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orcester has found itself front and center in a case currently being heard, and ultimately will be ruled on, by the Supreme Court. Home to one of the state’s three Planned Parenthood health care clinics offering abortion services, Worcester will be directly affected by the court’s ruling of whether or not a 35foot buffer zone around abortion clinics in Massachusetts is constitutional. Worcester residents, health care providers, patients, counselors and protestors are on the front line in this case, each defending his or her civil liberties. One side asks: Do buffer zones violate the First Amendment by taking away a person’s right to freedom of speech? While proponents of the current law ask: Do buffer zones protect a women’s right to choose pregnancy or abortion? As NPR, The Washington Post and other national media outlets report on the court’s early oral arguments and details of the case, I talk with folks here in Worcester who are ﬁghting for their rights, look at what this case is truly about and ﬁnd out what a ruling will mean for the people of Central Massachusetts.

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Worcester State University, city grapple with parking ‘nightmare’

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rustration is mounting over parking woes in and around Worcester State University. City and school ofﬁcials have plans to alleviate the concerns of residents who have long lived with the headache of cars and trucks parked up and down their streets, as well as those students who on top of dishing out thousands of dollars in tuition are being slapped with parking tickets at an almost dizzying pace. Whether the solutions prove a panacea remains to be seen. For now, students are railing against a parking situation they say has grown worse over the years; area residents are complaining about safety issues they face as a result of students parking along side streets up to three quarters or a mile or so away from the school; and some city ofﬁcials are encouraging homeowners to request resident-only parking, which could make the situation better or worse, depending on your point of view. “I am not sure turning complete neighborhoods into resident-only is necessary to ensure safety,” says Carl Herrin, assistant to the president for International, Community and Government Affairs at Worcester State University (WSU). That is the suggestion put forth by At-Large Councilor Konnie Lukes. Herrin says all options are being explored to resolve a problem created largely by building expansion on the college campus, an issue that has affected not just residents and

students, but other places such as May Street Elementary School, where teacher parking has been a struggle. Principal Luke Robert has raised his concerns to city officials. That is where the most recent step toward solving the issue has been taken, with the City Council’s Traffic and Parking Committee just last week approving a petition to limit parking along South Flagg Street to residents only. Parking enforcement will also be ramped up, with City Manager Ed Augustus Jr. saying the city will provide WSU information on who is being ticketed. In the meantime, WSU has taken or is working on its own measures to deliver its own headache relief to students and residents. For one thing, there is a 500-space satellite lot at 140 Goddard Memorial Drive near Worcester Regional Airport, with a shuttle run to and from the school. The college also leases 110 parking spaces from Temple Emanuel across the street from the main campus. Within the next 15 months, WSU is expected to close on buying the entire property, including the Temple Emanuel building. Another piece comes in the fall when, according to Herrin, President Barry Maloney will unfurl a plan to realign when different constituency groups can utilize on-campus parking. It will be accompanied by strict enforcement of the satellite lot, by requiring a “certain group of people” to park up there. Herrin would not offer specifics, but a source familiar with the plan says faculty, and not students, would be

required to use the satellite lot. “We will recalibrate where we do place people who do park on campus,” Herrin says, noting that, currently, any space that is unmarked is intended for student use. The most signiﬁcant key to the college’s approach to parking, Herrin says, will involve a sweeping change to actual classroom scheduling. “The Academic Affairs unit is intending on [adjusting] the schedule to balance out demand for classroom space and parking,” Herrin says. Right now, he says, the peak

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hours are weekdays, from 10 a.m. through lunch. Friday afternoons and weekends, as well as other times during the week, see much less parking congestion. “That is probably the single, most important thing. Class scheduling will change.” There is another component to the college’s plan to address parking concerns. Right now, during construction of a new residential hall, there are about 300 crews working on the project. continued on page 6

A weekly quality of life check-in of Worcester

Eighth annual Central Massachusetts Brain Bee hosted by The Department of Psychiatry at Umass Medical School and Umass Memorial Medical Center’s Brudnick Neuropsychiatric Research Institute (BNRI). +2

Eleven Clark University student-athletes return to campus after spending winter break in Guatemala for the ﬁrst-ever Clark Athletics Service Learning Trip (CAST). +2

Total for this week:

Pink in the Rink supports breast cancer ﬁght with Worcester Sharks versus Providence Bruins game with Worcester winning 3-2 – on pink ice, no less. +2

Like a bad cold, Santa Maria family keeps coming back, with David Santa Maria now out on bail after charges of assaulting a cop. This, as he awaits trial on assault charges stemming from another case. -4

Kristen Billiar, associate professor of biomedical engineering and mechanical engineering at Worcester Polytechnic Institite (WPI), elected a fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME). +2

Massport says JetBlue has ﬂown more than 20,000 customers since starting service at Worcester Regional Airport in November. +3

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Lights at Plantation and Belmont streets frustratingly slow – to the point where trafﬁc in all directions sits for several minutes at red lights. -2

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Holy Cross named one of 75 “Best Value” private colleges for 2014 by The Princeton Review. +2

{ citydesk } Like father, like son: Bobby Harris III picks up where dad left off STEVEN KING

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obby Harris III sits on a balance beam inside the boxing gym at the Boys & Girls Club of Worcester. At 17 years old, he is undeniably handsome, with a schlock of closely-cropped, curly dark hair and eyes that seem at once youthful and beyond their years. A few feet away, a man more than three decades removed from his teens rests his large frame on the edge of the ring, just outside the ropes. When he speaks, it is in slow, slurred tones, the effects of neurological damage that may or may not have been brought on by the punches taken while dishing them out. It is a poignant moment. One is a young boxer seemingly in control of his own destiny, having just won the USA Boxing National Junior Championship as a 178-pound light heavyweight. He is about to embark on a three-month journey that, if all goes the way he confidently predicts, could culminate in a gold medal at the Youth World Boxing Championships in Sofia Bulgaria. The other is regarded as one of the finest pugilists ever to have come out of Worcester, a fighter who overcame both the loss of his mother at age 12 and a strained relationship with his father to rise to greatness inside the square circle. He narrowly missed out on the 1992 Olympics in Barcelona. But these are not just two boxers at opposite ends of the spectrum. They are father and son, a team whose love and respect for one another is readily apparent. Bobby Harris Jr. is 40 now, well beyond his boxing career and dealing with medical afflictions that, he says, could be the onset of Parkinson’s Disease. He has received support locally, singling out two businesses: Masterman’s in Auburn and Mitchell Differential Inc., a

Bobby Harris III works out with his trainer Carlos Garcia at the Boys and Girls Club boxing gym.

supply company in Shrewsbury. Harris Jr. accomplished a lot inside the ring, and now it is his son’s turn. It is an opportunity not lost on the younger Harris, who attends Claremont Academy where his enjoys studying history. He is not put off by his father’s physical afﬂiction; in fact he is driven by it. And he is motivated by the comfort of knowing he has what his father never did – a family that is there for him, a place he can always call home and a dad who wants to be there for him at every turn. He has a mother his father did not, and thanks to a repaired relationship between Harris Jr. and his own dad, Harris III has a grandfather. “I have a lot more,” Harris III says. “I don’t continued on page 7

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“They’re all parking on Chandler Street,” Herrin says, noting that it only exacerbates the parking woes. “They’re gone in August.” After that comes another project, the construction of a new wellness center. For that project, however, the school is requiring the contractor provide off-site parking. That, says Herrin, will free up what he estimates are about 200 parking spaces directly in front of the main campus. He says the school is also discussing the possibility of involving the Worcester Regional Transit Authority (WRTA) in some way to help provide transportation. All of that should come as music to the ears of beleaguered students and area residents, like one who resides on May Street, about three-quarters of a mile from the college. He did not want to give his name, but says students park as far up his street as just beyond his driveway. “The problem I have,” he says, “is getting gout of my driveway, especially in the winter. Cars are parked on the other side of the street and either side of my driveway. I can’t see to pull out.” As frustrated as city officials and residents have been, it has been no picnic for students, either. “It’s ridiculous,” says Breana Hatch, a commuter student at WSU. “It’s absolutely ridiculous to me that residents get five levels of a parking garage. Like, why was the parking garage put there in the first place? For commuters. I got ticketed when I was parked on the street near the Ghosh building. It was in the winter and there was no sign that said I couldn’t park there and I got a ticket from the City of Worcester, not Worcester State.” Hatch took a picture of a sign she says had been completely turned around and was able to get out of the ticket. Another commuter, Tiara Yahanian, says she has to arrive to school almost two hours before her first class to make sure she can park. “The parking is increasingly difficult and with the snow it makes it even worse,” she says. “Not to mention there are pedestrians crossing the street and there are construction vehicles and buses everywhere, so you can hardly pull in and back out without accidentally backing into somebody. Some

our professors even come in and say they can’t find parking. How can we even count on having a professor to teach us every day if they can’t park?” Another student, who only wanted to give the initials L.O., says it is about more than just the inconvenience to students. “Once you park off campus, you’re more susceptible to crime because there’s less security and, a lot of times, no security,” L.O. says. “We’re forced to park in these places because there are so many cars and people trying to get parking every day, and while this end of Chandler Street is OK, leaving your vehicle alone for hours and hours by the side of a road is basically an invitation for someone to break into it.” At-Large Councilor and Worcester State grad Mike Gaffney, says students have to adjust to the parking changes, even if it means a little added inconvenience. “I went door-to-door,” he says of when he campaigned last year for Council. “People are up in arms and angry.” Gaffney says an item on the next City Council agenda calls for a residential parking overlay at the college, something he hopes could end “this whole piecemeal nightmare” of addressing the problems. In the meantime, it is, in his opinion, the responsibility of both the college and its students to find a resolution. “They’re there, they don’t pay taxes for land,” Gaffney says of the college. “The least they could do is [consider] the people that are taxpayers. Those people should be taken care of. Worcester State should have put a plan in ahead of time. Everybody’s got to take a little responsibility for this. It shouldn’t all fall on the neighbors. I don’t want to beat up on [the college], but they have options.” Augustus says it is all about “balancing interests,” noting the city wants to encourage students to attend and be successful at WSU, while also maintaining the quality of life for those living in the area. “We need to balance out that desire with the desire of neighbors to … live as citizens,” Augustus says. To that end, Herrin says the school is doing everything it can to resolve the parking issues. “We are actively engaged with city officials,” he says. “We want a reasonable compromise. We want all people, including employees, to [explore] all options for transportation.”

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BIG SHOT: Didn’t he hear of roosters? T hirty-year-old Jason Ramos, 3 Mott St., Apt. 3, must have st artled his neighbors early Sunday , Feb. 3 because they called the cops and reported hearing gun shots in the area of 23 Mott St. Police showed up and escorted tenants out of the fi rstand third-floors of the triple-decker, before entering Ramos’ apartment on the second fl oor. They found a loaded fi rearm in the kitchen. Ramos was c harged with improperly storing a firearm, two counts of possession of a fi rearm/ammunition without an F ID card and fi rearm violation with three prior violent/drug crimes. STEVEN KING

A RUFF TIME: That drug-sniffing wonder dog, Brie, made life miserable for two W orcester men after helping cops find drugs in a car that ran over one of the offi cers’ foot. According to police, members of the Vice Squad attempted to execute a searc h warrant for a vehicle while driving on Shrewsbury Street around 1:30 p.m. T hursday, Jan. 30. Police were looking for Jose Lora, 20, 18 Second St. Lora was driving. In the passenger seat was Alex ander Matias, 33, 37 Pemberton St., Apt. 3. When officers approached the car, Lora locked the doors, hit an unmarked police cruiser and ran over an offi cer’s foot. Police were ultimately able to remove Lora and Matias from the car . Brie, the narcoticsdetecting K-9, searched the vehicle. Responding to the dog’s indications, the vice detective searc hed the car and found 100 knotted bags of heroin weighing appro ximately 60 grams. T he detective also found additional bags of heroin and five bags of crack cocaine, along with $6,002 in cash. Executing a searc h warrant at Lora’ s apartment, vice officers seized 70 grams of heroin, drug paraphernalia, drug packaging material and more than $5,500 cash. Matias was charged with traffi cking heroin (28-99 grams), possession of cocaine with intent to distribute and conspiracy to violate controlled substance laws. Lora was charged with resisting arrest, possession of cocaine with intent to distribute, trafficking in heroin (100-199 grams) and conspiracy to violate controlled substance laws. COOLED OFF: Police on Thursday, Jan. 30 nabbed a man and woman suspected of stealing two air conditioners from a home on Sussex Lane. Maybe they were looking for a way to cool off with temperatures on the rise. T hey didn’t get far. Cops grabbed the pair on W inifred Ave., where one of them, it turns out, lives. Police arrested Melissa Eldridge, 47, 22 Birch St., Gardner and Mic hael Mietla, 46, 14 W inifred Ave. The two suspects were seen being placed in handcuffs and seated in separate cruisers before the prisoner wagon arrived and hauled them off. Each was charged with breaking and entering in the daytime with the intent to commit a felony and larceny in a building.

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have to worry about where I’m going to sleep, where I’m going to eat. It’s a restart, a chance to ﬁnish what he started, but the right way.” That includes making the Olympics and turning pro, something his father and the two other men most responsible for him believe is eminently doable. In addition to his father, Harris III works with legendary local boxing trainer Carlos Garcia and Rocky Gonzalez. “He can go as far as he wants,” Garcia says of Harris III, who as a 6- or 7-year-old used to accompany his father to the gym. Adds Gonzalez: “Only he can stop himself.” Harris Jr. does not see that happening. He believes his son has listened to the lessons he has taught him. “I think he takes me more seriously now than he ever did,” Harris Jr. says of his teenage son, who likes to wear a Superman t-shirt when he trains. He teaches the four D’s, things taught to him by friend and former boxing champion, Jose Rivera. “I teach him the four D’s: dedication, desire, determination and discipline. He has the dedication. He is more focused that I’ve ever seen.” Harris III, with an amateur record of 13-6, is also humble, something his father says he has stressed. “He’s very conﬁdent,” says Harris Jr., “As

Bobby Harris III sits with his father Bobby Harris (left) and Carlos Garcia (center) at the Boys and Girls Club boxing gym. long as he’s confident in the ring. I want him to be humble out of it.” It is a balance Harris III seems to have struck. “The number one thing I tell everybody is confidence, always have confidence,” he says. “If you don’t have confidence, you can’t win. You have to mentally and physically feel you’re the best in the world. The only person stopping me from becoming the best is the person across the ring.” To beat that person, Harris III follows another piece of advice delivered from his

father: “You win the fight in the gym,” he says. “That is where the fight is.” If, he explains, you work as hard as possible outside the ring, you are that much better once you step inside. And make no mistake, at the young age of 17, Harris III is quite the specimen in the ring – enough so that Garcia compares him to one of the greatest fighters ever, Rocky Marciano. Working the corner of his Junior Championship fight in Reno, Nev., Garcia, Gonzalez and Harris Jr. took to calling their protege Rocky, because of his forward-

fighting style. “Rocky never went back, he was always moving forward,” Garcia says. It is an appropriate nickname, because Harris III is also a huge fan of the “Rocky” movies. When his father bought him the complete five-film series (before the final entry, “Balboa,” was added), Harris III would clear out the living room table and shadow box to the sounds of the on-screen chants of “Rocky! Rocky! Rocky!” But don’t expect him to rush out and change his name. Just as his Harris Jr. is devoted to his son - “I want to do everything for my son,” he says, “everything in the world.” - Harris III is fiercely dedicated to and protective of his father. “It’s hard to see him struggle, but at the same time it makes me more hungry,” he says. “I know if I succeed, he succeeds. We’re a team. It’s always been that way. When I was young, he took care of me. One day, I’m going to to have to take care of him. It’s not just about being number one in the world, it’s more than that to me. It’s about my mother, my grandfather and my father.” Boxing is a way he can make sure he gets to take care of them, and Harris Jr. is clearly moved by his son’s heartfelt tribute – and quite proud. “It touches my heart,” he says, adding, “It tells me he listens.”

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MAD MAYOR: Joe Petty has been

knocked for being too nice and not willing to step on people’s toes. After the latest in what he is starting to believe is a campaign by the Worcester Telegram & Gazette and others aimed at trying to discredit City Manager Ed Augustus Jr. and the process of hiring a permanent city manager, the mayor is taking off the gloves and hitting back. His main target is AtLarge City Councilor Konnie Lukes, who he says as mayor led one of the more clandestine searches for a city official in the hiring of School Superintendent Melinda Boone. “The public and elected officials were shut out of that process,” Petty says. “That’s not going to happen.” Petty also finds it curious that the daily paper has published four recent articles about Augustus, the latest being a story with the headline “Is Edward Augustus qualified to be Worcester manager?” The piece seems to suggest partisan politics was responsible for the one-time School Committee member and state senator landing the job as replacement for former City Manager Mike O’Brien. “I’m beginning to think that now,” Petty says of a coordinated effort to oust Augustus. “I’m reading the fourth article. It’s for political reasons, not the right reasons.” Getting back to Lukes, here’s what Petty has to say about her criticism of the process of hiring a city manager: “This city would have gone nowhere positively if we followed her. She has been against all the major projects.” And then he fires this salvo: “I’m going to do the right thing. If people don’t like it, there’s a ballot box next year.” That sound you just heard was the gloves coming off and the bell ringing on the start of what just may turn out to be a bigger brawl than Balboa/Creed.

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On the other hand, we think the lower courts undervalued the importance of faceto-face communication. Rather than have the Supreme Court resolve that issue itself, we suggest a remand to the lower courts. Because our position is different than the position of either side, we have submitted an amicus brief in support of neither party.” Murphy believes Planned Parenthood’s wish to keep a buffer zone is strategic and wrong. He says he believes one reason Planned Parenthood would like to keep the buffer zone is to “make it easier to get their so-called clients in.” Fenton, however, believes the current law is fair for all. “There’s freedom for the protestors and there’s freedom for the patients, and that’s what I think we need to uphold,” she says. Marty Walz, former Massachusetts state Representative, from 2004-2013, and current president and CEO of Planned Parenthood League of Massachusetts, agrees with Fenton. She says that in addition to the equal freedom of speech the buffer zone provides, it also allows women the freedom of choice in a safe environment. “It’s ultimately about maintaining public safety and allowing our patients and staff to come into the health center safely,” and, Walz adds, “allowing the protestors their First Amendment free speech rights. It allows both of those things to occur.”

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Planned Parenthood League of Massachusetts opened its ﬁrst health center in 1982 on Main Street in Worcester. It later relocated to Lincoln Street before settling into its current location at 470 Pleasant St. “The reason for the buffer zone at our health centers in Boston, Worcester and Springﬁeld are in part based on what happened here in Worcester,” Walz says.

Fenton says incidents outside Worcester’s Planned Parenthood include protestors getting “incredibly close to patients,” and, before the buffer zone was put in place, protestors would touch and at times grab patients in an attempt to stop them from entering the clinic or to block them from the entrance to the facility. There have also been reports of protestors following patients and preventing their vehicles from entering or leaving the facility’s driveways, Fenton says. “The buffer zone is important because it helps us maintain a safe area for our patients and our staff,” Walz says. “We have a long history of obstruction of our health centers by the protestors going back to when we

opened our ﬁrst health center in Worcester.” Fenton speaks of another type of incident, which she calls incredibly dangerous. “By getting so close in proximity to women, [protestors] have aggravated partners of women, and I have seen near brawls between partners who are very upset that some stranger is approaching the person they are with who is there on what can be an emotionally-difﬁcult day to try and tell them what they should be doing.” For Nikita, a young woman in her early 20s, seeking abortion services at a Planned Parenthood clinic (in a location other than Worcester) meant chaos. “Pulling into the clinic was madness in itself. Protesters lined the streets, making baby cries and yelling the word of God. I had my head buried in my partner’s jacket and just wanted to close my eyes until this was all done,” she tells Worcester Magazine. Walz says, “Many people feel stressed when they’re going to see a doctor or health care provider, and then you layer in, on top of that, a whole other form of stress, just to get in the door, and we know that is not good for women’s health.” “What I’ve experienced,” Fenton says, who has worked with Planned Parenthood for nine years, “is that when the buffer zone came into place, it really reduced the potential for danger, both for the staff and the patients, but also for the protestors themselves.” According to data provided by the

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Worcester Police Department, 27 incidents have been reported at 470 Pleasant St., between Jan. 1, 2012 and Jan. 1, 2014. Clark has been reported to the Worcester Police Department more than once for entering the buffer zone, which she says she does when the Holy Spirit guides her there, and has only stepped inside the zone for a couple of seconds. Clark says that entering the buffer zone has resulted in talking with and changing the mind of a woman. “I don’t give paperwork out in the buffer zone because that’s a deﬁnite no,” Clark says. “All I do when I’m in the buffer zone is talk with the girl and I should have the freedom to do that at least.” Clark goes a step further than some of the other protestors who regularly offer reading materials and alternative health care options, or simply pray while holding rosary beads quietly. “I’m aggressive in the sense that I will look for cars and if I see them park there,” Clark says, pointing to Planned Parenthood’s private parking lot, “I’ll get them to put their window down … to come talk with me.” While the emotional stress of a woman is something Fenton says Planned Parenthood takes into consideration, she says the safety she believes the buffer zone provides is “more about where does free speech become almost assaultive, where when you’re physically stopping someone, where you’re standing in their way, where they clearly do not want to hear what you have say, where they want to go on because they’ve made a decision – that maybe has not been an easy decision, we never know because we don’t walk in that person’s shoes – I think it’s more about creating that balance of people being able to voice an opinion, what they call counseling, [and] a person’s right to get medical care.” Clark admits she will touch girls, but says she does so only when they are crying. “I’m a mom, I have nine kids, my instinct will be to put my arm around her or give her a hug. I’m never putting any pressure on the girl, I’m just offering her help.” Clark says she usually asks women if it’s OK to hug her before she doing so. “I’m not forcing anybody.”

RIPPLE EFFECT

Tommy Quinn, who has protested abortion in Worcester since 1985, holds a sign outside the Planned Parenthood buffer zone on Pleasant Street.

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While Worcester prepares for the Supreme Court’s ruling in the current McCullen v. Coakley case, the rest of the nation also has its eyes on how the outcome will affect other states’ laws. Colorado, for example, waits in anticipation as it will be up to justices to not only rule on whether or not buffer zones outside reproductive health care facilities are

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“The buffer zone is important because it helps us maintain a safe area for our patients and our staff.” -Marty Walz, former Massachusetts state Representative and current president and CEO of Planned Parenthood League of Massachusetts.

constitutional, but also whether Hill v. Colorado should be overturned or upheld.

Five of the nine current Supreme Court justices were on the bench for Hill v. Colorado. They include Stephen Breyer, Democrat; Ruth Ginsburg, Democrat; Clarence Thomas, Republican; Anthony Kennedy, Republican; Antonin Scalia, Republican. Of the nine, four affiliate themselves with the Democratic party, while the other five affiliate with the Republican party. Murphy, an opponent of the buffer zone, says he is hopeful that at least one “liberal” justice will vote in favor of overturning the law. “There is this larger context that is important to think about,” Walz says. “This isn’t, and shouldn’t be, viewed in isolation. There’s a reason why people outside of Massachusetts are involved in trying to overturn the buffer zone law,” she says, suggesting “tactics are different in Massachusetts than they are in Texas and other places, but it is part of that national effort,” she believes, to restrict women’s access to reproductive and sexual health care. US Congressman Jim McGovern, who represents Massachusetts’ 2nd congressional district, agrees. “This whole issue has become more partisan and more politicized than ever before,” he says. The Legislature and people of Wisconsin

are also watching the Supreme Court’s arguments and subsequent ruling closely. Last month, Madison, Wisconsin City Council member Lisa Subeck announced her intentions to formally propose a law that would create a protective buffer zone 160 feet from health clinics, “to allow patients and others to enter and exit without obstruction,” the Wisconsin State Journal reports. “The proposal would ban protestors from being within 8 feet of a person – unless the person consents – to engage in oral protest, education, counseling, passing leaflets or handbills, or displaying signs if on a public way or sidewalk within the 160-foot protective zone.” The law would also carry a $300 fine for first-time offenders, $500 the second time and $750 for the third and each additional offense. Wisconsin is home to four Planned Parenthood health care centers offering abortion services, including one in Madison.

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In the months to come, Massachusetts – and much of the nation – will watch as our Supreme Court justices decide whether or not abortion

clinics should be armed with buffer zones. Within the court’s walls – which are protected by a buffer zone – arguments are sure to be heated. In the meantime, Worcester will continue to debate what this is really about. All signs point to the issue of abortion, rather than freedom of speech.

“This isn’t about a free speech case,” McGovern says of McCullen v. Coakley. “[Opponents] would be challenging the buffer zones around polling places if it was.” (Polling places are protected by 150-foot buffer zones). In Washington right now, the Congressman says, “there is a campaign by the Republican party trying to deny women their reproductive rights,” and with this case being one example, he says, “attacks on women’s rights are taking on all different kinds of forms.” “One hopes that the court will focus on the law and not some conservative right-wing ideology,” McGovern says of the Supreme Court’s ultimate ruling. For Clark, the issue is twofold: “I think this is America, I think I should be able to stand on that sidewalk over there and try to talk a girl out of a decision that I think is going to scar her for the rest of her life,” quickly adding, “I don’t believe in choice,” speaking

of women’s legal right to choose an abortion. “I don’t think it should be given. I’ve seen too many women going in there crying because [the clinic offering abortions is] here. If it wasn’t here, they’d face whatever the situation is, like we did back in the old days.” Fenton has heard the free speech arguments, but also believes this case comes down to whether or not abortion services should be legal. “I can think of no other medical care that anyone gets where it’s a perfectly legal and safe procedure that other people want to impose their views on what a person should do,” Fenton says. “It’s an attack on any woman who exercises her right to choice. I think anything that puts a roadblock in the way of a woman making a choice that is completely legal and safe is questionable.” Worcester’s Planned Parenthood offers services that include the abortion pill, inclinic abortion, sedation options, pre- and post-abortion patient education, postabortion follow-up exams, referrals for other abortion services as needed and follow-up exams that are required for all medication abortions, according to its website. However, the health center offers a variety of other services ranging from HIV testing and STD testing, treatment and vaccines, to men’s health care and LGBT services. “Imagine you’re a woman going to see your doctor and you’ve got to navigate your way through 25 people, clustered in the doorway, screaming at you at full volume.” That is what it was like before the buffer zone law went into effect, Walz says. “Why should a woman be subjected to that when just going to see her doctor?” she asks. Clark says if the Supreme Court overturns the current buffer zone law, not much will change in the way of how she counsels. “I may stand over there,” she says pointing to the sidewalk currently protected by the buffer zone, “so I won’t have to yell.” But, she says, she would most likely continue to stand on the other side of Pleasant Street to speak with girls face to face who park in the lot they mistake for being Planned Parenthood’s. Mark says that if the law is found to be unconstitutional by the Supreme Court, it will open up new opportunities. “I want to speak with these girls and it would allow us much closer access than what we have right now.” “They (opponents of the buffer zone) want the law overturned so they can make it harder for women to get health care,” Walz say, but adds Planned Parenthood is not going anywhere. “Our patients are going to keep coming to us and we’re going to be here providing health care and if we have to go to court to get injunctions, if the police department has to be here every day to maintain public safety, so be it.” If the law is overturned, Fenton says, “We are on private property and we would exercise our rights around private property, and I can assure you that we will always ﬁght for the safety of our patients.”

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Sid Solomon celebrated at Sprinkler Factory Taylor Nunez

Sid Solomon is not a young emerging artist. At a mature 80-years-old, Solomon’s career has been steadily flourishing for over six decades. To celebrate a career stretching an impressive length, the Sprinkler Factory Gallery will hold a show titled “In Retrospect: Sid Solomon - The First 80 Years,” during the month of February. To kick off the month-long gallery exhibition, a free public reception will be held Friday, February 7, from 6-9 p.m. Though a Springfield, Mass. native, Solomon spent much of his younger years in Worcester, Mass. After high school, and after being awarded a scholarship, Solomon would go forward to study at the Worcester Art Museum from 1951-54. During this time, Solomon also earned his Bachelor of Arts degree in Fine Arts from another Worcester school, Clark University. After receiving his certification and degree, Sid would devote three years to the army and a year teaching art prior to traveling to south Florida to be a portrait painter. Traveling to yet another part of the country, Solomon next ventured to the Corcoran School of Art in Washington D.C. to take up graduate studies in portraiture under nationally-known painter and teacher Edmund Archer from 1963-66. During these studies, Solomon grew accustomed to Rembrandts and other acclaimed works as he spent his training copying these pieces in the capital’s National Gallery. From 1963-64, Solomon taught at the Corcoran School in addition to the U.S.

Veterans Administration. Additionally, in 1965, Solomon earned a Masters in Education from Worcester State College. Migrating south, Solomon spent the late ‘60s and early ‘70s in Georgia, serving as an Arts and Crafts Instructor for Special Services in Fort Benning and a director at the Fine Arts Center in Fort Gordon, respectively. In 1967, Solomon continued graduate studies in Art and Art Education at Florida State University. Solomon’s next adventure took him overseas to Grafenwoehr, Germany. While completing requirements for his Ph.D. in Art Theory and Criticism from the University of Georgia, a lengthy nine year endeavor, Solomon lived in Germany, employed as the Director of Arts and Craftshops for the 7th Army Training Command. Studying abroad gave Solomon an opportunity to travel to other parts of Europe and solidify the grounds of his doctoral dissertation on concepts surrounding aesthetic quality in criticism. Today, Solomon sustains his studio, which he has had since 1980, in his pseudo-hometown of Worcester. Since his return to Mass. from his travels some 30 years ago, Solomon has coordinated the Worcester Life Drawing Group at Worcester State University and continues to study his passion. With a career that includes studies at several schools and universities and rich experiences in portraits (including those of generals, politicians and CEOs), Solomon boasts a hearty collection of pieces. “In Retrospect: Sid Solomon - The First 80 Years” will feature over 100 of those works, including paintings in oil and watercolors, drawings, prints, pottery, sculpture, light boxes and paintings. In just a single gallery show, 65 years of Solomon’s artwork will unfold. To experience Sid Solomon’s impressive career, do not miss “In Retrospect: Sid Solomon - The First 80 Years” from February 1-28 at the Sprinkler Factory Gallery, 38 Harlow St., Worcester. For more information on the show and the free public reception on Friday, February 7, from 6-9 p.m., visit sprinklerfactory.com.

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Maria Muldaur, 40 years later, brings her all to Worcester Jim Perry

Forty years ago, in 1974, Maria Muldaur had a Top 10 radio hit, “Midnight At the Oasis.” Though that was her only signiﬁcant appearance in the Billboard charts, she has forged a lifelong career of quality music, adding up to an amazing 40 albums. Still performing, Muldaur ventures PHOTO SUBMITTED away from her California home this week for three shows in the Northeast, including one at Worcester’s iconic Mechanics Hall on Saturday, February 8.

Featuring musicians from the late Levon Helm’s Ramble Band, which played Helm’s Midnight Ramble concert series, the music at this Saturday’s show will be of the highest quality, and Muldaur is certainly appreciative of having the talented musicians available to her. Musicians accompanying Muldaur will include Jim Weider on guitar, who enjoyed a stint in The Band after Robbie Robertson left, Bruce Katz on keyboard (Greg Allman, Duke Robillard), Randy Carliante on drums and Gary Solomon on bass. Her relationship with the band began this past summer, when she was asked to guest in Woodstock, New York at Helm’s Midnight Ramble, a gathering of star-studded musicians that happens every Saturday night in Helm’s barn/recording studio. The tradition has continued even since Helm’s passing in 2012. Muldaur and the musicians prepared for her performance with one quick rehearsal. “I was so utterly amazed by how wonderful these players were,” she says. Now, she welcomes any chance to play with them again. At the end of last summer they had the chance to reunite at the Rhythm’n’Roots festival in Rhode Island. And now, she has booked these three shows in three nights with the same players. “When the opportunity

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came up to do some gigs back east with them again, I jumped at the chance,” says Muldaur, even though New England’s winter weather is not her favorite. “Usually, I don’t venture anywhere east of the Rockies until late April,” she quips. “Been there, done that, enough winter for me for a lifetime.” Muldaur describes her career as “a long and adventurous odyssey through various forms of American Roots music.” She started out back in 1962 playing bluegrass music in a group with David Grisman, called Maria and the Washington Square Ramblers. She was also a member of the Jim Kweskin Jug Band in the ’60s, and over the years ventured into gospel, acoustic and electric blues, New Orleans-style jazz and blues. “As long as it’s authentic and it’s soulful, I’m there,” says Muldaur. Muldaur can hardly talk of her lifetime with music without speaking of the hit song “Midnight At the Oasis.” “It was decided to include it on the album at the last minute because the producer said that we needed one more medium-tempo song.” The composer, her guitarist David Nichtern, auditioned it for the producer right then and there, and that was it. “Just like that, as a complete afterthought, we called in a few musicians, and as they say, the rest is history!” jokes Muldaur. The saucy, playful song, according to Muldaur, caused many a child of the ’70s to be conceived. She says that she plays it and other fan favorites “every single night that I’m on stage. I’m not one of those spoiled rock stars that complains that it’s so tedious to do your own hits. That song meant a lot to a lot of people.” Muldaur has received a handful of Grammy nominations and Blues Foundation awards throughout her storied career. She has collaborated with many other great artists, such as Bonnie Raitt and Buddy Guy. So, 40 years on, Maria Muldaur still brings her all to every performance. Expect her voice to ﬁll Mechanics Hall with the raw energy of a veteran performer. Catch Maria Muldaur live at Mechanics Hall, 321 Main St., Worcester, this Saturday, Feb. 8. Doors open at 7:30; show starts at 8 p.m. Tickets, for reserved seating, are $35 each. mariamuldaur.com.

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Blues Jam celebrates ﬁve years Cade Overton

Five years ago on Sunday, Feb. 9, the blues came to Greendale’s Pub. Seasoned musician Jim Perry, having assembled a house band, knew there was potential in an open mic format blues jam, and he knew he was the man for the job. He also knew he needed shoes on the dance ﬂoor and jammers on the stage, JIM PERRY and it wasn’t until he brought the jam to Greendale’s that everything truly clicked.

It was while playing in a different blues jam in East Brookfield that Perry realized he wanted to take the reins and start his own. Perry asked drummer Dana Bonardi and bassist Bob Berry if they’d be up for the experiment, and the trio took up a Sunday evening residence at a club in Ware called The Danger Zone, where despite the colorful ownership (a daredevil stunt motorcyclist) and a thrilling name on the sign, the door was not swinging. “We tried it down there for maybe a year and it just never caught hold. We kept struggling to get anyone in there,” Perry says. The group decided to try moving into more metropolitan territory, and Perry made the call to Greendale’s. “Almost instantly people started coming in and becoming regulars, so it was all about location, obviously,” he says. “Two or three months into it we already had a really nice sized crowd, and it hasn’t abated since. A lot of the regulars from back then are still regulars.” After a couple of years, Dave Kenderian replaced Berry on bass, and the house band’s lineup hasn’t changed since. Every Sunday at 6 p.m., a featured musician takes the stage to kick off the night, playing for the first hour while a hat is passed (“They always get paid well,” Perry notes) before the open mic. Some of the highlights from the past five years include electrifying sets by the ever-changing feature act, and Perry mentions a handful of people “who have just blown the roof off the place,” including Lisa Marie, a well-known New England blues belter and a favorite of the jam, and Johnny Bluehorn, who literally plays a blue trumpet and sings old swingstyle blues and is, by Perry’s account, a fantastic personality.

The jam has held fundraisers in the past, but in September of last year, a regular feature and friend of the group, Fran D’Agostino, was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer and given months to live. The band held the regular blues jam that weekend, but announced that whatever proceeds came into the basket that night would go to Fran, who coincidentally had been scheduled as the feature act that week but was unable to play due to his illness. The community rallied around their friend, and the hat was more than eight times fuller than usual by the end of the night. Perry remembers that particular evening fondly. “There was so much warmth and love in the room that night, it was really great.” The open mic element of the jam can be memorable in its own right, and sometimes offers a bit of serendipity. It’s open to anyone. “It doesn’t really matter how good or bad you are,” Perry laughs. The sign-up sheet sits next to the hat, and, Perry says, “we try our damndest to not miss anybody.” On nights when Greendale’s is filled with eager musicians, the jam can sometimes go a little later than scheduled. “A lot of times, some kid will come in, and they just don’t look the part, you know. In my head I’m going ‘oh boy. This should be interesting,’” says Perry. “Then they plug in and it’s like ‘oh my god, listen to this!’ That’s really one of my favorite parts of the jam. That’s always a joy. And it happens a lot.” Some of these unexpected newcomers become regulars, joining the handful of musicians who come every week to join the trio onstage, Perry says. “Word of mouth has really kept it going, and kept it growing too,” he adds. As for the non-musicians, the event attracts a regular crowd of blues fans who make it their Sunday entertainment. Perry says there are a few couples who will grab a table and stay all night, and while the music is the main draw, it’s partly the element of surprise and the excitement of what’s coming next that keeps bringing people back. With that in mind, Perry has a few unannounced special guests on tap for the five-year anniversary bash this Sunday, in a calculated dash of mystery to complement scheduled features Lisa Marie and John Juxo. Don’t miss the five-year anniversary Blues Jam on Sunday, Feb. 9, from 6-10 p.m. at Greendale’s Pub, 404 West Boylston St., Worcester.

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Lynne Hedvig

If there is an area in which Worcester has culturally been thriving of late, it would be the arts. Not only are many of Worcester’s famous unused spaces being reinstated as galleries and venues, but in the ﬁve years since The Hanover Theatre opened its restored Southbridge Street doors, an appreciation for live theatre has been burgeoning alongside a new perception of Worcester as a necessary stop for any traveling performance from Broadway tours like American Idiot and Les Miserables, to comedians and legendary musicians.

With this revitalization of theatre appreciation, an accompanying rise in smaller, more locally-oriented theatres and programs is necessary for the movement to translate for everyone, from the would-be theatregoers unable to attend a pricey show at The Hanover, to the aspiring thespians living in Worcester and beyond, for whom Boston is too distant for regular training, auditions or even performances. Enter 4th Wall Stage Company, an up and coming performance arts organization currently based out of Grafton, Mass. A combined effort between Frank Bartucca and Barbara Guertin, the 4th Wall Stage Company has been staging classic American works of theatre for Central Mass. since December 2010. Guertin, who had started American Classic Theatre two years ago, describes joining forces with Bartucca: “We realized that our missions and vision were quite similar… We mainly want to produce classic and not widely done American plays - and you can see by the first couple of seasons what that might entail: O’Neill, Shepard, Letts - that said, we do plan on doing more than just American. Our current show is David Auburn’s ‘Proof’ and continues to push the envelope on edgy psychological dramas. Our final show this season will be David Mamet’s adaptation of ‘Uncle Vanya.’” Opening with six performances of Eugene O’Neill’s “A Moon for the Misbegotten” for its first production, the company set the tone of their selections, sticking to a classic and widely revered playwright, but opting for

a lesser-known play. The company made a similar choice in their second season with Sam Shepard’s “The Late Henry Moss.” This provided a familiar entryway for patrons into more of the unknown, paving the way for the company to introduce, as Guertin notes, some edgier fare in the upcoming season. 4th Wall’s goal is to foster an appreciation and enclave for theatre here in Central Massachusetts, then to extend this to include outreach to other like-minded organizations throughout the state. “If we hear of a terrific production being done in New York or Boston, we will bring that show to Worcester audiences, because we want to share great theater with our community. We did this with ‘Killer Joe’ last month,” a provocative and atypical show for which 4th Wall, in collaboration with Boston’s Zero Point Theatre/Bent Productions staged six performances in January. For the time being, 4th Wall Stage Company stages their performances primarily at the Singh Performance Center at Alternatives Unlimited in Whitinsville, Mass., while also utilizing other performance spaces throughout Worcester, including The Hanover, The Hibernian Club and Trinity Lutheran Church. But, Guertin says, “We also want to establish a professional theater downtown…[The Singh Performance Center is] a lovely space and just the right size, but not as geographically desirable as something here in Worcester proper.” For a non-profit like 4th Wall, finding an affordable, applicable new space can be difficult, but Guertin continues to scour the community looking for a permanent home for the company. Once this four-year-old company settles into a permanent residence, it can extend further into their mission by providing an outlet for local talent looking to evolve. It is part of the company’s goal to provide “roles to our actors and actresses which are compelling and rewarding and help them to realize their full potential as artists as they explore ideas and emotions which speak to our common humanity.” As Guertin says, “We plan to incorporate classes as soon as we get a space, because there is a dearth of legitimate acting classes in this town - especially for adults.” 4th Wall Stage Company will kick off its second production of 2014 next week, with “Proof” by David Auburn. Catch this femalelead performance, driven by the psychological turmoil a young woman must wade through in dealing with the line between brilliance and madness, grief over a lost father and the lingering reminder of his character within her, and the burden of proof at the Singh Performance Center, Alternatives Unlimited, 60 Douglas Rd., Whitinsville from FridaySaturday, Feb. 7-9.

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It’s early yet, but a solid candidate for Worst Movie of 2014 has already presented itself and dared the competition to take their best shot.

Yes, that would be “Labor Day,” an astoundingly wrong-headed adaptation of the Joyce Maynard novel about an escaped felon who holds a family hostage in their New Hampshire home, then becomes sortof husband and father to them over the course of one wacky Labor Day weekend. If you know anything about “Labor Day” you know about the peach pie scene. Well, I’m here to tell you the legends are true. Here’s how it goes down. Frank (Josh Brolin), a murderer on the lam, wants to convince lonely divorcee Adele (Kate Winslet) and her 13-year-old son Henry (Gattlin Griffith) that he’s harmless by showing them how to bake the perfect peach pie. This involves the three of them sloshing their hands in a bowl of syrupy peaches, followed by Frank standing behind Adele, placing his strong flour-covered hands over her trembling fingers, and gently guiding her through the slow, sensuous process of rolling out the crust. (Hey kid, how does it feel to watch your mother have weird metaphorical baking sex with an escaped convict?) The pie bubbles with liquidy tumescence in the oven. They eat it, and … well, if this were just a pie and not an English major’s wet dream we wouldn’t have much of a movie. Frank is not only a gifted pastry chef, he’s also an amazing handyman. A short list of the tasks he completes for Adele over the long weekend: mops her floors, cleans her gutters, repairs her furnace, does her laundry, and changes her oil (wink, wink, to all of those). He also teaches Henry how to throw a curve ball and dabs the sweaty brow of a boy

in a wheelchair with a damp cloth. About the only thing Frank doesn’t do is save a drowning puppy, but that’s what sequels are for. “Labor Day” is written and directed by Jason Reitman, who also directed “Up in the Air,” “Juno” and “Thank You for Smoking” — and boy, is he off his game. He’s mashed up “The Bridges of Madison County” and “The Desperate Hours” and emerged with two hours of sheer silliness. There isn’t a true moment in this movie, including when Henry is dispatched to the small-town library to pick up a book, and the library is open … on the Sunday of Labor Day weekend. Reitman also lards his story with maddeningly obtuse ﬂashbacks to Frank’s younger years (where he’s played by Tom Lipinski, a deadringer for Brolin) that help explain why the convict is to be pitied rather than feared. Winslet’s performance may be the most awkward of her career. Adele is so cripplingly depressed she only ventures from the house once a month to buy groceries (which is where she encounters Frank). We get that Adele is damaged, but Winslet plays her with a permanently stricken look and an inability to form complete sentences even in the most benign social interactions. It’s remarkable that her fellow townspeople don’t glance at Adele and immediately think, “Wonder how long the murderer’s been hiding in her house?” When this ad-hoc family decides to make a run for it, the wheels really come off. I won’t drop any clues; let’s just say that Henry needs to step up his game when it comes to slipping out of town quietly. What follows is a longer-than-bearable denouement explaining everyone’s fates and, honestly, Henry’s made me laugh out loud. It wasn’t meant to be funny, but by then that peach pie-making scene was under my belt and I still wanted more.

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Adv. Tix on Sale ABOUT LAST NIGHT Adv. Tix on Sale ROBOCOP LEGO IN REALD 3D [CC,DV] (PG) No Passes Fri. - Sun.(1130 1230 200 320) 430 630 730 1000 Mon. - Tue.(1230 120 230 320) 430 630 730 1000 Wed. - Thu.(1230 230 320) 630 1000 LEGO [CC,DV] (PG) No Passes Fri. - Sun.(1200 100 230 350) 510 700 800 1025 Mon. - Tue.(1200 100 350) 510 700 800 1025 Wed. - Thu.(100 350) 700 1025 MONUMENTS MEN [CC,DV] (PG-13) No Passes Fri. - Thu.(1220 110 340) 420 650 740 940 1010 VAMPIRE ACADEMY [CC,DV] (PG-13) Fri. - Thu.(1250 355) 720 950 THAT AWKWARD MOMENT [CC,DV] (R) Fri. - Sun.(1150 225) 455 735 1020 Mon. - Thu.(1215 235) 455 735 1020 LABOR DAY [CC,DV] (PG-13) Fri. - Thu.(1245) 410 710 1005 RIDE ALONG [CC,DV] (PG-13) Fri. - Thu.(105) 425 725 1030 THE NUT JOB IN REALD 3D [CC,DV] (PG) No Passes Fri. - Sun.(210 PM) 435 PM Mon. - Thu.(220 PM) 435 PM JACK RYAN: SHADOW RECRUIT [CC,DV] (PG-13) Fri.405 PM 945 PM Sat.945 PM Sun. - Thu.405 PM 945 PM THE NUT JOB [CC,DV] (PG) Fri. - Sun.(1140 AM) 715 PM 935 PM Mon. - Thu.(1205 PM) 715 PM 935 PM LONE SURVIVOR [CC,DV] (R) Fri. - Thu.(1210 345) 705 955 THE WOLF OF WALL STREET [CC,DV] (R) Fri. - Thu.920 PM AMERICAN HUSTLE [CC,DV] (R) Fri. - Thu.(1240 PM) 415 PM 750 PM HER [CC,DV] (R) Fri. - Thu.930 PM FROZEN SING ALONG [CC,DV] (PG) Fri. - Thu.(1225 PM) FROZEN [CC,DV] (PG) Fri. - Thu.(330 PM) 645 PM 925 PM NEBRASKA [CC,DV] (R) Fri.(1255 PM) 655 PM Sat.655 PM Sun. - Thu.(1255 PM) 655 PM MET OPERA: RUSALKA ENCORE (NR) Wed.630 PM ABOUT LAST NIGHT [CC,DV] - THURSDAY (R) Thu.710 PM ROMEO & JULIET ON BROADWAY (NR) Thu.730 PM MET OPERA: MUSALKA (NR) Sat.1255 PM

HER (R) Blackstone Thurs: 10:10 p.m. Solomon Pond Thurs: 1:45, 7:25, Fri-Wed: 9:30

Wed: 12:40, 4:15, 7:50 Westborough Thurs: 1:10, 4:05, 6:55, 10, FriWed: 12:25, 3:30, 6:55, 9:45 Worcester North Thurs-Wed: 12:50, 3:45, 6:45 (9:45 Fri-Wed only)

ANCHORMAN 2: THE LEGEND CONTINUES (PG-13) Blackstone Thurs: 11:30, 2:05, 7:05 Strand Thurs: 7

4:15, 6:50

JACK RYAN: SHADOW RECRUIT (PG-13) Blackstone Thurs: 12, 2:35, 5:05, 7:50, 10:25, Fri-Wed: 1:55, 4:25, 7:05, 9:35

Solomon Pond Thurs: 1:05, 4:30, 7:15, 9:45, Fri-

Wed: 4:05, 9:45 Westborough Thurs: 1:15, 4, 7:20, 9:55, FriWed: 10:05 p.m. Worcester North Thurs: 1, 3:45, 7, Fri-Wed: 9:40

JAI HO (NR) Westborough Thurs: 9:35

LEGO [CC,DV] (PG) No Passes Fri. - Tue.(1200 230) 500 730 955

AUGUST: OSAGE COUNTY (R) Blackstone Thurs: 1:10, 3:55, 6:40, 9:30 Cinemagic Thurs: 12, 2:45, 6:45, 9:30 Solomon Pond Thurs: 1, 3:50, 7:05 Westborough Thurs: 1:30, 4:20, 7:05 Worcester North Thurs: 1:20, 4:20, 7:05, Fri-

Wed: 1:15, 4:05, 7:05, 10:25

Cinemagic Thurs-Wed: 11:30, 2:15, 4:45, 7:15,

THAT AWKWARD MOMENT [CC,DV] (R) Fri. - Tue.(1255) 400 740 1010 Thu.1010 PM

DALLAS BUYERS CLUB (R) Holy Cross Wed: 3, 8 Solomon Pond Thurs: 9:50 Strand Fri-Sun, Tues, Wed: 7

Solomon Pond Thurs: 1:30, 4:20, 7:20, 10:10,

LEGO IN REALD 3D [CC,DV] (PG) No Passes Fri. - Tue.(1230 300) 530 700 930

LABOR DAY [CC,DV] (PG-13) Fri. - Tue.(1245 345) 715 955

DEVIL’S DUE (R) Solomon Pond Thurs: 4:45, 10:25

THE NUT JOB [CC,DV] (PG) Fri. - Tue.(1220 250) 510 720

FROZEN (PG) Blackstone Thurs: 11:55, 2:30, 5, 7:35, Fri-Wed:

RIDE ALONG [CC,DV] (PG-13) Fri. - Tue.935 PM

Cinemagic Thurs: 7:15 Solomon Pond Thurs: 1:35, 4:15, 7:15, Fri-Wed:

JACK RYAN: SHADOW RECRUIT [CC,DV] (PG-13) Fri. - Tue.1005 PM Thu.1005 PM LONE SURVIVOR [CC,DV] (R) Fri. - Tue.(1240 340) 705 950

11:55, 2:25, 4:55, 7:40

3:30, 6:45, 9:25 Westborough Thurs: 4:15, 7:10, Fri-Wed: 12:15, 2:40, 5:05, 7:35 Worcester North Thurs-Wed: 12:55, 3:40, 6:40

AMERICAN HUSTLE [CC,DV] (R) Fri. - Tue.(1225 330) 655 945

FROZEN SING ALONG (PG) Blackstone Thurs: 12:25, 3, Fri-Wed: 11:25 a.m. Cinemagic Thurs: 11:30 a.m. Solomon Pond Thurs: 1:05, 3:35, Fri-Wed: 12:25 Westborough Thurs: 1:35 p.m. Worcester North Thurs-Wed: 1:25, (4:05 Thurs only)

FROZEN [CC,DV] (PG) Fri. - Tue.(1215 240) 505 735

GRAVITY 3D (PG-13) Solomon Pond Thurs: 4:10, 10:25

THE WOLF OF WALL STREET [CC,DV] (R) Fri. - Tue.(1205 PM 310 PM) 755 PM

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HASSEE TOH/HASSEE TOH PHASEE (G) Westborough Fri-Wed: 12:10, 3:50, 6:50, 9:50

LABOR DAY (PG-13) Blackstone Thurs: 1:25, 4:10, 7, 9:50, Fri-Wed: 1:25, 4:15, 6:50, 9:30

9:45

Fri-Wed: 12:45, 4:10, 7:10, 10:05 Westborough Thurs: 1:40, 4:25, 7:15, 10, FriWed: 12:45, 3:45, 7:15, 9:55 Worcester North Thurs: 1:30, 4:30, 7:10, FriWed: 1:30, 4:30, 7:15, 9:50

LONE SURVIVOR (R) Blackstone (reserved seating) Thurs: 4, 9:35 Blackstone Thurs: 1:30, 4:30, 7:15, 10:05, Fri-

Wed: 12:50, 3:50, 6:35, 9:25, 10:05, 12:05 a.m. Cinemagic Thurs: 11:20, 2, 10, Fri-Wed: 11:20, 2, 4:40, 7:20, 10 Solomon Pond Thurs: 1:10, 4, 7:10, 9:55, FriWed: 12:10, 3:45, 7:05, 9:55 Westborough Thurs: 1:05, 3:50, 7, 9:45, FriWed: 12:40, 3:40, 7:05, 9:50 Worcester North Thurs: 1:35, 4:25, 7:35, FriWed: 1:35, 4:30, 7:35, 10:20

NEBRASKA (R) Solomon Pond Thurs: 12:55, 3:40, 7:35, 10:15,

Fri-Wed: 12:55, 6:55 Worcester North Thurs: 1:10, 3:50, 7:05, FriWed: 1:10, 3:50, 6:30, 9:15

PHILOMENA (PG-13) Worcester North Thurs: 1:50, 4:40, 7:20, Fri-

Wed: 1:45, 4:40, 7:25, 10

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RIDE ALONG (PG-13) Blackstone Thurs: 12:10, 2:45, 5:15, 7:45,

10:20, Fri-Wed: 12:10, 2:45, 5:10, 7:40, 10:20, 12 a.m. Cinemagic Thurs-Wed: 11:50, 2:20, 4:45, 7:05, 9:30 Solomon Pond Thurs: 1:20, 3:55, 7:50, 10:30, Fri-Wed: 1:05, 4:25, 7:25, 10:30 Westborough Thurs: 1:25, 5:05, 7:40, 10:05, Fri-Wed: 9:35 Worcester North Thurs: 1:45, 4:45, 7:25, FriWed: 12, 2:30, 5:05, 7:40, 10:05

ROAD TO RIO (1947) WPL Sat: 2 RUSH (R) Holy Cross Fri, Sat: 7 SAVING MR. BANKS (PG-13) Blackstone Thurs: 6:30 Worcester North Thurs: 12:35, 3:35, 6:55 THAT AWKWARD MOMENT (R) Blackstone Thurs: 11:50, 2:20, 4:40, 7:30, 10,

Fri-Wed: 11:50, 2:20, 4:45, 7:25, 9:55, 12:10 a.m. Cinemagic Thurs-Fri: 11:20, 1:45, 4:15, 7, 9:20 Solomon Pond Thurs: 1:40, 4:50, 7:30, 10, FriWed: 11:50, 2:25, 4:55, 7:35, 10:20 Westborough Thurs: 1:45, 4:30, 7:30, 10:10, FriWed: 12:55, 4, 7:40, 10:10 Worcester North Thurs-Wed: 12:45, 3, 5:15, 7:45, (10:10 Fri-Wed only)

THE HOBBIT: THE DESOLATION OF SMAUG Solomon Pond Thurs: 1:25, 6:50 Worcester North Thurs: 12:40, 4:10, 7:40, Fri-

Wed: 9:10

THE HUNGER GAMES: CATCHING FIRE (PG-13) Elm Fri: 7, 9:40, Sat: 3, 7, Sun: 4, 7:30 Tues,

Wed: 7:30

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THE LEGO MOVIE 3D (PG) Blackstone Thurs: 10, Fri-Wed: 11:15, 1:40, 4:10, 6:45, 9:15, 11:45

Cinemagic Fri-Wed: 11:30, 9:30 Solomon Pond Thurs: 10:10 p.m., Fri-Wed:

11:30, 12:30, 2, 3:20, 4:30, 6:30, 7:30, 10 Westborough Thurs: 10:15 p.m., Fri-Wed: 12:30, 3, 5:30, 7, 9:30 Worcester North Fri-Wed: 1:55, 4:25, 6:50, 9:20

THE MONUMENTS MEN (PG-13) Blackstone Thurs: 7, 9:30, Fri-Wed: 1, 4, 7, 9:50, 12:25 a.m.

Cinemagic Fri-Wed: 11:40, 2:15, 4:50, 7:25, 10 Solomon Pond Thurs: 7:30, 10:20, Fri-Wed:

12:20, 1:10, 3:40, 4:20, 6:50, 7:40, 9:40, 10:10 Westborough Thurs: 7:25, 9:55, Fri-Wed: 12:35, 3:35, 7:10, 10 Worcester North Thurs: 7, Fri-Wed: 1, 3:55, 7, 9:55

THE NUT JOB (PG) Blackstone Thurs: 11:45, 2:10, 4:25, 7:10, 9:20, Fri-Wed: 11:35, 2, 4:20, 6:55

Cinemagic Thurs-Wed: 11:30, 1:40, 4, 7:10, 9:15 Solomon Pond Thurs: 12:50, 6:55, 10:20, Fri-

Wed: 11:40, 7:15, 9:35 Westborough Thurs: 3:05, 6:50, 9:25, Fri-Wed: 12:20, 2:50, 5:10, 7:20 Worcester North Thurs: 12:30, 2:50, 5:10, 7:20, Fri-Wed: 12:30, 2:50, 5, 7:10

THE NUT JOB 3D (PG) Solomon Pond Thurs: 3, 5:10, Fri-Wed: 2:10,

4:35

Westborough Thurs: 12:55, 5:15 THE WOLF OF WALL STREET (R) Blackstone Thurs-Wed: 11:40, 3:25, 7:10 (11 Fri-Wed only)

Solomon Pond Thurs: 1, 4:05, 7:55, Fri-Wed:

9:20 p.m.

Solomon Pond Thurs: 6:45, 9:55 Worcester North Thurs-Wed: (1:25 Thurs only),

4:35, 7:55

Westborough Thurs: 1:20, 3:55, 7:45, Fri-Wed: 12:05, 3:10, 7:55 Worcester North Thurs-Wed: 12:40, 4:20, 8

THE INVISIBLE WOMAN (R) Worcester North Fri-Wed: 1, 4, 6:45, 9:30

VAMPIRE ACADEMY (PG-13) Blackstone Fri-Wed: 12, 2:35, 5:15, 7:50, 10:25,

THE LEGO MOVIE (PG) Blackstone Fri-Wed: 11:45, 12:15, 2:10, 2:40,

Cinemagic Fri-Wed: 11:45, 2:10, 4:30, 7:10,

4:35, 5:05, 7:15, 7:45, 9:45, 10:15, 12:15 a.m.

Cinemagic Fri-Wed: 2, 4:30, 7 Solomon Pond Fri-Wed: 12, 1, 2:30, 3:50, 5:10,

12:20 a.m.

9:40

Solomon Pond Fri-Wed: 12:50, 3:55, 7:20, 9:50 Westborough Fri-Wed: 12:50, 4:05, 7:25, 10:10 Worcester North Fri-Wed: 12:05, 2:40, 5:10,

7, 8, 10:25

7:50, 10:15

9:50

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Westborough Fri-Wed: 12, 2:30, 5, 7:30, 9:55 Worcester North Fri-Wed: 12, 2:25, 4:55, 7:20,

Blackstone Valley Cinema de Lux 70 Worcester/Providence Turnpike, Millbury 800-315-4000 Cinema 320 at Clark University, Jefferson Academic Center 950 Main St.; Cinemagic, 100 Charlton Rd., Sturbridge 508-347-3609 Elm Draught House Cinema, 35 Elm St., Millbury 508-865-2850 Holy Cross Seelos Theater, 1 College St. 508-793-2455 Regal Solomon Pond Stadium 591 Donald Lynch Blvd., Marlborough 508-229-8871 Regal Westborough Stadium 231 Turnpike Rd., Westborough 508-366-6257 Showcase Worcester North, 135 Brooks St. 508-852-2944 The Strand Theatre, 58 High St., Clinton 978-365-5500 Worcester Public Library (WPL) Saxe Room, 3 Salem Sq.

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American Hustle (R) 2 hr 9 min 12:20pm 3:20pm 6:30pm 9:40pm Frozen (PG) 1 hr 48 min 11:55am 2:25pm 4:55pm 7:40pm Frozen Sing Along (PG) 1 hr 48 min 11:25am I, Frankenstein (PG-13) 1 hr 32 min 9:10pm 11:30pm Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit (PG-13) 1 hr 46 min 1:55pm 4:25pm 7:05pm 9:35pm Labor Day (PG-13) 1 hr 51 min 1:25pm 4:15pm 6:50pm 9:30pm Lone Survivor (R) 2 hr 1 min 12:50pm 3:50pm 6:35pm 9:25pm 10:05pm 12:05am Ride Along (PG-13) 1 hr 40 min 12:10pm 2:45pm 5:10pm 7:40pm 10:20pm 12:00am That Awkward Moment (R) 1 hr 34 min 11:50am 2:20pm 4:45pm 7:25pm 9:55pm 12:10am The Lego Movie (PG) 1 hr 40 min 11:45am 12:15pm 2:10pm 2:40pm 4:35pm 5:05pm 7:15pm 7:45pm 9:45pm 10:15pm 12:15am The Lego Movie in 3D (PG) Reserved Seating; XPLUS - REAL D 3D; 1 hr 40 min

11:15am 1:40pm 4:10pm 6:45pm 9:15pm 11:45pm The Monuments Men (PG-13) 1 hr 50 min 1:00pm 4:00pm 7:00pm 9:50pm 12:25am The Nut Job (PG) CC/DVS; 1 hr 26 min 11:35am 2:00pm 4:20pm 6:55pm The Wolf of Wall Street (R) 2 hr 59 min 11:40am 3:25pm 7:10pm 11:00pm Vampire Academy (PG-13) 1 hr 44 min 12:00pm 2:35pm 5:15pm 7:50pm 10:25pm 12:20am

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A delicious take on traditional Italian Michael Brazell

Tavolino in Westborough is one of three restaurants under the Tavolino name, with sister restaurants at Patriot Place in Foxborough and Mashpee Commons. While Foxborough specializes in a specialty pizza bar catering to the gameday crowd, Tavolino on 33 East Main St. in Westborough, just off of Route 30, features a more developed dinner menu of traditional Italian dishes alongside American bistrotype cuisine.

Dining on a Friday night, Lillian and I placed reservations early in the day as weekend wait times regularly exceed 60 minutes. We walked in to a full restaurant

at 8 p.m., still running a half-hour wait, and were sat immediately in a wing of the restaurant. Tavolino is decorated with a rustic, yet modern style, as new world Italian accents clash with sleek modern decor, making for a cozy but never stuffy ambiance. We were greeted immediately by Stephanie, our knowledgeable and attentive server, and were invited to pour over the drink menu. Tavolino features dozens of wines served in bottles and also uniquely in quartinos, a small milk-jug shaped carafe that is 250ml, approximately one-third of a standard bottle of wine. Lillian began with the winter sangria while I opted for Boulevard’s Tank 7 Farmhouse Ale, one of the several solid beers that the restaurant offers on draught. Meals begin with a basket of warm, doughy bread served beside a dish of oil with parmesan cheese and garlic. We also ordered an appetizer of spicy fried calamari, with large, heavily breaded calamari along with plenty of fried jalapenos, cooled down by a side of a tangy and lemony citrus-tomato aioli. At the recommendation of our server, I also tried the soup du jour, a cream of pickle soup that sounded too bizarre to pass up, especially being a lover of pickles. This creamy chowder, was delicious and ﬁlled with

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pickled vegetables, with a slight vinegary ﬂavor, though thankfully not enough vinegar to border on a white borscht. With both spicy calamari and the hot pickle chowder warming our table, Lillian and I both forgot about the sub-freezing temperatures outdoors. Our entrees arrived at just the right cadence, just moments after our appetizers were cleared. Lillian chose the butternut squash tortellacci, large, ribbon-shaped Italian-style dumplings stuffed with a silky butternut squash ﬁlling. With chunks of roasted squash, dried cranberries, a serving of mascarpone cheese, all drizzled in a sweet bourbon-cider sauce, the dish was a delicious take on the traditional. I ordered the crispy lamb shank, which triumphantly stands as one of the best meals that I have had while dining out in quite a while. Presented beautifully on a long plate was an incredible looking huge shank of lamb, bare bone protruding from one end, with a crispy, crunchy skin protecting a perfectly cooked, gamey interior. The shank was accompanied by a wedge of soft bread pudding, with a lacquer of gravy copiously poured over both

items, and a small garden of terriﬁcally steamed Brussels sprouts, adding a hint of health consciousness to the meal. The lamb was terriﬁc, the bread pudding was decadent, and the sprouts were a welcomed fresh respite from the rest of this savory overload. In addition to the excellent food, service at Tavolino was tremendous throughout our entire meal. Our server was never overbearing, but was still always nearby to service our every whim. The elegant yet modern decor is fancy enough for a nice Friday date night, but not stuffy or overbearing. Prices are reasonable for the quality and quantity of food, though diners should expect entrees in the $20 range, appetizers in the teens, and most drinks ticking north of $7 per glass. For several courses and a couple rounds of drinks, our bill eclipsed the century mark, though never felt expensive. On account of the great service and delicious meals, Tavolino should be on every Worcester-area diners short list for exciting Italian cuisine in Central Massachusetts.

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Elle Durkin

If ever you ďŹ nd yourself questioning the popularity of sushi, you need merely take a jaunt down Park Ave., where there are four sushi places, two within sight of each other. They each cater to a different dinner style, ranging from the hibachi offerings of Sakura Tokyo to the intimate, zen-like calm of Baba Sushi. Baba, winner of a variety of local awards for best sushi and best chef, has a unique appeal. The exterior is a quaint, if not tucked away, little house, its gentle lighting reminiscent of a riverside residence. Inside, gray and green dominate, easing together with the reed-like decor and hints of wood-grain on the bar, ďŹ&#x201A;oor, walls, and bamboo window-shades to create a simple but sophisticated setting. The light ďŹ lters through the restaurant evenly and somewhat dimly, and the efďŹ ciency of service does not read as bustle.

I selected a sweet potato tempura roll, a sushi delight often overshadowed by the grander specialty rolls but succulent nonetheless. Even for vegetarians who eschew ďŹ sh, the sweet

Baba Sushi

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potato roll is rarely as obvious of a choice as some FOOD â&#x2DC;&#x2026;â&#x2DC;&#x2026;â&#x2DC;&#x2026;â&#x2DC;&#x2026; of the more popular ďŹ sh-free fare like avocado and cucumber rolls. At Baba, I received ďŹ ve rolls AMBIENCE â&#x2DC;&#x2026;â&#x2DC;&#x2026;â&#x2DC;&#x2026;â&#x2DC;&#x2026;â&#x2DC;&#x2026; for just $5, a very fair price for such illustrious SERVICE â&#x2DC;&#x2026;â&#x2DC;&#x2026;â&#x2DC;&#x2026;â&#x2DC;&#x2026;â&#x2DC;&#x2026; surroundings. I did, however, have an immediate VALUE â&#x2DC;&#x2026;â&#x2DC;&#x2026;â&#x2DC;&#x2026;â&#x2DC;&#x2026; 1/2 disappointment upon seeing there was no sauce drizzled about the rolls, nor included on the side. The taste of sweet potato tempura is much more sweet than salty, and soy sauce makes an irrelevant partner. This is often counteracted by the inclusion of a sweeter sauce, but not so in the case of Baba. Besides this yearning for a more appropriate accompaniment, however, I found the rolls to be quite delicious. The sweet potato inside was thick and still plump, not overly crispy due to the tempura treatment. The tempura batter itself was subdued and tastefully applied, a quality much appreciated as it allowed the ďŹ&#x201A;avorful sweet potato to have presence beyond just as a conduit for the batter, which is too often the case. I did not feel oil racing out of the batter with each bite, the calling card of overly-fried foods. Instead, the tempura remained just a hint along the edges. The rolls were tightly rolled and did not fall apart even when jostled. This is important for all sushi rolls, but is a particular issue with sweet potato rolls as, it seems, the consistency doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t provide as much to adhere to as, say, tuna and avocado. The taste of the nori was a reďŹ ned note within the roll, not at all overpowering, and white rice with sesame seeds clung to it evenly and securely. I found these rolls to be wonderful and light; they lacked some of the intensity of taste I have found in more heavily fried sweet potato tempura rolls, loaded with sweet sauce, but this was counteracted by my personal preference for a healthy dish not loaded down with oils and sugars.

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MASTER SINGERS WINE TASTING The Master Singers of Worcester will perform

at a wine tasting and silent auction event at Pakachoag UCC Church on Friday, Feb. 7, from 7-9:30 p.m. Savory treats, fancy desserts and a selection of ﬁne wines from around the world will be offered. Checks or cash will be accepted, as well as credit cards subject to a service fee. Pakachoag UCC Church, 203 Pakachoag St., Auburn.

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be served a breakfast of pancakes, locallymade maple syrup and a side of Heifer Farm pork sausage. Tours of the farm will also be given, providing guests an opportunity to see ﬁrst hand the farm’s sugaring operation and its Global Village. Tickets to the event are $12 for adults and $6 for children 3-10; children 2 and younger are free. Reservations are required and can be made by calling 508-886-2221. Heifer International, 216 Wachusett St., Rutland. Heifer.org/farm.

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Poor Howard Stith Blues. Canal Restaurant & Bar, 65 Water St. 508-926-8353. Thank Friday it’s Dr. Nat! 5:30 p.m.-7:30 p.m.; then Swingabilly Lounge at 9 p.m! 5:30 p.m.-2 a.m. Nick’s Bar and Restaurant, 124 Millbury St. 508-753-4030.

Open Mic. Hosted by Patrick McCarthy. 6:30-9 p.m. Nu Cafe, 335 Chandler St. 508-926-8800 or nucafe.com/events. 33 Lights. We play a mix of originals and covers of popular contemporary Christion music. Free. 7-9:30 p.m. Mill Church Cafe, 45 River St. Millbury. 508-865-1517 or millchurch.org. *LIVE MUSIC* XS & Bill McCarthy. Live music starting at 7:30 p.m. and going all night long! Opener: Bill McCarthy - Familiar acoustic covers! Headliner: XS - Get ready to dance the night away! $5. 7:30 p.m.-1:30 a.m. Jillian’s - Worcester, 315 Grove St. 508-793-0900. Albert Lee. $25 advance; $30 day of show. 8-11 p.m. Bull Run Restaurant, Sawtelle Room, 215 Great Road, Shirley. 978-425-4311 or tickets.bullrunrestaurant.com. David Garden. 8-11:30 p.m. The Mill, 185 West Boylston St., West Boylston. Get Down. 21+. Doors open at 6 p.m. 8 p.m.-2 a.m. Electric Haze, 26 Millbury St. 508-799-0629. Tierney Sutton Band: the Joni Mitchell project. $35/ seniors: $30/students 17 & under: $7. 8-10:30 p.m. Fitchburg State University: Weston Auditorium, 160 Pearl St., Fitchburg. 978-665-3347 or ﬁtchburgstate.edu/cultural. Ghostman On Third, Broadcast Hearts, Just Sayin’, Altic. $5. 8:30 p.m.-2 a.m. Lucky Dog Music Hall, 89 Green St. 508-363-1888 or facebook.com/BroadcastHearts. Rob Benton. 8:30 p.m.-2 a.m. Blueprint New American Bar & Grill, 9 Village Square, Westminster. 978-668-5580. Scott Babineau. 8:30 p.m.-1 a.m. Rye & Thyme, 14 Monument Square, Leominster. 978-534-5900. Dirty Deeds-the area’s premier AC/DC tribute. $5 Cover. 9 p.m.-12:30 a.m. JJ’s Sports Bar and Grill, 380 Southwest Cutoff, Northborough. 508-842-8420. Flock Of A-Holes, the ultimate 80’s tribute band at SAKURA TOKYO Friday and Saturday! Free. 9 p.m.-1 a.m. Sakura Tokyo, 640 Park Ave. 508-792-1078 or facebook.com/pages/ Flock-of-Aholes/127019150125.

Good Question, Shamrock Whiskey, and One For The Road! 9 p.m.-2 a.m. Ralph’s Chadwick Square Diner, 148 Grove St. 508-753-9543. Time Machine. $5. 9 p.m.-1 a.m. Greendale’s Pub, 404 W Boylston St. 508-853-1350. Cash Is King ~ An Extraordinary Re-Creation To Johnny Cash and The Tennessee Three with June Carter ~. $10. 9:30-11:30 p.m. Point Breeze On the Lake, 114 Point Breeze Road, Webster. 508-943-0404 or pointbreezeonwebsterlake.com. Dave Nelson & Nude Suits. 9:30 p.m.-2 a.m. Rivalry’s Sports Bar, 274 Shrewsbury St. 774-243-1100. DJ One-3. 10 p.m.-2 a.m. Perfect Game Sports Grill and Lounge, 64 Water St. 508-792-4263. Friday Night Dance Party with DJ Blackout. No cover charge. 10 p.m.-1:30 a.m. Center Bar & Grill, 102 Green St. 508-438-0597. Jim Devlin Trio. 10 p.m.-2 a.m. Michael’s Cigar Bar, 1 Exchange Place. 508-459-9035. Traditional Irish music with Colm O’Brien. 10 p.m.-1 a.m. The Grey Hound Pub, 139 Water St. 508-754-6100.

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Rob Nolan, Ameranounche. 21+. Doors open at 6 p.m. Electric Haze, 26 Millbury St. 508-799-0629. Chris Reddy Solo Acoustic - Narragansett Promo. 3-5 p.m. The Outlook Restaurant, 79 Powers Road, Westford. Paul Dell’Aquila’s Birthday Bash 3 p.m.-7 p.m.; then Dick Odgren Trio at 8:30 p.m! 3 p.m.-2 a.m. Nick’s Bar and Restaurant, 124 Millbury St. 508-753-4030. The Big Band Era-Wurlitzer Style. This performance includes live music on the Mighty Wurlitzer before the show! Take a musical journey back in time to the Big Band Era. Full price tickets are $20, and seating is general admission. 10% discount available for members, groups of 10 or more, corporate partners and WOO Card holders. 3-4:30 p.m. Hanover Theatre for the Performing Arts, 2 Southbridge St. 877-

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Country Music Mondays-Pete Towler. Free. 7:30-10:30 a.m. Travel Destination Blue Mondays - Live Blues. 7-10 p.m. Gardner Ale House, 74 Parker St., Gardner. 978-669-0122. Driftin’ Sam Politz at 7 p.m.; then Karaoke at 9 p.m.! 7 p.m.-2 a.m. Nick’s Bar and Restaurant, 124 Millbury St. 508-753-4030. Bop & Pop Jazz Organization. Classic Hammond Organ Quartet grooves every Monday night at the Dive. Free. 9 p.m.-midnight Dive Bar, 34 Green St. facebook.com/BopNPopJazzOrganization.

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Hip Hop Tuesdays. 21 plus every other tuesday Electric Haze, 26 Millbury St. 508-799-0629. Dam Chick Singer! 8:30 p.m.-2 a.m. Nick’s Bar and Restaurant, 124 Millbury St. 508-753-4030. C.U.Next Tuesday! Tunes in the Diner with DJ Poke Smot and Special Guests every Tuesday Night! No cover. 9 p.m.-2 a.m. Ralph’s Chadwick Square Diner, 148 Grove St. 508-753-9543. ELECTRIC TUESDAYS are back at The Lucky Dog (always 21+). Free! before 11pm. 9 p.m.-2 a.m. Lucky Dog Music Hall, 89 Green St. 508-363-1888 or facebook.com/electrictuesdays.

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Waco Sparkler, Swift Technique. 21+ $5 ticket door sales only. Electric Haze, 26 Millbury St. 508-799-0629. OPEN MIC/LOCAL MUSICIANS’ SHOWCASE. To check the schedules and open slots visit: Bill McCarthy’s Open Mic World on Facebook. Free! 7:30-10:30 p.m. Guiseppe’s Grille, 35 Solomon Pond Road, Northborough. 508-393-4405. Wacky Wednesday Open mic Jam with Mark. Come down and sign up to jam with Mark. 8-11 p.m. Greendale’s Pub, 404 W Boylston St. 508-853-1350. Wednesday: Karaoke night let your inner star out starting at 8 p.m.! 8-11 p.m. Canal Restaurant & Bar, 65 Water St. 508-926-8353. Woo Town Wednesdays. Free show with The Unlikely Hero, A Certain Word and More. Free! 8:30 p.m.-2 a.m. Lucky Dog Music Hall, 89 Green St. 508-363-1888 or facebook.com/ theunlikelyheroband. Clayton Willoughby’s Travelling Vaudeville Show! 9 p.m.-2 a.m. Nick’s Bar and Restaurant, 124 Millbury St. 508-753-4030.

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31. Hours: closed Sunday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday - Friday, 2-5 p.m. Saturday. 1 College St. 508-793-3356 or holycross.edu/departments/ cantor/website. EcoTarium, Animals Without Passports, through May 4; Science + You, Through April 27; Saturday Nature Play: Sticks and Stones, Saturday; Science Saturdays, Saturdays, Dec. 14 - Feb. 8. Hours: noon-5 p.m. Sunday, closed Monday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday - Saturday. Admission: $14 adults; $8 for children ages 2-18, $10 college students with IDs & senior citizens. Children under 2 & EcoTarium members Free. Additional charges apply for Tree Canopy Walkway, Explorer Express Train, planetarium programs & other special progra. 222 Harrington Way. 508-929-2700 or ecotarium.org. Fitchburg State University: Hammond Hall, Lisa Kessler: Seeing Pink, Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays, Fridays, Feb. 5 - March 28. 160 Pearl St., Fitchburg. fitchburgstate.edu. Museum of Russian Icons, Secret Symbolism: Decoding Color in Russian Icons, through March 1; Series of One Icon Exhibits, Through June 20. Hours: closed Sunday - Monday, 11-3 a.m. Tuesday - Wednesday, 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. Thursday, 11-3 a.m. Friday, 9-3 a.m. Saturday. Admission: Adults $7, Seniors (59 and over) $5, Students (with ID) & children (3-17) $2, Children under 3 Free, Groups (any age) $. 203 Union St., Clinton. 978-598-5000 or 978-598-5000x17 or museumofrussianicons.org. The Sprinkler Factory, In Retrospect: Sid Solomon - The First 80 Years, Sundays, Saturdays, Feb. 1 - Feb. 28. 38 Harlow St. sprinklerfactory.com. Worcester Art Museum, Works in Process: from Print to Proof, Dec. 7 - April 15; You are here, Dec. 21 - Aug. 31; Meditation in the Galleries, Fridays, Oct. 4 - Jan. 31; Zip Tour: The Dutch Masters Medallion in [remastered], Saturday; Public Tour, Sundays, through Dec. 28; Sunday Sermon: John Burt, Professor at Brandeis University, discusses “Knowledge, Tragedy, and Forgiveness in Lincoln’s Second Inaugural Address”, Sunday; U-student Wednesdays Free admission to WAM educational institutional members, Wednesdays, Oct. 2 - Dec. 31; WAM Talk with Assistant Curator Nancy Burns discussing “Works in Process: Proof to Print”, Wednesday. Hours: 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday, closed Monday - Tuesday, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Wednesday, 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. Thursday, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Friday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday. Admission: Free for members, $14 adults, $12 seniors, Free for youth 17 and under. Free for all first Saturdays of each month, 10am-noon. 55 Salisbury St. 508-799-4406 or worcesterart.org. Worcester Center for Crafts, ¡Carnaval! Masquerade Party, Saturday; ¡Carnaval! Tours, Saturdays, Feb. 1 - March 15. Hours: closed Sunday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday - Saturday. 25 Sagamore Road. 508753-8183 or worcestercraftcenter.org. Worcester Historical Museum, Alden Family Gallery, Through Dec. 31, 2015; In Their Shirtsleeves, Through Dec. 31, 2015; Stories They Tell, Through Dec. 31, 2015; Students Reflect on MLK Jr.: The 2014 Art Contest Winners, Through Feb. 28; Worcester in the 1960s, Through Feb. 8; Worcester Treasures, Through Oct. 31. Hours: closed Sunday - Monday, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tuesday - Saturday. 30 Elm St. 508-7538278 or worcesterhistory.org.

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Living the Classiﬁ iﬁeds’ Lifestyle! Each morning as I am getting ready, in order to start my day in a good way, I like to listen to positive messages. I’ll listen or watch something on my tablet or one of my DVR recordings. I feel that I am most receptive in the early mornings to the message sinking in, because life does have a way of sneaking in later. Recently I listened to a couple of recordings about joy and happiness and how we can have these emotions more often in our lives. What makes you joyful and happy? I experience joy each day when Lily the Puggle wags her tail when she sees me. Beyond those happy moments with family, friends and animals, what can we do to influence ourselves into making us more joyful? Taking care of ourselves and our surroundings can definitely influence our moods. Some things that make me happy are: a cleaned home, a plowed driveway, having my taxes done and, in the warmer weather, flowers in my yard. The service providers in Central Mass Classifieds can assist you with whatever will make your life more joyful and happy. A reflexology session, a massage, someone to assist with cleaning or all around home projects, including decorating and construction, would provide relief for sure. While the snow is still coming down and temperatures are low, it’s a great time to lift up our spirits and create more joy and happiness! It’s probably much needed at this time. What service provider could you use to make you joyful?

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www.centralmassclass.com LEGALS/PUBLIC NOTICES Commonwealth of Massachusetts The Trial Court Probate and Family Court Worcester Probate and Family Court 225 Main St. Worcester, MA 01608 508-831-2200 CITATION ON PETITION FOR FORMAL ADJUDICATION Docket No. WO14P0188EA Estate of: Raymond H Carlson Date of Death: 08/26/2013 To all interested persons: A Petition has been filed by: Gail P Usher of Auburn, MA requesting that the Court enter a formal Decree and Order of testacy and for such other relief as requested in the Petition. And also requesting that: Gail P Usher of Auburn, MA be appointed as Personal Representative(s) of said estate to serve Without Surety on the bond. You have the right to obtain a copy of the Petition from the Petitioner or at the Court. You have a right to object to this proceeding. To do so, you or your attorney must file a written appearance and objection at this Court before: 10:00 a.m. on 02/25/2014. This is NOT a hearing date, but a deadline by which you must file a written appearance and objection if you object to this proceeding. If you fail to file a timely written appearance and objection followed by an Affidavit of Objections within thirty (30) days of the return date, action may be taken without further notice to you. The estate is being administered under formal procedure by the Personal Representative under the Massachusetts Uniform Probate Code without supervision by the Court. Inventory and accounts are not required to be filed with the Court, but recipients are entitled to notice regarding the administration from the Personal Representative and can petition the Court in any matter relating to the estate, including distribution of assets and expenses of administration. WITNESS, Hon. Denise L. Meagher, First Justice of this Court. Date: January 21, 2014 Stephen G. Abraham, Register of Probate 02/06/2014 MS

CITY OF WORCESTER Public Notice The Citizen Advisory Council is seeking volunteers to ﬁll vacancies on various City Boards/Commissions. Eligibility requirements: 1) registered voter; 2) resident in district for one year (except for Executive Boards); 3) not a City employee (except for Advisory Boards). Please visit our website for more information and to download an application: www.worcesterma.gov/boards-commissions. Questions can be directed to Jeannie Michelson in the City Manager’s Ofﬁce, 508-799-1175. Applicants from under-represented groups in the City are encouraged to apply.

NOTICE OF MORTGAGEE’S SALE OF REAL ESTATE By virtue and in execution of the Power of Sale contained in a certain mortgage given by Michael J. Belanger to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for Fidelity Cooperative Bank dated November 25, 2009, recorded with the Worcester County (Worcester District) Registry of Deeds in Book 45156, Page 193; said mortgage was then assigned to Massachusetts Housing Finance Agency by virtue of an assignment dated June 14, 2012, and recorded in Book 49303, at Page 90, to of which mortgage the undersigned is the present holder for breach of conditions of said mortgage and for the purpose of foreclosing the same will be sold at PUBLIC AUCTION at 11:00 AM on March 3, 2014, on the mortgaged premises. The entire mortgaged premises, all and singular, the premises as described in said mortgage: Property Address: 3 Highland Avenue, Millbury, Massachusetts 01527 Two (2) certain parcels of land, with the buildings thereon and all the privileges and appurtenances thereto belongings: Situated in Millbury, Worcester County, Massachusetts on the Northerly side of Highland Avenue, being Lot No. 187 on plan entitled, “Plan of Maple Hillsides” owned and developed by the Barnes Realty Trust of Holyoke, Mass., dated June 1926, E.P. Power, C.E., recorded with the Worcester District Registry of Deeds, Plan Book 47, Plan 30, bounded and described as follows: Tract 1: Beginning at a point in the Northerly line of Highland Avenue said point being the Southeasterly corner of Lot No. 187 on said plan Thence by the Easterly line of Lot 187, said line being also the Westerly line of Lot 188 on said plan Northerly one hundred ten (110) feet more or less, to a point; Thence N. 81 degrees 54 Minutes W. fifty (50) feet to a point; Thence Southerly by the Westerly line of Lot 187 on said plan said line being also the Easterly Line of Lot No. 186 on said plan, forty (40) feet to a point; Thence Westerly and at right angles to the said Westerly line of Lot No. 187, thirty four (34) feet to a point; Thence at right angles to the last described line Southerly to a point in the Northerly line of said Highland Avenue Thence Southeasterly by the said Northerly line of Highland Avenue one hundred (100) feet, more or less, to the point of beginning, be all of said measurements more or less. Said premises are also a portion of the Easterly section of Lot No. 186 on said plan. Tract II At the junction of the Northerly line of Highland Avenue and the Northerly line of Heather Avenue being the Westerly part of Lot No. 188 on said plan, bounded and described as follows: Beginning at a point in the Northerly line of Highland Avenue said point being the Southeasterly corner of Lot 187 on said plan; Thence Northerly the Easterly line of said Lot 187 one hundred ten (110) feet more or less to a point; Thence S. 81 Degrees 54 Minutes E. twenty-five (25) feet more or less to land now or formerly of John A. and Katherine A. Zemaitis; Thence Southerly by said land of Zemaitis one hundred twenty (120) feet more or less to the Northerly line of Heather Avenue; Thence Westerly by said Northerly line of Heather Avenue fifteen and three tenths (15.3) feet more or less to a point at the junction of the Northerly line of Heather Avenue and the Northerly line of Highland Avenue; Thence Northwesterly by said Northerly line of Highland Avenue seventeen and two tenths (17.2) feet to the point of beginning. For title see deed dated 10/29/09 and recorded in the Worcester County Registry of Deeds in Book 45156, Page 190 Subject to and with the benefit of easements, reservation, restrictions, and taking of record, if any, insofar as the same are now in force and applicable. In the event of any typographical error set forth herein in the legal description of the premises, the description as set forth and contained in the mortgage shall control by reference. This property has the address of 3 Highland Avenue, Millbury, MA 01527-2136. Together with all the improvements now or hereafter erected on the property and all easements, rights, appurtenances, rents, royalties, mineral, oil and gas rights and profits, water rights and stock and all fixtures now or hereafter a part of the property. All replacements and additions shall also be covered by this sale. Terms of Sale: Said premises will be sold subject to any and all unpaid taxes and assessments, tax sales, tax titles and other municipal liens and water or sewer liens and State or County transfer fees, if any there are, and TEN THOUSAND DOLLARS ($10,000.00) in cashier’s or certified check will be required to be paid by the purchaser at the time and place of the sale as a deposit and the balance in cashier’s or certified check will be due in thirty (30) days, at the offices of Doonan, Graves & Longoria, LLC, 100 Cummings Center, Suite 225D, Beverly, MA 01915, time being of the essence. The Mortgagee reserves the right to postpone the sale to a later date by public proclamation at the time and date appointed for the sale and to further postpone at any adjourned sale-date by public proclamation at the time and date appointed for the adjourned sale date. The premises is to be sold subject to and with the benefit of all easements, restrictions, leases, tenancies, and rights of possession, building and zoning laws, encumbrances, condominium liens, if any and all other claim in the nature of liens, if any there be. In the event that the successful bidder at the foreclosure sale shall default in purchasing the within described property according to the terms of this Notice of Sale and/or the terms of the Memorandum of Sale executed at the time of foreclosure, the Mortgagee reserves the right to sell the property by foreclosure deed to the second highest bidder, providing that said second highest bidder shall deposit with the Mortgagee’s attorneys, DOONAN, GRAVES, & LONGORIA LLC, 100 Cummings Center, Suite 225D, Beverly, MA 01915, the amount of the required deposit as set forth herein within three (3) business days after written notice of the default of the previous highest bidder and title shall be conveyed to the said second highest bidder within thirty (30) days of said written notice. If the second highest bidder declines to purchase the within described property, the Mortgagee reserves the right to purchase the within described property at the amount bid by the second highest bidder. The foreclosure deed and the consideration paid by the successful bidder shall be held in escrow by DOONAN, GRAVES, & LONGORIA LLC, (hereinafter called the “Escrow Agent”) until the deed shall be released from escrow to the successful bidder at the same time as the consideration is released to the Mortgagee, thirty (30) days after the date of sale, whereupon all obligations of the Escrow Agent shall be deemed to have been properly fulfilled and the Escrow Agent shall be discharged. Other terms to be announced at the sale. Dated: January 14, 2014, Massachusetts Housing Finance Agency, By: Reneau Longoria. Esq., DOONAN, GRAVES, & LONGORIA LLC, 100 Cummings Center, Suite 225D, Beverly, MA 01915, 978-921-2670, www.dgandl.com (10101.05(Y))(Belanger)(02-06-14, 02-13-14, 02-20-14)(304465)

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www.centralmassclass.com LEGALS/PUBLIC NOTICES MILLBURY PUBLIC SCHOOLS OFFICE OF THE SUPERINTENDENT PROPOSED FY15 BUDGET NOTICE OF HEARING Pursuant to General Laws, Chapter 71, Section 38N, The Millbury School Committee will hold a public hearing on its 2014-15 Proposed Budget in the Millbury High School Media Center at 7:00PM on Wednesday, February 26, 2014. 25-Jan-14 FY 2015

CLASSIFICATION

BUDGET 2013-14

1000 2000 3000 4000 7000 9000

566,044 13,528,535 1,745,154 1,766,607

PROPOSED BUDGET 2014-15

PERCENT INCREASE

DOLLAR INCREASE

2.78% 4.40% 6.81% 2.20%

1,017,519

581,788 14,123,652 1,864,051 1,805,403 8,377 974,279

-4.25%

15,744 595,117 118,897 38,796 8,377 -43,240

18,623,859

19,357,550

3.94%

733,691

Windle Field School Committee (Salaries Elected) High School Athletic Department

7,200 10,224 132,555

7,200 10,224 148,221

0.00% 0.00% 11.82%

0 0 15,666

TOTAL BUDGET

18,773,838

19,523,195

3.99%

749,357

Administration Instruction Other Services Operation & Maint. of Plant Replacement of Motor Vehicle Programs with Other Systems

All budget/expenditure totals include Medicaid reimbursement. Copies of the FY 2015 Proposed Budget may be obtained at the Supt.’s Ofﬁce, 12 Martin Street, Millbury.

Jennifer B. Nietupski, Chairperson William Borowski, Vice Chairperson Arthur M. Corey Leslie Vigneau Kevin M. Plante

TOWN OF MILLBURY MILLBURY PLANNING BOARD PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE In accordance with the provisions of Chapter 40A of the Massachusetts General Laws, the Millbury Planning Board will hold a public hearing on Monday, February 24, 2014, at 7:30 p.m. at the Municipal Office Building, 127 Elm Street, Millbury, MA on the following proposed amendments to the Millbury Zoning Bylaws and Zoning Map: • Article 1, Section 12.41(d) by adding Registered Marijuana Dispensary to list of uses triggering Site Plan Review; • Article 2, Section 25.22 and Article 4, Section 48.3 by adding Registered Marijuana Dispensary to list of special permit uses in Business II District and Node Classification I and Node Classification II of the Route 146 Highway Corridor Overlay District; • Article 2, Section 26.3 by increasing minimum open space buffer requirements within side and rear yard setbacks when industrial districts abut residential or suburban district boundaries; • Article 3 by deleting Section 37. Temporary Moratorium on Medical Marijuana Treatment Centers in its entirety. • Article 4 by adopting Section 52. Registered Marijuana Dispensaries specifying requirements; • Article 4 by adopting Section 53. 43D Expedited Permitting specifying bylaw purpose, applicable definitions, establishment of Chapter 43D Priority Development Site Overlay District and associated map, fees, and application procedure; • Article 5 by adding definitions for “Medical Marijuana Treatment Center” and “Registered Marijuana Dispensary”; Zoning Map by rezoning to Industrial-I a portion of Suburban-II and Business-II Districts on the southwesterly side of Providence Street, north of the Sutton Town line, and rezoning to B-I portion of I-1 District on northerly side of Canal Street. Or take any action thereon. The complete text of proposed amendments and map changes are available for public viewing in the Planning Office at the Municipal Office Building during regular office hours. Anyone wishing to be heard on these amendments should appear at the time and place designated above. Richard Gosselin Chairman 2/6, 2/13/2014 MS

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WORCESTER HOUSING AUTHORITY ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS February 6, 2014 SEALED BIDS shall be received at the Purchasing Office, 69 Tacoma St., Worceseter, MA 01605 IFBs maybe picked up at the location above or may be downloaded from our webiste: www.worcester-housing.com/ purchasing, or call (508) 695-3203, TDD (508) 798-4530. Bidders are responsible for ensuring they have received any/all addenda prior to submitting a bid. Separate awards will be made for each IFB. WHA reserves the right to reject any all responses, in whole or in part, deemed to be in their best interest. Award of all contracts is subject to the approval of the WHA Executive Director or Board of Commissioners. The Operating Agency shall indemnify and hold harmless the WHA and its officers or agents from any and all third party claims arising from activities under these Agreements as set fort in MGL c.258, section 2 as amended. Bid No. Release Date Project Title Bid Surety Bid Opening 14-04 2/6/2014 Appliances (Ranges & Refigerators) None 10:00 a.m., February 27, 2014 14-05 2/6/2014 Insurance (Combined Policies) Re-bid None 10:30 a.m., February 27, 2014 Re Cappoli Chief Procurement Officer Visit our website at: www.worcester-housing.com/purchasing

TOWN OF SUTTON Sutton Planning Board Public Hearing Notice The Planning Board will hold a public hearing on the application of John Minardi, 7 Purgatory Road, Sutton, MA for architectural review of a 40’ x 60’ x 20’ eave height pre-engineered steel building to be constructed at 72 Worcester Providence Turnpike. The hearing will be held in the third floor meeting room at the Town Hall on Monday, February 24, 2014 at 7:15 PM. A copy of the plans and application can be inspected in the office of the Town Clerk during normal office hours. Jon Anderson, Chairman 2/6, 2/13/2014 MS

TOWN OF SUTTON Sutton Planning Board Public Hearing Notice In accordance with the provisions of Section VI.H. and VI.I. of the Sutton Zoning Bylaw – Retreat Lot and Common Driveway Bylaw, the Planning Board will hold a public hearing on the application of Tamam and Zena Jaber, 79 Williams Street, Worcester, MA 01609 for a Special Permit for a common driveway and revision to a previously granted retreat lot located at 33 & 39 West Millbury Road. The hearing will be held in the third floor meeting room at the Town Hall on Monday, February 24, 2014 at 7:30 PM. A copy of the plans and application can be inspected in the office of the Town Clerk during normal office hours. Jon Anderson, Chairman 2/6, 2/13/2014 MS

TOWN OF MILLBURY PUBLIC MEETING NOTICE Millbury Board of Selectmen In accordance with the provisions of Chapter 41, Section 81-G and 81-I, Chapter 82, and Chapter 84 of the Massachusetts General Laws, the Millbury Board of Selectmen will hold a public meeting on February 25, 2014 at 7:15 p.m., in the Municipal Office Building, 127 Elm Street, Millbury, MA, on the Selectmen’s intent to lay out Diana Hill Drive, a way situated southeast of the 2012 limit of acceptance of Diana Hill Drive in the southeastern section of Town and Oakes Street, a way situated south of the 1957 limit of acceptance of Oakes Street in the northeastern section of the Town. Diana Hill Drive is shown on a plan entitled “Proposed Roadway Acceptance Plan, Diana Hill Drive and Taft Circle, Millbury, Massachusetts” prepared by S.E.C. & Associates, Inc., dated October 13, 2010, last revised December 10, 2013. Oakes Street is shown on a plan entitled “Road Acceptance Plan” for Oakes Circle, Millbury, MA, prepared by Andrews Survey & Engineering, Inc., dated January 17, 2014. The complete descriptions of the proposed roadway acceptances and plans are available for public viewing in the Selectmen’s Office at the Municipal Office Building during regular office hours. Anyone wishing to be heard on the proposed acceptances should appear at the time and place designated above. E. Bernard Plante Chairman 2/6, 2/13/2014 MS

Two minutes with...

Harve Stewart

Professional Bull Rider Harve Stewart rode his ﬁrst bull at age 14. Twelve years later, Stewart rides into town to the DCU Center this weekend for the PBR Touring Pro Division event. A former Texas High School Rodeo Association Champion and BFT (Built Ford Tough) contest winner, Harve’s riding career has not always been glamorous. Just last year, he was thrown from his ﬁrst round bull and hit by a horn, which lacerated his kidney and fractured multiple ribs. Now recovered, Harve travels from his hometown of Stephenville, Texas to compete as an event headliner against some of the best cowboys in the world.

What originally inspired your interest in becoming a professional bull rider? It’s

something I grew up around. I have a lot of family that does it and the town that I grew up in, it’s really big for rodeo and bull riding. When I ﬁrst did it, it was something I knew I loved, so I kept doing it and still like it.

Is this a full-time job for you? Yeah, this is

how I make a living.

How much of the year are you on the road?

A lot. I spend Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday at home, sometimes Thursday, and every weekend I’m going to be gone somewhere.

The goal is for a rider to stay on the bull for at least 8 seconds after the chute is opened. What are you thinking during those 8 seconds? You’re not. You don’t have any

time to think. When you nod your head, when the bull comes out of the shoot, and they start that clock, you don’t have any time to think. It’s just all reaction and countermoves. So, if anything’s going through your head, you’re probably going to get bucked off and you’re hoping the ground’s not too hard.

What’s the worst injury you’ve sustained and what toll has it taken on your career and body? Last year, I had my worst. It kept

me out for about ﬁve months. I lacerated my kidney pretty bad. I came back from it alright. I’m 100 percent now, it feels like it did before I got hurt and everything, so I don’t think it’s taken much out of my body, because I’ve been able to get back in shape and get back to everything I’ve been doing. It takes a toll on your mind more than it does your body because you’re sitting around thinking about it,

and that’s all you can do, is think about it, and that kind of breaks you down a little bit over time. I think that’s why we do this sport, because it’s somewhat mentally challenging and yet mentally tough to do it and I think that’s one reason that keeps us going.

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... it is a competition between us and the bull, not us against each other.

You had a big win Thackerville, Oklahoma with 90.5 points. What was this experience like for you? We work all year, every year

just to try and get a win, a gold buckle, so to get that one, it kind of felt like it kind of broke the ground for me and [made me feel like] it would be easier to get more in the future if I keep doing what I’ve been doing.

Are there any rituals you perform before you ride? Not really. I just like to do the same

What would you say to someone who is against bull riding and argues that the sport hurts the bulls? Well, most of the bulls

are treated better than the riders, so the people that are [complaining] about it, it’s just because they don’t know what’s going on. It’s a lot of effort for these stock contractors and people to keep these bulls happy and as healthy and strong as they are. If you take one look at them, they’re in better shape than any animal you’ll see towing; just looking at them you can tell. That’s just ignorance on their part.

What are your hopes for the 2014 season?

thing over and over again. If it’s worked for me in the past, I’m going to keep doing it. Gotta have a full stomach, I don’t like riding on an empty stomach, that’s it I guess.

My goal is to get a gold buckle, win a world title. I think that’s every guy’s goal, that’s why we’re here, to get that gold buckle. Right now, I just want to ride every bull … and keep doing what I’ve been doing and not let silly mistakes get in the way.

What is the camaraderie like between competing riders? You know, we’re all

What can people expect from this weekend’s PBR event at the DCU Center? At every

buddies. We all travel together, room together, stuff like that. [We] help each other out because it is a competition between us and the bull, not us against each other. We all help each other out on the road, whether it’s rental cars or hotel rooms or something like that … it’s like a big family. That’s how I look at it anyways, it’s a competition between me and the bull and not me and the other guys; 99 percent of them are my friends.

show, it’s not just the bull riding, there’s all kind of stuff. There’s entertainers, there’s music, you get the bulls, you get the riders, it’s just an incredible show and something that if you haven’t seen before, you won’t forget. So, come out and it should be a good time. -Britney Smith

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