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ith Christmas days away, maybe it seems like a downer to talk about having your home foreclosed, but the reality is many people in and around Worcester will go through the holiday season facing an uncertain future in the place they call home. Some buyers got in over their heads, some simply saw their lives take a turn for the worse. No matter their plight, people going through foreclosure face a difficult and emotional challenge. There are organizations and resources available for help, and they have allies in some passionate and vocal advocates. This week, Worcester Magazine’s Tom Matthews looks at foreclosures, the faces behind them and what’s being done to help. - Walter Bird Jr., editor

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Homeowners win another round in tax rate debate FILE PHOTO

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thousand dollars in value) and commercial rates at $32.93. The median residential bill will go up $52, while the median commercial bill will see a $360 increase. District 3 Councilor George Russell, District 5 Councilor Gary Rosen and At-Large Councilors Moe Bergman, Mike Gaffney, Khrystian King and Konnie Lukes joined Carlson in voting for the rates. The other rate voted on was a more business-friendly rate that was still not as business-friendly as the one proposed by the Chamber. District 1 Councilor Tony Economou had proposed a set of rates that would have set residential rates at $19.60 and commercial rates at $31.94, a median increase of $123 for residential property and $68 for commercial property. Mayor Joe Petty and At-Large Councilor Kate Toomey joined Economou in voting for that rate. District 4 Councilor Sarai Rivera voted against both rates, and the Council did not end up voting on her proposed rate, which was in the middle of the two that were voted on. The new rates continue the trend of widening the gap between residential and commercial taxpayers. The Chamber and others have pushed the Council to gradually go back to a single tax rate, where residents and businesses pay the same rate, saying it was a fair system and would end the turmoil of pitting people against each other. The “CIP factor” expresses how close a community is

he homeowners appear to be gaining power, as for the second year in a row, the City Council shifted responsibility for the city’s property tax fulfillment to businesses – this time with a wider margin of victory. The impact for everyone will be lessened, though, by a budget maneuver that will alter previously conservative projections from another revenue stream, saving the city’s taxpayers, collectively, nearly a half-million dollars this year. Tax classification in Worcester is a contentious affair, under the city’s “split rate” system, where commercial property is taxed at a different, higher rate than residential property. The City Council has the power to divvy up the responsibility in hundreds of different permutations, and the process pits homeowners and businesses against each other annually as each makes the case they are overburdened by high taxes. The Accurate Worcester Assessments on Real Estate homeowners group and the Worcester Regional Chamber of Commerce business association often are the ones who set the tone with proposed rates that are inevitably on opposite ends of the spectrum. This year, District 2 Candy Mero-Carlson made a motion to accept the AWARE line item – that ended up passing on a 7-4 vote – that set residential rates at $19.22 (all rates are per

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Repeat after me: I am responsible for clearing the sidewalk in front of my property. Repeat again for good measure. -1

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Maybe it was the cold weather, but the north end of Main Street looked especially quiet — lonely even — on a recent Friday night. -1

The Hanover Theatre’s “A Christmas Carol” is one holiday show not to be missed. +4

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Maybe it’s the rose-colored glasses we’re wearing, but the city appeared to handle the season’s first major snowfall well. +2

to a single tax rate, with a CIP factor of 1.0 representing a single tax rate. Last year, that factor jumped to 1.39, reversing years of progress toward a single tax rate. This year, it jumped even further, with the new rates bumping the factor to 1.43. The maximum theoretical factor is 1.5. In addition to questions of fairness and equity, the argument for going to a single tax rate is that when the city loses businesses to surrounding communities with lower commercial tax rates, jobs and other benefits go with them. Members of the public and councilors offered a number of examples of businesses fleeing the city for Shrewsbury and West Boylston, urging the Council to make Worcester a more appealing place for job creators. “Where we lose the battle is primarily when it comes to manufacturers,” Economou said. “They’re the ones who hire people in our neighborhoods, who put people to work, who give them the opportunity to better their situation.” Councilors on the winning side, though, strongly objected to being painted as antibusiness just for being pro-homeowner, saying that both were important. “The answer is not on the extremes,” Russell said. “The answer is not on an equal tax rate, the answer is not on the lowest tax rate for the homeowner. The answer is

Are you surprised WPI is developing a sobriety app? We’re not. +1

Shaquille O’Neal stands tall, quite literally, as the guest of honor at a Gardner holiday partner, as told by T&G correspondent Paula Owen. +3

The Worcester Police Department’s Addiction Recovery Program, yet to be launched publicly, hands out gifts to people in drug recovery and their families. +2

It is impossible to make it through December without remembering the Worcester Six and Firefighter Jon Davies, all of whom lost their lives this time of year. -7

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here’s no “angel from Heaven with a bag of cash,” as Our Lady of Mount Carmel’s pastor put it, but there is one potential savior in the push to save the damaged Catholic church – the Worcester Business Development Corporation, which has been in contact with the Diocese of Worcester about selling some of the land around the church to fund renovation or replacement of the historic Italian-American building. The only question members of the Mount Carmel Preservation Society have is whether the new benefactors would be a help or a wolf in sheep’s clothing. The City Council voted to postpone a vote on recommending a historic district, a measure pursued by MCPS after the Diocese sought demolition of the building. It was closed for services in May due to structural problems, which the Diocese said were not fixable due to declining attendance and a lack of funding. A group of community members formed MCPS and have been fundraising and urging political leaders to intervene by putting restrictions on demolition, and the Historical Commission voted to make the Diocese wait the whole one-year delay period before demolition. Monsignor Stephen Pedone, the pastor of the church, said while he appreciates the passion people have for the church, the finances just don’t make sense. “In my heart I really feel the land does have sentimental value to so many people,” Pedone said. “But sentimentality doesn’t pay the bills … I don’t know if this group feels there’s going to be an angel from Heaven coming

down with a bag of cash.” Thwarted for now in efforts to demolish the church – an idea supported by an Inter-Parish Council that has said attendance has dropped to the point that merging parishes makes more sense than continuing to go in debt – the Diocese has been looking to people who do have bags of cash. Chamber of Commerce President and CEO Tim Murray, Diocese of Worcester Vicar General Richard Reidy and members of MCPS met before the City Council meeting this week in Mayor Joe Petty’s office to discuss what Murray said was a golden opportunity, lamenting I-290’s impact on the area. The highway has also been blamed for the church’s structural problems. “If you could start over, what would [that area] look like?” Murray asked. “This is an opportunity to explore ideas and options. People are going to spend time and money fighting each other, when we could be working together.” To that end, Bishop Robert McManus has agreed to hold off on demolishing the church – which he could legally do in May 2017 – until January 2018 to give all parties involved some more time. The money used from selling some parcels of land could fund either a renovation of the church or the construction of a new, smaller church that incorporates elements of the old building. The value of the Mount Carmel campus – assessed at more than $5 million by the city – has not escaped the eye of MCPS members. Rather than being a step toward cooperation, MCPS President Mauro DePasquale said the Diocese’s new alliance with the WBDC was a sign the Diocese is only interested in making

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Monsignor Stephen Pedone speaks to Worcester city councilors money off the property, not preserving it. “It’s tragically clear now that we see there is a possibility of raising funds and, with proper management, maintaining the church for the long term, with the added benefits of a historical designation and preservation tools, it really comes down to a land grab at

the expense of a meaningful iconic sacred and community space, our historic parish and a center for the Italian American cultural community,” DePasquale said. DePasquale also questioned why the continued on page 6

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{ citydesk } MOUNT CARMEL continued from page 5

TAXES continued from page 4

Diocese was getting on board with the idea now. MCPS members initially broached the idea of monetizing surround land during a Historical Commission meeting in May, and at the time a Diocesean attorney called them “pipe dreams.” DePasquale said now MCPS has some leverage in the form of the potential to win a historic district vote, it appears the Diocese is changing their tune. “MCPS’s goal was always to work with the Bishop,” DePasquale said. “We spoke with him in May [and] offered ideas on best practices to improve the poor management, we asked him to explore ways to better monetize the property with a goal of reopening the church for masses and saving the parish. His answer was no. Now that we have an opportunity to save the church and give parishioners a real voice by means of the historic district, political forces – after conspiring for weeks, apparently – without talking to MCPS leadership, contacted us hours before the council meeting asking us to withdraw our petition for a historic district.” While the Diocese has now made moves in the direction of preservation rather than demolition, the biggest rift between the two sides remains the amount of money they have quoted as a goal. MCPS member Lynn Raffa at one point in the Council meeting criticized the Diocese for suggesting Mount Carmel merge with Our Lady of Loreto, where Pedone has started holding services for a combined congregation. Raffa pointed out Loreto’s debt of $600,000 and said it was “five times” what it would cost to fix Mount Carmel, at which point Petty had to use his gavel to quiet laughter from the gallery. DePasquale said while MCPS is working toward a long-term sustainability plan, their goal has always been the $120,000 cost cited as the cost of a tie-back system at the beginning of the process. The Diocese has cited figures as high as $3.5 million. While the Council postponed the item, MCPS also has a date with the Historical Commission later this month. The Commission has jurisdiction over petitioning the state for a historic district. There were already fault lines within MCPS over whether the Council should have postponed the vote, and DePasquale said unless the bishop provides written confirmation that he will work toward maintaining the church, he will be seeking a vote on the historic district petition.

somewhere in the middle.” The whole discussion was nearly overshadowed by a suggestion from Gaffney last week that the city increase estimates for local receipts – a revenue category that covers vehicle excise tax and other fees – that he said were overly pessimistic given reports from the city auditor. While City Manager Ed Augustus Jr. did recommend increasing the estimates of local receipts by $2.46 million, instead of decreasing the tax levy by that amount, he

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instead suggested and the Council accepted a compromise where $492,000 would be – in effect – given back to the taxpayers, while 80 percent would be used for paying into a stabilization fund and debt for retirement benefits. That is in line with how the city spends the “free cash” that would have been left over at the end of the year if revenues did indeed exceed estimates. All of this was amid warnings by the Worcester Regional Research Bureau — and to some degree Augustus himself — that the city’s conservative, predictable budgeting had

led to improved bond ratings and a stronger safety net, and that engaging in “ad hoc” changes after the budget has ostensibly been finalized set a bad precedent and increased the risk of a budget deficit if the city did not take in enough revenue to meet its new, higher estimates. Reporter Tom Quinn can be reached at 508-749-3166 x324 or tquinn@ worcestermagazine.com with story ideas, feedback, or questions. Follow him on Twitter @bytomquinn.

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he year 1989, for some of us, seems like a distant memory, filled with “brick” phones and shoulder pads. “Back To the Future II” had been release Nov. 22, bringing with it visions of hoverboards and flying cars by 2015. About a month later — 27 years ago this month — Worcester Magazine went over the World Future Society’s predictions in an editorial piece titled “Outlook ‘90 and Beyond,” adding commentary on the revolutionary ideas compiled by economists, scholars, researchers, scientists and others who wrote for the WFS’ magazine, The Futurist. The first prediction was that cash would become illegal for all but small transactions, the familiar coins and paper soon rendered obsolete. As time passed after the invention of the credit card , more and more institutions have begun to accept it as a form of purchase. Most people in the country own at least one piece of plastic. A reason they gave was providing an “effective method of crime prevention and detection.” The only problem with that is recent cyber attacks, like the one at Target

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a few years ago, where hackers accessed data from over 40 million shoppers. That brings us to another prediction: surveillance. We are in the age of surveillance. Our information is everywhere, susceptible to government analysis and hackers. The concept that “Big Brother is watching” has been featured in recently on shows like “Mr. Robot,” emphasizing the lack of privacy in our society. The reason for their forecast is incorrect, though. They expected it to be a replacement for prisons, having tracking

implants for criminals and overall spying for regular civilians. That was all before 9/11, before the toxic demand for Islamophobia hit our stars and stripes like the plague. Therefore, one could argue that instituting the Patriot Act to “protect us” was already on its way years before the tragedy that rocked our world. A few ideas ventured optimistic, in terms of drastic change, including robots with human intelligence being as common as household appliances in 2039 and furniture that can communicate. Scientists have been attempting to give robots our intelligence, but haven’t really got there. Expecting to be there by 2019 is a bit presumptuous. Then, having them as popular as microwaves is a whole other step. Instead of actual immigrants coming in, they then estimated that “people who telecommute via computers to work in another country” would be the biggest trade issue of the modern era. Unfortunately, we still have to deal with oil and its political repercussions. OPEC recently cut the price of oil, attempting to smite out the competition, reviving its entitlement in the ring of elite. So, although we might not have talking tables at the moment, who knows what another few decades might bring our way. - Lillian Cohen

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City Manager Ed Augustus Jr. was still waiting on the civil service test rankings from the state when we last asked who was going to be the next fire chief. But that shouldn’t stop some good ‘ol fashioned speculation, right? One interesting tidbit about the search for Worcester Fire Department Chief Geoff Gardell’s replacement is the city is looking as far as the rank of captain to find their man. Civil Service requires a minimum number of candidates from the next rank down, but since Deputy Chiefs Mike Lavoie and John Sullivan are the only two who fit that description, the search was automatically sent to the next level down. And wouldn’t you know, not enough district chiefs applied either. So captains made the cut. I guess it’s good they’re all so humble. And while Augustus said he is going to interview every candidate before making a decision, he did make one guarantee – if the next fire chief’s house catches on fire, it will be his department that responds, not the next town over. “One of the things that’s not negotiable with me is the next fire chief will live in the City of Worcester,” Augustus said. “We acknowledged that up front. It’s very important to me that the top public safety people live in the city.” So if the next chief doesn’t already live in Worcester, he will have to move here, just like Rich Fiske did when he was named Director of Emergency Communications. This will complete the trifecta, as Augustus appointee Worcester Police Chief Steve Sargent already lives here. Another prediction – the next WFD chief will serve longer than Gardell, who was up front about the fact that he was going to leave within two years when he took the job. “I’m looking for somebody who’s going to be around for five or more years, to provide some stability to the department,” Augustus said.

BENCH CRUNCH: The Parks

Commission spent nearly one full minute on a proposed policy for handling park bench donations, a sharp departure from the City Council, which spent nearly half of one of their weekly meetings talking about how best to judge the moral fiber of the people honored on the donated benches that appear in parks across the city. The new policy, which includes a report by the Worcester police to be reviewed by the city manager, will be sent to the Council for a vote soon. In the meantime, there are five benches (with a total of $10,000 given the perbench cost) in limbo as people get turned away when they try to donate to the city. That includes Amy Powers, who was kind enough to give an update on the bench she and the rest of the family had been trying to get installed in Green Hill Park in memory of her nephew, Shane Keenan. The family was told the program was being revamped, and their check was returned after months of “frustration” in finding a location. In the meantime, the $2,000 the family was able to get via a fundraising campaign has been set aside while the whole mess gets worked out. “We’re kind of stuck as to another manner of memorializing him,” Powers said. “We were gung-ho on the bench.” As for the discussion over how intimately the city should wind its tendrils of red tape into the lives of the deceased looking for reasons to turn down a donation, Powers said she disagreed with the premise of needing to decide who is worthy of a bench and who is not. “The loved one passed away,” Powers said. “It doesn’t matter what their past was. People love him and miss him. It doesn’t matter if they’re a murderer. Why does [the city] care?”

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situation? How about what you call the plants with all the lights and ornaments that appear on the Common and in City Hall this time of year? Call it a “Christmas tree” and you’ll get complaints of government mixing with religion, but call it anything else and you’ll get complaints of government declaring war on religion. The city risked that second path by calling the tree lit up during the Festival of Lights a “holiday tree” in promotional materials. But City Manager Ed Augustus Jr. had a different view. “I’m happy to call it a Christmas tree,” Augustus said. “I think it’s a silly distinction. It’s a Christmas tree, and we have menorahs, there will be a menorah lighting in Newton Square.” You say that now, but wait until the Scientologists start asking to put their Tom Cruise statue up in the name of equal treatment. Actually, that would be kind of awesome. Forget I said anything.

{ worcesteria } THIS IS TRULY RHOMBUS: The Parks Commission signed off on a plan to boost Worcester’s rectangular field offerings this past week. It’s an important topic for soccer players especially, but rugby, lacrosse, football and field hockey players as well, as the city has struggled to keep up with growth in those sports’ popularity. It’s not just a problem when scheduling matches – according to Assistant DPW Commissioner Rob Antonelli, citing guidance from parks organizations, ideally fields would have 25 to 50 events per year, get eight weeks of rest per season and get one year of rest every four years – fat chance of that in a city that is already struggling for scheduling space. Of course, you can stretch them further, but that would require more frequent renovation, something that costs money. There is another option – build more fields, alleviate the abuse on the current ones by spreading it out to many fields, and you’ll be able to give fields the tender love and care they need. So what’s the plan? $2.1 million in the first year of the plan to design and build one field and design another, and somewhere from $1.7 million to $2.1 million in future years for the same process, in addition to $25,000 per field per year. The plan also calls for at least one synthetic field per district – they hold up to abuse better, but aren’t always the best solution – and one indoor facility. While the Commission would obviously love for the funding to come through taxes, it could also be funded through state and federal grants, and the Community Preservation Act was brought up again. That’s where communities vote to impose a voluntary tax on themselves reserved in part for recreational space. Think that’s a crazy idea? Boston recently became the 172nd community in the state to adopt the CPA, meaning nearly half the Commonwealth is covered by the agreement. COMEBACK KID: Former Worcester Tornadoes and Assumption College baseball star

Chris Colabello has signed a minor league contract with the Cleveland Indians. While that might not sound like a big deal, it is the first step to a return to the major leagues for Colabello, who played for the Tornadoes for six years. If you’re unfamiliar with Colabello, he captured the attention of sportswriters looking for a feel-good story in 2013 when he overcame adversity (read: playing for the Worcester Tornadoes) to debut in the major leagues at age 29. He hit .321 with 15 home runs over 101 games in 2015 before he captured the attention of sportswriters looking for a feel-bad story by getting suspended 80 games for testing positive for performance enhancing drugs last year. Colabello denied using, as everyone does, but went a few hundred steps further in trying to prove his innocence – for example, testing the blood and urine of his bulldog puppy to see if any of the dog’s medications caused the positive test. Hey, maybe the bulldog can come out of the bullpen for the Red Sox.

ONE IN THE CHAMBER: The City Council closed ranks around one of their own this week, sharply denouncing a “hit piece” by an organization usually known for schmoozing with political figures – the Worcester Regional Chamber of Commerce. District 3 Councilor George Russell has been one of the more ardent voices in favor of a homeowner-friendly tax rate, bucking the Chamber’s advice to tax residents, who currently pay a lower rate than commercial property owners, at the same rate as businesses. The Chamber tried to do something or other with a mailer sent out to businesses in Russell’s turf urging people to “call George” and making the case that Russell’s position was costing the city jobs. Russell’s response? “I just wish when the Chamber decides to put my face on a postcard, they use a recent photo, and maybe don’t greyscale it so I look like OJ Simpson on the cover of Time magazine,” he said. Colleagues, even paragons of camaraderie Mike Gaffney and Konnie Lukes, also stood up for Russell, with some urging an apology. Russell, who serves on the Economic Development subcommittee, also hit back at the Chamber for the substance of their mailer, recalling times he has asked if the city can mandate local hiring as a condition of tax break deals, but “every time I have to fight with the Chamber of Commerce.” This comes one week after councilors jumped on the Chamber and others for saying businesses are abandoning Worcester to be a wasteland for two weeks out of the year while praising the wise leadership of the Worcester renaissance for the other 50 weeks, and in the same week the Chamber’s proposed tax rate was definitively shot down, 3-8. Credit Chamber of Commerce representatives Sherri Pitcher and Stu Loosemore for staying in the Chamber for nearly all of the meeting, at least, although I wouldn’t begrudge them a short cry in the hallway. Reporter Tom Quinn can be reached at 508-749-3166 x324 or tquinn@worcestermagazine.com with story ideas, feedback, or questions. Follow him on Twitter @bytomquinn. DECEMBER 22, 2016 • WORCESTERMAGAZINE.COM

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ne of the things to be most admired about Worcester City Manager Ed Augustus Jr. is the diplomatic way he approaches things, publicly anyway. This is no more evident than during City Council meetings, when inevitably one councilor or another takes a deliberate poke at the city manager, or ridicules one of his ideas or policies. It’s at moments like those when Augustus could probably play a mean hand of poker – his countenance typically remains unchanged, his demeanor placid. Sure, there are times when he slips in a verbal jab or two, but for the most part Augustus, as he must do, sits to the right of Mayor Joe Petty in Council chambers and rises to speak only when asked. The rest of the time, it’s sit and look good for the camera. Which had to make what Augustus did this week even more impressive. The city manager brought forward changes to adjusted revenue projections resulting in a residential taxpayerfriendly rate. Tax bills will still increase, but in a much less austere manner for homeowners than under previous calculations. But that wasn’t the impressive part. No, what impressed was that Augustus managed to do it without clutching his chest and suffering a coronary event. You see, this idea wasn’t his. It wasn’t Petty’s. It wasn’t Augustus’ chief financial officer’s. It came from At-Large Councilor Mike Gaffney. If you follow politics in Worcester at all, you know just about the only thing in the city icier than the relationship between Gaffney and Augustus is the Oval surface on City Common. If you turned on an air conditioner and left all the windows in the room open, you could not create a bigger chill than exists between the Council’s vice chair and its top employee. There is not enough space to devote to just how Gaffney has made his feelings known about Augustus, but the evaluation he delivered earlier this year — the 186-page evaluation — is pretty much all you needed to see to know neither man will be inviting the other to his birthday party anytime soon. About the nicest thing Gaffney said of the city’s chief executive officer was the he “needs improvement.” On his Facebook page, during radio appearances and in the regular video post he calls “Cheers Worcester,” the councilor usually has something critical to say of Augustus. To be fair, he is critical of just about everyone in city government, but Augustus is a regular target. So when Gaffney last week rose from his seat on the Council to ask why revenue projections were so low, and whether they could — and should — be raised to allow the tax rates not to change, it was worth looking to see whether Augustus, in his usual place next to the mayor, had stopped breathing. He didn’t. In the week following, little was heard from his office about the tax situation publicly. On Monday this week, Augustus let councilors know he had, as requested, put forth a compromise proposal based on what Gaffney had raised previously. Mind you, Augustus made it clear he was no enamored with the idea of changing revenue projections midstream, something he said could raise eyebrows among bond rating agencies. Gaffney, of course, dismissed those concerns as “doom and gloom.” One thing is certain after this latest tax rate brouhaha: with winter upon us, Gaffney has whisked into City Hall — and onto the third floor, in particular — an even chillier air.

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• DECEMBER 22, 2016

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’m heading to Dunkin’ Donuts this morning, where I’ll probably see at least one former student manning the drivethru. Sometimes they scribble “I LOVE MISS HARVEY” on my cup. It makes me smile, even at 6:30 in the morning, during the busiest week of the year. It’s the little things, folks. For those of us who celebrate Christmas, the days leading up to Dec. 25 are always stressful. We make lists of food, of gifts, of guests, of bills we can delay paying until January. We bake, shop, wrap and shop some more. We say that we love the holidays, but you’d be hard-pressed to prove it by the faces of shoppers filing to the register. We often look utterly miserable during what is supposed to be the most wonderful time of the year. Emphasis on the word “supposed” - as in “alleged.” The noble warriors who teach in public schools know Christmas is sometimes a double-edged sword, one that can cut deeply for students of poorer Christian families. Not every kid has a tree with presents under it. I’ve worked both ends of the spectrum, having spent 13 years as an instructional assistant in a special-needs preschool before teaching English to secondary students. Some of the same kids I dressed as elves for the Christmas pageant played Biff and Willy Loman in the classroom production of “Death of a Salesman.” After 26 years in the classroom, I can safely say all things are not equal and never will be when it comes to Christmas. It’s been my experience both as a teacher and as a single parent that the pressure put on kids this time of year is brutal. Families struggling to make ends meet every month can hardly afford to fulfill the dreams of children bombarded by advertisements for the latest greatest gadget. The stress level rises horribly under the roofs of families rocked by dysfunction; kids coming from homes plagued by substance abuse feel the dread of the inevitable brawls and disappointments. These disappointments are magnified one hundredfold by the images bombarding our children since Halloween - bathrobe-

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Blue Christmas clad moms and dads sipping cocoa, happily spying from the staircase as brother and sister tear open their loot. As one student put it recently: “This shit ain’t real, Miss.” I know what to expect this week – spotty attendance, heads down, slumped shoulders and scowls. Sprinkle in occasional belligerence for good measure. None of it has anything to do with me, or the lesson plans I wrote. It has everything to do with internal strife, caused by external circumstances far beyond the control of children. My job this week is to keep it together, hour by hour. School adjustment counselors will be busy with the most serious cases, the ones that require immediate attention. During the holiday season, more than any other time of year, I’m reminded the job of teaching has so much more to it than grading papers and following a curriculum. As these days pass, teachers will need to dip into their well of patience one more time, and deliver to students the gift of understanding, the most precious gift they have to offer. It’s our job to recognize the signs of stress and do whatever we can to alleviate the burden, despite our own harried lives. We’ll overlook some behaviors, go easy on the kid who is pushing every button. We’ll bring in donuts and cookies. We’ll avoid asking questions like, “What are your plans for the holidays?” In January, we will begin our day with “Happy New Year” instead of “How was your vacation?” For many kids, the return to school will mean the return of breakfast and lunch, and a warm, safe and healthy environment. We’ll be there to provide all of the above. Much is made about public schools and what some perceive as the system’s failures. Data tells only one side of the story and never reveals what we already know: that kids need us for much more than the “Three Rs. And as I head to Dunkin’ Donuts for 75 holiday munchkins, let me take a moment to wish our readers a warm, safe and healthy holiday, as we strive to remember that we are, if nothing else, our brothers’ keepers.

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es, Donald Trump won and we Democrats suffered a traumatic shock – painful and depressing. We felt sure that a knowledgeable, experienced, well-qualified woman would occupy the White House. Unfortunately, we were completely deluded. Out of nowhere a stealth bomb exploded, blasting our fantasy that Hillary Clinton could not lose. Despite winning the popular vote, she did lose, and now it is time to stop crying, to stop bellyaching – to accept reality. No signing of petitions for Electoral College electors to vote for Hillary, no marching in the streets, no booing at Trump rallies, no vowing to flee the country can alter the fact that on Friday, Jan. 20, 2017 Donald J. Trump takes the oath of office to become the 45th chief executive of the USA. Face it, my progressive friends, as ominous as it sounds, a flaky casino mogul will officially become President Trump — for at least four years — our only president, the leader of the free world. Today, the Democratic Party remains shell-shocked, not only because a most

objectionable Republican won the White House, but also because the GOP will soon gain control of both houses of Congress, and very possibly the Supreme Court, too. As a result, we Democrats fear the worst. Given Trump’s cabinet nominations, we dread the erosion of safeguards protecting the environment and the weakening of Wall Street regulations preventing another recession. We rue the fact that the Republicans have sworn “to repeal and replace Obamacare.”

Your Turn We regret that, following Trump’s lead, member of his party show little concern for the humane treatment of undocumented immigrants. We fear that Trump will find a way to re-institute torture. We decry the increase in hate crimes inspired by his hateful remarks. We note with alarm that despite increasing gun violence, the leaders of the GOP refuse to concede any need for stricter

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gun controls. We deplore their attempts to suppress voting and their efforts to curtail a woman’s right to an abortion. And how can we hope for any real improvement in race relations when Donald Trump nominates a racist like Jeff Sessions to head the Justice Department? All these setbacks jeopardize the wellbeing of the nation, and an out of control Trump administration could endanger the rest of the world as well. Despite the president-elect’s isolationist rhetoric, given his arrogance and ineptitude, Donald Trump is perfectly capable of dragging us into war – maybe even a nuclear one. Nevertheless, in January, our nation inaugurates a president, not a king. We can console ourselves in knowing that in spite of Trump’s grandiosity, the new president will not inherit a monarch’s limitless power. Instead, our brilliant forefathers carefully crafted a democracy with checks and balances, the antithesis of the unchecked, imbalanced monarchy against which they rebelled. Wary and cautious, the prescient founders anticipated a Trump

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presidency, understanding the need for powerful constitutional restraints on any future leader who threatens to run amok. We Democrats can take heart that if Donald Trump flouts the Constitution — violating the First Amendment by attempting to silence the press, or violating Article 1 by profiting from his business with foreign governments — the reckless chief executive risks impeachment. But short of this dishonorable stain on our body politic, other curbs protect us from the authoritarian excesses of the presidentelect. For instance, the hyper-patriotic Trump proposed that we imprison or deport flag burners, apparently unaware that the Supreme Court twice ruled that flag burning constitutes free speech protected by the Constitution. Let us hope that even a Trump-nominated Supreme Court Justice would feel compelled to do his or her duty, voting to overrule the president’s unconstitutional effort to suppress a First Amendment right. The precedent for such a judicial ruling against a president hearkens back to 1952, when the Court overruled Harry Truman, concluding that he had no constitutional right to seize the continued on page 12

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nation’s steel mills. Indeed, a president’s power cannot go unchecked, even when his party has the votes to defeat the opposition in in both houses of the Legislature. Our nation abides by the rule of law which no president ignores with impunity. Arguably, in times of crisis, an existential threat may legitimize expanded executive power - at least temporarily. In 1861, with the country embroiled in a violent disunion, President Lincoln suspended Article 1 of the Constitution, the protection of habeas corpus. Nevertheless, an executive’s wanton abuse of power happens relatively infrequently. And when presidents do fail to heed the limitations of the law, they ultimately come to regret such overreaching. Two (Andrew Johnson and Bill Clinton) suffered impeachment for their questionable actions, and another (Richard Nixon) resigned in disgrace rather than stand trial for his offenses. So Democratic friends, cheer up, with legal limits on their power, presidents can do only so much damage despite their worst intentions. Now is the time to cease mourning our losses at the ballot box. Instead, we must begin to listen sincerely to the frustrated millions who voted for Trump, desperate for a change. It

is time to reform and revitalize our party, reaching out to those who felt we abandoned them. We must regain the trust of these disheartened voters, offering them credible hope. Once the defender of the poor, the disenfranchised and the oppressed, the Democratic Party lost its way. Disconnected from our traditional base, we lost sight of the fact that far too many Americans lack decent paying jobs, good schools, quality healthcare, affordable housing and safe neighborhoods. If we pay full attention to the needs of our constituents, regaining their support by effectively helping them improve their lives, we can win back the governorships, the Congress, and finally the presidency. Yes, Donald Trump triumphed, but only by turning Americans against each other. Now we must reunite our party and unify our nation for all of us to triumph. Harvey Fenigsohn of Worcester taught at the college and secondary level, including 20 years at Bancroft School, was awarded a Fulbright Teacher Exchange Grant and has been published in local and national publications. He now teaches at the Worcester Institute for Senior Education at Assumption College.

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place that brings you together many families without their most personal and prized — home. For far too many, The holidays are supposed to however, the holidays are just possession: their home. be relaxing and filled with joy another day spent worrying, Worcester is no stranger to the harsh from the company of family aftermath of the collapse, and the city might if, and when, they will lose not be seeing any significant changes anytime and friends. You’re supposed their home. The collapse of soon. According to The Warren Group CEO to travel from house to house the housing market in 2008 Tim Warren Jr., “Worcester hasn’t gotten past enjoying one another and the left many lives in ruins and it’s heaviest load.”

He also thinks other parts of the state are still facing a similar distress. The Warren Group, a real estate data and financial information firm, released data in October revealing a 24.7-percent decrease in the number of foreclosure starts, compared to October 2015. However, the year-to-date data reveals the number of petitions have increased in Worcester by 2.4 percent. According to RealtyTrac.com, Worcester PHILLIP LEHANS leads the state in foreclosures, with one in every 834 homeowners being forced out of their home. And while Worcester has many things to boast about — nine colleges, cuttingedge hospitals, an ice rink behind City Hall, to name but a few - leading the state in foreclosures is not something to brag about. Elyse Cherry, CEO of Boston Community Capital, a nonprofit community development financial institution, notes the effect a foreclosure has no the rest of a neighborhood. “Foreclosed homes impact neighborhoods adversely in two ways,” she said. “The first thing is, say you are a homeowner, responsible, paying your mortgage every single month. If you have lots of foreclosed homes in the area, the value of your home drops, even though you’re maintaining it and paying your mortgage. So, the presence of foreclosed homes in a neighborhood causes the ambient home values to drop, and that’s a very difficult thing for everyone. The second thing that happens is, well, the foreclosure process takes a long time. In Massachusetts, it’s, give or take, 450 days from default to foreclosure. So, there’s some period of time in there where the homeowner is not paying, a mortgage is probably not maintaining the home, then the homeowner is evicted, the home stays empty, it’s not in very good condition, you got a lender who’s trying to sell it. So, this thing that was in good condition and really part of a proud neighborhood starts to become an eye sore, and that drives down people’s prices. And the final thing is vacant homes tend not to attract the most responsible people.” To combat those issues, the city put in place an ordinance that required the banks to pay the city a $5,000 bond for each foreclosed home to help maintain the foreclosed home. However, in May 2015 Magistrate Judge David H. Hennessy issued an injunction Stefani Tubert’s home has been foreclosed, leaving her uncertain as to when — and if — she will lose the home she requiring the city to end the ordinance, citing shares with her autistic triplets. the Supreme Judicial Court’s decision in D E C E M B E R 2 2 , 2 0 1 6 • W O R C E S T E R M A G A Z I N E . C O M 13 Tom Matthews

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Courtesy of The Warren Group ©2016 “Worcester and Worcester County is an area where housing prices fell from the 2005 bubble,” she said. “It’s also an area in which people went through a lot of unemployment, but employment is now coming back … if you are a professional in Worcester, working at one of the colleges or one of the medical centers, then I think you’re probably pretty good in terms of housing price. But if you’re somebody who really lived here because of the manufacturing jobs, the shrinkage in the economy around that makes it difficult to be able to afford higher housing prices “… I think Worcester in many respects reflects large areas of the country where although manufacturing has returned, it’s actually grown in the U.S. over the last several years, but it’s robotic manufacturing, it’s not manufacturing that requires lots of jobs, and I think one of the challenges here is to really figure out how to get folks trained and educated for jobs of the future.” Worcester, according to Doug Rawan, chief financial officer for Drew Mortgage, is “a tough market.” “You ever see them put down a tar road? They put down the tar and these big rollers

come by and it suppresses the tar,” he said. “That’s what the big banks are doing to human beings, meaning people that own houses.” “Sixty-five percent of modifications,” he continued, “are defaulting in the country for the second time … the big picture is it’s going to get worse … Once you become a payment late or two payments late, unless you can re-instate the mortgage, they’re not going to accept it. So, now what happens it get worse.”

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the general knowledge of tenant and homeowner rights in the greater Worcester community; educate the public about the foreclosure crisis; create solidarity among households experiencing foreclosure in the greater Worcester community; help tenants and homeowners advocate on their own behalf to stay in their homes; stand with tenants and homeowners to stop lenders from evicting them from their homes; change the policies of lenders handling mortgages and foreclosures; and influence local, state and national legislation. There is plenty of work to do. According to WAFT member Grace Ross, who also serves as coordinator of the Massachusetts Alliance Against Predatory Lending, foreclosures are up across Massachusetts, including Worcester. “Worcester County has always been the hardest hit county in the state,” said Ross. “The city of Worcester’s always been in the top few of hardest hit cities in the state, and Massachusetts has been one of the harder hit states in the country.” How does a foreclosure happen? If you look at the collapse of the housing market in 2008, a lot of people will point to sub-prime mortgages and say that caused the collapse. Ross confirms sub-prime mortgages’ role in the collapse, but also contends that what determines whether you will be foreclosed or not, is when you got the

mortgage that the bank is foreclosing on. “It’s all related to the housing bubble,” she said. “In Massachusetts, outside of Greater Boston, the home prices were ramped up to double their real value, so once the bubble burst anybody, regardless of what kind of mortgage you had, could be in trouble.” “The issue,” she continued, “is this price ramp-up. The sub-prime mortgages were given out by mortgage companies that are not regulated like banks and almost all of them have gone out of business … they weren’t regulated, so they created these mortgages that would not be considered legal for banks to give out, and they used them to run up the prices, and they targeted areas they believed to be up and coming, and you’ll remember that the nomenclature of ‘gateway city’ was kind of coined in the early 2000s, and that’s because the secondary cities in Massachusetts were up and coming. They were doing well economically. And that’s where the mortgage industry targeted their worst mortgages.” WAFT aims at holding lenders accountable. One of the best ways to do so, is through education. “The most important thing for homeowners to know is if you’re facing a foreclosure, do not leave the home,” Ross said. “[Massachusetts is a] non-traditional foreclosure state. In other words, they don’t have to take you to court to foreclose, and

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so people don’t realize that their first shot at getting their day in court is after the foreclosure when they take you to court to try and evict you. So, the single most important thing for someone who’s in trouble to know is, don’t panic, stay through the foreclosure if it happens, and you’re basically, hopefully, going to keep fighting for your home the same way.” That’s where WAFT comes in. “We work with people,” said Ross. “We go and do protests at auctions, and the local bidders, some of whom work for these megainvestors elsewhere in the country or the world, some of them are local bidders, but they know that if it’s a WAFT team member, that they’re going to have to fight them all the way through the court process, and that the illegalities are going to come out, so they tend not to bid, and that leaves you fighting the bank, which is really where we want to be.”

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“Everybody who has been foreclosed and folks who will be foreclosed in the future will eventually have to file something at the Registry of Deeds to protect their 20 years, which everyone has and has had for hundreds of years,” Ross said. “… No one’s been notified. There’s been no notification process from the state, and for folks who’ve been foreclosed in 2014 or earlier, they’ve got to record something before the end of this year at the registry.” Ross said there are at least 3,800 foreclosed homeowners in Worcester that need to file with the Registry of Deeds before the end of the year, all of whom who have had no notification from the state. John Schumacher is a Worcester county resident WAFT is assisting in protecting his 20-year rights, and he urges others to do so as soon as possible. “If you have been foreclosed upon at any time before or after the 31st of December in 2015 you should immediately consult an attorney about this, contact the Worcester Anti-Foreclosure Team, or the Maple Group, or any other organizations that are knowledgeable about your rights in this process,” said Schumacher. “Hurry and do this before the 31st of December 2016, because if

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you were foreclosed before the 2015 mark you will have lost your rights under this law to challenge these fraudulent activities and to try and recover your property. If you were foreclosed since then, you have two years to do this. I would urge you to go out immediately and find out where you’re at in this fiasco. Don’t throw your rights away.” Ross contends the situation now is worse than during the Great Depression. “Somehow, in our society, when we’re running now with foreclosures at over three times the rate during the Great Depression people go, ‘Oh, the Great Depression was really bad,’” Ross said. “The Great Depression was a walk in the park compared to what we’re going through right now. And as far as we can tell, the last time it was this bad was leading into the American Revolution, when you combine the foreclosure crisis that was happening then with the British troops coming in and commandeering, ‘Oh, I like your house, I think I’ll take it,’ and then getting the legislation to ratify it. The last time it was this bad, it led to an overthrowing of the British crown. And it’s very serious. The destruction of people’s lives is devastating and can be permanent. “... Statistics show an individual who is forced to leave their home for economic reasons or foreclosure, the damage going forward, post-traumatic stress, depression, is pretty much as bad, whether you were forced out economically or you actually went through the foreclosure process … we somehow can’t get through our heads or through our hearts what this really means for people, but it’s devastating.” BCC has helped many families in the Worcester community who have faced foreclosure stay in their homes and secure a current market mortgage through their SUN Initiative. “At the very end of 2009, beginning of 2010, we were looking at the foreclosure crisis as we came out of the recession,” said Cherry, “and part of what we were discovering was that people had mortgages on their homes that no longer bore any relation to the market values of those homes. “Lots of people went into default or

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their spending habits, and their savings habits, not inform them if and when their house will be auctioned off. and so forth. So by the end, everybody is pretty much on the same page about whether the mortgage can be afforded or not. I have to say, I think we’ve now done somewhere north of $120 million worth of lending, we’ve been able to help stabilize better than 750 families, we have saved folks in the aggregate probably, give or take, $50 million in outstanding mortgage principle, and we’ve Stefani Tubert, a single saved people on a monthly basis, something mother of autistic triplets, between 35-40 percent on their monthly was not aware her house was housing expense, and all of that’s been done going to be auctioned until with folks in default of foreclosure, and who are primarily lower-income people.” WAFT members showed up on Often times, when a person is going her front doorstep. through a foreclosure, the bank or lenders will “I didn’t even know the house was going

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Joshua Lyford

For seven years, Worcester poet Nicholas Earl Davis has hosted the Dirty Gerund Poetry Show at Ralph’s Diner, 148 Grove St., alongside Alex Charalambides. The show takes place every Monday, and taking a seat by the side bar of the diner, under the dim lights and taxidermy, a large portion of Worcester’s poetry community performs their pieces in company with headlining acts. Some of the words are dark, some are hilarious, but all are real.

Much like Davis’s work. One such piece, “Talking Worcester Blues,” has inspired an unusual collaboration between the poet, artist Eamon Gillen, Jessica Walsh of Worcester Wares and the restaurant staff of deadhorse hill. “The poem isn’t a love letter to the city,” said Davis, sitting in the back corner of Ralph’s Diner beneath a large taxidermy deer head. The antlers make strange shadow shapes on the wall behind him. “It’s kind of like a pep talk. I’ve been frustrated with the city and wanted to leave and even tried to leave, actively. I did leave. I didn’t finish it, I wrote the second half when I came back. The inspiration is that our city is a tough mother [expletive deleted], and this is her advice.” Walsh heard Davis read the poem months prior. She was familiar with the poet through the Dirty Gerund, but Davis read “Talking Worcester Blues” at The Sort of Late Show with Shaun Connolly one evening while Walsh was a guest. The poem – one line in particular – had a lasting effect on the Worcester Wares owner. “What’s so great about the poem is that it’s so very Worcester,” she said. “ It touches on the things that are so Worcester, but that line, ‘triple-decker decadent,’ I feel like it’s such an amazing line, there is something to it. The three words themselves are just words I have never heard together, but part of what makes Worcester so awesome is that we’re both gritty – I know the word ‘gritty’ is used too much – but we also have this industrial past and this ownership and pride over it. I don’t think ‘triple-decker decadent’ is making fun of that, I think it’s owning that. People are so excited about this. People are proud to have grown up in a triple decker and this celebrates that.” So, Walsh got the ball rolling for a line of items in Worcester Wares. She started with artist Gillen, who had crafted a chalkboard mural in her store previously and he began designs inspired by the concept of “triple decker decadence.” “Living in Worcester most of my life, I’ve grown up in and rented enough three-decker homes to be able to draw them from memory very easily,” Gillen said. “Between this and the banners and lettering, I do often as a full-time tattooer I put it all together to try and make a unique readable image that could work on a shirt, pin, print or anything else it would be used for.” Worcester Wares currently has several of Gillen’s designs on hand, with tee shirts, pins, stickers, totes and prints (of Gillen’s imagery as well as of the full Talking Worcester Blues poem) available in store. The collaboration didn’t end there however, as the group partnered with deadhorse hill, WORCESTERMAGAZINE.COM

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decadent who now have a cocktail and dessert inspired by the poem. “‘Triple Decker’ was a slam dunk,” said Sean Woods, beverage director and co-owner of the restaurant. “We could have made it into a burger, we could have taken a sandwich and called it a triple decker. I thought it was great, these community ideas and including more and more people. Because of this, a poet isn’t trapped in a coffee house, people can see this. It’s living in a restaurant. Everyone is mingling and the common denominator is Worcester.” A copy of the poem comes with each of the restaurant’s menus, but can be overlooked. When the dessert is ordered, however, it comes on a vintage Worcester plate with a large version of the poem for guests to read. “As a poet, specifically, and as an artist in general, it’s really easy to underestimate your own work,” said Davis. “It’s really easy to not think about it as a commercially-viable option. I’m not going to retire off a tee shirt, but just to have a way to buy a meal or two off of it is just incredible.” Davis said he was ecstatic to be a part of the project, to have a line of items inspired by his words, but the deadhorse inclusion was particularly special. “I’m a huge food nerd,” laughed Davis. “There are things on their menu that have been on my bucket list, that I’ve wanted to try and watched Youtube videos on. Getting published on their menu is bigger to me than if it was like Harvard Press. Being next to a three-year aged Spanish ham is a bigger honor than being next to the biggest author in the country. As a chubby food nerd, that’s a bigger honor.” While Davis writes a lot, he said “Talking Worcester Blues” is his only Worcester-centric work to date, but it is obvious the city means a lot to him, and he describes his vision of the city in interesting terms. “She is that patron at the bar,” he said. “That person at the bar, probably an older lady, she might buy you a shot or you might buy her a shot, but everyone else is giving her space. But for some reason you catch a glint in her eye and decide to go talk to her. She’s probably got at least one good thing to tell me. Then you realize that she’s the reason the bar was built. She’s the patron saint.” So what, according to Davis, does the line all of this focuses on — “you need to be triple decker decadent” — mean? “I’ve been there,” said Davis with his hands outstretched. “That’s every time you’re at a party in some rundown triple decker and you realize that you’re living better than any other mother[expletive deleted], no matter what’s in their pocket. That’s triple-decker decadence. Looking around and saying ,we’re drinking 30 racks of cheap shit, but I look around and I’m in love with everyone in this room, we’re all in love with each other and we’re all beautiful. It’s better than anything could be. It’s that feeling.” The “Triple Decker Decadence” line of items is available at Worcester Wares, DCU Door 22. “Talking Worcester Blues” cocktail and dessert are available at deadhorse hill, 281 Main St. You can catch Davis every Monday at The Dirty Gerund Poetry Show at Ralph’s Rock Diner, 148 Grove St. Davis will hold a release show for his “Nicholas Earl Davis is Getting Drunk with Dead Stick and Hambone” record at Bull Mansion, 55 Pearl St., on Feb. 24. The album takes spoken word and slam poetry as an American art form and mashes it with American, bluegrass, folk and country music. This includes a Paula Abdul bluegrass remix with a poem about a one night stand. Reporter Joshua Lyford can be reached at 508-749-3166, ext. 325, or by email at Jlyford@worcestermagazine.com. Follow Josh on Twitter @Joshachusetts and on Instagram @Joshualyford. DECEMBER 22, 2016 • WORCESTERMAGAZINE.COM

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Vincent’s Celebrates 19 Years Joshua Lyford

Vincent’s, 49 Suffolk St., is a Worcester staple, and on Friday, Dec. 23, the bar and music venue will celebrate 19 years with Big Eyed Rabbit, featuring Jon Short, Duncan Arsenault and Jeff Burch.

“It’s pretty cool,” bar manager Frank Inangelo said. “Vincent [Hemmeter] has the other two bars, Nick’s and he has Ralph’s, but this was his first, so even though he’s split between the three bars, he definitely has special feelings for this particular one.” Naturally, Hemmeter isn’t alone in those feelings as the bar has been a Worcester fa-

vorite since the start. Inangelo has been along for the ride nearly since the first night, working behind the bar for18 and a half years. In the years since, he has gone on the manage the day-to-day goings on at the bar and booking music at the welcoming locale. “It’s great. There are so many really good bars and restaurants in this city and we’ve been able to persevere and keep going pretty much keeping the same course,” Inangelo said before sipping a soda water with splash-ofcran at the bar. “We’ve never really changed anything too drastically. We’ve seen a lot of bars come and go, but we do what we do. We know our limitations. We’re not going to be the cool, super hip college bar or sports bar, even though you can come down here and watch the game or hang out and listen to some music.” That welcome, familiar feeling extends beyond just the taxidermy on the walls and deep wood of the bar’s interior, the staff, Inangelo said, has been largely consistent as well.

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“Everyone that’s worked here, for the most part, has been here for a while,” he said. “There’s a consistency. The menu has been pretty much the same menu we’ve had. We’re open 365 days a year, there’s always a consistency and it will be pretty close to that last time you were here, so there’s no surprises.” The menu, it should be pointed out, includes a meatball sandwich folks swear by, and knowing there is a bar stool waiting on Suffolk Street, with cold beer on hand, a world-class meatball sandwich and talented musicians to enjoy is a huge boon to aficionados of all types. “We just try to get the best players in the area,” Inangelo said of his goals when seeking out musicians. “I’m a drummer, so I’ve been on both sides of it. I want the bands to feel comfortable and like we want them to be here, that we’re not just using them to fill the place, even though we rely on bands to draw people in. “We’ve been really lucky with the level of

players over the years, but we are limited with the amount of space we have. Because we don’t charge a cover charge, it can be hard to get certain acts. But we have a lot of players I would never have thought would want to play here because they like the room or that the crowd is really responsive. We’ve gotten to the point where I have a lot of customers coming in that may not know who is playing that night, but they can be confident there will be someone talented.” While much of the music performed inside the walls of Vincent’s focuses on roots rock, blues or jazz, the network between Vincent’s, Nick’s, 124 Millbury St., and Ralph’s Diner, 148 Grove St., means there is always a home for live music. “Vincent also owns Ralph’s so we have the ability to say, ‘Oh you’re a punk band or a metal band or a rock band,’ and we can send them to Marcus [Ohanesian] over at Ralph’s,” he said. “If there’s a really avant-garde jazz thing, we can call Nick’s. Same thing with us,

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Marcus will call us and say, ‘Hey I’ve got this band that won’t work here, but might work there.’” Big Eyed Rabbit, which features Jon Short, Duncan Arsenault and Jeff Burch, played the bar’s 15th anniversary, and each are Vincent’s musical regulars. “I’ve been friends with Duncan for years,” said Inangelo. “We’re both drummers and we’ve both worked in music stores. He does a residency on Wednesday nights where he brings in different players. I was going through the calendar and said, ‘I have this date, are you interested in doing it?’, and he said, ‘Yeah, Jon Short and Jeff said they could do it.’ Jon plays here solo on a weekly basis, anyway. Getting that dirty blues sound with the dark wood in here and the taxidermy, it’s a good vibe.” Head to Vincent’s, 49 Suffolk St., Friday, Dec. 23 for its 19th anniversary, and celebrate with Big Eyed Rabbit, a cold beer and a meatball sandwich. Reporter Joshua Lyford can be reached at 508-749-3166, ext. 325, or by email at Jlyford@worcestermagazine.com. Follow Josh on Twitter @Joshachusetts and on Instagram @Joshualyford.

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The Empire strikes again Jim Keogh

For true believers, the arrival of “Rogue One: A Star Wars Story” is an early Christmas present. Disney’s prequel to “A New Hope” perpetuates the mythology George Lucas invented in 1977, and even spackles some key plot holes (explaining, for instance, why the Death Star was constructed with a fatal flaw).

I am not a “Star Wars” fanatic, but I do appreciate a good adventure yarn, and “Rogue One” is certainly that. It’s serviceable if only fittingly inspired, ranking somewhere in the middle tier of “Star Wars” movies. The notable exception is the final battle, which, evokes the suicide mission of “The Dirty Dozen” with echoes of a Vietnam-era firefight. It’s one of the best third acts of the entire series — a classic wartime conflict conducted with science fiction weaponry. The first hour is all dense backstory. We’re introduced to Jyn Erso (Felicity Jones), who as a child witnessed the murder of her mother and abduction of her father, Galen (Mads Mikkelson), at the command of the Imperial officer Orson Krennic (Ben Mendelsohn, who was brilliant as the bad seed in Netflix’s “Bloodline”). Krennic is living proof you should never trust a man in a cape unless he’s wearing a big “S” on his chest. Galen is a renowned engineer forced to design the Death Star while being held in captivity for more than a decade; his participation gets him branded a traitor by the Rebel Alliance. Jyn, too, is a prisoner until she’s freed by a ragtag Rebel band, and begins scheming to free Galen and clear his name (daddy issues forming the marrow of a typical “Star Wars” movie). Among her cohorts are the dashing Cassian (Diego Luna);

Chirrut (Donnie Yen), a blind monk who wields a fighting stick like a vengeful Sith lord; Baze (Wen Jiang), who walks softly and fires a big gun; and the quietly hysterical android K-2SO (voiced by Alan Tudyk). “Rogue One” is no swashbuckler. This is a war movie, complete with mushroomcloud allusions to nuclear detonation — the destruction of an entire city takes the form of an earthen tsunami — and a score of meaningful deaths. You might not want to become too attached to any one character, because all lives are fair game. Some observations: • It’s nice to hear James Earl Jones’ baritone once again emanating from behind the mask of Darth Vader. The Villain of Villains is not on screen for long, but his limited appearances are played for maximum effect. When he powers up his light saber and goes on the offensive, there’s little to compare it to. • A beloved denizen of the “Star Wars” universe makes an abbreviated appearance toward the end, in what may be the most ambitious use of CGI in the entire film. Unfortunately, the effect is like something out of Madame Tussaud’s Wax Museum. • This film is very human-centric — the “Star Wars” bar scene featured more alien life forms than the entirety “Rogue One.” • Intentional or not, director Gareth Edwards pays homage to some memorable films. Jyn’s crew sneaking on rocky outcroppings to reach the Imperial fortress is reminiscent of the Scarecrow, Tin Man and Lion inching toward the Witch’s castle in “The Wizard of Oz.” And the infiltration of the communications tower is pure “The Guns of Navarone.” The “Star Wars” universe will continue to expand until it flames out like a supernova. But that won’t happen for a millennium or more. I’ll be dead, you’ll be dead, and Disney will be run by droids.

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This week, I visited Avellino in Sturbridge for a Friday dinner date. The historic building at 502 Main St. consisted of three separate spaces, each offering its own distinct atmosphere. We navigated past the first floor bar to a host stand that acted as a crossroads between The Duck, a rustic American gastro-pub, and Avellino, a traditional Italian kitchen. We were then escorted to a corner table in a glass-paneled nook of Avellino’s dining room, which offered storybook views of the

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Our server was attentive and knowledgeable. Throughout the evening, she exhibited a certain level of industry intuition – offering inspired suggestions and identifying what we needed before we knew we needed it. The decor came across as country-primitive, including the miniature hand-crafted pine trees set on every table. Blown glass light fixtures emitted a soft glow throughout the restaurant. Colorful bottles hung from the ceiling, forming an artful partition. The only detail that felt out of place in this cloth napkin establishment was the paper placemat waiting at each seat. We began the evening by ordering a bottle of the Niro Montepulciano D’Abruzzo ($34), an elegant. full-bodied Italian red. Wine service operated from a long farmhouse table in the center of the dining room, where glasses sat perched for display. Our server expertly pulled the cork and presented a taste to our satisfaction. We ordered the Antipasto ($14) which arrived with Genoa salami, Capocollo, pickled fennel, butternut squash, pepperoncini, cucumbers, tomatoes, gorgonzola, goat cheese and sliced figs. We were also supplied with

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perfect pacing with the evening. The Fresh Rigatoni was served al dente with cherry peppers, vine ripened tomatoes, broccoli rabe, anchovies and Italian sausage. To my delight, the sausage boasted some serious heat, leaving our cheeks flushed despite the drafty dining room. The housemade Gnocchi Bolognese offered a mature sauce that paired perfectly with our wine and emitted subtle notes of cinnamon and clove. Both entrees

Year’s Eve celebration Saturday, Dec. 31. Seatings are from 4-7:30, with a grand gala upstairs from 8:30 to midnight, featuring champagne tasting bar, classical guitar master Larry Baione and more. The event is just about sold out, so call 508-764-0700 today. “For the most part, it’s in the rearview mirror,” co-owner and chef Jonathan Krach said of the controversial show he said had a definite impact on business after it aired. Locals, in particular, he said, were less than supportive after the episode, which devoted a chunk of time to rumors that the restaurant was serving up a side of flesh with its food, if you get the drift. Business has rebounded for the most part, Krach said, noting he recently opted not to renew the lease for another food venture, the Blue Max diner near the Southbridge airport. Krach said he, “personally couldn’t be more excited and invigorated” about the Vienna’s future, Ramsay’s theatrics and the immediate decline in revenue notwithstanding. “We wake up and try to do out best,” Krach said. One change worth noting if you’re watching your diet or avoiding meat altogether: the Vienna serves up gluten-free, vegan and vegetarian options. In fact, Krach said, business on that end has increased from 1-2 percent to as much as 15 percent of overall sales. “The future,” he said, “looks good.” demonstrated a surprising complexity I sometimes find lacking among the local Italian standards. Avellino turns out enormous portions, and although my date is generally opposed to taking home leftovers, he made sure to box whatever we didn’t finish. We agreed our dinner for two had been splendid and Avellino would be equally suited for large groups of friends or family. Our total bill came to $93.09.

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Football Event - “FireFan” app, party. Interact live during Live sporting events. “FireFan” the Newest Sports App. Out! Download the free app, join the team: “Canal Game” Then: Watch + Predict + Earn ~ Interact live during Live sporting events ~ Compete for points and achieve top ranks ~ Earn loyalty tokens and player rewards. Get in the game! N/A. 4-8 p.m. Canal Restaurant & Bar, Bar/Lounge, 65 Water St. 508-926-8353. Dana Lewis LIVE! Dana Lewis Live! Playing the Greatest Hits of the 50’s to the 80’s in the lounge “The sound track of your Youth” Best Wood fired Pizza’s, Italian Food, Full Bar, Lottery & Me! No Cover. Come on out! Free! 6-9 p.m. Cafe’ Sorrento, 143 Central St., Milford. 508-478-7818 or find them on Facebook. Don Prang. Join us for an early evening of acoustic favorites with Don Prang. 6-8 p.m. Beatnik’s, 433 Park Ave. 508-926-8877. Sean Fullerton “Fully” Acoustic! Please join Sean Fullerton tonight for a fun night of Acoustic Blues, Rock, Memphis Soul, and Fingerstyle Guitar...originals and covers. Dinner, Drinks, Music. 6-8 p.m. Smokestack Urban BBQ, 139 Green St. 508-363-1111 or seanfullertonmusic.net Giuliano D’Orazio. Free! 6:30-9:30 p.m. Basil n’ Spice, Thai Cuisine, 299 Shrewsbury S. 774-317-9986 or basilnspice.com Mauro DePasquale Duo. Worcester’s own Vocalist/Pianist Mauro DePasquale of Jazzed Up and guest for an intimate evening of romantic American Songbook and jazz classics. Relax and enjoy! jazzedup.net No Cover. 6:30-8:30 p.m. GAR Hall, Bull Mansion, 55 Pearl St. Open Mic Most Thursdays @ Barbers North. To check the schedules and open slots visit: Bill McCarthy’s Open Mic World on Facebook Bill McCarthy (originator of the “Half-Hour Sets!”) is your host at another great Open Mic Night! Email Bill McCarthy to reserve it at: openmcc@verizon.net (make sure you put “open mic” in the email’s “subject box”) Network * Collaborate * Learn. Over sixty different musicians regularly support my open mic nights all are friendly and supportive -- and many are: * Former or currently signed recording artists * Award-winning pro’s or semi-pro’s * Regularly gigging paid-performers * Published songwriters * Recording studio owner/operators * Combinations of any and/or all of the above. To check the schedules and open slots visit Facebook. Any slot marked as “open” usually is! Free! 6:30-9:30 p.m. Barbers Crossing (North), 175 Leominster Road, Sterling. 978-422-8438. A Christmas Carol. Full price tickets are $28, $42, and $52, depending on seating location. Members, groups of 10 or more, corporate partners, seniors and AAA members receive a 10% discount. Children and students are 50% off. 7-9 p.m. Hanover Theatre for the Performing Arts, 2 Southbridge St. 877-571-7469 or thehanovertheatre.org Open Mic. Attention Performers- Amateurs and Experts! Do you sing or play an instrument? Are you looking for a crowd that will appreciate your incredible sense of humor? Maybe you have some secret talent that you’re ready to share with the world (or at least your local coffee house). Drop in for Open Mic! Full Sandwich Menu Desserts Coffee & Espresso BYOB beer & wine only $0. 7-10 p.m. Cake Shop Cafe, 22A West St., Millbury. 508-865-9866 or cakeshopcafe.com Open Mic @ The Blue Plate. Show off your musical talents, collaborate, or just listen to some cool tunes in a laid back atmosphere. Most Thursday’s. PA provided. Free. 7-10 p.m. Blue Plate Lounge, 661 Main St., Holden. 508-829-4566. Bill McCarthy. 8 p.m.-1 a.m. The Mill 185, 185 West Boylston St., West Boylston. 774-261-8585. Chris Reddy Acoustic Loops from Hell. 8 p.m.-1 a.m. Rye & Thyme, 14 Monument Square, Leominster. 978-534-5900. Cold soldier band. Cold Soldiers report for duty every Thursday

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night for Lois’ happy hour time. Dwight Perry, George Dellomo, Bob Berry and whoever the cat drags in! No cover. 8-10 p.m. Dunny’s Tavern, 291 East Main St., East Brookfield. John Brazile. 8-11 p.m. Quinn’s Irish Pub, 715 West Boylston St. 508-459-2025. John Mongeon & Ryan Herrick. Songs for the journey with influences from Jeff Buckley, Chris Whitley, Blind Melon, Hozier, Xavier Rudd, Jimi Hendrix Experience, Rusted Root, Alice in Chains, John Butler Trio, Neil Young, Radiohead, Incubus, Black Dub, Shakey Graves, The Police, JJ Grey & Mofro, Bukka White, Mississippi Fred McDowell, Led Zeppelin... $5. 8 p.m.-1 a.m. Beatnik’s, 433 Park Ave. 508-926-8877 or ryanherrick.com Open Mic hosted by Michael Rivelis. 8-11 p.m. Mr. Dooley’s Olde Irish Country Pub, 303 Shears St., Wrentham. Sam James Performs at Loft, Thurs at 8. 8-11:59 p.m. Loft 266 Bar & Lounge, 266 Park Ave. 508-796-5177. Audio Wasabi. 8:30 p.m.-1:30 a.m. Gardner Ale House, 74 Parker St., Gardner. 978-669-0122. Carlos Odria Trio. No Cover. 8:30 p.m.-2 a.m. Nick’s Bar and Restaurant, 124 Millbury St. 508-753-4030. Thursdaze -- Open Mic. 18+ with proper ID Hosted by local artist Rife Styles BYOB for guests over 21! (hard alcohol prohibited) 8:30 p.m.-1 a.m. Spiritual Haze, 589 Park Ave. 508-799-0629. Jim Devlin. 9 p.m.-2 a.m. Michael’s Cigar Bar, 1 Exchange Place. 508-459-9035. Karaoke. DJ Nancy, of Star Sound Entertainment. 9 p.m.-1 a.m. Club KasBar, 234 Southwest Cutoff. 508-798-8385. Karaoke. 9 p.m.-2 a.m. Classic’s Pub, 285 Central St., Leominster. 978-537-7750. Thumpin College Thursdays. Come dance the night away with our DJ Scrappy every Thursday Night. 9 p.m.-1:30 a.m. MB Lounge, 40 Grafton St. 508-799-4521.

6-9 p.m. Rapscallion Brewery & Tap Room, 195 Arnold Road, Fiskdale. 617-869-5702. Hip Swayers Deluxe! Best way to spend your Friday - ski and sway with the Hip Swayers! No cover. 6-8 p.m. Coppertop Lounge/ Wachusett Mountain Ski Area, 499 Mountain Road, Princeton. 978464-2300. Bill McCarthy Every Friday at Barbers Crossing North. Now catch Bill McCarthy playing his heart out every Friday at Barbers North (Sterling, MA) @6:30pm Visit: BillMcCarthyMusic.com for info. Free! 6:30-9:30 p.m. Barbers Crossing (North), 175 Leominster Road, Sterling. 978-422-8438. A Christmas Carol. Full price tickets are $28, $42, and $52, depending on seating location. Members, groups of 10 or more, corporate partners, seniors and AAA members receive a 10% discount. Children and students are 50% off. . 7-9 p.m. Hanover Theatre for the Performing Arts, 2 Southbridge St. 877-571-7469 or thehanovertheatre.org Amanda Cote, Bluesy Americana. Amanda Cote’s been making waves in the New England area, and people are taking notice. Her performances are soulful, emotional, and a hell of a lot of fun! She’s sure to wow with the sheer honesty and power in her voice while accompanying herself on her guitar. An artist and a night you’re sure to be remembered! N/A. 7-10 p.m. Canal Restaurant & Bar, Bar / Lounge, 65 Water St. 508-926-8353. April’s Fools. 7-10 p.m. Compass Tavern, 90 Harding St. 508304-6044. Arts on the Green “Caroling on the Common”. A favorite holiday tradition in Shrewsbury, this annual carol sing with the Worcester Brass Consort and hot chocolate takes place on the town common regardless of the weather. In the event of extreme winter conditions, this event is moved into the FCC fellowship hall. This event is made possible by Heald & Chiampa Funeral Home, Scizzors Hair

Terry Brennan. 8 p.m.-noon Quinn’s Irish Pub, 715 West Boylston St. 508-459-2025. The Flock of A@$HOLES Christmas Special Spectacle. The Flock will stuff the Christmas magic in your heart and in the air tonight at JJ’s. We want to spend the holidays with our favorite friends so Ho Ho Hold me now and come on out Friday night! Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays. We love you! Free. 8 p.m.-1 a.m. J.J. O’Rourke’s, 380 SW Cutoff, Northborough. 508-842-8420 or find them on Facebook. Live Music. 8:30 p.m.-1 a.m. Gardner Ale House, 74 Parker St., Gardner. 978-669-0122. Dan Kirouac - solo/acoustic. Dan has been part of the regional music scene for thirty years. When not busy with the tribute band Beatles For Sale, his solo performances showcase vocals accompanied by a six-string acoustic guitar. From the one-hit wonders to the lost classics, from the 1960s to today, every show is a different experience, drawing from almost 500 contemporary and oldie songs. More information at dankirouac.com. Free. 9 p.m.midnight The GazBar Sports Grill, 1045 Central St., Leominster. Funklopian Tubes. Funklopian Tubes is a funk/rock fusion band from central New England. The trio consists of Jeff Mac/Guitar, Brant Stout/Bass, & Chris Palace/Drums. The band creates a unique sound that is innovative, instrumental, & improvisational. $5. 9 p.m.-1 a.m. Beatnik’s, 433 Park Ave. 508-926-8877 or find them on Facebook. Karaoke. 9 p.m.-2 a.m. Partner’s Pub, 970 South St., Fitchburg. 978-345-5051. Silverbacks. $5. 9 p.m.-1 a.m. Greendale’s Pub, 404 W Boylston St. 508-853-1350. Lavender Restaurant Karaoke. Join Magic Mike Entertainment DJ’s for Karaoke Night every Friday & Saturday Night! Free. 9:30 p.m.-1 a.m. Lavender Restaurant, 519 Boston Post Road, Sudbury. magicmikeentertainment.com

Don’t miss one final performance of Charles Dickens’ “A Christmas Carol,” directed by Troy Siebels, at Hanover Theatre for the Performing Arts, 2 Southbridge St., Worcester, Friday, Dec. 23, 7-9 p.m. Full-price tickets are $28, $42 and $52. For more information and tickets, visit thehanovertheatre.org.

Escape The Room. Escape Games Worcester is a real life, live action escape the room game that offers a fully interactive experience. You and your teammates are locked in a room with a mystery that needs to be solved before your time is up. Each of our games has a unique and suspenseful storyline, which will be revealed as you explore the room and search for clues. All clues, puzzles and riddles will ultimately lead you to the final mystery, which will hold the key that will allow you to escape. Or will it? Can you work together to solve the mystery and escape the room? $25. 4-10 p.m. Northworks Building, 108 Grove St. escapegamesworcester.com

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Thank Friday it’s Nat at 5:30; then Open Mic Cabaret with Jennifer Antkowiak at 9pm. No Cover. 5:30 p.m.-2 a.m. Nick’s Bar and Restaurant, 124 Millbury St. 508-753-4030. Ernest Benoit at Rapscallion Brewery Tap Room. Free!

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Salon and Shrewsbury Federal Credit Union. Free Admission-Food Bank Donations Appreciated. 7-9 p.m. First Congregational Church of Shrewsbury, On the Common in front of the Church, 19 Church Road, Shrewsbury. 508-845-7286. Chris Reddy - Acoustic Christmas. 7 p.m.-1 a.m. The Mill 185, 185 West Boylston St., West Boylston. 774-261-8585. Brian Chaffee. 8 p.m.-1 a.m. Rye & Thyme, 14 Monument Square, Leominster. 978-534-5900. City Boys. 8 p.m.-1 a.m. Happy Jack’s, 785 North Main St., Leominster. 978-466-3433. Kevin Shields. 8 p.m.-1 a.m. South Side Grille & Margarita Factory, 242 West Broadway, Gardner. 978-632-1057. Live Bands. 8 p.m.-1 a.m. The Blacksheep Tavern, 261 Leominster Road, Sterling. 978-422-0255. Ricky Duran Performs at Loft, Friday at 8. 8-11:59 p.m. Loft 266 Bar & Lounge, 266 Park Ave. 508-796-5177.

Sean Fullerton “Fully” Acoustic! Please join Sean Fullerton tonight for a fun night of Acoustic Blues, Rock, Memphis Soul, and Fingerstyle Guitar...originals and covers. :) Dinner, Drinks, Music. 9:30 p.m.-12:30 a.m. McGuiggan’s Pub, 546 Washington St., Whitman. 781-447-7333 or seanfullertonmusic.net DJ’s. 10 p.m.-2 a.m. Banner Pub, The, 112 Green St. 508-755-0879. DJs. 10 p.m.-2 a.m. Compass Tavern, 90 Harding St. 508-304-6044. DJ 21+Canal. Live Dj pushing out all the latest hits for you’re listening and dancing pleasure! N/A. 10:30 p.m.-1:40 a.m. Canal Restaurant & Bar, 65 Water St. 508-926-8353. Safe House Radio Show. This is a live radio broadcast with 2 living DJs hoping to drag you out of your lonely IPods and phone apps to hear the local & national metal, thrash, screamo, punk and alternative you wont hear on mainstream radio. Tune into WCUW 91.3FM in the Worcester and surrounding areas. Or stream live on wcuw.org (hit the listen live button in the upper left corner of screen)

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Join your DJs Summi and Momma Bear for an hour of metal, thrash, screamo, punk & alternative. You’re not alone in your digital world. Were out here live! Call in to let us know your listening @ (508)7532284 after 11pm. Hope you tune in to hear local and national metal and more! 91.3fm or wcuw.org It’s your community radio! So enjoy it already! Sheesh! 11 p.m.-midnight Online on Facebook. Escape The Room. Escape Games Worcester is a real life, live action escape the room game that offers a fully interactive experience. You and your teammates are locked in a room with a mystery that needs to be solved before your time is up. Each of our games has a unique and suspenseful storyline, which will be revealed as you explore the room and search for clues. All clues, puzzles and riddles will ultimately lead you to the final mystery, which will hold the key that will allow you to escape. Or will it? Can you work together to solve the mystery and escape the room? $25. 4-10 p.m. Northworks Building, 108 Grove St. escapegamesworcester.com

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Christmas Eve Candlelight Lessons and Carols with Choir, Soloists, Organ, Instruments. The splendor of the Glory of Christmas begins with the traditional Adeste Fidelis (O Come All Ye Faithful) the glorious pageantry of the festive choral processional. Through a creative blend of congregational Christmas carols, solos, instruments, with the spoken word, the nativity story unfolds with colorful wonder. We end the service with Silent Night as the single candle of the Spirit of Christmas is passed from one to another to fill our hearts with a renewed light of hope and peace. Free. 5:15-6:30 a.m. First Unitarian Church, 90 Main St. 508-7572708 or first-unitarian.com Dana Lewis Live! Dana Lewis Live! At Quaker Tavern, Rt.146 Exit 2 to Rt. 14a, Uxbridge. Playing & singing the Greatest Hits of the 50’s to the 80’s. “The soundtrack of your youth” Great Food, Full Bar,

DJ’s for Karaoke Night every Friday & Saturday Night! Free. 9:30 p.m.-1 a.m. Lavender Restaurant, 519 Boston Post Road, Sudbury. magicmikeentertainment.com DJ’s. 10 p.m.-2 a.m. Banner Pub, The, 112 Green St. 508-7550879. DJs. 10 p.m.-2 a.m. Compass Tavern, 90 Harding St. 508-3046044. DJ 21+Canal. Live Dj pushing out all the latest hits for you’re listening and dancing pleasure! N/A. 10:30 p.m.-1:40 a.m. Canal Restaurant & Bar, 65 Water St. 508-926-8353. Escape The Room. Escape Games Worcester is a real life, live action escape the room game that offers a fully interactive experience. You and your teammates are locked in a room with a mystery that needs to be solved before your time is up. Each of our games has a unique and suspenseful storyline, which will be revealed as you explore the room and search for clues. All clues, puzzles and riddles will ultimately lead you to the final mystery, which will hold the key that will allow you to escape. Or will it? Can you work together to solve the mystery and escape the room? $25. 4-10 p.m. Northworks Building, 108 Grove St. escapegamesworcester.com

Lottery & Me! No Cover. Be There! Free! 6-9 p.m. Nancy’s Quaker Tavern, 466 Quaker Hgwy (Route146a), Uxbridge. 508-779-0901. Open Mic. Open to musicians, poets, comedians or anyone with a talent! Hosted by Stephen Wright. 6-9 p.m. Nu Cafe, 335 Chandler St. >Sunday 25 508-926-8800 or nucafe.com Happy Xmas & Hanukkah Eve! No Cover. 7 p.m.-2 a.m. Nick’s Bar and Restaurant, 124 Millbury St. 508-753-4030. Outrageous Greg’s Crazy Karaoke. 7 p.m.-1 a.m. Marty’s pub. Live Bands. 8 p.m.-1 a.m. The Blacksheep Tavern, 261 Leominster Road, Sterling. 978-422-0255. Live Music. 8:30 p.m.-1 a.m. Gardner Ale House, 74 Parker St., Gardner. 978-669-0122. Lavender Restaurant Karaoke. Join Magic Mike Entertainment Dana Lewis Live! Dana Lewis Live! Playing the Greatest Hits of the 50’s to the 80’s in the lounge “The sound track of your Youth”

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Best Wood fired Pizza’s, Italian Food, Full Bar, Lottery & Me! No Cover. Come on out! Free! 6-9 p.m. Cafe’ Sorrento, 143 Central St., Milford. 508-478-7818 or find them on Facebook. Open Mic Sundays @ Plaza Azteca! To check the schedules and open slots visit: Bill McCarthy’s Open Mic World on Facebook Bill McCarthy (originator of the “Half-Hour Sets!”) is your host at another great Open Mic Night! Email Bill McCarthy to reserve it at: openmcc@verizon.net (make sure you put “open mic” in the email’s “subject box”) Network * Collaborate * Learn. Over sixty different musicians regularly support my open mic nights all are friendly and supportive -- and many are: * Former or currently signed recording artists * Award-winning pro’s or semi-pro’s * Regularly gigging paid-performers * Published songwriters * Recording studio owner/ operators * Combinations of any and/or all of the above. To check the schedules and open slots visit Facebook. Any slot marked as “open” usually is! Free! 6-9 p.m. Plaza Azteca, 539 Lincoln St. Merry Happy Xmas! We’re Open at 7pm! No Cover. 7 p.m.2 a.m. Nick’s Bar and Restaurant, 124 Millbury St. 508-753-4030. Karaoke. DJ Nancy, of Star Sound Entertainment. 9 p.m.-1 a.m. Club KasBar, 234 Southwest Cutoff. 508-798-8385. Karaoke. 9 p.m.-2 a.m. Partner’s Pub, 970 South St., Fitchburg. 978-345-5051. Karaoke. 9 p.m.-2 a.m. Classic’s Pub, 285 Central St., Leominster. 978-537-7750. Escape The Room. Escape Games Worcester is a real life, live action escape the room game that offers a fully interactive experience. You and your teammates are locked in a room with a mystery that needs to be solved before your time is up. Each of our games has a unique and suspenseful storyline, which will be revealed

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p.m. Thursday - Saturday. 950 Main St. 508-793-7349 or 508-7937113 or clarku.edu Clark’s Cafe and Art On Rotation Gallery, Hours: 6 a.m. to 1 p.m. Sunday - Saturday. Admission: Free for gallery. 310 High St., Clinton. 978-549-5822 or 978-365-7772 or aorgallery.com as you explore the room and search for clues. All clues, puzzles College of the Holy Cross: Iris & B. Gerald Cantor Art and riddles will ultimately lead you to the final mystery, which will Gallery, Hours: closed Sunday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday - Friday, hold the key that will allow you to escape. Or will it? Can you work 2-5 p.m. Saturday. 1 College St. 508-793-3356 or holycross.edu together to solve the mystery and escape the room? $25. 4-10 p.m. Danforth Museum of Art, Hours: noon-5 p.m. Sunday, closed Northworks Building, 108 Grove St. escapegamesworcester.com Monday - Tuesday, noon-5 p.m. Wednesday - Thursday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Friday - Saturday. 123 Union Ave., Framingham. 508-620-0050 >Monday 26 or danforthmuseum.org Blue Mondays - Live Blues. 7 p.m.-1 a.m. Gardner Ale House, EcoTarium, Turtle Travels , Sundays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays, 74 Parker St., Gardner. 978-669-0122. Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays, through May 7. Hours: noon-5 p.m. Boxing Day Trivia. No Cover. 9 p.m.-2 a.m. Nick’s Bar and Sunday, closed Monday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday - Saturday. Head to The Cove Music Hall, 89 Green St., Worcester for Restaurant, 124 Millbury St. 508-753-4030. Admission: $15.00 adults; $10 for children ages 2-18, college The Nytro Before Christmas Friday, Dec. 23, 9 p.m. to Karaoke. DJ Nancy, of Star Sound Entertainment. 9 p.m.-1 a.m. students with ID & senior citizens. Children under 2 & EcoTarium 2 a.m. Catch ENO, aka Confusion, and others. Hosted by Karl Club KasBar, 234 Southwest Cutoff. 508-798-8385. members free. Additional charges apply for Tree Canopy Walkway, Krazen. Cost is $5 at the door. For more information, find the Explorer Express Train, planetarium programs & other special event. event page on Facebook or email CoveJimmy@gmail.com. >Tuesday 27 222 Harrington Way. 508-929-2700 or ecotarium.org Tuesday Open Mic Night @ Greendale’s Pub with Fisher Museum Harvard Forest, 324 N. Main St., Petersham. Bill McCarthy Local Musicians Showcase! To check the 978-724-3302 or harvardforest.fas.harvard.edu schedules and open slots visit: Bill McCarthy’s Open Mic World on Fitchburg Art Museum, Hours: noon-4 p.m. Sunday, closed Facebook Bill McCarthy (originator of the “Half-Hour Sets!”) is your Monday, noon-4 p.m. Tuesday - Saturday. 25 Merriam Parkway, host at another great Open Mic Night! Email Bill McCarthy to reserve Fitchburg. 978-345-4207 or fitchburgartmuseum.org it at: openmcc@verizon.net (make sure you put “open mic” in the Fitchburg Historical Society, Hours: closed Sunday, 10 a.m. email’s “subject box”) Network * Collaborate * Learn. Over sixty to 4 p.m. Monday - Tuesday, 10 a.m.-midnight Wednesday, closed different musicians regularly support my open mic nights all are Thursday - Saturday. 50 Grove St., Fitchburg. 978-345-1157 or friendly and supportive -- and many are: * Former or currently signed fitchburghistory.fsc.edu recording artists * Award-Winning pro’s or semi-pro’s * Regularly Fitchburg State University: Hammond Hall, 160 Pearl St., gigging paid-performers * Published songwriters * Recording studio Fitchburg. fitchburgstate.edu owner/operators * Combinations of any and/or all of the above. To Framed in Tatnuck, Hours: closed Sunday - Monday, 10 a.m. to check the schedules and open slots visit Facebook. Any slot marked 6 p.m. Tuesday - Friday, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday. 1099 Pleasant as “open” usually is! Free. 7:30-11:30 p.m. Greendale’s Pub, 404 W St. 508-770-1270 or framedintatnuck.com Boylston St. 508-853-1350 or find them on Facebook. Fruitlands Museum, 102 Prospect Hill Road, Harvard. 978-456Dam Chick Singer. No Cover. 8:30 p.m.-2 a.m. Nick’s Bar and 3924 or fruitlands.org Restaurant, 124 Millbury St. 508-753-4030. Gallery of African Art, Hours: closed Sunday, 10 a.m. to 5:30 Boogie Chillin’. Bluesy, bluegrassy, acoustic band with a twist. p.m. Monday - Wednesday, 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Thursday, 10 a.m. to Jon Bonner - Guitar & Vocals Fernando Perez - Percussion Zack 5:30 p.m. Friday, 9 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Saturday. Admission: Donations Slik - Mandolin & Vocals Dan Villani - Violin/fiddle Rose Villani - Bass accepted. 62 High St., Clinton. 978-265-4345 or 978-598-5000x12 Free! 9 p.m.-midnight Vincent’s Bar, 49 Suffolk St. 508-752-9439 or or galleryofafricanart.org find them on Facebook. Mike Melendez. 9 p.m.-2 a.m. Michael’s Cigar Bar, 1 Exchange Highland Artist Group, 113 Highland St. highlandartistgroup. Karaoke. DJ Nancy, of Star Sound Entertainment. 9 p.m.-1 a.m. Place. 508-459-9035. com Club KasBar, 234 Southwest Cutoff. 508-798-8385. Mass Audubon: Broad Meadow Brook Conservation Karaoke. 9 p.m.-2 a.m. Classic’s Pub, 285 Central St., Leominster. Center and Wildlife Sanctuary, Hours: 12:30-4 p.m. Sunday, 978-537-7750. closed Monday, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tuesday - Saturday. 414 Massasoit ADC Performance Center (@ The Artist Development Road. 508-753-6087 or massaudubon.org >Wednesday 28 Complex), 18 Mill St., Southbridge. 508-764-6900 or adcmusic.com Museum of Russian Icons, Hours: 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday, Open Mic Wednesdays at CJ’s Steak Loft in Anna Maria College, 50 Sunset Lane, Paxton. 508-849-3300 or closed Monday, 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tuesday - Friday, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Northborough. To check the schedules and open slots visit: Bill Saturday. Admission: Adults $10; Seniors (59 +), $7; Students, $5; McCarthy’s Open Mic World on Facebook. Bill McCarthy (originator of annamaria.edu ArtsWorcester, “The Pace of Nature” by Allison Coelho Picone, Children 3-17, $5; Children <3, free. 203 Union St., Clinton. 978the “Half-Hour Sets!”) is your host at another great Open Mic Night! Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays, through Jan. 25. Hours: closed Sunday 598-5000 or 978-598-5000 or museumofrussianicons.org Email Bill McCarthy to reserve it at: openmcc@verizon.net (make - Monday, 1-4 p.m. Tuesday, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Wednesday - Friday, Old Sturbridge Village, Hours: 9:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday, sure you put “open mic” in the email’s “subject box”) Network * 1-4 p.m. Saturday. Admission: Free. 660 Main St. 508-755-5142 or closed Monday - Tuesday, 9:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. Wednesday - Saturday. Collaborate * Learn. Over sixty different musicians regularly support artsworcester.org Admission: $14 - $28 charged by age. Children under 3 free. 1 Old my open mic nights all are friendly and supportive -- and many Asa Waters Mansion, Admission: $3 for guided tour $7-10 for Sturbridge Village Road, Sturbridge. 800-733-1830 or 508-347-3362 are: * Former or currently signed recording artists * Award-winning tea. 123 Elm St., Millbury. 508-865-0855 or asawaters.org or osv.org pro’s or semi-pro’s * Regularly gigging paid-performers * Published Assumption College: Emmanuel d’Alzon Library, 500 Park Hill Gallery, Hours: closed Sunday, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Songwriters * Recording studio owner/operators * Combinations of Salisbury St. 508-767-7272 or assumption.edu Monday - Friday, closed Saturday. 387 Park Ave. 774-696-0909. any and/or all of the above. To check the schedules and open slots Booklovers’ Gourmet, Paintings by Cheryl Economos, Through Post Road Art Center, Hours: closed Sunday, 9:30 a.m. to 5:30 visit Facebook. Any slot marked as “open” usually is! Free! 6-9 p.m. Dec. 31. Hours: closed Sunday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday, 10 a.m. to p.m. Monday - Saturday. 1 Boston Post Road, Marlborough. 508CJs Steakloft, 369 W. Main St. (route 20), Northborough. 508-3936:30 p.m. Tuesday - Friday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday. 55 East Main 485-2580 or postroadartcenter.com 8134 or find them on Facebook. St., Webster. 508-949-6232 or er3.com Preservation Worcester, Hours: closed Sunday, 9 a.m. to 5 Mauro DePasquale Duo. Worcester’s own Vocalist/Pianist p.m. Monday - Friday, closed Saturday. 10 Cedar St. 508-754-8760 Mauro DePasquale of Jazzed Up for an intimate evening of romantic Clark University: Cohen-Lasry House, 11 Hawthorne St. or preservationworcester.org American Songbook and jazz classics. Relax and enjoy! jazzedup.net clarku.edu Clark University: Schiltkamp Gallery, 92 Downing St. 508- Prints and Potter Gallery: American Arts and Crafts No Cover. 6:30-8:30 p.m. GAR Hall, Bull Mansion, 55 Pearl St. 793-7349. Gallery, Hours: closed Sunday, 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Monday Dave O’Brien Performs at Loft, Weds at 8. 8-11:59 p.m. Clark University: Traina Center for the Arts, 92 Downing Tuesday, 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Wednesday - Thursday, 10 a.m. to 5:30 Loft 266 Bar & Lounge, 266 Park Ave. 508-796-5177. p.m. Friday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday. 142 Highland St. 508-752Open Mic - hosted by Amanda Cote. All genres and acoustic St. clarku.edu 2170 or printsandpotter.com instruments welcome. 21+ or with guardian. Sign-up begins at 7:30 Clark University: University Gallery, Hours: noon-5 p.m. Sunday, closed Monday - Tuesday, noon-8 p.m. Wednesday, noon-5 Quinebaug Valley Council for the Arts & Humanities, Free. 8-11 p.m. Legends, Airport Road - Fitchburg Ma, Fitchburg. 978-895-5883. Trivia Night. 8:30-11 p.m. Banner Pub, The, 112 Green St. 508755-0879. AriBand. No Cover. 9 p.m.-2 a.m. Nick’s Bar and Restaurant, 124 Millbury St. 508-753-4030. Karaoke. Come sing your hearts out with DJ Mikey Mic’s every Wednesday Night. 9 p.m.-1 a.m. MB Lounge, 40 Grafton St. 508799-4521. Karaoke. 9 p.m.-2 a.m. Partner’s Pub, 970 South St., Fitchburg. 978-345-5051. Karaoke. 9 p.m.-2 a.m. Whiskey on Water, 97 Water St. Karaoke. 9 p.m.-2 a.m. Classic’s Pub, 285 Central St., Leominster. 978-537-7750.

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the Arts Center, Hours: 2-4 p.m. Sunday, closed Monday - Friday, 2-4 p.m. Saturday. 111 Main St., Southbridge. 508-346-3341 or qvcah.org Quinsigamond Community College: Administration Building, 670 West Boylston St. qcc.edu Rollstone Studios, Hours: 11-4 p.m. Sunday, closed Monday Wednesday, 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Thursday - Saturday. Admission: free. 633 Main St., Fitchburg. 978-348-2781 or rollstoneartists.com Salisbury Mansion, Hours: closed Sunday - Wednesday, 1-8:30 p.m. Thursday, 1-4 p.m. Friday - Saturday. 40 Highland St. 508-7538278 or worcesterhistory.org SAORI Worcester Freestyle Weaving Studio, 18 Winslow St. 508-757-4646 or 508-757-0116 or saoriworcester.com Sprinkler Factory, Admission: free. 38 Harlow St. sprinklerfactory.com Taproot Bookstore, Hours: noon-5 p.m. Sunday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday - Tuesday, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Wednesday - Thursday, 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Friday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday. 1200 West Boylston St. 508-853-5083 or TaprootBookstore.com Tatnuck Bookseller & Cafe, Hours: 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Sunday, 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. Monday - Thursday, 9 a.m. to 10 p.m. Friday Saturday. 18 Lyman St., Westborough. 508-366-4959 or tatnuck.com The Foster Gallery, 51 Union St. 508-397-7139 or thefostergallery.com Top Fun Aviation Toy Museum, Hours: 1:30-4:30 p.m. Sunday, closed Monday - Friday, 10:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Saturday. 21 Prichard St., Fitchburg. 978-342-2809 or 978-297-4337 or topfunaviation.com Tower Hill Botanic Garden, Hours: 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday, closed Monday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday - Saturday. Admission: $12 Adults, $9 Seniors & $7 Youth, free to Members & Children under. 11 French Drive, Boylston. 508-869-6111 or towerhillbg.org Worcester Art Museum, Art Carts: Family Fun - Antioch, the Hunt Mosaic & WAM, Wednesdays, Thursdays, through Dec. 29; Facing the World: Modernization and Splendor in Meiji Japan, Through April 16, 2017; Helmutt on the Move, Sundays, Wednesdays, Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays, through Aug. 31; Jeppson Idea Lab: Renoir’s The Jewish Wedding, Through March 26, 2017; KAHBAHBLOOOM: The Art and Storytelling of Ed Emberley, Through Sept. 9, 2017; Picket Fence to Picket Line: Visions of American Citizenship, Through Feb. 5, 2017. Hours: 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday, closed Monday - Tuesday, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Wednesday, 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. Thursday, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Friday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday. Admission: Free for members, $14 adults, $12 seniors, free for youth 17 and under. Free for all first Saturdays of each month, 10am-noon. 55 Salisbury St. 508-799-4406 or worcesterart.org Worcester Center for Crafts, Exhibition: The Cup Show, Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays, through Dec. 24. Hours: closed Sunday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday - Saturday. 25 Sagamore Road. 508-753-8183 or worcestercraftcenter.org Worcester Historical Museum, Mall Series: Worcester Galleria by Stephen DiRado, Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays, through Dec. 24. Hours: closed Sunday - Monday, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tuesday - Saturday. 30 Elm St. 508-753-8278 or worcesterhistory.org Worcester Public Library, Hours: 1:30-5:30 p.m. Sunday, 9 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Monday, 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. Tuesday - Wednesday, 9 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Thursday - Saturday. 3 Salem Square. 508-7991655 or worcpublib.org WPI: George C. Gordon Library, 100 Institute Road. wpi.edu

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Dick’s Beantown Comedy Escape at Park Grill & Spirits - Fridays, Saturdays, Saturday, September 18 - Monday, December 31. Dick Doherty’s Beantown Comedy Escape at Park Grill & Spirits 257 Park Ave Worcester MA 01609 Dick Doherty’s Beantown Comedy Clubs Showtimes: Friday 9pm-Saturdays 8pm -$20pp Reservations Recommended at 800-401-2221 Prices: $20 Fri/Sat pp except Special Events Drinks and Appetizers available in the show room Full

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Dinner Available before Show in Restaurant $5off with College ID and Reservations 2 for 1 Active Military or Veterans and Reservations $4 off with Dinner Receipt and Reservations. Fri only Dec 23rd 9pm Dick Doherty and Friends Special Event! $25pp Open to Public Fri only Dec 30th 9pm Operation Friendship Fundraiser and Friends New Year’s Eve ~Special Event!!! $35pp (Show only) $69pp (Dinner Show) Includes Champagne toast and Favors each show Sat Dec 31st 7:30pm or 10:30pm Chris Zito Steve Donovan Sarah Martin and Friends Dick’s Beantown Comedy Escape at Park Grill & Spirits Great Food and Fun Make Reservations Early at 800-401-2221 or online at dickdoherty.com 4th Wall 6th Season Auditions - Wednesday, December 21 - Thursday, December 22. Additional auditions for “12 Angry Jurors” directed by FSU’s Kelly Morgan - all types, ages, ethnicities - come prepared with a monologue; Also, looking for 6 women and 2 men for “Dotty Dot” directed by Barbara Guertin - a children’s musical for pre-school to 4th graders to be performed at the new Hanover Theater adjacent facility during February vacation - must have that whole week off as performances are during the day. Please prepare a capella 16 bars and a short monologue or story that is anecdotal. Free. 6-9 p.m. Sprinkler Factory, 38 Harlow St. Call 508-951-2665. Orlando Baxter’s 7th Annual Toys 4 Tacoma - Thursday, December 22. Come on down for a great night of laughs all for a good cause! There is no cover, however we will be accepting a toy donation for a child in need at Great Brook Valley or $$ donations! This year features a great lineup of comedians including: Orlando Baxter Corey Rodrigues James Dorsey Nick Chambers Doug Guertin Bryan O’Donnell Tyrell Williams Tom Dwyer and Shaun Connolly Toy or $$ Donation. 8-11 p.m. Ralph’s Chadwick Square Diner, 148 Grove St. Call 508-753-9543 or visit Facebook. Murph’s Comedy Joint Presents: Re-entering Worcester - Friday, December 23 - Saturday, December 24. Two comics: Anthony Z.Amorello and Brendan P. Sargent are re entering

Take a two-hour class, Intro to Product Photography with Jessica White Tuesday, Dec. 27, 6-8 p.m., at The WorcShop, 243 Stafford St., Worcester. Learn the basics of product photography, including basic staging and two different options for lighting your produce. Bring your own camera (camera phones welcome). Cost is $60 for members, $80 for nonmembers. Space limited to 10 students. For more information, email theworcshop@gmail.com. Worcester fro LA, tonperform for family/friends and all Worcester residents... this show is one night only Dec 23rd at 8pm at fiddlers green 19 temple street... tickets are $15 in advance and $20 at door night of event. Call Murph at 508-450-6788, This is link to get tix: events.ticketprinting.com/event/21898. 8-10 p.m. Fiddlers’ Green Pub & Restaurant, Main Hall, 19 Temple St. Call 508 450-6788 or visit Facebook. The Sound of Music - Wednesday, December 28. “Sparkling, fresh and lively.” – Los Angeles Times The Hills are Alive! A brand new production of The Sound of Music, directed by three-time Tony Award® winner Jack O’Brien, is coming to Worcester. The spirited, romantic and beloved musical story of Maria and the von Trapp Family will once again thrill audiences with its Tony®, Grammy® and Academy Award® winning Best Score, including “My Favorite Things,” “Do-Re-Mi,” “Climb Ev’ry Mountain,” “Edelweiss” and the title song. The Sound of Music features music by Richard Rodgers, lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II, book by Howard Lindsay and Russel Crouse, suggested by “The Trapp Family Singers” by Maria Augusta Trapp. The Sound of Music enjoyed extraordinary success as the first live television production of a musical in over 50 years when “The Sound of Music Live!” aired on NBC in December, 2013 and was seen by over 44 million people. 2015 marked the 50th anniversary of the film version, which continues to be the most successful movie

musical in history. thehanovertheatre.org/subscriptions.php. 7:309:30 p.m. Hanover Theatre for the Performing Arts, 2 Southbridge St. Call 877-571-7469 or visit thehanovertheatre.org National Marionette Theatre - Wednesday, December 28 Saturday, December 31. The National Marionette Theatre is coming to Old Sturbridge Village for December school vacation week! Founded in 1967 by artistic director David A. Syrotiak, this award-winning marionette company has been entertaining and amazing audiences around the world with its imaginative productions for more than forty years. Performances are 50 minutes in length and each day will feature a different story: December 28 - Pinocchio December 29 - Sleeping Beauty December 30 - Peter and the Wolf December 31 - Hansel and Gretel Before or after attending a marionette show, non-members can enjoy a day at Old Sturbridge Village for an additional $5 per person! OSV Members: $7 per person / per show; Non-Members: $9 per person / per show. 11-11:50 a.m., 1-1:50 p.m., 3 p.m. to 3:50 p.m. Old Sturbridge Village, 1 Old Sturbridge Village Road, Sturbridge. Call 800-733-1830 or visit osvchristmas.org

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Fire Prop Workshop: Fire Fans with Sacha Fire Gypsy. Part of our new fire prop series of workshops. Learn how to fabricate your own fire fans out of stainless steel! Predesigned templates will be available for modification. Students can submit design concepts of their own at least one week prior to the start of the class. The class takes the student through the entire process of creating custom high quality stainless steel and kevlar fire fans from design through fabrication, to wicking. No experience necessary but class can be appropriate for mid level to advanced metalcrafters. Spaces are limited. Minimum 2 students required, maximum 8. $200 members / $250 non-members. 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. The WorcShop, 243

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Fierce Femme Forging and Fabrication (9 weeks). Part of our new fire prop series of workshops. Learn how to fabricate your own fire fans out of stainless steel! Predesigned templates will be available for modification. Students can submit design concepts of their own at least one week prior to the start of the class. The class takes the student through the entire process of creating custom high quality stainless steel and kevlar fire fans from design through fabrication, to wicking. No experience necessary but class can be appropriate for mid level to advanced metalcrafters. Spaces are limited. Requires minimum 3 students to run, maximum of 6 students. $600 members/$690 non-members. 6:30-9:30 p.m. The WorcShop, 243 Stafford St.

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are welcome, but appointments are preferred! Visit redcrossblood. org to schedule your donation, and a positive photo ID is required upon your visit. For more information, call 1-800-RED-CROSS or visit redcrossblood.org 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. Worcester JCC, 633 Salisbury St. 180073327677 or bit.ly/2gSXf4o Homeschool Programs at Wachusett Meadow - Knit a Gift for a Friend. Learn the art of knitting--a useful skill to last a lifetime! Create a small keepsake to give as a gift or treasure for yourself. $8 Child Members, $12 Child Nonmembers. 1-3 p.m. Mass Audubon: Wachusett Meadow Wildlife Sanctuary, 113 Goodnow Road, Princeton. 978-464-2712 or massaudubon.org

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Astronomy Coloring Day. Drop-in Astronomy coloring craft for December Vacation. Children must be accompanied by adult. Free. 11 Donna E. Hart Reading and Activities Afternoon. a.m. to 3 p.m. Annie’s Book Stop, 65 James St. 508-796-5613 or find Children’s author Donna E. Hart reads and leads coloring and activities them on Facebook. with children. Her book is Sherry Strawberry’s Coloring and Activity Rainbow Lunch Club. The Rainbow Lunch Club meets the 2nd Book. Free. Noon-2 p.m. Annie’s Book Stop, 65 James St. 508-796& 4th Wednesdays of each month and offers LGBTIQA seniors age 5613 or find them on Facebook. 60+ a nutritious meal and an opportunity to socialize with friends and enjoy various activities including programs, entertainment and >Tuesday 27 educational series. Advance reservations are required. Please call Harry Potter Make Your Own Wand. Join us for a Drop-in or email by the previous Wednesday: (508)756-1545 ext.404 or craft event where you can make your own magic wand! Children must wlen@eswa.org All are Welcome: LGBTIQA 60 years old and older; be accompanied by adults. Free. 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Annie’s Book Stop, younger partners, friends, and allies $2.50 suggested donation for 65 James St. 508-796-5613 or find them on Facebook. those age 60+; the fee for younger individuals is $5.50. Noon-2 Ralph Earl: A Glimpse of Early Worcester County. James p.m. Unitarian Universalist Church of Worcester, 90 Holden St. 508A. Welu, Director Emeritus of the Worcester Art Museum, presents 756-1545 or meetup.com Ralph Earl: A Glimpse of Early Worcester County. In his large painting Wednesday Night Mayhem. Mayhem Entertainment, The from 1800, Looking East from Denny Hill, Ralph Earl gives us one of Twisted Minds Behind the FBW present a completely ridiculous writing the most informative views of the land that would become the city

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Helmutt’s Drop In Studio. Add to your museum visit experience by participating in Helmutt’s Drop-In Studio, offered in conjunction with the exhibition, “KAHBAHBLOOOM: The Art and Storytelling of Ed Emberley.” Try your hand at some of the techniques Ed uses to create his colorful picture books, like thumbprint drawing, printmaking, and making pictures with color block shapes. New art-making activities weekly. Dec 28, 29, 30 - Fun Print Winter Bean People & Draw Castles and Knights Open hours: WednesdaysFridays, 11am-12noon, and 1-3pm; Sundays 2-4:45pm. Suitable for all ages; Helmutt’s Drop-In Studio is available on a first-come, first-served basis. (All programming subject to change) Free with Museum admission. 11 a.m.-noon and 1-3 p.m.Worcester Art Museum, Studio 100, 55 Salisbury St. 508-799-4406. Nick’s Bar and Restaurant, 124 Millbury St., Worcester, opens at 7 p.m. Christmas Day Sunday, Dec. 25, 7 p.m. to 2 a.m. There’s no cover. For more information, email nwatson50@aol.com.

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Art Carts: Family Fun - Fun and Games. Discover the past by playing games! Learn to play chess medieval style, checkers with no kings, plus classic games such as Nine Men’s Morris and Mancala! (Programming subject to change) Free with Museum admission. 1-2 p.m. Worcester Art Museum, Renaissance Court Balcony, 55 Salisbury St. 508-799-4406.

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Preschool Story Hour-Candles and Light. Enjoy an hour of nature-themed fun with your youngster. Listen to an engaging story, make a craft to take home, and go for a walk on one of the sanctuary’s beautiful trails. Participants are invited to stay for an additional half hour to socialize and enjoy free play in the classroom or play yard. Free for adults, $2 child members, $3 child nonmembers. 10:30-11:30 a.m. Mass Audubon: Wachusett Meadow Wildlife Sanctuary, 113 Goodnow Road, Princeton. 978-464-2712 or massaudubon.org Art Carts: Family Fun - Arms and Armor. Knightly armor is nice and shiny, but how does it feel? How heavy is the armor? Is it comfortable? How and why did they decorate it? Discover the answers to these questions and more with our hands-on armor activity! (Programming subject to change) Free with Museum admission. 2:30-3:30 p.m. Worcester Art Museum, Renaissance Court Balcony, 55 Salisbury St. 508-799-4406.

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Zip Tour: Del Sarto: Saint John the Baptist. Zip tours are fast paced views of one artist or work of art, and last only 20 minutes. Free with Museum admission; Admission free for all the first Saturday of each month between 10am-12noon. Tour begins in the Lancaster Welcome Center. Free with Museum admission. Noon12:30 p.m. Worcester Art Museum, 55 Salisbury St. 508-799-4406. Art Carts: Family Fun - Arms and Armor. Knightly armor is nice and shiny, but how does it feel? How heavy is the armor? Is it comfortable? How and why did they decorate it? Discover the

Holiday Vacation: Science for Wizards. Consider yourself enrolled at EcoTarium: School of Science-craft and Magical Inquiry! Explore the science behind the magic in “classes” such as Astronomy, Herbology, and Care of Magnificent Creatures. Use science to feel like a wizard in Charms and witness the power of chemistry in Potions! Between classes, visit with owls and explore the forbidden forest! Non-magic folk welcome. Wand and robes are encouraged but not required. Free with EcoTarium admission ($15 adults, $10 children 2-18, seniors 65+ and students with ID); Free for EcoTarium Members and children under 2. EcoTarium, 222 Harrington Way. 508-929-2700 or ecotarium.org

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Art Carts: Family Fun - Eastern and Western Tea. England and Japan are both known for their tea service: England for the beautifully formal tea parties, and Japan for the elaborately choreographed cha-no-yu ceremony. Discover the differences (and similarities!) between these ways of making and serving tea while getting a hands-on look at both tea sets. (Programming subject to change) Free with Museum admission. 1-2 p.m. Worcester Art Museum, Asian Gallery, 55 Salisbury St. 508-799-4406.

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Worcester County Memorial Park - Paxton Unit C, section Heritage II, plots 1 and 2. Today’s price is $6500, asking $3500. 508-344-9626 Worcester County Memorial Park - Paxton Garden of Serenity Two lots for sale. Present price $3495 for both, will sell for $900 each, totaling $1800. Call 801-294-7514 Worcester County Memorial Park, Paxton MA Garden of Heritage II. 2 Lots w/vaults. Current value $8300.00 Asking $3950.00 for both or B/O. Call Jim 508-769-8107 Worcester County Memorial Park Paxton, MA Garden of the Cross Premier Location, Must sell Value $5250 Asking $4000 OBO 508-799-5678

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Vaillancourt Folkart Christmas Dishes Creamware dishes include: 9 mugs, 12 dinner, 12 salad/dessert, 8 holly pattern plates, 1 serving, creamer & sugar. $1500 value. Asking $500 or b/o. walshpa2001@yahoo.com

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Vintage Flying Nun Lunch Box with thermos. Fair condition. $20. 508-856-7124, days.

Free Exercise Equipment Bench press, stationary bike, free weights. 508-865-3322

Corn Hole Game College size, 4 bags. $65. 978-798-1475

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Cut, split, and delivered Seasoned or Kiln Dried Firewood. Visit woodbustersfirewood.com for details. Or call Putnam Services 508-886-6688

Rutland - House for Rent 3 BR Ranch, all redone, new appliances, washer/dryer. $1500/mo. incl. water & sewer. 508-341-3685

2004 Pontiac Bonneville 114,000 miles. Graphite Gray. $595 Motor knocking, likely needs replacement, body and interior good shape. Good project or parts car. 508-873-7449

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55 Gallon Fish Tank Includes top, metal stand & light. $75. 508-752-1172 Maytag Electric Range Super capacity asking $300. 978-305-4784 anytime. 8 Ft. Step Ladder $10 508461-9365

3 CD Player/Cassette/Radio Aiwa Boom Box, barely used and in perfect condition, $30. 508-212-0178 Police Scanner Radio Shack (NOAA). Excellent condition. Asking $125. 978-537-9633

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MILLBURY PLANNING BOARD PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE In accordance with the provisions of Chapter 40A of the Massachusetts General Laws, the Millbury Planning Board will hold a public hearing on Monday, January 9, 2017 at 7:15 p.m., in the Municipal Office Building, 127 Elm Street, Millbury, MA, on the application of Peter Sannicandro, 55 Sycamore Street, Millbury, MA for a hobby kennel permit under Site Plan review under Article 1, Section 12.41 and Article 2, Section 25.12 of the Millbury Zoning Bylaws. Application is available for review in the Planning Department during normal business hours. Anyone wishing to be heard on this matter should appear at the time and place specified above. Richard Gosselin Chairman December 22 & 29, 2016

LEGALS/PUBLIC NOTICES MILLBURY PLANNING BOARD PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE In accordance with the provisions of Chapter 40A, Section 5 of the Massachusetts General Laws, the Millbury Planning Board will hold a public hearing on Tuesday, January 3, 2017, at 5:30 p.m., at the Memorial High School Media Center, 12 Martin Street, Millbury, MA, in regard to a proposed amendment to the Millbury Zoning Bylaws for a temporary moratorium on marijuana establishments and the sale or distribution of marijuana and marijuana products. The proposed amendment to the Millbury Zoning Bylaws is available for review in the Planning Department during normal business hours. Anyone wishing to be heard on this matter should appear at the time and place specified above. Richard Gosselin Chairman MILLBURY PLANNING BOARD PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE In accordance with the provisions of Chapter 40A of the Massachusetts General Laws, the Millbury Planning Board will hold a public hearing on Monday, January 9, 2017, at 7:30 p.m., in the Municipal Office Building, 127 Elm Street, Millbury, MA, on the application of Steven Gaspar, property located at 15A&B, Howe Avenue, Millbury, MA for a Multi-Family Dwelling Special Permit under Article 1, Section 14.11(b) of the Millbury Zoning Bylaws. Applicant proposes to demolish existing multi-family structure and construct a new multi-family structure. Application is available for review in the Planning Department during normal business hours. Anyone wishing to be heard on this matter should appear at the time and place specified above. Richard Gosselin Chairman December 22 & 29, 2016

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TO ALL INTERESTED INHABITANTS OF THE TOWN OF SUTTON AND THE TOWN OF MILLBURY In accordance with the provisions of M.G.L. Ch. 40A, §11, the Zoning Board of Appeals will hold a public hearing at the Sutton Town Hall on January 5, 2017 at 7:30pm on the petition of T.J.J. Development Corp. The petitioner requests the reinstatement of lapsed variances to allow for the tear down and rebuild of the single family home. The property that is the subject of this petition is located at 182 Manchaug Road., Sutton MA on Assessors Map #42, Parcel #68. The property is located in the R-1 Zoning District. A copy of the petition may be inspected during normal office hours in the Town Clerk’s Office located in the Town Hall. Any person interested or wishing to be heard on this variance petition should appear at the time and place designated. Brittanie Reinold Board of Appeals Clerk Filed in the Town Clerk’s Office

TOWN OF MILLBURY BOARD OF APPEALS In accordance with Chapter 40A of the Massachusetts General Laws and the Zoning Ordinances of the Town of Millbury, a public hearing will be held in the hearing room of the Municipal Office Building, 127 Elm St, Millbury, MA on: Wednesday, December 28, 2016 At: 7:35 p.m. To act on a petition from: Roger Raymond & Dipanjan Nath of 232A West Main Street, Millbury, MA or two variances for the construction of a two story garage at the above address. Millbury Zoning Ordinance relative to; Property at 232A West Main Street, Millbury, MA; Book# 561031, Page# 261, S-1 District. First Variance: To construct a 24x24 foot, 2 story garage on a lot with 40,314 feet of area, where 60,000 feet is minimum. A variance of 19,686 feet is required. Second Variance: The main house has 2,176 square feet; the proposed 2-story structure contains 1,152 square feet exceeding the 30% of floor area of the primary structure. A variance of 499 square feet is required. All interested parties are invited to attend. Paul Nigosian, Chairman Millbury Board of Appeals

LEGALS/PUBLIC NOTICES Commonwealth of Massachusetts The Trial Court Probate and Family Court Worcester Probate and Family Court 225 Main St. Worcester, MA 01608 Docket No. WO16P3820GD CITATION GIVING NOTICE OF PETITION FOR APPOINTMENT OF GUARDIAN FOR INCAPACITATED PERSON PURSUANT TO G.L. c. 190B, §5-304 In the matter of: Daishawn M Leslie Of: Worcester, MA RESPONDENT Alleged Incapacitated Person To the named Respondent and all other interested persons, a petition has been filed by Dept of Development of Worcester, MA in the above captioned matter alleging that Daishawn M Leslie is in need of a Guardian and requesting that Carol J Leslie of Worcester, MA (or some other suitable person) be appointed as Guardian to serve Without Surety on the bond. The petition asks the court to determine that the Respondent is incapacitated, that the appointment of a Guardian is necessary, and that the proposed Guardian is appropriate. The petition is on file with this court and may contain a request for certain specific authority. You have the right to object to this proceeding. If you wish to do so, you or your attorney must file a written appearance at this court on or before 10:00 A.M. on the return date of 01/10/2017. This day is NOT a hearing date, but a deadline date by which you have to file the written appearance if you object to the petition. If you fail to file the written appearance by the return date, action may be taken in this matter without further notice to you. In addition to filing the written appearance you or your attorney must file a written affidavit stating the specific facts and grounds of your objection within 30 days after the return date. IMPORTANT NOTICE The outcome of this proceeding may limit or completely take away the above-named person’s right to make decisions about personal affairs or financial affairs or both. The above-named person has the right to ask for a lawyer. Anyone may make this request on behalf of the above-named person. If the above-named person cannot afford a lawyer, one may be appointed at State expense. WITNESS, Hon. Leilah A Keamy, First Justice of this Court. Date: December 09, 2016 Stephanie K. Fattman Register of Probate 12/22/2016 WM TOWN OF MILLBURY BOARD OF APPEALS In accordance with Chapter 40A of the Massachusetts General Laws and the Zoning Ordinances of the Town of Millbury, a public hearing will be held in the hearing room of the Municipal Office Building, 127 Elm St., Millbury, MA on: Wednesday, December 28, 2016 At: 7:05 p.m. To act on a petition from: Steven Gaspar of 314 Gaffney Road, Oakham, MA For a Variance for frontage in the Millbury Zoning Ordinance relative to; Property at 15 Howe Ave, Millbury, MA; Book# 32456, Page# 68. To tear down present two family structure and rebuild or reconstruct a new two family structure w/ new foundation within the same location as the older structure. Millbury Zoning bylaw section 22.3 frontage; This applies to new construction within a lot with 90 feet of frontage, where 100 feet is required. All interested parties are invited to attend. Paul Nigosian, Chairman Millbury Board of Appeals

Public Auction Notice is hereby given pursuant to provisions of M.L.C255 sec. 39A The following vehicle will be sold January 6th, 2017 at a private sale to satisfy our garage lien thereon for towing and storage charges and expenses of sale and notice: 1996 Volvo Dump body VIN# 4V4JBBRF2TN851391 The sale will be held at Early’s on Park Ave., Inc. 536 Park Avenue Worcester, MA 01603

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NOTICE OF MORTGAGEE’S SALE OF REAL ESTATE By virtue and in execution of the Power of Sale contained in a certain mortgage given by Joanne M. Gabree to Salem Five Mortgage Company, LLC, dated June 10, 2005 and recorded with the Worcester County (Worcester District) Registry of Deeds at Book 36536, Page 262, of which mortgage the undersigned is the present holder , for breach of the conditions of said mortgage and for the purpose of foreclosing, the same will be sold at Public Auction at 9:00 a.m. on January 6, 2017, on the mortgaged premises located at 60 West Main Street, Millbury, Worcester County, Massachusetts, all and singular the premises described in said mortgage, TO WIT: The land in Millbury, Worcester County, Massachusetts with the buildings thereon situated on the westerly side of Gould Street and on the northwesterly side of West Main Street bounded and described as follows: BEGINNING at the most southerly corner of the premises at a corner of stone walls and at the most easterly corner of land now or formerly of one Mallalieu; THENCE by said Mallalieu land N. 67° 30’ W. and by a stone wall, one hundred fifty-six (156) feet to a corner of walls; THENCE N. 27° E. partly by a stone wall by land now or formerly of one Marlborough, one hundred nine (109) feet to a point; THENCE by land of Mary T. Lyons S. 60° 30’ E. one hundred thirty-three (133) feet to an iron pipe in the westerly line of said Gould Street; THENCE by side line of Gould Street S. 9° E. forty-four (44) feet to an iron pipe; THENCE by the northwesterly line of said West Main Street S. 30° W. fifty-six (56) feet to the point of beginning. CONTAINING 14,625 square feet more or less. Excepting from the above described premises the land described in a deed from Greenwood to Dunn recorded with Worcester District Registry of Deeds, Book 2447, Page 357 bounded and described as follows: BEGINNING at an iron pipe set in the ground which is forty-six and fifty hundredths (46.50) feet from said Gould Street a corner of land formerly of Greenwood and Mary T. Lyons; THENCE N. 60 30’ W. by land of Lyons, eighty-six and five tenths (86.5) feet to an iron pipe at land of one Marlborough; THENCE S. 27° W. by said Marlborough land one hundred nine (109) feet to a corner in the wall at land now or formerly of one Mallalieu; THENCE by a stone wall S. 67° 30’ E. ninety-one (91) feet to an iron pipe; THENCE N. 25° E. by Greenwood’s land, ninety-nine (99) feet to the point of beginning. CONTAINING 9,225 square feet of land more or less. BEING the same premises conveyed to the mortgagor by Quitclaim Deed of Donald P. Gabree and Charlotte A. Gabree recorded immediately prior hereto in Book 36536 , Page 260. For mortgagor’s(s’) title see deed recorded with Worcester County (Worcester District) Registry of Deeds in Book 36536, Page 260. These premises will be sold and conveyed subject to and with the benefit of all rights, rights of way, restrictions, easements, covenants, liens or claims in the nature of liens, improvements, public assessments, any and all unpaid taxes, tax titles, tax liens, water and sewer liens and any other municipal assessments or liens or existing encumbrances of record which are in force and are applicable, having priority over said mortgage, whether or not reference to such restrictions, easements, improvements, liens or encumbrances is made in the deed. TERMS OF SALE: A deposit of Five Thousand ($5,000.00 ) Dollars by certified or bank check will be required to be paid by the purchaser at the time and place of sale. The balance is to be paid by certified or bank check at Harmon Law Offices, P.C., 150 California Street, Newton, Massachusetts 02458, or by mail to P.O. Box 610389, Newton Highlands, Massachusetts 02461-0389, within thirty (30) days from the date of sale. Deed will be provided to purchaser for recording upon receipt in full of the purchase price. The description of the premises contained in said mortgage shall control in the event of an error in this publication. Other terms, if any, to be announced at the sale. SALEM FIVE MORTGAGE COMPANY, LLC Present holder of said mortgage By its Attorneys, HARMON LAW OFFICES, P.C. 150 California Street Newton, MA 02458 (617) 558-0500 201605-0241 - TEA

NOTICE OF MORTGAGEE’S SALE OF REAL ESTATE Premises: 5 Katherine Street, Millbury, MA By virtue and in execution of the Power of Sale contained in a certain mortgage given by Joseph M. Fresolo and Jean M. Barbieri to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for Prime Mortgage Financial, Inc., and now held by HSBC BANK USA, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS TRUSTEE FOR STRUCTURED ADJUSTABLE RATE MORTGAGE LOAN TRUST 2005-21, said mortgage March 25, 2005, recorded or filed at Worcester County (Worcester District) Registry of Deeds in Book 36029, Page 277 as affected by a Loan Modification Agreement dated May 1, 2009, recorded at said Registry in Book 44391, Page 98, said mortgage was assigned from Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for Prime Mortgage Financial, Inc. to Aurora Loan Services LLC by assignment dated 1/21/2009 and recorded with said Registry of Deeds in Book 43791 at Page 107; said mortgage was assigned from Aurora Loan Services LLC to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., by assignment dated 5/11/2009, and recorded with said Registry of Deeds in Book 44262 at Page 169; said mortgage was assigned from Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., to Nationstar Mortgage LLC by assignment dated 6/11/2013, and recorded with said Registry of Deeds in Book 51075 at Page 179; said mortgage was assigned from Nationstar Mortgage LLC to HSBC BANK USA, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS TRUSTEE FOR STRUCTURED ADJUSTABLE RATE MORTGAGE LOAN TRUST 2005-21, by assignment dated 7/18/2014, and recorded with said Registry of Deeds in Book 52707 at Page 49; for breach of the conditions in said mortgage and for the purpose on January 4, 2017 at 11:00 AM Local Time upon the premises, all and singular the premises described in said mortgage, to wit: THE LAND AT 5 KATHERINE STREET, MILLBURY, WORCESTER COUNTY, MASSACHUSETTS, WITH THE BUILDINGS THEREON AND MORE PARTICULARLY BOUNDED AND DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS: PARCEL 1: THE LAND IN SAID MILLBURY ON THE WESTERLY SIDE OF KATHERINE STREET AND NORTHERLY SIDE OF A 40 FOOT STREET, BEING SHOWN ON A PLAN DATED MAY 1, 1950, MADE BY K.A. RICHARDSON, ENGINEER, RECORDED WITH THE WORCESTER DISTRICT REGISTRY OF DEEDS, PLAN BOOK 173, PLAN 28, FURTHER BOUNDED AND DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS: BEGINNING AT THE MOST EASTERLY CORNER THEREOF AT THE INTERSECTION OF SAID 40 FOOT STREET WITH SAID KATHERINE STREET; THENCE SOUTH 71° 16’ WEST SEVENTY-FIVE (75) FEET BY THE NORTHERLY SIDE OF SAID 40’ STREET TO A POINT; THENCE NORTH 18° 44’ WEST ONE HUNDRED THIRTYFIVE AND ONE-TENTH (135.1) FEET, MORE OR LESS, BY OTHER LAND OF JAMES F. THODES TO THE TOWN LINE BETWEEN SAID MILLBURY AND THE CITY OF WORCESTER; THENCE NORTHEASTERLY SEVENTY-FIVE AND ONE HUNDREDTHS (75.01) FEET, MORE OR LESS, BY SAID TOWN LINE AND IN PART BY LAND OF DOROTHY L. RHODES TO SAID KATHERINE STREET; THENCE SOUTH 18° 44’ EAST ONE HUNDRED THIRTY-SIX AND FIVE TENTHS (136.5) FEET BY THE WESTERLY SIDE OF SAID KATHERINE STREET TO THE POINT OF BEGINNING. CONTAINING 10,135 SQUARE FEET OF LAND, MORE OR LESS. PARCEL II: THE LAND IN SAID MILLBURY, LOCATED ON A 40 FOOT STREET LEADING SOUTHWESTERLY FROM KATHERINE STREET, BOUNDED AND DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS: BEGINNING AT A POINT ON THE NORTHERLY SIDE OF SAID STREET SEVENTY-FIVE (75) FEET SOUTHWESTERLY FROM KATHERINE STREET AT PARCEL I ABOVE DESCRIBED; THENCE BY THE NORTH SIDE OF SAID STREET SOUTH 71° 16’ WEST TWENTY-FIVE (25) FEET TO OTHER LAND, NOW OR FORMERLY, OF LISA JEAN MALDONADO, MARK JASKULKA AND BRIAN JASKULKA; THENCE BY OTHER LAND OF LISA JEAN MALDONADO, MARK JASKULKA AND BRIAN JASKULKA NORTH 18° 44’ WEST ABOUT ONE HUNDRED THIRTYFOUR AND FIVE TENTHS (134.5) FEET TO THE MILLBURY-WORCESTER TOWN LINE; THENCE NORTHEASTERLY BY SAID TOWN LINE TWENTY-FIVE (25) FEET TO PARCEL 1 ABOVE; THENCE BY SAID PARCEL I, SOUTH 18° 44’ EAST ONE HUNDRED THIRTY-FIVE AND ONE TENTH (135.1) FEET TO THE PLACE OF BEGINNING. CONTAINING 3,370 SQUARE FEET OF LAND, MORE OR LESS. The description of the property contained in the mortgage shall control in the event of a typographical error in this publication. For Mortgagor’s Title see deed dated March 7, 2005, and recorded in the Worcester County (Worcester District) Registry of Deeds, in Book 35842, Page 87. TERMS OF SALE: Said premises will be sold and conveyed subject to all liens, encumbrances, unpaid taxes, tax titles, municipal liens and assessments, if any, which take precedence over the said mortgage above described. FIVE THOUSAND ($5,000.00) Dollars of the purchase price must be paid in cash, certified check, bank treasurer’s or cashier’s check at the time and place of the sale by the purchaser. The balance of the purchase price shall be paid in cash, certified check, bank treasurer’s or cashier’s check within thirty (30) days after the date of sale. Other terms to be announced at the sale. Shechtman Halperin Savage, LLP 1080 Main Street, Pawtucket, RI 02860 Attorney for HSBC BANK USA, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS TRUSTEE FOR STRUCTURED ADJUSTABLE RATE MORTGAGE LOAN TRUST 2005-21 Present Holder of the Mortgage (401) 272-1400

WORCESTER HOUSING AUTHORITY ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS December 22, 2016 SEALED BIDS shall be received at the Purchasing Office, 69 Tacoma Street., Worcester, MA 01605 IFBs may be picked up at the location above or may be downloaded from our website: www.worcester-housing.com/purchasing, or call (508) 635-3203, TDD (508) 798-4530. Bidders are responsible for ensuring they have received any/all addenda prior to submitting a bid/proposal. Separate awards will be made for each IFB. WHA reserves the right to reject any or 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 forth in MGL c.258, section 2 as amended. Bid No. Release Date Project Title Opening Date 16-31 12/22/2016 Supply and Delivery of Window Shade Products 10:00 AM 1/17/17 Jackson Restrepo Chief Procurement Officer Visit our website at: www.worcester-housing.com/purchasing

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Austin Alexander and Henno Alter are Beefcake Boys Soap. Both Clark University grads, the two started selling tallow and castile soap on their own in an effort to produce an old-fashioned soap, free of chemicals and preservatives. They’re currently making the soap in Austin’s kitchen, but have hopes of moving into one of the city’s makers’ spaces soon. If you find yourself at a farmer’s market or craft fair anytime soon, keep an eye out for some Beefcake Boys Soap. Why Soap? Alexander: Why anything? But in

seriousness, the short answer is that we’re worried about everyone’s existential conditions. Modernity has complicated most aspects of human life, and soap is no exception. Mass-produced, commercial soaps are filled with chemicals and preservatives, while a lot of the smallbatch stuff uses unnatural dyes and glitter. We want to bring people simple soap made the old-fashioned way with few ingredients, organic essential oils and nothing artificial so they stay grounded in this crazy world.

How does tallow make good soap? Alter: Well first off, because tallow is

an animal byproduct it’s a lot more sustainable to use than plant-based oils, which can be put toward better uses. Most importantly, though, using tallow simply makes a better bar than something that’s purely a mix of plant oils. Tallow is extremely rich in vitamins A, D and E, and because humans are more closely related to cows than plants, the cell structure of tallow makes a non-drying soap with better regenerative properties. Soap was made primarily from tallow for thousands of years, until about the beginning of the 20th century. The word ‘soap’ actually derives from the Roman word ‘sebum’ which means tallow.

How did you guys get involved in the soap industry? Alexander: Well, it’s something we’ve

always wanted to do and talked about kind of idly. But we actually got started earlier this year, when we began sourcing unwanted tallow from BirchTree Bread Company, where I work, as well as other

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local restaurants. The owners there are all about making things sustainably from scratch, and it was nice of them to oblige our insatiable desire for beef fat.

Where do you make the soap? Alexander: Currently, we make the soap

in my kitchen because I have very openminded and forgiving roommates. Thanks, Max and Alex. I just want to have my gratitude for them put down in print to hedge off any potential legal challenges from them. And we’ve actually been looking into makers’ spaces around Worcester and hope to set up shop somewhere soon.

How did you learn to make soap? Henno: We’ve read a few books and we

check out soap blogs frequently, but it mostly just took a lot of trial, error and mental anguish. That and lye burns, plenty of lye burns. There’s also a great community of soap makers in Massachusetts, and everyone we met has been very forthcoming with advice.

Do you make anything besides soap? Alexander: Besides personal fulfillment

in the hearts of our customers? We’ve actually been experimenting with candles and pomade, and hope to have some new stuff out soon. But soap will always be our first love.

Henno Alter

kid wipes their nose on my arm or spits on me. We also rely on the hard labor of unpaid interns, and my experience with classroom management has taught me to quash many intern uprisings that threatened our iron-fisted control of the company and indeed our very lives.

shipped soap to such faraway and exotic places as Maryland. If you live in the Worcester area you can contact us right on Instagram (@beefcake_boys_soaps), and if you seem well-adjusted, we’ll bring it right to you in our soapmobile, what we call Austin’s mini-van

What’s your most popular soap? Henno: That would definitely be our

Where did the name come from? Alexander: It just seemed intuitive. We’re a

Lavender Jasmine and Ground Chamomile Do you guys have other jobs? Austin: I work at BirchTree Bread Company, bar. It’s bright, floral and has an intense

which is one of the places we source our tallow from. Henno: I work at an elementary school in Somerville, and I need a constant supply of high quality hand-made soap that wont dry out my skin every time a

bubbly lather.

How do you sell soap? Henno: We’re at a strange and irregular

constellation of farmers markets and craft fairs between here and Boston, and we’ve

couple of boys who make soap from beef tallow and they invariably come out as delightful little cakes. We just ask that, please, no one eat them no matter how delicious they appear.

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