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Words that hurt A potential legal battle ensues after an anonymous blogger gets “outed” Jeremy Shulkin

St. Patrick’s Parade brings hundreds of thousands of revelers to Park Avenue to celebrate everyone’s favorite all-inclusive ethnic holiday. Happy St. Patrick’s Day. +3 Other events draw crowds to Worcester in the past week, including the graduation for 200 Massachusetts State Troopers and the Special Olympics. For a week at least, Worcester truly is a destination city. +2 Worcester’s budget gap continues to shrink, but there’s still $3.2 million left to square up. 0 Worcester Film Works to bring “Jaws,” “Raiders of the Lost Ark” and “Princess Bride” to the Common this summer. As to whether or not you could enjoy some beer with the adventure ﬂicks—the Parks Commission is still deliberating on that one. +2 Massachusetts continues to add jobs to the tune of 6,600 in January, keeping the state’s unemployment level at 6.9 percent. +1 Pat’s Service Center continues with the city’s business despite the recent legal woes of former employees because you can’t quite drive a truck through the loophole that would get the city out of its contract with the company. They might’ve lost credibility, but who needs it when you’re in charge of parking in half the city? -2 This week: +4 Last week: +5 Year to date: +15

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n October 2007, worcesterwonderland. blogspot.com arrived in the local blogosphere, with the author posting content under the pseudonym “Will W.W.” The initial posts discussed some local activism, the pitfalls of Red Sox fandom, a call to liberate Bancroft Tower and some shout outs to favorite local businesses. By 2008 it had turned personal, the writer focusing on other bloggers, politicians and those both in the public and not-so-public realm. The blogger’s bio summed up the tone of many of his postings: “This is a blog about being amused and bemused with a city of 181,042 boring people with an exaggerated sense of self-worth. It’s really too bad they don’t have a sense of humor, it would make life bearable here.” “I’ve just never encountered anybody who has that much interest in me,” says Paul Collyer, who found his personal life and business ventures – particularly his NOLA Festival – often the target of Will W.W.’s blog posts. It wasn’t just the content that riled up his targets (to the point where some, including Collyer, put out a “bounty” to unmask Will W.W.’s identity in 2011), but the anonymity of it. Not content with writing about others on his own page, Will W.W. began posting insulting comments on other blogs. “Worcester blogging circa 2006-2008 used to be a great place to exchange ideas, meet new people and also get a chance to ‘scoop’ some news stories before they were actually news,” writes Harry Tembenis over email, “until late in 2008,” he adds. Tembenis, who frequently commented on Worcester-centric blog posts under his real name, says Will W.W.’s tone changed once other blogs were sick of policing his comments. “This infuriated Wonderland,” Tembenis continues. “Blogger upon

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blogger upon blogger would tell him to keep his comments to himself on his own blog. That’s when Wonderland would start to vent his anger at the other Worcester bloggers. All of a sudden, it was business and personal with him.” These were more than disagreements over community or politics. It often got personal – too personal for Will W.W.’s targets. Tembenis, for instance, still smolders over an insulting Worcester Wonderland post that used images from an article about a Rutland horseback riding trail named in honor of his son, Elias, who died at seven years old. The post generated 22 comments, mostly derogatory towards Tembenis, and including this from Will W.W.: “Thankfully Mother Nature had the wisdom to prevent his kind from propagating.” “That in essence shows how deranged this individual is. He posts outright lies about people and also slanders and libels, too, all in the name of being able to do so ‘anonymously,’” Tembenis adds. Will W.W. has justiﬁed his use of a pen name. “I can’t understand why complete strangers demand to know the personals of other complete strangers who post on the T&G or on [Worcester Wonderland] for that matter,” he wrote on his blog in June 2010. “[It] strikes me as perverse. WWW is about the content—knowing someone’s

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personals or demographics serves no point. Except perhaps to confirm your personal biases and prejudices.” “There’s nothing libelous in what we write,” he added in the comments section. “References to fat people, nothing wrong with that. If someone is fat, they’re fat.” Throughout the four and a half years of this, Will W.W. took the protection of his identity a step further than a fake name: he also scrambled his computer’s IP address – the line of numbers that can identify a computer’s location and Internet provider – making it difficult for even the most tech-savvy sleuths to figure out who or where he was. But four and half years is enough time to find someone in hiding, particularly when that person is a frequent blogger with a lengthy list of targets all searching to figure him out. They collected IP addresses left on Will W.W.’s blog comments, sorting carefully enough to find recurring ones, Googling those to find Wikipedia edits to articles about beer, Germany and Becker College. At the same time, Will W.W. also let some personal information slip, notably the first two names of his great grandmother and an area of New England where his family is from. A Google search of the name led to a family in Worcester, as well as a Find a

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Dogs in transition Kevin Koczwara

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arton Brook Kennel and Animal Health Complex in Leicester, owned by Pat Dykes, won the bid to take in Worcester’s stray dogs in 2010 – the contract started on Nov. 15, 2010 and expires on Nov. 14, 2013. Right now, though, dogs from Worcester at Dykes’ Leicester kennel are moving to the Worcester Animal Rescue League (WARL) on Holden Street in Worcester to be put up for adoption because Dykes is not in compliance with the contract. According to Deputy Chief Steven Sargent, who is in charge of the animalcontrol division of the Worcester Police Department, when it was discovered that Dykes “was doing some things she wasn’t supposed to do,” the department decided to transfer the Worcester dogs in Dykes’ care to WARL because it has had a relationship with the shelter for a long time. The agreement between the animal rescue league and the city is temporary, according to WARL executive director Allie Tellier, who explains that the rescue league will take in the animals, care for them and find them adoptive homes just until Dykes receives her 501(c) (3) nonprofit status and can accordingly arrange adoptions for the dogs again. When Dykes, an animal control officer for more than 30 years in Leicester, bid on the city’s contract in 2010, she claims she was in compliance with all of the requirements the contract had. She says she had a pet shop license through the state. When that license expired, a state inspector advised her to apply for a 501(c) (3) instead of renewing the pet shop license because the kennel more closely fit the definition of a rescue rather than a pet shop. She has applied for the nonprofit status and is waiting to hear back from the state on her status. According to Dykes, she has asked for a determination earlier than the expected three-to-six month period. Until she is approved, though, she cannot adopt out dogs. After her pet shop license expired, at the advice of the state, Dykes says she was putting the dogs out to be adopted through other shelters. The state then came back and told her in February that she could not do that. “Because the pet shop license expired and the 501 hadn’t come in yet, the state set me up with all these groups, other shelters – all 501(c)(3) certified – to come in and do their own temperament tests and adopt the dogs out. They had the pick of the litter, and there was no charge, and

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what they would do was take the dogs to their shelters, put their pictures online and adopt them out. The dogs were getting homes, and it seemed to all be working fine,” says Dykes. “Then in mid-February, I got a letter saying I wasn’t technically supposed to be doing that either.” According to Christina Andreoli, communications director for City of Worcester, city officials were forced to take action two weeks ago after Dykes informed them that she was not in compliance with state law or the contract the two sides agreed on in 2010. The city started moving animals to WARL two weeks ago, after working out a contract with the rescue league to oversee the animal adoptions in the interim. Now dogs picked up by Worcester’s animal control officers will be brought to WARL, which had the agreement with the city before Dykes. That agreement ended in July 2010 when the city council unanimously voted to advertise stricter laws for owning pit bulls in the city, something WARL opposed. “A year and a half ago the city of Worcester implemented a responsible pit bull ordinance, which mandated pit bulls be held to a different standard just because of their breed, their look and not on their actual temperament. The Worcester Animal Rescue League doesn’t support breed specific legislation,” says Tellier, pointing out that the American Kennel Club does not have a specific breed called a pit bull because there is no way to classify that type of dog and because there is a negative stereotype that comes with the muscular dog because it’s become a status symbol with owners trying to look tough. Tellier believes the new laws for licensing a pit bull in the city only perpetuated the stereotype that the dog is a dangerous breed. “It’s very hard to define what a pit bull is because it’s not an American Kennel Club breed,” says Tellier, explaining what looks like a pit bull to one person, might look like a boxer or American bull dog to another. Furthermore, DNA testing used to determine which breeds should be classified as pit bulls is only 25 percent accurate. “Unfortunately there are more pit bull dogs in the city because it is an urban

environment and these animals are seen as a status symbol; they’re used to reinforce how tough someone is. With this muzzling law, it further enforces that dog to look even tougher. It unnecessarily discriminates against these dogs,” continues Tellier, who does believe there should be a dangerous-dog ordinance, but the city needs to ﬁnd a way to address the issue without singling out a generic dog type. One of Tellier’s fears was that the new ordinance would force people to either leave more unregistered dogs behind, or that people wouldn’t follow the ordinances for one reason or another and the shelter would be overrun with dogs. WARL is a no-kill animal shelter that doesn’t euthanize animals because of

space or constraints. According to Tellier, the only way the shelter will euthanize an animal is if the animal is not healthy and suffering for one reason or another and the suffering cannot be stopped or if the animal is a danger to society and cannot be rehabilitated. The WARL has been known to take in dogs from other shelters in the south that are overrun with wild or stray dogs, where, according to Tellier, spaying and neutering dogs is not common practice. And Tellier was right. The number of pit bills being brought in by animal control either for lack of compliance or because

the dogs were left stray has risen. “Pit bulls have always been kind of a status dog, and they weren’t always taken care of prior to this [the pit bull ordinance]. Pit bulls have become one of our bigger numbers of dogs taken in, but after the ordinance the numbers have kicked up,” says Deputy Chief Sargent. Until the city decided to start bringing the dogs to WARL, Dykes says she was getting close to ﬁve dogs a day from the city and the majority of the dogs coming to her kennel from Worcester were young pit bull-type breeds who weren’t neutered or spayed. “They’re usually young. They’re usually a year or two old. And they’re usually not neutered or spayed, and the females always look like they’ve had at least one litter if not more. It’s STEVEN KING very sad,” says Dykes. “I’ve met a lot of nice ones [pit bulls] and a lot that you wouldn’t want in your neighborhood. And it’s sad because it’s not really the dogs fault, but this is what people have done to them and the dogs are going to pay the price.” Right now the dogs from Barton Brook Kennel and Animal Health Center are working their way through the neutering and spaying process as well as the medical evaluation and rehabilitation, if needed, at WARL. The dogs are getting closer to going up for adoption, but it’s only a temporary agreement, and Tellier stresses that. And she stresses that the city needs to make a statement about how it treats its animals as it continues to push for a brighter future. “I think Worcester is in a place right now where they are looking to make the city thrive,” says Tellier. “I think it’s a great opportunity for the city to appeal to its citizens again saying ‘we care about our animals and we are going to do the research and work with groups who have already done the research to make the community better for its animals and better for its residents that have animals.’”

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Grave account (a website for geneologcal buffs) in Worcester County. The photos on Worcester Wonderland, when mined for their internal data (such as the make and model of the camera that took the picture) matched the photos on the Find a Grave account. All the anecdotal and genealogical research pointed to one local man: Claude Dorman. Those who “outed” him are confident of it. “We finally got him,” says Collyer. “The chips start to fall into place once you start talking to people.” Dorman, who changed his phone number after his ties to Worcester Wonderland came out, had no comment. Dorman has a history of targeting others anonymously, even appearing in a Worcester Magazine article in 2007 for ousting a rival member of a neighborhood association, Robert Bourassa, by using pseudonymous online threats and postings to attack his business and personal reputation (“Neighbor to Neighbor Disfavor: A grudge sparks a change of leadership in the Elm Park Association,” May 17, 2007). “The malicious, unwarranted and slanderous attacks on my business and personal reputation by Claude Dorman under the guise of various identities and the lies he has spread have devastated my contracting business, forcing me to close and putting me in a severe financial hardship,” Bourassa wrote in a letter to members of the Lincoln Estates – Elm Park Neighborhood Association before his final meeting. “As such, I can no longer afford to remain where I live.” Before stepping down, however, Bourassa filed a lawsuit against Dorman and his wife, Kunigunde Cigan, in February 2008, citing criminal harassment, stalking, attempted extortion, false use of names or organizations and violations of right to peace and privacy, among others. “Defendants have engaged in a now twenty month long campaign of harassment of Plaintiff and Plaintiff’s businesses,” read the complaint. “There is no question the course of action, no doubt the intent, no question the harm.” Elsewhere in the complaint, Bourassa provided claims that Dorman used various IP addresses to flag Bourassa’s web design and contractor business advertisements on Craigslist – 673 times for 164 ads – causing them all to be removed. He also charged Dorman for creating the elmparkneighbors.net website (to closely mimic the neighborhood association’s

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elmparkneighbors.org), where he posted Bourassa’s financial and personal information – some of it obtained, Bourassa charged, by intercepting his mail. Dorman used fake names to send harassing and threatening emails to Bourassa through the websites he managed and posted poor reviews of his businesses on websites and online forums. Bourassa appealed for $50,000 in damages, plus an unspecified amount for civil penalties and court fees. In April 2008, a week before the suit would go before a judge, Bourassa waived the case despite continued harassment from Dorman and their failure to respond to the suit, which would’ve led to a default judgment. Bourassa left town soon after. Those contacted for this story that knew him had no current way to reach him. Former members of the Lincoln Estates – Elm Park Neighborhood Association say tension arose between Dorman and Bourassa over parking issues and complaints about Becker College. Though Bourassa earned praise from those involved in the neighborhood group, including from then-District Councilor Barbara Haller and Becker officials, Jim May, a member of the neighborhood association, says Bourassa could make it difficult to organize meetings because he didn’t share the email list. “At least 80 percent of the time was this adolescent rivalry of these two guys,” May says. “An easy problem to overcome, but it was the juvenile antics that soured the rest of us.” “It’s a sad, sad story,” says Haller, who got to know Dorman through neighborhood work, even spending time in his house. She recalls Dorman as a “nice guy, well put-together, articulate,” but the online attacks both then and now she explains as “kind of this Jekyll-Hyde thing.” “I don’t know what precipitated [the attacks] but it was brutal. Just brutal,” she says. “He drove Bob out of town, which was a huge tragedy.” No one’s quite clear what Dorman drudged up on Bourassa. Guesses and vague memories point to information about a criminal history – including allegations of sexual crimes and using his contractor business to install cameras in peoples’ homes. It’s also unclear how much of it was accurate. “There was no truth to it from what

I could tell,” she says. “It’s one thing to disclose bad behavior about people, but in this case he was lying.” Haller, and others, noted that once Bourassa left, Dorman seemed to disappear. While the Worcester Wonderland blog continued to be updated, picking apart favorite targets like Worcester’s downtown or griping about the city council, the tone sharpened and criticism of local businessmen and politicians picked up. “It looks like he took all the nasty anger he had and channeled it to other neighborhoods,” says Collyer. “This guy’s got a track record of mental anguish.” Collyer says he and other targets of Will W.W. are entertaining the idea of a lawsuit, especially since there’s worn ground after Bourassa’s complaint. “They’ve gone out of their way to hurt my festival,” says Collyer. “Dorman has really gone out of his way to financially hurt people,” Collyer says, adding that the lawsuit could ensnare another local blogger, The Count, outed in December 2011 as Peter Kush, who often posted on his and Will W.W.’s blog. At the time, Kush wrote a long comment on Worcester Wonderland explaining that he wasn’t “The Count,” despite other bloggers pointing to a link from his Facebook page to the Count’s blog, as well as parallel interests – down to specific books, magazines and hockey programs – they say prove they’re one in the same. “I’m not the Count. I don’t think it does any good to comment,” Kush said when contacted this week. “I don’t really pay attention to it anymore.” These lawsuits wade into some difficult territory: what’s libelous or slanderous when freedom of speech is one of the most highly regarded unalienable American rights? And, how does anonymity factor into it?

“That is a big issue anonymity in libel cases,” writes David Hudson, a spokesman for the First Amendment Center over email. “There is a First Amendment right to engage in anonymous expression. The Court has traced this back to the Federalist Papers (which were written under pen names) and other similar pamphlets during the Founding era.” But, Hudson says, there’s a clear line. “That would not impact the case as such. It would depend on whether this blogger wrote false statements of fact about individuals that harmed their reputations.” For Will W.W.’s victims, this is the case. Along with a threatened lawsuit, Collyer, who formerly had a blog, created a new one: Claude P. Dorman – Worcester Wonderland et al, where he’s posted public domain information about Dorman, including a picture of his house, two Worcester Mag articles on his complaints about Becker and the Lincoln Estates – Elm Park Neighborhood Association, pictures of Peter Kush and a made up conversation between the two formerly anonymous bloggers. Collyer says he hasn’t crossed the same line that Dorman has. “That thing has been up for four or ﬁve days,” he says, comparing that to four and half years of Worcester Wonderland. “It shows we are dealing with evil cats and one who has a history of this type of harassment going back years,” he adds. “This is no longer about opinion and discussion, it is about harassment against many.” “After Bourassa left, Claude kind of disappeared,” says Haller. That’s the goal of any future litigation against Dorman (and potentially Kush); they just want what Bourassa wanted: some peace and quiet. “If you read Bourassa’s [complaint], he just wanted the guy to go away,” says Collyer. “At the end of the day if the guy just went away that would make me happy.” There’s a hint of disappointment for May, who says he wouldn’t have posted on Worcester Wonderland if he thought Dorman was the administrator. “He makes the occasional good point or pulls a good article from online,” he says of Will W.W. The question now for readers of Worcester Wonderland and potentially the court system, is whether or not the name behind those good points really matters.

That’s what we’ll do, encourage the youth to go downtown at night and give them blades!” — Comedian Frank Foley at last weekend’s Worcester County St. Patrick’s Parade fundraiser and roast, on the planned ice-skating rink behind City Hall

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City Councilor Konnie Lukes this past week asked city administration for a report of city employees supplementing their pensions with unemployment checks, a portion of which is also paid for by the city. According to City Auditor James DelSignore, that document is theoretically ready to go – with names – but still needs some fact-checking before it’s made public. At council on Tuesday night, Lukes sent the report back to administration anyway, asking to broaden the time period to the last five years, expecting to cast a wider net. “I’m sure more names will pop up,” says DelSignore who says so far the report has only looked at police officers (finding four doubledippers), but the updated version may also look at employees and former employees of other departments, including former employees now on senior citizen workoff programs and elected officials…It should also be noted that a loophole makes this technically a legal practice, but every time a retired city employee on a pension collects unemployment benefits an angel loses its wings.

transparent government, continued in front of the city council Tuesday as local advocates proposed items that would archive city council videos in an easier format for sharing and embedding on blogs, support for legislation that would make public records easier and cheaper to obtain, the creation of a data retention policy for ofﬁcial government social media pages and a Worcester Mag-sponsored item that would have the city identify a point person to facilitate records requests. A supplemental list of ideas for reforms in the future was given to the council, and as a heartening gesture the council, at the behest of Lukes, sent these items to the Rules subcommittee for discussion along with those proposed that evening. Want to read more jokes from the St. Patrick’s Parade Roast? Follow @JeremyShulkin on Twitter. Check out worcestermag.com/blogs/dailyworcesteria for a larger dose of Worcesteria items.

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he annual base pay of an elected member of the Massachusetts legislature is more than $60,000 and is supplemented by generous checks for expenses and per diems. And since formal sessions average about 140 days/ year, half of our lawmakers even hold second jobs. But these good Beacon Hill jobs at good wages don’t always result in good government. If only our state legislators were required to take an oath to First Do No Harm to public education. Their handiwork already has most Massachusetts teachers teaching to the MCAS test and no longer to the child. And now, taking their lead from President Obama and the bloated and ineffective U.S. Department of Education, Massachusetts lawmakers appear ready to pass legislation that will raise the age of compulsory education in the Commonwealth from 16 to 18. They hope to lower the state’s dropout rate by legislating that 16- and 17-year-old teens who are generally bored, unmotivated, disruptive and underachieving must stay

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in school, learn and graduate. If nothing else, at least attendance will improve at the high school proms. Although the dropout rate in our state is the lowest in 20 years, about 10,000 students quit Massachusetts high schools each year. That’s an ominous number because 80 percent of prisoners in American jails are dropouts. And while the U.S. once had the world’s highest high-school graduation rate, we have now fallen to No. 18. Studies show that high school dropouts can’t ﬁnd good jobs, have lower lifetime earnings, higher crime rates, and shorter lifespans. And they and their children will likely require more government assistance. But holding students captive in our public high schools is not the answer. That’s the same environment in which they have been unsuccessful for several

years. And if they resent being forced to stay in school when they’d rather be working and making some money, their presence in our classrooms might make it harder for their classmates to learn and their teachers to teach. If that happens, expect even more middle- and upperincome parents to transfer their children from our public schools to private and parochial schools. Instead of tampering with the dropout age, Massachusetts lawmakers should fund more earlyintervention and careercounseling programs. Dropout prevention strategies implemented as early as elementary school can be quite effective. At least the plan to raise the dropout age to 18 provides for graduation coaches to

If only our state legislators were required to take an oath to First Do No Harm to public education.

support and advise at-risk students. Unfortunately, here in Worcester, many potential dropouts, who once would have attended our former Vocational High School, are being denied access to the city’s new state-of-the art Technical High School. Apparently this amazing facility has instituted a selective admissions process that caters to middle-school graduates who have good attendance, discipline and achievement records. Such selectivity in admissions beneﬁts collegebound students. But it forces many needy and at-risk students to go to our more traditional and comprehensive high schools which lack the courses, programs and equipment to excite them about a trade or career. As a retired high school teacher, I know that students don’t just wake up one day and decide to drop out of school. We start to lose them long before they turn 16 or even 18. The challenge is to keep them as interested and excited about school as they once were. If we can do that, we won’t need to pass feel-good legislation to make them captives in our classrooms.

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I am writing today to express my disappointment in the word usage by your writer David Wildman. In the third paragraph in his column “sex marks the spot”, he decides to use the word “retard” in his description of the character “JB” from the movie project x. First of all, I wouldn’t be surprise if I’m not the ﬁrst person to write in about this. This is blatantly disrespectful to a population of people, who for the most part, do not know how to defend themselves when someone is using this word in a derogatory manner. And second of all, I wouldn’t be surprised if someone that works for your paper has a loved one, or knows someone that has a mental or physical handicap, and takes offense to this statement, but doesn’t say anything. And yeah, it might only be one word, but the fact of the matter is its a hurtful word, and I’m assuming the writer has the know how to conjure up another one from his seemingly extensive vocabulary that might make him look a little more educated, and not like an ignorant American that doesn’t think before PUBLISHING words that can’t be erased. It is a little outrageous that this was allowed to be printed. I’m not telling you to take any action, and I wouldn’t expect that, but I am telling you that this is offensive, and you’ve lost at least one reader, and a handful of others whom I work with and that feel the same way.

Don’t move ﬁrewood

The most important message the USDA can give people while controlling the spread of the Asian Longhorned Beetle is Don’t Move Firewood. Moving firewood from one location or one state to another can be the easiest mistake person can make. It is also the easiest message the USDA can spread. This means every possible opportunity available needs to be used. The USDA has had a booth at the Big E in Springfield but does not plan on having a booth at the Home Show or The RV and Camping show at the DCU. The DCU is in the city of Worcester, the most critical infestation of the ALB in the USA. The infestation in Worcester is greater than the total of all the other states combined. This is a golden opportunity for the USDA to make the greatest impact on the population most apt to move firewood, campers,in the worst location of the ALB infestation. It makes me question does the USDA really want to control the spread of the Beetle or does it want to cut as many trees as it can get infested by not prioritizing the best opportunities to spread information? G I N NY K IN G S B UR Y Worcester

St. Patrick As a proud Irish-American, Worcesterite, and avid runner, I am delighted to see Worcester’s Saint Patrick’s Day Parade grow with the addition of the Celtic 5K Road Race. As a member of the Saints Francis & Thérèse Catholic Worker community, I still do not understand why the Parade Committee banned us from carrying an icon of the saint with his words, “Killing cannot be with Christ.” That banner was carried in two parades prior to it being banned, and the Parade Committee gave us the Spirit of Peace trophy in 1994 and Book of Kells Award in 1995. The idea that excluding Saint Patrick’s call for nonviolence makes the parade, which includes many military units, more “fun,” as the current Committee Chair suggested in WoMag, is sad, especially in the context of Ireland’s long bloody struggle and our own wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. The Irish winner of the 1976 Nobel Peace Prize, Mairead Corrigan Maguire, joined many others in appealing unsuccessfully to the Worcester Parade Committee to welcome our banner. It still mystiﬁes me why they do not. S COT T S CHAEFFER-DUFFY Saints Francis & Thérèse Catholic Worker, Worcester

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ar too often, we read the news of tragic incidents involving sexual assault or domestic violence against women and children. The reality is, even more frequently these stories are left untold by victims who are still in shock or petriďŹ ed by their abuser. In recent years, the Worcester community, like so many cities and towns across the Commonwealth, has been shaken by tragic domestic violence homicides and other crimes. According to the Massachusetts Department of Public Health, 2,564 assaults were reported to rape crisis centers across Massachusetts in 2010. The National Intimate Partner and Sexual Violence Survey also found that in 2010, nearly one in four women living in Massachusetts reported experiencing violence that caused them to be afraid or concerned for their safety. Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s one in four of our mothers, sisters, daughters, partners, or female friends. These state-wide statistics are heartbreaking. And the data is clearâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;the tragedy of domestic violence knows no particular socio-economic, gender or sexual orientation, racial, or ethnic boundaries. As Lieutenant Governor, I chair the Governorâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Council to Address Sexual and Domestic Violence. In that role, I work closely with Jane Doe Inc. and other advocacy organizations to build a coalition of supportive networks in regions across the state. The goal is to support victims and raise awareness, so we prevent sexual and domestic violence towards women, children, and men.

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Massachusetts White Ribbon Day is an annual initiative led by Jane Doe Inc. that reaches communities across the state to encourage men to come together to take a pledge to be a part of the solution in ending violence against women. On March 1, I stood with Governor Patrick and many other men from our Administration, from other elected ofďŹ ces, and from communities across the Commonwealth, to raise awareness and end domestic and sexual violence. For the ďŹ fth year, we collectively pledged to not commit or condone violence against women. This pledge connects us to an international movement to engage men and boys to create a society that fosters and values respect, equality and safety women and children everywhere. As a father, husband, son, brother, and as your lieutenant governor, I take responsibility to publicly and privately renounce violence against women and children. There is strength in numbers, but that strength comes from each individualâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s commitment. Together, as men, we must take a stand and be part of the solution to end the violence. For more information on the White Ribbon Day campaign, please visit www.whiteribbonday.janedoe.org. If you have experienced domestic or sexual violence, there is help. Please visit www.janedoe.org/ďŹ nd_help/search for a listing of local domestic violence and rape crisis center information.

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Own, deďŹ nitely. I rented a long time ago, and I like owning my home now.

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Walter Bird Jr.

Anyone who has grown up here will tell you there’s more to “Woostah” than meets the eye. Steep, rolling hills; neighborhoods and homes you might ﬁnd in rural towns; baseball ﬁelds in just about every corner where so many kids spend their summer days; and, of course, those tripledeckers for which the city is so well known. Uptown, downtown and everywhere in-between, clusters of multifamily homes are nestled snugly in between stores, churches and businesses. Character bursts through almost every seam, giving so many different areas their own, unique identity.

If one part of the city has suffered from an identity crisis, however, it’s the downtown. Ever since the days of the old Worcester Center Galleria – a bustling shopping center that offered something for everyone and even once served up a ﬂea market on its roof – the city has struggled to recapture the vibrancy and energy that once was so strong. What is supposed to be the downtown epicenter, Worcester Common, has been slow to develop, but progress is being made, with Mayor Joseph Petty promising City Square will break through to Front Street this month. Don’t look now, but there’s a distinct urban look and feel to downtown Worcester. From the new St. Vincent’s Medical Center to the dynamic Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences, and with trains rumbling from and back into Boston on a daily

basis, the city is capturing the attention of developers, businesses and, in what might be most satisfying to city ofﬁcials, people looking to call Worcester home. What better way to accommodate them than making use of one of the city’s best resources? Old buildings once home to thriving businesses are being converted into modern living spaces that are luring students, professionals and even families to what is becoming a booming urban environment.

granddaddy of them all – a ﬁve-bedroom suite currently leased to members of the Worcester Sharks. As for character, Portland Street Lofts has it in abundance, the most noticeable being the uneven, hardwood ﬂoors in the

her MBA at Worcester State University and hopes to land a job in the city upon graduation. Not far away, in the old Chevalier Furniture building on Water Street, are the Canal Lofts, yet another example of the STEVEN KING

A GROWING TREND

“There is a lot of commerce in Worcester,” says Dima Deych, “but people want to take their housing elsewhere. We’d like them to call Worcester home.”

In recent years, the city has certainly brought opportunity to the table. Among the apartment-style housing available is Envelope Terrace, one of the ﬁrst old mills converted into condominiums in Worcester. The Fremont Lofts, developed by Abrams Properties, offers 97 loft-style condos. Housing units in the old Hayward Building on Harding Street also serve as a lure for workers, students and others looking to connect with the downtown area. As marketing director with the Mayo Group, a Boston-based developer, Deych is doing his part to entice people to move into the area – and stay there. The Mayo Group has either already developed, or is in the process of developing, properties on Portland, Franklin and Salem streets. One of its more ambitious projects has been the conversion of the former Bancroft Motors building into the Portland Street Lofts – a sprawling, 82-unit complex within walking distance of the common. Construction is ongoing, but 49 units are fully occupied, including the

A cozy kitchen with a sleek contemporary feel can be found at the Canal Lofts on Water Street.

maze of hallways that stretch throughout the facility. “This building,” Deych concedes, “has a funky layout. It’s so unique. You either love it or hate it.” Twenty-six-year-old Brooke Bilkington places herself in the former category. Hers is a one-bedroom apartment with den. A foil-wrapped heating pipe runs along the ceiling through the kitchen, lending a certain industrial charm. “I like it a lot,” she says. “This apartment’s great, and it has a lot of promise.” The Rhode Island native is studying for

reuse of old and historic space. Unlike the Portland Street Lofts, a wholly privately funded project, the Canal Lofts are an example of a public/private partnership. Just like the Mayo Group’s building, however, the Lofts incorporate the character of its surroundings. Brick outer walls, high ceilings and large windows are a link to past architectural design, something Gilbert Winn, whose ﬁrm—Winn Development— led the project, deliberately sought to preserve.

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“It just makes for a beautiful living space,” he says. “Being an old, historic mill has certain architectural qualities that sell very well.” Both the Portland Street Lofts and Canal Lofts beneﬁt from prime real estate, being located right near the heart of downtown. The Canal Lofts are but a quarter mile from Union Station, which on any given day is teaming with commuters and travelers. “It’s a natural location for redevelopment and residential development,” says Winn.

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That the Canal Lofts came to fruition is a product of what it was offering – both market-rate and affordable housing. Privately developed, the project could not have tapped into coveted federal and state funding. In partnership with the city, Winn Development was able to get help with zoning, in the form of an overlay district, as well as $750,000 in federally funded City Home Funds. The ﬁrm also took advantage of the state’s Historic Credit Program.

“The city, led by City Manager Michael O’Brien, has had a vision from the start,” says Winn. “Gosh, five years ago the city manager said it was very important. He wanted to help.” Any and all financial assistance, of course, was readily accepted. In total, the Canal Lofts was a $20-million project, with each unit costing about $300,000 to build. Deych did not want to reveal the total cost of the Portland Street project. The city’s adoption of the Adaptive Reuse Overlay District was a huge help in allowing Winn Development to avoid some of the hassles that might otherwise have snarled their plans. The overlay, according to Tim McGourthy, the city’s chief development officer, relaxes some of the zoning requirements for any project involving the adaptation of old property into new use.

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For all the resources developers must pour into redevelopment projects like the Portland Street Lofts and Canal Lofts, the payoff comes in the form of renters willing to shell out the money for a prime living space.

wasn’t exactly easy to do when it came to dealing with energy conservation in an old building with giant windows and large, open spaces. “It is very hard to do with an historic building,” Fish says. “Balancing energyefﬁcient qualities with historic qualities was certainly a challenge. It took a lot of predevelopment and additional engineers.” Deych has encountered his own set of unique challenges by trying to maintain an occupied living space while

Rent at the Canal Lofts can range from $1,050 a month to $1,295. Portland Street loft rentals range from $955-$1,730 a month. You can buy a condo at the Fremont Lofts in the neighborhood of $115,000-$165,000, or rent a unit for around $1,800 a month. Attracting residents hasn’t been a problem. The Canal Lofts rented out in about two months. “It was,” says Elizabeth Fish, vice president of development for Winn, “a nice surprise.” Over at the Portland Street Lofts, units don’t go vacant for more than 30 days, according to Deych.

Above: The Canal Lofts features original posts and beams that have been integrated into the more modern design. Left: A wide and airy kitchen within Portland Street Lofts is perfect for entertaining or family gatherings. “The biggest thing is these are rentals,” says Winn. “Home ownership maybe is not the answer for some people who had jobs and an income, but couldn’t afford their own home. They have to live somewhere and they can afford what the rental rates are. It speaks to me about the quality of rental housing in the commonwealth.” With the rewards, however, come challenges, such as trying to qualify as a LEED, or Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design, building. The U.S. Green Building Council developed LEED to guide developers in identifying and implementing green building design. The Canal Lofts, Fish noted with pride, is silver rated under LEED, something that

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simultaneously engaging in active construction (the project is being done in six phases, four of which are complete). “The biggest challenge was providing a lifestyle of loft living, while still doing construction,” he says, calling it, “a double-edged sword.” Bilkington acknowledged things were “a little tough when I ﬁrst moved in, with all the construction.”

ON THE HORIZON

With new construction not slowing down, even in a still-recovering economy,

there is no shortage of new housing and commercial projects in line for the city. The Mayo Group, for one, has its eye on creating a whole culture.

“My ideal goal,” says Deych, “is to get people like Brooke and her friends to move here and build a community.” To that end, the group is eying space at 50 Franklin St. for a high-end fitness facility. It also plans to open its fourth Stadium Sports Bar & Grill there. On the same street, Deych’s outfit is determining the best use for the former Paris Cinema (the iconic sign could end up with the nonprofit group, Preservation Worcester, according to a public relations representative for the Mayo Group). As it pursues commercial projects, the firm might benefit from tax increment financing agreements (TIFs). The former Worcester Vocational School is in development as well, with two of the buildings being worked on jointly by Winn Development and the Worcester Business Development Corporation to offer 84 units of housing. The city, McGourthy says, has committed to providing Home Funds to that project. A project for the old Boys Club is on hold, he says, but when finished will offer 28 market-rate housing units. Another of the buildings has been sold to Gateway Park LLC. There are plans for 100 housing units at Junction Stop, an old railroad site. The Planning Board has approved that project. In all, there’s an awful lot going on in Worcester, right now. “People are definitely excited,” says Paul Morano, of the city’s Division of Business Development. “It’s incredible to see so many projects going on, especially in this economy.” All of it, he says, is part of the master plan. “It’s really the city’s goal to provide all styles of housing,” he says. “Growing up here, what’s so unique … we can just provide all different styles. The goal for downtown is a 24-hour, vibrant place, where people can live, work and be entertained.” It may have been slow in coming, but the wheels have not stopped turning – and won’t for some time – Petty says. “It’s very important. Professionals want to live and work here,” the mayor says. “They want to be able to walk to work and for a social life. “Worcester’s identity is changing. We planned this and it takes time. We’re working as a group here in Worcester. We all want to move this thing forward.”

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Restoration furniture Salvaged materials are ﬁnding second use

Jeremy Shulkin

Contractors and do-ityourselfers have turned away from large box stores and Ikea in favor of a more authentic décor: what’s already in the houses they’re renovating.

“If they’re doing a 100, 120-year-old house, they just can’t throw this stuff away,” says Jerry Brodeur, a co-proprietor of Furniture Plus on 100 Grand St., as he strips an old shutter of paint for restoration. Furniture Plus has existed for 43 years, but within the last decade moved from the Shrewsbury Street area to an old mill building in Main South. The company does stripping, refinishing and upholstery. Sometimes, all three specialties go into one re-finished piece. The company has also gotten into the sales business, finding old bureaus, dressers, tables, chairs and other good quality wood furniture and selling them out of two floors of their Grand Street office. There’s literally no job too big for restorers. Brodeur recalls a time when a contractor was renovating a house covered in lead paint. Instead of tearing it

apart and ruining the original feel of the building, he brought every inch of wood – the doors, windows, all of the molding – to Brodeur for stripping, so it could all go back into place lead-free. “It was early Americana. They wanted

Above: Co-proprietor Jerry Brodeur reﬁnishes a shutter by hand. Left: It’s all in the details when it comes to items at Furniture Plus.

to keep all the old stuff,” he says. The store’s manager and upholsterer, Marcia Wright, says that refurnishing older items, aside from having a quality and character unparallel by new furniture, pays dividends in the long run. “You’re really restoring the integrity of the rooms.” “How long do you want something to last?” she asks, noting that the quality of new furniture doesn’t measure up to the days of old when manufacturers were using oak, mahogany or poplar rather

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He says that up to 85 percent of the materials they use are salvaged, from staircases to windows and molding. “We like to keep the old look of the house,” he says. “Some of those doors you can’t replace. They’re 170 years old.” Jim Marcotte has 30 years of experience as a high-end contractor, and started Crown Hill Restoration three years ago. Last year he started using a garage space on Harrison Street for surplus materials that he took out of houses or that other contractors dropped off. His space is ﬁlled with everything from old windows to old hardware, heavy antiquated machines, a hutch from the 1800s and a myriad of ideas on how to make something old completely new and relevant again, such as turning an old trophy case from the Harvard Law School into a bar, restoring old piano boards and mounting them on the wall or turning an old mantle into a headboard. He picks up a glass doorknob and a brass back plate, saying people have turned that into coat hooks. Marcotte even has items similar to what Restoration Furniture hawks in their catalogue; large wooden carts with metal wheels. His are $1,100 cheaper. He’s been slowly expanding his garage

business. What used to be appointment only now has regular hours on Saturdays and Sundays. He’s looking to add Fridays this year too. And the thrill of a good repurposing

doesn’t get to his customers by skipping Marcotte. “It’s my hunt as well, ﬁnding stuff for other people to hunt.” “That’s part of the interest, ﬁnding out how people might use what they buy,” says Preservation Worcester executive director Deb Packard, whose group has begun work on their fourth annual

adds gardening knickknacks and chandeliers to the list too. None of that is exactly conducive to apartment living though, but she says the yard sale has items for all living situations. “Somebody moving into an Above: Furniture Plus manager and upholapartment, they sterer Marcia Wright says that refurnishing might buy a bedside older items can pay dividends in the long or find a creative run. way to use a steamer Left: Gary Teachout works the spray booth trunk,” like turning at Furniture Plus. it into a coffee table, she suggests. Better Than Your Average “It’s what people see in it,” Marcotte Yard Sale, which offers even says. “People are finding some of the stuff more salvaged materials to the that they need but also finding things to public. Last year, and again this make new stuff.” October, Marcotte’s garage will host the In a city as old as Worcester, in the event. middle of region where western design “Anytime we know there’s a building dates back to the Puritans, putting a new being demolished we come in and take spin on an old item breathes a second life what we can,” she says. Preservation also into not only the salvaged material, but takes donated materials. the house as well. At the very least, it’s So what do customers like? more satisfying than a trip to Ikea. “The things people really love are stained glass and leaded windows.” She

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March 1 may have been International Self-Injury Awareness Day, but there’s little doubt that an issue as big as this one deserves more attention than can be crammed into 24 hours. Everyday Miracles Peer Recovery Support Center, in partnership with Spectrum Health Systems, hopes to raise awareness about the heartbreaking trials and heartening triumphs of self-harm survivors by hosting some truly poignant art on March 19-21.

“At its very origins the GlassBook Project is a love story,” says visual artist Nick Kline, a professor of visual art at Rutgers University-Newark, where he facilitates the GlassBook Project. “It began with my childhood friend Helga Luest. Helga is President/CEO of Witness Justice, a national nonproﬁt-recognized trauma expert, advocate and survivor. In 2006 after becoming reacquainted at our 20th high school reunion, we brainstormed ways to collaborate, bringing social issues together with visual art. I was preparing for a new course when a local glass studio invited me to bring my students for workshops; around the same period I heard a lecture about self-injury, and somehow it all came together.” The GlassBook Project is an experiment in art, story-telling and advocacy. To create these books—which sometimes look like the library kind but are often nothing like that at all—Kline brought survivors of self-injury into his book arts class to relate their stories. Many people don’t quite understand selfinjury: they might shrug off the behavior as attention-seeking or self-indulgent when, according to clinical research, it is more often related to past trauma or mental disorders. “The books are abstractions of experience, not illustrations of trauma or violence,” Kline says. “These are not public-service announcements. The GlassBook Project looks for the hidden affects of trauma and how some cope in the aftermath, frequently in ways that are misunderstood by society and human-service providers.”

Reaching new kinds of understanding—fostering empathy — is a central part of the project’s goal. The glass books created from the synthesis of survivors’ experience and young artists’ vision are at once beautiful and disturbing. They tell difﬁcult stories, stories that

aren’t told often enough. “At ﬁrst glance viewers can expect to see sculptural objects that are unique and strange,” Kline says. “The objects have an aura that seems to pull many people who are just passing by toward them. And once they stop the books reveal their stories in many ways, including tactile, visual, sound, and some of them actually have a smell. The objects require time and personal attention to digest.” Displayed at Everyday Miracles will be eight to 10 books from the 2009 Self-Injury collection. According to Kline, nearly 100 glass books have been created on seven different topics since the project began in 2009. According to Everyday Miracles program director Athena Haddon, the books will have made the rounds to several locations in Massachusetts before the end of the month thanks to the efforts of “a statewide committee that is working to develop protocols for working with people who use self-injury in a trauma-informed manner.” Haddon is enthusiastic about this opportunity to share the books with the Worcester community. Viewing the books is free and Everyday Miracles will be open from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. each day. “The coffee’s always hot, too,” Haddon warmly reminds. “I suppose the purpose of the GlassBook Project is ultimately about making connections, to touch on something real, to honor the pain and joy that others experience in their lives and to create something compelling that acknowledges that space,” Kline says. “Thinking of a goal, it might be that of empathy or seeing beyond ourselves as individuals and the connection to a larger whole.” The human experience is an incredible thing. Amazingly, Kline and his students have captured it perfectly in books of glass. “Without a doubt the project has been life changing for me,” says Kline. “I’ve learned so much about my own resilience through people that have gone through a lot of awful experiences. It is an honor and extremely humbling to hear a survivor [observe] one of these strange objects and say ‘this person got it.’” Everyday Miracles Peer Recovery Support Center, 25 Pleasant St., Worcester. For more information on the GlassBook Project, visit glassbookproject.org. MARCH 15, 2012 • WORCESTERMAG.COM

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Back in the ’80s, if you got on the “Tonight Show” once, your career was instantly made. You were a household name. It’s amazing how many times you have to be on TV nowadays to be famous. Myq Kaplan is the most notable comedian to comedians who you would probably walk by on the street without noticing. He’s been on “Conan,” “Late Show with David Letterman,” “The Tonight Show with Jay Leno,” a ﬁnalist on “Last Comic Standing,” and had his own “Comedy Central

Presents” special. And if you missed any of those performances while you were watching “Jersey Shore” or “Big, Rich Texas,” you’re in luck because he’s been lured to magical Worcester. Myq (pronounced “Mike”) has been doing stand-up since the early 2000s. He earned his bachelors at Brandeis and his masters in linguistics from Boston University. He’s a triple threat of musician, comedian and vegan. We caught up with Myq while he was gallantly laying a jacket over a puddle for a lady to walk upon.

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up? I found that talking and joking and making people laugh in between songs was just as rewarding as playing the song themselves. And I got tired of carrying a guitar everywhere. (Also, I do still write and perform some comedy songs with my good friend Micah Sherman. We’ve got an album coming out later this year actually, titled “Please Be Seated.” Micah is a lot of fun to work with, and he carries the guitar sometimes.) WM: Were there any other spelling variations of Mike that you came up with before Myq? There

by others SINCE I came up with it: Mya, Mqk, Miq, Mqe, Myqe, Michael, etc. I did consider “Myk” brieﬂy, but decided that would look dumb. (Phew. Bullet dodged. You’re welcome everyone, AND self.)

WM: Since you’ve been on TV multiple times, do you have Myq groupies? Tell me your craziest groupie story. Of course! Every time I am on TV,

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David Wildman

Apparently the original “21 Jump Street” was a late 1980’s cops-as-kids hip dramedy that unleashed Johnny Depp on an unsuspecting world. I say apparently because the number of times I watched it was exactly none. Before writing this I took a quick peek at some old episodes and can conclude that my instincts were right: it was a pretty bad show. Depp’s appeal was skin deep, the characters were stereotypical; the scripts pandered to a perceived youth element that came off as naïve and phony with obvious adults pretending to be children and time has been far from kind to the music.

The best thing that can be said about this “remake” is that it takes comedic aim at the original, with self-referential gags like Ice Cube playing the archetypal tough black police captain of the juvenile squad and acknowledging that he’s a cliché, or the officer that assigns the two protagonists to the squad making cracks about how they keep recycling ideas from the 80’s. Unfortunately while the film effectively takes the piss out of its predecessor, like an old man with prostate problems it can’t seem to stop pissing once it starts. Despite the attempts at parody and in-jokes poking fun at the original series, at heart “21 Jump Street” is just another horny high school comedy with an overdone gimmick. Jonah Hill and Channing Tatum are two underachieving rookie cops assigned to bike patrol duty, screw up their first arrest by forgetting the Miranda Warning and get sent to a squad designed to infiltrate high school crime. They pretend to be brothers, move in with Hill’s parents, and in their first day of school as cop moles get in trouble and can’t seem to remember their prefab identities, so they get switched. Hill has to pretend to be a sports star and Tatum a

chemistry nerd for the remainder of their assignment. This is so dumb that it’s nauseating. Basically, this is the Roger Ebert idiot plot scenario. Every single plot development depends on how stupid these guys are: forgetting things that every 5th grader knows – never mind every cop, forgetting their names, taking a hallucinogenic drug during school, and so on. And then suddenly everything turns on how clever they are. I just couldn’t make that leap. Hill becomes the canny wigger hipster he will continue to play in unpalatable dreck like “The Sitter” until he’s old enough that he looks silly doing it. Thankfully this will not be much longer. Most of the humor is on the level of profanity and aggressive dick and gay jokes. When the two cops make their first arrest they pantomime – for no apparent reason – dropping trou and screwing the perp up the butt, Hill then telling the police captain that in all seriousness he prefers not to have to suck dicks, a guy gets his penis shot off, yada yada. Then there’s the LOL chase scene where our heroes, without identifying themselves as officers, pull people out of their cars on the freeway and steal the vehicles, blow up tanker trucks, killing and injuring innocent bystanders. It’s “hilarious,” and they are never held to account for any of it. Indeed their values are the same as the pricks in last week’s monstrosity “Project X”: become popular, party, talk tough, meet girls. When they switch roles Hill becomes a ladykiller and Tatum, the dumb but handsome one, becomes a supergeek leader. It’s all painfully predictable, but there is one surprising scene at the end tailored to fans of the TV show, that is the best part of the film, although that is not saying much. There is a reason “21 Jump Street” is opening now in the middle of post-Oscar boneyard season, when not one single film on Rotten Tomatoes has broken 50 percent. It’s because that’s where it belongs.

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about my old neighborhood the other day, it occurred to me I have nearly these same exact options, less than a half mile from my house in Worcester!

One recent, unseasonably warm weekday, I called my friend Paul and asked him to meet me at Le Mirage for lunch. In the monotony of a winter work week, my quick jaunt to the corner restaurant was just what I needed. What I love about Le Mirage, along with its Mediterranean and Middle Eastern offerings, are the subtle reminders of its small-business, local-neighborhood charm. Single buds of fresh ﬂowers from the ﬂorist shop two doors down, Sprout, are on each table. And, in case you’ve forgotten, Le Mirage is BYOB, you can order wine or beer from the friendly folks at MASS Liquors down the street who are happy to deliver to the restaurant. A cup of chicken Florentine soup ($2.99) started my meal. Israeli couscous and cubed chicken breast are simmered in a light broth with fresh spinach leaves. The bites of pearly couscous – a pleasant surprise from typical egg noodles – were

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Have you sent in your 30X30@30 submissions yet to the Worcester Historical Museum? The premise is to select 30 objects, photos, news stories and/or personalities submitted by the 30-somethings that will exemplify the Worcester of generation Y. If you are between the ages of 30-39, your submission can be as simple as a ticket stub from a concert to a major news story that rocked the city. All submissions will be reviewed by a panel of curators and local historians, with 30 objects selected to be featured in the exhibition 30x30@30, opening on Thursday, April 26, and on view throughout the summer. To enter your 30X30@30 submission, e-mail your idea, person, news story, or photo with your name, address, telephone, and date of birth to 30x30at30@worcesterhistory.net. Please also answer these three following questions: What makes Worcester? (200 words or less) What image or object best illustrates your submission? What is your association with Worcester?: 1) born here in____; 2) Lived here all my life; 3) Lived in Worcester from ___ to ___; 4) Other. Worcester Historical Museum, 30 Elm St. 508-753-8278, worcesterhistory.org. St. Patty’s with The Flock O’A-Holes, the ’80s show with Aslan King and The McCrites, will offer

you a heap O’Irish tonight $5; 8:30 p.m.-2 a.m. Lucky Dog Music Hall, 89 Green St. 508-363-1888, ﬂockofassholes.com.

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Codeine Schoolboy, Every Other Country, Gay Shapes, PK Thunder - are all at The Raven, 258 Pleasant St. 508-304-8133 or ﬁnd them on Facebook. It’s Hero Night at the Worcester Sharks vs. Providence Bruins game tonight, plus $2-$2-$2 Friday ($2 hot dogs, popcorn or soda). $10-$26; 7:30-11:30 p.m. DCU Center- Arena and Convention Center, 50 Foster St. 508-929-0500, sharksahl.com. Justin Spencer formed Recycled Percussion in 1995 for a high-school talent show. Justin was looking for a way to be as creative as possible and took the idea of playing buckets, which was introduced to him in the subways of New York City. The show’s peak came in 2010 when Recycled Percussion sealed a deal with the MGM Grand in Las Vegas to have its own show nightly at the famed casino. $25/$30. 8 p.m.-9:15 a.m. Hanover Theatre for the Performing Arts, 2 Southbridge St. 877-571-7469, thehanovertheatre.org.

Godzilla Invades Worcester! A Creature DoubleFeature! FREE ticket giveaway. On March 26, the biggest star in Japan will wreak havoc on Worcester once again. That’s Entertainment will host a theatrical showing of two of the greatest Godzilla movies at the Elm Draught House in Millbury, at 6 p.m. Tickets to the event will be given away at That’s Entertainment starting Saturday, March 17, up to the day of the event. Each person who wants a ticket must come in personally to pick it up. They will be distributed one ticket per person while they last. Tickets are free, limited and will run out! The titles of the Godzilla movies will be a surprise until the event begins. Between the two movies there will be free rafﬂes, Godzilla short ﬁlms and more! 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. That’s Entertainment, 244 Park Ave. 508-755-4207, thatse.com.

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Glenn Stewart Band mixes hours of up beat, high-energy material along with an original style that Stewart refers to as country that kicks; a hybrid of rock, country and pop. You can catch that kick along with Scarlett Drive, Hard #9 and Room 101. Formerly J.C.Young, Scarlett Drive features Chris Martin, Josh Kleiner, Keith Sullivan, Tim Baumann $7; 8:30 p.m.-2 a.m. Lucky Dog Music Hall, 89 Green St. 508-363-1888, facebook.com/ ScarlettDrive. Bêlit is an acoustic rock cover quintet, and they’ll be joined by the McCrites tonight, playing Irish music during the set break. Free; 9 p.m.-1 a.m. Mahoney’s Pub, 413 Park Ave. 508-277-1073. Great Whiskey Rebellion offers the music you want, the rebellion you need. Give a rebel yell to Sharks Come Cruisin’ as well. 9 p.m.-2 a.m. Ralph’s Chadwick Square Diner, 148 Grove St. 508-753-9543. The Visionaries are back at JJ’s with no cover charge. 9 p.m.12:30 a.m. JJ’s Sports Bar and Grill, 380 Southwest Cutoff, Northborough. 508-842-8420. If you haven’t seen the Mama Savannah Georgia Adult Comedy Show before, you have got to stop down and enjoy a great comedy show in between the great dancing with DJ Tony T. 18+ $10; 21+ $5; 11-11:59 p.m. Mixers Cocktail Lounge, 105 Water St. 508-756-2227.

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The Barbecue and Bluegrass event will offer a special blend of gospel and bluegrass at United Parish Church in Upton. The band Southern Rail offers music that is highenergy exuberant fun, with riveting harmonies, humor and sparkling banjo and mandolin solo work. A full barbecuedchicken dinner will be served at 6 p.m. followed by the concert at 7:30 p.m. $25 for tickets to dinner and concert, $15 for dinner only, $20 for concert only. 1 Church St., Upton. 508529-3192. It’s that time again at the Worcester Art Museum for the March Tour of the Month. This month’s focus is Women’s Challenges: Artist & Subject with docent Jane Maguire. Free with museum admission. Worcester Art Museum, 55 Salisbury St. 508-799-4406, worcesterart.org. Kegs & Eggs, the wildly popular event is back by public demand! On St. Patrick’s Day, this year the Blue Plate Lounge will serve a full breakfast menu along with a stellar drink selection

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James Keyes St. Patty’s Day Party is free over at Days End Tavern from 1-5 p.m. 287 Main St., Oxford. 508-987-1006. Support the LGBT Asylum Task Force for its St. Patrick’s Day Fundraiser featuring a delicious Irish meal of corn beef and cabbage paired with some traditional Irish folk music. $10 per person; 6-9 p.m. Hadwen Park Congregational Church, 6 Clover St. Join Greater Worcester Opera for its second-annual gala fundraising event featuring music, raffles, a silent auction and more, including a “bouquet” of GWO’s lovely ladies—soprano and mezzo-soprano singers who will perform music written for the female voice. Raffle items include everything from theater tickets to special services to unique works of art to a good ol’ 50/50 cash raffle. Free; 7-9:30 p.m. Briarwood Community Center, Briarwood Circle. 508-930-7062, greaterworcesteropera.org. At the Aine Minogue St. Patrick’s Day Concert, you will be mesmerized by Irish vocalist and harpist Aine Minogue’s wonderful voice and masterful playing, as well as her stories that bring Celtic traditions to life. Cash bar and light refreshments $26M and $23NM. 7:30-10:30 p.m. Tower Hill Botanic Garden, 11 French Dr., Boylston. 508-869-6111, ext. 124 Towerhillbg.org. WCUW’S Jazz series presents The Liberty Jazz Quartet. Opening the evening will be the WPI Stage Band conducted by Rich Falco, The Liberty Jazz Quartet is: Chip Cothran (piano) Will Kelly (bass), Mark Weissman (tenor sax), and Henrique de Almeida (drums). A Big Band Jazz Clinic with the WPI Stage Band, free and open to the public, will be conducted earlier in the

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MassOctane kick in the high-octane green over at Jillianâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s during their St. Patrickâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Day Bash. 9:30 p.m.-1 a.m. Worcester, 315 Grove St. 508-793-0900.

The Hipswayers sway in the green at Sahara Cafe & Restaurant at 10 p.m. 143 Highland St. 508-798-2181.

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A multicultural Celebration of the Arts will surely provide a memorable connection between art, music and dance. Audiences will be charmed by the internationally recognized Daxing Childrenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Chorus who will travel all the way from Beijing to perform. Featuring the gifted dancers from both Jo Ann Warren Dance Co. and Ritmos Academy-Latin Cultural Dancers and The Seven Hills Show Choir and Worcester Childrenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Chorus. The Worcester WAIT Team will provide genius breakdancing and the Seven Hills Stomp Team will delight you with their award-winning display of rhythms. The Massachusetts Beijing Chinese Language Schoolâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s students will then perform creative songs and dance. $5; 1-4 p.m. Mechanics Hall, 321 Main St. 508-799-7500, ext. 1011.

Ah Spring! Celebrate the emergence of spring with meditation in motion during Celestial Communications - Spring Celebration. Chant and sing beautiful melodies, and bring motion through sweeping hand and arm movements. Soothe your nervous system and activate the meridians, while your entire being is moved with the ďŹ&#x201A;uidity of a peaceful mind, body and spirit. Celestial Communications is a blissful vehicle to realizing your full potential. $25 for one, $40 for two; 5-7 p.m. Zest Yoga and Fitness, 65 Southbridge St., Auburn. 508-843-9887. Disco Hell with all original members are back for St. Pattyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Sunday, playing a longer set, in the old traditional Sunday fashion. Seems that Samuel D. Lite needs to come back to Mass. to pick up some belt buckles he left here (true story). Satan on drums, Purvis on guitar, DuJu Bumps on bass and, of course, the ring leader Samuel D. Lite on the vocals. $7; 9 p.m.-2 a.m. Lucky Dog Music Hall, 89 Green St. 508-363-1888 or ďŹ nd them on Facebook.

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Spoken word, poetry, music, visual arts and ruckus collide at the Dirty Gerund Poetry & Variety Show to create an innovative, fast-paced entertainment that ainâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t your grandmaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s poetry reading. Open mic, featured performers, live painting, house band, snack time and bonus ruckus challenges make Mondays fun and inspiring! Hosted by Nicholas Earl Davis and Alex Charalambides. Tonight come hear former Bay Area/Current Portland OR Slam Poet Stephen Meads on tour! Ages 21+, $2-$5 suggested donation; 9-11:30 p.m. Ralphâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Chadwick Square Diner, 148 Grove St. 508-753-9543, dirtygerund.com. Assumption College will host the second-annual Worcester College Jazz Festival featuring the Worcester Polytechnic Jazz Ensemble, under the direction of Richard Falco, and the Assumption College Jazz Ensemble, under the direction of David Jost. Free; 7-9 p.m. Assumption College: Kennedy Memorial Hall/ Public Safety, Kennedy 112, 500 Salisbury St.

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Come down to the weekly The â&#x20AC;&#x153;Un-Gong Show! to show us your talent. Musicians, solo acts, variety acts, jugglers, comedians, and who knows what else! Winner of the night gets $25 cash prize and entered into the ďŹ nals to win $500! To enter, e-mail LBBoria@ gmail.com 8:30-10:30 p.m. Club KasBar, 234 Southwest Cutoff. 508-798-8385.

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The Twangbusters bust into spring with dynamo Paula Bradley (Girl Howdy, Uncle Earl) on piano, ukulele and vocals, Peter â&#x20AC;&#x153;Dr. Zâ&#x20AC;? Zarkadas (Sarah Levecque Band, Raw Symphony) on electric guitar, Brian Rost (Tarbox Ramblers) on upright bass and Texas dancehall veteran drummer â&#x20AC;&#x153;Wild Billâ&#x20AC;? Nadeau (Alvin Crow, The Derailers). 9 p.m.-midnight Vincentâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Bar, 49 Suffolk St. 413281-7336.

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GSA proudly presents the seventh-annual Mardi Gay BeneďŹ t Drag Show with proceeds to beneďŹ t Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS. Performers include Raquel Blake, Mizery, Miss Kris, Fena, Rainbow Frite and Destiny. $10, $5 for students; 7-10 p.m. Fitchburg State University: Athletics and Recreation Center, 160 Pearl St., Fitchburg. 978-665-3164.

AriBand Birthday Bash with special guests tonight, 9 p.m.-2 a.m. Nickâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Bar and Restaurant, 124 Millbury St. 508-753-4030.

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KARAOKE 7 Nights a week. cafe neo bar and grille, 97 Millbury St. 508-615-7311. HUMANARTS: Bach Consort Duo. The Bach Consort Duo, directed by Michelle Graveline will perform as part of the 20112012 HUMANARTS Series. Free and open to the public. 12:301:30 p.m. Assumption College: Chapel of the Holy Spirit, 500 Salisbury St. assumption.edu/dept/humanarts/calendar.html. Third Thursdays AFTER HOURS featuring music by the Lee Prager Trio and a tour of Art Since the Mid-20th Century. Always great company, cash bar. Free for Members; $14 nonmembers. 5:30-8 p.m. Worcester Art Museum, Renaissance Court, 55 Salisbury St. 508-799-4406. BILL McCARTHY - Classic & Contemporary Acoustic Rock! @ ROUTE 56 ROADSIDE! Free. 7-10 p.m. Route 56 Roadside Bar & Grill, 24 Leicester St., North Oxford. 508987-8669. Free. 7-10 p.m. Olde Post Ofﬁce Pub, 1 Ray St., North Grafton. 508-839-6106. Open Mic Night with Ed Sheridan. A great sounding PA and a supportive audience of players and listeners makes this a wonderfully rewarding and informal way to share your music and meet new musical friends! 7-11 p.m. Blueplate Lounge, 661 Main St., Holden. 508-829-4566. Irish Music Session. Each week, a traditional Irish music session is held at Mulligan’s Taverne. The public are welcome to join in music, song, and camaraderie. No cover charge, all ages and talent levels welcome. Listeners welcome, too! No Charge.. 7:30-10 p.m. Mulligans Taverne-on-the-Green, 121 West Main St., Westborough. 508-344-4932 or westboroughsession.com. KARAOKE with Mike Rossi. free. 8-11 p.m. Greendale’s Pub, 404 W Boylston St. 508-853-1350. Dana Lewis Live!. Acoustic Classic Rock Hits of the 50’s to the 80’s From the Animals to Zevon “The sound track of your youth” Great Food, Full Bar, Lottery & ME! NO COVER. Come on out! 8:30-10:30 p.m. Grafton Inn, The, 25 Grafton Cmn, Grafton. 508839-5931 or myspace.com/danalewismusic. St Patty’s w/ THE FLOCK O’A-HOLES the 80’s show with ASLAN KING and The McCrites. A heap O’Irish tonight :) $5. 8:30 p.m.-2 a.m. Lucky Dog Music Hall, 89 Green St. 508-363-1888 or ﬂockofassholes.com. All Request Thirsty Thursday With CJ/DJ. Come on down and dance to the hottest music around. I do all kinds of give-aways, so come down. Hope to see you all there! No cover. 9 p.m.-2 a.m. Days End Tavern, The Downstairs, 287 Main St., Oxford. 508-868-7382 or soundzlikefun.com. Bright, the Morning!. 9 p.m.-2 a.m. Nick’s Bar and Restaurant, 124 Millbury St. 508-753-4030. Cara Brindisi. 9 p.m.-midnight Vincent’s Bar, 49 Suffolk St. 508-752-9439. Flash Back Thirsty Thursdays with DJ Double D. Stop on down and enjoy the evening listening to your favorite music from the by gone days. DJ Double D spins your favorite old time tunes. FLASH BACK Thirsty Thursdays are here at Club Remix in Worcester 9-11:59 p.m. Mixers Cocktail Lounge, 105 Water St. 508-756-2227 or remixworcester.com. Metal Thursday!. 9 p.m.-2 a.m. Ralph’s Chadwick Square Diner, 148 Grove St. 508-753-9543. Jay Graham Live!. 9:30 p.m.-1:30 a.m. Funky Murphy’s Bar & Grill, 305 Shrewsbury St. 508-753-2995. Holy Cross Night. Holy Cross takes over the Hound ! Draft beer specials every week. 10 p.m.-1:45 a.m. The Grey Hound Pub, 11 Kelley Square. 508-754-6100.

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Codeine Schoolboy,Every Other Country,Gay Shapes,PK Thunder. The Raven, 258 Pleasant St. 508-3048133 or facebook.com.

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Dana Lewis LIVE!. Acoustic Classic Rock Hits Every Friday. FREE!. 5:30-8:30 p.m. Webster House Restaurant, 1 Webster St. 508-757-7208 or myspace.com/danalewismusic. Farwell Show Armor For The Broken @ The Palladium (upstairs). Mountain Man The Homestretch In The Direction Of The Sun Kerrigan Within A Lifetime Tickets $12 adv., $15 door. 6-11 p.m. Palladium, The, 261 Main St. 508-797-9696. Bret Talbert: Guilt-Free & Acoustiﬁed. Free!. 8:30-11:30 p.m. Dreamers Bar & Grille, 815 Worcester Road, Barre. 978-3559095.

Friday, March 30th - GO KAT GO! Presents hot rod rockabilly all the way from Illinois featuring Skinny Jim And The Number 9 Blacktops! Plus Narragansett girls, swag & specials! 9pm, FREE! Vincent’s, 49 Suffolk Street, Worcester, MA www.skinnyjimrocks.com

Chris Reddy Acoustic Loops from Hell. 8:30 p.m.-1 a.m. Gardner Ale House, 74 Parker St., Gardner. 978-669-0122. Dubble D & The Khaos Junkies. 8:30 p.m.-12:30 a.m. Blue Plate Lounge, 661 Main St., Holden. 508-829-4566 or khaosjunkies.com. GLENN STEWART Band, Scarlett Drive, Hard #9 and Room 101. Formerly J.C.Young, Scarlett Drive is... Chris Martin, Josh Kleiner, Keith Sullivan, Tim Baumann $7. 8:30 p.m.-2 a.m. Lucky Dog Music Hall, 89 Green St. 508-363-1888 or facebook. com/ScarlettDrive. Live Music in the Pub - THE STONE CLOVERS. They perform an array of traditional/contemporary Irish and original music. The core of the group’s sound could ﬁnd itself at home in any Irish pub but is augmented by many musical ﬂavors (rock, jazz, blues, funk, reggae, among others), such a blend comes from the diverse musical background of Tom along with that of guitarist Jimmy Morrell and drummer/percussionist AJ Balthazar. 8:30 p.m.-12:30 a.m. Fiddlers’ Green Pub & Restaurant, 19 Temple St. 508-792-3700 or facebook.com. Ned Lucas Band. Come join us at Worcester’s Blues Central, Greendales. 8:30 p.m.-12:30 a.m. Greendale’s Pub, 404 W Boylston St. 508-853-1350 or Nlucas.com. BILL McCARTHY - Classic & Contemporary Acoustic & Not-So-Acoustic Rock! @ T.J. O’BRIEN’S. Free. 7-10 p.m. Route 56 Roadside Bar & Grill, 24 Leicester St., North Oxford. 508-987-8669. Free. 9 p.m.-midnight Admiral T. J. O’Briens, 407 Main St., Sturbridge. 508-347-2838.

Bobby Gadoury, Cara Brindisi and Geoffrey WatsonOehling!. 9 p.m.-2 a.m. Nick’s Bar and Restaurant, 124 Millbury St. 508-753-4030. DJ HappyDaze Spinnin All the Hottest Dance Mixes. No Cover. 9 p.m.-2 a.m. Days End Tavern, UPSTAIRS, 287 Main St., Oxford. 508-987-1006. FRIDAY FRENZY with Blurry Nights & DJ SOUP - DJ B-LO. 9 p.m.-2 a.m. Fusion, 109 Water St. 508-756-2100. Great Whiskey Rebellion Returns w/ Sharks Come Cruisin’. 9 p.m.-2 a.m. Ralph’s Chadwick Square Diner, 148 Grove St. 508-753-9543. Jon Lacouture. Free. 9 p.m.-2 a.m. Art’s Diner, West Boylston st. 352-895-8355. Ladies Night - Top 40 Dance Party. Our Top 40 Ladies Night Dance Party returns to Speakers! Ladies (and Gent’s) come in and dance the night away with the hottest DJ in the MetroWest Area DJ Norm. Free. 9 p.m.-2 a.m. Speakers Night Club, 19 Weed St., Marlborough. 508-480-8222 or speakersnightclub.net. The Visionaries. The Visionaries are back at JJ’s this Friday 3/16/12. Come in and check them out!! No cover charge! 9 p.m.-12:30 a.m. JJ’s Sports Bar and Grill, 380 Southwest Cutoff, Northborough. 508-842-8420. Joe’s Equipment. 9:30 p.m.-1 a.m. Jillian’s - Worcester, 315 Grove St. 508-793-0900. Karaoke @ Scoreboards Sports Bar!. No Cover. 9:30 p.m.-1:30 a.m. Scoreboards Sports Bar, 137 Lancaster St., Leominster. 978-534-1313 or facebook.com. Funky Fridays with DJ Tony T. DJ Tony T spins all your favorites every Friday night starting at 10pm. Get here before 10 and if your 21+ you don’t have to pay the cover charge. See if you can get Tony’s dance ﬂoor bouncing...if you have never been here for Tony, you will deﬁnitely enjoy yourself...It is always awesome on Funky Fridays...hope to see you here. 18+ only $10 21+ only $5. 10 p.m.-1:45 a.m. Mixers Cocktail Lounge, 105 Water St. 508756-2227 or remixworcester.com. Joe D’Angelo Trio. An original music program of Joe D’Angelo compositions as interpreted by Joe, bassist Bob Simonelli and drummer George Dellomo. 10p.m. start time donation tip jar. 10 p.m.-1 a.m. Sahara Cafe & Restaurant, 143 Highland St. 508798-2181. Sugar and The Cane Breakers. Sugar and The Cane Breakers is an 8-piece band fronted by singers Keri Anderson and Craig Rawding. From New Orleans to West Africa to Jamaica to Belize City, they have searched far and wide to bring you the best collection of funky soul and soulful funk that you will ever hear played live in concert! Do not miss this show! $10. 10 p.m.-1:30 a.m. Beatnik’s, 433 Park Ave. 508-926-8877 or sugarandthecanebreakers.com.

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Twin Berlin,Self Proclaimed Rock Stars,Mission Hill,East Coast Runaways. The Raven, 258 Pleasant St. 508-304-8133. Kegs & Eggs. Our wildly popular event is back by public demand! On St. Patrick’s Day this year we will be serving a full breakfast menu along with our stellar drink selection. No reservations required, but our last event was standing room only, so be sure to get there early! We will also have some live music entertainment during the event. 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. Blue Plate Lounge, 661 Main St., Holden. 508-826-9927. KARAOKE. Free. 9-12:30 a.m. Shangri-la chinese restaurant, 60 madison St. 508-798-0888. St. Patrick’s Day Bash and Probable Cause. Join us at JJ’s this St Patrick’s Day! Corned Beef and Cabbage all day, and other Irish-inspired menu items. Plenty of great Drink Specials also. At 9pm, Probable Cause will be playing your favorite dance hits and help you celebrate St Patty’s Day in style! 11:30-12:30 a.m. JJ’s Sports Bar and Grill, 380 Southwest Cutoff, Northborough. 508-842-8420. “O’fﬁcial” St. Patrick’s Day Party. A day long musical celebration: Noon to 4:00 p.m. - The Bards; 4:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. - The Jolly Beggars; 9:00 p.m. DJ Arnie Hamm. Lots of Food & Drink for all. $5 pp (Worcester Students Earn WOO Points).

noon-1 a.m. Worcester Hibernian Cultural Centre, 19 Temple St. 508-792-3700. James Keyes-ST.Patty’s Day Party. No Cover. 1-5 p.m. Days End Tavern, Main Level, 287 Main St., Oxford. 508-987-1006. Katie McD. No cover. 1-3 p.m. Coppertop Lounge/Wachusett Mountain Ski Area, 499 Mountain Road, Princeton. 978-464-2300 or wachusett.com. Annual St Patty’s Day Bash with Chris Reddy. 4 p.m.-1 a.m. Black Sheep Tavern, 261 Leominster Road, Sterling. 978-422-8484. Break Through Music presents Metal Fest Series Round 2 @ The Palladium (upstairs). Series Grand Prize: Slot on New England Metal & Hardcore Fest @ The Palladium In April from the Ashes / Your Pain is Endearing Before I had Wings / Gator King Within A Lifetime / Dayton / Eyes Of Wrath Action! In The Skyline Tickets $10. 6-11 p.m. Palladium, The, 261 Main St. 508-797-9696. Aine Minogue St. Patrick’s Day Concert. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. Celtic Harpist Áine Minogue returns to Tower Hill for a special night of Celtic Harp and Vocals. Áine returns to Tower Hill for an evening concert in the Great Hall. Cash bar and light refreshments for sale. Nonmember $23, Member $20, $3 surchage for day of concert ticket purchases. 7:30-10:30 p.m. Tower Hill Botanic Garden, 11 French Drive, Boylston. 508-869-6111, ext. 124 or towerhillbg.org. Denis Coughlin and Chuck Demers - Turning the Blue Plate Green With Mulligan Stew. Mulligan Stew is a merger of area folk musicians celebrating Irish Music. Denis Coughlin and Chuck Demers, with Walter Crockett on lead acoustic guitar, Dave Martel on bass and Bob Belanger on drums. Many of the sing-along favorites and some more obscure beauties will be presented in the spirit of St. Patrick and the celtic bards and troubadours. cover. 8 p.m.-noon Blue Plate Lounge, 661 Main St., Holden. 508-829-4566. Yoke Shire - St. Patrick’s Day Party. A rollicking good time is what you can expect from a Yoke Shire Celtic music performance. $15 advance; $19 day of show plus ticket fee. 8-11 p.m. Bull Run Restaurant, Sawtelle Room, 215 Great Road, Shirley. 978-425-4311 or tickets.bullrunrestaurant.com. St. Patty’s day with GHOSTS OF JUPITER, SUN JONES and Superfrog. While their name suggests specters from light years away, Ghosts of Jupiter are actually cosmically switched-on earthlings with a gift for rock with wide-reaching implications. $10. 8:30 p.m.-2 a.m. Lucky Dog Music Hall, 89 Green St. 508-363-1888 or facebook.com/ghostsofjupiter. “Wormtown Time Machine” The Balls return to Ralphs w/The Numbskulls, Groupaction, and Happy Little Clouds. 9 p.m.-2 a.m. Ralph’s Chadwick Square Diner, 148 Grove St. 508-753-9543. Benny Sharoni Quartet!. 9 p.m.-2 a.m. Nick’s Bar and Restaurant, 124 Millbury St. 508-753-4030. DJ HappyDaze Playin the Hottest Dance Mixes. No Cover. 9 p.m.-2 a.m. Days End Tavern, upstairs, 287 Main St., Oxford. 508-987-1006 or happydazedj.com. NO ALIBI. BAND $5. 9 p.m.-1 a.m. Greendale’s Pub, 404 W Boylston St. 508-853-1350. Ska Patrick’s Day with Montreal’s THE BEATDOWN & Boston’s SUPERSKA. 9 p.m.-1:30 a.m. Beatnik’s, 433 Park Ave. 508-926-8877. SPINSUITE SATURDAYS - Top 40. DJ SOUP - DJ NICK - DJ B-LO spin your favorite Dance, Mash Ups & Top 40 Tracks. Fusion’s Lounge opens at 9:00 pm and Dance Club opens at 10:30pm. Coat room with attendant available. No Cover Charge. 9 p.m.-2 a.m. Fusion, 109 Water St. 508-756-2100. St.Patty’s Day Bash with Jokerz Wylde. No Cover. 9 p.m.-1 a.m. Days End Tavern, Main Level, 287 Main St., Oxford. 508-987-1006. St.Patty’s Day Bash with MassOctane. 9:30 p.m.-1 a.m. Jillian’s - Worcester, 315 Grove St. 508-793-0900. Hip Swayers Deluxe (full band) + special guests. Celebrate St. Paddy’s with us! Free - donations appreciated!. 10 p.m.-1 a.m. Sahara Cafe & Restaurant, 143 Highland St. 508798-2181.

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Conﬂict of Interest, Brian Bernier, Jindas Emcees, Savannah, Hollowpoint Klik, NautiKal, Shaded Grace. The Raven, 258 Pleasant St. 508-304-8133 or facebook. com. Drag Shows. 18+ $8 21+ $5. midnight-1:30 a.m. Mixers Cocktail Lounge, 105 Water St. 508-762-9499. WAM Chamber Music Series: Music for String Duo, Nicholas Kitchen and Yeesun Kim from the Borromeo String Quartet. Join us for an unforgettable performance by two members of the internationally acclaimed Borromeo String Quartet, violinist Nicholas Kitchen and cellist Yeesun Kim. Kitchen and Kim’s program will include works by Bloch, Schulhoff, Ysaye and Kodaly. Both musicians will talk between pieces. This is the second of three concerts in the WAM Chamber Music Series. All concerts will feature an intermission talk and an opportunity to meet the musicians and enjoy complimentary desserts following the performances. This Chamber Music concert will feature an intermission talk by WAM Curator of Prints, Drawings and Photography, David Acton. All sales ﬁnal. Not recommended for children under 12. Learn more . $20 Members / $30 nonmembers. Very limited seating. Advance reservations required. 2:30-4:30 p.m. Worcester Art Museum, European Galleries, 55 Salisbury St. 508-799-4406, ext. 3120. Open Mike with John Riley & Celtic Misfortune. 4-8 p.m. Fiddlers’ Green Pub & Restaurant, 19 Temple St. 508-7923700 or socialweb.net/Clients/FiddlersGreen. Acoustic Open Mic/WARL Charity Event. Celtic/ Acoustic music and an ongoing charity event for the Worcester Animal Rescue League No Cover. 5-9 p.m. Jak’s Pub, 536 Main St. 508-757-5257. The Raven “Battle of the Blues Bands. The Raven is hosting its 1st annual “The Raven” Battle of the Bands begining on February 12, 2012. All lovers of Blues music are encouraged to attend and all are welcome. There will be a $5 cover charge to cover the cost of sound, promotion and cash prizes to the bands. 5-9 p.m. The Raven, 258 Pleasant St. 508-304-8133 or baevents. com/battleofthebands. Vincent’s presents: Big Jon Short. 5-8 p.m. Vincent’s Bar, 49 Suffolk St. 508-752-9439. bigjonshort.com Ms Marci And The Love Sick Hounds Featuring Doug James. 6:30pm Group Swing Dance Lesson 7:30pm Ms Marci And The Love Sick Hounds With Doug James On Sax A Great time to get started in Swing Dancing Come with or without a partner. All Dance2Swing events are a mixture of singles and couples. Leominster Elks Lodge 1237, 134 N. Main St., Leominster. 978263-7220 or dance2swing.com. The Old Reliable Music Company & the Vododeeos (Members of Over a Cardboard Sea) 7pm-10pm, Andy Cummings 10pm-Close. 7 p.m.-2 a.m. Nick’s Bar and Restaurant, 124 Millbury St. 508-753-4030. DISCO HELL with all original members are BACK! St Patty’s SUNDAY. They’re back AGAIN! Playing a longer set, in the old traditional Sunday fashion. Satan on Drums, Purvis on Guitar, DuJu Bumps on the Bass and of course, the ring leader Samuel D. Lite on the vocals. $7. 9 p.m.-2 a.m. Lucky Dog Music Hall, 89 Green St. 508-363-1888 or facebook.com. The SUNDAY NIGHT Hang w/ Ronnie Sugar Bear.. FREE. 9 p.m.-1:45 a.m. Lucky Dog Music Hall, 89 Green St. 508363-1888 or luckydogmusic.com. REGGAE FUSION SUNDAYS with DJ Nick. Worcester’s longest running REGGAE night hosted by DJ Nick and Guest DJ’s spinning the hottest Reggae, Hip Hop and Top 40 every Sunday. 10 p.m.-2 a.m. Fusion, 109 Water St. 508-756-2100.

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KARAOKE 7 Nights a week. cafe neo bar and grille, 97 Millbury St. 508-615-7311. Driftin’ Sam Politz 7pm, then Big Game Karaoke 9:30pm till Close!. 7 p.m.-2 a.m. Nick’s Bar and Restaurant, 124 Millbury St. 508-753-4030.

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Joy of Music Presents Concert Pianist Priscilla Kjorlaug. No Charge. 2-3 p.m. Briarwood Continuing Care Retirement Community, Birches Auditorium, 65 Briarwood Circle. 508-852-9007 or briarwoodretirement.com. Life of a Campus: Architecture-inspired Musical Performance. This is an evening of musical performances that accompanies the exhibition “The Life of a Campus: Clark Buildings Then and Now.” The program features seven compositions written by students at Clark, inspired by the buildings that surround them. The pieces will be performed by an ensemble featuring clarinet, french horn, cello, and marimba. It is free and open to the public. free. 6-8 p.m. Clark University: Traina Center for the Arts, 2nd Floor gallery, 92 Downing St. Open Mic Night w /Bill McCarthy. Book your half-hour set in advance at: myspace.com/openmicworld. Every Tuesday is Bill Mccarthy’s open mic night. Email Bill McCarthy to reserve space! Email Bill McC at: openmcc@verizon.net. Free. 7-11 p.m. Greendale’s Pub, 404 W Boylston St. 508-853-1350. “Totally Tuesdazed!” Tunes in the Diner every Tuesday Night!. 8 p.m.-1 a.m. Ralph’s Chadwick Square Diner, 148 Grove St. 508753-9543. Big Jon Short. No cover. 8-11 p.m. Armsby Abbey, 144 North Main St. 508-795-1012 or armsbyabbey.com/2009/08/jon-short. T.J. Peavey. A veteran, accomplished and eclectic singer, songwriter and guitarist. Pass The Hat. 8-10 p.m. Jak’s Pub, 536 Main St. 508-757-5257. Terry Brennan / LIVE. 8 p.m.-midnight Banner Pub, The, 112 Green St. 508-755-0879 or terrybmusic.com. The “Un-Gong Show!” Come down to the weekly “Un-Gong Show” to show us your talent! Musicians, solo acts, variety acts, jugglers, comedians, etc. Winner of the night gets $25 cash prize and entered into the ﬁnals to win $500! To enter email LBBoria@ gmail.com 8:30-10:30 p.m. Club KasBar, 234 Southwest Cutoff. 508-798-8385. Bobby Gadoury American Songbook Sing-a-long!!. 9 p.m.-2 a.m. Nick’s Bar and Restaurant, 124 Millbury St. 508753-4030.

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KARAOKE 7 Nights a week. cafe neo bar and grille, 97 Millbury St. 508-615-7311. Girls Night Out. Free apps, pool and gamecards! Free. 6 p.m.-1 a.m. Jillian’s - Worcester, 315 Grove St. 508-793-0900. Truth By Blood and Strength For Life present White Arms Of Athena / Labyrinthe / A Night At The Chalet / Gone Astray / Dysentery @ The Palladium (upstairs). Tickets $10 adv., $12 door.. 6-11 p.m. Palladium, The, 261 Main St. 508-797-9696. Natalie MacMaster. Captivating and commanding, with fingers flying over the strings of her fiddle, voice soaring and feet tapping, Natalie MacMaster is unquestionably the most well-known of the cadre of Cape Breton artists. While mastering the music of her childhood’s Scottish reels, jigs, marches, airs and strathspeys, she has garnered numerous awards and accolades from Junos to “Fiddler of the Year.” Extend your St. Patrick’s Day celebration to include this fiddling superstar and sweetheart. adults $32/ seniors $32/under 18 $10. 7-9 p.m. Fitchburg State University: Weston Auditorium, 160 Pearl St., Fitchburg. 978-665-3347 or fitchburgstate.edu/cultural. Open Mic. 7-11 p.m. Route 56 Roadside Bar & Grill, 24 Leicester St., North Oxford. 508-987-8669. Open Mic Night! Looking for Worcester’s amazing acoustic acts to come check out the new Leits Back Bar Open Mic night!!!!!! Sign-ups begin at 8 and acts begin at 830. We’ll keep the music going as long as there’s acts to play, so come down and check us out! You wont be dissappointed. 8 p.m.-2 a.m. Leitrim’s Pub, Back Bar, 265 Park Ave. 508-798-2447 or LeitrimsWorcester.com. Sean Ryan & Company. Open Jam! FREE. 8-11 p.m. Greendale’s Pub, 404 W Boylston St. 508-853-1350. Wednesday Night Open Mic @ The Hotel Befont With Bill Mccarthy Local Musicians Showcase! Book

Upload your listings at worcestermag.com. Click the Night & Day toolbar, then choose Calendar to place your event listing in both our print and online weekly calendar. your half-hour set in advance at: myspace.com/openmicworld. Every Tuesday is Bill Mccarthy’s open mic night. Email Bill McCarthy to reserve space! Email Bill McC at: openmcc@ verizon.net. Free. 8 p.m.-midnight Belfont Hotel, 11 South Main St., Millbury. 508-917-8128. Acoustic Open Mic Nights with Chris Reddy & Scott Babineau. 8:30 p.m.-noon Classic’s Pub, 285 Central St., Leominster. 978-537-7750. Karaoke with DJ Double D. This is your chance to come on down and sing like a rock star or just kick back and enjoy a cocktail while you listen to your friends sing your favorite tunes. 8:30-11:59 p.m. Mixers Cocktail Lounge, 105 Water St. 508-7562227 or remixworcester.com. AriBand Birthday Bash with Special Guests!. 9 p.m.-2 a.m. Nick’s Bar and Restaurant, 124 Millbury St. 508-753-4030. The Twangbusters Bust into Spring! The Twangbusters mix their many inﬂuences and passion for American roots music into a musical cocktail of boogie, blues and hillbilly bop. You’ll be shaken and stirred! No Cover. 9 p.m.-midnight Vincent’s Bar, 49 Suffolk St. 413-281-7336. WOO-TOWN Wednesday Free show LIVE BANDS. Live entertainment every Wednesday night. Check luckydogmusic. com for complete lineup. FREE. 9 p.m.-2 a.m. Lucky Dog Music Hall, 89 Green St. 508-363-1888 or luckydogmusic.com.

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ARTSWorcester, Hours: closed Sunday - Monday, 1-4 p.m. Tuesday, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Wednesday - Friday, 1-4 p.m. Saturday. Admission: Fre. 660 Main St. 508-755-5142 or artsworcester.org. Asa Waters Mansion, Admission: $3 for guided tour $7-10 for tea. 123 Elm St., Millbury. 508-865-0855 or asawaters.org. Assumption College: Emmanuel d’Alzon Library, 500 Salisbury St. 508-767-7272 or assumption.edu/dept/Library. Booklovers’ Gourmet, Hours: closed Sunday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Tuesday - Friday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday. 55 East Main St., Webster. 508-949-6232 or er3. com/book. Clark University: Cohen-Lasry House, 11 Hawthorne St. clarku.edu/departments/holocaust. Clark University: Schiltkamp Gallery, 92 Downing St. 508-793-7349. Clark University: Traina Center for the Arts, Life of a

Campus: Clark Buildings Then and Now, Through April 13; Voice to Vision Exhibition, Through April 9. 92 Downing St. clarku.edu. College of the Holy Cross: Iris & B. Gerald Cantor Art Gallery, Cuban Artists’ Books and Prints 1985 -2008, Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays, through April 13; Painting Borges: Art Interpreting Literature, Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays, through March 21. Hours: closed Sunday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday - Friday, 2-5 p.m. Saturday. 1 College St. 508-793-3356 or holycross.edu/departments/cantor/website. Dark World Gallery, ”Decayed Expectations” Art work by Dan Bythewood, Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays, through March 28. Hours: closed Sunday, 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. Monday - Saturday. 179 Grafton St. darkworldgallery.com. DZian Gallery, Hours: 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday, closed Monday - Tuesday, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Wednesday - Saturday. 65 Water St. 508-831-1106 or dzian.net. EcoTarium, Playing Together: Games, Through Sept. 9; Preschool and Toddler Wednesdays, Wednesdays, through Dec. 19. Hours: noon-5 p.m. Sunday, closed Monday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday - Saturday. Admission: $12.00 adults; $8.00 for children ages 2-18, college students with IDs & senior citizens. Children under 2 & EcoTarium members free. Additional charges apply for Tree Canopy Walkway, Explorer Express Train, planetarium programs & other special programs. 222 Harrington Way. 508-929-2700 or ecotarium.org. Fisher Museum Harvard Forest, 324 N. Main St., Petersham. 978-724-3302 or harvardforest.fas.harvard.edu/ museum.html. Fitchburg Historical Society, Hours: closed Sunday, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday - Tuesday, 10 a.m.-midnight Wednesday, closed Thursday - Saturday. 50 Grove St., Fitchburg. 978-345-1157 or ﬁtchburghistory.fsc.edu. Higgins Armory Museum, WOO Card good at Higgins Armory Museum, Through Dec. 31. Hours: noon-4 p.m. Sunday, closed Monday, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tuesday - Saturday. Admission: General Admission: $12 for Adults, $9 for Seniors (age 60+), $7 for Children (age 4-16), Children 3 and under are Free. 100 Barber Ave. 508-853-6015 or higgins.org. Mass Audubon: Broad Meadow Brook Conservation Center and Wildlife Sanctuary, Hours: 12:30-4 p.m. Sunday, closed Monday, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tuesday - Saturday. 414 Massasoit Ave. 508-753-6087 or massaudubon.org.

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Museum of Russian Icons, Maps: Pathways to Russia, Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays, through May 26. Hours: closed Sunday - Monday, 11-3 a.m. Tuesday - Wednesday, 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. Thursday, 11-3 a.m. Friday, 9-3 a.m. Saturday. Admission: $5 adults, senior voluntary contribution, student and children fre. 203 Union St., Clinton. 978598-5000 or 978-598-5005 or museumofrussianicons.org. Old Sturbridge Village, Admission: $7 - $20 charged by age. Children under 3 fre. 1 Old Sturbridge Village Road, Sturbridge. 800-733-1830 or 508-347-3362 or osv.org. Park Hill Gallery, Hours: closed Sunday, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday - Friday, closed Saturday. 387 Park Ave. 774-696-0909. Post Road Art Center, Hours: closed Sunday, 9:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Monday - Saturday. 1 Boston Post Road, Marlborough. 508-485-2580 or postroadartcenter.com. Preservation Worcester, Hours: closed Sunday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday - Friday, closed Saturday. 10 Cedar St. 508-7548760 or preservationworcester.org. Prints and Potter Gallery, Hours: closed Sunday, 10-5:30 a.m. Monday - Tuesday, 10-7 a.m. Wednesday - Thursday, 10-5:30 a.m. Friday, 10-5 a.m. Saturday. 142 Highland St. 508-752-2170 or printsandpotter.com. Quinebaug Valley Council for the Arts & Humanities, the Arts Center, Hours: 2-4 p.m. Sunday, closed Monday - Friday, 2-4 p.m. Saturday. 111 Main St., Southbridge. 508-346-3341 or qvcah.org. Quinsigamond Community College: Administration Building, 670 West Boylston St. qcc.edu. Rollstone Studios, Hours: 11-4 p.m. Sunday, closed Monday - Wednesday, 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Thursday - Saturday. Admission: fre. 633 Main St., Fitchburg. 978-348-2781 or rollstoneartists.com. Salisbury Mansion, Hours: closed Sunday - Wednesday,

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LEGALS/PUBLIC NOTICES Commonwealth of Massachusetts The Trial Court Probate and Family Court 225 Main St. Worcester, MA 01608 508-831-2200 Docket No: WO11P2802PM To all persons interested in the estate of Joseph G. Ethier of Worcester in said County- person under conservatorship. A petition has been presented to said Court for authority to sell- at private sale- certain real estate of said Joseph G. Ethier for investment.- and praying that the petitioner may become the purchaser of said real estate. If you desire to object thereto you or your attorney should ﬁle a written appearance in said Court at Worcester before ten o’clock in the forenoon on the twenty-seventh day of March, 2012, the return day of this citation. Witness Denise Meagher, Esquire, First Judge of said Court, this ﬁrst day of March 2012. Stephen G. Abraham Register of Probate 03/15/2012

Commonwealth of Massachusetts The Trial Court Probate and Family Court 225 Main St. Worcester, MA 01608 508-831-2200 Docket No. WO12P0577EA MUPC SUPPLEMENTAL NOTICE In the Estate of: Christopher M Arata Date of Death: 01/31/2012 to all persons who may have interest in the abovecaptioned estate, the Division of Medical Assistance and, if interested, to the Office of the Attorney General and the United Stated Department of Veterans Affairs; notice is being sent to you as you may have a legal interest in this case, in order to inform you of your rights. Under the new Massachusetts Uniform Probate Code Inventory and Accounts are not required to be filed with the Court, but interested parties are entitled to notice regarding the administration from the Personal Representative and can Petition the Court in any matter relating to the estate, including distribution of assets and expenses of administration. Interested parties are entitled to Petition the Court to institute formal proceedings and to obtain orders terminating or restricting the powers of the appointed Personal Representative. Petitioner requests to be permitted to file a MUPC Bond. 03/15/2012

Commonwealth of Massachusetts The Trial Court Probate and Family Court 225 Main St. Worcester, MA 01608 508-831-2200 Docket No. WO12P0577EA NOTICE OF PETITION FOR PROBATE OF WILL In the Estate of: Christopher M Arata Late of: Sutton, MA 01590 Date of Death: 01/31/2012 to all persons interested in the above captioned estate, a petition has been presented requesting that a document purporting to be the last will of said decedent be proved and allowed Gerald A. Arata, Jr., of Seekonk, MA be appointed executor/trix, named in the will to serve Without Surety. IF YOU DESIRE TO OBJECT THERETO, YOU OR YOUR ATTORNEY MUST FILE A WRITTEN APPEARANCE IN SAID COURT AT: Worcester ON OR BEFORE TEN O’CLOCK IN THE MORNING (10:00 AM ON: 03/27/2012 in addition, you must file a written affidavit of objections to the petition, stating specific facts and grounds upon which the objection is based, within (30) days after the return day (or such other time as the court, on motion with notice to the petitioner, may allow) in accordance with Probate Rule 16 WITNESS, Denise L. Meagher, First Justice of this Court Date: March 2, 2012 Stephen G. Abraham Register of Probate 03/15/2012

Commonwealth of Massachusetts The Trial Court Probate and Family Court 225 Main St. Worcester, MA 01608 508-831-2200 Docket No. WO11P3794EA NOTICE OF PETITION FOR PROBATE OF WILL In the Estate of: Elaine M Hayden Late of: Millbury, MA 01527 Date of Death: 11/02/2011 to all persons interested in the above captioned estate, a petition has been presented requesting that a document purporting to be the last will of said decedent be proved and allowed and that Richard A Jacobson of Millbury, MA be appointed executor/trix, named in the will to serve Without Surety. IF YOU DESIRE TO OBJECT THERETO, YOU OR YOUR ATTORNEY MUST FILE A WRITTEN APPEARANCE IN SAID COURT AT: Worcester ON OR BEFORE TEN O’CLOCK IN THE MORNING (10:00 AM) ON: 03/27/2012 in addition, you must file a written affidavit of objections to the petition, stating specific facts and grounds upon which the objection is based, within (30) days after the return day (or such other time as the court, on motion with notice to the petitioner, may allow) in accordance with Probate Rule 16 WITNESS, Denise L. Meagher, First Justice of this Court Date: December 8, 2011 Stephen G. Abraham Register of Probate 03/15/2012

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LEGALS/PUBLIC NOTICES MORTGAGEE’S NOTICE OF SALE OF REAL ESTATE By virtue and in execution of the Power of Sale contained in a certain Mortgage given by Douglas B Hanson to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., dated May 12, 2008 and recorded with the Worcester County (Worcester District) Registry of Deeds at Book 42838, Page 147 of which the Mortgage the undersigned is the present holder by assignment for breach of the conditions of said Mortgage and for the purpose of foreclosing same will be sold at Public Auction at 01:00 PM on April 11, 2012 at 20 Stone School Road, Sutton, MA, all and singular the premises described in said Mortgage, to wit: All that certain tract or parcel of land with building situated on the westerly side of Old Stone Road in the Town of Sutton in the County of Worcester, bounded and described as follows; Beginning at the southeasterly corner of the tract to be conveyed at a stake in the west line of Old Stone Road ; which stake is N. 6° 36’ 10” E. 190.00 feet from land of Venincasa ; Thence by lot # 6, N. 83° 23’ 50” W. 224.00 feet to a stake; Thence by land of grantor N. 3° 26’ 10” E. 170.69 feet to a stake; Thence by land of grantor S. 88° 18’ 20” E. 197.96 feet to a curve;Thence southeasterly by a curve to the right (radius = 25.00 feet) for a curve distance of 39.27 feet to Old Stone Road; Thence by Old Stone Road, S. 1° 41’ 40” W. 103.89 feet to a stake; Thence by Old Stone Road, S. 6° 36’ 10” W. 61.11 feet to the point of beginning. Containing 40,000 square feet of land more or less Being the same property conveyed from Douglas B. Hanson and Claire Gordon Hanson to Douglas B. Hanson by deed recorded September 05, 2000 in Book 22970, Page 2 in the registrar’s office of Worcester County. Parcel ID #: 11-26 Block: 26 Lot: 11 The premises are to be sold subject to and with the benefit of all easements, restrictions, building and zoning laws, unpaid taxes, tax titles, water bills, municipal liens and assessments, rights of tenants and parties in possession. TERMS OF SALE: A deposit of FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS AND 00 CENTS ($5,000.00) in the form of a certified check or bank treasurer’s check will be required to be delivered at or before the time the bid is offered. The successful bidder will be required to execute a Foreclosure Sale Agreement immediately after the close of the bidding. The balance of the purchase price shall be paid within thirty (30) days from the sale date in the form of a certified check, bank treasurer’s check or other check satisfactory to Mortgagee’s attorney. The Mortgagee reserves the right to bid at the sale, to reject any and all bids, to continue the sale and to amend the terms of the sale by written or oral announcement made before or during the foreclosure sale. If the sale is set aside for any reason, the Purchaser at the sale shall be entitled only to a return of the deposit paid. The purchaser shall have no further recourse against the Mortgagor, the Mortgagee or the Mortgagee’s attorney. The description of the premises contained in said mortgage shall control in the event of an error in this publication. TIME WILL BE OF THE ESSENCE. Other terms if any, to be announced at the sale. GMAC Mortgage, LLC Present Holder of said Mortgage, By Its Attorneys, Orlans Moran PLLC P.O. Box 962169 Boston, MA 02196 Phone: (617) 502-4100 03/15/2012, 03/22/2012 & 03/29/2012

COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS LAND COURT DEPARTMENT OF THE TRIAL COURT (SEAL) 459568 ORDER OF NOTICE TO: Andrew S Coburn & Kathleen A. Coburn and to all persons entitled to the benefit of the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act:, 50 U.S.C. App. §501 et seq.: GMAC Mortgage LLC, claiming to have an interest in a Mortgage covering real property in 150 Wheelock Avenue, Millbury, given by Andrew S. Coburn and Kathleen A. Coburn to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., dated March 30, 2004, recorded with the Worcester County (Northern District) Registry of Deeds at Book 33407, Page 159, and now held by plaintiff by assignment, has/ have filed with this court a complaint for determination of Defendant’s/ Defendants’ Servicemembers status. If you now are, or recently have been, in the active military service of the United States of America, then you may be entitled to the benefits of the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act. If you object to a foreclosure of the above-mentioned property on that basis, then you or your attorney must file a written appearance and answer in this court at Three Pemberton Square, Boston, MA 02108 on or before April 9, 2012 or you will be forever barred from claiming that you are entitled to the benefits of said Act. Witness, KARYN F. SCHEIER Chief Justice of this Court on February 23, 2012 Attest: Deborah J. Patterson Recorder 03/15/2012

MORTGAGEE’S NOTICE OF SALE OF REAL ESTATE By virtue and in execution of the Power of Sale contained in a certain Mortgage given by Karen Nolet to Mortgage Master, Inc., dated April 14, 2004 and recorded with the Worcester County (Worcester District) Registry of Deeds at Book 33349, Page 377 of which the Mortgage the undersigned is the present holder by assignment for breach of the conditions of said Mortgage and for the purpose of foreclosing same will be sold at Public Auction at 01:00 PM on April 11, 2012 at 43 Miles Street, Millbury, MA, all and singular the premises described in said Mortgage, to wit: The land in Millbury, Worcester County, Massachusetts, bounded and described as follows: A certain tract or parcel of land on west side of Miles Street in the Town of Millbury, County of Worcester, being easterly portion of lot recorded in the Worcester Registry of Deeds, Book 2300, Page 272, and also that property recorded in Book 2773 , Page 208. Lot contains 12,500 square feet and is bounded and described as follows: Beginning at northeast corner of the premises at an iron pipe in an angle ofthe west line of Miles Street; Thence by west line of said Street S. 24 degrees 44’ W. 111.80 feet to an iron pipe; Thence by land of Sharron S. 88 degrees W. 100 feet to an iron pipe; Thence by land of grantors N. 2 degrees W. 100 feet to an iron pipe; Thence N. 88 degrees by land of Silvy for 10 feet and by land of Balmer following same course for 140 feet to point of beginning. For a more detailed description see plan of division of W.F. and E.T. Grout in Millbury drawn by Kenneth Shaw dated March 22, 1949. For title see Deed Recorded herewith in Book 32351 Page 24 The premises are to be sold subject to and with the benefit of all easements, restrictions, building and zoning laws, unpaid taxes, tax titles, water bills, municipal liens and assessments, rights of tenants and parties in possession. TERMS OF SALE: A deposit of FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS AND 00 CENTS ($5,000.00) in the form of a certified check or bank treasurer’s check will be required to be delivered at or before the time the bid is offered. The successful bidder will be required to execute a Foreclosure Sale Agreement immediately after the close of the bidding. The balance of the purchase price shall be paid within thirty (30) days from the sale date in the form of a certified check, bank treasurer’s check or other check satisfactory to Mortgagee’s attorney. The Mortgagee reserves the right to bid at the sale, to reject any and all bids, to continue the sale and to amend the terms of the sale by written or oral announcement made before or during the foreclosure sale. If the sale is set aside for any reason, the Purchaser at the sale shall be entitled only to a return of the deposit paid. The purchaser shall have no further recourse against the Mortgagor, the Mortgagee or the Mortgagee’s attorney. The description of the premises contained in said mortgage shall control in the event of an error in this publication. TIME WILL BE OF THE ESSENCE. Other terms if any, to be announced at the sale. GMAC Mortgage, LLC Present Holder of said Mortgage, By Its Attorneys, Orlans Moran PLLC P.O. Box 962169 Boston, MA 02196 Phone: (617) 502-4100 3/15/2012, 3/22/2012, & 3/29/2012

COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS LAND COURT DEPARTMENT OF THE TRIAL COURT 459295 ORDER OF NOTICE TO: Timothy M. Rafferty & Cynthia A. Rafferty and to all persons entitled to the benefit of the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act:, 50 U.S.C. App. §501 et seq.: GMAC Mortgage, LLC, claiming to have an interest in a Mortgage covering real property in 365 Putnam Hill Road, Sutton, given by Timothy M. Rafferty and Cynthia A. Rafferty to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., dated June 24, 2005, recorded with the Worcester County (Worcester District) Registry of Deeds at Book 36670, Page 45, and now held by plaintiff by assignment, has/have filed with this court a complaint for determination of Defendant’s/Defendants’ Servicemembers status. If you now are, or recently have been, in the active military service of the United States of America, then you may be entitled to the benefits of the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act. If you object to a foreclosure of the above-mentioned property on that basis, then you or your attorney must file a written appearance and answer in this court at Three Pemberton Square, Boston, MA 02108 on or before April 9, 2012 or you will be forever barred from claiming that you are entitled to the benefits of said Act. Witness, KARYN F. SCHEIER Chief Justice of this Court on February 22, 2012 Attest: Deborah J. Patterson Recorder 03/15/2012

Commonwealth of Massachusetts County of Worcester The Superior Court Civil Docket # WOCV2012-00283 RE: Bauman v Winsor Management Inc et al ORDER OF NOTICE BY PUBLICATION TO: Winsor Management Inc., RESIDENCE UNKNOWN, GREETING: WHEREAS a civil action has been begun against you in our Superior Court by Susan Bauman wherein it is seeking to recover damages from an injury that was incurred on the property located at 50 Front Street Worcester, Massachusetts. We COMMAND YOU if you intend to make any defense, that on 04/23/2012 or within such further time as the law allows you do cause your written pleading to be filed in the office of the Clerk of Court at Worcester in the County of Worcester, in said Commonwealth, and further that you defend against said suit according to law if you intend any defense, and that you do and receive what the Court shall order and adjudge therein. Hereof fail not, at your peril, or otherwise said suit may be adjudged and orders entered in your absence. It appearing to this Court that no personal service of the Complaint has been made on the defendant a deputy sheriff having made a return on the summons that after diligent search he can find no one upon whom he can lawfully make service, a copy of which is hereto attached and made part of this notice, it is ORDERED that notice of this suit be given to them by publishing in Worcester Magazine, a newspaper published in said Worcester, Massachusetts, once a week for three successive weeks, the last publication to be at least 20days before said return day. Dated at Worcester this 23rd day of February, 2012 John S. McCann, Justice Dennis P. McManus, Esq., Clerk of Courts 03/01/2012, 03/08/2012 & 03/15/2012

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Nikki Goodnow For interior designer Nikki Goodnow, the beauty lies within the details. As an interior designer, she is able to bring together all the minutiae – from architectural design to the hanging of artwork — and create a space to live, breath and work in. After studying fine arts at Clark University and the Worcester Art Museum, Goodnow began teaching design and art, plus began her own custom clothing line, yet eventually she discovered that interior design was the field she could unite all of her skills into a seamless career. This professional Worcesterite is the perfect subject for this week’s Urban Design issue.

How long have you been an interior designer? I have worked in this

business for 25 years.

I see you started out in clothing design – how did that segue into your current profession? I also have a ﬁne-arts

background, and when my children were small, I started designing handpainted children’s clothing. With my design education, the segue was easy as interior design is inﬂuenced by fashion as in shapes, style and especially color.

It seems like you have strong Worcester roots – tell us about that? I grew up in Worcester and have a lot of connections with the city and see the hidden talents of many who call Worcester home.

What are some of the challenges of designing for an urban space? Urban

spaces are always exciting because of the interesting challenges they create; space and scale play a major role in the design. It forces you to think outside the box and design something unique.

What are some of the best perks of such design? Any design can be rewarding

if your client is happy with the end result. To me that’s the biggest perk.

Do Worcester homeowners have a particular sense of style? I found

they do not have a particular style; it varies from home to home. Some of my clients here tend toward the more contemporary (not to be confused with modern), while others are more transitional, blending traditional with contemporary artwork and accessories.

For some, interior design might conjure up images of curtains with matching pillows. Can you explain some aspects of what you do for our readers? When I

first meet with a client I like to find out what piece of furniture or accessory they like and why. Their lifestyle plays a large role as well, so it’s important to know what feeling they would like their home to have. The end result should reflect their personality and not look like a furniture showroom.

Tell us a little about yourself. I currently live in a townhouse condominium complex in Worcester and also have a home in Martha’s Vineyard, which I thoroughly enjoy with my family

and two adorable granddaughters, ages 3-and-a-half years and 6-weeks old. We run a family business here in Worcester with my husband managing condominium complexes and my son managing the contracting/renovations operations of the business. My daughter and I own and she operates a custom architectural millwork shop called Chilmark in which she also does design.

What sort of project are you working on currently? I am currently working

on some commercial projects as well

as individual homes. This involves anything from renovating a bathroom or kitchen to reworking a living room or designing window treatments. The projects vary from large to small depending on the clients’ needs. One of my favorites right now is a large Victorian style home that we are redesigning in a more eclectic style. In renovating, we have discovered some of the original details of the home making it a work in progress. nikkigoodnowinteriors.com

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