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Vol. 1 No. 10
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District Champs Again
For the sixth consecutive year and 10th time in the last 12 seasons, the Hopedale boys cross country team captured the Central Mass Division 2 Championship at the Gardner Municipal Golf Course in Gardner, MA. The Blue Raiders accumulated 77 total points, 16 better than second place finisher Parker Charter Essential, with an overall time of 1:21:14.0 (16:14.8 average)
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to grab the crown yet again. Brandon Hall was the first Hopedale runner to cross the finish line in 9th place with a time of 15:58.4, with Thomas Spillers right behind him in 11th place with a time of 16:07.9. The other three Blue Raiders to account for the team’s overall time were Christian De Boer (16th, 16:15.4), Andrew Doran (20th, 16:26.0) and Sam Dykoff (21st, 16:26.3). Bryce Brown (23rd, 16:35.1) and Jake Murray
(33rd, 16:49.3) also competed in the race but crossed the line after the previous five Hopedale runners. The rest of the team is made up of Colin Black, John McCarthy and Josh Weaver. Hopedale Coach Joe Drugan, who has been at the helm for all 10 titles, believes the team’s success has come from the guys before this team.
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The owners of the Hopedale Package Store on Rt. 16 in Hopedale thought September 26 was going to be a joyous day. Gary Neves and his mother Maria were spending the day with family friends who were getting married—Gary was officiating at the wedding, using a one-day certificate to marry his friends. Shortly after 2PM, however, everything changed for this hardworking family. Gary explained, “A car was traveling from Mendon to Milford, turned into the parking lot and went right through the glass and brick wall of our store. I got the call just prior to my friends’ wedding, and I couldn’t leave. Thankfully, my brother Kevin and some good people dropped everything and came to secure the building. But we couldn’t touch anything inside till the insurance adjustor had seen the damage.” There have been many details
to attend to while the store is getting prepared to reopen. Gary noted, “There are code upgrades, additional approvals—it’s all a process. I suppose anyone going through a significant event would feel the way we’ve felt. It helps to focus on other things when you can.” He expressed gratitude for the prompt response of the insurance adjustor and the general contractor, who got started working as soon as the place had been cleaned up. “I spent the day after the accident making a lot of phone calls,” Gary said. “But everyone has been wonderful to work with.” Joseph (now deceased) and Maria Neves, Gary’s parents, were immigrants from the Azores who came to this country in the 1960’s. “They worked so hard to build a life for themselves and their fam-
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