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Volume 8, Number 4 – 16 Pages
Friday, February 20, 2015
Selectmen hire Gaumond as town administrator
– STURBRIDGE –
By Patti Gittes
Town Common Writer
Sturbridge has hired a new
town administrator.
Leon A. Gaumond Jr., of
Ware, was chosen as the new
OSV plans
for a bright
future
-STURBRIDGE –
By Patti Gittes
Town Common Writer
Old Sturbridge Village (OSV)
is building a culture of conservation and sustainability that will
guide its future. Part of that vision includes a solar farm that
the living history museum hopes
to build on 10-acre isolated tract
within its 200 acre grounds, said
James E. Donahue, OSV’s president and CEO.
Donahue met with Sturbridge
Planning Board members last
week to share the vision that he
and the village’s board of directors have been working on for the
last three years. He said the museum needed to develop a strategy to take it from the present
through the next 20 to 30 years,
and beyond.
“The principles that are guiding us include reducing our carbon footprint,” Donahue said.
“The museum has been rethinking and reimaging its programs.”
The lodges are in their second
year of successful operation, and
the museum is redesigning its
programs, including its culinary
program, to focus on sustainability.
“Our challenge is revenue
volatility - weather, the economy
and increasing costs, such as employee salaries, benefits and other
factors,” he said.
Currently, the museum spends
upwards of $500,000 a year on
utility bills alone for the 129
buildings on the property, many
of which are from the 18th century. There are over 200 energy
control systems in place. The 20
megawatt solar project would
See OSV I PAGE 8
town administrator for Sturbridge at Tuesday night’s board
of selectmen meeting. After the
vote, the selectmen all said they
were very pleased with their
selection. Mary Blanchard,
board chair, said that the search
committee, which she served on,
was very thorough and had se-
lected three finalists who were
very professional and highly
qualified.
The next step will be negotiations with Gaumond. The board
decided that one person would
be chosen to be the negotiator.
The start date will depend on
Gaumond’s contract with the
town of West Boylston, where he
currently serves as town administrator.
Interviews for the three finalists for the position were conducted by the board of selectmen
last week. The position has been
open since the former administrator, Shaun A. Suhoski, resigned
-STURBRIDGE –
This little
Robin hunkers
down in the
snow, waiting
for spring.
By Patti Gittes
Town Common Writer
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Lake advisory committee calls
for better education
-STURBRIDGE –
Sturbridge residents who live
on or near one of the five lakes
in the town need an easier way
to learn about their rights and
responsibilities than is currently
available. That’s the sentiment
of the Sturbridge Lake Advisory Committee, which met with
the conservation commission
last week.
The advisory committee,
which represents Cedar Lake,
Smith Pond, Big Alum Pond,
Walker Pond and Leadmine
Pond, expressed the need for new
ways communicate with visitors,
residents and realtors before the
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snowfall
no match
for DPW
Is it
SPRING
yet?
By Patti Gittes
Town Common Writer
from the post in 2014 to become
Athol’s town administrator.
After a lengthy process, the
search committee selected the
finalists from an initial pool of
more than 70 applicants. All
three candidates currently hold
“A lay person
may have difficulty
understanding
the language
in the bylaws.”
– GLENN D. COLBURN
Conservation Agent
warmer weather comes. Citing
new roads, new developments
and new residents, there was a
consensus that something has
to be done.
“All of these things are putting pressure on the lake,” said
one attendee. “Even longtime
residents don’t always know
what’s allowed. Somehow, the
concept of conservation is foreign to them.”
Following the meeting, Conservation Agent Glenn D. Colburn said that a lot of people
who move to the lakes “feel that
they’ve been blindsided” when
they come to the commission
for permits and find out that the
designs or uses they planned for
are not allowed. People don’t
understand, he said.
“A lay person may have difficulty understanding the language in the bylaws,” he said. “It
can be overwhelming.”
Another factor that presents
a problem is that realtors also
don’t really understand the bySee LAKE I PAGE 8
Sturbridge DPW Director
Gregory Morris climbed down
from the roof at the Sturbridge
Department of Public Works
complex last Friday, after clearing it with a snow blower, and
contemplated the next major
storm of the winter which was
scheduled to arrive the next
day. He shook his head and
laughed.
“Like everyone else, we’re
sick of it,” he said. “But we’re
ready.”
Morris and his snowplowing
crew which, counting himself,
numbers 12, were still clearing
roads and sidewalks and shoveling from the previous storm,
See SNOW I PAGE 9
Special Town
Meeting to
resume Feb. 23
STURBRIDGE - The
Sturbridge Special Town
Meeting, which had to be rescheduled twice because major snowstorms, will take place
Monday, Feb. 23 at 7 p.m. at
Tantasqua High School. In
the event of another major
weather event, several of the
selectmen will open the meeting and continue it to another
date, in order to comply with
state regulations.
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Brimfield - Jeffrey C.
Hastings, 68, passed away on
February 10, 2015 at home
with his family by his side.
Born February 24, 1946 in
Southbridge, MA, he was the
son of Lawrence “Chucky” and
Beatrice (Dickinson) Hastings.
Jeffrey grew up in Holland and
moved to Brimfield in 1963.
He and his family are well
known throughout the community for owning and
operating Brimfield Auto Service, better known as
“Hastings” Garage. In 1963, Jeffrey joined his father in the family business and owned it from 19801986. Jeff had the “gift of gab” and would talk to
anyone about anything for hours. He could tow
anything and did the towing for the state police.
Jeff also enjoyed fishing and his greatest passion
was his grandchildren. He will be greatly missed
by his wife of 46 years, Janet (Lachapelle) Hastings along with his children, Jeffrey “Jay” and his
wife Erin Hastings of Brimfield, John and his wife
Bonnie Hastings of Palm Bay, FL, James and his
fiancée Kimberlee Caron of Southbridge, and Joy
Hastings and Danniel O’Keefe of Palmer. Jeffrey
also leaves his brother Frank Hastings of Brimfield and his nine dear grandchildren. Besides his
parents, he was predeceased by his brother Donald
Hastings in 2005. Visitation will be Friday from
4:00-7:00 p.m. at the Beers & Story Palmer Funeral Home. A Funeral Mass will be held Saturday at
10:00 a.m. at St. Christopher’s Church with burial
to follow in Brimfield Cemetery. Friends and family may gather at the funeral home at 9:00 a.m. In
lieu of flowers, donations may be made to either
Baystate Wing Hospice, 40 Wright St, Palmer, MA
01069 or Sr. Caritas Cancer Center at Mercy Hospital, 271 Carew St., Springfield, MA 01104. For
details, please visit www.beersandstory.com
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UPCOMING
NEW ENGLAND RE-ENACTORS FAIRE will be held Saturday, Feb. 21
from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Sturbridge Host Hotel. General public
invited to meet and speak with re-enactors from all over New England, become an re-enactor or attend information lectures. $5/adults,
free/children 12 and under. For more information, call Caren Harrington at 413-668-4507.
FREE WINTER CONCERT Sunday, Feb. 22 at 2:30 p.m. at the Brookfield Unitarian Universalist Church on the Brookfield Common. Local
musicians perform with instruments and voice. Donations to Partners
in Health for their continued work in Haiti and beyond, will be accepted. For more info, call 508-867 8806 or on the day of the concert
508-864-5978.
STURBRIDGE SPECIAL TOWN MEETING, which had to be rescheduled twice because major snowstorms, will take place Monday, Feb.
23 at 7 p.m. at Tantasqua High School. In the event of another major
weather event, several of the selectmen will open the meeting and
continue it to another date, in order to comply with state regulations.
STATE REP. DONNIE BERTHIAUME will hold office hours Monday,
Feb. 23 from 5 to 6 p.m. at the Spencer Town Hall. Constituents and
town officials are invited to meet with him to express any concerns,
ideas, or issues that they may need assistance with.
Mini Golf will be held at the Joshua Hyde Public Library, 306 Main
Street in Sturbridge, on Saturday, Feb. 28 from 11 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
and Sunday, March 1 from 1:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.
NB HEARTS FOR HEAT SPAGHETTI DINNER AND PTO MOVIE NIGHT
Saturday, Feb. 28 from 5 to 7 p.m. in the North Brookfield Elementary
School Cafeteria. Robin Hood will be shown at 3 p.m. Movie is free,
dinner is $8 per person with a $24 per family cap.
STATE REP. DONNIE BERTHIAUME will hold office hours Monday,
March 2 from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. at the Hubbardston Town Hall. Constituents and town officials are invited to meet with him to express
any concerns, ideas, or issues that they may need assistance with.
IRISH MUSIC on Monday, March 9 at 7 p.m. the First Congregational
Church of West Brookfield, UCC 36 N. Main St. will host the next in
their Benefit Concert Series, featuring Caitlin Nic Gabhann and Ciaran
O Maonaigh on fiddle, concertina and dance. Tickets are $15/adults,
$12/students and $5/children under 12. Refreshments will be served
during the intermission. Call the church for more information at 508867-7078.
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NORTH BROOKFIELD SPORTSMEN’S CLUB will be holding a “Texas
Hold’em” at the Club, 20 Boynton Road, on Friday, March 13. Play
starts promptly at 7:30 p.m. This is to benefit the Youth Fishing Derby
that will be held April 25. Refreshments are available.
TEAM TRIVIA NIGHT will be held Saturday, March 21 at 6 p.m. at the
Warren Senior Center. Admission is $10 per person, which includes
pizza. Beer/wine cash bar available. Sponsored by the West Warren
Public Library. Call 413-436-9892 for more information or to reserve
a team table (max 10 per table).
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Do you want to obtain quality teen leadership skills?
Do you want to learn how to survive in the wild, canoe and navigate
local rivers or hike through the woods with no compass? If you said
yes to any of these questions, then Troop 142 in Warren is the place
to go. They teach valuable leadership skills and help young boys become valuable citizens and leaders in today’s world. If you are interested in becoming a Boy Scout, feel free to email Eric Ciborowski, Jr.
at [email protected].
THE STURBRIDGE FIT CLUB WALKS every Saturday morning at 8
a.m. starting on the town common. Contact Rec. Department Director
Lynne Girouard at 508-347-2041 for more info.
ONE FREE TRIAL DRUM SET LESSON AT PROFESSIONAL HARDWICK-BASED MUSIC STUDIO for all ages and ability levels. Call Tim
at 508-867-3784 for more information.
Knitters of all ages and abilities are invited to join a new,
ongoing knitting circle at the Warren Public Library. The group will
meet on Thursdays from 4-6 p.m. Stop by for a while or stay the
whole time. A knitting circle is a great place to relax, create and chat
with fellow knitters and to share favorite tips and tricks. Basic materials and instruction will be provided to beginning knitters. The local Salvation Army service unit offers support to
families in the Ware/Warren area. Services include helping families
find information on utility shut offs, food/clothing referrals, and fuel
assistance. If you are in need of information and would like to make
an appointment, call 413-277-5432.
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will meet from 1 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. on the 2nd Thursday of each
month at the Sturbridge Senior Center. Newcomers are welcome. For
more information, call Barbara at 508-347-7575.
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The Sturbridge Council on Aging is now running a monthly
caregiver support group for individuals who care for adults. For additional information about the caregiver support group, contact Barbara
at 508-347-7575.
WARREN PUBLIC LIBRARY hosts Parent-Child Story Hour every
Tuesday at 2 p.m. Stories, finger play, music, and arts and crafts.
Geared to children age 2-5 years, siblings welcome. Every Wednesday, the library offers a Knitting Circle from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. All
abilities welcome. Bring yarn, needles and a project to work on. Stop
by to have some fun, socialize, and share tips and tricks with fellow
knitters.
The Clowning For Kidz Foundation is seeking individuals and
businesses interested in sponsoring a decorative balloon on their
clown bus. For a $50 tax deductable donation the balloon will feature
the sponsor’s name and contact information prominently displayed
and seen by thousands of event spectators across New England. For
more information, please contact Jim Allard at 413-454-7234.
Holy Protection Orthodox Chapel will be hosting a regular
“Inquirer’s Night” where visitors may listen to a short introduction to
the ancient faith of Orthodox Christianity and ask any questions that
they may have. Come to the Chapel, located at 280 New Braintree
Road in West Brookfield, on Fridays at 7 p.m. The Inquirer’s session
is preceded by the service of Vespers, to which everyone is also invited. In addition, all are welcome to attend our Sunday service, the
Divine Liturgy, at 9:30 a.m. on Sundays. The Chapel is a mission of
St. George Orthodox Cathedral in Worcester. For more information
please call Father Walter Smith at 617-932-9726, or Paulette Masterjohn at 774-253-6835.
Adult CPR & First Aid Certification Class at Rehabilitative Recourses, Inc., 1 Picker Road, Sturbridge. CPR & First Aid
Taught by certified instructors. (AED training also available.) Visit
our website for more information and additional dates, www.rehabresource.org. Proceeds from trainings support people with developmental disabilities in our community. The cost is $60 per person
(the cost includes both full certifications) Contact Corrie Wetherbee,
Rehabilitative Recourses, Inc. P.O. Box 38, Sturbridge, MA 01566 for
more information. Or, call (508) 347-8181.
COMMUNITY SERVICE PROJECTS WANTED! North Brookfield Junior Senior high school believes that all of our students should be
caring, active, and responsible members of their community. One of
our goals for this academic year is to begin building a stronger connection between our town and school communities. All students at
and VHS are expected to participate in community service as part of
their graduation requirements. Students of all grade levels will be
encouraged to get involved in their school and town through various
projects. We are currently seeking opportunities that may be available to our students right here in North Brookfield. If you have any
projects, tasks, or any other opportunities for our students to serve
the community, please send an e-mail to Abigail Rigney at [email protected].
As a part of a new collaboration between East Brookfield
Public Library and the Coordinated Family and Community Engagement Grant will begin a Book Bag Program, providing parents and
caregivers with books and activities to develop children’s literacy
skills. Each themed book bag contains: quality children’s books,
enrichment activities, age and developmentally appropriate toys,
games and puzzles, along with tips and tools for enriching reading
and writing skills and recourse materials. These Book Bags are available through the East Brookfield Public Library. Contact (508) 8852934, or e-mail [email protected] for details.
Adult CPR & First Aid Certification Class at Rehabilitative
Recourses, Inc., 1 Picker Road, Sturbridge. CPR & First Aid Taught by
certified instructors. (AED training also available.) Visit our website
for more information and additional dates, www.rehabresource.org.
Proceeds from trainings support people with developmental disabilities in our community. The cost is $60 per person (the cost includes
both full certifications) Contact Corrie Wetherbee, Rehabilitative Recourses, Inc. P.O. Box 38, Sturbridge, MA 01566 for more information.
Or, call (508) 347-8181.
The North Brookfield Sports Booster Club is looking for
new blood. If you’d like to help in any way, at any time, no long-term
commitment necessary, please let them know. You can send an email to [email protected]. All are welcome.
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Patrick St. Pierre is one of
about 900 soldiers that have been
deployed to help support operations in Europe and Africa. As
part of the 0311 Infantry Marines,
2nd Battalion, 8th stationed out of
Camp LeJeune, N.C., the men and
women who left the country last
month no longer have any of the
creature comforts that, as Americans, they have been accustomed
to. Patrick’s mother is looking to
change that.
“Unless you have somebody
in there, and you know what goes
on, what they go without, what the
conditions are where they are, you
really can’t understand,” Darlene
St. Pierre said. “We are just trying
to help out a little. They don’t make
much money and there isn’t really
any way to get stuff, either. There is
no PX on base there and no public
transportation. As a mother, I felt
if I could send these kids something
to take the burden off of them I
wanted to do that.”
Others have responded to Darlene’s effort and she has a good
sized box ready to go. A one-time
offering is not her goal, though.
Darlene said that she would like
to be able to send a couple or few
boxes out each month, so while the
soldiers wouldn’t be bombarded
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High-speed rail study
on right track
W
e want to endorse the bill recently filed by
state Sen. Eric P. Lesser (D-Longmeadow)
that would require the state Department of
Transportation to conduct a feasibility study of highspeed rail access between Boston and Springfield.
While the language has gained the support of other
legislators in the region, including State Rep. Thomas
Petrolati (D – Ludlow) State Rep. Benjamin Swan
(D – Springfield), State Rep. Angelo Puppolo (D
– Springfield) and State Sen James Welch (D – West
Springfield), we hope to see many hop aboard in the
weeks ahead.
“This bill already has the support of a number of
colleagues in both the House and the Senate, who all
agree that better integrating the Western Massachusetts economy to the rest of the state is essential for
the Commonwealth’s overall progress,” Sen. Lesser
said.
Frankly, we are surprised (or at least should be)
that the conversation took this long to get to Boston, especially given the popularity of the concept of
high-speed rail service among the general population
in Western Massachusetts. To his credit, Sen. Lesser
campaigned on the issue of increasing passenger service and with the momentum of upgrades on the Boston-Worcester line as well as federal and state dollars
spent on the so-called “Knowledge Corridor” that
extends from Connecticut north through Springfield
and on up into Vermont; it would be a shame if the
potential in between was overlooked. Nikolas Nadeau,
communications director for Sen. Lesser, told us that
while it would receive a hearing in the transportation
committee, bipartisan support made passage a strong
possibility.
It may just be that the DOT needs to get a nudge
on this. In the Massachusetts Rail Plan that was drafted in 2010 by the DOT with input from a variety of
sectors, the line from Boston through Worcester to
Springfield was specifically drawn as part of a mapped
vision for expanded service, but it received precious
little exposure in the text itself, except with regards to
partnerships between the state government and CSX
to allow for double-tracks and heightened overpasses
to accommodate increased freight traffic.
It will take a great deal of political steam to get serious progress on the concept of high-speed rail going,
outside of the traditional construct that it is given in
the Northeast, such as Boston to New York.
Let’s hope that the tracks are converging at the right
time on this one. One of the main obstacles that is always thrown out when it comes to the establishment
of a high-speed rail line is an economic one, given the
relatively small profit margin that can come from commuter traffic as opposed to lucrative freight transportation. But it’s not just about people buying tickets.
It’s about those ticket-holders stopping in communities along the way and spending money in places they
might not have had the opportunity. We hope everybody, whether in Western Massachusetts or in Boston,
can think along that line.
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the conversation turns to how we will
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hair done, spend hours concerned about
of preparation before the start of Great
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Lent focuses on this topic of the last
comes to the care of our souls we are quick
judgment. Not to scare us or anything
to dismiss it and not necessary.
of the kind but to make us think about
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year but most especially during the time
in this world, the world right around us, but
of Great Lent.
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The story comes to us from the Gospel of St. we need to be humble in our dealings with others, and
Matthew the twenty-fifth chapter and is the most we need to love everyone, even if they are trying to
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A Turley Publication • www.turley.com I Friday, February 20, 2015
Free concert to
be held Feb. 22
BROOKFIELD - A free winter
concert will be held Sunday, Feb. 22
at 2:30 p.m. at Brookfield Unitarian Universalist Church. Musicians
performing this year include Don
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Bailey; soprano, Bill Rees; recorder,
Peter Ringo; violin, Linda Friedmann; hammered dulcimer, Cynthia
Kennison; violin, Joyce Schlef; oboe,
Lucy Collwell-Snyder, Virginia Bailey,
Nan Foley, and Jean Paella; French
horns, and perhaps more Admission is free. One of the original motivating factors in starting this
concert was a chance for local musicians to come together to play with
and for one another. Another is to
provide a concert that everyone in
the community can afford to attend.
If you have children, this concert can
be a good way to introduce them to
live music, without worrying about
the cost of tickets if a short attention
span causes you to need to leave early.
Although there will be no admission,
the church hopes to reach out to the
larger community, so will be accepting donations to Partners in Health
who continue to do good work for
the folks in Haiti, parts of North and
South America, and Africa including
the current Ebola crisis. For more information, go to http://www.pih.org/ BUUC is also a donation site for
the Brookfield Food Pantry. Donations are always welcome. Personal
care products are especially needed
and appreciated.
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to our spiritual lives and the health of
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We are approaching the holiest season of the Church year culminating
with the great celebration of Pascha
(Easter). This is a time of preparation,
a time of slowing down and reflecting
on our lives where we have been and
where we are going. Make the most
of these approaching days to work on
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guide you. Find a Church community
where you feel at home and welcome,
we cannot do this alone.
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PAGE A Turley Publication • www.turley.com I Friday, February 20, 2015
RIVER WATCH
Drainage area:
Discharge:
Stage:
Date:
Percentile:
Class symbol: % normal (median):
% normal (mean):1
Water temperature:
150 mi2
432.43 cfs
4.12 ft
2015-02-11
84.92%
Light blue
189.90 %
58.71%
0.0oC
- public safety Board approves hiring
of part-time officers
-WEST BROOKFIELDBy Jennifer Robert
Quaboag Current Reporter
Turley Publications staff photo by Patti Gittes
Editor’s Note: “River Watch” tracks
data provided by the US Geological Survey
examining the Quaboag Current flow and
flood records taken from a testing station
in Brimfield over the past seven days. This
information is provided to help fisherman,
boaters, and residential abutters understand
their local tributaries better. For more current daily data and more details, visit http://
waterwatch.usgs.gov/.
KEY:
Drainage area: Also known as watershed area.
The area of land that contributes water to a stream
either as surface runoff or groundwater flow; usually measured as square miles.
Discharge: Also known as streamflow. The volume of water moving in a stream at any point in
time; usually measured as cubic feet per second.
Stage: The water level of a stream compared to
a fixed reference point at the location where the
measurement is made; usually measured as feet.
Water level measurements are always made at
the same location so that comparisons can be
made over time. Stage is not depth of water, because depth can vary significantly across a stream
and upstream or downstream, but a higher stage
means deeper water, and a lower stage means
shallower water. Some streams have an official
flood stage designated by the National Weather
Service, which is the level at which flooding will
begin to occur.
Date: The date and time of the most recent update
of the data map. When more than one data loca-
tion is shown on a map, the most recent update
time for individual locations may be up to an hour
earlier than the update time for the map.
Percentile: Compares the most recent value of
streamflow to the historical observations for the
day. For example, if the most recent value is at
the 25th percentile, it means that historically the
streamflow for the day has been at or less than
this level 25 percent of the time, or on average 1
day out of every 4. If the most recent value is at
the 75th percentile, it means that historically the
streamflow for the day has been at or less than this
level 75 percent of the time, or on average 3 days
out of every 4. Conversely, at the 75th percentile it
could also be said that the streamflow for the day
has been at or higher than this level 25 percent of
the time, or on average 1 day out of every 4. At the
50th percentile, there have been an equal number
of historical observations higher and lower, and
the 50th percentile is often referred to as the “normal”. However, hydrologists consider percentiles
between 25 and 75 to be relatively normal and
within expected natural ups and downs, with less
than 25 being unusually dry conditions and higher
than 75 being unusually wet conditions.
Class symbol: Groups current water conditions
into general categories of wet or dry compared
to historical observations using percentiles of
daily streamflow. Green indicates relatively normal
conditions; “warm” colors yellow, orange, and red
indicate drier than normal conditions; and “cool”
colors light blue, blue, and black indicate wetter
than normal conditions. Red and black indicate
that new low or high streamflow records have
been set for the day.
At Tuesday night’s meeting the West
Brookfield Board of Selectmen unanimously voted to approve the hiring of
two new part-time police officers. Police
Chief C. Thomas O’Donnell was present at the meeting to revisit the staffing
needs of the department and suggested
this hiring proposal as the start of a solution to the current problem.
In addition to the officer who has
been out on injured on duty (IOD) leave
since April, the department also recently
lost a few part-time officers for various
reasons. The requirements of a parttime officer in West Brookfield is only
two eight-hour shifts per month, but the
staffing needs are much higher.
“The guys are working a lot of hours,
they are starting to get tired and we just
aren’t filling the shifts,” O’Donnell said.
“This last week alone I had to work two
midnight shifts and that really isn’t a
good use of my time.”
O’Donnell came before the board
POLICE LOGS
Editor’s Note: People in this country
are presumed to be innocent until found
guilty in a court of law. Police provide
us with the information you read on this
page a public information. If you or any
suspect listed here is found not guilty or
has charges dropped or reduced, we will
gladly print that information as a followup upon being presented with documented
proof of the court’s final disposition.
North Brookfield
Police Log
CLUES ACROSS
1. Glasgow inhabitant
5. Dangerous tidal bore
10. Prevents harm to
creatures
14. Upper class
15. Caused an open
infection
16. Styptic
17. Am. Nat’l. Standards
Inst.
18. Muse of lyric poetry
and mime
19. He fiddled
20. Afrikaans
22. Don’t know when
yet
23. Mottled cat
24. 1803 USA purchase
27. Engine additive
30. Reciprocal of a sine
31. __ King Cole,
musician
32. Time in the central
U.S.
35. Insect pupa sheaths
37. Prefix denoting
“in a”
38. Okinawa port city
39. Capital of Pais-deCalais
40. Small amount
41. Fictional elephant
42. Grave
43. 12th month (abbr.)
44. Knights’ garment
45. One point S of due E
46. Lender Sallie ___
47. Express pleasure
48. Grassland, meadow
49. Vikings state
52. Deck for divination
55. Mountain
56. Cavalry sword
60. Largest known toad
species
61. Once more
63. Cavity
64. Paper this tin plate
65. Slang for backward
66. James __, American
steam engineer
67. Sea eagles
68. Wooded
69. Expression of
annoyance
CLUES DOWN
1. Spawn of an oyster
2. Town near Venice
3. Bone (pl.)
4. Pair of harness
shafts
5. Midway between E
and SE
6. Of a main artery
7. Catches
8. Maintained
possession
9. Old Tokyo
10. Yemen capital
11. Commoner
12. Street border
13. Old Xiamen
21. Soul and calypso
songs
23. Explosive
25. Put into service
26. Swiss river
27. Territorial division
28. Pulse
29. Hair curling
treatments
32. Small group of
intriguers
33. Portion
34. Slightly late
36. Taxi
37. Political action
committee
38. Grab
40. Between 13 & 19
41. Tai currency
43. Newsman Rather
44. Great school in
Mass.
46. Technology school
47. Have a great
ambition
49. Groans
50. Fill with high spirits
51. Expressed pleasure
52. Modern London
gallery
53. A gelling agent in
foods
54. Dilapidation
57. Swine
58. Footwear museum
city
59. Respite
61. Creative activity
62. Slight head motion
several months back to address the staffing shortage and a big driving factor in
the inability to hire any additional personnel is simply a lack of funding. Right
now, though, O’Donnell said that his
current department budget would allow
for the hiring of two part-timers as well
as the funds to cover outfitting them.
“We are trying to cover a bunch of
shifts each month and we can’t keep
paying the overtime for it,” O’Donnell
said. “This will not solve the problem
but it will be a good start, it will definitely help.”
In order to fill the positions, the openings will need to be posted and then an
interview panel will be set-up. Potential
candidates will be brought in for interviews with the panel before a final selection is made.
“We need to impress upon candidates
that we really need people available for
overnights and evenings, which is where
there is typically the biggest issues,”
O’Donnell said.
Selectman Sarah Allen made a motion to hire two new part-time officers,
and the board unanimously approved
the motion.
Between Feb. 2-9 North Brookfield
police made nine motor vehicle stops,
one building and property check, two
motor vehicle investigations, one records check, one investigation, one notification, one welfare check, performed
traffic control once, served two warrants, and assisted three citizens. Police
responded to two complaints, six disabled motor vehicles, two lockouts, two
alarms, two animal calls, one report of
suspicious activity, one disturbance,
one motor vehicle accident, one safety
hazard, one parking violation, and one
complaint about motor vehicle operations. They appeared for court-related
matters three times, anad one officer
was initiated.
There were 16 911 calls. Three were
for motor vehicle accidents, one was for
a fire alarm, one was to assist a citizen,
one was for theft, one was for a complaint about motor vehicle operations,
three were for medical emergencies,
one was for a complaint, and four were
hang-up calls. North Brookfield police
assisted three other agencies.
West Brookfield Police Log
Last week the West Brookfield Police
Department made one motor vehicle
stop, performed six building or property
checks and responded to 26 general calls
for service. There were also two reports
of motor vehicle accidents and three reports of medical emergencies to the general dispatch line.
There were 12 911 calls. Six were
for medical emergencies, two were for
disabled motor vehicles, one was for a
chimney fire, one was for a safety hazard, one was to assist a citizen and one
was for a psychiatric emergency. The department performed one investigation
and assisted another agency on two occasions.
Warren Police Log
William Nichols, 45, of 44 Mill St.
Apt. A in Warren, was arrested on February 4 on a warrant.
Barry Bennett, 27, of 24 North St.
Apt. 2B in West Warren, was arrested
on February 12 on two warrants.
Last week the Warren Police Department made four motor vehicle stops,
performed 33 building checks and responded to 28 general calls for service.
There were also two alarm calls, five
animal calls, one response to a motor
vehicle fire and one report of a motor
vehicle theft.
There were 10 911 calls. Three were
hang-ups, two were for medical emergencies, one was to assist a motorist,
one was for a motor vehicle accident,
one was for accidental personal injury,
one was for a fire and one was for a
disturbance. There were two occasions
where a person was transported, four
medical calls to the dispatch number,
three investigations performed and the
department assisted another agency on
four occasions.
The prior week the department made
13 motor vehicle stops, performed 29
building or property checks and responded to 30 general calls for service.
There was also one alarm call, one animal complaint, one report of a past assault and battery, one missing person
report, one medial emergency reported
to the dispatch number and request for
mutual aid of fire personnel.
There were 13 911 calls. Seven were
for medial emergencies, two were for
fire alarms, one was to assist another
agency, one was for accidental personal
injury, one was to assist a motorist and
one was a hang-up. There were also
four investigations performed and the
department assisted another agency on
four occasions.
A Turley Publication • www.turley.com I Friday, February 20, 2015
School uses six
snow days to date
With no more snow days,
closing date set for June 23
BARRE – Quabbin Regional School District
(QRSD) Superintendent Maureen Marshall said
that the district schools used six snow days to date.
With no more snow days, school would close Tuesday, June 23.
She referred to the weather this year as “extraordinary.” She complimented the highway departments in the five member towns for keeping the roads
cleared. She praised the bus drivers for safely transporting students. Marshall told the school committee last Thursday night that she couldn’t be happier
that school vacation was next week since more snow
was predicted.
She told the school committee that it was a very
busy time for the plant and facilities people. The staff
has been monitoring the roofs, shoveling snow off of
roofs and away from vents as well as extra cleaning
due to tracking in of salt, snow and sand. She also
said that the contractor that plows the high school
lot might have to truck snow, as there was no room
left to put it.
Preliminary budget
The school committee approved a preliminary
budget of $35,020,353 for fiscal year 2016. A public hearing on the preliminary budget will be held
on Thursday, March 12 in the Educational Support
Building, 872 South St.
Legal fee
The school committee unanimously approved
spending of $500 to help cover legal costs in challenging the cuts to Chapter 71, regional school transportation. Legislation enacted in 2010 stated that if
Chapter 71 funds were cut an equal amount must
also be cut from Chapter 70. The governor’s budget
made cuts to Chapter 71, but it did not to Chapter
70. The Massachusetts of Regional School Districts,
made up of 73 regional and vocational school districts, planned to pursue legal action against the
state. The group sought $500 from each member to
cover legal expenses.
PAGE Dazzling Deceptions coming to Warren
-WARRENBy Jennifer Robert
Quaboag Current Reporter
O
ver the summer, Warren
Community Elementary
School Parent Teacher Organization (PTO) Secretary Brandi
Linden took her family to Storyland, and while there the family
had the opportunity to see illusionist Brian Ledbetter perform. Linden heard him say that during the
off-season from that job he travels
the country performing for nonprofit groups as a way to help them
raise money, and on Friday, March
27 Ledbetter will be performing his
Dazzling Deceptions stage show in
Warren.
“He was really good,” Linden said. “When I heard him say
that he travels around helping out
non-profits I thought that this was
something that would be different
and really fun so I started to look
into it and things fell in to place.”
Ledbetter and his team do not
charge the hosting organization,
but rather ask that they make a
good faith effort to find corporate
sponsors to make a donation to the
program. Corporate sponsorship
money goes to putting Ledbetter
and his team up in a hotel room
overnight and paying the team, if
funds are raised, but Linden said
that he performs regardless.
“We’ve approached a few businesses and no one is really biting,”
she said. “We don’t want people to
feel like they have to make enormous donations. It would be great
if each corporate sponsor would
donate $100 or more but we will
take anything. He is doing this to
help a non-profit and we’d like to
Turley Publications courtesy photo
Brian Ledbetter, illusionist, will be performing to help raise money for the WCES PTO. Ledbetter’s chair
act always dazzles audiences.
give him as much as possible.”
While any profits for Ledbetter
hinge on sponsorship, profits for
the PTO depend on ticket sales.
Linden said that while tickets will
be available at the door, the group
is hoping to pre-sell as many tickets as possible. Tickets are $8 each
for all ages and all of the ticket
profits go directly to the PTO, and
therefore are given back to the students of the school. Linden said
that ticket purchasers will not be
disappointed; Ledbetter’s show is
sure to be a crowd-pleaser.
Cast in his first stage role at only
8 years old, Ledbetter has been in
the performance industry for a
while, and his interest in magic
was sparked even before that. At
the young age of 12 he began to
perform professionally at birthday parties and at 17 the Society
of American Magicians names the
“Star of Tomorrow.” Now Ledbetter performs at all different kinds
of venues ranging from small, intimate parties to fairs, casinos and
amusement parks. Attendants of
the upcoming performance in Warren will be treated to a host of illusions that may include large-scale
acts such as Ledbetter’s partner
levitating in mid-air, vanishing in
the blink of an eye and a reenactment of Houdini’s signature escape
illusion.
“This is going to be a fun, family night to be with others from the
community and just have a great
night out,” Linden said.
Tickets can be pre-purchased
through the Warren Community
Elementary School office or by
contacting Linden at blinden13@
hotmail.com.
Robotics tip
The committee approved a trip to a national robotics competition in Omaha, Nebraska. The advisor, Maureen Chase, said the Quabbin team was one
of three teams that qualified for the national robotics tournament. The team started as freshmen.
Biotechnology grant
The high school science department received at
$100,000 biotechnology grant to renovate room H
129 and for lab equipment that will allow students to
conduct DNA analysis.
Student Advisory Council
Cooper Wolanin reported that the Quabbin boy’s
basketball team made the Clark tournament and
that the track teams qualified for states. He said sectionals for wrestling will be coming up and two female wrestlers medaled in an all girls meet recently
in Salem. He told the committee in his student advisory report that 25 Quabbin students left for a trip to
Italy during school vacation week.
Other business
School committee chairman Mark Brophy commented that the changes in the regional agreement
had made a positive difference in relations with the
member towns. He said there was a lot of work
involved and all the member towns approved the
changes.
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A ‘hole’ new way to explore the library
-STURBRIDGEBy Jennifer Robert
Quaboag Current Reporter
S
ometimes it is okay to just
putt along. The Friends of the
Joshua Hyde Library in Sturbridge are encouraging folks of all
ages to get out and enjoy a leisurely
game of golf-in the library.
“This is really just so much fun,”
Friends member Jane Zavistoski said.
“We have about 15 holes and that
takes you from the main floor down
through the children’s room and into
the meeting room. There is so much
creativity in the holes and every year
there is something different.”
This is the third year that the
group will be holding this fundraiser. Adding to the fun of trying to
beat par at each unique hole is the
extra twist-potential obstacles created by patrons, as the event is held
during open hours at the library.
“Really, although it is a fundraiser the other thing that it does
that we are really happy about is
that it gets people into the library,”
Zavistoski said. “We always want
people to come in and see what we
are about, what there is to offer.”
The course weaves through the
library, showing off holes created
by a number of people. Three of
the holes are created by the Tantasqua Golf Team and others are
created by people who have been
involved in organizing the event or
simply have had fun at the event
in the past. Zavistoski said that
while there are a few constants, like
the hole that takes golfers down
a staircase, many of the holes are
unique each year.
“The first year we had a mystery
one that was a Clue-themed hole
and last year my granddaughter
did a Dr. Who one,” she said. “It’s
so much fun to see what everyone
comes up with.”
A popular hole, according to
Zavistoski, is a kinetic one that was
created by local resident Michael
Graser, a MIT graduate. Although
it is one of the easier holes, according to Zavistoski, where one must
simply shoot the ball up the ramp
and then watch it drop down, it
always draws a big crowd and gets
great feedback.
The mini-gold fundraiser will
be held on Saturday, Feb. 28 from
11 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. and Sunday,
March 1 from 1:30 p.m. to 4:30
p.m. The cost is $5 per person,
with a cap of $20 per family. New
this year is a special discounted
rate for an adult-child team, where
the adult plays for half price with a
child ticket.
“We were seeing a lot of parents
walking along with their young
children playing and wanted to offer this as a way of encouraging
parents to play along with their
children,” Zavistoski said. “It really is a lot of fun for everyone from
the very little children to seniors.”
Zavistoski also said that the
Friends are extremely grateful to
Bogey Lanes of East Brookfield,
which donates gold clubs for use
during the event. Without that donation the event would not be possible, she said.
MassDEP assesses $18,000 penalty on OFS Fitel
BOSTON - The Massachusetts
Department of Environmental
Protection (MassDEP) assessed an
$18,000 penalty to OFS Fitel, LLC,
a manufacturer of fiber optic wire
in Sturbridge, for violating state
Air Pollution Control, Hazardous
Waste, Industrial Wastewater and
Toxics Use Reduction regulations.
MassDEP personnel conducted
inspections of the company’s facility on Hall Road on June 26, June
27 and July 17, 2014. During the
inspection, MassDEP observed
17 environmental violations. The
company failed to comply with
its air permit in relation to its wet
scrubber system, stored hazardous
waste outside beyond the allowable
time period, had not characterized and labeled these wastes, and
did not have complete plans for its
wastewater treatment system. In
addition, the company allowed an
unlicensed employee to operate its
wastewater pretreatment system
and did not report using the chemical chlorine at the facility for three
years.
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provide 77 to 80 percent of the museum’s needs, said Scott Howe of Solect
Energy Development in Hopkinton. All
of the energy the site produces will be
used exclusively by the museum.
Solect would own the 6,650 panel array, and is expected to bring in a financial partner.
“The village didn’t want to own it
but would be the long-term beneficiary”
Howe said. “This system was designed
to benefit OSV.”
The array would be surrounded by a
six-foot high fence and would not be visible to anyone except for a small section
that might only be seen briefly during
the winter from one of the town’s hiking
trails. The trees in that area sustained
a lot of damage during the tornado in
2011, so they would not be removing
healthy trees for the project. National
Grid will be reviewing the electrical
plan for approval. Solect has a project in
Holliston that is exactly the same size as
the village’s proposed plan, Howe said.
They also have another project at Stone-
with MassDEP, the company has
agreed to pay the $18,000 penalty
and bring its operations back into
compliance.
“During our inspections, OFS
Fitel was found to be in noncompliance with many of the environmental regulations to which it is
subject,” said Lee Dillard Adams,
director of MassDEP’s Central
Regional Office in Worcester. “The
company has implemented upgrades and improvements to the
systems it has in place to maintain
compliance.”
said one advisory committee member.
The two groups will meet again to
discuss ideas for the content and types
of materials that will be produced, Colburn said. The conservation commission
was already going over the bylaws to rid
them of redundancies and to simplify
the language before the meeting.
“You shouldn’t have to be a lawyer to
understand them,” he added.
hill College that is slightly larger.
One of the unique aspects of the
plan is that the site is designed to be a
part of the museum’s educational mission. Donahue said OSV hosts between
60,000 to 70,000 students from Massachusetts, Connecticut and Rhode Island
each year. Other students come from as
far away as Santa Barbara, Calif., which
sends students to Sturbridge every year.
It’s that educational aspect of the
project which may speed up the approval process. Both Town Counsel Johnathon D. Eichman, and the attorney for
OSV and Solect, Brian Joyce, agreed
that although the use is not allowed on
that parcel by the town’s zoning law, it is
a protected use under state law because
the museum is a self-described educational institution. Sandra Gibson-Quigley, planning board chair, said the town
will have to determine whether OSV is
an educational institution. A site plan
review and public hearing will be one of
the next steps in the process.
“[The town] has been a tremendous
partner to us,” Donahue said “We can
make it something spectacular.”
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ADMINISTRATOR I FROM PAGE 1
similar positions in area towns.
The finalists included Gaumond, Daniel M.
Keyes, Blackstone town administrator; and Nick
Breault, East Longmeadow town administrator. The
three members of the board of selectmen who were
present for the interviews, Mary Blanchard, Mary
Dowling and Priscilla Gimas, alternated in asking
questions from a list of 30 questions prepared by the
search committee. The questions ranged from why
the candidates wanted the position, their qualifications and accomplishments, what they did to inspire
their town employees, and their grant writing experience. Other questions, interestingly, were about
whether the candidates had encountered selectmen
who were micro-managers and how they had or
would handle the issue; and also, if they had different opinions from the selectmen they had worked
with, did they support the board once it had made a
decision or continue to publicly hold to their initial
position.
Gaumond, of Ware, has a master’s degree in public administration from American International College and a certificate in performance measurement
and strategic planning from the Public Performance
Measurement Program at Rutgers University’s National Center for Public Productivity.
Keyes, a Springfield resident, holds a master’s degree in public administration from Madison University and completed the executive program for public
administration at the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University. He is a former director
of public finance for the Massachusetts State Treasurer’s Office in Boston.
Breault, a Monson resident, holds an MBA from
the University of Massachusetts and previously
worked for the city of Springfield as a mayoral aide
and press secretary for two former mayors.
Blanchard said that while the board could have
made a decision that evening, they would wait until
board member Craig Moran, who was unable to attend the meeting because of an emergency, was able
to view the video tapes of the interviews.
The board voted last week to extend interim administrator Suzanne Kennedy’s contract for another
three months to give the town time to bring the new
administrator on board. Kennedy, former Medway
town administrator, was hired for the interim position in August and has had her contract renewed
several times.
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SNOW I FROM PAGE 1
which occurred a few days earlier. Another 20 outside
contractors would be joining them the next day to
plow the 84 miles of town roads, plus another eight to
10 miles of private roads that they are responsible for
clearing.
As of Friday, the town had received around 84
inches of snow this season.
“We really haven’t received any complaints yet,” said
Ellisa Spane, who works at the DPW and alternates
with Morris on keeping the phones staffed around the
clock during the storms, in case of emergencies. “There
haven’t been any really serious issues so far.”
With all this snow, Morris has alerted selectmen that
the balance of the snow and ice supplies accounts are
being depleted. To keep up with the seasonal demand,
he requested that $60,000 be added to the snow and ice
purchase of service (contractors), $40,000 to snow and
ice supplies and $20,000 to the snow and ice overtime
accounts. Selectmen agreed to “acknowledge formally,
for the record, pursuant to statute, that there would
be an over expenditure,” explained Suzanne Kennedy,
interim town administrator. The selectmen did not attach any dollar figure to it, she added.
“It’s the first time we’ve had to ask this year,” Splane
remarked.
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Cougars roll into tournament play
- WARREN By Dave Forbes
Turley Publications
Sports Staff Writer
T
he Quaboag boys basketball team picked
up a couple of nice
victories in their regularly
scheduled contests before
heading off to the Clark
Tournament this week.
Quaboag traveled to
Southbridge for a 63-42
victory on Tuesday, Feb. 10
before wrapping up their
regular season home schedule with a solid 61-45 victory
over Leicester on Wednesday, Feb. 11.
In the victory over Southbridge, junior Will Watkins
led all scorers with 28 points,
including a pair of 3 pointers. Dillon Antonopoulos
also showed off his long
range shooting ability as
See TOURNEY I PAGE 12
Warriors
hold off
Doherty
- STURBRIDGE By Dave Forbes
Turley Publications
Sports Staff Writer
The Tantasqua boys basketball team will be one of
the top seeds in the upcoming Western Massachusetts
Division 2 Tournament as
thy put the finishing touches
on the regular season this
week.
The Warriors headed into
their final regular season
game with a 17-2 record after going 2-1 in a three-game
week.
Tantasqua started the
week with a 50-43 win over
Doherty on Wednesday,
Feb. 11.
After struggling in the
first half and only managing
to get out to a 20-18 lead by
halftime, junior J.J. Howland
scored 12 of his team-high
14 points in the final 8:00 as
the Warriors pulled away for
the victory.
Jared James finished with
a double-double as he had
12 points and 12 rebounds,
while Cam Laird knocked
down three 3-pointers as he
See WARRIORS
I PAGE 12
Lady
Warriors
settle
for split
- STURBRIDGE By Dave Forbes
Turley Publications
Sports Staff Writer
Turley Publications staff photo by Dave Forbes
Quaboag seniors Connor Spencer, Patrick Custer and Matt Kozlowski were honored in a ceremony before the game against Leicester.
Quaboag topples
North Brookfield
- WARREN By Sean Sweeney
Turley Publications
Sports Correspondent
Quaboag’s girls’ basketball
team notched its 13th win of
the season last Wednesday, Feb.
11, as the Cougars topped visiting North Brookfield, 68-28, at
the Cougars Den.
Both Quaboag and North
Brookfield played games earlier this week in their final tuneups before the Western Mass.
Tournament kicks off in the
next few days. The Cougars improved to 13-4, while the Indians, fell to 12-7.
Quaboag led this tilt between local rivals from bonnet
to boot. The Cougars shot 39.4
percent from the floor (28-of71), starting the game with a
12-1 run en route to a 19-3 first
quarter.
North Brookfield (6-of-41,
14.6 percent) had extreme difficulty against the hosts’ man-toSee COUGARS I PAGE 11
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Quaboag’s Brittany Herring (10) tries
to put up a shot in the paint.
The Tantasqua girls basketball
team played their final two games
of the regular season in a 1-1 split
with a win over David Prouty and
a loss to Shepherd Hill.
In a dominating 66-25 win
over the Panthers, Tantasqua
raced out to a 34-9 lead in the
first half and doubled up David
Prouty in the second half.
The Lady Warriors had three
players in double figures as
Claudia Fleshman finished with
a game-high 15 points. Maggie Simonds helped out with
12, while Gabby Roberts came
through with 11.
Kelsey Emrich chipped in
with six, as did Ali Beaudoin.
Liz Adams finished with five,
while Liz Beaudry had three
and two each from Sylvia Wong,
Katie Dobos, Emma Boland
and Grace McHugh.
Tantasqua then fell to Shepherd Hill, 57-30, on Thursday,
Feb. 12.
Simonds topped Tantasqua
with eight, followed by seven
from Roberts and Fleshman,
three from Adams, two from
Beaudry and Dobos and one
from Boland.
Tantasqua, which looks to
be playing some of the best basketball of anyone in the tournament, will find out its seed in the
Western Massachusetts Division 2 Tournament on Saturday
afternoon at the Basketball Hall
of Fame in Springfield. First
round tournament play can
begin no earlier than Monday,
Feb. 23.
Tantasqua shatters
records at Championships
- STURBRIDGE By Sean Sweeney
Turley Publications
Sports Correspondent
Turley Publications submitted photo
The Tantasqua boys and girls indoor track trams did very
well at the state Division 3 Indoor Track Championships.
Fresh off the heels of the Tantasqua boys indoor track team
taking the Southern Worcester
County League championship
and finishing undefeated three
days prior, the combined forces of the Warriors performed
well and shattered two school
records at the Division 3 State
Indoor Track Championships
at the Reggie Lewis Center in
Roxbury on Friday, Feb. 13.
Senior captain Sam Allen
and school record holder took
the state title in the high jump
(6-foot-2), while classmate Paul
James broke the school record
by two-hundredths of a second
in the 300-meter dash, finishing
third in the state.
The old record was 36.94;
James holds the new record of
36.92.
The Tantasqua boys’ 4x200meter relay team of Matt Bressette, Matt Via, Joe James, and
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- sports MassWildlife conducts
electronic hunter survey
REGION - Beginning in mid-February, the Division of Fisheries and Wildlife will send out an
electronic hunter survey to approximately 32,000 licensed hunters through Novi Survey, an online survey company.
The survey is designed to understand hunter effort and preferences and to collect important local
“on-the-ground” information that will help manage
game in the Commonwealth.
The survey takes approximately 5-15 minutes to
complete. All responses are anonymous; identifying information such as email and IP address will
not be recorded. In the coming weeks, sporting or
hunting license holders with an email address in the
MassFishHunt system will receive an email invitation from MassWildlife /Novi Survey with a link to
the hunter survey. Surveys are being sent in batches
through the end of March.
If hunters haven’t received the survey by the end
of March, they should check junk or spam folder for
an email from MassWildlife/Novi Survey. The link
is specific to each email address; therefore, hunters
should not forward the invitation to others as it can
only be filled out once. A reminder will be emailed
to license holders that have not responded within a
week. Division staff thanks those that have already
taken the time to fill out the survey. In order to receive future surveys, hunters should make sure to enter an email address in the customer profile section
of the MassFishHunt system.
DFW lists preliminary 2014 deer harvest summary
REGION - The Division of
Fisheries and Wildlife (DFW) reports that the preliminary deer
harvest for 2014 excluding Quabbin and any data not yet received is
11,165, which is close to last year’s
harvest.
The preliminary archery season
harvest is 4,456, the preliminary
shotgun season harvest is 4,742
and the preliminary primitive season harvest is 1,967.
Here are the preliminary deer
harvest numbers by zones.
Zone 1 63 archery 129 shotgun 42
primitive 234 total
Zone 2 122 archery 230 shotgun 96
primitive 448 total
Zone 3 111 archery 254 shotgun 79
primitive 444 total
Zone 4N 133 archery 213 shotgun
86 primitive 432 total
Zone 4S 76 archery 62 shotgun 41
primitive 179 total
Zone 5 186 archery 324 shotgun 108
primitive 618 total
Zone 6 25 archery 91 shotgun 31
primitive 147 total
Zone 7 220 archery 302 shotgun 97
primitive 619 total
Zone 8 242 archery 427 shotgun 137
primitive 806 total
Zone 9 386 archery 409 shotgun 188
primitive 983 total
Zone 10 1,205 archery 656 shotgun
470 primitive 2,331 total
Zone 11 1,176 archery 873 shotgun
423 primitive 2,472 total
Zone 12 106 archery 114 shotgun 37
primitive 257 total
Zone 13 198 archery 337 shotgun 59
primitive 594 total
Zone 14 207 archery 321 shotgun 73
primitive 601 total
The 2014 preliminary harvest
data for zones 1-5 shows low female harvest and a corresponding
increase in adult male harvest, indicating that deer densities in these
zones are generally increasing toward DFW’s goals. Deer densities
in zones 6-9 appear to be within
DFW’s goals. Densities in Zones
10 and 11 are still above goal, but
more towns are increasing access
to lands for hunting, which is one
of the most important parts of
managing deer in a suburban set-
ting. Deer densities on Martha’s
Vineyard (zone 13) and Nantucket
(zone 14) remain significantly above
DFW’s management goals.
While total harvest by zone can
be informative, it doesn’t provide
the complete picture for monitoring trends in deer density because
total harvest is influenced by antlerless deer permit allocations in
each zone. The DFW Deer Project
Leader analyzes harvest, biological
and hunter effort data, along with
hunter success rates, female versus
male harvest and other factors to
manage deer populations in each
zone. An analysis of this information is now underway for the annual
spring deer management review. A
complete harvest summary will be
posted on the DFW website shortly after the annual deer review, so
people should check back in May
or June.
All hunters who included a valid
email address in their MassFishHunt profile will receive a hunter
survey by email in February or
March.
Team Mass AAU tryouts set
STURBRIDGE - Team Mass Boys AAU Basketball will hold tryouts on Saturday, Feb. 21 and Saturday, Feb. 28 at Tantasqua Junior High School on
Brookfield Road.
Breakdowns are as follows: Boys grades 4-6 10:15
to 11:30 a.m., grades 7-8 11:30 a.m. to 12:45 p.m.
and grades 9-11 12:45 to 2 p.m.
Please bring birth certificate and $20 tryout fee.
Arrive 15 minutes early.
In case of inclement weather, check website at
teammassboys.com for more information. Coaches
and assistant coaches always needed.
Hrybyk to hold Children
Hospital’s Boston fundraiser
STURBRIDGE - Tantasqua graduate Brian
Hrybyk will be running in his fourth Boston Marathon is support of Children’s Hospital Boston.
The fundraiser will take place 7 to 11 p.m. on
Saturday, March 21 at the Alpheus Wight Room
(Building 2), 420 Main St. The cost is $10 at the
door. There will be a raffle and silent auction.
For more information go to MilesForMiracles.
net, or contact Hrybyk at 508-769-9385 or send an
e-mail to [email protected].
2014 freshwater sportfishing
award winners announced
REGION - Winners of the 2014 Freshwater
Sportfishing Awards have been announced. Mark
Mohan, Jr. of Pembroke and Todd Matera, of Palmer, tied for 2014 Adult Angler of the Year, catching
10 species each.
Jake Souza of Berkley is 2014 Youth Angler of
the Year, catching 11 species.
The list of 2014 Adult and Youth Gold Pin winners are posted on thewebsite. The Freshwater Sportfishing Awards ceremony will be held this spring;
details will be announced when the date is finalized.
Meanwhile, interested anglers of all ages that would
like to participate in the 2015 program should visit
the Freshwater Sportfishing Awards Program web
page to learn more. Anglers now have two options
for submit their trophy catch: catch and keep and
catch and release.
www.turleysports.com
Quaboag’s Kayla Klein (15) brings the ball up the
floor.
COUGARS I FROM PAGE 10
man press, something the Indians
don’t see in the WCAC.
“I think we did a pretty good job
not giving them outside shots,” said
Quaboag coach Cliff Lanier. “Our
league has tough teams; we scrimmage Holy Name. Offensively, we
can certainly put the ball in the
basket.”
“I thought we played well in
the first 10 minutes of the game,”
said North Brookfield coach Richard LeBlanc, “but we had no way
to stop (Brittany) Herring. We did
everything we could; my center
should have boxed her out instead
of getting rebounds, because we
had position, but she’d go over
us. The second part of the second
quarter, we didn’t really give up,
but the air went out of us.”
“Our offense needs a lot of
work; a lot of teams don’t play us
man-to-man,” LeBlanc said. “I
know D4 goes through Quaboag;
we’ll do some tweaking.”
On the positive side, NB had
its share of free-throw practice,
shooting 16 of 26 from the charity
stripe.
Quaboag put three players in
double figures, scoring-wise, and
had another two points away from
the doubles; two of those players
recorded double-doubles.
Brittany Herring scored the
North Brookfield’s Samantha Farmer (4) drives to
the basket.
game’s first seven points with a pair
of assists credited to Kayla Klein
and Olivia Corfey. Emma Stanton’s
buckets came after NB’s Brandy
Peterson hit the back end of a pair
from the line.
Nineteen seconds after Stanton’s
second hoop, North Brookfield’s
Jordon Olson scored a runner.
Shaylah Dorman, Herring, and
Lexi Paquette ended the quarter
with hops.
“We have one of those teams
where Brittany’s going to score her
points,” Lanier said. “But the other
scorers could be anyone else. When
you have kids who can put the ball
in the basket, that’s a big plus.”
Quaboag led, 38-10, at the half,
as Paquette, Klein, Stanton, Herring, and Cassidy Paquette scored
baskets; Klein added a pair from
the line. North Brookfield’s Samantha Farmer scored the lone Indian
hoop in the second quarter.
North Brookfield was 5-of-8
from the line in the second.
Olson scored the first basket of
the third quarter before Quaboag
scored the next 12, bringing its total to half a ton.
Christy Dever scored two buckets in the fourth for NB.
Lexi Paquette scored a gamehigh 21 points and added 12 rebounds from the bench, while
Herring added 15 and 16. Corfey
scored 10 — the first time she had
North Brookfield’s Brandy Peterson (13) dribbles
the ball up the floor.
Turley Publications photos by
David Henry sweetdogphotos.com
North Brookfield’s Jordan Olson (20) goes up for
a shot in the paint.
ever scored double digits, according
to Lanier — while Stanton scored
eight.
For North Brookfield, Farmer
led the way with nine. Olson added seven, while Dever scored six.
Brandy Peterson scored five, all
from the line.
Farmer and Dever had five rebounds apiece.
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TRI-PARISH
COMMUNITY CHURCH
3 Oakham Rd., POB 202
New Braintree
(508) 867-3306
Rev. Deb Shepard
SUNDAY SCHEDULE
Place: New Braintree Church
Worship Service: 10 a.m.
ST. STANISLAUS CHURCH
Main Street, West Warren
(413) 436-5110
Fr. Dan Becker
MASS SCHEDULE
Saturdays: 4 p.m.
Turley Publications photo submitted
The Tantasqua boys and girls indoor track trams did very well at the state Division 3 Indoor Track Championships.
TRACK I FROM PAGE 10
Paul James finished seventh after being
seeded 11th, narrowly missing the school
record in this event, finishing 1:36.90.
The school record is 1:36.78.
At the SWCL Championships, Allen won the high jump (6-foot-0), while
James won the 55-meter dash in 6.85
seconds and the 300 in 38.23 seconds.
The 800 meter team won in 1:43.99.
Senior Ryan Arsenault was seeded
25th in the 1000-meter race, then finished 16th at 2:49.43.
For the Tantasqua girls, sophomore
WARRIORS I FROM PAGE 10
finished with 10. Nick Pechie added two
3-pointers as he added seven, while Mike
Ostrowski had three and Jake Webb and
Griffin Brooks each had two.
The Warriors then dropped a tough
one to Shepherd Hill, 57-55, on a jumper in the final minute.
Howland finished with a team-high
18 points. Laird also finished in double
figures with 10. Pechie was next with
nine, followed by seven from Brooks
and Scott Phillips, while Jeremy Carter
and Chandler Beaudoin each had two.
Tantasqua then wrapped up the week
with a 60-52 victory over David Prouty
Meaghan Kelley also took third in the
high jump at the state meet.
The girls’ 4x200-meter relay team of
Izzy Couture, Amelia Ashworth, Lynnea
Talbot, and Sharlette Laporte was seeded 23rd and finished 18th in 1:56.00.
The Tantasqua girls finished second
in the SWCL Championships, as Kelley
won the high jump at 5-foot-0. The Warrior girls also won the 800-meter relay in
2:01.42.
Allen, Paul James, and Kelley will
compete in the All-Class State Championships at the Reggie Lewis Center this
weekend.
in which they pulled away in the fourth
quarter.
Ostrowski scored nine of his 15
points in the fourth quarter to lead the
Warriors. James helped out with 14, followed by nine from Laird, eight from
Brooks, five from Howland and three
from Beaudoin, Phillips and Pechie.
Tantasqua, which looks to be playing
some of the best basketball of anyone
in the tournament, will find out its seed
in the Western Massachusetts Division
2 Tournament on Saturday afternoon at
the Basketball Hall of Fame in Springfield. First round tournament play can
begin no earlier than Monday, Feb. 23.
GEORGE WHITEFIELD
UNITED METHODIST CHURCH
33 Main Street
West Brookfield
(508) 867-5978
(508) 867-3667 (Parsonage)
www.gbgm-umc.org/whitefield/
Rev. Bruce DeWitte
SUNDAY SCHEDULE
Worship: 9:30 a.m.
Sunday School: 9:30 a.m.
Choir Practice: 7 p.m.
Fellowship is available
throughout the week. Small group
ministries are available in a variety of
areas for all ages.
SACRED HEART
OF JESUS CHURCH
10 Milk St.,
West Brookfield, MA 01585
(508) 867-6469
sacredheart@
charterinternet.com
Pastor: Rev. David B. Galonek
MASS SCHEDULE
Monday – Thursday: 7:30 a.m.
First Friday Mass: 6:30 p.m.
First Saturday: 8 a.m.
Saturday Vigil:
(June 1 – Nov 30) 4:30 p.m.
(Dec 1 – May 31 at 4:30 p.m.
at St. Mary’s Church, Brookfield)
Sundays: 7:30 a.m.
and 11:30 a.m.
Baptism is by appointment and
a pre-Baptism program
is required.
he hit four 3-pointers to finish with 14
points. Dillon Perry and Ben Wisniewski each added seven, while Brady Antonopoulos came through with five and
Dante Ortiz had two.
In the win over Leicester, Quaboag
had three players in double figures.
Antonopoulos had four 3-pointers as
he finished with a game-high 20 points.
Wisniewski came through with 18 followed by Watkins, who had three 3pointers, with 15. Perry chipped in with
eight.
The Cougars were supposed to have
played their quarterfinal round matchup with North Brookfield in the Small
School Bracket of the 76th annual Clark
Tournament on Monday, but due to the
snow that passed through the region on
Friday and Saturday the schedule was
changed.
That game was rescheduled for
Wednesday evening. If the Cougars
won, they would then face the winner of
Hopedale-Littleton in the semifinals at
7:45 p.m. on Friday, Feb. 20. The final
would then take place at 7:45 p.m. on
Saturday, Feb. 21.
Quaboag, which looks to be playing
some of the best basketball of anyone
in the tournament, will find out its seed
in the Western Massachusetts Division
4 Tournament on Saturday afternoon at
the Basketball Hall of Fame in Springfield. First round tournament play can
begin no earlier than Monday, Feb. 23.
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SUNDAY SCHEDULE
Worship: 10:45 a.m.
Senior High Youth Group:
6:30 – 8:30 p.m.
Junior High Youth Group:
6 – 8 p.m.
THE CHURCH OF
JESUS CHRIST OF
LATTER-DAY SAINTS
108 New Braintree Road
North Brookfield, MA
(774) 289-6068
SUNDAY SCHEDULE
Services start at 10 a.m.
EMMANUEL ORTHODOX
CATHOLIC CHURCH
25 Winthrop Terrace
Warren, MA 01083
(413) 436-5582
www.emmanuelorthodox.org
Pastor: Fr. Ken DeVoie
MASS SCHEDULE
Saturdays 5:00 p.m.
Sundays 9:30 a.m.
Contemporary Praise & Worship:
Wednesdays 7 p.m.
Lord’s Day Mass:
Sundays 10 a.m.
Community Bible Study:
Thursdays 7 p.m. and
Wednesdays 9 a.m.
EAST BROOKFIELD
BAPTIST CHURCH
262 Main St.
East Brookfield, MA 01515
(508) 867-8159
Pastor: Rev. Kevin P. Cross
SUNDAY SCHEDULE
Worship: 8:30 a.m. & 11 a.m.
Sunday School: 9:30 a.m.
Evening Worship: 6:30 p.m.
ST. JOHN THE BAPTIST
CATHOLIC CHURCH
121 Blaine Ave.
East Brookfield, MA 01515
(508) 867-3738
Parish Administrator:
Fr. Rich Jakubauskas
Associate Pastor: Fr. Don Ouellette
ST. MARY’S CATHOLIC CHURCH
11 Lincoln St.
Brookfield, MA 01506
(508) 867-6469
Pastor: Rev. David B. Galonek
MASS SCHEDULE
Saturday: 4 p.m.
Sunday: 8 a.m. and 10 a.m.
Monday – Thursday: 8:30 a.m
MASS SCHEDULE
Monday: 9 a.m.
Saturday Vigil: (Dec 1 – May
31) 4:30 p.m. (June 1 – Nov 30
at 4:30 p.m. at Sacred Heart
Catholic Church, Brookfield)
Sundays: 9 a.m.
LIGHTHOUSE MISSION
12 Hobbs Ave.
Brookfield, MA 01506
(508) 867-3468
ST. MARY’S RECTORY
4 Howard St.
Brookfield, MA 01506
(508) 867-3188
TOURNEY I FROM PAGE 10
FIRST CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH
OF NORTH BROOKFIELD
144 N. Main St.
North Brookfield, MA 01535
(508) 867-8428
Pastor: Rev. David J. Libby
THE FIRST
CONGREGATIONAL
CHURCH OF
WEST BROOKFIELD UCC
36 North Main Street
West Brookfield, MA 01585
(508) 867-7078
[email protected]
Pastor: Rev. Lisa Durke Abbott
SUNDAY SCHEDULE
Worship: 10 a.m.
Sunday School (ages 5 – 12):
10 a.m. (except 1st Sunday
of each month)
Youth Group: 10 a.m.
(on 2nd and 4th Sundays)
Nursery attendant is
on duty every Sunday.
UPPER ROOM CHRISTIAN
FELLOWSHIP
18 Central Street
West Warren
(413) 436-7559
Interim Pastor: Joel Hickey
SUNDAY SCHEDULE
Worship: 10 a.m.
ST. PAUL CATHOLIC CHURCH
1060 Main Street, Warren
(413) 436-7327
Pastor: Fr. Dan Becker
MASS SCHEDULE
Sundays 8:30 a.m
and 10:30 a.m.
QUABOAG SEVENTH DAY
ADVENTIST CHURCH
1570 Southbridge Rd.
Warren MA 01083
(413) 436-7858
Pastor: Mikhail Baciu
SUNDAY SCHEDULE
Worship: 9:30 a.m.
Sunday School: 11 a.m.
NORTH BROOKFIELD
PILGRIM BAPTIST CHURCH
31 West Brookfield Rd.
North Brookfield, MA 01535
(508) 867-8012
SUNDAY SCHEDULE
Sunday School: 9:45 a.m.
Worship: 11 a.m. and 6 p.m.
CHRIST MEMORIAL
EPISCOPAL CHURCH
133 North Main St.
North Brookfield, MA 01535
(508) 867-2789
Pastor: Rev. Paula Winsor Sage
SUNDAY SCHEDULE
Worship: 9 a.m.
Sunday School: 9 a.m.
ST. JOSEPH’S CHURCH
28 Mt. Pleasant Ave.,
North Brookfield, MA 01535
Rectory:
28 Mt. Pleasant St.
North Brookfield, MA 01535
(508) 867-6811
Parish Administrator:
Fr. Rich Jakubauskas
Associate Pastor: Fr. Don Ouellette
MASS SCHEDULE
Saturday: 4 p.m.
Sunday Mass:
8 a.m. & 10:15 a.m.
Monday, Thursday,
Friday: 8 a.m.
Confessions:
Saturdays 3 – 3:45 p.m.
BROOKFIELD
CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH
8 Central St.
Brookfield, MA 01506
(508) 867-6262
[email protected]
Pastor: Rev. Eleanor Kranor
SUNDAY SCHEDULE
Worship: 10 a.m.
BROOKFIELD
UNITARIAN
UNIVERSALIST CHURCH
9 Upper River St.
Brookfield, MA 01506
(508) 867-5145
Pastor: Minister Craig Nowak
SUNDAY SCHEDULE
Worship: 10:30 a.m.
QUABBIN VALLEY
CHURCH OF CHRIST
1 Robbins Rd. (Senior Center),
Ware, MA 01082
For more information
contact James Chaisson
at (774) 200-0542
goodnews@
quabbinvalleychurch.net
www.quabbinvalleychurch.net
SUNDAY SCHEDULE
Worship: 9:45 – 11 a.m.
QUABOAG VALLEY
BAPTIST CHURCH
175 Fiskdale Rd.
Brookfield, MA 01506
(508) 867-5920
[email protected]
Pastor: Rev. R. Dean McIsaac
SUNDAY SCHEDULE
First service:
8:30am
Family Ministries: 10:00am
Second service: 11:15am
STURBRIDGE
FEDERATED CHURCH
8 Maple St.
Sturbridge, MA 01566,
(508) 3473915 www.sturfed.org
Rev. Janet Leighninger
SUNDAY SCHEDULE
Summer Sunday worship: 9 a.m.
Sunday School 9:30 a.m.
BETHLEHEM
LUTHERAN CHURCH
345 Main St.
Sturbridge, MA 01566,
(508) 347-7297
www.lutheransonline.com/
bethlehemsturbridge.ma
Rev. Frederick Marcoux
SUNDAY SCHEDULE
Traditional Service 9:30 a.m.
Sunday School
10:45 a.m.
Coffee Fellowship 10:45 a.m.
ST. ANNE &
ST. PATRICK PARISH
16 Church St.,
Fiskdale, MA 01518
(508) 347-7338
Pastor - Fr. Peter R. Precourt, A.A.
Shrine Dir. - Fr. Vo Tran Gia Dinh, A.A.
Associate - Fr. Peter Omwoyo, A.A.
Associate - Fr. Joseph Zhang, A,A.
SUNDAY MASS
(St. Joachim Chapel)
Saturday (vigil) 4:00 p.m.,
Sunday 8:00, 10:00a.m.,
12 noon, 5:00 p.m.
(Outdoor Pavilion June – Sept.)
DAILY MASS
(St. Anne Church)
Monday – Saturday 7:30 a.m.,
Mon., Tues., Wed., Fri. 10:00 a.m.
HOLY DAY MASS
(St.A nne Church)
Vigil 7:00 p.m.,
Feast 7:30, 10:00 a.m.
NEW LIFE FELLOWSHIP
ASSEMBLY
8 Eagle Ave.
Sturbridge, MA 01566,
(508) 347-7753
Rev.Kurt Bergquam
SUNDAY SCHEDULE
Pre-service Prayer
9.a.m,Worship 10 a.m.,
Sunday School
(first and third week) 10 a.m.
WEDNESDAY 7 – 8:00 p.m.
Adult Bible Study,
Youth Group,
Nursery, Children’s Ministry
STURBRIDGE
WORSHIP CENTER
9 Mashapaug Rd.,
Sturbridge, MA 01566,
(508) 347-9642
www.sturbridge
worshipcenter.org
SUNDAY SCHEDULE
Prayer Service 9:00 a.m.
Worship 9:30 a.m.
CHRIST OF OUR
REFUGE FELLOWSHIP
Community Room,
Southbridge Savings
Bank, Rt. 20, Sturbridge
Sunday mornings, 9-11 a.m.
508-344-0091
[email protected]
OPEN DOOR MINISTRIES
INTERNATIONAL
Non-denominational
Independent Christian Church
Services held at the
community room –
Southbridge Savings Bank
200 Charlton RD.
Rt. 20 Sturbridge
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449 Main St.
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Southbridge, MA 01550
508-769-9493
SS: 9:30 a.m.;
Worship 10:30 a.m.
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carriages, surreys, wagons, dr’s
buggies, driveable or lawn
ornaments. Some furniture and
other
restoration
services
available.
Reasonable prices.
Quality
workmanship.
Call
(413)213-0373 for estimate and
information.
Demers & Sons
Belchertown, MA
Child Services
*NEW STATE LAW. Anyone
advertising caring of children must
list a license number to do so if
they offer this service in their own
home.
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Ludlow, MA 01056
Phone: 413-589-1671
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Personal & Business Taxes
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you even get started? Does the family dog even avoid you during
tax season? Let AJE FINANCIAL SERVICES prepare your
tax returns this year. Your family and friends will thank you!
Income Tax Preparation
~ 28 years tax experience ~
ABSOLUTE CHIMNEY SERVICES C.S.I.A. Certified and
Insured. Sweeping chimneys year
round. Thank you. 413-967-8002.
ACE CHIMNEY SWEEPS. Cleanings, inspections, repairs, caps,
liners, waterproofing, rebuilds.
Gutterbrush Installations. Local
family owned since 1986. HIC
#118355. Fully insured. (413)5478500.
Call us toll free at 1-800-824-6548
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Find it!
Buy it!
Sell it!
Love it!
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Services
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Bulk trash removal, cleanouts,
10% discount with this ad. Free
Est. (413)596-7286
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(413) 283-5596
62 Jim Ash St.
Palmer, MA 01069
Do you need your taxes done?
Call:
THE TAX LADY
(413) 283-2391
www.thetaxladygromosky.com
Get your maximum refund allowed.
Didn’t file previous years? No problem.
FREE E-filing • Over 20 Years Experience
CHANTEL BLEAU
ACCOUNTING SERVICES
For Full Accounting & Tax Service
Registered Tax Return Preparer
228 West St., Ware, MA 01082
413-967-8364
Call For An
Appointment
The IRS does not endorse any particular individual tax return preparer.
For more information on tax preparers go to irs.gov.
Kitchen Table Taxes
Personal & Small Business Tax Returns
"David The Tax Man"
Phone/Fax
413-289-0058
Credit Cards Welcome
[email protected]
David E. Whitney
Notary Public
Sixty-Five Jim Ash Road
Palmer, MA 01069-9814
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Let a Professional Handle it for you.
Call us anytime!
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OFFICE
CLEANING
SERVICE
Roger M. Driscoll
Owner
Fully Insured
Free Estimates
Electrician
DEPENDABLE ELECTRICIAN,
FRIENDLY
service,
installs
deicing cables. Free estimates.
Fully insured. Scott Winters
electrician Lic. #13514-B Call
(413)244-7096.
Heating & Air Cond.
HEATING REPAIRS- AFFORDABLE, PROFESSIONAL service
on all brands, gas furnace, heat
pump & mini split systems. Tony’s
Heating & Cooling Service
(413)221-7073
COMPLETE CHIMNEY &
MASONRY SERVICE
A+ BBB RATING
“From Brick to Stone,
Sidewalks to Fireplaces”
New Construction- RebuildsRepairs & Restoration
Licensed- RegisteredFully Insured
Owner Operated
Eric 413-210-9631
www.emcmasonry.com
Accepting all major CC’s and
Paypal
CERAMIC TILE INSTALLATION
Kitchen, bath, foyers. References.
Lic #086220. Please call Kevin
(978)355-6864.
HOME IMPROVEMENTS. REMODELING. Kitchens, baths.
Ceramic tile, windows, painting,
wallpapering, textured ceilings,
siding, additions. Insurance work.
Fully insured. Free estimates. 413246-2783 Ron.
PELISSIER TILE- SPECIALIZING
in the timeless art of tile setting
since
1982.
Insured,
Free
estimates. Call Bill (413)446-7458.
HORSE BACK RIDING Lessons:
Always wanted to learn to ride?
Come join our safe riding lesson
program at White Spruce Farms in
New Braintree. We have the most
experience and best prices in the
area.
Adults
and
children
welcome. whitesprucefarms.com
978-257-4666
TRUCK DRIVERS
NEEDED
A & B CDL CLASSES + BUS
Chicopee, Ma (413)592-1500
UNITED TRACTOR TRAILER
SCHOOL
Unitedcdl.com
WATER DAMAGE
-CALL JAY (413)436-5782FOR REPAIRS
Complete
Drywall
Service.
Finishing,
Painting,
Ceilings
(Smooth or Textured). 38 years
experience. Fully insured
Instruction
DON'T BE A STARVING
ARTIST - learn how to teach
painting with this special
method to people of all ages
and abilities and have your own
business with a stable income.
Fill the need for more art in
healthcare facilities. Check it
out at:
www.artis4every1.com or call
(508)882-3947
DRUM
SET
INSTRUCTOR
Accepting New Students. Pro
Studio w/acoustic & electric drum
& hand percussion based in
Hardwick. Need drum set lessons
for any age or ability level in the
Ware
and
Hardwick
area?
Drummer with 30 years of
performance
and
teaching
experience now accepting more
students. First trial lesson is free.
Professional
teaching
studio
based locally within 10-15 miles.
Call (508)867-3784 for more
information.
YANKEE CABIN FEVER
GNAWING AT YOU?
Waiting for the crocus to pop
up?
For
an
uplifting,
inspirational message check out
the short video I put together.
Log onto: QUABBINROAD.COM
and be blessed.
Your Ad Could
be Here
Call us toll free at 1-800-824-6548
Masonry
C-D HOME IMPROVEMENT. 1
Call for all your needs. Windows,
siding, roofs, additions, decks,
baths, hardwood floors, painting.
All work 100% guaranteed.
Licensed and insured. Call Bob
(413)596-8807 Cell
CS Lic.
#97110, HIC Lic #162905
& COMPLETE
JANITORIAL
SERVICE
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Tree Work
Help Wanted
DUKE'S TREE SERVICE &
LAWN CARE Tree removal,
Pruning, Leaf removal
Duke's Waste Management &
More Dump runs, Clean outs
413-535-9808
[email protected]
Dukeswastemanagement.com
CUSTOM
MANUFACTURING
COMPANY, located in Palmer,
MA is accepting resumés for
Quality Manager Position
Please send resumés to PO Box
850 Palmer, MA 01069
Duties: Management of ISO 9001:
2008
Quality
System.
Management
of
Inspection
Department to ensure efficiency
and conformance to Customer’s
specifications. Work with Design
Engineers to create Inspection
Plans to ensure conformance.
Management of Environmental &
Safety program
Qualifications: Minimum of 2 year
degree or 5 years experience in
Quality Management. Familiar with
ISO 9001:2008 Quality Systems to
ensure Quality and documentation
control. Proficient in reading of
Engineering Prints (GD&T). Strong
computer skills. Global Shop
familiarity a plus. Manufacturing or
Machining background a plus.
Pets
BE A RESPONSIBLE PET
OWNER - Financially needy? Call
for assistance to spay/neuter your
cat/dog.
(413)565-5383
CONCERNED CITIZENS FOR
ANIMALS.
RETIRED RACING
GREYHOUNDS AVAILABLE
FOR ADOPTION
spayed/neutered, wormed,
shots, heartworm tested,
teeth cleaned
Plumbing
LINC’S PLUMBING LIC #J27222
Prevent Emergencies Now
Call LINC’S
For Your Connection
(413)668-5299
Make a Fast Friend!
Roofing
ALL TYPES OF ROOFING,
shingle, flat and slate. Call Local
Builders (413)626-5296. Complete
roofing systems and repairs.
Fully licensed and insured. MA CS
#102453.
Lifetime
warranty.
Senior Discount. 24 hour service.
SKY-TECH ROOFING, INC. 25
years experience. Commercial,
residential. Insured. Shingles,
single-ply systems. Tar/ gravel,
slate repairs. 24 hour Emergency
Repairs.
(413)536-3279,
(413)348-9568, (413)204-4841.
Horses
HORSEBACK RIDING LESSONS
offered year round at our state of
the art facility. Beginner to
advanced. Ages 4 years to adult.
Boarding, sales and leasing also
available. Convenient location at
Orion Farm in South Hadley.
(413)532-9753
www.orionfarm.net
Snow Removal
Help Wanted
NOW OFFERING ROOF snow
removal along with bobcat piling
up of your snow leaving you more
room. Call Jason (413)283-6374
ROOF
SNOW
REMOVAL,
snowplowing, snow blowing. Fully
insured. Steve (413)283-2088.
Tree Work
ATEKS TREE- Honest, quality
tree service. From pruning to
house lot clearing. Fully insured.
Free estimates (413)687-3220.
FOSTER CARE: YOU can help
change someone’s life. Provide a
safe home for children and teens
who have been abused or
neglected.
Call
Devereux
Therapeutic Foster Care at 413734-2493.
Greyhound Options Inc.
Call Mary at 413-566-3129
or Claire at 413-967-9088
or go to
www.greyhoundoptions.org.
BARTENDER
APPLY
IN
person. Salem Cross Inn, Rt. 9,
West Brookfield.
PCA’S, HHA’S AND CNA’s
needed in Monson, Brimfield,
Hampden, Palmer, Ware and
Belchertown. Highest wages for
home care agency. Days, Nights
and weekends. Must have reliable
transportation and verifiable work
references.
Call
HomeStaff
(413)746-0066.
MAINTENANCE
20 to 25 hours per week.
Experience required in all
aspects of property
maintenance and repair. Work
includes, but is not limited to:
snow
removal,
electrical,
plumbing, painting, carpentry,
and grounds keeping. Must be
available every other week for
after hours on call emergency
maintenance requests. Valid
driver’s license and clean
driving record. Professional
references required.
Candidates will be subject to a
Criminal Background check.
Insurance and full state benefits
package available.
Please submit resume to:
Wilbraham Housing Authority,
88 Stony Hill Rd. Wilbraham,
MA 01095
Equal Opportunity Employer
PART TIME WANTED to stack
firewood and run equipment. Must
be consistent. Tetreault & Son
(413)245-9615
Reaching our online readers and homes in
50 local communities every week.
ADVERTISER NEWS
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Feeding Hills, MA 01030
(413) 786-7747
Fax: (413) 786-8457
◗ THE BARRE
GAZETTE
5 Exchange Street
P. O. Box 448
Barre, MA 01005
(978) 355-4000
Fax: (978) 355-6274
◗ QUABOAG CURRENT
80 Main Street
Ware, MA 01082
(413) 967-3505
Fax: (413) 967-6009
◗ THE CHICOPEE
REGISTER
(413) 592-3599
Fax: (413) 592-3568
◗ COUNTRY JOURNAL ◗ THE REGISTER
P.O. Box 429, 5 Main Street
Huntington, MA 01050
(413) 667-3211
Fax: (413) 667-3011
◗ THE SUN
(413) 612-2310
Fax: (413) 592-3568
◗ THE JOURNAL
REGISTER
24 Water Street
Palmer, MA 01069
(413) 283-8393
Fax: (413) 289-1977
◗ THE SHOPPING
GUIDE
24 Water Street
Palmer, MA 01069
(413) 283-8393
Fax: (413) 289-1977
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Palmer, MA 01069
(413) 283-8393
Fax: (413) 289-1977
◗ THE SENTINEL
P. O. Box 601
10 South Main Street
Belchertown, MA 01007
(413) 323-5999
Fax: (413)323-9424
◗ SOUTHWICK
SUFFIELD NEWS
23 Southwick Street
Feeding Hills, MA 01030
(413) 786-7747
Fax: (413) 786-8457
◗ THE TOWN
REMINDER
138 College Street, Suite 2
So. Hadley, MA 01075
(413) 536-5333
Fax: (413) 536-5334
◗ WILBRAHAM
HAMPDEN TIMES
2341 Boston Rd.
Wilbraham, MA 01095
(413) 682-0007
Fax: (413) 682-0013
◗ THE TOWN
COMMON
24 Water Street
Palmer, MA 01069
(413) 283-8393
Fax: (413) 289-1977
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PART TIME MAINTENANCE
Person – Ludlow Mills This
position was created for the
purpose of providing maintenance
services as needed and/or
assigned; assisting in a wide
variety of maintenance activities;
addressing operational and or
safety concerns; assisting skilled
trades; and assuring that tools,
materials and vehicles are
maintained in good working order
and are available when needed.
This position reports to the Vice
President of Redevelopment.
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PART-TIMERN,
HHA’S,
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Inc. Competitive rates &
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Tues., Fri. 9am-3pm. (413)2899018
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Real Estate
TOOMEY-LOVETT
109 West St.
Ware, MA 01082
www.Century21ToomeyLovett.com
413-967-6326
800-486-2121
West Brookfield:
508-867-7064
OUR INVENTORY
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EQUALS FAST SALES
Call us for an accurate FREE
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SPENCER:
Farmers
porch
overlooking Lake Whittemore, open
KT/DR w/plenty of cabinets, pellet
stove in DR. 3 BR, 2 BA, Master
has double closets. $234,900
NORTH BROOKFIELD: 4 BR
Colonial on beautiful corner lot,
recent updates, Electric to 200
amps. lower level inlaw possibilities.
$158,000
EAST BROOKFIELD: New Cape
in High Rock Estates, 1st floor
Master BR, Master BA glass
shower & soaking tub, upscale
KT/LR,
laundry,
half
bath,
hardwoods. 2nd floor 2 large BR,
and BA. $339,900
PALMER 3 Bedroom 2 Bath Cape,
with farmers porch, large Living
room with Fireplace. close to MA
Pike and major routes. $209,900
WARE: Quality craftsmanship on
this updated spacious 3 BD 2.5 BA
Large cabinet packed KT, island,
1st flr laundry, gleaming hardwood
floors and freshly painted walls.
$189,900
Dorrinda
O’Keefe-Shea
Glenn Moulton
Jill Stolgitis
Mary Hicks
Alan Varnum
Bruce Martin
Joe Chenevert
Carolyn Bessette
Michael
McQueston
978-434-1990
413-967-5463
413-477-8780
508-612-4794
508-867-2727
508-523-0114
508-331-9031
518-618-7188
508-362-0533
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everything included. 1st, last. No
pets, no smoking $650/ mo.
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FOR RENT
Evenings call:
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it illegal to advertise any preference,
limitation or discrimination based on
race, color, religion, sex, handicap,
familial status (number of children and
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LUDLOW- CONDO FOR sale. 2
beds, 2 baths 1,645 sq.ft. Great
Meadow
Crest
Townhouse
Condominium with Hardwood
floors, white kitchen cabinetry, and
spacious rooms with a covered
back deck off the dining area for
maximum sun exposure and
peaceful enjoyment. Finished
Family Room in basement, with
attached 1 car garage. Close to
Mass Pike and walking distance to
Randall’s
Farm!
For
more
information or to view this condo
call Chris Bloom 413-687-5743,
Gallagher Real Estate.
SNOW SHOVEL & snow throw at
Quaboag Apts., Green St.,
Palmer. Reliable person. Call for
more details 860-658-2101.
Real Estate
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MONSON. 3 BEDROOM. Completely renovated, propane heat,
lower than oil, $100 toward first fillup. NO PETS!!! $900/ mo. F/L/S
(413)783-0192. Mr. Allen.
PALMER 1 BEDROOM house,
newly
remodeled.
Fenced-in
backyard, shed, off-street parking.
$750/ mo. Responsible pet owners
considered. 1 year lease, credit
ref. (413)283-2383.
PALMER 1BR - Quiet Secure
Country Location. Locked Storage
& Laundry in Basement. K/DR
Combo - LR-Full Bath. Nice
Layout.
No
Smoke/Pets.
1st/last/sec. $700.00. Breton Est.
413-283-6940
PALMER 2 BR. $925/ mo. 1 mi to
Pike. Beautifully renovated. Offstreet
parking.
Utilities
not
included. Available March 1.
(413)427-2706.
Call us toll free at 1-800-824-6548
For Rent
Auto Parts
PALMER BEAUTIFULLY REMODELED 2 Br apt. $700 plus
utilities. No pets, non-smokers.
First, last, security and CORI. Call
(413)267-5338.
USED AUTO PARTS, 91-day
guarantee.
Large
inventory,
engines, transmissions, radiators,
tires, glass. Excellent service, junk
car removal. Amherst-Oakham
Auto Recycling Coldbrook Road,
Oakham. 1-800-992-0441.
PALMER.
SINGLE
ROOM
furnished, frig., micro., TV, utilities,
clean, quiet home. No pets. 413967-6555.
WARE CENTRALLY LOCATED 3
room, 1 BR Ranch. Appliances
included. $900/ mo. Oil heat. 1st,
last, security required. (413)5194262
WARE FRESHLY PAINTED 2
bdrm, first floor, off-street parking,
coin-op laundry. HAP subsidized.
No pets. (413)323-8707
Autos Wanted
$$$ AUTOS WANTED TOP Dollar
paid for your unwanted cars,
trucks, vans, big and small,
running or not. Call 413-534-5400.
CASH FOR CARS: Any
model or year. We pay
Running or not. Sell your
truck today. Free towing!
offer: 1-800-871-0654.
make,
more!
car or
Instant
WARE- 2 TOWNHOUSE APTS.SPACIOUS, SUNNY 3 BR $800
& $850 plus utilities, w/d hook-up,
storage. Also Beautiful 2 BR apt.
$700. No smoking, no pets. Credit
check/references (413)320-5784.
WARE- TWO BEDROOM, 2nd
floor, downtown. Townhouse style.
1st, last $725 month plus utilities
(413)967-3976.
Commercial Rentals
GRANBY ROUTE 202, Business
zoned 600 sq. ft garage/ storage,
overhead & walkthrough doors,
$400. (413)427-4638.
Find it
in our
Classified
section!!!
INDUSTRIAL ZONED. FOUR
buildings available, 500 to 5,000
sq.ft. Breckenridge St., Palmer.
Also entertain offers for sale 10
acres (413)231-3131.
Vacation Rentals
WARM WEATHER IS year round
in Aruba. The water is safe, and
the dining is fantastic. Walk out to
the beach. 3-bedroom weeks
available. Sleeps 8. $3500. Email:
[email protected] for more
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A Turley Publication • www.turley.com I Friday, February 20, 2015
WEDDING AND EVENT PLANNER
BANQUET FACILITIES
CATERERS
The Anchor House Restaurant – offers both catering
services and banquet facilities. At their lakeside
restaurant they offer indoor and outdoor venues that
are perfect for social or business events. The outdoor
space has picturesque views of the lake, a gazebo
and room for tents on the lawn or indoors in the
private banquet room which seats up to 80 people.
Combine both spaces to accommodate up to 160
people. Wilbraham, MA. Contact Alex or Marissa at
413-596-3055. www.anchorhouserestaurant.com
UMass Catering – Premier caterer serving the
Pioneer Valley with beautiful views in the heart of
the UMass Amherst Campus. 413-577-1234. www.
umass.edu/catering.
Bluebonnet Banquet Facility – Minutes from
downtown Northampton. Wedding receptions,
rehearsal dinners, Jack & Jill parties, shower and
anniversary Parties and more. Up to 160 guests, full
bar & dance floor. 30+ years experience. 324 King
Street, Northampton, MA. Call Jim 413-584-3333 or
email [email protected]. Banquet menus and more
information at www.bluebonnetdiner.net.
Look Park Garden House – Gazebo, Pine Theater and
Sanctuary for wedding receptions and ceremonies,
meetings, banquets and events for up to 170 people.
300 North Main Street, Rt. 9, Florence, MA. 413584-2220. www.lookpark.org.
Magic Wings Butterfly & Conservatory Gardens –
You and your guests will be surrounded by 4,000
beautiful butterflies in a tropical setting anytime of
the year! Accommodations for up to 100 for your
ceremony and reception. All inclusive wedding
packages available. We also host pre-wedding and
rehearsal dinner parties. 281 Greenfield Road, Scenic
Routes 5 & 10, South Deerfield, MA. 413-665-2805.
www.magicwings.com.
Old Sturbridge Village – Timeless. Unforgettable.
Historic. A wedding at OSV is as unique as you are!
Visit www.osv.org/weddings or call 508-347-0306 or
508-347-0207.
Publick House Historic Inn & Country Lodge – Has
been creating picturesque New England weddings
for over 230 years. Visit www.publickhouse.com or
call 508-347-3313.
Sheraton Springfield – One Monarch Place. Your
Weekend Wedding Destination; rehearsal dinner,
wedding and post nuptial brunch all in the comfort
of one location. Newly renovated, atrium style
hotel with ballroom seating for up to 500 guests.
Complimentary room for the Bride & Groom,
Rolls Royce, Centerpieces and Parking included
in all packages. Contact Samantha, your personal
wedding consultant at 413-263-2117 or srivera@
sheratonspringfield.com to set up your tour today!
Storrowton Tavern – Storrowton Tavern & Carriage
House is a landmark area facility located on the
grounds of the Eastern States Exposition. The
operators of the facility, the Calvanese family,
have over 45 years of hospitality experience. They
offer beautifully landscaped grounds, terraced
patios and an upscale banquet facility that can
serve 400 guests. For more information please visit
ww.storrowtontavern.com. 1305 Memorial Ave.
West Springfield, MA 01089. 413.732.4188. info@
storrowton.com.
Villa Rose – 1428 Center Street, Ludlow. 413-5476667. Banquet facilities for parties large and small up
to 200 people. Showers, receptions, graduations and
more. Catering available for up to 1,000 people.
Union Station – Northampton’s Union Station was
designed by American architect H. H. Richardson in
1886. This historic train depot has been extensively
renovated to contain one of the most elegant and
unique banquet facilities in all of New England.
The Grand Ballroom at Union Station. www.
unionstationbanquets.com.
The Wherehouse? – Located downtown in historic
Holyoke. The most unusual & interesting banquet
function facility you’ve ever seen! Call today for your
appointment, 413-534-3039. www.the-wherehouse.com.
CAKES
Atkins Farms Country Market – For over 20 years,
our cakes have been made from scratch, and we use
only the highest quality ingredients. Decorated with
beautifully hand crafted frosting flowers and topped
with probably the best butter cream icing you’ll taste
anywhere. Our cake has had rave reviews from our
customers from all around the Pioneer Valley where
we are also well renowned for our quality baked
goods. 253-9528. www.atkinsfarms.com.
FLORISTS
Atkins Farms Country Market – Atkins Flower
Shop is managed by three full-time experienced
floral designers to assist you in planning the wedding
of your dreams. You can be assured of receiving
the excellent service and quality products from the
floral department that you have come to expect from
Atkins. Their work is beautiful and expertly done
and offered to you at prices that are surprisingly
reasonable. 253-9528. www.atkinsfarms.com.
Sixteen Acres Garden Center – The Floral Shop at
Sixteen Acres Garden Center has been servicing
Springfield for over 50 years. Our professional staff
members aim to provide a service that is unique
and tailored to suit individual needs. We provide a
complete, high quality range at competitive prices.
The Floral Shop at Sixteen Acres Garden Center
offer flowers that are fresh daily and take great
pride in our work. We have arrangements for all
different occasions and for different budgets. For
a professional and experienced service please don't
hesitate to contact us at 413-783-5883. Located
at 1359 Wilbraham Road, Springfield, MA.
www.16acresgardencenter.com.
HEALTH & BEAUTY
Luminous Glow – Look and feel your best with our all
new Contour d'or, the all new inch loss spray tan by
Tibby Olivier, only available in all of New England
at Luminous Glow. Call for an appointment 413525-7500. Visit us online at luminousglow.net. 143E
Shaker Road, E. Longmeadow, MA 01028.
Blush Salon & Spa – A big city boutique in quaint
Feeding Hills, MA. Blush provides a wide variety of
hair, skin, and makeup services. All your bridal needs
in one location; on location services are available to
accommodate you and your party. Every bride will
consult with their personal makeup artist and stylist
before the big day. Please inquire within for more
information on customizable multiservice packages.
Blush looks forward to being your personal beauty
expert for any occasion! 1325 Springfield St., Suite
2, Feeding Hills, MA 01030, 413.789.0024, www.
blushsalonspa413.com.
Photos by Karen Geaghan Photography
JEWELERS
Silverscape Designs – was founded by Denis
Perlman over 30 years ago and is noted for its
commitment to showcasing the work of the finest in
American handcrafted jewelry & gifts. Silverscape
also specializes in custom designs for that perfect
piece of jewelry. Silverscape Designs is located
at One King Street in Northampton, MA. www.
silverscapedesigns.com.
Stevens Jewelers & Diamond Gallery – A family
operated company with wholesale and retail
operations. Buying gold, silver and diamonds,
jewelry & watch repair, custom design & remounts.
Personalized engraving, appraisals. Visit us at our
NEW location 1501 Elm Street, West Springfield,
MA. 413-731-9800.
PHOTOGRAPHY
Aim Images – Capturing your most important
moments one frame at a time. Aiming to please every
budget. Engagements, Weddings, Maternity, Family.
Visit www.aimimages.weebly.com or facebook at
AimImagesPhotos. Call 413-230-4018 to book your
session today.
Karen Geaghan Photography – My life, my passion,
my love! Specializing in Life Cycle Photography:
Weddings, Maternity, Newborn, Children &
Families. Doing small things with great love because
in the end I believe it's the little things that count
the most. Clients become family! Visit me at www.
karengeaghanphotos.com or call 413-596-2227 or
537-3001. I would LOVE to hear from you!
RENTALS
Michael’s Party Rentals – Showers, ceremonies,
rehearsal dinners, receptions. Tents for 10-500.
Tables, chairs, dance floors, linens, tent lighting,
events, graduations, bbq’s. Call 413-583-3123 or visit
us on the web at www.michaelspartyrentals.com.
Photos by Aim Images