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Speculation renewed over Sox baseball team in Worcester

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he owners of the Pawtucket Red Sox have said in no uncertain terms they are looking for a new site for a new stadium. The proposal for a downtown Providence, Rhode Island stadium fell through earlier this month, reviving talks in Worcester about making a pitch for the Boston Red Sox’ AAA affiliate – and whether the city even wants to make a bid. Tim Murray, president and CEO of the Worcester Regional Chamber of Commerce, said the Chamber had called the PawSox to leave a message exploring Worcester as a potential site for a stadium, and to “take the temperature” of the team’s interest in the Heart of the Commonwealth. Right off the bat, Murray made note of the city’s own baseball team – one that has enjoyed great success in just two short years. “We have begun the process of trying to reach out, but it’s with the caveat that we have a proven owner and team here,” Murray said. “We want to make sure that product and brand that we’re very proud of, that if there was any serious consideration, that would be part of any conversation that we’d be interested in being a part of.” That team is the Worcester Bravehearts, the Futures Collegiate Baseball League squad that recently finished its second season in Worcester – its second straight championship season. The team is owned by John Creedon Jr., who also operates the Worcester-based

The Wyman-Gordon property along Madison Street in Worcester has long been eyed for development. Could a baseball stadium end up there?

Creedon and Co. catering business, and who is putting a positive spin on rumors about the PawSox with a positive spin. “I think it’s wonderful people are talking about baseball and ways to make our community better,” Creedon said. And city officials are willing to listen – much like they were in February, when City Councilors Gary Rosen and Phil Palmieri

WOO-TOWN INDE X A weekly quality of life check-in of Worcester

Any hopes for a “play nice” election in Worcester appear to have gone out the door, with candidates taking swipes at one another in newspaper articles, on social media and elsewhere. Ouch. -3

stART on the Street packs Park Ave once more, with thousands checking out the art, crafts and food that shut down part of the street near Elm Park for much of Sunday. +4

There is a lot of talk about bike safety in Worcester. A reminder: We all have a responsibility to pay attention and look out for others - not call a motorist a “motherf----r” because you’re on a bike and a car is making a turn, as one cyclist did recently. -3

The Telegram’s Bill Ballou reports Worcester could have a shot at landing a Triple-A Boston Red Sox team. Pie-in the sky? Perhaps. +5

proposed an order asking the city, Canal District representatives and the Chamber of Commerce to make a pitch to the PawSox. “My administration is always open to big ideas, and I’m happy to sit down and talk to anyone about why they should invest in Worcester,” City Manager Ed Augustus Jr. said. “The overwhelming success of our locally-owned team, the two-time champion

One outfit probably not smiling at the prospect of a pro team in Worcester? That would be the back-to-back Futures Collegiate Baseball League champs: Worcester Bravehearts. Would they get left out in the cold. We hope not. -4

Bravehearts, proves that Worcester is a great baseball town.” Creedon was upbeat about his team’s attendance, even responding, when asked if the PawSox would cut into his attendance, that the Bravehearts might give the Major League affiliate a run for their money. “I believe 100 percent in our product and continued on page 6

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Cyanide found in the ground near where a new WRTA garage and maintenance facility is being built, the T&G reports. Cyanide? Yikes. -5

School Superintendent Dr. Melinda Boone invites scrutiny and criticism with an email about a former employee accused of child porn, in which she said she hopes the media doesn’t find out. -3

Holy Cross president Rev. Philip Boroughs travels to D.C. to listen to Pope Francis address Congress. +6

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Worcester college students headed to Papal Mass

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Holy Cross freshman Francois Venne will trave to Philadelphia to see the Pope.

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his weekend will be a typical one for most of Worcester’s college students. There will be homework, socializing and a break from classes. Roughly 50 young scholars, however, will be in Philadelphia to hear the leader of the Catholic Church celebrate Sunday Mass in front of what could be more than 1 million people. “It is certainly a once in a lifetime opportunity,” Assumption College sophomore Alex Cerbo said. “Not too often does someone get to say they celebrated mass with the pope. And not often does the pope come to America.” Cerbo, and the other Assumption and College of the Holy Cross students taking the trip to Pennsylvania, all used the “once in a lifetime” phrase to describe their upcoming trip. “I’d venture to guess that there will be nonCatholics there, just to experience it,” Holy Cross freshman Francois Venne said. Holy Cross President Rev. Philip Boroughs was in Washington, D.C. to hear the pope address Congress Thursday, Sept. 24. In the Catholic faith, the pope is the successor to Saint Peter, a disciple of Jesus Christ. In addition to running the Vatican, an independent city-state in Italy, the pope clarifies Catholic doctrine, appoints members of the Catholic hierarchy, and inspires Catholics worldwide in their faith life. Venne said the pure scale of the event was exciting, and not just because of the pope. “The pope is really the top of the top,” Venne said. “There will be hundreds of thousands of people there. Not only having the pope there, but having so many people there supporting each other, is exciting.” Assumption senior Shannon Porter said she did not get to see the pope on a visit to Rome last year as part of a study-abroad trip, but

said just being in the Vatican was a special moment. “I felt this presence,” Porter said. “I thought it was a really cool, unique thing. When I found out he was coming to America, this opportunity to go, I couldn’t pass it up.” Catholics and non-Catholics alike will flock to see the pope, who is one of the most well-known figures on the global scene for his advocacy around social justice as well as religious faith. “I’ve been trying to work on developing my faith, and this is something I really wanted to do because I relate to taking Catholic values and relating them to modern life, relating them to the now, rather than the past,” Porter said. Assumption’s director of campus ministry, Paul Covino, said Pope Francis is an especially attractive figure for young people, like college students, to rally around. “The trip, in many ways, is a unique experience, but the conversation it can engender around campuses like this around what it means to be Catholic, and the emphases the pope has right now that really resonate with younger people,” Covino said. “The pope isn’t really saying anything brand new by way of content – everything he talks about is already part of church teaching, but he’s certainly emphasizing certain things that really resonate with young people.” His theory was backed up by a number of students. “I didn’t know that much about the previous popes,” Venne said. Holy Cross junior Meaghan Body is interning with U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren in Washington, D.C., and said the message of the Catholic Church lines up with the message of the Democratic Party in many instances.

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“I’m definitely committed to social justice in the world of Catholicism,” Body, who called Francis a “futuristic leader,” said. “The two are not mutually exclusive. They’re very much on the same page in terms of solidarity with the poor. You can be a Catholic and also be a liberal.” College campuses, even those belonging to religious institutions, typically lean liberal. Pope Francis, who has softened Church rhetoric around issues such as marriage equality and has advocated for action to stop climate change, has won admirers in the younger generation to go along with upwards of seven million Twitter followers, a sign of embracing the modern age. “I think Pope Francis is definitely more of a liberal pope,” Cerbo said. He’s been a lot more liberal and lot more modern with a lot of his views. He’s not judgmental in any way. That modern, liberal view is attracting more college kids.” Aside from the spiritual side of seeing the pontiff in person, students are excited to share their experience with friends and classmates back in Worcester. “When I get back on campus, people will be like, how was your weekend?” Porter said. “And I can say, ‘Well, it was a really good weekend. I went to Mass with the Pope.’”

Bill Mitchell presents a check to college student Chris Charest

The Council has helped its first college student, Chris Charest, who received $100 for earning to A’s and $70 for two B’s last semester, Charest is also a new member of the Knights of Columbus. Membership is free to students, and money earned from the BGIP not only helps defer costs; it also serves as an incentive for students to do well in school. Funding for the program comes from the collection of returnable cans and bottles. Drop them off at St. Bernards - Our Lady of Providence Church, 228 Lincoln St., Worcester. Drop-offs available Saturday, 3:30-5 p.m. and Sunday, 8:30 a.m. to noon. There is a bin inside the front door. Tax-deductible donations are also accepted. For more information, call Bill Mitchell, 508-752-3321.

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he ramifications of Worcester’s preliminary election on Sept. 8 are still being felt, as City Council candidates who survived the winnowing down of the field adjust to their status as either favorite or underdog based on how they finished in the polls. For the School Committee, the lowerprofile of the two bodies on the Nov. 3 ballot, there was no such preliminary to give insight into the race. In fact, there have never been enough School Committee candidates to trigger a preliminary election, which happens when more than 12 contenders make it onto a ballot for six seats. The candidates are incumbents John Monfredo, Jack Foley, Tracy O’Connell Novick, Hilda Ramirez, Brian O’Connell and Dianna Biancheria, along with challengers Nick D’Andrea, Cotey Collins, Molly McCullough and Donna Colorio. All the candidates were present at the season’s first big debate, put on by the Worcester Regional Research Bureau, the Worcester Regional Chamber of Commerce and Mechanics Hall. The most obvious way to divide candidates into categories is by looking at incumbents versus challengers. The longest-serving active committee member is O’Connell, currently in his 16th term on the committee. His closest counterpart on the City Council would be At-large Councilor Konnie Lukes, who is in her 13th term.

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what we have to offer,” Creedon said. “It’s certainly been embraced by the community.” The Bravehearts set a new FCBL record league record this year, drawing 54,789 fans, or 2,107 fans per game, up from their inaugural season. They also broke the singlegame attendance record for Hanover Insurance Park at Holy Cross, their home field, twice last season, drawing 4,240 people on Fan Appreciation Night. That mark was previously held by the now-defunct Worcester Tornadoes. The total fan number outstripped every other baseball team in New England over the summer, including the venerable Cape Cod Baseball League and the New England Collegiate Baseball League. The PawSox, playing at the much larger McCoy Stadium in Pawtucket (which holds 10,000 fans to Hanover Park’s 3,000), drew 6,572 fans per game in 2015. Although fans can sometimes catch a glimpse of superstar Boston Red Sox players on a

in Monday’s debate, serving on the committee during a year when school safety was an increasingly talked-about concern may work against the incumbents, even as they try to reconcile people’s perception with the reality of life in WPS. D’Andrea recently started a job at Fallon Health, although he talked about his time at Hewlett-Packard, while McCullough focused on her chairmanship of the nonprofit Planting the Seed, Colorio keyed in on her leadership of an anti-Common Core ballot measure, and Collins, a 2015 graduate of Worcester Technical High School, talked briefly about his enrollment at

Quinsigamond Community College. While she enters the race as a challenger, Colorio has an advantage the other three don’t – experience not only running a campaign, but winning a seat, serving on the School Committee from 2011 to 2013. Challengers need all the help they can get. Since all six incumbents are running to reclaim their seats, there is no open spot. A challenger would have to knock off an incumbent to win a seat, not necessarily an easy task. While challengers can win – there has been at least one victory by a challenger in the last five elections – it’s rare to win on the first trip to the ballot, which all the challengers except Colorio are attempting. Novick and Ramirez stand out as the most recent seat winners to have campaigned in vain before experiencing victory. Another way to split up the candidates is by whether they have children in Worcester Public Schools. Novick, Colorio and D’Andrea have all talked about sending their children to school in the morning, with Colorio saying during Monday’s debate that voters should look for candidates’ investment in the schools. It is also a way to build credibility among voters who are parents. Collins could have a small group to himself, since he often brings

rehab assignment, attendance was down from above 7,000 last season, and has been steadily declining for years as team owners say renovating McCoy Stadium would be too costly, and other locations like Providence provide better access to a larger fan base. The fires of the discussion were stoked even further when Telegram & Gazette sports writer Bill Ballou wrote about a conversation with PawSox managing partner Larry Lucchino, who he said was “aware” of Worcester as an interested city. Lucchino and other members of PawSox membership were not immediately available for comment. “It’s a once in a lifetime opportunity to get a AAA affiliate here and rebrand the city,” Canal District Business Association President John Giangregorio said. The Canal District is a big part of the discussion, since the Wyman-Gordon site that has been a blight on the neighborhood for a long time would seem to be perfect for a new stadium.

“While a new stadium would require some creative thinking, I’m open to the idea,” Augustus said. Giangregorio touted the benefits of a Canal District with the canal reopened, something he has been pushing the city to consider. He noted the easy highway access and proximity to Union Station. Everyone acknowledges there are hurdles that must be overcome, though. “What would be helpful is if some of the public cleanup money was used to make the site pad ready,” Giangregorio said of the site, which is privately owned and not fit for immediate development. “One of the problems with developing in parts of Worcester is that the cost for remediation is so huge.” In Providence, PawSox ownership was seeking $120 million in state subsidies for a new waterfront stadium. That price tag did not go over well in Providence, and Worcester city officials have said in the past they would be unwilling to commit public money to a stadium venture.

“The next two years could be a watershed time for those of us who care about the Worcester Public Schools,” O’Connell said during Monday’s debate. After O’Connell, the longest-tenured members are Foley (in his eighth term), Mondredo (five terms), Novick and Biancheria (in their third terms) and Ramirez (one term). The challengers have to compete with the name recognition and government record of the incumbents, although based on the reaction from segments of the sparse crowd

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up the fact that he is only a few months removed from being a high school student as a source of information and credibility. Some other candidates have mentioned having children who passed through WPS and have since moved on. Much has been made of Worcester’s abysmal voter turnout, which has been in decline for a few election cycles. Finding candidates for City Council has not been a problem, but the School Committee has not used up all its space on the ballot for years. The 10 candidates this year are actually an improvement on previous years – last year’s election saw nine people make it onto the ballot, and while the 2011 election also had 10 candidates, that was up from eight in 2009 and 2007. There has not been a full slate of 12 School Committee candidates in this millennium. Dividing the candidate field by race or ethnicity yields what some might say is an awkward conundrum. In a year where race has, at times, dominated the city-wide discussion, with the U.S. Department of Justice even visiting the city to help with a series of community dialogues in which people discussed the diversity in WPS, there are nine white candidates and one Latina, Ramirez. The deadline to register to vote for the November general election is Oct. 14. Reporter Tom Quinn can be reached at 508-749-3166 x324 or tquinn@ worcestermagazine.com with story ideas, feedback, or questions. Follow him on Twitter @bytomquinn. “It’s so premature, because you have no idea what they’re looking at for financing,” Murray said. “Clearly, there’s some kind of financial assistance the owners are looking for, because that was part of the obstacle in Providence.” PawSox ownership has made it clear they are moving out of Pawtucket, despite the town begging them to stay. Even if they do not move to Worcester, Triple-A affiliate supporters could be happy with a move to Providence. Pawtucket is fewer than 35 miles from Worcester, triggering a league rule prohibiting professional teams in close proximity. Providence is farther away, so a PawSox move would allow the possibility of another Major League affiliate in Worcester. Reporter Tom Quinn can be reached at 508-749-3166 x324 or tquinn@ worcestermagazine.com with story ideas, feedback, or questions. Follow him on Twitter @bytomquinn.

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The next political candidates forum in Worcester will have a free ice cream sundae bar and an appearance by Taylor Swift. That’s if the streak of Worcesteria items affecting the real world continues, of course. Candidates at the Worcester Democratic City Committee forum two weeks ago sat in the exact opposite of the seating arrangement predicted in this column the issue prior, and after poking fun at the organizers for not investing in a cordless microphone, the Initiative for Engaged Citizenship went out and bought a wireless mic and a speaker that could blow your eardrums out – which they promptly did, in an attempt to cause as many heart attacks as possible in the crowd. So what did the Mechanics Hall/ Chamber of Commerce/Worcester Regional Research Bureau debate on Sept. 21 do wrong? Well, not a whole lot, unless you count the aforementioned lack of dessert and pop stars. All 10 School Committee candidates showed up – something the previous at-large council debates can’t claim – and the moderators kept things moving at a brisk pace. The 30-second limit was a bit short for responding after a competitor’s answer to a question, but that limit isn’t set in stone before the next debates – mayoral and at-large – on the next two Mondays.

JERRY’S BECKER DINNER: After a period

of darkness, the sunny side is up at a popular area restaurant. Annie’s Clark Brunch, which had to close earlier in the year due to needed renovations, has reopened. The Main Street business, which stays true to its name by being a popular Clarkie destination run by a woman named Annie who serves brunch, had estimated the cost of renovations at $50,000. An online crowdfunding campaign had been seeking $20,000 to offset the costs, but the Worcester community did one better, as 680 supporters pitched in more than $30,000. Now customers are back to giving the restaurant money the oldfashioned way – exchanging it for food.

NEVER TELL ME THE ODDS: People like to

quote Voltaire when they say the lottery is a tax on stupidity. Worcester resident John Altif can now buy those people’s houses and replace them with statues of himself if he so chooses. Altif won the first $10 million grand prize ever awarded in the short history of the new “10,000,000 Big Money” state lottery game. The game started on Sept. 15, but whoever developed it is now looking for a new job, since Altif managed to win on Sept. 17. He bought the ticket at the 7/11 at 1442 Grafton St., which now gets a $50,000 bonus for selling the ticket. It begs the question – what will lottery players think of that location now? Will it become a Mecca for gamblers hoping for some of Altif’s good luck to rub off on them? Or will it be shunned by lottery lovers who might want to bet on a store that is “due” rather than count on lighting to strike twice? Altif took home $6.5 million after taxes, which at $20 a pop for the game he won, works out to 325,000 more lottery tickets.

EMINENTLY QUALIFIED: Another week, another plank in the Tom Quinn for Council campaign platform. The city has not gotten nearly enough use out of eminent domain law, which allows the government to initiate hostile takeovers of private land for public use. It’s the perfect tool for getting rid of blight and improving the city, but nothing is being done with it. Colleges not contributing to the tax rolls? Eminent domain their stuff, sell it to the highest bidder, and make Worcester great again. Have a blighted, vacant property that’s standing in the way of improvement? Like the Wyman-Gordon property? Eminent domain it, build a sporting arena. It’s a pity the Worcester Sharks moved to San Diego before the government could step in and take them over, too. Have an ungodly mess of an intersection, so bad that out-of-towners actively avoid a certain area of town? Like Kelley Square? Eminent – wait, that’s already public property. Well, it won’t fix everything.

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Worcester potentially courting the Pawtucket Red Sox (or vice versa) – has anyone noticed the mascot for the PawSox is a polar bear? You know, kind of like the iconic inflatable polar bear that sits on top of Polar Beverages’ building off I-290? That can’t be a coincidence. The PawSox even have distinct personalities between the two polar bears who act as mascots. The male polar bear, Paws, has a favorite TV show – Talkin’ PawSox, a cable show about the minor league team. The female polar bear, Sox, also has a favorite TV show – Days Of Our Lives, the long-running soap opera that serves as the blueprint for ridiculous daytime TV everywhere. At least they’ve got personalities – Orson, the Polar Beverages mascot, is just a windbag (cue the eye rolls).

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models in Worcester. Previously Dr. Gonzo’s Uncommon Condiments Emporium on Main Street, the owner, J. Stuart Esty, is now on his third crowdfunding campaign on the Kickstarter website, in what appears to be the norm for shipping out a new batch of product. After an over-ambitious first try, Esty was able to raise more than $29,000 over the summer to ship out Garlicmash, Jalepenomash and One Hump Dry Rub, among others. Can he keep the momentum going for the third try, which (as of Wednesday morning) has raised almost $6,000 of a $25,000 goal? Or will the Internet prove to be as fickle and unreliable as Main Street Worcester? The campaign runs until Oct. 4.

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TALK LIKE A POLITICIAN: Politically-minded folks might have been surprised to hear John

Monfredo say, during the recent School Committee debate, that children are 30-something percent of our population, “but 100 percent of our future.” Wait a minute – isn’t that city manager Ed Augustus Jr.’s line? Turns out neither can claim credit for the line, which is quickly becoming a cliché here in Worcester. It’s already been a cliché for a long time in the U.S. Congress, where a quick search of transcripts yields dozens of mentions of the line. You can even go back to 2003, when the head of the Environmental Protection Agency used the line when talking about clean air and water. So why do so many people feel the need to explain that children tend to evolve into adults? Well, it’s a nice, compact sound bite that comes off as wise, but doesn’t actually have any deeper meaning that could be twisted or attacked in the future – “We can’t arrest our way out of this problem,” anyone? So remember, folks – dead people are 0 percent of our present, but 100 percent of our past. Next week on how to talk like a politician: what to say if you’re not a “lifelong resident” of Worcester.

PART-TIME WRITER: It looks like Mayor Joe Petty is muscling in on reporters’ turf. Petty has a op-ed in CommonWealth Magazine this week, apparently because when you’re unhappy with the level of attention Worcester is getting in the Boston press, it’s better just to take on the job yourself. “Affordable cities such as Worcester will only become more important to our Commonwealth’s middle-class as the cost of living in the Metrowest area and Boston continues to outpace wages,” reads the article, which focuses on increasing connectivity in the commuter rail system between Boston and Worcester. The piece comes as the MBTA is under one of the harshest spotlights in its history, with two former governors pitching current Gov. Charlie Baker on a line between North and South Station, costs spiraling out of control on a Green Line extension, and worries that the upcoming winter will kneecap public transit the same way it did last year.

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PHONES GO SOUTH AT NORTH: There was a momentary scare over the airwaves earlier this week when a police scanner transmission reported multiple hang-up calls from North High School and no one answering the phones on return calls. The police officer stationed at the school also apparently was not able to be reached. All turned out well, however, when the officer finally radioed in over the scanner that he had been, ahem, indisposed. He also said the school had been having trouble with its phones.

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orcester T&G writer Bill Ballou, in addition to making sure his readers know how well-connected he is, has resurrected talk of the Boston Red Sox Triple-A affiliate landing in Worcester. It bears returning to a subject we have opined on before. Could and should Worcester successfully host a Boston Red Sox farm team? Some city officials are already on the bandwagon, and with the chosen site in Providence out of the running for the Pawtucket Red Sox, Ballou points out Worcester has a golden opportunity to make the ask, to turn over a few stones and kick a few pebbles, if you will. You never know what may turn up. In the past, we have cautioned against bringing another baseball team into the city, given the emergence of the Worcester Bravehearts. While they are not a professional ball club and have absolutely zero ties to a Major League Baseball outfit, the Bravehearts burst onto the local scene as part of the Futures Collegiate Baseball League. A local family, led by John Creedon Jr., stepped up and said, “Hey, I think we can make baseball work in Worcester.” Lo and behold, in their first year in the league, 2014, the Bravehearts put thousands of fannies into the seats at Hanover Insurance Park at Fitton Field at Holy Cross (really, that’s the whole name. We like the HIP better.) and did the unthinkable. They won a championship in their inaugural season. Big deal, right? After all, the once-great Worcester Tornadoes did the same thing back when they were the next big thing in Worcester. We all know how that turned out. The Bravehearts, however, wrote a different story. They actually went out and won another championship this year. While John Henry was mumbling and bumbling his way through the utter destruction of Boston’s beloved Red Sox, a small family that rents tents and sells food for a living has built a nice little operation less than 100 miles to Boston’s west. We worry that bringing a Red Sox team here could spell the end for the Bravehearts. But does it have to? Could there be a way to tie the two together? After all, Commissioner Chris Hall’s FCBL is stacked with talent, players who have a legitimate shot at being drafted by pro teams. Many already have. It might be nice for the Red Sox to have a Minor League team just a Papi bomb away as well as a league that could feed into that system. Sure, many of the players will go on to college even if they’re drafted, but there could be some synergy there. If that will not work, we certainly hope the city — and Red Sox officials — would not throw the Creedon family into Lake Quinsigamond. Let us not forget General Manager Dave Peterson, who just guided this team to back-to-back championships. There is too much know how and brain trust here to simply toss it aside. We would not support any arrangement for a Minor League Sox team that did not, in some way, incorporate the Worcester Bravehearts or its management. Lucchino knows his baseball. We think he might also know a good opportunity when he sees it. Worcester presents just such an opportunity – and the Bravehearts should, in some way, be part of it.

McDonald’s pledge last week to start using cagefree eggs is only a small step in preventing staggering suffering endured by millions of birds. Hatcheries that annually supply 200 million female hens for U.S. egg production, including cage-free, also kill the same number of male chicks at birth by grinding them up alive in industrial macerators or suffocating them slowly in plastic garbage bags. The female laying hens endure a lifetime of misery, crammed with five to six others, in small wiremesh cages that cut into their feet and tear out their feathers. Eggs are common carriers of food-borne bacteria, including Salmonella, Campylobacter. Listeria, and Staphylococcus. USDA estimates Salmonella alone accounts for 1.3 million U.S. illnesses and 500 deaths annually. Eggs contain saturated fat and cholesterol, key factors in incidence of heart disease, stroke, cancer and diabetes. They

itor d E e h to t s r e t Let are a common cause of allergies in children. Waste from millions of egg-laying hens ends up in waterways, rendering vast areas unsuited for recreation or water supply. The good news for compassionate, health-conscious, ecofriendly consumers is our local supermarket offers a number of delicious egg substitutes and egg-free food products. Entering “egg-free” in a search engine returns tons of recipes. WAYNE MORRISSEY Worcester

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It can be tricky noticing the signs at first. Who among us hasn’t had a day when we forget a word or left our car keys in a crazy spot? It’s no big deal; sometimes the forgetfulness is due to stress, lack of sleep, dehydration or side effects of medication — stuff anybody and everybody experiences. As we get older, a few things may slip our minds from time to time, but we can stop and think back, retracing our steps to find that missing object, or choose from a variety of words to make up for that particular one that we can’t think of. We move on. continued on page 14

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But for some of us, the blank moments are more than just absentmindedness. When the forgetfulness goes from an infrequent, mild annoyance to a daily or even hourly occurrence, when it starts to affect our lives in increasingly negative and even harmful ways, when the home you’ve lived in for years is suddenly a labyrinth, when familiar faces become strangers - that’s when it becomes a serious problem. That is the beginning of Alzheimer’s disease. There are an estimated 120,000 people in Massachusetts currently living with Alzheimer’s, a degenerative brain disease that causes the loss of memory and normal daily behaviors. It is the sixth leading cause of death in the state, with Worcester County experiencing 23.3 Alzheimer’s-related deaths out of every 1,000. There is no small amount of attention paid to the disease, and research continues for possible causes and cures. National awareness is raised through such efforts as September’s World Alzheimer’s Awareness Month and National Alzheimer’s Disease Awareness Month, which is observed in November. Alzheimer’s is widespread, becoming more so every year, burdening the spouses, friends and relatives of victims with caring for sufferers of a little-understood disease. Elaine Kapperman, a licensed clinical social worker and therapist who has been practicing for three decades, heads an Alzheimer’s caretaker support group at the Dodge Park Nursing Home on 101 Randolph Road in Worcester. Bright and cheery, Kapperman was happy to have me sit in and observe the group’s monthly meeting recently. As we spoke while waiting for members to arrive, Elaine told me, “Part of the job [of care giving] is to be a teacher.” Having been a caregiver myself, I had never thought of it that way, but as I listened in on the meeting, spoke with caregivers and patients and spent hours researching, I found myself learning more, and wanting to teach others as well. As insidious as this disease is, there is help and hope. ial! l!

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begin to have trouble recognizing faces, are not able to retain information — they will repeatedly ask the same questions over and over and over again (In July, I had just stepped off the commuter rail when I was called aside by an elderly and strangely-dressed gentleman. He asked me no less than six times what direction the train was going to Worcester, whether Worcester was a city or a town, and if Worcester was in New Hampshire. Recognizing dementia-like behavior, I patiently answered each question the same way, politely excused myself, then called the local police department to check on him). Alzheimer’s patients also have trouble following instructions, and they begin to forget to pay bills or keep appointments. Speaking becomes difficult as they forget which words to use and frequently use incorrect words in its place (for example, looking at a piece of fruit but referring to it as “water.”) In Stage 4, patients start forgetting details about themselves, like their age. They may need additional help with chores, and should not be allowed to drive any vehicles at continued on page 18

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this point. They will likely stop working, as confusion and forgetfulness start to affect their productivity. Things are misplaced and found in unusual places, such as Maureen discovering her cooking pots in a closet after Dan did the dishes. Their behavior changes, and they can become anxious, angry and suspicious, often accusing people of stealing from them or believing a caretaker is trying to harm them. Alzheimer’s patients may react violently, though Maureen was happy to point out that Dan did not have that problem. Hearing that, Dan pointed at my notebook. “Write that down,” he said. It also becomes difficult for patients at this point to create and stick to even a simple plan (such as, “First I’ll get dressed, then have breakfast, then brush my teeth.”) Instructions such as a recipe become difficult to follow, and they will become disoriented even when traveling along a commonly used route, such as from their house to the grocery store. Personal grooming habits can deteriorate, they can make poor decisions (such as giving a large amount of money to a stranger) and are likely to become more withdrawn, giving up on a social life and favorite activities as it becomes just too hard to deal with their memory loss.

Links and Resources: Alzheimers.org (alz.org) Alzheimer’s Foundation of America (alzfdn.org) Walk to End Alzheimer’s (act.alz. org/site/TR/Walk2015) National Institute on Aging (nia.nih. gov/alzheimers) Webmd: Alzheimer’s Disease (webmd.com/alzheimers/) Teepa Snow (teepasnow.com, teepasnow.youtube.com) A Place for Mom (aplaceformom. com/) The Dodge Park Alzheimer’s and Dementia Support Group meets the second Tuesday of every month from 6-7:30 p.m. Newcomers are welcomed. You may call ahead and arrange for care for your affected relative or spouse in the facility while you attend the meeting.

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Dan Glodas used to be an avid reader, but he started having trouble retaining what he had just read. For a time he relied on audio books for entertainment, until the controls for his iPod became too confusing to use. Now he has little to do and it frustrates him. At Stage 5, Alzheimer’s disease begins to take a serious toll on the patient. Caring for themselves is becoming troublesome, so spouses, family members or caretakers assist in cooking, bathing and dressing responsibilities. The patient may not recognize seasons or times of day or forget what month it is, and might dress inappropriately for outdoors (like wearing a parka in the middle of July.) Patients will forget their home address, and will become disoriented in their own neighborhoods, sometimes wandering miles away searching for their house. They might not even recognize where they are, even if they are in their own bedroom. Their balance and coordination fade, and they can develop hallucinations. The hallucinations and mood swings have been known to peak at dusk or during the night, a symptom commonly called “sundowning,” though scientists do not know what causes it. Stage 6 is signaled by a severe decline in memory and function. This is usually very difficult for family members, as the patient may understand they are somehow related, but is unable to recall how or even remember the person’s name (when my grandfather was declining due to vascular dementia, he once said to me, “Now, I know we’re related but I don’t remember how.”), or they may mistake one person for someone else, such as a son for a brother. Caretakers will have to handle dressing and preparing food for the patient, and may have to assist the patient in finding and using the bathroom. Speaking may become very difficult, and patients can become extremely depressed. Caretaking often becomes too difficult for the patient’s family, and they may be resigned to bringing their relative to a nursing home. Stage 7, the final stage of Alzheimer’s, is marked by severe loss of function — patients may completely forgot how to eat and drink, and can do so little that they are now permanently bound to a wheelchair or bed. By now it is too difficult for families and nursing home staff to adequately care for the sufferer, so the patient is usually moved into hospice, where they reside until they pass away from illness or complications due to Alzheimer’s. Death usually occurs about eight years after the initial diagnosis, but some who are in good health and receive good care can live as long as twenty years after diagnosis.

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Connie Gardella, director of Health and Wellness at the Eisenberg Assisted Living facility off Salisbury Street.

R-Maine, met with several doctors, Alzheimer’s patients and their caretakers to discuss the growing health crisis of Alzheimer’s disease. Among the speakers was Dan Gasby, husband to actress, model and early-onset Alzheimer’s sufferer B. Smith. He summed up the impending catastrophe in a lyric borrowed from a Jay-Z/Kanye West song: “The pain ain’t cheap.”

It most definitely is not. In 2014, the U.S. spent $226 billion on Alzheimer’s treatment and care, a number projected to rise to $1 trillion by 2050. At those numbers, Medicare and Medicaid could be bankrupted by Alzheimer’s alone. Currently, the U.S. spends $5.4 billion a year on cancer research, $3 billion on AIDS and another $2 billion on cardiovascular research, all with the goal of finding the cure to these illnesses. How much a year is spent on Alzheimer’s research, a disease that currently affects 5.1 million Americans (about one in eight), and in the future could affect as many as 15 million baby boomers (one in three)? Just $586 million. If that outrages you, it should. Dr. Ronald Petersen, director of the Alzheimer’s Research Center, suggested if the U.S. spent $2 billion a year on Alzheimer’s research, by 2025 we would be able to discover a treatment effective in halting the advance of Alzheimer’s. He cited a number of drug treatments that have already begun to show positive results, including a drug from France revealed this year that has been successful in removing plaque buildup in test patients.

The problem is testing is so expensive. Without money there can be no further research. Without research, a cure will never be found. Understanding that, Collins and others in the committee have vowed to push Congress to double the research money for Alzheimer’s every year until 2025. Provided, of course, that Congress will cooperate. The pain is costly in other ways as well. Many caretakers of affected Alzheimer’s patients are family members or spouses who have to either reduce their time at work or quit completely in order to adequately care for their loved ones. Two-income families suddenly become one-income families, and struggle to make ends meet in their own households while providing care for their ailing relatives. According to the Alzheimer’s Association’s fact sheet, in 2014 that added up to 374,000 hours and $4.6 billion of unpaid care in Massachusetts. The cost of caring for Alzheimer’s patients is astronomical as well. Twenty percent of Medicare is currently spent on long-term care for sufferers. The high cost of living at a nursing home quickly drains families of money (one local nursing home charges $110,000 a year) and secondary assistance from MassHealth is only available to those who have no resources. “You literally have to strip all your assets, then you can get help,” Maureen Glodas explained. At the Dodge Park support group, “Isadora,” who did not want to use her real name, talked about how her 89-year-old dementia-affected mother is currently in rehab after suffering a fall. The daily co-pay for rehab, Isadora said, is $40 —which, after two weeks, if her mother still requires care, would rise to $100 a day. In addition, when she asked staff at the assisted living facility to remind her mother she needed to change her clothes daily, Isadora

said she was told she would be charged an extra fee for the service.

THE PRICE OF CARING With Alzheimer’s, caretakers suffer as well. The effort in caring for a family member with Alzheimer’s takes a severe toll on a caretaker’s mental and physical health.

Maureen Glodas described how the stress of caring for her husband and their business as well as taking on responsibilities for their home and car — duties once handled by Dan — caused her to become extremely depressed. “I couldn’t see a future for me,” Maureen Glodas said. There was no more hope.” “Bruce,” another member of the Dodge Park support group, said caring for his girlfriend, who has dementia, proved exhausting. “I’m so tired I just fall into bed,” he said. Another Dodge Park group member, calling herself Gina, spoke of how the stress of caring for her Alzheimer’s-stricken husband affected her health so much her own elderly mother was concerned. She was Gina would pass away before her husband leave no one to care for her. “Being a caregiver is a very hard job,” Isadora said.

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Like Maureen Glodas, Isadora has some outside help, but the bulk of caring falls to her and her alone, leaving little time for herself. “(I’m) not having a life,” she lamented. Another group member, “Brenda,” expressed a wretched feeling that creeps into the minds of all caregivers: guilt. The burden of being responsible for a person that used to be so independent, a task that now severely limits the caregiver’s freedom, reduces their funds and adds to their stress understandably brings about feelings of resentment. Combined with simultaneous feelings of being inadequate in providing that care, the caregiver can start feeling massive amounts of guilt. Maureen Glodas agreed. “The guilt is unbelievable,” she told me, saying she not only felt like a failure in trying to provide care for her husband, she also felt guilty about having to essentially take away Dan’s business, stop him from driving, even saying how guilty she felt when she had to take his checkbook away. At the Dodge Park group, the members relayed their feelings of guilt. When Isadora said she did not want to be selfish, Kapperman told her, “You’re not. You’re being honest.”

AT HOME AT KEEPSAKE For those who need assistance but are still able to function on their own, there are places to go and people who are eager to help.

Connie Gardella (RNBSW) is the director of Health and Wellness at the Eisenberg Assisted Living Residence at 631 Salisbury St. in Worcester. She started working there only a month ago, but as she showed me around the wing for the Alzheimer’s and dementiaaffected residents — referred to as the Keepsake Unit — she moved with the relaxed ease of someone who not only is skilled at her job, but enjoys doing it as well. The unit, she said, houses about 20 residents in mild to moderate stages of cognitive decline. “This is their home,” Gardella assured me, saying the facility is not a nursing home. She went on to explain the number one goal of the staff in the Keepsake Unit is to create an environment for the residents to be successful in, allowing and encouraging them to maintain their independence and functionality in a place that is safe, reassuring and positive without the noise and confusion of more active sections of the building. The

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residents are engaged in full-day activities, including a recent visit from Barn Babies, a traveling baby animal petting zoo. Judging by Gardella’s bright smile as she recounted the event, the residents enjoyed the visit immensely. Opening the door to one resident’s quaint apartment, we were surprised to see a 103-year-old gentleman sitting in his chair, preparing for lunch. As Gardella showed me the layout of the room, he eyed us with a little bit of apprehension. “Are you kicking me out?” he asked. I was alarmed, worried I had upset him, but Gardella smiled and gently reassured him we were just taking a look around, and then encouraged him to get something to eat. Her demeanor seemed to put him quickly at ease. As I walked out the door back into the parking lot, pleased with what I had seen, I still felt a heaviness in my stomach. While it was wonderful to see the residents being cared for, I still could not help but wonder: is it ever going to get better?

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thousands of sufferers navigating the steep decline in health and their families struggling with all that comes with caring for an ailing relative while knowing the likely outcome, the outlook could appear bleak. But there is hope.

Studies have shown Alzheimer’s disease can be slowed and even made less severe through mental exercise. Test groups of people who were not yet afflicted and those who were in the early stages of the disease showed improved thinking and memory function after they started participating in mentallychallenging tasks, such as daily memory games and puzzles, and became involved in physical activities. In other words, people who kept thinking and moving did not suffer the effects of Alzheimer’s as badly as those who resigned themselves to fading away. Scientists have found that people who were highly educated and had careers that forced them to think through complex tasks and calculations on a daily basis were much less likely to develop Alzheimer’s disease in their later years, as were those who participated in regular exercise and maintained their health. Medically, there is also help. There are

some drugs available today to help lessen the effects of Alzheimer’s. These medications help delay symptoms up to several months by promoting healthy levels of chemicals in the brain that are responsible for memory and thinking. Unfortunately, these drugs may be beneficial to only about half of those who take it, and they do not completely stop the onset of Alzheimer’s. Scientists are working hard to find new treatments, even if some of them sound like something out of a sciencefiction movie. Thomas Berger, a neuroscientist from the University of Southern California, has been working on an electronic implant that would mimic healthy brain activity in people diagnosed with Alzheimer’s or other brain-related issues. Early lab tests on rats and monkeys show great promise. With all the understandable concern shown to the patients, it is easy to forget how much their caregivers are struggling as well. Maureen Glodas talked about visiting several support groups, finding assistance through the Lithuanian community and reading books such as “The Caregiving Wife’s Handbook” by Diana B. Denholm. Understanding that others are struggling to make sense of what to do and how to help their ill loved ones, Maureen Glodas has considered starting a consulting business to help, drawing upon her own experiences to assist caregivers who are overwhelmed with confusion and frustration.

In the support groups, caregivers meet and find relief by venting their frustrations and aide one another by offering support and suggestions in a relaxed environment (often with a healthy dose of humor for added benefit) on how to cope with the stress and care for their spouses and relatives. At the Dodge Park meeting, one participant, “Sarah,” mentioned how her affected mother had begun to fiddle with little things such as buttons and holes in clothing and was not sure what to make of the behavior. The group eagerly suggested that since Sarah liked to crochet blankets for hospitalized children, she should crochet a blanket with holes and tags to keep her mother occupied, an idea Sarah liked. When Isadora explained her financial difficulties with her own mother, the group reacted in sympathetic shock, and Kapperman quickly suggested Isadora look into obtaining a Medicare bed, something Isadora had not thought of. When Brenda began to cry over the death of her mother and the rapid digression of her father, the group was quick to comfort her, assuring her it was all right to cry, that no one was judging her for it. “Does that help?” Kapperman asked. “It does,” Brenda said, smiling through tears. Kapperman smiled wider, reaching for her. “All of your feelings are your feelings,” she

assured her. Isadora nodded in agreement, saying, “Thank you for opening up.”

STEPS FOR CHANGE The theme of this year’s

World Alzheimer’s Month is “Remember Me,” and encourages people to keep those who are currently afflicted and those who have died from Alzheimer’s in their hearts and minds.

The end of every Alzheimer’s Awareness month concludes with a nationwide charity walk to raise money for Alzheimer’s research. In Worcester, the fourth annual Alzheimer’s Walk will be held Sunday, Oct. 4 at Quinsigamond Community College. The threemile walk starts at 10:30 a.m. The Alzheimer’s Association’s goal is to raise $368,420 for care and research. Having raised $148,258 as of Sept. 15, the group has reached 40 percent of its goal. To participate in the walk or assist in volunteer work, please go to Walk to End Alzheimer’s on the Alzheimer’s Association’s webpage (alz.org).

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Katrina: Then and Now

Joshua Lyford

Hurricane Katrina wreaked an incredible level of destruction along the Gulf coast in August 2005, with New Orleans bearing the brunt of the devastation as the city’s levee system fell to pieces. It was one of the deadliest hurricanes in our nation’s history, and all these years later, many areas affected are still trying to rebuild their communities.

The Iris & Gerald B. Cantor Art Gallery at the College of the Holy Cross, 1 College St., has curated a pair of exhibits which explore the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina and artists roles in rebuilding a community in “Katrina Then & Now: Artists as Witness,” with the first exhibit, “Documenting, Describing & Dealing with Disaster,” running though Oct. 10. “Often, it is the artists who go back in and see how to start back up again,” said Gallery Director Roger Hankins. “They had to start from scratch and they were part of the process that reclaimed the area from the water.” This exhibition marks the 10th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina, and the gallery not only offers a visual memorial to the events of 2005 - it offers a line between the tragic events and the arts that sprung up in New Orleans between then and now. Daina Cheyenne Harvey is an assistant professor of sociology and anthropology at the College and lived in New Orleans until he was

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Above: Daina Cheyenne Harvey curated the “Katrina Then and Now” exhibit on display at the Cantor Art Gallery. Left: “Adam and Eve” by Jeffrey Marshall 14. He returned to New Orleans in 2010, spending 14 months writing his dissertation for Rutgers University, with a focus on rebuilding efforts. “Most important of all is the power of culture and art,” said Harvey. “In the aftermath of Katrina, a big worry was that the city would lose its culture. I knew artists were using their art to come to terms with what happened, but it also spread to non artists as well.” The exhibition is both exciting and heartbreaking; you can almost see directly through the individual pieces and into the hearts and minds of the artists creating and documenting life in New Orleans in the aftermath of such a devastating event. The exhibit is a bit of a departure from Holy Cross’s usual offerings in the Cantor Gallery. “We’ve never done anything quite like this,” said Hankins. “We’ve done history based shows and we’ve done social issues. We’re not strangers to that and this fit into our program. It is such a big topic, it seemed impossible to do this with enough depth and breadth, to show what this meant to these artists and what they experienced.” While the theme of the gallery is something of a memorial to those tragic experiences, the art contained within is vast and varied. There are drawings by Jeffrey Marshall, a Gloucester resident and associate professor at Mount Ida College, who spent time from 2006-2015 documenting the city and its rebuilding efforts. The drawings of home remains and devastation are haunting and his style humanizes the havoc. “This is a bit of a memorial in a sense,” said Hankins. “We’re not celebrating art made in New Orleans in the normal sense of the word. This is about the death and destruction, there is a reverence in this.” The iconic blue tarp, the symbol of a sometimes fractured government rebuilding effort, is on display in a haunting painting. There are stoop steps, created by Dawn DeDeaux, lit up in the gallery. The steps were often a social hangout

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and serve as a memorial to area residents’ experiences during and following Hurricane Katrina. “The flooding was so fast that houses moved,” said Harvey. “Sometimes all that was left was the steps.” The gallery is open to the public as well as Holy Cross students and staff. “This gives us–the students and the faculty–a bit of that experience,” said Hankins. “This is one tenth of one tenth of one tenth of what they had to go through.” Check out Part 1 of “Katrina Then &

Now: Artists as Witness, Documenting, Describing & Dealing with Disaster,” running through Oct. 10 at the Iris and B. Gerald Cantor Art Gallery at the College of the Holy Cross, 1 College St. Part 2, The Rebirth of Art will run from Oct. 22-Dec. 18. For more information on the exhibit or college, head to Holycross.edu.

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Joshua Lyford

Planned Parenthood has come under significant fire in recent months and is in danger of being defunded, escalating in a House vote of 241-187 on Sept. 18 to shelve federal funding for a full year. Worcester’s punk and hardcore scene is fighting back with fundraising via a stacked show at the Hotel Vernon, 16 Kelley Square, falling on the same day as the House vote to defund.

The show featured Superjerk, The Jonestown Pizza Party, Cuban Rebel Girls and the ever-musically shifting Mountain Man. The packed ship room venue space at the bar was filled to the brim. According to show organizer and enthusiastic Cuban Rebel Girls front man Jeff Siegrist, the evening raised $824 as well as awareness for the offerings provided by Planned Parenthood. “They are an invaluable resource to the community and they have been threatened with being defunded,” explained Siegrist. “If Planned Parenthood shuts down, it affects all of us. I want people to know that they can get involved with this.” Mountain Man has shifted their sonic ambition since their inception from more straightforward and raw fast-hardcore, into a more experimental vision. While they often play with different lineups and with different arrangements, they were at full capacity at the Vernon with two drummers, guitar, bass and cello. The band is always a treat and the focus of the evening, but the importance of health and women’s health organization Planned Parenthood wasn’t lost on its members. “Because of the weight of the subject matter, it felt like something we should do,” said Mountain Man vocalist and guitar player Jesse Menard. “It’s been a long time since someone has given us the opportunity to do something we felt was important.” While the show was set up as the topic of defunding Planned Parenthood came into light, the date happened to fall on the same day as the House vote, with nearly all Republicans (with the exception of Reps. Charlie Dent, Pennsylvania; Robert Dold, Illinois; and Richard Hanna, New York) voting for the funding lockdown on the organization. “Many Americans seem to believe that the Planned Parenthood funding goes directly toward abortions, but it goes to healthcare and community needs,” said Siegrist. “We can’t dissuade those people, we can only try to recruit others to our cause.”

While the House passed the defunding of the organization, it is expected to be blocked by Senate Democrats. If the defunding is achieved in the Senate however, some estimated 2.7 million or more patients could potentially have corresponding healthcare cut off. The vehement push against Planned Parenthood has been largely based around a controversial video by anti-choice Center for Medical Progress with Planned Parenthood workers speaking about the sale of fetal parts. It has been in the spotlight, and while the video has been proven to be largely untrue

the organization cannot legally use federal funding for), the organization provides many important healthcare services. According to the organization, it provides sex education for 1.5 million people each year, contraception, vasectomies, prenatal care, pregnancy tests (1.1 million per year on average according to the organization), 4.5 million STD screenings and treatments in 2013 alone (this number represents the largest percentage of Planned Parenthood’s services), cancer screenings, breast exams and research. “It’s an invaluable resource that promotes

you want to do with your own body. This is such a valuable resource and the GOP is trying to destroy that for everyone.” As the bands headed out of the Hotel Vernon after the show, a middle-aged homeless man, who asked not to be named, questioned what the fundraiser was for. When told, he shook his head and said he is HIV positive. “It’s important,” the man said. “What I have, I don’t want others to have.” You can find all of the bands that performed at the Planned Parenthood League LOUIE DESPRES

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and wholly misleading, and the organization behind it was created by anti-choice advocate David Daleiden, a former worker for anti-choice organization Live Action, Republicans have swarmed around the issue as the 2016 presidential campaign heats up. While much of the discussion surrounding the organization focuses on abortion, which Planned Parenthood says accounts for just 3 percent of their provided services (one

public health,” said Menard. “People ignore what happens around them. Planned Parenthood is an important resource.” According to the Guttmacher Institute, a nonprofit that promotes sexual and reproductive health and rights, the loss of contraceptive services would lead to increased rates of unplanned pregnancy, birth and abortion. “The anti-choice movement is based on lies,” said Siegrist. “Live your life and do what

of Massachusetts Fundraiser Show at the Hotel Vernon, 16 Kelley Square, online on Facebook.com and for more information on Planned Parenthood and the services they provide online at Plannedparenthood.org. Reporter Joshua Lyford can be reached at 508-749-3166, ext. 325, or by email at Jlyford@worcestermagazine.com. Follow Josh on Twitter @Joshachusetts.

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in action for a little while. Or, more than likely, you just assumed this column was an eccentric’s classified ad and really didn’t care to read it. Either way, while I’m sure you missed the way my voice sounds in your head (I’m hoping it’s something along the lines of a tuned-up Christopher Lloyd), it was fair game. There has been such an incredible wealth of fantastic events happening around the city recently that the call had to be made, something had to be pushed, and I am nothing if not a team player. I’m back now, and since our publisher brought in a grab bag of FritoLay products, I am typing all of this with actual Cheetos dust on my fingers. There’s plenty to get to, my friends.

THE ENTERTAINMENT STORE THIS CITY DESERVES: On Saturday, Sept. 26 That’s

Entertainment will be having a special event to celebrate “Batman Day.” Guest comics Derek Ring, Bob Noberini, Derek Rook and Doug Chapel (Hi, Doug) will be drawing for comic fans throughout the event which runs from 1-5 p.m. This is That’s E!’s 35th year in business and they’ve been pulling out all the stops to have some awesome events lately, and I imagine that will continue through the new year, but for now, make sure to get suited up for the costume contest. There will be prizes and gift certificates, as well as a door prize for the first 25 people to wish the cashier a “Happy Batman Day.” That’s much better than when I go and ask, “How many Bogbrew witch cards do you guys have for sale?”

TAP ONE DOLLAR BEER TO CAST: I’ll make this short and sweet, Magic: The Gathering has returned to the Hotel Vernon on Wednesday nights. It takes place in the ship room and it is a laid back setting, supreme conditions for someone like me who is terrified of being ridiculed by a preteen at a more formal tournament setting. I suggest keeping your cards in sleeves, or else the ’Gansett might do a number on them. Also, no sliver cards or people tend to get reeeeal feisty. POP INTO POP-UP GALLERY: The Worcester PopUp Gallery on 20 Franklin St. kicked off with its opening Sept. 18 and the progressive art display has once again done a great job just off of Main Street. There were refreshments (I didn’t indulge because I wasn’t sure that I wouldn’t turn into a sort of hybrid-Cookie Monster and embarrass myself), live acoustic music and an assortment of art on display. There were paintings by Robin Reynolds, Karen Reid and Joanne Holtje as well as sketches by Jennifer Hersh. My personal favorite was an untitled piece by Lydia Berry, combining wood sections with poetry. COMPULSIVELY FOCUSED ON YOUR DISTRESS: Mountain Man has had an

interesting path. The band started off as fast and gritty hardcore, but has morphed into something else entirely. The change has come in increments throughout each of their releases, but their most recent LP, “Rumination,” just came out Sept. 22, and the band has shown growth yet again in a sonically compelling effort. The album is fantastic and they will be playing a release show at Ralph’s Diner on Oct. 2. Mountain Man is headlining, but the entire lineup is both eclectic and amazing. Hollow is opening things up and is as mysterious as they are doomy. Cannibal Ramblers come next and I won’t even try to describe their brand of off-kilter, deltainfluenced offerings. I’ll just say they proved to be one of my favorite live acts of all time when I got the chance to see them. The Furs and Chrome over Brass round things out. The Furs are from Boston and have a talented group of individuals playing modern psychedelic fuzz. Chrome over Brass is the prolific Alex Garcia-Rivera’s instrumental project that is drums with layered riffs. I’m looking forward to this one and you should be too.

A RAD WAY TO SPEND THE DAY: Summertime is tough for skate parks After a long winter,

no one wants to ride or skate indoors. This means income for those months is slim and Mendon’s RAD Skatepark has been affected by this reality, just like every other area skate park. On the other hand, the community tends to lend its own helping hand and there has been a BMX jam/ hardcore fundraising show set up to help out. The bands are Foxfires (full disclosure: my band), Spirits, Fuming Mouth, Truth Decay and the temporary return of Immolate. I’m also pretty sure New Reality is playing this, though they are not on the flyer. The BMX jam component of the show is sponsored by a who’s who of awesome bike companies, including S&M, FBM, Terrible 1, Bonedeath and Kink. The date is Sunday, Sept. 27 and you can shred pre-headbang. With Shrewsbury’s Subliminal Skatepark and Warwick, Rhode Island’s Impact Sports Park closing, RAD is our last bastion of hope for indoor cruising this winter. Plus, Jake and John are very, very nice people.

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A Whitey shade of pale Jim Keogh

Whitey Bulger is a vampire.

That’s my takeaway from “Black Mass.” As directed by Scott Cooper and stylized by Johnny Depp, Boston’s most notorious gangster prowls the city in his upturned black-leather collar like the king of the undead, his face weirdly made up and prosthetically-enhanced, his eyes masked behind blue contact lenses that take in no light and emit no emotion, his slicked-back hair helmet downright Lugosi-like. You don’t take this guy down with a bullet; you need a wooden stake and a healthy dose of sunlight. “Black Mass” is as bloodless as Bulger himself; a low-energy movie, flat and gray like the Boston sky that occupies each frame. It’s a curiosity piece more than anything, especially for people in this part of the country who are most familiar with the Bulger story. The movie is concerned with checking boxes for the historical record — this guy got killed, that guy ratted — and does so with such plodding earnestness it seems to forget it also has an audience to entertain. The film kicks in when Bulger’s ugly influence is beginning to crest (if you want to know his origins, you’ll have to read one of the many books that dissect his life and “career”). He earns an unlikely champion in FBI agent John Connolly (Joel Edgerton), an old pal from South Boston who recruits Jimmy (nobody called him Whitey in the neighborhood) as an informant in exchange for immunity from prosecution. The devil’s deal allows Bulger to expand his tyrannical hold on Southie, which he does unrepentantly. “Black Mass” is terribly unfocused, wasting too much time with unnecessary subplots like the death of his young son and smuggling of guns to the Irish Republican Army. Most egregiously, the movie wants to make some kind of point about Whitey’s relationship with his brother, Sen. Billy Bulger (Benedict

Cumberbatch, at least a foot taller than the original). The good brother-bad brother dynamic is not particularly interesting if nothing particularly interesting occurs between the two. They both love their mother, they don’t talk business, and since the movie ends just as Whitey is fleeing Boston, we aren’t even left the luxury of speculating whether Billy may have had contact with Jimmy when the latter was on the lam. Yawn. The pivot to “Black Mass” is John Connolly, who is so completely sucked into the Whitey Bulger vortex that his marriage crumbles and his superiors, justifiably, regard him with suspicion and then revulsion. It’s in the Connolly character that we get a glimpse of the famous South Boston clannishness (though Whitey is loyal to no one, except Mom, I suppose), but the bumbling performance by Edgerton makes him little more than a buffoon. Connolly’s pattern of lies is presented so awkwardly obvious here it’s nearly impossible to believe anyone bought his line for as long as they did. Was Whitey a monster? Absolutely. “Black Mass” recalls some of his most vicious crimes, including the strangling of Steve Flemmi’s girlfriend. And the film leaves no doubt that Whitey brought drugs into Southie, rather than keep them out (a popular myth, long ago busted). But why were people drawn to Bulger in the first place, other than out of fear? Was there not a shred of charisma, something other than his innate homicidal maniac that got his army to do his bidding? The film is fixated with Whitey Bulger as menace to society, public enemy number one, the bogeyman of South Boston, then relies on visual shortcuts to depict him as a man of his place, including Boston mob-picture chestnuts of the gangster sitting alone in a church pew and attending a St. Patrick’s Day Parade. Do vampires attend parades? Apparently they do in Southie.

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garlic was sans sauce, with minced clam pieces and plenty of cheese, was just how I remember, but could have used a bit more garlic. The classic cheese pizza, with red sauce, was just that – classic. A wellproportioned mix of sauce and cheese on a perfectly crisp crust. We had several pieces of pizza boxed up to go, and received our bill of $48 before tip. The renovated Wonder Bar made some appropriate choices to keep up with the times (bigger bar, flat screen TVs, bigger bathrooms), and the menu and food have also received a positive boost without overshadowing what made the Wonder Bar, the Wonder Bar.

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Primo’s Ristorante has known several locations

over the years. It was first established in Oxford, closed and reopened on Shrewsbury Street in Worcester. In November 2014, Primo’s move to 106 Green St. in the Canal District. Owned by Angel Rodriguez, who is also a Worcester

police officer, it was a popular gathering spot. Primo’s also offered catering services. Rodriguez earlier this month announced on Facebook the restaurant was closing. He posted photos of equipment, all of which

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he said is for sale. Reached for comment by a Worcester Magazine reporter, Rodriguez was a man of few words, opting not to explain why the restaurant was closing. On Facebook, he said, “Time to make a change. More family STEVEN KING time and quality time.” Rodriguez appears to be pushing to sell off his inventory, posting this message on Facebook earlier this week: “If you ever wanted to OWN your own Bar/ Night Club here is your opportunity. We are selling the bar. Please contact me if you are interested. We have priced it to sell so make your move before it’s gone.” The Canal District is one of the city’s more happening places when it comes to food and fun. Here’s hoping someone can make a go of it.

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The second installment of the Harvest Dinner is at Niche Test Kitchen, 30 Major Taylor Boulevard, Friday, Sept. 25, 7 p.m. Enjoy food and drink pairings, with the Harvest Dinner featuring dishes created with fresh, locally-sourced produce and meats. Tickets to the Harvest Dinner are $85 each. Or, for $160 you can also enjoy dinner on the Day of the Dead, Friday, Oct. 30, also at the Test Kitchen. The price includes tax and tip. There is a 24-person max for each event. Reservations are required, and guests must prepay for each

event. You can do both by emailing rsvp@ nichehospitality.com or 508-612-1137.

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Start with something free. For over a decade, The College of the Holy Cross has hosted the Seelos Film Series on Friday nights. Consider this a rare opportunity to treat yourself to a summer Blockbuster sans admission. (This also means that you’re sure to begin your date without an awkward game of wallet-tug-o’-war.) The show starts at 7 p.m. in Kimball Hall, but as long as you’re polite, don’t feel like you have to arrive on time or stay for the whole movie. In other words, don’t feel guilty if you get caught up strolling across the pristine grounds of Holy Cross with your date. Take your time. Enjoy the sunset. Program Director Charles Baker tries his best to select popular Sarah Connell films that are either still in theatres or have just finished playing. In coming weeks, you can expect the likes of “Mad Max: Fury Road,” “Inside Out,” “Furious 7,” “Avengers: Age of Ultron,” “Ant Man,” “Jurassic World,” “Mission Impossible: Rogue Nation” and “Trainwreck.” After the show, head to Still and Stir, a classic cocktail bar stationed in Worcester’s former Municipal Building. If you’re looking for quiet conversation, grab a seat behind bars in the old holding cell, but if you’re looking to be entertained, sit down at the bar and ask the bartenders to regale you with stories of the secret network of tunnels in the basement.

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Acoustic Cafe . Join us as we welcome back the Abby Kelley Foster Charter School Rock Ensemble! If any other schools would like more information on how to participate in Acoustic Cafe, please contact the store. FREE. 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. Barnes & Noble Booksellers - Millbury, 70 Worcester Providence Turnpike, Millbury. 508-865-2801 Assumption College HumanArts Bach Consort of Worcester. Assumption College HumanArts series presents: Bach Consort of Worcester Michelle Graveline, Artistic Director Peter Sulski, String Leader Kirsten Hadden Lipkens, Oboe, Guest Artist The Bach Consort of Worcester opens its 2015-2016 season with an all-Bach concert. The program will feature the concerto for oboe and violin in C minor, BWV 1060, with soloists Peter Sulski, violin, and guest artist Kirsten Hadden Lipkens, Oboe. Violinists Joshua Peckins and Angel Hernandez will be the featured soloists in the famous Bach Double Concerto, BWV 1043. The program will also include a Bach Gamba Sonata arranged for 2 violas and ensemble, and the Bach A minor violin concerto, BWV 1041. Guest artist Kirsten Hadden Lipkens received her degrees in music performance from the Eastman School of Music and The Yale School of Music. Free. noon-1 p.m. Assumption College: Chapel of the Holy Spirit, 500 Salisbury St. THIRSTY THURSDAY OPEN MIC NIGHT.*Calling all fellow musicians & artists alike!* Join us down at the Dark Horse & bring your Guitars, Banjos, Mandolins, Trumpets & Xylophones & let’s have some fun! To RSVP a time slot in advance please send your name/ time slot you’d like and e-mail (optional) to darkhorseopenmic@ yahoo.com. To all other players that want to come up to jam and don’t want to RSVP... there will be a sign-up sheet so you get to play your tunes accordingly, so don’t fret (no pun intended). Here are the times: 7 7:30 8 8:30 9 9:30 FREE :). 7-10 p.m. Dark Horse Tavern, 12 Crane St., Southbridge. 508-764-1100 Ukelele Club. 7-9 p.m. Union Music, 142 Southbridge St. 508753-3702. Brian Chaffee. 8 p.m.-1 a.m. Rye & Thyme, 14 Monument Square, Leominster. 978-534-5900. Chris Houston. 8 p.m.-1 a.m. Compass Tavern, 90 Harding St. 508-304-6044. Chris Reddy Acoustic Loops from Hell. 8-11 p.m. Flip Flops, 680 Main St., Holden. Sam Nesbitt. 8 p.m.-1 a.m. Blueprint New American Bar & Grill, 9 Village Square, Westminster. 978-668-5580. The Flock Of A#*HOLES on Thursday again from 9-11pm followed by the greatest female led GUNS-N-ROSES band “ROCKET QUEEN” 11:15-close..FLOCK!!!! (9pm-11pm ONLY!!!) ROCKET QUEEN!!! The female fronted G-n-R tribute band. facebook.com/ RocketQueenBoston This is an 80’s night for the history books folks! $7. 8 p.m.-2 a.m. Lucky Dog Music Hall, 89 Green St. 508-363-1888 Nudie Suits. Classic Hits, Rockabilly, Southern Rock, Country & More 8:30-12:30 p.m. Beatnik’s, 433 Park Ave. 508-926-8877. Dan Burke! 9 p.m.-2 a.m. Nick’s Bar and Restaurant, 124 Millbury St. 508-753-4030. Dave Anthony. 9 p.m.-2 a.m. Michael’s Cigar Bar, 1 Exchange Place. 508-459-9035. Karaoke Singing Contest - $500.00 prize. Karaoke contest is open to solo singers 21 years or older. Three singers selected each week to compete in karaoke contest finals which will begin on November 5 and run for 3 weeks. 21 singers total will compete in finals week 1. Those 21 will be narrowed down to 12 singers for finals week 2. Those 12 will be narrowed down to 6 singers for finals week 3. At the end of week 3 finals, 1 singer will win the Grand Prize of $500.00. There will be open karaoke starting at 9 p.m. The contest portion of the night will start between 10 and 10:30 p.m. and then more open karaoke after the contest. 353 free. 9 p.m.-1 a.m. Padavano’s Place, 358 Shrewsbury St. 774-696-4845. Karaoke w/ Royal Crown. 9 p.m.-1 a.m. Classic’s Pub, 285 Central St., Leominster. 978-537-7750. Live Music. 9 p.m.-1 a.m. Banner Pub, The, 112 Green St. 508755-0879.

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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! Ask about Thank Friday It’s Dr. Nat (TFIDN) menu bargains in the cabaret room! No cover charge, tips appreciated. 5:30-7:30 p.m. Nick’s Bar and Restaurant, 124 Millbury St. 508-753-4030 Damfino Book release party 7pm, then Jennifer Antkowiak at 9pm and Harvey Ball After Party! . 7 p.m.-2 a.m. Nick’s Bar and Restaurant, 124 Millbury St. 508-753-4030. Ken Macy. Come join us here at Canal for some food, drinks and live music featuring Ken Macy! 7-10 p.m. Canal Restaurant & Bar, 65 Water Street, 65 Water St. 508-926-8353. BILL McCARTHY or SEAN RYAN @ BARBERS NORTH or BARBERS ROADHOUSE. Now catch Bill McCarthy or Sean Ryan playing their hearts out on alternating Fridays at Barbers North (Sterling) or Barbers Roadhouse (Leicester). Call ahead to find out who’s playing where, but each is worth the trip as is the venue! Visit: www.BillMcCarthyMusic.com for info. FREE. 7:30-10:30 p.m. Barbers Crossing (North), 175 Leominster Road, Sterling. 978-422-8438. John Henry’s Hammer Open Mic - First U. Open Mic runs every 2nd and 4th Friday of the Month $2 Donation. 7:30-10:30 p.m. First Unitarian Church, 90 Main St. 5083064616. The Bach Consort in Concert. The Bach Consort of Worcester is a dynamic string group dedicated to the performance of the music of J.S. Bach and other composers of the Baroque period. Founded in 2010 - with a series of recitals featuring the great Bach violin sonatas, the group plays regularly on Assumption College’s HumanArts series and is the house ensemble for the Salisbury Singers. Michelle Graveline, Artistic Director, Peter Sulski, violin soloist. Sponsors: The Stuart P. Anderson Endowed Fund and the Music Program of the Department of Visual and Performing Arts. free and open to the public. 7:30-9:30 p.m. Clark University: Traina Center for the Arts, Razzo Hall, 92 Downing St. 508-783-7356. Brother Maynard. 8 p.m.-1 a.m. Blueprint New American Bar & Grill, 9 Village Square, Westminster. 978-668-5580. Chris Reddy Acoustic Loops from Hell. 8 p.m.-1 a.m. The Mill 185, 185 West Boylston St., West Boylston. 774-261-8585. Jim Perry presents ‘The Three Kings of the Blues A night to celebrate the music of Albert, Freddy and BB King! Featuring Jim Perry, Johnny Blue Horn, Lisa Marie, Pete Levesque, Steve Going, Pat Herlehy (Mighty Sam McClain’s guitarist) and others. With the recent passing of BB King, the three Kings of the blues are reunited in blues heaven. Join us as we bring all of them back alive in one special night. $25 in advance / $30 day of show at the door. 8-10 p.m. Viva Bene Italian Ristorante, Club Symply Fargone at Viva Bene, 144 Commercial St. 978-563-9998 Sam Nesbitt. 8 p.m.-1 a.m. South Side Grille & Margarita Factory, 242 West Broadway, Gardner. 978-632-1057. Scott Babineau. 8 p.m.-1 a.m. Rye & Thyme, 14 Monument Sqare, Leominster. 978-534-5900. The TOOL tribute SCHISM is back! with extra special guests The Dead And The Damned.is one of the absolute BEST BANDS that play here at the Lucky Dog. We’re so happy we have them back. $10 . 8 p.m.-2 a.m. Lucky Dog Music Hall, 89 Green St. 508-363-1888 A Fine Connection. 9 p.m.-1 a.m. Beatnik’s, 433 Park Ave. 508926-8877. Andy Cummings & Swingabilly Lounge. 9 p.m.-2 a.m. Michael’s Cigar Bar, 1 Exchange Place. 508-459-9035. Boom Box. $5. 9 p.m.-1 a.m. Greendale’s Pub, 404 W Boylston St. 508-853-1350. DJs Dareen & Ricksta. 9 p.m.-2 a.m. Classic’s Pub, 285 Central St., Leominster. 978-537-7750. Drunken Uncles. 9 p.m.-2 a.m. Rivalry’s Sports Bar, 274 Shrewsbury St. 774-243-1100. Metro. 9 p.m.-2 a.m. Jillian’s - Worcester, 315 Grove St. 508-793-0900. Panic Button. Top 40 hits and much more! 9 p.m.-12:30 a.m. JJ’s

Sports Bar and Grill, 380 Southwest Cutoff, Northborough. 508-842-8420. Relative Souls, Ghosts of Jupiter. 21 plus for more info visit www.facebook.com/electrichaze 9 p.m.-1 a.m. Electric Haze, 26 Millbury St. 508-799-0629. The Flock Of A@#Holes 80’s bash FRI + SAT at Chopsticks-Leominster. Always so much fun here at Chopsticks. Great Mai Tais, some of the best food and terrific 80’s music. FREE!!!!. 9 p.m.-1 a.m. Chopstick’s Restaurant & Lounge, Commercial Road, Leominster. DJ (21+) Canal. N/A. 10 p.m.-1:30 a.m. Canal Restaurant & Bar, 65 WATER ST., 65 Water St. 508-926-8353.

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Leominster. 978-534-5900. Go Gadget Go. 8 p.m.-1 a.m. South Side Grille & Margarita Factory, 242 West Broadway, Gardner. 978-632-1057. Live Music. 8 p.m.-1 a.m. The Blacksheep Tavern, 261 Leominster Road, Sterling. 978-422-0255. The Greatest Hits on Earth - LIVE! What if you put the former singers and players of Kansas, Blue Oyster Cult, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Journey and the Storm on one stage for one night in >Saturday 26 Worcester? You’d have THE GREATEST HITS ON EARTH: LIVE®! Ben Cote Band. Partner’s Pub, 970 South St., Fitchburg. 978That’s just what’s happening at the Hanover Theatre. All the singers 345-5051. will be singing all their hit songs live, from Dust in the Wind to Sweet Home Alabama. One massive supergroup, one night and scores of huge hit songs assembled just for Worcester. Symply Fargone Productions presents this amazing show at The Hanover Theatre for one special night. Bringing Your Music Back to Worcester! $35, $45, $55, $70 at Hanover Theatre Box office. 8-10 p.m. Hanover Theatre for the Performing Arts, 2 Southbridge St. 877-471-7649 Saturday Night Live Jazz. 8:30 p.m.-midnight Pho Dakao, 593 Park Ave. 617-803-5016 Brasilian Dance Band. 9 p.m.-2 a.m. Speakers Night Club, 19 Weed St., Marlborough. 508-439-9314. Custard Pie. The ultimate Zeppelin tribute! 9 p.m.-12:30 Worcester Storytellers’ Third Anniversary a.m. JJ’s Sports Bar and Grill, 380 Southwest Cutoff, Northborough. Celebration is held at Annie’s Book Stop Friday, 65 James 508-842-8420. St., Sept. 25, 7-9 p.m. Hosted by Kristina England. Various Darryl & The Derelicks. 9 p.m.-1 a.m. Beatnik’s, 433 Park Ave. writers will read from the work of writer Sid Dorfman. Open 508-926-8877. mic always preceded the feature performance. It’s free and open Dazed Till Dawn. 9 p.m.-2 a.m. Classic’s Pub, 285 Central St., to the public. Donations are welcome. For more information, visit Leominster. 978-537-7750. worcestercountypoetry.org, email amlpoet@verizon.net or call Decades by Dezyne. 9 p.m.-2 a.m. Jillian’s - Worcester, 315 508-479-7574. Grove St. 508-793-0900. DJ Pete Blaze. Dance the night away with DJ Pete blaze every Saturday night. No cost 21+, Drink specials. no cost, 21+. 9 p.m.-12:30 a.m. Drafter’s Sports Cafe, 325 Chase Ave, Dudley. 508-671-9053. Jubilee Gardens! Nick’s Bar and Restaurant, 124 Millbury St. Jack Rabbit Slim. 9 p.m.-2 a.m. Michael’s Cigar Bar, 1 Exchange 508-753-4030. Place. 508-459-9035. Music. Music by Wibble, 1-4 p.m. Sept. 26. Also apple picking, Jubilee Gardens at Nicks. jubilee gardens brings their eclectic hayrides, cider donuts, snack bar and playground. Brookfield mix of world, folk, rock originals to a cool little bar with german Orchards, 12 Lincoln Road, North Brookfield. 508-867-6858. Free. foods & great beers! 9 p.m.-midnight Nick’s Bar and Restaurant, 124 Open Mic. Open to musicians, poets, comedians or anyone with a Millbury St. 508-753-4030. talent! Hosted by Stephen Wright. 6-9 p.m. Nu Cafe, 335 Chandler St. Magic Island, Soft Cactus, One Way Light Time. 21 plus 508-926-8800 for more info visit www.facebook.com/electrichaze 9 p.m.-2 a.m. Booty and the Jett. 7-11 p.m. The GazBar Sports Grill, 1045 Electric Haze, 26 Millbury St. 508-799-0629. Central St., Leominster. Mike Lynch Trio. 9 p.m.-2 a.m. Rivalry’s Sports Bar, 274 Heather Marie Ralston. Come join us here at Canal for some Shrewsbury St. 774-243-1100. food, drinks and live music featuring Heather Marie Ralston! N/A. Moonshine. Moonshine: Featuring Melissa Perkins covering the 7-10 p.m. Canal Restaurant & Bar, 65 Water Street, 65 Water St. best in Top 40 Country, pop, Rock and Blues. From Miranda Lambert 508-926-8353. to Grace Potter, Susan Tedeschi and more! Come on out! Cover. 9 A Worcester Schubertiad. An evening soirée of art song and p.m.-1 a.m. Wheelock Inn, 82 Wheelock Ave., Millbury. chamber music including local artists soprano Jane Shivick, mezzo- Silverbacks. $5. 9 p.m.-1 a.m. Greendale’s Pub, 404 W Boylston soprano and Metropolitian Opera artist Sondra Kelly, tenor Stanley St. 508-853-1350. Wilson, baritone Ron Williams along with pianists Olga Rogach The Curtis Mayflower with Hot Letter. The Curtis Mayflower’s and Malcolm Halliday. Adult $30 in advance/$35 at door, Seniors Bluesy swagger bolstering a retro-’70s cool, thick vocals and a dark and children under 8 $20. 7:30-9:30 p.m. First Unitarian Church, lyrical exploration of a relationships demise, all executed flawlessly. Sanctuary, 90 Main St. 617-512-1882 They perform Saturday September 26th with special guests Hot Letter 9 Isabelle Stover Trio. 7:30-11 p.m. Pho Dakao, 593 Park Ave. p.m.-1 a.m. Lucky Dog Music Hall, 89 Green St. 508-363-1888 508-756-7555. DJ (21+) Canal. N/A. 10 p.m.-1:30 a.m. Canal Restaurant & Bar, Mark Marquis Concert. with Lizzy Marquis ~ Piano & Vocals 65 WATER ST., 65 Water St. 508-926-8353. Scott Babineau ~ Bass & Vocals Don Kirby ~ Drums. The New The Babe Pino Band. Babe-Peter-Bob and George continue Players Theatre Guild Center for the Performing Arts. Tickets $10 in to present the finest in blues music for your dancing and listening advance or $15 at the door www.nptg.org/tickets.html Call ~ 978pleasure. Padavanos continues to provide the finest in feast. Join 534-4635. 7:30-10:30 p.m. The New Players Theatre Guild Center for us please. no cover charge. 10 p.m.-1 a.m. Padavano’s Place, 358 the Performing Arts, 15 Rollstone St., Fitchburg. 978-534-4635 Shrewsbury St. 774-823-3022. Belit. 8 p.m.-1 a.m. The Mill 185, 185 West Boylston St., West Worcester Jazz Collective @ Sahara. Worcester Jazz Boylston. 774-261-8585. Collective plays Sahara Restaurant every 4th Saturday! 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Brunch with Jon Short. 10:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Rye & Thyme, 14 Monument Square, Leominster. 978-534-5900. Music by Wibble, Down Right Country, 1-4 p.m. Also apple picking, hayrides, cider donuts, snack bar and playground. Brookfield Orchards, 12 Lincoln Road, North Brookfield. 508-867-6858. Free admission. Assumption College Chorale Family Weekend Concert. Sunday, September 27th AC Chorale Family Weekend Concert 2:00pm Chapel of the Holy Spirit The Assumption College Chorale in the first concert of the season will present a concert of varied choral works from traditional to contemporary. Free. 2-3 p.m. Assumption College: Chapel of the Holy Spirit, 500 Salisbury St. Irish music session. Come on down if you have an instrument and like to play Irish music. We like to include all levels of musicians. if you have an Irish song to sing we let you sing it. Free. 4-8 p.m. Fiddlers’ Green Pub & Restaurant, 19 Temple St. 508-792-3700. Jeff Galindo’s Soundscapes 5pm, then Andy Cummings 8pm. 5 p.m.-2 a.m. Nick’s Bar and Restaurant, 124 Millbury St. 508-753-4030. Jim’s Sunday Blues Jam. Every week, Jim Perry hosts the best blues jam around, and brings in very special guest performers. No cover. 6-10 p.m. Greendale’s Pub, 404 W Boylston St. 508-853-1350. 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 Free!. 6-9 P.M. Plaza Azteca, 539 Lincoln St. Funky Jazz Jam Sundays. 21 plus First, and Third Sundays! More info at facebook.com/electrichaze FREE. 7-11 p.m. Electric Haze, 26 Millbury St. 508-799-0629. The Littlest Giant. Punk, Ska, Reggae...Band Members Josh McKelvie - Vocals/Guitar Jeremy Champlin - Bass Luke Knowles - Tromboner Jiggity - Drums 7-10 p.m. Beatnik’s, 433 Park Ave. 508-926-8877. Polyrythmics. 21 plus for more info visit www.facebook.com/ electrichaze 9 p.m.-1 a.m. Electric Haze, 26 Millbury St. 508-799-0629.

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Blue Mondays. Guitarist/Singer Nate Flecha plays the blues every Monday. Free. 7-9 p.m. starlite, 39 Hamilton St., Southbridge. 772-402-8777 Open Mic/Open Decks. Sign up is at 7pm for half hour or less slots Use our PA system, Mics, controller and sound tech Anything is welcome!! 21plus FREE. 7 p.m.-1 a.m. Electric Haze, 26 Millbury St. 508-799-0629.

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You’ll have a ball at The Harvey Ball 2015, Friday, Sept. 25 at Crompton Collective, 138 Green St. The fun goes from 6-11 p.m. Celebrate Worcester, smiley face and Harvey Ball. This year’s Harvey Ball Award will be presented to the Canal District Alliance. The gala is presented by the Worcester Historical Museum. The cost is $80 per person, $150 per couple. For more information, email info@worcesterhistory.net.

p.m. Vintage Grille, 346 Shrewsbury St. 508-752-0558. Tuesday Open Mic Night @ Greendale’s Pub With Bill Mccarthy Local Musicians Showcase! To check the schedules and open slots visit: Bill McCarthy’s Open Mic World on Facebook Bill McCarthyis Your Host! Duets with Bass! 8 p.m.-2 a.m. Nick’s Bar and Restaurant, 124 Millbury St. 508-753-4030. Hit the Bus. 8-11 p.m. Compass Tavern, 90 Harding St. 508-304-6044. C.U.Next Tuesday! Tunes in the Diner with DJ Poke Smot and Special Guests every Tuesday Night!!!! No cover. 9 p.m.-2 a.m. Ralph’s Chadwick Square Diner, 148 Grove St. 508-753-9543. Hip Hop Tuesdays. Every Tuesday is different! Check our facebook page, under events for more details! $5-$15. 9 p.m.-1 a.m. Electric Haze, 26 Millbury St. 508-799-0629. Open Mic Tuesday w/ Key Performance. 9 p.m.-1 a.m. Classic’s Pub, 285 Central St., Leominster. 978-537-7750.

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Cornhole Wednesdays. All New Night! Indoor Cornhole. Teams forming now. Brand new boards and bags. Set up inside so we can play in any weather. Free to join, Free to play. Serious fun, come check it out! 7-10 p.m. Beatnik’s, 433 Park Ave. 508-926-8877. Duotone Instrumental Guitar Duo! Free. 7-9:30 p.m. Sahara Cafe & Restaurant, 143 Highland St. 508-798-2181. Karaoke w/ Toby. Free. 7-11 p.m. Vintage Grille, 346 Shrewsbury St. 508-752-0558. Wednesday Night Open Mic/Local Musicians’ Showcase W/ Bill Mccarthy. To check the schedules and open slots visit: Bill McCarthy’s Open Mic World on Facebook Bill McCarthy is Your Host at another great Open Mic Night! Email Bill McCarthy to reserve it at: openmcc@verizon.net free!. 7:30-10:30 p.m. Guiseppe’s Grille, 35 Solomon Pond Road, Northborough. 508-393-4405 Karaoke. 8 p.m.-1 a.m. Compass Tavern, 90 Harding St. 508-304-6044. Karaoke. 8:30 p.m.-1 a.m. MB Lounge, 40 Grafton St. 508-799-4521. Karaoke. Karaoke by DJ Nancy of Star Sound Entertainment 9

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ArtsWorcester, “Cropped” by Susan Paciello, Wednesdays, Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays, through Oct. 9; Call For Art: ArtsWorcester 12th Annual College Show, Through Dec. 20; Call For Art: Now! New Works, New Artists!, Through Jan. 15, 2016. 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, Up Close and Personal, mixed media photography by Debra Horan, Through Sept. 30. Hours: closed Sunday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday, 10 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. Tuesday Friday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday. 55 East Main St., Webster. 508949-6232 or er3.com Clark University: University Gallery, Hours: noon-5 p.m. Sunday, closed Monday - Tuesday, noon-8 p.m. Wednesday, noon-5 p.m. Thursday - Saturday. 950 Main St. 508-793-7349 or 508-7937113 or clarku.edu Clark’s Cafe and Art On Rotation Gallery, Hours: 6 a.m. to 1 p.m. Sunday - Saturday. Admission: Free for gallery. 310 High St., Clinton. 978-549-5822 or 978-365-7772 or aorgallery.com College of the Holy Cross: Iris & B. Gerald Cantor Art Gallery, Katrina Then and Now: Artists as Witness | Part I, Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays, through Oct. 10. 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, Cool Moves: The Artistry of Motion, Sundays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays, through Jan. 10; Half-Price September, Sundays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays, through Sept. 30; Preschool and Toddler Wednesdays, Wednesdays, through Dec. 16. Hours: noon-5 p.m. Sunday, closed Monday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday - Saturday. Admission: $14.00 adults; $10 for children ages 2-18, college students with IDs & senior citizens. Children under 2 & EcoTarium members free. Additional charges apply for Tree Canopy Walkway, Explorer Express Train, planetarium programs & other special program. 222 Harrington Way. 508-929-2700 or ecotarium.org Fisher Museum Harvard Forest, 324 N. Main St., Petersham. 978-724-3302 or harvardforest.fas.harvard.edu Fitchburg Art Museum, Hours: noon-4 p.m. Sunday, closed Monday, noon-4 p.m. Tuesday - Saturday. 25 Merriam Parkway, Fitchburg. 978-345-4207 or fitchburgartmuseum.org Fitchburg Historical Society, Hours: closed Sunday, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday - Tuesday, 10 a.m.-midnight Wednesday, closed Thursday - Saturday. 50 Grove St., Fitchburg. 978-345-1157 or fitchburghistory.fsc.edu 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 Ave. 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, Kindred Spirits: A.B. Wells, Malcolm Watkins, and the Origins of Old Sturbridge Village, Through Jan. 15, 2016. Admission: $7 - $20 charged by age. Children under 3 free. 1 Old Sturbridge Village Road, Sturbridge. 800-733-1830 or 508-3473362 or osv.org Post Road Art Center, Call to Artists: Themed Exhibit- Autumn, Through Sept. 24. Hours: closed Sunday, 9:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Monday - Saturday. 1 Boston Post Road, Marlborough. 508-4852580 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

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Exhibit Talks, Saturdays in September and October, Saturdays, through Oct. 31. Hours: 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday, closed Monday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday - Saturday. Admission: $12 Adults, $9 Seniors & $7 Youth, Free to Members & Children under. 11 French Drive, Dick’s Beantown Comedy Escape at Park Grill & Boylston. 508-869-6111 or towerhillbg.org Spirits - 25th & 26th Steve Donovan and friends. Dick Doherty’s Worcester Art Museum, Art Since the Mid-20th Century, Through Dec. 31; Open House for Educators, Thursday; 14th Century Beantown Comedy Escape at Park Grill & Spirits 257 Park Ave Worcester MA Dick Doherty’s Beantown Comedy Clubs Showtimes:

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Friday 9pm-Saturdays 8pm -$20pp Reservations Recommended at 800-401-2221 Prices: $20 Fri/Sat pp except Special Events Drinks and Appetizers available in the show room Full Dinner Available before Show in Restaurant $5off with College ID and Reservations. 2 for 1 Active Military or Veterans and Reservations. $4 off with Dinner Receipt and Reservations. Sunday Night Cinemageddon!!! Movies Shown Every Sunday Night in the Diner! FREE. 9 p.m.-1 a.m. Ralph’s Chadwick Square Diner, 148 Grove St. Call 508-753-9543. Stage Time Comedy Show - Sunday, September 27. $10. 9:30 a.m. to 10:45 p.m. Canal Restaurant & Bar, 65 WATER ST., 65 Water St. Call 508-926-8353. Sterling Community Theatre presents Suessical the Musical- See the beloved characters of Dr. Seuss come to life in “Seussical, the Musical!” Horton, the Cat in the Hat, Mayzie la Bird, Gertrude McFuzz, the Who’s and more take center stage in Sterling September 25-26. Friday and Saturday night. Performances start at 7:30 p.m. with a 2 p.m. matinee both Saturdays. Adults $17, Students & Seniors $13. First Church in Sterling, 6 Meetinghouse Hill Road, Sterling. Call 978-365-3979 See Rock City and Other Destinations - Sundays, Fridays, Saturdays, Friday, September 18 - Sunday, September 27. See Rock City and Other Destinations is a contemporary musical about connections missed and made at tourist destinations across America. With a score that incorporates pop, rock, folk, and more, each story builds on the last to create a vivid travelogue of Americans learning to overcome their fears and expectations in order to connect. $18, $15, $10 ($22 at door). 8-10 p.m. 1870 Town Hall, 12 Woodward Ave., Berlin. Call 508-443-4359

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Women’s Field Hockey College of the Holy Cross Sept. 26 vs. American @ Washington, D.C., 12 p.m. Clark University Sept. 26 @ Regis College, 11 a.m. Anna Maria Sept. 26 @ Saint Joseph’s, Maine, 11 a.m. WPI Sept. 26 Home vs. MIT, 10 a.m. Sept. 29 Home vs. Lasell, 7 p.m. Becker College Sept. 24 Home vs. Fitchburg State, 4 p.m. Sept. 26 @ Lasell, 12 p.m. Sept. 29 Home vs. Elms, 4 p.m. Nichols Sept. 26 Home vs. Endicott, 6 p.m. Sept. 30 Home vs. Salve Regina, 4 p.m. Worcester State Sept. 26 @ Salem State, 1 p.m. Sept. 29 Home vs. UMass-Dartmouth, 7 p.m. Assumption Sept. 26 @ Southern Connecticut State, 1 p.m. Sept. 29 Home vs. Saint Anselm 7 p.m.

Sept. 26 Home vs. Maine-Presque Isle, 4 p.m. Sept. 29 @ Suffolk, 7 p.m. Anna Maria Sept. 26 Home vs. Connecticut College, 2 p.m. Sept. 29 @ MCLA, 7 p.m. Assumption Sept. 25 @ NYIT, 5 p.m. Sept. 26 @ Adelphi, 1 p.m. Sept. 29 @ Bentley, 7 p.m.

Men’s Soccer College of the Holy Cross Sept. 26 @ Lehigh, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, 1 p.m. Worcester State University Sept. 29 Home vs. Becker, 4 p.m. Clark University Sept. 26 @ Coast Guard Academy, 12 p.m. Sept. 30 @ University of New England, 7 p.m. Anna Maria Sept. 26 @ Saint Joseph’s, Maine, 12 p.m. Sept. 29 @ Framingham State, 4 p.m. WPI Sept. 30 Home vs. Amherst, 8 p.m. Becker Sept. 26 Home vs. Newbury, 1 p.m. Sept. 29 @ Worcester State, 4 p.m. Nichols Sept. 26 @ Curry, 11 a.m. Sept. 30 Home vs. Fitchburg State, 4 p.m.

WEEKLY SPOTLIGHT Assumption College Field Hockey The Assumption College Field Hockey team gave its hometown fans reason to crow recently when the Northeast-10 Conference team scored a 3-1 upset win over rival Franklin Pierce, which is ranked No. 10. The Hounds were paced by two goals from sophomore Belle Ives. Sophomore Allison Sheahan put six shots on net.

Women’s Volleyball College of the Holy Cross Sept. 26 @ Colgate, Hamilton, New York, 4 p.m. Clark University Sept. 24 @ Mount Holyoke College, 7 p.m. Sept. 26 @ Babson College, 12 p.m. Sept. 26 @ Babson College, 2 p.m. Sept. 29 Home vs. MIT, 6 p.m. Worcester State University Sept. 25 @ Bowdoin, 7 p.m. Sept. 26 vs. Bates @ Bowdoin, 11 a.m. Sept. 30 @ Bridgewater State, 6 p.m. WPI Sept. 24 Home vs. Coast Guard, 7 p.m. Sept. 26 @ Wellesley, 1 p.m. Sept. 29 @ Newbury, 7 p.m. Becker Sept. 26 Home vs. Lyndon, 12 p.m.

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College of the Holy Cross Sept. 26 @ Bucknell, Lewisburg, Pennsylvania, 2 p.m. Sept. 30 Home vs. Army West Point, 7:05 p.m. Clark University Sept. 26 @ Coast Guard Academy, 6 p.m. Sept. 30 @ Elms College, 7:30 p.m. Anna Maria Sept. 24 Home vs. Becker College, 4 p.m. Sept. 26 Home vs. Emmanuel, 3 p.m. Sept. 30 Home vs. Saint Joseph’s, Maine, 4 p.m. WPI Sept. 26 @ Wheaton, 12 p.m. Sept. 29 Home vs. Babson, 4 p.m. • SEPTEMBER 24, 2015

Becker Sept. 24 @ Anna Maria, 4 p.m. Sept. 26 @ Mitchell, 12 p.m. Sept. 30 Home vs. Eastern Nazarene, 4 p.m. Nichols Sept. 24 Home vs. Fitchburg State, 4 p.m. Sept. 26 @ Curry, 2 p.m. Sept. 27 @ Albertus Magnus, 4 p.m. Worcester State Sept. 24 @ Salve Regina, 3:30 p.m. Sept. 26 Home vs. Framingham State, 5:30 p.m. Sept. 30 Home vs. Western Conn. State, 7 p.m. Assumption Sept. 26 @ Southern New Hampshire, 1 p.m. Sept. 30 Home vs. Stonehill, 7 p.m.

Men’s Tennis College of the Holy Cross Sept. 18, vs. Saint Anselm @ Manchester, New Hampshire, 4 p.m. Nichols Sept. 27 Home vs. Assumption, 2 p.m. Assumption Sept. 26 @ Coast Guard, 10 a.m. Sept. 27 @ Nichols, 10 a.m.

Women’s Tennis

College of the Holy Cross Sept. 26 Home vs. Connecticut College, 4 p.m. Sept. 27 Home vs. Siena, 12 p.m. Anna Maria Sept. 26 @ Mount Ida, 12 p.m. Sept. 29 Home vs. MCLA, 3 p.m. Clark University Sept. 24 Home vs. Worcester State, 5 p.m. Sept. 26 Home vs. Emerson College, 1 p.m. Sept. 29 @ MIT, 4 p.m. Becker Sept. 26 @ Regis, 2 p.m. Sept. 29 @ Bay Path, Forest Park, Springfield, 3:30 p.m. Nichols Sept. 26 @ Roger Williams, 12 p.m. Sept. 30 Home vs. Salve Regina, 4 p.m. Worcester State Sept. 29 Home vs. UMass-Dartmouth, 3:30 p.m. Assumption Sept. 26 Home vs. LeMoyne, 11 a.m. Sept. 27 Home vs. Saint Rose, 1 p.m. Sept. 29 @ Franklin Pierce, 2 p.m.

Men’s Golf

College of the Holy Cross Sept. 26 Quechee Club Collegiate Challenge, @ The Quechee Club, Quechee, Vermont, All Day Sept. 27 Quechee Club Collegiate, Challenge, @ The Quechee Club, Quechee, Vermont, All Day Nichols Sept. 26 vs. Elms College, Blazer Invitational, Westover Golf Course, Granby, 10 a.m. Sept. 27 vs. Elms College, Blazer Invitational, Westover Golf Course, Granby, 10 a.m. Sept. 29 Westfield State Invitational, Tekoa Country Club, Westfield, 11 a.m.

Worcester State Sept. 26 @ Elms College Invitational Sept. 27 @ Elms College Invitational Sept. 30 @ Westfield

Women’s Golf

College of the Holy Cross Sept. 26 Mount Holyoke Invitational at Orchards Golf Club, South Hadley, All Day Sept. 27 Mount Holyoke Invitational @ Orchards Golf Club, South Hadley, All Day Assumption College Sept. 25 Northeast-10 Championship @ The Village Golf Club, Sands Point, New York, TBA Sept. 26 Northeast-10 Championship @ The Village Golf Club, Sands Point, New York, TBA

Women’s X-Country

Clark University Sept. 26 Worcester City Championships, 10 a.m. Anna Maria Sept. 26 @ Worcester City Invitational, 10 a.m. Nichols Sept. 26 @ Pop Crowell Invitational, 10:45 a.m. WPI Sept. 26 @ Worcester City Meet, Worcester State University, 10 a.m. Assumption @ Northeast-10 Preview Meet

Men’s X-Country

Clark University Sept. 26 Worcester City Championships, 10:45 am.. Anna Maria Sept. 24 @ Worcester City Invitational, 10:45 a.m. Nichols Sept. 26 @ Pop Crowell Invitational, 10:45 a.m. WPI Sept. 26 @ Worcester City Meet, Worcester State, 10 a.m. Assumption Sept. 26 @ Northeast-10 Preview Meet

Women’s Swimming and Diving Assumption Sept. 26 Blue vs. Grey Annual Alumni Meet, 5:30 p.m.

Football

Holy Cross Sept. 26 Home vs. Colgate Homecoming, 12:05 p.m. WPI Sept. 26 Home vs. Rensselaer, 1 p.m. Nichols Sept. 26 @ Endicott, 12 p.m. Worcester State Sept. 26 Home vs. Mass. Maritime, 1 p.m. Assumption Sept. 26 Home vs. Pace, 1 p.m.

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Johanson Home Improvement Licensed, insured and HIC registered. Interior painting. Bathroom remodeling and repair. Door and window install. Decks and sheds. Rotted siding, drop ceilings, tiling, and much more. Over 20 years experience Chad (508) 963-8155 website: johansonhome improvement.com

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Fall Clean ups. Commercial/ Residential Plowing. 508-523-7790 LANDSCAPING & LAWN MAINTENANCE Inside-Out Garden Design Mowing, Garden Maintenance, Soil Testing, Ornamental Tree/ Shrub Pruning, Landscape Design/Installation. NOFA Accredited Organic Care. $25 Off Pruning or Weeding. Time to prune your shrubs! Call/Text: (508) 335-3702 Email: cher@insideoutgarden.biz Burnham Maintenance Clean-ups. Lawn Maintenance. Shrub Pruning. Bark Mulch, Screened Loam & Compost. Patios & Walkways. Fertilization Programs. Deliveries Available. Please call 508-829-3809 Monette Landscaping & Construction, Inc. Specializing in Hardscape Installation. Retaining Walls, Stone, Interlocking Block & Timber Patios and Walkways, Brick & Stone Pavers. Landscape Design. Lawn Maintenance. Serving Central Mass for more than 50 years. 508-885-2579 www.monette landscaping.com Daveâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Tree & Landscaping Enhancing the view from your home. Custom & Ornamental Pruning. Mulching. Planting. Lawn Mowing. Tree Removal. Certified Arborist. Call for consultation & free estimate. (508)829-6803. davestreeandlandscaping.com

MULCH & LOAM Sterling Peat Inc. Quality Screened Loam. Mulches. Compost- w/Loam Mix. 2"-Gravel, Fill. Fieldstone. 978-422-8294

EMPLOYMENT BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES BUSINESS PARTNER WANTED Be part of the solution! Teach others the path to wellness FT or PT. We provide the tools and training so you can participate in this multimillion dollar market and create your own economy. Get started today. Call for a personal interview 774.614.1206

HELP WANTED Server / Waitstaff Wanted Newbury Court is looking to add great Waitstaff to our team. Competitive pay and great benefits. If interested email hr@nedeaconess.org

Water and Fire Techs/ Supervisors (Sterling) Come work for the real veterans of water/smoke damage cleanup. Our company has been in business for over 30 years assisting home and business owners and the insurance industry following flood and fire catastrophes. You will work as part of a team and have an excellent opportunity for quick advancement. A drivers license is a must. You will have to pass a background check. Must be able to work overtime during the week and sometimes on weekends. Pay rates start at 14.00 - 16.00 an hour based on experience in the industry. Matching 401k as well as BC/ BS health insurance and other benefits. Please forward a resume if available. kevin@smbywilliams.com WE ARE PROUD EMPLOYERS OF U.S. VETERANS!!!

HELP WANTED Facilities/Grounds Maintenance Custodial, grounds keeping (mowing/snow blowing), vehicle & equipment maintenance. Valid MA drivers license & ability to lift 75 pounds required. Send resume & salary requirements: sforest@neads.org No phone calls please. HELP WANTED LOCAL Looking for a New Employee? Place your Help Wanted line ad at: www.centralmassclass.com Millbury Public Schools Substitute Cafeteria Workers. 3 Hours a day. Call Mary Leslie, Food Service Director @ 508-865-2929 Rutland Nurseries, Inc. is seeking full-time seasonal general laborers. Apply in person at, 82 Emerald Road, Rutland, MA 01543 (508) 886-2982 Sutton Public Schools. School bus driver wanted. Immediate opening. Will train to get license. Call Susan Rothermich 508-581-1651. Driver, Flower Delivery Parttime. Floral Elegance, Millbury/ Grafton. Company van. Other duties include cleaning, order processing, etc. 508-865-6547 beverlymcclureaifd @outlook.com

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Servers/Setters/Bus Staff Wanted Upscale Wedding facility looking for servers, setters and bussers, weekends part time. Must be professional in appearance and attitude. john@harringtonfarm.com BARTENDER- Recent Experience Required. Part time, flexible hours. Special events and weddings. Send resume or work experience to john@harringtonfarm.com Immanuel Lutheran Nursery School in Holden is looking for substitute teachers to work in our infant, toddler and preschool classrooms. DECC certified recommended. Please call Kristine at 508-829-5391 or email resume to ilnsholden@yahoo.com SUNNYSIDE FORD-Holden FULL TIME PARTS ADVISOR/HELPER Entry level shipping/receiving, inventory control, some delivery driving,counter help, answering phone calls. Apply at the Sunnyside Parts Department, ask for BEN.

Full Time Delivery Driver Wanted! Global Wines, Inc. is seeking a full time delivery driver of wine. Company based in Framingham. Deliveries to be completed throughout state of MA. Send resumes to careers@globalwinesinc.com

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Opportunities for New Drivers New openings for part-time school van drivers, no experience needed, will train. Starting at $13 per hour with annual raises during the first five years! Earn $13-14 with previous experience. Additional bonuses can increase your average hourly rate up to $15! 7D license bonus, first time physicals paid! M-F split shift, 4-6 hours a day. Work with a great group of people making a big difference for our students, families, and schools. Keep van at home. Routes available in your area. Join Van Pool now by calling Erica at (978)400-7811 and make a difference. EEO

HELP WANTED LOCAL Expert Staffing is hiring!!!!! 8&12 hour shifts Production-Forklift-PackersPress helpers-Drivers-QCConveyor TendersAir Hammer Operators Floor PersonsMachine OperatorsWarehouse 557 Lancaster Street Suite 102 Leominster, MA 978-798-1610 Walk-ins welcome barbara.sidilau@ expert-staffing.com

MERCHANDISE CEMETERY PLOTS Worcester County Memorial Park Paxton, MA. 2 Lots in the Garden of Faith. $2500.00 for both. Near the feature. Mary 508-886-4334. Riverside Cemetery Winchendon #RH 63 Lots 1-4. Beautifully situated burial plots. $2500.00 each. All 4$8000.00. Before Nov 2015. 978-534-5982/978-660-5411

Worcester County Memorial Park Paxton, MA. Heritage II, Lots 665 1&2 w/vaults. No reasonable offer refused. Call 508 -852-1690 or 774-454-0259 Worcester County Memorial Park Paxton, Ma. Lot Number 297-B Space 1 and 2, Garden Of Valor Section. Current value is $8,400.00 including 2 concrete burial vaults. $4,000.00 or B/O 508-375-0080

Worcester County Memorial Park, Paxton MA 2 lots in Heritage II w/vaults. $2,500.00 for both. Call Rick at 508-450-7470

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FOR SALE John Deere 318 Garden Tractor 18HP, 48" MWR Deck, PWR STRG, Hydro Trans, PWR Lift $2000.00 Oakham 508-882-3963* Brand New Wolfgang Puck Pressure Cooker Oven Cooks 15lb turkey in 50 min. Cooks bread in 30 min. Saves 70% electricity. Can be used as conventional oven. Call 508461-7206. Leave message, Asking $200.00. Webster, MA*

Electric Generator Coleman Powermate PM0525303 10hp 6250 Max, Portability kit. Like new 300/best 508-733-4661 FREE ITEMS UNDER $2,015 Cement finishing tools pieces. $15. 508-853-4549

Folding table 40" round, top of line, Samsonite, like new. Sturdy. $50. Leominster. 978-840-4345 Graco portable pack & play. Combination crib & play pen. Asking $25.00 cash please. 508 829-9240.

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7’ Couch Remodeling. Good for college dorm or apartment. Still using. Fair condition. $55. 978422-7992 or 978-333-6790

Over 1000 Matchbox, Hot Wheels etc. Cars. $600 or best offer. 413-967-7932

Gulbransen Theatre Organ Full pedal board and bench, very good condition. $500. Good for small church. 978-534-9370

Washing Machine and Dryer Good condition. $150 for set. 978-422-8799 Extra large glass mirrored Curio, H 7 ft, W 21 1/2", D 18 1/2". Great for business display. Asking $1,200. 508-410-2460. Full length mens cashmere dress coats. Two size medium. Take them both for $40. Worn once. 508-754-6093. LA-Z-Boy Sofa with 2 reclining ends plus matching rocker/reclining chair. $625. 508-8295494 Bob Sled 1948 Never used. $950. Leave message 978-3421474

55 Gallon Fish Tank Includes metal stand and light. $100. 508-752-1172 Black Appliances (Remodel) Fr. Door fridge; GE Wall Oven; Micro; DW, Like New. $1,200 all or BO. Tim 508-328-1882 7 pr. Jobst Medical Legwear New, natural color, med. size. $70. 978-537-9881

Run your four line ad for FREE for two weeks and then you have to the option to run your ad until it sells for $20! Or you may run your ad from the beginning until it sells for $20 (no refund if the item sells within the two weeks) $2015 FOR FREE! SUBMIT ITEMS UNDER $2014 Here’s all you need to do! 3 ways to submit... 1. Mail completed form to Central Mass Classifieds, P.O. Box 546, Holden, MA 01520 2. OR FAX the completed form to 508-829-0670 3. OR Email the info with name/address/phone number to sales@centralmassclass.com

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Beautiful armoire-style entertainment cabinet, cherry finish. 41"x23"x80". Asking $250. 978422-7604 FREE Cabinet No TV, 27", but excellent wood cabinet. Free. 508425-1150 Navigation Charts 4 of Lake Champlain, 10 of St. Lawrence River to Lake Ontario, 2 1/2 x 3, FREE. Princeton. 978-464-2485 FURNITURE QUEEN MATTRESS SET $150

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Brand New Sleeper Sofa Light brown, beautiful fabric. Call 508-461-7206 Leave message, Webster MA. Comes apart for easy transport. Asking $300.00 WOOD FOR SALE FIREWOOD Seasoned 100% hardwood cut and split. Free delivery on 2 cords (128 cu. ft.) orders. Call or text Cami for more info. 508-918-0767.

YARD SALES & FLEA MARKETS 30 BUCKLEY RD. - WORC. Sat., 9/26 & Sun., 9/27, 9am-4pm. Kitchen goods, old books, children’s toys, costume jewelry. Come to the FLEA at 242 Canterbury St. Worcester MA 01603. Open EVERY Saturday from 8:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. Rain or Shine! CLASSIC CAR CRUISE EXPO7/11, 8/8, 9/12/2015 We have vintage items, one of a kind items, new items, building materials, office furniture, records, old books, etc. Dealers welcome - $15.00 per table, set up at 7:00 a.m.

GRAFTON-10 Elliot Trail First yard sale in 10 years! Saturday, Sept 26th, 9AM2PM (first house on the right after the big field) PRINCETON-38 Main (Rt 140) Sept. 26th & 27th, 8am3pm. Quality sale/vintage incl 4-post cradle, sewing table, wood high chair, rocking horse, lg dollhouse, much jewelry, display case, baskets, vacs, cast iron, household, tools, stainless restaurant steam trays. HOLDEN-429 Bailey Rd. Sept. 26th & 27th, Sat 9am2pm & Sunday 9am-12pm. MOVING/Yard Sale. Winter coats, clothes (12-14w), chairs, wing chairs, desks, pool table, ping pong table, comforters, books, lots of freeweights, golf shoes, and elliptical.

PETS & ANIMALS ANIMAL FEED & SUPPLIES

YARD SALES & FLEA MARKETS S. Grafton - 7 Arcadia St. Sat., 9/25, 9-3 & Sun., 9/26, 10-4 Everything must go. Some items for free! A full office set, a dining room set, gym equipment as well as many household items. Coats, clothes...some new!!! GRAFTON 10 Westview St. Sept. 26 & 27, 8AM-4 PM Yard/Estate Sale Lg assortment of hand and power tools household goods, collectables, bone china;

2002 Exiss XT/300 G.N. 3 Horse Trailer. Good cond. All alum. S.S. nose. For pics craigslist. $9,750.00 508-7570887* DOGS/PUPPIES FOR SALE

9 month Old Spayed AKC German Shepard For Sale. Sweet girl. Two dogs is too much. $1000.00 508-868-6986

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RUTLAND CENTER 2BDRM Recent paint, offst. prkg Modern kitch & BA $865 4BDRM 1800+ sq.ft. Good sized rms, tons of storage. Recent paint, flooring, kitch & BA. $1250 Refs req’d, no pets. Call 978-257-0202

Princeton Town Wide Yard Sale 9/26/15 ~ 8-2 ~ Rain or Shine ~ over 50 locations ~ Free Maps at First Congregational Church 14 Mountain Rd. 978-464-2837

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Publisher’s Notice 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

APARTMENT FOR RENT GRAFTON 5 room apt at $750 2 BRs, Kit. w/ stove, fridge, pantry, LR, DR/Off, bath. Off street PK, W/D hook -up; gas heat. 508-839-3175 markblazis@charter.net

WORCESTER 1 - 2 BR Apts. & 2BR Townhouses 508-852-6001 Apartment for Rent - Millbury Four room, one or two bedroom 2nd floor apt in Millbury center close to 146 & Mass Pike. Laundry hookups, gas heat, electric stove, off-street parking. 950.00/month, separate utilities, No smoking/No pets 508-277-3805

Available retail space for Lease. Busy shopping center located at 1031 Central St. Affordable rates and generous concessions offered. This is a great opportunity to start your own business or expand an existing business! Call Geronimo Properties today! 978-840-0008

HOLDEN-Exterior Commercial Storage Spacious Commercial yard w/rm to lease land to landscaper, trucker, snowplower... $300/mo & up. Holden Realty 508-829-2857

HOUSE FOR SALE Rutland Center $209,900

Rutland-Spacious home front to back fplc lr-HW floors, formal DR-att. gar. walk out l.l. PLUS unfin.2nd floor... private corner lot. You will want to call this your home sweet home. 508-769-6462

ROOMMATE WANTED Worcester - 1 BR available in recently updated 2 BR apartment on Shrewsbury St. Washer/dryer, cable & all utilities inc. Sober environment. $600/mo. 508-769-2834

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2000 Ford F150 Flareside Pickup Showroom condition inside and out. 100K miles. All power, needs nothing. $7000.00 Call 978-466-6043

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. $14,999.00 508-829-2907

2002 Chevrolet Corvette 39,000 miles Red with black interior. Car is in excellent condition! $26,000 or best offer. Call: 774-823-0466.

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2003 Dodge Caravan 6cyl. 136K miles. Runs well. $2000.00 or B/O 508-882-3465

2009 Kia Rondo Wagon 150000 plus miles. Black ext/ Gray int $4,160. Price includes 4 Snow Tires $4,160 508-797-7121

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2009 Mazda CX-7 Blackcherry with gray & black interior. 48,000 miles $9,500. 774-8230466 1985 Cadillac Eldorado 74K miles. Never been in snow. Mint condition. Gray w/landau top. Bonus 2 Free Air tickets & 5 star condo for a week in FL. $5,000.00 Oakham 407-3753917

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Four Easy Tips For a Basement Makeover (MS) — By Scott McGillivray The start of a new season is the perfect time to check some tasks off of your “to-do” list — whether it’s to get in shape or tackle at-home projects. If you’re planning on making some simple but effective changes at home, here are some tips on how to give your basement a total 180-degree makeover. Soundproof it Installing acoustic insulation is the perfect excuse to crank up the subwoofer, host a get-together or let the kids run wild. Soundproofing is the ultimate solution to maximize your basement’s peace, quiet and privacy. Industry experts suggest using Roxul Safe n’ Sound, which effectively absorbs sound and is easy to work with.

Out with the old, in with a floor Installing a new floor or updating the existing one can improve the overall comfort level and look of your basement. Many unfinished basements have basic concrete flooring, which is cold yearround. Flooring options are endless — hardwood, laminate, cork and Berber flooring all add warmth to a basement bedroom or TV room; play mats are great for kids’ playrooms; and carpets are perfect to make any room feel more comfy and welcoming. Get creative with a fresh coat of paint Transform the dull and boring space into an inviting entertainment oasis or a colorful playroom with a simple coat of paint. When considering the paint, think about what color will compliment your existing furniture. To add some

drama, consider adding depth and visual interest to your space with a different colored accent wall. Accessorize it Throw pillows, rugs, lighting, and artwork are simple additions that can immediately enhance or change your basement’s look and feel. Pot lights can modernize, while art work and throw pillows can add a splash of color. Decide on a theme and color scheme for your room and keep your eye out for staple pieces that will make it feel like an entirely new space. Scott McGillivray is the award-winning TV host, a full-time real estate investor, contractor, author, and educator. Follow him on Twitter @smcgillivray

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1998 Mercury Mystique 4dr 6cyl, maroon, 84,900 original miles. Very clean. $2,350.00 508-829-9882

2008 Ford Mustang 8 cyl, 300HP. 21K miles. Never driven during winter. Always garaged. Perfect cond. $21,900 negotiable. 508-865-3528 after 3pm.

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

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2010 Honda Civic 32K miles, very good cond. Front wheel drive. Automatic. A/C, power s t e e r i n g /b r a k e s /w i n d o w s / locks. $11,950 Hubbardston, MA 978-870-3291

2006 Toyota Corolla 84K miles. Good condition. Light green. $5,000.00 Leominster 978-257-3299

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

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

2006 Nissan Altima 4DR Sedan. Silver. Automatic transmission. 80K miles. Good condition. $4,800.00 508-865-3110

BOATS Kayak Perception Sole Includes many accessories. $500.00 978-424-6315 * Thunderbird 17.6 Fiberglass 90HP Power Trim outboard. Roller trailer, Elec winch and all equipment. Great for fishing or diving. $1400.00 Call Stan 508-853-5789

15â&#x20AC;&#x2122; Great Canadian Cedar Canoe with Paddles & Extras. Excellent condition. $2000.00 508-831-3172*

CAMPERS/TRAILERS 2001 Layton 40 Ft. Park Model Trailer. Bedroom has over sized bed. Kitchen complete with stove, refrigerator, and dining set. Living room area has two sleep sofas. Full attached deck, with screen room and hard top roof. Trailer is located in Wells, ME. Must be removed from site. Reason for selling moving to Florida. Price $5,000. Call 413-433-3646

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Truck Camper 1985 Bought new in 1991. Real Life brand. Bathroom, shower, self contained. 8ft truck bed. $2900.00 B/O 774-287-0777

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A true nature loverâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s retreat! This lovely home is nestled in the tranquility of the pines on over 5 1/2 acres with plenty of room to roam and features fruit trees, berries, plenty of room for gardens with an outdoor sauna to relax in after your are done planting!! This 3 bedroom home has a spacious open concept kitchen, dining and living area with skylights that bring all that sunshine in; plenty of cabinets and counter space with a breakfast bar; the basement is ďŹ nished with space for an exercise room, family room or extra bedroom! Take advantage of alternate heat sources with a tri-chamber heating system that utilizes wood, coal or oil. Aberman Assoc Inc Tracy Sladen 978-537-4971 x17

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Two family current use. Limited Business zoning off Rt 9 E of UMass Medical. Units are rented taw $850 each , separate electric and separate hot water. Electric Heat. Aberman Assoc Inc. Paula Savard 978-537-4971 x 14 www.paulasavard.com

Year around or second home , 200â&#x20AC;&#x2122; from Spec Pond off Fire Rd 8. Completely updated . Easy Rt 2,, I190 Rt 70 highway access. Open Concept, vaulted ceiling recent deck with water views. Lot includes undividable parcel with 40â&#x20AC;&#x2122; frontage on Bogan Rd. Aberman Assoc Inc. Paula Savard 978-537-4971 x 14 www.paulasavard.com

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Privacy plus walking paths and association beach FABULOUS CONTEMPORARY Multi Level, GLEAMING HARDWOOD AND CERAMIC TILE FLOOR. CUSTOM KITCHEN, NEARLY 2 PRIVATE ACRES W/ BEACH RIGHTS AND LODGE AVAILABLE! WRAP AROUND DECK and balcony .. 2 1/2 BATH. 600 EXTRA SQ FT OF LIVING IN BASEMENT NOT INCLUDED IN SQ FT. LARGE FAMILY ROOM AND LAUNDRY ROOM IN BASEMENT. THIS HOME IS A PLEASURE TO SHOW AND SHOWS PRIDE OF OWNERSHIP. Possible 4th bedroom or ofďŹ ce in basement. Recent Title V in hand. Aberman Assoc Inc Paula Savard 978-537-4971 x 14 www.paulasavard.com

Water front log home with open cncept. Walkout basement level offers second bedroom or fam room amd full bath. Woodstove. Main level livingroom with gas ďŹ&#x201A;oor to ceilng ďŹ replace, cathedral ceilings window wall onto deck overlooking the water, appliances kitchen with dining area and half bath. Master suite loft accessed by spiral stairway features master bath and stackable laundry. 100 acre Partrdge Pond Aberman Assoc. Inc 979-537-4971 x 14 www.paulasavard.com

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TOWN OF MILLBURY Board of Selectmen The Board of Selectmen in the TOWN OF MILLBURY will hold a Public Hearing on, October 13, 2015 at 7:20 p.m. at the Municipal OfďŹ ce Building, 127 Elm Street to act upon the Petition of Verizon and NGrid to relocate poles, wires, cables and ďŹ xtures, including the necessary anchors, guys and other such sustaining and protecting ďŹ xtures to be owned and used in common by the petitioners, along and across the following public way: Singletary Road: on the southwesterly sideline, place new JO Pole No.T.19S/E.19S approximately 275 feet northwesterly from the center line of the Millbury/Sutton town line. 1 pole to be placed. 9/24/2015 MS

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Come to the FLEA at 242 Canterbury St. Worcester MA 01603. Open EVERY Saturday from 8:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. Rain or Shine! CLASSIC CAR CRUISE EXPO7/11, 8/8, 9/12/2015 We have vintage items, one of a kind items, new items, building materials, office furniture, records, old books, etc. Dealers welcome - $15.00 per table, set up at 7:00 a.m.

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STORAGE HARVEST STORAGE Lots of Outside Storage space. Inside storage. Secure Storage. Autos, Boats, Motorcycles, Campers. Hubbardston, MA. 978-928-3866

PRINCETON-38 Main (Rt 140) Sept. 26th & 27th, 8am3pm. Quality sale/vintage incl 4-post cradle, sewing table, wood high chair, rocking horse, lg dollhouse, much jewelry, display case, baskets, vacs, cast iron, household, tools, stainless restaurant steam trays.

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GRAFTON-10 Elliot Trail First yard sale in 10 years! Saturday, Sept 26th, 9AM2PM (first house on the right after the big field)

GRAFTON 10 Westview St. Sept. 26 & 27, 8AM-4 PM Yard/Estate Sale Lg assortment of hand and power tools household goods, collectables, bone china;

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S. Grafton - 7 Arcadia St. Sat., 9/25, 9-3 & Sun., 9/26, 10-4 Everything must go. Some items for free! A full office set, a dining room set, gym equipment as well as many household items. Coats, clothes...some new!!!

TOWN OF SUTTON ZONING BOARD OF APPEALS TO ALL INTERESTED INHABITANTS OF THE TOWN OF SUTTON In accordance with the provisions of M.G.L. Ch. 40A, Â§11, the Zoning Board of Appeals will hold a public hearing at the Sutton Town Hall on October 1, 2015 at 7:45pm on the petition of Galaxy Sutton, LLC c/o Michael C. Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Brien, Manager. The petitioner requests variances from Article IV, Sect 4(a),(b), & (c) of the zoning bylaws as they pertain to the maximum area allowed for signage on a linear wall as well as to permit 4 signs (two wall and two project freestanding signs) for each business held within Buildings C&D. The property that is the subject of this petition is located at 1 Galaxy Pass (Formally 171 Worcester Providence Turnpike), Sutton MA on Assessors Map #11, Parcel # 9. The property is located in the B-2 Zoning District. A copy of the petition may be inspected during normal ofďŹ ce hours in the Town Clerkâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s OfďŹ ce located in the Town Hall. Any person interested or wishing to be heard on this variance petition should appear at the time and place designated. Brittanie Reinold Board of Appeals Clerk 9/17, 9/24/15 MS

Commonwealth of Massachusetts The Trial Court Probate and Family Court Worcester Probate and Family Court 225 Main St. Worcester, MA 01608 508-831-2200 Docket No. WO15C0339CA NOTICE OF PETITION FOR CHANGE OF NAME In the matter of: Tyler Mason Hence Of: Millbury, MA To all persons interested in petition described: A petition has been presented by Ashley L Dupre requesting that: Tyler Mason Hence be allowed to change his/ her/their name as follows: Tyler Mason Dupre IF YOU DESIRE TO OBJECT THERETO, YOU OR YOUR ATTORNEY MUST FILE A WRITTEN APPEARANCE IN SAID COURT AT: Worcester ON OR BEFORE TEN Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;CLOCK IN THE MORNING (10:00 AM) ON: 10/06/2015 WITNESS, Hon. Leilah A Keamy First Justice of this Court Date: Septmeber 10, 2015 Stephanie K. Fattman Register of Probate 09/24/2015 MS

LEGALS/PUBLIC NOTICES www.centralmassclass .com NOTICE OF MORTGAGEE’S SALE OF REAL ESTATE Premises: 5 Katherine Street, Millbury, MA By virtue and in execution of the Power of Sale contained in a certain mortgage given by Joseph M. Fresolo and Jean M. Barbieri to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for Prime Mortgage Financial, Inc., and now held by HSBC BANK USA, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS TRUSTEE FOR STRUCTURED ADJUSTABLE RATE MORTGAGE LOAN TRUST 2005-21, said mortgage March 25, 2005, recorded or filed at Worcester County (Worcester District) Registry of Deeds in Book 36029, Page 277 as affected by a Loan Modification recorded at said Registry in Book 44391, Page 98, said mortgage was assigned from Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for Prime Mortgage Financial, Inc., to Aurora Loan Services LLC by assignment dated 1/21/2009 and recorded with said Registry of Deeds in Book 43791 at Page 107; said mortgage was assigned from Aurora Loan Services LLC to Mortgage Electronic RegistrationSystems, Inc., by assignment dated 5/11/2009, and recorded with said Registry of Deeds in Book 44262 at Page 169; said mortgage was assigned from Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., to Nationstar Mortgage LLC by assignment dated 6/11/2013, and recorded with said Registry of Deeds in Book 51075 at Page 179; said mortgage was assigned from Nationstar Mortgage LLC to HSBC BANK USA, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS TRUSTEE FOR STRUCTURED ADJUSTABLE RATE MORTGAGE LOAN TRUST 2005-21, by assignment dated 7/18/2014, and recorded with said Registry of Deeds in Book 52707 at Page 49; for breach of the conditions in said mortgage and for the purpose of foreclosing the same will be sold at Public Auction on October 8, 2015 at 10:00 AM Local Time upon the premises, all and singular the premises described in said mortgage, to wit:THE LAND AT 5 KATHERINE STREET, MILLBURY, WORCESTER COUNTY, MASSACHUSETTS, WITH THE BUILDINGS THEREON AND MORE PARTICULARLY BOUNDED AND DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS: PARCEL 1: THE LAND IN SAID MILLBURY ON THE WESTERLY SIDE OF KATHERINE STREET AND NORTHERLY SIDE OF A 40 FOOT STREET, BEING SHOWN ON A PLAN DATED MAY 1, 1950, MADE BY K.A. RICHARDSON, ENGINEER, RECORDED WITH THE WORCESTER DISTRICT REGISTRY OF DEEDS, PLAN BOOK 173, PLAN 28, FURTHER BOUNDED AND DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS: BEGINNING AT THE MOST EASTERLY CORNER THEREOF AT THE INTERSECTION OF SAID 40 FOOT STREET WITH SAID KATHERINE STREET; THENCE SOUTH 71° 16’ WEST SEVENTY-FIVE (75) FEET BY THE NORTHERLY SIDE OF SAID 40’ STREET TO A POINT; THENCE NORTH 18° 44’ WEST ONE HUNDRED THIRTY-FIVE AND ONE-TENTH (135.1) FEET, MORE OR LESS, BY OTHER LAND OF JAMES F. THODES TO THE TOWN LINE BETWEEN SAID MILLBURY AND THE CITY OF WORCESTER; THENCE NORTHEASTERLY SEVENTY-FIVE AND ONE HUNDREDTHS (75.01) FEET, MORE OR LESS, BY SAID TOWN LINE AND IN PART BY LAND OF DOROTHY L. RHODES TO SAID KATHERINE STREET; THENCE SOUTH 18° 44’ EAST ONE HUNDRED THIRTY-SIX AND FIVE TENTHS (136.5) FEET BY THE WESTERLY SIDE OF SAID KATHERINE STREET TO THE POINT OF BEGINNING. CONTAINING 10,135 SQUARE FEET OF LAND, MORE OR LESS. PARCEL II:THE LAND IN SAID MILLBURY, LOCATED ON A 40 FOOT STREET LEADING SOUTHWESTERLY FROM KATHERINE STREET, BOUNDED AND DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS: BEGINNING AT A POINT ON THE NORTHERLY SIDE OF SAID STREET SEVENTY-FIVE (75) FEET SOUTHWESTERLY FROM KATHERINE STREET AT PARCEL I ABOVE DESCRIBED; THENCE BY THE NORTH SIDE OF SAID STREET SOUTH 71° 16’ WEST TWENTY-FIVE (25) FEET TO OTHER LAND, NOW OR FORMERLY, OF LISA JEAN MALDONADO, MARK JASKULKA AND BRIAN JASKULKA; THENCE BY OTHER LAND OF LISA JEAN MALDONADO, MARK JASKULKA AND BRIAN JASKULKA NORTH 18° 44’ WEST ABOUT ONE HUNDRED THIRTY-FOUR AND FIVE TENTHS (134.5) FEET TO THE MILLBURY-WORCESTER TOWN LINE; THENCE NORTHEASTERLY BY SAID TOWN LINE TWENTY-FIVE (25) FEET TO PARCEL 1 ABOVE; THENCE BY SAID PARCEL I, SOUTH 18° 44’ EAST ONE HUNDRED THIRTY-FIVE AND ONE TENTH (135.1) FEET TO THE PLACE OF BEGINNING. CONTAINING 3,370 SQUARE FEET OF LAND, MORE OR LESS. The description of the property contained in the mortgage shall control in the event of a typographical error in this publication. For Mortgagor’s Title see deed dated March 7, 2005, and recorded in the Worcester County (Worcester District) Registry of Deeds, in Book 35842, Page 87. TERMS OF SALE: Said premises will be sold and conveyed subject to all liens, encumbrances, unpaid taxes, tax titles, municipal liens and assessments, if any, which take precedence over the said mortgage above described. FIVE THOUSAND ($5,000.00) Dollars of the purchase price must be paid in cash, certified check, bank treasurer’s or cashier’s check at the time and place of the sale by the purchaser. The balance of the purchase price shall be paid in cash, certified check, bank treasurer’s or cashier’s check within thirty (30) days after the date of sale. Other terms to be announced at the sale. Shechtman Halperin Savage, LLP 1080 Main Street Pawtucket, RI 02860 Attorney for HSBC BANK USA, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS TRUSTEE FOR STRUCTURED ADJUSTABLE RATE MORTGAGE LOAN TRUST 2005-21 Present Holder of the Mortgage (401) 272-1400 9/17, 9/24, 10/1/2015 MS

THE COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS (SEAL) LAND COURT DEPARTMENT OF THE TRIAL COURT 2015 SM 007525 ORDER OF NOTICE To: Jason R Gendron, Rebecca Gendron a/k/a Rebecca Moloney and to all persons entitled to the benefit of the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act, 50 U.S.C. App. § 501 et seq.: M&T Bank claiming to have an interest in a Mortgage covering real property in MILLBURY, numbered 284 MILLBURY AVENUE, given by Jason R Gendron to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., dated October 4, 2012, and recorded with the Worcester County (Worcester District) Registry of Deeds in Book 49734, Page 358, 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 UnitedStates of America, then you may be entitled to the benefits of the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act. 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 October 26, 2015 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 September 8, 2015 Attest: Deborah J. Patterson Recorder 201507-0408-PRP 9/24/2015

TOWN OF SUTTON SUTTON PLANNING BOARD PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE In accordance with the provisions of M.G.L. c. 87§3 - Public Shade Tree Law, the Planning Board will hold a public hearing on the application of Town of Sutton, 4 Uxbridge Road, Sutton, MA. The application requests removal of eight (8) large trees which are decayed, diseased, crowded, and/ or dead located at the Sutton Town Common, 3 Uxbridge Road. The hearing will be held in the third floor meeting room at the Town Hall on Monday, October 5, 2015 at 7:10 P.M. A copy of the plans and applications can be inspected in the office of the Town Clerk during normal office hours. Robert Largess, Jr., Chairman 9/17, 9/24/2015 MS

NOTICE OF MORTGAGEE’S SALE OF REAL ESTATE By virtue and in execution of the Power of Sale contained in a certain mortgage given by Myrna Libby to Beneficial Massachusetts, Inc. dated February 23, 2006, recorded with the Worcester County (Worcester District) Registry of Deeds in Book 38446, Page 207; said mortgage was then assigned to U.S. Bank Trust, N.A., as Trustee for LSF8 Master Participation Trust by virtue of an assignment dated September 5, 2014, and recorded in Book 62772, at Page 112, of which mortgage the undersigned is the present holder for breach of conditions of said mortgage and for the purpose of foreclosing the same will be sold at PUBLIC AUCTION at 12:00 PM on October 6, 2015, on the mortgaged premises. The entire mortgaged premises, all and singular, the premises as described in said mortgage: THE LAND IN SUTTON, WORCESTER COUNTY, MASSACHUSETTS. ON THE SOUTHERLY SIDE OF MENDON ROAD, ON PIGEON HILL, SO-CALLED, AND BOUNDED AND DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS: BEGINNING AT THE NORTHEASTERLY CORNER THEREOF AT A CORNER OF WALLS ON THE SOUTHERLY SIDE OF SAID ROAD AND AT A CORNER OF THE LEARNED LAND, SO-CALLED, NOW OR FORMERLY OWNED BY ONE SWENSON: THENCE SOUTH 30 DEGREES AND 30 EAST BY THE WALL AND BY SAID LEARNED LAND 252 FEET, MORE OR LESS, TO A CORNER OF WALLS AT LAND NOW OR FORMERLY OF WILDER O. BENOIT; ET UX; THENCE SOUTH ABOUT 80 DEGREES WEST 92 FEET, MORE OR LESS, BY A WALL AND BY LAND NOW OR FORMERLY OF SAID BENOIT TO THE NORTHEASTERLY LINE OF A RIGHT OF WAY ONE ROD WIDE, AS NOW USED, WHICH LEADS FROM SAID MENDON ROAD TO THE PIGEON HILL CEMETERY; THENCE NORTHWESTERLY BY SAID LINE OF SAID RIGHT OF WAY 309 FRET, MORE OR LESS, TO THE WALL AT SAID MENDON ROAD; THENCE EASTERLY BY SAID LAST NAMED WALL AND MENDON ROAD, 108 FEET, MORN OR LESS, TO THE PLACE OF BEGINNING. TOGETHER WITH ALL THE GRANTORS RIGHT TITLE AND INTEREST IN THE ABUTTING PORTION OF SAID ROAD TO THE CENTER LINE THEREOF, NO RIGHTS IN SAID RIGHT OF WAY OR PASSAGE WAY ARE HEREBY GRANTED. SUBJECT TO A FENCE AGREEMENT AS RECITED IN AN INSTRUMENT RECORDED WITH SAID REGISTRY IN BOOK 4941, PAGE 151. BEING THE SAME PROPERTY CONVEYED FROM JOEL JANSSON A/K/A JOEL R. JANSSON AND PAMELA JANSSON A/K/A PAMELA J. JASSON, TENANCY NOT STATED TO MYRNA LIBBY, TENANCY NOT STATED BY DEED RECORDED 6/18/01, IN BOOK 24238, AT PAGE 342, IN THE REGISTER’S OFFICE OF WORCESTER COUNTY, MASSACHUSETTS. TAX MAP OR PARCEL ID NO.: 30-17 Subject to and with the benefit of easements, reservation, restrictions, and taking of record, if any, insofar as the same are now in force and applicable. In the event of any typographical error set forth herein in the legal description of the premises, the description as set forth and contained in the mortgage shall control by reference. This property has the address of 180 Mendon Road, Sutton, MA 01590 Together with all the improvements now or hereafter erected on the property and all easements, rights, appurtenances, rents, royalties, mineral, oil and gas rights and profits, water rights and stock and all fixtures now or hereafter a part of the property. All replacements and additions shall also be covered by this sale. Terms of Sale: Said premises will be sold subject to any and all unpaid taxes and assessments, tax sales, tax titles and other municipal liens and water or sewer liens and State or County transfer fees, if any there are, and TEN THOUSAND DOLLARS ($10,000.00) in cashier’s or certified check will be required to be paid by the purchaser at the time and place of the sale as a deposit and the balance in cashier’s or certified check will be due in thirty (30) days, at the offices of Doonan, Graves & Longoria, LLC, 100 Cummings Center, Suite 225D, Beverly, MA 01915, time being of the essence. The Mortgagee reserves the right to postpone the sale to a later date by public proclamation at the time and date appointed for the sale and to further postpone at any adjourned sale-date by public proclamation at the time and date appointed for the adjourned sale date. The premises is to be sold subject to and with the benefit of all easements, restrictions, leases, tenancies, and rights of possession, building and zoning laws, encumbrances, condominium liens, if any and all other claim in the nature of liens, if any there be. In the event that the successful bidder at the foreclosure sale shall default in purchasing the within described property according to the terms of this Notice of Sale and/or the terms of the Memorandum of Sale executed at the time of foreclosure, the Mortgagee reserves the right to sell the property by foreclosure deed to the second highest bidder, providing that said second highest bidder shall deposit with the Mortgagee’s attorneys, DOONAN, GRAVES, & LONGORIA LLC, 100 Cummings Center, Suite 225D, Beverly, MA 01915, the amount of the required deposit as set forth herein within three (3) business days after written notice of the default of the previous highest bidder and title shall be conveyed to the said second highest bidder within thirty (30) days of said written notice. If the second highest bidder declines to purchase the within described property, the Mortgagee reserves the right to purchase the within described property at the amount bid by the second highest bidder. The foreclosure deed and the consideration paid by the successful bidder shall be held in escrow by DOONAN, GRAVES, & LONGORIA LLC, (hereinafter called the “Escrow Agent”) until the deed shall be released from escrow to the successful bidder at the same time as the consideration is released to the Mortgagee, thirty (30) days after the date of sale, whereupon all obligations of the Escrow Agent shall be deemed to have been properly fulfilled and the Escrow Agent shall be discharged. Other terms to be announced at the sale. Dated: August 18, 2015 U.S. Bank Trust, N.A., as Trustee for LSF8 Master Participation Trust By: Reneau J Longoria. Esq., DOONAN, GRAVES, & LONGORIA LLC 100 Cummings Center, Suite 225D Beverly, MA 01915 (978) 921-2670 50826 (LIBBY FEI # 1078.01169 09/10/2015, 09/17/2015, 09/24/2015 MS

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LEGALS/PUBLIC NOTICES www.centralmassclass .com 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. WO15P2920EA Estate of: Philip C Conner Date of Death: 07/27/2015 To all interested persons: A Petition for Formal Probate of Will with Appointment of Personal Representative has been filed by: Scott M Conner of Spencer MA requesting that the Court enter a formal Decree and Order and for such other relief as requested in the Petition. The Petitioner requests that: Scott M Conner of Spencer MA be appointed as Personal Representative(s) of said estate to serve Without Surety on the bond in an unsupervised administration. You have the right to obtain a copy of the Petition from the Petitioner or at the Court. You have a right to object to this proceeding. To do so, you or your attorney must file a written appearance and objection at this Court before: 10:00 a.m. on the return day of 10/13/2015. This is NOT a hearing date, but a deadline by which you must file a written appearance and objection if you object to this proceeding. If you fail to file a timely written appearance and objection followed by an affidavit of objections within thirty (30) days of the return date, action may be taken without further notice to you. UNSUPERVISED ADMINISTRATION UNDER MASSACHUSETTS UNIFORM PROBATE CODE (MUPC) A Personal Representative appointed under the MUPC in an unsupervised administration is not required to file an inventory or annual accounts with the Court. Persons interested in the estate are entitled to notice regarding the administration directly from the Personal Representative and may petition the Court in any matter relating to the estate, including distribution of assets and expenses of administration. WITNESS, Hon. Leilah A Keamy, First Justice of this Court. Date: September 09, 2015 Stephanie K. Fattman, Register of Probate 09/24/2015 MS

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. WO15P3006EA Estate of: Philip T Breen Date of Death: 08/13/2015 To all interested persons: A Petition for Formal Probate of Will with Appointment of Personal Representative has been filed by: Philip J Breen of Worcester MA requesting that the Court enter a formal Decree and Order and for such other relief as requested in the Petition. The Petitioner requests that: Philip J Breen of Worcester MA be appointed as Personal Representative(s) of said estate to serve Without Surety on the bond in an unsupervised administration. You have the right to obtain a copy of the Petition from the Petitioner or at the Court. You have a right to object to this proceeding. To do so, you or your attorney must file a written appearance and objection at this Court before: 10:00 a.m. on the return day of 10/13/2015. This is NOT a hearing date, but a deadline by which you must file a written appearance and objection if you object to this proceeding. If you fail to file a timely written appearance and objection followed by an affidavit of objections within thirty (30) days of the return date, action may be taken without further notice to you. UNSUPERVISED ADMINISTRATION UNDER MASSACHUSETTS UNIFORM PROBATE CODE (MUPC) A Personal Representative appointed under the MUPC in an unsupervised administration is not required to file an inventory or annual accounts with the Court. Persons interested in the estate are entitled to notice regarding the administration directly from the Personal Representative and may petition the Court in any matter relating to the estate, including distribution of assets and expenses of administration. WITNESS, Hon. Leilah A Keamy, First Justice of this Court. Date: September 16, 2015 Stephanie K. Fattman, Register of Probate 09/24/2015 MS

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 Denise A. Duddie and Todd A. Duddie to Household Finance Corporation II, dated September 20, 2006 and recorded with the Worcester County (Worcester District) Registry of Deeds at Book 39827, Page 49, subsequently assigned to U.S. Bank Trust, N.A., as Trustee for LSF8 Master Participation Trust by Household Finance Corporation II by assignment recorded in said Registry of Deeds at Book 52637, Page 345; 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 12:00 PM on October 8, 2015 at 165-167 Millbury Avenue, Millbury, MA, all and singular the premises described in said Mortgage, to wit: The land in said Millbury with the buildings thereon, being lots numbered 420 and 421 as shown on a plan of “Dorothy Manor”, Millbury, Worcester County, Mass. Made by Ernest W. Branch C.E. said land is bounded and described as follows: NORTHEASTERLY by lot No 419, one hundred thirty-three and fifty-five hundredths (133.55) feet; SOUTHEASTERLY by Millbury Avenue, fifty (50) feet; SOUTHWESTERLY by Lot No. 422, one hundred twenty-four and seven hundredths (124.07) feet; NORTHWESTERLY by Lot No 425, seventy-five and nine hundredths (75.09) feet. All of said Lots and Lot Numbers are shown on said Plan, recorded in Plan Book 33, Plan 61 except any land that may have been taken for highway purpose. Being the same property conveyed from Denise A. Duddie FKA Denise A. Umphrey, tenancy not stated, to Denise A. Duddie and Todd A. Duddie, husband and wife T/B/E, by deed recorded 08/13/02, in Book 27210, at Page 48, in the Register’s Office of Worcester County, Massachusetts. Tax Map or Parcel ID No.: M23 P4 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. U.S. Bank Trust, N.A., as Trustee for LSF8 Master Participation Trust Present Holder of said Mortgage, By Its Attorneys, ORLANS MORAN PLLC PO Box 540540 Waltham, MA 02454 Phone: (781) 790-7800 007733 9/17, 9/24, 10/1/2015 MS

TOWN OF SUTTON ZONING BOARD OF APPEALS TO ALL INTERESTED INHABITANTS OF THE TOWN OF SUTTON In accordance with the provisions of M.G.L. Ch. 40A, §11, the Zoning Board of Appeals will hold a public hearing at the Sutton Town Hall on October 1, 2015 at 7:40pm on the petition of Brenda O’Brien. The petitioner requests a determination as required under the guidelines of MGL ch.40A §6 to permit the tear down and rebuild of a summer residence. The property that is the subject of this petition is located at 68 Wilderness Drive, Sutton MA on Assessors Map # 16, Parcel #’s 8. The property is located in the R-1 Zoning District. A copy of the petition may be inspected during normal ofﬁce hours in the Town Clerk’s Ofﬁce located in the Town Hall. Any person interested or wishing to be heard on this variance petition should appear at the time and place designated. Brittanie Reinold Board of Appeals Clerk 9/17, 9/24/2015 MS

Commonwealth of Massachusetts The Trial Court Probate and Family Court Worcester Probate and Family Court 225 Main Street Worcester, MA 01608 Docket No. WO15D1725DR DIVORCE SUMMONS BY PUBLICATION AND MAILING Naomi W. Maina vs. Anthony K. Ngurimu To the Defendant: The Plaintiff has filed a Complaint for Divorce requesting that the Court grant a divorce for Irretrievable Breakdown. The Complaint is on file at the Court. An Automatic Restraining Order has been entered in this matter preventing you from taking any action which would negatively impact the current financial status of either party. SEE Supplemental Probate Court Rule 411. You are hereby summoned and required to serve upon: Naomi W. Maina 8 Zoar Street Worcester, MA 01604 your answer, if any, on or before 12/01/2015. If you fail to do so, the court will proceed to the hearing and adjudication of this action. You are also required to file a copy of your answer, if any, in the office of the Register of this Court. Witness, Hon. Leilah A Keamy, First Justice of this Court. Date: September 9, 2015 Stephanie K. Fattman Register of Probate 09/24/2015 WM

TOWN OF SUTTON ZONING BOARD OF APPEALS TO ALL INTERESTED INHABITANTS OF THE TOWN OF SUTTON In accordance with the provisions of M.G.L. c.40A § 11, the Zoning Board of Appeals will hold a public hearing at the Sutton Town Hall on October 1st, 2015 at 7-30 P.M. on the petition of Paul an Lynn Dahlin. The petitioners request a finding from the Zoning Board of Appeals pursuant to M.G.L. c. 40A § 6and variances from Section III(B)(3) Table 2of the Town’s Zoning By-Laws to permit the tear down and reconstruction of a single family residence which will increase the non-confirming nature of the structure. The property that is the subject of this petition is located at 15 West Sutton Road, Sutton, MA on Assessor’s Map #8, Parcel #41. The property is located in the R-1 Zoning District. A copy of the petition may be inspected during normal office hours in the Town Clerk’s Office located in the Town Hall. Any interested person interested or wishing to be heard on this variance petition should appear at the time and place designated. Brittanie Reinold Board of Appeals Clerk 9/17, 9/24/2015 MS

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, September 30, 2015 At: 7:15 p.m. To act on a petition from: Charles & Karen Tweedly 4 Shirley Ave, Millbury, MA For a Variance in the Millbury Zoning Ordinance relative to: property at 4 Shirley Ave, Millbury, MA for the purpose of Construction of a 12’ x 16’ shed. All interested parties are invited to attend. Paul Nigosian, Chairman Millbury Board of Appeals 9/17, 9/24/2015 MS

TOWN OF MILLBURY BOARD OF SELECTMEN The Millbury Board of Selectmen will hold a Public Hearing on Tuesday, October 13, 2015 at 7:30 p.m. in the Conference Room, Municipal Ofﬁce Building, 127 Elm Street, Millbury, MA to act upon the application of a New All Alcohol Restaurant License for Dumpling Girl, LLC, 56 Canal Street, Millbury 9/24/2015 MS

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Ahmad Ghannoum Ahmad Ghannoum is a tailor. The Syrian native was born and raised in Damascus and arrived in America 28 years ago to work with his cousin. He worked hard, eventually opening his own business, Perfect Fit Tailoring, with locations in Worcester and Westborough. Ghannoum became a U.S. citizen 12 years ago. Here, he talks about being an immigrant and about his turbulent homeland. As an immigrant, how hard was it to start a business in America? To be honest with

you, it’s so easy compared to where I came from. Where I came from, you need all the cash up front for everything. It’s a lot of money to establish a business. Over here you come, you rent the store and you start your own business.

Syria has been a volatile place for some time. How were you able to get out? I left the

country on a visitor visa. This was 1988. When I came over here I came to visit my cousin. It’s so hard to live in Syria. The cost of living is so expensive. It’s very difficult to make it. When I came over, here I saw the opportunity and I started working immediately.

As an immigrant was it difficult acclimating to the American culture? It was very

difficult. It was two different cultures and

two different lifestyles; little by little I had to adjust to it. For example, our holidays are different than the American holidays. When we celebrate our holidays we didn’t have other people to share it with, and vice versa. The American holidays didn’t feel like my holidays.

How did you come to settle in Worcester? I grew up with my cousin back in Syria. We learned tailoring from our uncle. He came to America to work with his older brother, who had established a business. About a year later, he asked me to come. He had a job for me, so I said “OK.” My wife, she was about seven months pregnant at the time and my cousin convinced me it would be nice to have citizenship. I wasn’t sure I wanted to stay, but in the end we decided yes. Is Worcester’s Syrian community a close-knit

group? There is a good-size Middle Eastern

community, and now it’s growing because of the immigrants and refugees from Syria and Iraq. A lot from Iraq and not too many from Syria, but I hear a lot are going to come, and I try to help them as much as I can. I appreciate that a lot of people helped me, and now it’s my time to give back.

Do you still have family and friends in Syria, and if so are they involved in the conflict? I

do. Yes, yes I have three nephews. They left the country. They went to Turkey, then they took a boat to Greece. From Greece they settled in Germany. They were part of the immigrant push. I help them financially, and you know, it’s so scary, so sad and depressing. It’s very, very bad. To be honest with you, I live their pain. I was with them step by step.

Have you been able to communicate? I’m not

with them but spiritually, I am. We could always communicate because we were from the capital and the capital is still holding on. The suburbs of Damascus are very bad. You can see the bombing and you can hear it, but in our area there is no bombing, but that’s how close it is.

Are you able to offer support in any way? I send a little money so we can help them if they need medicine or clothing, anything I can do. How do you think Europe has handled the refuge crisis? To be honest, Germany is

doing great. In Hungary, it’s hard to tell, I’ve heard good things and bad things. I think the bad things are more than the good things. In other places, like Greece, they are very nice to them. Macedonia is very nice to them. Austria was tough on them until Germany took over. They call Angela Merkel “Mama,” because she has one of the biggest hearts in the world.

What is the best possible outcome from the conflict? We will always have hope. That

was my first home and I hate to see it that way. Someday, it’s going to come back. I just want to comment on this country. I love this country like you wouldn’t believe. It took care of me when I came over and I really appreciate every minute of my time here, I really do. You don’t know what’s good about this country until you live somewhere else. Then you will appreciate it here. SEPTEMBER 24, 2015 • WORCESTERMAGAZINE.COM

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