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t seems odd to think that somewhere in Worcester, there is a “Ted” doll perched next to a vintage phone booth, beneath a a table used by Christian Bale in “American Hustle” and a tiny red television Johnny Depp utilized, but sure enough, it’s all very here. Of course, there are also rows and rows of chairs, lamps and telephones right next to mock marijuana and coffins as well, but it was an incredibly interesting experience being guided through the Westerman Props Warehouse by warehouse manager Dan Diaz, and not one I am likely to forget any time soon. Massachusetts is finally getting its film industry sea legs beneath her as the film tax credit incentive rolled on, which is why (in large part) a place like Westerman is needed in the area. Of course, if the incentive is removed (as has been discussed ad nauseam), the need will likely falter. We talked to Dan and his team about the area need, the industry, Gisele Bündchen’s couch and why a beat up green plastic chair is so damn popular.

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‘Overwhelming’ support helps Tarentino family cope after policeman’s death PHOTO COURTESY OF THE TARENTINO FAMILY

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here are good days and bad days, perhaps all that could be expected for Tricia Tarentino almost exacty a month after her husband of almost 20 years, Auburn Police Officer Ron Tarentino Jr., was shot and killed after pulling over a driver early Sunday morning, May 22.

The tough moments can hit unexpectedly, like when she looks through family photos and comes across the couple’s wedding album, or pictures of her children with their father when they were all younger, images of the family at her parent’s summer cottage, or a picture of Ron Tarentino Jr. and his father, himself a retired cop, both in uniform.

They come when she thinks about everything she will miss about the man with whom she would have celebrated two decades of marriage in September.

His laugh: “It was infectious.”

His outlook on life: “He had a way of turning anything that was difficult into something that made you not really worry about it.”

How he was with their three boys 20-year-old Ron, who serves in the Army; 18-year-old Spenser, who is considering a career in criminal justice; and 15-year-old Kyle: “He just made my boys laugh. You love a father who can just embrace his family.”

Even the sound of his truck and prized 2003 Ford Mustang SVT Cobra: “I looked forward to hearing his truck back up every morning. I really looked forward to that. Even his Mustang, as loud as it was.”

The memories are what have been left behind. Ron Tarentino Jr. was taken from his family’s life during a traffic stop last month.

He had pulled over a car driven by Jorge Zambrano, a career criminal who had been in court only days before he allegedly shot Tarentino. Later that day, State Police tracked the accused cop killer to an Oxford residence,

where authorities say Zambrano was hiding in a closet with a pit bull before firing on them.

One shot allegedly struck a state trooper.

Auburn Police Officer Paul Lombardi said even through her own personal grief, Tricia Tarentino has reached out to others – like that stricken officer, who survived his injuries.

“She’s been inquiring about other people,”

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The Worcester Regional Chamber of Commerce kicks off a program for Central Mass businesses in urban environments. +2

A couple of area college press peeps, Cristal Steuer and Tricia Oliver, from Holy Cross and Anna Maria, respectively, announce they are leaving. They will be missed. -2

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Lombardi said as he sat near Tricia Tarentino in a conference room inside the Auburn Police Department earlier this week. They were talking about a colleague and husband, and hoping to draw a crowd to a planned fundraiser for the Tarentino Benefit Fund Sunday night, June 26, 7 p.m., at Mechanics Hall.

“She’s been taking care of us, just as much as we’ve been taking care of her,” Lombardi said of Tricia Tarentino, revealing she had visited the trooper in the hospital.

She said her family was simply concerned about the trooper, “and just wanted to thank him for what he did.”

While Lombardi praised Tricia Tarentino’s selflessness, she has a message for all those who have responded to her family since her husband was killed: they are in her prayers.

“The outpouring came immediately from the moment we found out,” she said, adding she and her children were at the family’s vacation home in Rhode Island, getting

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irbnb is new enough that many Worcester residents may never have heard of the online rental service, but has gained enough traction in the area that a group of Zenith Drive residents and some city councilors are clamoring for the city to institute rules cracking down on the service.

At the center of the debate is a house at 65 Zenith Drive that residents allege is an unlicensed lodging house in an example of technology outstripping governmental regulations.

Residents went to the Council recently after other methods, such as a case in which they convinced the city’s Department of Inspectional Services to file a civil case and a preliminary injunction against Silva, fell short. Court records show that injunction was denied by a judge on June 15.

Airbnb started in 2008 as a way for travelers to save money on lodging and for property owners to make some money on the side. It serves as an online marketplace – people with a spare bed, room or building can post a listing on the site, and people looking for an alternative to a hotel room can contact them to set up payment and an arrival date.

But while many with listings on Airbnb are renting out a spare room once in a while, Zenith Drive residents say their neighbor has taken things too far, causing problems for the rest of the neighborhood.

“Whether you call it a bed and breakfast, Airbnb, lodging house, motel, etc., it all boils down to the same thing – the operation of a full-time commercial business in a residential area,” Sharyn Eaton said.

Solange Costa Silva, the woman who lives in the house with her son and mother, has a different perspective.

“Until now, I didn’t know anything I could change” Silva said, saying she has not been contacted by the neighbors who brought the issue to the attention of the Council. “The city told me I could have two guests at a time, two [groups] of related people.”

Eaton was one of around a dozen residents who showed up this week to ask for assistance from the city. According to an 11page report featuring photos and screenshots compiled by Eaton and neighbor Patty O’Sullivan, multiple short- and long term-residents stay at the home simultaneously, and O’Sullivan said it has served as a lodging house since October.

The problem has consequences for the surrounding area, according to neighbors. Martha Gabriel said she has answered the door multiple times to find out-of-state visitors who mistook her property for their reservation, only finding out what was going on when Eaton and O’Sullivan contacted her.

“Then all the loose ends came together with regards to our late-night visitor,” Gabriel said. “... We’re getting slightly annoyed and tired of this.”

Silva said she could consider changing check-in and check-out times to avoid nighttime activity, thus alleviating the darkness and confusion that comes with a lack of sunlight, although she disputed the accounts of guests knocking on the wrong door.

“That’s not true,” Silva said. “No one’s that stupid.”

Silva attributed much of the dispute with her neighbors — especially O’Sullivan,

Solange Costa Silva, owner of 65 Zenith Drive.

who lives directly across the street — to a cultural clash. Silva is originally from Brazil, and resided in Nantucket before moving to Worcester, where she also rented rooms on Airbnb. She bought the four-bedroom house to accommodate her large family, she said, which often congregates in Worcester to visit her mother or for celebrations.

“My lifestyle is very different from [O’Sullivan’s] lifestyle,” Silva said. “I’m from Brazil, there are always people coming and going. My house is like this anywhere I live.”

While Silva said she considered selling her house when complaints from neighbors started eight months ago, she decided against it, partly because her young son has made friends and connections in Worcester and

partly because she thinks the neighbors’ concerns are overblown. “[O’Sullivan] has a lot of time,” Silva said.

“She has no life. I don’t know what she’s doing in her house, and I’m not curious, but she knows about things going on in my house that I don’t even know about … I cannot change my life because of something personal. I could live anywhere and people could have problems.”

Residents are also concerned that the eight months of work they have done trying to resolve the issue have been mostly wasted, noting the city’s Code Department has visited 65 Zenith Drive, providing an opinion from the city’s law department — contained in the neighborhood report — classifying Airbnb rentals as “Bed and Breakfasts” rather than a lodging house, but otherwise taking no action to shut down the activity.

“It is concerning to us that in this day and age where we say see something say something, we have and it doesn’t seem to go anywhere,” Eaton said, referencing young continued on page 7

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ready for Memorial Day Weekend, when the call came that Ron Tarentino Jr. had been shot.

It was not until they arrived at the hospital that they were told he had died.

The support since that time, she said, has been overwhelming.

“It came immediately, through texts, through the doctors and nurses that were there, our family,” Tricia Tarentino said.

It came in the form of meals and flowers delivered to the family’s Leicester home,

cards from children they did not know, lawns mowed by neighbors, even a poem from across the country.

“One woman sent me a poem about my husband,” Tricia Tarentino said. “She was from California. She did not know him, but it touched her.”

Support and comfort came at the funeral, where Risa Clardy arrived to offer her condolences. Risa Clardy’s husband, State Trooper Tom Clardy, was also killed in the line of duty. The 44-year-old trooper had pulled over a car when he was struck and killed by another vehicle in March.

“It’s just more than I can even count, the ways people showed us they love us,” Tricia Tarentino said. “The kindness, it has not stopped. Probably 20 times a day something happens that is another way people show, ‘We love you. We support you. We’re there for you long-term.’ That’s been really helpful.”

It hasn’t completely vanquished the pain and sorrow. Only time can do that.

“I think there’s a part of this that … hasn’t really sunk in, yet,” Tricia Tarentino acknowledged. “I think that’s kind of true for everybody. It’s one of those things that takes time.”

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As much as they can, however, her family is coping. They are surviving. They are moving on, step by step.

“I think we’re doing fairly well, considering the situation,” she said. “We’ve all rallied together, just to be there to support each other. We were already a tight-knit family, but it’s brought us even closer. Just, honestly, having our police family and the community and everybody that’s just been really kind and showing their love to us, has helped a lot.”

As for the other aspects of the tragedy — why the repeat offender police say killed her husband was free and not in jail, whether the court system is flawed — Tricia Tarentino isn’t weighing in on that.

“I have not been able to watch news or listen to anything, yet,” she said. “I’m just not ready for it.”

Lombardi also isn’t wading into those waters. Neither, he said, would his former colleague.

“Ron had the same attitude every police officer does,” he said. “We do our job to the best of our ability. Once the perpetrator, the criminal gets to court, it’s out of our hands.

The court has a hard job through all this, and I’m not going to say they made a mistake. I’m going to keep that to myself.

“Once we get the criminal off the street and into court, it’s out of our hands. Ron was not the type of guy to dwell on it. If he did his job, he was very happy and satisfied. Once he did his job, he was happy as a pig in you know what that he did his job and caught the bad guys.”

Ron Tarentino Jr., his wife said, would not want his friends and family worrying about it, either. Nor would he want them hanging their heads.

“He would not want us sitting around all somber,” Tricia Tarentino said.

That does not mean she and her family have put all the pieces back together, yet, although she said their sons have been strong.

Still, they are dealing with the loss of a father, a buddy, a man with whom there was so much more to share.

“He was a really good soulmate, for sure,” Tricia Tarentino said. “We just had a really good connection. We laughed together. We worked on how we were going to raise the kids. He was my best friend.”

It will, she and Lombardi admitted, feel good to laugh on Sunday.

“I think, at this point, we are,” Lombardi said of whether Auburn police were ready to laugh. “It’s going to be awesome to meet as a group and be happy. We’ve been meeting so many times for sad stuff.”

Tricia Tarentino agreed.

“It will be good to see everybody laughing, for sure,” she said.

Walter Bird Jr. is editor of Worcester Magazine. Call him at 508-749-3166 or email wbird@worcestermag.com.

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Rewind: 40 Years of News, Entertainment and More Libertarians Before Johnson and The Tea Party

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f you were to take today’s political reporting, you would think the Libertarians were bigger than ever.

Gary Johnson’s candidacy (and his VP pick of former Massachusetts Gov, Bill Weld,) have become a semi-viable third option for Republicans disaffected with Donald Trump and his more authoritarian and even statist tendencies on both fiscal and social issues (including a temporary ban on Muslims entering the United States and opposition to free trade,) expanding them beyond their usual base within the early Tea Party movement, scruffy-looking Ron Paul enthusiasts seeking to synthesize John Lennon and John Galt, and a Cato-Institute elite with interests skewing more toward the “fiscally conservative” end of that spectrum than the “socially liberal” end.

In 1998 however, the Libertarian Party was still far from the mainstream. It was then that Worcester Magazine covered the Libertarian movement through former WPI Physics

professor George Phillies, then the Libertarian candidate for Jim McGovern’s seat (who would run for the party’s presidential nomination in 2008, losing to former Republican representative Bob Barr.)

The coverage of the party is without a doubt revealing of its broader influence on today’s political discourse. The fifth paragraph of the June 17, 1998 article calls The Libertarian Party “a growing political faction that features the unlikely paring of free-love liberals and free-market capitalists who have joined forces to revive the Revolutionary War-era credo ‘don’t tread on me.’”

The article also refers to the Cato Institute as “a libertarian think-tank […] growing more and more influential in Capitol Hill policy debates.” The Cato Institute today has been very successful in recruiting evangelists (particularly among the GOP,) willing to preach their gospel of deregulation and reduced spending in Washington.

ZENITH DRIVE continued from page 5 shouldn’t be legal and allowed for a commercial people on the street interacting with strangers enterprise like the Zenith Motel to be there.”

At the heart of the argument is the idea that wandering the neighborhood. lodging houses and bed and breakfasts require District 5 Councilor Gary Rosen said he permits from the city. A room in one of the wanted to restore the neighborhood to its home’s four bedrooms goes for $35 or $39 per residential character by filing an order to night, according to two listings on the site. amend the city’s ordinances. Rosen’s order Silva also dismissed claims she bought the asks the city manager to create “some kind house for the sole purpose of renting it out on of regulations/ordinances to require those Airbnb, saying the income did not come close residential houses and buildings that are to being a profitable proposition. associated with Airbnb or similar companies City Manager Ed Augustus Jr. and others and who offer short and long-term overnight who spoke were quick to mention that rules and lodging be permitted only in commerciallyregulations would apply to services like Airbnb zoned areas and require such establishments as a whole, not one specific property, although obtain a business license from the city.” attorney and At-Large Councilor Moe Bergman “There’s four bedrooms upstairs, and those did ask about the possibility of an injunction for bedrooms have turned into the Zenith motel,” 65 Zenith Drive. Augustus said of the more than Rosen said. “There’s not a neon sign, yet, l! – a Worcester ia 300 Airbnb listings in Worcester ec p S because I don’t think it’s legal … it probably er Summ

Nonetheless, the summary of Libertarian positions provided to us also make it clear why Gary Johnson, though he may have a rather impressive and even Perot-esque showing in November, will not be the next president of the United States: though going under the banner of “socially liberal, fiscally conservative,” the Libertarian party also holds positions on both ends of that spectrum which would be totally alienating to both “liberals” and “conservatives.”

Even among “small government” conservatives, there are few wishing for legalized prostitution and the legalization of all drugs. And for liberals who may very well want those things, there is less likely a desire to eliminate the EPA, IRS, DOT, DOE, and all welfare.

And this is why the Libertarian pitch seems

Magazine reporter’s search on the site showed around 65 rentals in the city proper and 300 in the wider Worcester County area – Zenith Drive was the only neighborhood with a complaint of which he was aware.

Silva said she is willing to work with the city on regulations as an experienced Airbnb hostess, saying specific regulations would actually benefit her, rather than dealing with the current legal gray area of lodging houses and bed and breakfasts.

“Please, give me regulations,” Silva said.

O’Sullivan said the neighbors went the housing court route, rather than talking with Silva one on one, because measures such as changing check-in and check-out times do not address the core issue.

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to change by the day. For Urban Millennials: enjoy legalized cannabis, an end to the drone program, and an end to corporate welfare.

For conservatives: enjoy a flat income tax, a return to the gold standard, and almost no regulations.

So each side enjoys its half of the Libertarian identity. And each side either despises or quietly fears the benefits given to the other. It’s made libertarianism both an easy and hard sell for Americans.

And that’s what’s important to note: although the Libertarians have grown more influential within all parties, they remain decidedly a third party. And the question for Johnson is not whether he will be president, but rather, whether he will show at least 15 percent support in the polls, earning him a spot on the ballot in most states. her, she just doesn’t get it … she’s certainly not within the spirit of our neighborhood.”

Other councilors tied the issue to the broader issue of the government being too slow to keep up with the tech industry’s pace of change.

“When I brought this up on the Council floor everyone laughed at me,” At-Large Councilor Kate Toomey, who brought the issue to the Council’s attention long ago, said. “Well, guess what. The issue is that we do need to be proactive, and we do need to preserve our neighborhoods and preserve the livelihood and the living-hood of everyone owning a home.”

Reporter Tom Quinn can be reached at 508-749-3166 x324 or tquinn@ worcestermagazine.com with story ideas, feedback, or questions. Follow him on Twitter @bytomquinn.

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How much time do speakers get in front of the City Council? According to the rules, it’s two minutes, but there was some dispute over that fact at this week’s meeting. “You always do this when you don’t like what I have to say,” Idella Hazard, a consigliere in the Gadfly Mafia, said to Mayor Joe Petty when she alleged the long-suffering mayor cut her off before her time was up. Have no fear, Idella – the press is one the case. If you count public participation speaking time from the end of the word “Worcester” - as in “my name is Idella Hazard, from Worcester” - to when the mayor interrupted, you clock in at a cool 2:02. So Petty was right on the money when he cut Hazard off, and was even more generous, giving her an extra 15 seconds to finish up after she complained. But does Hazard actually have a point? Two speakers later, Laurie Ross came up to praise the city’s Youth Violence Prevention Initiative and spoke for a frankly astounding 4:16. That’s more than double the time Hazard got, and unless someone was speaking in sign language, Ross was never told to wrap up her comments. And that’s hardly the first time a speaker has been allowed more than the paltry two minutes the regulars get. Now, it’s hard to argue the content of Hazard’s speech was at the same level of importance or even coherence as what Ross had to say, but that’s hardly the point. In a world where everyone is held to the same rules, Ross would have been given the hook after two minutes, the same as everyone else. A time limit that is selectively enforced is not quite the same as cutting someone off early, but it accomplishes the same goal – allowing speech that is Council-approved while cutting down on things the Council doesn’t want to hear. Some proponents of civic engagement would say that two minutes is too short, and the floor should be open to the public for longer time periods.

Say what you will about that idea, if it’s already happening for some and not others something has gone wrong in the system.

Tom Quinn

NO PREJUDICE HERE: After

months of contentious hearings, quotes about “jihadi law,” questions over whether a mosque would be built, comparing American Muslims to combatants in Afghanistan, a legal maneuver by the Dudley Zoning Board of Appeals and a vote to spend taxpayer money buying property before the Islamic Society of Greater Worcester could get its hands on it, the rural town’s Board of Health this week voted to deny a permit for a Muslim cemetery on 55 acres of farmland. According to the Telegrampa the permit was dismissed “without prejudice,” and never has a parliamentary term been so ironic.

STAND AGAINST STIGMA: AtLarge City Councilor Kate Toomey took a stand during this week’s Council meeting. The city manager recently signed a pact to be a “CEO Against Stigma,” basically a promise to accommodate people with mental health conditions by creating a workplace free of stereotypes and judging. And while all the councilors who spoke were supportive, Toomey led by example, stating for the first time publicly that she has struggled with clinical depression since a young age, and only told family members privately when her mother was ill. “When I told my mother I was going to see someone, she said, ‘What do you have to be depressed about, I’m the one who’s dying,’” Toomey said. The Council speech was the first time she had admitted her depression publicly.

TYLER KUHN’S PRO SKATER:

Almost one year ago, high schooler Tyler Kuhn and a group of skateboarding enthusiasts presented a petition to the City Council asking to be involved in a skate park commission and the construction of a new place for skateboarders to go. Perpetual City Council candidate Bill Coleman helped them with the petition, and this week Coleman spoke in favor of the petition again, asking for progress. “We want young people to be involved in our city government,” Coleman said. “[But] they weren’t informed, they weren’t involved” in the potential construction of a new site in the works. Kuhn, for his part. sounded surprised when a reporter contacted him about the petition, saying he attended a meeting or two last year, but has not heard anything recently aside from the talk of someone potentially building a skate park.

Hey, if there’s one thing us regular people know about hobbies like skateboarding, it’s that us regular people probably don’t know what goes into making a skate park cool or functional. And if there’s one thing everyone knows, if citizen petitions never go anywhere, people are going to get discouraged and stop filing citizen petitions, especially when one that was held up as an example of respectful, earnest discourse gets lost to the sands of time. If an angry rant and a

{ worcesteria } respectful tone get the same result, why tamp it down when letting loose is so much more fun?

Live life like it’s a half-pipe, or something like that.

KING OF THE FLIES: First-term At-Large City Councilor Khrystian King is apparently not having a good time as a bureaucrat. While his colleagues stood apart from the crowd of teenage camp councilors – not exactly what they are, but it fits with the City Council theme so shut up – King got right into the thick of it, blending in surprisingly well.

Unfortunately for him, the local press was there to single him out. He was joining Mayor Joe Petty and fellow Councilors Tony Economou, George Russell, Sarai Rivera and Gary Rosen, State Rep. Dan Donahue and State Sen. Mike Moore at a launch ceremony for the second year of Recreation Worcester, a free summer program going on at 10 parks that aims to give Worcester’s kids ages 7-13 years free meals, a bit of literacy education and a whole lot of sports and activities. Preregistration has tripled since last year, according to City Manager Ed Augustus Jr., and the privately-funded program will employ 89 college and high school students for a program beginning June 27 and ending Aug. 19. For registration and more information, go to worcesterma.gov/recreationworcester.

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MAN SEEKING SUCKER: Are you the kind of person who wishes that building you own was

historic? Are you the kind of person who enjoys dealing with red tape and petty bureaucrats?

Are you the kind of person who insists on paying for half the bill at restaurants? That last question – and the subhead – is for an online dating profile I’m building, but if you answered yes to the first two, I’d love to hear from you for an entirely different reason. The city currently places a few restrictions, notably a demolition delay waiting period, on historic buildings. How do they determine which buildings are historic? By checking the Massachusetts Cultural Resource Information System, of course. Problem is, as explained at a meeting examining ways to revamp the city’s historic preservation rules, MACRIS has no criteria for what gets on the list. If you’re willing to fill out the form, the building goes on the list. So while historic properties such as Stearns Tavern and Our Lady of Mount Carmel make it onto the list easily, so does a random Dunkin’ Donuts on Boston Avenue in Medford built in 2005. That is a real example of a building that is more culturally significant than most buildings in Worcester, according to the great state of Massachusetts. The record is held by the Frederick Hess Large Animal Clinic in Amherst – constructed in 2007. So let’s break this record, Worcester. I’ll provide the form, you provide the property. By looking at the form I don’t actually think I need the property owner’s permission, but it does kind of screw you over if you decide to tear down the building in the future and the Historical Commission decides your Taco Bell franchise is crucial to the character of the neighborhood or whatever. But let’s be honest – if one person working on this historic ordinance thing for the city has half a brain, the MACRIS standard will disappear long before it becomes a problem for you. So to recap – looking for an owner of a property built in 2008 or later who is willing to participate in some old-school alt-weekly stunt journalism, resulting in a statewide record for Worcester. Fast food chains and other clearly non-historical venues encouraged.

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Editorial More than a bike path

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t is not surprising that some social media critics – they of the fake accounts and anonymous online names – took quick aim at the $3-million-or-so bike path project in Worcester’s Main South neighborhood.

That end of the city is an easy target for the critics. It is an easy target for those who do pretty much nothing to make the city better, but take perverse pleasure in tearing it down.

It is unfortunate, but not surprising.

A multi-million-dollar price tag was, we admit, a bit of a head scratcher at first. Really? For a roughly 1,000-foot path you could jog as quickly as you could bike? But what is being done in the Kilby, Gardner and Hammond streets neighborhood is nothing to dismiss.

Clark University is building athletic fields adjacent the bike path, and the Boys & Girls Club of Worcester is nearby. It draws hundreds of disadvantaged, inner-city youth who, let’s be honest, often have little to be thankful for. Many of them have a future limited to their current surroundings.

Or do they?

Thankfully, enough people are not casting them aside or giving up on their hopes and dreams. A bike path is a small, if rather expensive, step toward a future for the kids living in this economically-depressed part of Worcester. If these steps are not taken, however, the journey will never be complete.

It is worth noting, because Lord knows the critics won’t, that the steep price tag for this project was the result of infrastructure challenges along the path, which proved more daunting than originally anticipated.

It would be easy to look at the faces and names and political affiliations of those involved in the bike path project and write the whole thing off as a hack-driven escapade. Tell that to the boys and girls who will make good use of this new part of their neighborhood.

The project was not the only development this week.

There was a tour of a property benefiting from the controversial TIF program the city has as pretty much its only means of enticing developers. There was a groundbreaking for the Stearns Tavern move to the old Coes Knife factory site. There was an important meeting on the opioid crisis that, while not generating as many headlines as a year or two ago, remains a very real and serious threat to public safety .

Those are just some of the events that unfolded. They, like the bike path, show a city that refuses to be held captive by the purveyors of negativity, gloom and doom.

Some are baby steps, some are not very glamorous.

They are separate, seemingly unrelated undertakings; a bike path and a meeting about opioid abuse seem not to have much in common. All, however, are efforts to make the city a better, safer, more accommodating place to live and do business.

Those types of efforts deserve the opposite of criticism.

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Harvey Too

many questions, not enough answers

Janice Harvey

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fter the saturation of news stories covering the Orlando massacre, I feel I should be writing this column from beneath my bed covers. Is it safe to come out? Will it ever be?

And I don’t mean “the closet.” I’m a straight white chick cowering under the comforter. I should feel safe, right? I mean, I’m not Muslim, I’m not gay. I am, however, a liberal, and saying so can be as dangerous as the waters at Disney World turned out to be.

I stopped for a red light on West Boylston Street when an elderly white man driving a white Infiniti pulled up on my passenger side. My windows were up with the AC cranked, so when he began shouting something to me, I couldn’t quite make out his words. I lowered the window, assuming that he was pointing out something helpful. Was my rear tire low? Was some hunk of metal dragging from the undercarriage of my Hyundai?

Was the muffler loose?

“I’m sorry. What did you say?” I said.

“I said you’ve got shit all over your bumper!”

For a moment, I was confused. Had I driven through a pile of manure? Did a bird with irritable bowel syndrome land on my trunk? That’s when I realized this was no kindly old man warning me of a potential safety hazard. This man’s face was red with rage, and his stare was menacing. Spittle flew from his mouth as he screamed: “You should be ashamed of yourself!”

My car wasn’t the problem. My bumper stickers were another story.

Which one set him off? The 2008 Obama-Biden sticker? The 2012 Obama Biden sticker? The Elizabeth Warren for Senate sticker? Was it the one proclaiming “Bernie for President 2016” that sent his blood pressure into the upper stratosphere?

My immediate reaction was to grin wildly and shout: “I love my president! I love Liz! I love Bernie!” This, of course, was the response of a bubble-headed eighth-grader with no real sense of danger. The light changed and Cranky McNastyPants sped off; my heart was racing faster than his Infiniti’s engine.

“Ma, you have to get rid of those things,” my worried son told me. “You’re going to get hurt.”

“Why should I? I have a right to express my support for candidates,” I said.

“Why? Because he could have had a gun. You just don’t know.”

He could have had a gun.

The words stuck with me. Of course, he might have had not one, but many guns - pistols, assault rifles, you name it. His entire passenger side might have looked like a Walmart display case. I didn’t recognize him, and he didn’t know me. Why was he so angry? Did his wife nag him that morning? Did his quarterly water bill soar? Who knows what compelled him to become enraged at that moment? My political leanings certainly lit his fuse. And what should I have done? Should I have ignored him?

After all, he could have had a gun.

In the hours following the Orlando shootings, Facebook was afire with opinions. What struck me was the willingness of conservative gun lovers to jump down the throats of gun control advocates. The stubborn repetition of Charlton Heston-esque crapola trotted out by gun lovers “Guns don’t kill people, people kill people” - seemed to be their only ammo.

“People without weapons of mass destruction in their hands kill fewer people” is my standard reply. It goes in one ear and out the other, as my mother would say. My outrage over the carnage is palpable, but so is the anger of those who disagree with me. I know I’m not prone to violence against a stranger, but what about the other guy? I’ve been uncharacteristically careful choosing my words ever since the man in the white car felt it was his duty to scare the bejesus out of me. After all, he could have had a gun.

So this is what it’s come to: fear. Fear dominates Americans these days. Name the fear and we’ve got it. Fear of immigrants, fear of gays, fear of Trump, fear of Clinton, fear of expressing ourselves. Fear of one another. Is this any way to live? I’ve never shied away from speaking my mind, but sadly I’m typing in one more question for Facebook: “Friends, what’s the best way to remove bumper stickers without damaging my car?”

Connected controversies: The NTP cell phone study and wireless electric meters

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he U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ National Toxicology Program (NTP) recently announced preliminary results of a study that tested the possibility of links between cancer and chronic exposure to the type of radiation emitted from cell phones and other wireless devices, such as National Grid’s smart meters.

Researchers exposed an unprecedented number of rodents to a lifetime of electromagnetic radiation. The results provide some of the strongest evidence to date that such exposure – weak exposure that does not heat human tissue ­– is associated with the formation of certain cancers in rats.

The June 5 Worcester Sunday Telegram’s opinion page

featured Bloomberg View columnist Faye Flam’s comments on the study. Flam claims the study “produced confusion and scary headlines, but little in the way of useful information – beyond perhaps an indication of where the science publicity machine is broken.”

Whose science publicity machine is she referring to?

Shouldn’t the government announce results of taxpayer-funded research? As a Bloomberg View columnist, is she not part of the Bloomberg publicity machine? What motivates Bloomberg’s interest in this study? Do industry voices like Flam’s represent the public interest?

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The FCC’s rules limiting the power output of wireless devices are based on whether human flesh is measurably warmed by the devices’ emissions. Exposures weak enough to be “sub-thermal” are assumed to be safe. This assumption is at the heart of the controversy.

If sub-thermal exposures were to be proven to be dangerous as the NTP study suggests, new precautionary measures would need to be taken.

Worcester’s citizens have a particular stake in the controversy, because National Grid’s Smart Energy Solutions Program exposes everyone in the city to a new 24-hour-a-day source of subthermal, high-frequency emissions punctuated by brief, sharp pulses. Opposition to National Grid’s wireless meter pilot project in Worcester is based partly on the health risks of these pulsed radio frequency emissions.

Smart metering is part of a national restructuring of the electric power system.

Certain “smart” functions of electric meters are essential for incorporation of renewable energy sources, such as solar panels and wind turbines. However, the current pilot program, which employs grossly-overpowered wireless infrastructure, is focused on returns to the shareholders of a multinational corporation, and I suspect on the company’s undisclosed broadband service expansion plans. It is not designed as it could be to protect health, privacy and the circulation of energy dollars in the community.

Science is all about the accumulation of facts. Facts accumulate until scientists reach general agreement, but this takes time. The electromagnetic fields produced by mobile phones are classified by the World Health Organization International Agency for Research on Cancer as “possibly carcinogenic to humans.”

In May, 2015, 180 respected scientists, authors of many peer-reviewed research papers on bioelectromagnetics, signed a statement saying that such electromagnetic fields should be classified as “probably carcinogenic to humans,” or simply “carcinogenic to humans.” The number of scientists signing on to this statement is now 220. Keep in mind, too, that cancer is not the only issue. There are many studies that

suggest that low intensity electromagnetic fields play a role in other diseases and disorders.

When health is at issue, industries threatened by the facts roll out disinformation campaigns with stories like Faye Flam’s to put people’s minds at ease. Governments are caught in the middle between citizen advocates and industry.

This happens repeatedly, as we’ve seen with global warming, tobacco, DDT, lead, mercury, asbestos, and so on.

Eventually, accumulation of facts reaches a tipping point at which governments establish corrective policies. The NTP study and other recent studies (i.e. Barnes and Greenebaum in the March 2016 IEEE Power Electronics journal) keep moving the U.S. closer to that tipping point. Meanwhile, France, Belgium, Spain, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Italy, Finland, Israel, Switzerland, Germany, Austria, India, Russia, the European Environment Agency, European Parliament, United Kingdom, Cypress and Taiwan have already advised or taken more serious precautions to protect people from the risks associated with low intensity highfrequency electromagnetic fields.

Many U.S. states as well as schools, teacher unions, parent and teacher organizations, and doctor and scientist groups have called for more disclosure and/or more restrictions (See the Environmental Health Trust’s “International Policy Precautionary Actions on Wireless Radiation”).

There is much more to tell about the biological effects of weak magnetic fields and more to tell about what the smart grid can be and ought to be. Going forward, opponents of National Grid’s deployment of wireless meters in Worcester will continue to explain to Worcester residents why National Grid’s wireless meter program is a mistake for Worcester. We will suggest achievable goals. The issue will not go away.

Worcester aims to be the healthiest city in the commonwealth. Let’s shoot for global attention as a smart and healthy city with new approaches to a truly smart and healthy smart grid.

Lance McKee resides in Worcester

“There have just been so many ways that people have reached out to us. Somebody came and did our lawn. One woman sent me a poem about my husband, a woman from California … it’s definitely helped us get through this.”

- Tricia Tarentino, wife of slain Auburn Police Officer Ron Tarentino Jr., on the outpouring of support in aftermath of his shooting death.

“Probably, mostly me. Sometimes I’m a bit of a hard ass. You know, it depends on the mood I’m in.”

- Yoshio Shartin, a bartender at Ralph’s, on what has changed the most at one of Worcester’s most beloved institutions.

“Are the taxpayers paying for this one? $3 million for 1,000 feet worth of paved pathway? That’s just ridiculous.”

- Scott Johnson on Worcester Magazine’s Facebook page, discussing the new bike path near the Worcester Boys & Girls Club.

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Joshua Lyford

You’d be forgiven if Worcester isn’t the first place that springs to mind when you watch your favorite actors and actresses perform in their various visually stunning scenes taking place throughout the world. Yet, nestled among all the hidden gems of the city is s a treasure trove of movie magic, delightful set pieces and props that have been used in some of the biggest big-screen hits.

Tucked away on Suffolk Street is the Westerman Props Warehouse, an intimidatingly gargantuan space filled with a little bit of everything — scratch that — a lot of everything.

The prop warehouse didn’t start out as the chief destination for set decorators, and Dan Diaz, the man behind the absolutely huge collection of pieces, didn’t set out to be the brains behind it. It would also be unfair to say it simply fell into his lap, as Diaz and his crew spent years (and will continue to spend years) amassing a collection that filmmakers, large and small, seek out when filming in the northeast and beyond.

The Westerman Prop Warehouse grew as a side business to Westerman Store and Restaurant Equipment. Stephen Westerman, who died earlier this week at 78, started it 50 years ago to provide restaurant and kitchen equipment; certainly not the business model one would suspect would be the roots for a sought after set dressing company.

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Diaz started at the company as an entry-level warehouse worker back in 1998. He had no idea he would one day be the mastermind behind the prop warehouse.

Diaz recently took Worcester Magazine on a tour of the massive warehouse, offering a look at what goes into providing props and set dressings to the film industry during the burgeoning growth in the area – spurred on by the oft-discussed film tax credit, how to amass a collection worthy of any film and why a broken green lawn chair is the company’s most sought after rental.

INSIDE THE PROPs HOUSE

The first thing you notice when you step into the 36 Suffolk St. property is that the first floor is filled with restaurant equipment.

So much so, that your vision starts to blur while staring down the far end of the rows of stoves, grills and other cooking accessories.

“Our main thing is providing restaurant equipment, and I help run the restaurant equipment side of things,” Diaz said, standing at the entrance to the ground floor office space of Westerman Store and Restaurant Equipment. “The restaurant equipment is the main business, but this is a great side business we do.”

While Diaz would later take us upstairs to the main prop and set dressing area, it doesn’t take long to notice the unique pieces tucked away around the office. Under glass, there is a full-size “Ted” doll, from the 2012 buddy comedy starring Mark Wahlberg, Mila Kunis and featuring the voice of Seth MacFarlane as Ted. This Ted was a stand-in, as the bulk of the stuffed bear you see in the film was CGI. “Ted was a gift,” said Diaz. “That was one of the extras, but it was used in the film.”

It is also unusual in 2016 to see an old-

time phone booth, particularly nestled in the office space of a restaurant equipment company, but sure enough a large 1950s phone booth takes up valuable Westerman’s office space. The booth, said Diaz, is from the 2016 Walt Disney Pictures film “The Finest Hours,” a historical disaster thriller based on the 1952 sea rescue by the U.S. Coast Guard of the S.S. Pendleton off the Chatham coast. The prop house provided the set dressing for an entire galley room aboard the doomed ship and (without spoiling any introductory scenes) the phone booth was used early on in the film.

“Oh, yeah, we have this too,” Diaz smiled as he removed an old wooden baseball bat from the interior of the weathered phone booth. “This is from ‘The Town.’ Not a bad prop to have around.”

Interestingly, these film artifacts are only the tip of the iceberg of the deep Westerman Props Warehouse collection.

ORIGIN

The origins of the Westerman Props Warehouse are relatively simple, considering the course the company would later take.

The 2010 psychological thriller, “Shutter Island,” starring Leonardo DiCaprio and directed by Martin Scorsese, needed a cafeteria scene outfitted. The restaurant equipment business had exactly what was needed. The business continued to grow, offering set decoration and props for films like 2010’s “Knight and Day,” with Tom Cruise and Cameron Diaz.

“At that point, we just had things that worked,” explained Diaz as he closed the freight elevator doors and began the journey to the third floor. “We didn’t know we’d become a prop house. We became the place that people went to in New England for restaurant and bar scenes. Anything that we had, that fit, they’d work with us. About three or four years ago we decided, let’s just start a prop house.”

As Diaz pulled the freight doors open, the expanse of props came into view. The huge

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warehouse space is filled to the point of bursting, and while there are a number of segmented areas, with selected props either heading out into the field or remaining for organization after returning, the initial space could easily be described as somewhat-organized chaos.

“After a movie is done, they won’t have the place to store a lot of stuff,” said Diaz with a sweeping gesture. “At the end of the film, we’ll store it in case they need re-shoots.

Sometimes, we’ll buy those things back. The film industry has been very good to us. It’s beneficial for them, too. They want to know that they can find these items in New England. They don’t want to go to New York or LA to buy props.”

The film industry is a cyclically beneficial one: while it helps the warehouse to gather more props in order to be able to offer a wider selection, it helps the industry to have a local warehouse they can rely on for set dressings and props. With more and more films being shot in Massachusetts because of the controversial tax credit incentive, having an adequate prop house is a necessity.

While Diaz and his team aren’t the only shop in town, they are significantly larger, and as a byproduct of that, have more to offer filmmakers.

“For decorators that are coming out of LA, Westerman is the closest that we have in New England to what they’re used to out their with prop houses,” explained Ryan McCoy Johnson, lead man for films like “The Sea of Trees,” “Stronger,” “Black Mass,” and “Good Kids.”

“It’s always the first recommendation. Their fears are put at ease knowing they have that resource and that prop house backbone they can use to accumulate everything they need.”

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Bridget Keefe is a designer and decorator for films and is currently in development on the thriller Altar Rock. Keefe has worked with Diaz and the Westerman Props House on a number of films.

“He [Diaz] really does play a great role in the industry,” she said. “He is always there when you need him. The truth is, you go to Dan thinking you know exactly what you need, and by the time you do a walk-through, you have a dozen more ideas on how you can elaborate or change the visual concept based on the amazing pieces that he gets. He has an amazing variety and the ideas I have could shift based on his inventory.”

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To the left of the freight elevator, Diaz marched us through a Styrofoam, faux-brick archway, into what he called the “art room.”

It is immediately evident how the room got its name: the walls are packed with art of all kinds in grand frames, there are nearly as many mirrors and a section of wall dedicated to taxidermy fish and deer. According to Diaz, roughly 75 percent of their inventory stems from what films have left over once filming and re-shooting is completed.

“A lot of times,” he said, “they will rent the art for the frames and put new art in them.

They’ll send it back a lot of the times with the original art and new art in there.”

Scattered throughout the area is furniture, like a red leather couch wrapped up and waiting for the return of Brazilian model

A cigarette vending machine next to a 1950s-era refrigerator. and actress, Gisele Bündchen.

When her husband, New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady, is mid-season, she films commercials in the area, rather than fly to her native Brazil, where she is a spokesperson for a number of businesses. Westerman has provided props and set dressings for her commercials, as well as those for Brady and one of his teammates, tight end Rob Gronkowski.

Diaz received the first of many phone calls while walking through a small hallway filled with maps and religious iconography. Whether it is for the restaurant equipment business or the props rental items, Diaz is always on the go. Diaz continued his conversation while leading us into the soft goods area, filled

The Virgin Mary nestled among couch cushions.

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with vintage drapes, fabrics and hospital props.

“Anything that you need to make a set right, we have,” Diaz said over his shoulder.

“A lot of times, they’ll build a set right in the warehouse. We are trying to be the one-stop shop for the film industry.”

Further in the maze-like interior of the warehouse’s third story, we enter a room filled with frames of actor’s “families,” created to deepen the magic of a particular character in a film. In the center of the room is a late-70s/ early-80s period desk from the 2013 film, “American Hustle,” which was partially shot in Worcester, and starred Christian Bale, Bradley Cooper and Amy Adams.

“This has given me the opportunity to meet so many people,” said Diaz, scanning the room. “People like Adam Sandler or Jennifer Lawrence. You end up working with a lot of people while doing this.”

Westerman Props Warehouse doesn’t

exclusively work with large-budget films; it also rents to independents and film students throughout Massachusetts. Diaz said he helped a group of Boston University students working on a project. Many of these individuals will go on to be an important part of the film industry.

“That’s what sets Dan apart from the rest of the industry,” said Keefe. “He’s more of a friend. He’s more a part of the team than any other prop house. Everybody loves going there.

He’s more than just a prop house, he’s part of the team.”

Diaz has rented set dressing and props to films, including the upcoming “The Purge: Election Year” (in this case, a giant fake garbage dumpster, which sits next to “body bags”) and “Patriots Day,” starring Mark Wahlberg, John Goodman and Kevin Bacon and based on the 2013 Boston Marathon bombing. The film is set to be released later this year.

“We had to be exact with all the pieces,” said Diaz. “Even with ‘open’ signs and things like that, that aren’t even still made. They’re just going to walk right by it, they’re not going to stop and read the model number, but that stuff is important.”

Your eyes can’t help but continually travel inside the prop house, as every nook and cranny is filled to the brim with different film artifacts. Several dozen Boston Police Uniforms from the 1970s stand in front of a mock locker setup and a rack of vintage clothing.

If you peel away, just a bit, there are coffins, ammo crates, fake shipments of marijuana and Christmas decorations.

“I keep inventing ways to store stuff, because I need to store it so it’s visible,” he explained. “You can’t have things in boxes.

Decorators will come in and spend an entire day or a couple of days and design their sets around what they’re getting from me.”

On the fourth floor, the collection becomes even more breathtaking, as Diaz deftly twists past convenience store setups and news racks, rows and rows of library books, giant signs and even arcade games, like the arcade shootem-up “Area 51.”

“The designers and decorators will come in and take tons of pictures,” Diaz said, while swooping past refrigerators from all decades and various period pieces. “They’ll have their own database for when they’re working late-night. As the sets get more defined and specific, they’ll start to call me or email me, saying, ‘We need this and it needs to look like this.’”

Westerman president Ron Entwistle appeared from the back staircase and offered his two cents on Diaz’s prop empire.

“I thought he was crazy,” he smiled.

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discussion on removing it continues.

“People only see the small picture, ‘Why aren’t people paying the taxes?’” said Entwistle. “What they don’t see is the other things,: the payroll taxes, the small businesses, people eating and using the hotels and restaurants.

“All the film credits certainly helped us. If that goes away, all this goes away, I’d assume.

There would be a big yard sale up here. Anyone want a bunch of junk?”

Continuing through the warehouse, a truly dizzying collection of chairs comes into view, then hundreds of lamps, then rows and rows of computers and phones. A little further on, a small collection of swords and maces comes into view and then religious artifacts and “chotskies;” everything needed to dress up a church or grandparents’ house.

“The industry here is growing and I think as a team, we’re going to be top notch,” said Diaz.

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While the industry grows, so, too, does the Westerman Prop House collection, so it is only natural to ask Diaz what the most rented item in his collection is.

“Our most popular rental is the stupidest thing, you’re going to be so disappointed,” said Diaz. “It is so stupid.”

Diaz left us for a moment and returned holding a battered green plastic lawn chair.

“Oh, look, it’s that chair again,” Diaz laughed.

Whether it’s a green plastic lawn chair, a coffin, a red leather couch, six dozen wooden chairs, an FBI “most wanted” listing or a fullsized 1950s phone booth, Diaz and the team at Westerman Props House provide it to the burgeoning New England film industry.

“Dan’s great,” said Johnson. “Sometimes I get tasked to try to find something. Whatever it might be, it’s never a no answer. Even if it’s crazy, he’s always going to find a solution to help you out. Whether that’s logistical or otherwise. No matter how long you plan, or how much money you throw at something, everything changes, whether that’s creative or logistical. There will always be last minute scrambles. He’s always so accommodating. He will figure out a way to make that work. It’s an incredible resource that they have.”

Reporter Joshua Lyford can be reached at 508-749-3166, ext. 325, or by email at Jlyford@worcestermagazine.com. Follow Josh on Twitter @Joshachusetts.

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Worcester has had a long and interesting history with World Wrestling Entertainment, from the debut of “Raw is War” in March of 1997, to Mick Foley, then fighting as Mankind, beating The Rock for the championship in January 1999.

Now the city will play host to an all new – and appropriately epic – WWE event July 19. For the first time ever, WWE Smackdown will be televised live from the DCU Center, and Central Mass will play host to a talent draft determining which superstars will head to Monday Night Raw and which will head to Smackdown. The draft and live Smackdown will very likely be one of the most popular WWE shows of the year, and a huge portion of their roster is expected to be on hand, including (according to the lineup) the newlycrowned World Heavyweight Champion, Dean Ambrose.

Ambrose took the title at the yearly Money in the Bank Pay Per View Sunday, June 19.

He defeated five other superstars, including Alberto Del Rio, Chris Jericho, Kevin Owens, Cesaro and Sami Zayn, in a ladder match for the MITB briefcase, which offers the recipient a shot to cash in a contract for the World Heavyweight Title at any time.

Later in the night, after his former brothers in The Shield, Seth Rollins and Roman Reigns, battled it out in the main event and Rollins claimed the belt for himself, Ambrose rushed the ring and cashed in his contract, making him the new world champ.

“I’ve been kind of chasing that thing for two years now,” Ambrose said in an interview with Worcester Magazine. “To come so close to getting the boulder up the hill and having it roll back down so many times; it’s like, I’m out there having fun and traveling the world, but the people that were with me and invested in me the whole time, I almost had a responsibility to them because I let them down so many times before.”

“Fans that kept me alive in whatever circumstance and got behind me and believed in me, I had a responsibility to them,” he continued. “I’ve never stopped. I’ve never taken a

day off or a sick day or been on the injured list. I’ve worked every single night for however many years now, busting ass every night. People appreciate that over time. The overwhelming response I’ve gotten from people, people on the crew and the people that drive the trucks, they said, ‘Man, you deserve it.’

The feeling of people telling you it’s welldeserved was cool. The fans did it as much as I did it.”

In the last several years, MITB winners, like Sheamus in 2015 and Seth Rollins in 2014, have taken several months or longer to eventually cash in their contract. Ambrose wasted no time cashing in his.

“I’m very prone to losing things,” explained Ambrose. “Sunglasses, keys, my shoes, I’m not wearing underwear a lot of the time because I ran out or I can’t find any or I lost them. I thought, if I have to carry this thing around for six months to a year, I’m going to lose it. It’s going to end up at an airport at Biloxi, Mississippi or something. I said, ‘Let’s just get this done tonight for better or worse.

I don’t want to travel around with this thing forever.’ That’s how I roll. If it gets done, it gets done.”

With The Shield long broken up, and Ambrose, Rollins and Reigns at each others’ throats for the title (and each of them having recently held it), the MITB finale seemed an apt moment for the trio.

“The cool thing is that the three of us set out together and said we’re going to kick in this door and take over this place,” said Ambrose. “The belts changed hands between all three of us, but the thing is, every night,

we’re the guys on the top of the show now.

We just came in with that work ethic, and tear it up it up every night, and tell everybody that doesn’t like it to piss off. It feels like an accomplishment for all of us. Even if we’re bitter enemies and beating the crap out of each other, there’s still that brotherhood of, ‘We run this bitch now.’”

With the landmark Smackdown rapidly approaching Worcester’s DCU Center and the event being televised live - the draft and the brand split coming with it - it is certainly a great time to enjoy the WWE, a fact that isn’t lost on Ambrose.

“It’s an exciting time,” said Ambrose. “The brand extension is coming up and there’s going to be a lot of opportunities for new guys, and you’ll see a lot of differences in the products and having Raw and Smackdown being totally separate entities. Nobody knows

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a lot about it right now. It’s a big question mark, but it’s exciting because of all the possibilities.

“I’d like to see Raw and Smackdown really look and feel entirely different as two different universes. It’s cool being involved. We all have this talent from all over the world. This is an exciting time to be a wrestler and it’s an exciting time to be a fan.”

Smackdown and the draft will take place at the DCU Center, 50 Foster St., Tuesday, July 19 at 7 p.m. Tickets are available online at Ticketmaster.com or at the DCU Center box office.

Reporter Joshua Lyford can be reached at 508-749-3166, ext. 325, or by email at Jlyford@worcestermagazine.com. Follow Josh on Twitter @Joshachusetts.

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The Creative Hub, a brand new multi-arts community space in Worcester, has taken the long-empty historic 2 Ionic Ave. Boys & Girls Club building and re-imagined it as a center point to the thriving arts scene here in the city.

On Saturday, June 25, the Creative Hub will host an open house, 2-5 p.m., as a call to artists looking for studio and creative suite rentals as well as investors looking to support the building’s renovation and restructuring.

The renovation of the Boys & Girls Club building, which was built in the 1920s, has already begun, and spaces have already been cordoned off for different studio space rental areas. Those interested in renting space have already started checking out the building. While there are general ideas for the space, the Hub is also calling for those interested in studio and creative suite rentals, as well as investors, to help direct the team of founders and executive directors Laura Marotta and Stacy Lord to areas of need.

“We have proposed plans. We’re definitely having maker space and studios, but we have the ability to customize space,” said Marotta. “We’re looking for ideas.”

In addition to the maker and studio spaces, the team plans to offer classes as well, saying there is a need for extended learning in the area of art education. Classes will be offered to children, adults and families. All of these components add up to what Marotta and Lord call the arts ecosystem, the intention is to grow and unite like-minded creators.

“There’s long-term sustainability for the arts community,” said Lord.

“Worcester is still very insular,” added Marotta. “We said, ‘Why don’t we build space? Not to compete, but to connect.’”

The 40,000-square-foot building has 32 usable locations, and its proximity to downtown makes it a convenient location for area artists and makers. Property owner Peter Heaney is all in with the plans for the creative space, and according to Lord, “has the same passion that we have.”

“We want a flourishing, vibrant place where all ages and types of people can experience what the arts can do,” said Lord.

The historic space lends itself well to a number of uses in addition to the art and maker space, with the roof set to be an outdoor event space – complete with fantastic view of downtown – and the basketball court with wrap-around walkway working as a gallery space for potential art installations. Lord and Marotta can see dance companies utilizing the building or band space in the basement.

“I see it really full of energy and full of life,” said Marotta. “We want the artists to be open to working together. Community is a huge part of this.”

Initially, owner Heaney considered utilizing the large space as a self storage location, but then he received a call from the city.

“They asked if we’d be open to this and [Marotta and Lord] came in,” said Heaney. “I think it’s a fantastic idea to turn this into a creative space. It’s be great to see life back in this building. There’s not one person who is against this idea.”

Restoration was a huge part of the renovation in this project, and Heaney and his team are careful to keep as much of the original character of the building intact as possible. They have matched brick color and sandblasted the granite and marble to return to its original sheen.

“There’s a huge emotional connection with this building and the folks in Worcester,” said Heaney. “I’m hoping Saturday to get enough interest and funding to keep this moving forward.”

Head to The Creative Hub in the historic Boys & Girls Club building at 2 Ionic Ave. Saturday, June 25, 2-5 p.m. for the open house preview by RSVPing to Creativehubworcester@ gmail.com. There will be a cash bar, art auction, live music and tours of the building. For more information on the arts community space including upcoming events, check out their website at Creativehubworcester.org.

Reporter Joshua Lyford can be reached at 508-749-3166, ext. 325, or by email at Jlyford@worcestermagazine.com. Follow Josh on Twitter @Joshachusetts.

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Ciao Bella is among Worcester’s beloved staple restaurants, but you’d be forgiven if it has been obscured recently as the dust settles around the slew of new restaurants opening in the city.

But just because it isn’t the latest, most expensive or serving cheese churned by the goats themselves on a farm in the Berkshires (God, restaurateurs love the Berkshires and Vermont), doesn’t mean it shouldn’t be on your short list for a meal in Worcester, because it certainly should.

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Ciao Bella is located on Gold Star Boulevard in a part of Worcester whose main attraction, the Greendale Mall, is set to go to the highest bidder in a fire sale, while its other main attraction, Higgins Armory, has already been sold off estate-sale style. To say this part of Worcester is old-school is not always a compliment, but when it comes to Ciao Bella it is a compliment of the highest order.

The city has always thrived on restaurants that have earned returned customers through quality but built a base on quantity and affordability.

As the name implies, Ciao Bella trades heavily on Italian dishes, having won awards for its pizza on the very pages of this magazine. However, Ciao Bella has a whole assortment of sandwiches, seafood and other tasty options to choose from. That is how the Pilgrim’s wrap ended up on the order ($6.59).

If you’ve ever turned a heap of Thanksgiving leftovers into a sandwich or wrap, then you know exactly what is on order here. All the flavors are here, from the turkey to the cranberry sauce, however the majority of the wrap was the lettuce center.

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feeling that anything associated with Thanksgiving should leave you with.

Adding to the freshness of the meal was a Greek salad ($7.57) which came with a veritable heap of feta cheese, olives and the usual assortment of greens. Mixing in an assortment of salad greens, tomatoes and cucumbers along with iceberg lettuce provided just the right crispness but also flavor and variety. The supplied bread stick that came along with the salad was also both chewy on the inside with a good, strong crust containing everything.

But the star of the show was the Buffalo chicken calzone ($11.99). This essentially folded pizza was swimming with four different cheeses, buffalo sauce and sliced pieces of chicken breast. With a tart tomato sauce for dipping, the calzone experience at Ciao Bella is a standout among Worcester’s pizza places, and certainly worth a visit in its own right.

The cheese and Buffalo sauce melded perfectly and created a delicious pairing for the chicken and thick bread that encased it all.

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Ciao Bella is primarily a takeout and delivery restaurant that does some catering, and while there are five tables inside the tiny restaurant, which was ice cold on an unseasonably hot day, it is much more pizza place than sit down restaurant. Can you eat there? Definitely. And the friendly staff will tend to your every need, as they did running out the door after me when I forgot my calzone, but it’s not the ideal way to experience the food.

While Ciao Bella doesn’t tread any new ground, it doesn’t suffer any for it. In fact, the restaurant’s commitment to its recipes and good service is the core of the Worcester mentality. In this city, when we find something that works we put our head down and keep pushing on making the best of it that we can. While that means there is room for new ventures to come in, it also means we get damn good at what we do. Ciao Bella has perfected the “pizza place” model through its commitment to the model.

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p.m. While you’re there, don’t go hungry. Sink your teeth into a Rocky Burger for $5 or order any entree for less than $10. Want to know more? Call Rocky’s at 508-757-6259. Head on over to Rocky’s on Saturdays, and tell ’em Worcester Magazine sent you!

St., Wellesley on Monday, June 27, 7 p.m. The cost for each is $125 (all-inclusive). Get your tickets at nichehospitality.com.

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The cost is $95 per person (all-inclusive). For tickets, visit nichehospitality.com.

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Get your dancin’ shoes on, because Rocky’s at 139 Water St. is adding music to the menu on Saturday nights. Owner John Fresolo is bringing in the Babe Pino Band to play every Saturday, 7-10

Six weeks after opening up in downtown Worcester, deadhorse hill — they of the lowercase name — have officially opened the doors to The Cafe at deadhorse hill (There’s that dreaded lower-case name, again).

The cafe is open weekdays, 8 a.m. to 3 p.m., Monday-Friday. Lunch starts being served at 11 a.m., but you can enjoy house-made doughnuts, cinnamon rolls, granola bars, cookies and more throughout the day. When lunchtime rolls around, chef Jared Forman will serve up creative, “yet approachable” cuisine, like chilled pea soup with pickled asparagus and lemon confit, salads and sandwiches. Check it out at 281 Main St., Worcester.

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Grill on the Hill all summer on Thursday nights! I’ll be playing your Dave O’Brien Performs at Loft, Thurs at 8. 8-11:59 p.m. soft acoustic favorites from the 50s, 60s and 70s from about 4:30 to Loft 266 Bar & Lounge, 266 Park Ave. 508-796-5177.

7:30 at the Green Hill Golf Course clubhouse off Skyline Drive (pass DJ M - Classic/Hip Hop/Throwback Sounds. 8 p.m.-1 a.m. the Worcester Technical High School and the Armory off Belmont White Eagle Polish Club, 112 Green St. 774-245-1991.

Street). Move into the weekend gently and enjoy your scheduled Dustin Brideau. 8 p.m.-2 a.m. The Columbia Tavern, 11 Merriam beautiful sunset with a full bar, dinner, and a touch of music tonight! Ave, Leominster. 978-227-5874.

5:30-8 p.m. Grill on the Hill at Green Hill Golf Course, Skyline Drive.

Kendall & Miller Duo. 8 p.m.-1 a.m. Blueprint New American Dana Lewis Live! Dana Lewis live! Playing the Greatest Hits of the Bar & Grill, 9 Village Square, Westminster. 978-668-5580.

50’s to the 80’s out on the patio. “The sound track of your Youth” Best Audio Wasabi. 8:30 p.m.-1:30 a.m. Gardner Ale House, 74 Parker Wood fired Pizza’s, Italian Food, Full Bar, Lottery & me! No cover.

St., Gardner. 978-669-0122.

Come on out! Free! 6-9 p.m. Cafe’ Sorrento, 143 Central St., Milford. Thursdaze -- Open Mic. 18+ with proper ID Hosted by local 508-478-7818 or find them on Facebook. artist Rife Styles BYOB for guests over 21! (hard alcohol prohibited) Open Mic Night/Local Musicians Showcase at KBC 8:30 p.m.-1 a.m. Spiritual Haze, 589 Park Ave. 508-799-0629.

Brewery Every 3rd Thursday! Open mic every third Thursday! NYTRO: Industrial Goth Dark Techno Night Kickoff. Don’t To check the schedules and open slots visit: Bill McCarthy’s Open Mic miss the first installment of NYTRO! Industrial-Goth, Dark Techno at World on Facebook Bill McCarthy (originator of the “Half-Hour Sets!”) The Cove! Hosted by Karl Krazen More info to come! $5 at the door or is your host at another great Open Mic Night! Email Bill McCarthy to free with College ID $2 PBR Drafts 21+ to enter Doors at 9pm $5 at reserve it at: openmcc@verizon.net (make sure you put “open mic” the door- Free w/ College ID. 9 p.m.-2 a.m. The Cove Music Hall, 89 in the email’s “subject box”) Network * Collaborate * Learn. Over Green St. 508-363-1888 or find them on Facebook. sixty different musicians regularly support my open mic nights all are Daniel Burke. 9 p.m.-2 a.m. Nick’s Bar and Restaurant, 124 friendly and supportive -- and many are: * Former or currently signed Millbury St. 508-753-4030. recording artists * Award-winning pro’s or semi-pro’s * Regularly DJ/Karaoke with DJ Bruce *Dancing*. 9 p.m.-midnight gigging paid-performers * Published songwriters * Recording studio Padavano’s Place, 358 Shrewsbury St. 774-823-3022. owner/operators * Combinations of any and/or all of the above. To Karaoke. Karaoke on Sunday starts at 8:00 PM and ends at 12:00 check the schedules and open slots visit Facebook. Any slot marked AM. On Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday, karaoke starts at 9:00 PM as “open” usually is! Free. 6-9 p.m. Kretschmann Brewing Co (KBC and ends at 1:00 AM. Karaoke by DJ Nancy C. 9 p.m.-1 a.m. Club Brewing) - Brewery and Beer Garden, 9 Frederick St., Webster.

KasBar, 234 Southwest Cutoff. 508-798-8385.

Open Mic Most Thursdays @ Barbers North. To check Karaoke w/ Royal Crown. 9 p.m.-1 a.m. Classic’s Pub, 285 the schedules and open slots visit: Bill McCarthy’s Open Mic World Central St., Leominster. 978-537-7750. on Facebook Bill McCarthy (originator of the “Half-Hour Sets!”) is Allston Police. 9:30 p.m.-2 a.m. Michael’s Cigar Bar, 1 Exchange your host at another great Open Mic Night! To check the schedules Place. 508-459-9035. and open slots visit Facebook. Any slot marked as “open” usually is! DJ (21+) Canal. N/A. 10 p.m.-1:30 a.m. Canal Restaurant & Bar, Free! 6:30-9:30 p.m. Barbers Crossing (North), 175 Leominster Road, 65 Water St. 508-926-8353.

Sterling. 978-422-8438.

Don LaPrange. Local Talent Showcase 7-11 p.m. Beatnik’s, 433 >Friday 24 Park Ave. 508-926-8877.

El Dub and Jay Metcalf’s Marley Tribute. 21+ with proper Open Mic. Attention Performers- Amateurs and Experts! Do ID Electric Haze, 26 Millbury St. 508-799-0629. you sing or play an instrument? Are you looking for a crowd that Take Two - Come on out to Padavano’s Place and take will appreciate your incredible sense of humor? Maybe you have part in this interactive entertainment duo. Grab the some secret talent that you’re ready to share with the world (or at microphone and sing along or pick up a tambourine least your local coffee house). Drop in for Open Mic! Full Sandwich or bongo. Fun times! 1 p.m.-1 a.m. Padavano’s Place, 358 Menu Desserts Coffee & Espresso BYOB beer & wine only $0. 7-10 Shrewsbury St. 774-823-3022. p.m. Cake Shop Cafe, 22A West St., Millbury. 508-865-9866 or Dana Lewis Live and Well. Enjoy a cool beverage on a warm cakeshopcafe.com summers evening out on the deck at “Worcester’s Best Kept Secret” Los Lonely Boys. Los Lonely Boys, made up of brothers Ringo Jr., Great New Menu, Full Bar, Gorgeous vistas, Spectacular Sunsets and Henry and Jojo Garza, released their self-titles debut album in 2003. me playing Live, acoustic Music from the 50’s to the 80’s. “The Sound Although originally released on small Or Music label, Epic Records Track of your Youth” Grill on the Hill, 1929 Skyline Drive, off Belmont picked up Los Lonely Boys for major-label distribution in early 2004. Street at Green Hill Park. No cover, be There! Free! 5:30-7:30 p.m.

The album quickly won the band a large national audience. Its lead Grill on the Hill, 1929 Skyline Drive. 508-854-1704 or find them on single “Heaven” became a Top 20 pop hit, reached the #1 spot on Facebook.

Billboard’s Adult Contemporary chart, and eventually won a Grammy Thank Friday it’s Nat 5:30 to 7:30; The Russo Brothers Award for Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal. Los 9pm. 5:30 p.m.-2 a.m. Nick’s Bar and Restaurant, 124 Millbury St. Lonely Boys solidified their success with 2006’s “Sacred,” which 508-753-4030. brought two more Grammy nominations, and 2008’s “Forgiven,” as Dan Kirouac - solo/acoustic. On the patio (weatherwell as the holiday-themed Christmas Spirit. Meanwhile, the band permitting) Dan has been part of the regional music scene for thirty continued to build its reputation as a singularly powerful live act. Los years. When not busy with the tribute band Beatles For Sale, his solo Lonely Boys’ most recent album, Revelation, released in January, is a performances showcase vocals accompanied by a six-string acoustic landmark release for the siblings. While maintaining the infectiously guitar. From the one-hit wonders to the lost classics, from the 1960s melodic mix of bluesy rock ‘n’ roll and rootsy brown-eyed soul to today, every show is a different experience, drawing from almost that’s long endeared Los Lonely Boys to its fiercely loyal fan base, 500 contemporary and oldie songs. More information at dankirouac.

Revelation adds an expansive range of new sonic elements, e.g. the com. Free. 6-9 p.m. Val’s Restaurant, 75 Reservoir St., Holden. 508conjunto touches of “Blame It On Love,” the reggae groove of “Give A 829-0900.

Little More,” the rustic acoustic textures of “It’s Just My Heart Talkin’” Bill McCarthy Every Friday at Barbers Crossing North. and the baroque pop elements of “There’s Always Tomorrow.” The Bull Now catch Bill McCarthy playing his heart out every Friday at Barbers Run is a full-service, farm-to-table restaurant in a pre-revolutionary

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Free! 6:30-9:30 p.m. Barbers Crossing (North), 175 Leominster Road, Sterling. 978-422-8438.

GD Lounge Jazz Series. Worcester’s jazz destination and connection. The top in Local and National Jazz artist in a beautiful setting. Great healthy food. Indoor parking ( $1.00 ) a “must not miss” experience. Jazz is back at the beautiful Union Station. No Cover. 6:30-9:30 p.m. GD Lounge Union Station, Worcester, MA, 2 Washington Square, Worcester MA. Brian Richard. 7-10 p.m. Compass Tavern, 90 Harding St. 508304-6044.

James Keyes. 7-10 p.m. McNally’s Grille & Pub, 88 Sargent Road, Westminster. 978-874-1444.

Mychael David. Mychael puts on one hell of a show that I think everyone would love to watch and be part. He really gets the crowd involved and gets everyone laughing and having a good time. N/A. 7-10 p.m. Canal Restaurant & Bar, 65 Water St., 65 Water St. 508926-8353.

Josh Briggs & The Cantina Band. 7:30-11:30 p.m. Olde Post Office Pub, 1 Ray St., North Grafton. 508-839-6106.

Almost, Maine. On a cold, clear, moonless Friday night in the middle of winter, all is not quite what it seems in the remote, mythical town of Almost, Maine. As the northern lights hover in the star-filled sky above, residents of Almost find themselves falling in and out of love in unexpected and often hilarious ways. Knees are bruised; hearts are broken. Love is lost, found, and confounded. But the bruises heal and the hearts mend - almost - in this enchanting midwinter night’s dream. Due to ongoing construction at Theatre at the Mount, Almost, Maine will be performed at Oakmont Regional High School, Ashburnham, MA $22. 8-10:30 p.m. Oakmont Regional High School, Ashburnham. 978-630-9388 or mwcc.edu Babe Pino Band. 8 p.m.-1 a.m. White Eagle Polish Club , 112 Green St. 774-245-1991.

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

City Boys. 8-11 p.m. Happy Jack’s, 785 North Main St., Leominster. 978-466-3433.

Classic Rock Bash. The Big GunZ of East Brookfield America’s Family Power Trio (Paul LeBeau, Tom LeBeau, Dennis LeBeau) performs Classic Rock, British Invasion favorites, and Pop classics from the 60’s, 70’s 80’s. Come dance or just groove to the hits of: The Beatles, The Who, Led Zeppelin, Rush, Twisted Sister, Tom Petty, Beach Boys, Metallica, Elton John, The Doors, and much more! Event will also feature: A sports memorabilia auction with signed items from your favorite pro teams, courtesy of Sure Shot Promotions, Cash Bar, 50/50 Cash Raffle, Light concession will be available This event is a fundraiser to support the CYC Summer Youth Program. Tickets $10 Save Time and Trees! Buy tickets on our Facebook page, Eventbrite.com (Search for Classic Rock Bash Featuring The Big GunZ of East Brookfield) $10.

8-11 p.m. Gene J. DeFeudis Italian American Cultural Center, Gym, 28 Mulberry St. 508-791-6139 or Eventbrite.com Fred Ellsworth & Haywire. 8 p.m.-1 a.m. Blueprint New American Bar & Grill, 9 Village Square, Westminster. 978-668-5580.

Gale County. 8 p.m.-1 a.m. Tavern on Central, 3 Central St., Ashburnham. 978-827-1272.

Pin-Ups on Tour Veteran’s benefit w/ special guests The McGunks. Pin-Ups on Tour: Worcester We are proud to be performing at The Cove Music Hall in Worcester, MA! Join us in making Veterans smile. Vintage attire is always encouraged. Pin-Ups on Tour is a good time for a great cause. From the moment guests enter the event, they will be treated to something special. Our goal is to recreate the magic of the Hollywood Canteen that operated during the 1940’s as a club offering dancing, drinks and entertainment for servicemen, usually on their way overseas. The evening will feature dancing Pin-Ups, Comedy, Variety Acts, Soulful Lounge singers, raffle-ticket selling beauties and more than a few surprises! With entertainment & atmosphere around every turn, guests will feel like they stepped into another era. *Our commitment pin-ups on tour is committed to providing low or no-cost entertainment for Veterans as part of our Morale Boosting Mission. In addition, proceeds from

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our shows go to support our work entertaining our nations veterans inside & outside our nations VA Hospitals. The McGunks- mcgunks. com/ Doors at 8pm. Show at 9pm. Admission Military Appreciation Ticket Free Tickets (GA) for current or former service members as our way of saying, “thank you!”. Not valid for guests or spouses.

Ticket automatically upgraded when purchased with Gold Star Ticket.

General Admission (online) $20.00 ($21.69 w/service fee) For our Civilian Supporters. One ticket to the fun! Possible Standing room only. Online only pricing, $25 at the door. Gold Star Supporter $35.00 ($37.22 w/service fee) Reserved Seating + a special gift from our Pin-Ups! (Reserved Seats are held till 15 minutes past show time.)

Tickets Available: Click the link here worcesterpinup.bpt.me/ 21+ Doors at 8pm Show starts at 9pm *This show is proudly produced

by Do Right! Industries LLC - Helping Nonprofits Thrive. For more information on how to partner with Pin-Ups on Tour, please email doright@dorightind.com worcesterpinup.bpt.me/. 8 p.m.-midnight The Cove Music Hall, 89 Green St. 508-363-1888 or find them on Facebook.

Live Music. 8 p.m.-noon Whiskey on Water, 97 Water St. WCUW & Brain Arts present: The Main Room - Show #1. The Main Room is a collaboration between WCUW 91.3 FM and Brain Arts, with support from a Clark University LEEP Center Fellowship. For Summer 2016, shows will be held monthly - for June, July, and August - at WCUW 91.3 FM in Main South in Worcester, Massachusetts. We seek to prioritize booking people of color, women, LGBTQ+ folks, and other historically marginalized groups. This is an all ages, drug and alcohol-free space. Admission is free thanks to the generous funding of a LEEP Center Fellowship, but donations will be accepted to support WCUW, a non-commercial, community access radio station. The station is also wheelchair-accessible through the front door. Please be respectful of those around you! We strive to be a safer space so any offensive behavior or language including racism, sexism, ableism, body shaming, transphobia, homophobia, xenophobia, etc. is unwelcome. Free - Donations Accepted. 8-11:30 p.m. WCUW 91.3 FM - Worcester’s Community Radio Station, 910 Main St. 508-753-1012 or find them on Facebook.

Live Music. 8:30 p.m.-1 a.m. Gardner Ale House, 74 Parker St., Gardner. 978-669-0122.

Algo Rhythm & Rodney Tries His Hardest. Alternative Rock, Acoustic...Algo Rhythm a high energy acoustic act with a large variety of original material. Rodney Tries His Hardest is catchy, fun, heart-felt music for a growing breed. $5. 9 p.m.-1 a.m. Beatnik’s, 433 Park Ave. 508-926-8877 or find them on Facebook.

Bob Marley Tribute by Ras Spectiv with Opening Act El Dub. Classic Bob Marley Tunes $10. 9 p.m.-1:30 a.m. Electric Haze, 26 Millbury St. 774-242-0571 or find them on Facebook.

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

Doctor Robert. 9 p.m.-2 a.m. Jillian’s - Worcester, 315 Grove St. 508-793-0900.

Karaoke. Karaoke by DJ Nancy of Star Sound Entertainment 9 p.m.-1:30 a.m. Danger Zone Saloon, 948 Main St., Warren. 413436-7115.

Windfall. Come on down and enjoy the music of Windfall! Check us out at windfallrock.com Free. 9 p.m.-1 a.m. Singapore Restaurant, 170 Whalon St., Fitchburg. 978-345-0132.

Lavender Restaurant Karaoke. Join Magic Mike Entertainment DJ’s for Karaoke Night every Friday & Saturday Night! Free. 9:30 p.m.-1 a.m. Lavender Restaurant, 519 Boston Post Road, Sudbury. magicmikeentertainment.com Take Two - Acoustic Rock Party! 9:30 p.m.-12:30 a.m.

Padavano’s Place, 358 Shrewsbury St. 774-823-3022.

DJ (21+) Canal. N/A. 10 p.m.-1:30 a.m. Canal Restaurant & Bar, 65 Water St. 508-926-8353.

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

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DJs. 10 p.m.-2 a.m. Compass Tavern, 90 Harding St. 508-304-6044.

Hoodoo Revelator. 10 p.m.-2 a.m. Michael’s Cigar Bar, 1 Exchange Place. 508-459-9035.

DJ 21+Canal. N/A. 10:30 p.m.-1:40 a.m. Canal Restaurant & Bar, 65 Water St. 508-926-8353.

Safe House Radio Show. This is a live radio broadcast with 2 living DJs hoping to drag you out of your lonely IPods and phone apps to hear the local & national metal, thrash, screamo, punk and alternative you wont hear on mainstream radio. Tune into WCUW 91.3FM in the Worcester and surrounding areas. Or stream live on wcuw.org (hit the listen live button in the upper left corner of screen) Join your DJs Summi and Momma Bear for an hour of metal, thrash, screamo, punk & alternative. You’re not alone in your digital world.

Were out here live! Call in to let us know your listening @ (508)7532284 after 11pm. Hope you tune in to hear local and national metal and more! 91.3fm or wcuw.org It’s your community radio! So enjoy it already! Sheesh! 11 p.m.-midnight Online on Facebook.

High School, Ashburnham, MA $22. 8-10:30 p.m. Oakmont Regional High School, Ashburnham. 978-630-9388 or mwcc.edu Brett Casavant. 8 p.m.-1 a.m. Tavern on Central, 3 Central St., Ashburnham. 978-827-1272.

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

Chris Reddy Acoustic Loops from Hell. 8 p.m.-noon The GazBar Sports Grill, 1045 Central St., Leominster.

James Keyes. 8-11 p.m. The Mill 185, 185 West Boylston St., West Boylston. 774-261-8585.

Live Music. 8 p.m.-noon Whiskey on Water, 97 Water St. Mike Melendez Performs at Loft, Saturday at 8. 8-11:59 p.m. Loft 266 Bar & Lounge, 266 Park Ave. 508-796-5177.

Rob Benton. 8 p.m.-1 a.m. Blueprint New American Bar & Grill, 9 Village Square, Westminster. 978-668-5580.

Sunlea. 8 p.m.-1 a.m. White Eagle Polish Club, 112 Green St. 774-245-1991.

Comic buffs, super hero fans and more can channel their inner nerd at the MASSive Comic Con, June 25-26, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., at the DCU Center, Worcester. Shop the coolest collectibles, buy art in the artist gallery, meet stars of the big and small screen, get your photo taken with your favorite comic hero and more. Got kids? Bring them, too, for the interactive kids con, featuring comic book-making workshops, face painting and more. Kids under 10 get in free with paid adult admission. Tickets are $25-$45. For more information, including guest lineups, visit massivecomiccon.com. You can also email chris@dmcomics.com or call 603-669-9636.

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Aldous Collins Band. 21+ with proper ID Electric Haze, 26 Millbury St. 508-799-0629.

The Mavericks. 5-9 p.m. Indian Ranch, 200 Gore Road, Webster.

508-943-3871.

P.E. James at the Grill on the Hill! I’ll be playing at the Grill on the Hill on Saturday night! I’ll be playing your soft acoustic favorites from the 50s, 60s and 70s from about 4:30 to 7:30 at the Green Hill Golf Course clubhouse off Skyline Drive (pass the Worcester Technical High School and the Armory off Belmont Street).

Come enjoy your scheduled beautiful sunset with a full bar, dinner, and a touch of music! Free! 5:30-8 p.m. Grill on the Hill at Green Hill Golf Course, Skyline Drive.

Armenians Got Talent! This new edition of the talent show features parishioners of all ages performing various musical and dance numbers with fun for the whole family. Following the program there is a buffet with a variety of Armenian foods. Adults and teens, $10; Children under 12, $5. 6-8 p.m. Armenian Church Of Our Saviour Cultural Center, 34 Boynton St. 508-320-1232.

Beatles For Sale the Tribute. Back by popular demand!

Beatles For Sale the Tribute returns to Monument Park in Gardner, MA on Saturday, June 25th at 6:00pm! Last time Beatles For Sale was here, the park was completely full. Don’t miss your chance to see New England’s #1 Beatles Tribute band, Beatles For Sale! A splendid time is guaranteed for all! Concert is part of Gardner’s Free Summer Concert Series Free. 6-8 p.m. Monument Park Bandstand, Park and Central St., Gardner.

Open Mic. Open to musicians, poets, comedians or anyone with a talent! Hosted by Stephen Wright. 6-9 p.m. Nu Cafe, 335 Chandler St. 508-926-8800 or nucafe.com Alias Draleaus Talented classic rock duo. A talented classic rock duo, with a crisp clean sound that will have you rocking in your seat! N/A. 7-10 p.m. Canal Restaurant & Bar, 65 Water St, 65 Water St. 508-926-8353.

Dana Lewis Live! Dana Lewis Live! At Quaker Tavern, Rt.146 Exit 2 to Rt. 14a, Uxbridge. Playing & singing the Greatest Hits of the 50’s to the 80’s. “The soundtrack of your youth” Great Food, Full Bar, Lottery & me! No cover. Be there! Free! 7-10 p.m. Nancy’s Quaker Tavern, 466 Quaker Hgwy (Route146a), Uxbridge. 508-779-0901.

Outrageous Greg’s Crazy Karaoke. 7 p.m.-1 a.m. Martys pub.

Almost, Maine. On a cold, clear, moonless Friday night in the middle of winter, all is not quite what it seems in the remote, mythical town of Almost, Maine. As the northern lights hover in the star-filled sky above, residents of Almost find themselves falling in and out of love in unexpected and often hilarious ways. Knees are bruised; hearts are broken. Love is lost, found, and confounded. But the bruises heal and the hearts mend - almost - in this enchanting midwinter night’s dream. Due to ongoing construction at Theatre at the Mount, Almost, Maine will be performed at Oakmont Regional

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Super Singles & Couples ® Summer Dance w/ DJ Brian Milligan @ Shrewsbury - Maironis Park Function Hall - Saturday, June 25, 2016. Super Singles & Couples ® Summer Dance w/DJ Brian Milligan - Saturday, June 25,2016 @ Shrewsbury - Maironis Park Tel. (508)755-0040...(Exit 11 off MassPike and left onto Rte 122 (Grafton St.) & Take Right onto Rte 20 & Take Left @ 3rd Traffic Light (Lake St.) which becomes So. Quinsigamond Rd. (Stay left & Maironis Park is down on left) Dance 8:00pm-12:00am...Dance Lesson 7:30-8:00pm, Incredible DJ Music, Comp. Pizza Buffet @ 8:30 and Dessert, Door prizes, Cash Bar, Friendly atmosphere, Best for Singles approx. 35-65 y.o. from all types of professions & backgrounds for socializing, dancing and general entertainment...Great for Professional and Business Singles in the area. (couples welcome) This should be a great night with great music, you & our MA, NH & RI friends...It also should be a good opportunity to meet some quality singles new & old to the area. Proper Business/Casual Attire required...Dress To Impress...

(No jeans, sneakers or hats - Sport Jackets are suggested for men) Dance Schedule: See Website SuperSinglesDance.com Thanks, Super Singles - Singles Dances & Events Tel. (781) 439-9401 Join Our EmailList@SuperSinglesDance.com See you There... Visit our website @ SuperSinglesDance.com for additional info and dance

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offerings...Super Singles® & Super Singles Dance® Copyrighted © 2008 All Rights Reserved $15. 8 p.m.-midnight Maironis Park, 52 S. Quinsigamond Ave, Shrewsbury. 781-439-9401 or d3069940. u575.choicehostservers.com Live Music. 8:30 p.m.-1 a.m. Gardner Ale House, 74 Parker St., Gardner. 978-669-0122.

Best - Live Bands. 9 p.m.-2 a.m. Speakers Night Club, 19 Weed St., Marlborough. 508-439-9314.

David Bazin & Blues Junction. Classic Rock & Blues Covers from the likes of Stevie Ray Vaughan, Jimi Hendrix, Eric Clapton, The Who, The Grateful Dead, Neil Young, Led Zeppelin and much much more! No Cover. 9 p.m.-1 a.m. 3-G’s Sports Bar, 152 Millbury St. 508-754-3516.

Madison Avenue. 9 p.m.-2 a.m. Classic’s Pub, 285 Central St., Leominster. 978-537-7750.

Moonshine. Cover. 9 p.m.-12:30 a.m. JJ’s Sports Bar and Grill, 380 Southwest Cutoff, Northborough. 508-842-8420 or jjsnorthboro.com Moonshine. Moonshine serves up the best in Top 40 Country, Blues, and Rock. Cover. 9 p.m.-12:30 a.m. JJ’s Sports Bar and Grill, 380 Southwest Cutoff, Northborough. 508-842-8420 or find them on Facebook.

Panache. 9 p.m.-2 a.m. Jillian’s - Worcester, 315 Grove St. 508793-0900.

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

The Quarrymen. 9 p.m.-2 a.m. Partner’s Pub, 970 South St., Fitchburg. 978-345-5051.

The Rusty Mikes. Blues with a Feeling...The Rusty Mike’s are an eclectic group of musicians brought together by the passion for honoring and preserving the vintage blues sound. We sound vintage because we are vintage; in the way we feel, the music we play, and the instruments we use. $5. 9 p.m.-1 a.m. Beatnik’s, 433 Park Ave. 508-926-8877 or rustymikes.com Tyra Penn and Her Army of Snakes. 9 p.m.-2 a.m. Nick’s Bar and Restaurant, 124 Millbury St. 508-753-4030.

Windfall. Come on down and enjoy the music of Windfall! Check us out at windfallrock.com Free. 9 p.m.-1 a.m. Singapore Restaurant, 170 Whalon St., Fitchburg. 978-345-0132.

Lavender Restaurant Karaoke. Join Magic Mike Entertainment DJ’s for Karaoke Night every Friday & Saturday Night! Free. 9:30 p.m.-1 a.m. Lavender Restaurant, 519 Boston Post Road, Sudbury. magicmikeentertainment.com Ricky Duran - Acoustic Rock. 9:30 p.m.-12:30 a.m.

Padavano’s Place, 358 Shrewsbury St. 774-823-3022.

DJ (21+) Canal. N/A. 10 p.m.-1:30 a.m. Canal Restaurant & Bar, 65 Water St. 508-926-8353.

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

DJs. 10 p.m.-2 a.m. Compass Tavern, 90 Harding St. 508-304-6044.

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Desert Rain. 21+ with proper ID Electric Haze, 26 Millbury St. 508-799-0629.

Rezno and Nine Millz. 21+ with proper ID Electric Haze, 26 Millbury St. 508-799-0629.

Sunday Brunch with Chet Williamson & Jimmy Morell.

10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Gardner Ale House, 74 Parker St., Gardner. 978669-0122.

Brunch with Jon Short. 10:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. Rye & Thyme, 14 Monument Square, Leominster. 978-534-5900.

Josh Turner. 2-6 p.m. Indian Ranch, 200 Gore Road, Webster.

508-943-3871.

Beatles For Sale the Tribute. Back by popular demand!

Beatles For Sale the Tribute returns to the Southbridge Town Common on Sunday, June 26th at 4pm as part of the 2016 Summer Concert Series. All are welcome. Bring your lawn chairs and blankets for an afternoon of live Beatles music. Hear all your favorite Beatle hits as well as a good helping of B-sides and deep cuts performed completely live by New England’s #1 Beatles Tribute band, Beatles For Sale! “A splendid time is guaranteed for all...” Free outdoor

concert, open to the public. Special 4pm start time. Free. 4-6 p.m.

Southbridge Town Common, Southbridge.

Ricky Duran. 4-7 p.m. White Eagle Polish Club, 112 Green St. 774-245-1991.

Big Jon Short. 5-8 p.m. Vincent’s Bar, 49 Suffolk St. 508-752-9439.

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

Right Angle Woman. 5-9 p.m. Frank’s 274 Shrewsbury St. Worcester, .

Sean Fullerton - Acoustic Rock. 5-8 p.m. Padavano’s Place, 358 Shrewsbury St. 774-823-3022.

Dana Lewis Live! Dana Lewis Live! Playing the Greatest Hits of the 50’s to the 80’s out on the patio. “The sound track of your Youth” Best Wood fired Pizza’s, Italian Food, Full Bar, Lottery & me! No cover.

Come on out! Free! 6-9 p.m. Cafe’ Sorrento, 143 Central St., Milford.

508-478-7818 or find them on Facebook.

Open Mic Sundays @ Plaza Azteca! To check the schedules and open slots visit: Bill McCarthy’s Open Mic World on Facebook Bill McCarthy (originator of the “Half-Hour Sets!”) is your host at another great Open Mic Night! Email Bill McCarthy to reserve it at: openmcc@verizon.net (make sure you put “open mic” in the email’s “subject box”) Network * Collaborate * Learn. Over sixty different musicians regularly support my open mic nights all are friendly and supportive -- and many are: * Former or currently signed recording artists * Award-winning pro’s or semi-pro’s * Regularly gigging paid-performers * Published songwriters * Recording studio owner/ operators * Combinations of any and/or all of the above. To check the schedules and open slots visit Facebook. Any slot marked as “open” usually is! Free! 6-9 p.m. Plaza Azteca, 539 Lincoln St. Mikey Lynch’s Sunday Jam featuring ‘Shakey’ Steve Prunier and Steve ‘Wilbur’ Going! Every Sunday Mikey Lynch hosts the Jam with a great feature artist each week. 7-11 p.m.

Greendale’s Pub, 404 W Boylston St. 508-853-1350.

Sara Watkins of Nickel Creek. Sara Watkins spent most of her younger years, nearly two decades, as singer and fiddle player for the Grammy Award-winning, hybrid band “Nickel Creek,” a trio she’d started performing in when she was a mere eight years old, alongside her guitarist brother Sean and mandolinist Chris Thile. She also plays Ukulele, guitar and even played percussion while touring with The Decemberists. Stepping away from that marquee name alone was a huge leap and Watkins may have felt trepidatious, but, as old fans and new listeners could attest, the transition seemed effortless, natural. As the BBC put it, “Watkins’ time in the spotlight is a triumph with her agile playing and the kind of voice that gives your goose bumps the shivers.” $25 advance; $30 day of show. 7:30-10:30 p.m.

Bull Run Restaurant, Sawtelle Room, 215 Great Road, Shirley. 978425-4311 or tickets.bullrunrestaurant.com Karaoke. Karaoke on Sunday starts at 8:00 PM and ends at 12:00 AM. On Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday, karaoke starts at 9:00 PM and ends at 1:00 AM. Karaoke by DJ Nancy C. 9 p.m.-1 a.m. Club KasBar, 234 Southwest Cutoff. 508-798-8385.

Karaoke w/ Royal Crown. 9 p.m.-1 a.m. Classic’s Pub, 285 Central St., Leominster. 978-537-7750.

Sean Fullerton - Acoustic Rock & Blues. 9:30 p.m.-12:30 a.m. Padavano’s Place, 358 Shrewsbury St. 774-823-3022.

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Delicato Duo. 8:30 p.m.-2 a.m. Nick’s Bar and Restaurant, 124 Millbury St. 508-753-4030.

Karaoke. Karaoke on Sunday starts at 8:00 PM and ends at 12:00 AM. On Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday, karaoke starts at 9:00 PM and ends at 1:00 AM. Karaoke by DJ Nancy C. 9 p.m.-1 a.m. Club KasBar, 234 Southwest Cutoff. 508-798-8385.

Blue Mondays - Live Blues Acts. 10 p.m.-2 a.m. Gardner Ale House, 74 Parker St., Gardner. 978-669-0122.

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1st Bass. 21+ with proper ID Electric Haze, 26 Millbury St. 508799-0629.

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Storytime. Join us every week for storytime. Visit bn.com for details. Free. 11-11:30 a.m. Barnes & Noble Booksellers - Millbury, 70 Worcester Providence Turnpike, Millbury. 508-865-2801 or bn.com Chillin Tuesday & Wild Wednesday. At Beatniks it’s all about you! Tuesdays tend to be more chill, Wednesday’s more wild, but you never know what will be going on. Indoor Cornhole boards, Darts, Board games, Cards, Jukebox wars and more. Thursdays thru Sundays are about music of all kinds, but no matter what we have going on its always a great vibe! Come on down anytime and make our place your place. 7-11 p.m. Beatnik’s, 433 Park Ave. 508-926-8877.

Chris Cornell - Higher Truth Tour. Multiple Grammy® Award winning, Golden Globe nominated and critically acclaimed singer songwriter Chris Cornell makes a stop at The Hanover Theatre on the second U.S. leg of his Higher Truth World Tour. Chris Cornell is a modern icon who transcends genre. He was the chief architect of the 90s grunge movement as the leader of Seattle trailblazers Soundgarden and remains one of the most iconic rock voices of all time. Achieving multi-platinum success with three legendary bands, selling over 30 million records worldwide, he has forged his own unique identity over three decades as a singer, songwriter, guitarist, composer and lyricist. His latest album, Higher Truth, showcases Cornell’s constant evolution as a master songwriter, lyricist and musical craftsman, telling human stories which transcend musical genres. Inspired by the stark arrangements of musicians like Nick Drake, Daniel Johnston and White Album-era Beatles, Cornell creates a musical universe unlike anything he has ever done before. Tickets are $49.50, $59.50, $69.50 and $79.50 depending on seat location.

Please contact the box office at 877.571.SHOW (7469) for more information. 7:30-9:30 p.m. Hanover Theatre for the Performing Arts, 2 Southbridge St. 877-571-7469 or thehanovertheatre.org Tuesday Open Mic Night @ Greendale’s Pub with Bill McCarthy Local Musicians Showcase! To check the schedules and open slots visit: Bill McCarthy’s Open Mic World on Facebook Bill McCarthy (originator of the “Half-Hour Sets!”) is your host at another great Open Mic Night! Email Bill McCarthy to reserve it at: openmcc@verizon.net (make sure you put “open mic” in the email’s “subject box” so I know you’re not selling Viagra or something!) Network * Collaborate * Learn. Over sixty different musicians regularly support my open mic nights all are friendly and supportive -- and many are: * Former or currently signed recording artists * Award-winning pro’s or semi-pro’s * Regularly gigging paid-performers * Published songwriters * Recording studio owner/ operators * Combinations of any and/or all of the above. To check the schedules and open slots visit Facebook. Any slot marked as “open” usually is! Free. 7:30-11:30 p.m. Greendale’s Pub, 404 W Boylston St. 508-853-1350 or find them on Facebook.

Dam Chick Singer. 8:30 p.m.-2 a.m. Nick’s Bar and Restaurant, 124 Millbury St. 508-753-4030.

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Summer Twilight at Twigs - Live Music. George Crotty is a multi-instrumentalist, and multi-media artist who aspires to redefine the term cellist. He has embraced a variety of genres including rock, world music, and jazz. Currently pursuing a Bachelor’s degree at the Berklee College of Music, Boston, he previously studied at the Royal Conservatory of Music, as well as St. Michael’s Choir School, Toronto. Included with admission. Free for members. 5:30-7:30 p.m.

Tower Hill Botanic Garden, Twig’s Cafe, 11 French Drive, Boylston.

508-869-6111.

Chillin Tuesday & Wild Wednesday. At Beatniks it’s all about you! Tuesdays tend to be more chill, Wednesday’s more wild, but you never know what will be going on. Indoor Cornhole boards, Darts, Board games, Cards, Jukebox wars and more. Thursdays thru Sundays are about music of all kinds, but no matter what we have going on its always a great vibe! Come on down anytime and make our place your place. 7-11 p.m. Beatnik’s, 433 Park Ave. 508-926-8877.

Jumpin’ Juba at Bandstand Concert. Free outdoor concert.

Jumpin’ Juba mixes blues and roots-y rock styles from Memphis, Chicago, and New Orleans. Great piano, sax and guitar! Originals

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and covers. More at stevehurl.com and reverbnation.com/jumpinjuba Free. 7-9 p.m. West Brookfield Town Common, N Main St. and E Main St., West Brookfield. 774-200-3638 or stevehurl.com Karaoke with DJ M. 7 p.m.-1 a.m. White Eagle Polish Club, 112 Green St. 774-245-1991.

Wednesday Night Open Mic/Local Musician’s Showcase w/ Bill McCarthy @ Guiseppe’s. To check the schedules and open slots visit: Bill McCarthy’s Open Mic World on Facebook Bill McCarthy (originator of the “Half-Hour Sets!”) is your host at another great Open Mic Night! Email Bill McCarthy to reserve it at: openmcc@verizon.net (make sure you put “open mic” in the email’s “subject box”) Network * Collaborate * Learn. Over sixty different musicians regularly support my open mic nights all are friendly and supportive -- and many are: * Former or currently signed recording artists * Award-winning pro’s or semi-pro’s * Regularly gigging paid-performers * published songwriters * Recording studio owner/operators * Combinations of any and/or all of the above. To check the schedules and open slots visit Facebook. Any slot marked as “open” usually is! Free! 7:30-10:30 p.m. Guiseppe’s Grille, 35 Solomon Pond Road, Northborough. 508-393-4405 or find them on Facebook.

AriBand. 8:30 p.m.-2 a.m. Nick’s Bar and Restaurant, 124 Millbury St. 508-753-4030.

Karaoke Under The Stars with DJ Matt R. Come join us outside, weather permitting, for a night of singing and raucousness under the stars! If it rains, don’t worry! We just have it inside! Free!

9 p.m.-1:30 a.m. Ralph’s Chadwick Square Diner, 148 Grove St. 508-753-9543.

Karaoke w/ Royal Crown. 9 p.m.-1 a.m. Classic’s Pub, 285 Central St., Leominster. 978-537-7750.

Open Mic - hosted by Amanda Cote. All genres and acoustic instruments welcome. 21+ or with guardian. Sign-up begins at 8:30 Free. 9-11:30 p.m. Legends, Airport Road - Fitchburg Ma, Fitchburg.

978-895-5883.

arts

Anna Maria College, 50 Sunset Lane, Paxton. 508-849-3300 or annamaria.edu ArtsWorcester, The Fourth Annual ‘One’ Members’ Exhibition, Wednesdays, Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays, through June 30.

Hours: closed Sunday - Monday, 1-4 p.m. Tuesday, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Wednesday - Friday, 1-4 p.m. Saturday. Admission: Free. 660 Main St. 508-755-5142 or artsworcester.org Asa Waters Mansion, Admission: $3 for guided tour $7-10 for tea. 123 Elm St., Millbury. 508-865-0855 or asawaters.org Assumption College: Emmanuel d’Alzon Library, 500 Salisbury St. 508-767-7272 or assumption.edu Booklovers’ Gourmet, Art Display by students of Caryl’s Studio & Creative Design, Through June 30. Hours: closed Sunday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday, 10 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. Tuesday - Friday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday. 55 East Main St., Webster. 508-949-6232 or er3.com Clark University: University Gallery, Hours: noon-5 p.m.

Sunday, closed Monday - Tuesday, noon-8 p.m. Wednesday, noon-5 p.m. Thursday - Saturday. 950 Main St. 508-793-7349 or 508-7937113 or clarku.edu Clark’s Cafe and Art On Rotation Gallery, Hours: 6 a.m. to 1 p.m. Sunday - Saturday. Admission: Free for gallery. 310 High St., Clinton. 978-549-5822 or 978-365-7772 or aorgallery.com College of the Holy Cross: Iris & B. Gerald Cantor Art Gallery, Hours: closed Sunday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday - Friday, 2-5 p.m. Saturday. 1 College St. 508-793-3356 or holycross.edu Danforth Museum of Art, Hours: noon-5 p.m. Sunday, closed Monday - Tuesday, noon-5 p.m. Wednesday - Thursday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Friday - Saturday. 123 Union Ave., Framingham. 508-620-0050 or danforthmuseum.org

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EcoTarium, Bubbles!, Sundays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays, through Oct. 2; KLUTZ® Amazingly Immature, Sundays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays, through Sept. 11; Play on the Plaza, Sundays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays, through Oct. 2; Tree Canopy Walkway, Sundays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays, through Aug. 14; Wacky Wednesdays, Wednesdays, through Aug. 31. Hours: noon-5 p.m. Sunday, closed Monday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday - Saturday. Admission: $15.00 adults; $10 for children ages 2-18, college students with ID & senior citizens. Children under 2 & EcoTarium members free. Additional

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charges apply for Tree Canopy Walkway, Explorer Express Train, planetarium programs & other special event. 222 Harrington Way. 508-929-2700 or ecotarium.org Fisher Museum Harvard Forest, 324 N. Main St., Petersham.

978-724-3302 or harvardforest.fas.harvard.edu Fitchburg Art Museum, Hours: noon-4 p.m. Sunday, closed Monday, noon-4 p.m. Tuesday - Saturday. 25 Merriam Parkway, Fitchburg. 978-345-4207 or fitchburgartmuseum.org Fitchburg Historical Society, Hours: closed Sunday, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday - Tuesday, 10 a.m.-midnight Wednesday, closed Thursday - Saturday. 50 Grove St., Fitchburg. 978-345-1157 or fitchburghistory.fsc.edu Fitchburg State University: Hammond Hall, 160 Pearl St., Fitchburg. fitchburgstate.edu Framed in Tatnuck, Hours: closed Sunday - Monday, 10 a.m. to

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6 p.m. Tuesday - Friday, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday. 1099 Pleasant St. 508-770-1270 or framedintatnuck.com Fruitlands Museum, 102 Prospect Hill Road, Harvard. 978-4563924 or fruitlands.org Gallery of African Art, Hours: closed Sunday, 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Monday - Wednesday, 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Thursday, 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Friday, 9 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Saturday. Admission: Donations accepted. 62 High St., Clinton. 978-265-4345 or 978-598-5000x12 or galleryofafricanart.org Highland Artist Group, 113 Highland St. highlandartistgroup.com Mass Audubon: Broad Meadow Brook Conservation Center and Wildlife Sanctuary, Hours: 12:30-4 p.m. Sunday, closed Monday, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tuesday - Saturday. 414 Massasoit Road. 508-753-6087 or massaudubon.org Museum of Russian Icons, Hours: closed Sunday - Monday, 11-3 a.m. Tuesday - Wednesday, 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. Thursday, 11-3 a.m. Friday, 9-3 a.m. Saturday. Admission: Adults $10; Seniors (59 +), $7; Students, $5; Children 3-17, $5; Children <3, Free.

203 Union St., Clinton. 978-598-5000 or 978-598-5000x17 or museumofrussianicons.org Old Sturbridge Village, Admission: $7 - $20 charged by age.

Children under 3 free. 1 Old Sturbridge Village Road, Sturbridge.

800-733-1830 or 508-347-3362 or osv.org Park Hill Gallery, Hours: closed Sunday, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Monday - Friday, closed Saturday. 387 Park Ave. 774-696-0909.

Post Road Art Center, Hours: closed Sunday, 9:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Monday - Saturday. 1 Boston Post Road, Marlborough. 508485-2580 or postroadartcenter.com Preservation Worcester, Hours: closed Sunday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday - Friday, closed Saturday. 10 Cedar St. 508-754-8760 or preservationworcester.org Prints and Potter Gallery: American Arts and Crafts Gallery, Hours: closed Sunday, 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Monday Tuesday, 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Wednesday - Thursday, 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Friday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday. 142 Highland St. 508-7522170 or printsandpotter.com Quinebaug Valley Council for the Arts & Humanities, the Arts Center, Hours: 2-4 p.m. Sunday, closed Monday - Friday, 2-4 p.m. Saturday. 111 Main St., Southbridge. 508-346-3341 or qvcah.org Rollstone Studios, Hours: 11-4 p.m. Sunday, closed Monday Wednesday, 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Thursday - Saturday. Admission: free.

633 Main St., Fitchburg. 978-348-2781 or rollstoneartists.com Salisbury Mansion, Hours: closed Sunday - Wednesday, 1-8:30 p.m. Thursday, 1-4 p.m. Friday - Saturday. 40 Highland St. 508-7538278 or worcesterhistory.org SAORI Worcester Freestyle Weaving Studio, 18 Winslow St. 508-757-4646 or 508-757-0116 or saoriworcester.com Sprinkler Factory, Visual Voices, Sundays, Saturdays, through July 18; Visual Voices, Saturday - Sunday. Admission: Free. 38 Harlow St. sprinklerfactory.com Taproot Bookstore, Hours: noon-5 p.m. Sunday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday - Tuesday, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Wednesday - Thursday, 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Friday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday. 1200 West Boylston St. 508-853-5083 or TaprootBookstore.com Tatnuck Bookseller & Cafe, Hours: 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Sunday, 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. Monday - Thursday, 9 a.m. to 10 p.m. Friday Saturday. 18 Lyman St., Westborough. 508-366-4959 or tatnuck.com The Foster Gallery, 51 Union St. 508-397-7139 or thefostergallery.com Top Fun Aviation Toy Museum, Hours: 1:30-4:30 p.m.

Sunday, closed Monday - Friday, 10:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Saturday.

21 Prichard St., Fitchburg. 978-342-2809 or 978-297-4337 or topfunaviation.com Tower Hill Botanic Garden, Art Exhibit: Barry Van Dusen, Sundays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays, through June 26; Art Exhibit: Aimee Baldwin, Sundays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays, June 28 - July 24; Artist Reception - Enduring Blooms: Aimee Baldwin - Artist in Residence Solo Show, Wednesday. Hours: 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday, closed Monday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday - Saturday. Admission: $12

Adults, $9 Seniors & $7 Youth, free to Members & Children under. 11 French Drive, Boylston. 508-869-6111 or towerhillbg.org Worcester Art Museum, Blood and Honey, Through Nov. 6; Jeppson Idea Lab: The Art of Combat, Through Sept. 4; Meow: A Cat-Inspired Exhibition, Through Sept. 4; Nude Drawing in the Galleries, Thursdays, through June 30; The Last Judgment Tapestry, Through Sept. 18; Arms and Armor: Knight’s Tale, Saturday; Art Carts: Family Fun - Arms and Armor, Saturday; Zip Tour: Angelus Pascarelli, who was he?, Saturday; Arms and Armor: Aethelflaed: Lady of the Mercians, Sunday. Hours: 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday, closed Monday - Tuesday, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Wednesday, 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. Thursday, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Friday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday. Admission: Free for members, $14 adults, $12 seniors, free for youth 17 and under.

Free for all first Saturdays of each month, 10am-noon. 55 Salisbury St. 508-799-4406 or worcesterart.org Worcester Center for Crafts, Exhibition: Of Fire - 2016 Artists In Residence Exhibition, Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays, through June 29. Hours: closed Sunday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday - Saturday. 25 Sagamore Road. 508-753-8183 or worcestercraftcenter.org Worcester Historical Museum, Hours: closed Sunday Monday, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tuesday - Saturday. 30 Elm St. 508-7538278 or worcesterhistory.org Worcester Public Library, Hours: 1:30-5:30 p.m. Sunday, 9 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Monday, 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. Tuesday - Wednesday, 9 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Thursday - Saturday. 3 Salem Square. 508-7991655 or worcpublib.org

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Dick’s Beantown Comedy Escape at Park Grill & Spirits - Fridays, Saturdays, Saturday, September 18 - Monday, December 31. Dick Doherty’s Beantown Comedy Escape at Park Grill & Spirits 257 Park Ave Worcester MA Dick Doherty’s Beantown Comedy Clubs Showtimes: Friday 9pm-Saturdays 8pm -$20pp Reservations Recommended at 800-401-2221 Prices: $20 Fri/Sat pp except Special Events Drinks and Appetizers available in the show room Full Dinner Available before Show in Restaurant $5off with College ID and Reservations 2 for 1 Active Military or Veterans and Reservations $4 off with Dinner Receipt and Reservations. Fri & Sat June 24th & 25th Corey Rodrigues and friends Dick’s Beantown Comedy Escape at Park Grill & Spirits Great Food and Fun Make Reservations Early at 800401-2221 or online at beantowncomedy.com Founders Tour - Thursday, June 23. The Hanover Theatre staff, founders and members of the board have been informally giving tours of the theatre since before our doors opened in March 2008.

In the beginning, there were “Hard-Hat” and “Touch the Dome” tours, small adventures that explored the construction site and led brave visitors up our highest scaffolding during the final months of the theatre’s restoration. Now it’s official. The theatre has launched regular tours of our magnificent architectural landmark, starting with the first Founders’ Tour led by original theatre founders, Ed Madaus and Paul Demoga. During these monthly tours, Ed & Paul will serve as guides sharing their personal stories and recollections of the early days before the theatre’s opening. You’ll be amazed to learn about the perseverance and grit it took to make a city project as significant and daunting as the theatre come to fruition. The tours will conclude with an introduction and demonstration of the theatre’s Mighty Wurlitzer Organ, given by Don Phipps, the Wurlitzer Organ Curator and Director of The American Theatre Organ Society Inc. Tours are free for members and their guests. $5 for non-members.

For more information, contact David MacArthur, 508.471.1764 or David@thehanovertheatre.org. Noon-1:15 p.m. Hanover Theatre for the Performing Arts, 2 Southbridge St. Call 877-571-7469 or visit thehanovertheatre.org Summer Kick-Off Comedy Night & Dinner - Friday, June 24. Hosted by Frank Foley featuring hilarious comedians Tom Stewart & James Dorsey. Dinner & Show: $45, Show Only: $20. 6-10 p.m.

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The Big Dipper Ice Cream Festival returns to Worcester’s Elm Park Saturday, June 25, 10:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. If you’ve been before, you know the drill: get your tickets for ice cream tastings and eat away! You’ll be supporting Children’s Friend at the same time. Cost is $5 for 10-plus, $1 for kids 4-9, free for kids 3 and under. For more information, visit Childrensfriend.org, email info@childrensfriend.org or call 508-753-5425.

Friday night in the middle of winter, all is not quite what it seems in the remote, mythical town of Almost, Maine. As the northern lights hover in the star-filled sky above, residents of Almost find themselves falling in and out of love in unexpected and often hilarious ways. Knees are bruised; hearts are broken. Love is lost, found, and confounded. But the bruises heal and the hearts mend - almost - in this enchanting midwinter night’s dream. Due to ongoing construction at Theatre at the Mount, Almost, Maine will be performed at Oakmont Regional High School, Ashburnham, MA $17. 2-4:30 p.m. Oakmont Regional High School, Ashburnham. Call 978-630-9388 or visit mwcc.edu Murdered to Death - Sunday, June 26. A British comedy by Peter Gordon n/a. 2-4 p.m. Calliope Productions Inc, 150 Main St., Boylston. Call 508-869-6887 or visit calliopeproductions.org Officer Ron Tarentino Jr. Family Benefit Comedy Night - Sunday, June 26. The Auburn Police Association will host “A Night Of Comedy” to benefit the family of Officer Ronald Tarentino, Jr., who was killed in the line of duty on May 22nd this year. Featuring Legendary comics Artie Lange, Lenny Clarke, & Friends. Cash bar & hors d’oeuvres: 5:30 pm; Performance: 7:00 pm $150/$100/$50.

7-9 p.m. Mechanics Hall, 321 Main St. Call 508-752-0888 or visit mechanicshall.org

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Free Fun Fridays are sponsored by the Highland Street Foundation.

Free. 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Worcester Art Museum, 55 Salisbury St. 508-799-4406.

Third Annual Gala and Silent Auction. Regatta Players Third Annual Gala and Silent Auction. There will be a silent auction from 6:30pm-7:30pm in the library at Southgate with complimentary wine and hors d’oeuvres, accompanied by the tasteful playing of an Orchestral Ensemble. The event continues with live performances, entitled “Timeless Broadway” in the Flanagan Theater. The performance will begin at 8pm. $10 Adult/$8 Student/Senior.

6:30-10 p.m. Southgate at Shrewsbury, 30 Julio Drive, Shrewsbury.

508-842-8331 or regattaplayers.com

PLAYER OF THE WEEK

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Big Dipper Ice Cream Festival. $5 for ages 10+ $1 for ages 4-9 Free for ages 3 and under. 10:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Elm Park, Corner of Russell and Elm St. 508-753-5425 or Childrensfriend.org Black Heritage Juneteenth Festival. Family, food, friends and fun! DJs Kempa & Kool Chriss... Children’s activities, craft >Friday 24 – Friday July 1 vendors, history tent... Free to the public. Noon-8 p.m. Institute Park, Neighborhood Nature at Elm Park. Drop in anytime for Worcester, 100 Salisbury St. 508-341-3838 or juneteenthfestival.org activities, crafts, stories, and nature walks. Take a break from the Nashua River Brewers Festival. Free collectible glass upon playground to learn about the plants and animals that can be found in entering. Beers $1 per pour. All proceeds to benefit charity. Music by Worcester through hands-on projects and games. Free for all. 10 a.m. Angry Johnny and the Killbillies, New Pond Fondle, The Spy Tones, to 1 p.m. Elm Park, Highland St. and Park Ave. Zack Slik. Bring your lawn chair and enjoy the finest craft beers the region has to offer! $15 advance $20 day of. 1-6 p.m. Fitchburg >Saturday 25 Riverfront Park, 40 Commercial St., Fitchburg. 978-502-9030 or Family Canoe on Wildlife Pond. Join us for a guided paddle beersforgood.com on Wachusett Meadow’s Wildlife Pond. Wood ducks, bullfrogs, and kingfishers may keep us company too. Canoes, paddles, and PFDs >Saturday 25 – Sunday 26 provided. Leaders: Sanctuary Staff. For more information and to MASSive Comic Con. Saturday, June 25 and Sunday, June 26 register, call 978.464.2712. $9 Mass Audubon Adult Members, $14 2016 Comics & Pop Culture For The Masses! The MASSive Comic Adult Non-members, $5 Child Members, $7 Child Non-members. 3-5 Con returns to the DCU Center in Worcester June 25th & 26th for p.m. Mass Audubon: Wachusett Meadow Wildlife Sanctuary, 113 more comic book and pop culture fun! Attendees can expect a Goodnow Road, Princeton. 978-464-2712 or massaudubon.org wide assortment of comic book and collectible vendors and artists, special guest artists and celebrities, interactive panels, kids con, after hours events, cosplay groups, movie cars and much more! Saturday: 10:00AM-6:00PM Sunday: 10:00AM-5:00PM Saturday Pass $30, >Saturday 25 Sunday Pass $25, Weekend Pass $45, VIP Package $75. VIP Strawberry Shortcake Day and Pony Rides. Enjoy our Package Includes: 2-Day Pass, 30 min. Early Entry both days, Access homemade strawberry shortcakes topped with fresh real whipped to all After Hours Events, Exclusive Print, MASSive Comic Con 2016 cream as well as pony rides with Poco, Ziva, and Baldy Strawberry Tee Shirt Kids 10 and under get in free with paid adult admission Shortcakes: $3/Pony Rides: $2. 1-2 p.m. Whittier Farms, 90 Douglas (limit 1 child per paid adult). Tickets are on sale now at the DCU Road, Sutton. 508-865-1053 or whittiers.com Center Box Office, Ticketmaster locations, by phone at 800-7453000 and online at ticketmaster.com. Saturday Pass $30, Sunday >Sunday 26 Pass $25, Weekend Pass $45, VIP Package $75. 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Rose Show. Included with admission. Free for members. Noon-4 DCU Center- Arena and Convention Center, 50 Foster St. 508-755p.m. Tower Hill Botanic Garden, 11 French Drive, Boylston. 508-869- 6800 or dcucenter.com 6111 or towerhillbg.org

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What are you looking forward to most this season? Just to continue to play with all the guys, making a few friends, trying to play as much as I can and make a playoff push at the end of the season.

What are you liking most about Worcester so far? Just the atmosphere, being able to play in front of the crowds here and the crowds on the road.

Is there anything in particular that motivates you on the field? Not really.

Obviously, getting guys out gets you motivated and excited, and playing in front of the crowd.

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2nd Annual WJ Grosvenor Trade Show. Come meet with our top vendors, learn about adhesives, patch products, our large assortment of tools and so much more. Join us for food, up close product demos and grand prizes. Meet Vendors: Mapei, Silpro, Van Gelder, Powerhold, Leggett & Platt, Orcon, Parabond Adhesives, Schonox, Crain and more. Free. 2-8 p.m. Travel Destination eventbrite.com

>Friday 24

Free Fun Friday at Worcester Art Museum. The Worcester Art Museum is thrilled to participate in this program for another year!

Explore our exhibits & take part in hands-on art activities for free

Do you have any favorite restaurants in Worcester? No, I mean everywhere is fine.

Everywhere we’ve been as a team is a blast.

Do you have any goals for this season?

Just to pitch well and improve personally.

Team-wise, just to have fun and play as well as we can.

Worcester Bravehearts

Do you have anything you do before a game to get ready? I just usually eat a Snickers bar right before I go out. It’s been my thing since high school.

June 23 @ Bristol Blues, Muzzy Field, Bristol, Connecticut, 7:30 p.m.

June 24 @ Wachusett Dirt Dawgs, Doyle Field, Leominster, 6:35 p.m.

June 25 vs. Torrington Titans, Hanover Insurance Park at Fitton Field, Holy Cross, Worcester, 7:05 p.m.

June 26 vs. Nashua Silver Knights, Hanover Insurance Park at Fitton Field, Holy Cross, Worcester, 5:05 p.m.

June 28 @ Wachusett Dirt Dawgs, Doyle Field, Leominster, 6:35 p.m.

June 29 vs. North Shore Navigators, Hanover Insurance Park at Fitton Field, Holy Cross, Worcester, 7:05 p.m.

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Stage director- Richard Monroe Music director- Aldo Fabrizi SetsAllen Bantlty Costumes- Elaine Crane Lighting- Nathan Colby Cast: Figaro- Miles Rind Susanna- Elaine Crane (cover- Carley DeFranco) Count Almaviva- Ron Williams Countess Almaviva- Christine Petkus (cover- Tamara Ryan) Doctor Bartolo- Frank Walker Marcellina- Kathy Blaisdell (cover- Kathy Lague) Basilio- Ted Blaisdell CherubinoMeghan Ryan (cover- Elizabeth Hayes) Barbarina- Nicole Newell (cover- Sharon Cheng) Antonio- Ben Morse Don Curzio- Brad Amidon Ensemble- Leah Ambrosino, Dawn Kelley, Fanny Lora, Christine Pepin, Kristen Wilkenson, Erik Gladwin, Leslie Leedberg, Michael Ballard, Greta Konig, Mike Gorman, Ginny Bailey, Rick Rudman, Alan Rohwer, George Oliver, Holland Crane, Taylor Nardone, Hadley Crane, Lori Stevenson, Ned Cheeseman $26 general admission, $24 students and seniors. 2-4:30 p.m., 7:30 p.m.-10 p.m. Robert R. Jay Performing Arts Center, 378 Main St., Shrewsbury. Call 508-9307062 or visit greaterworcesteropera.org Mighty Wurlitzer Organ Tour - Saturday, June 25. Learn the fascinating history with a behind the scenes tour of the The Hanover Theatre’s Mighty Wurlitzer Organ, the largest instrument of its kind in New England. Tours are free for members and their guests, $5 for non-members. Prearranged Tours are available upon request.

For more information, contact: David MacArthur, 508. 471.1764 or David@thehanovertheatre.org. 10:30-11:45 a.m. Hanover Theatre for the Performing Arts, 2 Southbridge St. Call 877-571-7469.

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Teknor Apex Company is a global leader in thermoplastic compounding. In our ISO certified, compounding Plant in Leominster we produce compounds for automotive sealing systems, pipe seals, wire and cable, wine corks and many other uses. We also produce for some of the leading global companies. Our employees strive to produce quality product…working together in a safe and responsible manner….every single day.

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paced local publisher of weekly loca l publications, we are in need of a part -time Consumer Marketing Representative. The idea l candidate will have a nice manner, superior tele phone skills, computer fluent, and marketing orie nted. This is a 15 hour per week position. The respons ibility will focus on growing the circulation base for our 3 subscription community newspapers. 1-3 years experience would be helpful. To be considered, please sen d your resume to accounting@holdenlandmark.com or mail to: Holden Landmark Corp.

Accounting 22 West St. # 31 Millbury, MA 01527 No phone calls please.

EMPLOYMENT HELP WANTED Employees Needed for Medical Staffing Agency Worcester and Central Mass.

RNs, LPNs, CNAs. Must have at least 1 yr experience working in a nursing facility.

Verifiable work references, reliable transportation required.

Please call Superior Staffing at 508-344-9916.

Bakery Mechanic Full Time Central MA bakery seeking a full time 6-3 mechanic. Must have mechanical ability to repair and troubleshoot equipment. wholesalebakery72@gm ail.com

Maintenace Technician Grafton Apt. Complex looking for full time Maint. Technician.

Responsibilities include: carpentry, painting, plumbing, electrical, cleaning, landscape, snow removal. Emergency oncall. SMOKE FREE COMPLEX. Benefits. nv@scgmgmnt.com

Manufacturing Positions Open We currently have several openings within our organization. Please stop by our office to fill out an application, 1776 Lock Dr Leominster MA

HELP WANTED LOCAL School bus driver wanted Sutton Public Schools. Immediate opening. Will train to get license. Call Susan Rothermich 508-581-1651.

Jobs, Jobs - Trabajo, Trabajo Assembly, Manufacturing and Warehouse. Call ActiveTemps today 508-943-3867 www.ActiveTemps.net

FOSTER PARENTS

FOSTER PARENTS WANTED Seeking families throughout Central Massachusetts who are interested in improving a child’s life.

Call to inquire about our upcoming foster parent training. $1,000 SIGNING BONUS Call for Details (Must mention this ad during inquiry)

688 Main Street, Holden, MA Toll Free (877) 446-3305

www.devereuxma.org Summer Jobs! Worcester, Westborough, Millbury area Morning and Night shifts, clean manufacturing environment.

Entry Level/General Labor $10.00+ per hour. Call Bebe @508-581-8855 CDL Position ($1,000 Sign-on Bonus) NOCO Energy Corp. has a fulltime, FIRST SHIFT, DRIVER position available in West Boylston, MA. Req. a clean Class B CDL w/ HAZMAT and Tanker.

EOE/AA Minority/Female/Disability/Veteran Apply at noco.com/careers

HELP WANTED LOCAL

CEMETERY PLOTS

Maintenance Position

Worc. County Memorial Park, Paxton Garden of Honor, 2 plots, Plot 17, Unit C, Graves 3 & 4. Today’s cost is $8,800 for both. Asking $3500 total for both. Call 978-582-9309

Part time

Various Duties

Call Eric Friend Parts and Service Director

508-829-4333

Worc. County Memorial Park Paxton. Garden of Faith, 2 plots, Section #347-A 1&2. Today’s cost is $3,900.00 for both. Asking $1,500.00 total for both. Call 508-882-3421 or 909-714-0064

CEMETERY PLOTS

Worc. County Memorial Park Paxton, MA Grave sites. 2 lots, Good Shepherd. Plot 147, graves 3 & 4. $5000.00 each.

B/O Call Kris 508-735-9996

Worcester County Memorial Park, Paxton, MA Garden of the Cross - 2 Lots Value $10,500 - asking $4000 OBO 774-239-9189

Worcester County Memorial Park, Paxton MA Garden of Heritage II. 2 Lots w/vaults.

Current value $8300.00 Asking $3950.00 for both or B/O. Call Jim 508-769-8107

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HORSES

Worcester County Memorial Park - Paxton Unit C, section Heritage II, plots 1 and 2. Today’s price is $6500, asking $3500.

508-344-9626

9x5 Pool Table Made by Sterling. 3/4 slate.

Inc. new felt balls, 4 cue sticks, pads and cover. Dismantled and ready for pick up. Asking $800. 978-422-7934

Mountain Bike Exc. Condition Men’s specialized rock hopper. Fast Track 26x2 tires.

Asking $250. 774-276-1047

Worcester County Memorial Park - Paxton Two lots for sale. Present price $3250 each, totaling $6500. $4500 for both. Call 801-294-7514

GE Electric Stove Glass cook top - convection. Black. Excellent condition. $200. Call 508849-7153

Adorable Buckskin Gelding 11 Year Old Welsh Arab Cross, 14 hands, buckskin, well trained, smart and athletic.

Jumps anything and loves to go. Does well in the ring and loves the trails. Good for vet, floater, farrier (no shoes - feet are rock hard). Full of energy, so needs good turnout and a confident rider. Life changes so sadly need to sell. $3800 OBO. Contact Lisa 508-8687383 or rodnlisab@charter.net

Worcester County Memorial Park Paxton, MA. 2 Lots in the Garden of Faith. $2500.00 for both. Near the feature. Mary 508-886-4334.

Worcester County Memorial Park Paxton, MA Garden of the Cross Premier Location, Must sell Value $5250 Asking $4000 OBO 508-799-5678 FOR SALE

Dining Room Set, Full Sized Bed Box Spring, Mattress, Sofa Table, 46" TV (1 yr old), Coffee Table. Prices negotiable. Call 508-981-7512.

Power Scooter Chair

Excellent condition, rechargeable battery, speed controls, reclines, rises up and down.

Air cushion with pump. Removable head rest, extra leg brackets. $1500 508-926-8468

Hoya Lift

C-13 Zeppelin Stamp Flag Cancelled $200. Got Stamp Questions? Call Ron at 413896-3324 Solid Oak Cabinet 90" Tall, 30" Wide, 18" Deep. 6 Shelves. Paid $1100, asking $245. 508-963-0256

Motorized Wheelchair

Pride Jazzy Select 6 Ultra used only 3 weeks. Great stability on 6 wheels, tight turn radius, elevating pwr seat, fully adjustable foot platform, 300 lb wgt capacity. Asking $3500 OBO. 508-783-5431

Reclining Sofa $150 Reclining Loveseat $125 Good condition. 978-464-5787 Whirlpool Gold Side by Side Refrigerator 26.6 cubic ft.

Black. Good condition. $150.

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FURNITURE Affordable Mattress Sets Queen - $150 Text or Call Sean 508-8462630

OTHER COMMUNITY

Piano Mahogany, upright, w/bench.

1st flr., easy move. Perfect for aspiring musicians.Free! 508245-8830

Golf clubs, bag, cart (used) Asking $250. 508-865-5726*

Oak Children’s Bed & Desk Set Wooden chest, oak table, marble top table. Good condition. Price is negotiable. 774276-1047

Corner Hutch Solid pine - 4 doors - 48" x 76". Accommodates 42" television. $250.

Photo available. 508-829-6792 WANTED TO BUY Retiree Pays Cash For Stamp Collections Lg/sm.

Will eval or buy. Questions??

Call Ron 413-896-3324

EDUCATION Remote control, 3 Hoya Lift pads, 2 rechargeable batteries, opens and closes to any scooter chair. Locks and brakes. Must have own transportation. $500. 508-926-8468 Starcraft Galaxy 2000 Tent Trailer 15 ft. by 7 ft., good condition, asking $900. 978422-6137

MUSIC INSTRUCTION Instrumental, Vocal, Jazz Improv Lessons Available on most instruments.

Lou Borelli 508-752-6213

FLYING FIELD WANTED Local RC club is looking for a field to fly quiet, electric-only model planes. Land owners who are willing to share their space with hobbyists should contact 508-641-3787.

MISCELLANEOUS NEED MORE TIME ???? Excellent ironing done at my home...2 to 3 day service...Please call for reasonable prices.....Contact.....Carol 508886-8819

REAL ESTATE

PETS & ANIMALS DOGS/PUPPIES FOR SALE Publisher’s Notice

Freezer Frigidaire Upright Digital Reading Asking $125.

Call 774-262-9074 4 Goodyear 225/50 R 16" Assurance All Season Tires Ex. condn. Mntd on G.M. 5 hole alloy rims. $460. 978-422-8084 Classic Motobecane Le Champion Bicycle, 25" frame.

Handcrafted quality - 22 lbs. $525. 978-422-8084 Ionic Detox Foot Bath Machine and counter top water filtration system. $150. 774578-5923 Weed Eater One riding mower - 26". Won’t start. $100. 508752-1172

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Dog for Sale Greyhound/farm hound - Gracie is a two year old spayed female, 45 lbs., vaccinated, microchipped, housebroken. She walks well on a leash and likes car rides.

Due to a mishap, she is afraid of some men but tries to please. Gracie loves to chase toys, balls and cats and small dogs so would do best as an only pet with adult home.

Please contact NEADS at (978) 422-6347.

All real estate advertised in this publication is subject to the Federal Fair Housing Act of 1968, the Massachusetts Anti Discrimination Act and the Boston & Cambridge Fair Housing Ordinances which make it illegal to advertise any preference, limitation, or discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, handicap, familial status, national origin, ancestry, age, children, marital status, sexual orientation, veterans status or source of income or any intention to make any such preference, limitation or discrimination.

This newspaper will not knowingly accept any advertising for real estate which is in violation of the law.

Our readers are hereby informed that all dwellings advertised are available on an equal opportunity basis.

To complain of discrimination call HUD toll free at 1-800-827-5005.

For the NE area call HUD at 617-994-8300. The toll free number for the hearing impaired is 1-800-927-9275 or 617-565-5453

Yard Sale & Flea Market Directory

GRAFTON FLEA MARKET, INC. OPEN EVERY SUNDAY OUTDOOR/INDOOR

6am - 4pm • Acres of Bargains • Hundreds of Vendors • Thousands of Buyers • 47th Season Rte. 140, Grafton/ Upton town line Grafton Flea is the Place to be!

Selling Space 508-839-2217 www.graftonflea.com Holden - Sat & Sun, June 25 & 26 8am - 2pm. 8, 11 & 12 Canterbury Lane. Furniture, beds, bureaus, mirrors, file cabinets, household items, toys, baskets, blankets and sheets and much more!

Call 978-728-4302 or email sales@ centralmassclass. com Come to THE FLEA at 242 Canterbury St. Worcester MA 01603.

Open EVERY Saturday from 8:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. Rain or Shine! We have VINTAGE ITEMS, one of a kind items, NEW items, BUILDING materials, office FURNITURE, records, old books, etc. The LITTLE STORE is also open for clothing and household items!

Dealers welcome - $15.00 per table, set up at 7:00 a.m.

Holden - Sat., 6/26 26 Wild Rose Ave,. 8am - 2pm No more babies! High chair, pack and play, strollers, infant swings, cozy coupes, burly bike trailer and speakers.

kee Flea Market Yan1311 Park Street (rt. 20) 2 miles off exit 8 Mass Turnpike Palmer, MA • 413-283-4910

Huge 9000 sq. ft. indoor flea market open 6 days a week with over 130 dealers. Yankee Flea Market is the place to shop whether it be antiques, collectibles or just household furnishings. We also buy (and sell) complete or partial estates as well as furniture, gas & oil memorabilia, vintage beer signs and lights and much, much more.

Closing for Vacation July 18th-22nd Open Tuesday-Saturday: 10-5, Sunday 11-5, FREE FREE Parking Admission Be sure to check us out on Facebook

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AUTO/MOTORCYCLE

AUTOS

RUTLAND CENTER 2BDRM, 1st Fl. Recent paint, offst. prkg. Modern Kit & BA. $1050/m.

2 BDRM, 2nd Fl. Lg LR, Modern kit & BA, hdwd fl. $965/m.

2BDRM, 1st fl, open floor plan, open kit & BA. $965/m.

Heat, hw inc. Refs req’d, no pets. Call 978-257-0202

Office or Buinesss Completely renovated, 1800 sq ft, W. Boylston ctr, near schools, park, bakery. Near mini-mall.

508-829-5477. Ask for Russ.

1999 Road King Under 8,000 miles. Too many extras to list.

Always stored in room temperature. $13,000 obo 978-4645525 or 781-879-8275 cell

1932 Ford Coupe Little deuce Coupe, with a Corvette mill and four on the floor. 6,000 aprox. mi. Original hot rod, all steel, show car, looks and sounds great. $40,000. 407375-3917

CONDOMINIUM FOR RENT Rutland Condo for Rent 2 bdrm,1000+ sqft,lg kitchen, living/dining rm combo, on-site laundry, pool, tennis Available 7/1/16 $975.00 month - !st & Security-No Pets Contact Tom 508-320-1687

Commerical Space for Lease in Holden 1100 sq ft of recently renovated space with Main St signage. Heat/lights included, ample parking, $1450.00 per month. Available July 1st.

508-523-8358

AUTOMOTIVE AUTO/MOTORCYCLE 2007 Suzuki Boulevard Cruising Motorcycle C90T; 1474cc; 6300 miles, 1 owner, perfect cond. accessories and new battery. Garaged, covered & serviced. $6,000 508-8498635

2001 Suzuki Intruder 1500cc, showroom condition, lots of chrome, Vehix pipes. $4000.

Call John at 978-466-6043.

2008 Honda Metropolitan Scooter Black and gray. Mint cond.

469 miles. Asking $1650.00.

Includes helmet. 207-289-9362 OR 207-450-1492.

AUTO/SUV 1997 Chevrolet Blazer SUV, 171,895 miles. Blue.

Can be seen at A&P Auto, 1298 Water St., Fitchburg. $1,500 OBO 978-534-8688

AUTO/VAN 2008 Ford E250 Extended Van 3dr, A-T/AC, Power package. Roof racks. Int. shelving, tow package, 6 rims, 8 tires in good cond. Exc. overall cond.

57K miles. $9,999. 508-8292907

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

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1999 Pontiac Grand Am 6 Cylinder, automatic, needs work or use for parts. 159,903 miles. $675. 978-422-8084 2012 Cadillac CTS AWD, 21,800 miles. Crystal red.

Heated black leather seats.

Panoramic roof. Dealer maintained. Under warranty. $24,500.00 978-534-8860 2008 Ford Mustang 8 cyl, 300HP. 21K miles. Never driven during winter. Always garaged. Perfect cond. $21,900 negotiable.

508-865-3528 after 3pm.

1930 Ford Model A Sport Coupe, Grey and Black.

50,000 miles. $15,000. 407375-3917

2005 Hyundai Elantra 4 cyl, 5 spd. FWD. New clutch, only 36,000 mi. Asking $3,800.

978-537-0392 BOATS

25 HP Suzuki (Like New) with Boat & Trailer with Bonus 2 Free Air Tickets to Orlando and 5 star condo for a week. Disney anyone? Pete 407-3753917 $4,000

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18 Ft. Fiberglass Fishing Boat Galvanized roller trailer, 90HP mariner, outboard motor. $1250. Also 14 ft. boat & trailer. $500 508-853-5789. Ask for Stan.

CAMPERS/TRAILERS 3 Horse Trailer 2002 Exiss XT/ 300 Gooseneck. Great condition. All alum. S.S. nose. On craigslist pics. $9,000. Paxton.

Call Robert at 508-757-0887*

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WORCESTER HOUSING AUTHORITY ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS June 16, 2016 SEALED BIDS shall be received at the Purchasing Office, 69 Tacoma St., Worcester, MA 01605 IFBs maybe picked up at the location above or may be downloaded from our website: www.worcester-housing.com/purchasing, or call (508) 695-3203, TDD (508) 7984530. Bidders are responsible for ensuring they have received any/all addenda prior to submitting a bid.

Separate awards will be made for each IFB. WHA reserves the right to reject any all responses, in whole or in part, deemed to be in their best interest. Award of all contracts is subject to the approval of the WHA Executive Director or Board of Commissioners. The Operating Agency shall indemnify and hold harmless the WHA and its officers or agents from any and all third party claims arising from activities under these Agreements as set fort in MGL c.258, section 2 as amended.

Bid No. Release Date Project Title Bid Surety 16-17 6/16/2016 RFP - Lease of Retail Space 10:00 AM (Convenience Store) Pre-Proposal Conference & 9:00 AM Site Visit for 16-17 Lease of Space Re Cappoli Chief Procurement Officer Visit our website at: www.worcester-housing.com/purchasing

June 23, 2016

NOTICE OF MORTGAGEE’S SALE OF REAL ESTATE Premises: 10 Lt. Williams S. Haynes III Memorial Drive, Millbury, Massachusetts By virtue and in execution of the Power of Sale contained in a certain mortgage given by Rosevarte De Souza a/k/a Rosevarte A. DeSouza, Jr. and Marcia Monteiro Alves DeSouza to Argent Mortgage Company, LLC and now held by U.S. Bank National Association as Trustee for the Certificateholders of Citigroup Mortgage Loan Trust Inc. Asset-Backed Pass-Through Certificates Series 2007-AMC1, said mortgage dated September 8, 2006, and recorded in the Worcester County (Worcester District) Registry of Deeds, in Book 39747, at Page 35, as affected by a Confirmatory Mortgage dated September 8, 2006 and recorded with said deeds in Book 39767, at page 348, as affected by an Assignment of Mortgage dated March 31, 2014, and recorded with said Deeds in Book 52191, at Page 235, of which mortgage the undersigned is the present holder, for breach of the conditions in said mortgage and for the purpose of foreclosing the same will be sold at Public Auction on July 14, 2016, at 10:00 AM Local Time upon the premises, all and singular the premises described in said mortgage, to wit: A certain parcel of land situated on the southwesterly line of Lt. William S. Haynes III Memorial Drive, Millbury, Worcester County, Massachusetts, being shown as Lot 8 on plan of land entitled, “Haynes Acres Definitive Subdivision Plan of Land in Millbury, Massachusetts”, owned by Leslie H. Vigneay, dated April 29, 1999, prepared by Thompson-Liston Associates, Inc. and recorded with the Worcester District Registry of Deeds in Plan Book 752, Plan 4 being further bounded and described as follows: BEGINNING at the most northwesterly corner of the premises of the southwesterly line of Lt. William S. Haynes III Memorial Drive at the corner of Lot 6 as shown on said plan; THENCE South 14 degrees 17’00” West, by Lot 6 as shown on said plan, one hundred thirty and 82/100 (130.82) feet to a point; THENCE Southeasterly by land of the Massachusetts Turnpike Authority about a curve to the right, having a radius of 13650 feet, ninety two and 15/100 (92.15) feet to a point; THENCE South 75 degrees 46’ 42” East continuing by said Massachusetts Turnpike Authority land seven and 85/100 (7.85) feet to a point; THENCE North 14 degrees 17’ 00” East, by Lot 10 as shown on said plan, one hundred thirty and 40/100 (130.40) feet to a concrete bound to be act on the southwesterly line of Lt. William S. Haynes III Memorial Drive; THENCE North 75 degrees 43’ 00” West by said street, one hundred and 00/100 feet to a granite bound to be set at the point of beginning. Containing 13,055 square feet or 0.2297 acres of land, more or less, according to said plan. The description of the property contained in the mortgage shall control in the event of a typographical error in this publication. For Mortgagor’s Title see, Deed dated September 8, 2006, and recorded in Book 39747 at Page 34 with the Worcester County (Worcester District) Registry of Deeds. TERMS OF SALE: Said premises will be sold and conveyed subject to all liens, encumbrances, unpaid taxes, tax titles, municipal liens and assessments, if any, which take precedence over the said mortgage above described. TEN THOUSAND ($10,000.00) Dollars of the purchase price must be paid in cash, certified check, bank treasurer’s or cashier’s check at the time and place of the sale by the purchaser. The balance of the purchase price shall be paid in cash, certified check, bank treasurer’s or cashier’s check within thirty (30) days after the date of sale. Other terms to be announced at the sale. Marinosci Law Group, P.C. 275 West Natick Road, Suite 500 Warwick, RI 02886 Attorney for U.S. Bank National Association as Trustee for the Certificateholders of Citigroup Mortgage Loan Trust Inc. Asset-Backed Pass- Through Certificates Series 2007-AMC1 Present Holder of the Mortgage Telephone: (401) 234-9200 MLG File No.: 14-13370

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www.centralmassclass.com LEGALS Commonwealth of Massachusetts The Trial Court Probate and Family Court Worcester Division INFORMAL PROBATE PUBLICATION NOTICE Docket No. WO16P1901EA Estate of: Paul John Grabauskas Also Known As: Paul J. Grabauskas Date of Death: May 9, 2016. To all persons interested in the above captioned estate, by Petition of Petitioner Jean M Grabauskas of Millbury, MA a Will has been admitted to informal probate.

Jean M Grabauskas of Millbury, MA has been informally appointed as the Personal Representative of the estate to serve without surety on the bond.

The estate is being administered under informal procedure by the Personal Representative under the Massachusetts Uniform Probate Code without supervision by the Court. Inventory and accounts are not required to be filed with the Court, but interested parties are entitled to notice regarding the administration from the Personal Representative and can petition the Court in any matter relating to the estate, including distribution of assets and expenses of administration. Interested parties are entitled to petition the Court to institute formal proceedings and to obtain orders terminating or restricting the powers of Personal Representatives appointed under informal procedure.

A copy of the Petition and Will, if any, can be obtained from the Petitioner.

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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 508-831-2200 CITATION ON PETITION FOR FORMAL ADJUDICATION Docket No. WO16P1902EA Estate of: Robert P Hackett Date of Death: 08/23/2014 To all interested persons: A Petition for Formal Adjudication of Intestacy and Appointment of Personal Representative has been filed by: Josephine S Hackett of Sutton, MA requesting that the Court enter a formal Decree and Order and for such other relief as requested in the Petition. The Petitioner requests that: Josephine S Hackett of Sutton, MA be appointed as Personal Representative(s) of said estate to serve Without Surety on the bond in an unsupervised administration. You have the right to obtain a copy of the Petition from the Petitioner or at the Court. You have a right to object to this proceeding. To do so, you or your attorney must file a written appearance and objection at this Court before: 10:00 a.m. on 07/19/2016. This is NOT a hearing date, but a deadline by which you must file a written appearance and objection if you object to this proceeding. If you fail to file a timely written appearance and objection followed by an Affidavit of Objections within thirty (30) days of the return date, action may be taken without further notice to you. UNSUPERVISED ADMINISTRATION UNDER MASSACHUSETTS UNIFORM PROBATE CODE (MUPC) A Personal Representative appointed under the MUPC in an unsupervised administration is not required to file an inventory or annual accounts with the Court. Persons interested in the estate are entitled to notice regarding the administration directly from the Personal Representative and may petition the Court in any matter relating to the estate, including distribution of assets and expenses of administration.

WITNESS, Hon. Leilah A Keamy, First Justice of this Court. Date: June 14, 2016 Stephanie K. Fattman, Register of Probate 06/23/2016 MS

Invitation For Bids The Worcester Housing Authority invites sealed bids for Roof Replacement-Community Room and Stair Tower at MA 12-12 Belmont St in accordance with the documents prepared by Arnold Jacobson Associates, Inc. The work is estimated to cost $245,000.

Project consists of but is not limited to: Selective Demolition, Roofing and Flashing and Masonry work as shown on the drawings.

General Bids will be received until 2:00 p.m. on Wednesday July 6, 2016 at the Worcester Housing Authority, Department of Modernization, 81 Tacoma Street, Worcester, MA 01605 at which time and place all bids will be publicly opened and read aloud.

A pre-bid conference will be held at 2:00 p.m. on Wednesday June 22, 2016 at Front Entrance of Project Building (40 Belmont Street Worcester, MA) at which time bidders will be invited to visit the project site(s) with the Worcester Housing Authority representative. Failure to attend or visit the premises shall be no defense in failure to perform contract terms.

Bids are subject to M.G.L c149 §44A-J and Davis Bacon wage rates as well as other applicable laws. General Bidders must be certified by the Division of Capital Asset Management and Maintenance (DCAMM) in the following category of work: Roofing.

Each bid shall be accompanied by a bid deposit in the amount of 5% of the bid price in the form of a Bid Bond, issued by a responsible surety company licensed to do business in Massachusetts, or a certified check, or a treasurer’s or cashier’s check issued by a responsible bank or trust company, made payable to the Worcester Housing Authority by bidders for the greatest possible bid amount (considering all alternates). Bid forms and Contract Documents will be made available on the Worcester Housing Authority website (http://worcester-housing.com/purchasing.html) at no cost. Hard copies will be made available on June 15, 2016 at the Worcester Housing Authority, Department of Modernization, 81 Tacoma Street, Worcester, MA 01605 and thereafter, Monday thru Friday 8:00 A.M. through 4:30 P. M. Copies of the contract documents may be obtained by depositing $50.00 in the form of a company check, made payable to the Worcester Housing Authority, for each set of documents so obtained. The amount of the deposit will be refunded to each person who returns the plans, specifications and other documents in good condition within ten (10) days after bid opening. Bidders requesting contract documents to be mailed to them should include a separate check in the amount of $40.00 for each set payable to the Worcester Housing Authority to cover mailing and handling costs.

The contract documents may be seen, but not removed at: 1. Worcester Housing Authority, Department of Modernization, 81 Tacoma Street, Worcester, MA 01605 2. F.W. Dodge, 24 Hartwell Ave., Lexington, MA 02173 3. Reed Construction Data, 30 Technology Parkway South, Norcross, GA 30092 4. Project Dog, 18 Graf Road Unit #8 Plan Room, Newburyport, MA 01950 Attention is called to the following: 1. Provisions of Equal Employment Opportunity; 2. Provisions for payment of not less than the minimum wages as set forth in the Specifications; 3. Provisions of Chapter 14, Acts of 1966, Imposing a Temporary Sales Tax, Section 1, Subsection 6 (d) and (k) exempting the Authority from the operation of such a chapter; 4. Requirement to furnish and pay for a Performance Bond and a Labor and Materials Bond as set forth in the specifications, 5. Insurance certificate indicating coverage for public liability, property damage and workers compensation, in accordance with the contract requirements, must be filed by the successful bidder upon signing of the contract.

The contract will be awarded to the responsible and eligible bidder with the lowest proposed contract price including the dollar amount of all accepted alternates.

Questions regarding this project shall be submitted in writing 72 hours prior to opening and emailed to Mod-Bids@worcester-housing.com.

Reference the WHA Job Number only in the subject line.

Worcester Housing Authority Dennis L. Irish, Chairperson DATE: -June 15, 2016

LEGAL NOTICE MORTGAGEE’S SALE OF REAL ESTATE By virtue of and in execution of the Power of Sale contained in a certain mortgage given by Richard T. Bardier and Michelle A. Bardier to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. acting solely as a nominee for Equity One, Inc., dated August 16, 2006 and recorded at Worcester County (Worcester District) Registry of Deeds in Book 39662, Page 317, as affected by a Loan Modification Agreement dated December 19, 2009 and recorded at said Registry of Deeds in Book 45316, Page 184 of which mortgage Goldman Sachs Mortgage Company is the present holder by assignment from Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. to Goldman Sachs Mortgage Company dated July 28, 2010 recorded at Worcester County (Worcester District) Registry of Deeds in Book 46139, Page 244, for breach of conditions of said mortgage and for the purpose of foreclosing the same, the mortgaged premises located at 198 Uxbridge Road, Sutton, MA 01590 will be sold at a Public Auction at 2:00PM on July 12, 2016, at the mortgaged premises, more particularly described below, all and singular the premises described in said mortgage, to wit: The land with the buildings thereon located on the westerly side of Uxbridge Road in Sutton, Mass. and being shown on Plan of Land in Sutton, Mass. owned by Henry E. and Diane M. Croteau, April 5, 1978, drawn by Lavallee Brothers, Inc., which plan is recorded in Worcester District Registry of Deeds in Plan Book 452, Plan 88, bounded and described as follows: BEGINNING at a point on the westerly side of Uxbridge Road at land now or formerly of Bedrosian, which point is the northeast corner of the parcel conveyed; THENCE N. 71° 56’ 55” W., by said Bedrosian land, 60 feet to a point; THENCE S. 18° 03’ 05” W., by said land now or formerly of Bedrosian, 80 feet to a point; THENCE S. 71° 56’ 55” E., by said land now or formerly of Bedrosian, 60 feet to the westerly side of Uxbridge Road; THENCE N. 18° 03’ 05” E., by the westerly side of Uxbridge Road, 80 feet to the point of beginning.

Containing 4,800 square feet of land, more or less.

For mortgagor’s title see deed recorded with Worcester District Registry of Deeds in Book 28401, Page 84.

The premises will be sold subject to any and all unpaid taxes and other municipal assessments and liens, and subject to prior liens or other enforceable encumbrances of record entitled to precedence over this mortgage, and subject to and with the benefit of all easements, restrictions, reservations and conditions of record and subject to all tenancies and/or rights of parties in possession. Terms of the Sale: Cash, cashier’s or certified check in the sum of $5,000.00 as a deposit must be shown at the time and place of the sale in order to qualify as a bidder (the mortgage holder and its designee(s) are exempt from this requirement); high bidder to sign written Memorandum of Sale upon acceptance of bid; balance of purchase price payable in cash or by certified check in thirty (30) days from the date of the sale at the offices of mortgagee’s attorney, Korde & Associates, P.C., 321 Billerica Road, Suite 210, Chelmsford, MA 01824-4100 or such other time as may be designated by mortgagee. The description for the premises contained in said mortgage shall control in the event of a typographical error in this publication.

Other terms to be announced at the sale. Goldman Sachs Mortgage Company, Korde & Associates, P.C., 321 Billerica Road, Suite 210, Chelmsford, MA 018244100 (978) 256-1500 Bardier, Richard T. and Michelle A., 14-018413, June 9, 2016, June 16, 2016, June 23, 2016

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Two minutes with...

Yoshio Shartin

In Worcester, a city of hard rock and home of the railcar diner, the historic Chadwick Square Diner, better known as Ralph’s Rock Diner – and better yet, known simply as Ralph’s - is a lovechild of the two. Yoshio Shartin, the 37-year-old longtime patron and bartender at Ralph’s, sat down with us recently to talk about what gives Ralph’s its odd charm and changes, both in the bar and within himself.

lot different than it used to be. Anyone who’s been coming to Ralph’s for a long time will tell you the same thing. They all have crazy stories. The craziest stuff I remember was from either before I started working here or right when I started working here. There’s Eric John YankusFranco, my friend who helped me get a job here. He used to do a lot of stuff here up on the counter. He was more into fewer clothes. I’m more into more clothing.

to be from the South Shore, now they’re touring all over the place. Then a band called Satan from England has played here. They’ve been around for 30 years.

They’re like original new-wave British heavy metal — it’s nuts. It sort of soured me going to shows anywhere else because when I’m here I get paid to see all these bands.

How did you come to work at Ralph’s Diner?

Kind of like Coyote Ugly? Yeah, [laughs]

Sometimes I’m a bit of a hard ass. You know, it depends on the mood I’m in. I think I’m a little less forgiving than a few people who used to work here. I could be wrong about that, though. I don’t come in on my off days, but I feel like when I’m around people don’t get away with the stuff that I used to get away with, without getting into specifics.

Honestly, I was in the right place at the right time. I drank here for about six years in a row and then somebody decided they wanted to move off a day and gave me a chance. I wasn’t doing anything else and it was perfect.

STEVEN KING

How many years have you been here? In a

month it’ll be eight years.

So in all the years you’ve been here, you must have seen quite a few people and bands come through Ralph’s. Any memorable moments?

Yeah. The place has changed a lot. It’s a

but more like coyote super-fucking ugly.

Then, some of the best shows I’ve seen are Doomriders a couple times totally kill it here. The first time I even heard my favorite band currently was upstairs here — a band called Elder. They used

You said this bar used to be a lot different.

What’s changed? Probably, mostly me.

When someone comes here for the first time, they may be struck by all the wall decorations. Where do you get some of this stuff? From what I understand, it was just

stuff that Ralph had. People would bring him things, and he put up whatever he liked if there was space. There used to be a lot more stuff up. But it became a pretty big fire hazard, so we had to take a bunch of it down. I have a feeling that a lot of this stuff is just stuff that Vincent Hemmeter, the current owner, and Ralph Moberly had.

So they would just bring it in and just throw it on the wall? I know it used to be the

kind of thing where people would bring in stuff that reminded them of Ralph and he’d put it up on the wall. So, I don’t know what’s a holdover from that. But I know the mannequins and stuff like that are — Ralph used to collect mannequins.

An interesting hobby. Yeah, it’s not

something I would do, but I don’t own a bar, so whatever.

Do you have a favorite wall decoration?

Yeah, actually. If you look really hard you can find an old, molded plastic spoon from McDonald’s. Like the ones they used to give you for sundaes, with Grimace waving on the end of it. It’s stuck in a piece of mortar in here. We used to play eye spy in here, and that one took days to find. I think that’s the best one.

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