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Navy Band Northeast a Highlight of July 19 Celebrate Medway Day Lions Club. According to Col. Mike Matondi, “This is about the 5th military band we’ve had in the town.” Matondi has worked for about a year to negotiate for the band to come to perform. “They really cannot make a commitment within a six-month period,” says Matondi. “Really it takes about a year in progress.” Under the direction of Lieutenant Commander Carl Gerhard, the Navy Band Northeast is one of 13 official bands of the United States Navy worldwide. The ensemble is attached to the U.S. Naval War College in Newport, Rhode Island, and serves the military and civilian communities throughout the Northeastern United States. The show band performs big band favorites by artists such as Duke Ellington, Maynard Ferguson, Frank Sinatra and
A special feature of Celebrate Medway Day, which will take place from 2 p.m. – 9 p.m. on July 19, is the appearance of the Navy Band Northeast, specially funded by the Medway Lions Club. The rest of the event, a thank you to Medway residents, is funded by the Medway 300 Committee.
By J.D. O’Gara
Bernstein, will include activities and entertainment from 2 p.m. – 9 p.m., culminating in concerts and fireworks.
Come one, come all to Celebrate Medway Day, a rain or shine event to take place on Saturday, July 19, at Choate Park in Medway. The event, planned by last year’s Medway 300 Committee of about 8 people and chaired by Carol
A highlight of the event will be a performance by Navy Band Northeast at 7 p.m. at the Choate Park-Thayer House, sponsored by the Medway
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By J.D. O’Gara “If you asked me 10 years ago if my child would use drugs, I would have told you, ‘No.’ We participated in D.A.R.E. We talked to our kids. We just said no,” said Natick mom Kathy Pierce in a recent Holliston forum on the growing problem with heroin and other opioid abuse aired on Holliston Cable Access. (www.hcattv.org). Pierce recounted how her son first smoked pot at 12, then was handed some Percocet by a friend at age 16 and smoked them, and how, being a smart kid, later hid this drug use. “By the time we realized he was in trouble, it was tough, because he was a man, and you couldn’t tell him anything,” said Pierce. Last September, her son died of an overdose. “Sit down and talk to your kids about the consequences of drugs,” said Pierce, “It’s getting to them before they get to that point that will save your kids.”
The problem is a serious one in the area. Just this year, there have been 30 fatal overdoses in Norfolk County, according to District Attorney Morrissey’s office. DA Morrissey distributed 300 doses of Narcan and training to those towns that didn’t already have it in Norfolk County, including Millis and Medway. This was funded by drug forfeiture money. According to David Traub, spokesperson for the DA Morrissey’s office, the effort has saved lives all over Norfolk County. The office has put together a prescription drug task force, and in January, held a training for police officers and administrators on drug impairment training at Curry College. Later, in May, the DA’s office held a Prescription Drug Summit in Randolph, which was attended by over
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