetwood Garaged 10 Years And Used Oak Interior. bedliner. Cold A/C. Cable Blade - Power Shift lot in campground can be Infrequently. Sleeps 6. Vinyl Sacrifice For Asking $4000. $2,900 OBO Runs Good used for a full 6 months (15 Elkhorn Truck Pull-Outs In Excellent Call (508)867-3741 Harley $14,000 Firm $12,000 April-15 October every year) Condition, Galley-Style Call 860-974-2499 2003 Honda Lot paid for until 2097. Camper Kitchen With Stove, Sink, 1997 Dodge (860)928-3477 Davidson $48,000 Like new, used only a few And Icebox. Furnace And TRX250 EX ATV 3400 miles, lots of Call Don (508)344-9499 times. Fits 6’ truck bed. AC/DC Power Converter Caravan Runs Great! Looks Great! upgrades, mint Queen, sleeps 4, all With Battery, Spare Tire Waterfront Good Condition $2100 OBO John Deere 450C condition, handles amenities, asking $8,700. And Carrier. Lot With Asking $1500 OBO 6-Way Blade. Pins, Bushings, Must see! Truck also 774-289-1321 860-634-0581 Rollers, Sprockets All In great. $7200 or best Moving, Must Sell! Excellent Shape. Engine Has 2001 24 ft. Travel available. 508-476-1767 32 Foot 2004 RV offer. Won’t last long! Camper Trailer Call (508)892-8861 On 1 1/2 Mile Lake, In 1994 Dodge Been Rebuilt. Great Deal For Call (508)347-8969 2000 Sunnybrook Beautiful Resort Caravan 1985 Ford F-600 $8500 All works, call for details! 1990 Ford 350 Campground 508-476-7250 Call from 8am-7:30pm. RV $39,999 High Mileage, Runs Good. Box Truck 1987 Yamaha Best time to call Class-C Camper Asking $14,000 508-989-8165 New Snow Tires. low miles, runs good, needs XV535 Motorcycle 4pm-7:30pm 50k Miles, Twin Beds In 30’, Excellent Condition. $500 some new brake lines. $1000 Michigan (508)867-6124 Rear. Sleeps 6, Very Good Circular Shower, Solid Wood 508-254-0152 or best offer. 59,920 Miles, New Battery, 760 VANS/TRUCKS Payloader & Owner’s Manual, Service SEASON ENDING SPECIAL! Condition. 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Sorento provides all-weather, all-terrain Basically, take into account your bulki- capability. est clothes possible when test driving a Standard comfort and convenience fea- car. tures include air conditioning on all That dawned on after a week with the models and trim levels, power win- Kia Sorrento. In the midst of some of dows/door locks/heated mirrors, cruise winter’s coldest days I was wearing control, 10-speaker AM/FM/ some of my bulkiest clothing and space CD/MP3 audio system, full overhead became somewhat of an issue. At first I console with sunglass storage, map thought it was because Kia had skimped lights and garage door opener pocket, on the legroom space for the Sorrento. four 12V power outlets, eight-way A quick look at its statistics and those of adjustable driver’s seat, 60/40 split flip- its competitors, the Ford Escape and the and-fold rear seats, rear privacy glass, Toyota RAV4 proved me wrong. At 42.6 cargo cover, roof rails and keyless entry inches, it has the most front legroom. with panic alarm. Nope, my problem was with the darn LX Value Package models have nicely winter coat. It contributed to an uncom- appointed leather seats, leather- fortable driving position. Of course the wrapped steering wheel and shift knob, weather warmed up the day after I a sunroof and the 16-inch wheels and turned in the Sorrento. I’m sure I would tires. The EX trim line features an eight- have been comfortable in a lighter jack- way power driver’s seat, fog lights, et and enjoyed this SUV even more. HomeLink, a trip computer in the multi- The 2009 Kia Sorrento a solid SUV but low gas numbers might put you off. I like that Kia doesn’t try to describe meter that includes outside temperature this vehicle as a crossover. It’s a true gauge, compass, average speed and SUV because it has off-road chops. range, while travel time also is added to advanced two-stage airbags, full-length (Questions and comments about this Granted I didn’t try to take it over the the overhead console. side curtain airbags, driver knee airbag, review and other automotive concerns hill and through the woods to grandma’s EX Luxury Package adds leather seating four-wheel disc brakes with antilock can be e-mailed to house, but it handled a mixture of snow and interior trim, dual-zone automatic brakes, electronic stability control and [email protected]. All queries and ice well. air conditioning, heated front seats, a 10- traction control system, tire pressure are answered.) The 2009 Sorento is available in two- speaker AM/FM/six-disc/CD/MP3 monitoring system, active front head- wheel and four-wheel drive (4WD) con- audio system, power sunroof, auto head- rests (now standard on all models), and VITAL STATISTICS figurations. On two-wheel drive (2WD) lamps, Torque-on-Demand full-time energy-absorbing steering column. In Wheelbase: 106.7 inches models power is directed to the rear four-wheel drive and 16-inch machined other safety news, the Sorento is the Length: 180.7 inches wheels, while the 4WD offers a part-time alloy wheels. recipient of an Insurance Institute for Width: 73.3 inches or a Torque-on-Demand automatic full- All EX models come standard with the Highway Safety (IIHS) “good” rating, a Height: 68.1 inches time 4WD system, depending upon the 3.8-liter V6 engine, which produces 262 two-time recipient of a National Curb weight: 4462 lbs. option package. The part-time 4WD sys- horsepower, 260 pound-feet of torque Highway Traffic Safety Administration Engine: 3.8 liter V-6 tem engages with the turn of a knob for and a 5,000-pound towing capacity. With (NHTSA) five-star crash safety rating Horsepower: 266 shift-on-the-fly operation and has a that power comes lackluster fuel econo- for all four seating positions and a “Best Torque: 260 transfer case equipped with a low range my of 15 mpg city and 20 mpg highway. Bet” by The Car Book 2007. EPA estimated mpg city/highway: for the most challenging off-road situa- The previously mentioned RAV4 gets The MSRP is $27,365, but the good news 15/20 tions. 19/26 and 17/22. Granted, the engines is nobody is paying full price for an SUV. Base price: $27,365 The full-time automatic Torque-On- are smaller, but neither of the competi- According to kbb.com, you can expect to As-tested price: $30,365 Demand 4WD system, also with a low tors is going to disappoint you on the pay about $26,800. I’d be surprised if you Also consider: Toyota RAV4, Ford range, is available on the EX trim level performance front. can’t get a better deal. Escape as part of the luxury package. 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