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eginning with this week’s issue, Worcester Magazine launches “Down to Business,” an ongoing series that shines a spotlight on some of the city’s more unique or renown businesses – many you will know, but perhaps not as well as you think.

Through interviews, facts and statistics we will take you inside a Worcester business and show you what makes it tick. This week, we talk with Chris Crowley, who along with his brother, Ralph Crowley Jr., who runs Polar Beverages off Southbridge Street. It is a 132-year-old Worcester institution that you may be surprised to learn has a professional reach that extends as far as China. We talk about the biggest challenge facing the industry and hear how prisoners at the old city jail used to try to break into the company’s old building on Summer Street. We also throw in some stats and tidbits of information, just for fun. Take some time, flip the page and get “Down to Business” with Polar.

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City looks to ‘speed things up’ with longdormant South Worcester Industrial Park Walter Bird Jr.

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he city has invested mightily in highprofile projects such as CitySquare and Gateway Park, partnering with private businesses and promoting its efforts to revitalize Downtown Worcester. Meanwhile, about a mile south down Main Street, lies an 11-acre expanse of land that, for roughly 20 years, has been void of the hustle and bustle officials so fervently seek in the city’s core.

The South Worcester Industrial Park, more commonly referred to as SWIP, is the classic example of an under-achiever: a body of land that would seem well-suited for development.

It is not completely void of activity; there are 10 or so businesses within the park, but the eight acres owned by the city are vacant.

While officials say the park has long been a priority, others see the need for a more aggressive approach.

“SWIP has been on everybody’s radar,” Ron Charette, executive director of the South Worcester Neighborhood Center, acknowledges. “But it hasn’t gotten the attention it needs.”

Depending on your perspective, Charette could be talking about attention from potential developers or attention from the city in terms of actively marketing it – or both. There is a feeling in some circles that the city has not done what it can to promote the property to prospective buyers. That is coupled with the reality of an economic collapse that crippled the real estate market, as well as certain restrictions on how the property can be sold.

“This has been about 20 years in the

making,” Charette says of a project that started in 1994. “There has never really been a sense of purpose. We do not have a definite use for SWIP. There’s no clear marketing plan, no business plan.”

The park, which in the past has housed a pistol factory, woolen mill, foundries and other businesses, has not been ignored for the sake of other projects, says Paul Morano, the city’s executive director of business assistance.

“We’ve always worked on it,” he says,

noting a total project cost of $6.5 million so far. “We’ve only had all the buildings down for 15 months. The last one, 65 Armory St., came down in September 2012.”

He was referring to demolition of several buildings that had to be completed on the site, which has also required thousands of dollars in environmental cleanup and remediation. The city had to gain control of property and secure the funding to do so.

The projects have also been shackled by a requirement that it go through the process

of sending out a Request for Proposal (RFP), even if the city, as some have suggested, brought in a commercial broker.

At a recent meeting of the City Council’s Economic Development Committee, Chairman Rick Rushton asked Morano to develop an Economic Development Plan, similar to what was done with Gateway Park. That would eliminate the need for the RFP process.

Coupled with the pre-approval by councilors in March of 2012 of a Tax Increment Financing (TIF) plan for developers, it could reinvigorate a project that, for whatever the reasons, has plodded along at a snail’s pace.

Rushton also called for more money to be devoted to marketing the park.

“What we try to explain to people,” says Morano, “is it’s been taking a long time, but most of the time was securing property and demolition work … We just got out of the worst recession since the Great Depression.

We expect things to pick up. Our goal now is to hire a commercial broker. We are working on [an Economic Development Plan] right now.”

When that is done, and assuming it receives the expected council approval, it could “speed things up about six months, at least three months,” according to Morano.

That would be good news to the tenants already making a go of things at SWIP, chief among them Absolute Machinery on Gardner Street, owned by Nate Smith. He owns three other businesses on Southgate Street, Morano notes. Direnzo Towing also has operations at the park. Backers of SWIP make note of its close proximity to transportation portals continued on page 6

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A weekly quality of life check-in of Worcester

UMass Medical School recognizes fund-raising efforts of Harr Motor Group, which raised $53,747 through the 2013 Harr Challenge for cancer research and patient care. +3

Destination Worcester hands out cupcakes on Valentine’s Day as they disembark planes at Worcester Regional Airport. +1

The city’s Department of Public Health (DPH) receives $52,000 Let’s Play Joint Use Grant from Dr. Pepper Snapple Group and the national nonprofit KaBOOM! The money will be used to keep playgrounds open after school. +2

Three street artists from Afghanistan visit city through the country’s International Visitors Leadership Program. +1

Councilors considering restoration of nameplate on the Civil War monument on City Common. +2

The first of five scheduled listening sessions for the search of a permanent city manager is canceled by snowstorm, no doubt frustrating those who claim the process is going too slow. -2

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UMass Memorial Medical Center admits to overbilling Medicare by $1.6 million, according to an audit. -4

Snow and ice wreak havoc on side roads, leaving some a sheet of ice.

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Harding Street project yields two-way school of thought Walter Bird Jr.

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Amy Lynn Chase and John Giangregorio standing next to Harding Street in Worcester.

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wo-way or not two-way? That is the question surrounding a planned $1-million street improvement project for Harding Street.

With part of it already open to traffic in both directions, some believe it is time to do it for the whole street. Not everyone is convinced, and the debate could delay a project whose plans include repaving Harding Street and two full-size travel lanes, reconstructing 8- to 8 ½-foot-wide sidewalks, creating a bike lane, installing street lights, trees and benches and other improvements.

If those plans remain, the project could start sometime next year. If, however, a twoway design is sought, work could be put off another eight to nine months, into 2016.

“Either one-way or two-way can work,” says Joe Borbone, director of engineering for the city’s Department of Public Works & Parks (DPW&P). “They just need to decide what’s the best thing for the neighborhood and for businesses.”

City and state officials heard the message at a recent meeting, and Borbone says it will take a couple months to draw up new plans incorporating a two-way design. Then, he says, another meeting will be scheduled. That puts the project on hold, for now.

Among those pushing for two-way traffic on Harding Street is John Giangregorio, a property owner and president of the Canal District Alliance.

“We’re advocating for the best plan to stimulate economic activity [along Harding Street],” he says. “Why make improvements without really improving it?”

Supporters of a full-length, two-way Harding Street submitted about two dozen letters to officials, Giangregorio says, adding the district is happy with the improvements that are proposed under the current plan.

“I think we’re excited about streetscape improvements to Harding Street in general,” he says, adding the project should have tangible benefits for the businesses in the area.

The project is being funded, in part, through $750,000 in funding secured by US Congressman Jim McGovern. That money takes care of “the typical resurfacing job for the city,” Borbone says. The Canal District Alliance wanted the project to be more along the lines of what was done for the two streets running parallel to it on either side – Green and Water streets. It decided to use some of the money from the CSX mitigation

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It will, however, change the scope. For example, while just one bike lane would be included in the current project, two would be required by the state for a two-way design. That, says Borbone, would require adjustments.

“It has to come from somewhere,” he says.

“Do they want more traffic on the street or wider sidewalks?”

It also requires a close look at the turns off of Kelley Square; Borbone does not believe every turn onto Harding, especially off Green or Madison streets, would be doable.

In addition, there are not a lot of storefront businesses on Harding Street, and not the sort that might benefit from wider sidewalks and more pedestrian traffic. The lone restaurant on Harding is Ziti’s.

“That doesn’t mean there can’t be in the future,” Borbone says. “If it’s going to be restaurants and pedestrian-friendly, maybe they want wider sidewalks. If the main goal is to attract more traffic, than two-way is better.”

As it stands now, Giangregorio points out, the businesses and storefronts that are in play on Harding Street see very little in pedestrian and vehicle traffic. That plays into the decision-making of prospective businesses, he says.

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such as rail service and highways, as well as an existing workforce just waiting to be trained. Bringing in a combination of blue-collar and skilled-labor jobs could be a boon for a part of the city that has seen some economic growth and has benefited greatly from the community outreach of Clark University, which anchors the area. “What more do you need? A plan,� says Charette. “It’s a no-brainer.�

District 4 City Councilor Sarai Rivera has been among the biggest champions of SWIP, making it a priority since being elected to her first term more than two years ago. Now in her second term, she was appointed the Economic Development Committee, along with District 3 Councilor George Russell. “It was like a sleeping giant,� Rivera says. “When you looked at it, there is this amazing opportunity. I was like, ‘Why isn’t this at the forefront?’ It was frustrating, but there has been some work put in over the last two years.�

Rivera was heartened at Rushton’s call for an Economic Development Plan. “I’m feeling cautiously optimistic,� she says. “I’m definitely one to try to be as positive as possible, but I’m excited to have the chair of Economic Development see this for what it is. When you look at all aspects of SWIP, it makes sense.�

That does not mean it is a guaranteed success, especially after languishing for 20 years. Even Rushton acknowledges that point. “There has been a slow drum beat [for the park],� he says. “There has to be a large drum beat. But at some point, it may be time to consider we may need to let go of the baby.�

It is something the city has thought about, Morano says, but there has been interest in the park (his office and representatives of the Worcester Regional Chamber of Commerce met with an interested party just last week).

The potential, he says, is definitely there. “We’ve thought about the idea of working with a developer,� Morano says. “Again, the city is not a developer. It’s something we’ve thought about. We’ve reached out to developers in the past. This is a huge piece of the revitalization of that whole area. The goal is to create manufacturing jobs, well-paying jobs for residents that can literally walk to work.� “It’s very rare that the city has vacant land like this with great proximity to rail and highway and an existing workforce.�

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“A lot of times businesses look at vehicle counts when looking where to site their business,” Giangregorio says. “All the retail at the Crompton [Place] are in favor of making it two-way.”

Amy Lynn Chase, owner of the Crompton Collective, sees at least one big positive from having a two-way street.

“It’s very hard to tell people how to get to the parking lot,” Chase says, referring to the lot at the rear of her building, which is accessible only off Harding Street. “It’s very complicated to people not from Worcester and even some from Worcester who are not familiar with the area.”

Chase also sees the potential for more business development, with much of the scenery currently consisting of the backs of businesses along Water Street. What storefronts there are, she says, are mostly rundown. She does not see why anyone would oppose a two-way design.

“I don’t know who would really care, other than this neighborhood, especially the businesses there,” she says.

There are at least two who do care: Ann Mack and her sister, Debbie Feingold, who own and operate Harding Tire, which has been doing business for about 83 years. They are not completely sold on how much the area would be improved by the street-scape project – and they are even less impressed by the possibility of two-way traffic.

“We rely on on-street parking,” Feingold says. “If they take away that, if there’s nowhere to park, that’s a problem.”

The business also sees a number of truck deliveries. While that does not currently pose much of a problem, because traffic can simply go around the truck, it would change if there are vehicles traveling in the opposite direction. Single- or two-way, any street project is going to prove an inconvenience, they say, while pointing out they are not wholly opposed.

“We’ve been here 83 years,” Feingold says.

“Giving directions one-way is a pain in the neck, but it’s not that difficult.”

Democratic state Rep. Mary Keefe (15th Worcester District) sees plenty of reason to support the street project. She says it is “really smart” to be thinking about both traffic and pedestrian access at the same time.

“I think it would be great,” she says.

“Unless you’re from Worcester, it’s hard to figure out how to get from one street to another off Kelley Square. I think the Canal District Alliance has a strong vision for what they want to see down there.”

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Mother Nature delayed it a bit, but the first “listening session” in the search for a permanent city manager is scheduled for Thursday night, Feb. 20 at 6 p.m. at the Senior Center at 128 Providence St. A second is set for Wednesday, Feb. 26, also at 6 p.m., at the Unitarian Universalist Church at 90 Holden St. It is part of what Mayor Joe Petty has promised will be an open and transparent process to find a permanent replacement for ex-City Manager Mike O’Brien. And it starts with his replacement, Ed Augustus Jr., still standing by the nine-month contract he signed. Petty has gone on record as saying he thinks Augustus is the right guy for the job, but to date, the former School Committee member and state Senator has not indicated he wishes to be considered. In the meantime, the City Council’s Municipal Operations Committee, including Chair Phil Palmieri and members George Russell and Tony Economou, leads the search process. It will be the first city manager search for Russell and Economou, both of whom are in their second terms.

REMOTE CONTROL: There’s been a lot of talk in the news lately about remote participation by members of local boards and committees. Down in Blackstone Valley, Uxbridge selectmen have grown antsy over one of their colleague’s frequent absences, even though he was allowed to take part via Skype. Members of the Wachusett Regional School Committee have been talking about whether to allow remote participation.

Ditto for Princeton Selectmen, who are considering the possibility for boards and committees. One can’t help but wonder whether remote participation may have helped former At-Large Councilor Mike Germain, who missed many meetings during his tenure.

A BOUT OF NO CLOUT: With the announcement that longtime state Rep. John Binienda is not seeking re-election, the city and Central Mass. are once more reminded of their growing loss of influence in Boston. Vincent Pedone stepped down a couple years back, paving the way for then-newcomer Mary Keefe. Lt. Gov. Tim Murray stepped down last year and is now with the Worcester Regional Chamber of Commerce. Grafton’s George Peterson also is not running again this year, and Stephen Brewer, chair of the powerful Senate Ways & Means Committee, whose mammoth district includes some Central Mass. locales, is also retiring.

Worcester, especially, has enjoyed a run of political might, benefiting greatly from Murray’s time on Beacon Hill. With newcomers like Keefe in the 15th Worcester District and Dan Donahue in the 16th, now learning the ropes, whether the city keeps flexing its muscle – or has any muscles left to flex – is worth watching.

MOMENTUM BUILDER? Apparently, John Fresolo scored quite the coup at the Democratic Caucus in Ward 5 Saturday, Feb. 15. On the day after Valentine’s Day, Fresolo was shown the love, with a slate of nominees elected as delegates to the Democratic State Convention. Among them was the former state Rep. himself. Also elected was Josh Perro, who put a scare into 16th Worcester District state Rep. Dan Donahue in last year’s special election. We’re told roughly 100 people showed up at the caucus. Perro tells us not to read too much into his appearance with Fresolo, who of course, resigned last year. The caucus, Perro tells us, was “about John making a statement in turning out voters.” Fresolo has already taken out nomination papers for a possible attempt to win back his Statehouse seat.

SPACE IS LIMITED: You may recall a visit by US Sen. Elizabeth Warren last month for a roundtable discussion at the Workforce Central Career Center, at which she and US Rep. Jim McGovern launched into an attack on Republicans they say have declared war on, well, just about everybody. Worcesteria later pointed out that the two unemployed representatives at the forum turned out to be a man who says he could retire if he “had to” and another man whose wife was pulling down close to $80,000 while he was out of work. He has since gotten a job with an area Chamber of Commerce. So, was it a carefully-orchestrated campaign stop with cherry-picked spots at the table? One participant tells us his group was asked by McGovern’s office not to bring too many people to the forum. A McGovern spokesperson says the roundtable

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RALLYING THE TROOPS: More than 1,000 youths from across the state are rallying at the Statehouse on Thursday, Feb. 20 in support of funding for youth jobs. According to the Worcester Youth Jobs Coalition, two buses will truck participants into Boston. Among them will be North High senior Ralph Weah, a member of the Regional Environmental Council’s YouthGROW program. He is slated to MC the rally, which starts at Old South Church at 11:30 a.m. The youths will rally in support of budget proposals including the YouthWorks Teen Jobs Program, the School to Career Connecting Activities Teen Jobs Program and the Safe and Successful Youth Initiative.

VISITORS ENTER HERE: Apparently, it’s all hush-hush, but the city, state and other partners have scheduled a 1 p.m. press conference for Thursday, Feb. 20 at Quinsigamond Elementary School. The details have been kept on the down low, but when US Congressman Jim McGovern joins representatives of the state Department of Conservation and Recreation (DCR), state Department of Transportation (DOT), federal highway and city officials, and representatives of Holy Cross, the Blackstone River Valley National Heritage Corridor and others, it will regard the future of the Worcester Blackstone Visitor Center and Blackstone Gateway Park. The event is schedule for 1-2:30 p.m.

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PAY RAISE HAZE: An item proposing a pay raise for the mayor could come up at the next City Council meeting, Tuesday, Feb. 25. Or it could be held again. It has already been held twice. When and if it does come off the table (where council items go, sometimes for years, when a councilor or councilors want to put off voting on something), the measure may not have enough votes to pass. It needs a super majority, eight votes, to pass. The proposal is to boost the mayor’s salary from $34,000 to $43,500, effective in 2016, after the next municipal election.

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WOULD YOU VOTE AGAINST MOSES? No, not that Moses. Word on the street is Moses Dixon, the aide to Democratic state Rep. Mary Keefe, is this close to announcing his candidacy in the 17th Worcester District. He could be the first to officially declare his intentions to seek the seat that will be left vacant by state Rep. John Binienda. The Dean of the Delegation is not running for re-election because of complications from diabetes. Former At-Large City Councilor Mike Germain has said he is very interested in running, but he has his own health issues – a bad back – not to mention the baggage of having missed several meetings while he was on Worcester City Council. Leicester Selectman Doug Belanger is another rumored contender.

AN EXPLOSIVE SITUATION? Things turned out fine, but they were a bit hairy around Webster Square for a couple hours Monday night, Feb. 17. That’s when an old, 6-inch castiron pipe broke, releasing natural gas underground and leaking into some nearby buildings near Park Ave., Mill and Main streets. Crews opened up manhole covers to alleviate the pressure building underground and evacuated a few small businesses. Traffic came to a standstill in the area as emergency and gas crews went to work. NStar workers ultimately found the source of the leak and were able to patch the pipe. One week earlier, a similar leak occurred on Water Street. The incidents, along with a water main break near Worcester State University several months back, are a reminder of an aging underground infrastructure.

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Postcards from the igloo Janice Harvey

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vaguely recall dancing a snow jig earlier in the season — not because I am a skier, or a snowboarder, or even a fan of the snowshoe. What I am is a teacher and my tribe foolishly forgets the month of June when we boogie for blizzards. Yearly we wish for a day or two of what we envision as an interruption from instruction to sofa-surf and sip cocoa, clad in ratty sweatpants as the winds whip and the inches pile up prettily.

Fat chance.

Apparently I forgot that snow that falls needs to be removed.

Despite classes being canceled for two days, I’ve actually learned a few things myself. For instance, I’ve learned that wishes need to be specific — and that they need an expiration date or else they will spiral out of control once they come true. I’ve also learned that being buried under gives one time to reflect on life’s inequities, like the fact that it’s now February school vacation and because I’m still paying for my cat’s $585 enema I’m not lolling on the shores of a Floridian beach. Instead, I’m sifting feces from the litter box of a co-worker’s cat while he plays shuffleboard on a cruise ship.

I’ve also learned that chivalry is not only dead, it’s frozen stiff. At one point during Day One of the Valentine dig-out, I stopped two shovel-toting teens passing by. I paid them 20 bucks to break down the cement-like pile deposited by the city plow at the end of the driveway. It was a good and generous deal that took the boys 10 minutes to complete, and saved me from keeling over into a snow bank, only to be found in April like a thawed Mrs. Paul’s fish stick.

The next day, the boys strolled by again, this time as I tried to chop away at a newlydumped ice mound in the very same spot.

I’d already given them the only cash left in the house, after handing a guy with a snow blower my last ten-spot the day before to help me clear the walkway.

“Hey guys,” I said, “would you like to help me again? I don’t have any cash, because I can’t get out to the bank, but maybe you could give me a hand here?”

They looked at each other, looked at the snow pile, and kept walking.

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No wonder I’m not going anywhere during this vacation. My money is spent on a substance that will eventually melt and disappear – not unlike the ice in a mojito served by a cabana boy named Alfredo, I’d imagine. But I’m only guessing, since I will be making sure a cat named Pinky has enough dry food in his dish to keep him happy and full, and a layer of fresh clay in which to hide his poops.

As I write this column, the shapely and perfectly coiffed weather babe from WCVBTV just pointed to a map that shows 3-6 inches of white stuff headed our way. It doesn’t matter what day of the week or what time it will begin or end: I’m resigned to the fact that it’s every day, all day, forever.

Forever.

My earlier desire for snow hasn’t been forgotten by others. Thanks to my penchant for posting on Facebook, I’ve been caustically reminded of it by “friends” every time I complain about shoveling. My fancy footwork and prayers have been cyber-rubbed in my face at every turn. Former Worcester Magazine editor and fellow English teacher Paul Della Valle not only made sure I took the blame for all this snow, but he was inspired to pen the following limerick: There once was a woman named Janice Who was a big pain in the anus For snow days she wished She got them and bitched Now Janice is sorrier than us!

I suppose I should be flattered to be some twisted muse for a snowed-in-columnistturned-educator/author.

At least he didn’t say I was from Nantucket.

Correction In the Feb. 13 issue of Worcester Magazine, on page 30, it was incorrectly stated that Worcester Local First’s event at Armsby Abbey on Monday, Feb. 24 is open to both members and nonmembers. The event is not open to nonmembers. Worcester Magazine apologies for this error.

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Yiadom, Doherty Soaring to New Heights Anthony Rentsch

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he 2013 Central Massachusetts high school football season was a huge stepping stone for Doherty Memorial High School. Playing under a new playoff format, the Highlanders captured the first ever Massachusetts Division 4 State Championship, defeating Dennis-Yarmouth, 28-26, at Gillette Stadium in December.

Their success not only brought back glory to Highland Street, but also to the City of Worcester, which had not seen a Worcester public school state championship in any sport since before World War II. Perhaps no one took more pride in, and certainly no one better represented, Doherty’s and Worcester’s landmark achievement than Isaac Yiadom. The senior defensive back and wide receiver was Doherty’s go-to guy over the course of the 13-1 season. He racked up over 1,300 offensive yards and 11 touchdowns, while also recording 107 tackles and 2 interceptions on his way to being named the Division 4 Co-Defensive MVP and a Telegram & Gazette Hometeam Super Teamer.

Yet, Yiadom’s numbers only scratch the surface of his true role.

As a captain of the Highlanders, Yiadom considered his leadership role just as important as his performance.

“I tried to be a leader by example this season,” Yiadom says. “When the younger kids on our team were struggling, I just tried to pick them up by telling them that nobody was mad at them.”

Teammate Alfred Adarkwah was witness to Yiadom’s off-the-field leadership this season. “He would call players personally to make sure they were up if we had an early practice,” Adarkwah says. “He is just someone you can always rely on.”

“Isaac is a leader not only on the team, but in our student body, as well,” Adarkwah continues.

Yiadom was born and raised by his mother in Alexandria, Virginia. He was poised to become a big time local football player, as he started as safety for the Lee High School varsity team as a freshman. However, that changed when his mother died the very same year.

“I faced a lot of challenges that year,” Yiadom says. “I was worried when I moved up here to live with my father” – who, he says, already lived in Worcester – “because I didn’t know anybody and I didn’t know if the coaches would like me.”

Instead of succumbing to his struggles

and finding himself lost by the change of location, Yiadom flourished at Doherty. In addition to being a starter on both sides of the ball all three years at Doherty, he is an honor roll student, and has also became involved with the National Honor Society, Student Council and the Superintendent’s Advisory Council.

“I ended up loving Doherty,” Yiadom says.

“Around school, he is known as the kid who always has a big smile on his face,” Adarkwah adds.

For a player with the caliber of Yiadom, high school football certainly was not going to be his last hoorah. In the spring of 2013, he committed to finishing his senior season and then headed to Boston College in the spring to get a head start on his college football career.

Sending players up to the next level of football is certainly not uncharted waters for the Highlanders as of late. In fact, Doherty has sent four players to Division 1 college football programs in the last five years. Yiadom will join Adarkwah, who will be a preferred walk-on at the University of Massachusetts Amherst next fall, Noah Robinson (Class of 2013), who is playing at the University of Memphis, and Yawin Smallwood (Class of 2010), who has declared his eligibility for the upcoming NFL draft after his junior season at the University of Connecticut.

“I feel like every Doherty player that plays at the next level makes an impact on that team,” Yiadom says. “Yawin, Noah, Alfred and I have to keep that tradition going.”

Adarkwah believes that Yiadom will serve as a good representative of his school and his city while in college.

“Isaac is living proof that public city schools foster the type of academic and athletic success typically attributed to regional and private high schools,” he says.

Moreover, even though he has already left for Boston College, Isaac won’t forget about his roots, because, Adarkwah says, “the Doherty football team is his family.”

So, what is Yiadom leaving behind?

According to Robinson, he is leaving behind a rejuvenated program.

“It was great to see that my class was able to set the tone for the following classes that are coming up through the program,” Robinson says. “Isaac and the other captains of this year’s team helped the team realize that losing isn’t an option anymore.”

Anthony Rentsch is a senior at Doherty Memorial High School in Worcester.

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News and happenings at Central Mass. colleges

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COLLEGE NIGHT AT THE OVAL Skate for free at the Worcester Common Oval this Saturday, Feb. 22, from 4-7 p.m. That’s right, the city is welcoming all Worcester college students with a college ID or college WOO Card to ice skate for free and wear their school colors. Worcester Common Oval, behind City Hall, 455 Main St., Worcester. worcestercommonoval.com.

DARK COMEDY STAGED AT WSU “The Pillowman� tells the story of a writer of ghoulish fairy tales who stands accused of murdering two children. Humor leads the audience down a twisted path to learn the truth behind the murders. The play will be staged at WSU in the Fuller Theater from Thursday-Saturday, Feb. 20-22, at 8 p.m. and Sunday, Feb. 23, at 2 p.m. Tickets are $14, $10 for senior and $7 for students. WOO Card holders receive a discount. Purchase tickets in advance by calling 508-929-8843, emailing VPAboxoffice@worcester.edu or visiting the box office on campus. Tickets will also be available at the door. Worcester State University, 486 Chandler St., Worcester.

WSU PRESIDENT APPOINTED TO NCAA COMMITTEE Worcester State University President Barry Maloney was recently appointed as one of four representatives of the Division III

colleges nationwide to the Committee on Women’s Athletics (CWA) for the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). Maloney will meet twice a year with the committee to study and make policy recommendations concerning opportunities for women in athletics at the institutional, conference and national levels, as well as examine other issues affecting women’s athletics, according to the President’s Office at WSU. Congratulations President Maloney!

QUEER ART OF FAILURE Clark University hosts Judith “Jack� Halberstam, a professor of American Studies and Ethnicity, Gender Studies and Comparative Literature at the University of Souther California, to give a talk “Glitch in the Machine: The Queer Art of Failure� as part of its Spring 2014 Difficult Dialogues Symposium “Embracing Failure� on Thursday, Feb. 27, at 7 p.m. This talk will explore the appeal of a world in which players must fail before they succeed. “Failure sometimes offers more creative, cooperative, and surprising ways of being in the world, even as it forces us to face the dark side of life, love, and libido,� Halberstam says. Halberstam has written extensively on literature, film and visual arts. He is the author of five books, including “Gaga Feminism: Sex, Gender, and the End of Normal,� “The Queer Art of Failure,� “In A Queer Time and Place,� “Female Masculinity� and “Gothic Horror and the Technology of Monsters.� Writings focus on tomboys and female masculinity. The event is free and open to the public. Clark University, Higgins Lounge at Dana Commons, 950 Main St., Worcester. Clarku.edu.

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Dennis “Boss” M. Crowley stars D.M. Crowley & Co., wholesale and retail liquor business. He and his father, Cornelius, would sell Ball Brook Straight Whiskey from a horse-drawn carriage

1916

Polar Beverages begins as J.G. Bieberbach Company, bottler of seltzers and ginger ale, founded by German immigrant

1968

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The number of states in which Polar does businesses.

1992

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The number of states in which the Polar brand is distributed

The Crowleys acquire J.G. Bieberbach Company

Polar moves from 113 Summer St. to its current location under Interstate 290 on Southbridge Street.

The company’s headquarters remained at the site of the old Bieberbach firm at 113 Summer St., Worcester, until 1968.

Ralph Crowley Jr. becomes president and CEO

1995

Chairman Ralph Crowley dies

Busıness For Polar, It’s a Local Thing DOWN TO

POLAR WEATHERS CHANGES, CHALLENGES AS A WORCESTER BUSINESS STAPLE Walter Bird Jr.

The familiar Polar Bear, tied to the roof of one of Polar Beverages’ plants, greets hundreds of motorists every day as they wind their way through Interstate 290.

The inflatable mascot of Polar Beverages is a fitting symbol for a company that has weathered The Great Depression, a recession and the competition of two industry heavyweights that spare little expense in trying to impose their dominance. continued on page 14

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Dennis Crowley buys Leicester Polar Spring Company. The combined businesses are named the Bieber Polar Ginger Ale Company

DID YOU KNOW? The company has gone through between 12-15 inflatable Orson bears in its history “Orson” means bear

1966

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the number of partner products, in addition to Polar’s own branded products

1996

Polar Beverages buys Adirondack Beverages in Scotia, New York.

Acquires 650,000-square-foot manufacturing facility

1999

Chris Crowley becomes executive vice president and Polar Beverages acquires Venture Distributing, whose brands included Nantucket Nectars and AriZona

2001

Polar buys Snapple of Boston Company forms joint venture with Cott Corporation known as Northeast Retailer Brands LLC

2005

Polar buys Snapple of Cape Cod

2007

Company celebrates 125th anniversary in beverage industry

DID YOU KNOW? Former Lt. Gov. and Worcester native Tim Murray’s favorite Polar drink is raspberry-lime seltzer.

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a couple years ago, one of the guys was looking through a guy’s office downstairs, and he had hidden two fish sandwiches behind some bookcases. He couldn’t smell them. He finally found the sandwiches, they were still edible after a month. They didn’t rot. We don’t have the preservatives in most of our products. Simpler, to me, is better.”

Polar started producing seltzers in 1973.

It has become its most popular category of drinks.

“I remember 30 years ago, you’d run 800900 cases, 1,200 when things were really big,” Crowley says of the early days of making seltzer. “Now, a typical run is 40,000 cases and you’re making it the next week, too. It’s an overnight sensation that’s taken us since 1973 to make happen. It’s kind of the way we’ve defined the company.”

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From peddling whiskey on payday from a horse-drawn carriage outside local businesses to turning out millions of cases of soda each year, the fourth-generation, familyrun soft drink company – now entering its fifth generation – could easily serve as the mascot for the city in which it has done business for well over 100 years. Just as Worcester has worked to establish its own identity and become the destination of choice in Massachusetts, the 132-year-old Polar Beverages has adapted to a changing business climate and separated itself from the pack as an independent bottler proud enough of its product that you won’t see any milliondollar Super Bowl halftime commercials promoting it, a la Pepsi and Coca Cola.

You will, however, see it on the shelves of supermarkets throughout Massachusetts and in 24 other states along the East Coast and into the Midwest.

“We were able to adapt. We’re always investing,” Executive Vice President and Treasurer Chris Crowley says of the key to Polar’s longevity. “We’ve always invested in our business and never lived too large. We have been able to grow the company. We’re a growing company and the rest of the industry is shrinking.”

The company continues to expand, but what remains most important to the Crowley family, whose great-grandfather got things started by selling Crowley’s Ball Brook Whiskey with his father before prohibition, are the relationships it has with its customers and its own Polar products. From testing just about every possible flavor combination to perfecting the base of a soda can so it does not tip when set down, there is a commitment to doing things right and doing them better than the competition. Along the way, the company keeps an eye on the outside stuff that could have a significant impact – like an anti-soda movement Crowley says is just a ruse to tax the soda business.

DID YOU KNOW? Polar has three plants: it’s headquarters in Worcester and plants in Scotia, New York and Fitzgerald, Georgia

A THREAT? If, in fact, there is a threat to Polar’s lifeblood in Worcester, it is the promotion of soda as a health hazard and a decrease in the consumption of soda by the American consumer. Taxing the product could be one more nail in the coffin.

“We’re the biggest bad guys in the whole world,” says Crowley, whose brother, Ralph Crowley Jr. is president and CEO of Polar.

“Ten years ago, the average American was

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THE EARLY DAYS NUMBER OF CANS PRODUCED IN A MINUTE

drinking around 55 gallons of soda a year.

Now, in New England, it’s around 32 gallons.

There were 14,000 plants, probably, in the 60s. I think there’s 200 plants left in the country, but you tend to get mega-plants that are regionalized.”

Polar itself has three production plants – its headquarters in Worcester, and plants in Scotia, New York and Fitzgerald, Georgia.

Chris Crowley sees an organized effort disseminating false information about a product he says is not bad for you.

“What you have is a very organized group that actually gets in line to tell a new bad story,” he says. “They won’t drop two bombs in the same week or in the same news cycle.

It comes across as a scientific study, or the reporter presents it as a scientific study, but it’s generally an opinion. You get right down to life, most of life is about revenue. There’s no great group out there trying to save the earth. It’s about money.”

He cites a recent editorial in The Boston Globe that talked about CVS ridding its stores of tobacco products.

“People say, ‘Soda should be next,’” he says. “If you drink soda or seltzer in moderation, it’s not going to do anything to you. It’s been proven that if you use tobacco even in moderation, it’s going to kill you.

You drink our seltzer in excess, it’s not a problem. But you listen to the Center for Science in the Public Interest, they tell you it will turn you inside out and kill you. They have an agenda and it’s to put us out of business. Well, not to put us out of business, but to soften us up so we can be taxed. It’s really unfortunate, but they’re very organized and they have an agenda to tax us. It’s not about health, it’s about our un-health.”

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“There’s a real move, kind of the Bloomberg elitism, that they think there is $70 billion that they can get from the industry in taxes, creating a penny an ounce tax. It’s often more than we charge for an entire case of soda. Our businesses would be devastated. If you throw in a 70-cent tax on a 2-liter, people are going to find alternatives.

We would basically be a bankrupt company if that tax were to happen.”

A DIFFERENT PRODUCT While there is a soda backlash, of sorts, Crowley says Polar has largely been immune.

The company manufactures and distributes more than 3,000 different products, in addition to its own Polar brand. It makes private label products, such as Market Basket’s soda, as well as national brands.

Most of the sales of the other products are either flat or down. Polar sales, Crowley says, are up 18-20 percent. He attributes at least part of that to the company’s seltzer drinks.

“That’s really what Polar is about now, the whole seltzer universe,” Crowley says, adding there is a trust by consumers in the Polar product. “I think people trust our flavors.

When I look at some of the nationallybranded products, compared to the Polar products, ours are simpler, way simpler, and simplicity is good.”

To bolster his argument that seltzer won’t kill you, Crowley talks about the lack of preservatives that are common in other sodas.

“There an old saying, ‘You want to buy food that rots,’” he says, recalling a day when that theory proved true. “We have a lot of guys that screw around here, and I remember

The definition certainly has changed since 1882, when it started as the J. G. Bieberbach Company under a different owner. Then, in the 1900s, Dennis Crowley established D.M. Crowley & Co. In the early going, h e would manufacture Ball Brook Whiskey, sonamed after the brook in Holden, and visit companies like Norton, where he and his father would sell it to workers during breaks.

“I think they literally caused prohibition,” Crowley laughs. When prohibition ended, the focus shifted its focus to soft drinks and water.

In 1916, the Crowleys took over the Bieberbach Company. Two years later, Dennis Crowley bought the Leicester Polar Spring Company, and the company beame known as the Bieber Polar Ginger Ale Company. In 1966, the company was renamed the Polar Corp.

The family’s original factory was on Summer Street, diagonally across from a city jail where the 99 Restaurant now sits, according to Crowley. It was not uncommon for thieves to try and break into the building to steal soda. They did not always get too far.

“Prisoners used to escape all the time, break into Polar all the time,” Crowley says.

“My uncle Jimmy got the first electric garage doors in the early ‘60s and he’d pin the guys that would come in to steal the sodas.”

Crowley grew up in the family business and came of age in an industry that did not reflect its modern-day incarnation.

“The beverage industry was very different,” Crowley says. “Every neighborhood had a beverage company. We were kind of omnipresent in every neighborhood. There

DID YOU KNOW? There are between 500-700 employees at the Worcester Polar plant and the average tenure of a Polar plant worker is 20-plus years

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COURTESY OF POLAR BEVERAGES

were at least 10 other bottlers right in the city.

Everything was returnable-refillable. Those bottles would come back and you’d have to wash them. They’d come back with everything you could imagine. There’d be chickens jammed in there, mice jammed in there, tampons, condoms over the top. It was filthy.”

“That’s the thing about returnable-refillable.

The things that come back, you just don’t want to know. As an 11-year-old kid, back there inspecting, you’d go up and ask what is that and [the supervisor] would tell you whatever it was. I did learn the facts of life on the back of a beverage line.”

It was a time when Polar was not the only bottler in town; like Crowley says there were many of them. But even back then, he could tell which ones weren’t long for the world.

“I remember I was probably 18 or 19, driving around with my father,” he says. “You’d see these people driving a Cadillac, working a 35hour work week. Well, they’re not going to be here next year. We were kind of the last man standing because we invested so much into new packaging and our brands and building our brand.”

The company also invested in building relationships in the community and with the retailers they serve. Crowley believes that personal attention has paid big dividends.

“It’s really focusing on our core brands,” he says, looking around his office and the various displays of Polar products. “If you look at all this stuff, this has no value compared to the value we have with our customers. The most important thing we have is our relationships with companies like Demoulas, Price Chopper

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cases of product an hour turned out at a Polar plant

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Crowley will not say what the company does in annual sales, or what specific plans

DID YOU KNOW? Biggest Dud Flavor: Carbonated coffee soda (no longer manufactured)

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Polar has when he says it continues to grow.

“If I told you,” he says, “I’d have to kill you. Many hundreds of millions of dollars.”

The company continues to acquire other brands and has a reach that extends as far away as China, where it distributes Gosling’s Ginger Beer.

As pointed out by Tim Murray, president and CEO of the Worcester Regional Chamber of Commerce, “People can take take things for granted, like just how significant a footprint [Polar has] nationally.” Many of those who heard Ralph Crowley Jr. speak at the Chamber’s recent Breakfast Club probably

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All the while, the company remains rooted in Worcester, deciding more than a decade ago against relocating, even “We can fight Coke. We can fight Pepsi. though it had outgrown its main facility. Instead, it We can fight Nestle. Who you can’t renovated an old plastics fight is the government.” plant on Southbridge Street.

“Moving would -Chris Crowley be tremendously challenging,” Crowley says, adding one of the works half a day. We are, I think, a very good biggest factors were the employees. “We neighbor.” have 500-600 people right here in the city With a new generation entering the that come to work every day. We have a picture, there is no immediate end in sight for workforce that just is a terrific team.”

Polar. Crowley says he and his brother will The company also has a commitment to not sell it, even though they could probably lending a helping hand in the community, walk away with a check in the billions. even if it often flies under the radar. For Challenges remain, however, and Crowley returns to the idea of taxing his products.

“We can fight Coke. We can Fight Pepsi.

We can fight Nestle,” he says. “Who you can’t fight is the government, and when opinion is turned so skewed against you and you’ve the farthest point in the world where got a few legislators on their team that say, Polar distributes a product: ‘Let’s tax the shit out of them,’ it can be easy.

Gosling’s Ginger Beer I don’t think most consumers want that. Most legislators are very smart, particularly if they see the jobs we offer and who we are.” example, when the Worcester County Food “We’re good employers,” Crowley Bank had a problem with the truck that continues, referencing the number of distributes its food to places like Jeremiah’s employees company-wide. “There are 1,400 Inn – there was no funding for the truck, people with good health plans here and good according to Crowley – Polar stepped up. wages, and most of them don’t need other “We have hundreds of trucks,” Crowley part-time jobs, because they make plenty of explains. “It’s pro-bono, but it makes sense. money right here. These are good jobs. We’re It’s way better than having the state fund a part of the community. We live here. We a truck that sits there six days a week and live and breathe the city.”

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Dianne Benson Davis is a woman so evidently driven by passion, her words seem propelled by it. From the outset, any discussion of the animals and mission she has dedicated her life to flows smooth and sure as the flight of one of the 38 nesting pairs of bald eagles that now inhabit our region, thanks to the efforts of Davis and others starting in the early 1980s.

In her book, “Eagle One: Raising Bald Eagles, A Wildlife Memoir,” Davis details her life as a wildlife enthusiast and conservator, focusing on the four months she spent alone in the wilds of the Quabbin Reservoir raising eight baby eagles as a fundamental part of reintroducing the endangered bald eagle to Massachusetts.

Having loved animals her whole life, Davis started her career as a volunteer at age 17 when the Worcester Science Center (Now the EcoTarium) first opened its doors. After several years at the Science Center, she became an animal rehabilitator and opened “It’s an Animal’s World” with her then-husband to introduce animals to different civic groups and foster an awareness and appreciation for wildlife, particularly with children. From there she became a falconer, a hunting partner with a trained hawk, beginning an informative and compassionate bond with her hawk that would last 20 years and breed in her a deeper understanding of the wild’s tribulations.

In 1982, in an attempt to reintroduce the bald eagle to the region, Mass Wildlife asked Davis to help raise baby bald eagles at Quabbin Reservoir. Davis was busy raising her daughter at this time, but in 1985 Davis took on the challenge. “I was able to raise the eight eagles that year and catch all their food and take care of them and do this all remotely so they couldn’t see me. I would put food down a chute so they wouldn’t see the fish coming from a person…that way they didn’t imprint on people and think of themselves as little people when they grew up.”

The bald eagle was first declared an endangered species with the passage of the federal Endangered Species Act in 1973.

Despite having been widespread enough in the 1700s to have been chosen as our national emblem, the bald eagle population

underwent rapid decline due to loss of habitat, food contamination, hunting and markedly, the use of DDT through the earlyto mid-twentieth century. DDT accumulated in the food chain and caused weakened shells in the eggs of mothers who unwittingly consumed it, decimating the population through an inability to successfully procreate.

“We hadn’t had hardly any bald eagles in the state since 1905,” Davis says, “so here we were trying to reintroduce the bald eagles to Massachusetts now that DDT was eliminated back in the ‘70s.” The group strategically moved eight baby bald eagles from parts of the US and Canada where they were not an endangered species, that were six weeks old, one from each nest, so another baby would be left in the nest for the parents to raise.

Once the birds were relocated to the Quabbin Reservoir, Davis says, “I would catch their fish every day, 20 pounds of fish through nets, and chop up the fish twice a day, then feed them remotely through the chute so that they were growing but not associating any of

this with people.”

The methodology used by Mass Wildlife to repopulate Massachusetts relied on a process known as hacking. “It’s a falconry term for raising birds to adulthood and then releasing them. And then you start working with the bird when you’re a falconer, but in this case we were raising the birds to 12 weeks of age, putting a transmitter on each one of their tails so I could follow them after they were released and still put food out along the shores when they were sitting in the trees along the area.”

So for four months, Davis lived alone in the reservoir, jogging two miles daily to stay in shape lest she need to protect herself against any trespassers. On some weekends, another Mass Wildlife worker would relieve her so she could return home to her husband and young daughter, spending her time there cooking and freezing two weeks of meals for her family to last them while she would be gone again. Then, back to the wilderness she would return, to provide for her other family, unacknowledged, observing them

from a distance. Twice a day she would catch and chop up 10 pounds of fish for the young eagles, feed them in secret, and meticulously track each bird’s progress.

For Davis, the experience was transcendental, and allowed her not only to foster the ecosystem around her through caring for the birds, but also to become more deeply involved in it, to recall the primal human memory.

“I learned from listening to their different calls, there were three or four distinct calls that they would make and that would tell me what was going on on the lake because they had the advantage of seeing areas better than I would from the water. If an eagle flew by they gave a yodel, which was a real highpitched noise that goes on and on and on that was really beautiful. And if a boat came by they would give a specific call and I would look out on the water and about 10 minutes later see the boat coming around the corner.

It was just fantastic to be a part of the land.” continued on page 18

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On February 20, a new exhibition, “Global Encounters in Early America,” will open at the Iris and B. Gerald Cantor Art Gallery at the College of the Holy Cross. The show will run through April 6 and will be accompanied by a workshop for K-12 teachers and a series of international speakers with expertise relevant to the exhibition. This is all in an attempt to include and educate the community at large about early American visual culture, explains primary curator professor Patricia Johnston.

Johnston, who serves as chair in Visual Arts at Holy Cross and who is writing a book on 18th-century American visual culture, says it was her students who first inspired her to put on the exhibition. “I like to teach periodic curatorial seminars where students get a chance to work with objects from period collections and learn the museum field, putting together objects that make arguments that explore questions that are interesting for the field of art history, but also for the general public.”

For this project, Johnston wanted to create an opportunity for her students to further explore the curatorial process, while also getting them involved in her own research.

This, combined with Johnston’s interest in providing context for the current state of globalism, led to the idea for this upcoming exhibition, which focuses on the global visual culture in America in the decades leading up to and following the American Revolution.

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Success for the project, however, did not conclude with the baby eagles’ maturation; they would need to settle and reproduce in the region for repopulation to begin. Between 1982 and 1988, 44 birds were released from the program in hopes that some nesting families would flourish. “In 1989 the first nest in Mass. was at the Quabbin Reservoir, and one of the things that I was so happy about was that one of my birds, Marjorie, she actually grew up and nested with Ross (one of the first pair released in 1982), so that was so, so fantastic.”

Now, Davis says, there are 38 nesting pairs in Massachusetts, and the population is growing, nesting throughout New England and New York, with over 400 chicks banded

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“We tend to think of globalization as a contemporary event but globalization has been going on since the 16th century,” Johnston says. “The show is looking at a particular moment of globalization which is right before and after the American Revolution, and what did globalization look like in the colonial and federal periods…about 1760 to about 1820.”

This time period is particularly interesting both because the culture of these early Americans was far more influenced by global culture than is commonly considered, and because the Revolutionary War marked a drastic change in consumer culture. “Colonial Americans really loved Asian luxury goods, all of the Asian imports were very expensive because you had to buy them through England. But after the revolution, ships went directly to China and India so the imports became much cheaper,” Johnston says.

To provide a comprehensive portrayal, Johnston and her students gathered documentation and articles from local sources including the American Antiquarian Society, Worcester Historical Museum, Old Sturbridge village and the Rhode Island Historical Society. Students pored over the collections of maps, illustrated atlases, engravings and artifacts to choose objects which would best tell the story of colonial and federal Americans living in Central Mass. and their relationship with global items, and subsequently, global culture.

For Johnston, who has been pursuing this area of research for 10 years, curating this exhibition allowed her to see her research physically manifested through objects housed in local collections. “What was amazing to me was how rich the Worcester and Central Mass. collections are in early 19th century global objects. That was very eye-opening to see how much had survived of these

collections of interiors, from furniture to clothing, all of these peoples’ personal items.”

In their pursuit of objects to exhibit, Johnston and her students engaged in an exploration of Worcester and Central Mass., learning about the families that shaped our region through their own personal items.

The exhibition will include items such as a pink silk coat owned by Mrs. Salisbury, and, Johnston says, “we are borrowing the porcelain plates and teacups that were owned by the Paine family. I really learned a lot more about them. Mrs. Paine, the mother, grew up in a mariner’s family, but she married a physician and moved to Worcester…we are borrowing the Paine family porcelain that her son, who worked for a merchant in China for about 20 years, brought back from China around the 1820s.”

Beyond investigating the history of the people of Central Mass., the exhibition aims to foster a deeper understanding of the trading habits of these early Americans and the impact the global exchange had on many aspects of American design and culture, including fashion, home décor, architecture and garden design. Johnston notes that while Chinese artifacts are of particular interest in contemporary academic society, this is largely due to the nature of the items most commonly imported from China. “There’s so much left. Porcelain is very durable, silk is often expensive and kept by families.” But with “Global Encounters in Early America,” Johnston seeks to expand our understanding of import culture beyond just China, to include all of Asia. “There was a big Indonesian trade in spices, but people don’t think about that because it’s not still here. So we’re looking at not just China, but the rest of Asia and we have a section of the exhibition on food and spices because they were very important.”

The exhibition is curated by Patricia Johnston, Reverend J. Gerard Mears, S.J., Chair in Fine Arts, along with Holy Cross curatorial seminar students Brigit Baines ’16, Katherine Benjamin ’15, Caroline Fador ’14, Abigail Hynes-Houston ’14, Gregory Joyce ’14, Maddie Klett ’14 and Lily Meehan ’14.

The goal of the exhibition is to change the way that people think about early American visual art. To do that, Johnston applied for and received a grant from the Terra Foundation for American Art. The grant money is being used for an accompanying international symposium taking place April 4-5, which will feature a host of international speakers, providing an avenue for the general public to become further involved and benefit from the research Johnston and her students put into the project.

“A lot of what we’re trying to do at Holy Cross is not only the education of our students,” Johnston says. “We want to go beyond the Holy Cross campus, and there will be many classes coming in from the Worcester public schools to see this, because the way that world history is being taught in the middle schools and the high schools is much more global. So we are having several world history classes come in from the Worcester schools so that they can incorporate this into their curriculum.”

An opening reception will be held Thursday, Feb. 20 (Snow date Feb. 27), from 5-7:30 p.m. at The Iris and B. Gerald Cantor Art Gallery at the College of the Holy Cross. A workshop, co-sponsored by the New England History Teachers Association, will be held March 15 for K-12 teachers. The international symposium on April 4 and 5 will feature a variety of speakers. To register, visit http://college.holycross.edu/projects/ globalencounters or email artsRSVP@ holycross.edu.

in wild nests since 1989. “It’s gratifying that the project worked, and that so many people had a hand in it.”

For Davis, writing her memoir about this time and about her experiences as a wildlife practitioner has always been a part of the plan. Since having a pet squirrel in the fourth grade, “I just would look at an animal beyond what it was and see how it reacted to everything.” After meeting a variety of animals through her work and particularly as a falconer, where Davis says she “realized how hard it was for animals to get their food and to survive every day… having a 20-year relationship with a hawk, I learned a lot about animals and the environment, and that all made me realize, even when I was 20 years old, that I needed to write a book. And

then I just lived a life with the animals.”

When it came time to write the book, after 27 years, Davis included everything, “from attempting to raise a baby polar bear back in 1976, to raising red-tailed hawk chicks, not myself as a rehabilitator but giving them to my hawk and letting her raise the chicks.”

Davis’ memoir is primarily a way to communicate with the masses in a broader sense, to spread her message that everyone can make a difference if they go out and volunteer.

And perhaps even more importantly, to spread the message of the wild, too often choked out by the bustling sounds of industry.

“My goal is really to meet people that are saying ‘I have a passion for animals too, how do I get involved?’ I want to get this book out so people can see that there are different

avenues to get involved and also so people can see the behaviors of these animals… and to see these animals in more of a light than just an animal on TV or an animal in a zoo.”

While she is not trying to anthropomorphize the species she works with, Davis says, “Animals are trying to make a living out there and they’re protecting their family and protecting their resources for their mates and themselves, and that’s what it’s all about.”

Meet Davis at one of her upcoming book signings. She will be signing copies of “Eagle One: Raising Bald Eagles, A Wildlife Memoir” on February 21, from 7:30-9:30 p.m. at Wachusett Meadow Wildlife Sanctuary, 113 Goodnow Rd. in Princeton, and on March 12, at 7 p.m. at the Athol Bird and Nature Club, 100 Main St., Athol.

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Temporary opportunity in a temporary space Katie Benoit

If Oscar Wilde said that life imitates art, then Majima Ryoichi could have said that art parodies life. The Japanese artist has taken this idea to the next level with his works, a style of art known as “Majimart,” which mixes social critique with outright parody.

Majicolor prints, neo-pop renditions of objects that utilize vivid colors and stress social criticisms of westernized consumer culture, is now on exibit in the Chinese Corner Gallery at the Worcester Art Museum through November 2014.

Majima Ryoichi studied art in California and throughout much of his adult life has focused on depicting every day objects, especially food and animals, with a hint of absurdity while offering a critique of the world’s consumerist culture. Notable “Majimart” topics and themes include the 24-hour convenience store and the relationship between food, power and pleasure. While some of Majima Ryoichi’s prints have drawn comparisons to Andy Warhol for their focus on single objects, his sculptures – namely the Noodle Boy and Noodle Girl sculptures that were featured in a 1995 Tokyo Majimart exhibition – often use food subjects for political commentary.

The contemporary Japanese artist, himself, has criticized high-brow art for its inability to appeal to average viewers, so, as a result, “Majimart” possesses the ability to appeal

to a wide-range array of museum visitors.

The Majicolor exhibition provides any and all museum guests with a mix of intellectual stimulation and visual excitement, and

is sure to provoke “food for thought,” as the Worcester Art Museum promises in its general label of the exhibit.

Louise Virgin, curator of Asian art at the Worcester Art Museum, expresses much excitement about the exhibition. “As a curator, I am very grateful for the gift of three works created with great skill, and

donated to WAM via Joanne and Doug Wise, that are full of tongue-in-cheek humor and playfulness, as well as a serious message,” Virgin says. “I am also thrilled to find out how much these great and colorful works will enliven and impact the gallery.”

A 2011 gift to the Worcester Art Museum from the Wise Collection, the featured Majicolor prints are titled “The 4th,” “The Food” and “The Color.”

Different from other exhibits currently on display at the museum, Majicolor displays a rotation of three large Majima prints, offering an exhibition that is modern, thoughtful and intriguing.

Virgin, whose training is in Japanese art, has described the rotation of Majicolor prints as a “temporary opportunity to highlight and show unusual works in a temporary space that otherwise might have a limited chance of being shown in an exhibition.”

This means that the Majicolor exhibition is of particular poignancy because it allows WAM visitors to see an exhibition of pieces that, without the rotation, might not have otherwise been shown.

See the Majicolor exhibit at Worcester Art Museum, 55 Salisbury St., Worcester. The Museum is open WednesdayFriday and Sunday, from 11 a.m.-5 p.m. and Saturday, from 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Admission is free for members, $14 for adults, $12 for seniors and college students with ID, $2 cash for EBT holders and free for kids 17 and under. The first Saturday morning of each month is free.

Every Thursday in February, Gallery of African Art and Coffeelands Café will be showcasing a variety of musicians specializing in and inspired by traditional African Music.

Banning has been researching and learning African guitar styles for 20+ years and has developed an original style that incorporates traditions from all across Africa.

Master Drummer, Issa Coulibaly, began studying the djembé when he was 11 in Bamako, Mali.

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When you hit a certain age, a trip to Disney World acquires a whole new dimension. Rather than simply enjoy the ride, you begin appreciating the human effort and financial investment needed to keep the spectacle spinning.

You may ask, “Space Mountain or The Teacups next?” but what you’re really thinking is, “How the hell do they make this all work?”

I had a similar experience watching “The Lego Movie.” As one heavily licensed character after another appeared on screen (in Lego form) — Batman, Green Lantern and Superman from DC Comics, Milhouse from “The Simpsons,” Gandalf and Dumbledore — I found myself wondering what kinds of deals were swung to get them on board. When a “Star Wars” contingent that included Han Solo and Lando Calrissian popped up, my first thought was the amount of cash George Lucas would be pocketing.

Maybe that’s the point of “The Lego Movie.” This is, loudly and proudly, an advertisement for one of the all-time great children’s toys, a two-hour product placement that for all I know sends flashing subliminal messages to “BUY LEGOS!” I almost wish I had a reason to.

It’s probably not worth trying to explain much about this film, other than to say that the characters, the sets — just about everything but the dialogue — are composed entirely of Legos. And honestly, some of it is pretty cool. I was particularly impressed by the way smoke constructed from Legos appeared to waft like the real thing, and the water in the rivers flowed with a kind of stop-action choppiness that reminiscent of a Rankin/Bass cartoon on steroids.

The story, such as it is, follows the travails

of Emmet Brickowski (voiced by Chris Pratt) who is believed to be a Masterbuilder capable of vanquishing the nefarious President Business (Will Ferrell) who is plotting to destroy the world. The president’s motivation for obliterating the planet on which he resides is never completely clear, but hey, to paraphrase “Chinatown”: It’s Legos, Jake.

Among the various characters Emmet encounters on his vision quest are a blind sage (Morgan Freeman), Good Cop/Bad Cop (Liam Neeson), whose face rotates so he can be both, er, good cop and bad cop, and the aforementioned Batman (Will Arnett), a selfabsorbed, perpetually disgusted version of the Caped Crusader. You want more diversity?

Just in the “Sh” category you’ve got Shakespeare and Shaq. (The list of actors supplying voices even for cameos is prodigious, including Jonah Hill, Channing Tatum and Elizabeth Banks.)

This is no “Toy Story,” which perfectly blended nostalgia, whimsy and humanity.

With “The Lego Movie” co-writers and directors Phil Lord and Christopher Miller have fashioned a universe that is so rainbow-colorful, so pinballkinetic, that it’s either a toddler’s fantasy or a potential source for seizures. Beyond the visuals, there is some very funny dialogue here (who knew Freeman could sound like he’s narrating “The Shawshank Redemption” and still get big laughs), thanks to a screenplay that wants to entertain the age group that still plays with Legos while also engaging the age group that picks them up off the floor at the end of the day.

Last week I noted in my tribute to Philip Seymour Hoffman that I’d earlier planned to review “The Lego Movie,” but the actor’s death trivialized the notion. I don’t know. Having finally seen the film, I’m betting that Hoffman would have gotten a kick out of it himself. In fact, I think he would have been more than happy to have supplied a voice or two.

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Solomon Pond Thurs: 11:50, 2:25, 4, 6:50, FriWed: 1:05, 4:05, 6:55 Strand Thurs: 7 Westborough Thurs: 12:15, 2:40, 5:05, 7:35, Fri-Wed: 1:35, 4:30, 7:10 Worcester North Thurs: 12:55, 3:55, Fri-Wed: 12:55, 3:35, 6:35

GUNDAY (G) Westborough Thurs: 12:05, 3:10, 7:55, Fri-Wed: 9:40 p.m.

Wed: 10:05 p.m.

3 DAYS TO KILL (PG-13) Blackstone Fri-Wed: 1, 4:15, 7:10, 9:55, 12:25 a.m.

Cinemagic Fri-Wed: 11:50, 2:20, 4:45, 7:15,

HASSEE TOH/HASSEE TOH PHASEE (G) Westborough Thurs: 10 p.m.

HIGHWAY (2014) (G) Westborough Fri-Wed: 1:15, 3:55, 6:40, 9:35

9:30

Solomon Pond Thurs: 8:10 p.m., Fri-Wed: 1, 3:50, 7:20, 10:10 Westborough Thurs: 8, 10:35, Fri-Wed: 1:45, 4:35, 7:25, 10:05 Worcester North Fri-Wed: 1, 4, 7, 9:50

IN SECRET (THERESE) (R) Worcester North Fri-Wed: 1:05, 3:50, 6:45, 9:35

A DANCER’S DREAM (NR) Cinemagic Thurs: 7 p.m.

LABOR DAY (PG-13) Cinemagic Thurs: 11:30, 4:45, 9:40 Solomon Pond Thurs: 9:35

ABOUT LAST NIGHT (R) Blackstone Thurs-Wed: 12:15, 2:45, 5:15, 7:40, 10:10, (12:30 a.m. Fri-Wed only) Solomon Pond Thurs: 12:45, 4:05, 7:05, 9:40, Fri-Wed: 1:05, 4:15, 7:35, 10:05 Westborough Thurs: 12:55, 4, 7:40, 10:10, FriWed: 1:25, 4:15, 7:05, 9:35 Worcester North Thurs-Wed: 12:15, 2:50, 5:15, 7:40, (10:10 Fri-Wed only)

ALL ON A MARDI GRAS DAY (2003) AND ALWAYS FOR PLEASURE (1978) WPL Sat: 2 AMERICAN HUSTLE (R) Blackstone Thurs: 3:35, 9:40, Fri-Wed: 9:50, 12 a.m. Solomon Pond Thurs: 7:25, 9:45, Fri-Wed: 9:50 p.m. Westborough Thurs: 12:25, 3:30, 6:45, Fri-Wed: 3:50, 6:45, 9:40 Worcester North Thurs-Wed: 12:20, 3:25, 6:25, (9:45 Fri-Wed only)

AUGUST: OSAGE COUNTY (R) Worcester North Thurs: 1:10, 4:05, 7:05, FriWed: 1:10, 7:15

CAPTAIN PHILLIPS (PG-13) Holy Cross Fri, Sat: 7

JACK RYAN: SHADOW RECRUIT (PG-13) Blackstone Thurs: 9:55

LONE SURVIVOR (R) Blackstone Thurs: 12:40, 3:25, 6:30, Fri-Wed: 11:45, 9:40, 12:20 a.m.

Cinemagic Thurs: 11:20, 2, 7:10 Solomon Pond Thurs: 7:35, 10:15, Fri-Wed: 9:30 Westborough Thurs: 7:20, 10:05, Fri-Wed: 9:30 Worcester North Thurs-Wed: 12:50, 4:10, 7:15, (10:30 Fri-Wed only)

PHILOMENA (PG-13) Solomon Pond Thurs: 11:45, 2:05, Fri-Wed: 7:25, 9:45

Westborough Thurs: 12:50 p.m., Fri-Wed: 1:25 Worcester North Thurs: 1:45, 4:40, 7:25, FriWed: 1:45, 4:35, 7:25

POMPEII (PG-13) Blackstone Fri-Wed: 1:30, 4:10 Cinemagic Fri-Wed: 11:30, 4:40, 7:10 Solomon Pond Fri-Wed: 4:20, 7:30, 10 Westborough Fri-Wed: 4:20, 9:55 Worcester North Fri-Wed: 4:40, 7:10 POMPEII 3D (PG-13) Blackstone Fri-Wed: 7, 9:45, 12:10 a.m.

Cinemagic Fri-Wed: 2:05, 9:45 Solomon Pond Thurs: 10:10 p.m., Fri-Wed: 1:30 p.m.

Westborough Thurs: 10 p.m., Fri-Wed: 1:20,

ENDLESS LOVE (PG-13) Blackstone Thurs: 1:15, 3:55, 6:50, 9:30, Fri-

7:20

Wed: 1:15, 3:55, 6:35, 9:20, 11:55

Worcester North Fri-Wed: 1:40, 10

Cinemagic Thurs-Wed: 11:45, 2:10, 4:40, 7:05, 9:30 Solomon Pond Thurs: 1, 4:10, 7:20, 10:10, Fri-Wed: 1:15, 4, 7:10, 9:40 Westborough

RIDE ALONG (PG-13) Blackstone Thurs: 12:10, 2:35, 5:05, 7:30,

Thurs: 12:10, 4:05, 7:25, 9:50, Fri-Wed: 1:50,

10:05, Fri-Wed: 12:10, 2:35, 5, 7:30, 10,

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12:25 Cinemagic Thurs: 4:40, 9:50 Solomon Pond Thurs: 12:30, 3:45, 7:45, 10:30, Fri-Wed: 1:45, 4:30, 7:50, 10:30 Worcester North Thurs-Wed: 12:05, 2:30, 5:05, 7:45, (10:15 Fri-Wed only)

ROBOCOP (PG-13) Blackstone (reserved seating) Thurs: 7:05, 9:50, Fri-Wed: 1:10, 4, 6:50, 9:35, 12:15 a.m.

Blackstone Thurs: 1, 1:30, 4, 4:30, 7:35, 10:20, Fri-Wed: 1:40, 4:30, 7:20, 10:05 Cinemagic Thurs-Wed: 11:25, 2:10, 4:50, 7:25, 10 Solomon Pond Thurs: 11:35, 12:40, 2:20, 3:50, 4:20, 7, 7:40, 9:50, 10:20, Fri-Wed: 12:55, 1:40, 3:45, 4:35, 6:50, 7:40, 9:35, 10:15 Westborough Thurs: 12:40, 3:40, 7:05, 9:55, Fri-Wed: 1:30, 4:25, 7:15, 10:05 Worcester North Thurs: 1, 1:30, 4, 4:30, 7, 7:30, Fri-Wed: 12:55, 1:25, 3:55, 4:30, 6:55, 7:30, 9:55, 10:20

SNOW DAY (2000) Strand Fri: 1 THAT AWKWARD MOMENT (R) Blackstone Thurs: 12, 2:30, 5, 7:50, 10:25, Fri-

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1:50, 4:20 Blackstone Thurs: 7:45, 10:15 Cinemagic Thurs: 11:45, 7:15, Fri-Wed: 4:45, 7:15 Solomon Pond Thurs: 11:30, 2, 4:30, 6:45, 9:30, Fri-Wed: 12:50, 3:30, 6:45, 9:20 Westborough Thurs: 12:30, 3, 5:30, 7, 9:30, FriWed: 1:10, 4:10, 7 Worcester North Thurs-Wed: 1:55, 4:25, 6:55, (9:20 Fri-Wed only)

THE MONUMENTS MEN (PG-13) Blackstone Thurs: 12:50, 3:50, 6:55, 9:35, FriWed: 12:50, 3:50, 6:40, 9:30, 12:05 a.m.

Cinemagic Thurs-Wed: 11:40, 2:15, 4:50, 7:25, 10 Solomon Pond Thurs: 12:10, 12:55, 3:55,

1:55, 4:45, 7:55, 10:20 Worcester North Thurs: 6:35, Fri-Wed: 9:40 p.m.

Thurs: 11:40, 2:10, 5:05, Fri-Wed: 1:35, 3:55 Westborough Thurs: 12:20, 2:50, 5:10 Worcester North Thurs: 12:30, 2:45, 5

THE PAST (LE PASSE) (PG-13) Worcester North Thurs: 1:05, 3:55, 6:45 THE ROYAL BALLET: SWAN LAKE (NR) Blackstone Thurs: 7 Solomon Pond Thurs: 7 THE SECRET LIFE OF WALTER MITTY (PG) Elm Fri: 7, 9:30, Sat: 4, 7, 9:30, Sun: 4:30, 7:30, Tues, Wed: 7:30

THE HOBBIT: THE DESOLATION OF SMAUG Elm Thurs: 7:30

THE WOLF OF WALL STREET (R) Worcester North Thurs-Wed: 12:40, 4:20, 8

THE HUNGER GAMES: CATCHING FIRE (PG-13) Strand Fri-Sun, Tues, Wed: 7 Worcester North

VAMPIRE ACADEMY (PG-13) Blackstone Thurs: 9:15 Cinemagic Thurs: 2:20 Solomon Pond Thurs: 4:25 Westborough Thurs: 3:50

THE LAND BEFORE TIME (1988) Strand Thurs: 1 THE LEGO MOVIE (PG) Blackstone Thurs: 11:50, 12:20, 2:20, 2:50, 4:50, 5:20, 6:45, 7:15, 9:45, Fri-Wed: 12:20, 2:30, 2:50, 4:50, 5:20, 6:45, 7:15, 7:45, 9:15, 10:15, 11:45 Cinemagic Thurs-Wed: 11:30, 2, 2:15, 4:30, 4:45, 7, 9:20, 9:40 Solomon Pond Thurs: 12, 12:50, 2:30, 3:40, 5, 7:30, 10, FriWed: 1:20, 1:50, 4:10, 4:40, 7:15, 7:45, 10:25 Westborough Thurs: 12, 2:30, 5, 7:30, 9:55, Fri-Wed: 1:40, 4:40, 7:30, 10 Worcester North Thurs-Wed: 12, 2:25, 4:55, 7:20, (9:45 FriWed only)

THE LEGO MOVIE 3D (PG) Blackstone (reserved seating) Thurs-Wed: 11:20,

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4:40, 8, Fri-Wed: 1:25, 4:25, 7, 9:45 Westborough Thurs: 12:35, 3:35, 7:10, 10, FriWed: 1, 4, 6:50, 9:45 Worcester North ThursWed: 12:45, 3:40, 7:05, (9:55 Fri-Wed only)

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Solomon Pond Thurs: 1:05, 4:55, 7:20, Fri-Wed:

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WINTER’S TALE (PG-13) Blackstone Thurs: 12, 4:25, 7:10, 10, Fri-Wed: 12:40, 3:40, 6:25, 9:25 Cinemagic Thurs-Wed: 11:20, 1:55, 4:30, 7:10, 9:50 Solomon Pond Thurs: 12:20, 3:30, 7:10, 9:55, Fri-Wed: 1:10, 3:40, 7:05, 9:55 Westborough Thurs: 12:45, 3:45, 7:15, 10:05, Fri-Wed: 1:05, 4:05, 6:55, 9:45 Worcester North Thurs-Wed: 1:20, 4:50, 7:35, (10:25 Fri-Wed only)

Looking for your favorite theater and don’t see it listed? Email editor@worcestermag. com and we’ll do our best to include it in the coming weeks.

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.

Adv. Tix on Sale 300: RISE OF AN EMPIRE

HIGHWAY (NR)

Fri. - Thu.(115 355) 640 935

Adv. Tix on Sale MR. PEABODY AND SHERMAN 3 DAYS TO KILL [CC] (PG-13) Fri. - Thu.(100 350) 720 1010

3 DAYS TO KILL [CC] (PG-13) Fri. - Thu.(145) 435 725 1005

POMPEII IN REALD 3D [CC,DV] (PG-13) No Passes Fri. - Thu.(130 PM)

POMPEII IN REALD 3D [CC,DV] (PG-13) No Passes Fri. - Thu.(120 PM) 720 PM

POMPEII [CC,DV] (PG-13) Fri. - Thu.420 PM 730 PM 1000 PM

POMPEII [CC,DV] (PG-13) Fri. - Thu.420 PM 955 PM

WINTER'S TALE [CC,DV] (PG-13) Fri. - Thu.(110 340) 705 955

GUNDAY (NR)

ENDLESS LOVE [CC,DV] (PG-13) Fri. - Thu.(115) 400 710 940

WINTER'S TALE [CC,DV] (PG-13) Fri. - Thu.(105) 405 655 945

ABOUT LAST NIGHT [CC,DV] (R) Fri. - Thu.(105) 415 735 1005 ROBOCOP [CC,DV] (PG-13) Fri. - Thu.(1255 140 345) 435 650 740 935 1015 LEGO [CC,DV] (PG) Fri. - Thu.(120 150) 410 440 715 745 1025 MONUMENTS MEN [CC,DV] (PG-13) Fri. - Thu.(125) 425 700 945

Fri. - Thu.940 PM

ENDLESS LOVE [CC,DV] (PG-13) Fri. - Thu.(150) 445 735 1010 ABOUT LAST NIGHT [CC,DV] (R) Fri. - Thu.(125) 415 705 935 ROBOCOP [CC,DV] (PG-13) Fri. - Thu.(130) 425 715 1005

LEGO IN REALD 3D [CC,DV] (PG) No Passes Fri. - Thu.(1250 330) 645 920

MONUMENTS MEN [CC,DV] (PG-13) Fri. - Thu.(100) 400 650 945

THAT AWKWARD MOMENT [CC,DV] (R) Fri. - Thu.(155) 445 755 1020

LEGO IN REALD 3D [CC,DV] (PG) No Passes Fri. - Thu.(110 PM) 410 PM 700 PM

THE NUT JOB [CC,DV] (PG) Fri. - Thu.(135 PM 355 PM)

LEGO [CC,DV] (PG) Fri. - Thu.(140) 440 730 1000

RIDE ALONG [CC,DV] (PG-13) Fri. - Thu.(145) 430 750 1030

LONE SURVIVOR [CC,DV] (R)

LONE SURVIVOR [CC,DV] (R)

Fri. - Thu.930 PM

AMERICAN HUSTLE [CC,DV] (R) Fri. - Thu.950 PM PHILOMENA [CC,DV] (PG-13) Fri. - Thu.725 PM 945 PM FROZEN [CC,DV] (PG) Fri. - Thu.(105 PM) 405 PM 655 PM

Fri. - Thu.930 PM

AMERICAN HUSTLE [CC,DV] (R) Fri. - Thu.(350 PM) 645 PM 940 PM PHILOMENA [CC,DV] (PG-13) Fri. - Thu.(125 PM) FROZEN [CC,DV] (PG) Fri. - Thu.(135 PM) 430 PM 710 PM

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Pizzeria meets fine dining Zoe Dee

In a small storefront, set back from Main Street in Spencer, is Kaboodle Pizzeria, Bar & Grill. It is the three-course experience the name suggests with a small bar serving bottled beer and other alcoholic beverages, an openkitchen design giving customers a view of flaming skillets and a dining room with a dozen or so tables and chairs. At once the restaurant is both a bustling pizzeria and a comfortable eatery serving up delicious ItalianAmerican-inspired cuisine at very affordable prices.

On a recent weekday evening, Max and I walked into the restaurant a little after 5 p.m. Empty with customers, we were apprehensive, but several groups came and settled in throughout our dinner. A welcoming man – who appeared to play the part of host, server and chef – seated us at a table for two.

We each ordered a bottled beer, as there are none on draught. The selection is simple with Corona, Bud Light, Heineken and the like.

The menu at Kaboodle is large, beginning with a dozen appetizers ranging from Spring Rolls filled with chicken, bleu cheese and apples ($4.99), to the Spinach and Artichoke Dip ($4.99), which Max and I began our evening with. Served in a small casserole dish, the dip is a sea foam green color, offset by a creamy white drizzle, topped with diced tomatoes. This is a very different take on the traditional spinach and artichoke dip.

Instead of soft spinach and artichoke chunks swimming in a creamy sauce, at Kaboodle, all ingredients are blended together to make a smooth, even consistency – much more a spread than a dip. Also different are the pieces of warm, toasted bread served

alongside the dip, rather than the usual tortilla chips.

From the pasta section of the menu, I ordered the Curry Coconut Haddock ($12.99).

Italy meets India in this dish. From The Boot comes a heaping portion of penne, chunks of flaky white haddock and diced tomatoes; from the East is a thick and creamy yellow curry sauce with sweet notes. The sauce itself was incredible, while other ingredients tasted fresh and were well prepared. The menu lists pineapple as an ingredient, however I did not

discover any chunks of the fruit. The sauce was sweet enough, though, that it could have very well been blended in during the cooking process.

Also from the pasta offerings, Max ordered the Sausage and Meatball Rigatoni ($10.99), a huge dish of homestyle pasta and meat. It was a near-perfect take on a satisfying classic, with a well-balanced amount of both sausage and meatballs. The meat was delicious and full of flavor, and complemented the slightly tart red sauce perfectly, making for subtle complexity in a simple dish.

In addition to pasta dishes, Kaboodle offers pizza, hot and cold sandwiches, burgers and salads with la carte toppings that include – but are not limited to – crab cakes, grilled shrimp and hummus.

Desserts include New York-style cheesecake, chocolate ganache, tiramisu and carrot cake – all of which are temptingly displayed in a glass case next to the open kitchen.

At the end of the night, our bill came to $47.74. For an appetizer, two entrees and two rounds of drinks, Max and I felt like we had been treated and walked away with a promise we would be back.

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BITES ... nom, nom, nom Brittany Durgin

ALL-YOU-CAN-EAT COOKING WITH BREAKFAST FUNDRAISER SUPERFOODS Feasting on SuperFoods, a workshop on cooking

An all-you-can-eat breakfast with pancakes, scrambled eggs, sausage, French toast, hot chocolate, orange juice and coffee will be served at the Masonic Hall in Uxbridge on Sunday, Feb. 23, from 7-11:30 a.m. Breakfast is $6 per person and a raffle will be available.

Proceeds from ticket sales will benefit the Uxbridge First Holiday Night Celebration, to be held on Saturday, Dec. 6, 2014. All proceeds from the raffle will benefit the Blackstone Valley Masons. Tickets may be purchased at the door. Masonic hall, Court Street, Uxbridge.

with superfoods, will be held at Tower Hill Botanic Garden on Sunday, Feb. 23, from 12-2 p.m. Chef Liz Barbour will demonstrate how to combine and prepare highly-nutritious ingredients to create super-healthy recipes and meals. Participants will taste two different meals. Cost is $30 for members and $45 for nonmembers. Tower Hill Botanic Garden, 11 French Dr., Boylston. towerhillbg.org.

The Sweetest of Rolls ...

Worcester’s sweet potato tempura rolls Elle Durkin

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Mai Tai Bar and Sushi Restaurant 69 Green St., Worcester 508-751-5900 FOOD ★★★★ AMBIENCE ★★★★ SERVICE ★★★★★ VALUE ★★★★

Mai Tai Bar and Sushi Restaurant, located amidst the nightlife of Green Street in Worcester, is a unique establishment. It manages to boast both a comprehensive sushi menu with comfortable dining accommodations and a nightclub atmosphere. At a certain point in the night, the lights dim slowly, almost inconceivably, the music gets slightly louder and crowds begin filing in, heading directly to the bar. It was pretty amazing actually, to finish our meal and find we were already in the next stop of our night out. The area is spacious, the location is ideal and the vibe is fun.

For $5, I got six sweet potato maki rolls. The rolls were very thick, which is good except that the potatoes and rice seemed to evenly contribute to the thickness. Still, the sweet potatoes were very plump and juicy, and although they had to compete somewhat with the rice for the title of predominant flavor, their freshness was not unnoticed. Perhaps this was because the sweet potatoes had no trace of tempura on them. While not advertised as tempura rolls, this is typically the case when sweet potato is included as a sushi option. Because the quality of this particular roll derived primarily from the fresh juiciness of the potatoes, the tempura was not missed. But it did make for a different experience.

The sauce on these rolls, while tasty, was essentially their downfall. It did not taste handcrafted and specific to the roll, but rather had a more generic, sweet taste, almost hinting of barbeque sauce. This wouldn’t have been overly upsetting except that it was layered on somewhat gratuitously, soaking deep into the roll rather than resting gently atop. The not-so-refined taste was absorbed by overbearing rice and plump sweet potato.

The rolls seemed very sticky, which would speak to the quality of the rice, and possibly explain why it felt so overwhelming in my mouth. I prefer this, however, to rolls that fall apart at first touch, rice littering the plate. The accompanying ginger was overly-strong and thick, but definitely delivered the kind of palate-cleansing punch it is included for. Overall, I was definitely satisfied, but nothing stood out about the rolls. Their flavor was fleeting, and soon forgotten.

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GET WOOED Wooberry Frozen Yogurt will be hopping with all things Woo on Wednesday, Feb. 26, from 6-8 p.m. CC Lowell Art Supply will be at the frozen yogurt shop with art activities, Worcester Historical Museum staff will be mingling with the customers, Worcester Music Academy will be performing live and thanks to the WOO Card, there will be raffles, games and door prizes.

Oh, and the first 50 guests will receive a free WOO Card tote bag. Admission is free and WOO Cards will be available for purchase for $10.

Wooberry Frozen Yogurt, 141 Highland St., Worcester.

RED CARPET FUNDRAISER The Worcester Jewish Community Center (JCC) hosts its annual Red Carpet Casion Night & Auction fundraiser event, complete with a cocktail hour, hors d’oeuvres and dinner, on Saturday, March 1, beginning at 6 p.m. The evening will feature highly-acclaimed Michael Jackson impersonator, Daniel Ware. Both silent and live auctions will be held, and gaming tables will be open for guests to try their luck.

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after Feb. 21. All proceeds will benefit the Worcester JCC Scholarship Program, which helps children in need from all surrounding areas attend summer camp, after school and other programs at the JCC. Reserve tickets by visiting worcesterjcc.org or by calling 508756-7109.

PANCAKES AT THE FARM Heifer International hosts its annual series of Pancakes at the Farm events Saturday and Sundays, March 1-9, from 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Guests will 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.

CHILI COOKOFF Isador’s Organics hosts its third annual Chili Cookoff on Sunday, March 2, from 12-2 p.m. Guests will have the opportunity to vote for their favorite recipes. Tickets are available in advance at

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Booklovers’ Gourmet in Webster, Commerce Bank in Webster and Isador’s Organics in Oxford. Proceeds from the event will benefit the Hand Fruit Program, bringing fresh organic fruit to local elementary schools in Dudley, Oxford and Webster. Isador’s Organics, 261 Main St., Oxford.

GO WHISK(E)Y WEEKEND Julio’s Liquors hosts its annual Go Whisk(e)y Weekend from Friday-Sunday, Feb. 21-23 with a variety of events. Kicking off the weekend will be a Bourbon Dinner on Friday, Feb. 21 at the International Golf Club and Resort in Bolton. Whiskey cocktails will be served at 6:30 p.m., followed by a three-course meal with bourbon pairings at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are $60 each and reservations can be made by calling the International at 978-779-6910.

On Saturday, Feb. 22, Julio’s will hold whiskey seminars and at 7 p.m. a meet and greet with distillery representatives will be held. Tickets for the meet and greet are $20, which includes a souvenir whiskey glass and hors d’oeuvres. On Sunday, Feb. 23, the Grand Dram tasting, a massive free whiskey tasting, will be held from 1-4 p.m.

More than 250 individual

whiskies will be featured and whiskey experts will be mingling with the crowd. An optional $10 donation includes a free tasting glass with all proceeds benefiting the Shriners Hospitals for Children.

Register for whsikey seminars and order tickets to the Bourbon Dinner and meet and greet by visiting lochandkey.com. Julio’s Liquors, 140 Turnpike Rd., Westborough. Juliosliquors.com.

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Dave B and the Hot Shots. 10 p.m.-2 a.m. Michael’s Cigar Bar, 1 Exchange Place. 508-459-9035.

Strange Machines. 21 plus. Electric Haze, 26 Millbury St. 508799-0629.

February African Music Series. Lecture/demonstrations 6-6:45 at Gallery of African Art. Performances 7-8:30 at Coffeelands Cafe | 50 High Street, Clinton. THIS MUSIC SERIES IS FREE TO ATTEND! Call/ email Zach for info 978-265-4345 or zcombs@galleryofafricanart. org. 7-9:30 a.m., 6-8:30 p.m. Gallery of African Art, 62 High St., Clinton.

978-265-4345.

Assumption College HumanArts Event: Harpsichord Series-Suzanne Cartreine. Free. Noon-1 p.m. Assumption College Chapel of The Holy Spirit Community Room, 500 Salisbury St. assumption.edu/humanarts.

Every OTHER Thursday with Funk For Now, PHASES and Anastasia Markov. $5. 8 p.m.-2 a.m. Lucky Dog Music Hall, 89 Green St. 508-363-1888 or facebook.com/funkfornow.

Open Mic Night Just plug in and play. 8-11 p.m. Canal Restaurant & Bar, 65 Water St. 508-926-8353.

Pete Towler Acoustic Live! No Cover. Mickey O’Neils 377 Park Ave Worcester Free. 8-11 p.m. Travel Destination Thursday Open Mic W/ Ed Sheridan. Free. 8-11 p.m. Blue Plate Lounge, 661 Main St., Holden. 508-829-4566.

Zack Slik. 8 p.m.-1 a.m. Rye & Thyme, 14 Monument Square, Leominster. 978-534-5900.

College Night Featuring DJ Danny Fly. 9 p.m.-2 a.m. Industry Bar Room, 109 Water St. 508-756-2100.

Metal Thursday CCXXXIV: Black Mass, Perchance To Dream, Horrible Earth, Arctic Horror. 9 p.m.-2 a.m. Ralph’s Chadwick Square Diner, 148 Grove St. 508-753-9543.

The Russo Brothers! 9 p.m.-2 a.m. Nick’s Bar and Restaurant, 124

>Friday 21 Take Two. 4-8 p.m. Rivalry’s Sports Bar, 274 Shrewsbury St. 774243-1100.

Dana Lewis Live! 5:30-8 p.m. Webster House Restaurant, 1 Webster St. 508-757-7208.

Drunken Uncles. 5:30-8:30 p.m. Perfect Game Sports Grill and Lounge, 64 Water St. 508-792-4263.

Thank Friday It’s Dr. Nat. No cover charge, tips appreciated. 5:307:30 p.m. Nick’s Bar and Restaurant, 124 Millbury St. 508-753-4030 or natneedle.com/tďŹ dn.

The Merry Ploughboys Irish Pub Night. Playing Irish Music together in Dublin since 1989, the Merry Ploughboys performance is a lively blend of traditional Irish ballads and folk music, and includes warm interaction with their audience. $25; $20. 6:30-11 p.m. Mechanics Hall, 321 Main St. 508-752-0888 or mechanicshall.org.

JAZZED UP Trio Live. (facebook.com/jazzedupmusic, jazzedup. net) No Cover. 7-10 p.m. Oxford Casual Dining, 2 Millbury Blvd, Oxford.

508-987-1567.

Patrick DeStoop. Free. 7-9:30 p.m. Mill Church Cafe, 45 River St Millbury MA, Millbury. 508-865-1517 or millchurch.org.

Clark 20 | 21 Presents: Keith Kirchoff & the Electroacoustic Piano. For more information about the event, call our Estabrook ofďŹ ce at 508-793-7356. Free. 7:30-9:30 p.m. Clark University: Traina Center for the Arts, Razzo Hall, 92 Downing St. BLUES: Grayson Hugh with Polly Messer. $20 general public; students & seniors $19; members $17; children under 12 $10.

8-11 p.m. Amazing Things Art Center, 160 Hollis St., Framingham.

508-405-2787 or amazingthings.org.

How Bizarre. 8-11:30 p.m. The Mill, 185 West Boylston St., West

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Johnny Winter’s 70th Birthday Tour. $50 advance; $54 day of show. 8-11 p.m. Bull Run Restaurant, Sawtelle Room, 215 Great Road, Shirley. 978-425-4311 or tickets.bullrunrestaurant.com.

The Matt Brown Band. $5 cover. 8-11 p.m. Blue Plate Lounge, 661 Main St., Holden. 508-829-4566. * Live Music * Far From Eden * w/ Molly & the Adams.

No Cover. 8:30 p.m.-1 a.m. Wheelock Inn, 82 Wheelock Ave., Millbury. facebook.com/events/277341125746814.

Neon Alley. 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 Sqare, Leominster. 978-534-5900.

Auntie Trainwreck. 21+, No Cover! 9 p.m.-1 a.m. Club KasBar, 234 Southwest Cutoff. 508-798-8385 or facebook.com/ events/1412455912323408.

Happy Jack Tribute to The Who. The area’s ultimate tribute to The Who is back at JJ’s! 9 p.m.-12:30 a.m. JJ’s Sports Bar and Grill, 380 Southwest Cutoff, Northborough. 508-842-8420.

Mayhem. $5. 9 p.m.-1 a.m. Greendale’s Pub, 404 W Boylston St. 508-853-1350.

MT Presents: ARMORY “EMPYREAN REALMS� ALBUM RELEASE (with guests BOMBER - MOTORHEAD TRIBUTE & SONIC PULSE). 9 p.m.-2 a.m. Ralph’s Chadwick Square Diner, 148 Grove St. 508-753-9543.

Doctor Robert. 9:30 p.m.-1 a.m. Sakura Tokyo, 640 Park Ave. 508-792-1078.

The Auld Locals. 9:30 p.m.-12:30 a.m. The Grey Hound Pub, 139 Water St. 508-754-6100.

BILL McCARTHY @ MICHAEL’S CIGAR BAR. Free. 10 p.m.1 a.m. Michael’s Cigar Bar, 1 Exchange Place. 508-459-9035.

DJ One-3. 10 p.m.-2 a.m. Perfect Game Sports Grill and Lounge, 64 Water St. 508-792-4263.

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DJ Music Master Sound. 11 p.m.-1:30 a.m. Canal Restaurant & Bar, 65 Water St. 508-926-8353.

>Saturday 22 Chris Reddy Solo Acoustic -Narragansett Promo. 3-5 p.m.

The Outlook Restaurant, 79 Powers Road, Westford.

JAZZED UP Trio Live. No Cover. 6:30-8:30 p.m. Coral Seafood, 225 Shrewsbury St. 508-755-8331.

Mark Robie. 6:30-8:30 p.m. Nu Cafe, 335 Chandler St. 508-9268800.

Dana Lewis LIVE! Free! 7-10 p.m. Nancy’s Quaker Tavern, 466 Quaker Hgwy (Route146a), Uxbridge. 508-779-0901.

BILL McCARTHY. Free. 7:30-10:30 p.m. Guiseppe’s Grille, 35 Solomon Pond Road, Northborough. 508-393-4405.

Cafe’ con Dios. Donation. 7:30-10 p.m. Faith Baptist Church, Main Auditorium, 22 Faith Ave, Auburn. 508-579-6722.

Sean Fullerton. 7:30-10:30 p.m. Canal Restaurant & Bar, 65 WATER ST., 65 Water St. 508-926-8353.

Total Surrender. This is a great band for the college crowd!

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Tom Yates & The Workingman’s Band. 8-11:30 p.m.

Cornerstone’s Restaurant, 616 Central St., Leominster. 978-537-1991.

Belit. 8-11:30 p.m. The Mill, 185 West Boylston St., West Boylston.

The Alchemystics. $12 advance; $14 day of show. 8-11 p.m. Bull Run Restaurant, Sawtelle Room, 215 Great Road, Shirley. 978-4254311 or tickets.bullrunrestaurant.com.

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City Boys. 8:30 p.m.-1 a.m. Rye & Thyme, 14 Monument Square, Leominster. 978-534-5900.

Windfall Classic Rock. Windfall is a classic rock originating from Worcester, MA. windfallrock.com. 8:30 p.m.-12:30 a.m. Wong Dynasty, Holden, MA, 176 Reservior Road (Route31), Holden. 508-829-2188.

YUENGLING kickoff party and Tap TAKEOVER! along with the biggest 80’s party ALL NIGHT LONG with The Flock Of A-Holes! YUENGLING is finally available in Massachusetts STARTING TONIGHT! It’s the biggest KICKOFF party in Worcester and we are doing it in fine fashion by giving up 3 different draft lines to America’s oldest brewery. 8:30 p.m.-2 a.m. Lucky Dog Music Hall, 89 Green St. 508-363-1888 or facebook.com/pages/Flock-ofAholes/127019150125.

Ghost Ocean, Born Without Bones, The Young Leaves, Build and Bind! 9 p.m.-2 a.m. Ralph’s Chadwick Square Diner, 148 Grove St. 508-753-9543.

Jubilee Gardens! 9 p.m.-2 a.m. Nick’s Bar and Restaurant, 124 Millbury St. 508-753-4030.

New Bay Colony - Oxford U - Days End Tavern. Free. 9 p.m.-1 a.m. Days End Tavern, 287 Main St., Oxford. 508-987-1006 or facebook.com/events/730912013600529/?ref_dashboard_ filter=calendar.

No Alibi. The area’s best party band is back at JJ’s! Come out and dance the night away! 9 p.m.-12:30 a.m. JJ’s Sports Bar and Grill, 380 Southwest Cutoff, Northborough. 508-842-8420.

Rare Breed Live - 90’s Grunge Attack Party. Rare Breed is back baby! Live at Beatnik’s on Saturday, February 22nd! Rare Breed returns to the stage with special guests and plenty of surprises. We’re bigger, badder, and louder than ever. come hear us crank out some 90’s tunes and hang out by the bar for some cheese fries and beer! TBD. 9 p.m.-2 a.m. Beatnik’s, . 774-420-4342 or facebook.com/rarebreed508.

Silverbacks. $5. 9 p.m.-1 a.m. Greendale’s Pub, 404 W Boylston St. 508-853-1350.

Cosby Sweaters. 9:30 p.m.-2 a.m. Rivalry’s Sports Bar, 274 Shrewsbury St. 774-243-1100.

Doctor Robert. 9:30 p.m.-1 a.m. Sakura Tokyo, 640 Park Ave. 508-792-1078.

Tony Soul Project. 9:30 p.m.-12:30 a.m. Bolton Street Tavern, 587 Bolton St., Marlborough. 508-485-4416 or tonysoulproject.com.

Center Bar Saturday Nights. No cover charge. 10 p.m.-1:30 a.m.

Center Bar & Grill, 102 Green St. 508-438-0597.

Dj Reckless. 10 p.m.-2 a.m. Perfect Game Sports Grill and Lounge, 64 Water St. 508-792-4263.

House / EDM Dance Party with DJ Kartier. No cover charge.

10 p.m.-1:30 a.m. Center Bar & Grill, 102 Green St. 508-438-0597.

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Rugged Road Band. 10 p.m.-2 a.m. Michael’s Cigar Bar, 1 Exchange Place. 508-459-9035.

DJ Music Master Sound. 11 p.m.-1:30 a.m. Canal Restaurant & Bar, 65 Water St. 508-926-8353.

>Sunday 23 Sunday Brunch w/Chet Williamson. 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Gardner Ale House, 74 Parker St., Gardner. 978-669-0122.

African Roots of New Orleans Jazz and Louisiana Cajun Music with Deux Amis. Free with Museum Admission. 1:30-2:30 p.m. Worcester Art Museum, Renaissance Court, 55 Salisbury St. 508791-8159 or pakmusic.org/calendar-and-events/special-events.

Don’al Clancy in concert. $ 15 advance/ $20 at the door. 2-3:30 p.m. Hibernian Cultural Center - Worcester, hall, 19 Temple St. 508868-7552.

Bo & The Highlanders. 4-8 p.m. Rivalry’s Sports Bar, 274 Shrewsbury St. 774-243-1100.

Big Jon Short - solo acoustic country blues. Free. 5-8 p.m.

Vincent’s Bar, 49 Suffolk St. 508-752-9439.

The Hangover Hour Spoken Word Salon at 5 p.m.; then Andy Cummings at 8:30 p.m. 5 p.m.-2 a.m. Nick’s Bar and Restaurant, 124 Millbury St. 508-753-4030.

Jim’s Blues Jam at Greendales. Each week has a first rate feature performer, followed by an open mike segment. Host Jim Perry keeps things rolling. No cover. 6-10 p.m. Greendale’s Pub, 404 W Boylston St. 508-853-1350.

OPEN MIC SUNDAYS WITH BILL McCARTHY. To check the schedules and open slots visit: Bill McCarthy’s Open Mic World on Facebook Bill McCarthy. Email Bill McCarthy to reserve it! Email him at: OPENMCC@VERIZON.NET. Free! 6:30-10:30 p.m. Perfect Game Sports Grill and Lounge, 64 Water St. 508-792-4263.

>Monday 24 Blue Mondays - Live Blues. 7-10 p.m. Gardner Ale House, 74 Parker St., Gardner. 978-669-0122.

Driftin’ Sam Politz at 7pm; then Karaoke at 9pm! 7 p.m.-2 a.m. Nick’s Bar and Restaurant, 124 Millbury St. 508-753-4030.

Country Music Mondays-Pete Towler. Country Music Mondays! With Pete Towler Live Acoustic music Loft 266 Park ave. No Cover! Free. 7:30-10:30 p.m. Travel Destination Open: Worcester. 21 plus doors at 6pm Open mic, and open decks Free. 8 p.m.-1 a.m. Electric Haze, 26 Millbury St. 508-799-0629.

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.

>Tuesday 25 Hip Hop Tuesdays. 21 plus every other tuesday. Electric Haze, 26 Millbury St. 508-799-0629.

TUESDAY OPEN MIC NIGHT with Bill McCarthy! To check the schedules and open slots visit: Bill McCarthy’s Open Mic World on Facebook. Email Bill McCarthy to reserve it! at: OPENMCC@VERIZON.

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OPEN Mic Tuesday. Poetry, Acoustic / SingerSongwriters, etc. Our new members of the Lucky Dog family, (Ryan and Shauna) want to meet all of you poets and solo musicians. Why don’t you show up with a bunch of your friends and introduce yourself!

NO COVER! 8 p.m.-2 a.m. Lucky Dog Music Hall, 89 Green St. 508-3631888 or Theluckydogmusichall.com.

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+). Worcester, MA’s longest running DJ & live electronic night bringing you the biggest names and the deepest bass week after week! WOMP. Free! before 11pm. 9 p.m.-2 a.m. Lucky Dog Music Hall, 89 Green St. 508-363-1888 or facebook.com/electrictuesdays.

>Wednesday 26 West Boylston Ukulele Club. Jim Webster of Nashua River Instruments and Rich “Amazing Dick” Leufstedt share lessons and songs for the ukulele. All ages and abilites are welcome. Free (donations to support school arts & music welcome). 6:30-8 p.m. Pinecroft Dairy, 555 Prospect St., West Boylston. 508-853-0717.

Instrumental Guitar Duo Show. Free. 7-9:30 p.m. Sahara Cafe & Restaurant, 143 Highland St. 508-798-2181.

WEDNESDAY NIGHT OPEN MIC. Email Bill McCarthy to reserve it! at: OPENMCC@VERIZON.NET. 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 Tba. Sign your band up for Wednesday nights! Egodin@aol.com Free. 8:30 p.m.-2 a.m. Lucky Dog Music Hall, 89 Green St. 508-363-1888 or Theluckydogmusichall.com.

Brett Brumby. 9 p.m.-2 a.m. Michael’s Cigar Bar, 1 Exchange Place.

508-459-9035.

Dan Burke! 9 p.m.-2 a.m. Nick’s Bar and Restaurant, 124 Millbury St. 508-753-4030.

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ArtsWorcester, Nature In Translation: Recent Works by Anne Harris and Laurie McCrohon, Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays, through March 15; Tenth Annual College Show Opening Reception, Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays, through March 15. Hours: closed Sunday - Monday, 1-4 p.m. Tuesday, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Wednesday - Friday, 1-4 p.m. Saturday.

Admission: Fre. 660 Main St. 508-755-5142 or artsworcester.org.

EcoTarium, Animals Without Passports, Sundays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays, through May 4; Daisy Days: Incredible Critters, Thursday; Science + You, Through April 27.

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, through March 28. 160 Pearl St., Fitchburg. fitchburgstate.edu.

Museum of Russian Icons, Secret Symbolism: Decoding Color in Russian Icons, Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays, 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. 978598-5000 or 978-598-5000x17 or museumofrussianicons.org.

Tower Hill Botanic Garden, Mary Kocol Landscape Photo Exhibit, Through Feb. 23; Mary Kocol Landscape Photo Exhibit, Through Feb. 23. Hours: 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday, closed Monday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Tuesday - Saturday. Admission: $12 Adults, $9 Seniors & $7 Youth, Free to Members & Children under . 11 French Drive, Boylston. 508-8696111 or towerhillbg.org.

Worcester Art Museum, Carina Nebula: Michael Benson, Through June 22; Works in Process: from Print to Proof, Through April 15; You are here, Through Aug. 31; Families @ WAM Make Art, Saturdays, through March 1; Families @ WAM Tour, Saturdays, through March 1; Public Tour, Sundays, through Dec. 28; The Monuments Men:Lecture #2 - A Closer Look, Sunday; CANCELED - WAM Talk with Gloria Hall from Art in the Park discussing “What is your Art Aesthetic?”, Wednesday; Tour of the Month: Portraits: Facade or Not?, Wednesday; U-student Wednesdays Free admission to WAM educational institutional members, Wednesdays, Oct. 2 - Dec. 31. 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! Tours, Saturdays, through March 15. Hours: closed Sunday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday - Saturday.

25 Sagamore Road. 508-753-8183 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 Treasures, Through Oct. 31; Boston Red Sox 2013 World Series Trophy, Monday; Happy Birthday to Us!, Tuesday. Hours: closed Sunday - Monday, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tuesday - Saturday. 30 Elm St. 508-753-8278 or worcesterhistory.org.

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Call David Sachs 508-254-6305 or 508-886-0077 Kurt Smollin, Electrician All your electrical needs.

Additions, pools, spas, service upgrades.

28 yrs exp. Quality work.

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Snow Plowing.

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14 Years in Business.

NO JOB TOO LARGE OR small.

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Paul G. Hanson Refinishing, repairing, veneering and chair regluing.

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What is it that you need to take action on?

What would make this wintery weather more tolerable? That is, if you are not a fan. Definitely, enjoying winter sports works for creating enjoyment, but how about taking on a home project?

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2 Bedroom 1.5 Bathroom Garden Style Condo Leominster $850 a month. The 1080 sq foot Units have Balconies, Off Street Parking, & Washer/Dryer Hook-Ups. There are Hardwood Floors Throughout & Fully Applianced (most units do not have Refrigerators) First, Last, & Security Needed to Move in. No Utilities are Included in the Rent & Please No Pets. Serious inquiries please email summit29@comcast.net or call 978-401-4335.

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508-667-7434 LAND FOR SALE PAXTON 16 ACRE WOODED ESTATE LOT Horses allowed. Surrounded by high end homes. Great perk rate. Ready to build your dream home. Reduced for quick sale $109,900.00 M. Hopkins O/B 508-868-3538

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AUTOS 1976 Cadillac Fleetwood Brougham Sedan. 79k miles.

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24 ft Light Weight 2004 Terry Dakota Travel Trailer Sleeps 7, bunk beds & full bed, 16ft awning, A/C, Central heat, microwave & 3 burner stove. Dual powered fridge/freezer. Loads of storage, outdoor shower. 2 batteries, travel septic. Like new. $8,500.00 508-579-6622

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130 estimated miles.

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2004 Chrysler Sebring Convertible White w/tan top. 110K miles. New tires, battery, struts.

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TOWN OF MILLBURY A PUBLIC HEARING MILLBURY BOARD OF APPEALS In accordance with Chapter 40A of the Massachusetts General Law and the Zoning Ordinances of the Town of Millbury, a public hearing will be held in the hearing room of the Municipal Building, 127 Elm Street, Millbury, MA on: Wed., 2/26/14 At: 7:30 p.m. To act on a petition from: Joseph K. and Marie Samara, (trustees of Joe-Rie Realty Invest. Trust), 65 Carroll Rd., N. Grafton, MA For a Variance in the Millbury Zoning Ordinance relative to: commercial use, and the construction of an addition to the existing commercial building at 8 Ward Ave., Millbury, MA. All interested parties are invited to attend.

Richard P. Valentino, Chairman Millbury Board of Appeals 2/13, 2/20/2014 MS

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LEGALS/PUBLIC NOTICES www.centralmassclass .com 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) TOWN OF MILLBURY PUBLIC HEARING MILLBURY BOARD OF APPEALS In accordance with Chapter 40A of the Massachusetts General Law and the Zoning Ordinances of the Town of Millbury, a public hearing will be held in the hearing room of the Municipal Building, 127 ElmStreet, Millbury, MA on: Wed., Feb. 26, 2014 At: 7:45 p.m.

To act on a petition from: Thomas and Sandra Stevenson, 330 W. Main St., Millbury, MA. For a sp. permit in the Millbury Zoning Ordinance relative to: obtain a hobby kennel license for 5 family pets at 330 W. Main St., Millbury, MA. All interested parties are invited to attend.

Richard P. Valentino, Chairman Millbury Board of Appeals 2/13, 2/20/2014

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TOWN OF MILLBURY A PUBLIC HEARING MILLBURY BOARD OF APPEALS In accordance with Chapter 40A of the Massachusetts General Law and the Zoning Ordinances of the Town of Millbury, a public hearing will be held in the hearing room of the Municipal Building, 127 Elm Street, Millbury, MA on: Wednesday, February, 26, 2014 At: 7:00 p.m. To act on a petition from: Donald and Brenda Werbiskis, 46 Carousel Dr., Millbury, MA For a Variance in the Millbury Zoning Ordinance relative to: rear yard setback in order to construct an addition to the rear of existing home at 46 Carousel Drive, Millbury, MA All interested parties are invited to attend.

Richard P. Valentino, Chairman Millbury Board of Appeals 2/13, 2/20/2014 MS

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TOWN OF SUTTON Sutton Planning Board Public Hearing Notice In accordance with the provisions of Article 16 of the Sutton General Bylaw – Scenic Roadways, the Planning Board will hold a public hearing on the application of Allan & Neil Rybicki for property owned by Sandra Fallow at 157 Burbank Road, Sutton, MA. The application requests creation of a 20’ break in the stone wall at this location for access over a deeded right of way to backland that is owned by the Rybickis. The hearing will be held in the third floor meeting room at the Town Hall on Monday, March 10, 2014 at 7:30 p.m. A copy of the plans and applications can be inspected in the office of the Town Clerk during normal office hours.

Jon Anderson, Chairman

TOWN OF SUTTON NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING The Sutton Finance & Warrant Advisory Committee will hold public hearings on Wednesday, March 12, 2014, Wednesday March 19, 2014 and Thursday, March 20, 2014 all at 6:30 pm at the Sutton Town Hall regarding the FY15 budget and warrant articles for the Spring Town Meeting, Monday, May 12, 2014.

Any citizen interested is invited to attend this public hearing.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts The Trial Court Probate and Family Court Worcester Division 225 Main St. Worcester, MA 01608 508-831-2000 INFORMAL PROBATE PUBLICATION NOTICE Docket No. WO14P0395EA Estate of: Margaret D. Martin Date of Death: December 22, 2013 To all persons interested in the above captioned estate, by Petition of Petitioner James F. Martin, Jr. of Shrewsbury MA A Will has been admitted to informal probate. James F. Martin, Jr. of Shrewsbury MA has been informally appointed as the Personal Representative of the estate to serve without surety on the bond. The estate is being administered under informal 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 interested parties are entitled to notice regarding the administration from the Personal Representative and can petition the Court in any matter relating to the estate, including distribution of assets and expenses of administration. Interested parties are entitled to petition the Court to institute formal proceedings and to obtain orders terminating or restricting the powers of Personal Representatives appointed informal procedure. A copy of the Petition and Will, if any, can be obtained from the Petitioner.

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TOWN OF SUTTON Planning Board & Department Public Hearing Notice In accordance with the provisions of Sections IV.C., and V.D. of the Sutton Zoning Bylaw – Site Plan Review and Route 146 Overlay District, the Planning Board will hold a public hearing on the application of Ted Lorden, 69 Fitchburg Road, Ayer, MA for property owned

by Joe Martin of KinCare, LLC 27 Old Upton Road, Grafton, MA. The applicant proposes to construct a propane gas distribution facility.

There will be a 7,500 square foot building for office personnel and parts storage. In a separate area on the property there will be three (3) 60,000 gallon storage tanks.

These tanks will be constructed and installed in accordance with all local, state, and federal regulations. The hearing will be held at the Sutton Town Hall, third floor, on Monday, March 10, 2014 at 7:15 P.M. A copy of the application can be inspected in the office of the Town Clerk during normal office hours.

Jon Anderson, Planning Board Chairman 2/20, 2/27/2014 MS

TOWN OF SUTTON ZONING BOARD OF APPEALS TO ALL INTERESTED INHABITANTS OF THE TOWN OF SUTTON In accordance with the provisions of M.G.L. Ch. 40A, §11, the Zoning Board of Appeals will hold a public hearing at the Sutton Town Hall, on March 6, 2014 at 7:30pm on the petition of Alan J. Murray. The petitioner requests a MGL Ch40A Sect. 6 Finding from the Board for the tear down and rebuilding of one of the two single family dwellings located on the property. The property that is the subject of this petition is located at 26 Mallard Way, Sutton MA on Assessors Map #15, Parcel #66. The property is located in the R-1 Zoning District.

A copy of the petition may be inspected during normal office hours in the Town Clerk’s Office located in the Town Hall. Any person interested or wishing to be heard on this variance petition should appear at the time and place designated.

Richard Deschenes Board of Appeals Clerk

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Paul D’Amato

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Spencer native Paul D’Amato began his acting career here in Worcester at Mrs. Hickey’s Dance Studio where he learned to tap dance. After a stint in the Army Paul attended Emerson College, majoring in Speech and Theatre and playing a little hockey before graduating in 1973. Over the years Paul has acted in dozens of projects from highly acclaimed feature films like “The Deer Hunter” to hit TV shows like “Law and Order.”

He now works at Wachusett Mountain.

We caught up with Paul this week to learn more about his acting career and “I got a chance to hold a straight razor to working in the ski sport industry.

Cher’s throat in ‘Suspect.’ How many people get a

You’ve shared the screen with some of the biggest actors out there: Paul Newman, Robert De Niro and Christopher Walken to name a few. When did you start your acting career? Well unofficially when I was taking dance lessons with Mrs. Hickey, officially at Emerson College. When I got out of the service I knew what I didn’t want to do. My drill sergeant at one point said, “Stop being so dramatical.” I’ve always been like that, I’ve always wanted to act. I knew when I was 3 years old and watching “Hopalong Cassidy” that I could do that.

How did you get selected to be in “Slap Shot”? I sat down with my agent and he said, “I have to sell you. How can I sell you?” Well, I said, I ski. Everyone skis he said. All right I said, I was a pretty good hockey player, I played in college. “Next time there’s a hockey film… I’ll let you know,” (he said). About a month later I got a call from my agent, “You play hockey right? Do you still skate?” I said I did.

“You have an audition at Sky Rink; Paul Newman is doing a hockey film.” At the audition I look out, they’re already on the ice but they can’t skate and my heart almost leapt out of my chest because I realized at that point I had a shot, that I was better than these guys.

Newman was already a legend by the time he filmed “Slap Shot.” What was it like working alongside one of the greats? I gotta tell you, first line I ever had in a

When you’re not acting, how do

chance to really talk to Cher?” movie – first job, you fill your time? For the last -Paul D’Amato first line – I’m 36 years I’ve worked in ski looking at my idol shops, whether it’s in Manhattan Butch Cassidy, I’m or currently at Wachusett looking at the guy Mountain. In 1978 I needed Tell us about your stage work. While that did “Cool Hand Luke,” I’m looking at a job; we hadn’t gotten best picture for Gerard Depardieu was doing the movie the guy who did “The Sting” and I have to “Deer Hunter” yet so I went to Paragon “Columbus” I got to do the stage play look him in the eye and say, “Dunlop! You Sports, that’s back when you could get “Columbus in the Age of Gold.” While suck cock!” I was a little nervous. Working a job. The guy asked me if I had ever Tommy Lee Jones was doing the movie with Newman was like working with a mounted a ski before and I said no but “Howard Hughes” I got to do “Seduced,” friend. He was great, he was accessible. He what’s so hard about putting the middle the Sam Shepard play, these are Offwas that easy. of the boot on the middle of the ski with Broadway. I got a chance to play a a jig. He said, “You’re hired. We’re going Jewish boxing trainer in “Requiem for a How many movies have you appeared in to give you a day to prove yourself.” I Heavyweight.” I got those jobs where I over the years? I think I have two dozen figured I’d get a good job in the spring but wouldn’t dream of getting the part on the things on IMDB, the International Movie I never left, well except to go to California big-screen, those are A-List actor roles.

Data Base. That only shows the big stuff, a few times and to do some shows. That Harrison Ford gets the job on the big but I’ve done a lot of small stuff for NYU, industry has been very good to me and I screen, I get the job Off-Broadway. I’ll student films. For the most part though, became good at it. take that. a couple dozen and that includes the Law and Orders and the “Six Million Dollar What do you have coming up? I’m working You also work in television; how is that Man.” I’ve had some great lines over the on a series for someone my own age, gee different than working in film? It’s faster. In years. what a stretch, huh. If you look on TV film work you get a minute a day, it’s very most people, baby boomers, are watching precise. In “The Deer Hunter” we would What’s one of your most memorable late night, they’re watching “King of do 25 takes, in “Heavens Gate” we would moments while on set? Any good scandals?

Queens,” they’re watching “Frasier,” do 28 takes. I said “fuck-it” in “The Deer I got a chance to hold a straight razor these are older series. They have an Hunter,” I must have said it 60 times, 28 to Cher’s throat in “Suspect.” How many overwhelming appeal to older people. No takes, a couple of warm-ups. How am I people get a chance to really talk to one’s making series geared towards older going to forget my lines? With television Cher? That was a memorable moment. people but I’m going to try. I’m in touch you get two takes and you’re out. Unless Filming “Slap Shot” there were some racy with a producer, keep our fingers crossed someone’s cutting your head off, that’s moments, I can say more racy than what and let’s proceed with reckless abandon. the take. They’ve got to move, they’ve ended up in the film. There were a lot of got to get those eight minutes. When you hockey groupies around while we were do “Law and Order” you better show-up shooting but I was untouched, I remained ready to rock and roll, you haven’t got neutral, I was Switzerland.

-Steven King, Writer time to rehearse.

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