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Candy Carlson, Democratic city chair, to run for City Council An already crowded field of candidates in District 2 is about to get bigger. A source close to Democratic City Committee Chair Candy Carlson, who ran unsuccessfully 10 years ago, will announce her candidacy in the coming weeks. If she does, Carlson would join Jennithan Cortes, Larry

Shetler and Ana Sequera as potential replacements for incumbent District 2 Councilor Phil Palmieri. He has announced his intention to run an at-large campaign for the November election, guaranteeing at least one new member of the Council.

Worcester’s Melican named PR The City That Reads book liaison for Spectrum Health drive begins Brendan Melican, known in and around Worcester for his political activism and work on campaigns, is now a media liaison for Spectrum Health Systems Inc. Spectrum, which has offices in Worcester, provides services to people suffering from substance abuse or mental health issues. According to a press release from Spectrum, Melican will implement “a range of activities around social media marketing and fundraising.”

The 10th annual Worcester: The City That Reads book drive kicks off this week. The group, which promotes literacy and a love of reading in pre-kindergarten through eighth grade, has given out over 225,000 books over the last decade. Current school committee member John Monfredo and his wife Anne-Marie founded the committee. The books are traditionally distributed to low-income students, social agencies and groups with summer school programs. Last year the drive collected more than 32,000 books, and the Monfredos hope for a similar number this year.

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his week’s cover story explores what happens when progress – in this case, ridesharing services like Uber – outstrip the government’s ability to develop new regulations. Uber has already taken Boston by storm, and its expansion into Worcester has taxi and livery companies crying foul. There is no doubt Uber is taking advantage of a loophole in the highly regulated transportation industry, but the question remains – if enough people have enough complaints about the current system, is exploiting a loophole really such a bad thing? If municipal government is regulating taxis to the point where they can’t compete with Uber, is it really fair to expect them to compete with a company that employs people without ever meeting them, and operates without the need for medallions or state inspections? We talk to an Uber driver, taxi and limo companies, and government and insurance representatives, as well some regular people, to try to predict what the Worcester transportation market will look like in the future. Spoiler alert – Uber will probably be involved. Whether that’s a good thing is up to the reader.

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Drug use, homelessness spell end of stairs to Ramshorn Island Tom Quinn

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hat’s the best way to stop drug users from congregating in a troubled area? If it’s an island, just demolish the access from the shore, which is what the city did to the staircase leading to Ramshorn Island. While the park’s recent history is unfortunate, the island has a storied past – and a bright future, even if it is now only accessible by boat. Ramshorn Island is located adjacent the Kenneth F. Burns Memorial Bridge, which is currently being rebuilt as part of an $89-million project over Lake Quinsigamond. It will add lanes to Route 9 as it goes across the lake, more light and air below the bridge for boaters and space on the bridge for rowing spectators. The old bridge had a stairway providing access to Ramshorn Island, but the new bridge, which is still under construction, is completely disconnected from the park. Rob Antonelli, assistant commissioner of Worcester’s Parks, Recreation and Cemetery division, said the decision to demolish the stairs as part of the bridge project was intentional, and was meant to solve a number of problems caused by the island’s out of the way location. “The walking access on that bridge caused numerous problems when it came to vandalism, graffiti and destruction of the island,” Antonelli said. “When we looked at

all those functions, it was really a better issue not to have those stairs than to keep those stairs as a viable access down to that island.” Although the island has no structures for shelter, a number of homeless people tried to sleep on Ramshorn at night, he said, causing even more problems. “We had a large number of people living

on the island, living underneath the bridge,” Antonelli said. “We would have shopping carts at that set of stairs. We would have debris left there. Underneath the bridge was oftentimes a disaster. It really became a public safety and a health issue, and we decided it was better to not have those stairs there.”

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Worcester homeowners to see their water and sewer rates increase in fiscal 2016. To this, we say “flush it.”-2

Organizers of the annual Pet Rock Festival are looking for a new host site after being told it cannot be held at Lake Park this year. -1

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A weekly quality of life check-in of Worcester Brew Woo packs ’em into the DCU Conference Center, drawing craft beer lovers from all over — including Worcester Magazine. Hey, we like beer. +2

Antonelli stressed, however, that cutting off access to the makeshift homeless colony was not about making life more difficult for Worcester’s most vulnerable residents. “We have homeless who chose to try to live in Bell Pond or Green Hill Park or other areas and we address that in cooperation

For Worcesterarea Red Sox fans, hope springs eternal as the hometown team starts a new season. +3

The 10th annual Worcester: The City that Reads kicks off. The effort has led to more than 225,000 books being distributed to kids over the past decade. +4

The Worcester Poetry PopUP brings poets to City Hall for readings and music by the Burncoat Senior Duo. +1

The clock winds down on the Worcester Sharks’ time in Worcester, with the hockey team scheduled to play its final game in Worcester on April 19. -5

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Worcester courthouse deal gets green light Tom Quinn

ity Council voted to sell the former Worcester County Courthouse to a New Hampshire based developer this week, ending a saga that started when the city manager submitted an order to the Council last month, and marked by vocal resistance by labor unions and community organizations. The vote followed a meeting of the Economic Development Committee, which heard from more than 20 speakers last week advocating for and against the sale. Under the deal, the city could convey the courthouse to the developer Brady Sullivan for $1.2 million, pocketing half and giving the other half to the state, from which it had bought the courthouse for $1. Chaired by Atlarge Councilor Rick Rushton, the Committee moved the start time from 5:30 p.m. to 6:15 p.m. Tuesday, April 7 - before the full Council met at 7 p.m. - and took just 15 minutes to explain two amendments to the original agreement. The Committee then The first major change was to the wording of a section of the order requiring Brady Sullivan to use its best efforts to hire 50 percent of the contractors on the project from within 30 miles of the site. The city cannot legally mandate requirements, so the “best efforts” language stayed in the agreement, but Brady Sullivan compromised by altering the agreement so they will use best efforts to use 50 percent of the total budget on local labor, closing a loophole where they could have hired one main contractor to do most of the work and another to meet the 50 percent threshold for local labor. The second change is an added line reinforcing the idea that “every contractor and sub-contractor, at every tier, shall comply with all state and federal labor, wage and hour, workers compensation, and tax laws, and shall not misclassify employees as independent

contractors or pay them off the books.” Speakers at previous meetings had zeroed in on a subcontractor – Interior Partition Specialists (IPS) – Brady Sullivan used at other sites, including the Junction Shops project in Worcester. IPS was issued a stop work order at that site in November last year, and is on the state’s debarment list for failing to provide adequate workers compensation offenses speakers implied were indicative of the way Brady Sullivan does business. Lenny Cooper from the Worcester branch of the NAACP said the protesters, who showed up to meetings wearing orange stickers asking for local jobs for local people, wanted the Council to focus on the interests of local workers rather than the interests of large corporations. “I think the economic development committee ought to be renamed the economic and community development committee,” he said to applause from the packed gallery this week. After the vote, which was unanimous, Cooper said he supported the project, but hoped for better oversight to hold Brady Sullivan accountable for the promises they made. “Now [the community] showed we’re going to be involved in it,” said Cooper, who was part of a meeting between the city manager and concerned citizens Monday, April 6. “And the fact [Brady Sullivan] added things in, now the city’s got to add oversight to make sure those things get done.” The rest of the agreement for a project the Council hopes will revitalize the so-called “no man’s land” area of north Main Street, remains the same. Brady Sullivan is planning to convert the building into 115 units of market rate housing, with 3,000 square feet of retail space. The developer has agreed not to apply for a Tax Increment Financing (TIF) deal, and has indemnified the city from and claims based on the environmental condition of the property.

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District 4 Councilor Sarai Rivera, who showed up to a previous meeting wearing an orange sticker in solidarity with the protesters, joined her colleagues in voting for the project, but made sure to voice support for the concerns raised by residents. “We hear that we want to create a positive climate for developers, but we also have to create a positive climate for our workforce,” Rivera said. At-Large Councilor Konnie Lukes gave the harshest assessment of the way the process unfolded, which officials had commented several times could discourage future development. She cast what had been characterized by other councilors as a “healthy debate” as another chapter in the battle of labor unions versus private development. “I think this gave a black eye to the city,” Lukes said. “When we talk about collaboration, are we really talking about placing obstacles in the way of future development? Because what I heard here is, ‘we are not done.’ What does that mean?

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Should I take that as a threat or a promise? Because you don’t cooperate by coming in here and discrediting a developer.” Rushton spoke for a few councilors when he said he did not think public participation in the process would have a negative effect on future development. “It would have been a black eye if we didn’t have the public discussion,” Rushton said, noting he thought unspecified “local media” and others were trying to intentionally misconstrue the issue. With the courthouse deal done, community members and labor representatives are looking forward to the next project, while expressing disappointment in the Brady Sullivan deal. “Naturally, I would love to have 100 percent union labor,” Brian Russo, president of the Worcester Fitchburg Building Trades union, said after the vote, adding that he supported the idea behind the project. “But Brady Sullivan is what is known as ‘open shop,’ so he’s not going to do that.”

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{ citydesk } Worcester panel tackles role of media in civic life Joshua Lyford

he Worcester Regional Research Bureau held a “Role of the Media in Civic Life” panel discussion at Holy Cross Tuesday, April 7 featuring several figures from the Central Mass news media, and while the topic focused on the media’s civic responsibility, other hot topics, including diversity in the news community, the future of print journalism, balance in local media coverage and the use of social media all were raised. The panel discussion, which took place in Holy Cross’s Hogan Center, was presented by the Research Bureau, now in its 30th year, and featured Charter TV news director Andy Lacombe, Worcester Magazine editor Walter Bird Jr., WTAG radio talk show host Jordan Levy and Telegram and Gazette publisher James Normandin. Dan Kennedy of Northeastern University moderated. While each of the speakers hold different positions in the Central Massachusetts media landscape, all of them have experience in the role of media in civic life and gave their insight into the topic. Kennedy, an associate professor at Northeastern University, is also a media commentator who writes for the Nieman Journalism Lab, WGBHNews.org, the Huffington Post and is regular a panelist on Beat the Press on WGBH, explained the topic and introduced the speakers. “As the news media have shrunk over the years and have tried to figure out how to stay relevant and provide communities with the coverage that they need, at a time of greatly declining advertising revenues, one of the things that news organizations have to face as a challenge is, how do we essentially almost teach the public to be interested in the kinds of civic activities that we used to take for granted?” Kennedy said. “Because we can do as good a job of covering city hall as possible, but if our audience does not fundamentally care about what’s going on at city hall it isn’t going to make that much difference.” The panelists discussed the changing media

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with Worcester police, public health, Worcester parks, DPW. We do everything collaboratively,” Antonelli said. “It’s not just a function of getting rid of the problem, it’s a function of moving people along so they can get the help they need.” Attempts to reach Dottie Hargrove of Park Spirit of Worcester Inc., a nonprofit advocacy group for the city’s parks, were unsuccessful A spokesperson for the city manager’s office confirmed Ramshorn Island’s reputation as a destination spot for drug use and illegal dumping. The island was a destination for more benign activities in the

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to play it,” added Levy. “If you don’t show side to a particular story. landscape and the growth of social media and It was pointed out that the panel was made up to play it, you can’t win it. So, we have online news, particular among young consumers. to all reach out to the community, and it is up, exclusively, of white men and that this is “They want it instantaneously, they want not representative of the racial makeup of the a community, and it can’t be a minority or it now,” said Normandin. “They don’t want majority community, it’s a community. That’s community. to wait for tomorrow’s news. But, there is an always been the strength of Worcester.” “Diversity is a very serious subject,” said obligation by us to bring tomorrow’s news, Jack Donahue, a union rep with Carpenters Normandin. “It is a subject that frankly, to bring the events of the future, to sort out Local 107 and member of the Worcester Worcester is built on.” the truth. For them, for you, for our current Community-Labor Coalition, called for “There is a loud discussion happening readers. I will tell you, we will make mistakes, balance on the issues, which he believes was in this city right now,” said Bird. “Whether media is not perfect.” it is being held in small quarter or large Bird spoke to the challenges of operating not shown throughout the discussion on quarters, you can debate that, but you can news media in these changing times. the potential sale of the Worcester County see it on social media. Social media is making Courthouse. “It’s a challenging time in the media,” STEVEN KING said Bird. “It can almost become “I think what we’ve been hearing overwhelming at times, it just isn’t for the last hour plus is how can the way it was 15, 20, 25 years ago. we be more engaged with the It’s not as simple.” community and how can we give “The line is thin between survival more of a voice to that community,” and not surviving,” he added. “I said Kennedy. “It’s not an easy issue, think that we are all here, is a but there have been some real good testament to the medium that we faith efforts.” are in and also the skill set that we Worcester Public Schools have and the institutions that we Superintendent Melinda Boone represent.” shared her concern over some local Lacombe addressed the hypermedia outlets utilizing social media locality of the local media and the to reach out to students, often competition between outlets, as well underage, on issues in the school as the media’s responsibilities. system and whether or not there is a “We lay out both sides, multiple level of fact-checking involved. The Charter TV News Director Andy Lacome, Worcester sides, to the story and it’s up to panel was divided in its opinion and Magazine Editor Walter Bird Jr., T&G Publisher those of you who watch, read, the ethical balance of using youth James Normandin and Dan Kennedy of Northeastern listen, who are engaged, to decide tips in news stories. University. Not pictured WTAG personality Jordan Levy. for yourself,” said Lacombe. “The first amendment does not Levy explained that in times of protect by age, religion, race, we difficulty securing ad revenue, there has to be everything a little more relevant these days expect our reporters to use all angles to and it’s bringing things to light. I don’t want a trust in the media product among listeners, gather news,” said Normandin. “We do not to ignore that we’re an all white panel, but readers and viewers. use what they say without fact checking.” “What it all comes down to in our business what I also don’t want to ignore is that we’re There were references during the forum to an all-qualified panel.” is that we have to generate income, unless the long-term viability of print newspapers, “I will never be able to look through my you’re a nonprofit, and in order to do that, with Normandin and Bird both suggesting lens as a journalist as a black journalist,” you have to have a product,” said Levy. “My rumors of their demise have been greatly Bird added. “But, I damn well better be able product is credibility.” exaggerated. to understand that there are folks looking Following the initial comments by the “People say, newspapers are dinosaurs,” through that lens as an African America, panel speakers, the audience was invited to said Bird. “Well, my 4-year-old loves as a Latino, as a Laotian and there are so ask questions, many of which represented the dinosaurs, so I want to make sure that there many other nationalities in this city. It’s what overall conversations throughout Worcester, is still a dinosaur left around for him. This makes this city so great.” and by extension Central Mass. They focused business is changing, because it’s flexible, but “The game is won by those who show up on race, diversity and fairly balancing every I don’t think it’s going anywhere.” past, however. The Wachusett Boat Club and the Worcester Motor Boat Club occupied a clubhouse on the island at different times, starting as far back as 1888. The island was also home to the Belmont House Hotel. The island’s glory days were mostly at a point in time when a previous iteration of the current bridge, referred to as the “causeway,” split the lake in half. A more modern bridge was built in 1919, and renovations in the 1970s helped the bridge last until 2012, when the Burns bridge project began. While not all parks’ problems can be solved by cutting off access to the mainland, Antonelli said the city is working

on solutions for other areas as well. Two security guards were recently hired to help the community address problems in the more than 60 parks and playgrounds in the city. The new employees will serve as the department’s “eyes and ears” on weekends and late nights. “We want to see what happened during the off hours when the majority of our staff goes home,” Antonelli said. The demolition of the stairway should have another positive effect. According to the state Department of Transportation (DOT), which is responsible for the Burns Bridge project, the island viaduct blocked water flow in the area

around the island, creating a pool of stagnant water between Ramshorn and the shore near Lincoln Park Towers. With the stairway removed, water should be able to flow more freely. Antonelli said his office has “not had a single call” complaining about the removal of the stairway. He said his department does not have any current ideas about what to do with Ramshorn Island, but he is looking forward to a time when the island benefits the city. “We’ll continue to move along from there, and at some point we’ll do a master plan for that site and figure out what else we want to do with it,” Antonelli said.

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City Manager Ed Augustus Jr. spent a good chunk of time after the crowd of union and community reps left the March 7 City Council meeting rebutting some rumors about a potential deal with the Worcester Tennis Club, and shining some light on preliminary discussions around changes to Newton Hill Park. About a year ago, the tennis club, which was founded in 1880, found itself unable to maintain its current property. It does have $500,000 to spend, though, and approached the city about a potential public-private partnership. The city is already planning to build a small building for the Friends of Newton Hill Park, and Augustus said it could make sense to expand the plans for that building and construct two courts, in addition to upgrading the four existing tennis courts. The club would get the opportunity to apply for permits to keep playing tennis, and the public would get the capacity to host high school tennis tournaments and half a million dollars of private money invested in a public park. The whole thing is moot if club members vote to merge with the Holden Tennis Club, which would take them out of Worcester. While the Friends of Newton Hill Park are tentatively on board, according to Augustus, will others raise the kind of ruckus the city ran into after the Chandler parking lot plan was made public? Building a tennis court could technically be construed as paving over green space, and people can always find fault with plans the city makes with non-city entities. Augustus and Councilor Gary Rosen, whose beautiful District 5 would be affected by the potential deal, stressed that all the plans were in the very early stages and nothing had been decided.

MEDIA UNDER FIRE: Local media got a tongue-thrashing at the March 7 City Council meeting. Councilor Rick Rushton claimed some in the local media intentionally misconstrued the courthouse sale issue. Members of the Worcester CommunityLabor Coalition, which brought up many concerns about the courthouse developer, were unhappy too much attention was paid to the labor unions in the coalition’s membership, instead of grassroots organizations, a concern councilors appeared to share. District 3 Councilor George Russell fired back after Councilor Konnie Lukes gave an impassioned speech casting blame on unions for giving the development climate in Worcester a “black eye.” “I would have expected misinformation from radio DJs or bloggers, but I wouldn’t expect that misinformation from a colleague here tonight,” said Russell, who serves on the Economic Development Committee with Rushton and District 4 Councilor Sarai Rivera,. Union representative Jack Donahue from Carpenter’s Local 107 said he spoke with members of the press who said they could have done a better job representing both sides of the equation. GOOD TIMING: If there’s a good time

for your email system to crash, it’s right before a horde of angry constituents decides to start a letter writing campaign. A local jobs coalition and the Chamber of Commerce encouraged their members to send emails to the city council about the courthouse deal, but if anyone waited until Tuesday to send a message, Mayor Joe Petty probably didn’t read it. Petty said during the Council meeting that his email system was down March 7, so he didn’t get an email from a constituent in Bancroft Tower about a light – and probably dozens of emails from people on both sides of the courthouse issue. It just goes to show, if you’re going to contact your local elected officials, make sure you do it early.

COLLATERAL DAMAGE: North High School senior Leith Larson has been quoted at length

in local media as a sort of unofficial spokesman for the contingent of North students who support a police presence at the school to combat a recent spate of violence. He also served on the principal’s advisory council – up until April 2, that is, when he says he was removed from the position he has held for more than a year. Larson sided with the teacher’s union after principal Lisa Dyer’s email to North faculty that strongly implied North teacher and Worcester Magazine columnist Janice Harvey’s recent column aligned her with racist viewpoints. Dyer apparently does not want students who don’t agree with her serving as advisers, especially when those students have publicly sided with a crowd whose calls for her firing get louder with every real or perceived misstep at North. Don’t cry for Larson – the JROTC student graduates soon, and will go off to greener pastures, with less political posturing.

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{ worcesteria } SPRING TOYS! BIG BROTHER’S BRIDGE: Wondering what the camera on Belmont Street is monitoring? It turns out the state Department of Transportation set up the large orange and black trailer, which has a web camera on the front and solar panels on the back, to keep tabs on the Belmont Street bridge project over 290. The camera will take pictures of the bridge every half hour and upload them to MassDOT’s website, creating a time lapse video and keeping the public informed about the progress of the reconstruction, which will upgrade and widen the bridge and create a new left-turn lane. PADDLING THROUGH RED TAPE: The Indian Princess will enter Webster Lake

the first week of May, reigniting a controversy swirling around the 75-foot paddle boat. Town meeting voters approved a ban on boats over 40 feet in length in 2011, according to the Telegram and Gazette, but the attorney general’s office said the town lacked authority to regulate boating on the lake. Owner Christopher Robert had been dealing with red tape from the town, but since he had permission from the state Department of Environmental Protection, he withdrew the Zoning Board of Appeals applications he had submitted and decided to go ahead with launching his boat, whether the town approved or not. “We just decided the whole zoning thing was an absolute waste of time,” Robert was quoted as saying, summing up many people’s attitude toward government-required paperwork. Neighbors are still furious at the potential intrusion into their lake, however, so the sooner the Princess can get off the mainland and into safe waters, the better.

DEMOCRATIC HONORS: The Leicester Democratic Committee will present the inaugural

John Binienda award for dedicated public service on April 25. Binienda, who died last year, served in the state Legislature for 28 years, and was well-liked in Worcester and the surrounding area. The award this year will go to former Gov. Michael Dukakis. U.S. Rep. Jim McGovern will also be honored with the “Democrat of the Year” award. Tickets to the brunch are $25, and the event will be held at the Hillcrest Country Club.

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AGE OF POETRY: Worcester’s first Poetry Pop Up was held at City Hall at 6 p.m. Wednesday,

April 8 in what the city hopes to make an annual event. April is National Poetry Month, and the city has decided to take poetry seriously. Does that mean the second largest city in New England will be filling the empty poet laureate spot soon? The Pop Up was sponsored by the city and the Cultural Coalition in partnership with Worcester Public Schools, Worcester Public Library, Worcester County Poetry Association and the Seven Hills Poetry Slam Collective, showing the audience for poetry in the city is already quite large.

THAT’S A BIG KNIFE: A Country Club Boulevard man was able to keep Worcester Police at

bay with a foot-long knife on April 4 before surrendering without further incident. Jones Appiah had an outstanding warrant for, among other things, assault and battery on a police officer and resisting arrest, so it wasn’t a huge surprise when he resisted officers’ attempts to execute the warrant. Officers apparently tried to convince Appiah to open the door to his apartment – Appiah had slid open a window to discuss things with the officers – before forcing their way inside. Once the officers were inside, Appiah ran to the kitchen and allegedly armed himself with a 12-inch-long knife. He also called police dispatch to report that his home was being invaded. Needless to say, that did not yield the result he was hoping for. Police say Appiah then ran to his bedroom and shut the door, leaving the knife behind. Officers were able to convince him to come out unarmed in their second attempt, and even convinced Appiah to tell them about an illegal handgun hidden in a cardboard box in his bookshelf. Appiah is now charged with assault with a dangerous weapon and possession of a firearm without an FID card, in addition to the previous charges.

CAB CRASH REPORT: The three people hit by a taxi cab recently are in good condition. A

woman, her 5-year-old daughter and an unrelated 2-year-old girl were crossing Belmont Street Friday night, April 3 when they were struck by the cab. The driver stayed at the scene, and a preliminary investigation shows speed was probably not a factor. The woman and her daughter had head injuries, while the 2-year-old had a broken collarbone and rib injuries, but all three were conscious and alert at the scene and are expected to recover. No citations have been issued as of publication, and the investigation is ongoing.

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Moving forward, together

here are moments in time that define the course of our future; moments when men and women have choices to make that not only determine their fate, but the fate of those around them. Indeed, the fate of great cities, of vast empires have been signed, sealed and delivered through moments that, perhaps at the time, seemed far less important than history later would tell. We have the footprint of the past before us with every step we take into the future, and yet how often does it seem, rather than point our toes in a different direction, rather than shift our feet a little, we step right onto the path that, so many times before, has proved to bring not a new beginning, but the same tragic outcome of before? Are we at one of those moments here in Worcester? We cannot know until it has passed, but if we treat it though it were not, we will already have sealed the outcome. There is a divide here, but not just here. There is a divide in Indiana. In Ferguson, Missouri. There is hate. There is fear. There is mistrust and there is distrust. There are agendas. There are motives. In Worcester, at this moment, we have a city on the move, but how well will that city move forward if its very foundation - the people that inhabit it - do not trust one another? Or worse, if they fear one another? What is the city’s future if, at seemingly every turn, there is a cry of racism, a shout of oppression? We could ignore it, but remember those footprints. We can hate and disregard, but remember about that history. From the marching protests down Main Street to Lincoln Square, to the traffic-blocking rally in Kelley Square, to the public outcry surrounding North High School - there is unrest in our city. How widespread is it? That may not matter if we get bogged down in accusations, and agendas and back-and-forth arguments on blogs and social media - even if only by a few. Human nature, you see, is at play, and it is hard to stifle the urge to lash out, to defend, to attack and to bemoan when one’s heart and emotions are stirred so mightily as they have been over recent events in Worcester. To what end, though? What will the blogs get us? Where will the sniping on Facebook and Twitter lead us to? A solution? A positive outcome? That is not likely. It is not that efforts are not already under way. The Coming Together Collective has stepped up. The city is already putting a plan together to promote diversity and understanding. Some of those discussions are being had behind closed doors, which is where planning must be done. But they should burst out into the open very soon. Worcester Magazine recently offered to help organize and be part of a discussion on racial equality and diversity. It was met with great interest from such organizations as the Greater Worcester Community Foundation, from the academic world in Worcester State University and among clergy, from Rev. Clyde Talley. But there has also been suspicion and questions about the motives. It would be easy to dismiss that, but again, to do so is to risk squelching any chance of a positive outcome. We will never agree with everyone. We may never fully relate to their life experiences. We certainly will never know what it’s like to be a different skin color. But if we cannot at least start understanding that those differences do not have to tear us apart, and that many of us have the same hope of a city, country and world where equality and diversity are more than buzzwords, how can we truly expect to effect great change? We can become stuck on words and on personalities - or we can do better than that, and not let the words define us or our city. We can do better and not let the personalities get in the way of resolution. We can do better. And we can do it together.

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Harvey Never ‘Goodbye’… Just ‘So long’ Janice Harvey

olidays place a spotlight on the importance of family; conversely they magnify loss for those among us who have said goodbye to the people we love. This Easter marked the first one in which the parishioners of St. Andrew the Apostle Church on Vineyard Street did not see among the bonnets and mantillas the weathered, handsome face of Paul Hackett. For those readers familiar with my column, over the years I have mentioned my admiration for the man who quietly and unintentionally left in indelible impression on me, simply as an example of what a man should be. On March 12, Mr. Hackett left us, at the age of 91. Ever the Irishman, his funeral was held on St. Patrick’s Day, and many a glass was raised in his sweet memory. He was not Ward Cleaver, nor did he strive to be. After all, Ward Cleaver could never tell a story the way Paul Hackett could, and June Cleaver and Paul’s wife, Blanche, were not two peas in a pod. Mr. Hackett did wear cardigans, and he did have a favorite chair, but if Paul was Ward it was with a twist of lemon. Jack Lemmon, preferably. He was born to play the two roles he cherished most that of husband and father. He was a great cop, too – the kind of guy who followed the rules, but recognized that some of the people he encountered in his work with Vice weren’t the enemy, just unfortunate souls dealt a bad hand in life, and he treated them with dignity. He was a decent man who expected us all to behave decently, despite the realities of his day job. His night job was filling 10 Englewood Ave. with warmth – and he began his shift as soon as he walked down the driveway, whistling. That whistle was pitch perfect, as was his soft crooning. The screen door closed behind him and Blanche’s giggling began; I can hear her still, after all these years. I know this because I was an “honorary Hackett” hanging out in that kitchen that was so unlike my own. Trouble brewed under the Harvey roof, and so I spent as much time at the Hackett’ as I could before being shooed out the door by Blanche’s wilting gaze. Despite my endless years in that kitchen it would take a newspaper column to get Paul to remember my name was Janice, not Janet. My family wasn’t much for vacations, but the Hackett clan knew how to pack it up and enjoy down time. As Donna’s best pal since age 9, they took me along to Falmouth, with about ten bucks in my pocket for the week, never once making me feel like an extra. Paul set himself up in the sand with a book and a chair sometime after breakfast, and I swear he was there until the sun went down. From this vantage, he could watch without hovering, and still follow a good story. I think this is the image of Mr. Hackett I will carry in my heart from here on. I pity the men who married his daughters – they had an enormous set of shoes to fill, as far as what those girls expected from marriage by witnessing that of Paul and Blanche. What I marveled at most, even as a 9 year old, was that Blanche, after decades as his wife, still had a crush on Paul. I saw it in the way she brightened when he entered her kitchen. And it was clear that Paul still considered himself the lucky guy who somehow got the prettiest girl in town to say “yes.” I could sit and listen to his stories a hundred times and never tire of them. His timing was Catskills-worthy. One

of my favorite moments came much later in life when I sat with him in the dining room chatting. “I had the strangest dream last night,” he mused. “I dreamt I could fly.” Without missing a beat he looked down at his pajama bottoms, which were covered with a cartoon Superman print. “I think it was because I was wearing these.” He was the Baby Whisperer, the man whose big, calloused hands could comfort a fitful newborn quicker than any mother’s. I brought both of my own babies to meet him, and by the time I became a grandmother, my own parents were long gone. I bundled my grandson Jack into the car seat, and handed him to Paul. My Jack was born with a cleft palate and lip, but all Paul saw was a beautiful boy. He cradled that baby in his arms, and sang softly as he slept. After Jack’s surgeries to repair his birth defects, I brought him to visit Paul again. He marveled over the amazing work the doctors had done, but told me he was always a handsome little guy, anyway. Jack smiled at Paul with a look that made me wonder if he somehow remembered being held in those arms. It seems trite to say that my life is richer for having known him; every person who met him feels that way. But for the skinny four-eyed kid who saw in Paul Hackett the ideal father, these words are right and true. When I became a grandmother, Mr. Hackett’s daughter, Paula, made a sock monkey for Jack. It’s not just any sock monkey – it’s made entirely from a pair of Paul’s old socks. The kid just might have to fight me for it.

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CENTER OF DISCUSSION The Strassler Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies at Clark

University will host the Third International Graduate Student Conference on Genocide Studies: Emerging Scholarship

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in Holocaust & Genocide Studies 100 Years after the Armenian Genocide from April 9-12. The conference is being held in cooperation with the Danish Institute for International studies, Department of Holocaust and Genocide Studies. City College of New York Professor Eric Weitz, Dean of Humanities and Distinguished Professor of History, will deliver the keynote address, “The Armenian Genocide, the Holocaust, and the Study of Human Rights,” at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, April 9 in Tilton Hall at Clark University. It is free and open to the public. For more information, visit clarku.edu/holocaust or call 508-793-8897.

FAIR WELL Becker College’s Center of Accelerated & Professional Studies has partnered with the Massachusetts

Education & Career Opportunities (MassEdCO) to present the first Worcester Area Adult College Fair. It will

be held Tuesday, April 14, 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. in the Denholm Building, 484 Main St. For more information, contact Katelynn Shea at Becker at 508-373-9505 or MassEdCO’s Marsha Forhan at 508-754-6829, ext. 3015. You may email Shea at katelynn.shea@becker.edu or Forhan at mforhan@massedco.org.

NUCLEAR DISCUSSION Katherine Kiel, professor and chair of economics and accounting at The College of the Holy Cross,

was one of seven members of the Scientific Committee overseeing a comprehensive new report on how communities can recover after a major nuclear incident. A specialist in urban and environmental economics, Kiel provided expertise on how local and regional authorities can measure and optimize economic recovery and stabilizations following such incidents. The report was issued by the National Council on Radiation Protection & Measurements. Congress chartered the NCRP in 1964. Kiel’s contribution to the new report focuses on how to measure the economic health and recovery of a local area, as well as how to think about decision making in a broader sense. “I think the key takeaway is that recovery from a catastrophic event requires planning in advance of the event itself. It is important to have data collected ahead

De-escalating the War of Words Ted D. Conna

o Janice Harvey and Lisa Dyer: I know you’re both deeply involved in the dayto-day effort to make North High a safe and supportive place for everyone. You know far more than I do about what goes on there. But for what it’s worth, let me offer a perspective from the outside. Two points: First, if we want to teach young people to practice tolerance, mutual understanding, de-escalation, good communication skills, and non-violence, we need to show them what that looks like. But what has happened recently on these pages and elsewhere, including others’ reactions to your disagreement, is a fine example of how a tense situation can escalate and become polarized. And I don’t see how that can be helpful. Ms. Harvey, I understood your column’s reference to the staff as “colorblind” to mean that they see each student as a person first, and do not categorize or judge that person by

the color of their skin Nothing wrong with that. Ms. Dyer, I took your response to mean that you believe we do need to be aware of race in order to understand those students, because racial identity has a powerful effect on the life experiences that make those individuals who they are. Nothing wrong with that, either. I do not see racism in either of your statements. You disagree about whether some staff members lack sensitivity to the diverse backgrounds of the students at North. Fair enough. Since some think that’s a factor, let’s have a respectful conversation about how

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to promote awareness of and sensitivity to racial identity, to help people with different backgrounds understand each other and coexist peacefully. Instead of attacking the well-intentioned Coming Together Collective or any of the hardworking people who work at North, here’s what I think that conversation ought to look like First, include everyone, by making an active effort to recruit the participation of the most polarized parties: students who’ve acted out violently, and the victims of their violence, students who think some teachers

of time, and to update those data throughout the process,” Kiel said. “It is also important to have laid the groundwork for stakeholder involvement and shared communication.” At Holy Cross, Kiel co-chairs the Presidential Task Force on the Environment, a school-wide body charged b y the president with overseeing the College’s response to the challenge of sustainability.

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High school and college students will learn about health careers and compete for awards the sixth annual State Leadership Conference at UMass Medical School’s Albert Sherman Center Saturday, April 11. The conference will include 28 competitions, five seminars and 10 hands-on stations in prosthetics and orthotics, physical therapy, respiratory therapy, advanced airway management, veterinary medicine, heart and lung simulation and illumination of germs on improperly washed hands. The conference will feature 267 students from across the state who are members of MassAHEC’s HOSA-Future Health Professionals. It starts at 9 a.m. with welcome remarks from Dr. Jaime Vallejos, and ends at 2:45 p.m. with an awards ceremony.

REACHING THE SUMMIT Clark University will be the setting Thursday, April 9, 9 a.m. to 2:30 p.m., when high school

students from Amherst, Cambridge, Framingham, Springfield and Worcester participate in the second annual Youth Summit on Race, Class and Education. Students will reflect upon and have dialogue on how identity shapes the school experience. They will also hear from a threemember panel featuring Whitney Battle-Baptiste, associate professor at UMass-Amherst, Marianna Islam, racial justice organizer and founding member of Youth Empowerment & Activism and Macken Tousainnt, attorney with Reimer and Braunstein in Boston. There will be a morning and afternoon session. Something is missing from Campus Corner - your school! Don’t be left out. If you have exciting news or something special happening at your school, Campus Corner is where it should be. Email your news/notice to wbird@worcestermag.com, RE:CAMPUS CORNER. All submissions for Campus Corner should be made by the Monday prior to that week’s Thursday issue. For more information, call the editor, Walter Bird Jr., at 508-749-3166, ext. 322. could be more culturally sensitive, and the teachers they have in mind, enforcers of order and authority, and the students who feel they have no power or voice. These are the people who need this the most. If you want people to understand each other, to communicate effectively, and to choose solutions other than violence, they need to feel their voices are heard. Then begin multiple conversations, large and small, under the direction of facilitators trained in non-violent communication. I envision an ongoing process with no set time limit, but with fairly strict rules of engagement, guided by trained facilitators: no personal attacks, no sarcasm, no cheap shots, respectful listening with no interrupting, and so forth. The price of participation would be to respect these rules. The facilitators’ role would be to maintain a productive exchange, and to help participants understand each other by unpacking the meaning of what they say and hear, to make sure that real communication happens. Loaded and ambiguous words would be discussed and explored. No one would like or agree with everything they hear, but everyone would have a chance to be heard, and hopefully that would lead to greater awareness and understanding on all sides. This would not be an easy process, and it would take as long as it takes. But it could produce real, lasting results. And yes, at least some parts of this process need to be off-limits to the press. As much as

I support freedom of the press, there are times when it’s neither helpful nor appropriate. We don’t invite the press to our doctors’ appointments, our psychotherapy sessions, or our parent-teacher conferences, and this process, though larger in scale, would require the same degree of privacy. People working out their personal issues with each other do not need the complicating influence of an outside audience. If members of the larger community want to participate, great. Make room for that conversation, let them show up in person, and play by the same rules. My second point is about the power of words. Words can mean very different things to different people, and some words are quite loaded from the get-go, which means we need to very careful how we use them. Take the words “racist” and “racism.” To me, racism implies hatred of another racial group, and it’s deplorable. But I think racist is far too strong a word for someone who, without malice, simply lacks racial or cultural awareness. Words matter. I can’t think of any faster way to polarize a conversation than to accuse someone of being a racist, and the moment a conversation becomes polarized is the moment any hope of productive communication ends (Anyone with a family knows this). We all could learn to be more sensitive, but I don’t think equating a lack of racial awareness with racism is ever going to help bring that about. Ted Conna resides in Worcester APRIL 9, 2015 • WORCESTERMAGAZINE.COM

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Takin’ a ride

Uber muscles in on transportation in Worcester Tom Quinn

Ridesharing, exemplified by companies such as Uber, is growing in popularity. As more and more people choose to solicit rides from peers via a smartphone app than from licensed livery drivers through a taxi or limo company, the government is struggling to keep up with regulations. Uber fans say the company is creating an innovative new way to get from place to place, while competitors say the company is exploiting a legal loophole. While the Worcester market is relatively new, the issue is already becoming a part of the transportation landscape in the heart of the Commonwealth.

THE CASE FOR UBER

Zach, who resides in Worcester and preferred to keep his last name out of the paper to avoid potential hassles with his car insurance provider, has been driving with Uber for a few months. He is a firm believer that it is not just a way to make a few extra bucks – it is a way to change the transportation industry for good.

“I’m not looking to take down taxis or anything like that, but I do believe Uber provides a better business model,” Zach said. “I think

taxis are one of these professions that are highly regulated, and by deregulating it really benefits the consumer. There was really no incentive to innovate because there was no competition until Uber came along. It exposed some flaws in the taxi model.” Michelle May, also of Worcester, who said she uses Uber mostly when she is traveling, had good things to say about the ridesharing service. “If we’re going out and don’t want to drink and drive we use them quite often,” May said. “The cars are always very clean, and the drivers are very nice and talkative.” Her partner, Marc Blackmer, gave similarly glowing reviews of ridesharing services. “I’m a huge Uber supporter,” Blackmer said. “In my job I travel frequently, and if there’s Uber in a city I’ll use that first, the subway second, and a taxi only if I’m forced to.” According to Uber fans, flaws in the taxi industry in Worcester and beyond include rude drivers, sub-standard cars and high fares. Uber solves a few of those problems by requiring drivers, who often drive their own cars, to have a model 10 years older or newer. There is also less overhead, since Uber does not buy expensive taxi medallions or pay for any of the traditional support systems other livery services have, allowing them to lower fares to the point where rides can cost almost half of what a taxi would charge. The complaint about drivers is subjective, but Uber tends to attract people who are driving as a side job, with less pressure to make a living out of picking up fares. Zach has a full-time job, and usually drives for Uber on nights and weekends. “I had a couple of bad experiences in taxis – they’re just generally unfriendly – so I gave Uber a try,” Zach said. “The drivers would say it was easy and quick, and I was looking for ways to earn extra money, so I decided to give it a try.” The technology behind Uber is simple. Riders select a pickup point on an app on their smartphone. Drivers in the area, who have a corresponding app, get “pinged.” They can then accept the ride request, and the rider is notified that someone will be picking them up. “They come within moments, and you can track them on your phone,” May said. “So you can see if there’s an Uber in your area, and you can track them within moments. And if you have to be somewhere by a certain time, it’s important to know how long it will take to get there, and if you call a taxi you don’t always know where it is.” continued on page 14

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Credit card information is saved in the app, so the whole transaction is painless. The atmosphere in an Uber vehicle is different from traditional cabs, as well, which could be because of the hassle-free payment system and the stress-free drivers. “Probably 75 percent of the time I’m having a conversation with the person I’m in the car with,” Zach said. “It’s just a better aesthetic - it’s all how you feel,” May said. “If you’re getting dressed up to go to an event you want to feel like you’re getting out of your own car. It just feels good getting out of a clean car.” May organizes Cirque du Noir, a themed showcase of artistic talent held in October in Worcester every year. She says she reached out to Uber to make sure there were no transportation problems with the event last year, and was satisfied with the response. “I was trying to collaborate with Uber to see if we could get a kick off and get their services for the event because I was concerned about parking,” May said. “They collaborated with me on a very small scale, and said they would have drivers ready.” Uber, which is based in San Francisco, added service to Worcester in October last year. Boston was already a huge market for ridesharing, ranking sixth in the U.S. for Uber driver-ship in a recent study. Blackmer,

who travels often for his job at Cisco, said he is happy his hometown now has Ubers available. “I judge the maturity of a city’s transportation system on whether or not they have Uber or something similar,” Blackmer said. Part of the draw for Blackmer and others is the online aspect of Uber. There is no need to worry about exchanging currency when traveling abroad, and getting a report for a business expense account is no sweat. “Immediately, I have an email with my receipt, the route – everything I need to do my expenses,” said Blackmer, adding everyone he knows who travels for business uses Uber. Another unique Uber feature is the rating system, where riders can rate drivers on a five-point scale, and vice-versa. Zach, whose rating hovers around 4.9, said there is a lot of pressure to be a courteous driver to ensure the company does not remove him from the service. The target for Uber drivers is 4.6, and if a rating drops below that mark, the company will theoretically look into correcting the problem. “When you get pinged, you have five seconds to respond, and it automatically routes you to the person. So if you are not in your car, you are going to get low ratings,” Zach said. “And there is a lot of pressure to

give and get five star ratings.” Zach said the Worcester market right now has far more riders than drivers, a function of Uber’s relatively recent arrival in the city. Blackmer and others are hoping Uber grows in Worcester. “If business travelers are really going to take Worcester seriously for getting around and doing business, Uber and other rideshare companies are an indicator of Worcester’s sophistication and capability,” Blackmer said.

THE CASE AGAINST

Uber has been wildly successful, but some competitors claim that is only because the company does not play by the same rules imposed on traditional livery companies.

“They’re not a taxi service,” Maggie Donovan, vice president of Worcester Red Cab, said. “They’re an app pretending to be a taxi service.” Taxi companies in Worcester have to buy a medallion to operate legally in the city. They are also regulated by the Worcester Police

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Department (WPD) and the licensing board. There are frequent inspections from State Police, state inspectors and others. Drivers have to pass background checks for criminal history and sex offender status. Maureen Raillo, chief executive officer of Worcester Airport Limo, said she believes the regulation process limousine services go through may be even more strenuous than taxi companies. “I believe it’s even a step further than [taxi regulations],” Raillo said. “We can be stopped at any point. The Department of Transportation [DOT] can pull a vehicle over and go through it front to back, top to bottom, as if you went through a full inspection. The driver has to have a current DOT medical card, and certificates with the state that they passed their road test.” The regulations are not just lip service. Raillo said the state is very active in making sure her company, and other livery services, are living up to expectations. “We end up with these random inspections every single week, and we pass,” Raillo said. Raillo’s drivers must meet other requirements in order to get a job at the company. Every driver’s past history is checked with a Criminal Offender Record Information (CORI) test, which contains all criminal court appearances and is used to make sure potential employees are not violent, sex offenders, or otherwise unfit to drive passengers. “We go beyond what is required for the driver,” Raillo said. “We send them for the 7D license certificate [for School Pupil Transport Vehicles], so the drivers would even pass for providing transportation for public school students.” Donovan, who has spoken about Uber at City Council meetings, and Raillo agree if Uber wants to join the transportation market, they should play by the rules municipal and state governments have put in place. “You’ve got to set a regulation, and you can’t have different rules for different folks. If they want to do the same industry, they should have to deal with the same regulations,” Raillo said. “You wouldn’t want to fly if some planes had to follow [Federal Aviation Administration] regulations and some didn’t.” Raillo is also proud of her vehicle fleet, pointing out Uber cars are not inspected by the government and may not live up to the strict standards that govern livery services. “[MassDOT] can pull a vehicle out of service in the blink of an eye if they think the vehicle or the driver are not up to 100 percent standards,” Raillo said. Another concern about Uber is safety, since drivers self register and aren’t monitored by a government department. The whole process syncs with Uber’s claim that they are an app developer, not a livery company. “I have never met an Uber employee in person at all,” Zach said. Uber performs a background check on

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Duncan Gillies, a driver for Worcester Airport Limousine, pulls out of the service gararge.

their drivers, but has still run into problems with drivers taking advantage of passengers. In Boston alone, two Uber drivers have been arrested since December, and there were three incidents of indecent assault on Dec. 14, according to the Boston Globe. “I have college-aged children, and I tell them they should not get in an Uber,” Raillo said. “I want to know that whoever is driving you has safety and background checks, and that the company knows who you are dealing with.” Although it is unclear in the Boston cases whether all the assailants were working for Uber at the time of the incidents, the victims have said they summoned a ride via Uber. While drivers for UberBlack drive a more traditional, standard town car or SUV, drivers for the more popular UberX, which dominates the Worcester market, can be driving any kind of car. This has led to separate safety concerns about safety from taxi companies, whose cars are easily identifiable.

drivers have a fare in the car, and requires proof of personal auto insurance. The problem comes when drivers have the app open looking for a ping, but have not yet picked up a passenger. “You’ve got a gray area where guys are saying I’ve got a couple hours to kill, I’ll

flip the app on and drive around downtown and wait for somebody to need a ride, but in that area Uber doesn’t cover them and their personal auto policy doesn’t cover them,” Jack Woods, from Worcester-based TJ Woods Insurance, said. Woods said he is not sure whether he has sold insurance to any Uber drivers in Worcester. That may be because most drivers, like Zach, are hesitant to reveal their side job until the insurance issue is resolved with certainty. “It’s hard for us to know, because I haven’t had any clients who have called me and said ‘I’m driving for Uber, what do I do?’” Woods said. “Having said that, I’m reasonably sure, given the popularity of Uber, that I probably have some clients that are doing it and they just haven’t told me they’re doing it.” Livery companies are required to buy commercial insurance for their drivers, rather than personal insurance. Woods estimated the cost of commercial insurance for a livery driver at around $4,000 or more. “That’s why folks don’t want to tell us about it, and I don’t blame them,” Woods said. “The fact of the matter is that their personal auto policy specifically excludes coverage when the vehicle is being used as a taxi of a public livery or anything like that, which would obviously encompass Uber.” Zach said he is confident, as someone

who works in the insurance industry, the insurance problem will be worked out in the future – if it has not already. “The first thing they ask you for is for personal insurance for your vehicle,” Zach said. “From the Uber end, that’s a statement that they’re comfortable with the insurance you’re carrying on your vehicle for the purposes of Uber. I believe that places any liability with Uber, rather than with any insurance company or the drivers. Because Uber as a company has not mandated any form of insurance, they’ve accepted my insurance, and I feel comfortable with that.” Woods said the reality is more complicated. From the perspective of many major insurance companies, the reason commercial insurance exists is because accepting fares and driving other people is riskier than driving alone. “There are companies that if they find out you’ve used [Uber], they’ll say you’ve materially increased the risk of loss here, and we don’t want to deal with you,” Woods said. “If you check off the box on the application and say you use your car as a public livery, they would just reject it outright. Disclosing it, from the driver’s perspective, creates a can of worms for you.” Woods said the danger of driving for Uber continued on page 16

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There have been reports in other cities of insurance companies denying Uber drivers’ claims if they are exposed as a ridesharing driver.

“I think it’s an open legal question at this point,” said Zach, who works for an insurance company for his day job. “I read through the entire text of my insurance policy, and obviously there was nothing about this kind of service.” Uber provides liability coverage when

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goes beyond needing to fine a new insurance company. There are potential legal problems with failing to disclose a job driving for Uber – or a competitor, such as Lyft – on an insurance application. “The insurance company would find out when you report an accident. So the first thing they’re going to do is cite the exclusion in the policy that says they don’t pay when you’re operating as a livery,” Woods said. “The second thing they can do is turn around and go to the insurance fraud bureau or the attorney general and say, ‘We want you to go after this guy because he lied on the application.’” So, what should potential Uber drivers do if they want to pick up a side job as a transportation provider? “The short answer is – don’t,” Woods said. “Right now we don’t have any kind of product in Massachusetts that addresses this.” Other states have some insurance regulations specifically for Uber drivers. California and Colorado laws make Uber’s liability insurance primary whenever the app is on, and Indiana and Illinois drivers can already purchase a policy specifically designed for ridesharing. If a state issues clearer regulations regarding ridesharing companies, insurance providers can develop

“hybrid” policies that cover Uber drivers without requiring them to pay the same steep rates as taxi companies. Woods said these policies could be as low as $100 on top of an existing personal insurance policy. “It looks like the states that have put comprehensive regulations on these type of transportation network companies (TNC), those are the states where the insurance company will then turn around and say we’ve got our arms around this, we know what all the rules are, so we can price appropriately for that,” Woods said.

LOOKING FORWARD Gov. Charlie Baker’s administration is working on a licensing framework for drivers in transportation network companies such as Uber, and although nothing is set in stone, it appears Massachusetts is on track to formally allow ridesharing companies to operate in the state. “In order for Massachusetts’ economy

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to thrive, we must continue to embrace technology and innovation as a means for growth,” Baker said in a February press release. “Emerging transportation options such as Uber and Lyft present a real opportunity for our evolving transportation ecosystem to more efficiently serve residents and visitors to Massachusetts alike. We also have a responsibility to step up to ensure consumer choice and public safety prevail, and that Massachusetts continues to develop as a global destination for business and tourism.” Temporary Registry of Motor Vehicles (RMV) regulations require TNCs to be licensed with the state, and drivers are permitted to use private vehicles for fare transportation until June, when the six month grace period is up and new regulations will hopefully be in place. Woods said current RMV regulations do not solve any of the controversy around Uber. “The rules were extremely limited,” Woods said. “They really only addressed how an Uber driver is supposed to get licensed.” Uber, meanwhile, appears to support the governor’s efforts to establish regulations around TNCs. “Uber is a new and innovative model that is delivering safe and reliable rides in Worcester,” an Uber spokesman said. “We appreciate Governor Baker’s support

for innovative new technology. We look forward to continued discussion with his administrations and providing access to safe, reliable rides and the jobs they create.” Worcester’s city solicitor has issued a report on Uber. The report said the city is in contact with Boston and Cambridge about Uber. “Other municipalities in the Commonwealth and across the United States are facing the same issues we are; the lack of regulation of these types of companies and the potential effects on public safety,” the March 10 report, issued by Solicitor David Moore, reads. “We are exploring different options, such as amending the city ordinances to include the regulation of ridesharing companies, and to be more in line with the new state regulations.” Current regulations require Uber drivers to be at least 21 years old, have fewer than three traffic violations in a three year period, among other things. At-large City Councilor Konnie Lukes filed the order asking for the report on Uber. She said Uber’s rise in popularity is a sign of things to come. “It’s not just Uber that’s an issue, it’s the entire transportation industry,” Lukes said. “Uber signified a change in the way people are going to be moving. When we talk about Uber, we’re talking about independence. It’s

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{ coverstory } going to change the whole dynamic of livery companies, zoning laws, and the way we regulate transportation.” Donovan, meanwhile, believes there is no set of regulations that will be fair to taxi companies and, more importantly, to customers. “I believe the solution is to ban Uber in the United States,” Donovan said. “How about I buy a bus and start driving a WRTA route? We’ll see what happens then.” Zach said right now, the Worcester market has not reached the “critical mass” Boston

comfortable with this as a part time thing, but I can see how people who try to do this full time could have a hard time.”

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has, where the service is popular enough to sustain a large Uber culture. “Most people in Worcester drive from place to place, while in Boston fewer people own their own cars,” Zach said. For that reason, Zach spends most of his Uber time driving in Boston, rather than Worcester. He also drives on nights and weekends, taking advantage of “surge pricing,” an Uber policy where rides cost more during peak hours when many riders are looking for drivers. He says he makes around $30 an hour driving for the service. Donovan and others claim surge pricing is a form of price gouging. Taxi companies’ rates are regulated by the government, which sets a minimum and maximum possible fare, and prices for Red Cab taxis stay in the same range regardless of time or date. “I wouldn’t recommend that anyone take on a job like Uber as their full-time job, because it’s so volatile, you never know what you’re going to make,” Zach said. “I’m

with May and said he uses Uber as a cheaper, better way to get around Worcester, said the city should embrace ridesharing as a way to show its progress in the 21st century as well as sell the city to business professionals used to calling an Uber in larger cities. “How advanced is a city in terms of supporting a market economy, or are they looking at protecting old institutions?” Blackmer said. “The taxi companies were the only game in town, and now they’re getting beaten at it. They have their hands tied because of regulations, but it’s their ability to adapt – will municipalities allow them to adapt – that will decide if they survive. Or the municipalities could default to protectionism.” Neither Blackmer nor May said they agree

with the taxi companies’ argument about safety, saying they actually feel worse about taking traditional livery services than Ubers. “As a woman I would be cautious anywhere I go,” May said. “I’ve taken taxis by myself in foreign countries, and I think as a rule you just look out for yourself whether you’re female or male. But I’ve never felt unsafe in an Uber.” It’s not just riders who should look out for themselves, though. Uber drivers should also do their own research on how what looks like a benign side job could cost them down the road. “As of right now, if you’re in Massachusetts you’re kind of on your own in many respects when you decide you’re going to be an Uber driver,” Woods said. “If [regulation] comes to pass, that’s something we’ll let our clients know about. I’m pretty sure we’ve got some guys operating in the dark here, and if I can tell them we have a solution, hopefully we can have conversations with them and get things done the right way.” Traditional livery companies are holding out hope that customers stop defecting from taxis and limos to Uber. If they cannot get laws passed banning ridesharing, they are hoping people will see validity in arguments about safety and regulation. “Anyone who does their homework understands what’s going on,” Raillo said. “I think safety is going to prevail.” Donovan said companies such as Red Cab generate thousands of dollars of business in the city by employing staff that Uber does without, including dispatchers and mechanics. She said she is still hoping the government follows the letter of the law and only allows licensed, regulated companies to provide livery services. “We don’t work in the shadows like Uber,” Donovan said. Lukes said she hopes the government can be proactive about the changing transportation landscape instead of waiting until there is a crisis to adopt new regulation. “You either adapt to it, or you’re going to be stuck with an aging transportation system,” Lukes said. Uber has taken over Boston, with more than 10,000 drivers registered with the service. Zach, who drives in Worcester as well as Boston, said the ridesharing service is growing, whether people like it or not. “It’s getting more popular,” Zach said. “I don’t think I’ve driven anybody that it’s their first time.”

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The forwards race down the ice and a pass to the left winger allows a skater to slip past the waiting defensemen. A single, skilled shot to the upper right, just inside the goalpost, allows the goaltender to gingerly block the puck from the net, but, unable to lock it up, provides a crucial rebound and a quick goal. The men take a moment to celebrate, before lining back up to do it all again.

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In the Central Mass hockey community, this could have been an example of the skilled youth, high

school or college teams. It is none of them, however; this is the Rusty Blades Senior Hockey League, and the men on the ice are at least 60 years old. In many cases, they are in their 70s and even 80s. The league does not allow checking or slap shots, but otherwise operates as any other would, and the members of the Rusty Blades are every bit as competitive and fierce as their younger counterparts. Frankly, if it was not for the grey beards behind the helmet cages, you would never know that the men gliding across the ice and shouting encouragement and trash talk in equal measures weren’t a significantly younger league. “Just because there’s some snow on the roof doesn’t mean the fire has gone out,” said 68-year-old Rusty Blades member Paul LaVenture. “We do this because we love the game. It gives us a reason to get up in the morning and the locker room antics are a really big part of that.” In addition to shredding beside his Rusty Blades teammates, LaVenture is the event manager for the Massachusetts Senior Olympic hockey tournament. LaVenture has played hockey for the vast majority of his life, including Pee Wee leagues with Rusty Blades teammate, Buff Congdon. The latter played at Auburn High School and was later drafted to the Providence Bruins and played for the now defunct Providence Reds. “Hockey players have it in their blood,” explained Congdon, “It’s not a choice, you have to play. It’s a lot of fun and it’s just a good time.” The on-ice action is awe-inspiring. The men are continued on page 20

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dedicated to their sport, and while you can talk to them about it, in order to truly understand it you have to see them in person. At first glance, you would expect a seniors hockey league to be a slowed down, plodding exercise in running through the motions, a passion driven by force of habit. That sentiment could not possibly be further from the truth; instead of a clunky back and forth, these are individuals with years of experience. They may not have the explosive speed off the line that their younger counterparts do, but what they do have is years and years of training and talent. This is absolutely a skilled league and the blades may be rusty, but the puck handling certainly is not.

leagues, the toughness shifts gears in the seniors league. Instead of battling hard hits and heated on-ice circumstances, there is the lingering reality of age; those knee injuries received in a younger league have a tendency to creep up on the players in their later years, and there is the constant battle against ailments the younger players generally don’t have to face. Congdon expressed dismay at having to take this season off from the ice, due to a doctor’s orders following heart surgery. You can see it in his eyes that being forced to the sidelines hurts, but the reality is playing competitive hockey at this age is a chess match, you have to push to remain on your feet, but you can’t risk pushing too hard or

“A lot of these guys are truly skilled players,” said Congdon. “They know the game and this is a game where, I can be your friend, but when I’m on the other team, well, this is hockey.” Most of the Rusty Blades have played organized hockey throughout their lives, from Pee Wee all the way up into professional leagues, and they have taken the hits and earned the scars to prove it. Broken bones, stitches, even a team member who was back on his skates just one month after a kidney removal. Hockey is a sport that bleeds toughness, and if you have to be tough in the youth

you could stop the momentum altogether. Listening to Congdon explain his litany of injuries throughout his professional career, is proof positive that his nickname, “Buff,” could not possibly be more appropriate. The man played goalie in the years before mandatory face masks, and later when the masks were little more than a fiberglass slip. He has suffered seven broken noses, torn rotator cuffs, knee operations, 15 left shoulder dislocations and slap shots to the face, that were significantly more than a love tap. “That’s the way it was back then,” recalled Congdon. “You got fixed up and you got back out there. Those masks were there to stop

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pucks from cutting you, a shot would still knock you out.” Bill White is a 70-year-old retired Holden police officer. A friend told him about the Rusty Blades and invited him to watch them play. He got hooked and has been a member of the league ever since. He recently had to take a four month break due to some arthritis issues, but is back and skating as hard as ever and looks at skating as the best exercise option available to him. “There is very little resistance to the joints on the skates compared to running,” said White. “It’s great exercise.” The Rusty Blades do not have a maximum age limit, and they do not dictate when a skater has to call it quits. That decision is left to the skater, and while an eventuality, the decision is not an easy one to make. White spoke about a former Rusty Blades teammate, whose name he did not disclose. The man was in his 70s and skated throughout his life, continuing on until the very end. “He came to play, but he was shaky that day,” said White. “He played center, so when we got out on the ice he was on my line at center. When he got out on the ice, he had a hard time. He was shaky and he went down. The guys all helped him up and skated him back to the bench. He sat there and said, ‘I guess at some point, you have to hang it up.’” The Rusty Blades have been playing at the Buffone Arena on Lake Ave. for 10 years. They skate three days a week, 12 months a year. Arena manager Nick Pennucci, said members of the Rusty Blades are some of the most dedicated skaters he has seen on the ice. “They’re a lively group,” said Pennucci. “There are some real pistols out there. I’ll pull in here and there will be 26 inches of snow on the ground and these guys are here, ready to go. They’re a hardy group of guys and it’s been my pleasure to have them here for all these years.” The members of the Rusty Blades are retired police officers, firefighters, former professional players, lawyers, coaches and even a current Providence Bruins doctor. The league’s oldest member is Al San Clemente, at 88, and it would be impossible to list all the experiences the men have had, both on and off the ice. Many of them play in tournaments across the United States and Canada, and all of them love the game unconditionally. The Rusty Blades are hosting a benefit hockey game for American Cancer Society’s Relay for Life next month Saturday, May 16 at the Buffone Arena. There will be great hockey, door prizes, raffles, and special guest “Doctor Hook” from the movie “Slapshot,” played by Massachusetts actor Paul D’Amato, who has also performed in “The Deer Hunter” and other films. It is a family-friendly event and tickets are $8 for adults and $4 for children.

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METAL GEAR: This week, I wanted to focus on the annual New England Metal and Hardcore Festival (NEMHCF) at the Palladium. The festival got its start back in ‘99, but I was only 15, and even though these would be the years that formed my interest in punk and hardcore, I didn’t make it out until years later. Regardless, this is the 17th iteration of the festival, which always manages to bring some of the best acts in heavy music to the area. The festival takes place in both the upstairs and downstairs venues Friday, April 17-Sunday, April 19. Below are some of the acts you can catch.

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Overcast: One of the more exciting bands on the fest, in my humble opinion, is Overcast. While

there were many in the area who loved Overcast following their formation in ‘94, they never got the widespread notoriety that they deserved, and it wasn’t until their reunion a few years ago that they were finally appreciated for being so far ahead of their time. While they have played a smattering of shows over the last two years, any time they play could be your last chance to see them.

Incendiary: I absolutely love this band. I won’t even lie about my complete bias toward these guys. I will admit that much of that love may be shaped by the amount of whiskey bass player Matt McNally and I have shared when we toured together, the band is absolutely crushing. I haven’t gotten a chance to stage dive at an Incendiary set since I cut 14 inches of hair off of my head, but that may have to change this year. Between the Buried and Me: BTBAM is from Raleigh, North Carolina and made a pretty

big statement when it came on to the scene in the early 2000s. It was always as if the band was made up of mathematicians, and while the Internet labels BTBAM a progressive metal band, that doesn’t really do the members justice. They have absolutely done their own thing and transcended the standard metal tag, so kudos to them for keeping it going.

Code Orange: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania’s Code Orange (formerly Code Orange Kids) is a relative newcomer when speaking in NEMHCF terms. Their sound has undergone some changes since their inception, but the band’s terrifying doomy vision of hardcore has definitely made the current generation of hardcore kids swoon, and with good reason. Vanna: What do you even call these guys these days? Metalcore used to work, but I don’t think it

really applies following the release of “VOID.” Post-hardcore? Metal? I’m not sure and I don’t really care. I would be surprised if their set wasn’t one of the crazier ones to watch over the weekend. Find guitarist Nick Lambert and share a ‘Gansett tallboy, he’ll appreciate it.

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As I settled into my seat at Club Symply Fargone in Viva Bene Thursday, April 2, Brooks took to the stage, and he and his seven-piece band immediately left no doubt that this was high energy, quality stuff. A burning, high-speed shuffle began the festivities, with every band member taking a solo as they were being introduced by Brooks. No slouches here, as every player ripped it up. A slow minor blues followed, on which Brooks snuck back to his amp and turned it up a notch for the solo that closed out the tune. Throughout the evening, he would comically refer to his volume, sheepishly asking the crowd, “Should I turn it down?” Brooks showed his range of taste with the next couple of tunes, first on a Joe Tex penned soul-stomper, “Show Me,” followed by the O.V. Wright classic, “Blind, Crippled and Crazy.” Sax player Doug Owens grabbed his baritone sax for the latter tune, pumping it up with fat low notes.

The crowd was totally into it by this time, as Brooks, with his grey beret on, proved to be very personable. He has that gift of making friends with everyone in the room. Next up, he tried out an original song, actually co-written with his friend, Keb Mo. The tune is a humorous send-up of the results of the sexual revolution, titled “Wham Bam, Thank You Sam.” The horn section, Normal Palmer on trombone, Philip Perkins on trumpet, along with sax man Owens, held together some fine horn arrangements throughout the evening. The cover songs that were selected by Brooks were all like fine wine, as next he dipped into the Curtis Mayfield song catalog, choosing the funky “Give Me Your Love.” Brooks’ wahwah soaked rhythms really accented the authenticity. “Superman Lover,” by Johnny Guitar Watson, continued the good taste of song choices, as the band seemed to get funkier as the night went on. After mentioning his dad, Lonnie, and the influence that he had on him, Brooks and the band dove right back into the Chicago blues, with a show-stopping shuffle. His guitar solo was over the top, and left no doubt that he was a master at his craft. The band then showed off its dynamic skills, bringing it down to a whisper, while Brooks toyed with the audience, doing spot-on imitations of Muddy Waters, John Lee Hooker and Howlin’ Wolf. Brooks and his excellent band played for another 45 minutes, including a heartfelt version of Eric Clapton’s “Old Love,” and a hyper driven “T-Bone Shuffle,” which again featured amazing solos from the horn players. They saved the best for last, though, as he closed out the evening with Albert King’s “I’ll Play the Blues For You.” Brooks had fun with this one, egging on the crowd, mingling with audience members, and finally taking his wireless guitar over to the bar to pour himself a shot, all the while playing. The entire crowd was in the palm of his hands, and Ronnie Baker Brooks proved that he belongs. This was one of the better shows so far presented by Symply Fargone Productions.

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“Manuscripts Don’t Burn” is a quiet movie in many ways. It’s filmed inside dark apartments and along lonely mountain roads; the characters rarely raise their voices above a simmer.

But the movie is also a full-throated howl of protest against an Iranian regime that strangles free speech and squelches dissent among the country’s intellectual class. “Manuscripts Don’t Burn,” produced clandestinely in defiance of Iran’s ban on filmmaking, seethes with the kind of moral outrage that can only be appreciated in a place that murders poets. At the film’s outset a man runs to a waiting vehicle and speeds away. He has a bloody handprint on his neck; the print is his, the blood is not. Clearly he’s committed a crime, yet as the movie reconstructs past events it’s unclear what exactly constitutes a “crime” in modern-day Iran. Does governmentsanction assassination count? Is there a threat of penalty if the victim is deemed an enemy of the state? Writer-director Mohammad Rasoulof is no stranger to the subject. He himself has run afoul of Iranian authorities, who in 2010 sentenced him to six years in prison for filming without a permit, a punishment later reduced to one year. He remains free on bail and makes movies in secret; the exteriors of “Manuscripts Don’t Burn” reportedly were filmed surreptitiously in Iran and the interiors in Germany. The actors’ names have never been published because of the incendiary nature of the material. Rasoulof damns the regime with unflinching resolve. He distills Iran’s community of persecuted authors and artists into three writers who share a secret that the government wants dearly to suppress. Years earlier, they and a group of 18 other intellectuals were aboard a bus bound for a conference when a government operative, posing as the driver, tried to steer the vehicle

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over a cliff (this is apparently based on a real incident). Now, various manuscripts detailing the mass-murder attempt have been written, hidden away, and are waiting to be smuggled to a publisher. The task of finding the manuscripts has fallen to a former dissident turned security chief known as the Interrogator, a welldressed, silken-voiced inquirer issuing threats are all the more menacing because they are delivered with the same casualness as a Starbucks coffee order. He’s a rainmaker of chaos, yet never dirties his hands, leaving the heavy lifting to a pair of thugs whose tasks include everything from abduction to the application of a poisonous suppository. The authors respond to systematic oppression in their own fashion. One of them strikes a Faustian bargain to leave the country if he turns over his manuscript, though the chances of a payoff are sketchy at best. Another regards their situation with bleak resignation, acknowledging that 40 years earlier the crackdown would have sparked rioting in the streets. The younger generations, he laments, are too driven by immediate pleasures to care. A third writer, ailing and wheelchair bound, is the feistiest. Screw the government, he tells a friend, find me a publisher and get my words onto the street. All these men have suffered under the iron fist of censorship and repression, carried out in the name of God. But does anyone know it, or care? Rasoulof’s movie asks that very question through the inclusion of scenes filmed on the streets of modern Iran, where fashionable people chatting on their cell phones wander through the frame, oblivious to the fact that their government is killing art to “save” them. “Manuscripts Don’t Burn” will be shown at 7:30 p.m. Thursday and Saturday, and at 4 p.m. Sunday in the Jefferson Academic Center at Clark University. The film is part of the Cinema 320 series. APRIL 9, 2015 • WORCESTERMAGAZINE.COM

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Owned by restaurateur Jon Oliveri, Oli’s Italian Eatery rests in the middle of West Boylston Street in West Boylston, across from Dairy Queen and in the same plaza as Gerardo’s Italian Bakery. Certainly a great destination for a gourmet Italian dinner, the 339 West Boylston Street Plaza was mildly busy on Good Friday, April 3. After finding my spot in the parking lot, the newly welcomed spring air met me with an aroma of fried fish and seafood.

Walking in, the restaurant looked newlypainted with comfy honey-yellow walls. Classical Italian music was playing overhead, giving the restaurant an authentic Italian

aesthetic. There were five waitresses, all dressed in black. The restaurant has two sections, the left part with smaller tables and two to four chairs at each, with a small bar. The right side of the bar was is for larger parties with a bigger sized bar. I was one of about 20 visitors at the time of my arrival, and was greeted by a hostess who seated me at a small table by a big window to my left. On my right, the open kitchen featured brick ovens, grills, busy chefs flipping dough and line cooks talking jovially with Oliveri, who was manning the phone and the take-out service. Oli’s offers food of the land and sea variety, including salads, burgers, wraps, appetizers and a full bar. Each entrée is available in lunch- and dinnersized portions. I was given a rundown of the day’s dinner specials, which included fish and chips, fire and ice Haddock and chicken asparagus ravioli. I decided to tempt my taste buds with the ravioli ($20) My waitress was knowledgeable about each entrée and described exactly to expect with my meal. I planned on complementing the meal with a freshly-brewed unsweetened iced tea ($2.50), which came crowned with

lemon. A few slices of fresh bread followed shortly after. During my wait (which was about 10 minutes), I decided to look around and explore my surrounding. The restaurant STEVEN KING

looked new and didn’t have much décor or knickknacks on the wall. My ravioli arrived steaming hot right from the kitchen next to me. It was a combination of spinach, thick portabella mushrooms, sliced red peppers and thinly-sliced green apples rested atop four pieces of sautéed breaded chicken and five pieces of square asparagus ravioli. This original concoction was soaked in a sweet moscato wine butter sauce. The

breaded chicken was perfectly tender and layered with bread crumbs that gave the chicken a smooth taste, as opposed to just adding texture to the taste. I was only given five raviolis, but what the meal lacked in quantity it made up for with in quality. The ravioli was light and made of tender pasta, and was packed with succulent cheese and fresh, crisp asparagus. The entire plate, when mixed together with the mushroom, pepper, spinach and mascato sauce, was deliciously sweet. I loved how the apples tasted alongside the chicken. The remaining sauce and juices created a perfect dipping sauce for the Italian bread served with the meal. I still was not full, so I inquired about the dessert menu and quickly ordered the blueberry crisp ($7). The dessert took about another 10 minutes. The plate brought to me was more generous than the size of my entrée. The blueberry crisp’s graham crust layer was flaky and rich, while the blueberries were sweet and melted alongside the cold vanilla ice cream. The fresh blueberries were bursting their way out of the crust, resulting in a messy, yet rich and hearty blueberry graham sundae. After taxes and tip, the total bill came to $40.

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Treat a special someone to dinner and a dance at Leo’s Ristorante 11 Leo Turo Way, Worcester, Saturday, April 11, 7-11 p.m. Enjoy good food and music from the 70s, 80s and beyond. The cost is $25. Email stevebolivar@gmail.com.

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There is Italian cuisine, and there is Sicilian cuisine. Want to learn more about it - and more important - taste it? Join Fred Plotkin for Sicilia: Tradizoni Del Mediterraneo Friday, April 10, 12-1 p.m. and 6:30-7:30 p.m., at Fitchburg State University’s Hammond Hall, The Falcon Club, 160 Pearl St. Plotkin will regale you with tales of the history, music and culture of Sicily, while an authentic menu of Sicilian specialty dishes will delight your taste buds. The cost is $35. Visit fitchburgstate.edu for more information, email centerstate@fitchburgstate.edu or call 978-665-3347.

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If you are running in the Shrewsbury Public Schools’ annual 5K road race and 1-mile fun run Sunday, April 12, you won’t want to miss the 5K Carb Load Event at Noodles & Company, 50 Boston Turnpike, Shrewsbury, the day before, Saturday, April 11, noon to 6 p.m. Twenty percent of

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Don’t miss what promises to be one of the tastiest fund raisers around when the skaters of Worcester Roller Derby (WoRD) host a pasta dinner Saturday, April 11 at VFW Post 3329 Charles F. Minner, 16 South St., Millbury, 5-8 p.m. Proceeds benefit the club’s 2015 skating season. Dine on pasta, salad, meatballs and sausage, and enjoy raffle items and baked goods for sale. A cash bar will be open. Tickets are $8 in advance, $10 at the door. Children 5-10 are $5. Children under 5 are free. To buy tickets message WoRD on its Facebook Event Page. For more information, visit WorcesterRollerderby.com. The event is sponsored by The Boynton Restaurant & Spirits.

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You don’t want to swim with the fishes, but how about eating with a shark? The Worcester Sharks and Beechwood Hotel, 363 Plantation St., will host Brunch with Finz Sunday, April 12, 10:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. Tickets are $29.95 for adults, $14.50 for children. For more information, email sales@beechwoodhotel.com or call 508-754-5789.

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143 Central St., Milford. 508-478-7818. Worcester State University Chorale presents the Great American Songbook. The Visual and Performing Arts Department of Worcester State University presents the Great American Songbook at El Basha Restaurant at 256 Park Ave. Tickets are $10 - email cnigro@worcester.edu or purchase at the door. $10. 7-9 p.m. El Basha Restaurant, 256 Park Ave. 508-795-0222 or find them on Facebook. Fitchburg State Spring Band and Ensembles Concert. Fitchburg State University’s jazz and concert bands will present a free concert at 7:30 p.m. At Weston Auditorium, 353 North St. The ensembles will perform jazz and jazz-rock standards, band marches and other popular music selections. Paul Luria will conduct the guitar ensemble, Fitchburg State faculty member Michele Caniato will direct the jazz ensemble, and Michael LaCava will direct the concert band. Free. 7:30-9 p.m. Fitchburg State University: Weston Auditorium, 160 Pearl St., Fitchburg. Karaoke. Karaoke by Star Sound Entertainment 7:30 p.m.midnight Hirosaki Prime, 1121 Grafton St. 508-926-8700. Worcester Chamber Music Society - Bach and Beyond. Celebrating the 330th birthday of JS Bach, he continues to be an inspiration to audiences, composers and musicians today just as he has been for centuries. This concert features works of the great master alongside 20th and 21st century works inspired by his music. Full program available on website: worcesterchambermusic. org. Musicians: Tracy Kraus, flute; Krista Buckland Reisner, violin; Peter Sulski, viola; Mark Berger, violin/viola; and David Russell, cello. With guest artists Sarah Bob, piano; Andrus Madsen, harpsichord; and Robert Schulz, marimba. Adults $32, Seniors $27, Students $10 ($8 with a WOO card), Children under 17 free. 7:30-9:30 p.m. First Unitarian Church, 90 Main St. 508-757-2708 or worcesterchambermusic.org Blue Plate Open Mic Thursdays. Channel your inner Alfalfa weekly with our gang of misfit musical toys. Parking’s free, beer’s cheap and you are it! Free. 8-11 p.m. Blue Plate Lounge, 661 Main St., Holden. 508-829-4566. Chris Reddy Acoustic Loops from Hell. 8 p.m.-2 a.m. Rye & Thyme, 14 Monument Square, Leominster. 978-534-5900. Live Acoustic. 8-11 p.m. Banner Pub, The, 112 Green St. 508755-0879. Live Music. 8 p.m.-1 a.m. The Blacksheep Tavern, 261 Leominster Road, Sterling. 978-422-0255. Thirsty Thursday Open Mic Night @ Dark Horse Tavern with Mark & Wibble. Join us down at the Dark Horse &and bring your guitars, banjos, mandolins, trumpets and xylophones and let’s have some fun. Showcasing real live local music & talent! To RSVP a time slot in advance please send your name/time slot you’d like and e-mail (optional) to darkhorseopenmic@yahoo.com. To all other players that want to come up to jam and don’t want to RSVP, there will be a sign-up sheet so you get to play your tunes accordingly, so don’t fret (no pun intended). Here are the times: 8:20 8:40 9:00 9:20 9:40 10:00 10:20 10:40 Free. 8-11 p.m. Dark Horse Tavern, 12 Crane St., Southbridge. 508-764-1100 or find them on Facebook. Audio Wasabi - Hosted by Brian Chaffee. 8:30 p.m.-1 a.m. Gardner Ale House, 74 Parker St., Gardner. 978-669-0122. The Sort Of Late Show featuring Shaun Connolly w/”STYK” and guests Worc. Bravehearts Dave Petersen and comedian Nick Chambers. Followed by Thursday’s New Dance Party with MAN vs. MaSHANE (11:00pm). Every 2nd Thursday of the month. There’s no other show like the “Sort Of Late Show” in Worcester. Imagine you’re watching a live taping of a late-night talk show right here on our stage. Followed by the always amazing/danceable Man Vs MaShane weekly party! $5. 8:30 p.m.-2 a.m. Lucky Dog Music Hall, 89 Green St. 508-363-1888 or find them on Facebook. Dan Burke. 9 p.m.-2 a.m. Nick’s Bar and Restaurant, 124 Millbury

St. 508-753-4030. DJ’s. 9 p.m.-2 a.m. Union Tavern, 65 Green St. Karaoke. 9 p.m.-2 a.m. Classic’s Pub, 285 Central St., Leominster. 978-537-7750. Live Acoustic. 9 p.m.-2 a.m. Funky Murphy’s Bar & Grill, 305 Shrewsbury St. 508-753-2995. Mike Brennan. 9 p.m.-1 a.m. Compass Tavern, 90 Harding St. 508-304-6044. Negative Burn featuring Katie McCarthy! Kwasi Mensah! Niki Luparelli! Bent Knee! 9 p.m.-2 a.m. Ralph’s Chadwick Square Diner, 148 Grove St. 508-753-9543. Padavano’s Idol Karaoke Contest with DJ Curtis. 9 The 8th annual WCPA College Poetry Competition will be held Saturday, April 11, 2-4 p.m. in the Saxe Room at Worcester Public Library, 2 Salem Square, Worcester. Free and open to the public, the event features eight finalists from Worcester County colleges: Anna Maria College’s Andrew Scott Farrar of Paxton; Assumption College’s Sam Hutchings; Clark University’s Levi Byrne of Reading, Pennsylvania; Holy Cross’ Marianne Muro of Bolton, Connecticut; Fitchburg State University’s Jonathan Berglind of Leominster; MCPHSU’s Nora Elghazzaw of Newton; Worcester Polytechnic Institute’s Allison Indyk of Wappingers Falls; and Worcester State University’s Sarah Leidhold of Acushnet. Finalists will compete for a cash reward and a one-year subscription to the Worcester County Poetry Association. Students are competing for the SCPA College Manuscript Prize and the WCPA College Poetry Performance Prize. The winning entry will be published in the upcoming edition of The Worcester Review. The event is free to the public. For more information, visit worcestercountypoetry.org, email amlpoet@verizon.net or call 508-797-4770.

p.m.-1 a.m. Padavano’s Place, 358 Shrewsbury St. 774-823-3022. College Night w DJ Xkaliber. 10 p.m.-2 a.m. Perfect Game Sports Grill and Lounge, 64 Water St. 508-792-4263. DJ (21+). N/A. 10 p.m.-1:30 a.m. Canal Restaurant & Bar, 65 Water St. 508-926-8353.

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Thank Friday It’s Dr. Nat. Let Dr. Nat start your weekend with jazz, swing, blues, soul, samba, R&B, Broadway, original songs about Worcester, and other surprises, such as special guest vocalists and instrumentalists. Dancers welcome! Ask about Thank Friday It’s Dr. Nat (TFIDN) menu bargains in the cabaret room! Followed by Tyra Penn & Her Army of Snakes from 9p.m.-2a.m. No cover charge, tips appreciated. 5:30-7:30 p.m. Nick’s Bar and Restaurant, 124 Millbury St. 508-753-4030 or natneedle.com Alan Goodrich. 7-10 p.m. Canal Restaurant & Bar, 65 Water St. 508-926-8353. Bare Hill. 8 p.m.-2 a.m. Rivalry’s Sports Bar, 274 Shrewsbury St. 774-243-1100. Beatles For Sale the Tribute. Beatles For Sale brings their live Tribute show to the Olde Mistick Village Arts Cinema on Friday April 10th at 8pm. Take a musical trip back in time to the 1960’s at the height of Beatlemania! Hear all your favorite Beatle hits and Beatle B-sides from Please Please Me to Let It Be, all performed completely live by New England’s #1 Beatles Tribute band, Beatles for Sale! A splendid time is guaranteed for all! Tickets: $20. For tickets and more info, call the Olde Mistick Village Arts Cinema box

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Wachusett Music Series Presents: Brooks Williams. Ranked one of the top 100 acoustic guitarists, singer-songwriter Brooks Williams writes groove-laden songs and delivers them with an easy-going vocal style and monstrous guitar chops. Walking the line between blues and Americana, Williams has worked stages worldwide for over 25 years, amassing a staggering backcatalogue of songs, recordings and tales. $18 in advance $20 day of show. Wachusett Music House Concerts, 102 Bolton Road, South Lancaster. 978-365-2043 or find them on Facebook. Union Music Open Mic. 1-3:30 p.m. Union Music, 142 Southbridge St. 508-753-3702. Grateful Dead for the Acoustic Guitar. Featuring Jeffrey

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Pepper Rogers Admission $20 3-4:30 p.m. Union Music, 142 Southbridge St. 508-753-3702. Open Mic. Open to musicians, poets, comedians or anyone with a talent! Hosted by Stephen Wright. 6-9 p.m. Nu Cafe, 335 Chandler St. 508-926-8800 or nucafe.com Blackstone Valley Bluegrass. With Dave Dick on banjo, his broth Bob Dick on guitar, Dan Nowlan on mandolin and Ken Taylor on upright bass, this seasoned group returns to Shrewsbury to play a wide range of bluegrass styles, complete with brilliant picking and smooth harmony, in a program which is entertaining for the entire family. Co-sponsored by the Friends of the Shrewsbury Library, this program is supported in part by a grant from the Shrewsbury Cultural Council, a local agency which is supported by the Massachusetts Cultural Council, a state agency. Free admission with suggested donation. 7-9 p.m. First Congregational Church of Shrewsbury, 19 Church Road, Shrewsbury. 508-845-7286. Dan Nichols in concert at Temple Emanuel Sinai. Dan Nichols in Concert Saturday, April 11, 5:30 p.m. Documentary: Road To Eden 6:30 p.m. Post-Passover Pizza dinner (BYOB, soft drinks provided) 7:00 p.m. Concert for all ages free and open to public. 7-9 p.m. Temple Emanuel Sinai (Salisbury Campus), 661 Salisbury St. 508-755-1257 or emanuelsinai.org Dinner and Dance. Come join us for a fun filled night of good food and music from the 70’s, 80’s and beyond $25 includes dinner. 7-11 p.m. Leo’s Ristorante, 11 Leo Turo Way. 508-753-9490. Don Pride. Don Pride is a Classically trained musician, venturing into folk rock! $4 Donation. 7:30-10 p.m. Cafe con Dios, Main Room, 22 Faith Ave., Auburn. Musicians of the Old Post Road: Beloved and Betrayed. This regional premiere of Benda’s 1775 setting of the Greek myth written in the rare melodrama form - sometimes referred

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Joe Macey - Acoustic Soloist. 8-11 p.m. Flip Flops, 680 Main St., Holden. joemacey.com Live Music. 8 p.m.-1 a.m. Billy’s Pub, 81 Clinton St., Shrewsbury. 508-425-3353. Matt Brown Band. 8 p.m.-1 a.m. Blue Plate Lounge, 661 Main St., Holden. 508-829-4566. Mike Gorgone Acoustic. 8 p.m.-midnight Vintage Grille, 346 Shrewsbury St. 508-752-0558. Pure Prairie League. Pure Prairie League’s biggest hits include “Aimee,” “Two Lane Highway,” “Falling in and out of Love,” “Early Morning Riser” and the musically less-representative pop song, “Let Me Love You Tonight.” The Bull Run is a full-service, farm-to-table restaurant in a pre-revolutionary tavern, located about 35 NW of Boston, with plenty of free parking and rustic, old-world charm. $42 advance; $46 day of show. 8-11 p.m. Bull Run Restaurant, Sawtelle Room, 215 Great Road, Shirley. 978-425-4311 or tickets. bullrunrestaurant.com Soulstice. 8 p.m.-2 a.m. Rye & Thyme, 14 Monument Square, Leominster. 978-534-5900. The Matt Brown Band. The Matt Brown Band is all fired up to be back at The Blue Plate Lounge! One of the finest roadhouses in Central Mass! Great restaurants within walking distance, free parking then party with TMBB and shake what you got on the dance floor! TMBB plays alt./indie and cool hit tunes by bands like The Foo Fighter, The Black Keys, Lemonheads, Radiohead, REM and many more! $5. 8 p.m.-midnight Blue Plate Lounge, 661 Main St., Holden. 508-829-4566. Tom Revane. 8 p.m.-2 a.m. Rivalry’s Sports Bar, 274 Shrewsbury St. 774-243-1100. Live Music. 8:30 p.m.-1 a.m. Gardner Ale House, 74 Parker St., Gardner. 978-669-0122. Acoustic Affair. 9 p.m.-2 a.m. Speakers Night Club, 19 Weed St., Marlborough. 508-439-9314. Benny Sharoni Quartet. 9 p.m.-2 a.m. Nick’s Bar and Restaurant, 124 Millbury St. 508-753-4030. DJ’s. 9 p.m.-2 a.m. Union Tavern, 65 Green St. Groove Street Band. A talented group of local musicians playing your favorite R&B, soul, funk hits and much more! 9 p.m.-12:30 a.m. JJ’s Sports Bar and Grill, 380 Southwest Cutoff, Northborough. 508-842-8420. Metro. 9 p.m.-2 a.m. Jillian’s - Worcester, 315 Grove St. 508793-0900. No Alibi. $5. 9 p.m.-1 a.m. Greendale’s Pub, 404 W Boylston St. 508-853-1350. Rocket Queen (Female Fronted Guns N’ Roses), NIB (Black Sabbath Tribute), and mArked! 9 p.m.-2 a.m. Ralph’s Chadwick Square Diner, 148 Grove St. 508-753-9543. Stan Matthews & Root Land Band. 9 p.m.-1 a.m. Beatnik’s, 433 Park Ave. 508-926-8877. Unity. 21 plus. 9 p.m.-2 a.m. Electric Haze, 26 Millbury St. 508799-0629 or find them on Facebook. DJ (21+). N/A. 10 p.m.-1:30 a.m. Canal Restaurant & Bar, 65 Water St. 508-926-8353. DJ Reckless. 10 p.m.-2 a.m. Perfect Game Sports Grill and Lounge, 64 Water St. 508-792-4263. DJ’s. 10 p.m.-2 a.m. Banner Pub, The, 112 Green St. 508-7550879. Josh Briggs and Bongo Mike - Acoustic Rock Duo.10 p.m.-1 a.m. Padavano’s Place, 358 Shrewsbury St. 774-823-3022. Worcester Jazz Collective @ Sahara. Worcester Jazz Collective plays Sahara Restaurant every 4th Saturday! Deconstructed standards and originals. Free. 10 p.m.-2 a.m. Sahara Cafe & Restaurant, 143 Highland St. 508-798-2181 or worcesterjazzcollective.com

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Zac Slik Brunch. 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Rye & Thyme, 14 Monument Square, Leominster. 978-534-5900. Concert - Mozart, Brahams, Bozza, Capet. Featuring Lucy Colwell on French Horn, Deborah Greenebaum on violin, Susan Kirchhausen & Joseph Wang on viola, Jessica Moshkovitz on cello & Ethel Howard on Piano. Sugested donation $10. 3-4:30 p.m. Brookfield Unitarian Universalist Church, 9 Upper River St., Brookfield. 508-867-5145 or buuc.org Worcester Chamber Music Society - Bach and Beyond. WCMS celebrates the 330th birthday of Bach! A cantata (featuring Maria Ferrante), a cello suite and the Goldberg Variations! This concert features works of the great master alongside 20th and 21st century works inspired by his music. Full program available on the website. Musicians: Tracy Kraus, flute; Krista Buckland Reisner, violin; Peter Sulski, viola; Mark Berger, violin/viola; and Josh Gordon, cello. With guest artists Sarah Bob, piano; Andrus Madsen, harpsichord; and Robert Schulz, marimba Adults $35, Seniors $30, Students $12, Children under 17 free. 4-6 p.m. Mechanics Hall, Washburn Hall, 321 Main St. 508-217-4450 or worcesterchambermusic.org Hangover Hour at 5pm, Andy Cummings at 8:30pm. 5 p.m.-2 a.m. Nick’s Bar and Restaurant, 124 Millbury St. 508-753If laughter truly is the best medicine, you’ll want to be at J. Anthony’s Italian Grill, 206 Southbridge Road, Oxford Friday, April 10, 7:30-10 p.m. Diamond is the Sky and Frank Foley’s Comedy Safari present Everyone Deserves to Laugh!, a comedy benefit. Tickets are $25 each, and will get you in to see some of

it at: openmcc@verizon.net 6-9 p.m. Plaza Azteca, 539 Lincoln St. Funky Jazz Jam Sundays. 21 plus First, and Third Sundays! More info on Facebook. Free. 7-11 p.m. Electric Haze, 26 Millbury St. 508-799-0629. Secret Sage. 7-10 p.m. Beatnik’s, 433 Park Ave. 508-926-8877. Vinyl Siding Going Disco. Keep On Truckin’. Open decks, disco tags all night, everyone is welcome to play. Free. 7 p.m.-1 a.m. Lucky Dog Music Hall, 89 Green St. 508-363-1888 or find them on Facebook. Brit Floyd. The world’s greatest Pink Floyd show, returns in 2015 to launch its most ambitious tour to date, with a spectacular new light show, an even bigger stage production and over 100 concerts planned throughout the United States and Canada between March and August 2015. Celebrating five decades of Pink Floyd, from their creation in 1965 right through to the release of their brand new album, ‘The Endless River’, this amazing show includes performances from all Pink Floyd’s biggest selling albums, The Dark Side of the Moon, Wish You Were Here, Animals, The Wall and The Division Bell, plus a host of other Pink Floyd musical surprises. Paying attention to every musical detail and faithfully recreating the ‘true’ live Pink Floyd concert experience, Brit Floyd brings together all the best moments from the timeless Pink Floyd back catalogue, and combining the latest state-of-the-art sound and light technology, to create a performance that is both sonically perfect and visually awesome. Please call the box office at 877.571.SHOW (7469) for more information. Full price tickets are $34.50, $39.50 and $49.50, depending on seating location. 10% discount available for members, groups of 10 or more, and WOO Card holders. 7:3010:10 p.m. Hanover Theatre for the Performing Arts, 2 Southbridge St. 877-571-7469 or thehanovertheatre.org Worcester Jazz Collective @ Electric Haze. Worcester Jazz Collective plays Electric Haze every 2nd Sunday! Deconstructed standards and originals. Free. 8-11 p.m. Electric Haze, 26 Millbury St. 508-799-0629 or worcesterjazzcollective.com Karaoke. 9 p.m.-2 a.m. Union Tavern, 65 Green St. Live Acoustic. 9 p.m.-2 a.m. Funky Murphy’s Bar & Grill, 305 Shrewsbury St. 508-753-2995.

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New England’s top comedians. Guests will have access to silent auction items, including one week’s accommodations in Costa Rica, two tickets to see U2 in Boston and a chance to tour radio station WXLO with Frank Foley. Proceeds will support affordable social opportunities and resources to people of all ages with autism and other special needs. For more information, visit www.diamonisthesky.org.

4030. Ken Macy - Acoustic Rock. 5-8 p.m. Padavano’s Place, 358 Shrewsbury St. 774-823-3022. Jim’s Sunday Blues Jam. Every week, Jim Perry hosts the best blues jam around, and brings in very special guest performers. No cover. 6-10 p.m. Greendale’s Pub, 404 W Boylston St. 508-853-1350. Open Mic Sundays @ Plaza Azteca! To check the schedules and open slots visit: Bill McCarthy’s Open Mic World on Facebook. Bill McCarthy (originator of the “Half-Hour Sets!”) is your host at another great Open Mic Night! Email Bill McCarthy to reserve

Blue Mondays. Guitarist/Singer Nate Flecha plays the blues every Monday. Free. 7-9 p.m. Starlite, 37 Hamilton St., Southbridge. 772-402-8777 or find them on Facebook. Open Mic/Open Decks. Sign up is at 7p.m. for half hour or less slots. Use our PA system, Mics, controller and sound tech. Anything is welcome! 21plus. Free. 7 p.m.-1 a.m. Electric Haze, 26 Millbury St. 508-799-0629. Boston Musica Viva with Soloists of The Silk Road Ensemble. Dedicated to presenting the ever-evolving music of our time, Boston Musica Viva offers an around-the-world tour of music; no passports required! A new, commissioned work by Shirish Korde fuses Chinese, Indian and other cultures and instruments with three international soloists. The global immersion continues with music by Chou Wen-chung, Franco Donatoni and Sebastian Currier. Program Shirish Korde: Kala-Chakra (Cycles of Time), world premiere featuring guest soloists Gitanjali Mathur, soprano; Wu Tong, sheng and vocalist; Sandeep Das, tabla Chou Wen-chung: Ode to the Eternal Pine Franco Donatoni: Arpège Sebastian Currier: Whispers Free . 8-10 p.m. Arts Transcending Borders at College of the Holy Cross, Brooks Concert Hall, 1 College St. . 508-793-3835 or events.holycross.edu Martin Gohary/Geoff Oehling Duo! Music will vary from jazz to abstract interpretations of Pink Floyd to nuevo tango of Astor Piazzolla. Maybe even some Bach. Free. 8-11 p.m. Nick’s Bar and Restaurant, 124 Millbury St. 508-753-4030 or worcesterjazzcollective.com Monday - Ladies Night! 8 p.m.-2 a.m. Perfect Game Sports Grill and Lounge, 64 Water St. 508-792-4263. Monday night hang with our new DJ, DeeJayDee

Smilesz and our bar-hump with a lump Alfredo.< Our new DJ just moved here from NYC and can’t wait to play for you. Free. 8 p.m.-1 a.m. Lucky Dog Music Hall, 89 Green St. 508-3631888 or find them on Facebook. Upright Monday Night with Geoffrey Watson-Oehling. 8 p.m.-2 a.m. Nick’s Bar and Restaurant, 124 Millbury St. 508-753-4030. Blue Mondays - Live Blues. 8:30 p.m.-1 a.m. Gardner Ale House, 74 Parker St., Gardner. 978-669-0122.

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Cheap Eats. $2 Burgers, $1 Dogs, Beer Specials 5-9 p.m. Beatnik’s, 433 Park Ave. 508-926-8877. Movie Night. Bartenders Choice, Cheap Eats and a show. Free snacks as well. 7-11 p.m. Beatnik’s, 433 Park Ave. 508-926-8877. Two Left - Classic, Modern Rock and beyond. Brian Degon (Vocals, Guitar), Fr. Gregory Christakos (Bass) and David Degon (Guitar) Jam Classic Rock, Modern Rock and Beyond. Free. 7-10 p.m. Park Grill and Spirits, 257 Park Ave. 508-756-7995. Vertigo Trivia Game Show – Free to Enter. This is not your typical pub trivia! An eight round interactive team event, complete with visual, audio, and other specialty rounds that are anything but boring! Prizes for the top finishers, and fun for all who participate. Teams will have a blast facing topics ranging from all areas of the knowledge spectrum! Visit and ‘like’ the Facebook page listed below for a free answer the day of the event. Teams can have up to six players, so grab your friends or family and come out for a night of fun competition and great food! Free. 7-9 p.m. Vintage Grille, 346 Shrewsbury St. 508-752-0558 or vertigotrivia.com Tuesday Open Mic Night @ Greendale’s Pub with Bill McCarthy Local Musicians’ Showcase! To check the schedules and open slots visit: Bill McCarthy’s Open Mic World on Facebook. Bill McCarthy (originator of the “Half-Hour Sets!”) is your host at another great Open Mic Night! Email Bill McCarthy to reserve it at: openmcc@verizon.net. 7:30-11:30 p.m. Greendale’s Pub, 404 W Boylston St. 508-853-1350 or find them on Facebook. Worcester Jazz Collective. 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. Every Tuesday: Jon Bonner and Boogie Chillin’. 9 p.m.midnight Vincent’s Bar, 49 Suffolk St. 508-752-9439. Hip Hop Tuesdays. Every Tuesday is different! Check our Facebook page, under events for more details! $5-$15. 9 p.m.-1 a.m. Electric Haze, 26 Millbury St. 508-799-0629. Karaoke. 9 p.m.-2 a.m. Union Tavern, 65 Green St.

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Worcester Organ Concert with Peter Krasinski. As a conductor, organist, and music educator, Peter Krasinski’s imaginative and energetic performances elevate and inform diverse audiences. Well respected in both the secular and sacred genres of his field, he has taught the enchantment of music to both public and private institutions in the greater Boston area for many years. Cabaret Seating; Bring your lunch or buy one at the Hall while they last! Free admission. noon-1 p.m. Mechanics Hall, 321 Main St. 508-752-5608 or mechanicshall.org Cheap Eats. $2 Burgers, $1 Dogs, Beer Specials 5-9 p.m. Beatnik’s, 433 Park Ave. 508-926-8877. Ladies Night. Wednesday is Ladies Night at Beatniks. Your host Bartender Chris.$ 5.00 Appetizer menu for the Ladies. Drink & wine Specials each week. Private patio, lounge area, booths, plenty of free parking 5-10 p.m. Beatnik’s, 433 Park Ave. 508-926-8877. Take Down The Wall Cafe April 2015. Monthly 3rd Wednesdays Open Mic bringing people with & without disabilities together to share creativity. All performing arts welcome. Free

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or annamaria.edu ArtsWorcester, “Agglomeration” by Megan McNaught and Luke Buffenmyer, Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays, through June 30; “Random Payoffs” by Bob O’Donnell, Wednesdays, Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays, through July 8; Multi-Artist March show: Jennifer Amenta, Marion Buricatu, Amanda Kidd Schall and Scott Coffrin, and Allen Levine, Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays, through April 11. Hours: closed Sunday - Monday, 1-4 p.m. Tuesday, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Wednesday - Friday, 1-4 p.m. Saturday. Admission: Free. 660 Main St. 508-755-5142 or artsworcester.org Asa Waters Mansion, Admission: $3 for guided tour $7-10 for tea. 123 Elm St., Millbury. 508-865-0855 or asawaters.org Assumption College: Emmanuel d’Alzon Library, 500 Salisbury St. 508-767-7272 or assumption.edu Booklovers’ Gourmet, “Paint, Pastel and Pen”, artwork by Caryl Savard, Through April 30. Hours: closed Sunday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday, 10 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. Tuesday - Friday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday. 55 East Main St., Webster. 508-949-6232 or er3.com Clark University: University Gallery, Hours: noon-5 p.m. Sunday, closed Monday - Tuesday, noon-8 p.m. Wednesday, noon-5 p.m. Thursday - Saturday. 950 Main St. 508-793-7349 or 508-7937113 or clarku.edu Clark’s Cafe and Art On Rotation Gallery, Hours: 6 a.m. to 1 p.m. Sunday - Saturday. Admission: Free for galler. 310 High St., Clinton. 978-549-5822 or 978-365-7772 or aorgallery.com College of the Holy Cross: Iris & B. Gerald Cantor Art Gallery, Pulse: New Work by Faculty Artists, Mondays- Saturdays, through April 10. Hours: closed Sunday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday Friday, 2-5 p.m. Saturday. 1 College St. 508-793-3356 or holycross. edu Danforth Museum of Art, Hours: noon-5 p.m. Sunday, closed Monday - Tuesday, noon-5 p.m. Wednesday - Thursday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Friday - Saturday. 123 Union Ave., Framingham. 508-620-0050 or danforthmuseum.org EcoTarium, KEVA: Build It Up! Sundays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays, Oct. 4 - April 26; Preschool and Toddler Wednesdays, Wednesdays, through Dec. 16. Hours: noon-5 p.m. Sunday, closed Monday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday - Saturday. Admission: $14.00 adults; $8.00 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 programs. 222 Harrington Way. 508-929-2700 or ecotarium.org Fisher Museum Harvard Forest, 324 N. Main St., Petersham. 978-724-3302 or harvardforest.fas.harvard.edu Fitchburg Art Museum, Hours: noon-4 p.m. Sunday, closed Monday, noon-4 p.m. Tuesday - Saturday. 25 Merriam Parkway, Fitchburg. 978-345-4207 or fitchburgartmuseum.org Fitchburg Historical Society, Hours: closed Sunday, 10 a.m.

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Open your ears to the psychedelic garage pop of Providence’s Pixels, the indie/folk rock of West Boylston’s Eye Witness and the alternative folk rock of the Heavy Petals Friday, April 10 at starlite, 37 Hamilton St., Southbridge. The show is free and runs from 9 p.m. to 1 a.m. For more information, visit facebook.com/events. to 4 p.m. Monday - Tuesday, 10 a.m.-midnight Wednesday, closed Thursday - Saturday. 50 Grove St., Fitchburg. 978-345-1157 or fitchburghistory.fsc.edu Fitchburg State University: Hammond Hall, 160 Pearl St., Fitchburg. fitchburgstate.edu Fruitlands Museum, 102 Prospect Hill Road, Harvard. 978456-3924 or fruitlands.org Gallery of African Art, Hours: closed Sunday, 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Monday - Wednesday, 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Thursday, 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Friday, 9 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Saturday. Admission: Donations accepted. 62 High St., Clinton. 978-265-4345 or 978598-5000x12 or galleryofafricanart.org Highland Artist Group, 113 Highland St. highlandartistgroup.com Mass Audubon: Broad Meadow Brook Conservation Center and Wildlife Sanctuary, Hours: 12:30-4 p.m. Sunday, closed Monday, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tuesday - Saturday. 414 Massasoit Ave. 508-753-6087 or massaudubon.org Museum of Russian Icons, The Vibrant Art and Storied History of Ethiopian Icons, Through April 18. 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 $10; Seniors (59 +), $7; Students, $5; Children 3-17, $5; Children <3, free. 203 Union St., Clinton. 978-598-5000 or 978-5985000x17 or museumofrussianicons.org Old Sturbridge Village, Admission: $7 - $20 charged by age. Children under 3 free. 1 Old Sturbridge Village Road, Sturbridge. 800-733-1830 or 508-347-3362 or osv.org Park Hill Gallery, Hours: closed Sunday, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday - Friday, closed Saturday. 387 Park Ave. 774-696-0909. Post Road Art Center, Hours: closed Sunday, 9:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Monday - Saturday. 1 Boston Post Road, Marlborough. 508485-2580 or postroadartcenter.com Preservation Worcester, Hours: closed Sunday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday - Friday, closed Saturday. 10 Cedar St. 508-754-8760 or preservationworcester.org Quinebaug Valley Council for the Arts & Humanities, the Arts Center, Hours: 2-4 p.m. Sunday, closed Monday - Friday, 2-4 p.m. Saturday. 111 Main St., Southbridge. 508-3463341 or qvcah.org Quinsigamond Community College: Administration Building670 West Boylston St. qcc.edu Rollstone Studios, Hours: 11-4 p.m. Sunday, closed Monday Wednesday, 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Thursday - Saturday. Admission: free. 633 Main St., Fitchburg. 978-348-2781 or rollstoneartists.com Saori Worcester Freestyle Weaving Studio,18 Winslow St. 508-757-4646 or 508-757-0116 or saoriworcester.com Sprinkler Factory, RED: Material. Symbol. Emotion.Temperature. (Opening Reception), Saturday. Admission: free. 38 Harlow St. sprinklerfactory.com Taproot Bookstore, Hours: noon-5 p.m. Sunday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday - Tuesday, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Wednesday - Thursday, 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Friday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday. 1200 West Boylston St. 508-853-5083 or TaprootBookstore.com The Foster Gallery, 51 Union St. 508-397-7139 or thefostergallery.com Top Fun Aviation Toy Museum, Hours: 1:30-4:30 p.m. Sunday, closed Monday - Friday, 10:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Saturday. 21 Prichard St., Fitchburg. 978-342-2809 or 978-297-4337 or topfunaviation.com Tower Hill Botanic Garden, Art of the Heirloom: Seed Library Exhibit , Sundays, Tuesdays-Saturdays, through May 31; Library Exhibit: Women in Horticulture Hall, Tuesdays, Thursdays, Saturdays, through June 30; Tower Hill Botanic Garden Library Exhibit: Ex Libris, Dr. John Green, Tuesdays, Thursdays, Saturdays, through April 30; Art of the Heirloom: Cultural Seed Savers - Opening

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Reception,Saturday. 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. 508-869-6111 or towerhillbg.org Worcester Art Museum, A Screen for the New Year: Pines and Plum Blossoms, Through May 3; Africa’s Children of Arms, Through Sept. 20; Art Since the Mid-20th Century, Through Dec. 31; Nude Drawing in the Galleries, Thursdays, through April 30; Uncanny Japan: The Art of Yoshitoshi, Through May 24; Slow Art Day, Saturday; Zip Tour: Arthur Dove, Saturday; Sunday Public Tour, Sundays, April 12 - April 26; Tour of the Month: Art and Music, Wednesday. Hours: 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday, closed Monday Tuesday, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Wednesday, 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. Thursday, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Friday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday. Admission: Free for members, $14 adults, $12 seniors, free for youth 17 and under. Free for all first Saturdays of each month, 10a.m.-noon. 55 Salisbury St. 508-799-4406 or worcesterart.org Worcester Center for Crafts, Looking Back, Through April 11. 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; In Their Shirtsleeves, Through Dec. 31; Stories They Tell, Through Dec. 31. Hours: closed Sunday - Monday, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tuesday - Saturday. 30 Elm St. 508-753-8278 or worcesterhistory.org Worcester Public Library, To honor and remember- Armenian Genocide Exhibit, Through April 30. Hours: 1:30-5:30 p.m. Sunday, 9 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Monday, 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. Tuesday - Wednesday, 9 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Thursday - Saturday. 3 Salem Square. 508-7991655 or worcpublib.org

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Central Tree Middle School Spring Craft Show. 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Central Tree Middle School, 281 Main St., Rutland. 508886-0073. Spring Craft Fair. Please contact James Hicks if anyone is interested in being a vendor. Handmade crafts only (Yarn crafts, embroidery, hand-made jewelry, artwork, etc). 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Travel Destination 508-751-9600. Uxbridge Woman’s Club Touch-a-Truck & Craft Fair. Amazing and fun event for the whole family. This is a free event for the entire family where children can see and climb on real life vehicles. Kids, accompanied by their parents or guardian, can explore all types of vehicles and talk to the people who operate them. Make sure you have your cameras ready! Other activities include face-painting, food and much more! On the very same day is the Annual Craft & Vendor Fair!! Also there will be delicious food and refreshments served at the event! Come one, come all, this event provides fun and entertainment for any age! We are currently seeking companies with vehicles to be in our Touch-a-Truck eventfree publicity! We are also seeking homemade crafters for the Craft Fair (inside). For more information, please feel free to contact us at uxbridgewomansclub@gmail.com. $1 admission or 1 canned good donated to Uxbridge Food Pantry. 10-2, 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. McCloskey Middle School (the old Uxbridge High School), 62 Capron St., Uxbridge. 508-878-4672.

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8th Annual East Meets West Health Fair & Business Bonanza & Blood Drive. This is an interactive fair featuring a variety of traditional and holistic vendors and local businesses.

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We are also hosting an American Red Cross Blood Drive at this event. Free admission, free raffles, free screenings and more! Flatscreen TV giveaway! Proceeds from this event benefit adults with developmental disabilities served by Life-Skills, Inc. Vendor and sponsorship opportunities available - please contact us! Free. 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Bartlett High School, Webster, MA, Gymnasium, 52 Lake Parkway, Webster. 508-949-1233 or life-skillsinc.org

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Carnival of Children’s Book Authors and Illustrators. A group of children’s authors and illustrators will bring their talents for a carnival of art and words at ABSW. From picture books to middle grade novels, join us for a beautiful, informative, and fantastic voyage through literature. 11:00 a.m.-12:15 p.m.: Readings from picture books and early readers for our younger audience and their family. 12:30-1:45: Panel of authors and illustrators talking about their work and answering audience questions. 2:00-3:15: Readings from middle grade and young adult authors for older audiences. 3:30-4:45: Panel of middle grade and YA authors talking about their work and answering audience. Join us for a fun and beautiful day celebrating literature and art for children of all ages. Free. 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Annie’s Book Stop, 65 James St. 508-796-5613.

>Sunday 12

NEADS/Dogs for Deaf and Disabled Americans Spring 2015 Graduation. NEADS/Dogs for Deaf and Disabled Americans is a nonprofit organization that provides highly trained assistance dogs to people who are deaf or have a disability and could benefit from canine assistance. Each year, NEADS holds two graduation ceremonies celebrating our newest assistance dog teams. This event is open to the public, but please note that Monty Tech has a service dogs only policy as recognized by the ADA. No charge, but a $5 donation is suggested at time of admittance.. 2-4 p.m. Montachusett Regional Vocational Technical School, 1050 Westminster Road, Fitchburg. 978-345-9200 or neads.org

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National Poetry Month Street Beat Thursday. In this month during which the whole world celebrates what most of us live for every day, we welcome multi-award-winning poet and writer Patricia Youngblood. Open mic precedes the feature poet so please bring poems to share. We always break for coffee and homemade baked goods on the house and plenty of time to mingle. Hosted by Anne Marie Lucci, free and open to the public/hat passed to support feature/venue. 7-9 p.m. WCPA Headquarters- Vasa Hall, First Floor Performance Space, 1 Ekman St., Worcester, MA. 508-479-7574 or worcestercountypoetry.org Worcester in New York. Actress Ann Marie Shea and poets Robert K. Cording and James B. Nicola perform their own poetry plus works of notables with Worcester/NY connections, namely poets Stanley Kunitz, Elizabeth Bishop and Frank O’Hara and Labor Secretary Frances Perkins. free. 7-8:30 p.m. Worcester Historical Museum, 30 Elm St. 508-753-8278.

>Saturday 11

Common Threads Poetry Program with James Nicola. James B. Nicola will take you through a few of the ways poets shape their verse to help the reader -and reciter- electrify the white space surrounding the printed word. We will look at poetic clues to the sounds and silences an author might have intended, and reveal new potentials of meaning between the lines. Participants will be invited to read poems aloud and practice these principles of Sounding the Silence. Free. 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Worcester Public Library, Saxe

room, 3 Salem Square. 508-799-1655. Sounding the Silence. Free and Open to the Public. James B. Nicola will take you through a few of the ways poets shape their verse to help the reader- and reciter- electrify the white space surrounding the printed word. We will look at poetic clues to the sounds and silences an author might have intended, and reveal new potentials of meaning between the lines. Participants will be invited to read poems aloud and practice these principles of Sounding the Silence. Location: Saxe Room - Main Library free. 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Worcester Public Library, 3 Salem Square. 508-799-1654. 8th Annual WCPA College Poetry Competition. Please join the WCPA and the eight finalists from Worcester County Colleges for the 8th Annual College Poetry Competition. The finalists are as follows: Anna Maria College: Andrew Scott Farrar, Paxton, MA, Assumption College: Sam Hutchings, Clark University: Levi Byrne, ”The Language of Music” will be spoken when the Soulful Sundown Vespers, featuring Helen Wolfson and Eric Thomas, share their voices at the Unitarian Universalist Church of Worcester, 90 Holden St. The duo appears Sunday, April 12, 6-7 p.m. The Vespers use their music to create a journey through a variety of emotions and images. The service is free, but there is a free-will offering. For more information, visit uucworcester.org, email office@ uucworcester.org or call 508-853-1942.

Reading, PA, College of the Holy Cross: Marianne Muro, Bolton, CT, Fitchburg State University: Jonathan M. Berglind, Leominster, MA, Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences: Nora Elghazzawi, Newton, MA, WPI: Allison Indyk, Wappingers Falls, NY, and Worcester State University: Sarah Leidhold, Acushnet, MA. The nominated students have already submitted manuscripts and will be asked to perform two of the submitted poems at today’s competition. The finalists will compete for a cash award and a oneyear subscription to the Worcester County Poetry Association. They will be judged by noted poets Liz Heath and Cheryl Savageau. The students will compete for the WCPA College Manuscript Prize and the WCPA College Poetry Performance Prize. In addition, the winning entry will be published in this year’s upcoming edition of the literary journal, The Worcester Review. Family and friends of the finalists are welcome to attend the program and support their poets. Free and open to the public. 2-4 p.m. Worcester Public Library, Saxe Room, 3 Salem Square. 508-797-4770 or worcestercountypoetry.org

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The Hangover Hour Spoken Salon - Richard Brautigan performed by Joe Fusco Jr. Joe Fusco Jr. will be performing the amazing work of Richard Brautigan, a cool counter culture writer. Come for that feature, come for the open mic. Come for the Nick’s mystique. Donations accepted for the performer.. 5-6:30 p.m. Nick’s Bar and Restaurant, 124 Millbury St. 508-753-4030.

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Sunday Night Cinemageddon! Movies Shown Every Sunday Night in the Diner! - Sundays, Sunday, May 13 Thursday, December 31. Facebook: Ralphs Diner. Free. 9 p.m.-1 a.m. Ralph’s Chadwick Square Diner, 148 Grove St. Call 508-753-9543. Stand-Up Comedy - Wednesdays, Wednesday, April 1 Wednesday, April 29. Are you interested in performing, writing or producing comedy? In this introduction to stand-up comedy course you will learn how to get material and write a joke from set-up to punch line. You’ll also gain knowledge about creating your own

style, doing impressions, writing song parodies and secret comedy formulas, getting a gig, booking a show, getting an audition and dealing with hecklers. There will be a chance to perform at an actual comedy show, appear on cable TV, and listen to a guest speaker. Give this course as a gift or take it as a stress buster. $89. 7-9 p.m. Quinsigamond Community College, 670 West Boylston St. Visit trainnow.qcc.edu Schoolhouse Rock Live, Jr. - Tuesday, April 7 - Friday, April 10. A pop culture phenomenon comes to the stage. From the Emmy award winning Saturday morning TV series in the 1970s that taught history, grammar, math, science and politics through clever, tuneful songs, Schoolhouse Rock Live Jr. definitely rocks! Visit “Conjunction Junction” to “Unpack Your Adjectives” while you “Do the Circulation.” Generation X-ers seeking a taste of nostalgia will delight in introducing their own kids to this good, clean, and educational fun! Come discover why this Schoolhouse rocks! April 7, 8, 9, 10 at 9:30am and 12:00noon (for school groups); April 11 at 2:00pm (for the general public) $6. 9:30-10:30 a.m. Mount Wachusett Community College: Theatre, 444 Green St., Gardner. Call 978-630-9388 or visit mwcc.edu Fitchburg State presents The Crucible - Wednesdays, Wednesday, April 8 - Wednesday, April 15. The Fitchburg State University theater program presents Arthur Miller’s classic “The Crucibl”e April 9 through 18 the McKay Complex, 67 Rindge Road. Admission is free. Miller’s indelible play uses history to teach us about America today. Set in the terrified atmosphere of the Salem witch trials, “The Crucible” follows the tortured journey of John Proctor, reclusive farmer and repentant adulterer, who is persecuted for his independent beliefs. The pervasive fear and repressed sexual hysteria threatens to swallow his entire life into a maelstrom of terror. The production is directed by Fitchburg State Professor Richard McElvain. The Crucible will be performed at 6 p.m. Wednesday, April 8, Thursday, April 9, Wednesday, April 15, and Thursday, April 16; 7:30 p.m. on Friday, April 10, Saturday, April 11, Friday, April 17, Saturday, April 18; and 2 p.m. Sunday, April 12. Free. 6-8 p.m. Fitchburg State University: McKay Complex, Wallace Theater for the Performing Arts, 160 Pearl St., Fitchburg. Shrek: The Musical - Thursday, April 9 - Saturday, April 11. Grafton -- When fairy tale creatures invade his swamp, what’s an ogre to do? How about team up with a talking donkey, rescue a beautiful princess from a dragon-guarded tower on behalf of a height-challenged despot and fall in love -- even before discovering just why it is that she never goes out after sundown? Welcome to “Shrek: The Musical,” which takes the stage at Grafton High School Thursday, April 9; Friday, April 10 and Saturday, April 11 at 7 p.m. and on Sunday, April 12 at 2 p.m. Tickets are $10 at the door. $10. 7-10 p.m. Grafton High School, Grafton High School Theatre, 24 Providence Road, Grafton. Call 508-839-5425. A Streetcar Named Desire - Friday, April 10. Local community based theatre company, 4th Wall puts a fresh spin on this American classic which deals with the culture clash between Blanche DuBois, a pretentious fading relic of the Old South, and Stanley Kowalski, a rising member of the industrial, urban immigrant class. After letting her family’s plantation slip through her fingers, Blanche shows up in New Orleans’ French Quarter to “temporarily” visit her younger sister Stella and her less than hospitable husband Stanley. Blanche’s pretensions to virtue and culture only thinly mask alcoholism and delusions of grandeur. Set in the steamy, jazz-infused streets of New Orleans in the early 1950’s. Directed by Barbara Guertin, stars Sean Stanco, Stanley. Please call the box office at 877.571.SHOW (7649) for more information. Full price tickets are $25. 10% discount available for members, groups of 10 or more, corporate partners and WOO Card holders. 15% discount for groups of 20 or more. 7:309:30 p.m. Hanover Theatre for the Performing Arts, 2 Southbridge St. Call 877-571-7469 or visit thehanovertheatre.org Everyone Deserves to Laugh! - Friday, April 10. Join us as Diamond is the Sky and Frank Foley’s Comedy Safari presents

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Upload your listings at worcestermagazine.com. Click the Night & Day toolbar, then choose Calendar to place your event listing in both our print and online weekly calendar. “Everyone Deserves to Laugh!”, a comedy benefit, in the elegant setting of J. Anthony’s Italian Grill. “Everyone Deserves to Laugh!” is an excellent forum for uniting people together who may be directly impacted by special needs with the community as a whole, as few things bring people together more effectively than laughter. In addition to seeing some of New England’s top comedians perform, guests will also have access to a number of silent auction items, including one-week’s accommodations in Costa Rica, two tickets to see U2 in Boston, and a chance to win a tour of 104.5 WXLO given by none other than Frank Foley of the highly rated Morning Show followed by lunch with the popular radio personality. Funds raised through ticket sales will help support affordable social opportunities and resources to people of all ages with autism and other special needs. 25. 7:30-10 p.m. J. Anthony’s Italian Grill, 206 Southbridge Road Oxford, MA, Oxford. Visit diamondisthesky.org “My First Time” - Fridays, Saturdays, Friday, April 10 - Saturday, April 18. Gateway Players Theatre, Inc. will present the Off-Broadway play, “My First Time” on April 10 ,11, 17,18 and 19 at the Gateway Arts Barn, 111 Main St., Southbridge. Friday & Saturday shows are

at 7:30, the Sunday show is at 2pm. The April 11 performance will feature BYOB. Snacks, soft drinks and coffee will be available at all performances. Tickets are $13 for adults and $11 for seniors. This is an adult production and under 18 are not admitted. Tickets and reservations are available by calling 508-764-4531. Tickets may be purchased with cash or check. “My First Time” is a series of stories about first-time sexual experiences- funny, sad, poignant- along with facts and statistics shared by real people on the myfirsttime. com blog. These stories were then compiled into a script written by Ken Davenport, a New York producer who grew up in Sturbridge. This production is directed by Bill Guy and produced by Barbara Day. The actors are Kaiti Figueroa, Gwen OBrien, Josh Raymond and Joseph Sawyer. The tech crew includes David Corkum, Lou-Ellen Corkum and Mary Gahagan, with Pat Haddock responsible for box office. This play is produced without intermission, so the audience is encouraged to arrive early to get set with refreshments as well as have time to complete an audience (anonymous) survey. $13 adults, $11 senior citizens. 7:30-9 p.m. Gateway Players Theatre Arts Barn, 111 Main St., Southbridge. Call 508-764-4531.

The Price is Right Live! - Saturday, April 11. “The Price is Right Live!” is the hit interactive stage show that gives eligible individuals the chance to “Come On Down” to win. Prizes may include appliances, vacations and possibly a new car! Play classic games from television’s longest running and most popular game show. Open to legal residents of 50 United States and Canada (excluding New York, Florida, Puerto Rico & Rhode Island, Quebec), 18 years or older. Ticket purchase will not increase your chances of being selected to play. To register for chance to be a contestant, visit registration area at or near the venue box office 3 hours prior to show time. For complete rules & regulations, including eligibility requirements, visit or call the box. To enter theater to watch show, a ticket purchase is required. Sponsored by Good Games Live, Inc. Void where prohibited. “Price is Right Live”© 2015 FremantleMedia. All Rights Reserved. Full price tickets are $32.50, $42.50, and $52.50, depending on seating location. Limited VIP seats are available for $92.50 and include premium seating. 10% discount available to members, groups of 10 or more, corporate partners, and WOO card holders. 7:30-9 p.m. Hanover Theatre for

Baseball Anna Maria College

April 11 at Lasell, Conference at 12p.m. April 14, Home v. Albertus Magnus, Conference at 7p.m. Becker College April 9 at Anna Maria, 7p.m. April 11 at Lyndon St., 1p.m. April 14, Home v. Nichols, 4p.m. Clark University April 11, Home v. MIT, Conference at 1p.m. April 15 at Massachusetts Maritime, Conference at 7p.m. The College of the Holy Cross April 11, Home v. Colgate, Conference at 1:05 p.m. Nichols College April 11 at Endicott, Conference at 2:30 p.m. April 14 at Becker, 4p.m. Tufts University April 11, Home v. Hamilton, Conference at 1p.m. April 14 at Endicott, 7p.m.

Women’s Rowing The College of the Holy Cross

April 11, Conferences, Home v. Saint Joseph’s (Me.) at 12 and 2:30p.m. April 12 at Johnson & Wales (RI), Conferences at 3:30 and 6p.m. April 15, Home v. Southern Vt., 3p.m. Becker College April 9, Home v. Framingham St., 4p.m. April 12 at Worcester St. 1p.m. April 14 at Nichols, 4p.m. April 15, Home v. WPI, 4p.m. Clark University April 10, Conference, Home vs. Springfield College, 3:30 p.m. April 11 at Springfield College, Conferences at 12 and 3p.m. April 14 at Babson College, Conference, 3:30 p.m. The College of the Holy Cross April 11, Home v. Lehigh, Conferences at 2 and 4:30 p.m. April 12, Home v. Lehigh, Conferences at 1 and 3:30 p.m. April 14, Home v. Brown at 4:45 and 7p.m. Fitchburg State University April 9, Home v. Elms, 3:30 p.m. April 11, Home v. MCLA, Conferences at 12 and 2:30 p.m. April 14, Home v. Worcester St., Conferences at 2 and 4:30 April 15, Home v. Rhode Island College, 3:30 p.m. Nichols College April 10 at Eastern Nazarene, Conferences at 2:30 and 5p.m. April 11, Home v. Western New Eng., Conferences at 12 and 2:30 p.m. April 14, Home v. Becker, 3:30 p.m. Tufts University April 10 at Trinity (Conn.), Conference at 3p.m. April 11 at Trinity (Conn.), Conferences at 12 and 2:30 p.m. April 13, Home v. Salem St., 3p.m. April 15 at Keene St., 3:30 p.m. Worcester Polytechnic Institute April 10 at Coast Guard, Conference at 3:30 p.m. April 11, Home v. Coast Guard, Conferences at 12 and 3p.m. April 14, Home v. MIT, Conference at 3:30 p.m. April 15 at Becker, 4p.m. Worcester State University April 11, Home v. Bridgewater St., Conferences at 12 and 2:30 p.m. April 12, Home v. Becker, 1p.m. April 14 at Fitchburg St., Conferences at 2 and 4:30p.m.

Men’s Lacrosse Anna Maria College April 9, Home v. Becker, 7p.m.

Women’s Lacrosse Becker College

April 9 at Framingham St., 7p.m. April 11, Home v. Colby-Sawyer, 1p.m. April 15 at Mount Ida, 6:30 p.m. The College of the Holy Cross April 11 at Navy, Conference at 3:30 p.m. April 14 at Harvard, 7p.m. Fitchburg State University April 9, Home v. Mass. Dartmouth, 7p.m. April 11 at Salem St., Conference at 1p.m. April 14, Home v. Framingham St., Conference at 7p.m. Nichols College April 9 at Mount Ida, 3:30 p.m. April 11 at Endicott, Conference at 12p.m. April 13 at Emmanuel (MA), 7p.m. Tufts University April 11 at Hamilton, Conference at 12 April 12 at Cortland St., 12p.m.

Men’s Rowing The College of the Holy Cross

April 10 at George Washington Invitational (Washington D.C.), Time TBA April 11 at George Washington Invitational (Washington D.C.), Time TBA Clark University April 12 at Lake Quinsigamond, Time TBA

April 11 at Knecht Cup, Mercer County, N.J., Time TBA April 12 at Knecht Cup, Mercer County, N.J., Time TBA Clark University April 12 at Lake Quinsigamond, Time TBA

Softball Anna Maria College

April 10, Home v. Mount Ida, Conferences at 3 and 5p.m. April 11 at Johnson & Wales, RI, Conferences at 12 and 2p.m. April 12 at Lasell, Conferences at 12 and 2p.m. April 15 at Saint Joseph’s, Me., Conferences at 3 and 5p.m. Becker College April 9 at Mass. Maritime, Times 3:30 and 5p.m. April 11, Home v. Newbury, Conferences at 12 and 2:30 p.m. April 12 at Elms, Conferences at 12 and 2p.m. Clark University April 10, Home v. Springfield College, Conferences at 3 and 5p.m. April 11 at Coast Guard Academy, Conferences at 12 and 2p.m. The College of the Holy Cross April 11, Home v. Lehigh, Conferences at 12 and 2p.m. April 12, Home v. Lehigh, Conference at 12p.m. Fitchburg State University April 11, Home v. MCLA, Conferences at 12 and 2p.m. April 14, Home v. Worcester St., Conferences at 3 and 5p.m. April 15, Home v. Mitchell, Times 3 and 5p.m. Nichols College April 9, Home v. Fisher, Times 3 and 5p.m. April 11 at Salve Regina, Conferences at 1 and 3p.m. April 12, Home v. Endicott, Conferences at 12 and 2p.m. Tufts University April 10 at Bowdoin, Conference at 4p.m. April 11 at Bowdoin, Conferences at 12 and 2:30 p.m. April 15 at Bridgewater St., Times 3 and 5p.m. Worcester State University April 11, Home v. Bridgewater St., Conferences at 12 and 2p.m. April 14 at Fitchburg St., Conferences at 3 and 5p.m.

the Performing Arts, 2 Southbridge St. Call 877-571-7469 or visit thehanovertheatre.org Hearts Like Fists - Wednesdays, Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays, Wednesday, April 15 - Saturday, April 25. April 15–18, 22–25 at 7:30p.m. By Adam Szymkowicz Directed by Danny Balel. A superhero noir comedy about the dangers of love. The city’s heart beats with fear: Doctor X is sneaking into apartments and injecting lovers with a lethal poison. Lisa’s heart beats with hope. Now that she’s joined the elite Crimefighters, maybe she can live a life with meaning. And every beat of Peter’s wounded heart brings him closer to death, but he’s designing an artificial replacement that will never break. Can the Crimefighters stop Doctor X? Do Peter and Lisa have a chance at love? And who is the girl with a face like a plate? Presented by Visual and Performing Arts Department $5 or free with College ID. 7:30-9:30 p.m. Clark University: Little Center, Michelson Theatre, 950 Main St. Call 508-793-7356.

{ SPORTSlistings} Men’s Tennis Becker College April 11 at Berkshire West, 1p.m. April 12, Home v. Wheelock, 12p.m. April 14 at Regis, Mass., Conference at 4:30 p.m. Clark University April 9, Home v. Johnson &Wales, 3p.m. April 15, Home v. Springfield College, 4p.m. The College of the Holy Cross April 9 at UMass Dartmouth, 3:30 p.m. April 11, Home v. Hartford, 3:30 p.m. Nichols College April 11 at Curry, Conference at 12p.m. April 14, Home v. Wentworth, Conference at 4p.m. Tufts University April 10 at Middlebury, Conference at 3p.m. April 11 at Middlebury VT, 10a.m.

Women’s Tennis The College of the Holy Cross

April 11, Home v. Johnson & Wales, 12p.m. April 12, Home v. St. Anselm, 2p.m. April 14 at Rhode Island, 3p.m. Tufts University April 11 at Trinity, Conn., Conference at 12p.m. April 13, Home v. Amherst, Conference at 4p.m.

Men’s Track and Field The College of the Holy Cross

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Century Dining Room Set 4 side, 2 captain chairs. Oval table, extends to 9’. Lighted hutch, beveled glass front. "Rosewood" Asking $8,000.00 (orig. $20,000) 508-791-0770*

Piano Lessons-Jazz, Rock & Pop Learn Piano in a fun and creative way by Berklee graduate. Accepting students 10 years of age and up. Beginners welcome. 508-714-0717

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Navy Blue Leather Sofa & Matching Chair Excellent condition. $700.00 or B/0 Call 571-437-2123*

Let’s release the blocks that keep you from reaching your full potential. Body read and 20% off first session. Anna Smith Core Energetics Body Psychotherapy 508-735-3535

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1962 Baldwin Walnut Grand Piano Appraised by Steinert & Sons for $8000. Asking $3500 bo. Appraisal avail. upon req. murph33@comcast.net

Elder Care Services Cooking, medication reminders, showering, light housekeeping, etc. PCA Cert. Ref’s avail, CORI checked. Call Kathy 508-886-2164

New in plastic, Can deliver Call Luke 774-823-6692

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TAG SALE SAT. APRIL 11th, 8AM-1PM at FLAGG ST. SCHOOL, 115 Flagg St. Worcester. FOR SALE: Household items, furniture, books, games, toys, videos, sports items & more. 508-799-3522

YOGA ANITA Calm your mind, stretch your body, invigorate your spirit. Private & Group Classes. Info: www.yogaanita.com 978-227-8297

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NEW SALON AT SANTORA’S, Fitchburg, MA Hair stylist Kathy Brazeil. 10 years experience. First time color/cut special $35.00 First time shampoo/cut/ blow dry $15.00 Prom, bridal and special occasion styles starting at $40.00 Santora’s 43 Whalon St. Fitchburg, MA 617-838-6313

Learn a unique method to teach acrylic painting to people with no art background. 3 day training covers all aspects for your own business. Fill the demand for this program at longterm care facilities, senior centers, children and working adults. 508-882-3947

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2 br 1.5 bath townhome.Â Bridle Cross best. Newly painted throughout 8/13. New dishwasher 11/13. wall to wall carpet 8/13,Â Aberman Assoc. Inc.Â Paula Savard 978-537-4971 x 14 www.paulasavard.com

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)LWFKEXUJ 3 br 1.5 bath ranch.Â Bright open concept family room and kitchen with updated appliances perfect for cooking and entertaining. Opens to deck overlooking fenced in yard and patio. Three bedrooms with gleaming hardword ďŹ&#x201A;ooring, ceiling fans and so much more! Great location for young families looking for the perfect neighborhood. Convenient to major routes, Wachusett Mountain, shops and restaurants.Â Aberman Assoc. Inc Robin Dunbar Bain 978-537-4971 x66

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Water front log home with open cncept. Walkout basement level offers second bedroom or fam room amd full bath. Woodstove. Main level livingroom with gas ďŹ&#x201A;oor to ceilng ďŹ replace, cathedral ceilings window wall onto deck overlooking the water, appliances kitchen with dining area and half bath. Master suite loft accessed by spiral stairway features master bath and stackable laundry. 100 acre Partrdge Pond Aberman Assoc. Inc 979-537-4971 x 14 www.paulasavard.com

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Move right in, Charming decor thruout. Enter into ďŹ replaced living room / dining room open concept with applianced kitchen divided by a generous counter area. Pass thru sliding doors to a spacious deck facing wooded area and enjoy the seasonal sunshine or relax under the shade of the Sun Setter awning controlled by the push of a button. 2 bedrooms, 2 full baths (one off the mstr bdrm). Full walkout basement w/ high ceiling, offers the opportunity to add a family room. Enjoy the conveniences of central AC, central Vac, security system & 1st level laundry. One owner unit, over 55 community. Pets allowed. Aberman Assoc. Inc. Sandra DeRienzo 978-537-4971 x 42

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Do you like to entertain? If so this is the home for you. Spectacular, open concept kitchen / dining room- (30â&#x20AC;&#x2122;x35â&#x20AC;&#x2122;) granite & corian counters, huge center island, Jenn Aire range (2013), Cathedral ceiling, skylights & balcony. Formal living room, cozy den, and 1/2 bath complete the ďŹ rst level. From dining room exit onto spacious deck overlooking yard area. 3 bdrms & full bath on 2nd level. From mstr bdrm step onto balcony overlooking kitchen. 2 car garage under. Boiler- 2011, Roof-2010. Sprinkler system........Home has only had 2 owners since 1934, (as per current owner) Aberman Assoc. Inc Sandra DeRienzo 978-537-4971 x42

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Slate exterior 3 bedroom ranch with 2 full baths. walkout inlaw unit on the lower level with 3rd full bath . Detached 2 car garage. Floor plan offer front kitchen rear Livingroom with cozy ďŹ replace and picture window overlooking wooded lot.Â Aberman Assoc Inc. Paula Savard 978-537-4971 x 14 www.paulasavard.com

6WHUOLQJ Single family stye with 2 family zoning. both units on one level. Income unit could be 2 bedrooms. Full ďŹ nished basement with ďŹ replace for ownerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s unit. Utility garage under access from rear for boats, or other toys plus two car garage attached .Walking distance to Lake Waushacum town beach Aberman Assoc Inc. Paula Savard 978-537-4971 x 14 www.paulasavard.com

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Stately colonial exterior. 7 spacious deďŹ ned rooms, ďŹ rst ďŹ&#x201A;oor open ďŹ&#x201A;oorplan.. sunken familyroom with ďŹ replace, vaulted ceiling , french doors to formal dining, atrium doors to screened porch. Deck and hot tub.Hardwood ďŹ&#x201A;oors in ďŹ rst ďŹ&#x201A;oor and master bedroom. Master bath with jetted tub and separate shower. One owner, ready for the next chapter. Irrigation system, perimeter foundation drainage, central vac. ďŹ&#x201A;ooring updated and reďŹ nished 2014, new Corian Counters 2011, new roof 2011. 200 amp circuit breaker electrcal service, generator ready Aberman Assoc Inc.Â Paula Savard 987-537-4971 x 14 www.paulasavard.com

6WHUOLQJ Gorgeous farmland subdivision. two lots available . proposed single level with master suite, cathedral ceilings , gas ďŹ replace deck Our plans or yours. Aberman Assoc Inc 978-537-4971 x 14 www.paulasavard.com

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Gorgeous waterfront townhouse in Quinsigamond Shores features private deeded dock, patio, swimming pool, clubhouse and beautiful landscaping. Interior features upgraded eat-in kitchen with hardwood ďŹ&#x201A;oors, newly painted cabinets, granite counters and stainless steel appliances. Sunken living room with hardwood ďŹ&#x201A;oors opens to large dining room. 1/2 bath and laundry room on ďŹ rst ďŹ&#x201A;oor. Master bedroom with wall to wall carpeting, solar ski light, master bath, and large walk-in closet. The large loft family room could be used as a third bedroom.Aberman Assoc Inc Anna Mary Kraemer 987-537-4971 x25

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Vacation at home every day. Panoramic views of Lake Waushacum, Wachusett ReservoirÂ and Worcester.Â Long Winding drive studded with apple trees brings you to this light ďŹ lled dream home.Â Warm and beautifully in harmony with nature from every room. Open ďŹ&#x201A;oor plan, inspiring entry fouer, granite and cherry kitchen, warm wood ceilings, post and beam construction.Â Master bedroom with sliders to deck overlooking lake and pastoral acerage.Â Wrap around deck, fully ďŹ nished lower level, separate covered proch for hot tub, 2 car heated garage, young two story barn with additional 2 car garage and room for your favorite hobby or mini farm occupants. Abutting conservation and walk to Town beach from your back yard.Â Beautifully landscaped.Â Aberman Assoc Inc.Â Gail Lent 978-537-4971 x 15 www.gaillent.com

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1994 Dodge Ram 1500 4X4 5.2 V8 Auto, 142K Miles. Regular cab. Black. Cap, hitch. Good shape. $3975.00 978-422-8084

2005 Mercury Grand Marquis One owner, bought new Oct. 2005. Exc. cond. White ext, light gray int. 100K mostly highway miles. $5,500.00 indagt_raoul@hotmail.com 978 -502-8031

Classic Car 1957 Chevy Bel Air 4dr hardtop. Total frame off resto. New 350 crate motor. Appraised at $47,500, only 5,000 miles since resto. $30,000 OBO. Call Len cell 508-789-3436 Millbury, MA

1986 Stingray Super Sport 17 foot bowrider w/170hp Mercruiser. This is a classic. Full boat cover and bimini top. Very clean. $2950.00 B/O Call Cliff 603-494-8219/508-829-9882

2000 Wilderness 37’ Trailer w/attached screenroom. East Douglas,MA on site at Lake Manchaug Camping. Center slide out, Sleeps 6-8. Call for details. $7000.00 Russ 508769-0811

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2000 Ford F150 Flareside Pickup Showroom condition inside and out. 100K miles. All power, needs nothing. $8000.00 Call 978-466-6043 AUTO/VAN 2003 Dodge Ram Van w/chair lift. 78K orig miles. Excellent condition. $5900.00 or B/O Leominster 978-840-2662 2008 Ford E250 Extended Van 3dr, A-T/AC, Power package. Roof racks. Int. shelving, tow package, 6 rims, 8 tires in good cond. Exc. overall cond. 57K miles. $14,999.00 508-829-2907

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1999 Road King Under 8,000 miles. Too many extras to list. Always stored in room temperature. $14,000.00 978-4645525 or 781-879-8275 cell

2008 Honda Metropolitan Scooter Black and gray. Mint cond. 469 miles. Asking $1650.00. Includes helmet. 207-289-9362 OR 207-450-1492. AUTO/TRUCK

1992 GMC Pickup Custom new tires, 366 motor, gas automatic, no rust. Harley black & orange. Asking $15,000 or B/O Call 508-768-8505 Jon

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1988 MercedesBenz 300 SEL 6 cylinder gas. Very good cond. Runs exc. $3200.00 195k miles. Located in Sutton, MA 774-287-0777

1990 Chevrolet Corvette ZR-1 Performance Coupe. 25K miles. 2 tops. LT5, 375HP. 6SPD, ZF Manual trans. Fully optioned. Fair weather only, always stored. $21,000.00 978-422-6624 2004 Lincoln Town Car Signature Edition. 43,500 hyway miles. Excellent pristine cond. inside/out. Showroom cond. Always garaged. Grey/light green. $9,300 978-868-0357/ 508-942-2134

2004 Toyota Corolla Maroon, grey interior. AC, PS, PB, PW, PL Toyota dependability. Low 137K miles. $5875.00 508-581-7967

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2012 Cadillac CTS AWD, 21,800 miles. Crystal red. Heated black leather seats. Panoramic roof. Dealer maintained. Under warranty. $24,500.00 978-534-8860

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