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t will be hard to ignore the giant stone building looming in the background. Indeed, for four days later this month, the thousands of people expected to flock to the Italian Festival at Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church will likely give more than a passing thought to the now-closed church, which celebrated its last Mass on the first day of May. The ongoing fight to save the church, and to open it once more to parishioners, certainly provides an interesting backdrop to the four-day festival, which returned to the Mulberry Street church grounds last year after a roughly 15-year absence.

WHAT: 2016 Worcester Italian Festival WHEN: Friday, Aug. 18-Sunday, Aug. 21 WHERE: Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church 28 Mulberry St., Worcester The drama surrounding the controversial Lt. Gov. Karen Polito talks with Monsignor Stephen Pedone during the 2015 Italian Festival. decision by the Catholic Diocese of Worcester to close the church may well pop up in the Italian Festival, Nick Maruca. “There were celebration of the Italian Festival are separate, If the people behind this year’s festival have conversations throughout the festival – and the two are linked together. concerns from a lot of people. The bottom their way, the Italian Festival will long be a that’s OK, the way organizers see it. “Obviously, they’re intimately connected,” line is there’s no sneaking around. You can’t part of the fabric of the city. “We realize the best way is to put said Mike Scaglione. “They are both integral separate it. We’re a small community.” One thing appears certain, this year’s everything on the table. The best way is not to parts of the Italian-American experience in As another organizer put it, while continued on page 7 separate it,” said one of the chief architects of technically the closing of the church and the the city.”

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Two women sitting on a porch hit by stray bullet in Worcester. What was that we were saying about not being likely to get shot if you’re not engaged in criminal activity? -4

Worcester Bravehearts brought playoff baseball back to the city as they made a run for championship number three. +3

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Total for this week: Much celebrating was expected for the opening of the new regional emergency/911 center in Worcester. Now if we can just get more “regions” involved. +1

Hats off to the Canal District Music Series for keeping the music playing in what is becoming a go-to part of the city – minus the giant knife fights, of course. +2

The apparent murder of a young woman in Princeton was horrific enough, but the hell was the point of The Boston Globe, in the absence of any news updates, publishing “Quick facts about Princeton?” -5

What price can you put on demonizing a group of people? Don’t ask Donald Trump, ask the Town of Dudley, which is doing everything it can to keep a proposed Muslim cemetery from siting there. -4

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eicester, according to city officials, “stepped up” when Worcester started soliciting partners for the new Regional Public Safety Answering Point, which will house 911 dispatchers and serve as an emergency command center in times of crisis. At one point, 10 towns were in talks to merge emergency communications services with Worcester, but they all dropped out, leaving Leicester as the linchpin to keep the center eligible for a $1.6-million state grant. And while there are clear and obvious benefits to joining the PSAP, there are drawbacks for the town of around 10,000 people, including the loss of employees to staff the police department’s well-trafficked lobby. “We do a lot of lobby traffic here,” Leicester Police Chief Jim Hurley said. “The public has to resign itself to the fact that there will be a big block of time when they will have to talk to someone in Worcester instead.” But the most important job of an emergency dispatcher, according to Worcester Emergency Communications Director Rich Fiske, is making sure first responders get where they need to go as quickly as possible. And in that respect, he said, the new center will be an improvement over Leicester’s current setup. “I understand it’s not in Leicester, and they don’t have that hometown feel that you can walk up and talk to a person at a window. I’m in a secure room. They’re not going to see the service that their field units are going to see,” Fiske said. “[But] I send my people to 60 hours of training every year. These are 50-some-odd career people who are dispatchers. It’s not one

person in a room in the police station. They’re getting such a more professional, squared away, capable service – [technologically], manpower-wise, training-wise.” Leicester employs four full-time dispatchers — subsidized since December 2015 with a $25,000 monthly payment from the Worcester. In total, it was a six-figure gesture to make up for a series of delays of the promised opening date stretching back to September 2014. The final price tag rose to $6.4 million, from the original estimate of $4.2 million as the result of extra Worcester funding required in order to qualify for additional grants. Fiske said all four will be offered jobs in Worcester, pending the same standard checks all employees are subject to, and that the larger Worcester operation will be able to compensate if more manpower is needed on the Leicester side. “We’re a large enough operation to absorb that easily,” Fiske said. “If Leicester gets really busy, I have the opportunity to surge and help them. Right now, they don’t. If their dispatcher is in the room alone and it gets really busy, until a cop or somebody comes in to help them, they’re really working really, really hard. If they get a major accident and a structure fire [occurring] at the same time, they’re an octopus, doing all kinds of crazy things.” “We surge up and down all the time,” Fiske continued. “If [the shit] hits the fan in Leicester, if I have to take two call takers out to surge, we can do that in seconds. People are here. That’s the benefit Leicester is going to see.” Hurley confirmed the stress on his dispatchers. Call volume has increased from around 5,000 calls in 2001 to up to 30,000

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Worcester Emergency Management Director Richard Fiske talks about the new technology that will be implemented when the facility is up and running. calls today, he said. “There were continually shifts we couldn’t fill,” Hurley said. “There were a lot of overtime shifts. And there were shifts we couldn’t fill voluntarily, and we had to force people to come in … I think the dispatchers are doing a great job, but they’re at capacity.” Leicester’s dispatchers are overworked not just because of the call volume in Leicester — not known for being a particularly dangerous town — but because they have other responsibilities that dispatchers in busier communities like Worcester, with larger police

departments, do not take on. “To me, it’s fascinating because there are issues in these towns because these 911 operators – it’s like Mayberry,” Worcester City Manager Ed Augustus Jr. said, referencing the quiet town from “The Andy Griffith Show.” “They’re also the person who types the reports for the officers, who gets the food for the prisoners in lockup, who unlocks the door to the station at 3 a.m. When you take that dispatcher away, Leicester is closed.” The issue of prisoners is one example of a continued on page 7

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celebration promises to be bigger and better than last year’s. “No question about it,” Maruca said. “We said it at our first meeting last year, we were going to make it bigger and better.” That’s a tall order, because by most any measure, the return of the Italian Festival last year was a resounding success. There were about 13,500 paid customers over three days last year. Thirteen food vendors served up everything from ice cream to pizza. When all was said and done, the event netted close to $70,000 – every penny of which went into the parish bank account. That was after roughly $57,000 in expenses, according to Maruca. This year’s festival cost about $62,000, he said, and hopes are high that it will pay off big time. Organizers anticipate 20,000 or more guests this year. To help meet that goal, the festival has been extended to four days this year, as opposed to three last year. It is being held Thursday, Aug. 18 through Sunday, Aug. 21. In addition, the number of food vendors has increased to 22. There will also be fireworks this year (Friday night, Aug. 19) as well as an expanded kids’ zone. “Bigger and better,” Scaglione said. “We anticipate big crowds. We’ve gotten a lot of positive feedback from the community. Everything’s looking great.” In keeping with the bigger and better theme, Maruca said organizers brought a different approach to promoting this year’s festival. “We’re hitting the towns pretty good with advertising,” he said. “We’re bringing in bands that are popular in towns. We’ve added the fireworks, too.” With all the efforts behind planning the Italian Festival, Maruca said organizers are more than ready to host the event. “We’ve been planning for a year,” he said of a process that started with a meeting one month after last year’s festival. “We met once a month, minimum, until June 1. Then we started meeting twice a month. We’re definitely 100 percent, without question, ready

to go. Now we’re just tying up loose ends.” As for what goes into planning a largescale event like the Italian Festival, Maruca didn’t hesitate. “Patience, a lot of patience. Patience with each other,” he said. “Of course, time. The passion of just wanting to do it. Definitely, the biggest thing is time.” It will be worth it to see it all come together, Scaglione said. “Just seeing the fruition of all our hard work pay off,” he said. “I met a lot of great people and friends.” Scaglione and Maruca both offered their thanks to sponsors, including Worcester Magazine, as well as the vendors, volunteers and parish community. “Without them,” Scaglione said, “we couldn’t have made this possible.” In addition to going bigger and better, Maruca has one more hope – one that ties directly back into the church. “There is a Mass under the tent at 10 a.m. Sunday [Aug. 21],” he said, noting two services are being canceled that day at Our Lady of Loreto, where the Mount Carmel parish was directed when that church closed. “If anything, I’m hoping this Mass is filled. We’re fighting with the Diocese, saying we’ve got the people to fill the church. You’ve got a Mass under the tent. It’s got to be filled.” The Italian Festival runs 4-11 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 18; 4 p.m. to midnight Friday, Aug. 19; 11 a.m. to midnight Saturday, Aug. 20; 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 21. Walter Bird Jr. is editor of Worcester Magazine. He can be reached at 508-7493166, ext. 322, or by email at wbird@ worcestermag.com. You can follow him on Facebook at facebook.com/walterbirdjr and Twitter @walterbirdjr. Find Walter Bird Jr on Snapchat. Don’t miss him every week on WCCA TV 194 as a panelist on Rosen’s Roundtable, and with Hank Stolz on the exclusive podcast, “Hank & Walter on Worcester,” both of which are available online at worcestermagazine.com.

rise to 20 once the center is up and running. challenge for Leicester under the new system. And Fiske said Leicester residents should not see any difference in service. Currently, the station is open at all hours, “Geographically, it doesn’t matter where as dispatchers take calls, handle visitors to the dispatcher is sitting in the seat,” Fiske said the lobby and watch over people who have been arrested. In the new system, Hurley said, from inside the dispatch center on Coppage Drive, a stone’s throw from the Leicesterthose prisoners will have to be transferred Worcester border. “It matters that you’re to Worcester or other communities because getting the resources moving in your town there will be no one to man the holding cell to where they need to be. And we make it at night. happen … I have Leicester people who work “That could be an enormous step for me already. I have people from all over backwards for this community,” Hurley said. the place.” “We’re trying to overcome hurdles like that.” STEVEN KING Another hurdle is the issue of lobby traffic. Residents will still be able to visit the lobby, but Hurley said Leicester is implementing a system, similar to Skype, in which they will be able to communicate with the center in Worcester from the lobby of the LPD. The idea is to make the transition as smooth as possible for all involved — police, fire and town residents. The Worcester Regional Emergency Communications “I don’t think Center nears completion at 2 Coppage Drive. the public will see anything happen differently,” Leicester And if the new center results in improved Town Administrator Kevin Mizikar said. service in the two neighboring communities, “Our dispatchers do a wonderful job, we wouldn’t expect to see anything less from the it’s likely any complaints from residents will die down quickly. [Worcester].” “Obviously, we’re going into a big change, While Leicesterites may be losing some not only for the police department, but for the of the hometown feel of their dispatch community,” Hurley said. “And the proof is in department, they will be gaining something the pudding.” valuable — two new police officers. The LPD Reporter Tom Quinn can be reached has been understaffed for years — a 2001 at 508-749-3166 x324 or tquinn@ study recommended 22 police officers by worcestermagazine.com with story ideas, 2005, Hurley said, but the department has feedback, or questions. Follow him on Twitter remained stagnant at 18. That number will @bytomquinn. DISPATCH CENTER continued from page 5

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Association’s website you may have missed “How One City Went “All In” to Fight the Opioid Epidemic,” an account of Worcester’s fight against the opioid epidemic and how the city went all in. Can’t fault the ICMA on their headline writing. The star interviewee was City Manager Ed Augustus Jr., an ICMA member, and the story may have gotten Worcester some attention from people in the city manager club – an ICMA marketing manager said the story was the most read article for about a month after publication. It also got picked up by the far-flung Sheboygan Press, which mentioned that “a recent article from the International City/County Management Association highlighted the efforts of Worchester, Maine.” Wait, what? How do you mess up copy/pasting from another website (he said, copy/pasting from another website)?

BUILD ON HONOR: Entertainment publications sometimes use the phrase “stealing the show” to refer to an actor who takes over a scene through force of will or simply being more interesting than anyone else. That could apply to historian and Holy Cross lecturer Thomas Doughton, who responded to an update on the Citizens of Color Honor Roll planned recreation by referencing “decades of deception and dishonesty” on the part of state and local governments. The Honor Roll features 145 names of soldiers of color who served in WWII, but it was removed to make way for the construction of I-290 in the 1950s and was never seen again. The city has agreed to partner with Worcester Tech and the Central Massachusetts AFL-CIO to recreate it at Lincoln Square after Bill Coleman badgered the City Council into submission, but Doughton wanted the local black community to take an ownership role. “Many of us said the last people you should be dealing with are the folks who lost it in the first place … I don’t think we should let the city slide off the hook, as it were,” Doughton, who raised issues about the placement in a non-pedestrian friendly area, said. SOLAR POWER: Congratulations are due for the Worcester Sun, the city’s only ad-free,

subscription based media outlet, which has survived one year in a market increasingly crowded by would-be Joseph Pulitzers. “We were driven to be the most thoughtful, most insightful media company in Worcester, turning down the volume on and eschewing the divisive nature of what digital media can become when left unattended,” according to a Sun editorial published on the weekend of the publication’s anniversary. They boasted about the longer, serialized pieces and an expanding staff, although I’m more impressed with the use of the word “eschew.” The Sun is “ahead of schedule in some areas, behind in others,” according to the same editorial. That could be a reference to a potential print edition of the paper, which would elevate them from the exclusive club of “media” to the even more exclusive club of “dying media.” Another competitor is always something to keep tabs on, but in the end we’re all on the same side – serving as the eyes and ears of regular Worcesterites. The more eyes, the better we see.

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Shaken by tragedy, we must remember

t is impossible not to be affected, on some level, whenever tragedy strikes in or around our community. When Auburn Police Officer Ron Tarentino Jr. was slain by the driver of a car he had pulled over one fateful night in May, we mourned for his colleagues in the Auburn Police Department and for the town of Leicester, where he lived with his family. We mourned two months before that, when State Trooper Tom Clardy was struck and killed on the Mass Pike in Charlton. He left behind children, a wife, friends, colleagues and a community in grief. We mourn again now for Vanessa Marcotte, whose life was cut too short at 27 when, according to police, she was murdered while out jogging in Princeton Sunday, Aug. 7. Marcotte, we have learned, lived and worked in New York City, and was visiting family over the weekend. She went out for a short run, and according to news reports, she was sexually assaulted and brutally murdered. Just like that, a sleepy town was shaken to its core. If it happened in Worcester, it would be equally devastating, but a city is where crime happens, right? Bucolic New England towns like Princeton, most famous for a mountain that begs to skiers in the winter and hikers the rest of the year, are not supposed to be stomping grounds for murderers. But we know, of course, violence knows no geographic boundaries. We know horrendous and heinous crimes are not confined to Boston, Springfield and Worcester. Just ask the family of Holly Pirrainen, the 10-year-old girl whose lifeless body was found in Brimfield in 1993. She had gone to a neighbor’s house with her brother to see some puppies. Ask the family of Molly Bish, who disappeared from her post as a lifeguard in Warren on June 27, 2000. Her remains were not discovered until almost three years later, in 2003. Ask the families here and everywhere whose lives have been turned upside down because of an unthinkable, unspeakable tragedy. Marcotte’s alleged murder has put the residents of Princeton on edge, and has shocked people from miles around. It has, as happens in these cases, rocked us from our sense of calm, peace and security. Can we not even go out for a jog without fear of never returning home? Judy Nilan went out for a run Dec. 12, 2005 near her home in Woodstock, Connecticut. The next time she was seen was when her body — bound, beaten, and with her pants pulled down — was found on property owned by Carroll Spinney, who played Big Bird on “Sesame Street.” Scott Deojay was ultimately convicted of her vicious murder, which he initially tried to brush off as an accident. It wasn’t. The sad, regrettable — and seemingly unavoidable — truth is that no matter where we live, no matter what precautions we may think we have taken, we can, at a moment’s notice, fall victim to a killer’s intentions. At times like these — times like now as we mourn young Vanessa Marcotte — all we can do is offer prayers, support and small measures of comfort to those left behind grappling with the senselessness of it all. The other thing we can do is never, ever forget these and countless other victims of seemingly random violence. They deserve nothing less than that.

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ometimes, as I’m leaving Mass on Sunday and my priest is kindly shaking everyone’s hand and thanking us for attending, I get a flashback of what church was like when I went with my parents as a young boy. Back then, the adults would show tremendous respect toward the priest, who was nearly a God-like figure to them. Priests were iconic, intriguing men who would stop what they were doing to listen to a person’s plight, woes, struggles or challenges. They would visit with people and provide advice, and if you missed Mass, they’d sometimes stop by your house to check on you. Sure, they always had administrative duties, and were always responsible for running the church, the church office, going to meetings, making sure the bills were paid, and most importantly — attending to parishioners who needed help with important life events, like baptisms, communions, confirmations, weddings, anointing the sick in hospitals and at their homes — and, of course, funerals. So, what’s changed? Nothing. In fact, priests are actually busier than they ever were, especially given all the consolidations of parishes throughout not just Worcester, but the entire country. These terrific men serve God and our families day-in, and day-out. Yet, many times they’re shooed away like mosquitoes buzzing around our ears. No wonder it’s so hard for them to get people to Mass, They need to approach many of us with a SWAT uniform and shield to avoid our abrasive responses. Jesus made his disciples all priests when he told them to go out and do His work. I wonder how many of us would change our impressions of priests for the better if we knew that the Son of God imposed that duty on them. They’re assigned by God, Himself, to bring us all closer to the church and the Lord. Still, we know, however, that they’re just men; they face

the same struggles we all face, and sometimes more. If you think about it, priests have it much tougher than the rest of us. They’re prone to pride, ambition, dishonesty, bad thoughts, laziness, anger and many other sinful attributes, just like us. But they are expected to be perfect, like God. I know I couldn’t do it. Sometimes, not only are priests not treated with the respect they once were, but they actually are not even accorded the same rights as the rest of us. Take the recent attack on Fr. Jean-Francois Billot in Paris. He was dragged brutally out of his church – in front of the entire congregation and dressed in his vestments. He was among 2o people protesting over the demolition of the 100-yearold St. Rita, but police arrived with batons and helmets to forcibly remove him from the church. Sounds like that could happen right here in Worcester, doesn’t it? It happened just hours apart from the funeral of Father Jacques Hamel, who was knifed to death by ISIS-inspired attacker in his church in Normandy as he celebrated Mass. Respect for your priests is actually respect for God. Priests are ordained by the Catholic Church in a way that mirrors Jesus’ instructions to his disciples. As such, we are honoring God when we honor our priests (and each other). If we all want a better, more peaceful life, let’s start by showing honor and respect toward one another, and especially our priests. Believe me when I tell you, life will improve for us as individuals, and consequently as a society, when we demonstrate more respect and appreciate for each other and our leaders. Domenic D. Mercurio Jr. resides in Sturbridge

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That’s What They Said “My advice to those who think Worcester is scary is to go to Springfield or Hartford, and get some perspective. Worcester does have things it needs to work on, but it’s doing pretty well.” - Marguerite LaCroix Boone, commenting on a poll on Worcester Magazine’s Facebook page about whether people feel safe in Worcester.

saying we’ve got the people to fill the church. You’ve got a Mass under the tent. It’s got to be filled.” - Nick Maruca, an organizer of the 2016 Worcester Italian Festival, on a planned Mass under the tent on Day 4 of the festival.

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- POW! WOW! Committee member Jessica Walsh, on the upcoming mural festival in Worcester.

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WRTA service to public needs to improve

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About two months ago, Jonathan Church said at a WRTA public meeting that the city bus hub would be posting notices not only about the MBTA, but also about the new MAX bus line and Peter Pan and Greyhound bus services. As of July 18, there was till only a flier on the window about the “Heart to Hub” nonstop MBTA train to Boston. Some time further back, I asked a WRTA employee why they were posting notices only about the MBTA on their window, but nothing about other transit companies, such as the MAX bus. She replied the MAX bus “had nothing to do with us,” meaning the WRTA. I pointed out they should do so to help the traveling public, as a public service to their customers. The people running or working at the WRTA should realize they are not an island

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by themselves next to Union Station, but a part of the transportation services to the whole Central Massachusetts area. By moving next to the train station and commercial bus terminal-Union Station, they seemed to me to have acknowledged this role. While I am glad Worcester has its mass transit concentrated in one area in the city now, services to the public still need improving. The MAX bus is now providing services to communities the WRTA used to, such as up to Clinton. The attitude that it’s “not our department” short-changes the public the WRTA depends on. However, I am still optimistic that changes can improve things here in the “Heart of the Commonwealth.” TIMO THY SHEA Worcester

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What’s next for college graduates?

t’s a breezy Sunday afternoon in late May. You graduated hours ago, but it really hasn’t sunk in yet. What do you do now? Move to a new city? Get a high-paying job with benefits and a 401k? Or do you take off your ceremonial robe and go buy a sixer of cheap beer? Here’s a hint, nine times out of 10 it’s the latter.

of these existential whoppers. “The sadness [after graduation] was smothering and suffocative. But you have no choice but to go forward,” Garin Habeshian, Clark University Class of 2014 said, in an email. Brendan Hunt, Bard College Class of 2016, lamented the routine that sets in after college. “Life starts becoming dictated by day-to-day responsibilities,” Hunt said.

Most aspects of your life are about to change, so enjoy this brief pause. It may take a day or several weeks, but sooner or later everyone will ask themselves the same questions. “What do I do now?” “What do I want to do?” Many Worcester area graduates have stared down the barrel

While that may sound cynical, it’s more or less true. Responsibility will dictate where you live and how you live. It will even affect your friendships. Sure, you’ll stay in touch via social media — the last bastion of hope for a generation that strangely dreads talking on the phone. But Facebook can’t replace the fun of living just a few doors down from everyone you know.

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This all-powerful force of responsibility boils down to income and by extension your ability to earn one — work. “The biggest difference I noticed [after getting a job at the Boston Fed], was professional accountability,” said Joey Biasi, Clark University Class of 2015. “In school, you’re the output. At work, you’re expected to produce.” Professionally speaking, the stakes are higher. Don’t perform and you’ll find yourself out of a job, so pick something you love to do. This brings us to our second question, “What do I want to do?” Many recent grads, and people for that matter, don’t know what they want to do professionally, yet. Some have fallen into respectable full-time jobs that suit them. Take for instance, 2016 Clark University grad Jacob Simmons. After meeting with a family friend, who also happened to be CEO of a commercial brokerage in Manhattan, Simmons had an epiphany. “I realized I wanted to own income properties,” said Simmons. To get into City Realty in Boston, the company he works at now, Simmons took on multiple unpaid internships, aggressively networked and sometimes just got lucky. Throughout it all though, Simmons knew what he wanted to do. Most, however, are not graced with this sense of predestination. Most will bounce from part-time job to part-time job, hunting for that rare majestic beast: an entry-level position that doesn’t require three to five years’ prior experience, and comes with health insurance. Or a career they love. Whichever comes first. It’s unreasonable to think that after high school, you’ll know what you want to do for the rest of your life. Just the thought of that rigidness is a bit claustrophobic. So what happens after you graduate? The best advice I can offer is try and figure out what to do with yourself, find an apartment or go back to mom and dads, use Facebook messenger to stay in touch with friends, play the job market and try to live above the poverty line. At some point you’ll figure out what you want to do, if you haven’t already. So, don’t sweat it. Heck, Donald Trump didn’t know he wanted to be president until last year. He put his mind (and mouth) to it, and look at him now.

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College lifestyle: Advice to first-time college students for keeping a healthy body & mind Emma Ogg

ollege: partying, hangovers, stress, takeout food, school cafeterias, naps, the freshman 15, endless hours sitting in class and late nights in the library. These are just a few of the stereotypes that surround college students, and while they may not all be true, with the high-level of stress and on-the-go life that college creates, eating well, staying fit and taking proper care of your body and mind can become a challenge. However, it is a challenge most incoming students face at one point or another. Megan Kersting, director of Clark University’s Center for Counseling and Personal Growth, weighed in on some of these issues in a recent interview with Worcester Magazine. “During high-stress times, it seems like students tend to put basic self-care on the back burner, and this can hurt them in the

end,” she said. “By basic self-care, I mean things like sleeping, eating, caffeine use, alcohol use, exercise and interacting with others. Highly-stressed students often want to squeeze out extra minutes of productivity by forgoing important self-care activities, and in the long run this ends up actually hurting their productivity, resilience, and physical and emotional health.” Possibly one of the worst habits college students inherently create is their lack of sleep in high-stress times of finals or cramming for midterms. The National Institute of Health (NIH) said college students are one of the most sleep-deprived populations. “Regardless of how often I give advice, [students] still tend to ignore it when they are faced with deadlines and academic demands,” said Kersting, “When someone is sleep deprived, they have a significantly more difficult time maintaining focus and continued on page 15

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10 Must Do’s for the Central Mass college newcomer

Emma Ogg

o you’re moving to Worcester to start — or continue — writing the next chapter of your life as a college student. Your new scenery will include dorm rooms (or an offcampus spot, if you’re so lucky), quads, lecture halls and student centers. But don’t spend all your time on campus – and don’t let the stories scare you: Worcester is a fun, pretty safe place to be. If you venture off campus by bus, cab, bike or foot — or if you make friends with a car-owning student and want to head out to the suburbs — you can find a lot of things to do (trouble-free or otherwise, so with this we’re going to do our best to keep you out of trouble). Allow Worcester Magazine to give you our Top 10 List of Must Do’s and See’s while you’re in the area. Trust us, you won’t regret it. Oh, and if you get caught doing anything you shouldn’t do, you didn’t get these suggestions from us.

1. Shrewsbury Street College Shuffle

Developed from the ever-popular “Taste of Shrewsbury,” this special event is specifically geared toward college students (including faculty, staff and family) who want to check out the burgeoning culinary scene on Shrewsbury Street. In past years, there have been up to 20 participating restaurants, performances, and additional street vendors and sponsors. Come hungry and get ready to sample some of Worcester’s best! Cost: $10-$15 with valid college I.D. Where: Shrewsbury Street, Worcester. Free bus transportation is provided throughout the day to most college campuses

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2. Crack a six-pack at Spider Gates Cemetery: Do you dare?

person after that. Where: 35 Milford St., Mendon

Our editor recommended this idea, as it was one of his favorite activities growing up. So, if you’re feeling daring: get together with some friends and head over to the “haunted” Spider Gates Cemetery in Leicester at dark for a walk in the woods and some spooky fun. Dubbed Spider Gates Cemetery from its original “Old Quaker Cemetery” name for the spider-web like pattern that adorns the iron gate, Spider Gates has been the site of many a party, which one may argue is where the fun and creepy balance comes in. Legend has it that if you pass all eight gates, you will be teleported to hell! Just remember: You didn’t hear it from us. Cost: Free, unless you break some law and have to pay a fine Where: Located at the end of an unmarked dirt path that maps call Earle Street, Leicester

3. Go to the movies

Whether you’re looking for a quiet, familyowned place to drink a beer and see a second run movie, a standard corporation with all the options, or a cozy drive-in – Central Mass has all your options. My recommendation: the Mendon Twin Drive-In. Coined USA’s “most beloved drive in,” the Mendon Drive-In is open seven days a week and does a great job of combining new and old films between its two double-feature screens. The Drive-in offers a full snack bar complete with a beer garden area where you can choose between six different drafts or wine. It is a fun, cheap outing for a romantic date, a group of friends or the whole family. Cost: $27 per carload up to six people, $5 per

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4. Spend a day in the park

Who says your weekends in college need to be filled with long days of lounging to recover from the previous night’s “indulgences?” Get adventurous and plan a day outside in one of Central Mass’s beautiful parks A park is a great place to spend time with friends, get active, do some homework, or have a picnic. Recommendations include Green Hill Park, which is located above one of Worcester’s seven main hills and contains ponds, a zoo, a picnic area and more. Don’t miss the state Vietnam Memorial. Moore State Park in Paxton goes further into the heart of Central Mass, with remains of both stone mill foundations and a restored sawmill. Flowers fall over the hills, surround the waterfalls and line wooded paths. With several trails to hike through, Moore State park offers a more adventurous side of things, while Green Hill Park is one for the more relaxing days outside. Where: Green Hill Park: 50 Skyline Drive, Worcester; Moore State Park: 1 Sawmill Road, Paxton

5. The go-to diner for everyone: The Boulevard

A Worcester classic open 24/7, the Boulevard Diner, which celebrated its 80th anniversary this year, has long been the recovery place of choice for hungover college students and locals. They serve breakfast, lunch and dinner all day, every day. My recommendation: the bacon, egg and cheese. While the “menu” can get a bit confusing, with dozens of jumbled, laminated l!iaover l! the original menu ec ec pwall ermSer Sia topthe um Spapers m ustuck Sm

board, advertising new dishes the diner offers, it would be hard to make a disappointing choice. Trust me, there’s a reason these people have been open 80 years – they know what they’re doing. Our own T.J. Anania highly recommends the Chicken Parmesan at 3 a.m. Cost: Minimal – around $10 for coffee and breakfast Where: 155 Shrewsbury St., Worcester

6. Picnic at Purgatory Chasm

Known for unusual geological formations of an almost martian beauty and splendor, Purgatory Chasm is a great destination for picnickers and hikers alike, though caution is encouraged for those hiking through the chasm. Wear weather-appropriate clothing and make sure your shoes are sturdy. Cost: Parking is $5 for a Massachusetts Vehicle, $6 for out of state. Where: 198 Purgatory Road, Sutton

7. Slopes or Trails: Wachusett Mountain Has It All

Located in Princeton, Wachusett Mountain is a ski resort in the winter months and a great hiking trail in the summer. Snow or shine, you

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gathering information, remembering things and managing stress. If a student doesn’t sleep during finals, they are actually negating most of their studying efforts.” Caffeine-fueled, late-night cramming sessions, combined with lack of sleep, can have more than just a negative effect on your performance and mental state - it can pave the way for unhealthy eating too. When one is pulling an all-nighter in a college dorm room, chances are they are not going to be fueling their bodies with energy rich, balanced food items. Instead, they are likely going to lean toward and depend on processed, easy snack foods to keep them awake and “energized,” which are high in fat and usually only provide empty calories. In fact, many teens are faced with making their own food Get sleep • Make wise food choices • Exercise decisions for the Monitor your caffeine intake • Socialize first time in college. A student arriving to college for the first time is often associated with the phrase “a kid in a candy shop.” This concept can turn the myth of the “Freshman 15” into a reality when students who have never experienced the freedom of making their own decisions

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around food are given free range in a buffetstyle cafeteria. “For instance,” said Kersting, “if their parents frequently monitored and made choices about the food that a student ate, the student might overindulge in fried food or sweets in their newfound freedom when they arrive to college. Essentially, with this practice, students are never given the opportunity to learn how to manage their own diet.” Ultimately, the overindulgence can lead to negative consequences that will cause the student to gain weight or feel physically and emotionally unwell. Kersting advises students to talk with their parents or guardians before they get to campus, specifically about food choices and which foods to eat and which to avoid in order to avoid. While it can be scary, exciting and challenging, the first time at college is full of new opportunities and experiences, but as Kersting agrees, it is all about moderation. “So, get a good night’s sleep,” she said. “Don’t eat nachos for dinner every night. Don’t overindulge. Be responsible … If you feel stressed, talk to your friends or seek help. Engaging in healthy behaviors does not make you a boring person, it actually makes you a stronger, more resilient one.”

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College roommate horror stories Emma Ogg

Orientation, hated the United States and was not the kind of person to welcome you with open arms, we did not exactly bond quickly. ntering the first year of college often Most of our conversations in the beginning means leaving familiarity and adapting to a new school, environment and people. consisted of her angrily expressing her culture It also means sharing a confined space with a shock while young, untraveled me only viewed complete stranger (usually) where you will eat, her frustration as rude and judgmental. We had select pleasant moments of bonding by sleep, drink, binge watch Netflix and spend generally most of your time in. Some students quoting “New Girl” and watching movies. Needless to say the relationship was not the love their new roommates and become close strongest on either end and we parted ways friends; some can peacefully coexist, and after the year ended. others have less-than pleasant experiences. We did not peacefully coexist, but I Three years ago, I remember nervously certainly had more luck than some. Here are awaiting the day I would meet my roommate some of the less-than-pleasant experiences so I could find out which of the three that greeted other Worcester college students. scenarios I would experience. “He was like a jar of mayonnaise Beforehand we found one another on possessed by the ghost of a 1967 Virginia Facebook and chatted for a bit about each gas station, and left chicken nugget crumbs others’ interests. No red flags yet. Due to my around our room for three weeks at a time,” high expectations, upon arrival I was sorely said Worcester Magazine intern Andrew disappointed with the fact that we weren’t instantly best friends. Now, I wasn’t the student Michaels of his worst roommate. “When I diplomatically asked him to please clean them that returned home to find my things stolen, up, I came home to a plate of chicken nugget food laying everywhere or a roommate who crumbs under my bed.” never showered, but our relationship was far **** from joyous. Given she had already been at the “My freshman year roommate used to university for about a week doing International

be a drug dealer and befriended a bunch of Worcester kids,” said Chris Canieso, “He would throw Worcester parties in our double room all the time. One time, Worcester Police raided our room during one of those parties and found about 2 ounces of marijuana on my roommate’s desk. He told the police that all of it belonged to me. Thank God the Resident Adviser knew I didn’t smoke or drink at all, so I didn’t get into any trouble but I subsequently moved to a single next semester.” **** Heather Downing did not sleep peacefully during the first night with one of her first roommates. “I moved in with a girl that I had worked with. We didn’t know each other very well, but we were friends, and begun hanging out more and more,” she said. “The first night after I had moved in, I was sleeping. It was 2 a.m. and I woke up to this 6-foot-something guy standing over my bed whispering my roommate’s name. He was drunk and trying to find her and the bathroom. I started screaming because I had no idea who he was, and he ended up peeing on my floor. I should have known then to move out, but I had nowhere else to go. I stayed for

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another three months, but finally couldn’t take it anymore. We worked together, but my shift started before hers, and she would come in everyday wearing my clothes.” **** Emily Denny said of her freshman roommate: “First things first, she brought so much unnecessary furniture to our already tiny room [a converted single mind you]. She brought an end table. Who brings an end table to college? She was an incredibly heavy sleeper. Her alarm was always awful Top 40 songs. And she would have to set like eight alarms, seven of which she would not hear. I swear I knew all the lyrics to Macklemore’s “Can’t Hold Us.” She would frequently take phone calls in our room while I was sleeping. When I confronted her about it she defended herself, saying, ‘Oh, I thought you were asleep.’ Yes, I was. Keyword: was. She was also terrified of getting a hangover. She came home drunk one night and refused to go to bed because that’s how she thought you got hangovers. She thought if she could stay awake until she was sober, she wouldn’t wake up hungover. When I moved out she, said she thought we made a ‘great pair.’”

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State of the Fleet:

Walter Bird Jr.

Worcester’s firetrucks, police cars keep rolling

It may be the last thing you think of when you call 911, especially if your life is in danger. You simply expect police or firefighters to show up – fast.

two much older engines, one from 1989, the other from 1993. Both will be used as spares. The oldest truck, a 1985 engine, has already been put out to pasture, although it will be used for training. Half of the Fire Department’s front line ladder trucks, however, are either at the 10year standard Lavoie mentioned or older. One is 28 years old, another 22. One is 12 and two are 10. When you factor in the spare and reserve ladder trucks, which are 21 and 25 years old, respectively, the average is 15, the limit held by the NFPA. In other words, the department is rolling with one front line ladder that should already have been retired, according to the NFPA standard, another that is just three years away, and a reserve that is right at that quartercentury mark. In a perfect world, Deputy Fire Chief and Public Information Officer John Sullivan said, the Fire Department wouldn’t roll out any truck over 15 years old. “Of course, we would like to have all of our trucks under 15 years old,” he said, “but given the budget constraints of the city and the borrowing that goes into how we are able to buy them, that isn’t always possible. We do a fantastic job of keeping the ones that we have in safe condition for our firefighters and the citizens of the city.” The trucks, Lavoie stresses, are safe. Still, when asked how he would describe the overall “state of the fleet,” Lavoie said, “Fair.” Sullivan upped that a bit, saying, “Fair to pretty good.”

But are the cars and trucks carrying them up to the task? What if, with your house burning down, the fire truck en route breaks down? According to one firefighter, that happened to one of the city’s engines en route to a call in June, although a Fire Department spokesperson said the truck was a spare, and not a regularly-used emergency vehicle. In a city with 21 companies, including 13 engines, losing one temporarily may not seem like a big deal, especially when you consider the Worcester Fire Department fleet boasts 62 vehicles. And with a staff of three mechanics (a fourth is expected to be hired) at the ready, it isn’t like the city’s fire trucks are falling apart in the streets. Wear and tear, however, takes its toll, and that comes when, like last year, the department’s operations responds to 31,933 calls. The total number recorded was 39,824, but that reflected canceled and duplicate calls as well as fire prevention work. Father Time also plays a role. Some of the fire trucks are getting up there in age, and fire officials concede the average age of their fleet, 11.38, is “a little high,” as Deputy Chief Mike Lavoie put it. He said there is consensus within the firefighting industry that front line equipment – the trucks used on a regular basis - should be no older than 10 years. The National Fire Protection n the police side, with more than three Association, he noted, holds 15 years as its times the number of vehicles at 246, standard age limit. After that, front line trucks and most of them used 24/7, the fleet should be moved to either reserve or spare is decidedly younger in age than the Fire status. At 25, according to the NFPA, the Department’s. equipment should be “retired.” The average year for marked cruisers, Consider then, that with the recent purchase according to Deputy Chief Ed McGinn Jr., is of two new engines, Worcester will replace

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2011. The average year for unmarked cruisers and wagons is 2009, while the average year for motorcycles is 2002. “Our fleet is pretty good,” McGinn said, noting the department has been making the switch to utility trucks as opposed to the traditional sedan (Ford stopped making the Crown Victoria, which has traditionally been used for police cruisers). “We find the utilities work better for us. They’re taller, they get up on curbs and go in areas you don’t want to take a sedan. In the winter months, these vehicles are four-wheel drive. In a city like ours, that’s huge.” The utilities also offer a little more space, which is more in line with the modern age of policing. “When you look inside a cruiser at all the stuff, a radio, siren, consoles, a computer,” McGinn said. “When you have a sedan, that’s a little rough, especially if you’re the passenger. Every car has a computer now. It’s

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Deputy Police Chief Edward J. McGinn Jr. talks about the state of the police fleet.

pretty much all paperless.” The Police Department has roughly 25 marked utility vehicles, which the city started buying a couple years ago, according to McGinn. The sedans, he said, are now being used more as unmarked vehicles. The city’s fiscal 2017 budget includes funding for 10 unmarked cruisers and 10 marked. The latter will be utilities, exclusively. A new wagon was bought last year, giving the department a complement of three. That the Police Department receives new vehicles more often than the Fire Department isn’t a slight; it’s more about economics – and frequency of use. The fiscal 2017 budget includes $600,000 for a new rescue truck. The two new engines the city bought last year – the first time since 1992 two engines were bought in one fiscal year, according to City Manager Ed Augustus Jr. - cost $500,000 apiece. With a new police utility vehicle carrying a

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price tag in the low $30,000 range, the math is simple: You could buy almost 17 new police vehicles for the price a new fire truck. “The Police Department got 10 new cruisers, but were half the cost of one truck,” Augustus noted. “Those are almost continually rolling 24 hours. We put a cop in a cruiser each shift, around the clock, so the mileage is significant.” As such, the life expectancy for a police cruiser is significantly shorter than for a fire truck – about five years, according to McGinn. Like the Fire Department, police depend upon their mechanics to keep their vehicles in the best possible shape. “You could always use more [vehicles],” he said, “but our mechanics are unbelievable. We take very good care of them. There are very rigorous maintenance programs. We’re changing breaks every 10,000 miles.” What also helps is the Police Department rarely throws away equipment that could be used later. Even though Crown Victorias are no longer produced, the department still uses many of them. A couple rooms inside the mechanics’ bay are filled with cruiser doors and fenders from old cruisers that can be reused at a moment’s notice. It is, according to Lavoie, a matter of trying to get the most out of the vehicles on hand, even if it means keeping a vehicle on the front lines or in some capacity beyond the standard time-frame. “In order to get our money’s worth, we’ve got to keep these trucks in service as long as we can,” he said. “We also have to try and comply with new standards. They come out with new standards every year, and technology changes. But again, we have to try to utilize the trucks as much as possible.”

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t stands to reason not all front-line cruisers and trucks are going to be good to go at all times. That’s where backups come in. In the Fire Department, there are two sets of backups, so to speak: spares and reserves. Spares, according to Sullivan, are used when a front-line apparatus is out for ordinary maintenance. Those vehicles carry no substantive equipment, but fire personnel can switch over radios, thermal imaging cameras and other equipment from their regular truck. A spare can be used heavily, such as recently, when three ladders broke down simultaneously, Lavoie said. Reserves, on the other hand, while fully-equipped, are rarely used. Whereas last year, spare trucks made 1,100-1,200 runs apiece, according to Sullivan, one reserve performed 50 runs the entire year. It begs the question: why have a truck that, when new, cost upward of $500,000 or more, spends most of its time sitting in a fire station not being used? “The spare is there for whenever a truck is out for service,” Sullivan said. “At any given period, a truck may be in for either ordinary maintenance, or there is a problem with a truck itself. In that case, we pull out a spare. “The reserve we want to be there as a reserve, ready to go, because I can’t tell you when the next multi-alarm fire is.” That is what the reserves are held for, although their use is sparse. Reserved are brought on-line only if firefighters are called back to man apparatus, which in Worcester happens when a fourth alarm is sounded. “In the last 10 years or so, we have these reserve engines that are decent enough to push into service in the event of a multiple-alarm,” Sullivan said. “It allows us to not have to rely quite as much on mutual aid, because we’re back-filling with our own apparatus, our own people, to the extent that we can, depending on how many reserves we have.” The department, he said, has been able to maintain two reserve engines and a reserve ladder truck. “The reserves, even though they only go to 50 runs, they have dual abilities,” Sullivan said. “When we have our classes, they serve as engines and pumps for the kids to learn on, because they’re all equipped.” From top: A 1985 Ranger fire truck classified as a “reserve” remains fully equipped and ready to respond if needed at the Grove Street fire station. Deputy Chief Mike Lavoie talks about the Fire Department’s fleet of vehicles. A “spare” 1989 Maxim firetruck, which would need to be equipped before responding to a fire call, stays parked in the Grove Street station. AUGUST 11, 2016 • WORCESTERMAGAZINE.COM

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Sullivan uses the “standing army” argument when talking about the personnel and apparatus used by the Fire Department. Essentially, it comes down to not wanting to tax surrounding communities when the need for mutual aid arises. “We often get compared to other communities, Boston, Springfield, so on,” Sullivan said. “The problem we’ve always had in Worcester, we’re surrounded by small communities, unlike Boston, which has other career, metro-sized departments around it. If Cambridge has an issue, they get a full-time department, and they also get a full-time department in Boston, a full-time department in Revere and a full-time department in Chelsea. Chelsea has six engines and three ladders. If Chelsea sends over two engines, then Chelsea’s still good. “For us, if Shrewsbury, which is probably our biggest partner on mutual aid, sends us two engines, they’re done. They’re cooked. They’re history. They don’t have anything else. That’s the reason Worcester always has a bigger standing force on duty. We could not rely on mutual aid the way Metro-Boston folks do.” The reserves, Sullivan said, help the department avoid an over-reliance on mutual aid. The way it stands now, he said, the fleet of vehicles is sufficient to handle the call

Deputy Chief John Sullivan talks about the state of the Worcester Fire fleet.

volume. Equipment is deployed in a way to support additional alarms, if sounded. For example, he said, on a first alarm, four engines, three ladders, a rescue truck and a chief’s vehicle respond. On a second alarm, two more engines and a ladder are sent. No companies are called back on a second alarm, the deputy chief said, because the city still has, at the ready, a full, two-alarm complement. On a third alarm, two more engines and a ladder respond to a fire. At that point, with eight of the city’s 13 engines now in action, two ladder trucks are called in on mutual aid. On a fourth alarm, two additional engines and another ladder truck are called in on mutual aid. At the same time, nine firefighters are brought in to man the reserve trucks. That, so to speak, plugs the dam. “There’s a low point at the third alarm, where we get the lowest,” Sullivan said as far as equipment. “Then, after that, we actually build up again. Without the reserves, you’d keep going down and down and down, stressing your mutual aid partners.” The city is good when it comes to numbers of fire vehicles Sullivan said, adding it’s more about deployment and meeting a standard response time of 5 minutes. That means, from any fire station in the city, at least four firefighters should be on the scene of an incident within 5 minutes.

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MEDICAL CALLS

ne of the biggest topics of debate when it comes to deployment of fire resources is the use of fire trucks on medical calls. The number of those calls far outweighs actual fire responses. In Worcester, according to Sullivan, the number traditionally is between 65-70 percent of all calls. That only adds to the wear and tear on an already aging fleet. But, Sullivan said it is necessary, if for no other reason than ethically and morally, as a duty to residents. He points out, too, that the Fire Department does not respond to all medical calls. “Not in this city, they don’t,” Sullivan said, noting Worcester’s contract with UMass’ Emergency Medical Services. Because the city does not provide EMS, UMass, by contract, has three to six, or four to six, ambulances available to the city, depending on the time of day. Whether a fire truck rolls out as a first responder on one of those ambulance calls depends on the nature of the call. More precisely, it is based on Emergency Medical Dispatch protocols that determine the priority level of a call, once it has been transferred from a 911 call taker to ambulance dispatch. The highest priorities are levels 1 and 2, considered the most urgent or potentially lifethreatening situations. The Fire Department

will deploy a truck on most priority 1 and 2 calls, because, according to Sullivan, in most cases, the Fire Department can arrive on scene within a four-minute window to start lifesaving measures. In many instances, police and/or fire personnel will be the first to arrive to a medical call. While fire response to medical calls with UMass is generally limited to priority 1 and 2 calls, that is not the case when it comes to non-contracted ambulance services. Those are the services such as Vital and EasCare, with whom UMass subcontracts. Sullivan estimated the number of those services at about 20 percent of UMass’ call volume. When a non-UMass ambulance is dispatched, a first responder from the Fire Department is sent, no matter the priority level. “This is done to ensure that our citizens have a 911 asset at their door to handle their emergency within the prescribed response time for every call,” Sullivan said. “The private, non-contracted ambulances are excellent care providers; however, they do not have a contractual obligation with the city for availability … As such, there is no assurance to our citizens or the city that an emergency asset will arrive within the prescribed timeframe from those entities. As a moral, ethical and potentially legal obligation, we send the Fire Department to all of those calls ...” Sullivan said he understands why some

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{ coverstory } might question the Fire Department’s approach when it comes to medical calls. For example, as he noted, medical dispatch will almost always err on the side of caution, which could mean someone reporting a headache may be rated a Priority 2, because it could potentially be the sign of a stroke. “Listen,” he said, “I live in the city of Worcester. I pay Worcester taxes, you know? I don’t want my dollars wasted. But at the same time, I made this explanation to Councilor [Konnie] Lukes many, many years ago. With the advent of fires going down, you look at the history of the city , and you look at the Cold Storage fire. You look at the conflagration hazard we have in any neighborhood here, on any given day. You have to have a standing army, so to speak, of firefighters ready to respond in order to keep the public safe. It’s an expectation when you’re living in a city.” It is not necessarily the expectation of Lukes, who has at various times as a councilor questioned the longer-term focus of the Fire Department. She has also been an advocate of consolidating the police and fire departments. “It’s always been a question of the function of the Fire Deparmtnet,” Lukes said. “First responders are two to three times more than fire calls, so how does that affect their fleet?” She said it is appropriate to talk about what

a fire vehicle is going to be used for, noting the new and perhaps unexpected challenges that may greet emergency services, such as terrorism. “When you say fire trucks, that’s just the tip of the iceberg,” Lukes said. “We need to look at what we have and why. And we need to look at the need five, 10, 15 years from now.”

applied for a federal grant seeking three additional engines. If those came through, he said, that would put the department’s engine trucks within the 15-year range. “It would bring the average way down,” Lavoie said, adding if the department reached a point where every truck 15 years or older were retired or turned into a spare, the average age of the remaining trucks would be around 7. “That’s a very comfortable range.” He and Sullivan are confident the ullivan and Lavoie both acknowledge the federal grant will be approved, noting the Lowell Fire Department, whose trucks, on shell game that can be the city’s budget average, are younger than Worcester’s, process. McGinn, too, even though the and whose total number of calls last year fleet of police vehicles is in relatively good (15,500, according to Lowell Fire Chief Jeff shape, would like to see it get younger. Like Sullivan and Lavoie, he also understands the Winwood), was less than half Worcester’s number, received $1.3 million through the money demands of other city services, such same grant the Worcester Fire Department as education and public works. recently applied. Thinking outside the box, then, becomes Winwood said his department had filed a important. In that regard, Sullivan believes grant for a new ladder truck and new rescue Augustus has come through. truck. The department took on a new fire “The city manager’s done a good job the last couple years of leveraging [Housing and engine about two weeks ago. After addressing the fire trucks, the focus Urban Development grant] money, which is for Worcester would be on its seven frontan excellent way for us to augment the fleet line ladder trucks. and get that number down,” Sullivan said. “If,” Lavoie said, “we wrote a grant for one One of the two newest engines, in fact, ladder, and the city paid for another ladder, was bought with HUD money. we’d be in good shape.” Lavoie said the department recently

BALANCING ACT

“Soon,” he continued, “we’ll be working with city administration to put together a long-term replacement plan and get closer to that 15-year, front-line average.” It comes down to balance, Sullivan said, noting the effort that has also been put into renovating and replacing some of the city’s older fire stations as well as the competing interests of other city departments. “Obviously,” he said, “given a perfect world, we’d love to have an allocation that would keep every one of our trucks under the standard age, and every one of them would be replaced when it was time to go. That’s not necessarily the reality of the budget, not just in Worcester, but in every city in the country. “Given that reality, I believe we’re in good shape.” And, Lavoie adds, safe. “Our chief mechanic will tell you these trucks don’t go out of here unsafe,” he said. “They’re functional. The only thing is he can’t predict when something’s going to break. The older the truck is, the more that’s a possibility. Other than that, the trucks are safe.” Walter Bird Jr. is editor of Worcester Magazine. He can be reached at 508-7493166, ext. 322, or by email at wbird@ worcestermag.com.

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The Wait Is Over: POW! WOW! Artists Announced

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After months of planning and anticipation, POW! WOW! Worcester has finally revealed the internationallyrenowned artists who will come to the city’s downtown and beautify the space by putting up some of the largest murals a POW! WOW! event has ever seen. continued on page 26

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The boys in Central Massachusetts hardcore unit Gator King have just released a new EP titled “Existence Will Only Forget,” and the four songs further push their metal-tinged hardcore (you know what, it’s not even really tinged with metal, it’s more thrash with a hardcore inflection, if that makes any sense). Regardless of my internal genre debate, the songs are fantastic. If you love riffed-up, aggressive, songs with shreddy guitar, you will absolutely enjoy this. With lyrics like, “I sink into my pensive basin where fires are dulled by rain, burns have spread from my heart to my shoulders, disillusionment numbs the pain,” I’m not kidding when I say it’s a dark record, but when discussing metal and hardcore, that isn’t a bad thing, and vocalist Steven Zeveska comes off as a really cranky demon. I know Steve and he’s a nice guy, but tell me you don’t hear a grouchy demon when listening to this EP. Seriously, email me about it. I’ll press the Gmail “starred email” button and I swear, I’ll get back to you in a timely fashion. Probably. They’re also about to embark on the “Suck it Across America Tour,” which begins in Evansville, Indiana Aug. 12, winds through the South and the Northwest and wraps up in Corpus Christi, Texas Aug. 26. Good luck gentlemen and enjoy yourselves.

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POW! WOW!Worcester coming from me. I’ve already written about it pretty extensively, and as it comes closer to fruition (kick off is Aug. 26), I’m going to try and pack in as many bits and bobs as possible. Here’s one to tide you over for a few hundred words or so: the Nine Dot gallery, 763 Main St., will be hosting “Sweatshop,” an installation “highlighting the blue collar nature of Worcester.” Artist and gallery owner John Vo will be live painting throughout the three-day run date, Aug. 26-28, as well as altering clothes. The gallery will open 6-10 p.m. on the days of the installation, and admission is free. According to the event page on Facebook, “the gallery will be distressed and physically converted to create a dialogue on dreams, labor and sweat equity.”

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I am going to be the first to admit, I think I’ve run out of acceptable subheads for the Social Science Series at the EcoTarium, 222 Harrington Way, but I just couldn’t pass this one up. I’ll keep this item brief, because I know I’ve written about this event before, but it really is a unique way to spend a night. Also, here’s a new bonus point for the event: some of you may remember (I’m kidding, no one actually reads this column) back in June when I wrote about my

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first experience that I thought the only negative was the price tag - not because it was unfair, I just didn’t think I’d be able to get my pals out of the scrapyard and into the museum for $20. Well, the three-legged fox god of the EcoTarium seems to have heard my plight. If you purchase tickets before noon Aug. 18, they bump $5 off the asking price and general admission is now $15. To reiterate: hang out at the EcoTarium child-free, with DJ Jon Strader spinning jams (see Strader? I’m still sort-of hip), check out all the exhibits with a beer in hand and nibble away at the Say Cheese! food truck. Also, someone lend me 15 bucks.

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Starting Friday, Aug. 26, and running through Sunday, Sept. 4, Worcester residents will get to watch, interact with and enjoy the city’s beautification and both skyline and downtown footprint enhancements. “The process of finding artists to create in the City of Worcester was equal parts taxing and rewarding. It’s not about getting the biggest names you can find, but rather looking

and around the world, including New York, California, New Zealand, Brazil and Russia. “It’s an honor to share my work with the people of Worcester,” said Mexican mural artist Marka 27. “I’m looking forward to POW! WOW! and engaging with the Worcester community. I hope that POW! WOW! Worcester inspires the rest of Mass to allow more opportunities for public street art, and I’m confident that this project will bring positive attention

love birds alike. Who knows? Maybe someone will propose to their wife in front of the newly painted mural?” With walls getting painted all over downtown, the city will look markedly different once POW! WOW! wraps up, and you can watch the artists as they work over the course of the 10-day span. Now that we know who the artists are and where the walls will be located (although we do not yet know who will

or driving, you can see some of them from [Interstate] 290. Worcester will be a much more beautiful place. Ten murals of this size, I don’t think people understand how much of a difference this will make in a very positive way.” POW! WOW! Worcester is coming downtown from Friday, Aug. 26-Sunday, Sept. 4. Find a POW! WOW! informational pullout, complete with artist information, mural locations and event details in a future issue of

to Worcester and its community the same way it has for towns like Richmond, Virginia and Wynwood in Miami.” The artists announced this week, in addition to Marka 27, are Arlin from Brazil, Askew from New Zealand, Christina Angelina from California, Greg Mike from Georgia, Imagine from Nepal, Jason Eatherly from Texas, JALLEN and Sophy Tuttle from Massachusetts, Morgan Blair from New York, Rustam QBic from Russia, Sabek from Spain and Tavar Zawacki from Germany. “I am very excited to be coming to Worcester, as I’ve never been to New England before,” said Zawacki. “I look forward to hearing the funny accents and connecting with the local community. The ‘I Love You’ piece I will paint is something I’ve been wanting to paint for a while now. This colorful statement I feel will be well received by the community and

paint where), residents and art enthusiasts can begin to imagine what the city will look like in just a short time. Walls include part of The Grid District, facing Salem Street as well as on Portland Street, twin walls on the Federal Plaza Garage on Main Street (70 feet by 20 feet), two walls on the Worcester Palladium (one measures 54 feet by 96 feet), a 43-feet-by-123-feet wide wall on The Hanover Theatre (this will be in addition to the Damien Mitchell piece, not replace it), a 66-by-31 wall on Mechanics Hall, a 33-by-21 YWCA of Central Massachusetts wall and a Commercial Street wall of the DCU Center. “Worcester is most definitely going to be a more beautiful place,” said POW! WOW! committee member Jessica Walsh. “The artists we have are all top-notch artists. We didn’t make sacrifices. When you’re walking around

Worcester Magazine. In the meantime, find more information online at Powwowworcester. com and on Facebook.com by searching Pow Wow Worcester. To become a “CANtributor” and make a donation that will directly benefit the artists and help beautify the city, head to Worcesterwares.com/paintthetown. A $10 donation provides one can of paint for a festival artist and “cantributors” receive a commemorative pin and mention in a Worcester Magazine ‘Thank You’ ad. A $50 donation will provide six cans and will earn five “cantributor” pins, a tote bag and a mention in the ‘Thank You’ ad.

A mural by Marka 27 at the project and curating artistic talent that will relate to the community, provide stunning work, engage the local population and most importantly, want to come to your city,” explained POW! WOW! committee member Che Anderson. “Jasper Wong [founder and lead director of POW! WOW! Worldwide] has been great at helping with this process. It’s humbling for myself and the committee to hear how many artists want to come paint here and add to the beautiful landscape of Worcester. It’s also great that we get to involve local talent to participate in the project and raise their profile. Words cannot describe how excited we all are!” The artist announcement, a Worcester Magazine first look, includes four local artists: Scott Boilard, Pamela Stolz, Anthony Mancuso and Kai Griffiths. Additionally, there will be 13 internationally renowned artists from across the country

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It was a special moment for fans at the Worcester Bravehearts game Friday, Aug. 5 when North Brookfield resident Hollie Grant took the field before the teamâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s final home game of the season to be honored as The Bravest Heart.

Grant was nominated by her stepmother, Carol, for demonstrating courage in battling through a life threatening bout with bacterial meningitis when she was a junior in college. She lost both her legs below the knees and had to have the fingers on her left hand surgically replaced. Today, Hollie is married to her college sweetheart, Matt, with two beautiful girls: Raigen, 4, and Emma, 2.

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Hollie received $500, season tickets to the Bravehearts for the 2017 season and a team jersey with her name on it. She was also featured in the Aug. 4 edition of Worcester Magazine. Worcester Magazine is the proud sponsor of The Bravest Heart award, along with our co-sponsors Digital Federal Credit Union and the Worcester Bravehearts. The award is in its second year. Worcester Magazine congratulates Hollie and thanks DCU and the Bravehearts for their participation.

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“Suicide Squad” is a hot mess. And I kinda liked it. Making that admission means I probably should cut up my critic’s pass and look for a safe house where I can escape the accusatory glares of my colleagues (that’s about as violent as we get). The movie is taking such a beating from reviewers that “Suicide Squad” lovers are circulating a petition to decommission Rotten Tomatoes, the popular site where many of the film’s nastiest reviews are aggregated. Hell hath no fury like an indignant fanboy. As I said, I don’t come here to bury “Suicide Squad,” but to support it with, admittedly, faint praise. My ignorance of the source material kept me surprised and engaged with this batch, even as I was rolling my eyes at a stupendous lapse in logic here, or a too-obvious song choice there (squad members are warehoused in a New Orleans jail, so of course the movie opens with “Rising Sun”). The film is based on the popular DC comic about a band of “meta-humans” doing hard time for lives of extreme crime, who are drafted by the federal government to battle a mysterious entity capable of destroying, well, you know, everything. They’re a new-age Dirty Dozen. “Suicide Squad” doesn’t stint on the origin tales — there’s backstory aplenty. We learn how Harley Quinn (Margot Robbie) evolved from a prison psychologist into the mentally unstable pig-tailed girlfriend of The Joker (a hissing Jared Leto). How Deadshot (Will Smith) could have taken out Batman (Ben Affleck in cameo mode) if not for the pleadings of his 11-year-old daughter. And how Diablo’s (Jay Hernandez) ability to incinerate things resulted in a personal tragedy that now makes him reluctant to fire up. Among the remaining squadders, Aussie

tough guy Boomerang (Jai Courtney) delivers a needed dose of black humor, and Killer Croc (Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje) comes exactly as billed — he’s a crocodile-skinned man who kills people. The film is as smeared and runny as Harley Quinn’s makeup, but I give it credit for embracing its slovenly vibe. The squad’s main nemesis, Enchantress. as played by Cara Delevingne, is so underwhelming, that in the climactic faceoff, where she awkwardly twitches and writhes, I half suspect writerdirector David Ayer threw up his hands and ordered her to dance like Elaine in “Seinfeld.” Unfortunately, her zombie army displays the shooting aim of “Star Wars” Stormtroopers and is dispatched just as easily. There are other laughable moments, like Deadshot somehow being able to read an entire binder of classified materials (a key plot point) in about 10 seconds, or the squad taking a break from preventing humanity’s annihilation to pound beers and ponder what it truly means to be “normal.” (Pet peeve: “Suicide Squad” devotes too much attention to Will Smith’s assassin with a heart of gold. Ever insufferable, Smith wears a collar bearing the inscription “I am the light and the way,” and you assume he believes every word of it). None of that matters much. The movie is a brainless early-August action picture that knows it’s three-quarters Dumpster fire. In fact, I wish it hadn’t yielded to a PG-13 rating and went straight for a hard-core R. These are unrepentant murderers, thieves and agents of chaos, so why not give them the freedom to display their talents in all their bloody, F-bomb-dropping glory? Summer is winding down, and I’m so fried on franchise movies by this point that I found “Suicide Squad” a refreshing break from the retreads. Oh yeah, and the soundtrack kills. So what if my standards aren’t particularly high — neither are this movie’s.

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I have been piloting Lock 50 as a breakfast spot ever since it opened in May. I met friends for pints of zippy nitro cold brew and croissants. I stopped in for postrun dishes of yogurt and granola or housemade ricotta with honey and fruit. One morning, I sat with my laptop under the large picture windows enjoying a paper-thin mushroom and goat cheese crepe while I returned emails for hours. The dining room offers cool refuge from the oppressive summer heat and the patio presents a gentle breeze under the light of the summer sun.

Three months after their opening, I have decidedly established that mornings in Worcester are for Lock 50. In the evening, Lock 50’s interior strikes me as that of a Georgian Colonial Mansion. It’s difficult not to imagine Daisy Buchanan lounging across the tufted blue bankett, gazing through the sprawling wood paned windows that boldly face Water Street. Speckled yellow fixtures hang like magnificent quail eggs, draping each table in soft light. Lush greenery sprouts from the vertical garden mounted on an exposed brick wall. Rose quartz candle holders glimmer around the room. We arrived for dinner on a recent Wednesday evening at 9 p.m. to find Lock 50 packed with patrons. Our server led us to a table and introduced himself, inquiring whether we’d dined at Lock 50 before. He pointed out the seasonal small plates and talked me through a few of his favorite cocktails. I settled on the Red Coat, a ripe concoction of Lillet Blanc and Suze that sips like boozy marmalade. I enjoyed my cocktail a great deal, though I will note it took more than 20 minutes before it arrived at the table. At 9:30 our server approached to take our order and kindly advised us regarding the layout of the menu. By 9:57, our table had blossomed into a kaleidoscopic plane of colorful tapas. First came the Sous Vide Castelvetrano Olives, glistening like precious jewels

and seasoned with fennel, tarragon, and zesty oranges. Then, the Cured Meat Board materialized with strips of Speck, Sopressata, Coppa and Bresaola wound into tiny spirals like four perfect Hermosa roses laid alongside slices of focaccia, sprigs of fresh herbs, and a crescent of house made aioli. I had expressed disappointment that Chef Russo’s signature dish, the Shaved Compressed Octopus, was not available, so I was surprised when the Chef arrived at our table to deliver it himself. “The plate didn’t look the way I wanted it to tonight, so I 86’ed this dish for the evening. But, I overheard that you were looking forward to it, so…” He placed a long rectangular plate before us filled with precariously balanced semi-circles resembling petals plucked from an oriental lily and topped with breadcrumbs and salsa verde. Each sliver of octopus maintained the soft texture of a thinly-sliced cucumber and the moist sweetness of lobster meat. Next, came heirloom tomatoes served over a pool of herbaceous gazpacho and topped with a dollop of fresh Italian Burrata that could pass for a white peony. I’ve never eaten tomatoes that so closely echoed juicy peaches, and now I’ll never settle for anything less. Our final course was a shareable plate, the Grilled

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Ribeye, served medium rare with roasted carrots, cherry agrodolce, lovage, and a bleu cheese frico that tasted like a decadent potato chip of which I could eat an entire bag. I didn’t much care for the little vases of carnations that lined the window sills. Carnations are my least favorite flower. Sure, you can carry a carnation down the aisle at your middle school graduation or gift one on Mother’s Day if you’re 9 years old, but grown

women don’t swoon over carnations because they represent a sort of corner cutting. Remnants of that carnation attitude emerged at Lock 50 in subtle ways. A plastic Dunkin Donuts cup that sat on the bar amidst the pristine glassware. A roll of bathroom tissue resting on the lid of the toilet rather than on the spool. A trash can overflowing by the end of service, unattended to. Carnation nomenclature comes from the Greek practice of “coronation” in which ceremonial floral crowns were worn by those having completed grand achievements. Chef Russo’s striking dishes are the achievements here. Sourced from local farms and painstakingly plated to perfection, Russo deserves every perennial in the place. The total came to $86.40 (Our gift of Shaved Compressed Octopus did not appear on the bill).

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{ dining} Date Night Taxonomy: City Square Perhaps you remember a time before the downtown renaissance when Worcester struggled with a gripping inferiority complex.

Take, for example, The Worcester-CenterGalleria-Common-Fashion-Outlets, or something to that effect. In a sweeping effort to transform downtown Worcester, the aforementioned architectural homage to Milan was erected in 1971, along with the world’s largest parking garage. The Galleria was destined to crumble because it tried to reinvent Worcester rather than rejuvenate it (despite the efforts of beloved TV bosslady, Judith Light (“Who’s The Boss?”), who proudly posed for the grand opening.) Like Boston’s angstridden little sister, Worcester spent a great deal of time trying to reinvent itself in hopes that one day a seat would finally open up at the popular table. Well, watch out Mary Camden, because it’s season six and little Lucy is ready to blossom! Not surprisingly, when Worcester stopped trying to be someone else and instead pursued a better version of itself, a new city began to flourish. In 2016, many of Worcester’s most successful businesses are those that celebrate industrial architecture rather than go to great lengths to cover it up. With that said, Worcester’s Urban Revitalization Plan is no cheap date. Dressed to impress to the tune of $104 million, the plan aims to create an environment that will convince the downtown workforce to stick around for a few hours after clocking out. With 33 vacant spaces on their radar, planners are dying to make downtown Worcester a date night destination. Lucky for you, there are plenty of bars near City Square fit for cocktail hour after a day at the office. For my next trick, I will compare them all to secondary characters from a sitcom of the same name (“The Office”):

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Exploding with unbridled enthusiasm, owner John Rinaldo will give you a nickname, mix you an Italian cocktail and tell you how much he loves the primordial patrons of Worcester’s craft bar scene the moment you walk through the door. Please take advantage of The Muse’s sprawling selection of Amari. Here comes treble!

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I walked by Moynagh’s a r hundred times before Sa I ever crossed the with threshold. I considered it a place of legends and mystery - an unexplored territory I thought better left untouched. That is, until I found myself lost in its historical deep cuts. Did you know that Babe Ruth bowled on the rock maple bar, and years later Carlton Fisk spent an evening mixing drinks behind it? “I’ve just described to you the Loch Ness Monster. And the reward for his capture? All the riches in Scotland.” (Or maybe just Quinsig Village.) ah

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Armsby Abbey: Jim Halpert

Armsby Abbey plays the straight man in Worcester’s eternal comedy. Always one step ahead of the crowd, we all want to be on The Abbey’s team [Insert my admittedly biased disclaimer here]. They just keep putting more and more nickels in the handset. As soon as you get used to the weight, they take them all out and knock you square in the ear with something unexpected. Sit back, relax and order yourself an Oxbow bottle.

Deadhorse Hill: Holly Flax

I let myself get attached. Please don’t transfer to Nashua.

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Potato Cheddar, Tortellini Red More news from Antonio’s Pizza, one and Black Bean of Worcester’s newest and certainly Avocado and one of its more unique, pizza joints: more. “People The restaurant at 268 Chandler St. is love being able debuting its Slice Lunchbox. Offering Antonio’s Pizza server Kayleen to order different more than 20 individual slice slices without varieties, Antonio’s now gives groups Viner holds some of the rescommitting to the option of ordering 12, 28 or 24 taurant’s best-selling slices. a whole pie,” individual slices with just 24-hours’ said co-owner Bill Kitsilis. “Our hallmark is notice. You can get 12 slices for $39, 18 for in providing the most flavorful, delicious and $58 and 24 for $75. Try Avocado Quesadilla,

unique slices anywhere. The Slice Lunchbox allows guests to pre-order any combination of slices – previously available to dine-in customers only - to suit their individual tastes.” For more information or to place an order, call (774) 530-6000. You can also visit antoniospizza.com.

SOMETHING NU

Apparently, folks have been guzzling down the Downeast Cider at a dizzying pace at Nu Cafe, 335 Chandler St., Worcester – so much so that the popular spot is putting it on

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tap. Downeast is a local company using locally-grown, freshly-pressed and glutenfree ingredients, accordin to Nu Cafe. Sounds good to us!

COLLEGE CROWD

Don’t forget: If you go to college in Worcester, all you need is your student ID to get 10 percent off your order every Monday at Nu Cafe, 335 Chandler St., Worcester. Get on over there and tell ’em Worcester Magazine sent you!

August 27-28 10am-5pm

FEATURING: Specialty Foods • Farm to Table Items Farmers’ Market • Fresh Produce Food Sampling • Agricultural Displays Live Animals • Cooking Demos Celebrate Locally Grown and Produced Foods Educational Demos • Craft Beers • & More! Both Days!

World Champion “Punkin Chunkin” Team

Kick off the weekend with our

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GOODNIGHT BLUE MOON

Friday, August 26th

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TOWN MEETING

ACTIVITIES: SkyRide • Family Entertainment • Local Crafts

Details at www.wachusett.com Wachusett Mountain Ski Area operates in conjunction with the Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation.

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Mizz Kitsune Electro Fusion. 21+ with proper ID Electric Haze, 26 Millbury St. 508-799-0629. Dana Lewis Live! Dana Lewis Live! Playing the Greatest Hits of the 50’s to the 80’s out on the patio. Free! 6-9 p.m. Cafe’ Sorrento, 143 Central St., Milford. 508-478-7818 or find them on Facebook. Free Summer Concert Series - Far From Eden. Join us Thursday Evenings, July 6-September 1, from 6:00-8:00 PM for our free Summer Concert Series! Don’t forget your lawn chairs! Refreshments are available through Uxbridge First Holiday Night! Concerts move indoors in the event of rain. 6-8 p.m. Alternatives Unlimited, Inc. & Whitin Mill Complex, 50 Douglas Road, Whitinsville. 508-234-6232 or alternativesnet.org P.E. James at the Grill on the Hill! I’ll be performing at the Grill on the Hill all summer on Thursday nights! 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. 6-8:30 p.m. Grill on the Hill at Green Hill Golf Course, Skyline Drive. Open Mic Most Thursdays @ Barbers North. To check the schedules and open slots visit: Bill McCarthy’s Open Mic World on Facebook Bill McCarthy (originator of the “Half-Hour Sets!”) is your host at another great Open Mic Night! Email Bill McCarthy to reserve it at: openmcc@ verizon.net (make sure you put “open mic” in the email’s “subject box”) To check the schedules and open slots visit Facebook. Any slot marked as “open” usually is! Free! 6:30-9:30 p.m. Barbers Crossing (North), 175 Leominster Road, Sterling. 978-422-8438. Open Mic. Attention Performers, Amateurs and Experts! Do you sing or play an instrument? Are you looking for a crowd that will appreciate your incredible sense of humor? Maybe you have some secret talent that you’re ready to share with the world (or at least your local coffee house). Drop in for Open Mic! Full Sandwich Menu Desserts Coffee & Espresso BYOB beer & wine only $0. 7-10 p.m. Cake Shop Cafe, 22A West St., Millbury. 508-8659866 or cakeshopcafe.com Danielle Lessard. 8 p.m.-1 a.m. Rye & Thyme, 14 Monument Square, Leominster. 978-534-5900. Darren Bessette Band. 8-11 p.m. Blueprint New American Bar & Grill, 9 Village Square, Westminster. 978-668-5580. Mark & Anthony. 8-11 p.m. The Mill 185, 185 West Boylston St., West Boylston. 774-261-8585. Pu55y Ground Control-Tribute to David Bowie & Prince. Niki Luparelli and members of the gold diggers and Dan Burke with members of the Royal Treatment doing all Prince and Bowie Covers $7 at the door Doors at 8am Show at 9pm 21+ $7 at the door. 8 p.m.-1 a.m. The Cove Music Hall, 89 Green St. 508-363-1888 or find them on Facebook. Sam James. 8-11:59 p.m. Loft 266 Bar & Lounge, 266 Park Ave. 508796-5177. Team Trivia w/Jimmy HD. 8-11 p.m. Tavern on Central, 3 Central St., Ashburnham. 978-827-1272. Audio Wasabi. 8:30 p.m.-1:30 a.m. Gardner Ale House, 74 Parker St., Gardner. 978-669-0122. Cold soldier band. Soldiers play the blues as use. No cover. 8:30-10:30 p.m. Dunny’s Tavern, 291 East Main St., East Brookfield. Thursdaze -- Open Mic. 18+ with proper ID Hosted by local artist Rife Styles BYOB for guests over 21! (hard alcohol prohibited) 8:30 p.m.-1 a.m. Spiritual Haze, 589 Park Ave. 508-799-0629. Daniel Hogan Duo. 9 p.m.-2 a.m. Michael’s Cigar Bar, 1 Exchange Place. 508-459-9035. Karaoke. Karaoke by DJ Nancy C. 9 p.m.-1 a.m. Club KasBar, 234 Southwest Cutoff. 508-798-8385.

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Dana Lewis Live and Well. Enjoy a cool beverage on a warm summers evening out on the deck at “Worcester’s Best Kept Secret” Great New Menu, Full Bar, Gorgeous vistas, Spectacular Sunsets and me playing Live, acoustic Music from the 50’s to the 80’s. No Cover, Be There! Free! 5:30-7:30 p.m. Grill on the Hill, 1929 Skyline Drive. 508-854-1704 or find them on Facebook. Hips a Popn’. This is an after-work Franklin St. Friday “my recent work” art + hipswayful music PopUp - don’t miss it! Free. 5:30-7 p.m. Worcester

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PopUp Gallery, 20 Franklin St. Thank Friday It’s Dr. Nat. Let Dr. Nat start your weekend with jazz, swing, blues, soul, samba, R&B, Broadway, original songs about Worcester, and other surprises, such as special guest vocalists and instrumentalists. Dancers welcome! No cover charge, tips appreciated. 5:30-7:30 p.m. Nick’s Bar and Restaurant, 124 Millbury St. 508-753-4030 or natneedle.com Bill McCarthy Every Friday at Barbers Crossing North. BillMcCarthyMusic.com for info. Free! 6:30-9:30 p.m. Barbers Crossing (North), 175 Leominster Road, Sterling. 978-422-8438. Greg Abate. GD Lounge your Jazz destination at Union Station, Worcester, MA every Friday world class dinning and jazz. Indoor Connected Garage Parking in rear of the building. Exquisite setting. A Mauro DePasquale Production No Cover. 6:30-9:30 p.m. GD Lounge Union Station, 2 Washington Square, Worcester. Dan Kirouac: solo/acoustic. Dan has been part of the regional music scene for thirty years. When not busy with the tribute band Beatles For Sale, his solo performances showcase vocals accompanied by a six-string acoustic guitar. From the one-hit wonders to the lost classics, from the 1960s to today, every show is a different experience, drawing from almost 500 contemporary and oldie songs. More information at dankirouac.com. Free. 7-10 p.m. Highfields Golf & Country Club, 42 Magill Drive, Grafton. 9 to 5 The Musical. $15 Adults; $ 12 Seniors & Students. 8-11 p.m. Southgate at Shrewsbury, Southgate Theatre, 30 Julio Drive, Shrewsbury. 508-842-8331 or regattaplayers.com Allman, Pitchell, King, Charles Band. Michael Allman (Son of Gregg Allman) Jeff Pitchell (voted “Best Blues Musician” in New England) Claudette King (daughter of BB King) Sheila Raye Charles (daughter of Ray Charles). Here’s the show you’ve been waiting for - They’ve been selling out theaters all over New England - An amazing lineup. $40 advance; $45 day of show. 8-11 p.m. Bull Run Restaurant, Sawtelle Room, 215 Great Road, Shirley. 978-4254311 or tickets.bullrunrestaurant.com Chris Reddy Acoustic Loops from Hell. 8-11 p.m. The Mill 185, 185 West Boylston St., West Boylston. 774-261-8585. Dave Harrington. 8 p.m.-1 a.m. South Side Grille & Margarita Factory, 242 West Broadway, Gardner. 978-632-1057. Jay Graham Performs at Loft, Friday at 8. 8-11:59 p.m. Loft 266 Bar & Lounge, 266 Park Ave. 508-796-5177. JC/DC. 8 p.m.-1 a.m. Rye & Thyme, 14 Monument Square, Leominster. 978-534-5900. Lizzy Marquis. 8 p.m.-1 a.m. Happy Jack’s, 785 North Main St., Leominster. 978-466-3433. Northern Company. 8 p.m.-1 a.m. Tavern on Central, 3 Central St., Ashburnham. 978-827-1272. The River Neva CD Release Party Ft. City of Homes, Deathwish, and Lattermath. The River Neva Cd Release Party! The 5 Song EP, The Voynich Manuscript, will be available for the first time here! Their live show is the defenition of great musicianship and they will blow you away! 21+ $7 at the door Doors at 8pm Show at 9pm $7 at the door. 8 p.m.-1 a.m. The Cove Music Hall, 89 Green St. 508-363-1888 or find them on Facebook. Auntie Trainwreck. $5. 9 p.m.-1 a.m. Greendale’s Pub, 404 W Boylston St. 508-853-1350. Daemon Chili. Americana Roots Rock $5. 9 p.m.-1 a.m. Beatnik’s, 433 Park Ave. 508-926-8877 or daemonchili.com Karaoke. Karaoke by DJ Nancy of Star Sound Entertainment 9 p.m.-1:30 a.m. Danger Zone Saloon, 948 Main St., Warren. 413-436-7115. The Wingmen. 9 p.m.-2 a.m. Jillian’s - Worcester, 315 Grove St. 508793-0900. Dan Hogan Trio - Acoustic Rock. 9:30 p.m.-12:30 a.m. Padavano’s Place, 358 Shrewsbury St. 774-823-3022. 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 We & Mrs Jone. We & Mrs Jones make their way north to play two nights at this fun hot spot! Join us for the fun Fri & Sat! 9:30-12:30 p.m. Chopstick’s Restaurant & Lounge, Commercial Road, Leominster. Windfall. Windfall, a high energy classic rock band, has performed throughout New England. Check us out at windfallrock.com free admission. 9:30 p.m.-12:30 a.m. Singapore Restaurant, 170 Whalon St., Fitchburg. 978-345-0132. DJs. 10 p.m.-2 a.m. Compass Tavern, 90 Harding St. 508-304-6044. 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 2016

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)753-2284 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.

Take in all the fun of the 134th Bolton Fair, Friday, Aug. 12 through Sunday, Aug. 14, 9 a.m. to 9 p.m., at the Lancaster Fairgrounds, Harvard Road and 7 Bridge Road, Lancaster. Enjoy the quintessential New England Fair with oldfashioned fun for the entire family including lumber jack shows, exhibits, a petting zoo, rides and much, much more. The cost is $10 for adults, $6 for seniors and $5 for kids ages 5-12. Military personnel get in for $5, and kids 4 and under are free. For more information, visit boltonfair.org, email info@boltonfair.org or call 978-365-7206.

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Junglists United. 21+ with proper ID Electric Haze, 26 Millbury St. 508-799-0629. Meadow Songs of Summer. Chirps, trills, clicks, scrapes, shuffles, and buzzes: Who is singing in the meadow? As summer wanes, crickets, grasshoppers, katydids, and cicadas intensify their songs. Join us in a field exploration to identify these insects and their rhythms. After our walk, participants will have a chance to make their own singing insect to take home. Leaders: Sanctuary Staff and Volunteers. $6 Adult members, $8 Adult nonmembers, $3 Child members, $4 Child nonmembers. 1-3 p.m. Mass Audubon: Wachusett Meadow Wildlife Sanctuary, 113 Goodnow Road, Princeton. 978-464-2712 or massaudubon.org Open Mic w/ TJ Peavey! Bring a new song and surprise the group of talented musician’s that frequent TJ’s Open Mic Saturday. Hosted in the Union Music Performance Center. TJ welcomes all types & styles of acoustic and electric string instruments, solo or duet, singer/songwriters, keyboards, & hand percussionist. No Spoken word. Show Up to Sign Up! Free Event. 1-3 p.m. Union Music, 142 Southbridge St. 508-753-3702 or find them on Facebook. Brian Richard Live at The Fireplace Room. 6-9:30 p.m. The Fireplace Room, 159 Ballville Road, Bolton. 978-779-6911. 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. 508-9268800 or nucafe.com 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. Free! Grill on the Hill at Green Hill Golf Course, Skyline Drive. Scarlet Fade - Caleb Crino opens. BBQ at 6 PM! Caleb Crino opens with a half hour set, followed by Scarlet Fade! $6 Donation. 6-10 p.m. !Cafe con Dios!, Main room, 22 Faith Ave., Auburn. 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. 9 to 5 The Musical. $15 Adults; $ 12 Seniors & Students. 8-11 p.m. Southgate at Shrewsbury, Southgate Theatre, 30 Julio Drive, Shrewsbury. 508-842-8331 or regattaplayers.com Brian & Captain. 8 p.m.-1 a.m. Rye & Thyme, 14 Monument Square, Leominster. 978-534-5900. Glenn Hughes and Joanne Shaw Taylor. Glenn Hughes is proclaimed as “The Voice Of Rock.” $40 - $65. 8-11 p.m. Bull Run Restaurant, Sawtelle Room, 215 Great Road, Shirley. 978-425-4311 or tickets.bullrunrestaurant.com Nik Chisholm Performs at Loft, Saturday at 8. 8-11:59 p.m. Loft 266 Bar & Lounge, 266 Park Ave. 508-796-5177. Rage Against Cancer 3- A benefit for Spike. It’s that time again to get together to help a good friend Spike in his battle against Cancer. We

will have raffles and some great bands including It Destroys and kills, The Excrementals, and Wolfman and the Brimstone boys. This is an event not to be missed. 21+ $10 Donation All money will go to help out Spike and his daughter Autumn with their expenses. Anyone who would like to donate prizes for the raffle please contact us here. More info to come. Thanks! $10 at the door. 8 p.m.-1 a.m. The Cove Music Hall, 89 Green St. 508-363-1888 or find them on Facebook. Scott Babineau. 8-11 p.m. The Mill 185, 185 West Boylston St., West Boylston. 774-261-8585. T.C Polk. 8 p.m.-1 a.m. Happy Jack’s, 785 North Main St., Leominster. 978-466-3433. Tim & Lou. 8 p.m.-1 a.m. Tavern on Central, 3 Central St., Ashburnham. 978-827-1272. Whiskey Church. $5. 8-11 p.m. U.S Marine Club- Marine Corps League Worcester Detachment, 181 Lake Ave. 508-612-5639. Zack Slik. 8 p.m.-1 a.m. South Side Grille & Margarita Factory, 242 West Broadway, Gardner. 978-632-1057. Live Music. 8:30 p.m.-1 a.m. Gardner Ale House, 74 Parker St., Gardner. 978-669-0122. Lizzy Marquis. 8:30 p.m.-1 a.m. Blueprint New American Bar & Grill, 9 Village Square, Westminster. 978-668-5580. Ben Cote Band. “Pyrotechnic guitars, big drums, and the Rock N’ Roll lifestyle that is lacking in today’s music industry!” $5. 9 p.m.-1 a.m. Beatnik’s, 433 Park Ave. 508-926-8877 or find them on Facebook. Best - Live Bands. 9 p.m.-2 a.m. Speakers Night Club, 19 Weed St., Marlborough. 508-439-9314. Nuzzy. $5. 9 p.m.-1 a.m. Greendale’s Pub, 404 W Boylston St. 508-853-1350. Synergy. 9 p.m.-2 a.m. Jillian’s - Worcester, 315 Grove St. 508-793-0900. Zach Marquis Band. 9 p.m.-2 a.m. Classic’s Pub, 285 Central St., Leominster. 978-537-7750. 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 We & Mrs Jones. We & Mrs Jones enjoy their 2nd night at their weekend gig- join in the dancing fun Saturday night! 9:30 p.m.-12:30 a.m. Chopstick’s Restaurant & Lounge, Commercial Road, Leominster. Windfall. Windfall, a high energy classic rock band, has performed throughout New England. Check us out at windfallrock.com free admission. 9:30 p.m.-12:30 a.m. Singapore Restaurant, 170 Whalon St., Fitchburg. 978-345-0132. A Band of Brothers - Blues Band. 10 p.m.-1 a.m. Padavano’s Place, 358 Shrewsbury St. 774-823-3022. DJs. 10 p.m.-2 a.m. Compass Tavern, 90 Harding St. 508-304-6044. Hip Swayers Deluxe! Sway over to Vincent’s for your monthly dose of Mountain Surf! Free. 10 p.m.-1 a.m. Vincent’s Bar, 49 Suffolk St. 508-752-9439. Hot Letter. 10 p.m.-2 a.m. Michael’s Cigar Bar, 1 Exchange Place. 508459-9035. DJ 21+Canal. N/A. 10:30 p.m.-1:40 a.m. Canal Restaurant & Bar, 65 Water St. 508-926-8353.

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Jazz Brunch. 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Gardner Ale House, 74 Parker St., Gardner. 978-669-0122. Brunch with Zack Slik. 10:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. Rye & Thyme, 14 Monument Square, Leominster. 978-534-5900. White Eagles blues jam. Blues jam hosted by George Dellomo, Dwight Perry and Dave Kenderian each and every Sunday afternoon. Featuring many of the areas finest musicians and their blues and jazz chops. No cover. 3-6 p.m. White Eagle, 4 Harrison St. 508-753-9612. Big Jon Short. 5-8 p.m. Vincent’s Bar, 49 Suffolk St. 508-752-9439. Chris Vee. A one man rock and roll show...5 PM Show time $5. 5-8 p.m. Beatnik’s, 433 Park Ave. 508-926-8877 or find them on Facebook. The Dale LePage Trio. 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. Free! 6-9 p.m. Cafe’ Sorrento, 143 Central St., Milford. 508-478-7818 or find them on Facebook. Erin Harpe & The Delta Swingers. 6-10 p.m. Frank’s, 274 Shrewsbury St. 774-420-2253. 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”) 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 hosts the Sunday Jam with feature artist Tony Soul! Mikey Lynch hosts the Sunday Jam with great special guests every week. 7pm start. No cover. 7-11 p.m. Greendale’s Pub, 404 W Boylston St. 508-853-1350.

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Blue Mondays - Live Blues. 7-10 p.m. Gardner Ale House, 74 Parker St., Gardner. 978-669-0122. Karaoke. Karaoke by DJ Nancy C. 9 p.m.-1 a.m. Club KasBar, 234 Southwest Cutoff. 508-798-8385.

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Moonshine. Moonshine serves up the best in Top 40 Country, Blues and Rock. Bring the Family! Free. 6-8 p.m. Clinton Parks and Recreation, 560 High St Ext, Clinton. clintonrec.com Master Singers of Worcester presents an Open Sing of Brahms’ Requiem. Calling all choral singers! Join the Master Singers of Worcester to rehearse and sing Johannes Brahms’ “A German Requiem, to Words of the Holy Scriptures” conducted by Artistic Director Malcolm Halliday with pianist Olga Rogach, and featuring soloists Ilona Jokinen (soprano) and David Brown (bass). The work will be sung in English. Choral scores will be provided (Schirmer edition). If you have your own score, feel free to bring it. A 3-ring binder is recommended. Here’s the schedule for the evening. Doors open: 6:00 pm Rehearsal: 6:30 pm Refreshments: 7:30 pm Performance: 8:00 pm The public is welcome to attend the rehearsal and the performance. $10. 6:30-9 p.m. First Congregational Church of Shrewsbury, Gifford Hall, 19 Church Road, Shrewsbury. 508-842-1349 or mswma.org 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

You do not want to miss the legends in this show when the Allman, Pitchell, King, Charles Band hits Bull Run Restaurant’s Sawtelle Room, 215 Great Road, Shirley, Friday, Aug. 12, 8-11 p.m. Catch Michael Allman, son of Gregg Allman; Jeff Pitchell, voted “Best Blues Musician” in New England; Claudette King, daughter of BB King; and Sheila Ray Charles, daughter of Ray Charles. Tickets are $40 in advance, $45 day of. For tickets, visit tickets.bullrunrestaurant.com. For more information, email bullrungeorge@gmail.com or call 978-425-4311.

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College, where he graduated with a B.A. in music. 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. 2016 Music Series Presents Mitch Chakour & Friends. CERES features Mitch Chakour & Friends performing live on the patio from 6 pm to 9 pm. Enjoy cocktails and appetizers at CERES while listening! 6-9 p.m. CERES Bistro at Beechwood Hotel, 363 Plantation St. 508-754-2000 or beechwoodhotel.com Canal District Music and Food Truck Series. Free concerts every down anytime and make our place your place. 7-11 p.m. Beatnik’s, 433 Park Wednesday throughout the summer. August 17 Matthew Sanchez August 24 -- We and Mrs. Jones Free. 6:30-8:30 p.m. Harding Street at Kelley Square, Ave. 508-926-8877. Moonshine. Free. 7-9 p.m. Clinton Parks and Recreation, 560 High St Ext, Harding St. at Kelley Square. 508-868-4274 or canaldistrictmusicseries.com Sean Ryan. 7:30-10:30 p.m. Frank’s 274 Shrewsbury St. Worcester. Clinton. clintonrec.com Wednesday Night Open Mic/Local Musicians’ Showcase w/ Tuesday Open Mic Night @ Greendale’s Pub with Bill McCarthy Local Musicians Showcase! To check the schedules and Bill McCarthy @ Guiseppe’s. To check the schedules and open slots visit: Bill McCarthy’s Open Mic World on Facebook Bill McCarthy (originator open slots visit: Bill McCarthy’s Open Mic World on Facebook Bill McCarthy of the “Half-Hour Sets!”) is your host at another great Open Mic Night! Email (originator of the “Half-Hour Sets!”) is your host at another great Open Mic Bill McCarthy to reserve it at: openmcc@verizon.net (make sure you put Night! Email Bill McCarthy to reserve it at: openmcc@verizon.net (make “open mic” in the email’s “subject box”) Free! 7:30-10:30 p.m. Guiseppe’s sure you put “open mic” in the email’s “subject box”) Free. 7:30-11:30 Grille, 35 Solomon Pond Road, Northborough. 508-393-4405 or find them p.m. Greendale’s Pub, 404 W Boylston St. 508-853-1350 or find them on on Facebook. Facebook. Boogie Chillin’. Bluesy, bluegrassy, acoustic band with a twist. Jon Bonner Open Mic - hosted by Amanda Cote. All genres and acoustic - Guitar & Vocals Fernando Perez - Percussion Zack Slik - Mandolin & Vocals instruments welcome. 21+ or with guardian. Sign-up begins at 7:30 Free. 8-11 p.m. Legends, Airport Road - Fitchburg Ma, Fitchburg. 978-895-5883. Dan Villani - Violin/fiddle Rose Villani - Bass Free! 9 p.m.-midnight Vincent’s Sean Ryan. 8-11 p.m. Frank’s, 274 Shrewsbury St. 774-420-2253. Bar, 49 Suffolk St. 508-752-9439 or find them on Facbook. Team Trivia w/Jimmy HD. 8-11 p.m. Blueprint New American Bar & Karaoke. Karaoke by DJ Nancy C. 9 p.m.-1 a.m. Club KasBar, 234 Grill, 9 Village Square, Westminster. 978-668-5580. Southwest Cutoff. 508-798-8385. Ashley Jordan Performs at Loft, Weds at 9. 9-11:59 p.m. Loft 266 Bar & Lounge, 266 Park Ave. 508-796-5177. >Wednesday 17 Chris Reddy Acoustic Loops from Hell. 9 p.m.-2 a.m. Michael’s Summer Twilight at Twigs - Live Music. Harpist Lily Press Cigar Bar, 1 Exchange Place. 508-459-9035. performs professionally in orchestras, chamber ensembles, solo recital Karaoke Under The Stars with DJ Matt R. Come join us outside, venues, and for special events. She plays both the concert grand pedal harp and Celtic folk harp. Simon Linn-Gerstein received his Master of Music degree weather permitting, for a night of singing and raucousness under the stars! in cello performance from the Longy School of Music of Bard College, where If it rains, don’t worry! We just have it inside! Free! 9 p.m.-1:30 a.m. Ralph’s he studied with Terry King. He also studied with Michal Schmidt at Haverford Chadwick Square Diner, 148 Grove St. 508-753-9543.

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ArtsWorcester, “The Pace of Nature” by Allison Coelho Picone, Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays, through Jan. 25. 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, 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 508-793-7113 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. 978549-5822 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 EcoTarium, Bubbles!, Sundays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays, through Oct. 2; KLUTZ® Amazingly Immature, Sundays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays, through Sept. 11; Nature Explore: Live!, Thursdays, through Aug. 18; Play on the Plaza, Sundays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays, through

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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 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. 978724-3302 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. 978-3454207 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 6 p.m. Tuesday - Friday, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday. 1099 Pleasant St. 508-7701270 or framedintatnuck.com 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, Make No Little Plans, Through Oct. 31. 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. 508-485-2580 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. 508-752-2170 or printsandpotter.com 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. 508-753-8278 or worcesterhistory.org SAORI Worcester Freestyle Weaving Studio, 18 Winslow St. 508-757-4646 or 508-757-0116 or saoriworcester.com Sprinkler Factory, Admission: Free. 38 Harlow St. sprinklerfactory.com Taproot Bookstore, Hours: noon-5 p.m. Sunday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday - Tuesday, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Wednesday - Thursday, 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Friday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday. 1200 West Boylston St. 508-8535083 or TaprootBookstore.com The Foster Gallery, 51 Union St. 508-397-7139 or thefostergallery.com Top Fun Aviation Toy Museum, Hours: 1:30-4:30 p.m. Sunday, closed Monday - Friday, 10:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Saturday. 21 Prichard St., Fitchburg. 978-342-2809 or 978-297-4337 or topfunaviation.com Tower Hill Botanic Garden, Tiffanie Turner, Through Sept. 18. 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

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Hit the lake for the first Dragon Boat Races & Festival Saturday, Aug. 13, 9 a.m., at DCR Regatta Point and Lake Quinsigamond. There will be food, music, kids activities, swimming and more. For more information, visit telegram.com/ dragonboats, email suzanne.degeorge@telegram.com or call 508-793-9200. 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. 508-753-8278 or worcesterhistory.org Worcester Public Library, Hours: 1:30-5:30 p.m. Sunday, 9 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Monday, 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. Tuesday - Wednesday, 9 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Thursday - Saturday. 3 Salem Square. 508-799-1655 or worcpublib.org WPI: George C. Gordon Library, 100 Institute Road. wpi.edu

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Dick’s Beantown Comedy Escape at Park Grill & Spirits - Fridays 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 Aug 12 & 13th Corey Rodrigues Ryan Gartley and Friends. Make Reservations Early at 800-401-2221 or online at beantowncomedy.com The Hanover Theatre’s Youth Summer Program presents Shrek The Musical - Friday, July 29 - Saturday, August 20. Based on the Oscar-winning DreamWorks Animation film, Shrek The Musical is a Tony Award-winning fairytale adventure featuring all new songs from Jeanine Tesori (Thoroughly Modern Millie, Caroline or Change) and a sidesplitting book by David Lindsay-Abaire. Shreck brings all the beloved characters you know from the film to life on stage and proves there’s more to the story than meets the ears. “Once upon a time, there was a little ogre named Shrek” And thus begins the tale of an unlikely hero who finds himself on a life-changing journey alongside a wisecracking Donkey and a feisty princess who resists her rescue. Throw in a short tempered bad guy, a cookie with an attitude and over a dozen other fairytale misfits and you’ve got the kind of mess that calls for a real hero. Luckily, there’s one on hand...and his name is Shrek. $15. 1-3 p.m., 1 p.m.-3 p.m., 7 p.m.-9 p.m., 7 p.m.-9 p.m., 7 p.m.-9 p.m. Hanover Theatre for the Performing Arts, 2 Southbridge St. Call 508-471-1791 or visit thehanovertheatre.org 9 to 5 the Musical - Sundays, Sunday, August 7 - Sunday, August 14. $15 Adults; $ 12 Seniors & Students. 2-5 p.m. Southgate at Shrewsbury, Souuthgate Theatre, 30 Julio Drive, Shrewsbury. Call 508-842-8331 or visit regattaplayers.com Hairspray - Friday, August 12 - Saturday, August 13. You can’t stop the beat! Baltimore’s Tracy Turnblad, a big girl with big hair and an even bigger heart, has only one passion - to dance. She wins a spot on the local TV dance program, The Corny Collins Show and, overnight, is transformed from outsider to irrepressible teen celebrity. But can a plus-size trendsetter in dance and fashion vanquish the program’s reigning princess, win the heart of heartthrob Link Larkin, and integrate a television show without denting

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her ‘do? Only in Hairspray! Show dates: August 12, 13, 19, 20 at 8:00PM; August 21 at 2:00pm Due to ongoing construction at Theatre at the Mount, all performances of Hairspray will be held at Oakmont Regional High School. $22. 8-10:30 p.m. Oakmont Regional High School, Ashburnham. Call 978630-9388 or visit mwcc.edu Legally Blonde the Musical - Fridays, Saturdays, Friday, August 12 - Saturday, August 20. Harvard’s beloved blonde takes the Barre stage by pink storm in this fun, up beat story of self-discovery. Barre Players Young Adult Theater is exploding with talented young adults from 15 different towns throughout Worcester County. Come and enjoy the show! $16 General Admission, $13 Senior/Student. 7-10 p.m. Barre Players Theater, 64 Common St., Barre. Call 978-355-2096 or visit barreplayerstheater.com Arms and Armor: Legio III Cyrenaica (Roman) - Saturday, August 13. Learn from this Roman living history group that strives to accurately portray the famous Legion based in Alexandria, Egypt during the Flavian period (60-100 AD/CE). You will meet Legionary and Auxiliary soldiers and learn about the Legion’s history, weapons, tactics, and daily life in this engaging presentation. (Programming subject to change) Free with Museum admission. 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Worcester Art Museum, Conference Room, 55 Salisbury St. Call 508-799-4406.

gone Oxford Street School. Since then he has played leading and principal roles throughout New England and beyond, in works ranging from Sondheim (Harry in Company) to Albee (George in Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?) to Shakespeare (Jaques in As You Like It, Antonio in The Merchant of Venice). Most recently he appeared as Bobby in Trailerville for the WCLOC Theater Company. Free and Open to the Public. Noon-1:30 p.m. Worcester Pop Up, 38 Franklin St. 508-799-1400, ext. 242.

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Art Carts: Family Fun - Arms and Armor. Knightly armor is nice and shiny, but how does it feel? How heavy is the armor? Is it comfortable? How and why did they decorate it? Discover the answers to these questions and more with our hands-on armor activity! (Programming subject to change) Free with Museum admission. 11 a.m.-noon Worcester Art Museum, Knights! Exhibition, 55 Salisbury St. 508-799-4406. >Thursday 11 Art Carts: Family Fun - Eastern and Western Tea. England Art Carts: Family Fun - Antioch, the Hunt Mosaic & WAM. and Japan are both known for their tea service: England for the beautifully Ever wonder how our wonderful collection of mosaics got here? How they formal tea parties, and Japan for the elaborately choreographed cha-no-yu were made? Where they came from? Where is Antioch? Learn about all this ceremony. Discover the differences (and similarities!) between these ways and try your hand at making a mosaic! (programming subject to change) of making and serving tea while getting a hands-on look at both tea sets. Free with Museum admission. 11 a.m.-noon Worcester Art Museum, (programming subject to change) Free with Museum admission. 1-2 p.m. Renaissance Court, 55 Salisbury St. 508-799-4406. Worcester Art Museum, Asian Gallery, 55 Salisbury St. 508-799-4406. Art Carts: Family Fun - Arms and Armor. Knightly armor is nice Art Carts: Family Fun - Antioch, the Hunt Mosaic & WAM. and shiny, but how does it feel? How heavy is the armor? Is it comfortable? Ever wonder how our wonderful collection of mosaics got here? How they How and why did they decorate it? Discover the answers to these questions were made? Where they came from? Where is Antioch? Learn about all this and more with our hands-on armor activity! (programming subject to change) and try your hand at making a mosaic! (Programming subject to change) Free with Museum admission. 1-2 p.m., 2:30 p.m.-3:30 p.m. Worcester Art Free with Museum admission. 2:30-3:30 p.m. Worcester Art Museum, Museum, Knights! Exhibition, 55 Salisbury St. 508-799-4406. Renaissance Court, 55 Salisbury St. 508-799-4406.

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Art Carts: Family Fun - Arms and Armor. Knightly armor is nice and shiny, but how does it feel? How heavy is the armor? Is it comfortable? How and why did they decorate it? Discover the answers to these questions and more with our hands-on armor activity! (programming subject to change) Free with Museum admission. 11 a.m.-noon Worcester Art Museum, Knights! Exhibition, 55 Salisbury St. 508-799-4406. Neighborhood Health Fair - Family Health Center of Worcester. The Neighborhood Health Fair is an outdoor event held at 26 Queen Street that promotes health, fitness, and fun while educating the public about Family Health Center of Worcester, local agencies, and services. Family Health Center staff will offer health screenings and insurance enrollment assistance to interested community members and there will be food, music, games, balloons, face painting, and much more. The event also includes many exciting raffles at no cost to attendees. Free. 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Family Health Center of Worcester, Inc., West Parking Lot, 26 Queen St. 508-8607975 or FHCW.org Art Carts: Family Fun - The Archaeology of Pottery. Have you ever noticed the cracks in our Greek pottery? How were they put back together? Why do they have blank spaces? Learn all about how our Greek pots were made and restored. Then, try your hand at assembling a pot! (programming subject to change) Free with Museum admission. 1-2 p.m. Worcester Art Museum, Greek Exhibit, 55 Salisbury St. 508-799-4406. Art Carts: Family Fun - Eastern and Western Tea. England and Japan are both known for their tea service: England for the beautifully formal tea parties, and Japan for the elaborately choreographed cha-no-yu ceremony. Discover the differences (and similarities!) between these ways of making and serving tea while getting a hands-on look at both tea sets. (Programming subject to change) Free with Museum admission. 2:30-3:30 p.m. Worcester Art Museum, Asian Gallery, 55 Salisbury St. 508-799-4406.

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A Family Reading of “The Velveteen Rabbit” with Bill Sigalis. The Velveteen Rabbit Margery Williams classic story of a toy rabbit who loves a boy so much he becomes real, has charmed children, and adults, for nearly a century. Theater veteran Bill Sigalis, born and bred in Worcester, began his acting career playing ‘Welcome, the Door Mat’ in the fourth grade of the long-

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The 134th Bolton Fair. Held over 3 days on 53 acres of beautiful grounds, the Bolton Fair is the quintessential New England Fair with old fashion fun for the entire family. Great attractions such as the Lumber Jack Show, Demolition Derby, FMX and Monster Trucks will be part of the festivities this year. Kid’s Country, The Old MacDonald’s petting farm, livestock exhibits, midway rides and lots of animals provide fun for kids. Great fair food, shopping, crafters, exhibits, farmers’ market are here for your enjoyment as well. Awesome entertainment in the form of bands, fiddlers and acoustical performances. The horse and oxen pull and tractor pulls are here too. You won’t want to miss this year’s Bolton Fair. See boltonfair.org for details. Adults: $10, Seniors: $6, Age 5 - 12: $5, Military Personnel: $5, Age 4 and under Free. 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. The Lancaster Fairgrounds - The Home of The Bolton Fair, Harvard Roadand 7 Bridge Road, Lancaster. 978-365-7206 or boltonfair.org

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9th Annual Barbara J. Walker Butterfly Festival at Broad Meadow Brook. Enjoy educational fun for all ages at the 9th Annual Barbara J. Walker Butterfly Festival at Broad Meadow Brook, where butterflies fly free in their natural habitats. The day’s activities include naturalist-led walks and workshops, performances, live caterpillars, butterfly art, face painting, children’s activities, butterfly garden tours, butterfly plant sales, delicious food, and much more. Come in costume and get a prize! Children under 2 free. Rain date August 14. For more information and to register, call 508-753-6087. $4 Adult Member, $4 Child Member, $5 Adult Nonmember, $5 Child Nonmember. 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Mass Audubon: Broad Meadow Brook Conservation Center and Wildlife Sanctuary, 414 Massasoit Road. 508-753-6087 or massaudubon.org India Day 2016 Presented by The India Society of Worcester. Saturday, August 13 For more information, visit iswonline.org/ 1:30-8:30 p.m. DCU Center- Arena and Convention Center, 50 Foster St. 508-755-6800 or dcucenter.com

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HOME IMPROVEMENT Johanson Home Improvement Bathroom remodeling and repair. Interior painting. Door and window install. Decks and sheds. Rotted siding, drop ceilings, tiling, and much more. Over 20 years experience Chad (508) 963-8155 Lic/Ins HIC Registered C&R Remodeling Additions & all home improvements, 25 yrs exp. New & historic David 508-829-4581 HOME REPAIR/ RESTORATION Need it Fixed? General Home & Small Business Repairs Light Construction No Job Too Small Call Bob at 978-422-8632 or 978-790-8727 CELL email: fixit@callbobhill.com www.callbobhill.com MASONRY Cornerstone Masonry Master Stone Masons Brick & Block Stone Walls, Walkways, Patios, Fireplaces. We do repairs. 978-580-4260 Major credit cards accepted 30 Years Experience

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CEMETERY PLOTS 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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IL 077D VAN DRIVERS NEEDED Hours are early-AM & mid-PM, split shift. Pay scale is $11$16/HR. Call Clinton Livery at (978) 368-0875 or stop into our office at 637 High St. Clinton. School Van Drivers Wanted:

7/3 Now hiring van drivers throughout Massachusetts. No days exp. needed, will train. Starting hit) at $13/hr. Keep the van at home. Additional bonuses may n apply to include 7D license bonus. M-F day time split shifts. Call for an application after 9 AM 978-355-2121. EEO

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MERCHANDISE CEMETERY PLOTS 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

Worcester County Memorial Park - Paxton Unit C, section Heritage II, plots 1 and 2. Today’s price is $6500, asking $3500. 508-344-9626

Worcester County Memorial Park Paxton, MA. 2 Lots in the Garden of Faith. $1500.00 for both. Near the feature. Mary 508-886-4334. 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 $2950 total for both. Call 978-582-9309 Worcester County Memorial Park - Paxton Two lots for sale. Present price $3250 each, totaling $6500. $4500 for both. Call 801-294-7514

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

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

Solid Oak Cabinet 90" Tall, 30" Wide, 18" Deep. 6 Shelves. Paid $1100, asking $245. 508-963-0256 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

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

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Antiques & Collectibles “Oh My Gosh” Antiques & Collectibles Found at The Cider Mill

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

C-13 Zeppelin Stamp Flag Cancelled $200. Got Stamp Questions? Call Ron at 413896-3324

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

Cedar closet Excellent condition, 40"x72", great, rooms storage. $150. 508-799-2549

BOARDING/KENNEL SERVICE

Heavy Duty Prototype PVC Pipes Hammock Frame w/1 cloth & 1 rope material, all accessories. $75 978-537-9925

Wanted border collie stud Planning to breed this fall. Plz email if you are interested in stud fee for service. fernwood108@gmail.com

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Exercise Bike Vital RB260 (Recumbent), hardly used by elderly couple. $180. It is very heavy. 508-752-0351

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Amana ART104TFDW 14.3 cubic foot refrigerator/freezer, bought new, excellent condition, $375. 978-400-4030 Brother HL-2170W Wireless Laser Printer, bought new, very good condition, $50 978400-4030 55 Gallon Fish Tank which includes stand, light & top. $100. 508-752-1172

Stamps - 2006 Amber Alert (cancelled), 2006 Wonders of America (40/sheet), Info on back. $700 978-342-1474 FURNITURE

Bike boys 26"wheel, mongoose aluminum, red/silver hybrid . Ex. con. $50.00. Will deliver locally. 508 829-9240. Virgin Mobile (Non Contract) White iPhone 4S 16G. $125. Screen has cracks but gd cond. Annette 978-400-5850 Oak dresser with mirror 12 drawers. $50. Pick up only. 508-425-1150

Corner Hutch Solid pine - 4 doors - 48" x 76". Accommodates 42" television. $250. Photo available. 508-829-6792

EDUCATION MUSIC INSTRUCTION Instrumental, Vocal, Jazz Improv Lessons Available on most instruments. Lou Borelli 508-752-6213

LEGALS 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. WO16P2460EA Estate of: Florence S Jacques Date of Death: 06/07/2016 To all interested persons: A Petition for Formal Probate of Will with Appointment of Personal Representative has been filed by: Donald A Jacques of Tolland CT requesting that the Court enter a formal Decree and Order and for such other relief as requested in the Petition. The Petitioner requests that: Donald A Jacques of Tolland CT 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 09/06/2016. 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. Lellah A Keamy, First Justice of this Court. Date: August 04, 2016 Stephanie K. Fattman, Register of Probate 08/11/2016 MSC

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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

AUTO/MOTORCYCLE

AUTO/VAN

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

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

AUTO/SUV 2013 Subaru Forester SUV. AWD.13000miles.Heated seats Mint condition.One owner no longer drives. Very well cared for! $18,000. 508-829-7637 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

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AUTOS 1988 MercedesBenz 300 SEL 6 cylinder gas. Very good cond. Runs exc. $3200.00 195k miles. Located in Sutton, MA 774-287-0777 1999 Pontiac Grand Am 6 Cylinder, automatic, needs work or use for parts. 159,903 miles. $675. 978-422-8084

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CONDOMINIUM FOR SALE Condo for sale in Holden

Adult community. Village at Westminster Place. Huge kitchen, loft area, 3 BD and 3 baths. $339,900. 508-450-6209

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2007 Suzuki Boulevard Cruising Motorcycle C90T; 1474cc; 6300 miles, 1 owner, perfect cond. accessories and new battery. Garaged, covered & serviced. $6,000 508-8498635 1999 Road King Under 8,000 miles. Too many extras to list. Always stored in room temperature. $10,000 obo 978-4645525 or 978-549-3670 cell 2001 Suzuki Intruder 1500cc, showroom condition, lots of chrome, Vehix pipes. $4000. Call John at 978-466-6043.

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Conference Center 486 Chestnut Street, Suite 11 Gardner MA 01440

2 bedroom waterfront cottage. Enjoy your morning coffee out on the 16’x22’ deck overlooking the water (100’ frontage). Outdoor space is great for entertaining. Main level open floor plan combination kitchen, dining, and living (approx 17’x21’). Second floor large family room with sliders to balcony overlooking the lake. Hydro-Sil heating (energy efficient). Approx 13’x20’ storage shed with newer windows. Aberman Assoc Inc. 978.537.4971 x110

Although minutes from major routes, this lovely property is tucked away on a beautiful wooded lot surrounded by mature trees in an established neighborhood. Enjoy this charming 4 bedroom, 2 full bath Cape with vinyl siding, vinyl windows and a young roof ~ hardwood floors throughout with ceramic tile in the bathrooms....plenty of cabinets in the sun filled kitchen with breakfast bar, dining area and room to entertain! Office/play area nook upstairs, Huge living room with custom tiled fireplace.... Your choice of oil or wood heat or use both! Full basement with laundry hookups with lots of storage....see this one before it’s gone! Aberman Assoc Inc. Tracy Sladen 978-537-4971 x 106

Sterling $289,900

Leominster $349,900

4 br 1 1/2 bath colonial, In town turn of the 20th century colonial. 8 rooms, 4 bedrooms with two additional rooms in the walkout basement. Garage workshop has full storage loft above Dog kennels, paddocks not included. Sterling town beach for residents only. Aberman Assoc Inc Paula Savard 978-537-4971 x 101 www.paulasavard.com

Upper west side 8 room colonial offers 4 corner bedrooms, 2 1/2 baths, first floor laundry, first floor family room with cathedral ceiling and skylights, wood stove, back to front living room with fireplace, formal dining, nicely landscaped 1/2 acre lot Aberman Assoc Inc. Paula Savard 978-537-4971 x 101 www.paulasavard.com

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. 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

1930 Ford Model A Sport Coupe, Grey and Black. 50,000 miles. $15,000. 407375-3917 2003 Chevy Corvette Convertable 50th Anniversary Edition 26,000 miles. Automatic, original owner, always garaged, mint cond. $25,000 firm. 774-696-4187

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Athol $1,400,000 Handsomely built Chateau sited on 222 Acres. Offers about 1/2 mile of waterfront on Secret Lake. Commanding Views for miles. Custom crafted post and beam. Stone and brick exterior. Soaring ceilings with open concept living areas accented with cozy corners and warm gas or wood stoves. Uniquely built to be self sufficient with active solar producing electricity. Massive stone fireplace. Multiple baths and 4 bedrooms. Double kitchens and walk in pantry. Private beach area. Oversized detached garage for storage cars, rec. vehicles, boat etc. Off the Grid but easily accessible with Rt. 2 East and West nearby. Aberman Assoc Inc. Gail Lent 978-537-4971 x102 www.gaillent.com

BOATS

JUNK CARS

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

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.

We Buy and PICK UP Your junk or wrecked cars or trucks. We Sell New and Used Parts. Specials on Batteries and Tires. New and Used! Airport Auto Parts, Inc. 56 Crawford St. Leominster, MA 01453 978-534-3137

2011 Nissan Cube 45K, Orig Miles, Brown, Tan Cloth, 4 Cyl, Automatic, Loaded. $6,950. 774-239-0800

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

14 ft Aluminum Boat 8 HP, 4 stroke Honda motor. Extras, water pump system, 12v battery, fish finder, 2 life jackets, boat cover, AM/FM/CD player system, 3 fishing rods. Asking $2200. Call Joe 508-459-2394

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www.centralmassclass.com LEGALS/ PUBLIC NOTICES Town of Millbury Board of Selectmen The Board of Selectmen in the TOWN OF MILLBURY will hold a Public Hearing on, August 23, 2016 at 7:30 p.m. at the Municipal Office Building, 127 Elm Street to act upon the Petition of Verizon to relocate poles, wires, cables and fixtures along and across Dolan Road on the easterly sideline, relocate Pole No. 21 approximately 35 feet northwest from existing location, on the easterly sideline relocate Pole No. 22 approximately 20 feet northwest from existing location.

Town of Millbury Conservation Commission The Millbury Conservation Commission will hold a public meeting on Wednesday, August 17, 2016 at 7:05 P.M. at the Municipal Office Building, 127 Elm Street to act on a Request for Determination of Applicability from Global Partners LP for the installation of a 1,000 gallon insulated aboveground Diesel Exhaust Fluid storage tank located at 100 Worcester Providence Turnpike. Said work falls under the jurisdiction of the Wetlands Protection Act M.G.L. Chapter 131, Section 40. Donald Flynn Chairman

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LEGALS Public Auction Notice is hereby given pursuant to provisions of M.L. c255 sec. 39A the following vehicle 2006 Nissan Altima VIN # 1N4AL11D46N323598 will be sold August 31, 2016 at a sale to satisfy our garage lien thereon for towing & storage charges and expenses of sale and notice. The auction will be held at Early’s on Park Ave.,Inc 536 Park Avenue Worcester, MA 01603 Town of Sutton Conservation Commission The Sutton Conservation Commission will hold a public hearing on Wednesday, August 17, 2016 at 8:00PM, at the Sutton Town Hall, 4 Uxbridge Road, Sutton, MA. The purpose of this hearing is to review a Notice of Intent submitted to the Conservation Commission by Audrey Rossow, Sutton, MA. The project consists of “After the Fact” filing to remove a temporary gravel driveway in the buffer zone constructed to install a drinking water well on Map 43, Parcels 47, on 332 Putnam Hill Road, Sutton, MA. This notice is publicized in accordance with the provisions of General Law Chapter 131, Section 40 commonly known as the Wetlands Protection Act, and the Sutton Wetlands Protection Bylaw.

Pursuant to the provisions of M.G.L. C255, SEC 39A, on September 3, 2016, at 8:00 AM, the following vehicle will be sold at private sale to satisfy our garage keeper’s lien therein for towing, storage charges and expenses of sale and notices. 2008 Mazda 3 JM1BK32G281858848 Caitlyn Toedt 12 Vivian Street, Worcester, MA 01603 MILLBURY PLANNING BOARD PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE In accordance with the provisions of Chapter 41 of the Massachusetts General Laws, Section 81-T, the Millbury Planning Board will hold a public hearing on Monday, August 22, 2016, at 7:15 p.m. at the Municipal Office Building, 127 Elm Street, Millbury, MA, on the application of Fox Gate, LLC for modification of the Definitive Plan Decision for Autumn Gate Estates Phase I, property located off of Grafton Street including Autumn Gate Circle, Millbury, MA, so as to extend the construction deadline, move easement location and substitute sidewalk materials. Application is available for inspection in the Planning Department, Municipal Office Building during regular business hours. Anyone wishing to be heard on this application should appear at the time and place designated above. Richard Gosselin Chairman 8/4 & 8/11/16

Town of Millbury BOARD OF APPEALS In accordance with Chapter 40A of the Massachusetts General Laws and the Zoning Ordinances of the Town of Millbury, a public hearing will be held in the hearing room of the Municipal Office Building, 127 Elm Street, Millbury, MA on: Wednesday, August 31, 2016 At: 7:00 p.m. To act on a petition from: Cheryl Lieteau of 10 Barbara Street, Millbury, MA For a Special Permit in the Millbury Zoning Ordinance relative to: Property at 10 Barbara Street, Millbury, MA; Book# 50196, Page# 10, Cert.# 158991 Construct a fence 6’ high within 20’of the road in front of the house. The fence will taper down on both sides of the driveway. Millbury Zoning bylaw 35.7; fences, shrubs, walls cannot exceed 30” in height for a distance within 20’ of the edge of the street. All interested parties are invited to attend. Paul Nigosian, Chairman Millbury Board of Appeals

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Notice is hereby given by McFee & Newton Towing and Recovery, Inc. of 14 King Street, Northborough, MA, pursuant to the provisions of G.L.c. 255, Section 39A, that they will sell the following vehicle on August 19th by public auction to satisfy the garage keeper’s lien for towing expenses, storage charges, care and expenses of the notice and sale of said vehicle. 2011 Nissan Altima, Vin# 1N4AL2APXBN431847, Kaitlin Walsh, 276 Main Street #18, Marlborough, MA 01752 Signed: Tara DeWolfe, President, McFee & Newton Towing and Recovery, Inc

Sutton Planning Board Public Hearing Notice In accordance with the provisions of the Sutton Zoning Bylaw Section III.A.- Table of Use Regulations, IV.C. Site Plan Review, and VII.A.2. Special Permits, the Planning Board will hold a hearing on the application of Sandra Loomis of Enchanted Passage of Manchester, NH for use of existing structure and property located at 145 Armsby Road for a retail store selling books and related sidelines. The site will also include an accessory tea room to provide customers with beverages and pastries. The hearing will be held at the Sutton Town Hall, third floor, on Monday, August 22, 2016 at 7:20 P.M. A copy of the application can be inspected in the office of the Town Clerk during normal office hours. Scott Paul, Chairman

Town of Sutton Conservation Commission The Sutton Conservation Commission will hold a public hearing on Wednesday, August 17, 2016, at 7:05PM, at the Sutton Town Hall, 4 Uxbridge Road, Sutton, MA. The purpose of this hearing is to review a Request for Determination of Applicability submitted to the Conservation Commission by John Hebert, Sutton, MA. The project consists of stairs on a steep incline from roadway, two temporary 4’ x 10’ docks, and 6’ x 10’ storage shed on Map 9, Parcel 4, for 81 Singletary Ave in Sutton. This notice is publicized in accordance with the provisions of General Law Chapter 131, Section 40 commonly known as the Wetlands Protection Act, and the Sutton Wetlands Protection Bylaw.

NOTICE OF FILING AND PUBLIC HEARING D.P.U. 16-96 August 5, 2016 Petition of the Town of Millbury for approval by the Department of Public Utilities of a municipal aggregation plan pursuant to G.L. c. 164, §134. On June 28, 2016, the Town of Millbury (“Town”) filed a request with the Department of Public Utilities (“Department”) for approval of a municipal aggregation plan pursuant to G.L. c. 164, § 134. General Laws c. 164, § 134 authorizes a municipality to procure electric supply on behalf of consumers within its municipal borders through a municipal aggregation program. Eligible electricity consumers not already enrolled with a competitive electric supplier would be automatically enrolled in the municipal aggregation program unless they chose to “opt-out,” in which case they would continue to receive basic service provided by their electric distribution company, Massachusetts Electric Company d/b/a National Grid. The Department docketed this petition as D.P.U. 16-96. The Town has retained Good Energy, L.P. (“Good Energy”) to serve as its consultant in this proceeding and to assist with implementing the municipal aggregation program. The Town’s filing includes an electric service agreement that will be negotiated with potential competitive electric supplier(s). The Town seeks a waiver, on its own behalf and on behalf of the competitive electric supplier(s) chosen for the municipal aggregation program, of certain information disclosure requirements contained in G.L. c. 164, § 1F(6) and 220 C.M.R. § 11.06(4)(c). A copy of the Town’s petition is available for public viewing during regular business hours at the Department’s offices, One South Station - 5th Floor, Boston, Massachusetts 02110 and on the Department’s website at http://www.mass.gov/dpu. Documents on the Department’s website may be accessed by docket number (D.P.U. 16-96) in the file room at http://web1.env.state.ma.us/DPU/ FileRoom/dockets/bynumber. A copy of the petition is also available for public viewing at the Millbury Town Hall, 127 Elm Street, Millbury, Massachusetts 01527. The Department will conduct a public hearing to receive comments on the proposed municipal aggregation plan. The hearing will take place on Wednesday, September 14, 2016, at 2:00 p.m., at the Department’s offices located at One South Station – 5 th Floor, Boston, Massachusetts 02110. Any person who desires to comment may do so at the time and place noted above or may submit written comments to the Department not later than the close of business (5:00 p.m.) on Wednesday, September 14, 2016. An original hard copy of all written comments must be filed with Mark D. Marini, Secretary, Department of Public Utilities, One South Station, 5th Floor, Boston, Massachusetts 02110. Two copies of all written comments must also be sent to Ryan M. Hawkins, Hearing Officer at the Department of Public Utilities. One copy of all written comments should also be sent to the attorney for Good Energy, Scott J. Mueller, Esq., 16 Conant Road, Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts 02467. All documents should also be submitted to the Department in electronic format using one of the following methods: (1) by e-mail attachment to dpu.efiling@state.ma.us and to the Hearing Officer, Ryan M. Hawkins, Ryan.M.Hawkins@state.ma.us, or (2) on a CD-ROM. The text of the e-mail or CD-ROM must specify: (1) the docket number of the proceeding (D.P.U. 16-96); (2) the name of the person or company submitting the filing; and (3) a brief descriptive title of the document. The electronic filing should also include the name, title, and telephone number of a person to contact in the event of questions about the filing. All documents submitted in electronic format will be posted on the Department’s website: http://www.mass.gov/dpu. Any person desiring further information regarding the Town’s filing should contact Scott J. Mueller, Esq. at (978) 460-0693. Any person desiring further information regarding this notice should contact Ryan M. Hawkins, Hearing Officer, Department of Public Utilities, at (617) 305-3652.

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www.centralmassclass.com LEGALS/ PUBLIC NOTICES MORTGAGEE’S NOTICE OF SALE OF REAL ESTATE By virtue and in execution of the Power of Sale contained in a certain Mortgage given by John A. Coonan to Option One Mortgage Corporation, dated January 31, 2005 and recorded with the Worcester County (Worcester District) Registry of Deeds at Book 35653, Page 173 subsequently assigned to Deutsche Bank National Trust Company, as Trustee for Carrington Mortgage Loan Trust, Series 2005-OPT2, Asset Backed Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2005-OPT2 by Sand Canyon Corporation f/k/a Option One Mortgage Corporation by assignment recorded in said Registry of Deeds at Book 50291, Page 73 and subsequently assigned to Deutsche Bank National Trust Company, as Trustee for Carrington Mortgage Loan Trust, Series 2005-OPT2, Asset Backed Pass-Through Certificates by Deutsche Bank National Trust Company, as Trustee for Carrington mortgage Loan trust, Series 2005-OPT2, Asset Backed Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2005-OPT2 by assignment recorded in said Registry of Deeds at Book 54698, Page 183; of which Mortgage the undersigned is the present holder for breach of the conditions of said Mortgage and for the purpose of foreclosing same will be sold at Public Auction at 2:00 PM on August 18, 2016 at 20 Herricks Lane, Millbury, MA, all and singular the premises described in said Mortgage, to wit: The land with the buildings and improvements thereon in Millbury, Worcester County, Massachusettsdescibed as follows: situated on the southeasterly side of Herrick Lane, shown as lot B oa a plan entitled “Plan of Land in Millbury, Massachusetts, prepared for Zanadu, Inc.” dated November 12, 1986, Scale 1”=50”, drawn by Lavallee Brothers, Inc., Sutton, MA. Recored with Worcester District Registry of Deeds, Pan Book 570, Plan 50, bounded and described as follows; BEGINNING at a point on the southeastery side of Herrick Lane at the northwesterly corner of Lot C as shown on said plan; THENCE South 50 degrees 00’ 22” East by said Lot C, A DISTANCE OF 175.07 feet to a point; THENCE South 48 degrees 33’ 00” East by said Lot C, a distance of 75.06 feet to a pint at land now or formerly of Zanadu, Inc.: THENCE South 37 degrees 37’ 50” West by said, Inc., a distance of 66.95 feet to a point; THENCE North 59 degrees 56’ 35’ West by Zanadu, Inc., land, and by Lot A, a distance of 250.00 feet to a point on the southeasterly side of Herrick Lane; THENCE North 32 degrees 15’ 03’ East by said Herrick Lane, 22.17 feet to a point; THENCE North 37 degrees 37’ 50” by said Herrick Lane, 77.83 feet to a point of the beginning. CONTAINING 21,484 square feet of land, according to said plan. For title see deed recorded in Book 17361 , Page 313. Upon information and belief, there are errors in the legal description attached to the mortgage, wherein the first bound should read: Thence South 54 degrees 00’ 22” East by said Lot C, a distance of 175.07 feet to a point; the fourth bound should read: Thence North 59 degrees 56’ 35” West by Zanadu, Inc., land, and by Lot A, a distance of 250.00 feet to a point on the southeasterly side of Herrick Lane; the fifth bound should read: Thence North 32 degrees 15’ 03” East by said Herrick Lane, 22.17 feet to a point, and the last bound should read: Thence North 37 degrees 37’ 50” East by said Herrick Lane, 77.83 feet to a point of the beginning. The premises are to be sold subject to and with the benefit of all easements, restrictions, building and zoning laws, liens, attorney’s fees and costs pursuant to M.G.L.Ch.183A, unpaid taxes, tax titles, water bills, municipal liens and assessments, rights of tenants and parties in possession. TERMS OF SALE: A deposit of FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS AND 00 CENTS ($5,000.00) in the form of a certified check, bank treasurer’s check or money order will be required to be delivered at or before the time the bid is offered. The successful bidder will be required to execute a Foreclosure Sale Agreement immediately after the close of the bidding. The balance of the purchase price shall be paid within thirty (30) days from the sale date in the form of a certified check, bank treasurer’s check or other check satisfactory to Mortgagee’s attorney. The Mortgagee reserves the right to bid at the sale, to reject any and all bids, to continue the sale and to amend the terms of the sale by written or oral announcement made before or during the foreclosure sale. If the sale is set aside for any reason, the Purchaser at the sale shall be entitled only to a return of the deposit paid. The purchaser shall have no further recourse against the Mortgagor, the Mortgagee or the Mortgagee’s attorney. The description of the premises contained in said mortgage shall control in the event of an error in this publication. TIME WILL BE OF THE ESSENCE. Other terms if any, to be announced at the sale. Deutsche Bank National Trust Company, as Trustee for Carrington Mortgage Loan Trust, Series 2005-OPT2, Asset Backed Pass-Through Certificates Present Holder of said Mortgage, By Its Attorneys, ORLANS MORAN PLLC, PO Box 540540 Waltham, MA 02454, Phone: (781) 790-7800 14-018720 7/28, 8/4, 8/11/16

THE COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS (SEAL) LAND COURT DEPARTMENT OF THE TRIAL COURT 2016 SM 000231 ORDER OF NOTICE To: Daniel W. Boire, Pamella J. Boire a/k/a Pamella J. Lapierre a/k/a Pamella Carrignan and to all persons entitled to the benefit of the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act, 50 U.S.C. App. § 501 et seq.: Ditech Financial LLC f/k/a Green Tree Servicing LLC claiming to have an interest in a Mortgage covering real property in Millbury, 27R Lincoln Avenue Extension, given by Daniel W. Boire and Pamella J. Boire a/k/a Pamella J. Lapierre to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., dated May 28, 2004, and recorded in the Worcester County (Worcester District) Registry of Deeds in Book 33784, at Page 188, and now held by the Plaintiff by assignment has/have filed with this court a complaint for determination of Defendant’s/Defendants’ Servicemembers status. If you now are, or recently have been, in the active military service of the United States of America, then you may be entitled to the benefits of the Servicemembers Civil ReliefAct. If you object to a foreclosure of the above-mentioned property on that basis, then you or your attorney must file a written appearance and answer in this court at Three Pemberton Square, Boston, MA 02108 on or before September 12, 2016 or you will be forever barred from claiming that you are entitled to the benefits of said Act. Witness, JUDITH C. CUTLER, Chief Justice of this Court on August 1, 2016 Attest: Deborah J. Patterson Recorder 08/11/2016 MS 201502-0390-TEA

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MORTGAGEE’S NOTICE OF SALE OF REAL ESTATE By virtue and in execution of the Power of Sale contained in a certain Mortgage given by Kathy L. Chamberland and Loren E Derusha to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. as nominee for, Taylor, Bean & Whitaker Mortgage Corp., its successors and assigns, dated February 27, 2008 and recorded with the Worcester County (Worcester District) Registry of Deeds at Book 42508, Page 252 subsequently assigned to Bank of America, N.A., Successor by Merger to BAC Home Loans Servicing, LP FKA Countrywide Home Loans Servicing, LP by Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. as nominee for, Taylor, Bean & Whitaker Mortgage Corp., its successors and assigns by assignment recorded in said Registry of Deeds at Book 48612, Page 233 and subsequently assigned to Selene Finance LP by Bank of America, N.A., Successor by Merger to BAC Home Loans Servicing, LP FKA Countrywide Home Loans Servicing, LP by assignment recorded in said Registry of Deeds at Book 53028, Page 206; of which Mortgage the undersigned is the present holder for breach of the conditions of said Mortgage and for the purpose of foreclosing same will be sold at Public Auction at 1:00 PM on August 19, 2016 at 113 Purgatory Road, Sutton, MA, all and singular the premises described in said Mortgage, to wit: The land together with the building thereon, located in Sutton, Worcester County, Massachusetts, on the northerly side of Purgatory Road, shown as Lot G on a plan entitled “Plan to Show Property in Sutton, Mass. Owned by Casa Builders Realty Trust”, Scale 1” = 50’, dated November 29, 1974, drawn by Kenneth M. Shaw Engineering, Inc., Sutton, Mass., recorded with Worcester District Registry of Deeds in Plan Book 408, Plan 21, to which plan may be had for a more particular metes and bounds legal description. Containing 1.019 acres of land, according to said plan. Being the same premises conveyed by deed of Jeffrey R. Chamberland to Kathy L. Chamberland dated April 17, 2001 and recorded with said Deeds in Book 23870, Page 384. See also Corrective Deed recorded in Book 39551, Page 104. The premises are to be sold subject to and with the benefit of all easements, restrictions, building and zoning laws, liens, attorney’s fees and costs pursuant to M.G.L.Ch.183A, unpaid taxes, tax titles, water bills, municipal liens and assessments, rights of tenants and parties in possession. TERMS OF SALE: A deposit of FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS AND 00 CENTS ($5,000.00) in the form of a certified check, bank treasurer’s check or money order will be required to be delivered at or before the time the bid is offered. The successful bidder will be required to execute a Foreclosure Sale Agreement immediately after the close of the bidding. The balance of the purchase price shall be paid within thirty (30) days from the sale date in the form of a certified check, bank treasurer’s check or other check satisfactory to Mortgagee’s attorney. The Mortgagee reserves the right to bid at the sale, to reject any and all bids, to continue the sale and to amend the terms of the sale by written or oral announcement made before or during the foreclosure sale. If the sale is set aside for any reason, the Purchaser at the sale shall be entitled only to a return of the deposit paid. The purchaser shall have no further recourse against the Mortgagor, the Mortgagee or the Mortgagee’s attorney. The description of the premises contained in said mortgage shall control in the event of an error in this publication. TIME WILL BE OF THE ESSENCE. Other terms if any, to be announced at the sale. Selene Finance LP , Present Holder of said Mortgage, By Its Attorneys, ORLANS MORAN PLLC, PO Box 540540, Waltham, MA 02454 Phone: (781) 790-7800 15-010128 7/28, 8/4, 8/11/16 Commonwealth of Massachusetts Worcester, SS. Worcester Superior Court Department of the Trial Court Civil Action No. 13-02241-D GEORGE C. FUNARI and STEVEN F. FUNARI, TRUSTEES OF BRIDLE PATH REALTY TRUST, Plaintiffs Vs. PETER K. DEEKS, JOSLIN S. DEEKS, JOHN F. DEEKS, JENNIFER Z. BALDWIN, ASHLEY S. DEEKS, PAYTON W. DEEKS, ROBERT G. CROCKER, JR., DONNA P. MACOMBER STANTON W. PUTNAM, or his heirs, if Any, DEXTER A. PUTNAM, or his heirs, if Any, PHEBE HEWITT, a/k/a PHOEBE HEWITT, or her heirs, if any, GEORGE S. MARSH, JR., or his heirs, if any, S. FRANKLIN MARSH, or his heirs, if any, HARRIET SNYDER, or her heirs, if any, GERTRUDE G. MARSH, or her heirs, if any, FRANCES J. KING, or her heirs, if any, PHYLLIS M. CARLSON, or her heirs, if any, BYRON M. CLARK, or his heirs, if any and FRANCIS M. CLARK, or his heirs, if any, Defendants NOTICE OF HEARING ON ASSESSMENT OF DAMAGES UNDER MASS. R. CIV. P. 55(b) TO THE DEFENDANTS: ROBERT G. CROCKER, JR., STANTON W. PUTNAM, or his heirs, PHEBE HEWITT, a/k/a PHOEBE HEWITT, or her heirs, GEORGE S. MARSH, JR., or his heirs, S. FRANKLIN MARSH, or his heirs, HARRIET SNYDER, or her heirs, GERTRUDE G. MARSH, or her heirs, FRANCES J. KING, or her heirs, PHYLLIS M. CARLSON, or her heirs, BYRON M. CLARK, or his heirs, and FRANCIS M. CLARK, or his heirs PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that the Plaintiff, George C. Funari, Trustee et al, the moving party will seek a final judgment in an action to quiet title at a hearing to be held on August 23, 2016 at 2:00 p.m. in the Worcester Superior Court, Worcester, Massachusetts Civil Session D, 4th Floor Court Room 25. The Plaintiff, the moving party seeks to affirm and quiet title in the name of the moving party as to certain land located off of Jones Road, Barnett Road and the “New State Road” all as described in a deed filed for record in the Worcester District Registry of Deeds in Book 51290, Page 154. George C. Funari, Trustee et al by his Attorneys, Joseph C. Cove, Esq.BBO#102640, Andrea D. Hogarth, Esq.BBO#546551 Joseph C. Cove, Esquire PC, P.O. Box 390, Nine North Main Street, Uxbridge, MA 01569 (508) 278-6711, (508) 278-6491 fax joseph.cove@covehogarthlaw.com, andrea.hogarth@covehogarthlaw.com

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Rajiv Dayal

TOM MATTHEWS

In 1989 Rajiv Dayal left behind his family in India and moved to the U.S. in search of a better life. Wanting to keep his Indian culture apart of him and to expose his young children to the culture, he enrolled them in the India Society of Worcester cultural school. Dayal began to volunteer at the society himself, he soon became the treasurer and now serves as the president. The ISOW hit a landmark recently celebrating their 50th anniversary in 2013. I caught up with Dayal to talk about their biggest event of the year, India Day, which will be held Saturday, Aug. 13 at the DCU Center. What exactly does the ISOW do? It’s a

cultural organization. It was founded back in 1963. In 2013 we celebrated our 50th anniversary. It started off by some college kids back in ’63 wanting to form an organization in which they could get together, socialize and have Indian food. Over the years, it has morphed into something much bigger than that. At this point, we have a cultural school, a youth group, which once kids come out of the cultural school they become members of the IYG, as we call it, and IYG is a group managed by the youth. They do a lot of activities — they volunteer at local organizations. In April they do a cultural program called Showcase India. We also have a senior group, Humrahi, which is a group for senior members. They meet once a month at the India Center, which is the building we have on 152 Main St. (Shrewsbury). It was constructed about eleven years ago. We have a free health stop every Wednesday from 6-8 p.m. It’s a free health clinic, we call it a health stop, set up at the India Center to provide regular medical check-ups to people who don’t have insurance or are underinsured. We do a lot of cultural programs throughout the year. We also have a crisis committee which kind of helps out people in the community who are going through some tough times, whether it’s domestic issues or any other issues and you need some help, we have a group that helps them out.

What is your role at the India Society of Worcester? I am the president of the India Society of Worcester. This is now my

fourth year of being president. I’ve been involved in the society for more than 20 years at this point. I was the treasurer for a very long time.

How did you get involved with the ISOW? So we moved from India back in 1989 and the India Society has a cultural school, and in that cultural school they teach kids seven different Indian languages, so when we moved here my kids were young and we wanted them to be exposed to Indian culture and the Indian language. My daughter was 3, my son was 1 at the time. We moved into Westboro, then into Shrewsbury,and India Society had the cultural school and we thought that would be important for the children. That’s kind of how I got involved. From there I became volunteer. It’s a 100-percent volunteer run organization. What is India Day? India Day is a

celebration of India’s independence from the British in 1947. Here, I think we celebrate not only that, but also we celebrate the Indian community in Central Massachusetts, and try to expose the nonIndian community to Indian culture and the Indian traditions. We’ve been doing this for the past 28 years. For the first 26 years it was at various locations in Worcester, last year, for the first time, we moved it to the DCU center. After we did our 50th anniversary we kind of wanted to know what the society should be doing going forward, so we prepared a strategic plan for the organization, and one of the things we thought the community wanted was a program which was on a much larger scale, and that’s when we moved

the event to the DCU center last year. The program itself—there’s a cultural program, a lot of vendors setting up booths selling clothes, jewelry, a lot of nonprofit organizations, a free health-stop available to anyone that comes, a kids zone, and there will of course be Indian food from different parts of India. We do a parade inside the DCU center, which will be representing different sates from India. It starts around 1:30 p.m. and goes on until 8:30 p.m.

to adjust, especially for the children, but kids sometimes take less time than adults do. When you move to a different country one has to, in many ways, start kind of not again totally, but you have to take a step back to go two steps forward. Initially, that’s not easy. Leaving your family behind and trying to start again.

How has the ISOW benefited your stay here in the U.S.? The reason I got connected to

the society was to expose the children to the Indian culture and Indian language, Why do you think it’s important to put on and that I think is important as the kids India Day? In many ways India is a country grow up here in a culture that is a little which is similar to the United States in bit different, to also remember the culture the sense that it’s also representative you came from. There’s a whole generation of different states which could be quite of (Indian) kids who are born here, and to different in culture. America is a multibe able to give them some taste of what cultural country which encourages Indian culture is like, I think that’s where different kinds of cultures, to me it’s an the society does a great job in trying to ideal place to showcase what the culture of reach out to the parents and the parents have a place to take their kids, whether your original culture may be. they want to learn Indian dances, Indian You mentioned you moved from India to music, Indian languages. For me, it’s the the U.S., how was that move for you? The satisfaction to do charitable work. I think move was initially difficult. I came here it’s important we all give something back for the same reason everybody else does, to a nonprofit depending on whatever it’s the land of opportunity. The culture’s cause you believe in. different, but one adapts and you have the opportunity to do better. It takes a while - Tom Matthews AUGUST 11, 2016 • WORCESTERMAGAZINE.COM

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