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t’s a coincidence that Worcester Mag’s story on youth homelessness comes out the same day that National Grid has reported most rate payers will get their power back after a freak October snowstorm, but for those who had to endure days without heat, electricity or even some time spent in a shelter, it was a brief glimpse into the everyday life of hundreds of kids in Worcester who jump from couch to couch or try to rough it in parks and abandoned buildings. Worcester has a number of services geared toward its homeless and youth populations, but they rarely intersect. That problem has been recognized and some organizations, like LUK, Inc. and the Worcester Youth Center, have started to change it. But with a winter that was supposed to be just around the corner already here, Worcester’s homeless youth are going to feel like they got hit with a snowstorm every night, not just one weekend in October.

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November 3 - 9, 2011 ■ Volume 37, Number 9

Point and shoot Automated license plate readers scan thousands of cars in an hour, but what happens to all that data? Jeremy Shulkin

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n an effort to increase trafficcitation revenues, improve stolenvehicle recovery, assist gang-unit officers in finding persons of interest, locating AMBER alerts and identifying Over 410,000 National Grid users sex offenders near school zones and playgrounds, the Worcester Police lose power over the weekend, with Department has turned to a new some not regaining it until mid-week. technology that is in use by some of These “historic” storms seem to be the country’s largest police forces: the coming more frequently, eh? -3 automated license plate reader. The three-camera system mounted September unemployment rate onto a police cruiser originally came to drops to 7.3 percent, down from 7.4 Worcester through a state Executive Office of Public Safety and Security Highway percent in August. Did you feel that? Safety grant for fiscal year 2011, which +1 provided $18,945 in state money and Theatre performance of Peter Pan another $5,381 in federal match funds. The technology automatically reads and melancholy rockers Evanescence license plates as the police cruiser passes bookend North Main Street with shows traveling or stationary vehicles. over the weekend. +1 “With what we are learning about the ALPR [Automated License Plate Reader Technology], the ability to purchase a Four Worcester Police Officers receive Medal of Valor for actions taken unit would allow our traffic division to during a firefight on Grafton Street last participate in a number of partnerships to decrease motor-vehicle thefts, unlicensed/ November. +1 unregistered drivers, and has the potential for so many other Oxford Street daycare evacuated enforcement because styrene fumes from city activities,” City Manager Michael work crew seep into building. No one O’Brien wrote to the checked which way the wind was state in November blowing? -1 2010. Worcester was granted the Six arrested on drug charges and a award in February cab-jacking on West Boylston Street. 2011. -3 “We see it as a way to create efficiencies,” says The Research Bureau finds “over Executive Office of the past five years, there is a clear Public Safety and trend toward greater vacancy rates Security spokesman in downtown.” But, “The vacancy Terrel Harris, of rate in downtown Worcester does the technology not seem to be high relative to other he says can read 1,000 license urban markets, or other markets in plates in an hour. Massachusetts. According to Collier’s (Other proponents International, the I-495 corridor now have said similar has a vacancy rate about 10 points technology can higher than downtown Worcester’s.” read up to 3,600 in Um, 0? the same amount of time.) “It allows agencies to detect This week: -6 cars driven without Last week: -3 licenses or revoked Year to date: +20 licenses.”

The cameras come with software that allows cruisers to download “hot lists” of license plates that the system runs every photograph against, alerting officers when it snaps a photo of one they have flagged. ALPR technology has already found its way into use with law enforcement, traffic studies and counter-terrorism measures. “Deployments would regularly occur at targeted higher traffic hours (early morning and evening commutes) as well as higher crime times (late nights),” explained WPD Chief Gary Gemme on the grant application. The system does more than just take a photo and run it through software, though. It also tags each plate with a time, date and GPS location – information that shows when and where that license plate got its close up – and then stores that data. If a plate gets snapped enough times, privacy-rights crusaders say behavioral patterns could be inferred; a concern, particularly if those stored behavioral patterns belong to a person who’s not under investigation for a violation or crime. And, according to the city’s grant application, with 100,000 vehicles per day traveling between Route 9 and I-90,

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another 125,000 between I-290 and Route 146 and 70,000 daily on I-190, the cameras and software would cast a wide net. With the expansion of CSX’s freight yard on Franklin Street and the increase in commuter rail, Gemme wrote, “We would anticipate more commuters traveling into the City to be able to make better connections into Boston and other parts of the state.” “We have a choice with this technology,” says Kade Crockford, privacy rights coordinator for the ACLU of Massachusetts. “We either don’t use it, or we use it and put restrictions on it.” Crockford says that this technology has legitimate use for finding drivers with outstanding warrants or driving without proper registration, but the potential for abuse means more restrictions need to be in place. “We don’t think the police should use these machines to survey and dragnet the entire population.” One of the most prevalent questions –What happens to the data collected by the cameras?– doesn’t have a definitive answer. Surely there’s no need to keep continued on page 6

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Voter groups prepare for coming election Kevin Koczwara

art of elections that is often overlooked is the voting process at polling stations. With trained poll workers and poll observers positioned at each station, it is their job to make sure people are following both state and federal laws when voting or entering a polling station. Two groups within the city – Worcester Seven Hills Tea Party and Neighbor to Neighbor – are preparing for the coming elections in their own diverse ways. In recent elections, poll watchers have begun to complain about the legitimacy and validity of particular groups within the city working with voters. Voter fraud – illegally interfering with the process of elections to influence voter results – has been a hot-button issue and many in the city are on the watch for any type of infringement for Worcester’s city election on November 11. Worcester Seven Hills Tea Party has encouraged people to apply as poll workers for the upcoming election, and

has submitted volunteer names to the election commission, according to Bonnie Lund Johnson, a member of the group. “We’ve probably got 30 to 40 people looking to work at the polls and provide for clean elections,” says Johnson. “We do a training for them in addition to whatever the city does for them, and that’s been a big thing. I have two trainings coming up and about 20 people show up to each one. We’re slowly trying to get new energy into the polls.” Johnson and the Seven Hills Tea Party are training its poll workers “to watch for the way people check-in and checkout.” Johnson is especially worried about the way poll workers handle the inactive voters in the city. When people on the inactive list go to the polls, they must bring with them something to provide proof of their residence in the city, whether it is a bill with their address printed on it or an ID. Johnson worries that poll workers won’t follow the proper procedure outlined by the city for handling the registration of

inactive voters when they check-in. “Different clerks, as I found out in September, handle them [inactive voters] continued on page 6

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information about John Q. Lawabider’s legally parked Ford, right? “Unfortunately, typically people don’t have a data policy,” says Crockford. Without that, there’s likely little oversight and even less mechanisms for an audit. There’s also the strong possibility of sharing that information. “These are all huge problems.” The state has picked up on this, and has begun developing a data retention policy to “balance that with privacy concerns that exist,” says Harris. Until the state unveils this, though, he says individual departments like the WPD maintain their own policies. Stipulations of the ALPR grant program included sending monthly reports between award winners and the state – $1,137 was included in the grant specifically for this According to the Highway Safety

Division, those reports mostly focused on equipment function, not data retention. Still, a records request filed by Worcester Mag to the WPD for its data policy and these program reports was first met with an August 26, 2011 letter from Gemme that charged $42.67 per hour for a police sergeant to search and copy the materials because of their “complexity” and the “expertise required in order to perform the necessary review of them.” A follow up on September 21 then said “there are no documents that are receptive to your requests.” Emails and a phone call from Worcester Mag to the WPD have gone unanswered.

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that Neighbor to Neighbor members had been telling these people who they should vote for. The group does make recommendations, which is allowed, Vega continues, and will answer any questions. The city hasn’t made any changes to its voting regulations since September’s preliminary election, according to Josh Meduna, assistant director of elections for the City of Worcester. The city is posting the Voter Bill of Rights, voter instructions, and a sample ballot at the entrance of every polling station. Candidate campaigning is still prohibited within 150 feet of polling locations. There is one thing that both Johnson and Vega do agree on: voter turnout is important for municipal elections. Getting people involved in local government and voting is a necessary part of keeping people informed. “People need to become alert and involved in what’s happening within the city. And one of the ways to do that is by voting and becoming informed,” says Johnson. “We need people to understand that every election is important,” Vega adds. No matter who you support.

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in different ways. I know there is one way that they’re suppose to be handled, so it’s just reinforcement and encouraging people to handle it the way it’s suppose to be handled,” says Johnson, who pointed out the work of Neighbor to Neighbor as a group to watch because, according to her, the group has not followed the rules of elections in the past. “[Neighbor to Neighbor] were bringing people into the polls carrying marked ballots and leaving them around the polling area, which is totally against the law,” says Lund. “Now, that’s fine if somebody doesn’t have arms or the ability to vote, but what we heard and saw was very different from that.” (Neighbor to Neighbor denies that election materials were purposefully left behind.) Luz Vega of Neighbor to Neighbor says the group won’t change what it does for this election. Neighbor to Neighbor works in low-income, working class neighborhoods that are subsidized to try and educate people about voting, voter rights and how to get involved in the voting process, according to Vega. It also offers assistance if needed. “There’s no changing because we’ve been doing the work the right way from the beginning. The only change is getting the word out that people can bring help,” assures Vega, in regards to accusations

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LAST MINUTE ENDORSEMENTS: With less than a week before the city’s municipal election on Tuesday, Nov. 8, the International Brotherhood of Police Ofﬁcers Local 504 and Workers United, a conglomerate of the IBPO, teachers, city clerks, DPW workers, retirees and other public safety and WPS employee labor organizations, have put out their list of endorsements, which looked strikingly similar. Of the at-large ﬁeld, incumbents Mike Germain, Joe O’Brien, Kate Toomey and Rick Rushton won support from both groups, and Jim Kersten got in as the only challenger. For mayor, both sided with Joe Petty. Up and down the districts, both the IBPO local and Workers United endorsed Virginia Ryan, Arthur Ellis and Sarai Rivera, but differed in District 5, with the IBPO backing Bill Eddy and Workers United going for James Kalogeropoulos … A quick note about Workers United: last week we wrote here that they were behind a robocall campaign in 2009, but they only promoted their endorsements in advertisements.

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Worcester Mag filed a records request with the Worcester Police Department for this week’s news story on the automatic license plate reader grant program. The WPD responded with a $42.67 per hour price tag for searching and photocopying. Worcester Mag filed an appeal with the state’s records division, a process that cost us 15 minutes and one postage stamp. The state upheld the WPD’s estimate and on Monday – 10 days later – the WPD put out a press release about it. Sadly, this is the closest we’ve come in a long while to having any kind of non-Mass. General Law-required communication with the WPD. It’s telling that they thought this was worth the time to sit down and write a press release, yet neither the chief’s office nor their media desk has taken the time to respond to a Worcester Mag phone call or email since early July.

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MEALS ON WHEELS: It might be difficult to set up a food truck in Worcester since the street-vendor ordinance passed in 2008, but that’s not stopping Rushton from looking into bringing a food-truck festival here, as has been done in Massachusetts cities like Plymouth, Framingham and Suffolk Downs. “We had a debate several years ago about the vendors. I’m not saying let’s jump back in full-bore. [But] I think this might be a good test case,” he said, adding that he’s been contacted about having a gourmetfood truck festival in Worcester in May 2012. Of course, most of those entries will have to be from out of town, but baby steps are better than no steps at all. POWER OUTRAGE: If the story had come out a week later, you can bet it would’ve seen more play in statewide news outlets. On October 23, the New England Center for Investigative Reporting wrote that not only were small-town municipal power companies better at restoring power after Hurricane Irene than the big boys, but National Grid and NStar have been blocking bills that would repeal a 1920 state law that prohibits more municipalities from forming their own town wide energy provider. “Over the past 18 months, NStar, National Grid and other investor-owned utilities have spent more than $400,000 on lobbying against that,” reported the NECIR. “All told, the state’s major power companies have spent more than $4.6 million on Statehouse lobbying since 2005.” Of course, National Grid is under fire after major storms at the end of August and October caused power outages all over Central Mass., and on Tuesday night the city council pulled no punches. “I don’t think National Grid was prepared,” said Petty. Konnie Lukes: “Even without the storm [National Grid’s] infrastructure could not give good, efficient service.” Paul Clancy: “We need to penalize these companies for inaction ... They need to pay fines for when they don’t respond.” ... The debate led to talk of looking into forming a municipal power company for the city – a difficult enough proposition even without utility companies spending millions of dollars to block it.

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Do the power companies bare any responsibility for the storm related outages? AS K E D O N M A I N ST R E E T

I think so. I hope they do.

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The city needs to be ﬁxed. With this outage, I’m not sure they’re responsible.

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I think so. Many of the trees on the street should have been cut down before the storm.

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They did the best job they could, considering all the damage.

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Surviving Snoctober Janice Harvey

emember the last time it rained heavily and at least one annoying co-worker, neighbor or relative said: “Imagine if this was snow?” Guess what? This time, it really was. I’m writing this column from the comfort of my table for two, located near the front door of Panera’s on Gold Star Boulevard. I say “comfort” because compared to my powerless apartment, it’s pretty cozy here, if you don’t count the blast of cold air that wafts in with the arrival of each new customer. I’m claiming squatter’s rights on this turf, hogging the WiFi outlet while refilling my mug three times so far. The crew that managed to make it in here deserves a medal for endurance; the line is out the door, and I lucked out completely, waiting less than five minutes for my breakfast sandwich. Amazing, when you figure that most of Worcester is looking for someplace to thaw out, and Panera is as good a place as any to grab a hot coffee after digging out the car. There’s a kid named Ryan taking orders. He’s got what my mother would’ve called “the patience of a saint.” His nametag identifies him as a “cashier in training,” but it should read “baptism by fire.” The cheery young woman trying mightily to keep the pastry case filled says: “The ice storm was worse.” This encapsulates the hearty New England outlook toward most crises: no matter how bad it is, it was always worse last time. We must continue to believe this, or we’d relocate en mass to West Palm Beach. During the blizzard of ’78, when electricity disappeared, all we cared about was keeping the food in the freezer from going bad. Now our worries are bigger: we ride around aimlessly using a tank of gas to keep our cell phones charged. We determine our destinations by WiFi availability.

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Before heading to Panera this morning, I was worried enough about the half-pound of swordfish, the rib-eye steak and the Skinny Cow ice cream sandwiches in my freezer to devise what I consider a brilliant, albeit temporary, manner in which to keep such treasures from spoiling. The two-wheeled water-proof beach buggy I use in summer — which has elicited endless giggles from my friends as an old-lady method of transporting necessary beach supplies — is now packed tightly with perishables and as much snow as I could cram into it. If the neighbor’s dog doesn’t wander into my backyard and pick up the scent of a nine-dollar piece of beef, I’m golden. Laugh now, my friends! My milk will not curdle. Can you say the same? In my car I’ve loaded the essentials: deodorant, contact lens solution, mascara, a toothbrush and what’s left of the Halloween candy I probably won’t be giving away, since the restoration of power anytime soon appears highly unlikely. My trunk still carries beach chairs, however; because two weeks ago, it was 80 degrees and a visit to the shore was an option. O, New England! Never a dull moment. So far, the biggest tragedy of the day here at Panera is the realization that all of the coffee dispensers have been depleted. That has to be a first. I’m getting the hairy eyeball from late-comers who want my table. Fat chance! In my book, when the going gets tough, there are two kinds of people: the selfish and the selfless. It’s times like these when I’m reminded of the words of the immortal Moe Howard, the wisest of the Three Stooges: All for one! One for all! And every man for himself.

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No shelter here YOUTH-ORIENTED HOMELESS SHELTERS LACKING IN WORCESTER Jeremy Shulkin

At 10 a.m. on October 27 it’s 50 degrees and the rain, coming down in steady thick drops since early morning, has soaked anyone outside longer than 10 minutes. Three 20 year olds, two wearing flannel pajama bottoms and all decked out in hooded sweatshirts are about to cross from Green Street to Franklin Street. They’re stopped and asked if they know anyone their age who might be homeless.

Also, government agencies and social programs factor age differently. Some refer to homeless youth as those younger than 18 years old, while others stretch it until to the mid-20s. Even without matching quantifiers, there’s little doubt that homelessness has risen with the foreclosure crisis and three solid years of a crappy economy. According to Stand Up for Kids, a homeless youth outreach nonprofit with 40 programs spread over 30 states, there are 2 million homeless and street youth in the United States. More than half are younger than 15 years old, and those

They pause and think. No, they say. But, they’re going to get a hot meal at the Salvation Army on Main Street. Maybe some can be found there? Youth homelessness, on both the local and national level, has various degrees of definition – a good reason why three young adults on their way to a soup kitchen may have technically been homeless, but wouldn’t say they were. “Youth often hesitate to identify themselves as homeless,” was a blunt conclusion from a 2011 capstone paper and presentation by six Clark University master’s degree students*, which assessed the need of a Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender and Queer friendly Michelle, pregnant and due in youth homeless shelter in February, carries her belongWorcester. ings everywhere while Abby’s “This hesitancy to identify House is closed during the day. themselves as homeless largely stems from the fact that many of the youth who were identified as homeless in our interviews or by the youth that were numbers don’t include those awaiting placement in foster interviewed did not actually sleep on the street, in cars or care or staying with friends. parks, but instead often couch surfed or stayed with other “When we talk to teens we tell them what we do; they family for a while,” the study continued. won’t say that they’re homeless because they have a Even the professionals have wavered over what roof over their head,” says Donna Katsoudas, Stand Up constitutes as not just homelessness, but youth for Kids’ volunteer executive director of the Worcester homelessness. An example of this happened recently chapter. She provides an example of when she recently in Worcester, when a 2009 Point-In-Time survey met two youth living in a car. Their assessment of the administered by the City of Worcester counted only situation: it was “fine.” 13 homeless youth, a number based on the national “We let them know this isn’t a stable situation,” she definition of homelessness. Another study administered says. “They haven’t thought ahead to the cold weather by the Worcester Teen Housing Task Force and released yet.” that same year included youth who couch surfed. That number shot up to 142.

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early evening, but they fit in a purse and a plastic bag. She looks young – she’s 19 – with strawbetty blonde hair. She’s pregnant, due in February, but when she stands her baby bump is hardly noticeable. Originally from West Boylston, Michelle moved to Worcester when she was 17 to live with her dad, who she says wanted to stop paying child support and instead funnel that money into his drug habit. Michelle had a car at the time and continued to go to school in West Boylston, until a car accident took away her transportation. It also led to her dad kicking her out of NOVEMBER 3, 2011 • WORCESTERMAG.COM

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the house and a transfer to South High School. A teacher helped her out and gave her a place to stay, but Michelle admits she liked her independence and “didn’t want to follow rules.” She met a boy (now her ex) involved in gang activity, and “that’s when everything went downhill.” Michelle and the teacher had a falling out, and she moved into a house where she and four other gang members shared a bed (“supervising” adults – family members of one of the teens – lived there too, but they did little to control the situation). Police stopped by often and eventually Michelle left. She estimates that since leaving that house she’s stayed in five or six shelters or programs for an average of two months each, and that doesn’t count time couch surfing. Breaking Michelle into statistical categories (woman, younger than 20, pregnant, kicked out by family), she fits right in line with what local studies on the homeless population have found. The second Point-In-Time study, released last October offered an even more comprehensive look at youth homelessness in the city, expanding the number of those between the ages of 13 and 25 surveyed to 1,062. Two hundred of those, or 19 percent, were couch surfing or living in a shelter, with friends, a car, an abandoned building or in a park, on the street; 231 others said they weren’t homeless themselves, but had a friend who was. Within those numbers, some striking details appear. Homeless youth in

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identified as gay, lesbian or bi-sexual. Additionally, 58 percent of homeless females were pregnant or parenting. Another 40 percent of the homeless teen population had received treatment for mental-health issues; 25 percent had received treatment for substance abuse; and 12 percent had been released from jail or juvenile detention within the last two years. The Worcester Public Schools, like the Worcester Teen Housing Task Force, works with a broader definition of homelessness than the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development. In addition to national standards that include youth sharing the housing of others or living in hotels, shelters or abandoned by their parents, WPS checks if a student’s primary nighttime residence is not suitable for living, if they live in cars or are children of migrant workers, or if their family unit is intact, but they’re doubled up in a home with another family. The McKinney – Vento Homeless Assistance Act, a 1987 federal law that allowed students to remain at a school throughout the year even if their family had to move out of the district, has helped provide some stability to homeless youth in, or formerly of, the Worcester Public Schools.

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Donna Katsoudas, Stand up for Kids volunteer executive director of the Worcester chapter, explains the organization’s mission to potential volunteers.

Worcester are overwhelmingly female (56 percent to 41 percent male), with an average age of 20.5 years old; 48 percent were Latino, followed by 38 percent White and 12 percent Black; 13 percent

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Potential volunteers for Stand up for Kids learns what is expected of them during a recent seminar.

district to places like Framingham, Natick or the ‘boroughs, while 189 kids would come into the Worcester public schools every day from outlying communities. In other cases, the state’s Department of Housing and Community Development places homeless families in a hotel in Worcester, but busing has become more common as the waiting list for that increases. “We’re not seeing a lot of movement there,” Thompson laments. For some, it’s lucky if they’re going to school to begin with. The 2010 Point-InTime survey found that only 38 percent of the homeless sample still went to school. Even with a trend toward interviewing older homeless youth, only 23 percent had a high-school diploma and another 17 percent received a GED. Many homeless assistance organizations identify another common build-up to homelessness: former foster care or Department of Childred and Families youth who hit the age of 18 years old and age out of the system. Youth under DCF care now have the option to stay in state custody until they’re 24, but Walter Jovel, a foster-care case manager at the Henry Lee Willis Center, says by age 21 or 22, they get sick of all the rules and regulations, like not being able to sleep at someone’s house who hasn’t been CORI checked. Often, those who leave services without a plan don’t have the resources or the independence to function outside of Child Services’ world. Kids who have been in custody of the state for years often like the structure but don’t learn how to survive outside of it, and youth

who enter the system at 16 or 17 are “anxious to leave at their 18th birthday,” Jovel says. If they do elect to leave at 18, those youth lose their health insurance, making any medication they need unaffordable. They also miss out on continuing therapy or improving interpersonal skills, and lose access to transportation, which makes it difficult to hold down a job or go to school.

CAUSES For most youth, the cause of their homelessness ranges from clashes with parents or guardians, pregnancy, use of alcohol or drugs, parental abuse, sexual orientation or leaving foster care or other residential services (either by running away or aging out of the program).

“Any youth is just one argument away from being homeless,” says Katsoudas. In other cases, youth choose to stay homeless because of a little known Massachusetts law, one that says it’s illegal to be homeless and under 18, which means they avoid adults who could report them to the Department of Child and Families. (If found by DCF, the agency would do an assessment of the youth’s home to see if it was suitable for living, and based on that assessment the youth would be returned home, or put into a residential center or foster care. Stand Up for Kids does not report the youth they meet.) At times, homeless youth remain so because they’re unaware of resources they already have. Roberto Diaz, assistant director of the Worcester Youth Center, sees a number of homeless youth in the building. Some show up to look for a job, some come just

to hang out, and others seem like they donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t know why theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re there. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s like a triage thing for us,â&#x20AC;? says Diaz, who first tries to connect them with an outreach worker for LUK Inc., a social-service organization with youth shelters in Central Mass. and a worker stationed at the Youth Center. Otherwise, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a matter of showing teens that they have connections and guardians they may not think of, or setting them up with an organization that will do mediation between the family and the teen.

THE RESOURCE GAP At a Stand Up for Kids

volunteer orientation at the Worcester Public Library, Katsoudas explains the organizationâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s mission to 12 volunteers interested in joining the group as outreach workers or fundraisers. Once volunteers meet their orientation requirements and pass a CORI, Stand Up for Kids goes out three times per week to a secret location where they know homeless youth congregate. There they give out food, clothing, hygienic supplies, an outreach card with helpful phone numbers on it and a supportive voice â&#x20AC;&#x201C; â&#x20AC;&#x153;someone who cares,â&#x20AC;? as she puts it.

â&#x20AC;&#x153;Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re kind of the front line, meeting them where they are.â&#x20AC;? While the volunteers see a number of youth regularly, thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s no official protocol for discerning who needs their help and who doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t. As a general rule, outreach workers go up to anyone who looks 25 years old or younger and they take it from there, discerning what they have for shelter, how long they can stay there and if theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve tried to engage in services. She doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t mince words when it comes to the organizationâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s goals: to reach youth before they end up panhandling, drug dealing or selling their bodies. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We let them know there are some good adults out there, that there are free services for them if theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll accept the help.â&#x20AC;? Stand Up for Kids even goes so far as to try to reconnect the kid with their family. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s the optimal thing to do,â&#x20AC;? says Katsoudas, with the caveat that the familyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s home has to be safe for them. But thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not much more available to Stand Up for Kids, particularly when it

{ coverstory } comes to referrals to shelters. â&#x20AC;&#x153;As of this moment thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s no specific program geared toward homeless youth,â&#x20AC;? says Jacqui Vachon-Jackson, chief of staff for economic development for the City of Worcester. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Existing programs for adults donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t address the needs of youth.â&#x20AC;? And this means homeless youth have been spending time at the cityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Community Healthlink-run triage center â&#x20AC;&#x201C; not the first place that organizations like to send them. â&#x20AC;&#x153;While Worcester offers shelter for single adults and for homeless families, the city does not currently have the infrastructure to accommodate unaccompanied homeless youth,â&#x20AC;? reads the Clark University studentsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; study. â&#x20AC;&#x153;One individual mentioned feeling â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;sketched outâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; by homeless shelters due to hearing â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;a lot of horrible things,â&#x20AC;&#x2122;â&#x20AC;? they quote one teen as saying. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The primary emergency shelter in Worcester, Mass., has been cited by professionals as a place where they do not want to send youth.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;I wouldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t want to go there,â&#x20AC;? says Michelle. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s why I didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t go there.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;To connect them [to overnight shelter] when there arenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t many beds in the city is difficult,â&#x20AC;? says Diaz. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a lot that needs to be done,â&#x20AC;? says Anne Bureau, director of the Worcester Community Connections Coalition, which has convened a citywide teen housing task force to work with DCF. She has anecdotal evidence of youth and young adults in need of housing without mixing them with a â&#x20AC;&#x153;tougher populationâ&#x20AC;? at an adult shelter or who donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t need a service-oriented residential center for those who are pregnant or drug addicts. â&#x20AC;&#x153;If you fit into a certain category, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s hard to find housing help.â&#x20AC;? And not only housing, but the city lacks drop-in centers where youth can get off the street for a short stint of time and take a shower or a nap. The closest services in the city could be Community Healthlinkâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Homeless Outreach and Advocacy Project (HOAP), which helps young adults (18 and older)

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PROPOSED SOLUTIONS In August, Rep. Jim Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Day filed House Bill 1862, dubbed â&#x20AC;&#x153;An Act Providing Housing and Support Services for Unaccompanied Homeless Youth,â&#x20AC;? which would target services to 17 year olds and create a special commission under the Health and Human Services department to study solutions that would help the stateâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s child and family agencies to be more responsive. This year, $5 million would be released to augment services already in place.

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“It’s not only an urban problem,” he says, adding that rural areas are often less adept at dealing with youth homelessness. The City of Worcester, along with multiple partners like the DCF, the Worcester Community Connections Coalition and LUK have come up with a targeted local approach to aiding the young and homeless. A $120,000 grant submitted to the Health Foundation of Central

Massachusetts would put LUK in charge of the Compass Project, tasked with creating a more responsive approach to teen homelessness. According to the City’s VachonJackson, the idea would mimic what’s already available through CHL’s triage center, but separate and with more supervision. Clark University professor Laurie Ross, who also serves as the Compass Project’s co-director, says this

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“If you ﬁt into a certain category, it’s hard to ﬁnd housing help,” says Anne Bureau, Worcester Community Connections. Standing with her is Jeff Fogle, Supervisor from the Dept. of Children and Families.

system would bring together schools, DCF’s 17.5-year-old population who indicate that they will choose to leave the system at 18, and community agencies. Other focuses will be on adding more family mediation services to reunite runaways with their homes (a need identified by youth involved in the Point-In-Time survey) and more coordination between outreach organizations. “As far as community approach, we haven’t found anything,” says Ross. “We’re trying to build that system.” LUK’s Maurie Bergeron, the other cocoordinator for the Compass Project, says they’ll assess Worcester’s response and take it from there. “Where are the gaps? What do we do to make this more efficient?” she asks. That starts with interviewing youth who haven’t made homelessness a way of life yet; those who can still be connected with family, friends or a stable residential program. For them, “shelter isn’t what they need,” says Bergeron. “It’s connecting them to family and mediation.” Michelle has identified these as issues too. She called DCF when she was one month away from turning 18, but they wouldn’t place her because she was so close to aging out. Other shelters in the city pushed her out when she turned 18. She thinks the city needs more case workers for all ages, and there’s a lack of information about services out there. “The [shelters] you hear about are the ones through Department of Transitional Assistance but you have to be referred to them.” Like the Compass Project hopes to accomplish, she thinks much youth homeless prevention starts in the schools.

She says that could’ve led her to foster care when she was 17. Michelle has a plan, but there’s no guarantee it’ll work out. She’s earned a seasonal job at a department store (which she gets to by bus), and she’s been contacting a certain nonprofit for a spot in a residential program specifically for pregnant girls. She has a better chance than most homeless teens. She has all the required identification and personal records needed to obtain services or get a job, and she’s savvy enough to research where to go when one temporary housing situation ends. But she still has to rely on others. So far, she hasn’t heard back from this nonprofit, despite forwarding her mail and following up with phone calls. “I think I’ve learned as much as I can learn. It’s just getting people to get back to you.” Otherwise it’s back to couch surfing, just months before her baby is due. * “Determining the Need for an LGBTQFriendly Youth Homeless Shelter in Worcester,” Kristen Bokhan, Amanda Gregoire, Samantha Horn, Heather Nibur, Chad Sirois and Jeremy Weiss. **pseudonym

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Davis Gallery’s Alternative Focus Vanessa Formato

Digital cameras are unavoidable nowadays. From point-and-shoots to dSLRs to the integrated cameras that come with your phone, laptop and portable gaming systems, everyone seems to have a way to capture the moment. Syncing into this unique moment in photography, the Davis Art Gallery presents Alternative Focus, a show highlighting a melt of historical and modern photographic processes that have produced beautiful and accessible art.

“As artists, most of us embrace the belief that the majority of humans have some kind of strong creative urge,” write jurors Donna Dufault and Scott Erb in a group statement on the show. “The truth is that some of these processes can be utilized whether or not you can draw—or have any art education—or any photographic experience. That is the absolute genius to using alternative processes—you can get started creating with very little knowledge. You can then decide if you want to build up to mastering many kinds of chemicals and papers—and of course, light.” The featured pieces, which will occupy the Davis Art Gallery’s main exhibition space from November 3, 2011, through January 27, 2012, represent unique takes

on what makes modern photography. Work like Trisha Barry’s, for instance, combines traditional methods and Photoshop, which she uses to hand-color her work. With the help of computerized

effects, her shots could easily pass as vintage, an effect she plays up with antique frames. Shots like these will be shown alongside Hipstamatic prints, silver gelatin creations and lomography. Many of the images are like Barry’s in that they

traditional two-dimensional techniques like drawing and painting,” says Margaret Fisher, who will be showing three photographs produced by different historical processes: cyanotype, Van Dyke Brown and ziatype. Two of them combine multiple shots to create a single image. “I think viewers are going to be compelled with the wide range in which photos can be printed. Many of these styles are unknown and have not been fully appreciated.” What may be most impressive to many viewers is being able to actually see what their iPhones and digital cameras can produce given the chance. Many would argue that there is a vast difference between taking photographs and being a photographer, but the accessibility of photography today certainly opens doors for the curious. “Albert Einstein said that ‘imagination is more important than knowledge,’ and I think that’s true when it comes to photography,” Barry says. Alternative Focus is also a particularly wonderful fit for Worcester now because of the ways in which its landscape is changing, too. “Right now, Worcester is undergoing a major visual transformation in the City Square project,” Ritchotte explains. “I am one who enjoys the process of demolition and Clockwise from top left: Margaret Fisher, Megan, 2011. Van reconstruction, so the idea that the jumble of concrete dyke; Zia Ayub, Untitled, 2011. Silver Gelatin - Chemical Altered; Sonia Johnson, Steel Your Ride, June 2011. iPhone. and steel will become a city center is surprisingly similar to the photographic processes showcased at this show.” Opening reception for Alternative where visual media is everywhere, and Focus, November 3, 5-7 p.m. Davis Art we are saturated with it. The 1900s to Gallery, 44 Portland St., Worcester. 1930s offer a time where most of the film is not known or is familiar by viewers HAVE AN ALTERNATIVE VIEW today.” TO SHARE? COMMENT ON “For a long time, photography was THIS STORY AT not even considered an art, and these processes show how close it can get to WORCESTERMAG.COM mix old and new. “Each [of my photographs] was created using Electronic Collage,” says artist Dylan Ritchotte. “Each is made up of five to 30 photographs, with video stills taken from a CRT television. I choose to work mostly with films that are from the silent era because there are not predetermined emotions that the viewer feels about the actor or subject they see. We live in a time

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Homage to Labor Carrie Nixon at the Dark World Paul Grignon

One tends not to ponder the faceless thousands who toil tirelessly in this city, but the latest exhibition at the Dark World Gallery will soon honor such folk. On Nov. 5, Carrie Nixon will present Worcester at Work, a tribute to the myriad of occupations found right here in our own backyard.

“These oil paintings, drawings, pastels and watercolors investigate the choreography, attire and environments of various workers in our local area,” explains Nixon. “In a time where employment is threatened, I feel that it is crucial to recall the dignity of work.” Sponsored in part by a grant from the Worcester Arts Council which, in turn, is supported by the Massachusetts Cultural Council, the gallery walls at 179 Grafton St. will be filled with imagery of people in diverse occupations, from hairdressers and waitresses, to political talk show hosts, and many other jobs that exist within this bustling, working-class city. “I’m extremely thrilled to have Carrie Nixon showing again,” says Jonathan Hansen, a tattoo artist and the curator of the Dark World Gallery. “I really love the lush quality of her oils and watercolor. She captures a moment in each picture of a place and circumstance, illuminating scenes through the use of strong lighting and composition.” Hansen’s comments are validated in works such as the small oil painting, “Nocturnal Photoshoot.” He continues, “It pushes the viewer into a voyeuristic role

as we gaze into a stranger’s apartment. The harsh, menacing lines of the windows contrast with the interior lighting and situation.” This painting and the work, “Webster Square Painter,” feel as though one is indeed peering into the private lives of these two individuals, both entities wholly unaware of being observed from the darkness beyond their windows. These works recall the painting “Night Windows” by Edward Hopper, as they both contain the same intrigue and mysterious atmosphere. “I have approached this series with a combination of intent,” elaborated Nixon,

“seeking out ‘found situations,’ such as the carpenters in my studio building and the surprise view from my studio window in ‘Nocturnal Photoshoot.’” Nixon was inspired by the immense murals of artist Diego Rivera, particularly his “Detroit Industry Murals,” and so she set about working on a much smaller scale to discover and portray the wide range of jobs one encounters in the Worcester environs. Two dozen works will be exhibited, ranging in size from her small, 6-by-8-inch oil studies, to the ambitious and enormous 3-by-10-foot oil on mylar, “Eternal Beauty.” Mylar is a nontraditional plasticized surface that is nonabsorbent and, as Nixon explains, “It therefore manifests the artist’s hand—the marks and accidents— much more than the more organic surfaces.” “Eternal WORCESTERMAG.COM

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Beauty,” painted in earth tones that echo the colors of the mill buildings around her studio, interweaves the work of tattoo artists Jonathan Hansen and Ben Mack, with flowers and fireworks, the ‘eternity’ of a tattoo paired with the ephemeral nature of other imagery. She has also incorporated a light blue throughout, unifying the entire color scheme. (Mack is also the owner of Out of the Dark World Tattoo, where the gallery is located.) The small oil painting, “Bartender,” brilliantly captures a moment of a barkeep at his station, as Nixon employs an ingenious vantage point to illustrate this employee. A half-quaffed pint of beer sits center stage and, as one looks through and above the rim of the foamed glass, the bartender’s visage is framed under the garish glare of an overhead light. The canvas glows in soft earth tones, and strategically placed highlights accent the interior. Diffused by distance, a lone customer sits nursing a beer, indifferent to his surroundings. This, too, is reminiscent of another Hopper work, “Night Hawks,” but here Nixon puts a fresh and unexpected close-up perspective to the elements of the setting. The multitude of ovals, from the ashtray to the glass to the recessed lights, play beautifully against the diagonals of the bar and ceiling, a harmonious and intimate grouping that gives the painting a varied yet cohesive structure. Just as Benton, Van Gogh and Millet depicted common folk at their tasks, so does Nixon carry on this rich tradition, illuminating the everyday beauty found in the workplace. Worcester at Work: New Paintings by Carrie Nixon, at the Dark World Gallery, 179 Grafton Street, Worcester. Opening reception is on November 5 at 7 p.m. Show runs through November 30. For more information, go to darkworldgallery.com. The artist can be reached at carrienixon.com.

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Foundation high-ﬁves alumni Vanessa Formato

In 2005, the Worcester Educational Development Foundation was created to create a stronger support system for the Worcester Public Schools. This Wednesday, Nov. 9, the foundation will hold an inaugural banquet to honor some of the city’s finest alumni, while raising money to better the schools that made their successes possible. “In working to support the Worcester Public Schools, we want to get the good news out about success stories,” Worcester Educational Development Foundation board member Michael Lyons says. “We also see this as an avenue for saying thank you to those who have contributed their time and resources over the years, such as the Junior League and Helena and Christos Liazos, who were most generous through their business, the Webster House restaurant.” “Any graduate of the [Worcester Public Schools] who goes on to distinguish

themselves in their career is a positive example for our students,” Worcester Educational Development Foundation president Sandra Mayrand says. In this spirit, the foundation created the Distinguished Alumni and Friends of the Worcester Public Schools Award. To select the honorees, the WEDF put out a call for nominations from the community, though the winners were ultimately chosen by committee. According to a press release, this committee sought out winners who “have made exemplary contributions to their professional field and/or the betterment of society; have achieved outstanding success in academics, the arts, business, community service, humanitarian efforts and research; or serve as outstanding role models for Worcester Public Schools students.” The awardees are a diverse group in terms of their contributions to the Worcester community and beyond. These individuals and organizations are physician and entrepreneur Charles Birbara, M.D.; Joanne Goldstein, the Massachusetts Secretary of Labor and Workforce Development; psychologist and philanthropist Lee Gurel, Ph.D; the

The Worcester Public Schools have a special place in my heart,” says Randall. “I was really lucky to find such inspiring friends and to be encouraged by wonderful teachers like my kindergarten teacher Ms. Looney, among many others. I took amazing art classes at the Worcester Public Schools and was really lucky to be able to participate in PEAK. PEAK was STEVEN KING an incredible experience—getting to spend full school days at places like the Worcester Center for Crafts or taking intensive creative-writing classes really challenged and inspired me.” Krosoczka, creator of the “Lunch Lady” graphic novels and other picture books, also benefitted from the PEAK program when he attended Gates Lane School of International Studies. “[PEAK] was a remarkable program, where students with creative minds were allowed to flourish. All of the lessons From left: Joffrey Smith, Peg Venditti, I learned then—brainstorming, laying Michael Lyons, Fran Arena and Jan Parent a story out, revising—I use now in my professional career as an author and illustrator of books.” Event begins at 5:45 p.m. For more and students, including arts programs, teachers’ grants and scholarships. The information, contact Jan Parent at 508-757banquet includes cocktails and dinner. 5384 or visit wedfwps.org/dinner. Hogan “I am really honored to be recognized. Campus Center, College of the Holy Cross. Junior League of Worcester; author Jarrett Krosoczka; Helena and Christos Liazos of the Webster House; fashion designer Jessica Loeffler Randall; civic leader Miguel Lopez; dancer Isaac Spencer; and cardiologist Stephen Pezzella, M.D. Profits from ticket sales will be used for educational programs for teachers

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“Le Quattro Volte” contains not a word of discernible dialogue or a note of music, but it is no silent movie. Set in the mountainous Calabria region of Italy, the film hums along to its own organic soundtrack composed of a newborn goat’s bleatings, church bells pealing at dawn, and the rustling of leaves in a sturdy breeze. Birth and death, and the long quiet moments in between occupy writerdirector Michelangelo Frammartino, whose story is intentionally minimal. An old goatherd walks each day with his flock from the village to a hillside, and as the goats graze he sits and coughs. The hike has become a struggle, and his health is clearly failing. Each night he mixes dust swept up from the floor of the local Catholic church into a glass of water and guzzles the elixir. (The church’s cleaning lady makes the sign of the cross over the gray pile in her dustpan before giving a handful of flakes to the farmer, leading one to assume his faith is so powerful, or he’s so patently desperate, that he’ll accept a blessing from whoever is willing to deliver one.) The man dies, but whether his death sets off any distinguishable chain of events depends on how you interpret Frammartino’s film. Immediately after the body is interred, a goat is born. Is there a connection — a transfer of the man’s soul into this animal? And is there a link from man to goat to a towering pine tree that is felled by the villagers,

put on display in the square, and later turned into charcoal for their winter fires? Ashes to ashes, dust to dust. “Le Quattro Volte” is structured to instigate such musings. Frammartino loads the film with shots that are more sustained observation than pure storytelling — meant to provoke deep thinking even while supplying some objective distance. In one scene, the townspeople reenact Christ’s grueling trek to his crucifixion on Calvary, a pre-Easter ritual in which the villagers mourn his death, yet one that also holds the promise of spring and, of course, rebirth. We don’t see their faces, but we do track the crowd’s movements from afar as they make their way toward the crosses already erected on a nearby hilltop. Any detail about these people is lost to the greater purpose of their beliefs; visible faces would be a distraction. Frammartino doesn’t bring us into the village for any significant length of time, nor does he introduce anyone living there other than the goatherd. Instead, he focuses our attention on the goats that crowd at the gate of their pen waiting patiently to make their daily pilgrimage to the grassy hillside. Watching them gather in anticipation, one comes to appreciate the serenity of these animals’ lives, which one day will come to the same conclusion as the life of the old man who led them. “Le Quattro Volte” will be shown at 7:30 p.m. on Thursday and Saturday, and at 1 and 2:50 p.m. on Sunday in the Jefferson Academic Center at Clark University. The film is part of the Cinema 320 series.

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The winds that whipped up the Occupy Wall Street movement are potent ones indeed, and it isn’t surprising that Hollywood is now starting to plumb these powerful memes of class warfare: the corruption of the 1% and the rage against the unfairness of the capitalist machine. Gone are the Gordon Gekko’s with their greed is good ethos and the worship of easy wealth. With “Tower Heist” we are seeing the first wave hitting the beaches as huge film corporations pick up on the populist anger of events like the Bernie Madoff scandal and attempt to turn frustration of the unemployed and anti-corporate venom into entertainment. The irony of this is of course inescapable. Okay, so maybe I’m reading too much into something that is just a silly little heist comedy, where some regular folks get bilked by a phony investment tycoon living in the top floor of a NYC tower and take revenge on his evil ass. Here’s something I do know though: the film was originally intended as a black version of “Ocean’s Eleven” with Chris Rock involved as well as Eddie Murphy, and somebody saw fit to shift course. With “Tower Heist” we could be seeing a glimmer of what’s to come say next summer: blockbuster revenge flicks about heroic everymen taking on the establishment. Star-crossed lovers trying to hold it together amongst the emotional bustle of street protest movements, and so on. It isn’t hard to imagine. Anyway, our immediate concern is whether this film is any good, with big budget action director Brett Ratner at the helm and heavyweights of comedy like Eddie Murphy and Ben Stiller leading the onscreen antics. The short answer is

that the bulk of “Tower Heist” makes for decent entertainment until it takes things too far and all credibility goes, almost literally, out the window. Stiller plays Josh Kovacs, a building manager of the aforementioned high rise (played by the Trump Tower) who sees his job fall apart and worse when he entrusts the pension funds of everyone working in the place to Madoff-esque Arthur Shaw (Alan Alda) living in the penthouse. It’s at least refreshing to see Stiller play something other then a cad or a dolt. Here as an unlikely nerdy action hero he is actually likeable and interesting. It doesn’t make up for “Greenberg”, but it helps. Then there’s the rest of the ensemble: Casey Affleck is good as a harried desk clerk with an unseen pregnant wife (although his character’s sudden outbursts of stupidity are unfortunate). Matthew Broderick is harmlessly creepy as a former Wall Street number-cruncher living in a foreclosed apartment. Michael Pena is a bit too stereotyped as an ebullient elevator operator, and Murphy walks the line as the professional crook brought in to help with the operation (unfortunate shades of the awful “Horrible Bosses”, where Jamie Foxx was the token black wisecracking criminal). Once the die is cast, things follow a somewhat predictable route, although the script does have a twist or two in store, and it maintains a certain sense of seriousness of purpose just beneath the humor. Plus, for once we are spared the expected inane training montage as Murphy teaches them to be crooks. Meanwhile, as the heist is being planned, Tea Leoni shows up as a somewhat wacky FBI agent and possible love interest and Alda imbues His Evilness with a smarmy grace. Everything’s okay and in the realm of believable until the film succumbs to the action movie disease and the whole thing goes off into the realm of nonsense high-wire spectacle, with people and other objects hanging off of cranes above the Macy Thanksgiving Day Parade and such. Still, despite the unnecessary excesses, the film manages to hit some notes that ring true and is worth watching if only as a decently funny harbinger of class war cinema to come.

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October 2011 will be long remembered around Worcester for two things: the recordbreaking Halloween snow storm that knocked out electricity for thousands of Worcesterites, and the much heralded opening of Wegmans supermarket in Northborough earlier in the month. While a supermarket may not be a traditional review establishment for the Krave - pages that are generally reserved for reviewing Worcester’s best pubs, cafes, and restaurants — roughly one-fifth of the Wegmans store is partitioned for a large eatery called the Market Café. The Market Café is divided into about a halfdozen sections, each with its own special focus, from pizza

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Flock Of Assholes, the ultimate ’80s tribute band with guests Hey Now Morris Fader and S.M.B. Project hit up the Lucky Dog tonight for only $5 admission; 8 p.m.-2 a.m. Lucky Dog Music Hall, 89 Green St. 508-363-1888 or ﬁnd them on Facebook.

The John Singer Sargent Zip Tour will be led by docent Jane Maguire. Zip Tours are fast-paced tours that last only 20-30 minutes, and focus on one work of art, subject or artist. These tours take place most Saturdays at noon. Free with museum admission; noon-12:30 p.m. Worcester Art Museum, 55 Salisbury St. 508799-4406, worcesterart.org.

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where Abby Kelley Foster and “Yours for Humanity—Abby” have been this year, including Abby’s inductions into the National Women’s Hall of Fame and the National Abolition Hall of Fame. Program follows the annual meeting of the Worcester Women’s History Project at 2 p.m., at the Worcester Historical Museum, 30 Elm Street, Worcester. Free; 2-4 p.m. 508-767-1852. WPI Pops Concert. WPI Jazz Band and Concert Band perform

Tuckerman St. 508-754-1234. Ralph’s Chadwick Square Diner presents Hallelujah The Hills, Coyote Kolb and The Minions. 21+; 8 p.m.-1 a.m. Upstairs, 148 Grove St. 508-753-9543. Beatnik’s helps Sunlea celebrate their CD Release Party tonight at 10 p.m., 433 Park Ave. 508-926-8877.

The Smile Makers aim to make you grin at Beatnik’s tonight at 8:30-11:30 p.m., 433 Park Ave. 508-926-8877.

>Friday 4 The Gene J. DeFeudis Italian American Cultural Center is proud to present Imagine Dat, a tribute to Jimmy Durante, the great Schnozzola, as performed by Jon Freda. $40; 6-10 p.m. Gene J. DeFeudis Italian American Cultural Center, 28 Mulberry St. 508791-6139.

Sarah Levecque brings her solo acoustic country and blues original tunes to Jak’s Pub. 9-11 p.m., 536 Main St. 508-757-5257.

Comedy jugglers Allan Jacobs and Barrett Felker, known as the Gizmo Guys, make a stop at Quinsigamond Community College tonight at 6-7:30 p.m. 670 West Boylston St. 508-799-3136. A Tribute to Rick Blaze will feature Classic Ruins, Rose Elliott, The Missionarys, Groupaction, Loose Salute, Sean Revoltah and more at Ralph’s Chadwick Square Diner. 21+; 7 p.m.-2 a.m. Upstairs, 148 Grove St. 508-7539543. Linda Dagnello Trio bring their lovely sounds to Luciano’s Cotton Club, 2 Washington Square. 8-11:30 p.m. 508-7556408. Friends of the Worcester Public Library’s Annual Friend’s Fabulous Fall Book Sale will be held Friday and Saturday, Nov. 3 and 4 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sale offers a great selection of ﬁction and nonﬁction books, and more. Earn Woo points. Come early for the best selection. Books and more 25 cents and up. Worcester Public Library, 3 Salem Square. 508-799-1655. Bêlit features rock covers with an acoustic quartet from 8:30 p.m.-1 a.m. Creegan’s Pub, 65 Green St. 508-754-3550. Mindrift. 9 p.m.-2 a.m. JJ’s Sports Bar and Grill, 380 Southwest Cutoff, Northborough. 508-842-8420.

Worcester Youth Orchestra Fall Concert presents Night on Bald Mountain with Rimsky-Korsakov arr. Mozart Sinfonia Concertante Beethoven Symphony #1, Op.21. Sponsored by the Auburn Arts Council. Free with donation; 1-2:30 p.m. Lorraine Gleick Nordgren Senior Citizens Center, 4 Goddard Dr., Auburn. 978-390-4941, worcesteryouthorchestras.org. 16th Annual Meeting of Worcester Women’s History Project and Program presents Abby: Infamous and Famous. Come hear actress Lynne McKenney Lydick tell us

in the annual WPI Pops Concert featuring soloist, Joe Halko, directed by Douglas Weeks and Richard Falco; 4-5:30 p.m. WPI: Alden Memorial, 100 Institute Road. During Duo Piano Gala Concert, Malcolm Halliday, Kallin Johnson, Sima Kustanovich, Dick Odgren, Olga Rogach, Myron Romanul and Ian Watson will play the Massachusetts Symphony Orchestra’s two pianos - the vintage 1902 Steinway Model “C” concert grand piano and the newer 2006 Steinway Model “B” concert grand. Performing at various times will be two pianists, four pianists, and six pianists. $30; 8-10 p.m. Tuckerman Hall, 10

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picks Annieâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Book Stop welcomes the authors and editors of Queer Fish, the newest anthology from local publisher Pink Narcissus Press, for a book-signing event from noon to 3 p.m. Contributors appearing include Josie Brown, Mat Mackenzie, Rose Mambert, Joe Mogel and Bill Racicot. All titles from Pink Narcissus Press, including Elf Love and Rapunzelâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Daughters, will be available for sale at the event. LGBT-friendly. Free. Annieâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Book Stop, 65 James St. 508-796-5613. During the Civil War Walk at Hope Cemetery, Civil War enthusiast Mark Savolis will walk you through the cemetery and share some stories of the men and women who served during the war. $5 general public, Friends of Hope Cemetery members are free; 1:30-3:30 p.m. Hope Cemetery, GAR Plot, 119 Webster St. 508-799-1531, friendsofhopecemetery.com. United States Army Field Band & Soldiersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Chorus is considered by music critics to be one of the most versatile and inspiring musical organizations in the world. Its members, selected by highly competitive auditions, represent some of the ďŹ nest musical talents in America. Free; 3-5 p.m. Hanover Theatre for the Performing Arts, 2 Southbridge St. 877-571-7469, thehanovertheatre.org. Tales to Grow On: Stories for Families is a free storytelling concert featuring one of Americaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s most celebrated storytellers, Connie Regan-Blake from North Carolina. Her stories range from hilarious, traditional Appalachian Mountain tales to poignant true-life drama. Families come together for a shared time of storytelling that entertains, intrigues, and delights all; 3:30 p.m.-4:30 p.m. First Congregational Church of Princeton, United Church of Christ, 14 Mountain Rd., Princeton. 978-464-5146.

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>Tuesday 8 California death metal band Exhumed headlines at The Palladium (upstairs)tonight. Sharing the bill are Goatwhore, Cephalic Carnage and Havok. $15; 7-11 p.m. The Palladium, 261 Main St. 508-797-9696.

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Jon Anderson and Rick Wakemanâ&#x20AC;&#x201C;Former â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Yesâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Legendsâ&#x20AC;&#x201C;Up Close & Acoustic. Witty repartee, reworkings of some rock classics and the sound of laughter rang around the hall as former Yes legends Jon Anderson and Rick Wakeman bring their two-man show to Worcester. $45, $55, and $65; 7:30-10:30 p.m. Hanover Theatre for the Performing Arts, 2 Southbridge St. 877-571-7469, thehanovertheatre.org. Humanarts: Inca Son. The world-acclaimed band Inca Son (meaning â&#x20AC;&#x153;sound of the Incasâ&#x20AC;?) will play a concert featuring the centuries-old music of the Andes of Peru, home of their Inca ancestors, as part of the 2011-2012 Assumption College HUMANARTS Series. In addition, Inca Son will perform music from throughout Latin America, and through original, vibrant arrangements, and lend an Andean ďŹ&#x201A;avor to well-known modern pop tunes. Free; 8-9:30 p.m. Assumption College: Chapel of the Holy Spirit, 500 Salisbury St. 508-767-7592. Brown Bag Concert: Laszlo Gardony & Quartet. The Fall 2011 Brown Bag Concert Series begins with Jazz Pianist Laszlo Gardony and his Quartet. Gardony is known in 23 countries for his soulful, elegant improvisations. Winner of the Great American Jazz Piano Competition, Gardony has been noted â&#x20AC;&#x153;a pianist worthy of praise within the highest pantheon of performersâ&#x20AC;? by Jazz Review.com Brown Bag Concerts are broadcast live on WICN at 90.5 FM and around the world on wicn.org. Free admission and open to all, bring your lunch or buy one at the hall while they last; noon-1 p.m. Mechanics Hall, 321 Main St. 508752-5608, mechanicshall.org. The Friends of Goddard Library welcome award-winning Shrewsbury Public Library director Ellen Dolan for Perception vs. Reality: The Public Library Today. Ms. Dolan will discuss issues public libraries currently face. Please call 508793-7573 or email fgl@clarku.edu if you plan to attend, to help us assure sufďŹ cient seating for all. Free to the public; 4-6 p.m. Clark University: Goddard Library, Rare Book Room, 950 Main St. 508-793-7573. The New Century Chamber Orchestra with Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg, Violin and Music Director bring a special performance to the Worcester Music Festival stage. This outstanding San Francisco-based orchestra with Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg â&#x20AC;&#x201C; an acclaimed violinist and, since 2008, concertmaster for the group â&#x20AC;&#x201C; will present the works of Rossini, Barber, Bolcom, and Mendelssohn. Free pre-concert talk at 7 p.m. $46, $43, students $20 advance/$15 at door; 8-10:30 p.m.

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Main St., Oxford. 508-987-1006. Jim Devlin. 9 p.m.-2 a.m. Cigar Masters, 1 Exchange Place. 508-459-9035. Metal Thursday CXLIV! w/ Hessian, Black Trip, Skull Hammer, & Triforium Dawn. 9 p.m.-2 a.m. Ralph’s Chadwick Square Diner, Upstairs, 148 Grove St. 508-753-9543 or metalthursday.com. Sarah Levecque. Solo acoustic country/blues. Original singer / songwriter Pass The Hat. 9-11 p.m. Jak’s Pub, 536 Main St. 508-757-5257. Jay Graham Live! 9:30 p.m.-1:30 a.m. Funky Murphy’s Bar & Grill, 305 Shrewsbury St. 508-753-2995. Andy Cummings Live. $3. 10 p.m.-2 a.m. Hooligan’s, 29 Blossom St., Fitchburg. 508-272-5092. 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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$7. 7-9 p.m. Fitchburg State University: Weston Auditorium, 160 Pearl St., Fitchburg. 978-665-3347 or ﬁtchburgstate.edu/cultural. BBQ & Blues Fridays with Big Jon Short. bbqstack.com bigjonshort.com no cover. 7-10 p.m. Smokestack Urban Barbecue, 90 Harding St. Ed & Da’ve. Free. 7-11 p.m. Greendale’s Pub, 404 W Boylston St. 508-853-1350. Arizona Doug & Scott Marshall - Rock Music. Free admission. 7:30-10:30 p.m. Verona Grille, 81 Clinton St., Shrewsbury. 508-853-9091. Seven Hills Symphony Fall Concert. The Seven Hills Symphony proudly presents A Fall Concert featuring Joseph Foley on Trumpet. Free, donation accepted. 7:30-9:30 p.m. University of Massachusetts Memorial Medical Center - University Campus: Aaron Lazare Medical Research Building, 364 Plantation St. 617824-0333. 80’s rock Mullethead W/ Squeezer (A Tribute to Weezer) and My New Disaster! $7. 8 p.m.-2 a.m. Lucky Dog Music Hall, 89 Green St. 508-363-1888. DJ Monty. 8 p.m.-1 a.m. Monument Grill & Down Under Pub, 14 Monument Square, Leominster. 978-537-4466. Friday Night DJ’s. 8 p.m.-2 a.m. Overtime Tap, 50 Front St. 508-757-0600. Jeffery Broussard & the Creole Cowboys. $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. Linda Dagnello Trio. 8-11:30 p.m. Luciano’s Cotton Club, 2 Washington Square. 508-755-6408. The National Acrobats of the People’s Republic of China. Direct from Beijing, returning to the Festival stage, the always popular Acrobats from China. $46, $43, students $20 advance/$15 at door. 8-10:30 p.m. Mechanics Hall, The Great Hall, 321 Main St. 508-754-3231 or musicworcester.org. Tom Beaudreau. Acoustic ﬁngerpicker and songwriter. 20 year music veteran Pass The Hat. 8-10 p.m. Jak’s Pub, 536 Main St. 508-757-5257. Town Green Coffee House. Blackstone Valley Bluegrass Band back by popular demand at the coffee house. Doors open at 7:15 pm. Reservations can be made at 978-464-5414. $12. 8-10 p.m. First Congregational Church of Princeton, United Church of Christ, Fellowship Hall, 14 Mountain Road, Princeton. 978-464-2837. Bêlit. Rock covers with an acoustic quartet. Free. 8:30 p.m.-1 a.m. Creegan’s Pub, 65 Green St. 508-754-3550.

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>Saturday 5 Another Soldier Down. 9-1 a.m. Hotel Vernon - The Ship Room/Kelley Square Yacht Club, 1 Millbury St. Worcester Youth Orchestra Fall Concert. Sponsored by the Auburn Arts Council Free will donation. 1-2:30 p.m. Lorraine Gleick Nordgren Auburn Senior Citizens Center, 4 Goddard Drive, Auburn. 978-390-4941 or worcesteryouthorchestras.org. WPI Pops Concert. 4-5:30 p.m. WPI: Alden Memorial, 100 Institute Road. Acoustic Saturdays. 7-11 p.m. The Mill, 185 West Boylston St., West Boylston. Bill McCarthy & His Guitar. 8-11 p.m. The Mill at 185 West

Boylston St., West Boylston. Dirty Deeds - AC/DC Tribute. $3 after 9:30p.m. (subject to change). 8 p.m.-1 a.m. Speakers Night Club, 19 Weed St., Marlborough. 508-480-8222. Duo Piano Gala Concert. To obtain tickets in advance, please send payment, made out to Massachusetts Symphony Orchestra, to the orchestra at P.O. Box 20070, Worcester, MA 01602-0070 and include a stamped self-addressed envelope. general seating: $20 in advance; premium seating: $25 in advance; $1 discount for members of the Friends of the Massachusetts Symphony Orchestra or the Friends of Tuckerman Hall; prices will be $5 higher at the door. 8-10 p.m. Tuckerman Hall, 10 Tuckerman St. 508-754-1234. Hallelujah The Hills, Coyote Kolb, & The Minions. Hallelujah The Hills, Coyote Kolb, & The Minions tbd / 21+. 8 p.m.-1 a.m. Ralph’s Chadwick Square Diner, Upstairs, 148 Grove

St. 508-753-9543. Latino Night with DJ Pedro. 8 p.m.-midnight Breakaway Billiards, 104 Sterling St., Clinton. 978-365-6105. Live Music. 8 p.m.-midnight Monument Grill & Down Under Pub, 14 Monument Square, Leominster. 978-537-4466. Maﬁa Bonghit, - with The Sapphire Sun, Chaotic Origins. Unfortunately, previously scheduled Betty Poison from Italy got hung up at customs/Visas were rejected. They had to go back home ands will NOT be on this show. We apologize for any inconvenience. $6. 8 p.m.-1 a.m. Lucky Dog Music Hall, 89 Green St. 508-363-1888. Saturday’s - Live Music. 8 p.m.-12:30 a.m. Black Sheep Tavern, 261 Leominster Road, Sterling. 978-422-8484. Spare Parts. 8 p.m.-1 a.m. The Pumphouse, 340 Main St., Southbridge. 508-765-5473. Susy Bogguss. $32 advance; $36 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. Toni Lynn Washington with the Workingman’s Band. 8-11 p.m. Concord’s Colonial Inn, Village Forge Tavern, 48 Monument Square, Concord. 978-369-2373. Live Music. 8:30 p.m.-midnight Gardner Ale House, 74 Parker St., Gardner. 978-669-0122. Auntie Trainwreck. 9 p.m.-12:30 a.m. Admiral T. J. O’Briens, 407 Main St., Sturbridge. 508-347-2838. Chris Reddy Acoustic Loops from Hell. 9 p.m.-midnight Celtic Tavern, 45 Belmont St., Northborough. 508-366-6277. DJ Tony T. 9 p.m.-12:30 a.m. Mixers Cocktail Lounge, 105 Water St. 508-762-9499. Eisman Hunter Band. 9 p.m.-1 a.m. Cigar Masters, 1 Exchange Place. 508-459-9035. Flock Of AssHoles. $5 Cover. 9 p.m.-midnight Days End Tavern, 287 Main St., Oxford. 508-987-1006.

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>Sunday 6 Live Jazz Brunch with Chet Williamson. 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Gardner Ale House, 74 Parker St., Gardner. 978-669-0122. Singer Songwriters, Entertainers, Folk. Art available for sale and Rafﬂe for art and gifts ends at 3:15. noon-4 p.m. American Legion: Gardner Post 129, Banquet Hall Upstairs, 22 Elm St., Gardner. 978-895-6115 or galagardner.org. Ton of Blues Bah Jam. 2-6 p.m. Black Sheep Tavern, 261 Leominster Road, Sterling. 978-422-8484. United States Army Field Band & Soldiers’ Chorus. Free. 3-5 p.m. Hanover Theatre for the Performing Arts, 2 Southbridge St. 877-571-7469 or thehanovertheatre.org/shows/ showDetail.php?showID=348. Vincent’s presents: Big Jon Short. bigjonshort.com 5-8 p.m. Vincent’s Bar, 49 Suffolk St. 508-752-9439.

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the centuries-old music of the Andes of Peru, home of their Inca ancestors. Free and open to the public. 8-9:30 p.m. Assumption College: Chapel of the Holy Spirit, 500 Salisbury St. 508-767-7592. Open Mic. open mic plus poetry comdy the the clubs kitchen is open free. 8 p.m.-1 a.m. English Social Club, 29 Camp St. 508791-4149. 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.

>Wednesday 9 Brown Bag Concert: Laszlo Gardony & Quartet. Brown Bag Concerts are free and open to all; bring your lunch or buy one at the Hall while they last! Concerts are broadcast live on WICN at 90.5 FM and around the world on wicn.org. Free Admission. noon-1 p.m. Mechanics Hall, 321 Main St. 508-752-5608 or mechanicshall.org/tickets/brownbag.html. Girls Night Out! Free. Billiards & Gamecards & Appetizers & Desserts. Girls Night Out Every Wednesday All Females (ages 2-92) Receive: Free Billiards All Night $5 GameCard Complimentary Appetizer Buffet Chocolate Covered Fruit. All ages until 9p.m.! After 9p.m., 18+. Free. 6 p.m.-1 a.m. Jillian’s Worcester, 315 Grove St. 508-793-0900. “A night of barnbuwrning blues.” Acoustic Blues Open Mic, hosted by local musician & Blues fanatic Sean Fullerton, 7-10 p.m. South Side Grille & Margarita Factory, 242 West Broadway, Gardner. 508-479-2309 or seanfullertonmusic.net. NV Concepts Presents Tyga @ The Palladium. Royce da 5’9” Kid Ink Hopsin Tickets $35. 7-11 p.m. Palladium, The, 261 Main St. 508-797-9696. Open Mic. Acoustic open mic beginning Nov. 2. Sign up at 7:00

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Town of Sutton Tax Classiﬁcation Hearing In accordance with MGL Chapter 40, Section 56 as amended, the Board of Selectmen will hold a Public Hearing on Tuesday, November 15th , 2011 at 7:05 p.m. in the Selectmen’s Meeting Room of the Sutton Town Hall, 4 Uxbridge Road, Sutton. The purpose of this meeting is to determine the percentage of the tax burden to be borne by each class of property for Fiscal Year 2012. The Sutton Board of Assessors will be in attendance at the hearing to provide information and data relevant to making such determination and the ﬁscal effect of the available alternatives. All Sutton taxpayers are invited to attend the hearing and present their comments and views orally or in writing. 11/3/2011

THE COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS LAND COURT DEPARTMENT OF THE TRIAL COURT (SEAL) 2011 MISC.__454094 ORDER OF NOTICE To: Michael A. Romano and to all persons entitled to the benefit of the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act, 50 U.S.C. App. § 501 et seq.: The Bank of New York Mellon, fka The Bank of New York as Successor in interest to JP Morgan Chase Bank NA as Trustee for Structured Asset Mortgage Investments II Inc. Bear Stearns ALT-A Trust 2005-9, Mortgage PassThrough Certificates, Series 2005-9 claiming to have an interest in a Mortgage covering real property in 20 Manor Road, Millbury given by Michael A. Romano to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., dated June 3, 2005, and recorded with the Worcester County (Worcester District) Registry of Deeds at Book 36489, Page 1 and now held by the 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 ReliefAct. 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 December 5, 2011 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 October 24, 2011 Attest: Deborah J. Patterson Recorder 201106-1145-yel 11/3/2011

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Commonwealth of Massachusetts The Trial Court Probate and Family Court Worcester Probate and Family Court 225 Main St. Worcester, MA 01608 Docket No. WO11P3244GD CITATION GIVING NOTICE OF PETITION FOR APPOINTMENT OF GUARDIAN FOR INCAPACITATED PERSON PURSUANT TO G.L. c. 190B §5-304 In the matter of: Joanne Dyer RESPONDENT Alleged Incapacitated Person Of: Worcester, MA To the named Respondent and all other interested persons, a petition has been filed by Hammond House Care and Rehab of Worcester, MA in the above captioned matter alleging that Joanne Dyer is in need of a Guardian and requesting that Some Suitable Person be appointed as Guardian to serve Without Surety on the bond. The petition asks the court to determine that the Respondent is incapacitated, that the appointment of a Guardian is necessary, and that the proposed Guardian is appropriate. The petition is on file with this court and may contain a request for certain specific authority. You have the right to object to this proceeding If you wish to do so, you or your attorney must file a written appearance at this court on or before 10:00 A.M. on the return date of 11/15/2011. This day is NOT a hearing date, but a deadline date by which you have to file the written appearance if you object to the petition. If you fail to file the written appearance by the return date, action may be taken in this matter without further notice to you. In addition to filing the written appearance you or your attorney must file a written affidavit stating the specific facts and grounds of your objection within 30 days after the return date. IMPORTANT NOTICE The outcome of this proceeding may limit or completely take away the above-named person’s right to make decisions about personal affairs or financial affairs or both. The above-named person has the right to ask for a lawyer. Anyone may make this request on behalf of the above-named person. If the abovenamed person cannot afford a lawyer, one may be appointed at State expense. WITNESS, Hon. Denise L. Meagher, First Justice of this Court. Date: October 20, 2011 Stephen G. Abraham Register of Probate 11/3/2011

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Commonwealth of Massachusetts The Trial Court Probate and Family Court Worcester Probate and Family Court 225 Main St. Worcester, MA 01608 Docket No. WO11P3297PM CITATION GIVING NOTICE OF PETITION FOR APPOINTMENT OF CONSERVATOR OR OTHER PROTECTIVE ORDER PURSUANT TO G.L. c. 190B §5-304 & §5-405 In the matter of: Louise Arslen RESPONDENT (Person to be Protected/Minor) Of: Worcester, MA To the named Respondent and all other interested persons, a petition has been filed by John S Arslen of Worcester, MA, in the above captioned matter alleging that Louise Arslen is in need of a Conservator or other protective order and requesting that John S Arslen of Worcester, MA (or some other suitable person) be appointed as Conservator to serve Without Surety on the bond. The petition asks the court to determine that the Respondent is disabled, that a protective order or appointment of a Conservator is necessary, and that the proposed Conservator is appropriate. The petition is on file with this court. You have the right to object to this proceeding If you wish to do so, you or your attorney must file a written appearance at this court on or before 10:00 A.M. on the return date of 11/22/2011. This day is NOT a hearing date, but a deadline date by which you have to file the written appearance if you object to the petition. If you fail to file the written appearance by the return date, action may be taken in this matter without further notice to you. In addition to filing the written appearance you or your attorney must file a written affidavit stating the specific facts and grounds of your objection within 30 days after the return date. IMPORTANT NOTICE The outcome of this proceeding may limit or completely take away the above-named person’s right to make decisions about personal affairs or ﬁnancial affairs or both. The above-named person has the right to ask for a lawyer. Anyone may make this request on behalf of the above-named person. If the above-named person cannot afford a lawyer, one may be appointed at State expense. WITNESS, Hon. Denise L. Meagher, First Justice of this Court. Date: October 26, 2011 Stephen G. Abraham Register of Probate 11/03/2011

Commonwealth of Massachusetts The Trial Court Probate and Family Court Worcester Probate and Family Court 225 Main St. Worcester, MA 01608 Docket No. WO11P3294GD CITATION GIVING NOTICE OF PETITION FOR APPOINTMENT OF GUARDIAN FOR INCAPACITATED PERSON PURSUANT TO G.L. c. 190B §5-304 In the matter of: Louise Arslen RESPONDENT Alleged Incapacitated Person Of: Worcester, MA To the named Respondent and all other interested persons, a petition has been filed by John S Arslen of Worcester, MA in the above captioned matter alleging that Louise Arslen is in need of a Guardian and requesting that John S Arslen of Worcester, MA (or some other suitable person) be appointed as Guardian to serve Without Surety on the bond. The petition asks the court to determine that the Respondent is incapacitated, that the appointment of a Guardian is necessary, and that the proposed Guardian is appropriate. The petition is on file with this court and may contain a request for certain specific authority. You have the right to object to this proceeding If you wish to do so, you or your attorney must file a written appearance at this court on or before 10:00 A.M. on the return date of 11/22/2011. This day is NOT a hearing date, but a deadline date by which you have to file the written appearance if you object to the petition. If you fail to file the written appearance by the return date, action may be taken in this matter without further notice to you. In addition to filing the written appearance you or your attorney must file a written affidavit stating the specific facts and grounds of your objection within 30 days after the return date. IMPORTANT NOTICE The outcome of this proceeding may limit or completely take away the above-named person’s right to make decisions about personal affairs or ﬁnancial affairs or both. The above-named person has the right to ask for a lawyer. Anyone may make this request on behalf of the above-named person. If the above-named person cannot afford a lawyer, one may be appointed at State expense. WITNESS, Hon. Denise L. Meagher, First Justice of this Court. Date: October 26, 2011 Stephen G. Abraham Register of Probate 11/3/2011

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Commonwealth of Massachusetts The Trial Court Probate and Family Court Worcester Probate and Family Court 225 Main St. Worcester, MA 01608 Docket No. WO11P3323GD CITATION GIVING NOTICE OF PETITION FOR APPOINTMENT OF GUARDIAN FOR INCAPACITATED PERSON PURSUANT TO G.L. c. 190B §5-304 In the matter of: William Buettner RESPONDENT Alleged Incapacitated Person Of: Worcester, MA To the named Respondent and all other interested persons, a petition has been filed by Umass Memorial Healthcare, Inc. of Worcester, MA in the above captioned matter alleging that William Buettner is in need of a Guardian and requesting that John Condry of Rockland, MA (or some other suitable person) be appointed as Guardian to serve Without Surety on the bond. The petition asks the court to determine that the Respondent is incapacitated, that the appointment of a Guardian is necessary, and that the proposed Guardian is appropriate. The petition is on file with this court and may contain a request for certain specific authority. You have the right to object to this proceeding. If you wish to do so, you or your attorney must file a written appearance at this court on or before 10:00 A.M. on the return date of 11/22/2011. This day is NOT a hearing date, but a deadline date by which you have to file the written appearance if you object to the petition. If you fail to file the written appearance by the return date, action may be taken in this matter without further notice to you. In addition to filing the written appearance you or your attorney must file a written affidavit stating the specific facts and grounds of your objection within 30 days after the return date. IMPORTANT NOTICE The outcome of this proceeding may limit or completely take away the above-named person’s right to make decisions about personal affairs or financial affairs or both. The above-named person has the right to ask for a lawyer. Anyone may make this request on behalf of the above-named person. If the abovenamed person cannot afford a lawyer, one may be appointed at State expense. WITNESS, Hon. Denise L. Meagher, First Justice of this Court. Date: October 27, 2011 Stephen G. Abraham Register of Probate 11/3/2011

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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. WO11P3250EA NOTICE OF PETITION FOR PROBATE OF WILL In the Estate of: Celina F Blake Late of: Millbury, MA 01527 Date of Death: 07/13/2011 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 Patricia C Belliveau of Shrewsbury, 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: 11/15/2011 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: October 19, 2011 Stephen G. Abraham Register of Probate 11/03//2011

Commonwealth of Massachusetts Worcester, ss. SUPERIOR COURT DEPARTMENT OF THE TRIAL COURT CIVIL ACTION No. 11-2099B To Gary N. Coporale of Sutton, Worcester County, Massachusetts; AND TO ALL PERSONS ENTITLED TO THE BENEFIT OF THE SOLDIERS’ AND SAILORS’ CIVIL RELIEF ACT OF 1940 AS AMENDED: Savers Co-Operative Bank of Southbridge, Worcester County, Massachusetts; claiming to be the holder of a mortgage covering property situated on or near 2 ½ Ledge Street, Sutton, Massachusetts given by Gary N. Coporale to Savers Co-Operative Bank, dated February 5, 2008 and recorded in Worcester District Registry of Deeds, Book 42401, Page 14, has filed with said court a Complaint for authority to foreclose said mortgage in the manner following: by entry on and possession of the premises therein described and by exercise of the power of sale contained in said mortgage. If you are entitled to the benefits of the Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Civil Relief Act of 1940 as amended, and you object to such foreclosure you or your attorney should file a written appearance and answer in said court at Worcester in said County on or before the first day of December next or you may be forever barred from claiming that such foreclosure is invalid under said Act. Witness, Barbara J. Rouse, Esquire, Administrative Justice of said Court this twentieth day of October 2011 Dennis P. McManus, Clerk 11/3/2011

THE COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS LAND COURT DEPARTMENT OF THE TRIAL COURT (SEAL) 2011 MISC.__453736__ ORDER OF NOTICE To: Theresa J. Quinn and to all persons entitled to the benefit of the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act, 50 U.S.C. App.§ 501 et seq.: Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. claiming to have an interest in a Mortgage covering real property in 19 BRANEY ROAD, MILLBURY given by Theresa J. Quinn to Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., dated December 26, 2007, and recorded with the Worcester County (Worcester District) Registry of Deeds at Book 42251, Page 325 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 UnitedStates of America, then you may be entitled to the benefits of the Servicemembers Civil ReliefAct. 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 December 5, 2011 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 October 19, 2011 Attest: Deborah J. Patterson Recorder 201108-1111-BLU 11/3/2011

TOWN OF MILLBURY CENTRAL CEMETERY Notice is hereby given to all citizens with interests in Central Cemetery in the Town of Millbury. All seasonal decorations and any unauthorized items must be removed by Sunday November 6, 2011 in order to facilitate the winter cleanup of the cemetery. Any and all items in violation of the Cemetery Rules and Regulations remaining in place after this date will be removed and disposed of by the Town Of Millbury. Millbury Department of Public Works 10/27 & 11/3/2011

THE COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS LAND COURT DEPARTMENT OF THE TRIAL COURT (SEAL) 2011 MISC. 454164 ORDER OF NOTICE To: Edward J. Bishop and to all persons entitled to the benefit of the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act, 50 U.S.C. App. § 501 et seq.: Wells Fargo Bank, NA claiming to have an interest in a Mortgage covering real property in 3 Alstead Path, Millbury given by Edward J. Bishop to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., dated November 17, 2006, and recorded with the Worcester County (Worcester District) Registry of Deeds at Book 40184, Page 214 and now held by the 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 UnitedStates of America, then you may be entitled to the benefits of the Servicemembers Civil ReliefAct. 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 December 12, 2011 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 October 25, 2011 Attest: Deborah J. Patterson Recorder 201109-0390-BLU 11/3/2011

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Mark Fuller MARK FULLER, 62, IS A BOYLSTON RESIDENT, FATHER OF TWO, GRANDFATHER TO FIVE AND VICE PRESIDENT OF BENEFIT DEVELOPMENT GROUP OF WORCESTER, AS WELL AS A VOLUNTEER ON FIVE NONPROFIT BOARDS AND NUMEROUS OTHER COMMITTEES. YET WHAT SETS THIS GENTLEMAN APART FROM THE CROWD IS HIS ROLE AS CHAIRMAN AND TREASURER OF THE GEORGE & SYBIL FULLER FOUNDATION, AN INDEPENDENT FOUNDATION THAT SUPPORTS NONPROFITS THROUGHOUT THE WORCESTER AREA. ON THURSDAY, NOV. 3, FULLER WILL BE AWARDED THE HOPE AWARD FOR HIS PHILANTHROPIC WORK AT THE NEW ENGLAND DREAM CENTER’S 2011 GALA. HE TOOK A FEW MINUTES OUT OF HIS BUSY DAY TO HELP US LEARN MORE ABOUT THE MAN BEHIND THE MISSION. Tell us a little about the founders of the Fuller Foundation? George and

youth, religious organizations, social agencies and schools.

Sybil Fuller are my great, great uncle and aunt. George Fuller was living in Grafton when his father, a civil war veteran, passed away. George left his senior year of high school and went to work as an office boy at the Wyman and Gordon Company. The short version of his story is that he rose from office boy to president over the many years he served that company. He became president and treasurer in 1915. He retired in 1937 with Harry Stoddard becoming the new president and George becoming chairman of the board. George held more than 3 million shares of Wyman Gordon Stock at the time of his death in November of 1962, at the age of 93. Sybil died in May of 1955. The George F. & Sybil H. Fuller Foundation was founded under the Declaration of Trust of May, 1955. However it was not until George passed away that the foundation had a significant asset value. The foundation is largely a capital-granting organization.

Is there an area that you feel needs the most assistance in this tough economy?

What is the Fuller Foundation’s mission? The Foundation’s primary goal is to assist local efforts in the fields of education, culture, history, healthcare,

It is hard for me to identify a particular sector with the greatest need. Everywhere I look there is great need. Certainly health care, social service and education are at the head of the list. Nonprofit organizations in general have been experiencing difficult economic times. The need for support is at a high level. The Fuller Foundation trustees try to do their part to support Worcester’s needs. Private financial support is an imperative. But today it is often necessary to cobble together support from private and public entities. Individuals, corporations, foundations, government and very large nonprofit organizations must participate.

How does the Fuller Foundation choose its recipients? Criteria for grant requests have changed dramatically since the financial downturn that started in 2008 and ran through the first quarter of 2009. The Fuller Foundation is giving out a much smaller annual amount than in the previous 10 years. That fact has forced the trustees to refocus.

In 2011 almost all grants were made to Worcester nonprofit organizations where the foundation has a history of support.

How did you learn of the New England Dream Center? I became involved in the Dream Center because the Liberty Church purchased the former Chestnut Street Congregational Church building, which had been vacant for too many years. I can see the building from my office window at 446 Main Street. I was always hoping that a wonderful use could be found for that property. When it was clear that there was now a vision for that facility, I was more than happy to embrace that vision. George and Sybil Fuller were devout Christians. It was easy to see how they would have supported efforts to revitalize that property.

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staunch Worcester advocate. We have a wonderful and extraordinary city. We have always had diversity in the people who lived and worked here and who had roots in so many different countries. The countries have changed over time but the “spice of life” is our diversity. We are an education city and a health care city for sure. We continue to be a community that strives for better things; performance in our schools, support for the needy, English as a second language, successful businesses small and large. The list is long. It is a blessing to be able to spend time with so many determined people who are directly involved in supporting the Worcester community. Learn more about the Fuller Foundation at gsfullerfoundation.org.

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