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his is our third Person of the Year issue, and it’s safe to say all three of our choices have come from very different backgrounds. In 2009 there was little discussion about picking mayor-elect Joe O’Brien. Here’s a guy who hadn’t served in elected office for years, whose campaign struck a resounding tone with the locals that he rode to a crushing victory on election night. There was little doubt that that kind of political power and optimism around his campaign made him the person of that year. In 2010, there was some debate around the Worcester Mag office between City Manager Michael O’Brien, for his skill in directing the city through a tumultuous financial time that sunk many other municipalities: and eventual winner Hanover Insurance CEO Fred Eppinger for his company’s philanthropy – not to mention becoming the missing piece that set the CitySquare construction in motion. The person who we thought most defined the year in Worcester in 2011 was public-schools superintendent Melinda Boone, who made the headlines all year long for initiatives, mini-scandals and as fodder for an exciting school-committee race. It’s hard to think of anyone who so impacted the news, discussion and commentary as her, which is why Melinda Boone is our Person of the Year. Jeremy Shulkin | Senior Writer

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December 29, 2011 - January 4, 2012 ■ Volume 37, Number 17

Done deal 701 Main St. opponents look ahead Jeremy Shulkin It wasn’t a white Christmas, but we hope everyone had a stressless and carefree holiday – at least after the inlaws left. +3 Christmas Eve fire on Merrifield Street and a Christmas Day fire on Watson Avenue displaces two dozen people for the holidays. -4 The New York Knicks tip the Celtics as the NBA season opens after a lengthy lockout, but the Patriots down the Dolphins. +1 Beacon Hill-ers get their act together and pass a law allowing liquor stores to open the Monday after Christmas. See how everyone can work together when there’s a shared vision and common goal? +1

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ast week, the city’s license commission made the Southern Middlesex Opportunity Council’s (SMOC) bid to re-open a homeless shelter at 701 Main St. official and legal, issuing the nonprofit a lodging-house license after a rift between SMOC and Community Healthlink forced the move of a 25-bed triage center out of a building on Queen Street owned by Community Healthlink. 701 Main St., until it was decommissioned in early 2011, served as a walk-in wet shelter for decades, sometimes holding as many as 150 to 200 people on a given night. Most recently, SMOC and CHL operated a closed referral triage center that rapidly rehoused chronically homeless residents.

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License Commission rejects the opening of a strip club at the site of the former Platinum Premier on Southbridge Street because the new owners were too tied to the former owner, who had his license revoked. Which is worse, an empty building or a full building tied to one with criminal activity? -1

— Worcester Public Schools Superintendent Melinda Boone

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SMOC receives its license to open a lodging house at 701 Main St., the site of the former PIP shelter. It’s official. -2

with a notable exchange highlighting just how much this entire saga has been able to circumvent traditional city procedure. When Billy Breault, head of the Main South Alliance for Public Safety, brought up that SMOC had already moved beds into the building, SMOC’s chief operating officer Charles Gagnon took the opportunity to clarify. “Right now we’re operating as a triage and assessment center,” he said. To which Peter Lukes, chair of the commission, replied, “So you’re operating a lodging house without a license?” In the end, however, the commission voted 2-1 to issue the license, with Lukes opposed. “They’re operating already without a license. What difference does it make?” he said after the meeting, adding that the city

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SMOC officials at the meeting said that while this move was unexpected and temporary (they plan to move into a permanent facility off of Chandler Street by mid-November 2012), the nightly census at 701 Main St. this year shouldn’t surpass 88 – the number of beds issued along with the license. The shelter will continue to operate as a closed-referral model. Despite the hearing, the move was largely a formality. In November, the Worcester City Council quickly passed a resolution all but asking that SMOC relocate a planned temporary shelter from 1398 Main St. back to 701 Main St. after a groundswell of community opposition in the North Webster Square neighborhood. That didn’t stop a little bit of feet-tothe-fire grilling from the commission,

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is in no position to not issue it, lest they put up to 100 people in need of shelter on the street. “That’s always going to be the alternative.” Earlier in the week, City Hall played host to another 701 Main St. related meeting. Area stakeholders, which included Chandler Street property owners, church pastors and nonprofit leaders, gathered to discuss the future of that block of Main Street, – which will see more than $400,000 in funds allocated for fiscal year 2012 for physical improvements to the Main Street area as well as hiring an outreach worker “to engage residents and businesses, advance projects and assist in prioritizing initiatives,” according to communication between City Manager Michael O’Brien, the City Council and meeting attendees. “This is about restoring the neighborhood around 701,” said outgoing District 4 City Councilor Barbara Haller, who attended the stakeholders meeting. “You are committing extraordinary

resources in a short period of time,” she told O’Brien. Others discussed the need for a boosted police presence in the area, saying that it’s been noticeably improved in the previous month with additional police resources devoted to the trouble corner. “I’m very impressed by the potential to change things here,” said Main South CDC executive director Stephen Teasdale, but he added that continued improvement relies on a police presence significantly more visible than during the PIP shelter’s last days. After some attendees expressed disappointment by the low turnout, Jacqui Vachon-Jackson, chief of staff for the city’s office of Economic, Neighborhood and Workforce Development, says the city is trying to “broaden out” to other stakeholders, but has started to identify area players who can start subcommittees to work on issues in the areas important to them, then reach out to others for inclusion.

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{ worcesteria } FAMILIAR FACE:

Mayor-elect Joe Petty has chosen his administrative team for the next term, tapping Michael Lanava as his Chief of Staff and Dan Donahue as Director of Policy and Deputy Chief of Staff. Both Lanava and Donahue are familiar faces at City Hall. Lanava comes from the Worcester Regional Chamber of Commerce where he was director of government affairs and public policy, while Donahue most recently headed up Lt. Governor Tim Murray’s political committee, and also served as an intern for outgoing mayor Joe O’Brien.

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NEW FACE: Like the mayor’s ofďŹ ce, the New

England Police Benevolent Association Local 911 (the union of the WPD’s patrolmen) is going through a transition period after union members voted to replace current leader Stephen Gunnerson with Brian Halloran. Gunnerson’s tenure featured clashes between the union and administration well-documented by Worcester Mag and the Telegram and Gazette, raising the possibility that intra-departmental relations may improve with a new face as head of the union. Even Gunnerson didn’t count that out, saying “this may be that breath of fresh air.â€? Sources close to the matters say ongoing issues from the previous tenure, such as the battle over the reinstatement of ofďŹ cer David Rawlston and an unfair labor practiced ďŹ led against the WPD by the NEPBA for “retaliationâ€? likely won’t be much affected however, since both cases are now ďŹ rmly entrenched in the court system. Gunnerson remains on the executive board of the national NEPBA.

SAME FACE: The City of Worcester’s license commission doesn’t get much recognition,

but the work it does issuing and revoking housing, food and alcohol permits has an impact on most Worcester residents’ lives. So, it’ll be a blow to the city when Chair Peter Lukes ďŹ nishes his second term on the commission after eight years of service this year – meaning that without him and former longtime commissioner Kevin O’Sullivan, it’s a recent loss of 16 years of institutional memory. And you can’t say Lukes didn’t go out with a bang – his last meeting featured SMOC asking for a lodging house license at 701 Main Street and the board rejected a bid to re-open a strip club at the former Platinum Premier building which was recently the site of an alleged assault and robbery by a strip club employee. (No appointment has yet been made to replace Lukes. He’ll continue to serve until that happens.)

FAMOUS FACE: You might’ve seen a few familiar faces around Vernon Hill in midDecember as local ďŹ lmmaker John Stimpson shot portions of his forthcoming movie “Lockdownâ€? on the Worcester Academy campus with John Shea, better known as Lex Luthor from the Superman TV series “Lois and Clarkâ€? and Katee Sackhoff from Battlestar Galactica. Neil Isacson, the school’s director of external marketing, said this isn’t the ďŹ rst time the school has been used in a ďŹ lm. In 1992 “School Tiesâ€? brought Matt Damon, Ben Afeck and Brendan Fraser there. “John’s done a great job of starting to generate a ďŹ lm industry in Worcester,â€? he added. INAUGURATION DAY: Worcester’s Mayor, City Council and School Committee members will all be sworn into ofďŹ ce on Monday, January 2 at the North High School auditorium at 3p.m. in an event that features a speech by Mayor-elect Petty and is free to the public. Another open to the public event after inauguration will occur at the Beechwood Hotel at 4:30p.m. where people can mingle with the politicos until dinner is served at 5:30p.m. Those wishing to attend the dinner must purchase a $25 ticket from the City Clerk’s ofďŹ ce at City Hall by 5p.m. on Friday, but tickets aren’t necessary for the cocktail hour.

’TIS THE SEASON: It is the season for giving after all, and School Committee member Tracy Novick gave a 63 year old woman with acute lymphoblastic leukemia the gift of bone marrow, which will dramatically increase her quality of life. Novick says she ďŹ rst signed up for the bone marrow registry six years ago (it only takes a swab of the cheek) after a friend’s son was cured of sickle cell anemia with a donation. The procedure, once thought of as invasive, has come a long way since, with Novick equating it to donating platelets. It doesn’t come without its pitfalls though, which still include exhaustion, aches and nausea, not to mention being hooked up to a machine for several hours. “It took quite a lot out of me,â€? Novick recalls. The upside, however, is that if a match is found between two people there’s a very high success rate because of advances in the ďŹ eld that have stimulated bone marrow stem cell growth. Novick says bone marrow banks are always looking for donors, particularly those of non-western European descent. Get more Worcesteria items at worcestermag.com/blogs/dailyworcesteria, or follow @JeremyShulkin on Twitter. Got a tip? Email Jeremy at jshulkin@worcestermag.com.

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oly Toledo, what a year! I’m not sure I’m ready for the next one to roll in quite yet, especially if it brings more of the same. Is it me, or was 2011 the Year of the Weasel? When I think back on it, it was chock full of snarky, mean-spirited behavior — and some of it didn’t even come out of City Hall! Working backward, I have to include the most recent example of “Divas on Parade” as presented by City Councilor Phil Palmieri and City Clerk Dave Rushford. Phil’s nose is out of joint over being blocked from the recount room when the results of the school-committee race were being determined. (A side note: Gee, what a nail-biter that was... zzzzzzzz…) He’s hitting back with an attack on Dave’s pocketbook, demanding another look-see at the clerk’s sweet habit of performing marriages on the clock. I’ve known Dave a long time — he may be a Type A, but he’s such a romantic! Retread alert: We’ve already heard this tune, Phil. Hum another and let’s get on with the business of governing. Admittedly, City Hall is the place where local pols cut their teeth on grudge biscuits, but this is just plain weaselly. And speaking of out-of-joint proboscises and bared teeth, earlier in the year I was chewed-out royally by the tattoo community for making light of females and their ink. I’ve never underestimated a group’s passion as badly as I did when I got mouthy about my distaste for body staining. I don’t consider myself thin-skinned, and Lord knows I don’t back down from a good argument, but the personal attacks regarding my appearance and the threats to my general welfare made me scratch my head. I saw first-hand the pros and cons of the Internet: the anonymity of it protects the sender from backlash while it fosters cowardice. Call me all the names you like, but sign your name, please. I may be a weasel, but I’m always an identified weasel. Weasel behavior dominated the news when City Hall Plaza turned into the OK Corral as rival gangs

played shoot ’em up in broad daylight. Are you kidding me? Is this a turf war ala West Side Story? Kilby and Providence street gangs should either duke it out bare-fisted or knock off the baby bull and join forces to better the turf they have now. If they put half the energy they waste to use in the classroom instead of plotting revenge, they’d all be going to college instead of the House of Correction. All they learn at the Worcester County School of Hard Knocks is more weasel tricks and how to make a shank out of a bologna sandwich. Landlords who own three-deckers riddled with code violations are perennial weasels, but when their neglect contributes to the death of a firefighter, the title of Pack Leader is bestowed upon the aforementioned weasel. This rule is listed on page one of my Big Book of Weasels. Mother Nature was a weasel when she dumped a foot-plus of snow on us before Halloween, but she was out-weaseled by the good folks at National Grid, who kept us in the dark about how long we’d actually be in the dark. National Grid was about as popular as Phil Palmieri at a civil ceremony by the time the lights came back on, rivaled only by Unitil, the ’09 ice-storm weasels. Nationally, we’ve only just begun to witness weasel behavior on a grand scale as the 2012 presidential race revs up. Thank goodness GOP weasels eat their own, as seen in any one of the snarkfests they called the 2011 debates, or we’d be overrun by the critters. Weasel DNA runs through the Grand Old Party like tacos through Ron Paul’s ancient digestive tract, and they tend to multiply at an alarming rate every four years. Traps may catch a few, but they are very good at sneaking under truths, around facts and through loopholes. Their bite is worse than their bark: just ask your wallet. I apologize to all weasel lovers, by the way, and especially to the actual mammal, a creature that may rightfully take umbrage to being compared to humans. To misquote entirely that slippery rascal Mitt Romney: “…weasels are people, too.” Wishing a happy and healthy New Year to you, dear readers.

I may be a weasel, but I’m always an identified weasel.

slants rants& On-line comments Has the ball dropped on First Night Worcester? First Night does have a lot to offer. If was organized like stArt, it would be more appealing to my generation. We want lots of local music, and art, and food. Maybe some hot chocolate? Submitted online by WO RC ESTERITE 20 SO METHING I have taken my kids to First Night several times. The evening has lots of events to try and a nice variety of food to eat. We even get some exercise walking from one venue to the next. It sure beats hanging around the house waiting for the year to end. Submitted online by WO RC ESTERPARENT I thought journalism was about fact, not opinion. This article would have been better under the flag of opinion since the author seems to know exactly how to make the concept of First Night work in Worcester. Perhaps she should apply for the executive director’s job or better yet VOLUNTEER!! Submitted online by HAH

Lower our taxes, not our body mass index Nobody runs against Phil because he fights for our district. We don’t really care what the people outside of District 2 think of him. People like “Q” think they know what is best for us East Side residents. Well you don’t! The people in City Hall think Palmieri is a pain in the butt, and he is. That proves he is doing the job for his district. Submitted online by DISTRIC T 2 VO TER

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If parallel universes exist, then that might explain the scene at North High School on Dec. 8. In the library, with sunlight pouring through a wall of brand-new smudge-free windows, 40 Worcester Public School (WPS) students from the Burncoat and Doherty quads gathered with teachers, WPS administrators and Superintendent Melinda Boone for a monthly Student Advisory Council.

Boone has a cheery demeanor – she calls this her “favorite day of the month” – and tells the students in front of her that she wants to hear what’s going well in the schools and what they would like to see improve. “A lot of times adults do things, and we don’t take the time to talk to you all,” she says to them. The small groups, facilitated by high-school students posing questions to younger peers (like “Did your elementary school prepare you for seventh grade?”), get to work as the superintendent walks from table to table, listening. This is a marked difference from the outside world, where on a cold morning Worcesterites and out-of-market media crews are waking up to news of a fire at 49 Arlington St., where word has already spread that a local firefighter has died. She’s already dealt with her end of that, up early to make sure that school-bus routes wouldn’t be affected by street closures on Vernon Hill, and while it’s one of the first topics of conversation at North High between her and a reporter, she doesn’t mention it during the meeting with students. After the small-group work ends, students share their praises and concerns about the school system. The identified needs are almost unanimous: younger kids don’t like the lunch options, and all ages say they want more clubs and activities. Middle-school students want sports programs.

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One student says their group complained that homework is thrown at them in lumps, rather than evenly spaced. “So you’re saying you want a life?” Boone jokes. She asks another student if he likes science. She does a fist-pump when he answers in the affirmative. The students file back to the school bus or teachers’ cars that brought them there, but not before students crowd around Boone to have their picture taken with her on their cell phones – groups of two or three at a time, each one patiently waiting for the few kids in front of them to go first. “The kids are all excited to take their pictures with their superintendent,” says Dolores Gribouski, quadrant manager of Doherty and North high schools. “To meet your superintendent in this large of a district is an extraordinary experience.”

It may be one thing to meet your superintendent, but it’s another to excitedly post a photo of her on your Facebook wall.

ADespite YEAR OF HEADLINES successes like a reduced dropout rate, an initiative to ratchet up graduation requirements that meet standards set by the state’s university system and an increase in students

taking AP courses, Boone has found herself behind a year’s worth of headlines, many of them critical. In January, the Goddard School of Science and Technology came under investigation by the state’s Department of Elementary and Secondary Education for MCAS exam irregularities, which ultimately led to the state throwing out the entire school’s exams for 2010. The administration’s unresponsiveness to questions pitted media and politicians against the state and WPS in seeking information they felt wasn’t properly being disseminated to interested parties and allowed the mini scandal to linger far longer than it could’ve. In March, the Educational Association of Worcester, the collective bargaining unit for WPS teachers and some faculty members, gave her a STEVEN KING vote of no confidence. (To be fair, teachers sent that message to the school committee as well.) In August, parents and building staff at Sullivan Middle School questioned the hiring of a principal without their input. By October, the issue of renewing her previous contract, which was set to expire in June, became a dividing line among the 10 candidates seeking a spot on Worcester’s school committee. (Her contract was renewed for another three years by a 4-3 vote in December, a contentious affair that included a “reconsideration” vote the next week and featured plenty of back-and-forth between audience members in support of Boone and an opposing committee member.) Some of these headlines Boone brought upon herself; but news of improvements at the city’s two level-four turnaround schools (though a third one was added to the list in November), mixed results on citywide MCAS scores and an exciting innovation-school initiative received far less play. It’s hard to think of anyone else in Worcester who so dominated the news and discussion this year. And her influence, while not in front of cameras or out campaigning, shouldn’t be ignored – the city puts 24,000 students in her charge each day. If 2011 belonged to any one person, it was Melinda Boone. Boone characterizes this as a successful year for the Worcester Public Schools, especially as most predicted

doom and gloom when state educational funding dropped and stimulus money that had propped up school districts around the country for the past two years ran out. “A lot of naysayers said the Worcester Public Schools wouldn’t survive,” she says, bristling when she mentions criticism she received for not planning for the post American Reinvestment and Recovery Act era. “We’ve come through the recession and the sunset of stimulus funds with our new normal.” Enrollment increased, improving the system’s bottom line. Advanced Placement classes broadened (average test scores dropped, but not significantly, she adds). The district increased foreignlanguage classes. A new North High School opened and at the end of the year her administration passed statements of interest for future rebuildings and renovations at 21 schools through the Worcester school committee and city council to the Massachusetts School Building Repair program. (It may take decades to get any number of those projects completed, but a late start is better than none at all.) She’s appreciative of the city council’s $7 million allocation over the summer that went toward improving the cosmetics in certain schools around the district and upgraded science labs.

{ coverstory } “My colleagues around the state have asked, ‘What did you do?’” in reference to the WPS’ financial picture. “Melinda really has established herself as a leader among her peers,” says Mitchell Chester, whose tenure as the state’s Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (DESE) commissioner began just before Boone arrived in Worcester. “Other districts watch what the Worcesters, Bostons and Springfields are doing.” “No appointed official in my lifetime has faced more challenges than she had,” says outgoing mayor and schoolcommittee chair Joe O’Brien, citing local aid cuts, a long union contract negotiation and level-four school turnarounds. “With all these thrown at her, I think she’s done a remarkable job.”

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motivations behind them. It’s not exactly buried in the past that Boone’s hiring in Worcester came after a lengthy search that eschewed former WPS deputy superintendent, hometown guy and presumed-next-in-line Stephen Mills for the city’s first black and first woman (other than Deidre Loughlin, the interim super during the search process) superintendent. City Councilor Konnie Lukes, who while mayor in 2008 chaired that committee, called the search “riddled with politics and intrigue.”

Those politics have lingered, which she says, “has gotten in the way of Boone’s leadership.” “The socioeconomic climate in Worcester has changed at a much faster rate than politics in the school department,” she adds. “That’s not a trivial observation,” says Chester, when asked if Worcester’s difficult political scene has hindered her leadership. “She has to earn her respect [there]. I think she’s done that quite well.” Other politicians are more direct, continued on page 10

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but prefer to remain anonymous when they say things like “there’s a group out there working actively against her” because their accumulated years in the school department no longer guarantee promotion like they had before 2008. “Those folks are not in power,” says one local pol. The flipside, however, says that some employees feel they can’t work up the career ladder like they used to – especially as local teachers are passed over for principal positions. There are other motives as well. For some, it’s an expanded government: Boone has created a cabinet position for the purpose of data analysis and acquiesced to creating jobs mandated by grant money. For others, it’s an emphasis on testing and the relinquishing of local control to state and federal government mandates. For that last complaint, Boone offers understanding with rationalization. School departments have changed considerably in the past two decades, specifically with Education Reform in 1993 and the arrival of the MCAS exam. For better or for worse, state and federal government has so entwined itself with local education that public school districts have little choice but to play by the rules stipulated for them.

“The role of superintendent has really changed over time to more like a CEO,” she says. “Schools are now resultsoriented.” Boone’s meticulous aggregation of data could be the biggest cause of the rift between her allies in school administration and the teachers and principals who fear that basing education policy on standardized test results sacrifices data that either isn’t or can’t be quantified. Few national or state exams weigh student improvement as much as they should and none take into account student home-life or parent involvement. Her acceptance of grants from the Gates Foundation and graduation from the Broad Institute, a training program for urban superintendents, raises eyebrows — critics say both foundations too strongly tie teacher performance to standardized test scores. But she and her allies say her view is more nuanced. “I would treat it more as outcome-based than data heavy,” says school committee member Jack Foley. “Our teachers who are working hard and doing the work want us to look at data – the right data – which is growth.” That means additional testing to the MCAS, which doesn’t take into account a student’s growth within one year. After

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{ coverstory } all, can you compare a teacher who takes a student already reading at grade level and passing them on to the next grade still reading at or above grade level with a teacher who takes a student reading three grades below level and passes them on at the end of the year only reading one grade below level? Through additional in-district testing, the Worcester Public Schools can measure student improvement throughout the year. The results aren’t released to the public because then they’d just become another de-facto high-stakes exam, explains David Perda, WPS’ chief accountability officer – a position that Boone created to better analyze data. Eric DeMeulenaere, who just ended his term as co-chair of the Citywide Parent Planning Advisory Council (CPPAC) and works as an education professor at Clark University, says he’s “completely against the testing regime that’s happening” in the broader education world, but emphasizes that Boone’s position isn’t “about testing, it’s about accountability,” without an end goal of hiring or firing teachers based on it. “I think she’s walked that tenuous political line.” Boone, who comes from a rigid science background (she studied audiology and communicative disorders in college and worked in the Norfolk, Va., public school

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feeling that’s spread down to teachers. “Parents are really excited about her, probably more so than teachers are,” says DeMeulenaere. “She probably has not been as communicative with teachers as she has been with families.” District-teacher relations can be over-blown, Boone suggests. “I often characterize the tension as being different between teachers and the district and tension between the district and union leadership. That tension is not always what it’s hyped up to be.”

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Lenny Zalauskas, head of the Education Association of Worcester, doesn’t necessarily agree. He notes that she had such a dominating role in the news this year because school-committee candidates “made it an issue,” but calls the noconfidence vote at the beginning of the year “definitely teacher led.” The district’s two largest successes this year, the small progress seen at Union Hill and Chandler Street elementary schools (designated as turnaround schools by the state last year) and the spread of more autonomous innovation schools, have

both drawn praise and criticism. State and city officials have praised her handling of the level-four schools, and she says she pushed back against larger government recommendations. “I did not see firing 50 percent of the teachers [at those schools] as something we needed in Worcester,” she says. “This is not a failure of teachers, principals, students, parents. This is a systems failure.” Yet the innovation-schools initiative, which gives teachers and principals more autonomy over their buildings, creating the sense that the district wasn’t completely at the control of top-down mandates, has moved slowly but steadily. Five local schools received approvals, but she’s not completely sold yet. “I’d rather do a few of them well,” she says, rather then approving a bunch of them all at once. Though, she’s not the only one who deserves credit for innovation schools. The schools’ administrations came up with the plans, and she was one of three entities – Zalauskas and the School Committee are the others – who had to sign off on them. To some, that’s a sign of the superintendent getting out of the way of progress, something that not all superintendents recognize they need to do. “She didn’t stop it,” says DeMeulenaere. “In my experience at urban districts, that’s a pretty impressive thing.”

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She rarely issues press releases or discusses her successes outside of governmental meetings, and the public events where she does usually comes when other local politicians or state administrators are eager to highlight a new building or initiative. “I choose not to make my daily work a media event,” she says. “Sometimes people perceive that as I not working on important things. I’m politically astute; I just choose to play politics differently.” For some, that politicking has been frustrating. “I would think that after two-and-ahalf years, there’s not supposed to be a learning curve,” says school-committee member Dianna Biancheria, who was an opponent of renewing Boone’s contract. “What the reaction is [to problems] and what the remedy is, you have control over.” Part of the adjustment lies in her former school system: her administration had no unions to deal with and worked with a relatively friendly mayor-appointed school board. “Massachusetts is significantly different than Virginia. The political climate is much more in-your-face and cut-throat here,” says Lukes. There are signs she’s gathering her political sea-legs. She’s quick to call the 2011 school-committee election debates – more or less framed against the question “are you pro- or anti- a Melinda Boone contract extension – as “really unfortunate,” lamenting that the election became about her, rather than the students in the district. “At the end of the day, I work for the school committee that’s elected.” She’s found herself in a powerful position since, though, bolstered by a small army of community support that first appeared when she refused to dig deeper into the Goddard MCAS investigation after the school’s principal continued on page 14

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done well,” she says. Her superiors in Norfolk agree. “She’s just a very strong administrator,” says John Simpson, her former superintendent in Norfolk who’s now superintendent-in-residence at the Broad Institute. “I thought at one time she might succeed me there.” As superintendent, her core mission in 2012 won’t be much different than it was in 2011, though she’s particularly ready for a focus on early literacy – especially for third graders, improving diversity in AP classes and inserting more science classes in elementary and middle school. (“You can’t expect to not teach students science in middle school and expect them to major in it.”) Chances are, though, she’d like some of the headlines to give her a break for a while. It could be wishful thinking. “I’m as close to a nontraditional superintendent as I can be,” she says. That’s something everyone can agree on, but it certainly doesn’t lend itself to administrating under the radar.

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Thinner is thick with passion Next Friday, Dec. 30, Ralph’s will be welcoming Thinner, Huck, Curtain Society and The Bees Knees for a night of music, fun and holiday boozing.

The main thread connecting these bands, aside from a solid local connection, is a running pop theme. The term pop may be thrown around like a new-age buzz word, but all of these bands utilize the genre like a deftly wielded samurai sword, slashing through the night air with a purpose; equal parts wild zeal and wellarticulated craftsmanship. The Bee’s Knees are a fine honed and eclectic style of rocking Americana, Huck are potent Massachusetts power-pop and The Curtain Society are an occasionally drony sonic experience. Thinner doesn’t stray so far from the underlying theme of the evening as to clash with the event’s musical direction, but they do host a slightly different array of influences. Thinner consists of Neil Lucey on

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vocals and bass, Craig Wilson on drums and Danny “Ruggy” McGee on vocals and guitar. The band came together shortly after Lucey and McGee’s former band, Popskull, came to an end. They hooked up with Wilson and have been playing together ever since. “We’ve been playing together a long time,” says Lucey. “We’ve played all over the region, mostly in clubs that are now closed or defunct, but we had a blast while they were still around.” In this day and age it is rare to find a group of musicians that continue to play together, without a lineup change, for as long as Thinner have. Playing together since the late ’90s not only proves the band’s staying power, but also proves that there is a true passion behind the tunes. “Everything we do comes from all of us,” Wilson states. “That’s what makes

Thinner work.” This seems indicative of what the band is all about—genuine passion for the music—and this comes through when trying to define Thinner’s

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sound: part punk rock, part pop, part musical experimentation, and something a little darker driving the tone of the songs. Lucey does his best to describe the band’s sound saying that it is, “akin to a dissident dark pop thing with a British slant to it.” “Honestly the three of us just love to make noise and the inspiration comes from just hanging out playing and listening to music for years,” he adds. The general theme that runs parallel with Thinner is honesty; they wear this proudly on their sleeves. Priorities have

a way of changing as time goes by as Wilson explains, “We are three guys with families who started playing together for the fun of it and still do.” The genuine ethos of the band is not only endearing and relatable; it also opens up a sort of avenue of liberation. It means that quite simply, grandiose aspirations take a backseat to something a little bit simpler, the music. When your checklist of accomplishments is made up of such humble notes as, “play music you enjoy with close friends,” every show is a triumph in its own right. “As far as what we would like to accomplish? I would say we would all like to keep the musical therapy going as long as we can,” shares Wilson. So if you’re looking for a great time and are prepared to have your ears blown off by genuine, honest music, head over to Ralph’s Diner on Dec. 30. If you can’t find something to enjoy in Thinner, Huck, Curtain Society or The Bees Knees, it is quite possible that you just aren’t equipped to have a good time.

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Ladies and gentleman, introducing the next winner of the Academy Awards for best picture: “The Artist.” A bold statement you say? Foolish to make predictions? Perhaps true on both accounts, but this film is built for maximum appeal to a film industry in love with itself and to critics both of the historical scholar ilk and otherwise. No one will be able to resist the inherent delicious anachronistic quirkiness of handing the Oscar to a silent, black-andwhite film that looks like it was made in 1930. Not only that, it’s a damn fine flick. This kind of thing has been tried before, of course, but never with such, uhm, artistry. Most recently Steven Soderbergh’s “The Good German” was a meticulous stab at formalism, copping the look and feel of a WWII-era thriller, but the casting of George Clooney, Cate Blanchett and Tobey Maguire in lead roles ruined the effect. And it didn’t help that the script was a muddled mess. “The Artist” wisely eschews big names and relies on relative unknowns as its leads, allowing only a sprinkling of familiar faces in supporting roles (like James Cromwell and John Goodman). Plus, the script by director-writer Michael Hazanavicius has a laser-like focus on the point it is trying to make, to the level that the story works both as allegory and as narrative fiction. Protagonist George Valentin (Jean Dujardin) embodies the silent-film era— dapper, engaging and demonstrative. The opening has him starring in a 1927 silent film, where he is being tortured through electric shock by a malicious scientist. He mouths the words “I won’t talk,” and we read them on the inserted card. Then we see the actor himself walking around behind the projected film at the movie’s public showing, shaking hands; charming, confident. When the film is over and the live orchestra stops playing, he leans forward into the silence expectantly listening for the crowd reaction. Then his face lights up in reaction and we realize he is hearing

it, but that we are still in a silent film, as seconds later we are shown, but don’t hear, the audience applauding. It’s a clever, playful trick and it’s on us, but it’s only the beginning as Hazanavicius seems able to concoct an endless supply of such opportunities to both have fun with his chosen concept and use it in the service of poignant commentary throughout. The biggest accomplishment of “The Artist” is how Hazanavicius works within the ground rules of silent film without it seeming self-conscious or silly. Facial movements must be exaggerated and the story must be told visually. George soon meets Peppy Miller (Berence Bejo), an ambitious, impetuous young woman who stumbles into a photo op with him, making the papers. She goes to the studio the next day wielding the paper, and it functions as a way of her telling her story to people without having to speak. She eventually goes into his dressing room for an inventive scene where she tenderly romances his jacket on a hanger and appears to bring it to life by putting her own arm through it and caressing herself. Still, all the smart, quirky, visual content would come off as merely gimmicky if it weren’t for the vivid, likeable characters. As an allegory of silent film swept aside by the talkies, Dujardin is a potent presence, running a wide spectrum of emotions from dashing and puppy-dog cute to drunk and disheveled. All along his dog stays with him, aping his master’s facial expressions and instigating many plot points (a few too many, actually, the screenplay’s only weakness). As the embodiment of youth, the future and the new talking cinema, Bejo is an indelible screen presence, and she makes her surprising and enduring friendship with George a touching and believable thing. So, “Artist,” meet Oscar. You two were made for each other.

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Tucked into the White City Plaza in Shrewsbury is a little restaurant and shop for supplements and fighting/ work-out apparel. The concept behind the restaurant is that it offers a menu tailored for athletes and those who want to eat more healthful options without weak-armed flavors. The name, WAH-BO, is an acronym for “We’re All Happier and Better Off.� While there are booths and tables to sit down, WAH-BO has a counter where you place your order. The ordering set-up may resemble fast food, but that’s where the similarity ends. Burger choices include certified Angus beef, free-range bison,

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>Thursday 29 Dub Nation Mass features Steve Aoki at The Palladium tonight, with special guest Lucky Date $22.50, 8-11 p.m. 261 Main St. 508-797-9696. Kick 2011 in the ass with the last Metal Thursday CXLIX of the year, featuring Scaphism, CofďŹ n Birth, Vaporizer and Xatatax from 9 p.m.-2 a.m. Ralph’s Chadwick Square Diner, 148 Grove St. 508-753-9543. The Lovely Ladies of Worcester take the stage once again for Sirens of Song.at Nick’s Bar and Restaurant $4; 9 p.m.-2 a.m. 124 Millbury St. 508-753-4030.

>Friday 30 Awakening Biota, Static in the Radio, Trouble with Tim and Levity are at The Raven. 258 Pleasant St. 508-3048133 or ďŹ nd them on Facebook. Discover the secrets and surprises of winter in the garden during Holly Days: Winter Wonders Walk, which steps off from 1-2 p.m. $10/Adults, $7/Seniors, $5/Youth, free for children younger than 6. Tower Hill Botanic Garden, 11 French Dr., Boylston. 508-869-6111. Four Year Strong come home for its annual show at The Palladium with Set Your Goals, Balance and Composure, Transit and Diamond. $17; 5-11 p.m. 261 Main St. 508-797-9696, fouryearstrongmusic.com. Holiday Stressbuster: An Evening of Kundalini Yoga, Meditation and Deep Relaxation with the Gong will feature Kundalini yoga as taught by Yogi Bhajan. This is the “yoga of awareness,â€? which involves breath work, a physical yoga set, a deep relaxation with the gong and a meditation. No prior yoga experience or even exibility is required. It works very effectively to help relieve tension and stress. This is a great time of year to renew yourself, and for a great cause—all proceeds will be donated to the Worcester County Food Bank. Sliding-scale donation, $1-$50; 7-9 p.m. First Unitarian Church, Unity Hall, 90 Main St. 508-7572708, kundaliniyogaforall.com. Shen Yun. For the Chinese, these words evoke a sense of wonder, magic and the divine. To audiences who have seen it, they recall the experience of a lifetime – a moment so powerfully beautiful it touches the soul. Discover the glory of a fantastically rich culture—that of classical China—brought to life through

brilliantly choreographed dance and mesmerizing, all-original orchestral compositions. MagniďŹ cently costumed dancers, featuring some of the world’s elite, move in poetic arrangements that evoke pastoral beauty, imperial drama, and the glory of an ancient civilization. $50-$120; 7:30-9:30 p.m. Hanover Theatre for the Performing Arts, 2 Southbridge St. 877-571-7469, thehanovertheatre.org.

be offered seconds on the ďŹ replace chowder and prime rib; there will be bowls of fresh butternut squash, spinach pie and ovenroasted potatoes. Toast to the New Year and then go down to the Chestnut Room, where a DJ will be playing so you can dance right through the midnight hour. Wear a party hat and use those noisemakers.$75; 6:30 p.m.-1 a.m. Salem Cross Inn, 260 W. Main St., West BrookďŹ eld. 508-867-2345, salemcrossinn.com.

The Rob Zombie tribute band American Hellbilly and the AC/ DC tribute Touch 2 Much ring in a new weekend for only $8; 8:30 p.m.-2 a.m. Lucky Dog Music Hall, 89 Green St. 508363-1888, or facebook.com/AmericanHellbilly.

New Year’s Eve with J. Geils and Jeff Pitchell with Texas Flood. Say goodbye to 2011 with the masters of blues. J. Geils needs no introduction around these parts. Fresh from his reunion with the full J. Geils Band in August along with Aerosmith at Fenway Park, producer, writer, singer and sports-car

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There are times when two plus two can equal three. Trio con Brio Copenhagen is one such instance, where family ties, cultural blending, and musical connections all converge to color, shape and energize the concerts they present worldwide— featuring Soo-Kyung Hong on cello, Jens Elvekjaer with piano and Soo-Jin Hong on the violin. Performance at 8 p.m. and a free preconcert talk at 7 p.m. by Steven Ledbetter. One piece on the menu for this concert is the “Piano Trio in D Minor,â€? written by Anton Arensky in 1894, which is dedicated to the memory of Karl Davydov, a Russian cellist, called by Tchaikovsky “the tsar of cellists.â€? Tuckerman Hall, 10 Tuckerman St. Tickets online at musicworcester.org , 508-754-3231.

The event of all events happens tonight with First Night Worcester 2012. This year’s event features Whirled Class Arts with performances and activities that will keep celebrants twirling with delight. Early in the day, the area around the Worcester Art Museum offers the highest-caliber family-friendly experiences from open studios to magic and mime. At 6 p.m., a procession marches down to the DCU Center for a spectacular ďŹ reworks display. At 7p.m., Mechanics Hall opens its doors to comedy and music. New this year, at 10 p.m., the party continues over at the Hanover Theatre until midnight. Tickets sold separately at thehanovertheatre.org for a concert with the Mohegan Sun All-Stars and special guest, legendary Blues Brother, Matt ‘Guitar’ Murphy. $15 at the door, children 7 and younger are free; 2-11:59 p.m. 508-799-4909, ďŹ rstnightworcester.org.

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Andy Dawson. Biagio’s Grille, Comedy Room, 257 Park Ave. 508756-7995, beantowncomedy.com. Bring in the new year right at Conflicts New Year’s Eve Bash at the Raven with music and cold drinks at this 18+ event, featuring live performances from Poetic Killa, Jindas Emcees, Dienamix, Cash Mangy, Horra, MC Motion, Conflict of Interest and Fury. First 150 people get $1 10 oz. glasses of Raven Ale. $5 cover; 6 p.m. to 2 a.m. 258 Pleasant St., Worcester.

>Sunday 1 A Birthday for the World: Jim Scott and Friends features a pot luck at 2 p.m. with music at 3 p.m. Featured singer/ songwriters include Jim Scott, James Durst, Martha Sandefer, Molly Scott, and the Dan Tinen, Ferne Bork, Bruce Kahn Trio. First Unitarian Church of Worcester, Bancroft Room, 90 Main St. JimScottMusic.com, 508-755-0995

Nick’s brings a little mystery to the last night of the year with its New Year’s Eve Masquerade Ball from 9 p.m.-2 a.m. Nick’s Bar and Restaurant, 124 Millbury St. 508-753-4030.

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Come and party like it’s 1999 during New Year’s Eve at Ralph’s including dancing, drinking, contests, games, karaoke, pizza and more. No cover (that means it’s free.; 9 p.m.-2 a.m. Ralph’s Chadwick Square Diner, 148 Grove St. 508-753-9543.

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New Year’s Eve Bash with Sasquatch & The Sickabillys, Tex Railers Doomtown, Dancing Girls, East Coast Runaways, a white-trash toast at midnight, and more. $10; 9 p.m.-2 a.m. Lucky Dog Music Hall, 89 Green St. 508-363-1888, facebook.com/sickabilly. New Year’s Eve with Audio Nation from 9:30 p.m.-1:30 a.m. Jillian’s - Worcester, 315 Grove St. 508-793-0900. Come on down to 3G’s 25th Annual New Year’s Eve Party and dance to the T-Bone Blues Band, a Worcester icon and tradition. Midnight champagne toast, hats, and whistles. All free; 10 p.m.-2 a.m. 3-G’s Sports Bar, The Music Room, 152 Millbury St. 508-754-3516. New Year’s Eve-Comedy with Chris Zito and Larry Myles presents two shows—7:30 p.m. and 10:15 p.m. $37 per person includes champagne toast, favors and handling buffet. $57 per person includes all before mentioned plus buffet dinner. Double headliner show features Chris Zito, Larry Myles, Joe Dahlquist and

I light my torch and wave it for the/New moon on Monday/And a fire dance through the night/I stayed the cold day with a lonely satellite. – Duran Duran The The Borelli Octet has the stage at Nick’s tonight at 7:30 p.m., then Bobby Gadoury’s American Songbook Singa-long takes over until 2 a.m. Nick’s Bar and Restaurant, 124 Millbury St. 508-753-4030.

>Wednesday 4 Hanover Theatre’s Franklin Square Society Salon celebrates Water in the Desert: Paintings by Kat O’Connor, with an artist reception tonight from 6-8 p.m. Show runs through April 2, 2012, and is presented in collaboration with ARTSWorcester. This exhibition features 13 oil paintings by Kat O’Connor, who currently teaches at Worcester State University and at the deCordova Sculpture Park and Museum. Her work is exhibited at museums and colleges across New England. The ARTSWorcester Franklin Square Society Salon Gallery is open by appointment during regular Aurora Gallery hours. 2 Southbridge St. 877-571-7469, artsworcester.org. Mister Smartass Theater 3000 is a live comedy/movie show in the vein of classic television program Mystery Science Theater 3000. A cheesy public domain film is projected onto the Lucky Dog’s lovely movie screen. Three of Worcester’s most

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261 Main St. 508-797-9696. Masquerade New Year’s Eve Latin Gala 2012 is an event for the whole family to celebrate one more year of life. Live music with Maestro Eduardo Ortiz and Orchestra featuring G-Lenny from Boston Edlin and Florangel (ExChican) & D’Vargas. Strawberries & champagne toast at midnight, hats, confetti, serpentines and chocolates, plus a big screen to count down with New York’s Times Square.Raffles and contest for the Best Mask of the Night; hors d’oeuvres from 9-11p.m.; formal dress code. $60 at the door, $20 for kids younger than 12, free for kids younger than 3, 9 p.m.-1 a.m. Carrington Hall, 90 Harding St. 774-386-5569, nqmusicians.com, galadeverano@ gmail.com.

night day >Thursday 5 Cirque Shanghai - Bai Xi will be at the Hanover Theatre for the Performing Arts today and Friday, Jan. 6. This visually spectacular production combines astounding Chinese acrobatics, fast-paced action, and contemporary staging. Dating back to the Han Dynasty more than 2,000 years ago, Chinese acrobatic spectacles were first called “bai xi” meaning “100 amazing acts,” in reference to the performers’ seemingly limitless skills. These daring and beautiful feats were featured in command performances for China’s emperors and have been passed down and enhanced through generations. $25-$75; 7-9 p.m. Hanover Theatre for the Performing Arts, 2 Southbridge St. 877-571-7469, thehanovertheatre.org.

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>Friday 30 Awakening Biota,Static In The Radio,Trouble With Tim, Levity. The Raven, 258 Pleasant St. 508-304-8133. FOUR YEAR STRONG / Set Your Goals / Balance And Composure / Transit / Diamond @ The Palladium. Tickets $17 adv.. 5-11 p.m. Palladium, The, 261 Main St. 508797-9696. “VINYL-ly FRIDAY PARTY”. 5:30-8:30 YOU bring your vinyl and all of your friends to a FREE party hosted by us AND YOU. We’ll supply free pizza and even give a stamp for you and your party to stay the rest of the night on us. space is limited. FREE. 5:30-8:30 p.m. Lucky Dog Music Hall, 89 Green St. 508-363-1888 or luckydogmusic.com. Live music at the 1790 Tavern. live music most friday nights in the tavern, blues, jazz, contemporary, call for more information. free. 6:30-10 p.m. 1790 Restaurant & Tavern, Tavern room, 206 Turnpike Road, Westborough. 508-366-1707. BBQ & Blues Fridays with Big Jon Short. Come out to enjoy some of the area’s best BBQ and some Delta and Hill Country Blues. bbqstack.com bigjonshort.com no cover. 7-10 p.m. Smokestack Urban Barbecue, 90 Harding St. Arizona Doug & Scott Marshall - Rock Music. Free admission. 7:30-10:30 p.m. Verona Grille, 81 Clinton St., Shrewsbury. 508-853-9091. Fred Ellsworth and the House Shakers. No cover. 8-10 p.m. Coppertop Lounge/Wachusett Mountain Ski Area, 499

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Mountain Road, Princeton. 978-464-2300 or wachusett.com. Live Mariachi Band. 8-11:30 p.m. Viva Mexico Cantina & Grill, 129 Washington St., Providence. 401-369-7974. The “ Bubbleheads.” See ya there .OMG It’s Still Free. 8-11:59 p.m. Greendale’s Pub, 404 W Boylston St. 508-853-1350. Live in the Pub: John Riley - An Irish Singalong. 8:30 p.m.-12:30 a.m. Fiddlers’ Green Pub & Restaurant, 19 Temple St. 508-792-3700. the Rob Zombie Tribute Band American Hellbilly and the AC/DC tribute TOUCH 2 MUCH. $8. 8:30 p.m.-2 a.m. Lucky Dog Music Hall, 89 Green St. 508-363-1888 or facebook. com/AmercanHellbilly. Ameranouche. 9 p.m.-2 a.m. Nick’s Bar and Restaurant, 124 Millbury St. 508-753-4030. DJ Pete the Polock. Classic rock to the Blues. Large dance floor to shake it. Free. 9 p.m.-2 a.m. 3-G’s Sports Bar, The Music Room, 152 Millbury St. 508-754-3516. DJ Susan Esthera. $5 cover after 9:00 pm. 9 p.m.-12:30 a.m. Mixers Cocktail Lounge, 105 Water St. 508-762-9499. FRIDAY FRENZY with Blurry Nights & DJ SOUP - DJ B-LO. Spinning your favorite Dance, Hip Hop and top 40 tracks. Lounge opens at 9:00 pm - Dance Club opens at 10:30 pm. Coat Room available with attendant. 9 p.m.-2 a.m. Fusion, 109 Water St. 508-756-2100. Huck, Curtain Society, Thinner, and Bees Knees. 9 p.m.-2 a.m. Ralph’s Chadwick Square Diner, 148 Grove St. 508753-9543. Jon Lacouture. Free. 9 p.m.-2 a.m. Art’s Diner, West Boylston st. 352-895-8355. Karaoke with Making Memories. Free. 9 p.m.-1:30 a.m. Days End Tavern, 287 Main St., Oxford. 508-987-1006. Live Bands Every Friday and NO COVER CHARGES. FREE. 9 p.m.-1 a.m. Squire Whites Pub & Restaurant, 347 Greenwood St. 508-7527544 or squirewhites.com. Riggagoo. Come on down & join us for a night of live music from Tom Petty, Beatles, Grateful Dead/Phish, Johnny Cash & Much More. Classic Rock, Blues/Jamband & Funk, 60’s-Up. Free. 9 p.m.-12:30 a.m. Admiral T. J. O’Briens, 407 Main St., Sturbridge. 508-347-2838 or facebook.com/riggagoo. Sean Fullerton: Acoustic Blues, Rock & Fingerstyle Guitar. Dinner, Drinks, Music & Fun.. 9-11:30 p.m. CAFE 57, 3 Central St., Ashburnham. seanfullertonmusic.net. The Missy Maxfield Project. Playin the hits of today and yesterday. $5. 9 p.m.-12:30 a.m. Firefly’s Marlborough, 350 East Main St., Marlborough. 508-357-8883 or fireflysbbq.com. Little Big Wheel Rock and Roll. Original Rock and Roll.9:30 p.m.-12:30 a.m. Simple Man Saloon, High St., Clinton.

>Saturday 31 Poetic Killa, Jindas Emcees, Dienamix, Cash Mangy, Horra, MC Motion, Conflict Of Interest, Fury. The Raven, 258 Pleasant St. 508-304-8133. New Year’s Eve with J. Geils and Jeff Pitchell with Texas Flood. J. Geils needs no introduction around these parts. Team him up with Jeff Pitchell & Texas Flood and you have a show not to be missed. Also on the bill at the Bull is very special guest Gerry Beaudoin, who will add his own sassy guitar to the mix for a rare night of dance and frenzy. $90 advance dinner and

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show. $100 day of show dinner and show. Overnight packages available.. 7 p.m.-12:30 a.m. Bull Run Restaurant, NEW YEAR’S EVE - Sawtelle Room, 215 Great Road, Shirley. 978-425-4311 or tickets.bullrunrestaurant.com. Amy Black Band. In the Ballroom: Amy is a Boston singer/ songwriter with storytelling and Southern tradition in her blood. In record time, she’s become one of the most sought after acts in New England. amyblack.com $20 advance; $24 day of show plus ticket fee. 8-11 p.m. Bull Run Restaurant, NEW YEAR’S EVE - Ballroom, 215 Great Road, Shirley. 978-425-4311 or tickets. bullrunrestaurant.com. New Year’s Eve Celebration with DJ Rich. No Cover. 8-11 p.m. Stake’s Sports Pub, 1281 Pleasant St. 508-755-2925. NEW YEARS EVE NINJA PARTY 2012 HOSTED BY: INSANE CLOWN POSSE @ The Palladium. featuring Blaze Y a Dead Homie The Dayton Family DJ Clay Mike E. Clark Ill E. Gal and more including JCW WRESTLING.Tickets $29.50 adv.. 8-11:30 p.m. Palladium, The, 261 Main St. 508-797-9696. Auntie Trainwreck on New Year’s Eve. Classic Rock, Blues, New Country and Alt Rock favorites, plus our own original material and some brand new cover songs you may not have heard from us before. 9 p.m.-1 a.m. Club KasBar, 234 Southwest Cutoff. 508-798-8385. DJ TONY T. 9 p.m.-12:30 a.m. Mixers Cocktail Lounge, 105 Water St. 508-762-9499. Jim Perry w/Alison Schelin. New Year’s Eve Parts $5. 9 p.m.-1 a.m. Greendale’s Pub, 404 W Boylston St. 508-853-1350. New Year’s Eve Bash @ The Lashaway Inn W/ Riggagoo. Come on down & join us for a night of live music rocking you into 2012 from Tom Petty, Beatles, Grateful Dead/ Phish, Johnny Cash & Much More.Classic Rock, Blues & Funk, 60’s-Up. $5 (includes free appetizers & buffet) & music. 9 p.m.-1 a.m. Lake Lashaway Inn & Restaurant, 308 E Main St., East Brookfield. 508-8672150 or facebook.com/riggagoo. New Years Eve at Ralphs. Come and Party like it’s 1999. Dancing, Drinking, Contests, Games, Karaoke, Pizza, and other Food. Free Admission. 9 p.m.-2 a.m. Ralph’s Chadwick Square Diner, 148 Grove St. 508-753-9543. New Years Eve Bash with Sasquatch & The Sickabillys, Tex Railers Doomtown, Dancing Girls, East Coast Runaways, White trash toast at midnight.more. Happy New Year..$10. 9 p.m.-2 a.m. Lucky Dog Music Hall, 89 Green St. 508-363-1888 or facebook. com/sickabilly. Spinsuite Saturdays Top 40. Dance, Mash Ups & Top 40 Tracks. Fusion’s Lounge opens at 9:00 pm and Dance Club opens at 10:30pm. Coat room with attendant available. No Cover Charge. 9 p.m.-2 a.m. Fusion, 109 Water St. 508-756-2100. Hip Hop Dance Party with DJ HappyDaze Sat.Nights. Dance the night away upstairs in the Den with DJ HappyDaze. Playing a great mix of Top 40, Old school and hip hop.9:30 p.m.1:30 a.m. Days End Tavern, 287 Main St., Oxford. 508-987-1006. New Years Eve with AUDIO NATION. 9:30 p.m.-1:30 a.m. Jillian’s - Worcester, 315 Grove St. 508-793-0900. Jubilee Gardens. another love-filled new years eve with great friends and music-lovers. 10 p.m.-1:30 a.m. Sahara Cafe & Restaurant, 143 Highland St. 508-798-2181 or jubileegardens. com. New Year’s Eve Party, featuring David Foster & the Mohegan Sun All Stars, with Matt ‘Guitar’ Murphy.

Party Arty & Rock with First Night Worcester and the Mohegan Sun All Stars featuring the legendary Blues Brother Matt “Guitar” Murphy…because 30 ROCKS.Join First Night Worcester as we celebrate 30 years of art, community involvement & fun. Cash bar opens at 9:00pm, performance begins at 10:00pm - plus limited VIP seats including complimentary champagne toast and reception at midnight to ring in 2012.Full price tickets are $30. VIP seats, including reception and midnight champagne toast are available for $100. $10 discount availalbe when you show your First Night Button at The Hanover Theatre Box Office. $3 discount available for members, groups of 15. 10 p.m.-midnight Hanover Theatre for the Performing Arts, 2 Southbridge St. 877-571-7469 or thehanovertheatre.org.

>Sunday 1 A Birthday for the World: Jim Scott and Friends. I’m inviting you all to my Jan 1st Birthday for the World. Sunday afternoon Jan 1st, 2012 - in the Bancroft Room at First Unitarian Church, 90 Main Street in Worcester. Pot luck starts at 2 PM (get in at 1 PM) and music at 3 PM. Featured Singer-Songwriters: Jim Scott, James Durst, Martha Sandefer, Molly Scott, and the Dan Tinen, Ferne Bork, Bruce Kahn Trio. All are welcome; it’s free admission, although a free will donation (to cover musicians’ travel expenses) will be appreciated. FREE (donation to cover musicians’ travel expenses is welcome). 2-6 p.m. First Unitarian Church of Worcester, Bancroft Room, 90 Main St. 508-755-0995 or JimScottMusic.com. Live Music Sunday. 4-8 p.m. McBride’s Pub, 161 Wayland Ave., Providence. 401-751-3000. Acoustic Open Mic/WARL Charity Event. Celtic/ Acoustic music and an ongoing charity event for the Worcester Animal Rescue League No Cover. 5-9 p.m. Jak’s Pub, 536 Main St. 508-757-5257. Vincent’s presents: Big Jon Short. Armed with a suitcase kick-drum, National Reso-phonic Guitar and Lowebow cigar-box hillharp, Big Jon Short’s high energy solo performances bring a foot-stomping show that taps into the heart of the songs, regional styles, and folklore of the Blues. bigjonshort.com 5-8 p.m. Vincent’s Bar, 49 Suffolk St. 508-752-9439. Open Music Jam. Open Jam for all musicians, Full band set up. All musicians welcome.Blues and Classic Rock.Come meet new players.18+ free. 7-11 p.m. Jillian’s - Worcester, 315 Grove St. 978-235-1653. Andy Cummings. 9 p.m.-2 a.m. Nick’s Bar and Restaurant, 124 Millbury St. 508-753-4030. Sunday Funday with LoriAnn.. You never know what’s happening here on Sundays. Great special drinks whipped up by LoriAnn are ALWAYS the standard. FREE. 9 p.m.-1:45 a.m. Lucky Dog Music Hall, 89 Green St. 508-363-1888 or luckydogmusic. com. The SUNDAY NIGHT Hang w/ Ronnie Sugar Bear.. FREE. 9 p.m.-1:45 a.m. Lucky Dog Music Hall, 89 Green St. 508363-1888 or luckydogmusic.com. REGGAE FUSION SUNDAYS with DJ Nick. Worcester’s longest running REGGAE night hosted by DJ Nick and Guest DJ’s spinning the HOTTTEST Reggae, Hip Hop and Top 40 every Sunday. 10 p.m.-2 a.m. Fusion, 109 Water St. 508-756-2100.

>Monday 2 Driftin’ Sam Politz 7pm, then Big Game Karaoke 9:30pm till Close. 7 p.m.-2 a.m. Nick’s Bar and Restaurant, 124 Millbury St. 508-753-4030.

>Tuesday 3 Fenway Jazz Jam. The host trio is led by guitarist and Boston resident David Ehle with a bassist and drummer plus special guest musicians. This is an open jazz jam session where all are invited to bring your instrument and your voice or just come enjoy the fun. No Cover. 7-11 p.m. Tiki hideaway Lounge, Howard Johnson Hotel, 1271 Boylston St (behind Fenway Park), Boston. 617-572-3692. Open Mic Night w /Bill McCarthy 7-11 p.m. Greendale’s Pub, 404 W Boylston St. 508-853-1350. Lou Borelli Octet Plays First Tuesday Jazz. Lou Borelli

Upload your listings at worcestermag.com. Click the Night & Day toolbar, then choose Calendar to place your event listing in both our print and online weekly calendar. Octet plays mostly original arrangements from the Dave Pell Octet, one of the bands credited with the creation of the West Coast Jazz scene in the 1950’s. FREE. 7:30-9:30 p.m. Nick’s Bar and Restaurant, 124 Millbury St. 508-752-6213. “Totally Tuesdazed. Tunes in the Diner every Tuesday Night. 8 p.m.-1 a.m. Ralph’s Chadwick Square Diner, 148 Grove St. 508-753-9543. Big Jon Short. bigjonshort.com no cover. 8-11 p.m. Armsby Abbey, 144 North Main St. 508-795-1012 or armsbyabbey. com/2009/08/jon-short. T.J. Peavey. A veteran, accomplished and eclectic singer, songwriter and guitarist. Pass The Hat. 8-10 p.m. Jak’s Pub, 536 Main St. 508-757-5257. Terry Brennan / LIVE. 8 p.m.-midnight Banner Pub, The, 112 Green St. 508-755-0879 or terrybmusic.com.

>Wednesday 4 Open Mic. The Raven, 258 Pleasant St. 508-304-8133. Girls Night Out. FREE APPS,POOL, AND GAMECARDS..FREE. 6 p.m.-1 a.m. Jillian’s - Worcester, 315 Grove St. 508-793-0900. Matt Robert Solo Acoustic. Matt Robert (Hat on, Drinking wine, Home Skillet) performs old-timey, old, and new covers and originals that draw on blues, jazz, folk, and rock. Donations Suggested. 6-8 p.m. Nu Cafe, 335 Chandler St. 508-963-0588. “A night of barnburning blues” Acoustic Blues Open Mic, Every Wednesday, hosted by Sean Fullerton. Welcome to the brand new Acoustic Blues Open Mic. Dinner, Drinks, Music & Fun.. 7-10 p.m. South Side Grille & Margarita Factory, 242 West Broadway, Gardner. 508-479-2309 or seanfullertonmusic.net. Open Mic. Acoustic open mic. Sign up at 7:00 pm, Performers start at 7:30. Feature act starts at 8:45, Drop-in performers start again at 9:30. Nice stage and lighting. Good sound system

and room acoustics. 7-11 p.m. Rte 56 Roadside Bar & Grill, 24 Leicester St (Route56), North Oxford. 508-987-8669. Open Mic Night. Looking for Worcester’s amazing acoustic acts to come check out the new Leits Back Bar Open Mic night... Sign-ups begin at 8 and acts begin at 830. 8 p.m.-2 a.m. Leitrim’s Pub, Back Bar, 265 Park Ave. 508-798-2447 or LeitrimsWorcester. com. Trio con Brio Copenhagen. Back for their 2nd year in a row by popular demand.The Worcester Music Festival will again feature this award-winning piano trio from Denmark: young and vibrant family ensemble performing works of Haydn, Ravel, and Arensky. Sure to be another exciting performance, and once again in the lovely setting of Tuckerman Hall. Pre-concert Talk at 7PM. Tickets at door, by phone from Music Worcester, Inc. or on-line. $39, $36, students $20 advance/$15 at door. 8-10 p.m. Tuckerman Hall, 10 Tuckerman St. 508-754-3231 or musicworcester.org/eventstickets/trio-con-brio-copenhagen-1. Vincent’s Presents: Tiki Night with Frank & Eric. Frank and Eric will help you get over the hump every Wednesday with all of your favorite tropical drinks while soaking in special musical guests and movies. 8 p.m.-1:30 a.m. Vincent’s Bar, 49 Suffolk St. 508-752-9439. Clayton Willoughby Vaudeville Show. 9 p.m.-2 a.m. Nick’s Bar and Restaurant, 124 Millbury St. 508-753-4030. The Twangbusters - Boogie, Blues & Hillbilly Bop. The Twangbusters mix up a musical cocktail of boogie, blues & hillbilly bop. Featuring Girl Howdy’s Paula Bradley on piano and ukulele, joined by Peter Zarkadas (Dr. Z) on electric guitar and Girl Howdy’s Brian Rost and Wild Bill Nadeau on bass and drums, respectively, the band fuses their roots music passions into a hoppin’ blend of blues-infused torch ‘n twang. reverbnation.com/twangbusters. You’ll be shaken and stirred.No Cover. 9 p.m.-midnight Vincent’s Bar, 49 Suffolk St. 508-752-9439.

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Realtor Market Index up for the Fourth Straight Month in November WALTHAM, Mass. – December 13, 2011 – The Massachusetts Association of Realtors(MAR) today announced that for the fourth straight month, Realtor confidence in the real estate market has gone up compared to the same time last year according to the November 2011 Realtor Market Index. The Realtor Price Index (RPI) in November was down from last year. Seventyfive percent of Realtors responded that they were involved with a transaction in the last 12 months that included FHA financing. “It makes sense that as the number of sales goes up each month our members’ confidence in the market goes up as well. These Realtors reflect the attitude of buyers and sellers in the marketplace,” said 2011 MAR President Laurie Cadigan, brokerowner of Barrett & Company in Concord. “Now that Congress has re-instated the increased FHA loan limits, we’ll see continued growth of

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(either buyer or seller side) that included FHA (Federal Housing Administration) financing. Fiftyfour percent responded that either 1-2 transactions (29 percent) or 3-5 transactions (25 percent) include FHA financing. Ten percent responded that 5-10 of their transactions included FHA financing, while 11 percent indicated that over 10 of their transactions included FHA financing. Twentysix percent responded that none of their transactions included FHA financing. Going forward, 49 percent of survey respondents do not predict an increase in FHA loan use, while 47 percent see increased (40 percent) or a significant increase (7 percent) in the program. Five percent of those answering predict either a decrease (3 percent) or significant decrease (2 percent) in the use of the program over the next year. –Submitted Article

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Massachusetts Single-Family Pending Home Sales up Again in November Seventh straight month of increases WALTHAM, Mass. – December 6, 2011 – The Massachusetts Association of Realtors(MAR) reported today that the number of single-family homes put under agreement in November went up again for the seventh straight month compared to the same time in 2010. Condominium pending sales were also up from the same time last year. “We are taking another step toward an eventual housing market recovery with pending sales going up in November,” said 2011 MAR President Laurie Cadigan, broker-owner of Barrett & Company in Concord. “I don’t think it is a coincidence that as the unemployment rate here in Massachusetts ticks down, buyer confidence starts to increase.”

The number of single-family homes put under agreement in November was up 5.2 percent compared to the same time last year (3,404 homes in 2010 to 3,580 homes in 2011). This is the seventh straight month of year-over-year increases. On a month-to-month basis, single-family homes put under agreement were down 7.2 percent from 3,857 homes in October. The number of condos put under agreement in November was up 7.0 percent compared to November 2010 (1,251 units in 2010 to 1,333 units in 2011). On a month-to-month basis, condos put under agreement were up less than a half of one percent (0.3 percent) from 1,329 units in October.

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“We are taking another step toward an eventual housing market recovery with pending sales going up in November” information about where the real estate market is heading in coming months. A pending sale or a sale “under agreement” is when the buyer and seller agree on the terms of the

only organization which compiles this statewide information from Multiple Listing Services each month. –Submitted Article

Time for New Year’s Financial Resolutions

Once again, it’s time to make some New Year’s resolutions. This year, in addition to hitting the gym, learning that second language and getting better organized, why not also consider a few financial resolutions? What types of resolutions might you consider? Here are a few suggestions: • Contribute more to your retirement accounts. The new year means that you are one year closer to retirement. To help yourself build resources for the lifestyle you’ve envisioned as a retiree, try to boost your contributions to your 401(k) or other employer-sponsored retirement plan. You can do this if you get a salary increase and devote at least part of it to your 401(k). At the same time, try to “max out” on your Lisa M Casillo Individual Retirement Account (IRA). For 2012, you can contribute up to $5,000 to an IRA, or $6,000 if you’re 50 or older. • Reduce your debts. Look for ways to cut down or consolidate your debts. It may not be easy, but it’s worth the effort because the lower your debt load, the more money you’ll have available to invest for the future. • Build an emergency fund. If you don’t already have an emergency fund containing between six and 12 months’ worth of living expenses, start building one soon. Keep the money in a liquid vehicle — one that’s separate from your everyday checking and savings accounts. Without such an emergency fund, you may be forced to dip into your long-term investments to pay for unexpected costs, such as a major car repair, a new furnace or a large medical bill. • Don’t overreact to volatility. In 2011, the financial markets have been volatile, with big gains followed by big drops followed by big gains — a true roller-coaster pattern. Try not to let large, short-term price movements influence your investment decisions. Many of the factors that cause jumps or declines are not that relevant to longterm results — and as an investor, you want to focus on the long term. Concentrate on building a portfolio that’s suitable for your individual goals and risk tolerance. • Be aware of different types of risk. For many investors, “investment risk” strictly means the possibility of losing principal when the value of an investment drops. Consequently, to cut back on their risk in the face of a volatile market, they may sell off stocks and load up on certificates of deposit (CDs), bonds and other so-called “safer” investments. But each investment actually carries its own type of risk. For example, if you own CDs that pay a 2 percent return, and the inflation rate is 3 percent, you will lose purchasing power over time. And if you wanted to sell your bonds before they had matured, you’d have to sell them at a discount if the market interest rate had risen above the “coupon” rate of your bond because no one would pay you full price for them. Just be aware that no investment is “risk-free,” and try to build a diversified portfolio that can lessen the impact of one specific type of risk. By following these suggestions, you can go a long way toward making 2012 a good year in which to make progress toward your important financial goals. So plan ahead — and make the right move. “This article was submitted by Lisa Casillo, Financial Advisor, Edward Jones, lisa.casillo@edwardjones.com, 325 Main St, Worcester, 508-363-3900.”

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KEY: Address, Buyer, Seller, Date, Price ASHBURNHAM 142 Central St, Donald S. Hurme, Joan Brinkley, 11/29/2011, $165,000 97 Fitchburg Rd, Emerald Isle Lending Co, Alana Archangelo, 12/02/2011, $1 97 Fitchburg Rd, William A. Houghton, Emerald Isle Lending Co, 12/02/2011, $41,000 37 S Main St, Michael W. Salem, Leominster CU, 11/30/2011, $40,000 AUBURN 53 Harrison Ave Unit 5, Brian C. Babine, Sandra T. Pereira, 12/01/2011, $69,000 3 Linda Ave, Lowes Home Centers Inc, Gary A. Lemerise, 11/30/2011, $275,000 5 Linda Ave, Lowes Home Centers Inc, Wilfrid G. Pitts, 11/30/2011, $315,000 11 Linda Ave, Lowes Home Centers Inc, Mary A. Anderson, 11/30/2011, $275,000 15 Stone St, Jessica Stalker, William F. Feraco, 11/30/2011, $186,000 39 Warren Rd, Donna Handfield, Mary L. Pepka, 11/29/2011, $103,750 FITCHBURG 82 Academy St, Choate Lane LLC, Fitchburg City Of, 11/28/2011, $5,000 8 Acorn Ave Unit 8, Kenneth H. Jepson, Bank Of America NA, 12/01/2011, $154,872 654 Ashby State Rd, Roque Santiago, FNMA, 11/29/2011, $84,900 178-180 Blossom St, Nestor F. Mendez, FHLM, 11/30/2011, $45,000 85 Clearview Ave, Tammy M. Blackburn, Florence Boucher, 11/30/2011, $122,900 40 Forest Hill Ave, Casey K. Coil, Steven Dipasquale, 11/29/2011, $250,000 105 John Fitch Hwy, David D. Deconinck, Joanne M. Rampello, 12/01/2011, $250,000 281 Lunenburg St, George C. Maroun Jr, Oak Lane Inc, 12/02/2011, $250,000 5 Massachusetts Tpke, Jeffrey P. Dedeian, Ezekiel Ketola, 11/30/2011, $160,000 89 Saint Anthony St, Jesse D. Allain, Mary C Digeronimo RT, 12/02/2011, $122,000 150 Temple St, Elyse J. Halpin, Kerri Johnson, 11/30/2011, $200,000 GRAFTON 4 Fieldstone Ct, Brian J. Costabile, Dale E. Kennedy, 11/29/2011, $501,000 20 Hudson Ave, Household Finance Corp, Robert J. Bombard, 11/28/2011, $340,756 2 Jay St, Marlborough SB, Anibal Santos-trujillo, 11/30/2011, $259,807 2 Lakeview Dr, FNMA, Peter L. Bailey, 11/29/2011, $223,959 31 Magnolia Ln, Thomas A. Rush 2nd, Steven A. Stoyko, 11/28/2011, $605,000 58 Nottingham Rd Unit 58, Kenneth D. Holberger, Breyne A. Moskowitz, 12/01/2011, $150,000 7 Pepperbush Ct, Frederick B. Ikels, Kevin L. Sather, 11/28/2011, $626,000 9 Potter Hill Rd, Marc F. Delaronde, James F. Abril, 11/30/2011, $385,000 168 Upton St Unit 12, Michael D. Demers 2nd,

RUTLAND Arlene Dr Lot 26r, CB Blair Dev Corp, C Bacon Contracting LLC, 11/29/2011, $70,000 41 Clealand Cir, Paul V. Simmarano, Bear Hill Estates LLC, 11/29/2011, $253,169 9 Joanna Dr, Jason E. Collins, Anthony M. Coito Jr, 11/29/2011, $270,000

Marc F. Delaronde, 11/29/2011, $240,000 HOLDEN 9 Driftwood Dr, William B. Doane, Preston William H Jr Es, 11/28/2011, $260,800 969 Main St Unit 5, Ralph Barrett, New York Community Bank, 12/01/2011, $87,000 5 Torrey Ln, Robert Leveille, Wells Fargo Bank NA, 12/01/2011, $110,500 LEICESTER 87 Burncoat Ln, Daniel K. Christian, Nicole D. Mooney, 11/29/2011, $140,000 1 Michael Ave, Jeremiah M. Lucey 3rd, Michelle R. Lucey, 11/30/2011, $225,000 4 Patrick Dr, Carmen M. Minaya, Todd T. Rainey, 12/01/2011, $140,000 LEOMINSTER 125 Berrington Rd Unit 125, Jackson D. Brigham, Cheryl A. Seymour, 11/29/2011, $125,000 59 Crisci St, John D. Ralston, Michael Lewin, 11/30/2011, $245,000 18 Fairmount St, Robert Baldasaro, Elidio Orona, 12/01/2011, $129,900 68 Fairview St, Thomas A. Sullivan, Mark E. Oslowski, 11/30/2011, $190,000 10 Glendale Ave, Diana L. Louis, Laurence E. Fontaine, 11/30/2011, $153,000 85 Harrison St, James R. Cameron, Anne M. Leger, 11/30/2011, $238,000 70 Hudson St, Linda Milton, EMJ RT, 11/30/2011, $311,575 205 Legate Hill Rd, Eric L. Comprone, Traditional Concepts In, 12/02/2011, $329,900 205 Legate Hill Rd, John P. Leger, Mary X. Lor, 11/30/2011, $320,000 77 Long Hill Dr, Ryan A. Walker, Michael Tucker, 11/30/2011, $245,000 55 Martha St, Richard Vanhoof Jr, Mary A. Pitre, 11/29/2011, $145,000 42 Mary Ave, Victor M. Modic, Cheryl L. Valera, 11/29/2011, $335,500 296 Mechanic St, Craig T. Macmillian, Jeffrey R. Turbide, 12/02/2011, $132,500 58 Parkdale Ave, Brian M. Culley, Workers CU, 11/30/2011, $170,000 92 Scenic Dr, John A. Clark, Tricia E. Fuller, 12/02/2011, $280,000 6 Walden Ct, Michael Jennison, NA Dev LLC, 12/02/2011, $300,000 224 Water St, Hansen D. Mayard, Diconza Doris V Est, 11/29/2011, $155,000 MILLBURY 3 Davis Rd, Cory M. Sulminski, Marie M. Callahan, 12/02/2011, $190,000 9 Leslie Ln, Cheryl M. Price, Brian J. Mellen, 12/01/2011, $212,900 4 Mildred Ave, Brennan J. Salo, US Bank NA, 11/30/2011, $65,000 PAXTON 25 Holden Rd, Neal Richards, Margaret A. Picard, 12/02/2011, $220,000 1 Ridgewood Rd, Allicia Redway, FNMA, 11/30/2011, $120,000 186 West St, Harold Avery, FNMA, 12/01/2011, $150,000 PRINCETON 313 Ball Hill Rd, Lisa J. Prozzo, Ruth J. Bull, 11/29/2011, $246,000 80 Houghton Rd, Wendy M. Dufresne, Trudeau Jean Est, 12/01/2011, $175,000

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man, 11/29/2011, $55,000 73 Ledgecrest Dr, Leopoldo M. Fernandes, Witold Pucyk, 11/30/2011, $185,000 12 Ludlow St Unit A, AT&DP Realty LLC, Tallage LLC, 11/30/2011, $145,000 95 Lynnwood Ln, FNMA, Natasha Ronay, 11/30/2011, $275,787 135 Massasoit Rd, Christopher Foley, Robert E. Rojcewicz, 11/30/2011, $80,000 143 Maywood St, Jessica Minor, Timothy Veal, 11/29/2011, $95,000 9 Meadow Ln, Southbridge SB, Kelly J. Flanagan, 12/02/2011, $138,000 4 Milk St, Select Building Mgmt LL, Robert M. Licoski Jr, 11/28/2011, $167,000 215 Mill St Unit 109, Jameeli Wozniak, FNMA, 11/30/2011, $57,900 50 Moreland Green Dr, Bernadeta Pucyk, John Dyjak, 11/30/2011, $255,000 30 Mountainshire Dr Unit 30, Jessica M. Lisi, Patricia L. Handy, 11/30/2011, $90,000 28 Nathaniel St, Louise M. Hashway, Linda M. Roy, 12/01/2011, $61,130 17 Nelson Park Dr, Edward J. Murphy Jr, USA HUD, 12/02/2011, $88,336 7 Nome St, Paul Gailah, Olga Burgos, 11/29/2011, $262,000 41 Pasadena Pkwy, FNMA, Neilon Silva, 12/01/2011, $264,562 106 Pocasset Ave, Joseph D. Campbell, Cynthia A. Moyer, 11/29/2011, $200,000 40 Quinapoxet Ln, VGA Investments LLC, USA HUD, 12/01/2011, $79,000 34 Rodney St, FHLM, Samuel Kariuki, 11/30/2011, $150,000 Salisbury St Lot, Salisbury Holdings LLC, Balin & Assoc Inc, 12/02/2011, $50,000 770 Salisbury St Unit 526, Rita E. Roth, Tara S. Roy, 11/30/2011, $225,000 18 Saybrook Rd, Ricahrd A. Jolicoeur, Jolicoeur Simmone A Est, 12/02/2011, $160,000 6 Scranton Rd, Thomas R. Nitti, Doris M. Morgan, 11/29/2011, $163,000 29 Sherbrook Ave, Thomas J. Dalonzo, Mark Clemente, 11/30/2011, $230,000 80 Stanton St Unit 13, Min Jiang, Maria L. Neves, 12/02/2011, $53,000 61 Summerhill Ave, Clistenes Cabral, Mercadante Props LLC, 11/30/2011, $178,000 13 Sun Valley Dr, Bindiya Jha, Kovitz FT, 11/28/2011, $189,900 12 Thorndyke Rd, Jennifer Bratchell, Wesley United Methodist, 11/28/2011, $247,000 24 Valley Hill Dr, David Roche, Margaret R Gowetz 1999, 11/29/2011, $194,000 43 Vernon St, Parvin Homes LLC, M&N RT, 11/29/2011, $137,484 799 W Boylston St, Worcester Police Dept C, Barclay Henderson, 12/01/2011, $800,000 9 Ware St, Grant Lucas, John F. Pavone, 11/29/2011, $167,500 1-a Willow St, Nationstar Mortgage LLC, William Kingsbury, 11/30/2011, $78,269 1 Winneconnett Rd, Ximena M. Castro, Allen F. Darnell, 11/30/2011, $215,000 10 Woodcliffe Ave, Clyde D. Talley, Glenn J. Kasparian, 11/30/2011, $314,000 60 Wyola Dr, Jodi Baniukiewicz, Gaffney Nancy A Est, 11/30/2011, $149,500 16 Zenith Dr, Thomas J. Gaudette, Arsen Ohanesian, 11/28/2011, $152,000

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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. WO05P1301GI1 CITATION GIVING NOTICE OF PETITION TO EXPAND THE POWERS OF A GUARDIAN In the matter of: Patricia Henry RESPONDENT Incapacitated Person/Protected Person To the named Respondent and all other interested persons, a petition has been filed by Kristine Binette of Millbury, MA in the above captioned matter requesting that the court Expand the powers of a Guardian. The petition asks the court to determine that the powers of the Guardian and/or Conservator should be expanded, modified, or limited since the time of the appointment. The original petition is on file with the court. 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 01/10/2012. 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. Denise L. Meagher, First Justice of this Court. Date: December 13, 2011 Stephen G. Abraham Register of Probate 12/29/2011

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LEGAL NOTICE NOTICE OF PUBLIC SALE Notice is hereby given by Pat’s Service Center of 5 Shrewsbury Street, Worcester, MA, pursuant to the provisions of G.L c. 255, Section 39A, that they will sell the following vehicles on or after January 6, 2012 by private sale to satisfy their garage keepers lien for towing, storage, and notices of sale: 1. 1995 Mercury Marquis VIN# 2MELM74WXSX699889 2. 2002 Ford Ranger PU VIN# 1FTZR45E02TA16855 3. 2003 Chrysler Sebring VIN# 1C3EL46X63N572694 4. 1999 Toyota Camry Solara VIN# 2T1CF28P9XC129458 5. 2001 Chevrolet Impala VIN# 2G1WF52E519260232 6.1 998 Honda Accord VIN# 1HGCG165XWA066965 7. 2001 Dodge Ram PU VIN# 3B7HF13Z61M295802 Signed Pat Santa Maria Owner 12/22, 12/29, 1/5/2012

The Town of Sutton Conservation Commission The Sutton Conservation Commission will hold a public hearing on Wednesday, January 4, 2011 at 7:15PM, at the Sutton Town Hall, 4 Uxbridge Road, Sutton, MA. The purpose of this hearing is to review a Notice of Intent submitted to the Conservation Commission by John & Jeanne Esler, Sutton, MA. The project consists of additions to single family house, sewage ejector pump and sewage line, on Map 9, Parcels 105, on 10 Point Way, Sutton MA. This notice is publicized in accordance with the provisions of General Law Chapter 131, Section 40 commonly known as the Wetlands Protection Act, and the Sutton Wetlands and Riverfront District Administration Bylaw. 12/29/2011

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 Daniel M. Deyoung Jr., Jennifer P. Deyoung to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., dated April 5, 2006 and recorded with the Worcester County (Worcester District) Registry of Deeds at Book 38736, Page 109, of which mortgage Bank of America, N.A. 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 4:00 p.m. on January 20, 2012, on the mortgaged premises located at 33 Pleasant Street, Sutton, Worcester County, Massachusetts, all and singular the premises described in said mortgage, TO WIT: The land and buildings thereon in the Town of Sutton, County of Worcester, Commonwealth of Massachusetts, on the southeasterly side of Pleasant Street and the easterly side of Dodge Hill Road owned by Jeannette Vincent and shown as the 2.819 acre parcel on a 'Plan of Land in Sutton, Mass. To be deeded to Francis A. Couture et ux dated December 13, 1982, Lavallee Brothers, Inc., 497 Central Turnpike, Sutton, Mass.' recorded in the Worcester District Registry of Deeds Plan Book 502, Plan 68, and further bounded and described as follows: Beginning at an iron pipe set on the southeasterly sideline of Pleasant Street at the most northerly corner of the Parcel to be described; said iron pipe being southwesterly and 101.73 feet from the intersection of Pleasant Street and Hartness Road; Thence along land now or formerly of Vostok, the following two (2) courses: S 32° 27' 13'' E, a distance of 102.44 feet to an iron pipe found; S 53°52' 33'' E, a distance of 110.16 feet to an iron pipe set; Thence S 61° 42' 30'' E along land now or formerly of Haggerty, a distance of 90.00 feet to an iron pin; Thence along land now or formerly of H. Vncent, the following two (2) courses; S 28° 17' 30'' W a distance of 32.20 feet to a point; S 61° 42' 30'' E, a distance of 115.00 feet to a point; Thence along land now or formerly of F. Couture and land now or formerly of Cichy, the following two (2) courses; S 28° 02' 30'' W, a distance of 135.00 feet to an iron pipe set; S 61° 42' 30'' E, a distance of 155.00 feet to a drill hole found; Thence S 46° 55' 06'' W by land of J. Vincent, a distance of 291.31 feet to a drill hole; N 13° 40' 52'' W a distance of 295.37 feet to an iron pipe found at land now or formerly of F. Couture; Thence along land now or formerly of said Couture, the following three (3) courses; N 05° 15' 53'' E, a distance of 171.02 feet to drill hole found five (5) inches below grade; S 64° 25' 06'' W, a distance of 265.85 feet to an iron pipe set; S 89° 32' 59'' W, a distance of 143.80 feet to an iron pipe set in the easterly sideline of Dodge Hill Road; Thence N 23° 24' 20'' E along the easterly sideline of Dodge Hill Road, a distance of 16.83 feet to a drill hole set at land now or formerly of C. Vincent; Thence along land now or formerly of said Vincent, the following two (2) courses; N 89° 05' 59'' E, a distance of 139.48 feet to an iron pipe found; N 05° 38' 01'' W, a distance of 135.45 feet to an iron pipe set in the southeasterly sideline of Pleasant Street; Thence N 61° 50' 44'' E along Pleasant Street, a distance of 181.75 feet to the iron pipe set at the point of beginning. The above described parcel contains 2.819 acres, more or less. There is excepted from this conveyance that portion of the premises conveyed by the grantor herein to Frederick F. Vostok and Claire F. Vostok by deed dated March 30, 1988 and recorded in the Worcester District Registry of Deeds at Book 11217, Page 82. Said premises consists of the area shown as lot A on a plan by Cullinan Engineering, Inc., entitled 'Plan of Property owned by Francis X. Couture, Jr.', and dated December 9,1987, and filed in the Worcester District Registry of Deeds at Book 596, Page 24, containing 36,125 square feet more or Iess. For Title reference see Deed recorded with said Registry of Deeds in Book 31953, Page 72. For mortgagor's(s') title see deed recorded with Worcester County (Worcester District) Registry of Deeds in Book 31953, Page 72. 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. Bank of America, N.A. Present holder of said mortgage By its Attorneys, HARMON LAW OFFICES, P.C. 150 California Street Newton, MA 02458 (617) 558-0500 200807-0808 – BLU 12/29/2011, 1/5/2012 & 1/12/2012

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Commonwealth of Massachusetts The Trial Court Probate and Family Court Worcester Probate and Family Court 225 Main St. Worcester, MA 01608 Docket No. WO11P3890GD CITATION GIVING NOTICE OF PETITION FOR APPOINTMENT OF GUARDIAN FOR INCAPACITATED PERSON PURSUANT TO G.L. c. 190B §5-304 In the matter of: Mark Leto RESPONDENT Alleged Incapacitated Person Of: Worcester, MA To the named Respondent and all other interested persons, a petition has been filed by Dept of Developmental Services of Shrewsbury, MA in the above captioned matter alleging that Mark Leto is in need of a Guardian and requesting that Michael Leto 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 01/10/2012. 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 abovenamed person cannot afford a lawyer, one may be appointed at State expense. WITNESS, Hon. Denise L. Meagher, First Justice of this Court. Date: December 14, 2011 Stephen G. Abraham Register of Probate 12/29/2011

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Commonwealth of Massachusetts The Trial Court Probate and Family Court Worcester Probate and Family Court 225 Main St. Worcester, MA 01608 Docket No. WO11P3891GD CITATION GIVING NOTICE OF PETITION FOR APPOINTMENT OF GUARDIAN FOR INCAPACITATED PERSON PURSUANT TO G.L. c. 190B §5-304 In the matter of: Michael Lombardi RESPONDENT Alleged Incapacitated Person Of: Westborough, MA To the named Respondent and all other interested persons, a petition has been filed by Dept of Developmental Services of Shrewsbury, MA in the above captioned matter alleging that Michael Lombardi is in need of a Guardian and requesting that Robert Terk of Fitchburg, 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 01/10/2012. 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. Denise L. Meagher, First Justice of this Court. Date: December 14, 2011 Stephen G. Abraham Register of Probate 12/29/2011

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Commonwealth of Massachusetts The Trial Court Probate and Family Court 225 Main St. Worcester, MA 01608 508-831-2200 Docket No. WO11P3868EA NOTICE OF PETITION FOR PROBATE OF WILL In the Estate of: Francis A Gatto Late of: Sutton, MA 01590 Date of Death: 10/12/2011 to all persons interested in the above captioned estate, a petition has been presented requesting that a document purporting to be the last will of said decedent be proved and allowed and that Lisa F Cellucci of Douglas, MA be appointed executor/trix, named in the will to serve Without Surety. IF YOU DESIRE TO OBJECT THERETO, YOU OR YOUR ATTORNEY MUST FILE A WRITTEN APPEARANCE IN SAID COURT AT: Worcester ON OR BEFORE TEN O’CLOCK IN THE MORNING (10:00 AM ON: 03/13/2012 in addition, you must file a written affidavit of objections to the petition, stating specific facts and grounds upon which the objection is based, within (30) days after the return day (or such other time as the court, on motion with notice to the petitioner, may allow) in accordance with Probate Rule 16 WITNESS, Denise L. Meagher, First Justice of this Court Date: December 13, 2011 Stephen G. Abraham Register of Probate 12/29/2011

Commonwealth of Massachusetts The Trial Court Probate and Family Court 225 Main St. Worcester, MA 01608 508-831-2200 Docket No. WO11P3868EA MUPC SUPPLEMENTAL NOTICE In the Estate of: Francis A Gatto Late of: Sutton, MA 01590 Date of Death: 10/12/2011 to all persons who may have interest in the abovecaptioned estate, the Division of Medical Assistance and, if interested, to the Office of the Attorney General and the United Stated Department of Veterans Affairs; notice is being sent to you as you may have a legal interest in this case, in order to inform you of your rights. Under the new Massachusetts Uniform Probate Code Inventory and Accounts are not required to be filed with the Court, but interested parties are entitled to notice regarding the administration from the Personal Representative and can Petition the Court in any matter relating to the estate, including distribution of assets and expenses of administration. Interested parties are entitled to Petition the Court to institute formal proceedings and to obtain orders terminating or restricting the powers of the appointed Personal Representative. Petitioner requests to be permitted to file a MUPC Bond. 12/29/2011

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www.centralmassclass.com (978)728-4302 By virtue and in execution of the Power of Sale contained in a certain mortgage given by KESSELI & MORSE COMPANY to COMMONWEALTH NATIONAL BANK dated May 3, 2004 and recorded with the Worcester District Registry of Deeds (the "Registry") in Book 33515, Page 345, as amended by documents recorded with the Registry in Book 36608, Page 263, Book 40019, Page 246 and Book 44041, Page 245 (collectively, the "Mortgage"), of which Mortgage the undersigned (the "Mortgagee") is the present holder, for breach of the conditions of the Mortgage and for the purpose of foreclosing the same will be sold at Public Auction at 11:00 a.m. on Friday, January 20, 2012 at the mortgaged premises located on or near 185 and 187 Cambridge Street and 242 Canterbury Street, Worcester, Massachusetts, all and singular the premises described in the Mortgage, to wit: "PARCEL I: Tract I: A certain tract of land, with the buildings thereon situated on the northerly side of Cambridge Street in Worcester, Worcester County, Massachusetts, and bounded and described as follows: BEGINNING at a point in the northerly line of said Cambridge Street at a corner of land of the Boston and Albany Railroad Company (near the bridge) thence running in a northeasterly direction by land of said Company one hundred forty-nine and 00/100 (149.00) feet, more or less, to a point of intersection by the westerly line of land formerly of Catharine M. Healy: THENCE: turning and running southerly by said Healy land one hundred twenty-six and 7/10 (126.7) feet, more or less, to the northerly line of said Cambridge Street; THENCE: turning and running westerly by the northerly line of said Cambridge Street seventy-seven and 4/10 (77.4) feet, more or less, to the place of beginning. Tract II: A certain tract of land, with the buildings thereon in said Worcester, bounded and described as follows: BEGINNING at a drill hole in a stone monument set in the ground at the intersection of the northerly line of Canterbury Street and the northeasterly line of Cambridge Street: THENCE northwesterly on Cambridge Street and curving with the line of the street seventy-five and 85/100 (75.85) feet to a stone monument set in the ground at land formerly of Catharine Healy; THENCE N 32° E by land of said Catharine Healy one hundred thirty-four and 00/100 (134.00) feet to a stone monument set in the ground at land of the Boston & Albany Railroad Company; THENCE southerly on land now or formerly of Daniel Parlin in a straight line one hundred twenty-six and 00/100 (126.00) feet to a stone monument set in the ground at the northerly line of Canterbury Street; THENCE southwesterly on said Canterbury Street fifty and 00/100 (50.00) feet to the point of beginning. Excepting from the above land taken or easements for slope purposes taken by the City of Worcester by instruments recorded in the Worcester District Registry of Deeds, Book 2601, Page 182 and Book 2612, Page 504. Tract I and Tract II being the same premises conveyed to Kesseli & Morse Company by deed of Francis J. White dated December 3, 1980 and recorded with the Worcester District Registry of Deeds in Book 7126, Page 277. PARCEL II: A certain tract or parcel of land with the buildings thereon situated on the northerly side of Canterbury Street in the City of Worcester shown on a certain plan made by H. H. Browning, C.E. for Daniel Parlin in January 1913, recorded in the Worcester District Registry of Deeds, Book 2049, Page 199, and bounded and described as follows: BEGINNING at a stone monument set in the ground on the northerly line of Canterbury Street at the southeast corner of land now or formerly of one Roberts; THENCE running N. 4° 0' E. one hundred twenty-five and 90/100 (125.90) feet to a stone bound at the land of the Boston & Albany R.R. Co.; THENCE turning and running N. 82° 5' E. three hundred forty-two and 10/100 (342.10) feet to a stone monument set in the ground in the westerly line of South Crystal Street; THENCE turning and running S. 3° 13' W. by the said westerly line of South Crystal Street thirty-nine and 80/100 (39.80) feet to the land now or formerly of one Herbert; THENCE turning and running N. 52° 47' W. by land now or formerly of said Herbert fourteen and 85/100 (14.85) feet; THENCE turning and running S. 32° 40' W. by the land now or formerly of said Herbert one hundred twenty-seven and 00/100 (127.00) feet to a stone monument set in the ground on the northerly line of said Canterbury Street; THENCE turning and running S. 82° 28' W. by the northerly line of said Canterbury Street two hundred sixty-seven and 20/100 (267.20) feet to the point of beginning. For Title see deed recorded in Book 2363, Page 458 PARCEL III: A certain lot of land situated on the northerly side of Canterbury Street and westerly side of South Crystal Street, (formerly Crystal Street) in Worcester, Worcester County, Massachusetts, bounded and described as follows: BEGINNING at land now or formerly of one Parlin and running easterly fourteen and 85/100 (14.85) feet to South Crystal Street; THENCE southerly on said South Crystal Street eighty-eight and 15/100 (88.15) feet to said Canterbury Street; THENCE westerly on said Canterbury Street about seventy-six and 00/100 (76.00) feet to land of said Parlin; THENCE northerly on said Parlin land one hundred twenty-seven and 00/100 (127.00) feet to the point of beginning. Being the same premises conveyed to Kesseli & Morse Company by deed of A. G. Kesseli, Herbert J. Kesseli and Harold J. Morse, co-partners, d/b/a Canterbury Associates dated October 4, 1949 and recorded with the Worcester District Registry of Deeds in Book 3214, Page 450. PARCEL IV: The land on the northwesterly side of Canterbury Street in Worcester, Worcester County, Massachusetts bounded and described as follows: Tract I: BEGINNING at a stone monument set on the northwesterly line of Canterbury Street; THENCE N 59° 35' E by said line of Canterbury Street two hundred twenty-nine and 2/10 (229.2) feet to a stone monument; THENCE N 31° 00' W one hundred eighteen and 45/100 (118.45) feet to a stone monument; THENCE S 59° 26' W by land of the Boston and Albany Railroad fifty-five and 23/100 (55.23) feet to a stone monument; THENCE southwesterly sixty-one and 4/100 (61.04) feet to a stone monument; THENCE S 60° 0' W by land of the Boston and Albany Railroad one hundred fifteen and 22/100 (115.22) feet to a stone monument; THENCE S 30° 36' E one hundred twenty-five and 56/100 (125.56) feet to the point of beginning. Tract II: BEGINNING at a point in the northerly line of said Canterbury Street at the southeasterly corner of the granted premises and at corner of land now or formerly of Patrick M. Hayes et ux; THENCE northwesterly by said Hayes land one hundred eighteen and 50/100 (118.50) feet to land of the Boston and Albany Railroad; THENCE southwesterly by said Railroad land one hundred (100) feet, more or less, to land now or formerly of one Sheard; THENCE southeasterly by said Sheard land one hundred eighteen and 50/100 (118.50) feet, more or less, to said Canterbury Street; THENCE easterly by said line of Canterbury Street one hundred (100) feet to the point of beginning. Tract III: The land situated in said Worcester on the northwesterly side of Canterbury Street, being the land shown on 'Plan of Land in Worcester, Massachusetts, owned by Campbell Realty Corp., of Worcester, dated October 8, 1954, Francis R. Thompson, C.E.' recorded with Worcester District Registry of Deeds in Plan Book 201, Plan 5, bounded and described as follows: BEGINNING at the southeasterly corner of the premises herein conveyed at a point in said northwesterly side of Canterbury Street, said point being 250 feet southwesterly from the point of intersection of said northwesterly line of Canterbury Street with the southwesterly line of Walpole Street; THENCE northwesterly one hundred twenty-five and 72/100 (125.72) feet, more or less, by land of Annie Andrulis to the Boston and Albany Railroad; THENCE westerly fifty and 00/100 (50.00) feet by said Railroad to land of Francis P. DeFalco, Trustee; THENCE southeasterly one hundred twenty-five and 33/100 (125.33) feet, more or less, by said DeFalco land to said northwesterly side of Canterbury Street; THENCE easterly by said Canterbury Street, fifty and 00/100 (50) feet to the place of beginning. Tract I, Tract II and Tract III being the same premises conveyed to Kesseli & Morse Company by deed of Richard V. Kesseli, Trustee of R & R Realty Trust dated March 1, 1966 and recorded in the Worcester District Registry of Deeds in Book 17721, Page 145. PARCEL V:Tract I: The land in Worcester, Worcester County, Massachusetts being the northerly lot of land shown on Plan of Land owned by Pierce Power in Worcester, Mass., dated Oct. 2, 1923 made by William I. Thompson, C.E. recorded with the Worcester District Registry of Deeds in Book 2314, Page 343, bounded and described as follows: BEGINNING at a point in the southerly corner of the lot herein described in the northeasterly line of South Crystal Street, said point of beginning being seventy-three and 01/100 (73.01) feet northwesterly (measured on the northeasterly line of said South Crystal Street) from the intersection of the northwesterly line of Canterbury Street with the northeasterly line of said South Crystal Street. THENCE running northeasterly by a line parallel to said Canterbury Street, fifty-six and 86/100 (56.86) feet to a point at land now or formerly of one Fox; THENCE running northwesterly by land now or formerly of said Fox fifty-three and 94/100 (53.94) feet to a stone bound at the southeasterly line of the Boston and Albany Railroad land; THENCE turning and running southwesterly by the southeasterly line of the Boston and Albany Railroad Company's land forty-six and 62/100 (46.62) feet to a point; THENCE turning and running southeasterly by the northeasterly line of said South Crystal Street fifty-five and 00/100 (55.00) feet to the point of beginning. Tract II: The land in Worcester, Worcester County, Massachusetts at the corner of South Crystal and Canterbury Streets being the southerly lot of land shown on Plan of Land owned by Pierce Power in Worcester, Mass., dated October 2, 1923 made by William I. Thompson, C.E. recorded with Worcester District Registry of Deeds in Book 2314, Page 343, and further bounded and described as follows: BEGINNING at the point of intersection of the northeasterly line of South Crystal Street and the northwesterly line of Canterbury Street; THENCE Northwesterly seventy-three and 01/100 (73.01) feet by said line of South Crystal Street to land now or formerly of John J. Power et ux; THENCE Northeasterly fifty-six and 86/100 (56.86) feet by said land now or formerly of John J. Power et ux to land now or formerly of one Fox; THENCE Southeasterly seventy-one and 72/100 (71.72) feet by said land now or formerly of one Fox to the northwesterly line of Canterbury Street; THENCE Southwesterly seventy and 45/100 (70.45) feet by said line of Canterbury Street to the point of beginning. Tract I and Tract II being the same premises conveyed to Kesseli & Morse Company by deed of A. G. Kesseli, Herbert J. Kesseli and Harold J. Morse, co-partners, d/b/a Canterbury Associates dated December 13, 1949 and recorded with the Worcester District Registry of Deeds in Book 3230, Page 221. 84 Fremont Street, Worcester, MA A certain parcel of land situated on the southerly side of Fremont Street, Worcester, Massachusetts being a portion of Parcel B on a plan entitled 'Plan of Land in Worcester, Mass. for the Worcester Bleach & Dye Works' dated August 9, 1940 by William I. Thompson, C.E., recorded with the Worcester District Registry of Deeds, Plan Book 113, Plan 96 and being more particularly bounded and described as follows: BEGINNING at the northwesterly corner of the tract herein described in the southerly line of Fremont Street, which point of beginning is the northeasterly corner of land deeded to John H. McCaffrey et ux and known as Lot B of the Plan of Land of the Grand Realty Co. of Worcester dated May 1947, J.J. Reney, Surveyor, recorded in the Worcester District Registry of Deeds, Book 145, Plan 91, which point of beginning is four hundred forty-eight and 39/100 (448.39) feet easterly of (measured on the southerly line of Fremont Street) the intersection of the easterly line of Delaware Street with the southerly line of Fremont Street; THENCE running 87° 32' E. still by the southerly line of Fremont Street about two hundred seventy-four 09/100 (274.09) feet to a point to the center of the Blackstone River; THENCE running Southerly by the center of the Blackstone River about one hundred thirty-four and 5/10 (135.5) feet to a point; THENCE running Westerly about twenty-one and 00/100 (21.00) feet to the west bank of said River; THENCE running Southerly by the westerly bank of the Blackstone River about seven hundred twenty-three and 00/100 (723.00) feet to a point at land of the City of Worcester; THENCE running S. 67° 18' W. by land of the City of Worcester, about one hundred ninety and 00/100 (190.00) feet to a stone monument; THENCE running N. 60° 02' W. by said City of Worcester land sixty-seven and 00/100 (67.00) feet to a point; THENCE running N. 6° 00' Westerly by land now or formerly of the Worcester Bleach & Dye Works seven hundred twenty and 14/100 (720.14) feet to an iron pin at corner of land now or formerly of John H. McCaffrey et ux; THENCE running N. 84° 00' E. eighty-three and 57/100 (83.57) feet along said McCaffrey land to an iron pin; THENCE running S. 6° 00' E. one hundred fifty-six and 73/100 (156.73) feet to the point of beginning. Said premises are hereby conveyed together with all rights and appurtenances thereto belonging. Excepting therefrom: (a) a certain parcel of land conveyed to Lundquist Tool and Mfg. Company, Inc. by deed dated August 24, 1954 and recorded in the Worcester District Registry of Deeds in Book 3618, Page 33; (b) land taken by the City of Worcester for the construction of the Fremont Street bridge by taking dated December 6, 1983 and recorded in said Registry of Deeds in Book 8022, Page 44. Subject to a permanent easement by the City of Worcester for the construction of the Fremont Street bridge as recited in taking recorded in said Registry in Book 8022, Page 44. Subject to a 25 foot wide right of way granted to Lundquist Tool and Mfg. Company, Inc. by deed recorded in said Registry in Book 3618, Page 33. Being the same premises conveyed to Kesseli and Morse Company by deed of Grand Realty Co. of Worcester dated May 11, 1950 and recorded with the Worcester District Registry of Deeds in Book 3252, Page 389."EXCLUDING FROM SAID SALE: 1.Parcels IV and V as described in (i) a Deed recorded with the Registry in Book 44456, Page 272; and (ii) a Partial Release of the Mortgage recorded with the Registry in Book 44542, Page 17; and 2. 84 Fremont Street as described in (i) a Deed recorded with the Registry in Book 47964, Page 155; and (ii) a Partial Release of the Mortgage recorded with the Registry in Book 47964, Page 150. The description of the premises contained in the Mortgage shall control in the event of a typographical error in this publication. Said premises, together with all improvements encumbered by the Mortgage, are to be sold and conveyed

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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 Theresa J. Quinn to Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., dated December 26, 2007 and recorded with the Worcester County (Worcester District) Registry of Deeds at Book 42251, Page 325, of which mortgage Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. 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 12:00 p.m. on January 24, 2012, on the mortgaged premises located at 19 BRANEY ROAD, MILLBURY, Worcester County, Massachusetts, all and singular the premises described in said mortgage, TO WIT: A certain tract of parcel of land with the buidlings thereon situated on the westerly side of Braney Road, in the Town of Millbury, in the County of Worcester, containing 20,625 square feet, more or less and being a part of the premises described in a deed from Simeone M. Hebert dated January 14, 1965, and recorded, with the Worcester District Registry of Deeds in Book 4535, Page 158, and more particularly bounded and described as follows: Beginning at the southwesterly corner of the premises at a point it the west line of Braney Road at the northeast corner of Lot C shown on plan hereinafter referred to: Thence by Lot C, N. 83 degrees 09' W. 169.62 feet to an iron pipe; Thence by land now or formerly of Bernard N. 9 degrees 19,' E. 124.51 feet to a corner; Thence by Lot 2, S. 83 degrees 09' 26'' E 157.63 feet to Braney Road; Thence by Braney Road southerly by a curve to the right (radius 527.44') for a curve distance of 92.09' to a bound; Thence by Braney Road S. 7 degrees 33, W. 31.91 feet to the point of beginning. Being, Lot D as shown on Plan by Kenneth Shaw dated April 22, 1966, recorded with Worcester District Registry of Deeds in Plan book 229, plan 65 and excepting therefrom the premises described in deed recorded in Book 5571, Page 229. For mortgagor's(s') title see deed recorded with Worcester County (Worcester District) Registry of Deeds in Book 17356, Page 83. 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. Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. Present holder of said mortgage By its Attorneys, HARMON LAW OFFICES, P.C. 150 California Street Newton, MA 02458 (617) 558-0500 201108-1111 – BLU 12/29/2011, 1/5/2012 & 1/12/2012

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MORTGAGEE’S SALE OF REAL ESTATE LEGAL NOTICE MORTGAGEE’S SALE OF REAL ESTATE By virtue and in execution of the Power of Sale contained in a certain mortgage given by Stephen Gonier and Robert Morse to Eastern Bank dated January 3, 2001, and recorded in the Worcester District Registry of Deeds in Book 23393 Page 58 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 11:00 A.M. on Friday, the 27th day of January, 2012, on the mortgaged premises located at 115 Town Farm Road, Sutton, Worcester County, Massachusetts, 01590 all and singular the real estate described in said mortgage as follows: Two parcels of land being shown as Lot 2A and Parcel B, Town Farm Road, Sutton, Worcester County, Massachusetts, with the buildings thereon on a plan entitled “Plan of Land in Sutton, Massachusetts Prepared for Eight Lots Enterprises”, Scale: 1”=40’, dated August 1, 2000, drawn by J.D. Marquedant and Associates, Land Surveying and Engineering, Hopkinton, Massachusetts”, recorded with Worcester District Registry of Deeds, Plan Book 763, Plan 79. For a more particular description of said lots reference is hereby made to said plan. For title, see deed recorded herewith. 1358. Said premises are subject to and with benefit of the following: Easement to New England Telephone and Telegraph Company recorded with Worcester District Registry of Deeds, Book 22727, Page 68. TOGETHER WITH all the improvements now or hereafter erected on the property, and all easements, appurtenances, and fixtures now or hereafter a part of the property. All replacements and additions shall also be covered by this Security Instrument. All of the foregoing is referred to in this Security Instrument as the “Property”. Said premises will be sold subject to and/or with the benefit of any and all rights, rights of way, restrictions, easements, improvements, covenants, outstanding tax title, municipal or other public taxes, assessments, liens or claims in the nature of liens, and existing encumbrances of record created prior to the mortgage, if any there be. Said premises will also be sold subject to all leases and tenancies having priority over said mortgage, to tenancies or occupations by persons on the premises now or at the time of the said auction which tenancies or occupations are subject to said mortgage, to rights or claims in personal property installed by tenants or former tenants now located on the premises, and also to all laws and ordinances including, but not limited to, all building and zoning laws and ordinances. THE TERMS OF SALE: TEN THOUSAND AND 00/100 ($10,000.00) DOLLARS will be required to be paid by bank or certified check only by the purchaser at the time and place of sale, and the balance of the purchase price shall be paid by bank or certified check in or within thirty (30) days thereafter to Attorneys Consigli and Brucato, PC, 189 Main Street, P.O. Box 170, Milford, Massachusetts, 01757-0170. The successful bidder at the sale of the premises shall be required to sign a Memorandum of Sale of Real Property containing the above terms at the Auction sale. The Mortgagee reserves the right to bid at the sale, to reject any and all bids, to continue the sale and to amend the terms of the sale by written or oral announcement made before or during the foreclosure sale. If the sale is set aside for any reason, the Purchaser at the sale shall be entitled only to a return of the deposit paid. The description of the premises contained in said mortgage shall control in the event of an error in this publication. TIME WILL BE OF THE ESSENCE. OTHER TERMS, IF ANY, TO BE ANNOUNCED AT THE SALE. SIGNED: Eastern Bank, Present Holder of Said Mortgage, By: Consigli and Brucato, PC, 189 Main Street, P.O. Box 170, Milford, Massachusetts, 01757-0170, (508)478-2054. 12/29/2011, 1/5/2012 & 1/12/2012

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Two minutes with... Mayor-elect Joe Petty had already served six two-year terms on the Worcester City Council before jumping into the mayoral race in August. After an election that reinforced the idea that Petty’s “quiet man” reputation has earned him the respect of Worcester voters, he’ll be inaugurated into office on Monday, Jan. 2, in a free ceremony at North High School. Worcester Mag tracked him down during a busy transition period as he makes his move into the largest office in City Hall. You’ve been on the city council since 1997. What made you want to jump into the race for mayor this year? With Joe

O’Brien deciding not to run for mayor, I thought the time was right for me. My family was very supportive of the idea, and I have the ability to bring people together. The city is moving in the right direction, and I knew that I could be the person to continue the tremendous progress we have been making as a city over the past two years.

Does having three brand-new members of the city council create more work for you as mayor? No. I think it is exciting to have new voices with fresh ideas and different perspectives on issues affecting our city.

How have you seen Worcester change in the past 14 years, and how do you think it will continue to change over the coming decade? In the past decade, you

have seen a lot of progress in terms of economic development, neighborhood growth, public safety and qualityof-life improvement. Over the next decade Worcester is on an upward track to continue in the right direction. Because of the foundations laid in the previous decade, we will see increased

commuter-rail service to our beautiful Union Station, a newly revitalized and configured downtown with the continued expansion and development of projects like City Square, further beautification of our streets and schools through further investment in our city’s infrastructure, expansion of the bio- and life-sciences sector with further investment and focus on projects like Gateway Park, and our city becoming a national leader in high-tech gaming development with MassDigi.

Let’s say a group of important people are coming to Worcester and you want to show them a good time. Where do you take them and who do they meet? Thankfully, the city has such diverse neighborhoods, cultural venues, economic centers, educational and historic institutions that any visitor can connect with. I am happy to lead a city that provides opportunities for any visitor to enjoy the rich experiences that residents know every day and to walk away impressed with their visit.

Any grand plans for decorating the mayor’s office at City Hall? The office will be a space that reflects Worcester’s

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past, present and future. It is a place to be celebrated by the community and welcoming to visitors and guests of our city. I have been extremely pleased with the outpouring of support and help from the city’s various educational and historical institutions which have lent a hand in decorating the office.

Give us the details on your inauguration festivities. Where and when will it be? The inauguration exercises for the City of Worcester, Office of the Mayor, City Council and School Committee will take place on Monday, Jan. 2, 2012 at 3 p.m. The location for the program will be North High School, 140 Harrington Way, with the program lasting approximately one hour. Immediately following the inauguration, a dinner and live entertainment (Dale LePage with Bobby Gadoury and Thomas Spears) will take place at the

Beechwood Hotel, 363 Plantation St. The inauguration ceremony at North High School is free and open to the public. The evening dinner at the Beechwood is at a cost of $25 per person. Tickets for the dinner may be purchased at the City Clerk’s office on the 2nd floor of city hall or by calling 508-799-1121. If you have any questions or concerns, please contact the City Clerk, David J. Rushford, at 508-799-1121.

Why’d you choose to have it at North High School? I wanted to showcase the new North High School, which is a gem in our community and highlights Worcester’s commitment to investing in public infrastructure and ensuring modern up-to-date facilities for our city’s students.

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