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t is full STEAM ahead in Worcester – and around the country – as part of an effort to include the arts in the modern-day Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) frameworks that have become a focus in today’s classrooms. With educators, business professionals and even the federal government recognizing that arts have been left behind in the pursuit of educational excellence, many people are working hard to prove that the arts are essential not just in their own right, but when it comes to learning those four essential elements of STEM. Worcester is right at the forefront of it all, as one of just three cities nationwide awarded a grant for an incubator project encouraging innovative ways to solving problems. In addition, the city’s public schools, colleges and other educational pursuits are already incorporating artistic approaches to both teaching and learning. In this week’s Worcester Magazine, it is full steam ahead as we look at why and how arts are making a comeback in education – and how Worcester is leading the way. -Walter Bird Jr., Senior Writer
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Worcester eyes return to former glory for Coes Pond STEVEN KING
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ity officials and neighborhood activists are in agreement on one thing when it comes to the Coes Pond area: It has great potential. Just what will be made of it is the ultimate question, to which there is yet no concrete answer. A reinvigorated beach area and a truly universal and inclusive park and playground appear to be the early frontrunners. In addition, the owner of the old Big D Supermarket at 195 Mill St., long an eyesore directly across from the pond’s small beach area, is eying three multi-unit apartment complexes. For now, however, the question marks outnumber the periods when it comes to what exactly the future of Coes Pond, more accurately know as Coes Reservoir. The nearly 21-acre area is home to a once thriving beach area and the site of the former Coes Knife Factory. Work has been done, including some mandated improvements, but most folks agree much remains to be done. “As a child, it was beautiful,” District 5 City Councilor Gary Rosen says of Coes Pond. “From a distance it looks beautiful. We want to bring it back to its once majestic state and glory.” City Manager Ed Augustus Jr., saying Coes “has all the potential,” says now is the time to put a plan together and bring it to fruition. If the turnout at a recent walk of the area is any indication, there are a number of people at least willing to kick-start the effort. Roughly 50 or so activists, city officials, state lawmakers and even a few political
candidates turned out on a recent Friday afternoon to take a look at what residents like Jerry Powers and Sue Swanson have been talking about for years: a site that has long gone neglected and could be so much more. “When we developed a master plan, we had bigger numbers [than the crowd that turned out recently],” says Powers, who represents the Columbus Park Neighborhood Association and is a key part of the WalkBike Worcester initiative. “A lot of people came at first and then they lost interest.” Swanson and her husband, Ed McKeon, are leading advocates for the Friends of Coes Pond. They envision a refurbished Mill Street Beach they believe could enhance the recreational swimming opportunities of Worcester residents. Swanson is also advocating for a universally designed park at the former Coes Knife Factory accessible to people with all sorts of physical and cognitive disabilities. “We have done a wonderful job of creating playground and rectangular fields for soccer and baseball fields,” Swanson says, “but not every child can participate in an organized sport.” She is calling for a playground with rubberized flooring and accessible equipment for those with some sort of physical, cognitive or emotional impairment. “It is a big endeavor,” Swanson acknowledges, “but all of us can enjoy a park and playground designed for people of all ability levels and ages.” She points out that a joint effort is already
underway with Worcester State University and occupational therapists for a playground at the site. Another disability advocate, Scott Ricker, grew up in the area and says he used to fish at the pond. “I envision for this location to be one of the most accessible beaches in the state, to provide true access for people with mobility disabilities,” Ricker says. Of course, a new playground and a redesigned beach area will carry with them a price tag, which has not yet been determined. Rob Antonelli, assistant commissioner of Public Works & Parks for the city, points to $4 million the city already has invested into the old Coes Knife site. Some critics, such as McKeon and Swanson, note that the city was mandated to make those improvements to
WOO-TOWN INDE X UMass Medical School student Jennifer MacDonald named one of “29 Who Shine” by the state Department of Education. +1
Folks still go to Pat’s Service Center for gas, even though it lost its tow contracts with Worcester – and even though prices are north of $3.80 a gallon. -3
Holy Cross teams up with SALT, a financial education resource, to empower students and recent grads to handle their personal finances. +2
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A weekly quality of life check-in of Worcester Folks leaving the Union Station parking garage late Sunday night after returning from a Boston Red Sox game paid upwards of $9.50 – only to drive out and see that the gates were already up. -5
address flood control. “That wasn’t out of the goodness of their heart,” says Swanson. Antonelli says it is all part of a multiphased effort that will not happen overnight. “If you go to Coes Knife, if we didn’t do the spillway, you would never have the bridge and never have that connection,” he says. “The concept is that each piece is important. Each is a building block to what you’re trying to do. I don’t think everything happens in a short period of time. It needs to go in phases and we’re looking for specific grant opportunities.” Some groups are stepping up to help financially. Dottie Hargrove, president of Park Spirit of Worcester, has offered up use of the
The Harr Motor Group kicks off 2014 Harr Challenge with $25,000 contribution for 16th annual UMass Medicine Cancer Walk. +3
Dr. Eric Kosofsky, whose program affiliates include UMass Medical School, named president of Connecticut Podiatric Medical Association. +1
The weather teases, sprinkling sunshine and rain in the area, as people wait for the warm weather to come and stay awhile. -2
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he city has caught heat in recent years for improperly overseeing the Community Block Development Grant (CDBG) program that many local agencies and organizations depend on to serve their communities. Admonitions from the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), through which the city receives funding for its CDBG and other programs, as well as a recent audit have revealed aws in the oversight of projects done through those grants. The criticism is not just coming from outside. Now in its 40th program year of administering HUD programs, the city’s recent recommendations of CDBG public services programs are not sitting well with some local agencies, especially those who were shut out of funding. A total of $4.1 million was allocated for block grants for ďŹ scal year 2015, a 2.1-percent decrease over the previous year. Of that, a maximum of 15 percent, $616,728, was recommended for 16 public services programs. None of the recipients will receive the total amount they sought, but they are in a better position
than programs such as A Better Life (ABL), which is run through the Worcester Housing Authority. Executive Director and former Mayor Ray Mariano had asked for $156,200 for the program, whose aim is to help families living in WHA facilities better themselves by ďŹ nding their own home, continuing their education, getting a better job and achieving ďŹ nancial independence. Mariano has received praise for his work with the WHA and A Better Life is also seen as a critical tool for those most in need. This was the ďŹ rst year the program sought block grant funding. Mariano says the process of choosing grant recipients, which is done by the Community Development Advisory Committee (CDAC) and ultimately approved by the city manager, is disingenuous. “I was offended wen I was called by the city and told we weren’t being funded because our program was low priority,â€? Mariano says. “We’re creating future taxpayers. Not one of the proposals before you would do that, yet we’re low priority. I am disappointed we weren’t recommended. We deserve this money, because our residents are progressing at a rapid rate.â€? At a meeting of the City Council’s Health
and Human Services Committee this week, Mariano went so far as to say he would accept half the amount he asked for, if councilors would send all the proposals back to the city. The council cannot increase amounts, but can suggest decreases. Among the most passionate pleas for ABL came from At-Large Councilor Mike Gaffney, who is a member of the HHS Committee chaired by Sarai Rivera. He told of growing up in “a shackâ€? without a father, and stopped during the meeting to wipe his eyes as he spoke. “Lifting people out of poverty is one of the most important things we can do,â€? Gaffney says. “I actually think [ABL] is one of the most important programs we have.â€? At-Large Councilor Phil Palmieri, another member of HHS, referred to Mariano as “one of the most successful housing authority CEOs in the countryâ€? and said the city has seen nothing but progress being made by the WHA. “I wish there was a different set of circumstances so we could be able to fund this program,â€? Palmieri says. “I would say to [Rivera] and the person who is running the Block Grant program ‌ we cannot afford not to look more closely at this program ‌ You must take a far closer look at this in the
future. The Housing Authority shouldn’t be a low priority.â€? Greg Baker, the city’s director of Neighborhood Development, noted that the program had not sought funding last year and pointed out, after the suggestion was made, that money could not be taken from one funding area and put to another, because the city was at the 15-percent cap mandated by HUD on public services funding through the CDBG program. There was some discussion about whether the city could cut the $822,304 set aside for planning and administration. There is a 20-percent cap on what the city can use for those costs. While acknowledging the need for funding of other programs, Rivera notes that in some cases, such as with ABL, a service might be the only kind in the area. Dennis Irish, speaking in support of ABL, says it is regrettable that after recently celebrating the 50th anniversary of the Civil Rights Act, there are still families languishing in poverty. At one of the WHA’s facilities, Great Brook Valley, one family is in its ďŹ fth generation of living there. continued on next page
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AN INTERNATIONAL INCIDENT: Police put seven men behind bars after a melee near the International Lounge at 27 Pleasant St. on Saturday, May 3. The incident took place around 1:50 a.m. Police arrested Jordan Pizzaro, 19, 18 Orne St., and charged him with disturbing the peace, affray and disorderly behavior; Jose Pizarro, 22, 18 Orne St., disturbing the peace, affray and disorderly behavior; Jovannexen, Rivera, 19, 1514 Main St., disorderly conduct, disturbing the peace and resisting arrest; Edwin Roman, 21, 72 Goldthwaite Road, assault and battery on a police officer, resisting arrest, disorderly conduct and disturbing the peace; Phill Fevry, 22, 26 Crown St., Leominster, disturbing the peace; Ronald Follins, 23, 71 Keystone Dr., Leominster, trespassing, resisting arrest and disturbing the peace. Before the fight, Police arrested William Wilson, 21, 273 Grafton St., outside the lounge and charged him with disorderly conduct, disturbing the peace and a civil rights violation. Police say four people were stabbed during the fight, with three found at the scene. Another man had fled to a hospital for treatment. One victim was in critical condition, but was expected to survive, while the other three incurred non-life threatening injuries. The investigation was ongoing earlier this week.
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“We failed that family,” Irish says. “We have failed that person, that family.” CDAC Chair Ed Moynihan defended the group’s decision-making process and pointed out that there were seven new members taking part in the process this year. Only two members of what started as a 10-member panel and dropped to eight because of resignations, had any previous experience going through the process. Still, he says, making changes would not be the right move. “It is heartbreaking to tell people ‘no,’ to take money away,” Moynihan says. “But to make an adjustment demeans or belittles the impact of the volunteers in the process. We should make these recommendations this year and keep them as is to protect the integrity of the system. [Changing the amounts] is harming the integrity of the process and harming the work of volunteers who took their work very seriously. They’re all great programs, but to change it from the top down … violates the original intent of what the law was and the way this process should work.”
In addition to ABL, the following agencies and organizations received no recommendation for public services program funding: Community Healthlink, Ethiopian Dream Center, Pernet Family Health, Worcester Community Action Council (WCAC), MLK Jr. Business Empowerment Center/South Middlesex Opportunities Council and Rebuilding Together Worcester. Those with programs recommended for public services funding were: Centro Las Americas, Family Health Center, Friendly House, Central MA Housing Alliance, Southeast Asian Coalition, Rachel’s Table, Y.O.U. Inc., Girls Inc. of Worcester, South Worcester Neighborhood Center, friendly House, Lutheran Community Services, Main South Community Development Corp and African Community Education (ACE). Have a story tip or idea? Call Walter Bird Jr. at 508-749-3166, ext. 322, or email him at wbird@worcestermagazine.com. Be sure to follow him on Twitter @walterbirdjr and catch Walter with Paul Westcott every Thursday morning at 8:35 on radio station WTAG 580AM for all things Worcester!
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organization’s nonprofit 501(c)(3) status. In the meantime, efforts are also underway to redevelop the old Big D property, which Rosen says, “should never have been allowed to get to this point.” The property owner, Sam Adams, is not dishing out details, but says there are interested parties in the site. He says he does not consider the 10-acre property commercially-viable. Instead, he hopes to see residential units built, although he would not guarantee the complex would not be Section 8, a concern raised by AtLarge City Councilor Moe Bergman. “Do I view it as Section 8? No,” Adams says of the land that stretches behind the Big D building up into a wooded area. “We view it as market rate. We view the highest, best use to be residential. We have to see how much we can get on the property, what the crossover is and what makes sense.” He says no formal announcement would be made until he works with the city on the project. A steering committee for the Coes Pond project is scheduled to meet Friday, May 23 at 4 p.m. at Union Hall, home of Local 96 International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW), at 242 Mill St.
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Many Worcester Telegram & Gazette staffers fawned over Red Sox owner John Henry during his rather belated visit to the Woo last year. But retirees are singing a different tune after learning that one of their benefits is about to go the way of Carl Crawford’s baseball career. Among the offerings for retirees was free print newspaper delivery and online access for the rest of their lives, according to someone who would know. Apparently, Henry is throwing them a curve ball. In a May 1 letter sent to retirees by Anthony Simillardes, director of Readership & Circulation, they were informed they will be charging the discounted employee rate for continued delivery of the print edition because of “the changing nature of the print business.” The high heat came after a rah-rah intro in which Simollardes talked about the T&G undergoing “an exciting print and digital transformation.” He talks about adding “popular features” such as Then & Now photographs, text alerts and Twitter posts on breaking news – which basically every other local media outlet is also doing. In order to continue receiving daily delivery, retirees must pay $179.40 year. Yikes! The rather unsportsmanlike play comes amid growing uncertainty over the future of the troubled daily, where some employees have already bailed in recent months. The Florida-based Halifax Media Group is said to be on the inside track to buy the T&G. If it does, industry observers say the editorial staff will likely be the first to be slashed.
SECRETARY OF COMPLAINTS: He is not
rushing to a decision on whether to challenge 16th Worcester District Democratic state Rep. Dan Donahue, but Josh Perro, who came within 90 or so votes of beating Donahue in a Special Primary last year, did not take long to file a complaint over an alleged incident when he pulled nomination papers recently. In a letter to Secretary of State William Galvin, Perro says he was accosted by Mayor Joe Petty’s Chief of Staff Mike Lanava, claiming Lanava shouted a number of “threatening statements” at him, including, “We’re going to come down hard and fast on you,” “You have no idea what you just did,” “You’re psychotic and you’re all done” and “You’re going to be so embarrassed, we’ll make sure of it.” Perro says he and a supporter who was with him were “extremely shaken” by the encounter. For his part, Lanava says the matter is a “nonissue.”
GERMAIN TO THE SITUATION: Former At-
Large City Councilor Mike Germain says he planned to publicly announce his candidacy for Democratic state Rep in the 17th Worcester District this week. Germain is one of many vying to replace the Dean of the Delegation, John Binienda, whose health issues forced him not to seek re-election after nearly 30 years in office. Germain is battling his own health problems in the form of a chronic back pain and admits he needs surgery. But he insists he is up for the job. The campaigning, he says, will be the hardest part, “but I have enough people lined up to help.”
MAKING THE ROUNDS: Speaking of the 17th, Germain and other hopefuls put their faces and feet forward at a recent walking tour of the Coes Pond area along Mill Street. Moses Dixon and Leicester Selectman Doug Belanger were there as Democratic contenders, along with Republican upstart Kate Campanale.
SURF’S UP: A Worcester man on his way back from Boston on the T landed in the can after authorities say he was riding the train like a wave while he was drunk. Transit police responding to the Southborough commuter rail station last weekend were told the man and his friends had been drinking since early in the afternoon. He allegedly climbed up to the top of the train. Needless to say, the man was given a different kind of ride – to jail. There was no confirmation that the man was actually Chamber of Commerce head Tim Murray, who was just really, really excited that more trains are servicing Worcester. Actually, the man was a 28-year-old who admitted to having taken part in a pub crawl in Boston.
THAT’S THE TICKET: District 3 City Councilor George Russell recently sounded off on the city’s street sweeping program during a council meeting, criticizing the policy of posting signs two days in advance warning vehicle owners they must keep their cars or trucks off the street or risk getting towed when sweepers finally come by. So what happens? Just days after that
meeting, Russell hosted a meeting of the Grafton Hill Business Association at his real estate office. A police officer was there as well, along with several local business owners and residents. During the meeting, Russell heard a sound coming from outside, went to check and saw that a street sweeper was making its way along the road – and all the vehicles except the cruiser had been ticketed.
A FREUDIAN SLIP? Earlier this week, the City Council’s Municipal Operations Committee met to choose a firm to search for Worcester’s next city manager. The full council was expected to approve the recommendation. When thanking people for their part in the process, MO Chair Phil Palmieri motioned to Mayor Joe Petty and started saying “city manager” before catching himself and chuckling. Hey, Joe, something you care to tell us? DELAY OF GAME: Speaking of the search for a new city manager, At-Large City Councilor Konnie Lukes has been a watchdog over the process. So it was a bit surprising when she supported a delay in hiring a consultant to lead the search this week. Lukes raised a number of questions, including the amount of the winning bid – it was $23,000 by Randi Frank Consulting LLC of Connecticut. Lukes even went so far as to suggest the state’s Open Meeting Law may have been violated because the information was given to the press before the Council. In fact, the process followed the law, with MO going into executive session, choosing a firm and reconvening in public session to announce its pick. At that point, the bid also became public, although the full applications cannot be released until a contract is actually awarded, according to Purchasing Agent John Orrell. In any case, the issue was put off until next week’s Council meeting. GOOD NEWS WORCESTER: The city has to be feeling mighty proud of itself lately. First, there was the Chronicle TV piece last week, and this week Holy Cross senior Jeff Reppucci and his Working for Worcester project was scheduled to be featured on NBC Nightly News with Brian Williams. The effort, which was launched last year, recently spent an entire day completing 20 community projects on the strength of having raised more than $100,000. Reppucci and The Cross were given the TV treatment when an NBC camera crew filmed a pre-event rally at the Hart Center and visited different work sites. Reppucci is an Academic Hockey All-American who was also chosen to deliver the Class of 2014 valedictory address. BRACE FOR IT: At-Large City Councilor Mike Gaffney got a little choked up at a meeting
of the Council’s Health and Human Services Committee earlier this week when offering his support for a block grant that was not awarded to the Worcester Housing Authority’s A Better Life program. Later on, he voiced his support for dental services offered to those who need it most, pointing out he recently had his braces taken off. “We had no dental services growing up in my family,” says Gaffney, adding his family grew up in a “shack” with no father.
THEY LIKE BIKES: Bay State Bike Week kicks off next week in Worcester with a 10- to
11-mile bike ride on Mother’s Day, Sunday, May 11 that will stop at three historical sites. Wendy Bergman, a member of Walk Bike Worcester, which advocates for better walking and biking conditions in the city, says there are two events planned. The second is a bike-to-work event Friday, May 16, which will feature breakfast bars, fruit, coffee and water behind City Hall from 6:30-10:30 a.m. To plan the events, the group has been working with MassDOT, Mass in Motion, Preservation Worcester, Worcester Earn a Bike and Worcester Women’s History Project.
SOMETHING FISHY: Before using your legs on Sunday, you can show off your casting – well, your kids can, anyway – in the annual Kids Fishing Derby. It will be held Saturday, May 10, from 8-11 a.m. at Mill Street Beach (Coes Reservoir). The event is sponsored by the Worcester Fish and Game Association Inc. and Tatnuck Brook Water Shed and is open to all residents of Worcester County between the ages of 4-14. Can’t get enough Worcesteria? Visit us online at www.worcestermagazine.com for Daily Worcesteria. Have a story tip or idea? Call Walter Bird Jr. at 508-749-3166, ext. 322, or email him at wbird@worcestermagazine.com. Be sure to follow him on Twitter @walterbirdjr and catch Walter with Paul Westcott every Thursday morning at 8:35 on radio station WTAG 580AM for all things Worcester!
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Tick- tock tick- tock- our hearts are clocks, The paper on our desks flocks like geese. We tire of the endlessness, In our fractured sleep and orphaned days, we save their lives in spite of all that is against them. In spite of all that is against us. After three child fatalities and the intense media scrutiny, the Massachusetts’ Department of Children and Families caseload has skyrocketed; the kids need us all the more. I know because I see it everyday as a protective social worker. I have nothing but respect for my colleagues because they do it for the kids. I have published poetry and other writings in periodicals and literary journals. -Pamela Gemme Leicester, Mass.
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UMASS MED STUDENT RECOGNIZED BY GOV. PATRICK Jennifer MacDonald, a UMass Medical School student who is on track to graduate in June, has been named one of “29 Who Shine,” an award presented annually by the Massachusetts Department of Higher Education. MacDonald will be recognized by Governor Deval Patrick for her contributions to the state of Massachusetts at the fourth annual 29 Who Shine student recognition ceremony on Thursday, May 8 at the State House. MacDonald volunteers her time with the Disaster Action Team of the American Red Cross of Central Massachusetts. She has also volunteered as a grief support counselor at the Carriage House, a program of Children’s Friend, Inc. of Worcester. MacDonald, having developed an interest in the health of the Worcester community, helped to establish a health clinic focusing on the needs of the African immigrant community. She also promotes teen driving safety through her involvement with the Injurty Free Coalition for Kids of Worcester.
SCREENING OF ‘WASTE LAND’ The Thursday film series, a collaboration between Fitchburg State University and the city of Fitchburg, concludes for the season with a screening and discussion of “Waste Land” on Thursday, May 8 at 4 p.m. at the Fitchburg Public Library. The documentary highlights the transformative power of art, and the beauty of the human spirit. FSU Economics, History and Political Science professor Eric Budd will introduce the film. Admission is free. Fitchburg Public Library, 610 Main St., Fitchburg.
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Spring Education Student inventions become reality Jacleen Charbonneau
Every successful invention begins as a planted idea that is watered and brought to life with resources, support and logic. Without these innovative ideas and the entrepreneurs that make them a reality, the world would not be filled with the advancements it enjoys today. Several local colleges realize this and are encouraging students to seek this form of self success, holding competitions that allow them to become proactive with their ideas. “Most students came forward with their own Next Big Ideas from various facets of the business world surrounding them,” says professor Renuka Jain, chair of the Business Department at Worcester State University, of the college’s annual Robert K. O’Brien “Next Big Idea” Contest. Funded by Robert K. O’Brien, a Class of 1958 alumnus who has started 10 successful companies, the contest allows students to bring forward projects-in-the-making to a group of judges. The contest is the culmination of dedicated work by students and faculty that have worked with alumni, who are successful entrepreneurs. “The idea must have made it to the
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business plan stage of development,” says Renae Lias Claffey, assistant to the President for Campus Communications at WSU, of projects part of the Next Big Idea Contest. “The judges are looking for ideas that could potentially result in new startup businesses.” At WSU, students transcend textbook learning and experience the process of business startup firsthand. Students, therefore, face a variety of real-life obstacles that many entrepreneurs may understand. “Students … try to identify the solutions with their very limited resources,” says Jain. “They also start to appreciate the business world around them with a new perception and understanding … synthesizing their classroom learning into one project and then facing the complex marketing, economic and financial challenges benefits them.” This year, students will compete for a $5,000 prize, which can be split among winners, to be used to further support the project. This year’s contest winner, Business Administration major Diego Rodrigues Mendes Alves, took home the prize for his website “Beauty Time,” offering all components of the personal care business in one unified space. With the options to purchase care products and book service appointments, consumers can save time while gaining easy access to their beauty needs. Another college that supports students’ ideas – many with a heavy science and engineering focus – is Worcester Polytechnic Institute, which offers its Kalenian Award. Alba Kalenian, wife of inventor Aram Kalenian (WPI’s Class of 1933), established The Kalenian Award endowment in 2006 in memory of her husband
“The Kalenian Award provides seed funds to support and advance the ideas and inventiveness of WPI students, faculty and alumni,” says Gina Betti, associate director of WPI’s Collaborative for Entrepreneurship and Innovation, an active program since 1999. “It is an annual cash prize given to a deserving entrepreneur or innovator to recognize their contributions towards commercializing a worthy new product or process.” Recipients of the $25,000 award can use the money for further development of their project over an 18-month period. Past winners include Robotics Engineering professor Taskin Padir and doctoral student Velin Dimitrov, who won the award in the 2013 competition. They developed technology that tracks muscle movement through electromyography (EMG). The signals that are picked up, such as when one combs his or her hair, will control assistive devices to do a specified action during that muscle movement, which can be especially beneficial for those with a disability. “Successful inventions must have both patentable aspects and merchantable aspects. The inventor must be able to explain both aspects,” says Paul Kalenian, son of Alba Kalenian. Applying for the Kalenian Award is a difficult, yet rewarding road for students. Students, professors and alumni must submit an Intent to Compete form, which presents the idea to the judges – the first step of consideration for the competition. Next, a proposal of three pages, written by the candidate, will give more specifics on the invention. “They must submit ideas for products or processes that are in the early stages
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College of the Holy Cross student Ben Kaplan with his WiGO app, winner of last year’s Holy Cross Shark Tank Competition. of commercial development and must demonstrate the need to provide proof of concept or show that an idea requires reduction to practice,” says Betti, explaining that ideas are judged on aspects including consideration of the demand and marketability of the finished product, what will come of the idea in the 18-month time
{ education } allowance of the award, and the outcome beyond the 18-month period. Competitions in past years have included roughly two dozen inventions that were considered for the award. “The highest and best use of WPI education is invention, patent and creation of a business resulting in employment,” concludes Kalenian. At Clark University, respect for entrepreneurship is reflected in its offered program, Innovation and Entrepreneurship, directed by Amy A. Whitney. The program helps students work through the incubation process of an invention through mentor support and guidance. A 14-week capstone course is offered, giving students the opportunity to carry out their venture by the end of the semester. “The I&E program has the ability to connect students with mentors specifically identified with expertise meant to scaffold their entrepreneurial intent,” says Whitney. “They can take this experience and use it throughout their post-graduate, professional and life experiences.” And with the I&E program, the annual Ureka Big Idea contest was born. “The Ureka Big Idea contest is open to undergraduate students who have an entrepreneurial solution to a problem they
“They can take this experience and use it throughout their post-graduate, professional and life experiences.” -Amy Whitney have recognized,” explains Whitney, saying there are three stages to the competition: the interview stage, the student voting stage and pitch night. Students face questions by panelists and for the last one standing on pitch night, a $5,000 prize is presented for, as Whitney calls them, “seed funds.” Some past seed funds have supported projects benefitting the entire Worcester community, says Whitney, referencing the Clark Community Thrift Store and its impact on diverting waste from landfills, and The Local Root’s mission to increase awareness around campus for supporting the Massachusetts economy by making locally-grown produce available for purchase on campus. In past years, Clark required students to pitch inventions only related to a certain need or benefit for the campus and its community. However, a recent change to the requirements
was made due to the Liberal Education & Effective Practice (LEEP), a change in curriculum that blends together liberal arts and real-life, off-campus experience. “We are anticipating a significant increase in proposals for the upcoming fall competition due to this change in contest rules,” says Whitney. For student inventors who are not quite at the startup stage, Holy Cross offers its Holy Cross Shark Tank Competition, sponsored by the Holy Cross Entrepreneurs Group and co-sponsored by SPIN, a sales management group. The competition allows students to present their ideas to a tank made up of seven “sharks,” a mix of alumni and experienced entrepreneurs. “The sharks also can opt to follow up with these presentations, either offering their help as mentors, advisors, or actually be an investor that furthers this venture,” says
David Chu, director of Entrepreneurial Studies at the College of the Holy Cross. What is unique about the competition is that it is divided into two separate parts: the elevator pitch competition, a 60-second pitch that describes the basic idea of the business, which offers a $200 prize, and a more formal business plan competition, a 30-minute presentation that touches on the marketing and financial aspects of the business, offering a $1,000 prize. “This is just to whet their appetite to get involved … [cash prizes] are not tied to funding the project,” says Chu. However, last year’s winner, Ben Kaplan, creator of a social app that allows students to keep tabs on where other students are going out, used his cash prize toward his venture and ended up starting a company. Today, the app, called WiGO, is available on the Apple App Store. With the competition only in its second year, Chu has plans to expand the program. “I’m hoping that next year there will be mentors more involved,” says Chu, citing one of his ideas. With local colleges realizing the potential of its students, Worcester is continuing to expand both culturally and technologically with such Shark Tank-like competitions, impacting the future of our community.
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Worcester Magazine congratulates… Join us in applauding the “29 Who Shine,” a group of outstanding public college and university graduates who will be honored at the State House this week for their academic achievements, leadership potential and contributions to the civic life and prosperity of the Commonwealth. Whether furthering their education or entering high-demand careers here in the state, these stellar students truly embody the vibrant future we all envision for Massachusetts. Myla Franklin
Jerry Kiahon
Patrick Ryan Cornell
Berkshire Community College
Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts
Salem State University
Christine Marie Michelson
Crystal Ann Sherman
Trevor S. Eliason
Bridgewater State University
Massachusetts Maritime Academy
Springfield Tech. Community College
Kevin Newby
Marie Prisca Sanon Glaphyra
Kurt Schultz
Bristol Community College
Massasoit Community College
University of Massachusetts Amherst
Quan Nguyen
Geoffrey MacGillivary
Andrew William Wills Bunyard
Bunker Hill Community College
MassBay Community College
University of Massachusetts Boston
Tatsiana Mello
Miranda Cashman
Joshua Encarnacion
Cape Cod Community College
Middlesex Community College
University of Massachusetts Dartmouth
Sarah Minton
Kathleen Ann Matson
Kimberly Chao
Fitchburg State University
Mt. Wachusett Community College
University of Massachusetts Lowell
Rachael Cooper
Marven Steeve Pigeot
Jennifer Marie MacDonald
Framingham State University
North Shore Community College
University of Massachusetts Medical School
Ernest A. Baird
Nairoby Altagracia Sanchez
Brittany C. Moniz
Greenfield Community College
Northern Essex Community College
Westfield State University
Steven M. Jones
Jodi Theresa Christian
Julie Elizabeth Broderick
Holyoke Community College
Quinsigamond Community College
Worcester State University
Meghan Elizabeth Robbins
Nene Aissatou Diallo
Mass. College of Art and Design
Roxbury Community College
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Rethinking the summer job
The adage has always been you get out of education what you put into it, and when thinking of colleges as feeders for the job market, it makes sense that students turn to internships for experience. Internships, it turns out, count for more than experience, as students generally enter internship positions with the expectation of a return on the investment of their time. Many look to these unpaid jobs as opportunities for college credits, future professional recommendations and career-specific training. As the internship market becomes muddled and the
college market becomes more competitive, however, more and more students are turning to volunteer projects as a way to gain valuable experience in their communities, in their potential career fields and in life in general. In Worcester, nine area colleges and half dozen more in surrounding communities bring an influx of about 36,000 students to the city. These students, enrolled at both public and private institutions within the city limits, have competed with countless others for precious spots in their colleges or universities. For many, there is no doubt that the growing emphasis on volunteer efforts in high school played a role in the admissions process. And as students progress from high school to higher education, summer vacation seems to transform from a time of leisure and relaxation to a number of months that can
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Volunteering office (CES) and urges students to become involved in the local community through long-term and short-term volunteer efforts. The rewards, it appears, are two-fold; volunteer projects have positive impacts on the immediate neighborhood, as well as on the local community, while the students themselves gain invaluable experience working in a hands-on manner, problem solving skills and the opportunity to improve resumes and C.V.s. Final exams are now ending and dorm rooms are emptying for the summer. But, because of long and short-term summer volunteer projects, local students are doing anything but sitting still. This summer, like every summer, is an opportunity for the high school and college aged to involve themselves in projects of interest, gain priceless and important knowledge and work experience, support causes in which they believe and help improve the areas around them. Katie Benoit is a student at Worcester State University.
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be used to gain reputable experience. As the school year comes to a close, students are beginning to solidify their internships and long-term volunteer projects. Over the past few years, it appears that local colleges have placed a growing emphasis on the importance of volunteering both prior to and during the college years. Holy Cross, for example, has established various community outreach programs under their Student Programs for Urban Developments (SPUD) office. SPUD, it turns out, is not only the largest student group on campus but encourages students to support community initiatives through working with volunteer projects such as tutoring, coaching, event planning, leading youth groups for inner-city youth, as well as conducting other after-school programs. Holy Cross is not the only Worcester institution of higher ed that encourages its student body to undertake volunteer projects throughout the school year and especially during the summer. Clark University boasts its own Community Engagement and
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Full STE(A)M ahead ARTS MAKING A COMEBACK IN EDUCATION
Walter Bird Jr.
Education nationwide has for years been acutely focused on science, technology, engineering and math. More commonly known by the acronym STEM, those areas of learning have long been seen as key in catching the US up academically to countries such as Japan. In recent years, however, there is a growing acknowledgment that something has been left behind when it comes to preparing students for the future. Critical thinking has been stressed, but many people believe creative thinking was sacrificed – put on a shelf and left to grow dusty and stale. Now, however, the cobwebs are being dusted off and a fresh new look is being given to the “A” word: arts. Don’t look now, but Worcester is right in the middle of the movement to make a five-letter word out of STEM.
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Art instructor Jen Swan leads Think Tank students during an art science discovery class held in the woods at the EcoTarium. Students were encouraged to paint from direct observation of their surroundings.
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MOVING AHEAD At first blush, transportation
may not seem to have much to do with the arts. Take a closer look – Worcester certainly is. The city is one of just three in the country sharing a $2.6 million Art of Science Learning (ASL) grant through the National Science Foundation (NSF). Chicago and San Diego are the others serving as Incubators for Innovation. Each city will take on a civic challenge with an arts- and science-based approach to solving the problem. The goal is to measure the impact of arts-based learning, or ABL, on the curriculum. One hundred fellows in each city will be separated into 10 teams of 10 who will each work on solving one specific challenge. In San Diego, the challenge will focus on water; in Chicago, it is urban nutrition and in Worcester, teams will study transportation. That Worcester is even taking part is thanks to the work of an advisory council that pushed for the city to be the third incubator.
“What was interesting was that, of the 11 ideas from the advisory council five were transportation-related,” says Joyce Kressler, who is the director of the Worcester Incubator for Innovation, which is being hosted by the EcoTarium. “As it was told to me, the discussion was when you want to get from point A to point B in Worcester, you can’t.” The actual wording of the challenge is: New transportation solutions to enhance Worcester’s economic productivity, connect its neighborhoods and communities and improve the quality of life of its residents and visitors. That, says Kressler, translated into transportation. “That really became the focus,” she says, adding the incubator is a way to bring together so many different parts of Worcester. “You have 10 colleges in their own orbits, cultural institutions and [a number] of ethnicities. You have all these wonderful pockets and communities.”
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Think Tank students Karina Heinold and Ben Secino share a light moment while working on a super water absorbing polymer experiment.
ECO-SYSTEM The way Joe Cox sees it, the
EcoTarium, of which he is co-president, is a natural fit to be the host site of the Worcester Incubator for Innovation because of its naturalists roots (The host site in San Diego is Balboa Park. In Chicago it is the Museum of Science and Industry). The EcoTarium was originally founded in 1825 as the Worcester Lyceum of Natural History. In 1861, the Worcester Natural History Society (WNHS) formed, and in 1884 the Worcester Lyceum and the Natural History Department of the Young Men’s Library Association combined and joined WNHS to become the Worcester Lyceum and Natural History Society. Several years later, in 1971, a new facility was built on Harrington Way, and the name changed to the Worcester Science Center. It became the New England Science Center in 1986, and in 1998 it became the EcoTarium. “In many ways the EcoTarium … was
putting the ‘A’ in STEM before there was a STEM itself,” Cox says. “The founders were naturalists who would go into nature and wax mushrooms and draw wild flowers. Think of the great scientists in history who were great naturalists.” The ASL, Cox says, “gives us the opportunity to say, ‘Let’s really get behind this.’ Our annual report last year was titled ‘Full Steam Ahead,’ in reference to our train, but also in relation to STEAM.”
SEIFTER LEADS THE WAY The ASL uses the arts to
infuse creativity in science education and develop “an innovative 21st Century STEM workforce,” according to the its website. The effort is led by founder and Director Harvey Seifter, who in 2007 joined two others in an NSF symposium on the relationship between the arts, STEM learning and workforce development. One year later, a series of roundtable meetings brought together science educators and ultimately helped lead to an NSF-funded Phase 1 project in 2011 involving more than 400 people from various fields and backgrounds. The resulting reports yielded a belief that ABL could help make science
Bringing together the participants in the three incubator cities started in October 2013, part of a four-year process of developing a new arts-based STEM innovation curriculum for children and adults. The public will be involved, and in Worcester the first chance for people get involved comes Saturday, May 10 with the Worcester Incubator for Innovation Transportation Day at the EcoTarium. It runs from 10 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. and will include an urban transit forum and transportation “jams.” Among those scheduled to take part are Joe Borbone of the Department of Public Works, the WRTA’s Stephen O’Neill, MaryEllen Blunt of the Central Regional Massachusetts Planning Commission, City Planner Stephen Rolle and others. Transportation-related activities and exhibits will be displayed inside and outside the museum.
STEM TO STEAM While only one of three
funded by the NSF, Worcester is not on an island in the movement to incorporate arts more deeply into STEM education. The Washington Post has written of the renewed emphasis on the arts, specifically citing a new belief in the power of arts, after years of emphasis on standardized testing. More and more cities have paid more attention to, and poured more resources into, the arts.
The connection between arts and STEM is not new, Kevin Wilcox notes in an article earlier this year for The Magazine of the American Society of Civil Engineers. “Throughout history,” he writes, “some of the world’s most accomplished professionals in the science, technology, engineering and math [STEM] fields have had a profound connection to the arts and have even credited that connection with a measure of their successes in STEM.” The connection, he says, has led some people to suggest the arts should indeed be an integral part of STEM education. Among the proponents is Dr. F. Richard Olenchak, associate provost for faculty development and continued on page 18
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faculty affairs and professor at the University of Houston. “One of the emphases we have tried to make in our work is that there is a connection. Particularly in music and the graphic arts, there is a high statistical correlation between success in those ďŹ elds and in the various STEM ďŹ elds,â€? Olenchak says. When it comes to the STEM to STEAM movement, among the educational institution leaders has been the Rhode Island School of Design (RISD), advocating on its website for the â€œďŹ‚exible thinking, risk-taking and creative problem-solvingâ€? it says the arts embodies. RISD is not alone. In Worcester, from elementary schools through colleges and many places in between, arts in STEM is not only supported, it is being put into full effect. At the Worcester Think Tank on Harlow Street, 13-year-old Tyler, who has been going there for two years, works on science homework. A home-schooled student, he says art-based learning would make him feel more involved in his lessons. “I didn’t have a strong enough grasp [on science],â€? he says. “Coming to Think Tank has helped me grasp science.â€? Think Tank founder and President Lauren Monroe is not surprised. She, herself, renewed
Think Tank student Noah Hanf measures water while working on a super absorbing polymer experiment. her connection to art and sees nothing but beneďŹ ts to applying a different way of approaching and viewing problems and potential solutions. “I grew up thinking art wasn’t really for me,â€? Monroe says. “It was an area I felt I’d never be good at. Years ago that started to change. I’ve had the opportunity to practice drawing, sculpting and painting. I’ve learned my own personal drawings on a board, when I can pop them out from two dimensional and
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create depths. I have students who are able to understand the concepts better.� Monroe believes, to some extent, arts have been forgotten over the years. “In public schools I think it has, at least locally,� she says. “You have to approach different kinds of learners in different ways – visual, tactile, left brain, right brain, full brain, etc. I think what’s been forgotten is how students connect to a subject the teacher is trying to introduce. It’s really
about using all your senses. There’s so much that encompasses the subjects of science, engineering, math or technology.â€? Monroe uses the example of teaching geometry by having students use a ruler to make shapes, cut them out and do origami, making a three-dimensional object. “As teachers,â€? she says, “we have to ďŹ nd new and interesting ways to bring up topics that connect to our students. Art is a wonderful hook. There is that emotional connection they get to make with something they studied. They can look at chemical equations and they’re happy enough, but they’re not going to believe it until they see it, handle something and use it themselves.â€? Arts, adds Kressler, is a different and unique way to examine traditional STEM subjects. “For me, I see the world through the lens of the arts,â€? Kressler says. “I understand the connections and I didn’t realize that was unusual. I think art is very uid with any subject and I think it’s a beautiful blend and a beautiful marriage.â€? Artists, Kressler says, “think differently, they work differently. They are masters at collaboration. They are unbelievable problem solvers. They are not afraid of failing, because from failures they learn and are able to go on to success. They are basically innovators, so why wouldn’t you take away,
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reconstruct it,” Kressler says. “Younger classrooms learned how to take something from two dimensions and turn it into three dimensions. Other classes were able to deal with physics. At each level they took classroom lessons and applied it using art. For all the teachers, we got the information to stick.”
THE COLLEGE CONNECTION Worcester Polytechnic Institute’s Dean of Arts and Humanities Kris Boudreau, who was on the advisory board for the Worcester Incubator for Innovation, says the engineering school is embracing the arts in its programming and teachings.
“Everybody talks about innovation, but no one know what that looks like,” Boudreau says. At WPI, “we have a humanities/arts requirement. Every student has to take six classes. The last class is some kind of project. It’s the students themselves who finish the requirement … they’ve got a new approach or insight.”
Boudreau is working with a team of faculty members to develop a role-playing game designed to teach engineering problems in context. The students taking part have chosen to focus on Worcester in 1899, when the city decided to build one of the first separate sewer systems. Each student will get an identity and have assignments. “If they can bring together art and science … if this project can bring those together, that would be really cool,” Boudreau says. Another project in the works is based on rural Ghana. WPI students will visit Ghana twice, once for 10 days and again in the summer for three weeks. They will take video footage of people, identify problems and put it all together in a way that can be brought back home and incorporated into classrooms at City College of New York, WPI and Doherty High School. The goal, says Boudreau, is to produce a learning tool that promotes active and inter-disciplinary learning. At Quinsigamond Community College (QCC), curriculum planning is being done with an eye toward more project-based learning experiences for students, according to President Gail Carberry. Arts, she says, are being explored for a range of uses and implementation. Among the efforts is a conversation with the EcoTarium to hold a Maker Faire, which blends arts, crafts,
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for arts in STEM is, it is not without its detractors. Anne Jolly, a former Alabama Teacher of the Year, questions whether arts should be incorporated into STEM at all in her MiddleWeb blog. STEM advocates, she says in a November 2013 post, believe the initiative has one purpose: to deepen students’ understanding of fundamental concepts in science and math. “They have a point,” Jolly says, pointing out that the US is falling significantly behind other industrialized nations in preparing its students for science and math. “So, from a purist point of view,” she says, “a successful STEM education provides students with science, math and engineering/ technology in sequences that build upon each other and can be used with real-world applications to provide innovative solutions to problems associated with science and technology. Adding other subjects would water down the focus on the core STEM competencies and weaken the initiative.” Artists, on the other hand, also have a problem with the idea of art simply being an “add-on” to STEM curriculum. She quotes her son, musician Scott Jolly, who says, “When we perform, when we watch, we communicate. We communicate with one another, laughing together, crying together, sharing moments. We realize our feelings, our desires, our fears are not unique, we are not in this alone. And the great works of art and great artists are able to do this with a power and beauty that lifts our spirit, elevates our
thinking and enriches our experiences. It’s the best part of what makes us human.” Another argument against STEAM, according to Monroe, is time. “I think one of the biggest arguments for taking away art education is we don’t have time for it, that if our kids are going to excel in math and science we need to be be giving them math and science problems,” she says. “I can understand that argument, but I don’t agree with it. Even if they continue to get correct answers, they might not know how it connects to the world or themselves, and it loses its meaning.”
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Kressler believes it is critically important to include arts in STEM education. “I was the director of First Night Worcester for 14 years,” she notes. “Although it was known as a New Year’s Eve celebration and I was proud of what we did, what many people didn’t realize, more of my passion was the work I did in the city’s schools.” Kressler says she created professional development programs and artist residencies that took place in the schools by raising grant funding. “What I realized pretty early on,” she says, “was that by bringing in scientists and other educators and interesting people with tremendous talents and marrying what they knew in their profession to create arts-based programs, they turned them into experiences that made the information stick for kids.” In Worcester, Kressler says the STEAM movement has found an energy and commitment that could and should go a long way in changing mindsets about traditional STEM learning. “City officials have been supportive of this incubator,” she says. “I’m excited about the opportunity that there may be terrific new ideas that emerge from this. This collective, positive feeling coming out of here is just terrific. It’s what sets Worcester apart from lots of other cities. “Worcester is the little engine that could. Worcester is a pretty amazing place.”
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Bane’s Final Backwards Glance Joshua Lyford
Hardcore is a fickle scene, trends can well up and drift away quickly, but there have always been a few constants; honesty and sincerity being two. Worcester’s Bane has been one of hardcore’s stalwarts, and through sheer hard work, honesty and musicianship they have toured the world and undoubtedly become one of the most beloved bands within the community. Now, nearly 20 years since their inception, Bane will be writing a final chapter to their story and, true to fashion, they are doing it their own way. The band recently announced that their upcoming album, “Don’t Wait Up” on Equal Vision Records, will be their final release and the accompanying tour will be the end of Bane. The record will be released on May 13, but prior to that, Bane will play a release show at The Palladium on Friday, May 9 with Turnstile, Rude Awakening, Caught in a Crowd and Test of Time. “We’ve been a band for a long time,” says vocalist Aaron Bedard. “Real life started becoming more of a factor for some of us, it became harder to stay on the road and do the band the way we’ve done it for a long, long time.”
As time passed, Bedard says, “The big thing for me, we were afraid of becoming an embarrassment, of becoming a band that stayed way past their expiration date or lose that spark or shine or whatever that we once had. I don’t want to become so far removed from that.” Bane released “Holding this Moment” back in 1998 and followed that with “It All Comes Down to This” in 1999, “Give Blood” in 2001 and “The Note” in 2005. Each were released through Equal Vision and each had its own distinct sound, undeniably Bane, but without a trace of status-quo stagnancy. “Don’t Wait Up” builds on that exponentially, harkening back continued on page 23
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After a dozen years away from the music scene, Garland Jeffreys is enjoying the kind of career renaissance that most artists can only dream of. He is a man on a mission, his soul constantly stirred by the injustices surrounding him. He is also a laid back proud papa, with a contended private life. At 70 years old, Jeffreys is on tour in support of his latest CD, “Truth Serum.” Jeffreys and his band will stop at the Bull Run in Shirley on Saturday, May 17.
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“We cut the album in just five days,” Jeffreys says, gushing about the musicians on the record, which includes guitarist/producer Larry Campbell (Bob Dylan, Levon Helm), with backing from some of New York City’s top session musicians, Steve Jordan (drums), Zev Katz (bass), Duke Levine (guitar) and
Brian Mitchell (keys). Levine, a Worcester native, was a special favorite of Jeffreys, who called him a “beautiful cat.” “Truth Serum” is the second record since
coming back from an extended hiatus of 12 to 13 years away from the business. He took the time to raise his daughter, who he describes as “sassy and independent.”
“I was the one to stroll her to the nursery every day,” Jeffreys says proudly. In 2010, with his daughter in high school, Jeffreys returned to music with a vengeance. He immediately realized how much he missed it. “Sometimes you forget your strengths. Somewhere along the way, I forgot how much I treasured performing.” He is more prolific and busier than ever before. Normally an idealist, which he describes as “part of my makeup,” Jeffreys’ optimism was tested by the time the ‘90s rolled around. “Occasionally, I fall from that place,” he admits. “The record business brought me down.” Now, he has his own record company, owns all of his music, and his wife is also his manager. “Now I’m in heaven,” he says, adding that the two of them “have a singleness of purpose.” Growing up in the outer boroughs of New York City, and raised in a mixed heritage home, Jeffreys witnessed a lot of racism and race-based issues. This experience went on to influence his songwriting. After graduating high school, Jeffreys attended Syracuse University where he forged friendships continued on next page
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with such luminaries as Lou Reed and Felix Cavalaire. His relationship with Reed, in particular, was close and lifelong. “I was invited to the Velvet Underground’s first rehearsal,” says Jeffreys. “We stayed friends all these years.” Jeffreys’ music is street smart, with lyrics that sound like poetry, similar to Patti Smith. With a mixed bag of musical influences, from rock, to punk, to reggae, his music is a soundtrack to his life and experiences. Jeffreys had his first big break in 1978 with the album “Ghost Writer,” featuring the anthem “Wild In the Streets,” which became an FM staple. The song “Matador,” from the 1979 release, “American Boy and Girl,” was a No. 1 hit across the water. “It established me in Europe,” Jeffreys says. Many dates on this current tour will take place in Europe. Garland Jeffreys is very happy to be out on the road with his current band, which features Mark Bosh on guitar, Tom Coriano on drums and Brian Stanley on bass. “The key in the end is to just get up and play. I still feel fresh and connected.” Jeffreys is a man who is still very passionate about life, and his live shows carry that passion to the audience. Catch Garland Jeffreys and his band live on Saturday, May 17 at 8 p.m. at the Bull Run, 215 Great Rd., Shirley. bullrunrestaurant.com.
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to each of their past works, while also very clearly the work of a group of musicians conscious of the end of the road. “As we got deeper and deeper in the writing process – and sort of closer to the end – it really did start to cast a shadow over everything,” says Bedard. “Over the tone of the songs, over how I was backing them lyrically – it happened almost unexpectedly how much that all had a grip over the record as a whole. It’s a pretty somber record, which deals with having to say goodbye. I think, even musically that tone is there.” With song titles like “What Awaits Us Now,” “Lost at Sea,” “All the way Through” and “Final Backwards Glance,” the record is straightforward in many of its concepts and for fans, that should be appreciated. One song in particular, “Calling Hours,” is a departure from much of the band’s past work, in tone and the inclusion of guest vocals. It is a beautiful song, particularly by the standards of hardcore, and features Pat Flynn from Have Heart, Walter Delgado from Rotting Out, David Wood from Down to Nothing and Terror, and Reba Meyers from Code Orange Kids. “‘Calling hours’ was Zach [Jordan, guitar]’s baby,” recalls Bedard. “He wanted to do this,
have some guest vocals, which is something that Bane hasn’t really done before. It’s common in hardcore bands to have them, but we hadn’t done that up to this point and he wanted to do it, but wanted to try it a little different, have it a little more conversational.” A lot has changed since Bedard moved to Worcester’s Vernon Hill area as a student at South High finding his identity (and much more) through hardcore and skateboarding. Bands change and what is popular musically transforms. “That stuff spoke to me as a 14-year-old who was already gravitating toward rebellion and toward wanting to do whatever my mother didn’t want me to do,” recalls Bedard. “I found the Sex Pistols and a skateboard and when you don’t feel like you’re going to be able to make it through high school, it really spoke to me.” While more popular bands may evolve and the people involved in hardcore may come and go, Bedard explains that some things – the things that make hardcore such a wonderful community – remain the same. “I think in a kid’s heart, in a rebellious 18-year-old’s heart, I don’t think that much has changed. I think that’s what’s so beautiful about hardcore and what makes it so timeless,” says Bedard. “At the end of the day it speaks to your anger and aggression and it
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reflects sort of sonically how we feel on the inside. That’s why kids fall in love; it can be hard to articulate your thoughts, articulate how angry you are and how you don’t feel right in the world.” The band’s final album was recorded by Jay Maas at Gateway Studios in Wakefield, Mass. and is a fitting tribute to Bane’s nearly 20 years of dedication to the hardcore community. “The whole point of the band was to give back to this scene, this community that has done so much for us,” says Bedard. “Even 20 years later we still feel like, we can’t believe we get to do this, we can’t believe that kids have cared to the level that they’ve cared, we’ve been given the opportunities that we’ve been given. We just stayed hardcore kids through it all, literally we stayed kids and we just never got jaded.” Be sure to sing along and stage dive at what may very well be Bane’s final Worcester performance at The Palladium, 261 Main St. on Friday, May 9. Tickets are available at the door and online at Massconcerts.com. You can find the band online and listen to their new single “All the way Through” at Facebook.com/Banecentral. The band will be touring throughout the year. Be sure to pick up the new album on May 13.
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The sequel to the first movie in any superhero franchise is meant to be the muffin top. Freed from the obligations of slogging through the hero’s origin myth, the second film has the opportunity to assert its own personality while also retaining a certain consistent flavor. When we watch our hero battle demons, monsters and villains, we already know he does so out of an obligation to his personal history so we don’t need it deconstructed for us. That’s led to some pretty damn good second acts like “The Dark Knight,” “Superman II” and “Spider-Man 2” (the Tobey Maguire version). “The Amazing Spider-Man 2” still seems haunted by the burdens of the genre. To try and make things truly amazing, the producers have stuffed the film with three (!) supervillains — one of them a repeat from an earlier Spidey movie, another a mere afterthought, and a third driven to an allconsuming rage largely because everybody forgot his birthday. Since when did world domination become unfashionable as a motivation? Add to this a labored backstory about the truth behind the disappearance of Peter Parker/Spiderman’s parents and Peter’s haunting by the ghost of girlfriend Gwen Stacy’s (Emma Stone) dead father (wordlessly played by Denis Leary who picks up the easiest paycheck of his career), and you’ve got a movie that’s so hyper-ambitious and overlong that I didn’t even wait around postcredits to see if the director had left an Easter egg for diehard fans. Spider-Man’s (Andrew Garfield) clashes with Electro (Jamie Foxx) and Green Goblin (Dan DeHaan) are as technically proficient as anything else done in the CGI age. Unfortunately, Garfield goes about the business of saving the city as he delivers a stream of lame one-liners that sound like outtakes from Open Mic Nite at The Comedy Shack. While I can appreciate the need for a masked man to engage his audience, please, how about some better material? “The Amazing Spider-Man 2” suffers from a lack of a compelling villain. Foxx’s glowing Electro starts out as Max, a fumbling engineer who falls into a vat of eels and
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9:45, Fri-Wed: 11:30, 2:45, 6:05, 9:15 Blackstone Thurs: 12:30, 1:30, 4, 4:30, 7:30, 8, Fri-Wed: 12:30, 1, 3:45, 4:15, 7:05, 7:35, 10:15, 10:45, 11:45 Cinemagic Thurs-Wed: 12:15, 2:45, 3:15, 6:30, 9:30, 9:45 Solomon Pond Thurs: 12, 1, 3:30, 4:30, 7, 8, FriWed: 12:30, 1:30, 3:50, 4:45, 6:50, 8:10, 10:05 Westborough: Thurs: 12:30, 1:30, 3, 4, 6:45, 7:30, 9, Fri-Wed: 12, 12:30, 3:45, 6:30, 7, 9:20 Worcester North Thurs: 12:30, 1, 3:45, 4:15, 7, 7:30, 10:05, 10:35, Fri-Wed: 12:35, 1, 3:45, 4:15, 6:55, 7:30, 10:05, 10:30
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Worcester North Thurs: 10 p.m. UNDER THE SKIN (R) Worcester North Fri-Wed: 1:25, 4:10, 7:10, 10:20 Looking for your favorite theater and don’t see it listed? Email editor@worcestermag. com and we’ll do our best to include it in the coming weeks.
Blackstone Valley Cinema de Lux 70 Worcester/Providence Turnpike, Millbury 800-315-4000 Cinema 320 at Clark University, Jefferson Academic Center 950 Main St.; Cinemagic, 100 Charlton Rd., Sturbridge 508-347-3609 Elm Draught House Cinema, 35 Elm St., Millbury 508-865-2850 Holy Cross Seelos Theater, 1 College St. 508-793-2455 Regal Solomon Pond Stadium 591 Donald Lynch Blvd., Marlborough 508-229-8871 Regal Westborough Stadium 231 Turnpike Rd., Westborough 508-366-6257 Showcase Worcester North, 135 Brooks St. 508-852-2944 The Strand Theatre, 58 High St., Clinton 978-365-5500 Worcester Public Library (WPL) Saxe Room, 3 Salem Sq.
Adv. Tix on Sale GODZILLA Adv. Tix on Sale X-MEN: DAYS OF FUTURE PAST NEIGHBORS [CC,DV] (R) No Passes Fri. - Sun.(1240 120 210 340) 450 700 730 800 930 1000 1025 Mon. - Thu.(1240 340) 700 930 MET OPERA: LA CENERENTOLA (NR) Sat.1255 PM MET OPERA: LA CENERENTOLA ENCORE (NR) Wed.630 PM MILLION DOLLAR ARM [CC,DV] THURSDAY (PG) Thu.700 PM 1000 PM LEGENDS OF OZ [CC,DV] (PG) Fri. - Sun.(110 220 345) 720 940 Mon. - Thu.(110 PM 345 PM) GODZILLA IN 3D [CC,DV] - THURSDAY (PG-13) No Passes Thu.700 PM 1000 PM LEGENDS OF OZ IN 3D [CC,DV] (PG) No Passes Fri. - Sun.(1200 PM) 440 PM Mon. - Thu.(1200 220) 440 720 940 GODZILLA (PG-13) No Passes Thu.715 PM 1015 PM AMAZING SPIDER-MAN 2 IN REALD 3D [CC,DV] (PG-13) No Passes Fri. - Sun.(1200 100 320) 420 630 740 935 Mon. - Thu.(1200 100 320) 420 630 730 935 AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #2 [CC,DV] (PG-13) No Passes Fri. - Sun.(1230 130 350) 445 650 810 1005 AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #2 [CC,DV] (PG-13) Mon. - Thu.(1230 130 350) 440 650 750 1005 THE OTHER WOMAN [CC,DV] (PG-13) Fri. - Sun.(1250 355) 430 710 950 Mon. - Wed.(1250 120 355) 430 710 740 950 1020 Thu.(1250 110 355) 430 710 950 BRICK MANSIONS [CC] (PG-13) Fri. - Wed.645 PM 920 PM BEARS [CC,DV] (G) Fri. - Sun.(1205 PM) Mon. - Tue.(115) 400 645 915 Wed. - Thu.(115 PM) 400 PM HEAVEN IS FOR REAL [CC,DV] (PG) Fri. - Thu.(115) 410 655 925 RIO 2 [CC,DV] (G) Fri. - Thu.(125) 415 715 945 CAPTAIN AMERICA: THE WINTER SOLDIER [CC,DV] (PG-13) Fri. - Thu.(1210 335) 705 1010 DIVERGENT [CC,DV] (PG-13) Fri. - Thu.(1220 330) 640 940 THE GRAND BUDAPEST HOTEL [CC,DV] (R) Fri.(105) 405 735 955 Sat.735 PM 955 PM Sun.(105) 405 735 955 Mon. - Thu.(105) 405 735 1015
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Perfectly sized, reasonably priced and artistically prepared are three ways to describe a meal at Two Chefs in Spencer, Mass. About 25 minutes west of Worcester sits Two Chefs Restaurant and Pastry Shop, a small restaurant occupying a building that looks more like a tool shed than a casual upscale restaurant. The restaurant was founded by pastry chef Cassandra Clough and chef Rafael Guzman, recent 1st Place winner of the People’s Choice in Worcester’s Best Chef 2014 competition, combining an excellent bakery and sweets shop along with new American cuisine.
Dining on a Saturday night, my co-diner Emily and I were not sure what to expect
entering through the door, as it looked more like an auto mechanics’ shop than a restaurant on the outside, but we were delighted to step into a calmly-lit dining room with a couple dozen tables scattered around a well-stocked dessert display. We were greeted and sat immediately in a mostly private corner in the rear of the restaurant, cracked open a pair of beers (Two Chef’s is BYOB, which our host reminded us of when we called ahead), and dove into the menu. We started with an order of crispy fried calamari ($7), which were lightly-breaded deep-fried calamari served in a dish with a drizzling of homemade aioli and a puckering lemon juice. The calamari were good but not remarkable, though along with a basket of hot, freshlymade cornbread muffins, were the right way to start our meals. Emily and I poured over the Two Chefs menu, and while the menu is not large, each item sounded excellent. After some deliberation between a nightly special and the excellent sounding Chef’s Pasta Primavera, Emily settled on the salmon special ($20). What arrived was a perfectly-cooked filet of grilled Atlantic salmon, covered in a deliciously sweet and tangy mango-orange salsa. Beside the cut of fish was a pyramid
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of sticky jasmine rice with a balsamic reduction dripped along the perimeter and a stack of steamed broccoli to even out the dish. The savory and juicy cut of fish was well balanced by the mango-orange salsa, with the whole dish being beautifully presented. Similar to Emily, I wavered between the braised short rib ($16) and the roasted pork tenderloin ($18), before settling on the pork tenderloin, which was perhaps the best decision I’ve made in months. The meal arrived in a dish with a base of what looked like whipped sweet potatoes, with a large cut of roasted pork tenderloin sitting atop. A gorgonzola-roasted garlic sauce doused the tenderloin and the sweet potatoes, while wisps of thin and crispy prosciutto surrounded the meat, with perfectly steamed broccoli on the side and a flourish of balsamic reduction painted throughout the dish. The pork was beyond perfect: juicy and tender, flavorful but not fatty, cutwith-a-fork consistency but still charred on some of the edges. The rich and delicious
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gorgonzola and garlic sauce permeated nearly every bite of the meal, making even the steamed broccoli a flirt with decadence. Despite also ordering a side of baked mac n’ cheese ($5 and excellent), we both ordered dessert. Emily opted for Chef Clough’s chocolate mousse ($3.50), light and airy, she said that it was terrific, while I chose the homemade peanut butter cup pie, a sort of peanut butter cheesecake pie with crumbled chunks of chocolate cookie and peanut butter cups, describing it in its entirety escapes my limited vocabulary. The menu at Two Chefs is small and well directed, while prices as very reasonable for the quality of the food, as most items range between $15 - $20, and only the evening’s steak special topped that. The delightful staff was there whenever we needed them. For new restaurants in Worcester county, Two Chefs is without compare: great service, reasonable prices, and above all, truly terrific food. Stop reading and make a reservation.
From the group that brought you Mezcal Cantina, Bocado Tapas Bar, The Citizen Wine Bar and Rye & Thyme Tavern, comes Worcester’s first true burger bar. Handmade burgers featuring custom and local grinds of the freshest beef, house-made sodas, great beers, expertly crafted elixirs and spiked shakes are served up daily. Come get your fix.
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to its normal menu, the restaurant will offer several specials, including a Summer Berry Salad, Petite Filet Mignon with a Lobster Scampi Sauce, Herbed Crumb Baked Haddock and Chicken Sautee. For more information and to reserve a table, call 508-752-3861. Brew City, 104 Shrewsbury St., Worcester. brew-city.com.
NIGHT AT THE MUSEUM The EcoTarium will host a gala event, A Night
at the Museum, with hors d’oeuvres, dinner and cocktails and entertainment on Saturday, May 17,
from 6-10 p.m. This fundraising event will include mystery and surprises with a S.T.E.A.M punk flare, with “rocket” launching, visits by historical characters and live animals, moonlight train rides, live auctions and music by the Dale LePage Trio. Tickets are $125 per person and $1,000 for a table of 8. Advance reservation are required and can be made by calling 508-929-2703 or at ecotarium. org. Proceeds from the gala will support the EcoTarium’s mission to inspire a passion for science and nature. EcoTarium, 222 Harrington Way, Worcester.
THE FIX IS OPEN The Fix, a new burger bar on Shrewsbury Street,
celebrated its grand opening Thursday, May 1. Niche Hospitality’s newest venture, The Fix is located at 166 Shrewsbury St., the former location of Mezcal, which earlier this year relocated to Major Taylor Boulevard. A number of combinations are offered; everything from veggie burgers to chicken burgers, gluten-free buns and a variety of toppings. While burgers are the focus of the menu, several non-burger options are also available. The Fix, 166 Shrewsbury St., Worcester. facebook.com/thefixburgerbar.
DINNER HONORING US AIR FORCE The Armed Forces Committee of Worcester County hosts
its 87th annual Dinner Honoring the United State Air Force on Saturday, May 17 at the College of the Holy Cross. Cocktail hour will begin at 5:45 p.m., and dinner will follow at 7 p.m. Major General Scott Rice, Massachusetts Adjutant General, will be the guest speaker of the evening. Attire is mess dress/service uniform for members of the military and formal/coat and tie for civilians. Tickets are $45 per person. To purchase tickets, call Chris at 508-735-6100.
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Coffee & Jam with Joe Renzoni, From The Edge. poluscenter.org. Free with Suggested “Pass The Hat” donation. 7-8:30 p.m. Coffeelands World Gifts Espresso Cafe, 50 High St., Clinton. 978-360-3291 or coffeelandscafe.org. Dub Apocalypse ThursDaze with Todo Bien. 21+. Doors at 6 p.m. $6. 8 p.m.-2 a.m. Electric Haze, 26 Millbury St. 508-799-0629. Jay Graham. 8 p.m.-1 a.m. Rye & Thyme, 14 Monument Square, Leominster. 978-534-5900. Kevin Shields. 8 p.m.-1 a.m. Blueprint New American Bar & Grill,
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9 Village Square, Westminster. 978-668-5580. Open Mic Night w/ Host Ed Sheridan. No Cover. 8-11 p.m. Blue Plate Lounge, 661 Main St., Holden. 508-829-4566. Open Mic Night! 8-10 p.m. Canal Restaurant & Bar, 65 Water St., 65 Water St. 508-926-8353. College Night Featuring DJ Danny Fly. 9 p.m.-2 a.m. Industry Bar Room, 109 Water St. 508-756-2100. Organic Chemistry Organ Trio! 9 p.m.-2 a.m. Nick’s Bar and Restaurant, 124 Millbury St. 508-753-4030. Patty Keough & Some Guys From Space, Traffiq, Skat Fatulence and The Plastic Animal Cramps! 9 p.m.-2 a.m. Ralph’s Chadwick Square Diner, 148 Grove St. 508-753-9543.
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Water Street, 65 Water St. 508-926-8353. Seeger Sing. Bring your guitar or your voice and join the Worcester Public Schools in sharing the legacy of Pete Seeger. Raise your voice and sing! Free. 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Worcester City Common & Plaza, Main St. Dana Lewis Live! 5:30-8 p.m. Webster House Restaurant, 1 Webster St. 508-757-7208. Thank Friday it’s Nat! 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. then Christine Elise Quartet at 9 p.m. $5. 5:30 p.m.-2 a.m. Nick’s Bar and Restaurant, 124 Millbury St. 508-753-4030. Open Mic. 6:30-9 p.m. Nu Cafe, 335 Chandler St. 508-926-8800 or nucafe.com/events. Five O’Clock Shadow. $15 advance; $18 day of show. 8-11 p.m. Bull Run Restaurant, Sawtelle Room, 215 Great Road, Shirley. 917-674-6181 or tickets.bullrunrestaurant.com. Goosepimp Orchestra - William Thompson Funk Experiement. 21 plus. Doors at 6 p.m. 8 p.m.-2 a.m. Electric Haze, 26 Millbury St. 508-799-0629. Neon Alley. 8 p.m.-1 a.m. Blueprint New American Bar & Grill, 9 Village Square, Westminster. 978-668-5580. Orpheus: The Homecoming. Legendary Bruce Arnold and Orpheus play old and new hits. $39. 8-11 p.m. Mechanics Hall, Great Hall, 321 Main St. 508-752-0888 or mechanicshall.org. Scott Babineau. 8 p.m.-1 a.m. Rye & Thyme, 14 Monument Square, Leominster. 978-534-5900. Sasquatch & The Sickabillys with Damnation, Spitshiner & more! $8. 8:30 p.m.-2 a.m. Lucky Dog Music Hall,
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Ralphs Rock Diner 35th Anniversary Show! Featuring: Bees Knees, Preacher Roe, Hey Now Morris Fader, Aloud, The Rationales, Cold Blood Club, and Nervous Eaters! 8 p.m.-2 a.m. Ralph’s Chadwick Square Diner, 148 Grove St. 508-753-9543. Strumburgh. 8 p.m.-1 a.m. Blueprint New American Bar & Grill, 9 Village Square, Westminster. 978-668-5580. Wolfman Conspiracy - Strange Machines - Mammal Dap. 21 plus. Doors at 6 p.m. 8 p.m.-2 a.m. Electric Haze, 26 Millbury St. 508-799-0629. Wormtown Ska Promotions Presents: Ska, Punk and Hardcore from the US and UK! All Ages! $10. 8 p.m.-1 a.m. The Raven, 258 Pleasant St. 978-807-1416 or facebook.com/ events/495573360566065. GridLock, WAKE UP REALITY, Funk For Now, Recycled Dysfnkshn. $6. 8:30 p.m.-2 a.m. Lucky Dog Music Hall, 89 Green St. 508-363-1888 or facebook.com/events/619519571471808. Neon Alley. 8:30 p.m.-1 a.m. Gardner Ale House, 74 Parker St., Gardner. 978-669-0122. City Sound. 9 p.m.-2 a.m. Cornerstone’s Restaurant, 616 Central St., Leominster. 978-537-1991. Henry’s Wine. Female fronted vintage rock done with soul No Cover. 9 p.m.-12:30 a.m. Tal’s Place, 138 Lake St., Webster. 508949-6559. Hothouse. 9 p.m.-2 a.m. Rivalry’s Sports Bar, 274 Shrewsbury St. 774-243-1100. Mojo Ride Live Blues-Rock Band. No Cover. 9 p.m.-1:45 a.m. Wheelock Inn, 82 Wheelock Ave., Millbury. mojoride.net. Ottomatic Slim Band Featuring Otto Lenz, Harmonica Ace! Wong Dynasty where East Meets West - Yankee Grill & Sushi Bar. No Cover. 9 p.m.-12:30 a.m. Wong Dynasty,176 Reservior Road (Route31), Holden. 508-829-2188. Auntie Trainwreck. 21+ 9:30 p.m.-1:30 a.m. Iron Horse Lounge, 19 Airport Road, Fitchburg. 978-400-5618 or facebook.com/ events/745805922110058. Jim Perry’s Hothouse at Rivalry’s. Jim Perry’s Hothouse fires up their unique funky blues. 9:30 p.m.-1 a.m. Rivalry’s Sports Bar, 274 Shrewsbury St. 774-243-1100. Unicoson. 9:30 p.m.-2 a.m. Jillian’s - Worcester, 315 Grove St. 508-793-0900. Dj Reckless. 10 p.m.-2 a.m. Perfect Game Sports Grill and Lounge, 64 Water St. 508-792-4263. House / EDM Dance Party with DJ Kartier. No Cover charge. 10 p.m.-1:30 a.m. Center Bar & Grill, 102 Green St. 508438-0597. DJ Music Master Matty D. 11 p.m.-1:30 a.m. Canal Restaurant & Bar, 65 Water St. 508-926-8353.
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Jazz Brunch. 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Gardner Ale House, 74 Parker St., Gardner. 978-669-0122. Irish Music Session. Free. 4-8 p.m. Fiddlers’ Green Pub & Restaurant, 19 Temple St. 508-792-3700. Big Jon Short - solo acoustic country blues. Free. 5-8 p.m. Vincent’s Bar, 49 Suffolk St. 508-752-9439. “Vinyl Siding” A group gathering for fans of VINYL, DJ’s and Turntables. Bring headphones and vinyl :) Free. 6-9 p.m. Lucky Dog Music Hall, 89 Green St. 508-363-1888 or facebook. com/profile.php?id=607748959308496. Jim’s Blues Jam at Greendales. Each week has a first rate feature performer, followed by an open mike segment. Host Jim Perry keeps things rolling. No Cover. 6-10 p.m. Greendale’s Pub, 404 W Boylston St. 508-853-1350. OPEN MIC SUNDAYS AT SNOW’S RESTAURANT WITH BILL McCARTHY. Free. 7-10:30 p.m. Snow’s Restaurant & Pub, 321 West Boylston St. Happy Mothers’ Day! Andy Cummings at 8 p.m. 8 p.m.-2 a.m. Nick’s Bar and Restaurant, 124 Millbury St. 508-753-4030. Lucky Dog KARAOKE with your host, Vegas magicman-hypnotist Paul Harter. Once Sunday a month, Paul will
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Drftin’ Sam Politz. 7-9 p.m. Nick’s Bar and Restaurant, 124 Millbury St. 508-753-4030. Bop & Pop Jazz Organization. Classic Hammond Organ Quartet grooves every Monday night at the Dive. Free. 9 p.m.-midnight. Dive Bar, 34 Green St. facebook.com/ BopNPopJazzOrganization.
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Dani Red - Twilight at Twigs Cafe. Free with regular admission. 6-8 p.m. Tower Hill Botanic Garden, Twigs Cafe, 11 French Drive, Boylston. 508-869-6111. OPEN MIC/LOCAL MUSICIANS’ SHOWCASE. Free. 7:30-10:30 p.m. Guiseppe’s Grille, 35 Solomon Pond Road, Northborough. 508-393-4405 or m.facebook.com/groups/2096108 55806788?ref=bookmark&__user=578549000. The Cosmic Factory. 21 plus doors at 6 p.m. $5. 8 p.m.-2 a.m. Electric Haze, 26 Millbury St. 508-799-0629. Wacky Wednesday Open mic Jam with Mark. Come down and sign up to jam with Mark 8-11 p.m. Greendale’s Pub, 404 W Boylston St. 508-853-1350. A Trio with No Name. 8:30 p.m.-2 a.m. Nick’s Bar and Restaurant, 124 Millbury St. 508-753-4030.
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Commonwealth Fence & Stone Your Complete Fence & Stone Company. All fence typesCedar, Vinyl, Chain Link, Post & Rail, Ornamental, Pool. Hardscapes- Stone Wall, Walkways, Patios. For a free estimate contact: 508-835-1644
Creative Floors, Inc. Ceramic-Carpet-Vinyl Marble- Granite- Laminate Wallpaper Pre-finished Hardwood Sales-Design- Installation Residential & Commercial Free Estimates. Carpet Binding Financing Available Come visit our showroom! 508-829-7444 www.creativefloorsinc.com
Central Glass Co. A Complete Line of Glass. Automotive-Residential. Window Glass Repairs, Screen Repairs/Pet Screens, Tub & Shower Glass Enclosures, Table Tops, Mirrors & More. Family Owned Over 50 Years. 127 Mechanic St. Leominster 978-537-3962 M-F 8-4
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Kurt Smollin, Electrician All your electrical needs. Additions, pools, spas, service upgrades. 28 yrs exp. Quality work. Masters Lic. 20050A Insured. Call (508)829-5134.
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FLOORING/CARPETING C & S Carpet Mills Carpet & Linoleum 30 Sq. Yds. $589 Installed with Pad. Free Metal Incl’d. Berber, Plush or Commercial. Call Tom: 800-861-5445 or 508-886-2624
Paul G. Hanson Refinishing, repairing, veneering and chair regluing. A full service shop. Pick-up & delivery. Call Paul (978)464-5800
Fully licensed/insured, regular rates, 24/7. 10% off veterans/ seniors. 774-708-0022
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Interior Painting Only $149 average 12x16 room. Prompt service. Reliable. Refs. Dutch Touch Painting 508-867-2550
Wachusett Wildlife Services Professional Problem Animal Control Licensed to Control An Extensive List of Problem Animals: Raccoon, Beaver, Squirrels, Skunk, etc. Lic/Ins. 774-364-4621
Lee Skoglund Services 10, 15, 20-yard container service. Yard & building materials. Office equipment & materials. Attics, cellars & estates cleaned, guaranteed by your closing date! Free estimates. Lee Skoglund 508-757-4209
Wachusett Painting Co. Let our skilled painters complete your painting needs. Exteriors & Interiors Competitive prices. Call or email today for an appointment for your free estimate. 508-479-6760 Email: wachupainting@gmail.com Credit Cards Accepted
MASONRY Cornerstone Masonry Master Stone Masons Brick & Block Stone Walls, Walkways, Patios, Fireplaces. We do repairs. 978-580-4260 Major credit cards accepted 30 Years Experience
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PAINT/WALLPAPER C. Langway & Sons Contracting Int/Ext Painting. Power washing. Wallpaper removal. Carpentry. Remodeling. Family owned & operated since 1947. Call Jay 508-254-5384 Carl Bottcher Painting Co. Exterior & Interior Painting Commercial & Residential 3rd Generation experience A Tradition Since 1900 508-829-5166
Painting Unlimited Services, Inc. Skilled, Reliable, Reasonable. Meticulous prep & workmanship. Int.& Ext. Painting/Staining. Power-washing. Gutters. Rotted Trim Replacement. Free Estimates. Fully Insured. HIC #163882 Call: 508-340-8707 Stressing about painting your home? Call Black Dog Painting Company! We take the PAIN out of PAINTING! Interior? Exterior? Power-washing? You Name it! Visit BlackDogPainters.com Or Call 978-502-2821 for a FREE on-site Quote
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Full landscaping service & so much more! Full Lawn Planting & Maintenance Ponds built & maintained Clean-ups • Mum Installation Pond Closings • Fall Pruning & Shearing Waterfalls • Walls | Patios & Walkways House Cleanout, Attics, Cellars Bobcat Work | Backhoe Work | Gutter Cleaning
POOLS Century Pools, Inc. Liner Replacements, Inground Pool Installations & Service. Concrete Decks, Openings, Closings. Family owned & operated since 1975. Westminster / Sterling 978-758-1783 or 978-422-6991 J.C. Pools Call NOW to schedule your installation! Service, Chemicals & Supplies. In-ground & Above ground. www.jcpools.net 508-882-3913 978-355-6465 Snyder Pools In-ground Pools. Above-ground Pools. Spas/Hot Tubs. Renovations. Retail Store. Service. 50 Narrows Rd. Westminster, MA 978-8742333 www.snyderpools.com
TOTAL DISPOSAL Dumpster Specials 10yd. $250, 15yd $300. Home Clean-outs Landscape Clean-ups Demo Rubbish, Appliances. Give us a call and we’ll talk trash. 508-864-7755
SEALCOATING WACHUSETT SEALCOATING Protect against the elements. Since 1995. 508-886-2969 TREE SERVICES Ross A. McGinnes Tree work, Stump removal, pruning & removals. Free estimates. Fully insured. Call 508-829-6497
LAWN & GARDEN GRASS MOWING McDuff’s Lawn Mowing "Just once or once a week" 774-234-0283 Email: mcduffslawnmowing @yahoo.com Ask for Mike. 50% Off Your First Mow. Senior Discounts LANDSCAPE CONSTRUCTION Bobcat Bob
Bobcat with operator and attachments. $70- per hour. 2hr min.Call Bob 508-579-4670 Carney & Sons Landscape/Construction Holden, MA 508-829-4310 Lawn Installations, Hydroseeding, Loam/Gravel/Mulch, Patios & Walks. Delivery & Spreading. Retaining Walls. Plantings. Sprinkler Systems. carneyandsons@charter.net
LANDSCAPING & LAWN MAINTENANCE Better Yards & Gardens Seasonal Clean-ups, Lawn Care, Mulching, Planting, Pruning, Garden and Bed Design & Installation (high yield, low maintenance, sustainable alternativesour specialty.) Quality, Reliable Work. Fully Ins., Free Estimates 508-641-5687 Burnham Maintenance Spring Clean-ups. Lawn Maintenance. Shrub Pruning. Bark Mulch, Screened Loam & Compost. Patios & Walkways. Fertilization Programs. Deliveries Available. Please call 508-829-3809 Dave’s Tree & Landscaping Enhancing the view from your home. Call for consultation & free estimate. (508)829-6803. Gass Hopper Yard Grooming Complete Commercial & Residential Yard Maintenance. Lic/Ins Since 1996 978-928-1125 jim.grasshopper@gmail.com Jack Longone Landscape Contractor Spring Clean up, Weekly lawn care. Quality & Reliable Service. Fully Ins. 508-826-2338
ROOFING Mark R. O’Donnell, Inc. Roofing Experts Licensed & Insured Residential, Commercial & Industrial Specialize in Shingle, Flat Rubber & Metal Roofs Prices as Low as $2 per Square Foot! Free Estimates 978-534-3307 modonnell@mrogc.com www.mrogc.com
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Forestry Specialist in Holden Municipal Light Department. Maintain Town of Holden trees, including trimming in close proximity to electrical lines using bucket truck or climbing method. May perform duties of tree warden & assist line crews. MA Class B Commercial Driverâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s License required. Possess or ability to obtain hydraulic license within one year. Arboricultural work for a minimum of 5 years. For more information contact Office of Town Manager 508-210-5501 or visit www.holdenma.gov Employment Opportunities. EOE
LABORER for Holden Municipal Light Dept. Assists Forestry Specialist in maintaining Townâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s trees, trimming of grounds, maintains forestry equipment and facilities. Operates variety of hand & power tools, equipment & vehicles. Must be high school graduate or equivalent; possess valid Mass. Class B Commercial Driverâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s License with air brake endorsement; possess or obtain Mass. Hydraulic License within one year. Visit www.holdenma.gov for complete job description and application. Call 508-210-5501 for more information. EOE. Closing date for applications 5/16/14.
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MULCH & LOAM *Composted Loam* 3/8 screened, $22/yd delâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d, 10 yd min; 3/4 screened, $20/yd delâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d 15 yd min. No additives, fillers or byproducts. Local delivery only. Call Eliot Starbard 508-882-0140
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Hartman Relocation Moving CDL - Class B Driver Wanted PT labor position as well Must be clean & professional Call 978-534-6249
Groundman in Holden Municipal Light Department. Manual work in assisting various field operations of the Light Dept. Entry level position expected to progress to lineman. Assists linemen with tools and materials. Involves continuous and strenuous physical effort under varying weather conditions. Mass. driverâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s license with ability to obtain Class B commercial driverâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s license with airbrake endorsement & hydraulic license within one year. Full job description available at www.holdenma.gov. Apply at Office of Town Manager or call (508) 210-5501. Closing date 5/16/14. EOE
Landscape Personnel Holden Established small company seeking experienced workers for full-time opportunities in landscape, horticulture operations. Inquire Mon-Fri. 9 a.m.- 5 p.m. 508-829-4040. Marketing Manager. Looking for an enthusiastic, self motivated person to do marketing and promotions for retail Powersport and Hearth business. Plan, implement and evaluate sales and events. Online marketing also. Must be detail oriented and have the ability to multi-task in a fast paced environment. Marketing background preferable. 20-30 hours/week. Higgins Powersports, Barre 978-355-6343 ext 222 or info@higginsenergy.com
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ITEMS UNDER $2,014 Air Conditioner Window unit. Lightly used. $45.00 508-7918391 Antique Bureau With four drawers. Needs refinishing. Will take 1st $45.00. Call Diane 508-9811941 Antique Furniture Armoire c.1930, Drop leaf table, Duncan Fyfe Chest - $2000 or BO 508752-2933 Ariens ST 524 Snowblower Good condition. $300.00 For appointment call 508-829-5161 Cast Iron Claw Foot Tub 5ft by 30 inch by 16 inch deep. $80.00 or BO. 978-464-2347
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YARD SALE YARNS and CRAFT SUPPLIES Outdoor SALE featuring brand name first quality yarns and crafts supplies, furniture. The Good Good Sheep Yarn Shop 58 Worcester Road, Princeton. 10-4 May 10th, rain date May 11.
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GRAFTON FLEA MARKET, INC. OPEN EVERY SUNDAY OUTDOOR/INDOOR
Come by and check us out, it’s worth the visit! From ½ne china, furniture, collectibles to yard ornaments, we have it all!
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6am - 4pm • Acres of Bargains • Hundreds of Vendors • Thousands of Buyers • 45th Season Rte. 140, Grafton/ Upton town line Grafton Flea is the Place to be! Selling Space 508-839-2217 www.graftonflea.com
It’s that time of year again... Advertise your Yard Sale or Estate Sale with us and you will get a spot on the map! Open to any town or city! Just $20 for a six line ad and map placement! You will receive a free Yard Sale Kit for placing your ad. (While they last) Pick it up at our Holden/The Landmark location. Call 978-728-4302 or email sales@centralmassclass.com
Holden - Spacious 2bdrm townhouse wiith w/d hkup in great location. $1550 including heat. 508-667-7434 LAND FOR SALE PAXTON 16 ACRE WOODED ESTATE LOT Horses allowed. Surrounded by high end homes. Great perk rate. Ready to build your dream home. Reduced for quick sale $109,900.00 M. Hopkins O/B 508-868-3538
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OPEN HOUSE PAXTON-7 Camelot Dr. Saturday 12pm-2pm. Like new cont. colonial. 3500 sq.ft. plus finished LL. Lge master w/fireplace. Updated granite kitchen and baths. Huge great room w/bar, pool table, hot tub. Heated fenced pool. A lot of home for $429,900.00 O/B M. Hopkins 508-868-3538
AUTO/MOTORCYCLE 1999 Road King Under 8,000 miles. Too many extras to list. Always stored in room temperature. $15,000.00 978-4645525 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.
VACATION PROPERTY FOR RENT South Yarmouth Bass River Year Round 3BD, 2BA, Lge family rm plus 20x12 3 season rm. 500ft. to ocean beach. Lge yard. Last house on dead end street. W/D, D/W. Nicely furnished. Avail. weekly: August 9th - 23rd. 508-853-3085 or 508-829-7285
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2000 Ford F150 Flareside Pickup Showroom condition inside and out. 100K miles. All power, needs nothing. $8500.00 Call 978-466-6043
2000 Mercury Sable Wagon. 131K miles. Exc. cond. inside & out. Asking $2,200.00 Call Kathy 978-728-4702
AUTOS 1988 Mercedes-Benz 300 SEL 6 cylinder gas. Very good cond. Runs exc. $3500.00 195k miles. Located in Sutton, MA 774-287-0777
AUTO/SUV 2004 Chevrolet Trail Blazer Great condition. New transmission. Low miles. 4WD. $4,799.00 Dan 508-641-6839
1976 Cadillac Fleetwood Brougham Sedan. 79k miles. Grey exterior and interior. $6500.00 or B/O 774-242-2370 badday1123@gmail.com
AUTO/TRUCK 1994 Dodge Ram 1500 4X4 5.2 V8 Auto, 142K Miles. Regular cab. Black. Cap, hitch. Good shape. $3975.00 978-422-8084
1996 Jeep Cherokee 4WD, blk, auto-start, keyless entry, fold-down seats, rims, spare. KBV $4000, asking $2500. 774-234-0214
2000 Toyota Corolla 4 Door 4cyl P.S.P.B AC P.W. P.L. 101K Michelin Tires Call 508-353-3827
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2001 Cadillac Eldorado Touring Coupe, Silver,loaded w/options. Spring special $5,995.00 or B/O. 508-875-7400 2004 Chrysler Sebring Convertible White w/tan top. 110K miles. New tires, battery, struts. Runs excellent. $3,950.00 Firm 508-769-3262 2006 Honda S2000 ext Black int Brand new top 93oct/synth oil only used Florida car adult owner 59k miles $16,500 508-816-0141
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(978) 537-4971 • 1-(800) 924-8666 Leominster $86,900 Single wide mobile home. Bedrooms at either end of living area, each with it’s own bath. cabinets galore. carport, shed.. Owner says nicest lot in the park! Aberman Assoc. Inc Paula Savard 978-537-4971 x14 www.paulasavard.com
Petersham $225,00 Antique farmhouse turned into country contemporary. 1000 s.f inlaw over 2 car attached garage, decks, enclosed porches and breezeways add to farmlike setting. 2 plus acres, circular drive. 1/2 mile from Rt 101 and Rt 32. 1/2 hour from downtown Leominster or Amherst. Floorplan for main house 1 1/2 story 3 bedrooms 2 full baths first floor laundry. Inlaw has 1 bedroom 1 full bath and laundry. Separate side entrance. Aberman Assoc Inc. Paula Savard 978-537-4971 x14 www.paulasavard.com
Sterling $219,900 4 br 1 bath multi-level. Stately front to back multi level split with gable facade. Title V for 4 bedrooms. Ideal is 2 bedrooms main level. Upper level 2 room master suite. Family room with wood stove. One family owned. Permit for garden stand transferable. Easy highway access to 140,62 and I 190. Aberman Assoc Inc. Paula Savard 978-537-4971 x 14 www.paulasavard.com
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Lunenburg $227,900. L-shaped Ranch featuring a 24’ living room with fireplace and pellet stove insert. Loaded with windows on three sides this room is very pleasant. Eat in kitchen with built in dining area. Entire first floor is hardwood. Finished, heated lower level family room has fireplace and kitchenette with full sink is great space for entertaining or a teen retreat. Aberman Assoc Inc. Gail Lent 978-537-4971 x15 www.gailllent.com Bellingham $255,000 2 br 1 bath bungalow. This home is a the end of a cul de sac adjacent to Turbesi Park, no traffic nice woods behind the house. The bathroom was completely renovated from floor to ceiling with new plumbing, the house has an updated electric wiring, the attick is big enough for a master bedroom, it already has electic wiring. New Dining room, flooring, hardwood and rugs. Aberman Assoc. Inc Mark Gerber 978-537-4971 x 63
Lancaster $324,900
Leominster $244,900 4 br 3 bath Multilevel. Quiet cul de sac. Easy access to highways, shopping. Families thrive with their own space. 4 bedrooms 2 full baths. Wall to wall carpet covers hardwoods in bedroom level. Living area kit, lr, dr, enclosed porch, fenced kennel sized yard. Family room level has exterior access. 3rd full bath on this level. Aberman Assoc Inc. Paula Savard 978-537-4971 x 14 www.paulasavard.com
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Classic Cape Style Brick Tutor home with 3 br 2 full baths and attached two car garage. Featuring first floor family room with wall AC and overlooking beautiful level acre lot. Updated kitchen with granite counters, stainless appliances and custom lighting. Formal living room has fireplace with gas insert, shining hardwood floors and crown molding and French doors. Warm and inviting formal dining room. First floor bedroom. Second floor bedrooms with built in’s. Basement with partially finished play room with fireplace. First floor bath with radiant heat in floor. Updated heating system, windows and roof. Quality built to last for generations. Aberman Assoc Inc. Gail Lent 978-537-4971 x 15 www.gaillient.com
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Templeton $119,900 2 br 1 1/2 bath townhouse. Estate sale. Spacious open concept first floor. Kitchen, dining area and living room. Large bedrooms with good closet space. Lower level has full walk out. NIce area to finish for future expansion. This is a 55+ unit. Aberman Assoc Inc. Gail Lent 978-537-4971 x 15 www.gaillent.com
Lancaster $224,900 Looking for warm, country charm and a house that has character? This wonderful post and beam is worth a look! 3 bedrooms and 2 full baths with wide board flooring, 2 lovely fireplaces, exposed beams.... fully fenced yard with easy access to all major routes. Aberman Assoc Inc. Tracy Sladen 978-537-4971 x 17
Holden $279,900 Sunny and bright 3 br, 2 full bath contemporary colonial featuring open floor plan, cathedral ceilings, hardwoods,1st floor laundry, and new kitchen cabinets/granite 2014. Master suite offering cathedral ceilings, balcony, bath. Located on 0.82 acre 1 mile from center of town with babbling stream at side of yard. Electric panel for backup generator. This house was rebuilt with new second floor addition in 2004/2005. Aberman Assoc. Inc Linda Barry 978-537-4971 x 60
Lancaster $369,900 Eagle Ridge Active adult community. One owner luxury ranch style home. Nicely upgraded with hardwood flooring throughout. Kitchen with bow window overlooking rear yard with stonewall and colorful landscaping. An abundance of maple cabinets with granite counters in light filled kitchen. Open concept living room with fireplace leads to deck and stamped concrete patio. Formal dining room. Second bedroom with full bath. Large first floor laundry room. Massive basement with full windows would make a wonderful recreation room. Aberman Assoc. Inc. Gail Lent 978-537-4971 x 15 www.gaillent.com
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www.centralmassclass.com LEGALS/PUBLIC NOTICES Commonwealth of Massachusetts The Trial Court Probate and Family Court Worcester Probate and Family Court 225 Main St. Worcester, MA 01608 508-831-2200 CITATION ON PETITION FOR FORMAL ADJUDICATION Docket No. WO14P1277EA Estate of: Vivian H Gustafson Date of Death: 10/14/2013 To all interested persons: A Petition has been filed by: Kevin J Oberg of East Brookfield MA requesting that the Court enter a formal Decree and Order of testacy and for such other relief as requested in the Petition. And also requesting that: Kevin J Oberg of East Brookfield MA be appointed as Personal Representative(s) of said estate to serve Without Surety on the bond. You have the right to obtain a copy of the Petition from the Petitioner or at the Court. You have a right to object to this proceeding. To do so, you or your attorney must file a written appearance and objection at this Court before: 10:00 a.m. on 05/20/2014. This is NOT a hearing date, but a deadline by which you must file a written appearance and objection if you object to this proceeding. If you fail to file a timely written appearance and objection followed by an Affidavit of Objections within thirty (30) days of the return date, action may be taken without further notice to you. The estate is being administered under formal procedure by the Personal Representative under the Massachusetts Uniform Probate Code without supervision by the Court. Inventory and accounts are not required to be filed with the Court, but recipients are entitled to notice regarding the administration from the Personal Representative and can petition the Court in any matter relating to the estate, including distribution of assets and expenses of administration. WITNESS, Hon. Denise L. Meagher, First Justice of this Court. Date: April 22, 2014 Stephen G. Abraham, Register of Probate 05/08/2014 MS
PUBLIC NOTICE On Wednesday, May 21, 2014 Lycott Environmental, of Spencer, Massachusetts will be conducting an aquatic plant management program at Dorothy Pond in Millbury, Massachusetts. The use of the lake’s water will be restricted as follows: Swimming and fishing restricted for 1 day or until May 22, 2014; BOATING restricted for 1 DAY or UNTIL May 22, 2014; Direct Drinking restricted for 3 days or until May 24, 2014; Irrigation restricted for 5 days or until May 26, 2014; Livestock / Animal watering restricted 1 day until May 22, 2014. If you need additional information, please feel free to contact the Dorothy Pond Restoration Committee or Lycott Environmental at (508) 855-0101. 5/8, 5/15/2014 MS
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ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS The Worcester Housing Authority, the Awarding Authority, invites sealed bids from Roofing Contractors for the Replacement of Canopies at Housing for the Worcester Housing Authority in Worcester, Massachusetts, in accordance with the documents prepared by Nault Architects, Inc.. The Project consists of: Repairs to existing exterior canopies ranging from stripping/reroofing to complete reframing and reconstruction. The work is estimated to cost: Base Bid $46,100.00 Alternate $52,600.00 Total $98,700.00 Bids are subject to M.G.L. c.149 §44A-J & to minimum wage rates as required by M.G.L. c.l49 §§26 to 27H inclusive. General Bids will be received until Wednesday May 14, 2014 at 2PM and publicly opened, forthwith. All Bids should be sent to: Worcester Housing Authority. Modernization Office, 81 Tacoma Street, Worcester, MA 01605 and received no later than the date & time specified above. General bids shall be accompanied by a bid deposit that is not less than five (5%) of the greatest possible bid amount (considering all alternates), and made payable to the Worcester Housing Authority. Bid Forms and Contract Documents will be available for pick-up at Worcester Housing Authority Modernization Office, 81 Tacoma Street, Worcester, MA 01605 on Wednesday April 30, 2014. There is a plan deposit of $ $50.00 per set (maximum of 2 sets) payable to the Awarding Authority. Deposits must be a certified or cashier’s check. This deposit will be refunded for up to two sets for general bidders and for one set for sub-bidders upon return of the sets in good condition within thirty days of receipt of general bids. Otherwise the deposit shall be the property of the Awarding Authority. Additional sets may be purchased for $50.00 Bidders requesting Contract Documents to be mailed to them shall include a separate check for $ 50.00 per set, payable to the Awarding Authority, to cover mail handling costs. The job site and/or existing building will be available for inspection at 10:00 A.M. on Friday May 9, 2014. Contractors should meet at the Worcester Housing Authority Modernization Office, 81 Tacoma Street, Worcester, MA 01605 For an appointment call John Sullivan at 508-635-3313. The Contract Documents may be obtained by electronic media at: Project Dog 978 499-9014 www.projectdog.com MHC/Joseph Merrit & Co. 781 430-2008 www.merrigraphics.com iSQFT 800 364-2059 www.isqft.com WORCESTER HOUSING AUTHORITY ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS May 8, 2014 SEALED BIDS shall be received at the Purchasing Office, 69 Tacoma St., Worceseter, MA 01605 IFBs maybe picked up at the location above or may be downloaded from our webiste: www.worcester-housing.com purchasing, or call (508) 695-3203, TDD (508) 798-4530. Bidders are responsible for ensuring they have received any/all addenda prior to submitting a bid. Separate awards will be made for each IFB. WHA reserves the right to reject any all responses, in whole or in part, deemed to be in their best interest. Award of all contracts is subject to the approval of the WHA Executive Director or Board of Commissioners. The Operating Agency shall indemnify and hold harmless the WHA and its officers or agents from any and all third party claims arising from activities under these Agreements as set fort in MGL c.258, section 2 as amended. Bid No. Release Date Project Title Bid Surety Bid Opening 14-07 5/8/2014 RFP - Security Services 10:00 a.m., June 12, 2014 MANDATORY Pre-Proposal Conference 10:00 a.m., May 15, 2014 Re Cappoli Chief Procurement Officer Visit our website at: www.worcester-housing.com/purchasing
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Benjamin Markley
STEVEN KING
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As you may have already noticed while buzzing through Kelley Square, the Crompton Building is getting a bit of a facelift. That is thanks to local painter Benjamin Markley, a Leicester native, who has been up on an industrial lift working on his three-story mural of the Blackstone Canal, commissioned by The Canal District Alliance with some funding from a Worcester Arts Council grant. The spray paint and acrylic landscape will be an early- to mid-1800s depiction of the canal in autumn. Worcester magazine caught up with Markley this week to find out what goes into painting a large-scale mural and when we can expect to see a finished piece. As an artist, how do you go from sketchbook-size art to side of a three-story building mural? The mock-up for the mural was actually 4 feet by 3 feet. I work much better with large-scale things. It’s easier to get detail into a 1-foot area rather than a 5-inch area. It’s a lot easier to make the details bigger than smaller.
How do you keep your proportions correct when you’re so close to the art? I basically divide the wall into quarters, when I work at the top I know I want dark blue with clouds, when I get closer to the middle I know I’m starting the hills. I worked about 100 hours on that mock-up painting, I know it by heart. I know where everything should go on a canvas size and from there I just make it roughly 10 times bigger.
Tell us how you we picked to do this mural? When I started painting again I would go to CC Lowell a lot. That was my art store and everyone got to know me there. They knew I was a good landscape artist and picked me with another artist John Allen to do a mural on the side of the CC Lowell building for stART on the Street. I did the background with the tree and the colorful front, John did the dragon.
Being about halfway done with the mural, what type of issues have you encountered? Has the rain slowed you down? The lift took some getting used to, being 45 feet in the air was tough at first. I ran out of blue and brown paint. We were able to get more of the brown but I’m still waiting on the blue. We didn’t think we would run out of the blue that fast. We painted in the rain two days ago. As long as it’s not pouring you can still lay down the paint. The wind is more of a factor because of the lift and the swinging around. It’s been pretty good so far.
You have 100 hours into your mock-up. How many hours do you estimate you’ll put into this mural? I’ve already got about 40 hours in. It should take about the same amount of time; spray paint is fast.
What type of detail can you get with spray paint? It’s good to a certain point. A lot of street artists will put up very graphic, almost cartoony pictures. It’s easy to get detail with spray paint because it’s all line work. This is a little different, it’s a landscape with a lot of fading and intricate detail. I use regular acrylic paint over the spray painted fine lines to really bring out detail.
What’s been the response so far from people in the neighborhood? There’s a lot of yelling, people will comment as they walk by but I can’t really hear them a lot of the times when I’m up on the lift. It’s a big parking lot and people will stop and watch. There have been a few who have stopped and talked to me. Overall it’s been great.
You’ve kind of fallen into the mural business, this being your second. Any plans in the future for more? I hope so, whatever comes my way I’ll do it. I’ve had a few meetings with storeowners.
Tell us what goes on behind-the-scenes with a project like this. A lot of teamwork and dedication. April Kennedy, my agent, is out right now getting me more paint. She helped me roll the entire background, she will be helping me paint grass today. Eugene Zabinski has been amazing as
well. For about the past four months we’ve had roughly seven people meeting every Wednesday morning to talk about [the] mural.
Tell us about the painting. What will we be seeing? It will be the Blackstone Canal in Worcester from the mid-1820s. There will be a canal boat being pulled by horses, buildings but it won’t be too developed. It’s an autumn scene with lots of people and colorful trees. There will be a farmers’ market on the bottom left. It should be really detailed when I’m done with it.
When do you think you will finish? I was hoping by the end of the week but we’re not slated to get blue paint until Friday or maybe Monday. Hopefully Friday; I do have a full-time job I have to go back to next week. -Steven King, Writer and Photographer M AY 8 , 2 0 1 4 • W O R C E S T E R M A G A Z I N E . C O M
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