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BY GUS STEEVESSTONEBRIDGE CORRESPONDENT

To be effective, one thing leaders really need is a ruler.

Not the political kind, nor the measuring kind, but the idea kind.

As Craig Bailey told a din-ner forum at Nichols last week, that word is an acronym for Recognize, Understand, Label, Express and Regulate, and it specifically refers to how to deal with something everyone has, but many don’t deal with too well – emotions.

“The skills of one person can make a difference in an organi-zation,” he noted, adding that leaders “set the tone, so their skills matter.”

He later observed members of groups need to know their leaders “have those feelings and what you do when you have those feelings. It’s not just about having your emotions on your sleeves all the time.”

Emotional intelligence can be learned, even when we’re no longer in preschool. The key is to recognize what we feel and where it might be coming from (within or out-side the situation). Emotions, he noted, can be responses to something that “doesn’t have to be right in front of you,” and are “characterized by a change” in thought, physical reaction, expression and/or

BY KIM PALMUCCITRIBUNE CORRESPONDENT

One local cheerleading team has posted an undefeated sea-son and placed first in multiple competitions, including States, but the most important lesson learned was to never give up.

The Northbridge/Uxbridge Bulldogs U-12 “Lady Dawgs” had never placed before in a competition; that did not stop them from competing and working harder than ever to make a comeback. Now, they have an undefeated season to

show for their efforts.“The tears of joy on their

faces cannot be replaced! It was such an amazing journey to take with what I consider my ‘Cheer Family’,” said Rachel Burns, whose daughter Emma was on the team. “The coach-es are hands down the most amazing group of women and I couldn’t imagine my daughter being trained by anyone else!”

All four teams in the Bulldogs franchise, including the U-8, U-10, U-12, and U-14 age brack-

The Recycling and Sustainability has been meet-ing and discussing a variety of issues for over a year.

It was originally created by the Board of Selectmen in 2017 with the mandate to address the waste stream and recycling activities in town. After the first meeting, it was realized that to address these items members needed to expand the scope of activities to include the general category of sustain-ability.

Accordingly, the committee has conducted a survey about recycling and waste practices among all residents, laid the groundwork for becoming a Green Community, and are exploring a town wide munic-ipal trash and recycling curb-side program.

The committee also sees in the mission a need for educat-ing all residents about recy-cling opportunities and prac-tices, as well as reduction in waster production through composting or reducing the use of single use items. The committee has worked with the public schools, the DPW, the library, the Planning Board, the Board of Selectmen and the Central Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection.

The hope is to become a standing committee, with the endorsement of the Board of Selectmen and eventually the town at the spring town meet-ing.

Presently membership con-

On Sept 30, 2018 The Blackstone Valley United Methodist Church held a ceremony to “Burn the Mortgage.” The event took place after the Sunday morn-ing worship service, outside of the church addition that was built with the funds

from a successful capital campaign.

The improvements to the church began in 2007. The 4,000 square foot addition houses a fellowship hall, meeting room, kitchen, and staff offices. The project also included the reconstruction

of the church’s bell tower over the existing sanctuary.

“It was so special to include the children of the congregation in this ceremo-ny to burn the mortgage,” said Rev. Valerie Roberts-

Superintendent of Schools, Dr. Frank Tiano, is pleased to welcome Jennifer Ramsdell to the Uxbridge public schools administrative team. Ramsdell will assume the role of pre-school director and team chair-person and reported to the Taft Early Learning Center Dec. 3.

She is replacing Kristin Drainville who relocated to Florida with her family last month.

“We are fortunate that some-one of Ms. Ramsdell’s experi-ence and expertise has made herself available during the school year,” Dr. Tiano said.

“Speaking with her yester-day, Jen is eager to meet the students, staff, and families of our preschool community and jump right in to her Uxbridge career.”

Ramsdell will be joining us from the Mendon-Upton Regional School District where

she has been the Pre K coordi-nator and the Grades K-4 team chairperson. Prior to her cur-rent role, Ramsdell has served in a variety of teaching and leadership positions including preschool special educator, kindergarten transition spe-cialist, and special education

team chairperson for Grades K-5.

Ramsdell earned her Bachelor of Arts degree from Gordon College and holds a Master of Science in education from Simmons College.

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Uxbridge public schools welcomes new preschool administrator

Courtesy photos

Rev. Valerie Roberts-Toler feeds the document to the flames.

Blackstone Valley UMC celebrates mortgage pay-off

Local cheerleading team posts

undefeated season

Committee working toward

permanent status

Photos courtesy of Rachel Burns

The team on the gym floor

Leadership requires emotional intelligence

Dr. Craig Bailey

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BLUE CHRISTMAS SERVICE Zion Lutheran Church, 70

Main St., Oxford is planning a Blue Christmas candle-light ser-vice to be held on Tuesday, Dec. 11th, at 7:00PM. All are welcome to this quiet, contemplative ser-vice.

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ST. MARY PARISHSt. Mary Parish, Uxbridge

invites all to come celebrate the Nativity of our Lord Jesus Christ this Christmas. Beginning on Monday, Dec. 24, Christmas Eve Masses will be at 4:00 PM and 10:00 PM, with a Choral Prelude beginning at 9:30 PM.

On Tuesday, December 25, Christmas Day Masses will be at 9:00 AM and 11:00 AM.

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HOLIDAY AT THE FARMHoliday open house at Douglas Orchard & Farm, 36 Locust

St. with hot mulled cider and holiday cookies. Come get your holiday shopping done. Unique locally made gifts. Country Store open 10am-6pm. Weekends all winter plus extended hours Dec 15 to Dec. 23. Santa visits the Farm Saturday, Dec 15, 1-5pm and Sunday, Dec 16 2-4pm. Private session with Santa. Free craft while you wait. Get your photo taken with Santa. Photographer Kayla of KP Photography & Art will be there to capture the moment.

Love Came Down at ChristmasAn open invitation for all. Please come and experience the

joy of Christmas through the gift of music. The choir & friends of the First Congregational Church, 307 Boston Road, Sutton will be giving a concert on Dec. 16th at 6:00 P.M. under the direction of Erik Johnson; a free will offering will be taken.

SALVATION ARMY SEEKING BELL RINGERS Ringing bells for Salvation Army can be a challenge in the

cold winter days, but it is a worthwhile endeavor for you and your family members of all ages. It will also benefit others who will need fuel, medical or rent assistance this winter. Can you give just TWO HOURS of your time? Do you need Community Service Hours for school? Walmart, Shaw’s & now Market 32 are joining us in this worthwhile cause and allowing us to set up the Red Kettle for this Fund Drive between Thanksgiving & Christmas. This is a great way to raise money for our Salvation Army Unit here in the Blackstone Valley which will help meet needs of our local families. If you would like to join us in this endeavor, call 508-342-7122, leave your name and telephone number and Sharon will give you a call back.

CLOTHING SWAPThe Blackstone Valley United Methodist Church will host

a clothing swap on Saturday, Jan. 5 from 9-11am. We accept donations of gently used men’s, women’s and children’s cloth-ing shoes and accessories. Please no rips or stains! You don’t have to donate to take something home and you don’t have to take something home in order to donate. Everything is free and open to the public. Whether you’re looking to clean out your closet or update your wardrobe, this is the event for you. Donations can be dropped off on Jan. 4 between 6-7pm or the morning of the swap. Please use the driveway between Domino’s Pizza and the law office and come is the church’s back door. Any questions call Christine at 774-262-6415or email [email protected]

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BY JERRY CARTONCOURIER CORRESPONDENT

Employees of two publications in western Massachusetts have asked the Newspapers of New England to recognize them as the Pioneer Valley NewsGuild.

The Daily Hampshire Gazette and the weekly alternative Valley Advocate share ownership and a building in Northampton and are moving to solid-ify their status as a union as other papers have done.

Efforts to unionize in Northampton

began last year when Gazette executive editor Jeff Good said he was fired for supporting equal pay for female employ-ees though corporate officials say that wasn’t the case. Publisher Michael Rifanburg has folded the Advocate into the features department of the Gazette and reduced staff, citing lower reader-ship and tariffs on Canadian newsprint as factors for the moves.

“We’re feeling the pinch,” he said.However, state Rep. Jim O’Day isn’t

buying it. “Hopefully they’ll let the process

unfold in a democratic way,” he said,

adding, “I think whenever workers can come together, whether it’s for better working conditions, greater wages, bet-ter hours, you name it, I think it’s beneficial to those workers and their families.”

Organizing into a union isn’t as easy as it used to be, not since the Supreme Court delivered a blow to such efforts during the summer. If Newspapers of New England doesn’t agree voluntari-ly to recognize the union, organizers will have to ask the National Labor Relations Board to distribute ballots to the 72 members. However, prior to that

ruling employees at the Los Angeles Times, Chicago Tribune and the New Yorker magazine had voted to unionize.

Newspapers of New England owns numerous publications including the locally regional Athol Daily News as well as the Concord Monitor and Greenfield Recorder.

The Winchendon Courier is owned by Stonebridge Press in Southbridge, which operates more than 20 publica-tions throughout New England.

A timetable for resolution of the Northampton effort is uncertain.

Media employees unionize in western Massachusetts

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Gentle Yoga Mondays at 7pm with Marise NazarroLearn the basics of yoga at this popular program sponsored

by the Board of Library Trustees. Bring a mat if you have one! Registration is required.

Uxbridge Senior Center Page Turners, Tuesday, Dec. 11 at 1pm at Uxbridge Senior Center

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Whitinsville Christian School (WCS) has named Scott Anderson as their new direc-tor of advancement. He will be responsible for alumni and donor relations, fundraising, and promotion for the school.

Scott comes to WCS after three years as director of devel-opment at Holy Name Central Catholic Junior Senior High School in Worcester.

“I am delighted to welcome Scott to our community. He has considerable experience in admissions and sales. He is experienced as a development professional who has been consistently recognized as a person of integrity and for his positive contributions,” said Lance Engbers, Whitinsville Christian School’s headmaster.

While at Holy Name, Anderson successfully scoped, developed, and led a number of fundraising initiatives includ-ing a new life sciences biotech learning center, and an exten-sive renovation and update to the performing arts center. In addition, Anderson oversaw the admissions department at Holy Name, resulting in the stabilization and growth of a previously declining enroll-ment at the school.

“I am thrilled and honored to be part of the outstand-ing team at Whitinsville C h r i s t i a n School,” said

Anderson. “I look forward to working with the staff, fam-ilies, students, and commu-nity to promote the school’s vision and to further advance the ongoing success of this pre-mier academic institution.”

Anderson’s career also includes 33 years in consulta-tive selling in the marketing communications field, as well as 16 years as a high school foot-ball coach. When not partaking in the ministry of fundrais-

ing, he spends a lot of his time “chasing that elusive sense of satisfaction” with his golf game. He is a Servant Leader at the First Congregational Church in Boylston, where he also provides oversight to the Board of Trustees. Scott and his wife, Maureen, reside in Holden.

To learn more about Whitinsville Christian School, please visit whitinsvillechris-tian.org.

Local pet parents offered free “pets inside” decals to signal there are pets in the home

The Sutton Fire Department recent-ly received a donation of two sets of specially designed pet oxygen masks along “pets inside” decals for home-owners from pet care services provid-er Canine Company.

Captain Jeffrey Briggs requested the masks donation after learning that the company outfit first respond-ers with the life-saving equipment. According to Briggs, the department previously only had one set of the masks. With the Canine Company donation, each of the department’s three stations will now have its own set enabling firefighters to deliver oxygen to family pets immediately in case of a home fire or other emergency.

Pets are at special risk during home fires because they are unable to leave the house without help. An estimated 40,000 pets die from smoke inhalation across the U.S. each year. The cone-shaped masks are designed for a pet’s snout, which human masks don’t fit, making it easier for first responders to deliver oxygen. Each set includes masks in three sizes to fit a range of pets -- from small mammals to giant breed dogs.

Canine Company has donated mask kits to more than 175 fire depart-ments and first aid squads across New England, New Jersey and New York over the past three years and those masks have been used to save the lives of at least 18 pets – including six dogs, 11

cats and a rabbit.Other Worcester County fire depart-

ments that have requested and received the masks from Canine Company include Clinton, Douglas, Hubbardston and Grafton.

In addition to the masks, Canine Company also sent the department “Pets Inside” decals, which homeown-ers can post on a door or window to let rescuers know there are pets in the home. The decals are available from the fire department or by completing the Request a Decal form on the company’s website.

Canine Company provides at-home pet care products and services includ-ing the Invisible Fence® brand pet con-tainment systems and Manners obedi-ence training. For information, visit www.caninecompany.com.

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The Blackstone Valley Tribune is com-mitted to accuracy in all its news reports. Although numerous safeguards are in place to ensure accurate report-ing, mistakes can occur. Confirmed fact errors will be corrected at the top right hand corner of page A3 in a timely manner.

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The pet oxygen masks come in three sizes to fit a wide range of family pets.

Sutton firefighters receive donation of pet oxygen masks

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WCS welcomes new director of advancement

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The following students have earned a place on the honor roll at Holy Name for the first quarter.

GRADE 7

High Honors: Charlton: Chase Brush; Milford: Matthew Donahue; and Shrewsbury: Nathan Williams.

Honors: Auburn: Amanda Wilbur; Charlton: Colin Brush; Dudley: Don Sousa; Holden: Liaidan Van Dyke; Millbury: Patrick Sheehan; Northborough: Craig Mitchell; Paxton : Robert Reynolds; Whitinsville: Natalie Overstreet; and Worcester: Emily Charlton, Isabella Vigliotti, Emberlynn Cao, Aidan Coppinger, Jonathan Doucette, Grace Williams,

The following students have earned a place on the honor roll for the first term at Northbridge Middle School

GRADE 5

High Honors: Lorelai Drapeau; Natalia Haringa; Alexander Higgins; Aedan Holcomb; Penelope Houpt; Nadia Kotwica; Kathleen Leonard; Ellory Manning; Sienna Mastroianni; Emma Oosterman; Vidhi Patel; Trevor Roadman; Camron Savoie; Elly Schofer; Emily Scholl; Sofia Smith; Tyler Strazzulla; Kallie Tevepaugh; Nicholas Thomas.

Honors: Isabelle Balon; Noah Balon; Charles Benavides; Tarek Bensellam; Lily Bilodeau; Caleb Bleau; Jason Bolduc Jr.; Danielle Chrabaszcz; Polina Conio Potselueva; Kelsey Costello; Hailie Cullen; Antonio D’Alfonso; Kevin DiMuzio; Isabella Dorado; Elizabeth Dos Santos; Jeffrey Doyle; Reed Dziekiewicz; Natalie Fasold; Jacoby Gallerani; Landon Gibson; Kylie Grazulis; Autumn Gromelski; Grace Haden; Sydney Hartland; Sonja Hastings; Jack Kaske; Zachary Kingsbury; Isabella Kreuzinger; Joel LaChapelle; Callie Lamont; Charlotte LaTour; Mackenzie Lavallee; Nora Laydon; Marcus MacLeod; Jacksen Manosh; John Mazzarelli; Maxwell Mazzarelli; Samantha McCarty; Sean Mitchell; Aidan Naughton; Hayden Naylor; Sophia Nicholatos; Nathaniel Nulty; Star Nunez; Soham Patel; Ava Phipps; Aubrey Pollinger; Owen Pollock; Madelyn Potter; Joseph Pozzi; Aidyn Randor; Brendan Riche; Benjamin Rivelli; Audriana Roby; Ryan Ruzzo; Allegra Sadik; Evan Satkauskas; Jordan Shaw; Gabriel Smart; Taden

Stanovich; Kayleigh Szerlag; Logan Tetreault; Jacob Tomaino; Colby Trudeau; Olivia Willis; Jacob Woeller; Adalynn Wooster; Maxwell Zanchi.

GRADE 6

High Honors: Kathryn Andresen; Ethan Ballou; Charlotte Bartlett; Ava Bates; Erin Bisaillon; Allyson Blanding; Haley Chamberlain; Ava Connors; Jacob Costello; Giada Dabelstein; Rachel Dean; Perry DerKosrofian; Sosie DerKosrofian; Zabel DerKosrofian; Morgan Dion; Benjamin Direnzo; Mackenzie Drennan; Faith Ann Ellis; Molly Gahan; James Gifford; Conner Gomez; Samantha Haberski; Gianna Hayes; Haden Houatchanthara; Ayva Johnson; Mara Keane; Juliette Lannon; Dylan Leeds; Nicholas Lombardo; Haley Marston; Caden Mastroianni; Aria Mendez; Isabella Molina Costa; Markas Petone; Rowan Phillips; Zachary Popsuj; Michael Proto; Dylan Reilly; Brayden Richards; George Roadman; Avery Sabourin; Eva Schairer; David Scichilone; Scarlet Sergel; Alexa Seward; Madden Siemaszko; Madison Thibeault; Chloe Vercellini; Caitlin Walker; Seamus White; Andrew Wilkes.

Honors: Brianna Adams; Vance Adams; Nathalie Alcantar; Hunter Allen; Ayden Anderson; Juliana Aristizabal; Charles Arsenault; Dean Baldwin; Johann Jay Baniqued; Samuel Bedford; Liana Belen; Abigail Bergeron; Sarah Bergeron; Larissa Briggs; Brendan Brothers; Riley Cahalane; Kayla Chausse; Andrea Chong; Monica Colon-Heyliger; Gabrielle Consigli; Juliana Costa; Jonathan Daoust; Abigail Dineen; Olivia Ferrelli; Sadie Flanders; Adam Flauto; Kaia Gibson; Alyvia

Gonzalez; Vincent Goshen; Taylor Holt; Caroline Lambert; Ava Lamonda; Thomas Lavallee; Anthony Lippolis; Isabelle L o m o n a c o ; N a t h a n i e l Loring; Laighden M e r c a d a n t e ; Ryan Miley; Tabitha Munhall; Garrett Noel; Oscar Ordonez Zecena; Tristan

Orstrom; Lennice Ortiz-Nunez; Matthew Papa; Nevaeh Patel; Jesse Perron; Rachel Peters; Colin Redding; Liam Robertson; Delaney Sanford; Alexis Santa-Maldonado; Alexander Santiago;Angelina Saster; Bella Shaw; Brayden Silveira; Lily Simoneau; Matthew Smith; Addison Snow; Joseph Somaio; Lillian Thomas; Ava Valenti; Jacob Whitney; Corey Woodley Jr.

GRADE 7

High Honors: Elizabeth Andrews; Riley Austin; Ryan Bedigian; Giovanni Biagioni; Rowan Borruso; Samantha Brody; Evan Carrachino; Britnei Chen; Rebecca Cleary; Elizabeth Connolly; Amelia Corazon; Sarah Cowen; Erika Dresp; Charles Dupuis; Hailey Feehan; Ryan Flaherty; Olivia Frabotta; Ainsley Hogan; Callie Jee; Hannah King; Kayda King; Catherine Kingsbury; Jake LaChapelle; Emily Legge; Kayla Leppamaki; Joseph Mazzarelli; Willigis Mfonow; Charleigh Mitchell; Zachary O’Meara; Kassandra Pouliot; Marcus Reilly; Ella Rogozenski; Mikaela Sadik; Rachel Sawyer; Adriana Tillison; Emma Vaughan; Jack Wallace; Andrew White; Natalie Zborowski.

Honors: Timmothy Adams Jr.; Macie Allen; Samantha Alvarez; Madelyn Andresen; Christian Bedard; Haily Billmyer; Kiara Bodreau; Isabelle Boie; Jillian Bresnahan; Gary Bunis; Cameron Burdick; Sean Cahalane; Allison Canal; Shelby Cannon; Abigail Caya; Ryleigh Crothers; Nicholas D’Alfonso; Kassidi Dobelbower; Madelynne Driscoll; Adam Ells; Adam Federici; Logan Feehan; Myah Gay; Dakota Grazulis; Lucas Hovsepian; Kayla Hubbard; Yaliz Jimenez; Izamar Laboy Villegas; Paul Lacombe; Trysta Lamarche; Cassidy Leach; William Leonard; Emily Letendre; Anthony Lomonaco; Elise Lowe; Delaney Mahoney; Rachael Mahoney; Joseph Manzi; Jackson Mastroianni; Molly Mawn; Brady Nicholson; Aidan Nulty; Olivia Poschmann; James Potter; Bridget Roy; Joan Sanchez; Sophia Schuster; Elizabeth Smith; Zachary Tevepaugh; Anthony Tomasetti; Madighan Tracy; Michael Villanueva Lopez; Matthew Waterson.

GRADE 8

High Honors: Daven Aguiar; Cameron Athanas; Abby Barnatt; Sophia Bates; Karlee Battista; Vanessa Calles; James Canoy; Joseph Carpenter; Mackenzie Champagne; Paige Chausse; Aryel Coles; Meghan Cummiskey; Hannah Direnzo; Jenna Dolber; Elizabeth Duca; Ealise Gagnon; Ian Gahan; Brian Giles Jr.; Brooke Giuliano; Mary Goodrow; Sam Grilli IV; Kiana Hardy; Hunter Hastings; Oscar Hay; Joseph Hutchinson; Madeleine Lannon; Ryan Lax; Maya Laydon; Jenna Malone; Coulton Manning; Kayla Munson; Katie Murray; Caroline O’Brien; Kathryn O’Brien; Andrew Padula; Michael Rice; Jayden Roderigues; Jacqueline Roe; Ryan Scannell; Abigail Schofield; Ryan Searles; Megan Stearns; Nina Szymanowski; Keira Touhey; Shia Trotta; Sarah Tubbs; Nicholas Vaughan; Jenny Wagenhoffer; Emily Wheeler; Julia White; Emily Wildfeuer; Graham Williams; Nathan Williams.

Honors: Kevin Acevez; Emmanuel Bedford; Brandon Blizard; Ryan Bol; Payton Brooks; Lester Burdick; Brynn Burt; Callanan Caito; Michael Cary; Ryan Chick; Ian Claudio; Molly Conroy; Jayden Consigli; Brayden Corey; Hunter Criasia; Cole Crosby; Connor DeCiero; Yeva DerKosrofian; Jackson Doan; Brenna Duda; Brittany Dyer; Breana Ferguson; Alex Foley; Corey Gjeltema; Joseph Hehir; Nikauly Hernandez; Owen Hester; Ryleigh Johnson; Evan Joubert Gonzalez; Robert Kell; Katherine Kibbe; Timothy Labrie; Nicholas-James Lawrence; Emily Carolyn Lucena; Jacquelynn Marcotte; Colin Marino; Luke Massicotte; Abigail Mathon; Annalise McDonald; Adam Minior; Natalie Morris; Xavier Murphy; Lillian Naylor; Elijah Neerayah; James Oatis; Lukas Petone; Liam Pinoos; Gracie Place; Caitlin Porcelli; Caramia Pozzi; Zavian Reyes; Bella Roberge; Ethan Ross; David Rousseau; Gradie Sanford; Isabella Santiago; Janine Schnurpfeil; Dominic Scichilone; Madison Scott; Colin Seitz; Kayleigh Silva; Katrina Snow; Caleb Sweck; Jack Vaughan; Thayssa Veloso; Matthew Visbeek; Drake Wallis.

ATLANTA, GA- The National Society of High School Scholars announced student Lilly A. Bolandrina from Douglas has been selected to become a mem-ber of the esteemed organiza-tion. The Society recognizes top scholars who have demonstrat-ed outstanding leadership, schol-arship, and community commit-ment. The announcement was made by NSHSS Founder and Chairman Claes Nobel, senior member of the family that estab-lished the Nobel prizes.

“On behalf of NSHSS, I am honored to recognize the hard work, sacrifice and commitment that Lilly has demonstrated to achieve this exceptional level of academic excellence,” said Nobel. “Lilly is now a member of a unique community of scholars-

a community that represents our very best hope for the future.”

“We are proud to provide lifetime membership to young scholars to support their growth and development,” stat-ed NSHSS President James W. Lewis. “We aim to help students like Lilly build on their academ-ic success by connecting them with unique learning experienc-es and resources to help prepare them for college and meaningful careers.”

NSHSS members automatical-ly become lifetime members at the time of their initial mem-bership. At each step along the way- from high school to career- NSHSS connects outstanding young scholars with the resourc-es they need to develop their strengths and pursue their pas-

sions.For more information about

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Toys for Tots fills the cruisersFilling cruisers with a variety of toys has become an annual tradition in Blackstone Valley towns, and it was a very successful event this year. This year the event

was coordinated by Bill Audette, a retired Northbridge police officer. The drive is actually a Toys for Tots and Teens; recognizing the need for items for older youngsters as well.

Timothy P. Ryan photos

Grafton police with some of the ‘haul’ they gathered.

Officer Ryan Falvey of Northbridge with his cruiser.

Officer Tom Desjourdy, the school resource officer in Northbridge.

The Uxbridge “team.”

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GRADE 8

High Honors: Auburn: Ryan Mechery; Shrewsbury: Sabrina Williams; and Worcester: Kwame Asare, Keziah Danso

Honors: Auburn: Ashley Wilbur, Chloe Diguette, Adam Toscano; East Brookfield: Ronald Pataky; Mendon: Michael Younes; Millbury: Cadance Ryan; Northbridge: Michael Ronan, Emma Ronan; Princeton: Catherine King; Webster: Connor Paul; and Worcester: Joong Gun Lee, Joseph Bowden, Kayden Chevalier, Alexa Tighe, Logan Antkowiak, Stephanie Tran, Christopher Larson

GRADE 9

High Honors: Auburn: Claudia Symonick; Hudson: Benjamin Kushi; Millville : Isabelle DiCecco; Oxford: Benjamin Duval, Dominic Porcelli; Rochdale: Elizabeth Socha; Spencer: Makenna Barrows; Webster : Anna Richardson; Worcester: Kylie Barbour, Serena Kim, Sanaa May, Terrence O’Connor, Jaiden Shekoni, Marcy Suarez

Honors: Douglas: Seth Boudreau, Hayley Houston; Dudley: Alyson Gering, Madeline Grenier, Kaitlyn Nguyen; Grafton: Yihan Zhang; Holden : Xiaoyu Hei; Hudson: Sarah Walsh; Marlborough: Adam Short; Millbury: Sophie Ikeda, Quinn Romaine; Spencer: Elizabeth Manfield; Sturbridge: Nathan Kowal; Thompson, CT: Brayden

Akana; Webster: Emilia Kreidler, Isabella Maglich; Worcester: Emma Bolduc, Brianna Borrero, Nicole Brown, Matthew Camfield, Lily Carelli, Liam Grow, Natalee Horton, Boston Kielbowicz, Harmon La, Ryan Lam, Kayla Marks, Martyna Myslinski, Ethan Paixao, Mario Paldino, Katie Paulino, Christina Pham, Marjorie Ramon, Bella Romeo, Corey Rondeau, Cormac Trainor, Nhu Tran.

GRADE 10High Honors: North Oxford: Danielle

Frasco; Oxford: Julianna Warman; Shrewsbury: Frances Fernandez; Spencer: Adam Scannell; West Boylston: Cadence Dimen; Worcester: Carissa England, Elizabeth Galeriu, Raigan Gregoire, Alexandra Selvitelli, Olivia Spokis

Honors: Auburn: Matt Card, Kevin Ly, An Nguyen; Charlton: Mary Graff, Yuqi Han; Clinton: Issaih Agnew; Holden: David Prosser; Leicester: Jared Dahlgren, Christian Rivera; Medway: Anita Cuff; Milford: Ashby Norris; North Grosvenordale: Lillian Krysinski; North Grafton: Anmarie Huggett; Oxford: Cienna Barszcz, Daniel Depatie, Christopher Mahlert; Paxton: Jillian Reynolds; Putnam, CT: William Aldredge; Rochdale : James Flanagan; Shrewsbury: Conor McTigue, Natalia Moura-Westdijk, Henry Seo, Seth Williams, Jongmin Lee; Southbridge: Amy Loin; Spencer: Kalli McCutcheon, Amanda Scannell; Sturbridge: Arianna Lester; Uxbridge: Kira Sullivan; Whitinsville: Mateo Morrissette, Robert Pingeton; Worcester: Isabel Ayers, Jacob Bowden, Anthony Cao, Emeline Class, Gianni DeProspo, Kaylee DeSiata, Paige DeSiata, Emily DiLiddo, Cristiaan

Giovanangtelo-Nicotera, Caitlin Graham, Randy Guarango, Willaim Huo, Lauren Jeong, Ry Kariuki, Max LeFrancois, Lilianne Lipka, John Lopes, Molly Lynch, Amelia Nadeau-DaCruz, Richael Silverio, Olivia Spokis, Nolan Sweetser, Jack Xia, Jerry Xu.

GRADE 11

High Honors: Boylston: Elise Probst; Hudson: Emily Regis; Milford: Juliana Cafarella; Rutland: Erin Duncan; Shrewsbury: Elyse Duff; Uxbridge: Krista Sullivan; Webster: Jason Lin; West Boylston: Tony Hu; Worcester: Lucia Garcia, Benjamin Lanava, David Luo, Nhan Nguyen, Nguyen Truong.

Honors: Auburn: Anna Pyche, Nathalie Soto; Charlton: Janelle Schulman; Dudley: Colby Fenton; East Brookfield: Alexander Demarski; Grafton: Jack Chen; Jefferson: Madison Ayik; Leicester: Katelyn Lepard; Marlborough: Abigail Spitzer; Mendon: Priscilla Younces; Milford: Rachael Allegakoen; Millbury: Ariel Ji, Faith Sheehan; North Grafton: Picheng Li; Oxford : Abigail Duval; Putnam, CT: Thomas Aldredge; Shrewsbury: Emily Baril, Renee Baril, Sean Hammitt, Yunyi Jiang, Rylie Murphy, Yejun Qiu, Ian Wu; South Grafton: Isabella Diorio; Southborough: Isabelle Lindhurst; Spencer: Abigail Manfield, Ryleigh Modig; Sturbridge: Rebecca Kowal; Sutton: Karina Leblanc; Webster: Jessica Gardner, Ashley Wentworth; Westborough: Rachel Liazos, Declan Roche; Whitinsville: Lindsey Sanderson; Worcester: Anna Camfield, Linda Collesei, Ferras Coulibaly, Crystal Di, Ava Diggs, Jaini Edmonds, Abigail Erickson, Kamille Hylton, Celine Jia, Rahmya, Kelley,

Esther Kim, Kayla Leong, McKenzie Logan, Yudong Luo, Olivia Lupisella, Brendan McGee, Amina Mohammed, Roshara Morgan, Astrid Otchere, Brett Pullman, Passapong Ruksee, Edward Shon, Emily Vo, Calvin Wang, Sky Weng, Mars Xu, Bruce Yu.

GRADE 12 High Honors: Cherry Valley: Panda

Lin; Milford: Kaycee Conover; North Grafton: Abaigeal Carroll; Rutland: Catherine Dinsdale; Shrewsbury: Elizabeth Fernandez, Jax Kou, Varun Nathan, Sam Zhao; Whitinsville: Michael Wickstrom; Worcester: Dyson Barbour, Cyndi Le, Leila Liu, Charlotte Liu, Amy Shon, Peter Wang, Alexandra Ward, Francis Xu.

Honors: Auburn : Jasmine Tao; Charlton: Emma Bailen, Kenneth Graff; Grafton: Gabriela Vescio; Hudson: Katherine Regis; Marlborough: Stephanie Monteiro; Millbury: Jillian Carew; Millville: Michelle Riley; Oxford: Kathryn Horan; Rochdale: Erin Socha; Shrewsbury: Olivia Ankrah, Nancy Guo, Wendy Zhang; Spencer: Morgan Woolard; Sutton: Reanna Mankaryous, Sabrina Woolf; Uxbridge: Ethan Hickey, Matthew Worthington; Webster: Morgan Richardson; Whitinsville: Marcos Morrissette; Worcester: Ginneta Abaidoo, Colivea Acquaye, Olivia Amorati, Freddy Bai, Zuzanna Basta, Devon Benoit, Gabriel Caminhas, Shirley Chen, Taylor Cordova, Yulianny De Los Sants, Adam DiLiddo, Helena Greenslit, Chiara Hill, Emma Kennedy, Hannah Lynch, Zenobia Mojica-Turner, Clariese Natal, Malaika Ngigi, Anna Nguyen, Julie Obeng-Nyarkoh, James Oleas, Nikolas Padilla, Neena Pires, Samantha Selvitelli, Charlize Xu.

HONOR ROLLcontinued from page A4

Whitinsville Social Library17 Church Street(508) 234-2151Reserve Museum Passes

Online www.tinyurl.com/BVLevents

Register for Events online www.tinyurl.com/BVLevents

northbridgemass.org/wslFriend us on FacebookIG @whitinsvillelibrary

December HoursMonday-Thursday 10 a.m.-8

p.m.Friday 10 a.m.-5 p.m.Sat 10 a.m.-2 p.m. CLOSED Monday, December

24 for Christmas EveCLOSED Tuesday, December

25 for Christmas DayCLOSING at 3 P.M. on

Monday, December 31 for New Years Eve

Historical Room open: Wednesday December 12 & 26 from 2-3:00

FOOD FOR FINES RETURNSNov 1 - Dec 31Bring in an item for the

Northbridge High School Food Pantry and earn $1 off your late fines!*

*Not eligible for fines accrued on another library’s items or replacement cost for lost/damaged items

CHILDREN’S EVENTS

Music & Movement with Miss Deb

Wednesday, Dec. 12 at 10:30Thursday, Dec. 27 at 6:30 P.M.Ages 1 thru preschoolRegistration required: www.

tinyurl.com/BVLevents Storytime with Miss Helenfor ages 2 through preschoolThursday, Dec. 13, 20, 27 at

10:30Drop-in

SPECIAL EVENTS!

Festival of LightsHanukkah CelebrationMonday, Dec. 10 at 3:30Join us for a Hanukkah-

themed storytime with Miss Helen, then do a craft and eat latkes with applesauce and jelly donuts! Mindy Hall from the Jewish Federation of Central Massachusetts will teach us how to play Dreidel, and we’ll learn how this histor-ic holiday is celebrated all over the globe. L’Chaim!

Ages 2+. Drop-in

Gingerbread House Decorating

Monday, Dec. 17 at 3:30Decorate with cleaned recy-

cled milk cartons (covered in foil), frosting, graham crack-

ers, gummy bears and more! All materials provided; while supplies last.

For ages 3+. Drop-in

Countdown to “Midnight”New Year’s Eve Party

Monday, Dec. 31 at 11:30Bring in the noise at “mid-

night” with sparkling juice and noisemakers! Take a selfie in our glitzy photobooth and help us countdown for the ball drop at noon!

All ages. Drop-in

~Saturday STEM~Dads and DonutsSaturday, Dec 15 at 11:00Learn how to use green

screen technology for your own digital short with your mobile device!

All ages. Registration required: www.tinyurl.com/BVLevents

TWEEN/TEEN EVENTS

CrafternoonWednesday, Dec. 12, & 1912/12: Face Painting

12/19: Christmas Cookie Decorating

a. t 2:30 for grades 5-12. Drop-in

ADULT EVENTS

Knitting and Needlework Group

Wednesday, Dec 12 & 19at 6:00

Gift Wrap SessionSaturday, Dec 8 at 11:00Learn 3 ways to gift wrap

small presents.For teens & adultsDrop-in

DIY Craft NightTuesday, Dec 18 at 6:00Book TreesRegistration required: www.

tinyurl.com/BVLevents Coloring & CoffeeThursday, Dec 20 from 5:00-

7:00 Drop-in

LibraryCorner

On Nov. 8 students met up with local businessman Dennis LaTour for a bit of Church Street history and a tour of the Pythian building.

The trip supported the studies of two classes at Northbridge Middle School. The students in computer science class are beginning a business unit “Our Town” where they will propose a business for a location in downtown Whitinsville. The students in project

community class are working on the history of the Blackstone Valley and how it influenced the community of Northbridge.

The 20 students who attended this trip acted as scouts for their classes, reporting back to their classmates the facts and details they learned while on the tour.

We want to thank Mr. LaTour for a great day!

One of the many reasons Northbridge is a Great Town...

Students listen to Dennis LaTour as he dis-cusses the city scape and streets.

Courtesy photos

Dennis LaTour leads the students to the mys-terious basement.

Students listen to Dennis LaTour.Mystery solved. The favorite of the students too. A candlepin bowling alley is located in the basement of the Pythian Hall.

The brick block contains several offices and businesses.

Douglas Senior Center331 Main StreetPO Box 1294(508) 476-2283FAX (508) 476-1681Facebook: DouglasMaSrCtr

Open Monday through Thursday 9 a.m.-2 p.m.

The Blood Pressure Clinic: The Blood Pressure Clinic with Nurse Ann will be from 10-noon on Dec. 21. Appointments are not necessary and walk-ins are wel-come.

EVENING EVENTS

Movie Nights: The last Wednesday of every Month!

TRANSPORTATION INFORMATION

Elder Bus Service ScheduleS.C.M. Elderbus, under contract

to the Worcester Regional Transit Authority, provides transportation ser-vices to senior and disabled clients for twenty-one communities within cen-tral Massachusetts. Please call elder bus directly at (1-800 321-0243) to make all reservations. Reservations must be made 48 business hours ahead of time.

DAILY SCHEDULE

Monday:9 a.m.: walking club; 10 a.m. osteo

exercise; 10 a.m. reverse glass painting; noon: needleworks

Tuesday9 a.m.: walking club; 9:30 a.m.: Zumba;

9:30 a.m.: cribbage; noon: bingoWednesday9 a.m.: walking club; 10 a.m.: osteo

exercise; 11 a.m.: coloring; noon: nee-dleworks; 1 p.m.: yoga; 11 a.m. (once a month) book and movie club.

Thursday9 a.m.: walking club; 9 a.m.: yoga; 9:30

a.m.: computers; 10 a.m.: tai chi; 10 a.m. and noon: acrylic painting; noon: bingo

Douglas Service Schedule in Town: Monday-Friday

Medical first pick up 8:30 a.m. – last pick up 3:30 p.m.

Work first pick up 8:30 a.m. – last pick up 3:30 p.m.

General Business first pick up 8:30 a.m. – last pick up 3:15 p.m.

Out of Town Medical: Wednesday, Thursday, Friday Service Hours

Trips to Worcester/Auburn10:00 - 12:00 12:00 - 2:00

Out of Town Grocery Shopping: Tuesday

Customer Choice Drop-Off Pick-UpWalmart - Whitinsville 11:00-12:30

Sunshine Club NewsMonthly Meetings: Are held on the

first Tuesday of the month at 2:00 p.m. Meetings are held at the senior center.

Outreach NewsInsurance: If you are thinking about

changing your insurance or you are confused by any changes going on, let us know. We have a Shine Councilor able to meet and discuss any issues you are having.

Medical Equipment: We have lots of walkers, shower chairs, and commodes available at the center if you would like to borrow one. Please, do not drop off any equipment without letting us know, as we have very little storage.

File of Life: We have many available at the center. These are very important and could save your life. Please, stop in anytime and pick yours up for free.

Emergency Information Sheets: Please, call the center if you would like to be added to the list or update your information.

Millbury Council on Aging1 River St., Millbury(508) 865-9154Lunch is served daily at noon, call to

reserve your place 48 hours in advance.

Millbury Senior Center Transportation Services

Residents can travel on Monday through Friday 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.

ADA clients and job assignments (dis-abled) 7 a.m. to 4:45 p.m.

We require a 48 hour reservation for rides

One way van ride in town is $1.50; one town out $1.75; ADA ride costs are $2.75 in town and $3 for one town out.

All rides to the Senior Center are 25¢ Escorts are also available!Our service is curb to curb, call for

more Information or a Reservation! (508) 865-9247

THE MILLBURY SENIOR CENTER

IS NOW ACCEPTING SNAP APPLICATIONS

(Food Stamps)Our appointments are on Tuesdays &

Thursdays 10 a.m.-2 p.m.Call for an appointment & required

documentation (508) 865-9154

MEMORY CAFÉPlease join us for our Memory CaféTuesday, January 22 2:00-3:30 pm, at

the Center

A Memory Café is a monthly gath-ering for people with memory loss/challenges

and their care partners. It is a time to socialize, make new friends, and have a good time.

Fourth Tuesday of each month, refreshments will be served.

Our Outreach worker, Julie Fitzgerald, is happy to answer

any questions, call to RSVP 508-865-9154!

WEEKLY EVENTS

Craft ClassesWednesdays from 9:30-11 a.m. Plan

what you would like to make & pay for the materials you use! For more infor-mation call.

MONDAY8:30a.m.: walking club; 9:30 a.m. light

exercise; 12:30 p.m.: Wii bowling; 12:45 p.m.: Mahjong (ALL NEW); 1p.m.: cribbage, game day, Scrabble, Chinese checkers, scat and Wii bowling.

TUESDAY9-10 a.m.: blood pressure; 9:30-10:30

a.m.: Tai Chi; 10:45-11:30 a.m.: Zumba Gold; 11:45 a.m.-12:30 p.m.: Yoga. 11 a.m.: Sing-A-Long; 1 p.m.: cribbage & Scat.

WEDNESDAYCraft Classes, 9:30-11 a.m. Plan what

you would like to make & pay for the materials you use! For more informa-tion call us. 1 p.m. Social bingo

RMV TransactionsEVERY WEDNESDAY 10 a.m.-2 p.m.

including license renewals (drivers younger than 75); registration renew-als, change of address, duplicate license or registration, reporting lost or stolen disability placard and how to request a replacement. Call for an appointment.

THURSDAY9 a.m.: cards; 10-11:30 a.m.: adult col-

oring class; 12:45 p.m.: whist; 2:30-3:30 p.m.: computer and cell phone classes, reservations required, please call.

FRIDAY9 a.m.: shopping; 9:30 a.m.: light exer-

cises; 12:30 p.m.: bridge and Scat.

Northbridge Senior Center(508) 234-2002www.northbridgemass.org/coun-

cil-on-agingMonday–Thursday 8:30 a.m.-4 p.m.,

Friday 8:30 a.m.-1 p.m.

Upcoming Special Events and Announcements

We require registration for all of our events and trips. Additionally, if you need transportation, please inform the center at the time of registration. Simply call to sign-up. Deposits and fees are required at time of sign up in order to reserve your spot.

SPECIALS COMING UP:

The Center at Night presents these two great evening classes: Mondays at 6:30pm Tai Chi and Tuesdays at 7:00pm Creative Writing Class. These classes are scheduled in the evenings so those of you who cannot come to the center during the day can still participate in some of the activities at the Senior Center. We are always open to sugges-tions for new programs, so if you have something you would like to see here, or if you would like to present a pro-gram at the Center, call Michelle and we can talk!

Monday, December 10th @ 12:00 Senator Moore Office Hour

Tuesday, December 11th Ask the Nurse/Blood Pressure Clinic form 11-1:00

Tuesday, December 11th @ 1:00 Sutton Serenaders will be here singing holiday favorites. Come join us for this popular event and get into the holiday spirit! Refreshments will be served.

Wednesday, December 12th @ 1:00 Lots of Laughter Class. Join us for a half hour of laughing just for the fun of it! You’ll be glad you did. Please call to sign up.

Thursday, December 13th @ 10:00 Floral Make and Take with Jen Wolfe. $15/person, call to sign up to make a beautiful holiday arrangement.

Wednesday, December 19th @ 11:45 Holiday Luncheon provided by Valley Café followed by the movie “A Christmas Story”. Please call to sign up.

WEEKLY:MONDAYColoring Club: Every Monday 1:00BINGO Every Monday at 1 p.m. Chair

Yoga at 10 a.m.Mondays we are adding an evening

Tai-Chi class from 6:30-7:30. $4/class for seniors, $7 for all others. Call to sign up.

TUESDAYTai ChiTuesdays from 10:45–11:45 $2/classPokeno at 12:45 p.m.

WEDNESDAY.ComputersWednesdays: Our computer expert

is here from 1:30-3:30 to help with any

questions you have. Call to sign up.Low Impact aerobics at 10:15 a.m.

THURSDAYChair YogaChair Yoga at 10 a.m. Thursdays

FRIDAYPainting ClassEvery Friday @ 9:00; Stretch and

Strengthening Class at 10:15

TRIPS

December 2, The Newport Playhouse presents, “A Doublewide Texas Christmas”. A day of food, fun, and farce! Enjoy a fantastic luncheon buf-fet at the playhouse followed by this hilarious comedy. After the show, you will be entertained with a Cabaret filled with songs and laughter. $87/person, call Jeannine to sign up.

Uxbridge Senior Center36 South Main Street(508) 278-8622Notice: If there is a school delay or

cancellation, we will not be serving any lunches at the senior center. The cold weather is here, and if you need a warm place to come during the day, the Uxbridge Senior Center is a Warm-Up Center. We are open from 8:00 am-4:00 pm Monday through Friday. You are welcome to come in for hot cocoa or tea, watch television, work on our Community Puzzle, read or use the computers. We serve a delicious hot meal at noon each day. Be sure to call ahead to sign up if you would like to have a hot lunch with us!

Thursday & Friday, Nov. 22 and 23 The senior center will be CLOSED in observance of Thanksgiving.

The ALZ Caregiver Support Group will not meet in December. The group will commence on Wednesday, Jan. 9, 2019 from 1-2 pm.

Computer classes Students from UHS & BVT run these classes from 3-4 p.m. every Tuesday. You can call ahead to sign up 508-278-8622 or just stop in. Everyone is welcome! Our student teachers can help you on your tablet, phone, nooks, iPads, Kindles, etc. Bring in your device and learn. We are wire-less at the center so please feel free to come take advantage of this service.

Hannaford shopping is every Tuesday morning. Shaw’s, Dollar Tree & Ocean State will be on the 2nd and 4th Thursdays instead of Walmart.

FUEL ASSISTANCE: We are now assisting residents with Fuel Assistance Applications. For a household size of one, the annual income limit is $35,510. You may be able to receive $400 plus off the cost of your fuel bill this winter. Please stop by or call the Center for more information.

The Senior Work Off Program is seeking interested candidates to apply for the upcoming year. This program has been put into place in order to assist eligible seniors with the burden of property taxes, while tapping into seniors’ wealth of knowledge and skills. Seniors work for various town depart-ments with the assistance applied as an abatement to their tax bill. Space is limited. Eligibility requirements include the following: age 60 y/o or older; resident of the town of Uxbridge for at least one year; legal owner of the property, cannot be in a trust (if in a trust, see Assessor’s office to see if you may qualify); report annual household net income; and residents must possess applicable skills.

First time applicants will have pri-ority consideration. Applicants will be chosen on the basis of skills, availabil-ity and physical ability, as necessary. Please call the Senior Center for more information and for the application. Assignments will start in January 2019.

Thursdays, 29 and Dec. 6 (Last Session for the winter) *1:00-2:00 pm Tai Chi Classes with Ron Allen, Lark Studio will be held at the Uxbridge Senior Center. *Note the new start time. Sessions are free, but a suggested donation of $2.00 per class is welcome. If you ride in on the van for lunch, you are welcome to stay for the class and we will provide transportation home afterwards. This is a fun way to help you with balance, meditation and to stay active. Call 508-278-8622 if you have any ques-tions or check our Facebook page for updates and info on more sessions. Walk-in’s and pub-lic are Welcome! If joining us for lunch, please call ahead at least 24-48 hours to sign up.

T u e s d a y , Nov. 27: 11:30am-12:30pm: Ask the Nurse. Salmon Health VNA will be avail-

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Saturday, Dec. 1 First Night Celebration 5:30-8:00pm. Please join us at the Uxbridge Senior Center for our First Night Celebration! We will have Entertainer Johnny Diamond from 5:30-6:30pm! Also, students from Bethany Dzivasen’s UHS Family & Consumer Science class are baking homemade “Cookies from Around the World” for us to enjoy. We will also have hot cocoa, coffee and tea to warm you up. Stop by to join us for a beautiful night of song and celebration as we all prepare to usher in the holiday season!

Tuesday, Dec. 4 Special Election for the vacant BOS seat. Polls open 7:00am – 8:00pm and this is being held at McCloskey Middle School. Be sure to vote!

Also: Tuesday, Dec. 4 Trip to see LaSalette Shrine Christmas Lights! We will leave the senior center 4:00 pm. You need to call or stop in to sign up as seating is limited.

LUNCH AND LEARN WITH CHIEF MARC MONTMINY Friday, Dec. 7 11:30am-12:30pm. Uxbridge Police Chief Marc Montminy will hold his monthly Community Policing Bureau Presentation. Uxbridge Community Television will film this and they will air it on local cable access 192. We will have it on our Facebook page in the near future. We are thankful to continue working closely with the Uxbridge Police Department and to have Uxbridge Community Television film these events.

Tuesday, Dec.11 1:00 pm Uxbridge Free Public Library Page Turners with Chris Powloka. Come in and see what new books the library has to offer for your reading pleasure! All are welcome to join us for lunch on this day and we will provide transportation home after if you ride in on the van. Please call 508-278-8622 to sign up. The next Uxbridge Free Public Library Book Club Meeting with Zach Parrish will be on Tuesday, Jan. 8, 2019 and they will be discussing “Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie” by Alan Bradley.

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Holiday Movie Events will be on Monday & Wednesdays in December from 1-3 pm with our new Activities Coordinator, Sally Selvidge! Here are some new activities happening at the center. Chair Exercises will be Monday and Wednesday at 11:30 am. Card and Board Games will be on Thursdays at 1:00pm. We will have Richard Calahan, an Irish entertainer on Thursday, Dec. 13th during lunch and he will be back for our New Year’s at Noon Celebration on Dec. 31st. Sally has planned a lunch trip to Savini’s Pomodoro on Dec. 28th. Be sure to check Sally’s Activity Calendar for more info and other fun things to do!

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As an investor, you will have access to accounts that are taxed differently from one another. And it’s possible you could benefit from tax diversification by owning accounts in these three categories:

Tax-deferred – Tax-deferred accounts include the traditional IRA and a 401(k) or similar employ-er-sponsored retirement plan. When you invest in tax-deferred vehicles, your money can grow faster than if it were placed in an account on which you paid taxes every year. You also may get a tax deduction for contributions you make today. When you start tak-ing withdrawals from these tax-de-ferred accounts, typically during retirement, the money is usually taxed at your ordinary income tax rate.

Taxable – Taxable investments are those held in a standard bro-kerage account, outside your IRA or 401(k). While you can put virtu-ally all types of investments into a taxable account, you may want to focus on those considered to be most tax-efficient. So, you could include individual stocks that you plan to hold, rather than active-ly trade, because you will not get taxed on the capital gains until you sell. You also might consider mutu-al funds that do little trading and generate fewer capital gain distri-butions. This is important not only in terms of controlling taxes, but also because the taxes on these dis-tributions can reduce your invest-ments’ real rate of return.

Tax-free – When you invest in a Roth IRA/Roth 401(k), you don’t get an immediate tax deduction, but your earnings, as well as your withdrawals, are tax-free, provid-ed you do not start taking with-drawals until you’re 59 ½ and you have had your account at least five years. (However, income restric-tions do apply to Roth IRAs.)

So, given the difference in how taxes are treated in these accounts, how can you choose where to put your money? For example, when would you contribute to a Roth IRA or Roth 401(k), rather than a traditional, tax-deferred IRA or 401(k)? If you are in a high tax rate now and expect it to be lower in retirement, a traditional IRA may make more sense, as you poten-tially get a sizable benefit from the tax deduction. But if you are in a lower tax rate now, you have most of your retirement investments in tax-deferred accounts, and/or you can afford to forego the immediate tax deduction, you might find that the Roth IRA/Roth 401(k), with its tax-free withdrawals and earnings, ultimately will make more sense for you. But since no one can pre-dict where tax rates will go in the future, having money in different types of accounts – i.e., tax diversi-fication – can be beneficial.

If you only focus on tradition-al, tax-deferred accounts, you could end up with larger tax bills than you anticipated when you retire and start tapping into these accounts, particularly when you must start taking withdrawals – called “required minimum dis-tributions” – when you reach 70 ½. By having money in accounts with different tax treatments, you may have more flexibility in struc-turing your withdrawals during retirement, based on your year-to-year tax situation.

There’s no formula for achieving an ideal tax diversification. You’ll want to consider your own needs and circumstances in choosing the right mix of taxable, tax-deferred and tax-free accounts. Ultimately, taxes should not drive all your investment decisions – but they should not be ignored, either.

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Whether you are a registered voter affiliated with a party; or whether you try really, really hard not to be involved with politics at all, you have to know the world has lost a true gen-tleman this week.

George Herbert Walker Bush was, for the most part, a soft spoken man…with a spine of steel. He chose not to put himself in the blinding spotlight and take credit for much of what was indeed his own work. He believed in those who worked with him; and gave equal credit to those around him.

His modest adage was that no single person was ever wholly responsible either for triumph or failure.

And he didn’t just talk his talk, he lived it.

He nearly lost his election bid because people didn’t “get” his demeanor. Time magazine called him a “wimp.”

He proved them wrong.His style was different, there wasn’t

bluster in his speech and manner-isms. There was honesty, and sincer-ity.

And while he didn’t agree with everyone around him, even among those on his side, in his own party and his advisors; he handled any contro-versy calmly and quietly. Presenting himself and any rancor with a level headedness we could surely use now.

He was a diplomat.He was a number cruncher.He understood tactics and strategy.He was a veteran.He was a devoted husband and

father.He was a successful business man.He was a friend, a good friend to

many, staying friends with old Navy buddies, with college friends, with fellow politicians his entire life.

He may be the last of dying breed; an honest politician who understood compromise; understood human nature; and understood nothing gets done without both sides willing to talk and to sacrifice a bit.

And he understood we are all in this together. There is no “us” and “them”; we are one country.

If for no other reason than to honor his memory, we should attempt to act like it for a month or two.

He would understand that; and prob-ably laugh at us all from Barbara’s side; where he most assuredly is now; at peace.

Goodbye Mr. President.

Loss of a statesman

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Board announces retirement of LynskeyTo the Editor:After six years, Paul Lynskey is

stepping down as the executive direc-tor of the Blackstone Valley Education Foundation, effective Dec. 31, 2018.

Mr. Lynskey was an exceptional and dynamic director who created a number of successful new programs and oppor-tunities for our schools and students in the Blackstone Valley, such as the annual Business and Education Forum, strengthened the Education Foundation’s relationships with its constituent school districts and its partners in the busi-ness community, Mr. Lynskey identified

and developed new funding sources, and raised awareness of the programs and opportunities offered by the Education Foundation throughout the Blackstone Valley and beyond. As the Board of the Education Foundation commences its search for a successor executive director, we wish Mr. Paul Lynskey the best and for continued success in his new endeav-ors and thank him for his dedication, vision and years of successful leadership.

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“Progress is impos-sible without change, and those who cannot change their minds can-not change anything.” – George Bernard Shaw

Last Friday, in the hope that no one would notice in the mayhem of Black Friday sales, the Trump admin-istration dropped a 1,600-page report on climate change which was drafted by 13 federal agencies and more than 300 leading scientists. So, in my very small way, I’m hoping my little essay will thwart the hopes of the adminis-tration and draw your attention to the National Climate Assessment released by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration after 2½ years of study.

Naturally, President Trump declared before jumping into Marine One on his way to address a gathering of his cult fol-lowers in Mississippi: “I don’t believe it.”

The following day, Sarah Huckabee Sanders, who does an impressive job portraying a presidential hand-puppet, declared the report is “not based on fact.”

Nothing less, I guess, should be expect-ed from an administration led by some-one who has declared climate change to be a hoax perpetrated on a naïve world by those inscrutable Chinese.

Well, since President Trump wouldn’t recognize the truth if it weighed eight tons and plummeted out of the sky and onto the 18th green at Mir a Lago, here are some of the reports more disturbing findings:

First, for us New Englanders, warming ocean temperatures will continue to rise by at east one degree every 16 years, or so. So? So, as temperatures in the waters of our coast continue to warm, lobsters will continue to move north into the cooler waters where they thrive. While lobster boats active in the seas just south of Cape Cod and around Rhode Island brought in some 2,000 metric tons of the spiny crustacean in the 1990s, lobster popula-tions in that area have since collapsed. After increasing catches in the Gulf of Maine (where most of those more south-ern-dwelling lobsters moved to) in the decades that followed, the catch suffered a precipitous decline last year. One of New England’s most important economic sectors stands to be devastated.

Also of concern for the northeast, rising

temperatures and wet-ter winters will likely will lead to increasing populations of ticks carrying Lyme disease and mosquitoes carry-ing Triple-E and West Nile Virus.

As for the rest of the country, the report

notes that the amount of acreage charred by California wildfires each year has doubled since 1985. If mankind fails to sig-nificantly stem the release of greenhouse gases, the amount of acreage burned in the Sierra Nevada mountains could tri-ple during the last three decades of this century.

The beautiful and temperate Pacific Northwest, says the report compiled by experts who know the subject, will see wilder bouts of severe weather, including extended drought, large wildfires, heat-waves, massive algae blooms, and periods of torrential rains.

Increasing temperature extremes in the Midwest will lead to significant crop failures, leading to shortages that will result in increased prices here in the U.S. and an increased likelihood of fam-ine – due to decreasing U.S. agricultural exports – in other parts of the world.

Unchecked climate change could, by the end of the century, result in a 10 percent depletion in the U.S. economy, according to the report.

The change in climate, the report stresses, is due in large part to the activi-ties of humankind. We broke it; we need to do what we can to fix it. It’s pretty simple – for most thinking people, that is. But President Trump, if he’s known for anything, is certainly known for a lack of thoughtfulness.

Hopefully, whoever follows him into the White House will act quickly to reverse his disastrous environmental policies. If not, well…we’re screwed. Or should I say our children and grandchildren are screwed. They are the reason we need to act now, but the president and his cult followers just don’t give a damn. If it’s not going to affect them personally it’s not worth worrying about.

Aggressively addressing the problem may have its cost but, as President John F. Kennedy – a real president – said: “There are risks and costs to action. But they are far less than the long-range risks of comfortable inaction.”

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…and one more thing…

Patriotism has been on a lot of people’s minds lately. French President Emanuel Macron recently criticized President Trump and other world leaders for their “us versus them” view of patri-otism.

“By putting our own inter-ests first,” he said, “with no regard for others, we erase the very thing that a nation holds dearest, and the thing that keeps it alive: its moral values.”

Meanwhile, just ahead of the midterm elections, The New York Times noted that two clashing visions of patriotism were heading to the polls. President Trump and Republicans saw patriotism as “con-spicuous displays of respect for the tradi-tional expressions of America — the flag, the military, the Pledge of Allegiance.” Democrats, by contrast, saw it as pro-tecting the norms and institutions of our democracy.

I don’t entirely buy this distinction, at least when it comes to partisan labels. I’ve known plenty of Democrats who consider it patriotic to honor the flag, the military, and the Pledge. And I’ve known a lot of Republicans who value our democratic traditions.

The vast majority of Americans con-sider themselves patriots — even if, as

Gallup found in June, less than half of poll respondents considered them-selves “extreme-ly proud” to be American. This was the first time this has happened in almost two decades of polling on the question.

The two broad strands outlined by The Times inarguably exist. We all remem-ber the naval hero Stephen Decatur’s famous toast in 1816, “Our country, right or wrong.” And Senator Carl Schurz’s amendment a half-century later: “My country, right or wrong — if right, to be kept right, if wrong, to be set right.” We may criticize our country, in other words, but this is not motivated by malice. It’s motivated by special affection and a belief that a great country can be made greater.

“There is nothing wrong with America that cannot be cured by what is right with America,” President Clinton argued, lay-ing out a vision of patriotism that is not about symbols, but about building on a nation’s intangible strengths.

I buy that. I believe that patriotism means getting on with the serious busi-ness of improving our country. It means that we strive to ensure that we live up

to our pledge of liberty and justice for all. In this formulation, patriotism is best expressed not in parades or speeches or exhortations or conspicuous displays, but in what we do.

Perhaps the most persuasive descrip-tion I’ve heard on this score was Adlai Stevenson’s.

“True patriotism is not manifested in short, frenzied bursts of emotion,” he said. “It is the tranquil, steady dedication of a lifetime.”

Stevenson hit the nail square on the head. So much of our national discussion of patriotism is about military heroes. This is important, but it’s an incomplete view of love of country. I’d argue that we encounter patriotism at all levels of American life. The teacher in the class-room, the parents who raise their chil-dren to be good citizens, the clerk who keeps town records and helps people vote, the ordinary working person who goes about her tasks with dedication and pro-ficiency — patriotism can be found every-where in our communities, among all kinds of people who pursue their lives with the good of the country at heart.

We have inherited a magnificent politi-cal legacy, a set of customs and traditions and, yes, moral values that give ordinary people the tools and power to improve life

What does it really mean to be patriotic?

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The first week of the Massachusetts shotgun deer season had a lot of deer being checked in at the Webster checking station located at Bob’s Archery & Pro Shop. My brother Ken and I stopped in at the check-ing station around 1:00 p-m Saturday, and was told that more than 100 deer were checked in during the week, and they were still coming in when we left. We spoke with Central District wildlife biologist Michael Morley from Mass Fish & Wildlife and asked him about some of the deer checked in during the week.

He state that the largest buck was 186 pounds and many of the deer were in great shape. One bystander asked about the tick problem, and if the deer were carrying a lot of them this year. They did not seem to be as bad as last year, and in fact some of the deer had very few or none that could be detected during the quick survey.

Mike and his associate were also asked about the possible changes com-ing in 2020, in reference to the change in bag limits for wild turkey. Hunters could have a two bird limit in the spring, which could be taken on the same day, and still have a tag for the fall season, if the proposals are passed. We all know how tough it is to get hunting regulations changed in Massachusetts so we will just need to wait for the Fish & Wildlife board to act on their new proposals.

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The Massachusetts pheasant season is now closed, but local bird hunters got a few extra birds stocked in local covers prior to Thanksgiving week. Due to sub-stantial rainfall, some regularly stocked areas were flooded, and it was neces-sary to avoid the areas. Those birds were transported to local areas like West Hill and Voss Farm in Uxbridge. More than 40 birds were released in both areas prior to the holiday week.

Black bear numbers continue to increase locally, and made their pres-ence known this year. Numerous sight-ings in back yards by area residents had many resident feeling uneasy knowing that they had this large animal roaming in their back yard. Fortunately, no seri-ous encounters were reported.

Local residents can also expect to see numerous deer in their back yard this year, due to the short supply of acorns. They will have their eye on some of the expensive ornamental bushes, and any other thing that can satisfy their appetite.

Shopping for the sportsmen in your

family can be very easy if you buy them a gift certificate to their favorite sporting goods store. Trying to shop for sportsmen is very hard. A hunting and fishing license is another great gift. It is best to set aside purchasing a pet for a

Christmas present. It is best to wait till spring. The Holidays are too hectic, and it is not fair to the pet.

Take A Kid fishing & Keep Them Rods Bending!

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Ardent rabbit hunters from a field trial in Sutton a few years ago.

Deer hunting yielded prolific harvest in state

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UPTON – Students from the Blackstone Valley Tech SkillsUSA Chapter and Culinary Arts Program are once again hosting a series of fundraising dinners to benefit several char-itable organizations and causes. The monthly dinners are held in the student-run Three Seasons Restaurant located on the BVT campus at 65 Pleasant St. in Upton.

Each all-you-can-eat dinner is held on a Thursday evening and consists of a themed buffet, dessert, and beverage. The fol-lowing dates and themes have been selected for the spring 2019 series:

January 10: Roast PorkJanuary 31: MeatloafFebruary 28: Roast ChickenApril 4: Baked FishMay 9: Porketta

Proceeds will benefit the Be Like Brit Foundation and the BVT SkillsUSA Chapter.

Tickets are $15 for adults and $8 for children under 12. Dinner seatings are scheduled for 5:00 p.m., 5:30 p.m., and 6:00 p.m. Seats are limited and res-ervations are required. Contact Kathleen Manoogian at 508-529-7758 x3109 or via email to [email protected] to book your reservation. The SkillsUSA Chapter encourag-es diners to make reservations early as seatings times are quickly filled.

Originally known as Vocational Industrial Clubs of America (VICA), SkillsUSA was founded in 1965. It is a nation-al organization that supports career and technical education. Students compete at the district,

state, and national level in their technical areas and leadership events.

Blackstone Valley Regional Vocational Technical High School serves the towns of Bellingham, Blackstone, Douglas, Grafton, Hopedale, Mendon, Milford, Millbury, Millville, Northbridge, Sutton, Upton and Uxbridge. Located in the heart of the Blackstone Valley, Blackstone Valley Tech creates a positive learning com-munity that prepares students for personal and professional success in an internationally competitive society through a fusion of rigorous vocational, technical, and academic skills. The school’s website is www.valleytech.k12.ma.us.

BVT SkillsUSA Chapter announces charity dinner schedule Coffee Break, a non-de-

nominational community Bible study for women, will begin its Winter/Spring sea-son with a study of the book of Jonah. Most people have heard the story of Jonah being swallowed by a great fish, but that’s not even the most important part of the book of Jonah. It shows us who God is and His love for humanity. We’ll consider questions like: Why would God go to great lengths to get Jonah’s attention? And we’ll discover: “What is the message God wanted Jonah to bring to Israel’s most powerful enemy? If you’re looking to learn more about Jonah, you’ll be delightfully surprised. But what you’ll learn about God may truly astound you!

Refreshments and quality child care are provided—with a loving nursery for infants up to age 2 and a story hour that your 3- to

5-year olds won’t want to miss!

Coffee Break’s Winter/Spring season begins on Thursday, Jan. 3, at Fairlawn Church and is held each Thursday from 9:30 to 11:00 a.m. Coffee Break offers women in the Blackstone Valley an opportunity to read and discuss the Bible, share questions and concerns, and develop new friendships. Each lesson is independent, so if you can’t attend every week, you won’t feel “lost.” There’s no “homework” required, and no previous Bible knowledge is neces-sary. Study guides are pro-vided free of charge.

Fairlawn Church is located at 305 Goldthwaite Road (off Hill Street) in Whitinsville. For directions, questions, or to get more information, call Ginette at 508-234-4806 or the church secretary at 508-234-2838.

Plans made for Bible study

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Now and running to Dec. 23rd The Blackstone Valley Tourism Council will began operation of The Polar Express. This train runs from Woonsocket RI to the North Pole in Uxbridge. Visit https://www.blackstonevalleypo-larexpress.com/site/tickets/ for the schedule and rates for tickets. The Polar Express is weekends only. The photo is of a Polar Express running in Uxbridge last year.

for themselves and succeeding gener-ations.

Patriotism lies in our efforts to enlarge that legacy so that it applies to all citi-zens. It means we defend civil liberties, the right to dissent, and the equality before the law of all Americans. And it means that upholding our core values — tolerance, mutual respect, the right of everyone to be heard, the belief that in pursuing our own lives and interests

we all are capable of contributing to the vibrancy of our democracy — is every bit as patriotic as placing our hand over our heart while reciting the Pledge.

Lee Hamilton is a senior advisor

for the Indiana University Center on Representative Government; a distin-guished scholar of the IU Hamilton Lugar School of Global and International Studies; and a professor of practice, IU School of Public and Environmental Affairs. He was a member of the U.S. House of Representatives for 34 years.

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own Care Team. They want to help you meet your health goals. And when you are a member of NaviCare HMO SNP or NaviCare SCO, you receive all the care and services you need at no cost to you. Be sure to attend this informative meeting. Nelly will also be playing a “Grocery BINGO”!

Monday, Dec. 17 1:00-2:00pm Benefit Enrollment Center. Tri-Valley, Inc. is now a Benefits Enrollment Center. Benefits Specialists assist with edu-cation around public benefits as well as the application process. This is a free service to help connect elders and younger people with disabilities access needed benefits. Specialists can help complete applications for Mass Health, SNAP benefits (food stamps), fuel assis-tance, Medicare Extra Help, Medicare Savings Plans, housing, SafeLink tele-phones etc. A benefits specialist will be at the Uxbridge COA every third Monday of the month. You can stop by and meet the specialist and see how she can help you or you can call Tri-Valley at 508-949-6640 to book an appointment.

Uxbridge Senior Center’s 1st Annual Gingerbread House Decorating Contest! Decorating will take place on Tuesday, Dec. 18 from 12:30-3:30 pm and Wednesday, Dec. 19 from 3:30-8:00 pm. Judging will be on Friday, Dec. 21 during our Christmas Celebration! Cost to participate will $20 per gingerbread house/group including all supplies. Extra decorating supplies will be avail-able for purchase (You cannot bring in your own supplies). Families are encouraged to build one together, pick a team or do one single mingle! Call 508-278-8622 in advance to reserve your gingerbread house or stop by and talk to Sally, our Activities Coordinator. Space is limited so ENTER NOW!!! The cutoff date is Dec. 11th to reserve your house!! Come have fun listening to Christmas music, drink hot coffee/cocoa and dec-

orate gingerbread houses! All ages are welcome to participate! All proceeds will go towards helping support other fun programs at the Uxbridge Senior Center. Donations are always accepted.

Tuesday, Dec. 18 11:30am-12:30pm Ask the Nurse. Salmon Health VNA will be available for the Free Blood Pressure Clinic. Janet Iocabelli will be at the senior center today and every fourth Tuesday. Feel free to join us for lunch and participate in this important free monthly clinic offered by the Salmon VNA. You are welcome to join us for lunch!

Friday, Dec. 21 11:30 am-12:30 pm Our Annual Christmas Celebration!! We will have a special visit from Santa! Deb Hudgins will be playing her gui-tar and singing holiday songs for us as well! Sign up early to reserve your lunch for this special celebration. The Gingerbread Houses will be judged and a winner will be chosen.

Monday, Dec. 24 the senior center will be open in the morning only. We will be closed on Tuesday, Dec. 25 in observance of Christmas. No lunch will be served on these days. We will re-open on Wednesday, Dec. 26. Wishing you and yours a Joyous Holiday Season and a Happy New Year!

Friday, Dec. 28 Trip to Savini’s Pomodoro’s for lunch! Sign up early! Call 508-278-8622 for more details.

Monday, Dec. 31, 11:30 am-12:30 pm Annual New Year’s Eve at Noon Celebration! Come celebrate and ring in the New Year with us. We will have Irish Entertainer Richard Calahan pre-forming for us! Sign up early as seating is limited.

The Silver Club BUS TRIPSPlease call Sue at 508-476-5820 for

more information.

The Uxbridge Senior Center and its Silver Club travelling group is offering the following trips for 2019:

March 21, 2019 “THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA” at PPAC-- Lunch at Mossimo’s on Federal Hill. Please choose: eggplant Parmesan, salmon, or chicken piccata~ $99.

April 9 JFK Library and museum w/wine tasting & Venezia Restaurant for lunch. $81. Lunch choices: Baked Haddock, chicken parmesan, steak tips, chicken piccata, or pasta primavera

Kentucky w/ARK, horses and more $869. 7 day trip! March 31-April 6. Includes12 meals, 2 shows; Loretta Lynn’s homestead; Hatfield & McCoy tour; Toyota Tour; tour of Wheeling, WV; cut-through project in Pikeville; horse farm tour; “Grand Canyon of the South” and other fun highlights!

Hotel Frontenac (“bucket list” hotel!), Quebec: 5 days w/White Mt. Hotel, N. Conway, NH, April 27-May 1: $999. 8 meals, show, and touring in Quebec. Come and stay at the famous hotel that’s in all the photos of Quebec! True luxury!

DEC.5-6 THE TRAPP FAMILY LODGE CHRISTMAS: $379. dinner & breakfast at the Lodge; Quechee and Montpelier, meet w/a family member to hear the history, etc.

DEC 13-14: CHRISTMAS BY THE SEA: $329. 1 breakfast, 1 elegant hol-iday buffet lunch, 1 dinner. “Magic of Christmas” Portland Symphony Orchestra plus Ogunquit’s “Christmas by the Sea” celebration

All trips leave from Whitinsville Walmart, 100 Valley Parkway, Whitinsville. Make sure to always include entree choice, phone # (esp. cell) and an emergency phone number. Please call Sue at 508-476-5820 for more information.

CENTRAL MASS SHINE WEBSITEThe Central Mass Region has recent-

ly launched its website. Visit us on the web at www.shinema.org. Our site has valuable general information and links to other agencies that can assist you with your insurance needs. Trained SHINE (Serving Health Information Needs of Everyone) volunteers can help you! They offer free, unbiased, confiden-tial counseling on all aspects of health insurance to anyone on Medicare. Call your senior center and ask for a SHINE appointment. You can also call 1-800-AGE-INFO (1-800-243-4636), then press or say 3. Once you get the SHINE answering machine, leave your name and number. A volunteer will call you back. During Open Enrollment, it may take a couple of days to return your call. You can now visit us on the internet at www.shinema.org

SENIOR CENTER WISH LIST: We welcome and appreciate the support of anyone in a position to give. Your dona-tions make a significant difference in the lives of our elders and help support our daily lunch program. All mone-tary gifts can be made out to the Town of Uxbridge with Senior center in the memo section of your check. Gift cards for Hannaford, Walmart and CVS also make nice gifts for senior citizens in need.

We also continue to need in kind donations of, decaf coffee, paper towels and 8oz plastic cups. One can donate directly to the center at 36 S. Main Street or on-line via the town’s web page. Every donation helps and comes enormously appreciated. Thank you to all who have already donated as well! Feel free to contact us at 508-278-8622 or visit us on our web page at Uxbridge-ma.gov/coa or like us on our FB page or by googling Uxbridge Senior Center, or even dropping by.

The Senior Center is a drop off site for the People First Food Pantry. Donations are accepted Monday through Friday from 8am-4pm.

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The holidays are here, and if you’re scrambling to find the perfect present on a bud-get, you’re not alone. Before you run out to search a token present from picked over department store leftovers, or recharge a chain store gift card, read on. This year’s gift giving philosophy is all about back to basics and a homemade touch can make the difference between a dull or dazzling pres-ent. Read on for some new and old gift ideas that represent some of my favorites!

**Festive Guest Soaps: These

fragrant soaps are a nod to nos-talgic soaps from days of yore. Fancy, yet practical, these impressive soaps make the perfect hostess present. Or add a few to a basket along with a pair of coordinating hand tow-els for a sensational gift set.

Ingredients: glycerin bar

soap (available at dollar stores); dried flowers such as lavender, chamomile, etc.; dried herbs or herbal tea bags; essential oils.

Instructions: Cut glycerin soap bars into chunks and melt in a double boiler or (carefully) in the microwave. Stir until melted. Skim off any top res-idue that may form. Gently

stir in dried flowers and herbs. Pour melted glycerin into soap or candle molds. When thor-oughly cool, remove soap from mold. Embellish for gift giv-ing by wrapping a grosgrain ribbon once around the soap, securing with a floral sticker. Or wrap in tissue paper and tie off with ribbon.

Homemade glycerin soaps

are fantastic bath gift items for family members too. Chop unscented glycerin soap bars and melt.

For men: toss in a little white sand for an effective abrasive hand soap that’s ideal for the workshop.

For women: the addition of poppy seeds, oatmeal or coffee grounds makes an excellent exfoliant soap.

For kids: Poke a plastic bug or other small safe toy surprise in the soap before setting.

** Gourmet Condiment Basket:

Fancy imported mustards and gourmet vinegars can be cost-ly. All you need are some inex-pensive ingredients and a few embellishments to conjure up a gift basket worthy of the fuss-iest of cooks! Mix up a couple of small jars of flavored mustard and add a tall decanter of vine-gar for a complete gift.

Base Mustard RecipeThis base recipe uses the

addition of ingredients (posted below) to prepare various gour-met mustards. Makes one cup.

Ingredients: Three ounces of brown or yellow mustard

seeds; one quarter cup brown sugar; one teaspoon salt; one teaspoon cracked pepper; one teaspoon turmeric; seven eighths of a cup wine or white vinegar.

Instructions: In a blender, mix together mustard seeds, sugar, salt, pepper and tur-meric. Add the vinegar one tablespoon at a time to form a coarse paste. Let mixture rest for about 15 minutes. Add the additional gourmet ingredi-ent flavors below. Spoon into a tightly capped jar. Label jar with mustard name. Make up a gift tag with instructions to allow mustard to cure for two weeks before serving.

Gourmet Blend Additions (add to one cup base recipe)

Clove Spice Mustard: add one teaspoon of cloves; Tarragon Mustard: add a pinch of cloves and one teaspoon tar-ragon; Horseradish Mustard: add up to one tablespoon of grated horseradish; Hot Garlic Mustard: add one dried chili pepper and one garlic clove.

Note: Small jelly canning jars are ideal for packaging gift mustards. You can fill two jars with this one cup recipe. Use your computer to make up unique labels.

** Scented Home Décor

Medallions: These fragrant air fresheners make a fashion statement! They can be hung on a doorknob, in a closet or all around the house. These can be made with candy or candle molds as well as soap molds.

Materials: Plaster of Paris; pearly craft paint; essential oil; soap or candle molds; ribbon

Instructions: Mix plaster according to directions on package and pour into molds. Each medallion requires two identical molds. When com-pletely dry, remove from molds. Using a pearl or enam-el, paint front and sides of each form as desired. Leave a small area at the top of each mold unpainted. Apply a finish coat over paint. When dry, apply several drops of essential oil to the top of medallion. The unpainted area is porous and fragrance will be absorbed by the medallion. Cut a loop of rib-bon and glue to the back of one mold. Glue the molds together back to back, securing care-fully with a vise if necessary to press seams together. When dry and secure, suspend wher-ever a fresh scent is desired.

**Heirloom Tea Spoons:

Vintage silverplate spoons coated with candy provide a sentimental sweet treat for tea drinkers. Silver plated spoons are inexpensive and readily available at flea markets or antique shops. Wrap a few of these stirrers in cellophane and tie with a ribbon. To sweet-en the deal, present a matching set of spoons along with a selec-tion of loose tea.

Ingredients: Approximately 35 pieces hard candy, crushed (lemon and cinnamon are great with tea); two tablespoons corn syrup.

Directions: Line a cookie

sheet with wax paper and spray with cooking spray. In a heavy saucepan combine crushed candies and corn syrup. Melt over low heat stirring frequent-ly. Spoon candy into bowl of each spoon. Place spoons on cookie sheet with handles on rims to make spoons level. Allow to harden.

**Win Dinner for Two at the

Publick HouseYour tips can win you a great

dinner for two at the histor-ic Publick House Historic Inn in Sturbridge! Simply send in a hint to be entered into a random drawing. One winner per month will win a fabulous three course dinner for two at the renowned restaurant, located on Route 131 across the town common in histor-ic Sturbridge. Because I’m in the business of dispensing tips, not inventing them (although I can take credit for some), I’m counting on you readers out there to share your best helpful hints!

Do you have a helpful hint or handy tip that has worked for you? Do you have a ques-tion regarding household or garden matters? If so, why not share them with readers of Stonebridge Press newspa-pers? Send questions and/or hints to: Take the Hint! C/o the Southbridge Evening News, PO Box 90; Southbridge, MA 01550. Or email [email protected]. Hints are entered into a drawing for dinner for two at the historic Publick House Inn.

Homemade holiday gifts: high in creativity, short on cash

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Toler. “The space has allowed us to host addi-tional fellowship events and Sunday school class-es.”

Community groups including Scouts, Alcoholics Anonymous, and the Blackstone Valley Gardeners utilize the facility in addition to the church.

Cherubs Haven offers a before school and after school program for area children in the original fellowship hall.

UniBank represen-tative Steve Anderson, VP commercial lend-ing, spoke on behalf of Unibank. Anderson explained that the loan to the BVUMC is an example of communi-ty involvement that Unibank is proud to offer.

The church completed repayment of a $300,000

loan from UniBank that enabled a $1,050,000 reno-vation and building proj-ect.

“The $1,050,000 was entirely funded by the resources of the Blackstone Valley United Methodist Church. The church has no endow-ment, so all funds came from contributions,” said Glenn King, Finance Committee Chair. “That is an incredible feat for congregation.”

The Blackstone Valley United Methodist Church is the result of the merg-er of the Taft Memorial United Methodist Church of Uxbridge and the Whitinsville United Methodist Church. BVUMC is located at 71 Linwood Ave. in Whitinsville and all are welcome at Sunday morning worship at 10:00 a.m.

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Dignitaries make ready to celebrate the milestone.

BY NICK ETHIERSPORTS STAFF WRITER

FOXBOROUGH — The old adage “defense wins championships” proved to be true for the Blackstone Valley Tech varsity football team, as the Beavers won regular season, sectional and state games by way of the ‘D’ en route to a second straight appearance at Gillette Stadium for the Division 7 State Championship Super Bowl.

The Beavers lost to Mashpee High last season, 22-16, but avenged that set-back by pitching a shutout this time versus St. Mary’s High of Lynn, 18-0, on Saturday, Dec. 1.

Valley Tech finished its season 11-1 while the Beavers’ defense allowed an average of just 6.25 points against per game.

“Anthony Landini, our defensive coordinator, prepares these kids better than anybody,” said Valley Tech head coach Jim Archibald. “He knows what

the other team’s doing before they do it.”

That appeared to be the case versus the Spartans, as St. Mary’s could only muster a single first down and 27 yards of offense in the first half while the Beavers took a 12-0 lead. The Spartans finished with only 75 yards and six first downs. In comparison, BVT accumulat-ed 285 yards and 15 first downs.

“Our defense, we came to play today,” said cornerback JD Antaya. “We knew that St. Mary’s was a smash-mouth foot-ball team and that’s what we wanted. We wanted to be a smash-mouth foot-ball team playing another smash-mouth football team.”

Antaya came away with a second quarter interception of quarterback Derek O’Leary.

“They ran the same play one time in the first quarter, so they lined up in the same formation. I decided I was going to stay there because they threw it to the

same person,” Antaya said of his pick.Antaya — who doubles as a tail-

back — also scored the Beavers’ first touchdown when he scampered into the end zone from two yards out with 4:04 remaining in the first quarter. That gave BVT a 6-0 lead when the point after kick was blocked.

“It’s another field, but now I can say I have a touchdown at Gillette,” said Antaya, who finished with 69 yards rushing on seven carries.

Quarterback Scott Mackay got into the scoring action in the second quarter — following a 47-yard run by Antaya — when he bootlegged out to his left and raced into the end zone untouched with 59 seconds to play before the half. The snap came on a fourth-and-goal from the 1 and Mackay made a nice fake to Aidan Fitzgerald, who was lined up behind decoy fullback Ethan Blake, a 270-pounder.

Mackay said that Archibald called the play at the perfect time.

“He saw that the defense kept collaps-ing in and just trusted me to boot out with it and it’d be open,” said Mackay.

Blackstone Valley Tech took a 12-0 lead into the locker rooms and added to it with 4:07 to go in the third quarter. There, Mackay called his own number — again from a yard out — and ran up the gut for the touchdown.

“He makes good decisions with the football,” Archibald said of Mackay, who rushed 16 times for 96 yards and the two scores. “He was a little disap-pointed last year when [senior quarter-back] Reece [Hendriks] came back from injury and he got benched. I told him to stay the course and he’ll get his chance. I’m so proud of him and everything he stands for. He made huge play after huge play today.”

“It was definitely motivating,” added Mackay of not being able to take the field at Gillette as a starter last year. “I just took it one step at a time. [Archibald] knew I wasn’t exactly ready and Reece was more ready, but this year I was ready for the challenge and we came through.”

Mackay’s second touchdown made it 18-0 and the Beavers’ defense held serve from there. They preserved the shutout with a fourth down stop near their own goal line as time was winding down on the fourth quarter clock.

Once the final whistle sounded a Super Bowl worthy celebration ensued, which was followed by Blackstone Valley Tech receiving its State Championship tro-phy.

“We knew we had a team that could win a State Championship and just credit to these kids,” said Archibald.

“I can’t even put that into words,” added Antaya. “Winning a Super Bowl, I think it meant a lot to everyone on this team.”

The Beavers were celebrating the win not only for themselves, but also for for-mer assistant coach Derek Yancik, who passed away in May from cancer.

“I wish we could have a beer with him and celebrate, but we keep him in our memory,” said Archibald. “I know he’s not here, but he’s with us. He meant so much to our program and he meant so much to our kids. We miss him every day and we dedicated this season to him so it couldn’t have ended on a better note.”

“All for Yancik,” Antaya concluded.

SportS12 • Blackstone Valley triBuneFriday, December 7, 2018

Ski or snowboard at Wachusett Mountain

Are you interested in having a lot of fun while also helping to make the winter fly by? Any student (8 years and older), parent or teach-er from any of the surrounding towns and states can ski or snow-board eight consecutive Saturday nights at Wachusett Mountain for just $150 through the Southbridge Ski Club. You drive to Wachusett Mountain on your own. The eight-week program begins on Saturday, Jan. 5 and ends Saturday, March 2. Ski or snowboard rentals as well as lessons are also available at a very reasonable cost. You may also be able to ski or snowboard for free through you health insurance coverage. For more information on how to order, please contact Dick Lisi at (508) 410-1332 or at [email protected].

Worcester State University to hold baseball clinics

Worcester State Baseball Indoor Clinics are now held in the $52 mil-lion gymnasium and wellness cen-ter. The second floor multipurpose gym allows for live practices with plenty of storage for the six indoor mounds, bats and balls, etc. Hitters will use the double-barrel cages on the first floor. Here kids will bunt/bat off the Hack Attack pitching machines (uses real balls; speed adjusted for ages), hit close-range BP, use soft toss nets, tees, and uti-lize slow-motion video analysis.

There are multiple upcoming clinics to choose from. For ques-tions, please call (508) 929-8852 or (774) 230-3872, or email [email protected]. Also, please visit wsulancers.com/camps-clinics for more information.

SportS BriefS

Punishing defense fuels Blackstone Valley Tech to State Championship

Mathew S. Plamondon photos

Blackstone Valley Tech head coach Jim Archibald and the team captains celebrate with the State Championship trophy after defeating St. Mary’s of Lynn, 18-0, for the Division 7 crown.

Led by Chandler Robertson of Blackstone Valley Tech (3), he and his teammates celebrate a State Championship on the Gillette Stadium field.

Blackstone Valley Tech’s Scott Mackay extends the ball into the end zone for a touchdown versus St. Mary’s.

JD Antaya of Blackstone Valley Tech rushes the ball past St. Mary’s defender Eni Falayi and down the field for a big gain.

Blackstone Valley Tech quarterback Scott Mackay tosses a pass over the linemen and down the field.

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MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay — It was finally here. Payton Linnehan of Douglas stepped off the bus for the open-ing match against Cameroon in Group C play in Colonia, Uruguay of the World Cup — her eyes beamed with excite-ment. She had been waiting for this moment her entire life.

It has been a four-year journey for Linnehan and this U-17 team under head coach Mark Carr. They have won together, lost together, learned together and grown together.

For the 17-year-old, emotions were high. She was nervous and excited to play in her first World Cup. But as soon as the whistle blew, and she began playing with her best friends it all went away, and she was able to focus on the task at hand.

Unfortunately for Linnehan and the US U-17 Women’s National Team, win-ning the 2018 U-17 Women’s World Cup was not in the cards for the young American squad.

“This has been a four-year journey for me with those girls, I love those girls like my own daughter,” Carr said. “It doesn’t define us, it doesn’t define them. They’re young girls, they’re just start-

ing their careers and while it hurts in this moment and it’s not a good feeling, when they sit back and reflect it’s going to springboard them to the next level.“

The US were knocked out of the tour-nament in group play following their 4-0 loss to Germany, despite putting on their best performance of the three games in Group C — which was no doubt the toughest group in the compe-tition.

The team opened group play with a 3-0 win over a scrappy Cameroon team and took a dip in the second game, suffering a 3-0 loss to North Korea. Linnehan appeared in all three games as a for-ward, providing significant minutes for the attack.

In 2016, the US won the U-15 CONCACAF championship and Linnehan was the recipient of the Golden Boot for being the top goal-scor-er in the tournament. Although thank-ful for the award, the selfless teen val-ues her team more than anything and thinks playing for a World Cup with them was a great experience.

“The Golden Boot was obviously a really nice honor to receive but I wouldn’t have done it without my team-mates and ultimately I like just playing with them,” Linnehan said. “It makes it that much more fun, that much more rewarding that I don’t care about any individual awards, I just care about the team.”

Despite being sent home earlier than they would have liked, Linnehan still believes that it was a good learning experience for herself and her team.

“It’s really special because we’ve grown a lot together. I think that having that tight-knit family that we have it kind of brings to the field that we want to fight for each other every day,” she said.

Coach Carr told the press and the players after they had been elimination that, “While it’s the end of this journey for our players, it’s just the beginning.”

A four-year journey has indeed come to an end for Linnehan and her team-mates, but their futures are extremely bright. Linnehan will play her colle-giate soccer at Penn State University after graduating from Blackstone Valley Tech in the spring.

Photo courtesy www.ussoccer.com

Payton Linnehan

Linnehan’s World Cup journey comes

to an end

sists of five members, two alternate members and a liaison to the Board of Health, with whom the committee part-ners on almost all of the work.

One of the alternate members has stepped aside from working with the RSC directly. She will continue to be involved in an unofficial capacity, but a replacement is needed. An alternate can and usually does attend all meet-ings and can vote on motions if there

is not a quorum of active members present. You can visit the link under “Boards and Committees” on the town of Uxbridge website www.uxbridge-ma.gov.

In addition, the committee is seeking to form a group of interested citizens who do not want to become involved in the day to day work of the RSC, but want to follow the work closely and participate in work depending on their interests. If you are interested in becoming a “Friend of the RSC” contact the committee at [email protected].

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ets, placed at States this year, and three made it to the Regional tourna-ment. Although they did not place at Regionals and make it to Nationals in Florida, Burns said she felt it was absolute-ly amazing to watch how much the team overcame to reach their success.

Head Coach Kelly Haden, who has been coaching cheerleading for five seasons, said this was by far the best year.

“Our veterans were determined to hear their names called on the mat

this season. We have a core group of girls who have cheered together for at least four seasons,” she said. “This team, this season has hands down blown me away. We’ve asked them to step out of their comfort zone, we’ve asked them to trust each other, we’ve asked them to become a team—they one up’d us and became a family.”

Coach Sheri Hashey, whose daughter Ally was on the team, echoed Haden’s sentiments.

“They have been work-ing so hard and it’s final-ly paid off for them. It’s a dream come true for

them. They never gave up and continue to grow every year!”

And for a relatively new organization, the squad from Northbridge, Uxbridge, and Douglas has made a name for themselves in the cheer world.

“When you ask young athletes to hold a peer over their heads by their feet, when you ask a base to catch a flier in a Superman, when you ask three or four girls to tumble simultaneously across a mat and they do it like pros, well, saying we are proud of them is an understatement.”

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The Lady Dawgs with the state championship trophy

behavior, often mediated by hormones and memories.

“We end up remembering things that have a lot of emotional significance to us,” Bailey said. “If you’re not doing things that are meaningful, you won’t remember them.”

Bailey, director of the Yale Center for Emotional Intelligence, said good lead-ers are aware of their impact on others, astute judges of people without being judgmental, balance drive with sensi-tivity to needs of others, communicate well, and balance emotion and logic. People need to feel validated; when that doesn’t happen, “it just shuts every-thing down.”

“It can never be just about yourself. It’s always a conversation with other people,” he said.

To get an idea of how the roughly 25 participants thought about both lead-ership and what they wanted to feel in the workplace or similar organization, Bailey simply asked them. The respons-es were not surprising. Among the for-mer, they said leaders need empathy, bring out the best in others, set things up so that “if you step out, others can carry on,” and “have to have yourself squared away to help anybody else.” Regarding the latter, they wanted a sense of pride and accomplishment, to be respected, connected, and produc-tive, and feel, as one stated, the group is “a second family.”

As we now do things, Bailey said, surveys in schools and work-places tend not to have those things. Instead, students, teachers and workers are often feeling stressed, tired, bored and disrespected in various ways by a large margin.

“It’s more a reflection of the soci-ety we live in,” not just those settings, Bailey noted. He points back to child-hood, arguing, “children today don’t talk about emotions because we as a society don’t talk about emotions. The students are just a reflection of us.”

He didn’t note why specifically, but several theories exist. Among them are ideas that our culture has become seriously divorced from Nature, with various studies showing that most people who have time walking or sit-ting among green trees, flowing water and the like experience demonstrable reductions in stress hormones. Other ideas have fingered the fact our culture and economy emphasize individualism and technology to an extreme when humanity is inherently a social species. Several theorists have noted all of these and other issues feed into each other.

Emotions, Bailey said, are based in biology.

“Your reaction [to something] is your body’s way of telling you to pay atten-tion to something,” and those events can be positive or negative. In the brain, emotions are rooted in the amygdala, which is right next to and linked to the hippocampus, the area of memory formation.

Because they’re so closely linked to basic survival needs, strong emo-tions tend to overrule the evolution-arily much more recent executive cor-tex, which is responsible for problem solving and logical decision making. But when we recognize that process in action, we can choose to step back and give ourselves the time to think about it, rather than just react. One way to put ourselves in a better mental state, Bailey suggested, is to take a moment to actually look at a photo (real or cell-phone) and remember whatever gives us joy. At the same time, we can help others by guiding them out of whatever the situation is that’s stimulating them.

Gus Steeves can be reached at [email protected].


UXBRIDGE – John R. Desmarais, 75, of Uxbridge passed away on Sun. Dec. 2, 2018 at the Lydia Taft House in Uxbridge. He was the husband of Florence Y. (Dalesio) Desmarais.

A resident of Uxbridge for nearly 50 years, Mr. Desmarais was a heavy equip-ment mechanic for many years and had worked for the National Guard, Garelick Farms in Franklin, Hellen Fuels Corp. in Uxbridge and Hutnak Construction in Douglas.

John was born March 12, 1943 in Milford the son of the late Armand A. and Marion C. (Pietrowska) Desmarais and had attended the former St. Mary’s High School in Milford.

He enjoyed building radio-controlled model airplanes and in later years tin-kering with small engine repairs.

In addition to his wife Florence of 51 years, he is survived by two daughters, Linda M. and her husband James White of Uxbridge and Janet L. Desmarais of Middletown, CT, one brother,

Norman and his wife Lorraine Desmarais of FL; one sister, Betty Ann Morrisey of Northbridge; 2 granddaughters; 2 great-grandchildren and several nieces and nephews. He was predeceased by a brother, Armand Desmarais and a sis-ter, Margaret Johnson.

Visiting hours were held on Tues. Dec. 4, 2018 from 4-7 PM in the BUMA FUNERAL HOME, 101 North Main St. (Rt. 122), Uxbridge.

Funeral services were held Wed. Dec. 5, 2018 at 10 AM from the funeral home followed by a Mass of Christian Burial at 11 AM in Good Shepherd Church, 121 Linwood St., Linwood.

Burial followed in Sacred Heart Cemetery, Medway Rd. (Rt. 109), Milford.

Memorial donations may be made to the American Heart Assoc., P.O. Box 417005, Boston, MA 02241 or to a chari-ty of one’s choice.

www.bumafuneralhome.com

John R. Desmarais, 75DUDLEY – Victor

Joseph Wonoski, Sr., peacefully passed away Monday, November 26, 2018 at the age of 94. He was surrounded by his loving family at Saint Vincent Hospital in Worcester, MA as

he joined his dearly departed moth-er and father, Anthony and Bernice (Archacka) Wonoski; brothers, Louie, Henry, and Teddy; and sisters, Winnie Frolich and Irene Seraphin in Heaven.

Born October 8, 1924 Victor grew up in Dudley MA on his parents’ farm and fell in love with the town he would return to as an Army veteran of World War II, who served in the Asiatic-Pacific Theatre. It was in Dudley, where Victor met and married the love of his life, Gertrude L. (LaFerriere) Wonoski, who succeeds him in this life. He also departs his three children – a son, Victor J. Wonoski, Jr. and his wife, Joyce, of Dayville, CT; Sandra A. Wonoski of Dudley and Nancy C. (Wonoski) Voutour of Uxbridge; his granddaughter, Victoria N. Voutour of New York City, and his grandson, Joshua Henries of Dayville, CT; as well as many nieces and nephews. The love Victor had for his family is too great to adequately put into words. He put them above all else and worked his entire life to provide for his wife, children, and

grandchildren.Before retiring in

1986, Victor worked as a grinder at Webster Lens Company for over 10 years, a ship-ping manager at Preferred Plastics in North Grosvenordale, CT for several years, and then finished his career by working at Danco Manufacturing in Putnam, CT for 15 years. For the rest of his life, he worked on his family’s home, watched his granddaughter ride hors-es, collaborated on home improvement projects with his son, and joined his wife in the leisure of their golden years – filled with holidays, birthdays, jigsaw puzzles, family pets, coloring books and so much love.

Victor was a member of Saint Anthony of Padua Church (24 Dudley Hill Road), where a memorial Mass will be held in his honor December 22 at noon. In lieu of flowers, pleaser donate to Second Chance Animal Shelter, 11 Young Road, East Brookfield, MA 01515 or www.secondchance.org, so that Victor’s love of dogs may contin-ue for as long as possible. There will be no calling hours. Arrangements are under the direction of Sitkowski & Malboeuf Funeral Home, 340 School Street, Webster.

www.sitkowski-malboeuf.com

Victor J. Wonoski, 94

OXFORD – Nancy E. (Stevens) Surprise, 66, of Pine Ridge Drive, died peacefully on Tuesday, November 27, 2018, at West Side House Long Term Care in Worcester after a long illness. She is survived by

her husband of 48 years, Donald H. Surprise of Oxford; three children, David E. Surprise and his wife Tammy of Blackstone, Pamela M. Surprise and her fiancé Jon Malone of Oxford, and Michael J. Surprise and his wife Amber of Palmer; her sister, Judy Minich and her husband Steven of Charlton; seven grandchildren, William Hanks, Abagail Hanks, Ashley Hanks, Skyler Surprise, Jared Surprise, Janessa Surprise, and Christopher Surprise; a great-grand-daughter, Molly Hanks; and several nephews and nieces. She was born in

Worcester, daughter of the late Arther G. and Shirley Ada (Kimball) Stevens, and lived in Oxford for 42 years.

Mrs. Surprise was a nurse’s aide at Sandalwood Nursing Home in Oxford for many years. She enjoyed trips to the casino, playing bingo, making ceramics, and loved baking.

A funeral was held on Saturday, December 1, 2018, from Paradis-Givner Funeral Home, 357 Main St., Oxford, followed by a Mass at 10 a.m. at St. Roch’s Church, 332 Main St., Oxford. Entombment followed at Notre Dame Cemetery in Worcester. Calling hours were Friday, November 30, 2018, from 6-9 p.m. at the funeral home. In lieu of flowers, memorial contri-butions may be made to the Arthritis Foundation, 1355 Peachtree St. NE, Suite 600, Atlanta, GA 30309.

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Nancy E. Surprise, 66

MILLVILLE – Ruth N. (Shinn) Gray, 79, of Millville passed away Tues. Nov. 27, 2018 in St. Vincent Hospital, Worcester. She was the wife of the late Lloyd E. Gray, Sr. who died in 2010.

Mrs. Gray was born in Orlando, FL in 1939 the daughter of the late Robert and Martha (Perry) Shinn.

She had been employed as a department manager at Wal*Mart in Bellingham. Previously, she had been a manager at the Big D, Tupperware in Blackstone, and W.T. Grants. Ruth loved to cook, gardening, needlework, and took great pride in her family. She

had attended the former N. Uxbridge Baptist Church and enjoyed traveling with her husband – wherever the road took them.

Mrs. Gray is survived by her chil-dren Ruth A. LeDuc of Woonsocket, RI, Lloyd E. Gray, Jr. and Wayne R. Gray both of Barre, John A. Gray of E. Providence, and Keith O. Gray of Millville; a brother Jim Shinn of NC; 8 grandchildren; 9 great-grandchildren; 4 great-great-grandchildren, and several nieces and nephews. She was prede-ceased by a daughter Jean E. Gray, two brothers, and a sister.

Funeral services will be private. Arrangements by Buma Funeral Home, Uxbridge.

www.bumafuneralhome.com

Ruth N. Gray, 79

Douglas- Lisa A. Hunt, 51, of Eagle Dr. passes away sudden-ly at home on Thurs. Nov. 29, 2018 after being stricken ill.

She is survived by her fiancé Paul Remillard of Pomfret, CT; a son Roger Hunt

of Douglas; a sister Jacqueline M. Ritchie and her husband Doug; a broth-er Jason R. Hunt and his companion Jill of W. Warwick RI; 2 step-brothers Edward Pulsifer Jr. of W. Greenwich, RI, and David Pulsifer of Coventry, RI; her loving step-dad Edward R. Pulsifer with whom she lived; aunts, uncles, cousins, nephews, nieces, and good

friends. Born in Milford, MA on June 6, 1967 she was daughter of the late Gerald M. Hunt and Linda M. (Beccia) Pulsifer, and lived in Douglas 27 years. She was raised in Milford and lived several years in Woonsocket, RI.

Lisa loved driving trucks. She was employed as a Class A Truckdriver, working for Ryder Corp. in Worcester. Previously she worked for CarQuest and Keystone Corp. She was educated in the Milford Public School system. An automobile enthusiast, she especially liked muscle cars and belonged to the Tri State Cruisers with her fiancé. She loved her Pony Package Mustang and cared for it with passion. She was very close with her mom Linda Pulsifer, who recently died.

Her Funeral Service was held Wed. Dec. 5 at 7 pm in Jackman Funeral Home, 7 Mechanic St. Douglas. Calling hours were held Wed. Dec. 5 from 4 to 7 pm. Memorial donations in Lisa’s memory may be made to the Milford Humane Society, P.O. Box 171 Medway, MA 02053. To leave a condolence mes-sage for the family please visit www.jackmanfuneral-homes.com

Lisa A. Hunt, 51

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The short answer on whether you should scrap silver is that you usually shouldn’t. I’ll pro-vide a brief history before discussing what to do with your silver.

The oldest sil-ver artifacts were made in ancient Sumer around 4000 BC, according to Britannica. “The scarcity of silver, combined with its

softness and malleability, precluded its use for making tools.” However, those properties, along with its bright color and resistance to oxidation, made it desirable for ornamental pieces.

In Ancient Rome, it was used for plate ware, utensils, and ornamental work. Prior to the Middle Ages, gold was uti-lized more often, until after when silver became the primary metal in European metalwork. Silverwork continued to thrive during the Renaissance. During the 18th century, thin silver sheets were used to cover copper. This became known as “Sheffield plate,” and made

Should you scrap your silver?

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Sunday December 9PANCAKE BREAKFAST: Blackstone

Boy Scout Troop 1, chartered by St. Paul’s Church, will hold its “all you can eat” Pancake Breakfast from 8:00 a.m. to noon Sunday, Dec. 9 in the lower level of the hall at 48 St. Paul St. Join the troop for eggs, sausage and pancakes, coffee and orange juice, Tickets are $6 for ages 12 and over, $4 for children age 3 to 12, and free for children under age 3. For information on Troop 1, con-tact committee chair, Tara Corcoran: [email protected].

Tuesday December 11INTREPID READERS: The next meet-

ing of the Douglas Library book group, Dec. 11th, 6:30 PM, The Intrepid Readers, will discuss Amor Towles’ A Man in Moscow, December 11th, immerses us in another elegantly drawn era with the story of Count Alexander Rostov. When, in 1922, he is deemed an unrepen-tant aristocrat by a Bolshevik tribunal, the count is sentenced to house arrest in the Metropol, a grand hotel across the street from the Kremlin. Rostov, an indomitable man of erudition and wit, has never worked a day in his life, and must now live in an attic room while some of the most tumultuous decades in Russian history are unfold-ing outside the hotel’s doors. Call the Library 508- 476-2695 for a copy of the book. New members always welcome. Homemade refreshments, inspired by the title being discussed, will be served.

Friday December 14CONCERT: The Whitinsville

Christian School is thrilled to pres-ent “Celebrate Christmas,” a joy-filled concert for the community on Friday, Dec. 14, at 7:00 PM at Valley Chapel, 14 Hunter Road, Uxbridge. “Celebrate Christmas” will feature all WCS choirs, bands, and orchestras with more than 200 students in preschool through 12th grade participating. Admission is free.

Saturday & Sunday December 15 & 16

HOLIDAY AT THE FARM: Holiday open house at Douglas Orchard & Farm,

36 Locust St. with hot mulled cider and holiday cookies. Come get your holiday shopping done. Unique locally made gifts. Country Store open 10am-6pm. Santa visits the Farm Saturday, Dec 15, 1-5pm and Sunday, Dec 16 2-4pm. Private session with Santa. Free craft while you wait. Get your photo taken with Santa. Photographer Kayla of KP Photography & Art will be there to cap-ture the moment.

Sunday December 16Christmas Choir Concert: Sunday,

Dec. 16 at 2:00 PM at United Presbyterian Church, 51 Cottage St., Whitinsville. Come relax and enjoy a Christmas Concert featuring the choir at United Presbyterian Church of Whitinsville as well as some traditional carols you know and love. This will be a great event to add to your Christmas festivi-ties! Light refreshments will follow the concert.

Sunday December 30RETIREMENT RECEPTION: Rev.

Gordon Merten, minister of the First Evangelical Congregational Church of Uxbridge is retiring. The service and open house is in honor of his 50 plus years of ministry. The Worship Service will be held at 10 a.m. in the Sanctuary of First Evangelical Congregational Church, Court Street, Uxbridge on Sunday, Dec. 30. A reception and open house will follow from noon to 3 p.m.in the Community House next door to the church. The community is invited.

Saturday January 5CLOTHING SWAP: The Blackstone

Valley United Methodist Church will host a clothing swap on Saturday, Jan. 5 from 9-11am. We accept donations of gently used men’s, women’s and chil-dren’s clothing shoes and accessories. Please no rips or stains! You don’t have to donate to take something home and you don’t have to take something home in order to donate. Everything is free and open to the public. Donations can be dropped off on Jan. 4 between 6-7pm or the morning of the swap. Please use the driveway between Domino’s Pizza and the law office and come is the church’s back door. Any questions call Christine at 774-262-6415or email [email protected]

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YOGA CLASS: Carol Dearborn, certified Yoga and Pilates instructor, will offer a weekly All Levels Yoga class and a Yogalates class at the First Congregational Church of Millbury in Fellowship Hall, located at 148 West Main St. Proceeds will benefit the Church. Classes will run every Friday from Oct. 12 to Nov. 16; 4:15-5:15 pm, All Levels Mat/Chair Yoga, Drop-in Fee $5, $3 Seniors and 5:30-6:45 pm, Yogalates (combines the best of two exercise regimes-Yoga and Pilates) Drop- in Fee $8, $5 for Seniors. Both classes are struc-tured to make you feel revitalized in body and mind and accessible to ALL LEVELS of fitness. For more informa-tion please contact Carol Dearborn at 508-756-5478 or [email protected].

FREE WILL DINNERS: The First Congregational Church of Sutton, 307 Boston Road, presents its monthly free will offering of open seating dinners 4:30-6:30 p.m. on the second Saturday of each month. All welcome. Dinners served with bread, beverage and des-sert. For information, call (508) 865-6914.

SENIOR BREAKFAST: St. John’s Episcopal Church Senior Breakfast held first Friday of the month 8-9 a.m. at the church, 3 Pleasant St., off Route 122A, Sutton, and is handicapped accessible. Suggested donation is $5. For informa-tion, call Cyndy Rogers, (508) 529-4437.

PARENT SUPPORT: Parent Support Group in Millbury sponsored by Parent Professional Advocacy League. Free and confidential Parent Support Group on the second (workshop) and fourth (sharing) Friday of the month 10:30 a.m.-noon at the Millbury Public Library. Call PPAL (508) 767-9725 for information. PPAL is a statewide net-work of parents and professionals and adolescents with emotional, behavioral and mental health needs.

CARING: The Caregivers Group meet in the library at the Northbridge Senior Center fourth Tuesday of month 3-4 p.m. If currently caring for a family member or close friend, come and join others who share your compassion.

AL-ANON: A “Serenity on The Hill” Al-Anon step meeting held at 7 p.m. Wednesday at Rockdale Congregational Church, 42 Fowler Road, Northbridge. Support group for family and friends

of problem drinkers. Newcomers wel-come. For information: 508-366-0556.

YOGA GROUP: join the Sunshine Yoga Collaborative in our mission to bring community based yoga to Uxbridge and the surrounding communities! Classes are appropriate for just beginning to advanced student. Class is Sunday 7:30-8:30 a.m. at Alternatives, Unlimited, 50 Douglas Road, Whitinsville. Extra yoga mats, but most bring their own. $5 donation per class, which given to local organization. Visit Facebook: Sunshine Yoga Collaborative.

RECOVERY: Every Monday, Celebrate Recovery, a Biblically based step program designed to heal a wide variety of habits and harmful behav-iors, such as drug dependency, abuse, eating disorders, depression, anger, pornography, broken relationships. Group meets every week in two-part session, an open group followed by gen-der-specific small share groups. Starts at 7 p.m. and ends at 9. Come at 6:30 for coffee and conversation. Pleasant Street Church, 25 Cross St., Whitinsville, (508) 234-5268 x 14, or email [email protected].

BREAKFAST: The John 21 Community Breakfast at St. Patrick’s Church has been established as a response to the needs of many peo-ple in our community. Breakfast will continue each and every Saturday 8-10 a.m. in the Parish Center, 1 Cross St., Whitinsville. Our mission is to serve a nutritious breakfast, free of charge, every Saturday morning in the spirit of community fellowship and hospital-ity. Teams of volunteers prepare and serve breakfast on a rotating basis. All welcome. For information contact min-istry coordinator at [email protected]. To make a donation contact St. Patrick’s rectory at 508-234-5656.

Legos Club: first and third Mondays of each month, ages 6 and up 3-5 p.m. at Whitinsville Social Library. Information about programming, visit the library’s website www.northbridge-mass.org/whitinsville-social-library.

PROJECT KIBBLE: In this tight econ-omy, it can be tough to make ends meet. What about your four-legged friends? Project Kibble collects donations of pet food and supplies and distributes them to local food pantries. We accept dog and cat food, kitty litter, small rodent and fish food. All donations must be unopened and unexpired. For more information contact [email protected] or call Christine 508-234-8131.

12-STEPS FOR OTHERS: Adult Children of Alcoholics 12-step support group meets 7:30 to 9 p.m. Mondays at the Hopedale Unitarian Church, 65 Hopedale St. For information, Rose at (508) 234-9004.

silver affordable for most peo-ple.

Before you decide what to do with your silver, you should determine whether you have sterling or silver plate. If you have silver flatware or hollow ware (teapots, serving bowls, etc.), check the bottom. Most American silver should be marked sterling. It may also be marked 925 because sterling silver is 92.5% silver. If silver were 100% it would be too mal-leable for flatware and hollow ware. You can also look for the word “plate.” Silver plate, qua-druple plate, Sheffield plate and EPNS indicate that there is just a small amount of silver. Except for exceptional pieces, most sil-ver plate has little value.

Other silver isn’t as easy to

identify. English silver hall-marks can be very complicated. There are different hallmarks for sterling and silver plate. According to the 925-1000.com website, there may be five hall-marks on a piece. The first is a standard mark which speci-fies the silver content. The next identifies the city, followed by a letter and the date. The last marks are duty and makers’ marks.

Earlier American silver is also hallmarked. It may have the last name or initials of the silversmith. Much of the early silver is made of “coin silver.” Coin silver is 90% silver which is the same amount that was in silver coins of the time. You can often find more info on the early American silversmiths. For instance, coins silver spoons marked Goddard may be from a Worcester silversmith.

Scrapping broken pieces may be fine. Sometimes a mixture of simply designed pieces may not have a value much above the scrap value. However, most sterling and coin silver by ear-lier silversmiths command prices above scrap value and shouldn’t be scrapped. If you have a spoon by Paul Revere Jr., it can bring thousands of dollars. Coin silver teapots by other American silversmiths can also sell for thousands.

An average sterling silver flatware set can bring any-where from $500 into the low thousands. Prices vary depend-ing on the maker and pattern. We sold a rare sterling flatware set, with scarce serving pieces, for over $15,000. Mid-century modern sterling pieces are among the mid-century piec-es that are currently bringing strong prices. We sold a set of

Georg Jensen sterling flatware for over $4,000.

A rare George Jensen fish platter sold for $120,000 at another auction house in 2011. You’d need something of simi-lar quality to serve fish from a platter like that. A Martele ster-ling silver fish serving piece sold for $2,700 in a 2013 auction.

I’ll be at the Shrewsbury Historical Society on Dec. 12th at 7:00 PM for an antiques pre-sentation. We are still mak-ing estate pickup and accept-ing quality consignments for our Jan. 31st live auction. See www.centralmassauctions.com for details on these and other upcoming events.

Contact us at: Wayne Tuiskula Auctioneer/Appraiser Central Mass Auctions for Antique Auctions, Estate Sales and Appraisal Services www.centralmassauctions.com (508-612- 6111) [email protected]

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TRIPS OFFERED

The “Trips Offered” section is for non-profit organizations and will run as space allows. Mail your information to Trips Offered, c/o Ruth DeAmicis, PO Box 90, Southbridge, MA 01550; fax to (508) 764-8015 or e-mail to [email protected].

CHURCH PILGRIMAGE

Pilgrimage to Italy, Holy Land, and Medjugorje

St. Joseph’s Church in Charlton is sponsoring a Pilgrimage Sept. 29- Oct. 9, 2019 to Italy, Holy Land, and Medjugorje with Fr. Robert Grattatori. The cost is $4,599; 11 days includes 4-5 star hotels, airfare, luxury transportation, and breakfast/dinner daily. A $500 deposit is due at the time of registration. Please contact parishioner Dr. Karen Zaleski for trip details at [email protected] or you may call Proximo Travel directly for information and to register at 1-855-842-8001, or 508-340-9370.

CHARLTON SENIOR CENTER

Call Elaine or Debra for more info at (508) 248-2231 ~ Sign up sheets & flyers available at the Senior Center. Flyers are available on webpage www.town-ofcharlton.net: click on Departments then click on Council on Aging/Senior Center. Pick up is generally from St. Joseph’s Church, 10 H Putnam Road Extension, Charlton.

March 12: Celtic Angels of Ireland & Celtic Knight Dancers at Venus De Milo.

Be transported to Ireland with some of the sweetest voices under heaven! The Celtic Angels: Victoria Kenny, Emily Carroll, Tammy Browne, Amy Penston and Ellie Mullane are Irish to the core and seasoned entertainer all.

The Celtic Knight Dancers feature two lead dancers of Riverdance. Their rhythm and artistry are astonishing.

The Trinity Band Ensemble of Dublin round out the show with flawless inter-pretations of authentic Irish tradition-al instrumental and their backing of both singers and dancers is perfection. $92 includes: lunch, show and transpor-tation. (Driver gratuity not included). Payment due Feb. 12, 2019. Make check payable to: Best of Times

April 25: Dancing Dream an ABBA tribute band!

Be transported back to a similar time when gas was under $1 per gallon, when music was fun, inspiring and uplift-

ing and disco was king! Performing ABBA’s greatest hits from 1973 through 1983, DANCING DREAM, the Tribute to ABBA — precisely recreates all of the excitement and passion of their record-breaking 1979-80 world concert tour. With beautiful harmonies, elabo-rate costumes and exciting choreogra-phy, every show is to be remembered. $92 includes: lunch, show and trans-portation. (Driver gratuity not includ-ed). Payment due March 25, 2019 Make check payable to: Best of Times

DUDLEY SENIORS

For information and reservations contact Evelyn Grovesteen at (508) 764-8254

The next trip being offered is to Mackinac Island, next June 2-8. It includes transportation, lodging, 10 meals, tour of Mackinaw City, Mackinac Island with guided carriage tour, a boat ride through the Sault Locks, sight seeing in Sault Saint Marie, a visit to Mackinaw Crossings, Admission to Colonial Michillmackinac and the Old Mackinac Point Lighthouse. Tips for driver and step-on guides are includ-ed. Games, drinks and snacks will be provided on travel days. Cost is $650 pp/double occupancy. Call Evelyn Grovesteen for info at (508) 764-8254.

Also next year, Sept.13-21, we will be going to Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island and New Brunswick. Included is transportation, lodging, 14 meals, guided tours of Acadia National park, Halifax, Peggy’s Cove, Lunenburg, Prince Edward Island including Anne of Green Gables’ home, admission to King’s Landing Historical Settlement, admission to Hopewell Rocks, and a visit to St. John. Tips for driver and step-on guides are included. Games, drinks and snacks will be provided on travel days. Cost is $1065 pp/ double occupancy. Call Evelyn Grovesteen for info at (508) 764-8254

EAST BROOKFIELD SENIOR CENTER

For information and reservations, please contact Judy Shute (508) 867-9224

LEICESTER SENIOR CENTER

Contact Leicester Senior Center, Joan Wall, (508) 892-3967 for information and reservations.

Friday, January 18: Trip to Foxwoods Casino. Bus leaves at 8 a.m.; cost is $30. Free buffet and $10 in free slot play.

Friday, February 15: Trip to Foxwoods Casino. Bus leaves at 8 a.m.; cost is $30. Free buffet and $10 in free slot play.

Friday, March 15: Trip to Foxwoods Casino. Bus leaves at 8 a.m.; cost is $30. Free buffet and $10 in free slot play.

MARY QUEEN OF THE ROSARY PARISH

SPENCER — Mary Queen of the Rosary Parish, 60 Maple St., Spencer, is offering the following trips. For more information, call Bernard Dube at (508) 885-3098.

IRELAND: September 9-22, 2019USA: SPLENDORS OF THE

NORTHWEST: May 20 to June 4, 2019JAPAN: March 26 to April 9, 2020JAPAN & CHINA: March 26 to April

22, 2020SPAIN & PORTUGAL: September

9-24, 2020

SOUTHBRIDGE SENIOR CITIZENS ASSOCIATION

Contact Jim Julian at the Casaubon Senior Center Monday, Wednesday, or Friday 9-10 a.m. or call (774) 922-4049 or e-mail [email protected].

Trips are open to the public! Make checks payable to the Southbridge Senior Citizens Association, payment due at sign up:

SOUTHBRIDGE SENIOR CITIZENS 2019 TRIP SCHEDULE OPEN TO

PUBLICPayment is due at sign up. Trips are

open to the public. Make checks pay-able to the Southbridge Senior Citizens Association.

Contact Jim Julian at the Casaubon senior center Monday, Wednesday or Friday mornings from 9-10 a.m. or call (774) 922-4049, or email [email protected]

Tuesday, March 12, 2019: Foxwoods $25 8 a.m. bus.

For $25 You get a deluxe motor coach ride to the casino. You will have five hours at the casino to gamble or PLAY BINGO as the bus will leave Foxwoods at 3 p.m. You will receive $10 for gaming and $15 meal voucher.

Tuesday, April 30-Thursday, May 2, 2019: Atlantic City

You will get two nights on the board-walk. You also get a $25 in slot play and $60 food credit and see two stage shows. Trolleys available. For details call Jan at 508 887 2215

Sunday, May 19, 2019: Newport rail tour.

Tour ocean drive: board the excur-sion scenic dinning car for a 90 minute tour along Narragansett bay. Enjoy a full course lunch on the train when you book give choice of meal - chicken Marcella or Atlantic cod. For details call Jan at 508 887 2215

Sunday, June 16, 2019: Gloucester Beaufort Princess cruise.

Board the ship for a New England clam bake including clams, lobster chowder, barbecue chicken and more; finish with chocolate mousse. Cruise the harbor for 2 1/2 hours with music on board. Visit the Salem visitor center and shops. For details call Jan at 508 887 2215

Tuesday, July 23, 2019: Mohegan Sun $25 10 a.m. bus

For $25 you get a deluxe motor coach ride to the casino. You will have five hours at the casino as the bus will leave Mohegan Sun at 4 p.m. You will receive $10 for gaming and $15 meal voucher.

Thursday, August 22, 2019: Diamonds and Pearls the ultimate tribute show.

For $95 you will get a deluxe motor coach to Lake Pearl in Wrentham where you will hear the music of Neil Diamond, Carol King, Janice Joplin and more. You have a choice of baked stuffed chicken or scrod

Tuesday, September 17, 2019: Atlantic City Boys

For $95 you will get a deluxe motor coach to Danvers Yacht Club in Danvers. where you will hear the music of the Beach Boys, The Drifters, the Bee Gees and more. You have a choice of baked stuffed chicken or scrod.

October 8-15, 2019: ALL INCLUSIVE ARUBA

Happily Full. I am taking names for standby on this trip and for 2020 trip

Tuesday, November 12, 2019: Foxwoods $25 10 a.m. bus.

For $25 You get a deluxe motor coach ride to the casino You will have five hours at the casino as the bus will leave Foxwoods at 4 p.m. You will receive $10 for gaming and $15 meal voucher.

ST. ANDREW BOBOLA PARISH

TRIP TO USA NATIONAL PARKS St Andrew Bobola Parish, is organizing a special TRIP TO THE NATIONAL PARKS 11 DAYS, May 12-23 2019. Total cost: $2,000

P I L G R I M A G E T O ISRAEL AND JORDAN St. Andrew Bobola Parish is organiz-ing a Pilgrimage to Israel and Jordan March 17-28, 2019. All inclusive cost with breakfast, dinners is $3,190.

Please contact: 508-943-5633. Registration forms are available on the website: www.standrewbobola.com


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WEBSTER - 12 ERNEST ST

Welcome home to this Huge, Sprawling, Ranch Style Home! 2,848 SF+/- of Living Area on One Level! Curved brick walkway! Level lot! In-ground pool, built-in hot tub, custom stonework & landscape! w/fire pit! Carport/pavilion for entertaining! Separate wings for private family living & entertainment, BR suites, 10 rooms total! simply Amazing! $329,900

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WEBSTER LAKE – 22 LAURELWOOD DR

1st Time Offered in Reid Smith Cove, Spectacular 3700+/- SF, 13 Rm/4.5 Bath Lake Home, Uniquely Designed for Lake-Style Living! Private Setting, Ideal Location, .68 Acres, 92’ of Natural Shoreline, Prof. Landscape, Multiple Decks, Lakeside Cabana, 3 Mstr BR Suites w/Elegant 1st Flr Mstr ~ all w/Private Baths, Finished Walkout LL w/Living & Billiard Rms & Summer Kitchen! Call Sharon at 508-954-7222 for More Information $1,150,000

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THOMPSON, CT - 359 E. THOMPSON RD

WEBSTER LAKE - BEACON PARK #802

Very Interesting property, to a home owner or developer. 47 +/- Acres! Home is a 1300 sq ft ranch with a barn. The home consist of 3 bedrooms, and 1-1/2 bath, basement, farmers porch and 1 car garage. Much of the land is cleared. This property has 300’ +/- of road frontage on East Thompson Rd. and road frontage on the en-tire length of pavement on Roy Rd. Rectangular in shape greater than 1300’ wide X over 1600’ deep. Needs TLC! $300,000

THOMPSON, CT - 25 BONNETTE AVE

New Price! Roomy 1300 sq.ft., Hip roof Ranch Attached 2 car garage! PLUS 32x32 Detached Garage! Eat in Kitch-en, Fireplaced living room with bow window! 3 bedrooms, enclosed heated sun room, central air, Koi Pond, on .87 +/- acre! New Price $265,000

WEBSTER LAKE - 54 KILLDEER RDKILLDEER ISLAND! A RARE OPPORTUNITY ON WEBSTER LAKE! ABSOLUTELY THE WATERFRONT PROPERTY YOU’VE BEEN WAITING/LOOKING FOR! 2.45+/- Acres! 345’+/- road front, 336/384’+/- depth, 275’+/- Lakefront! Mature landscape provides unprecedented privacy, & a friendly level lot at water’s edge ~ like very few waterfront properties! The possibilities for this property are only limited by your imagination. The 3700 SF+/- Mid-Century Modern Home is unique w/massive modern windows that invite your eyes to venture outside to spectacular 180 panoramic views across the lake to stunning Western sunsets and beautiful natural shoreline beyond! Relax & Entertain in the tiled, stone fireplaced family rm, wet bar w/sliders to an enormous outdoor patio! The house features a 36’+/- open concept combination living/dining area with a stone fireplace, an open stairway & interior 2nd flr balcony w/access to 5 spacious BRs that overlook the rooms below. A 30x32+/- det’d garage w/summer kitchen, 1/2 bath & huge fireplaced patio! Family ownened gem for 60+years! $1,495,000

LAND!Douglas-Mount Daniels Lot #2-2.5 Acres of flat land that abuts Douglas State Forest $132,900 Webster Lake - 16 Black Point Rd. Waterfront, Boat Access, Buildable w/Town Water & Sewer. SORRY SOLD $59,400 Webster Lake - 22 South Point Rd. Waterfront, Southern exposure! Town Water & Sewer $250,000Thompson - East Thompson Rd. White’s Highway 23 acres! Abuts Mass. Line Beautiful view! $99,900

WEBSTER/DOUGLAS BUILDABLE LOTS

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WEBSTER LAKE at BEACON PARK! TOWNHOUSE overlooking the COURTYARD.1230 SF+/-, Open Concept Living/Dining FIRE-PLACE & PRIVATE DECK. Freshly painted rooms, updated applianc-es. Upper level has 2 SPACIOUS BRS including a MASTER SUITE w/SKY-LIGHTED, PRIVATE BATH, 2nd BR w/lg walk-in closet, 2nd full bath! ENJOY LAKE LIVING on the most desired lake in Central MA at an AFFORDABLE PRICE! $264,900.

WEBSTER - 20 NORTH MAIN ST

2 Family - Spacious 3 bedrooms each apartment. Hardwoods, pocket doors, 10ft ceilings, New gas furnaces! Partially finished 3rd floor. 1st floor handicapped accessible. 2 car garage. All town services $199,900

WEBSTER - 7 HICKORY LN

New Listing Warm and Inviting, This Lovely Ranch Sits On A Beautifully Landscaped Yard Nestled in A Very Quiet, Wanting Neighborhood. This 3 Bedroom 1.5 Bath Home Has So Much To Offer!!! Fully Applianced Eat in Kitchen, Newly Carpeted Living Room and Three Cozy and Comfortable Bedrooms All On One Floor. Walk Down To The Lower Level To The Open And. Spa-cious Family Room With Pellet Stove! $259,000

Beautiful 4 bedroom Colonial, new granite counter, stainless ap-pliance kitchen. Dining room and large living room, hardwood through out the first level, 3 seasoned porch for added living area. Over sized master with double closets, and 3 additional bedrooms. Finished basement with pellet stove. Outside, a patio and above ground pool. New Price $279,000

CHARLTON -142 OXFORD RD

Spacious 4104 S.F. Colonial on 1.24 +/- acres. In-law set up! Handicapped accessible! Hardwood floors! Manicured landscaped yard! 4 oversized bedrooms, 2 full baths, on 2nd floor. assisted sale $419,900

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WEBSTER – 89-91 SLATER ST

158 W. Quasset Rd. - Extraordinary Waterfront Retreat on Quasset Lake! Unique, Tranquil, Quiet, Secluded & Private! Long circular driveway! 5.5 acres of land! Patios, covered patios & balconies, stone faced 3 car det’d garage w/heated studio, Cape Cod shower, winding gravel path to 265’+/- of shoreline! 5,000 sqft hip roof 3 story Colonial! 2 story foyer! Extremely impressive kitchen w/upscale everything! Offers formal dining & living rooms, 2 family rooms, 2nd floor private office suite, laundry/mudroom, exercise studio, LL kitchenette, sauna, 2 fireplaces & more! Master BRs w/private full baths $1,299,000

THOMPSON, CT - 653 QUINEBAUG RD

Fantastic Ranch - One Floor Living with 3 Bedrooms / Hardwoods, 2 Full Tile Baths! Eat-In Kitchen with Built-Ins. Appliiances Included. Fireplaced Family Room with Hardwoods. Lots of Natural Light. Ceiling Fans, French Doors, First Floor Laundry, Screened in Porch - walks right out to your own private patio. New Roof in 2014. Spacious Flat Level Lot with Circular Driveway. Two separate 1 Car Garage’s. $279,900

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Large 2 Family- 3,255 Sq Ft, Desirable Side by Side Units, “Duplex”, Letters of Compliance for Lead Paint! 1st Unit has 5 Bedrooms! 1-1/2 Baths! 2nd Unit, 3 Beds, 1 Full Bath. Each Unit recent Plumbing, & Electrical!! New Appliances, Vinyl Replacement Win-dows, Gas/ Electric Heat. Ceiling Fans. Roof 10 yrs. young! Covered Porches. Walkout Basement, Level Backyard. Lots of Storage. Close to town park and beach. Off Street Parking! $219,900

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WEBSTER LAKE – 905 Treasure Isl! WATER-FRONT Townhouse! 6 Rms! 1,874’! Hrdwds! SS Applianced Quartz Kit! Open Flr Plan! 2 Bdrms!

Master Bath w/Dble Vanity! 2.5 Baths! Frplcd Fam Rm! Newer C/Air & Gas Heat! Trex Deck!

Garage! 2 Boat Slips! Heated Pool, Sandy Beach! $459,000.00

WEBSTER LAKE – 8 Reid Smith Cove Road! Panoramic Lake Views! West Expo! Super Sunsets! 9,698’ Lot! Gently Sloping! 2,254’ Custom Contemp Cape, Built 09 as 2nd Home, Like New! Open Flr Plan! Spectacular Lake Facing Great Rm w/17’ Ceiling, Recessed Lights, Sliders to Trex Deck, Stone

Gas Frplc, Surround Sound & Gleaming Hrdwds! Granite Kit w/Isl, SS Appliances, Soft Close Cabinets, Hrdwds & Recessed Lights! 1st Flr Master w/Tile Bath, Whirlpool Tub/Shower, Dble Sink & Linen

Closet! Upstairs Sitting Area Overlooking Grand Rm w/Lake Views! Hrdwd Hall to 2 Bdrms w/Recessed Lights, Ceiling Fans & Dble Closets! Full Bath & Linen Closet! Lower Level Walkout Fam Rm w/Tile Flr,

10’ Ceilings, Recessed Lights, Ceiling Fans, Stone Gas Frplc, Surround Sound, Wet Bar & Slider! Full Bath w/Tile Flr! Utility Rm w/Laundry & Storage! Nice Docks! Get Packing! $724,900.00

WEBSTER LAKE – 7 Point Pleasant Ave! Panoramic Lake Views! Eastern Expo! Super Sunrises! 9,000’ Level Lot! 2,300’ Custom Contemp Colonial! Built 2015! Like New! Open Flr Plan! Custom Granite Kit w/Island, Stainless Appliances, Gas Range, Soft Close Cabinets & Recessed Lights!

Spectacular Lake Facing Great Rm, Stone Gas Frplc Surrounded by Custom Cabinetry, Recessed Lights & Ceiling Fan! Dining Area w/Custom Ceiling! Full Bath w/Granite Vanity & Custom Tile Shower! Laundry Rm! “Wood Look” Tile Floors throughout the First Floor! 2nd Flr Features 3

Comfortable Bdrms w/2 Being Waterfront! Lake Facing Master w/Slider to Deck, Hrdwds, Recessed Lighting, Walk-in Closet & Bthrm Access! Lake Facing Bdrm w/Hrdwds, Dble Closet & Door to

Deck! 3rd Bdrm w/Hrdwds & Dble Closet! Full Hall Bath w/Dble Granite Vanity & Tile Flr! C/Air! Gas Heat! 24x30 2 Story Detached Garage! Dock! Get Packing! $789,900.00

THOMPSON – 854 Thompson Rd! Appealing 9 Room Split! Beautiful .63 Acre Lot! Applianced Granite Kitchen! Dining & Fireplaced Living Rm w/Hardwoods! 17x18 Cathedral

Ceiling Great Rm w/Tile Floor! 3 or 4 Bedrooms, 3 w/Hardwoods! Fireplaced Family Rm! Updated Full Bath! 1.5 Baths Total! 2 Car Garage! Recent Furnace! 18x24 Deck! Shed!

Convenient to 395 in both Directions, Close to Raceway Golf Course & Thompson Speedway! $249,900.00

WEBSTER LAKE – 209 Beacon Park! - 1280’ Townhouse! 5 Rooms! Spectacular

Sandy Beach! Fantastic Lakeside Pool! Applianced Kitchen! Carpeted Dining

Rm & Fireplace Living Rooms! 2 Spacious Bedrooms! Master Bath! 2.5

Updated Tile Baths! Central Air! Garage! $239,000.00

WEBSTER LAKE – 130 Killdeer Island - North Pond! West Expo - Beautiful Sunsets! 6 Rm 3 Season Home! Add Heat

& Use Yr Round! Great Potential! 4 Bdrms w/Hrdwds, 2 Lake Facing! Frplc Liv Rm w/Lake Views! Spacious Kit & Dining Area! 2

Baths! 55’ of Sandy Beach! $475,000.00

WEBSTER LAKE – 60 Bates Point Rd! Middle Pond! Absolute Prime 52’ Level Waterfront Lot w/Western Expo! Beautiful Sunsets! Panoramic Lake Views! 8

Rms, 3 Bdrm, 2 Baths, A/C’d, Ranch! Custom SS Applianced Granite Kit! Din Rm w/Hrdwds & Slider to Waterfront Deck w/Awning! Lake Facing Frplc Liv Rm w/Cathedral, Skylight & Hrdwds! Comfortable Master Bdrm! Frplcd Lower Level

Fam Rm! 2 Car Garage! $729,900.00

DOUGLAS WATERFRONT! 36 Cedar St! Badluck Pond (110Acres) aka Cedar Lake or Laurel Lake! Western Expo - Beautiful Sunsets! 2.74 Acres! 633’ Waterfront! 471’ Road Front! Beautiful Private Setting! Huge 28X96’, 2,688’ Custom 6 Rm Cedar Ranch w/Hrdwd Flrs Throughout! Spectacular, Open Din Rm & Great Rm w/Stone Frplc, Soaring Beamed Cedar Cathedral Ceiling, 6 Sky Lights, Recessed Lighting, 1/2 Bath & 3 Sliders to 96’ Lake Facing Screened Porch! Custom Kit w/2 Skylights, Recessed Lighting, Slider to Porch, Wall Oven & Center Island w/Triple Bowl Sink, Cooktop & Dishwasher! Mud Rm Entry w/2 Dble Closets, Tile Flr, Door to Kit & Door to Full Bath! 2 Lake Facing Bdrms w/Walk-in Closets, Skylights & Sliders to Porch! Full Tile Bath w/Separate Shower & Whirlpool Bath w/Door to Master & Hall! Office w/Dble Closet! 2.5 Baths Total! Cedar Lined Closets! Full Basement! Plus 36X72’ 2 Story Heated Boat House/Garage/Work Shop w/Half Bath! Upper Level 5 Rm Caretaker/In-Law Apartment w/2 Full Baths! Game Rm w/Full Bath! 5 Full + 2 Half Baths Total! One of a Kind Waterfront Home! $599,900.00

DUDLEY – 9 Progress Ave! 6 Rm Cape! Move In Ready! Applianced Eat-in Kit! Din

& Liv Rms w/Hrdwds! 1st Flr Master w/Hrdwds & 2 Dble Closets & Ceiling Fan! 3 Season Porch! ½ Bath w/Laundry! 2nd Flr w/2 Bdrms w/Hrdwds & a Full Bath!

Roofs 2013! Town Services! Quick Close Possible! $239,900.00

WEBSTER LAKE – 54 West Pt Rd! North Pond - Killdeer Isl - West Expo - Beautiful Lake Views & Sunsets! 2002 Built 6+ Rm Colonial! Ideal 2nd Home or Yr Rd Living! Applianced Kit w/Center Isl! Lake Facing Din Rm w/Panoramic Water Views & Recent Wood Flr! Lake Facing Liv Rm w/LP Gas Frplc, Recent Wood Flr & French Door to Deck! 1st Flr Laundry & Half Bath! 2nd Flr w/3 Spacious Bdrms! Lake Facing Master Suite w/Fantastic Lake Views, Frplc, French Dr to its Deck, Dressing/Office Area & Full Bath w/Whirlpool Tub! A 2nd Full Bath off the Hall! Huge Lake Facing Walk-out Lower Level w/Gas Stove & Slider to Stone

Patio is Ready for “Finishing”! Additional Lakeside Deck! Dock! $559,900.00

WEBSTER LAKE – 104 Treasure Island! 1,874’ Townhouse! Oak Cabinet

Kit w/Breakfast Counter! Formal Din Rm! Frplc Liv Rm! Screened Porch! 1st Flr Master w/Walk-in Closet & Bath! 2.5 Baths! 2nd Level w/2nd Master Bdrm & Bath! Recent C/Air! Attached Garage! 2 Boat Slips! Heated Pool! Sandy Beach!

$324,900.00

DUDLEY – 9 Page Ln! Newly Renovated 6 Rm, 3 Bdrm, 2.5 Bath Cape! 1 Acre Lot!

Cul-de-sac! Hrdwds Throughout! Open Liv Rm, Kit & Din Area! SS Appliance Granite Kit w/Isl! Slider to Composite Deck! 1st Flr Master w/Walk-in Closet & Master

Bath! 2nd Flr w/2 Large Bdrms & Full Bath! Garage Under! $309,900.00

DUDLEY – 73 Tracy Rd! Majestically Perched on a Knoll, 1.47 Acres Beautifully Landscaped, Spacious 2,252’ 8 Rm Colonial! Stainless Applainced Eat-in Country Kit w/Center Isl, Pantry Closet,

Recessed Lighting, Tile Flr & French Dr to Deck! Formal Din Rm w/Hrdwd Flr & Classic 3 Windowed Bumped-out Wall! Entry Foyer! Formal Living Rm w/Hrdwd Flr! The Fireplaced Family Rm w/Wide

Plank Hrdwd Flr will Keep the Family Close! Side Entry Hall Dble Closet, Half Bath w/Laundry Closet! Upstairs 4 Comfortable Bdrms, 2 w/Hrdwds, 2 w/Wall to Wall all w/Plenty of Closet Space! 18’Master Bdrm w/Hrdwds, Ceiling Fan, Walk-in Closet, Master Bath w/Granite Vanity & Tile Flr! Off the Hrdwd

Hall the 2nd Full Bath w/Dble Sinks, Granite Vanity, Tile Flr & Linen Closet! Breezeway Attached 2 Car Garage! Quick Closing Possible, Start Packing! $369,900.00

WEBSTER – 21 Spring St! 6 Rm Ranch! Eat-in Applianced Kit w/Mahogany

Cabinets & Tile Flr! Liv Rm w/Carpet over Hrdwd! 3 Bdrms w/Hrdwds! Master w/Walk-in Closet! Full Tile Bath! 14X40’ Fam/Game Rm! 2nd Bathrm w/Laundry! Workshop! Utility Rm! 2 Z Oil Heat! C/

Air! 2 Car Garage! Porch! Don’t Miss Out! $219,900.00

THOMPSON – 48 Smith St! 2 Family! 3/8 Rooms! 1/4 Bedrooms! 1/1 Baths! Major

Rehab 2005 – Roof, Gutter & Downspouts, Vinyl Siding, Windows, Entry Doors! 2018

Electric Heat Conversion! Gas Hot Water! Off Street Parking! Garage! Town Services!

$139,900.00

WEBSTER – 5 Chestnut St! 6 Rm Ranch, 3 Bdrms, Remodeled Bath, Finished Lower

Level! Corner Lot! Frplc Liv Rm w/Cathedrals, Hrdwd Flr, French Drs to 16x24 Deck! Din Rm w/Hrdwds! Remodeled Kit w/Cherry Cabinets & SS Appliances! Solar Hot Water! 1 Yr Old

Roof! A/G Pool! Shed! $269,900.00

AUBURN – 9 Lorna Dr! 2680’ Split Entry! Applianced Oak Eat-in Isl Kit w/Corian Counters! Spacious Liv Rm w/Hrdwds!

Sun Rm Cathedrals to Trex Deck! 3 Bdrms w/Hrdwds! Frplc Fam Rm! 2 Full Baths! 4th Bdrm/Office! Laundry! C/Air & Vac!

Professionally Landscaped .46 Acre Lot! 2 Car Garage! $389,900.00

WEBSTER – 26 Spring St! 5 Rm Ranch on Quiet Side Street! Walk into the 3 Seasons

Rm w/ Tile Flr, Ceiling Fan & Slider to Deck! Cabinet Packed Eat-In Kit! Spacious Liv Rm w/

Hrdwds! 3 Bdrms! Finished Lower Level w/Tile Flr, 10’ Bar w/Drop Lights! Vinyl Siding!

Replacement Windows! $249,900.00

WEBSTER LAKE – 15 South Point Rd! Waterfront Lot! Middle Pond - Panoramic Views! Conservation Approval! Build Your Dream! 100+’ of Shoreline! 53.94’ Road

Frontage! Land Area 8,147’! Town Services Available! 2 Docks! Lots on Webster Lake

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Floors! Year Round Sunroom w/2 Skylights! 3 Bedrooms! 24’ Master w/Master Bath! 2.5 Bathrooms Total! 12x24 3 Season Porch w/3 Skylights! Expandable Attic!

Wraparound Deck! 2 Car Garage! Central Air! Generator! Super Easy Access to Rte 146! $464,900.00

WEBSTER LAKE – 12 Kenneth Ave! South Pond! 5 Rm Ranch! 80’ Waterfront!

Completely Remodeled 10 Yrs Ago! Kraftmaid Cabinet Kit w/Island & Silestone Counters! Bamboo Wood Flrs Throughout!

Open Flr Plan! Composite Deck! Lake Facing Master! 2 Bdrms! Full Bath! Fam

Rm! $399,900.00

DUDLEY – 13 Pineview Rd! 7 Rm Colonial! Tiled Foyer! Kit w/Din Area & Slider to

Composite Deck! Din Rm! Liv Rm/Den! 1/2 Bath w/Laundry! 2nd Flr w/3 Carpeted Bdrms & Full Hall Bath! Master /Walk-in Closet & Bath! Finished Lower Level w/Gas Frplc! Patios! Fire

Pit! Roof 2017! Attached 2 Car Garage! Town Services! $359,900.00

DUDLEY – 5 Corbin Road! Welcome Home! Beautiful Tri-Level Home Set on 4.5 Acres! 9 Finished Rooms, 3-4 Bedrooms, 2 Full Baths! Huge, Oak Cabinet Packed Kitchen w/Gorgeous Granite & Pella Slider to Enormous Trex Deck & In-ground, Heated Pool! Dining Room w/Bay Window,

Hardwoods, Wainscot & Crown Molding w/French Doors Leading to the Sunroom which has Heat & AC where You Can Enjoy Your Morning Coffee Watching the Wildlife Around Your Pond or Take a Walk Across the Bridge to Check on Your Blueberry Bushes! Fireplaced Living Room

w/Large Bow Front Window, Custom Built-ins & Hardwoods! 3 Large Bdrms w/Lots of Closet Space! Office Could Be Easily Made into 4th Bdrm! Master has Private Balcony Over Looking the Pool! Master Bath has W/D Hookups, Double Vanity & Walk-in Closet! Finished Walk-Out Lower Level Would Make a Great Game Room! 2 Car Garage which Leads to Rest of Basement which Houses the Utilities, another W/D Hook-up and

Storage Galore! Too Many Updates to List Here! A Must See House! $459,900.00

Seasons Greetings & Happy Holidays to All

SHREWSBURY – 747 Grafton St! 8 Rm Cape! .5 Acres off Route 20! Great

Business Location! House Needs Total Rehab! 1st Flr Consists of Eat-in Kit

w/Built-in Hutch! Large Liv Rm! Master Bdrm w/Closet! Office! Full Bath!

2nd Flr Has 4 Bdrms w/Closets! Vinyl Windows! $198,500.00

WEBSTER LAKE – 37 Bates Grove Rd! South Pond! As a Second Home, Getaway

or Expand it into Your Dream Home – Have Possible Plans! 4+ Rooms! Open Floor Plan!

Applianced Kit! 2 Bedrooms! Bathroom! Covered Deck! Ideal Gradual Sloping Lot w/

Panoramic Lake Views! $399,900.00

WEBSTER LAKE – 202 Killdeer Island Rd! Panoramic View of North Pond! Natural Sandy Shoreline! Complete Rebuild Since 2002! Custom Center Island Applianced Granite Kitchen w/Walk-in Pantry, Recessed Lighting, Hardwoods & 1/2 Bath! Open Floor

Plan! Dining Rm w/Window Seat, 2 Closets & Hardwoods! 19X19 Lake Facing Living Rm w/Hardwoods & 2 Sliders to Deck w/Recent Awning! Upstairs to 4 Bedrooms or 3 Plus Office! Lake Facing Master w/Cathedral Ceiling, Walk-in Closet & Master Bath w/Tile Floor, Huge Corner Shower w/Seat, Double Linen Closet! Full Hall Bath! Hallway Laundry Closet! Lake Facing Walk-out Lower Level Family

Room, 2 Sliders to Patio! Full Bath! 3.5 Baths Total! 4 Zone Heat & 2 Zone C/Air only 2 Years Old! Start Packing! $629,900.00

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Island! North Pond Views! Sandy Shore! 6 Rm Cape! Open Liv & Din Rm w/Newly

Restored Fireplace! New Lake Facing Windows! 2 1st Flr Bdrms, 1 Lake Facing!

3 Bdrms! 2 Updated Bathrms! Huge Composite Deck w/Vinyl Rails! Walk-out

Lower Level to Courtyard! Garage Under! $559,000.00

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WEBSTER LAKE – 812 Beacon Park! WATERVIEW 1,280’ 5 Rm Townhouse! Lake

Facing! Recently Applianced Galley Kit! Frplcd Liv Rm w/48” Smart TV & Hrdwds! Master Bath w/Recent Skylight! 2.5 Tile Baths w/Recent Vanities & New Toilets!

2013 A/C & Heat! Garage! Great Lakeside Pool! Sandy Beach! $284,900.00

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THOMPSON – Quaddick Lake! 52 Breaults Landing! Western Exposure – Beautiful Sunsets! Huge Level Lot/Lawn

to the Water - .88 Acres! Open Floor Plan! 4/5 Room Ranch! 2 Bedrms! 1.5

Baths! Applianced & Furnished! Ideal 2nd Home or Yr Round! LP Gas Heat & HW!

Generator! $229,900.00

WEBSTER – 23 Lincoln St! 3 Family w/Great Curb Appeal! Owner Occupied or Investor! 5/5/4 Rooms! 2/2/2 Bedrooms! Harwood Floors in Most Rooms! First

Floor Apart Freshly Painted! Replacement Windows! Off Street Parking! 2 Car Garage!

Easy Highway Access! Conveniently Located! $239,900.00

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SATURDAY, DECEMBER 8SOUTHBRIDGE48 Hillcrest Ave S 12-2 $179,900 Re/Max Professional Associates / Patrick Sweeny 774-452-3578

SUNDAY, DECEMBER 9WEBSTER25F Third St C 11-1 $238,500 ReMax Advantage 1 / Maureen O’Connor 508-981-490215 Blueberry Ln S 11-1 $329,900 ReMax Advantage 1 Joanne Szymczak 508-230-6762 Vicki Bennett 774-663-6762SOUTHBRIDGE156 Dennison Ln S 11-1 $239,900 Aucoin Ryan Realty 508-765-9155

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Monday, December 10, 2018 3:00 PM-STURBRIDGE

82 Breakneck Road sgl fam, 1,144 sf liv area, 4.17 ac lot, 6 rm,

3 bdrm, 2 bth, Worcester(Worc): Bk 36435, Pg 123

4:00 PM-SOUTHBRIDGE 10 Crescent Street

2 fam, 1,900 sf liv area, 0.14 ac lot, 8 rm, 5 bdrm, 2.5 bth,

Worcester(Worc): Bk 40215, Pg 353

Thursday, December 13, 2018 11:00 AM-BRIMFIELD

51 Brookfield Road sgl fam, 2,140 sf liv area, 2.05 ac lot, 6 rm,

3 bdrm, 3.5 bth, Hampden: Bk 15035, Pg 238TERMS: $5,000 cash or certified check at the time and place of

the sale. The balance to be paid within thirty (30) days at the law offices of Korde & Associates, P.C.

900 Chelmsford Street, Suite 3102, Lowell, MA 01851, Attorney for the Mortgagee.

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Southbridge: 2.5+ acres, town ser-vices, private setting, 4 bedrooms, 2 baths, family room

153 Highland St ~ $274,900

Southbridge: Grand Colonial, ideal for exterior rehab, interior several updates, HW floors, fireplace, windows updated.192 Chapin St ~ $169,900

Webster: Fireplace, open floor plan, 1st floor family room, 2.5 baths, 4 bedrooms.

11 Blueberry Ln ~ $329,900

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93 Barber RoadWoodstock $425,000

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Pristine 2005 updated Townhouse. Granite & hardwoods, 2 full BA, finished basement. Close to 395.

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369 Allen Hill Rd Brooklyn $194,900 NEW LISTINGThis charming 3 BR, 1 BA Ranch has

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Ashford $189,900

Great owner/occupy opportunity. Side by side units. Updated in 2003. Sits on

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Putnam $254,900Woodstock $1,490,000

Wonderful Antique Colonial with 182 acres, pastoral views w/ 4+ miles of wooded trails. Unique open concept,

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OPEN HOUSE SAT 12/8 12:00-1:30

130 Orchard Hill RdPomfret $460,000 NEW PRICE

Enjoy comfortable & spacious living in this bright, modern, 5 BR, 3.5 BA

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Tolland $299,900

Pride of ownership shines in this 4 BR, 3 BA over-sized Raised Ranch in

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Brooklyn $520,000 NEW LISTING

Custom home on 10 acres. Built in 1989 w/3,739 SF, 4 BR & 4 full BA.

Details include open floor plan & a 16’ ceiling family room.

The Gosselin Team: Stephanie

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Killingly $244,900

Great neighborhood, walk to water, new boiler, manicured yard , granite

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Willington $349,900

Spacious Raised Ranch home w/4 BR & 4 car garage on 2.59 private acres.

Lower level w/ possible in-law- BR, full kitchen, & BA. Vivian Kozey 860-455-5363

Putnam $4,000/mo. Commercial Lease

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Hampton $595,000

Reproduction Cape on 15 hilltop acres with long-distance views, barn and

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The Gosselin Team: Stephanie 860-428-5960

Thompson $129,000 NEW PRICE

Lovely Ranch, perfect for downsizing or starter home. Clean and move in ready.

Location is close to 395. Call for a showing!Kiona Carpenter

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NOTICE OF MORTGAGEE’S SALE OF REAL ESTATE

By virtue and in execution of the Power of Sale contained in a certain mortgage given by Peter J. Molinaro and Donna M. Molinaro to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nomi-nee for Countrywide Home Loans, Inc., dated October 5, 2005 and recorded with the Worcester County (Worcester District) Registry of Deeds at Book 37528, Page 343 as affected by a Loan Modification Agreement recorded with said records at Book 51073, Page 239, and by a Loan Modification Agreement recorded with said records at Book 54578, Page 95, of which mortgage the undersigned is the present holder by assignment from Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems Inc., as nominee for Countrywide Home Loans, Inc. to Bank of America N.A., successor by merger to BAC Home Loans Servicing LP, FKA Countrywide Home Loans Servicing LP dated May 23, 2012 and recorded with said Registry on June 5, 2012 at Book 49082, Page 142 and by assignment from Bank of America, N.A. to Federal National Mortgage Association dated October 11, 2012 and recorded with said Registry on October 17, 2012 at Book 49798, Page 141 and by assign-ment from Bank of America, N.A., successor by merger to BAC Home Loans Servicing LP, fka Countrywide Home Loans Servicing, LP to Federal National Mortgage Association dated October 30, 2012 and recorded with said Registry on November 14, 2012 at Book 49948, Page 328, for breach of the conditions of said mortgage and for the purpose of foreclosing, the same will be sold at Public Auction at 1:00 p.m. on December 14, 2018, on the mortgaged premises located at 110 Jefferson Avenue, Northbridge, Worcester County, Massachusetts, all and singular the premises described in said mortgage,TO WIT:Exhibit AA certain parcel of land situated in Northbridge, Worcester County, Commonwealth of Massachusetts, on the southeasterly side of Jefferson Avenue, shown as Lot 44 on a plan entitled ‘’Definitive Plan of Land in Northbridge, Mass., property of: Daniel J. Heney’’ Scale 1’’ = 40’, dated June 12, 1984, drawn by Guerriere & Halnon, Inc., Engineering and Land Surveying, Whitinsville, Mass., recorded with the Worcester District Registry of Deeds, Plan Book 534, Plan 117, and bounded and described as follows: BEGINNING at a point on the south-easterly side of Jefferson Avenue at the northerly corner of the herein described premises as shown on said plan; THENCE South 55 degrees 29’ 21’ E., a distance of 94.30 feet to a point in a stone wall at land now or formerly of Armstrong THENCE South 29 degrees 09’ 08’ W., by said-stone wall and by said Armstrong land 105.84 feet to a drill hole in said stone wall; THENCE South 7 degrees 18’ 32’ E., by said stone wall and by said Armstrong land 140.99 feet to a drill hole in said stone wall; THENCE South 6 degrees 37’ 32’ E., by said stone wall and by said Armstrong land 130.33 feet to an iron pipe at land now or formerly of Burna; THENCE North 86 degrees 05’ 54’’W., by said Burna land 40.00 feet to a point at Lot 45 as shown on said plan; THENCE North 21 degrees 34’ 30’ W., by said Lot 45, a distance of 324.12 feet to a point on the southwesterly side of Jefferson Avenue; THENCE Northeasterly by said Jefferson Avenue and by a curve to the left the radius of whose arc is 475.00 feet a distance of 136.55 feet to a point; THENCE North 34 degrees 301’ 39’ E, by said Jefferson Avenue, 13.45 feet to the point of beginning. Being the same premises in a deed Book 11599, Page 304For mortgagor’s(s’) title see deed recorded with Worcester County (Worcester District) Registry of Deeds in Book 11599, Page 304.These premises will be sold and con-veyed subject to and with the benefit of all rights, rights of way, restrictions, easements, covenants, liens or claims in the nature of liens, improvements, public assessments, any and all unpaid taxes, tax titles, tax liens, water and sewer liens and any other munici-pal assessments or liens or existing encumbrances of record which are in force and are applicable, having priority over said mortgage, whether or not ref-erence to such restrictions, easements, improvements, liens or encumbrances is made in the deed.TERMS OF SALE:A deposit of Five Thousand ($5,000.00) Dollars by certified or bank check will be required to be paid by the purchas-er at the time and place of sale. The balance is to be paid by certified or bank check at Harmon Law Offices, P.C., 150 California Street, Newton, Massachusetts 02458, or by mail to P.O. Box 610389, Newton Highlands, Massachusetts 02461-0389, within thir-ty (30) days from the date of sale. Deed will be provided to purchaser for recording upon receipt in full of the purchase price. The description of the premises contained in said mortgage

shall control in the event of an error in this publication.Other terms, if any, to be announced at the sale.FEDERAL NATIONAL MORTGAGE ASSOCIATION (“FANNIE MAE”)Present holder of said mortgageBy its Attorneys,HARMON LAW OFFICES, P.C.150 California StreetNewton, MA 02458(617) 558-0500201708-0075 - TEANovember 23, 2018November 30, 2018December 7, 2018

NOTICE OF MORTGAGEE’S SALE OF REAL ESTATE

Premises: 180 Heritage Drive, Unit #180, Heritage Park Estates Condominium, Northbridge, Massachusetts By virtue and in execution of the Power of Sale contained in a certain mort-gage given by Jean H. Johnson to Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. and now held by Nationstar Mortgage LLC d/b/a Champion Mortgage Company, said mortgage dated May 22, 2006, and recorded in the Worcester County (Worcester District) Registry of Deeds, in Book 39024 at Page 379, as affected by an Assignment of Mortgage dated October 3, 2017, and recorded with said Deeds in Book 57831 at Page 96, of which mortgage the undersigned is the present holder, for breach of the conditions in said mortgage and for the purpose of foreclosing the same will be sold at Public Auction on December 14, 2018, at 2:00 p.m. Local Time upon the premises, all and singular the premises described in said mortgage, to wit:180 Heritage Drive, Whitinsville, MA Unit 180 (the “Unit”) in the mid Mid-Rise Building IV (the “Building) in the Mid-Rise Building III (the “Building”) in the Heritage Park Estates Condominium (the “Condominium”) created pursu-ant to a Master Deed dated January 18, 1985, recorded with the Worcester District Registry of Deeds, Book 8533, Page 320 and the First Amendment to the Master Deed dated February 20, 1985, recorded with Worcester District Registry of Deeds, Book 8574, Page 165, Second Amendment to the Master Deed, dated October 17, 1985, record with the Worcester District Registry of Deeds, Book 8998, Page 6, Third Amendment to the Master Deed dated November 12, 1985, recorded with the Worcester District Registry of Deeds, Book 9050, Page 186; Forth Amendment to the Master Deed dated December 2, 1985, recorded with said Registry, Book 9129, Page 71; Fifth Amendment to the Master Deed dated may 16, 1986, recorded with said Registry, Book 9461, Page 162; and Sixth Amendment to the Master Deed dated July 28, 1986, recorded with said Registry, Book 9657, Page 6; and Seventh Amendment to the Master Deed, dated September 23, 1986, recorded with said Registry, Book 9819, Page 29, Eighth Amendment to the Master Deed dated November 14, 1986, recorded with said Registry, Book 9932, Page 253; and Ninth Amendment to the Master Deed dated January 7, 1988, recorded with said Registry, Book 11063, Page 113, and as further amended of record.Said Unit No. 180 contains 916 square feet, more or less, as shown on the floor plans and site plans filed with the Ninth Amendment to the Master Deed and on the copy of a portion of said plans attached with the unit deed to the grantors.Said Unit is conveyed together with:a. An undivided interest of .48354 per-cent in the common areas and facil-ities described in the Heritage Park Estates Condominium Master Deed, and Seventh Amendment thereto. In the event that, and at such time as a subsequent Phase or Phases are added to the Condominium by amend-ment of the Master Deed, the undivided interest of the Unit in the common areas and facilities shall be and become that specified in any amendment to the Master Deed.b. An exclusive right and easement to use two (2) parking spaces identified as Number 180 and 180 on the Site Plan filed with the Ninth Amendment to the Master Deed.Together with all rights, benefits, ease-ments and restrictions as set forth in Worcester District Registry of Deeds in Book 17343, Page 70.This conveyance is also subject to and with the benefit of the provisions of Massachusetts General Laws, Chapter 183A as now in force and as from time to time amended;The Unit is intended for the residential purposes only by one family or by not more than three unrelated persons.The description of the property con-tained in the mortgage shall control in the event of a typographical error in this publication.For Mortgagor’s Title see deed dated January 17, 2001, and recorded in Book 23473 at Page 186 with the Worcester County (Worcester District) Registry of Deeds.Said Unit will be conveyed together with an undivided percentage inter-est in the Common Elements of said Condominium appurtenant to said Unit and together with all rights, easements,

covenants and agreements as con-tained and referred to in the Declaration of Condominium, as amended. TERMS OF SALE: Said premises will be sold and conveyed subject to all liens, encumbrances, unpaid taxes, tax titles, municipal liens and assessments, if any, which take precedence over the said mortgage above described. TEN THOUSAND ($10,000.00) Dollars of the purchase price must be paid in cash, certified check, bank trea-surer’s or cashier’s check at the time and place of the sale by the purchaser. The balance of the purchase price shall be paid in cash, certified check, bank treasurer’s or cashier’s check within forty five (45) days after the date of sale.Other terms to be announced at the sale.Marinosci Law Group, P.C.275 West Natick Road, Suite 500Warwick, RI 02886 Attorney for Nationstar Mortgage LLC d/b/a Champion Mortgage Company Present Holder of the MortgageTelephone: (401) 234-9200MLG File No.: 17-17145 November 23, 2018November 30, 2018December 7, 2018

MORTGAGEE’S NOTICE OF SALE OF REAL ESTATE

By virtue and in execution of the Power of Sale contained in a certain Mortgage given by Anita A. Thompson to Mortgage Financial Services, Inc., dated June 30, 1999 and recorded with the Worcester County (Worcester District) Registry of Deeds at Book 21567, Page 204 as affected by a Loan Modification record-ed on July 26, 2006 in Said Registry of Deeds at Book 39444, Page 64 as affected by a Loan Modification recorded on November 7, 2008 in Said Registry of Deeds at Book 43489, Page 357 as affected by a Loan Modification recorded on October 4, 2016 in Said Registry of Deeds at Book 56079, Page 198, subsequently assigned to First Horizon Home Loans Corporation by Mortgage Financial Services, Inc. by assignment recorded in said Worcester County (Worcester District) Registry of Deeds at Book 24241, Page 173, subsequently assigned to MidFirst Bank by First Horizon Home Loans Corporation by assignment recorded in said Worcester County (Worcester District) Registry of Deeds at Book 29583, Page 357 for breach of the conditions of said Mortgage and for the purpose of foreclosing same will be sold at Public Auction at 10:00 AM on December 28, 2018 at 13 Williamsburg Drive, Uxbridge, MA, all and singu-lar the premises described in said Mortgage, to wit:All the right title and interest as Lessee under the certain GROUND LEASE between Susan M. Gillespie, Trustee udt dated December 6, 1989, record-ed with the Worcester Reigstry of Deeds in Book 12505, Page 182 and Colony Acres Development Corp. dated December 6, 1989 recorded with said deeds in Book 12505, Page 195, together with any and all other further or additional estate, right title or interest which may at any time be acquired by Mortgagor by the terms of said Lease, by reason of the exercise of options thereunder or by reason of amendment, modification, supplement, extension or renewals of said Lease (herein “Lease”) in and to that certain lease area with the buildings now or hereinafter placed thereon located at Wiliamsburg Drive in Uxbridge, Worcester County, Massachusetts, shown as Lease Area 13 on the plan of land entitled “Lot 38A, Property of Williamsburg Homeowners Trust, Scale 40 ft. to an Inch, Date: 20 Sept. 1989, Rev. 3 Oct. 1989, 5 Dec. 1989,· Easement and Lease Area Plan, Plan of Land in Uxbridge, MA”, recorded at said deeds as Plan 102 in Plan Book 629. Meaning and intending to describe and convey the leasehold interest conveyed by instrument record-ed at said deeds in Book 18937, Page 201.The premises are to be sold subject to and with the benefit of all easements, restrictions, encroachments, building and zoning laws, liens, unpaid taxes, tax titles, water bills, municipal liens and assessments, rights of tenants and parties in possession, and attorney’s fees and costs.TERMS OF SALE:A deposit of FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS AND 00 CENTS ($5,000.00) in the form of a certified check, bank treasurer’s check or money order will be required to be delivered at or before the time the bid is offered. The suc-cessful bidder will be required to exe-cute a Foreclosure Sale Agreement immediately after the close of the bid-ding. The balance of the purchase price shall be paid within thirty (30) days from the sale date in the form of a certified check, bank treasurer’s check or other check satisfactory to Mortgagee’s attor-ney. The Mortgagee reserves the right to bid at the sale, to reject any and all bids, to continue the sale and to amend the terms of the sale by written or oral announcement made before or during the foreclosure sale. If the sale is set aside for any reason, the Purchaser at the sale shall be entitled only to a return of the deposit paid. The purchaser shall have no further recourse against

the Mortgagor, the Mortgagee or the Mortgagee’s attorney. The description of the premises contained in said mort-gage shall control in the event of an error in this publication. TIME WILL BE OF THE ESSENCE.Other terms, if any, to be announced at the sale.MidFirst Bank Present Holder of said Mortgage, By Its Attorneys,ORLANS PCPO Box 540540Waltham, MA 02454Phone: (781) 790-780017-006001December 7, 2018December 14, 2018December 21, 2018

(SEAL)COMMONWEALTH

OF MASSACHUSETTSLAND COURT

DEPARTMENT OF THE TRIAL COURT

18SM006778ORDER OF NOTICE

To: Adam R. Burney; Alison Burneyand to all persons entitled to the benefit of the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act, 50 U.S.C. c. 50 §3901 et seq.:Federal National Mortgage Associationclaiming to have an interest in a Mortgage covering real property in Whitinsville (Northbridge), numbered 123 Border Street, Unit D, 117-127 Meadow Pond Condominium, given by Adam R. Burney and Alison Burney to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. as nominee for Quicken Loans, Inc., dated January 17, 2013, and recorded in the Worcester County (Worcester District) Registry of Deeds in Book 50375, Page 207, and now held by the Plaintiff by assignment, has/have filed with this court a com-plaint for determination of Defendant’s/Defendants’ Servicemembers status.If you now are, or recently have been, in the active military service of the United States of America, then you may be entitled to the benefits of the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act. If you object to a foreclosure of the above mentioned property on that basis, then you or your attorney must file a written appearance and answer in this court at Three Pemberton Square, Boston, MA 02108 on or before January 14, 2019 or you will be forever barred from claiming that you are entitled to the benefits of said Act.Witness, GORDON H. PIPER, Chief Justice of said Court on November 27, 2018.Attest: Deborah J. PattersonRecorder11658December 7, 2018

Commonwealth of MassachusettsThe Trial Court

Probate and Family CourtWorcester Probate and Family Court

225 Main StreetWorcester, MA 01608

(508) 831-2200Docket No. WO18P3817EA

CITATION ON PETITION FORFORMAL ADJUDICATION

Estate of:Peter Frabotta, Jr.

Date of Death: 11/18/2016To all interested persons:A Petition for Formal Probate of Will has been filed by Susan M. Frabotta of Uxbridge MArequesting that the Court enter a formal Decree and Order and for such other re-lief as requested in the Petition.The Petitioner requests thatSusan M. Frabotta of Uxbridge MAbe appointed as Personal Representa-tive(s) of said estate to serve Without Surety on the bond in an unsuper-vised administration.

IMPORTANT NOTICEYou have the right to obtain a copy of the Petition from the Petitioner or at the Court. You have a right to object to this proceeding. To do so, you or your attor-ney must file a written appearance and objection at this Court before: 10:00 a.m. on the return day of 12/31/2018.This is NOT a hearing date, but a dead-line by which you must file a written ap-pearance and objection if you object to this proceeding. If you fail to file a timely written appearance and objection fol-lowed by an affidavit of objections within thirty (30) days of the return day, action may be taken without further notice to you.UNSUPERVISED ADMINISTRATION

UNDER THE MASSACHUSETTS UNIFORM PROBATE CODE (MUPC)

A Personal Representative appointed under the MUPC in an unsupervised administration is not required to file an inventory or annual accounts with the Court. Persons interested in the estate are entitled to notice regarding the ad-ministration directly from the Personal Representative and may petition the Court in any matter relating to the es-tate, including the distribution of assets and expenses of administration.WITNESS, Hon. Leilah A. Keamy, First Justice of this Court.Date: November 26, 2018

Stephanie K. Fattman,Register of ProbateDecember 7, 2018

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010 FOR SALE

1BEAUTIFUL DW MOBILEHOME IN GATED SENIORMOBILE HOME PARK$16,000. 2 bdrms, 2 baths,working kitchen, dining room,LLR & 2 Florida rooms, com-pletely furnish. 863-682-6473.Lakeland, Florida

2 LAZY BOY LEATHER-swivel rocker recliners, beautifulrich mahogany color. Less than1 year old, perfect condition.$500 each. 774-280-2639

2 TWIN BEDS: Complete, InExcellent Condition. 508-423-4824

2008 ZODIAC and 14’CANOE, excellent condition.ACTI-V 9’4”, electric pump/allaccessories, air floor. 2009Honda 8HP, serviced. $2,195Canoe: oars/ seats, no leaks.$275 860-983-0800 Sturbridge

225 GALLON WATERSTORAGE TANK - used 6months. $350 508-867-2523

24 FOOT POOL, ABOVE-GROUND, 4 years old, filter,motor, all supplies included (ex-cept liner) Ready to go $950 orbest offer 508-498-0166 leavemessage

4 SNOW TIRES -235/50 R18101T used 2 months- paid$800, asking best offer. 508-414-2474

ABOVE-GROUND SWIM-MING POOL, 24’ x 54”, filtersystem, 1 season. $1,000 orbest offer. 508-943-8769

ACORN STAIRLIFT - 3.5years old; like new condition.11 feet long. Asking $1400 orbest offer. Call 508-277-6568 ifinterested.

ANGLE IRON CUTTER ForShelving 4W296, HK Potter2790. Normally Sells For $700.$50 OBO. Call 5pm-8:30pm,(508)867-6546

Beautiful Southwestern stylesectional sofa, gently used, L-shape 112” x 86” Please call toset up time to view 508-885-9962. $150 firm.

BUNK BEDS, black (youth)with mattresses (includes like-new bedding) $350. Other furni-ture also available. Call Pat 508-949-9049

COFFEE & TWO END TA-BLES- Cherry finish w/glasstops. Very good condition.$125 Call 508-735-2560

Couch, 84 inches long. Darkred fabric with pillows, good con-dition. $150. 508-410-5167

CUB CADET SNOWBLOWER.13hp Tecumseh OHV. 45 in.width, trigger steering, 6 FRWD, 2REV, new condition. Hardly used!$1,600.00. 508-347-3775

ELECTRICAL MATERIAL:Industrial, Commercial, Resi-dential. Wire, Pipe, Fittings, Re-lays, Coils, Overloads, Fuses,Breakers, Meters, Punches,Pipe-Benders. New RecessedTroffer, Flourescent 3-Tube T-8277V Fixtures Enclosed $56Each. Call 5pm-8:30pm.(508)867-6546

FINLAND BLUE FOXJACKET: By Michael ValenteSize 8, very good condition.$100 OBO. Vintage Black American Sable Coat, sz. small$50 OBO 508-864-4075

FLY RODS - 2 ALBRIGHTA/5 490 9 FT. #4 RODS. 2Orvis reels Battenkill BBS II.Asking $200 each set or bestoffer. 508-347-3145

******************FULL LENGTH MINKCOAT: Size 12. New $2,400.Asking $300. 508-612-9263******************

GARAGE CLEARANCE: AR-TIFICAL CHRISTMAS TREE,bush trimmer, glass top table,etc. 508-728-5559 (Spencer)

GARDEN MANURE, deliv-ered. 4 yards, $130. CallPrindle Hill Farm 508-320-3273 or 508-248-7335

MOTORS: 1/2HP 230/460V1725RPM, 56 Frame $30. 5HP,230/460V 1740RPM, 184TFrame/TEFC $100. 5HP,230/460V 3495RPM, 184TFrame/TEFC $100. 4 MotorSpeed Controls Hitachi J100,400/460V Best Offer. Call 5pm-8:30pm 508-867-6546

MOVING - MUST SELL 3piece electric reclining livingroom set, brown. $300 free-pedestal table w/4 chairs 508-612-6485

010 FOR SALE

*****NORDIC TRACK TRL625:Recumbent cycle w/stabilizingfloor bar for secure balance.TREADMILL - for therapeutic fit-ness (walking & jogging) (for upto 400 lbs.) $250 each both inexcellent condition. 508-892-3998, 508-723-4452

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REMEMBER YOUR SWEET-HEART: Collection of VictorianEra hand-painted items ALLwith roses: vases, rose bowls,pitchers, chocolate pot, cakesets, planters. No reasonableoffer refused. 508-237-2362Auburn

SMALL BUREAU $75.Printer’s Antique Drawers $20Per. Fake Brick Fireplace WithHeater $140 Kitchen Chairs.Spare Tire P225/60r16 EagleGA With Rim $45 Vanity Table& Chair $135. Car Sunroofs$100. Per. Homemade PineCoffee Table & 2 End Tables$100. Antique Lamp Jug $40.Antique Croquet Set $40. WoodTruck Ramps 8 Foot $100.00.Drop Leaf Cart $50. End TableW/Drawer $50. End TableW/Drawer $60. Elvis Presley Sil-houette $50 (he talks!), Indiancanvas painting $60, 9 golf clubs$100, Call 1-508-764-4458 or 1-774-452-3514

***********************SNOW PLOW, Myers, 61/2’all controls and lights, greatcondition. Can be seen atOld Cider Mill, Rt. 9, WestBrookfield or call 774-232-9382************************

SNOW TIRES, PIRELLI245/45R19/102V M+S, 250miles, $1000, 508-564-3556

SNOW TIRES: Like new (4)Firestone Winter Force 215/60-15. $240. BECKETT BURNER,CONTROL AND AqUASTAT:Runs great, Instruction, wiringand owners manual $250. AR-TIFICIAL CHRISTMAS TREEWITH STAND : 6 FT. Storagebox included. Excellent condi-tion $50. CAST IRON CHRIST-MAS TREE STAND: Beautiful$20. SUNBEAM WHOLEHOUSE HUMIDIFIER: Used,works great, 6-7 gallon, fauxwood cabinet on casters. $50.14” SNOW CHAINS: Used,very good condition $25. 15”CABLE SNOW CHAINS: New$45. Call Ed. 508-479-9752

TOOL SHEDS Made of Texture1-11: 8x8 $1075 8x10 $1260;8x12 $1350; 8x16 $1675 Deliv-ered, Built On-Site. Other SizesAvailable. CALL (413) 324-1117

Transport chair, Excel Deluxeby Medline 19” seat, up to 300lbs. Used once. 508-637-1304

TREES/FIELDSTONE:Trees- Evergreens, ExcellentPrivacy Border. Hemlocks-Spruces-Pines (3’-4’ Tall) 5 for$99. Colorado Blue Spruce(18”-22” Tall) 10 for $99. NewEngland FieldstoneRound/Flat, Excellent RetainingWallstone. $28/Ton(508) 278-5762 Evening

TWO USED RECLINERS, $75each. Dishwasher, bought new,never used, $225 or best offer.508-764-3567 please leavemessage

VIKING RANGE, PROFES-SIONAL SERIES, propanegas, 6-sealed burner, 36” in-frared broiler, as new, never lit,still in original packaging, w/tags.Model VCGSC-5366BSS,trades considered. $4,600 508-865-7470

WE’VE MOVED! Husqvarnalawn tractor, misc. home fur-nishings, king, queen, twin beds,lamps, etc. priced to sell! No rea-sonable offer refused. Call 413-896-7047 Sturbridge area.

WHITE OUTDOOR PROD-UCTS SNOWBLOWER. 10hpTecumseh, two stage, 30 in.width. Electric start, well main-tained! $600.00. 508-347-3775

100 GENERAL

110 NOVENAS

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130 YARD SALES

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200 GEN. BUSINESS

205 BOATS

14’ GREAT CANADIANCANOE includes 2 clamp-onchair seats, 2 paddles, 2 life-vests. Excellent condition. $425508-885-3017

CANOE - 17’ GRUMMANALUMINUM, flat bottom. Idealfor fishing and family fun. $850.Call Sue 860-412-9632

265 FUEL/WOOD

CORD WOOD - Seasoned,cut, split, delivered. $250 a cord.508-826-3312, 508-344-9214

FIREWOOD: Cut, Split & Deliv-ered. Green & Seasoned.Wood Lots Wanted. Call Paul(508)769-2351

283 PETS

AKC STANDARD POODLEPUPPIESborn Sept. 20, cream.UTD on shots & worming. Life-time genetic guarantees. Presti-gious bloodlines. Males $1500,Female $2000. 413-436-7556 e l yse_hen@msn .com,www.meadowmtpoodles. wee-bly.com

TEDDY BEAR SHICHONPUPPIES - 3 males, 2 females.Born 8-26-18. Vet checked,available 11-4-18 $1100. 401-678-9166 or 401-419-5889 or860-315-9945

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287 FEED

HAY FOR SALE - $4 a baleoff wagon (pick up only), cash508-826-3312

298 WANTED TO BUY

ROUTE 169 ANTIQUES:884 Worcester St., South-bridge MA. Looking To Purchase Antiques And Collectibles Single Items OrEntire Estates. We Buy It AllAnd Also Do On-Site EstateSales And Estate Auction.We are now accepting deal-ers for our multi-dealer groupshop. Call Mike Anytime(774)230-1662.

LEE’S COINS & JEWELRY $ BUY & SELL $ ALLGOLD & SILVER ITEMSSpecializing in NUMIS-MATIC COINS, BullionItems, gold & silver ofany form! qualified withover 30 years experience& a following of many sat-isfied customers. We alsosell a nice selection of finejewelry, antiques & col-lectibles. Bring in youritems & see what they’reworth. You won’t leave disappointed. Honestyand fairness are our bestpolicies! Lee’s Coins &Jewelry, 239 West MainStreet, East Brookfield(Route 9 - Panda GardenPlaza) (508) 637-1236 or(508)341-6355 (cell)

WANTED: 24’ Pontoon Boat &trailer (used). Webster area.617-750-0969

298 WANTED TO BUY

WAR RELICS & WAR SOUVENIRSWANTED:WWII& EARLIER CA$H WAITING!Helmets, Swords, Daggers, Bay-onets, Medals, Badges, Flags,Uniforms, etc. Over 30 Years Ex-perience. Call David 1-(508)688-0847. I’ll Come ToYOU!

300 HELP WANTED

TOWN OF BROOKFIELD,MASS. is accepting applica-tions for the Water Superinten-dent/Primary Operator position.Applicants must possess a highschool diploma or GED, withcollege credits in the environ-mental studies preferred. Workexperience in Public Water Sup-ply is required, with supervisoryexperience desirable. Appli-cants must have a minimum,MA DEP Grade 1Distributionand Grade 1 Treatment Drink-ing Water License. Responsibil-ities of this position include, theoperation, oversight, and legalcompliance of all functions andactivities associated with the op-eration of the Town of BrookfieldPublic Water Supply system.Must have a general proficiencywith computer skills includingword processing, excel andfile/data management. Class BCDL and hoisting/hydraulics li-censes are desirable. The Su-perintendent will be hired as fulltime (40 hr/wk) Town employee.Starting salary will be in accor-dance with the Town wagescale and will be commensurateexperience. The Town of Brook-field is an equal opportunity(EOE) employer. Job descrip-tion and posting is available atthe Water Department, Brook-field Town Hall, and 6 Central StBrookfield, MA 01506. TheTown of Brookfield, BrookfieldWater Commissioners, 6 Cen-tral Street Brookfield, MA 01506request receipt of resumes andapplications by 12/18/2018. Re-view of applications will com-mence on 12/19/ 2018. The po-sition will remain open until filled.Contact the Brookfield WaterDepartment @ 508-867-2930 x17 and/or Don Taft, Chairman ofWater Commissioners @ 508-274-9492 for additional informa-tion.

310 GENERAL HELP

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DIESEL EQUIPMENT TECH-NICIANAhearn Equipment Inc.is an agricultural and construc-tion equipment dealership. Weare seeking a fulltime position fora Diesel Service Technician tojoin our team. 3 years’ experi-ence is must. Competitivewages and a full benefit pack-age is included. Resumes canbe sent to Human Resources,Carrie Girard at [email protected] ordropped off at 460 Main St.Spencer, Massachusetts. Forfurther questions you can call508.885.7085, Ext. 104

FOSTER PARENTS WANTED: Seeking QualityHomes Throughout CentralMA To Provide Foster CareTo Children In Need. 24/7Support. Generous Reim-bursement. $1000 Sign-On Bonus. Call For Details. Devereux Therapeutic Fos-ter Care. (508)829-6769

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PIANO MOVERSWANTED:Fresh Start: 774-745-0590.Must have valid driver’s license.The Lord is my strength and mysong!

311 PART-TIME

HELP WANTED

DRIVERS WANTED We arelooking for non-emergencymedical drivers to work in theBoston/Lowell area. We havehours available all day Mondaythrough Sunday. Please comein and fill out an application M-F,10-3pm @ 217 Main St., Ox-ford, MA

313 CLERICAL

The Town of Dudley is seek-ing a Board of Health Clerk. TheClerk position will provide ad-ministrative support to the Boardof Health Agent and the mem-bers of the Board of Health toensure compliance with applic-able state and federal laws andregulations. The position is part-time, 19 hours per week, butmay increase. A copy of the fulljob description may be receivedby emailing the below address.Resumes may be submitted tothe Personnel Board: [email protected] or mailed to Town of Dudley,Personnel Board, 71 West MainStreet, Dudley, MA 01571

325 PROFESSIONAL

HELP WANTED

BASED IN North Brook-field: Home Every Night.Class A Driver And/Or Gen-eral Mechanic For 18-WheelTrailer Trucks

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400 SERVICES

433 CLEANING

HOUSE CLEANING AVAIL-ABLE Reasonable rates.Weekly, bi-weekly or monthlytimes available. Bonded- CallWendy for a FREE estimate at:774-262-9166

LINDA’S CLEANING SER-VICE Professional cleaningwith a personal touch! Over20 years of cleaning experi-ence. Call Linda 508-341-7025

442 LICENSED DAY

CARE

*************************The Commonwealth of Massachusetts Office of ChildCare Services requires that allads placed in the newspaper forchild care (daycare) in yourhome include your license num-ber

454 HOME

IMPROVEMENT

FURNITURE DOCTOR: Haveyour furniture Professionallyrestored at Reasonable rates.Furniture face lifting, painting,striping to Refinishing, caning andrepairs. ANTIqUE DOCTOR,Daniel Ross (508)248-9225 or(860)382-5410. 30 years inbusiness

500 REAL ESTATE

505 APARTMENTS FOR

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SOUTHBRIDGE Spa-cious 3 BedroomApartment, Trained PetsOK, Refrigerator & Stove,With Balcony, Big Pantry $750/ monthFirst, Last & Security(617) 733-8172

STURBRIDGE $995, 4Rooms, 2 Bedrooms, 1 Bath,Main Street Location! EasyAccess to Mass Pike, Walk toRestaurants and Shopping,Hot Water & Heat Included,Non-Smoking, Security De-posit Required. Please Call508-347-0810

510 COMMERCIAL/BUSINESSES

COMMERCIAL, LIGHT IN-DUSTRIAL & STORAGESPACE: 1,000 to 10,000 sq. ft.facility located in Pomfret, CT.Call Rose Construction 860-928-4072 or email rose.con-struction.snet.net.

546 CEMETERY LOTS

Pine Grove Cemetery,Whitinsville. Double plot for sale,lower than the going price. YewAvenue. Call owner 774-602-8211

WORCESTER COUNTYMEMORIAL PARK: Gardenof Faith, Paxton, MA. 2 LOTSFOR SALE. BUY ONE FOR$2,500. GET 2nd LOT FORFREE!! Call Dick. 508-612-9263

576 VACATION

RESOURCES

CAPE COD TIME SHAREFOR SALE: EdgewaterBeach Resort, 95 Chase Av-enue, Dennisport, MA 02639On the water, Studio (Unit706). Permanent Week 33(August). Deeded rights.You’llown it for a lifetime & can bepassed down to your childrenand grandchildren. $5000.(508)347-3145

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TIMESHARE FOR SALE full-flex week at The ManhattanClub in New York locatedacross from Carnegie Hall.Great buy; illness forces thissale. Asking $7,000. For details508-248-5123

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725 AUTOMOBILES

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Holiday Food

Christmas morning is an exciting and joyous time for families. Children are anxious to rush downstairs and see what Santa has left under the tree, and parents are eager to see the looks on youngsters’ happy faces.

Having a fast and easy breakfast at the ready on Christmas morning allows families to jump right into the festiv-ities rather than spending too much time in the kitchen.

This recipe for “Spiced Yogurt Muffins,” courtesy of the National Dairy Council, Dannon and McCormick, can be made in advance and then enjoyed while peeking into Christmas stockings or watching holiday parades on televi-sion. This big-batch recipe is ideal for feeding a houseful of overnight holiday guests. Or it can be prepared in advance and doled out as needed throughout the week. The muffins also can be made as a treat for holiday office luncheons. Cut the recipe in half for smaller yields.

SPICED YOGURT MUFFINS

(Yield: 50 servings)

61⁄2 cups Dannon plain fat-free Greek yogurt

4 cups water, room temperature1 box (5 lbs) Gold Medal® Muffin

Mix, Whole Grain Variety3 tablespoons McCormick pump-

kin pie spice2 tablespoons McCormick Chipotle cinnamon

Combine yogurt and water in mixing bowl. Whisk until blended. Set aside.

Add spices to dry muffin mix in a large bowl. Add yogurt and water mix-ture to the muffin mixture. Mix until just blended. Don’t overmix.

Using a scoop, portion into greased or lined muffin pans. Bake at 350 F for 24 minutes, or 17 to 20 minutes in a con-vection oven, until the tops are golden brown.

Easy Christmas morning breakfast

Make-ahead muffins can be a quick breakfast that’s perfect for Christmas mornings at home.

Gingerbread is a broad term that can describe anything from a firm and crispy cookie to a moist, soft cake. Traditionally, gingerbread is seasoned with ginger, cloves, nut-meg, and other aromat-ic spices. Molasses and brown sugar counteract the spice with sweet-ness. North Americans have been baking ginger-bread in various shapes or forms for more than 200 years, and the reci-pes even pre-date the American revolution. However, gingerbread

dates back even further to the Shakespearean era, with The Bard hav-ing mentioned it in one of his plays. Gingerbread’s name can be trace to medieval England and once referred to any kind of preserved gin-ger. The term went on to reference ginger-fla-vored cakes in the 15th century, and gingerbread eventually became popu-lar throughout the world. Even though gingerbread cakes and cookies have been made for centuries, Germans are often cred-

ited with creating ginger-bread houses, according to Smithsonian. They were probably modeled after the witch’s candy cottage in the German fairy tale, “Hansel and Gretel.” Even though gingerbread can be made any time of year, it is par-ticularly associated with the Christmas season, with gingerbread men and other fanciful shapes turning up on cookie plat-ters.

Gingerbread goodness

Christmas celebrants participate in many dif-ferent traditions year after year, but some may not fully understand the meaning behind such activities. A Christian holiday, Christmas did not originate with all activities centralized to the church. In fact, many of the traditions people hold dear have pagan roots, which were adapt-ed as Christmas celebra-tions evolved.

People who hang mis-tletoe in doorways may be surprised to learn that this tradition dates back to the ancient Druids. The Druids believed mis-tletoe possessed mystical powers that brought good luck to the household and warded off evil spirits.

Evergreen trees are now associated with Christmas trees, but evergreen boughs were once used to decorate homes during the win-ter solstice to help peo-ple envision the spring to come. Christians often look at evergreen trees as a sign of everlasting life and their relationship with God.

However, while many Christmas traditions con-tinue to be an integral part of annual celebra-tions, there are some cus-toms that have fallen out of favor. Although these traditions may no longer be widely practiced, any-one can revive them and make them part of their holiday celebrations.

Wassailing is a custom that has ancient origins and is not as popular today as it once was. “Wassail” comes from the Ango-Saxon phrase “waes hael,” which means, “good health.” Wassail is a drink made

of mulled ale, spices and other ingredients. To go wassailing meant to travel door-to-door singing and offering a drink from a wassail bowl in exchange for gifts. Wassailing has been mentioned in cer-tain Christmas carols, including “We Wish You a Merry Christmas.”

Largely an English tra-dition, wassailing was brought to America by

British settlers. January 17th, the old Twelfth Night, is the tradition-al date for wassailing. Although wassailing has largely fallen by the way-side, increased interest in ales and craft brew-ing may help revitalize this Christmas tradition, which can inspire com-munity spirit.

Gifting with fruit cake is another tradition that has been much maligned

and does not enjoy the same popularity that it once did. Fruit cake is a cake made with chopped candied fruit, nuts and spices and is occasionally soaked in spirits. Fruit cakes have been enjoyed all over the world, but Americans may never have embraced the Christmas fruit cake tra-dition as much as those from other countries. However, with the right

recipe and an open mind, it may be possible to res-urrect the fruit cake tra-dition once again.

Mummers plays are another British tradition that arrived in North America with settlers but has largely fallen by the wayside. Mummers plays involved miming folk dramas, and the plays were common-place around the holiday season. Celebrants may

want to research such dramas and include them in this year’s festivities to liven up celebrations even more.

Traditions passed on through the years help make Christmas a favorite time of celebra-tion. People may want to explore the less popular traditions today and once again make them inter-esting parts of this year’s festivities.

Wassail is an ancient spirited beverage that was brought house-to-house with the goal of spreading Christmas cheer.

Revisit lesser-known Christmas traditions

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Holiday Food

Winter entertaining need not end once Christmas and New Year’s Day have come and gone. Getting together with friends and family is still possible even if the weather outside is frightful. When Mother Nature takes a chilly turn, those who don’t want the party can consider the following entertaining ideas.

• Indulge in sweet treats. Comfort foods can make even the most blustery winds easier to tolerate. Invite people over for a dessert party. At a dessert pot luck party, everyone brings along a favorite decadent dessert, from molten lava chocolate cake to warm bread pud-ding. Serve alongside tea, coffee and hot chocolate. Adults can enjoy the added punch of spiked beverages, which can warm everyone up instantly.

• Host a “snowed in” party. Spending a day cooped up inside when the roads are covered in snow might not be your idea of fun, but invite a mix of friends and neighbors who live nearby over, and this impromptu party can make the cabin fever disappear. Ask guests to bring one food item or beverage. Light a fire in the fireplace and set out some cozy throw blankets. If possible, invite everyone outdoors to build a snowman.

• Get physical. Get physically active

with friends or family members by stag-ing mock Olympic events in the yard. These can be fun “sports” created by participants or variations on fun win-ter activities. Sledding races, snowball dodging contests, ice skating obstacle courses, and much more can make for an entertaining afternoon.

• Get cooking. Cooking can certainly pass the time, and it can be even more enjoyable when done in the company of others. Send out an invitation for friends to stop by for a meal or plan a meal prep party.

• Host a movie marathon. Handpick some favorite films and invite everyone over for a movie marathon. Fill the family room, home theater room or liv-ing room to capacity and host a group for a film fest. If space permits, set up one room with a children’s movie for youngsters, while the adults retire to another room for movies that are more their speed. A buffet table set up with assorted snacks will help keep bellies full while guests watch some favorite flicks.

Winter days and nights are ripe for entertaining possibilities. These events help squash the cabin fever that can sometimes develop during the colder times of year.

Coffee enjoyed with a group of friends can warm hearts on cold winter days.

Comfortable winter entertaining ideas

With so much to do, it can be easy for people celebrating the holiday season to forget about the environment. But no mat-ter how hectic the holi-day season can be, there are always some simple opportunities to make it more eco-friendly.

• Create an eco-friend-ly party theme. Many holiday parties have themes. For example, “ugly sweater parties” have become so popular that many clothing man-ufacturers now inten-tionally produce color-ful sweaters that might otherwise draw the ire of fashionistas. Hosts plan-ning to throw an ugly sweater party can easily transform such festivi-ties into something more eco-friendly by encour-aging guests to purchase their sweaters from thrift stores. A Christmas tree planting party is anoth-er eco-friendly party theme that can bene-fit the planet and revi-talize local forests at a time of year when they might be depleted due to the demand for natural Christmas trees.

• Serve locally sourced foods. Food is often front and center during the holiday season. Whether hosting fami-ly and friends at home, dining out or catering an office party, patronize businesses that sell only locally sourced foods. Locally sourced foods are much more eco-friendly than foods that must be shipped from afar before they land on your din-ner table, and such foods tend to taste fresh as well. If serving at home, use reusable dishware and cutlery instead of paper plates and plastic uten-sils.

• Reuse decora-tions year after year. Decorations need not be discarded once the hol-

iday season ends. Come the new year, inspect holiday decorations and store those that made it through the season unscathed. Doing so ben-efits the planet and will save you the trouble of shopping for new deco-rations next holiday sea-son.

• Get rid of your old holiday lights. Still using the same Christmas lights you used in 1995? Such lights are likely incandescent bulbs that are considerably less efficient than today’s

LED Christmas lights. The Office of Energy Efficiency & Renewable Energy notes that LED lights consume 75 per-cent less energy and last 25 times longer than incandescent lighting. In addition, the OEERE says that LED holiday lights are easier to install and that as many as 25 strings of lights can be connected end-to-end without over-loading a wall socket.

An eco-friendly holiday season is easier to realize than many holiday cele-brants may know.

How to make the holiday season more eco-friendly

Serving only locally sourced foods at your holiday party is one way to keep the festivities eco-friendly.

Families big and small typically celebrate the holiday season together. For some, celebrating the holidays with family requires traveling, while others stay put and wel-come family and friends into their homes.

At some point during the holiday season, cele-brants who host family and friends will no doubt prepare a homecooked meal for their loved ones. Cooking for a crowd can seem like a daunting task, especially for first-time hosts. However, there are various ways for hosts to simplify cook-ing for a crowd this holi-day season.

1. PREPARE A FAMILIAR DISH.

Hosts may agonize over their holiday menus, and some may feel compelled to prepare a family spe-cialty or the same dishes their parents or grand-parents prepared for holiday dinners when they were children. But holiday hosts can make things easy on them-selves by choosing dish-es they’ve made in the past, regardless of their place in family history. Chances are the ingredi-ents for hosts’ own spe-cialties are already in the pantry, saving a poten-tially time-consuming trip to the grocery store. And thanks to the famil-iarity factor, hosts’ own specialties likely won’t require as much time to prepare.

2. SHARE SOME COOKING DUTIES.

Another way to simpli-fy cooking for a crowd is to invite guests to bring along a side dish or des-sert. Guests who live nearby can make some-thing in advance of the big meal, while hosts can hand over their kitchens to overnight guests who

express a willingness to contribute their own homecooked dish to the party. Sharing the cook-ing duties gives hosts more time to connect with friends and fami-ly and serves as a great way to plan the menu in advance.

3. ONLY MAKE

WHAT GUESTS ARE LIKELY TO EAT.

Hosts also should not feel pressured to cook more food than is neces-sary. Holiday meals have a tendency to be lavish, but hosts don’t have to spend all day in the kitch-en preparing food that will likely end up as left-overs or trash. Get a final

headcount in the days before everyone comes over and adjust your rec-ipes accordingly.

4. START EARLY.

If the big is on Christmas Day, that does not mean hosts have to start cooking while everyone unwraps their presents. Hosts who are

uncertain about what to cook can look for meals that can be prepared in advance so come the big day all they need to do is turn on the oven and let meals cook while the fam-ily spends time together.

Hosts can employ var-ious strategies to simpli-fy the process of cooking for a crowd this holiday season.

4 tips to simplify cooking for a crowd this holiday season

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