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Athol, Mass., Wednesday, August 10, 2016
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Ideas proposed at Honey
Farms hearing continuation
Top Students
By JARED ROBINSON
ADN Staff Reporter
ORANGE — Tuesday night, about 30
residents attended the continuation of a
public hearing opened last month, in the
Ruth B. Smith Auditorium, at the town
hall, for discussion of a proposed Honey
Farms convenience store, gas station, and
car wash at the intersection of South Main
and East River streets.
The majority of those at the planning
board-hosted hearing were opposed to the
project, though many were open to some
form of compromise.
Heather Monticup of the design firm
Greenman-Pedersen reset the updated design plan from MHF Design Consultants
which had been altered with red ink after
being reviewed by Weston and Sampson
engineers.
Traffic studies have been conducted with
attention paid to traffic patterns, collisions,
light timing and speed, and calculated out
to what the intersection traffic will be like
in 2023.
The results of the traffic study, along
with comments from residents and design
consultants were taken into account and
changes were made to the plan. One such
design change that resulted from the pre-
Orange Page 5
STUDENT COMPETITORS — Representing Monty Tech at the Skills USA
52nd annual National Leadership and Skills Conference, held this summer
in Louisville, Ky., are, front, left-to-right — Grace Kirrane of Fitchburg,
Olivia Houle of Leominster and Taylor Sadowski of Fitchburg. Second row
— Nicholas Couture of Phillipston, Leon Gaulin of Winchendon and SeanPaul Tomer of Leominster. Third row — Brian Gallant of Templeton, Riaen
Ayers of Gardner and Nathan Kay of Athol.
School photo
Monty Tech SkillsUSA students place
in top 10 at national competition
FITCHBURG — Monty Tech students
competing in the SkillsUSA’s 52nd annual
National Leadership and Skills Conference, held this summer in Louisville, Ky.,
all placed in the top 10 in their respective
areas of competition.
Recent graduate Taylor Sadowski, of
Fitchburg, placed second in the nation
and won the silver medal in the Medical
Assisting event. Valedictorian of the Class
of 2016, Sadowski will be studying nursing
at Boston College this fall. In addition to numerous awards and
honors she received during her four years
at Monty Tech, Sadowski was selected as
a recipient of the 2015-2016 Massachusetts Association of School Superintendents’ Certificate of Academic Excellence
Award. She served as president of the National Honor Society, class secretary, and
as a member of the Central Massachusetts Regional Student Advisory Committee.
Juniors Brian Gallant of Templeton
(plumbing), Nicholas Couture of Phillipston (electrical), Sean-Paul Tomer of
Leominster (house carpentry), and Nathan Kay of Athol (masonry) took fourth
place in the TeamWorks event, where
they were required to build a structure.
Placing seventh in the Mechatronics
competition were juniors Leon Gaulin of
Winchendon and Riaen Ayers of Gardner, both Engineering Technology majors.
Sophomore Grace Kirrane of Fitchburg, a state-officer elect; and junior
Olivia Houle of Leominster, a national
voting delegate, also represented Monty
Students Page 5
Trash talk dominates
Petersham meeting
PUBLIC HEARING — Resident Denise Andrews speaks at the public hearing
held Tuesday night at the Orange Town Hall to discuss an updated plan for a
proposed Honey Farms convenience store at the intersection of South Main and
East River streets. Photo by Jared Robinson
ARRSD
leadership
changes
The new Athol Community Elementary
School (ACES) will open this fall. Help is
needed to “Fill the Bookshelves.” Donations on a goal of $25,000 are at $17,500.
There are a few weeks to fill the ACES library bookshelves for our youngest students as they start their educational path in
their band new school. Contact a member
(Ken Vaidulas, Barbara Robichaud,
Christine Miranda, Karen McNiff, Deb
Vescovi, Larry McLaughlin, Ted Ledgard or Dianna Dugas) for information
or send donations to:
Friends of the Library (memo ACES),
P.O. Box 144, Athol, MA 01331.
ATHOL — The Athol
Royalston Regional School
District announced today
that Molly Superchi has
been appointed to the position of Director of Elementary Curriculum and
Instruction, and Jan Williams has been appointed to
take over as the principal of
the Royalston Community
School.
Superchi is entering her
third year at ARRSD, having spent the last two as the
Schools Page 5
Push-ups for Veterans
New registration stickers available
By TARA VOCINO
ADN Correspondent
Index
Comics
10
Classifieds 10 & 11
Crossword
10
Dear Abby
4
Horoscope
9
Obituaries
2&3
Opinion
4
Police Logs
2&3
Sports
6-7
Sudoku9
TV Listings
9
Your local news, every day
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PETERSHAM — New
stickers will be available
at the Transfer Station on
Route 122 for two for $25
starting on Sept.. 1, where
residents can properly dispose of their waste.
The current green colored
car sticker won’t be valid after Sept. 30. In order to use
the station, residents must
have a new blue car sticker
that is attached to the driver’s side of the front bumper.
Stickers will be sold on
Sept. 24 from 9 a.m. to 2
p.m., and Oct. 1 from 9 a.m.
to 2 p.m. The station is normally open during those
hours.
According to selectboard
chair Nancy Allen, stickers
will be effective for a year,
and they should be in place
by Oct. 1.
There was some discussion from administrative coordinator Steven Boudreau
about the idea of selling the
bags there, too, to be more
accessible to residents. Bags
Petersham Page 5
Exemptions approved
PHILLIPSTON — A
brief meeting of the board
of selectmen was held
Monday. John Telepciak,
selectman, recused himself from the selectmen’s
meeting because he was
one of the zoning board
members making a request.
Tom Specht and Telepciak are both abutters to
a property in town where
it is sought to build a proposed solar array field.
The project will need to
be heard before the zoning board of appeals and
Specht and Telepciak are
two of the three members
on the board. It is necessary for a full board (of
three members) to vote
unanimously when voting
on a special permit.
Phillipston Page 5
PUSH-UP EFFORT COMPLETED — Members of a workout group from Orange Fitness have completed their effort to do 22 push-ups for 22 days straight to
help raise awareness of the number of suicides committed by veterans suffering
from post traumatic stress disorder, and to promote support of veterans. The
women gathered Monday evening at the Veterans Park at Main and Exchange
streets in Athol for the final session. Front row, left to right — Maggie Hume,
Shawna Polana, Orange Fitness owner Colleen Clyatt, Sheryl Hendricks, Sherry
Masaitis. Second row — Rhonda Canning, Liz Hume. Third row — Megan Villemaire, Christine Morin, Nancy Mead, Becky Lanoue, Christy Page. Back row
— Sue O’Brien, Laura Monette.
Photo by Brian Gelinas
22-day push-ups effort completed
By BRIAN GELINAS
ADN Staff Reporter
ATHOL — Fourteen
members of a workout
group from Orange Fitness
on Monday evening completed their effort to do 22
push-ups for 22 days straight
to help raise awareness of
the number of suicides com-
mitted by veterans suffering
from post traumatic stress
disorder, and to promote
support of veterans.
The women gathered at
the Veterans Park at Main
and Exchange streets for the
final session. Taking part,
along with Orange Fitness
owner Colleen Clyatt, were
Maggie Hume, Shawna
Polana, Sheryl Hendricks,
Sherry Masaitis, Rhonda
Canning, Liz Hume, Megan Villemaire, Christine
Morin, Nancy Mead, Becky
Lanoue,
Christy
Page,
Sue O’Brien and Laura
Push-ups Page 5
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Obituaries
& Services
Ledgard services
ATHOL — Funeral services for Susan C. (Amidon)
Ledgard were held Saturday, Aug. 6, 2016, in the
Fiske-Murphy & Mack Funeral Home, Orange. Deacon Bryan Lagimoniere of Our Lady Immaculate Church in Athol officiated. Words of remembrance
were shared by her brother
Ernest (Tim) Amidon. Burial followed in Gethsemane Cemetery, Athol.
Fiske-Murphy & Mack
Funeral Home, 110 New
Athol Rd., Orange, directed
arrangements.
Children’s Book
Festival Nov. 12
ROYALSTON — The Village School, on the Common,
is coordinating its third annual Central Massachusetts
Children’s Book Festival,
which will be held Saturday,
Nov. 12, from 10 a.m. to 3
p.m. at the Mount Wachusett
Community College cafeteria,
444 Green St., Gardner.
The festival is free for children and adults. The funfilled day will feature more
than 25 New England authors
and illustrators participating
in book signings, presentations, and readings. Check the
CentralMasschildrensBookFestival.org website for the
full list.
There will be music, food,
hands-on family activities
and storytelling. A selection
of children’s books, ranging
from picture books to young
adult novels, will be available. The event highlights other
local literacy organizations,
including the Montachusett
Opportunity Council’s Books
on Board program.
Sponsors include: MWCC,
Green Leaf Construction,
Gardner Ale House, Mass.
Cultural Council, Books on
Board, Red Apple Farm,
Toadstool Bookshops and
Hometown Bank.
Business sponsors are
sought at various levels, or
to make a donation, make
checks payable to: The Village
School (memo: book festival).
Bus trip
ATHOL — The Friends
of Athol Hospital’s bus trip
to Foxwoods will take place
Saturday, Aug. 27, departing
from the hospital at 7 a.m. For reservations, call Pat
Lussier at 978-249-1145.
Office closed
ATHOL — The collector/treasurer’s office will
be closed Tuesday, Aug. 16,
through Thursday, Aug. 18.
Staff will be attending annual schooling.
The office will resume
normal business hours on
Monday, Aug. 22, at 9 a.m.
Hi-Lo Oil, Inc.
Rte. 202 South, Winchendon
50 Gallon
Deliveries Available
(978) 297-4456
CEO: Layoffs are expected due to
Wounded Warrior Project overhaul
Tour of new
school is
postponed
JACKSONVILLE, Fla.
(AP) — Layoffs are expected
at the Wounded Warrior Project amid a restructuring that
follows scrutiny over its spending, according to the charity’s
new chief executive.
In an interview with The
Washington Post (http://wapo.
st/2aLFnlQ), Michael Linnington said he was in the middle
of an assessment that includes
meeting with veterans, donors
and other groups that help
wounded troops.
Details about the restructuring will be announced in September, but Linnington said
he anticipates laying off some
of the charity’s 600 employees,
cutting its funding for smaller
veterans groups and cutting
some executives’ salaries.
Linnington took over as the
Jacksonville-based charity’s
CEO in July.
ORANGE — The Orange
Republican Town Committee will meet Thursday, Aug.
11, at 7 p.m., in the downstairs
Community Room at FiskeMurphy & Mack Funeral
Home, 110 New Athol Rd.
Due to the special nature of
the meeting, the ORTC will
allow Republicans, Independents and Democrats to attend
and participate. Attendees are
encouraged to bring questions
and constructive ideas that will
encourage growth in the North
Quabbin area.
The committee will also discuss:
• ORTC participation with
the Greenfield Republican
Town Committee at the Franklin County Fair (Sept. 8-11);
and
• The ORTC booth at the
Orange Celebrate the Harvest
Fair (Oct. 9).
ATHOL — Town Clerk
Nancy Burnham is reminding residents that Friday,
Aug. 19, is the deadline to
register to vote in the State
Primary election on Thursday, Sept. 8.
The town clerk’s office
will be open from 9 a.m. to
5 p.m. on Aug. 19 for voters who wish to change their
party registration or for persons wishing to register for
the first time.
Persons who are United
States citizens, residents
ROYALSTON — The of Massachusetts, and who
selectboard will meet
Tuesday, Aug. 16, at 7
p.m., at the town hall, with
the following agenda:
ATHOL — The selectMinutes.
board will meet Tuesday,
Acknowledgments, an- Aug. 16, beginning with an
nouncements, correspon- executive session at 6:30
dence.
p.m., in Room 17 of the
Department head re- town hall to consider the
ports.
purchase, exchange, lease or
Old business.
value of real property if the
New business.
chair declares that an open
Any other item(s) not meeting may have a detrireasonably anticipated 48 mental effect on the negotihours prior to the meet- ating position of the public
ing.
body.
Signing of the treasury
The agenda for the open
warrants.
session to follow at 7 in
will be at least 18 years old
on or before Sept. 8 are
eligible to register. Those
meeting these qualifications
who have a Massachusetts
driver’s license can submit
their registration online at
www.RegisterToVoteMA.
com. Those registering by
mail should have their form
hand-canceled to ensure it
is postmarked before the
deadline.
For questions on the election or voter registration,
contact the town clerk’s office at 978-249-4551.
ATHOL — The field
trip for seniors on
Thursday, Aug. 11,
to tour the new Athol
Community
Elementary School has been
postponed.
Council on Aging Executive Director Cathy
Savoy said that, due
to today’s inclement
weather, the current
paving project at the
location has been delayed and buses would
not be able to park
close enough to the
building to facilitate
easy access.
The tour, sponsored
by the COA and AtholRoyalston
Regional
School District, will be
rescheduled and announced in the Athol
Daily News, said Savoy.
A total of 60 persons
had signed up for the
tour.
A pizza luncheon
that was to follow the
tour, and which will
be served at the senior
center by reservation,
is still a go, said Savoy.
Those with questions
or who would like to attend the luncheon are
asked to call the COA
at 978-249-8986.
Republican town committee meeting
Voter registration deadline is Aug. 19
Royalston
board agenda
Athol selectboard meets Aug. 16
Room 21 of the town hall
includes:
Pledge of Allegiance.
Aug. 2 minutes.
Permits and licenses.
Public comment.
Town department/committee business — Department of Public Works water
policy changes.
General business.
Selectmen’s reports.
Chairman’s report.
Town manager’s report.
Town counsel’s report.
Athol Police Log
Tuesday Aug. 9
8:46 a.m. - 911 caller reports medical emergency, New
Sherborn Road.
8:49 a.m. - Alarm, Main
Street.
9:19 a.m. - Follow-up, Exchange Street.
10:39 a.m. - Attempt to serve
summons, Main Street.
10:40 a.m. - Caller reports
two male subjects fighting
in front of laundromat, Main
Street.
11:22 a.m. - Attempt to
serve restraining order (209A),
Sanders Street.
11:33 a.m. - Attempt to serve
209A, Conant Road.
12:24 p.m. - Orange Police
Department advised a male
party who is unlicensed is driving a black Honda motorcycle.
Officers advised to be on the
lookout.
12:28 p.m. - Subject to station with ammunition that
needs to be disposed of.
12:29 p.m. - Subject requested transport, Main Street.
1:16 p.m. - Attempt to serve
summons, Euclid Street.
1:27 p.m. - Officer stood by
and kept the peace while sub-
ject picked up personal property, Pleasant Street.
2:39 p.m. - Traffic stop, Templeton Road.
3:18 p.m. - Caller requests
ambulance, Main Street. Athol
Fire Department advised.
3:18 p.m. - Caller reports
people on top of old bowling
alley, Main Street. States they
are looking through her window and were also on the roof
on Monday. Found property
owner was doing roof repairs.
items were stolen from her residence, Pleasant Street.
4:07 p.m. - Property returned
to walk-in.
5:11 p.m. - Traffic stop,
South Main Street. Warning for
speeding.
5:23 p.m. - Assistant animal
control officer spoke to dog
owner about complaints regarding his two dogs defecating in yard across the road,
Oxbow Road, Orange. Advised
party of town bylaws. He stated he would watch dogs better.
5:57 p.m. - Caller requests
lift assistance, School Street.
AFD advised.
6:56 p.m. - 911 caller re-
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quests ambulance, Gibson
Drive. Assisted AFD.
male party was trespassing
on his property, Green Street.
Spoke to party by phone and
in person and explained he
would have to take charge
out at Orange District Court
against subject. Officers spoke
to subject and advised him to
stay away from caller and his
property.
drug activity, Main Street.
8:29 p.m. - Caller reports intoxicated male party near Athol
Hospital ER entrance. Located
subject and transported him
home.
loud drums in area, Main
Street. Spoke to party and advised him to stop for the night.
10:21 p.m. - Traffic stop,
South Main and D streets.
Warning for defective equipment.
she had a verbal argument with
her ex-boyfriend and wanted
to speak to officer about her
options, Main Street. Subjects
advised to stay away from
each other for the night.
Today, Aug. 10
1:51 a.m. - House check,
Batchelder Road.
5:51 a.m. - Caller requests
party at Wellesley Street location, who is on probation,
be notified he needs to contact caller immediately, as no
reading can be obtained from
party’s court-ordered bracelet
and party cannot be reached
by phone. At 6:13, officer contacted Electronic Monitoring
and advised no one came to
the door.
6:41 a.m. - House check,
Elizabeth Street.
AREA — Tonight: A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms before 11pm. Some of the storms could produce heavy
rain. Patchy fog after 11pm. Otherwise, cloudy, then gradually becoming partly cloudy, with a low around 66. South wind
5 to 7 mph becoming calm after midnight. Chance of precipitation is 20%. Thursday: Patchy fog before 9am. Otherwise,
mostly sunny, with a high near 94. Calm wind becoming southwest 5 to 8 mph in the afternoon. Thursday Night: A slight
chance of showers and thunderstorms after 10pm. Patchy fog
after 1am. Otherwise, partly cloudy, with a low around 69.
Southwest wind around 6 mph becoming calm in the evening.
Chance of precipitation is 20%. Friday: A chance of showers and thunderstorms. Some of the storms could produce
heavy rain. Patchy fog before 9am. Otherwise, mostly cloudy,
with a high near 91. Light southwest wind increasing to 8 to
13 mph in the morning. Chance of precipitation is 40%. Friday Night: A chance of showers and thunderstorms. Some of
the storms could produce heavy rain. Patchy fog after 4am.
Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with a low around 72. Chance of
precipitation is 30%. Saturday: Showers and thunderstorms
likely. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 89. Chance of precipitation is 60%. Saturday Night: Showers and thunderstorms
likely, mainly before 9pm. Mostly cloudy, with a low around
67. Chance of precipitation is 60%. Sunday: Showers and
thunderstorms likely, mainly after 2pm. Some of the storms
could produce heavy rain. Mostly cloudy, with a high near
80. Chance of precipitation is 60%. Sunday Night: Showers
and thunderstorms likely. Some of the storms could produce
heavy rain. Cloudy, with a low around 63. Chance of precipitation is 60%.
Almanac - Sun rose 5:51. Sun sets 7:56. Length of day 14
hours, 5 minutes. Full moon, Aug. 18. New moon, Sept. 30.
Mass. Lottery Results
Drawn Tuesday, August 9, 2016
The Numbers Game, Mid-day:
The Numbers Game, Night:
Exact Order
All 4 digits
$4,087
1st or last 3
$572
Any 2 digits
$49
Any 1 digit
$5
Any Order
All 4 digits
$341
1st 3 digits
$95
$95
Last 3 digits
Exact Order
All 4 digits
$4,000
1st or last 3
$560
Any 2 digits
$48
Any 1 digit
$5
Any Order
All 4 digits
$333
1st 3 digits
$93
$93
Last 3 digits
3643
Monday2587
Sunday9054
Saturday1381
Friday7933
Thursday5568
Weds.5747
A vehicle operated by
Shawn L. Tommila, of 35
Spring St., Orange; a vehicle owned by Michael E.
Gelinas, of Orange; and a
vehicle operated by Rachel
L. Sazonick, of 185 Simonds
St., were involved. Damage
was under $1,000. No injuries resulted. The parties
exchanged information, no
citations were issued, and
the accident remains under
investigation.
Monday4630
Sunday1919
Saturday4543
Friday1724
Thursday9181
Weds.4773
MEGABUCKS DOUBLER
Saturday, Aug. 6
1-3-4-12-26-44; STD-7
$3,790,062, no winner
Wednesday, Aug. 3
8-10-17-22-23-46; STD-8
$3,746,487, no winner
MEGA MILLIONS
Tuesday, Aug. 9
12-19-20-44-66; MB-1
$38,000,000,
no winner
Friday, Aug. 5
5-18-28-54-74; MB-6
$30,000,000,
no winner
LUCKY FOR LIFE
Monday, Aug. 8
20-29-31-33-40; LB-10,
no winner
Thursday, Aug. 4
12-20-37-47-48; LB-2,
no winner
MASS CASH
Tuesday, Aug. 9
3-8-11-13-22,
no winner
Monday, Aug. 8
POWERBALL
13-18-21-30-31,
Saturday, Aug. 6
no winner
20-33-36-47-52; PB-12
Sunday, Aug. 7
$54,600,000,
5-10-18-34-35,
no winner
no winner
Wednesday, Aug. 3
Saturday, Aug. 6
9-11-27-66-67; PB-2,
9-13-16-22-25,
$40,000,000,
no winner
no winner
Friday, Aug. 5
Other
Regional
Results
2-9-20-26-28,
TRI-STATE MEGABUCKS
no winner
Saturday, Aug. 6
Thursday, Aug. 4
6-9-14-27-35; MB-1
7-9-20-33-35,
Wednesday, Aug. 3
no winner
3-9-20-30-33; MB-6
Church to host roast pork supper
ATHOL — The South
Athol United Methodist Church, at 65 Morgan
Ave., will host a public supper on Saturday, Aug. 20,
with roast pork on the menu
and settings at 5 and 6 p.m.
There is a cost for adults
and children ages 6 to 12;
children under age 6 eat for
free. For reservations, call
Zane Dubour at 978-2499212.
Meetings Reminder
Wednesday, Aug. 10
Orange
Selectboard, 6:30 p.m.,
town hall.
Petersham
Broadband Committee, 7
ATHOL — At 8:01 a.m., p.m., selectboard’s office.
Tuesday, police responded
Phillipston
to a motor vehicle accident
Board of Health, 5 p.m.,
on Kelton Street.
town annex.
3-car accident
4524
Zoning Board of Appeals, 7
p.m., town hall.
Royalston
Planning Board, 7 p.m.,
town hall.
Other
Franklin County Technical
School Committee, 7 p.m.,
assembly hall at the school in
Turners Falls.
Baked Stuffed
Haddock Dinner
Saturday • 6 p.m.
Dinner Is SOLD OUT!
Join Us For Raffles
2 2 lb. Lobsters • 2 lbs. of Steamers
Music by DJ Dan Vinsant
8 p.m.-Midnight
Wheelerville Community Club
698 East Main St., Orange
ATHOL DAILY NEWS Wednesday, August 10, 2016 Page 3
CALENDAR REMINDERS
Obituaries
& Services
For upcoming events consult the expanded calendar listing which
appears in the Quabbin Times section in Tuesday editions of the Athol
Daily News, and daily on the website at, www.atholdailynews.com.
The Daily News welcomes submissions for the Calendar, for public
events in or of general interest to the nine-town, North Quabbin-Mount
Grace Region — including entertainment, cultural and social activities
and events held by non-profit organizations. Excluded are gaming events
and tag/yard sale notices.
June K. Rich
ORANGE — June K.
(Kilhart) Rich, 90, of Carpenter Street, died at home
on Tuesday, Aug. 9, 2016,
with family at her side. Funeral arrangements are
pending with Witty’s Funeral Home, 158 South Main
St., Orange.
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Wednesday, August 10
9 a.m. — Quilting, Athol Senior Center, Freedom Street. Info/
Registration: 978-249-8986
9-9:45 a.m. — Story Hour, Erving Public Library, 17 Moore St.
Info: 413-423-3348
10-11:30 a.m. — Playgroup, Wendell Free Library, Wendell Depot Road. For ages 5 and under.
10:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m. — Stories at the Lake, Silver Lake, Athol.
Info: 978-249-8467
Noon — Sporting Clays, Petersham Gun Club, Nelson Road.
Info: 978-249-7445
1-4 p.m. — Museum Open, Swift River Valley Historical Society,
40 Elm St., New Salem
3-4 p.m. — Caregiver’s Support Group, North Quabbin Adult
Day Health Center, 1471 Main St. (rear), Athol. This support group
is specific to Alzheimer’s or related disorders. Info: 978-248-9470
3-4:30 p.m. — Drop In Lego Club, Petersham Memorial Library,
23 Common St.
3-5 p.m. — Knit Wits, Athol Public Library, Main Street. For ages
8 and up. Info: 978-249-9515
5-7 p.m. — Drop In Adult/Teen Coloring, Petersham Memorial
Library, 23 Common St.
6-6:45 p.m. — Sunset Storytime, Wheeler Memorial Library,
East Main Street, Orange. For kids of all ages and their families.
Hear stories and help work in the library’s garden. Bring a picnic or
take some fresh vegetables home for dinner. In the event of rain,
meet inside the library. Info: 978-544-2495
Thursday, August 11
9 a.m.-Noon — St. John’s Thrift Shop, St. John’s Episcopal
Church, Park Avenue, Athol. Info: 978-249-9553
10-11:30 a.m. — Garden Growers, Valuing Our Children, Walnut
Street, Athol. Newborn to preschoolers. Info: 978-249-8467 ext. 22.
10:30-11:30 a.m. — Toddler & Preschooler Story Time, New
Salem Public Library, 23 South Main St. Snacks will be provided.
Info: 978-544-6334
3-4 p.m. — Weekly Vigil, Northfield Town Hall. Info: hattieshalom@verizon.net or 978-790-3074
3-6 p.m. — Orange Farmers Market, Orange Armory Parking
Lot, East Main Street. Flowers, vegetables, eggs, crafts, smoothies,
maple syrup, baked goods and kids corner tent with fun activities
for the young ones. Info: 978-413-0740
3:30-5 p.m. — Wild Knights Chess Club, Athol Public Library,
Main Street. For grades 4-10. Info: 978-249-9515
5 p.m. — Sustainable Living Series, at Earthlands, Petersham
(meet at the town hall). “Year Round Gardening” talk with Daniel
Botkin. Info: larrybuell@earthlands.org.
6-7:30 p.m. — End of Summer Reading Ice Cream Party,
Wheeler Memorial Library, East Main Street, Orange. Info: 978-5442495
Friday, August 12
9:30 a.m. — Stories in the Park, Millers River Park, Athol Public
Library, Main Street. Info: 978-249-9515
Noon-8 p.m. — Sacred Woman’s Gathering at Earthlands
Environmental Center, Petersham, with Indigenous Elder Nana
Wilma, recognized South American spiritual healer and holder of
the Sisterhood of the Staff. Info at: http://www.circleofwomeninternational.org/
3-4 p.m. — Game Day, Petersham Memorial Library, 23 Common St. Games include Sorry, Uno, Trouble, Scrabble and Clue.
3-6 p.m. — Petersham Friday Market, on the common. Locally
grown produce, crafts, live music.
Red Cross area
blood drives
DEDHAM — The American Red Cross urges blood
donors to give in the final
weeks of summer to help
overcome a critical summer
blood shortage.
The summer months are
among the most challenging times of years to collect
enough blood and platelet
donations to meet patient
needs. Many regular donors
delay giving while they take
vacation and participate in
summer activities. The need
for blood doesn’t take a summer break, though.
Two summers ago, Kelly
Griswold was involved in a
life-threatening jet-ski accident while vacationing. She
was airlifted to a hospital and
underwent three surgeries
over the course of two days.
Griswold, a blood donor prior to the accident, suddenly
knew what it was like to be
on the receiving end of blood
donations. “Without the support of people that can give
blood, the ones who have
needed it would not be here
today — myself included.”
Donors of all blood types
are urgently needed to give
now to help ensure blood is
available for patients in need.
Those who donated blood
earlier this summer may
be eligible to donate again.
Blood can be safely donated
every 56 days, and double
red cells can be donated every 112 days. In appreciation for helping to save lives,
those who come to donate
blood or platelets with the
Red Cross now through Aug.
31 will receive a $5 Amazon.
com gift card claim code.
Schedule an appointment
to give blood by downloading the free Red Cross
Blood Donor App, visiting
redcrossblood.org or calling
800-RED CROSS (800-7332767). To help reduce wait
times, donors are encouraged to make appointments
and complete the RapidPass
online health history questionnaire at redcrossblood.
org/rapidpass.
Upcoming area blood donation opportunities include:
Orange
Wednesday, Aug. 24 — 1
to 6 p.m., Athol Orange Elks,
92 New Athol Rd.
Baldwinville
Friday, Aug. 26 — 1 to 6
p.m., Baldwinville American
Legion Post 373, 3 Central
St.
New OBA website
ORANGE — The Orange Business Association
announced Tuesday it has a
new website.
Visit http://www.orangebusinessassoc.com to find
information about the upcoming activities, programs
and projects, including the
Celebrate the Harvest parade, craft fair, and car show
planned for Oct. 9 at the Orange Municipal Airport.
The OBA meets the second Tuesday of the month at
5:30 p.m. at the Orange Airport terminal building.
TO PERFORM — Worcester folk music duo Chuck and Mud will play at the
Friday Market on Aug. 12.
Submitted photo
Folk music duo at Petersham Fri. Market
PETERSHAM
—
Worcester folk music duo
Chuck and Mud will play
at the Friday Market on
Aug. 12.
Chuck and Mud have
performed in and around
Worcester for more than
three decades. They can
often be found playing
music with Walter Crockett and other musicians as
the Hole in the Dam Band.
The group played its first
gig at the Paddock Lounge
in February of 1979. On April 3, 2004, the
group celebrated 25 years
of playing music together
at a sold out concert at Mechanics Hall in Worcester.
Five years later, the duo
and friends celebrated 30
years of music making with
a concert at the Hanover
Theatre. Chuck is the director of The Chestnut
School of Elm Park Center, located in Worcester,
and Mud teaches a pre-K
class. The
Friday
Market
opened its sixth season on
the common in June with
vendors offering produce,
local meat, chickens, fresh
local eggs, handmade soaps
and other craft items. The
market is open to both
regular and occasional
vendors and to information booths staffed by social service agencies who
want to share information
Orange Police Log
Tuesday, Aug. 9
8:53 a.m. - Traffic stop for
driving the wrong way on Depot Street, East Main Street.
Warning issued.
yellow crate in vacant low
at corner of Evergreen Drive
and Tully Road with sign that
says “homeless please donate.” Officer checked area;
unable to locate anyone. 3 p.m. - Officer applied for
warrant out of Orange District Court, Court Square. 3:07 p.m. - Fannie Mae
recently acquired property;
broker is out of Leominster;
all locks changed and building is secured; contact provided if there are any issues,
Cheney Street. 3:45 p.m. - Medical emergency, Cheney Street. 4:10 p.m. - Gardner Police
Department requested officer
make contact with subject,
Three accidents
ORANGE — Police responded to three accidents
on Tuesday. At 11:05 a.m., a parked
car was hit on Prospect
Street. Tammi Soucie, of
419 East River St., was
parking when her vehicle
rolled and struck the bumper of a vehicle belonging
to Phyllis Bigwood, of 585
Wendell Rd., Warwick. Minor damage was observed
on Bigwood’s vehicle. No
citations were issued. A minor hit-and-run accident occurred on Daniel
Shays Highway at 1:45 p.m.
in the Honey Farms parking
lot. Damage was assessed at
under $1,000. The drivers
involved exchanged information. On Daniel Shays Highway, at 3:45 p.m., a minor
two-car accident occurred.
Damage was under $1,000.
The drivers involved exchanged information.
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Sandrah Drive. Officer unable
to make contact; will try later.
5:15 p.m. - Walk-in returned Massachusetts License to Carry permit, Smith
and Wesson M&P pistol and
400 rounds of ammunition. 6:45 p.m. - Motor vehicle
lockout, Holtshire Road. Entry gained. 7 p.m. - Party wished to
speak with officer, East River
Street. Officer spoke with
subject who asked where
house keys were. Officers
had responded to her house
three weeks prior. Party advised officers did not take
keys. 8:35 p.m. - Officers observed red 2012 Ford Focus
operating erratically, East
Main Street. Vehicle seen
turning into Cumberland
Farms. Officer attempted
to stop the vehicle before it
sped away to Water Street.
Later located vehicle abandoned on Putnam Street.
Made contact with registered
owner who advised subject
had vehicle. Officer located
subject at residence. Citation issued for unlicensed
operation, speed greater
than reasonable, and failure
to stop for police. Summons
requested. 9:20 p.m. - Caller states
she wants subject to stop harassing her, East River Street.
Report taken. 9:40 p.m. - Orange Fire
Department responding to
odor investigation, Memorial
Drive. On arrival heavy smell
and smoke present. Located
illegal burn. Same put out by
OFD. Homeowners advised
to get burn permit and not to
burn items they were burning.
10:35 p.m. - Traffic stop for
speeding, East River Street.
Warning issued. Today, Aug. 10
5:40 a.m. - Medical emergency, Shelter Street. 6 a.m. - Traffic stop for
marked lanes violation, New
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about their programs and
services. Athol Hospital is
scheduled to offer a blood
pressure screening.
The Friday Market offers a free, 20-week program of music with support
from Heywood Healthcare, from the Community Foundation of North
Central Massachusetts, the
Country Store and from individual local donors. The
schedule features a wide
range of musical styles.
The full schedule is available at www.petershamcommon.com.
The Friday Market is on
the Petersham common
from 3 to 6 p.m. on Fridays. For information call
978-724-6662, or e-mail at
fridaymarket@petershamcommon.com.
BERRY FAMILY REUNION — The 52nd Berry Family reunion was held on July
16 at the Orange American Legion. Among those attending were, left to right —
Sandra (Berry) Savage of Erving, Gloria (Berry) Brown of Orange, and Dale
Berry, of Winchester, N.H. Submitted photo
Four generations of the Berry family
celebrate 52nd annual reunion at legion
ORANGE — Literally
spanning the country from
sea-to-sea and border-toborder, four generations
of descendants have now
marked 52 years of celebrating family.
Maynard and Arlene
Berry, formerly of Sheffield,
Vt., moved to the area in
October 1951 and spent the
rest of their lives here. Living first in Royalston, followed by Athol and Orange,
they left the area heavily
populated with 11 children’s
branches of the family. This
year, 81 attendees, including
all three of their remaining
children, gathered on July
16 at the Orange American
Legion for the 52nd annual
Berry family reunion.
At age 80, Sandra (Berry)
Savage of Erving was the eldest in attendance. Ian Robert Nye, son of John A. Nye
and Alissa Bowers of Athol,
and great-great-grandson of
Maynard and Arlene, was
the youngest, at 20 months.
The best represented
branch of the family was that
of the late Barbara (Berry)
Robinson Lewis, whose son,
Greg Allen Lewis, traveled
the farthest from Spring,
Texas, to attend.
With fun and games, the
potluck/barbecue was enjoyed by all. A great hit with
children this year was the
attendance of “Barkley,” a
service dog-in-training, who
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Jr., 22, of 50 Horton Rd., at
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United States Is Back to Libya
lthough a very small team of
special operations forces began
working out of the Misurata and Benghazi areas of Libya at the end of last year
— and Pentagon officials have spent
months eyeing the Islamic State’s contingent of forces in the city of Sirte on
the central coast between them — only
since the first of the month has Africa
Command launched airstrikes at the request of Libya’s U.N.-backed government.
Sensing momentum, Italy — the
NATO ally that affords our closest geographical reach to ISIS-held territory in
Libya — is considering putting its bases
to work in the fight, satisfied the effort
“will be limited in time and area of operation, doesn’t foresee the use of ground
forces and is limited to allowing the
Libyan forces to successfully defeat the
terrorist forces in the area of Sirte,” as
the country’s defense minister recently
noted.
For the soldiers straining to dislodge
ISIS, the bombing is welcome news. “We
hope they will intensify the air strikes in
the coming days for us to make progress
on the battlefield,” one fighter, Mohamad al-Ahjal, told AFP. But for the American people, the return to more forceful
intervention prompts a painful reminder
of how Libya wound up this way in the
first place — fractured into rival factions, bisected by jihadis and clinging to
a fragile “unity” government that can’t
fully function as a sovereign state.
It’s a difficult reckoning. The current
administration can’t carry all the blame
for the Mideast implosion that followed
the Arab Spring, but the surprise, uncertainty and slow reflexes that have characterized White House policy did lead to
a string of miscalculations and effective
defeats — not just in Syria and Iraq, but
in Libya, where the Islamic State quickly
and cleverly exploited the administra-
tion’s weaknesses to set up shop amid
the chaos.
Doubtless, those who argue the U.S.
should have stayed out of Libya altogether are leaning a bit too hard on their
ideals and dreams. Ironically, some of
these critics are among the most critical of the refugee crisis in Europe aggravated by the administration’s policies. After all, the best case to intervene
against the Gaddafi regime was the risk
it posed, during the initial rebellion, of
precipitating a massive flow of civilians
(and others) fleeing “free” Benghazi
into Southern Europe and beyond. But
the U.S. got the worst of both worlds —
an intervention that left Libya in ruins,
opening the door for jihadis, while contributing to an even larger refugee crisis
than would have occurred had the U.S.
indeed done nothing.
On the other hand, President Obama
has managed to nudge Libya delicately
toward order. However modest and
frustrating, this policy is not failing; ISIS
is being reduced, a recognized government has been formed and no great
threat of further instability is looming on
the horizon. Credit where credit is due.
Yet, as the Islamic State’s international reach is reduced by Obama’s way
of war, it has compensated for the loss
through terror attacks — increasing its
scope in a way that could soon provoke
catastrophe. And as the restoration of
Libya crawls along, deep questions linger as to what exactly is U.S. policy when
it comes to the whys, whens and hows of
intervention. Hillary Clinton could have
helped answer them by now — both during her time as a candidate today and
previously as the sitting president’s secretary of state. Whatever Libya’s fate or
Clinton’s, Americans need compelling
answers.
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Father of shooter
at Hillary
Clinton event
By Jeanne Phillips
© 2001 Universal Press Syndicate
Couple’s spare bedroom is no
longer open for guests
DEAR ABBY: We are a
married couple in our 60s and
have no close family. Before
retirement, we would playfully
tease each other that when we
retired, we’d turn our spare
bedroom into a “fun fantasy
adult room.” Fast forward —
we now have our special room,
and we’re having a blast.
Well, we got a call from distant relatives who will be heading our way, and they asked to
stay with us for a few days. How
do we explain that we have no
room for them without causing problems? — DISCREET
IN WASHINGTON
DEAR DISCREET: Be honest — to a degree. After telling
them that you are unable to
accommodate them, explain
that because you have turned
the spare bedroom into an
“entertainment center,” it is
no longer set up for guests, but
you’d love to see them while
they’re in town and take them
OUT for dinner. Just remember that if you are asked, you
do not have to reveal what
kind of games you are playing
in there.
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DEAR ABBY: I’m curious
to know your thoughts regarding this dating situation: If a
person has a prosthetic and the
device isn’t obvious, when and
how would you recommend it
be disclosed to the dating partner? Is it “too much information” to reveal on a first date?
Would it be all right to wait a
couple of dates, see how they
go, and then reveal the fact?
Please help, if you can. — CURIOUS IN LYNCHBURG
DEAR CURIOUS: I see no
reason to reveal something
like this on a first — or even
second — date, and certainly
not with a virtual stranger.
“Prosthetics” of various
kinds are common, but few
people are willing to discuss
the fact that their appearance has been enhanced with
false teeth, caps and veneers,
breast implants, Botox or a
hair transplant. People are
more than a prosthetic, so new
acquaintances should get to
know the person before receiving that information.
******
DEAR ABBY: This politically divisive year has fueled a
debate in our family. I like to
put a political sticker on my
car (on a magnet). That way
I can remove it when I want.
One of my relatives won’t ride
in my car if I have my sticker
on. I say it’s my car and I can
put what I want on it. He says I
should be “sensitive to others’
feelings” when they are in the
car. What do you think? —
POLITICALLY STUMPED
DEAR
POLITICALLY
STUMPED: You have a right
to exercise your freedom of expression. If your relative prefers not to ride in a car with
a bumper sticker advertising
“the other” political party,
then he or she should feel
free to arrange for alternative
transportation.
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KISSIMMEE, Fla. (AP) —
The father of the Orlando gay
nightclub shooter was spotted
at a campaign event for Hillary
Clinton in central Florida.
Seddique Mateen was standing in a crowd behind Clinton
during the Monday night event
in Kissimmee, south of Orlando. A campaign official told
The Associated Press on Tuesday that he wasn’t invited to
attend the 3,000-person, opendoor public event and that the
campaign wasn’t aware he was
there until it ended.
Mateen told news outlets after the rally that he loves “the
United States.”
Omar Mateen fatally shot
49 people and injured another
53 at Pulse nightclub on June
12. He was killed by law enforcement officers following a
three-hour standoff.
The father says his family
has been cooperating with investigators.
During her speech, Clinton
expressed support for the survivors of the attack and the
loved ones of those killed.
Trump on
defensive
BRISTOL, Va. (AP) —
On the defensive once again,
Donald Trump is blaming
faulty interpretations and media bias for an uproar over his
comments about the Second
Amendment.
He’s insisting he never advocated violence against Hillary
Clinton, even as undeterred
Democrats pile on.
The latest Trump controversy arose from an offhand
quip at a rally. Trump said
there would be “nothing you
can do” if Clinton’s elected
to stop her from stacking the
Supreme Court with anti-gun
justices, then added ambiguously, “Although the Second
Amendment people, maybe
there is — I don’t know.”
AP Poll: Young people in America
overwhelmingly favor LGBT rights
By SARAH GRACE TAYLOR
and EMILY SWANSON
Associated Press
WASHINGTON
(AP)
— Young people in America overwhelmingly support
LGBT rights when it comes
to policies on employment,
health care and adoption,
according to a new survey.
The GenForward survey of Americans ages 1830 found that support for
those policies has increased
over the past two years,
especially among young
whites. But relatively few of
these young adults consider
rights for people who are
lesbian, gay, bisexual and
transgender to be among
the top issues facing the
United States.
According to the findings,
92 percent of young adults
support HIV and AIDs prevention, 90 percent support
equal employment, and
80 percent support LGBT
adoption. Across racial
and ethnic groups, broad
majorities support training
police on transgender issues, government support
for organizations for LGBT
youth and insurance coverage for transgender health
issues.
GenForward is a survey
by the Black Youth Project
at the University of Chicago
with The Associated PressNORC Center for Public
Affairs Research. The first-
of-its-kind poll pays special
attention to the voices of
young adults of color, highlighting how race and ethnicity shape the opinions of
the country’s most diverse
generation.
In the past two years,
support has increased from
69 percent to 84 percent
among young whites for
policies such as allowing
gays and lesbians to legally adopt children. Support among this group for
employment equality for
LGBT individuals rose
from 84 percent to 92 percent. The poll also suggests
support for allowing adoption by gays and lesbians
has increased among Hispanics over the past two
years, from 65 percent to 75
percent.
Christie Cocklin, 27, a
self-identified multiracial
American from Providence,
Rhode Island, says that
LGBT rights are just common sense.
“People who don’t identify as heterosexual are human like we are, and should
be entitled to the same kind
of rights,” she said. “I have
friends who are LGBT and
I feel that it’s discrimination to not allow them
adoption or employment or
whatever.”
Young Asian-Americans,
African-Americans and Latinos are more likely to support insurance coverage for
Letter to the Editor
PET PEEVES
Editor, Daily News
I would like to add my
two cents worth to the pet
peeves which are bothering
Allen Young, with the following:
• Numbers on houses —
If for no other reason, numbers on all houses should be
readily seen, especially for
firefighters, ambulance responders and police to save
time answering a call to locate a trouble spot or to assist someone in distress. The
numbers should all be white
and able to reflect a flashlight beam.
• Fire hydrants — All
should be painted one color — yellow — and if designated for other uses the
top should be painted red,
green, etc., all uniformly.
They should all have a steel
rod with a red reflector
extended above it. Home
owners should be mindful
enough to clean brush away,
as they would snow in the
winter.
• Joggers — They should
jog facing on-coming traffic, so they won’t be hit
from behind. Seven or eight
times over the years, I have
actually pulled over to the
side of South Athol Road,
motioned to a jogger, said
what I had to say, and all
responded favorably, then
crossed to the correct side
of the road.
Enough for now.
Bob Leonard
Athol
WASTE OF MONEY
Editor, Daily News
Ever eavesdrop, I do
sometimes but wonder if listening to what someone is
saying because it is unavoidable is actually eavesdropping. What I heard was there
is a concern regarding the
Orange town administrator
and others in their behavior.
It seems that the town administrator is of the mindset
that the Orange Armory
should be torn down and
replaced with a new building and this has others upset
because the Armory houses
some town offices, a senior
meal site, the Council On
Aging and there is use of
the upper area for teen activities, all of which would
be “evicted” if the building
were torn down as it is unlikely a new building would
be as large as the Armory
is as a major concern is the
heating of the Armory in the
winter.
But to tear it down would
be a waste of money as there
has been several updates
which would be destroyed
and to make a new building
feasible it in all likelihood
would be a smaller building and this would eliminate
some of the current use.
Has anyone composed
a draft blueprint of a new
building or put together any
form of layout? Not that I
heard, so why not compile a
dream sketch and prepare it
for putting it on AOTV-13 so
the townsfolk can see a proposal and think about it.
I have had one person say
that a new building would
possibly pay for itself in 20
years on heat cost savings
alone, but don’t tear down
the Armory to do this, perhaps a new building could be
built on town owned land,
or, across from the Orange
Post Office or other location
and sell the Armory to a private entrepreneur with conditions and have funds toward a new building’s costs.
By the way: I do not believe the Armory can be destroyed, it has the honor of
being a Veterans Memorial.
Think about that.
David L. Shepardson
Orange
transgender health issues in
general than when certain
specifics are mentioned.
Eighty-three percent of
Asian-Americans support
insurance coverage for
transgender health issues,
but only 63 percent say
so when gender reassignment surgery and hormone
treatments are specifically
mentioned. Similarly, support for insurance coverage drops from 69 percent
to 57 percent among African-Americans, and from
74 percent to 57 percent
among Latinos. Sixty-two
percent of young whites favored insurance coverage
of transgender health issues
regardless of whether that
specifically included gender
reassignment surgery and
hormone treatments.
While young Americans
favored LGBT rights on
every issue in the poll, only
6 percent, including fewer
than 1 in 10 across racial
and ethnic backgrounds,
consider the LGBT rights
one of the top issues facing the country. Among
those who self-identified as
LGBT, 17 percent said it is
one of the country’s top issues.
The poll of 1,940 adults
age 18-30 was conducted
July 9-20 using a sample
drawn from the probabilitybased GenForward panel,
which is designed to be
representative of the U.S.
young adult population.
The margin of sampling
error for all respondents is
plus or minus 3.8 percentage points.
The survey was paid for
by the Black Youth Project at the University of
Chicago using grants from
the John D. and Catherine
T. MacArthur Foundation
and the Ford Foundation.
Respondents were first
selected randomly using
address-based
sampling
methods, and later interviewed online or by phone.
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GenForward polls: http://
www.genforwardsurvey.
com/
Black Youth Project:
http://blackyouthproject.
com/
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are available in his office for
10 for $20 at the town office
building. However, the selectboard was opposed to the
idea. “I’m not in favor of
selling bags,” Allen said.
“It’s too much work.”
Selectboard vice chairman
Henry Woolsey said selling
stickers is one thing since it’s
only once a year, and there’s
a limited timeframe to buy
them.
Selectboard clerk Fredrik
Marsh said there are ample
opportunities for people
to buy the bags, including
at the Petersham Package
Store, Petersham Town Hall,
and the Petersham Memorial Library.
Marsh is concerned about
the congestion since there’s
a limited timeframe that residents can buy stickers.
“There are loose dogs
and small children running
around,” Marsh said. “Parents try to avoid that by having them stay in their vehicle, but then parents tend to
socialize. Having one more
persons there would add
more interaction. But I don’t
see any way around that.”
Marsh said there was an
accident there a few weeks
ago in the parking lot.
Administrative assistant
Sherry Berube will be onsite selling the stickers. “She
wholeheartedly supports it,”
Boudreau said. “It’s great
to see her enthusiastic support.”
Boudreau suggested selling the bags from noon to 2
p.m. over three days instead
of two. The most active
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times are from 9 to 10:30
a.m. and from 1:30 to 2 p.m.,
he said. “Maybe we can kick
around the hours to see if it’s
worth three days,” he said.
However, Woolsey was
inclined to have the station
be open for more hours on
fewer days.
“If it’s there in the moment, people will just do it,”
Woolsey said.
Allen said with analysis, it
made more sense to do two
full days instead of three
partial days.
Residents can have the
stickers mailed to them if
they provide a stamped, selfaddressed envelope to Boudreau’s office, or they are
available for pick-up if an
envelope isn’t available.
Although selling stickers
two for $25 is in the bylaw,
it is also convenient if residents lose one or if they have
a second car in the family,
she said.
Boudreau will put a
sign up that stickers will
soon be available and inform residents of the Oct.
1 deadline, which is about a
month and a half away. For
information, call 978-7243353.
Other news
In other news, the selectboard recognized that the
Simms Family Estate donated 2.3 acres of land on
Spring Street to the Petersham Center School.
The selectboard rescinded
their vote from a July 26
meeting for a reserve fund
transfer for a change order for Glen Valley Bridge,
which is to be replaced per
Orange
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a “jungle” and was glad to
hear that someone was willing to clean up the lot and
build something there.
Resident and business
owner Jim Gallagher also
spoke in favor of the project, noting that the company recently built a Honey
Farms on John Fitch Highway in Fitchburg and noted
that if something similar was
built in Orange “it would be
the most beautiful piece of
property in this town.”
Gary Moise, owner of the
Orange Trading Company,
located across East River
Street from the lot, spoke
against the plan in that he
felt the site was too small
for what the plan called
for. Moise was joined by
residents Janice Lanou and
Lynn Chase in asking if they
had considered a different
location in town.
“No” was the only response given by Honey
Farms CEO David Murdock, who added that the
business will be more than
just a gas station. With the
proposed housing project
across the street, he is hoping the Honey Farms on the
corner will be an attractive
place for people to shop.
Chase countered with an
allegation that the store will
not offer enough healthy
choices for food. Murdock
replied that there will be
some healthy choices and
some less healthy choices.
vious public hearing was a
re-angling of the driveway
on East River Street that
makes it less perpendicular
to the roadway. The northernmost driveway on South
Main Street has also been
redesigned as an exit only
because it will be blocked
by traffic during most peak
hours.
Business owner Paul Anderson asked if they took
into account the school
buses that back up through
the intersection during the
months when school is in
session. Monticup said that
the average traffic patterns
for each month of the year
were used in the averaging
process.
Samuel “Si” Mintz, an
architect and Boston city
planner who said he first
took interest in Orange
two years ago, spoke out
strongly against the project,
noting that it would ruin
the push to make Orange a
greater magnet for the arts.
He said that he believes that
the town should not give
up such a strategic corner
in town to such a project as
the one proposed by Honey
Farms. Mintz also added
that a Honey Farms at that
intersection will bring more
“transient” people to the
area.
Resident Bob Andrews
respectfully opposed the
comments made by Mintz.
He referred to the plot as
requirements of the Massachusetts Department of
Transportation.
“We thought we had to use
town money to pay for this,
and we can use Chapter 90
money, which is great,” Allen said. “Highway superintendent Greg Waid figured
out another way to pay for
the change order that saves
the town money.”
Allen said the bulk of the
funding came from the state
— about $185,000 — when
engineers needed about
$20,500 in Chapter 90 money.
The next public meeting
for the Nichewaug Inn and
Academy project will be
Sept. 7, in the lower level
of the town hall, where the
consulting firm will present their reports for options
for use of the property at
25 Common St. in the town
center.
“The range of study allows
for four individual homes up
to 30 units of condominiums
to generate tax revenue,”
Allen said.
The building is from 1899
with a 1952 back rear addition, she said.
Boudreau said they will
take the town offices bathroom American Disabilities
Act proposal under advisement until they can get a
new cost. They will look into
the cost of the sink plumbing
and widening of the door to
get a wheelchair through.
“I certainly have no problem doing it, but I wonder
if this is the best design,”
Marsh said, looking at the
paperwork.
Resident and candidate
for state representative Denise Andrews expressed that
“business is business,” but
is concerned that it might
leech business from other
area stores, specifically the
Cumberland Farms located
across the river. She was
also concerned that the
store could cause further
backups on the lone bridge
needed to allow emergency
vehicles to reach the majority portion of residents of
town.
Selectboard chair Kathy
Reinig said she is against the
car wash and instead would
like to see more greenery
with a place to sit and eat,
especially considering it
would be located directly
across the street from the
Riverfront Park.
Patrick McLaughlin of
MHF Design Consultants
said the next step will be to
take all of the comments
and work with review consultants and the town’s community development office
to come back with a more
collective plan. “No one is
rushing about this and we
appreciate all of the input
and efforts being made,” he
said.
The
planning
board
agreed to continue the hearing in two weeks time, at
their next regular meeting
date on Tuesday, Aug. 23, at
7 p.m. in the town hall auditorium. Phillipston
After
speaking
with
town counsel regarding
the dilemma for the ZBA,
administrative
assistant,
Rhonda Smith was told
that members of the ZBA
are considered “municipal employees” and MGL
Chapter 268A, section 19
prohibits a municipal employee from participating
in any particular matter in
which he or his immediate
family has a financial interest. Based on the policy of
the Ethics Commission, any
board member with abutting property is prohibited
Students
Tech at the five-day event.
More than 6,000 outstanding career and technical education students from across
the country — all state-level
gold medalists — competed
at the national championship in 100 hands-on occupational and leadership
competitions, such as robotics, computer programming,
criminal justice, aviation
maintenance, carpentry, culinary arts and public speaking.
Industry leaders — representing more than 600 national businesses, corporations, trade associations and
unions — design, run and
judge individual contests, us-
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from participating in the closure forms submitted,
solar project matter, unless Dymek moved to grant the
there is an exemption avail- exemptions for both men
able to the board member. because the financial inAs appointed officials, terest is not so substantial
the ZBA members affected as to be deemed likely to
needed to make written affect the integrity of the
disclosures of the financial services which the municiinterest (the abutting par- pality may expect from the
cel) with the selectmen and employee. Brouillet secrequest a written finding onded — so voted. A letthat “the financial interest ter will be drafted for both
is not so substantial as to Specht and Telepciak. The
be deemed likely to affect zoning board will meet tothe integrity of the services night at 7 in the town hall
which the municipality may to discuss the solar project.
expect from the employee.”
After review of the dis-
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ing the latest industry standards.
Anne Marie Cataldo,
Monty Tech SkillsUSA advisor, said, “The kids were
fantastic, and the staff that
joined us made the week
fun and run smoothly. Our
students worked hard and
found time to enjoy some of
what Louisville has to offer,
ranging from the Muhammad Ali Center to the Louisville Slugger Factory.”
Massachusetts’ chapter of
SkillsUSA has the second
largest membership in the
country with over 31,000 students, teachers and administrators as members. Arrested
WORCESTER,
Mass.
(AP) — Worcester police have
arrested a city man they say
committed a series of violent
crimes in a short period, including a rape and a carjacking.
Antonio Damon is scheduled to be arraigned Wednesday on charges including aggravated rape, armed robbery,
kidnapping, and carjacking.
Police responded to a city
business just after 5 p.m. Tuesday after a 27-year-old woman
called to say a man with a knife
had entered the business and
raped her. In less than an hour,
police received reports of a
carjacking, a hit-and-run accident, and an armed robbery.
Monette.
A small group was on
hand to witness the feat,
including military veteran
Richard Martin; 30-year
Air Force member John
Masaitis; Neil McGuirk,
veterans services director
for the Northeast Quabbin
Veterans District; and the
Masaitises’ 4 1/2-year-old
granddaughters, Marley and
Olivia Partridge.
Martin, John Masaitis
and McGuirk thanked the
women for their effort and
support of veterans, and
McGuirk took a moment
to relate experiences he
has had involving veteran
suicides, including that of a
family member.
In addition to doing pushups at the Veterans Park on
at least two occasions, the
women also held sessions at
Orange Fitness and Memo-
Push-ups
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rial Park in Orange, and at
Lake Ellis and the veterans
park adjacent to the YMCA
in Athol.
Twenty-two is representative of the average number
of veterans suffering from
PSTD who take their own
lives by suicide each day.
The 22 push-ups move is a
national outreach program
of #22KILL.com, which is
a global movement bridging the gap between veterans and civilians to build a
community of support and
empowerment. The goals
are to:
• Raise awareness of veteran suicide and mental
health issues;
• Educate the public
about current veteran-related topics and issues;
• Recruit veteran advocates, a.k.a. “Battle Buddies;” and
Schools
• Support various veteran
empowerment
programs,
such as Honor Courage
Commitment Inc., Equest
Hooves for Heroes, Brain
Treatment
Foundation,
Center for BrainHealth,
REACT, Adaptive Training
Foundation, and more.
Honor Courage Commitment Inc. started the
#22KILL movement in
2013 after learning of the
statistic that an average of
22 veterans are killed as
the result of suicide every
day. HCC has committed
to researching and understanding the genesis of this
epidemic, and educating the
general public on the issue.
HCC’s overall goal is to
have 22 million push-ups
done. To learn more and to
take part, log onto https://
www.22kill.com/22-honorpushups/.
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principal at the Royalston
Community School. She
will be located at Athol
Community
Elementary
School (ACES) and her
position is funded by the
School Redesign Grant.
Throughout the hiring process it became clear that
Superchi’s background in
literacy, her experience
with the district’s current
professional development,
and her understanding of
what work needs to be done
with the elementary curric-
ulum makes her a perfect
fit for the position.
Williams is entering her
fourth year at ARRSD. She
has been the principal of
Riverbend/Sanders Street
schools for the past three
years, and she has been a
successful principal in her
previous district and in
Athol. Her experience in
the role of principal and
her commitment and desire
to support all students will
be a valuable asset in Royalston. She will also remain
the district’s Title I Director and Kindergarten Coordinator.
“Both of these leadership
moves were made with the
best interest of students in
mind. These moves allow
the district to continue to
move forward by not only
utilizing staff who are familiar with our current
status, but also by putting
them in positions in which
they are most likely to succeed,” said A-R Superintendent Steve Meyer. By DAVID KOENIG
AP Airlines Writer
Delta spokesman Trebor
Banstetter said that after
the power outage, key systems and network equipment did not switch over to
backups. The investigation
of the outage is ongoing, but
Banstetter said that there is
no indication that the problems were caused by a hack
or intentional breach of the
system.
Georgia Power, which
controls the system where
the outage began, said it ap-
pears that a failure of Delta
equipment caused the airline’s power disruption. No
other customers lost power,
a spokesman said.
Airlines depend on huge,
overlapping and complicated systems to operate
flights, ticketing, boarding,
airport kiosks, websites and
mobile phone apps. Even
brief outages can now snarl
traffic and, as the Delta incident shows, those problems
can go global in seconds.
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DALLAS (AP) — Travelers on Delta Air Lines
endured hundreds more
canceled and delayed flights
on Tuesday as the carrier
slogged through day two of
its recovery from a global
computer outage.
By late morning, nearly
400 Delta flights had been
scrubbed and more than 700
delayed, according to tracking service FlightStats Inc.
The disruptions followed
about 1,000 cancellations
and 2,800 delayed flights on
Monday after a power outage at Delta’s Atlanta headquarters tripped a meltdown
of its booking, communications and other systems.
The airline was back online after a few hours Monday, but the outages were so
widespread that it was still
dealing with the ripple effects a day later.
More than 1,000 people
spent the night at Narita
Airport outside Tokyo because of the shutdown.
While flights resumed in the
morning, Delta spokeswoman Hiroko Okada said more
delays were expected.
Delta also extended a
travel-waiver policy to help
stranded passengers rearrange their travel plans.
The airline posted a video
apology by CEO Ed Bastian. And it offered refunds
and $200 in travel vouchers
to people whose flights were
canceled or delayed at least
three hours.
Delta’s challenge Tuesday
will be to find enough seats
on planes during the busy
summer vacation season
to accommodate the tens
of thousands of passengers
whose flights were scrubbed.
Airlines have been putting
more people in each plane,
so when a system of a major
carrier crashes, as has happened with others before
Delta, finding a new seat for
the waylaid becomes more
difficult.
Last month, the average
Delta flight was 87 percent
full.
Confusion among passengers Monday was compounded as Delta’s flightstatus updates crashed as
well. Instead of staying
home or poolside at a hotel until the airline could fix
the mess, many passengers
learned about the gridlock
only after they reached the
airport.
They were stuck.
“By the time I showed up
at the gate the employees
were already disgruntled,
and it was really difficult to
get anybody to speak to me
or get any information,” said
Ashley Roache, whose flight
from Lexington, Kentucky,
to New York’s LaGuardia
Airport was delayed. “The
company could have done
a better job of explaining ...
what was happening.”
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Real Estate
Transactions
ATHOL
The following real estate transactions were filed recently
with area registrars of deeds. Some were selected from
“copyrighted material previously published in The Banker
and Tradesman,a weekly trade newspaper. It is reprinted
with permission from the publisher, The Warren Group, www.
thewarrengroup.com” Listings indicate (in order) property locations, purchase price, seller, buyer, mortgage holder and
real estate broker, where applicable. Translation of Latin legal abbreviations: “et al” means “andothers”; “et ux” means
“and spouse.”
Beacon St., 36
$32,000
Bayview Loan Servicing to Burkley Properties LLC. Keith McGuirk,
Millers River Real Estate and Lynn
Brooks, Godin Real Estate.
Castle Ave., 84
$105,000
Armand J and Marie C Savoie
to Adam H Savoie and Amy E
Aldrich.
Chester St., 52
$143,000
Scott & Meaghan Sullivan to
Benjamin & Cassidy Ford. Heidi
Coache for Godin Real Estate &
Cala Claret for Re/Max Property
Promotions.
Conant Rd., 911
$203,000
Roger and Dorothy Myers to
Rhonda Keith. Jean Stone for Burbank Real Estate.
Crescent St., 278
$68,300
Robert Gonyou and Bayview
Loan Servicing to Bayview Loan
Servicing.
Harvard Ave., 550
$129,500
Janice M Marble to Dakota J
Regienus.
Park St., 194
$115,000
Jeremy McHugh to Jennifer and
John Pierce. Ted Ledgard, Millers
River Real Estate and Sara Lyman,
Hometown Realtors.
Rober Dr., 188
$68,000
David Burbank to Raymond
Teague. Tony Paoletti for Burbank
Real Estatel.
S Athol Rd., 3025
$205,000
Terri M Johnson to Colton T Banks
and Alanna Davies. Tony Paoletti
for Burbank Real Estate.
S Athol Rd., 4109
198,000
George E and Marie J West to
Jennifer L and William A Sheldon.
Spring St., 160
$174,500
Daniel R and Rachel L Burke to
Thomas and Laura Pilling.
Wallingford Ave., 11
$185,000
Beverly Abelow to Shane M and
Shannon Desreuisseau. Stephanie Pandiscio, Foster-Healey Real
Estate and Linda Lee, Hometown
Realtors.
Walnut St., 2
$133,000
Michael L and Cynthia A Barnes
to Zane Baker. Linda Lee, Hometown Realtors and Tammy Byars,
Laer Realty Partners.
Western Ave., 139
$132,000
Jeffrey Cooke to Robert Keeney.
Keith McGuirk, Millers RIver Real
Estate and Sara Currier, Hometown Realtors.
Woodland Dr., 12
$147,000
Stella Murphy to Brian Foley. Lynn
Brooks for Godin Real Estate.
ERVING
Mountain Rd., 19
$159,000
Ruth S Crosby Est and Dana K
Crosby to Rodney W Willis.
ORANGE
Cheney St., 14
$40,000
Charles H Morrow to Peter D
and Jessica E Whitmore. Merillyn
Chnicknavarian, Evergreen Realty and Athea Bramhall, Hometown Realtors.
Daniel Shays Hwy., 15
$42,099
US Bank NA Tr to Currier Road
Holdings LLC.
East River St., 519 #116
$38,000
Linda Legere to Suzanne Vescovi.
Lynn Brooks for Godin Real Estate
& Linda Lee for Hometown Realtors.
Holtshire Rd., 410
$155,000
Nathan A Lacroix to Juliana L
Costa and Christopher J Seklecki.
Holtshire Rd., 189
$184,000
Marc Parent to Terry Parker and
Andria Trombley. Sara Currier,
Hometown Realtors and David
Newton, Millers River Real Estate.
Main St., 170
$237,500
Raymond Teague to Andrew
Daisy. Tony Paoletti for Burbank
Real Estate.
Town Farm Rd., 40
$215.000
Anne M CHenausky and HSBC
Bank USA NA Tr to HSBC Bank USA
NA TR.
PHILLIPSTON
Baldwin Hill Rd.,
$100,000
Ridgemont Properties Inc to BlastTech Inc.
Brooks Villiage Rd., 60 $154,154
Enrique Rodriguez and US Bank
NA Tr to US Bank NA Tr.
Ward Hill Rd., 100
$354,000
David A Zucker and Elizabeth F
Bunker to Nicholas W and Katherine L St Cyr.
ROYALSTON
Butterworth Rd., 53
$250,000
Casey and Christina L Conry to
Kyle R Magoffin and Alyssa L
Roberts.
PETERSHAM
Monson Turnpike Rd.,55 $140,491
James O Crowley and US Bank
NA Tr to US Bank NA Tr.
West St., 5
$449,000
Emily Arnold and Sally Rench to
James and Marie McCrohon.
NEW SALEM
Neilson Rd., 160
$225,000
Sunday Dempsy Lefrebvre and
Wendy J Greene to Phyllis R Rogers. Tony Paoletti for Burbank Real
Estate and Walter Chenausky for
Cetto Real Estate.
Whitaker Rd., 102
$207,296
Garrick and Margaret A Doherty
to Matthew J Ferris.
Porcello continues
Fenway dominance;
Sox beat Yanks 5-3
By KYLE HIGHTOWER
AP Sports Writer
Rodriguez did not play after announcing that this week’s four
games would be his last with the
Yankees. Manager Joe Girardi said
the plan is for Rodriguez to start the
final game of the series on Thursday
night. A-Rod will play his final game
in pinstripes Friday night at home
against Tampa Bay.
With the Red Sox leading in the
ninth, a “We want A-Rod!” chant
briefly broke out among sellout
crowd.
Rodriguez made his major league
debut for Seattle at Fenway in 1994.
Things got tense for a moment
in the seventh after Chase Headley was thrown out trying to stretch
his double off the Green Monster
into a triple. Benches cleared after
Headley had words with Porcello,
and the two briefly came face-toface. Umpires quickly stepped in
and were able to calm things.
Porcello declined to say what the
specific issue was about.
“It was one of those moments
where I felt like I needed to say
something and I did,” he said. “So
it’s between me and him. He knows
what I said, and I’ll leave it at that.”
Headley also was mum about the
incident.
“He said what he had to say and
BOSTON (AP) — Rick Porcello
continued to dominate at Fenway
Park, and fans had to settle for a
Red Sox victory without an appearance by Alex Rodriguez.
Porcello pitched eight solid innings, Matt Barnes cleaned up a
mess created by closer Craig Kimbrel and Boston held on to beat the
New York Yankees 5-3 on Tuesday
night.
Kimbrel walked in a run with the
bases loaded in the ninth before
handing off to Barnes, who struck
out Mark Teixeira for his first save.
Boston returned home after going
5-6 on a West Coast trip.
“It was a big win for us. It came
SHOUTING MATCH — New York Yankees’ Chase Headley shouts at Boston Red Sox starting off a long, tough road trip,” Porcello
pitcher Rick Porcello, leading to the benches clearing, as umpire Todd Tichenor steps between said. “So we started the homestand
the two, after Headley was tagged out at third trying to stretch a double into a triple during the off the right way and it’s a good way
sixth inning of a baseball game at Fenway Park in Boston on Tuesday.
to start the series.”
AP Photo/Winslow Townson
After falling behind early, the Red
Sox scored three runs in the fifth to
lead 5-2. Boston has won 10 of the
last 14 meetings between the rivals.
Dustin Pedroia had three RBIs.
Porcello (15-3) allowed two runs
and struck out six. He improved to
11-0 in 12 starts at home this season.
By KYLE HIGHTOWER
BOSTON (AP) — The Boston
“It’s a great chance to give me
Luis Severino (1-7) allowed five
AP Sports Writer
one big, loud boo on the way out Red Sox canceled a David Ortiz runs and seven hits over 4 1/3 inBOSTON (AP) — Alex Rodri- and send me to Miami,” Rodriguez bobblehead promotion Tuesday nings. It was his first start since beguez’s memories of Fenway Park said. “The one thing is I love Bos- night when the figurine turned ing demoted to the minors in May.
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are as textured as the complicated ton. It’s a great city. I love Fenway out to be “racially insensitive,”
story of his 22-year career.
Park. I started here. My mother said team president Sam KenThis week, A-Rod will wear pin- and brother and sister were here. I nedy.
The bobblehead depicts Ortiz
stripes in Boston as a player for the want my girls to go to college somefinal time. He will start in the finale where in Boston, I’m not gonna say addressing fans at Fenway Park
of the Yankees’ three-game series where. But somewhere in Boston. following the Boston Marathon
bombings, but Kennedy said it
on Thursday night before playing It should be fun.”
his final game with New York at
The former AL MVP and 14- didn’t much resemble the retirhome the next night.
time All-Star is hitting .204 this ing slugger and was not fit for
Manager Joe Girardi announced season with nine home runs and 29 distribution.
Kennedy saw the final version
the plans for A-Rod in Boston prior RBIs in 216 at-bats. The struggles
to Tuesday night’s series opener. have relegated him to a diminished of the bobblehead for the first
After Friday’s game against the role. He hasn’t played since Aug. 2 time Tuesday afternoon after they
Rays, Rodriguez will be released and has appeared in just 62 games were delivered.
“My two immediate reactions
and shift into a role as a special ad- this season.
viser.
“This has been really difficult, were first, it was a really inaccuGirardi said Sunday he would get because I think we all expected him rate portrayal of what he looks
Rodriguez as many innings as pos- to have a good year,” Girardi said. like,” Kennedy told The Associatsible this week, but said Tuesday “Me and Alex have been through ed Press. “My personal reaction
he got caught up in the emotions a lot — I mean a lot — over the was it was offensive and, to me,
of Sunday’s announcement and years that I’ve been here. Hopefully kind of appeared racially inseninstead will prioritize the Yankees’ when we all get away from this, he sitive. I just had a bad reaction.”
He then held a meeting with GOLD MEDAL — United States’ Michael Phelps celebrates
pursuit of a playoff spot.
remembers more good than bad.”
Rodriguez says he is disappointIt’s unclear if Rodriguez’s ca- several team officials.
“My gut feeling was if I have winning the gold medal in the men’s 4x200-meter freestyle relay
ed but excited to start at least one reer will actually end Friday. The
more time at Fenway Park, where 41-year-old remained noncom- that negative reaction then our during the swimming competitions at the 2016 Summer Olympics, Wednesday, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
he made his major league debut in
AP Photo/Lee Jin-man
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1994.
A-Rod to start Thursday for
Yankees at Fenway Park
‘Racially insensitive’
Ortiz bobblehead
pulled before game
Phelps wins Olympic gold
medals No. 20 and 21 in Rio
By PAUL NEWBERRY
AP National Writer
OLYMPIC GOLD — U.S. gymnasts and gold medallists, right to left, Simone Biles, Gabrielle
Douglas, Lauren Hernandez, Madison Kocian and Aly Raisman pose for photographs during the
medal ceremony for the artistic gymnastics women’s team at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio
de Janeiro, Brazil, Tuesday.
AP Photo/Julio Cortez
Karolyi’s ‘Final Five’ US team wins gymnastics gold
By WILL GRAVES
AP Sports Writer
RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Just
call them the Final Five.
Dominant. Peerless. Golden.
The U.S. women’s gymnastics
team gave retiring national team
coordinator Martha Karolyi a fitting
send off in the Olympic finals on
Tuesday night, putting on a two-hour
display of precision and class. Their
score of 184.897 was more than eight
points points clear of silver medalist
Russia, a blowout that Michael Jordan’s “Dream Team” should envy.
The Americans’ second straight
Olympic team triumph — and
third overall — was never in doubt.
From the second Laurie Hernandez
drilled her opening vault to Simone
Biles’ boundary-pushing floor exercise to end it, the U.S. put on an
exhibition that showed how far the
divide between themselves and everyone else has become.
It’s a gap that Karolyi created
from scratch since taking over for
husband Bela in 2001. She’s molded
the U.S. program into a ponytailed
juggernaut. The 73-year-old is stepping down after the games. Watching from the front row of the Rio
Olympic Arena in a red jumpsuit,
Karolyi watched perhaps her great-
est team seem totally immune to the
pressure.
Maybe that’s because for Hernandez, Biles, Gabby Douglas, Madison
Kocian and Aly Raisman, the meets
are the fun part of their jobs. The
toughest competitions happen in
quiet at the regular training camps
Karolyi carefully oversees. When
the lights come on, it’s time to let
loose.
Biles admitted there were nerves
before Sunday’s preliminaries,
though it hardly looked like it while
the Americans posted the highest
score by more than nine points. The
only moment of tension on Tuesday
came early. When Hernandez was
introduced to the crowd, Raisman
nudged her and told her to wave,
which the 16-year-old did with a
toothy smile.
Barely five minutes later, the
youngest member of Team USA was
all business. Her double-twisting
Yurchenko — basically a roundoff
into a pair of twists — put the machine in motion. Raisman, who won
three medals in London four years
ago and seemed to be on the outside looking in as last as this spring,
followed with perhaps the finest
vault of her long career. When Biles
drilled her Amanar and put up a
15.933 — the highest of the night —
the U.S. was already on top of the
leaderboard.
Yet it’s not just enough for Karolyi
for her team to win. She stopped
measuring the Americans against
everyone else long ago. Karolyi
wants there to be no doubt. And
there wasn’t.
The U.S. went through 28 rotations over two days, just like the
other seven teams that made the
team final. Unlike the other seven,
the Americans didn’t slip off uneven
bars. They didn’t hop off balance
beams. It’s that ability to avoid mistakes when it counts that’s as much
a testament to Karolyi’s meticulous
preparation as their dynamic and
unparalleled gymnastics.
While the gold was never in doubt,
you wouldn’t have known about it by
watching Karolyi. She clutched the
white railing in front of her during
Biles’ floor routine, nodding with
approval with each gravity-escaping
tumbling pass.
Russia, which wasn’t sure it would
even be included in the games until
just days before the opening ceremonies as the IOC and sport federations sorted out punishments for a
national doping scandal, won silver.
China took bronze.
RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Michael Phelps sat alone, thoroughly
exhausted. He put his head in his
hands and then motioned at his
neck as though he had nothing left
to give.
No need.
His work was done.
He had his 20th and 21st gold
medals.
Phelps made up for one of the
rare losses in his brilliant career by
winning the 200-meter butterfly,
a triumph that sent him climbing
into the stands to kiss his 3-monthold son Boomer. An hour later, he
returned to take what amounted
to nothing more than a triumphant
victory lap in anchoring the 4x200
freestyle relay, the crowd’s deafening roar growing louder with every
stroke.
This was another performance for
the ages, but Phelps has done it so
many times that nothing else would
have been fitting. It came on a night
that American teammate Katie
Ledecky picked up her second gold
of the Rio Olympics on the way to
what could be a historic run of her
own in the pool.
Phelps now has 25 medals in all,
and three more races in Rio to add
to his almost unimaginable total.
The 200 fly was the one he really
wanted, and it showed.
With challengers all around,
Phelps simply wouldn’t be denied.
After touching the wall first — by
a mere four-hundredths of a second
— he held up one finger. Then he sat
on a lane rope, egging on the roaring crowd at the Olympic Aquatics
Center with both hands, before emphatically pumping his fist.
Tears welled in his eyes during the
medal ceremony — until somebody
in the crowd cracked him up. Then,
during the customary stroll around
the pool to pose for photographers,
Phelps broke ranks and bounded
into the stands to plant a kiss on
Boomer, the son who symbolizes just how much Phelps’ life has
changed since a second drunkendriving arrest two years ago.
Phelps held off Japan’s Masato
Sakai with a time of 1 minute, 53.36
seconds, but that number was of
little concern.
The only thing that mattered was
getting to the wall first.
Four years ago, Phelps mistimed
his finish in the wind-milling stroke
he does better than anyone, gliding
to the wall a little too long after his
final whirl of the arms. That allowed
Chad le Clos of South Africa to
stunningly win gold in an event that
Phelps had dominated for the better
part of a decade.
Phelps retired after the London
Games, so it looked like he wouldn’t
get a chance to make up for his defeat. But when he decided about a
year later to start competing again,
the 200 fly was clearly the title he
sought more than any other.
Le Clos was in the final again,
thoroughly inspired himself by his
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Green color of day at Olympic diving pool
RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) —
Green, not gold, was the color
of the day at the Olympic diving
venue.
Sure, China won its third consecutive gold medal on Tuesday,
but the buzz was about the color of
the water in the diving pool — a
murky green.
That’s in stark contrast to the
pool’s previous day’s color and
also that of the clear blue water in
the second pool used for the water
polo competition.
British diver Tom Daley, who
earned bronze in men’s synchronized 10-meter on Monday, tweeted a photo of the two pools next
to each other and captioned it,
“Ermmm...what happened?!”
Water quality has been a major
issue surrounding the Rio Olympics, but in the ocean and lagoons,
not the venue pools.
A statement from Rio 2016 organizers says water tests were
conducted and there is no risk to
athletes. Organizers say they’re
investigating what caused the color change.
US women settle for draw with Colombia
By ANNE M. PETERSON
AP Sports Writer
VICTORY LANE — Jimmy Blewett, driver of the
Starrett sponsored ‘Mystic Missile’ car, hoists the
trophy after winning the NASCAR Whelen Modified Stafford 150 race at Stafford Motor Speedway
this past Friday in Stafford, Conn. Blewett pulled
away from the field down the stretch after fuel issues plagued a pair of other race contenders.
Baseball Expanded Standings
AMERICAN LEAGUE
East Division
W L
Baltimore 63 49
Toronto
64 50
Boston
61 50
New York
56 56
Tampa Bay 46 66
Central Division
W L
Cleveland 63 47
Detroit
61 52
Chicago
54 58
Kansas City 53 59
Minnesota 46 67
West Division
W L
Texas
67 47
Seattle
59 53
Houston
58 55
Oakland 50 63
Los Angeles 49 63
-----NATIONAL LEAGUE
East Division
W L
Washington66 46
Miami
60 53
New York
57 55
Philadelphia52 63
Atlanta
43 70
Central Division
W L
Chicago
70 41
St. Louis
59 54
Pittsburgh 56 54
Milwaukee 49 62
Cincinnati 46 66
West Division
W L
Los Angeles 64 49
San Francisco64 49
Colorado 55 58
San Diego 48 64
Arizona
46 66
Pct
.563
.561
.550
.500
.411
GBWCGB L10 Str Home Away
— — 5-5 L-239-17 24-32
— — 5-5 L-133-25 31-25
1½ — 5-5W-1 35-25 26-25
7
5½ 4-6 L-1 32-24 24-32
17 15½ 5-5 W-1 25-34 21-32
Pct GBWCGB L10 Str Home Away
.573 — — 5-5W-1 31-20 32-27
.540 3½
1 6-4 L-333-21 28-31
.482 10 7½ 4-6W-1 29-26 25-32
.473 11
8½ 4-6 L-1 34-21 19-38
.40718½ 16 7-3 L-1 24-33 22-34
Pct GBWCGB L10 Str Home
.588 — — 7-3W-4 34-17
.527 7 2½ 7-3W-5 32-25
.513 8½
4 3-7W-1 34-26
.44216½ 12 3-7W-2 26-32
.438 17 12½ 3-7 L-5 26-29
Away
33-30
27-28
24-29
24-31
23-34
Pct GBWCGB L10 Str Home
.589 — — 6-4 L-1 33-22
.531 6½ — 5-5W-1 30-25
.509
9
2½ 4-6 L-1 29-27
.452 15½
9 5-5 L-2 25-29
.38123½ 17 7-3W-4 18-39
Away
33-24
30-28
28-28
27-34
25-31
.631 — — 9-1W-8 38-17 32-24
.522 12
1 3-7 L-1 27-33 32-21
.50913½ 2½ 4-6W-1 32-24 24-30
.441 21 10 4-6 L-330-27 19-35
.41124½ 13½ 5-5W-1 26-29 20-37
.566 —
— 6-4 W-4 37-21 27-28
.566
—
— 5-5 L-1 32-21 32-28
.487 9
5 4-6 L-328-29 27-29
.429 15½ 11½ 4-6 L-2 27-30 21-34
.41117½ 13½ 4-6W-2 19-39 27-27
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I responded,” Headley said.
“I’m competing, too, so I actually kind of enjoyed it, to be
honest. We haven’t had one
of those dustups with the Red
Sox in a while. It got me going
a little bit.”
The Red Sox played catch
up until putting things together in the fifth.
Andrew Benintendi nearly
had his first career homer after hitting a shot next to the
yellow line that separates the
Green Monster and the wall
in center. The umpires conferred briefly before signaling a home run. Benintendi
rounded the bases and had a
few minutes in the dugout before the call was overturned
on a review and ruled a double.
It still drove in Sandy Leon,
who led off with a triple to the
corner in right, and put Boston up 3-2.
Benintendi scored on
a double by Pedroia, and
the second baseman came
around to put Boston up 5-2
when David Ortiz hit a line
drive off the Green Monster.
Doll
TRAINER’S ROOM
Yankees:
New
York
claimed LHP Tommy Layne
off waivers and placed him
on the active roster Tuesday,
one week after the Red Sox
designated him for assignment. Layne made his Yankees debut when he came out
of the bullpen in the fifth and
replaced Severino.
Red Sox: Manager John
Farrell said after the game
that LF/C Blake Swihart will
have surgery sometime in the
coming days on his injured
left ankle sprain. He is likely
done for the season.
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Yankees: RHP Nathan Eovaldi (9-8, 4.80) leads the club
in wins despite losing his last
two starts, allowing a pair of
home runs in each.
Red Sox: LHP Drew
Pomeranz (0-2, 6.20 in AL)
is still looking for his first win
since coming to Boston in a
trade with San Diego on July
14. Pomeranz was 8-7 with
the Padres and made the NL
All-Star team with an ERA of
2.47.
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fans may as well,” he said. relationship with the Red Sox
“We just made the decision organization and its decision
to scrap the whole thing. We to postpone Tuesday’s David
apologize to everyone tonight Ortiz bobblehead giveaway,”
and will make it up to fans.” BDA said in a statement.
The giveaway was supposed “We’re currently working
to be for the first 15,000 fans closely with the Red Sox to
at Tuesday’s game against ensure the team and its fans
the Yankees. To make up for receive a quality product.”
the inconvenience, any fan
The Red Sox sent out a
holding a ticket to the game statement and apology via
will be able to get a new Or- their website and social metiz bobblehead once they are dia several hours before a 5-3
reproduced.
win over the Yankees.
The rejected bobblehead
“We’re going to redo them
was made by BDA, Inc., and and get them right and apolothe company will also pro- gize for the disappointment
duce the replacements.
for anyone tonight,” Kennedy
“We value our decades-long said.
MANAUS, Brazil (AP)
— With time running out,
Catalina Usme beat Hope
Solo with a free kick from a
tight angle to give Colombia
a 2-2 draw against the United States on Tuesday at the
Olympics.
Usme also scored in the
26th minute to give the Colombians an early 1-0 lead.
It was the team’s first-ever
Olympic goal, and first-ever goal against the United
States.
Despite the draw, the topranked United States still
finished atop Group F.
Teenager Mallory Pugh
became the youngest player to score for the United
States in an Olympics with
her goal in the 59th minute, giving the Americans a
2-1 lead. Crystal Dunn also
scored for the defending
champions.
The U.S. women’s team,
the reigning World Cup
champions, is vying for its
fourth straight Olympic gold
medal.
Pugh, just 18, came into
the game as a first-half substitute for midfielder Megan Rapinoe, who played in
her first match since having
ACL surgery in December.
In addition to Rapinoe,
United States coach Jill Ellis
made several other changes
to her starting lineup, sitting regular starters Alex
Morgan, Tobin Heath and
Meghan Klingenberg. Julie
Johnston, who sat out the
second game with groin injury, was also on the bench.
Morgan came in after the
half for Carli Lloyd. Pugh,
who hurt her ankle in the
2-0 opening win against
New Zealand, went in when
Rapinoe was pulled in the
33rd minute as temperatures hovered in the upper
80s.
The match in Brazil’s Amazon rainforest was an announced sellout, with many
fans awaiting the late game
between host Brazil and
South Africa. The crowd
was on the side of the underdogs from the start and
cheered wildly when Usme
scored her first goal. The
free kick bounced between
Solo’s legs.
The fans also taunted Solo
by chanting “Zika! Zika!”
The jeers have accompanied the U.S. goalkeeper
throughout the Olympic
tournament because of
posts she made on social
media about the virus that is
spread by mosquitoes.
It was just the fifth goal
that Solo has allowed this
year. The veteran goalkeeper has a record 102 shutouts
in international play.
Dunn, playing in her first
Olympics with the national
team, tied the match with
a rebound after Lloyd’s
shot bounced back off the
crossbar in the 41st minute.
Pugh’s goal slid between numerous Colombia players
before finding the back of
the net in the second half.
Colombia had already
been eliminated with losses in its first two matches.
On Monday, coach Fabian
Taborda said Usme had
an injured left knee, while
Lady Andrade and Carolina
Arias were suffering from
“exhaustion.” But all three
started.
Colombia is considered
one of South America’s top
teams, along with neighboring Brazil. Las Cafeteras,
as they’re known, surprised
many when they advanced
to the knockout round in the
World Cup last year.
The Amazonia Arena was
built for the men’s World
Cup in 2014. Since then, the
stadium has seen few big
events, except for some lower-division soccer matches
and religious events, until
the Olympics.
In other matches Tuesday, the final day of group
play,
Melissa
Tancredi
scored both goals as Canada defeated Germany 2-1
in Brasilia. Both Group F
teams advanced to the quarterfinals.
Michelle Heyman scored
twice as Australia defeated
Zimbabwe 6-1 in Salvador.
With the win, the Matildas
are assured a spot in the
quarterfinals.
Zimbabwe
was already eliminated.
Nate Ebner adds Olympic appearance to bucket list
By ARNIE STAPLETON
AP Pro Football Writer
RIO DE JANEIRO (AP)
— Nate Ebner is the only Super Bowl champion who ever
played a game of rugby in the
Olympics.
The New England Patriots
safety and special teams ace
scored a try before his late
tackle led to a yellow card in
the Americans’ 26-0 blowout
of Brazil on Tuesday in the
rugby sevens tournament.
Back home, Bill Belichick
stopped practice so his players could watch their teammate compete a world away
at the Rio de Janeiro Olympics.
They saw No. 12 — no,
not in honor of Tom Brady
— score just as the first half
ended and then get yellowcarded in the second half for
laying out Brazilian reserve
Gustavo Albuquerque on a
hit that would have drawn
praise in Foxborough but
earned him jeers and a twominute penalty at Deodoro
Stadium.
It wasn’t a football flashback, he insisted.
“Not really,” Ebner said.
“You just let your natural instincts take over.”
And those instincts were
honed on the pitch, not the
gridiron.
Ebner won a Super Bowl
ring with the Patriots two
years ago, but rugby is in his
blood. His father, Jeff Ebner, played at the University
of Minnesota and taught his
son the game when he was a
toddler.
Jeff Ebner was killed in a
robbery in 2008 at the family salvage business, the last
father-son conversation over
Nate’s desire to walk on the
football team at Ohio State.
Ebner said he thinks of
his father all the time but he
didn’t venture a guess as to
what his father would think
of his boy making it to the
Olympics.
“I don’t know,” he said.
“That’s a long thought.”
And right now he’s focused
on Fiji, whom the Americans
play Wednesday in a makeor-break game.
Ebner signed a two-year,
$2.4 million extension with
the Patriots this spring just
before taking a leave of absence to pursue his Olympic
dream.
“It’s great for him to actually tick off two big bucket
list items,” said Dan Panye,
CEO of USA Rugby.
A Super Bowl and an
Olympics.
“He’s probably the only
person in the history of man
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mother and father, both battling cancer and in the stands
cheering him on.
But the South African
could only manage fourth this
time, also finishing behind
bronze medalist Tamas Kenderesi of Hungary.
The relay was much less
dramatic.
Conor Dwyer, Townley
Haas and Ryan Lochte went
out ahead of Phelps, handing off a commanding lead to
the most decorated athlete in
Olympic history.
Phelps essentially spent the
next 100 seconds or so soaking up the cheers. He was
only the third-fastest swimmer on his team, but he was
a full body length ahead of
Britain’s James Guy when he
touched in 7:00.66.
The British claimed silver
in 7:03.13, while Japan took
the bronze in 7:03.50.
Sure, Phelps hogged the
spotlight on this night, but
let’s not forget two other very
impressive swimmers.
Ledecky took the most
challenging step toward a
feat that’s only been done
one other time, holding off
Sweden’s Sarah Sjostrom to
win the 200 freestyle and give
the American star her second
gold of the games.
Debbie Meyer is the only
female swimmer to capture
the three longest freestyle
events at a single Olympics,
winning the 200, 400 and
800 at Mexico City in 1968.
Ledecky looks like a lock to
match Meyer, having already
won the 200 and 400 titles
and an overwhelming favorite in the 800, where she’s the
world-record holder and far
faster than anyone else in the
world.
Katinka Hosszu is having
quite an Olympics, too.
The Hungarian known as
the “Iron Lady” earned her
third gold medal of these
games with a victory in the
200 individual medley.
This has been an Olympic
of redemption for Hosszu,
a long-time star at the world
championships who always
seemed to come up short on
the biggest stage.
Not anymore.
Hosszu added to her wins
in the 400 IM and 100 backstroke with a time of 2:06.58.
Siobhan-Marie O’Connor of
Britain challenged Hosszu all
the way but had to settle for
silver. Maya DiRado of the
United States held on for the
bronze.
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emotional roller coaster. So
often you think about what
could have been.”
He said he has no regrets
about how things eventually
worked out.
“I thought it was an exciting potential,” he said. “But
things turned out incredible
for the Red Sox. It turned
out well for us. We have
four championships between
us. ... But overall, I thought
the game grew incredibly. I
thought the game might’ve
been at its height when you
think about those playoffs
in ‘04, ‘05, ‘06. It was a good
time for baseball.”
mittal when asked if he was
definitely retiring as a player
after Friday’s game.
“I’m gonna really enjoy the
last three or four days,” he
said.
Rodriguez nearly came to
Boston from Texas in 2004,
but the union rejected the
deal because it hinged on
Rodriguez taking a $40 million pay cut. He then signed
with New York.
“We had the deal worked
out. We had a lot of people
involved and at the very end
— in the ninth inning with
two outs — it was vetoed,”
Rodriguez said. “That was an
that’s able to say that,” Payne
said.
Ebner will return to the
Patriots when his Olympic
adventure is over.
“It’s been a great experience. To be a part of something this big and this prestigious, it’s really an honor,”
Ebner said. “And it’s an honor to be here with this group
of guys that works so hard.”
He’s hoping to be an example.
“I hope it changes the
game,” Ebner said of rugby’s return to the Olympics
for the first time since 1924.
“We can kind of be trailblazers for something great in
the United States and obviously that’s our hopes and
dreams for this sport. I love
this sport.”
While football games are
60 minutes of action interrupted by whistles and commercials, rugby sevens consists of two seven-minute
halves and a two-minute
halftime. With extra time, it’s
over in 20 minutes, tops.
But it’s played on the same
field that regular rugby uses,
with 14 players instead of 30.
So, it’s a fast-moving, insane
shock to the system, drench-
ing players in adrenalin and
sweat.
“They’re very different,”
Ebner said of his two sports.
“Football’s a violent game
played right at one another. They’re very different
games. But as you can see at
times out here it can get very
violent as well.”
His cardio and aerobic
capacities are off the charts
— he doesn’t dare step on a
scale — but he figures he’ll
fit right back in at the Patriots’ training camp because
playing Argentina and Brazil
has helped prepare him to
face the likes of the Jets and
the Bills.
“I definitely think so,” Ebner said. “I’m going to have
to gain some more weight,
too, because we don’t run as
much out there. But it should
help. No one runs like this
and tackles like this (in the
NFL). It’s unreal.”
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Out of sorts, Serena Williams
upset at Olympics by Svitolina
RIO DE JANEIRO (AP)
— Out of sorts and out of answers, defending champion
Serena Williams is out of the
Rio de Janeiro Olympics.
Shanking shots of all sorts,
including five — yes, five! —
double-faults in one game
alone, Williams lost to Elina
Svitolina of Ukraine 6-4, 6-3
in the third round in a real
shocker Tuesday, ending the
No. 1-seeded American’s
bid to become the first tennis player to collect a pair of
singles golds.
Against an unheralded opponent who at times couldn’t
seem to miss, Williams had
problems right from the
start, when she got broken to
fall behind 2-1 with a badly
missed overhead into the
net.
That set a pattern.
By match’s end, Svito-
lina had won 63 points, but
merely nine came via clean
winners of her own doing.
The others came thanks to
Williams’ 37 unforced errors
and 17 forced errors.
After winning golds in
singles and doubles at the
2012 London Olympics, Williams heads home from Brazil with nothing. She and her
older sister Venus, who sat
in the stands Tuesday, lost
in the first round of doubles
— their first defeat in the
Olympics after going 15-0
with three golds.
The 20th-ranked Svitolina, meanwhile, never before played in the Olympics
and only once has been to a
major quarterfinal. She also
entered the night 0-4 against
Williams, the owner of 22
Grand Slam singles championships.
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Coast Guard finds sailboat
with 67 hiding migrants
ATHENS, Greece (AP) —
Greece’s coast guard picked
up 67 migrants found hiding in
a sailboat crossing the Aegean
Sea, authorities said Wednesday, at a point further west
than that usually preferred by
those crossing from the nearby
Turkish coast.
The 60 men, five women
and two children were picked
up eight nautical miles (14
kilometers; nine miles) northeast of the island of Amorgos,
which is in the Cyclades. The
coast guard transported them
to the small Aegean island of
Leros, where a migrant processing center has been set up.
Greece last year was the
main entry point into the European Union for hundreds
of thousands of people hoping for better lives in the more
prosperous central and northern European countries. In an
effort to stem the flow, the EU
reached an agreement with
Turkey in March under which
those arriving after March 20
are detained on the islands
and can face being returned to
Turkey unless they successfully
apply for asylum in Greece.
The deal, combined with
the closure of Balkan countries’ land borders to refugees
and migrants, significantly
curtailed the numbers of arrivals. However, numbers have
increased somewhat in recent
weeks, with roughly 80-100
people arriving daily. Ninety
people arrived on four eastern
Aegean islands on Tuesday,
government figures provided
Wednesday showed. More
than 10,000 people are now
stuck on the islands, mainly
on Chios and Lesbos, where
facilities are operating beyond
capacity. In all, more than
57,000 refugees and migrants
are stranded in Greece.
WOBURN, Mass. (AP)
— A former assistant teacher at a Massachusetts high
school has been charged
with raping a disabled student while helping him use
the bathroom.
Steven MacDonald was
released on personal recognizance after pleading not
guilty Tuesday to charges
including rape and indecent
assault and battery on a disabled person. MacDonald
worked at Malden High
School.
Authorities
say
the
46-year-old MacDonald was
assigned to the 16-year-old
boy’s classroom in September and frequently helped
him use the bathroom.
Police allege he assaulted
the boy several times and
threatened to kill the boy’s
mother if he did not comply
with his demands.
The boy reported the alleged assaults to his mother
and doctors in March.
Ex-assistant teacher charged
Grant funds volcanic air pollution sensors
HONOLULU (AP) — The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is awarding a $750,000 grant for the construction of a low-cost air-pollution sensor network that will test
for volcanic emissions on the Big Island.
The EPA said Tuesday that Massachusetts Institute of
Technology scientists will develop the network to track how
Kilauea volcano’s emissions affect air quality.
Air quality near Kilauea can be poor because the volcano
emits high levels of sulfur dioxide. Fine particulate matter mixes with the sulfur dioxide, making volcanic smog or
“vog.” The vog negatively affects human health and crops.
Recent technological advances have spurred the development of low-cost air pollution sensors, but the sensors
haven’t been widely tested.
The scientists will study the accuracy of data produced by
sensors and explore how the data can be gathered and used
by communities.
Governor: ‘Best of luck’ to Schilling
WARREN, R.I. (AP) — Gov. Gina Raimondo says she’s
still cleaning up the mess that former Red Sox pitcher Curt
Schilling made in Rhode Island, but she says “best of luck”
to him if he runs for office in Massachusetts.
The Democrat made the comments Tuesday when asked
about Schilling’s plans to run for office.
Schilling, a Massachusetts resident, said on Facebook on
Monday that he’ll run for state office first, then the presidency in eight years. He also criticized Rhode Island politicians.
Schilling moved his failed video game company 38 Studios from Massachusetts to Rhode Island in 2010 in exchange for a $75 million state loan guarantee.
Rhode Island is suing Schilling and several others involved.
Raimondo says she’s fighting to get tax dollars back and
that Schilling isn’t popular in Rhode Island.
Parks promised unbuilt years later
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — A decade after California voters were promised $400 million worth of parks in
some of the state’s poorest neighborhoods, fewer than half
of the 126 parks that received the money have been built.
As lawmakers push to add another $1 billion to the program, an Associated Press review of state data finds people
are still waiting for 68 of the original parks.
Fifty-four percent of California voters in 2006 approved a
$5.4 billion bond that, among other projects, funded new or
improved local parks.
Based on guidelines that prioritized the neediest communities, the state parks department chose 126 parks and
recreation center projects and awarded them $396 million.
Officials say spending that money has stalled amid bureaucratic hoops and generous completion deadlines — a
slow procedure intended to facilitate oversight.
Harvard chooses stem cell researcher
NO MORE FREEBEES — This June 27, 2015,
file photo, shows the Hulu logo on a window at the
Milk Studios space in New York. Hulu said Monday, Aug. 8, 2016, that the company is dropping the
free TV episodes that it was initially known for as
it works on launching a skinny bundle of streaming
TV. AP Photo/Dan Goodman, File
LEGAL NOTICE
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 DEBRA L. QUINN (the “Mortgagor”), to I-C Federal Credit Union, a lending institution, with a
usual place of business at 300 Bemis Road, Fitchburg, MA 01420
(the “Mortgagee”), dated July 15, 2008, and recorded at Franklin Registry of Deeds in Book 5532, Page 162, (the “Mortgage”),
and which Mortgage is presently held by the undersigned, for
breach of the conditions of the Mortgage and for purposes of
foreclosing the same will be sold at Public Auction at 10 o’clock
AM on September 8, 2016 on the premises located at 226 East
River Street, Orange, Massachusetts, which are all and singular
the premises described in the Mortgage, TO WIT: The land in said
Orange, together with the buildings and other improvements
thereon, being numbered 226 East River Street, and more particularly bounded and described as follows: COMMENCING at
the northwesterly corner thereof, at an iron pin set in the ground
on the southerly line of East River Street, at the northeasterly corner of land, formerly of Amos Whitaker, et ux, but now of Melvin
A. and Jane J. Merritt; THENCE by land of said Merritt, southerly,
one hundred (100) feet, to an iron pin set in the ground; THENCE
by land, formerly of Victor A. Yuoconis, now of Carlton J. and
Janice B. Dugan, easterly, eighty (80’) feet, to an iron pin set in
the ground; CONTINUING by land of Dugan, northerly, one hundred (100) feet, to an iron pin in the southerly line of East River
Street; THENCE in the southerly line of East River Street, westerly,
eighty (80) feet, to the place of beginning. CONTAINING 8,000
square feet. BEING the same premises conveyed to Debra L.
Quinn by a Quitclaim Deed from Richard S. Howarth dated July
15, 2008 and recorded herewith at the Franklin County Registry
of Deeds in Book 5532, Page 160.
The description of the premises contained in said Mortgage
shall control in the event of a typographical error in this publication.
The premises being offered for sale will be sold subject to any
and all restrictions, easements, covenants, conditions, agreements, outstanding tax titles, unpaid real estate taxes, and other municipal and public charges, assessments, liens or claims in
the nature of liens, rights of others in adjacent streets and ways,
and existing encumbrances of record created prior to the mortgage, if any there be, and also subject to all federal, state and
municipal laws, regulations, codes and ordinances. See Utility
Easement in Book 1046, Page 178.
TERMS OF THE SALE: A deposit of Five Thousand Dollars
($5,000.00) by bank or certified check, will be required to be
paid by the highest bidder at the time and place of the sale
and said bidder will be required to sign a Memorandum of Sale
containing the above and any announced terms. The sale will
not be complete until such deposit is paid and such Memorandum is signed. In the event the successful bidder at the public
auction fails to perform in the time specified to purchase the
premises, the Mortgagee reserves the right, at its sole election,
to sell the premises by foreclosure deed to the other qualified
bidders, in descending order beginning with the next highest
bidder and reserves the right, at its sole election, to assume the
bid of any defaulting or declining bidder. The Purchaser will be
required to deliver the balance of the bid price by bank or certified check within thirty (30) days of the date of the auction
sale, at the law firm of Gelinas & Ward, LLP, 106 Merriam Avenue,
Leominster, MA 01453 at which time the foreclosure deed and
all related documents will be delivered to the Purchaser. The
Purchaser will be solely responsible for filing and recording foreclosure documents and for the payment of deed excise stamps
and filing and recording fees. The Mortgagee may postpone
the sale by public proclamation at the original or postponed
time and date of sale.
OTHER TERMS, IF ANY, TO BE ANNOUNCED AT THE TIME AND
PLACE OF THE SALE.
Signed: I-C Federal Credit Union,
Present holder of said mortgage
By its Attorney, C. Theodore Mariolis, Esq.
Gelinas & Ward, LLP, 106 Merriam Avenue
Leominster, MA 01453 (978) 537-2200
August 10, 17, 24, 2016
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (AP) — A prominent stem cell researcher at Harvard has been appointed the next dean of the
university’s medical school.
Dr. George Daley will start the job in January. He replaces Jeffrey Flier, who stepped down in July after nine years at
the school’s helm.
Harvard President Drew Faust announced the decision
Tuesday, praising Daley as an advocate for scientific discovery and a remarkable leader. Daley has been a faculty member at Harvard Medical School since 1995.
Daley earned undergraduate and medical degrees from
Harvard. He has researched the mechanisms that underlie
blood disorders and cancer and helped develop international guidelines for conducting stem cell research.
In a statement, Daley said he’s honored to lead one of the
world’s best resources for broadening scientific understanding.
Municipal modernization bill signed
BOSTON (AP) — Gov. Charlie Baker has signed a
municipal modernization bill aimed at helping Massachusetts cities and towns streamline services, including
allowing them to issue motor vehicle citations electronically.
The Republican signed the bill Tuesday at the Statehouse.
Baker says the law is an example of the kind of “weed
whacking of outdated, clunky laws” that will make local
government more efficient.
The wide-ranging law is designed to give cities and
towns more tools to manage their affairs and cope with
increasing budget pressures.
Baker says the law will improve the partnership between state and municipal governments by eliminating
or updating obsolete laws, promoting local independence, streamlining state oversight and providing municipalities with greater flexibility.
The law also creates a uniform April 1 deadline for
taxpayers seeking personal exemptions.
Guantanamo detainees on way out
WASHINGTON (AP) — Following a lengthy tug-ofwar with Capitol Hill, the Pentagon has given a GOP
senator an unclassified report detailing the suspected
militant backgrounds of more than 100 detainees held
or recently released from the U.S. military prison at
Guantanamo Bay.
The report that Republican Sen. Kelly Ayotte of New
Hampshire shared with The Associated Press will likely
fuel debate over shutting it down.
It tells the story of detainees suspected of being bodyguards for former al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden.
But it also tells the stories of low-level militants released after being detained for decades without charge.
There are 76 detainees left at the prison. Ayotte says
93 percent of the detainees who were still there as of
late last year have been assessed as high risk for re-engagement in terrorism.
Baker: Budd will make terrific justice
BOSTON (AP) — Republican Gov. Charlie Baker
says the third of three judges he’s nominated to the
highest court in Massachusetts will make a terrific justice.
The Governor’s Council is expected to vote Wednesday on the nomination of Kimberly Budd.
Budd is a Superior Court judge, former federal prosecutor and the daughter of former U.S. Attorney for
Massachusetts Wayne Budd.
Baker told reporters Tuesday that Budd understands
the role of a judge is to interpret the law and not to legislate from the bench.
The council has already confirmed two other Superior Court judges — David Lowy and Frank Gaziano
— to fill seats on the Supreme Judicial Court.
The retirements this summer of SJC justices Robert
Cordy, Fernande Duffly and Francis Spina gave Baker
a unique opportunity to reshape the seven-member
court.
NEW DEAL — In this May 12, 2014 file photo,
“The Tonight Show” host Jimmy Fallon attends the
NBC Network 2014 Upfront presentation at the Javits Center in New York. NBC said Monday that it
will produce episodes of “Tonight” and other programs specifically for Snapchat under a multi-year
deal. Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP, File
Tenn. leaves ride safety
to private inspectors
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP)
— Investigators have not yet
determined how a Ferris wheel
seat flipped over at a Tennessee county fair, sending three
children plummeting 30 to 45
feet to the ground. But the accident that left a 6-year-old girl
with a traumatic brain injury
sharpened the focus Tuesday
on how carnival ride operators
are regulated.
After a 2014 audit found
shortcomings in Tennessee’s
regulatory program for rides
at fairs and amusement parks,
state officials decided to get
out of the inspection business
altogether. Now, the state
relies on private inspectors
hired by operators and other
states’ regulators to determine whether roller coasters,
zip lines and Ferris wheels are
safe.
Authorities said the three
youngsters fell from the ride
at the Greene County Fair in
eastern Tennessee on Monday
night.
In a follow-up to the audit
last year, the agency said Tennessee law does not require the
state to hire its own inspectors.
Funding for the Amusement
Device Unit was requested for
the budget year ending in June
but was denied.
Lawmakers this year did
approve nearly $490,000 to
bolster the state’s Amusement Device Unit with five
new employees. They are not
inspectors but will be assigned
to work on permitting and
verification of compliance with
inspection and insurance requirements. Within two years,
those jobs are supposed to be
paid for through program fees.
The Ferris wheel at the
Greene County Fair was operated by Valdosta, Georgiabased Family Attractions
Amusement. It had received
its permit to operate in Tennessee based on an inspection
made in Indiana in June.
Dr. Bracken Burns, director
of trauma services for Johnson
City Medical Center, said the
critically injured 6-year-old
was in a seat with her 10-yearold sister and a 16-year-old
female, who were both in stable condition. Burns said the
10-year-old suffered injuries
to her forearms. He said he
couldn’t give out information
on injuries that the 16-year-old
suffered.
Family Attractions Amusement did not immediately
return a message left on the
voicemail of the phone number listed on its last inspection
report.
According to the Greeneville
News
(http://bit.
ly/2b5UwT5), the company
was fined in 2013 for violating
safety laws in North Carolina
after a Vortex ride suddenly
lurched into motion as riders
were disembarking, injuring
four riders and a ride operator.
The Greene County incident was the eighth injury
incident reported to Tennessee authorities on amusement
rides this summer: They included fractured wrists and
knee caps for a woman ejected
from a ride in Gatlinburg, and
in Pigeon Forge, a broken arm
on a roller coaster and injured
backs from doing back flips at
a trampoline park and being
hit from behind on an alpine
coaster.
Tennessee recognizes other
states’ inspections for up to
three months before requiring a new permit, according
to state Department of Labor
and Workforce Development
spokeswoman Jennifer Farrar.
Because of Monday’s accident, the operators will have to
have a new third-party inspection conducted before the ride
can qualify for a new annual
permit in Tennessee, Farrar
said.
Responsibility for ride inspections was shifted from the
state Department of Commerce to the Department of
Labor and Workforce Development in 2009. But the 2014
comptroller’s audit found that
department had failed over
the ensuing years to develop
a “viable amusement device
regulatory unit.”
LEGAL NOTICE
TOWN OF PETERSHAM
TREE HEARING NOTICE
Sugar Maple ~18” DBH at
206 Nichewaug Road that
has been requested to be
removed by a resident due to
safety concerns of driveway
site lines being blocked.
Tree Hearing to be held
on Friday, August 12, 2016 at
noon at the Petersham Town
Hall Lower Level. All interested
persons are invited to attend.
Melissa LeVangie
Petersham Tree Warden
August 4, 6, 8, 10, 2016
BID NOTICE
INVITATION FOR BID
SALE OF SURPLUS VEHICLE
Town of Phillipston is running an online auction until August
12, 2016 for the sale of the following:
1. 2007 Ford Crown Victoria retired police cruiser.
Anyone wishing to inspect the vehicle should contact
Rhonda Smith at 978-249-6828 . The Town of Phillipston does not
provide any guaranties and/or warranties relative to the item
being sold. Thus, the item is offered on an “AS IS – WHERE IS”
basis.
Bids are only accepted through Municibid.com website
starting August 1, 2016 (listing #8771029). Bid winner will be
voted on at 7 p.m., Monday, August 15, 2016 at the Town Hall
in Phillipston. The Town of Phillipston reserves the right to accept
or reject any or all proposals. Winning bidder has seven days
from date of announcement to pay and take possession of
the vehicle. Any police markings left on the vehicle will be the
responsibility of the buyer to remove. Payment must be in the
form of a bank check made payable to the Town of Phillipston.
By:
Board of Selectmen
August 2, 10, 2016
Today In History
By The Associated Press
THURSDAY, AUGUST 11, 2016
Transcendent Lunar Travel Love will lift you to the highest peaks
of experience. Or is it great beauty that will do this? Or the experience of sublime art, deep truth or religious ecstasy? Bottom
line: The vehicle of transcendence isn’t the same for all people. As
you await your ride, the moon in Sagittarius suggests you keep an
open mind as to the make and model of the vehicle. ARIES (March 21-April 19). No matter what age you are, you’ve
the ability to examine the situation with young eyes. Would you believe there are some parts of your past that remain unexamined?
This is the perfect use for those young eyes.
TAURUS (April 20-May 20). Maybe it’s not you and never was
you. Maybe you’re dealing with a very flawed system and people
who are either blind to those flaws or are contributing to them for
their own nefarious purposes. Stay positive. Make the change.
GEMINI (May 21-June 21). You sometimes wonder if the other
person loves you. Why is it so important that this person experiences and expresses love the same way you do? You are in different places developmentally. One place is not better than the other.
CANCER (June 22-July 22). It used to be that when you found a
penny on the street, you picked it up and put it in your pocket, not
because you needed the money, but for the luck involved. Don’t
pass up today’s pennies. Who couldn’t use a little more luck?
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22). There are so many who are sick, starving
and downtrodden in the world. Misery is often as close to you as
your outstretched arm. Is it really fair to be this happy? Well, someone has to be. When it’s your turn, take it.
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22). If you knew what exactly was keeping you stuck, you wouldn’t be. Pondering won’t help. If this were
a physical issue, you’d wiggle and pull until you could figure out
exactly the sticking point. That’s what you need to do.
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23). In many ways you’re easygoing, though
in certain ways you are absolutely ruthless. For instance, your optimism about a certain project is unrelenting. You’re fully invested
and nothing can stop you from seeing it through.
SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 21). The trouble with people who make
you feel special and valued and elevated through their praise and
attention is that one can get addicted to the high. Expect withdrawal pains when the energy level inevitably dips.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21). There are those who only want
to interact with you when you’re ready to do so within the qualifications they specify. This isn’t as bad as it sounds. When you’re in
compliance, you’re at your best.
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19). People will want to know about
you. Get ahead of this. What do you want them to know? “Tell
me about yourself” is a prompt you’d be wise to have a good
response to.
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18). Your energy will likely feel scattered at different points of the day — and not in a poetic way. Deep
breathing, a short walk or a nutritious meal will bring you back into
clear focus within the hour.
PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20). To make things more mysterious
and magical for the others you must, ironically, demystify them for
yourself. You’ll figure out the real deal then glamorize, sensationalize and spin it. That’s entertainment.
TODAY’S BIRTHDAY (Aug. 11). Your creative side is thirsty for a
shot of great art. Your spiritual side needs nature. Your sporting
side craves competition. All sides will be satisfied with this year’s
explorations. As the calendar numbers turn to 2017, your heart will
seek sustenance, provided by old and new friends alike. Aries and
Gemini adore you. Your lucky numbers are: 5, 17, 39, 12 and 42.
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Alligator gets new home in LA
LOS ANGELES (AP)
— The Pasadena Humane
Society is saying: See you
later, alligator.
After 18 years at the
shelter north of Los Angeles, Tina the alligator was
scheduled to be moved
Wednesday from her private pool to the alligator
enclosure at the Los Angeles Zoo.
The
7-foot-long,
100-pound gator will share
space with a celebrity: Reggie the alligator.
Reggie was illegally raised
as a pet and then dumped
in Harbor City’s Machado
Lake in 2005. Reggie became the stuff of songs and
T-shirts before he was captured two years later.
Tina is 28 years old and
could have a long life ahead
of her. An alligator named
Methuselah was believed to
be around 70 when he died
at the zoo in 2010.
Tina and other wild animals came to the Pasadena
Humane Society in 1998
after a traveling wildlife
education program closed
because of money and permitting problems.
The other animals eventually found homes, but it
was hard to place Tina until
the LA Zoo agreed to take
her, said Ricky Whitman,
the society’s vice president
of community relations.
The idea was to provide
her with a more enriching
experience, Whitman said.
A new way to combat malware
I get a lot of calls from friends and relatives with
questions about malware. It’s a concept that more
and more people are concerned about, and rightfully
so. With cases of malware infecting larger and larger
networks, it is certainly something to be wary of. As you can probably tell, “malware” is an amalgamation of “malicious” and “software,” and the sheer
number of types of malware out there is ridiculous.
Malware is designed to compromise your computer’s
basic functions, bypass access control, steal data, or
otherwise cause harm to the host computer.
Most of the type of malware I’ve seen is the kind
known as “adware.” This is the type of software that
causes pop-ups. These are usually created by advertisers as a means to generate revenue. Adware can
range from simply annoying, to tricky. Of the adware
I’ve run into the most often is the type in which a
popup has warned the user that their computer is infected with a virus and if they don’t purchase their
knock-off anti virus software then their personal information will be stolen. The irony being that the
pop-up warning of a virus is in fact the virus.
Here is a tip: if you are going to purchase antivirus
software never buy one you can’t also get at Walmart
or Best Buy. My brand of choice I’ve used for many
years is Kaspersky, but you don’t necessarily have to
purchase antivirus software. Windows 10 comes with
it built-in but it’s kind of mediocre, especially when
you can download free superior options like Avast or
AVG. The only reason I pay for Kaspersky is because
I like the advanced options they provide like replacing Windows Firewall with their own version and the
ability to create a bootable rescue disk for those times
when Windows gets completely crippled. That being
said, I have never found a software for removing existing malware better than Malwarebytes. Whenever
someone tells me they think they have some kind of
malware the first thing I tell them is to download the
free trial of Malwarebytes.
All that being said, the absolute worst, the Night’s
King of malware if you will, is ransomware.
You have probably heard instances of ransomware
in the media before. Last February the Hollywood
Presbyterian Medical Center had to offer up $17,000
when their entire computer system was locked out by
ransomware. In many cases, like the one with Hollywood Presbyterian, even the National Security Agency has advised to just pay the ransom because there
isn’t really a way around it, and this was all because
someone on the network most likely clicked on a link
in a malicious email.
Wired.com noted that hospitals are prime targets
for ransomware because they rely heavily on up to
the minute patient information but often don’t think
to train their employees on the merits of practicing
safety online. Since the Hollywood Presbyterian instance hospitals in Kentucky, Maryland and Washington D.C. have all been hit with the same ransomware,
and were forced to pay up in the untraceable online
currency Bitcoin.
While the NSA has advised to just pay up, most cyber security professionals advise against doing that,
mostly because there is no guarantee that those making the attack will actually give you your computer
back. That’s why experts from Intel Security and the
aforementioned Kaspersky have created a new site
to help combat many of the more common forms of
ransomware with the help of Europol and the Dutch
National Police. Their creation, https://www.nomoreransom.org is an online portal that offers resources
for those effected.
It’s a good start but unfortunately it currently only
helps if the malware locking you out of your computer is one of only four they have resources for, and
none of those four is “Locky,” the ransomware used
in the Hollywood Presbyterian and a number of other
high profile cases.
All in all, the best defense is the same as it has
always been; only visit reputable websites and never open strange email attachments, even if they are
coming from a close friend.
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On Aug. 10, 1846, President James K. Polk signed
a measure establishing the
Smithsonian Institution.
On this date:
In 1792, during the
French Revolution, mobs
in Paris attacked the Tuileries Palace, where King
Louis XVI resided. (The
king was later arrested, put
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In 1821, Missouri became the 24th state.
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Frankfurt, Germany.
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Hoover, the 31st president
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born in West Branch, Iowa.
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Roosevelt was stricken
with polio at his summer
home on the Canadian island of Campobello.
In 1949, the National
Military Establishment was
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of Defense.
In 1969, Leno and Rosemary LaBianca were murdered in their Los Angeles home by members of
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Richard Nixon.
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while Jonathan Doody received 281 years.)
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Court.
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counts in the Oklahoma
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life in prison). Norma McCorvey, “Jane Roe” of the
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announced she had joined
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Operation Rescue.
Ten years ago: British
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blow up 10 aircraft heading to the U.S. using ex-
plosives smuggled in hand
luggage. A suicide bomber
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Shiite shrine in Najaf, killing 35 people. Saomai, the
most powerful typhoon to
hit China in five decades,
slammed into the country’s
southeastern coast; it ultimately killed more than
440 people.
Five years ago: Marine
Corps Gen. John Allen, the
top American commander
in Afghanistan, said international forces had slain
the Taliban insurgents
responsible for shooting
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killing 30 Americans and
seven Afghan commandos.
Country singer-musician
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by The Associated Press
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system. A power plant operator in southern Japan
restarted a nuclear reactor,
the first to begin operating
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MCLAUGHLIN PAVING— Driveways, sidewalks and parking lots.
Over 30 yrs. experience. Call for
free estimate (978)544–3281.
GRIFF'S RUBBISH— Removal.
Brush, building materials, appliances, etc. Surrounding towns
curbside service. Gary Griffith,
(978)249–6468.
MALLET RUBBISH— And recycling. Commercial, residential,
roll-off services. Containerized
service. Weekly curbside service
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Services
and Repairs
HAYDEN ROOFING
Residential & Commercial
Siding • Windows • Doors
Container Rental
Lic. #88780
(978)544-3140
BRAMHALL
CONSTRUCTION
Jon Bramhall
Custom Homebuilding,
Additions, Decks, Siding
Kitchen & Bath Remodeling.
MCS #062506, HIC #117243
(978)544–7221
SEPTIC TANK
CLEANING
Residential/ Commercial
HEATHCLIFF
F.A. Moschetti
& Sons
(978)939–8645
2
Services
and Repairs
BOB'S PAINTING— Interior/ exterior. Free estimates. Insured,
40+ years experience. Bo b
Blaser (978)249-5703, (978)4135536.
BARDSLEY
RENOVATIONS
Home Improvement
Contractor
Roofing, Siding, Windows,
Additions, Seamless Gutters &
Garage Doors
For all your home
improvement needs
Call (978)544-8342
CSL #186007, HIC #126980
CLEAN SWEEP— Chimney service. Cleaning, masonry, repairs,
liner installation. Inspection
(978)544-8848.
LEBLANC ENTERPRISES—
Rubbish removal. Weekly curbside pick-up. All other debris and
cleanouts (978)249-4061.
RENT- A- HANDYMAN— Home
carpentry, sheetrock, painting,
repairs, property maintenance.
Reasonable, reliable. References. (978)544-7455 or
kmjo1950@hotmail.com.
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Services
and Repairs
S & S APPLIANCE
447 Main St., Athol
WE OFFER ALL MAJOR
APPLIANCE SERVICE
In Home & Shop
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BURNER GUYS— 24 Hour Oil
Heat Service. Repair/ Installations. Tune-up/ Cleaning. Licensed/ Insured. (978)249-4440.
Visa/ Mastercard Accepted. License #BU104752.
BARTLETT'S PLUMBING
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Drain Cleaning, Gas & Oil,
Service/Repairs,
Installation/Cleaning
Free Estimates, Lic. #30155
CALL (978)249-0004
For Emergencies (978)846-9840
PETERSHAM
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Septic Tanks Pumped
Out by Modern Vacuum
Pressure Method
(978)724-3434
A. F. MALLET EXCAVATING—
Septic systems, excavating, site
work and driveway repair. Free
estimates. Fully licensed and insured. Andy (978)790-8667, Tom
(978)503-8959. License
#114914.
FURNITURE REFINISHING—
Stripping, repair and restoration.
For experience and care, free estimates, pick up and delivery call
Rosanne Amodeo (978)5448237.
KK ROLL OFF CONTAINERS—
Construction, demo, roof debris,
household clean out. Karl
Knechtel (978)944-3004,
(978)248-9894.
HURLBURT
Building Contractors
www.HBCLiving.com
•General Contractors
•Home Builders
•Post & Beam Construction
•Siding •Decks
•Windows •Roofing
HIC# 182241 CSL# 07081
"Our Quality Beats Any Price"
(978)544-3798
ATHOL GLASS COMPANY—
63 Main Street. Home and Commercial. Screens and New Windows (978)249-4872.
LeRay
Handyman Service
INSURED - HIC #176734
Jason (978)724-4550
CAPONE PAINTING— & Wallpapering. Custom ceilings. Exterior power washing and more
(978)894-5107.
THE GARAGE— One Barre
Road, Junctions 122 and 32,
Petersham. (978)724-3237. Full
service auto repair.
SEAMLESS GUTTERS— Installations and Cleaning. Leaf Guard
Available. Exterior Power Washing. Free Estimates.
www.ahoseamlessgutters.com.
(603)496-7627.
RUSS PEARSON
RUBBISH REMOVAL
Full service disposal
Weekly pick ups
(978)249-5125
HANDYMAN $10/ HR— All kinds
of repairs. Door adjustments,
rooms (walls) painted. Cell
(978)846-9730 (978)633-4187.
MASON FOR HIRE— Chimney
repair and rebuild. Keystone
w a l l s w a l k w a y s a n d s t a i r s.
Foundation restoration over 30
plus years experience. Call (978)
780-4406
LAND CLEARED— Standing
timber bought. (978)895-7890.
CLARKSON LOGGING— Buying standing timber. Top prices
paid. (978)888-3799. Stump
grinding also available.
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Professional
Services
DENNIS BRAMHALL BUILDER
Custom Homes, Barns,
Garages, Remodeling,
Additions, Roofing, Siding,
Decks, Replacement Windows
Fully insured and free estimates
CSL #070066, HIC #131173
Quality, honesty and hard work
(978)544-1579
KK BUILDERS— Custom
homes, garages, additions and
decks. Everything from floors to
roofs. Fully insured. CSL
#090276, HIC #151230. Karl
Knechtel (978)944-3004.
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BABY BLUES
BUCKLES
By Dean Young & Mike Gersher
By Dik Browne
By Jerry Scott & Rick Kirkman
By David Gilbert
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Services
WRIGHTS WELDING
(978)249-4023
Welding of all Kinds
J. SAULT DRYWALL— Sheetrock installed and finished. Refinish plaster walls and ceilings to
look new. Textures, painting
(978)544-2613.
Rich Harrington
Journeyman Electrician
25 Years Experience
New & Old Construction
Generator Back-up Systems
Service Upgrades
Fully Insured. Free Estimates.
Lic. #E38511
(978)249-6064
J&R TREE SERVICE— Tree
and brush removal, storm clean
up. Free estimates. Fully insured.
(978)895-9690, (978)544-5410.
BRUCE RAULSTON
PLUMBING & HEATING
New Homes, Remodeling,
High efficiency oil & gas boilers,
water heaters. Gas piping
Service & Repair
(978)249-3339 Cell (978)413-4498
MA J#23699
CHIMNEY SWEEP— $75.00 per
chimney. A clean chimney is a
safe chimney. (978)340-4156.
STEVE'S WOODWORKING
Cabintry, Kitchens, Carpentry,
Paint & Repairs. Lic. #059527
Reg. #112162 Insured
(508)222-1633
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Instruction
PIANO, ORGAN— Keyboard. All
ages. Classical, pop, theory, harmony. Janet Paoletti
(978)249–9254.
MUSIKIDS— Piano, violin, guitar and vocal instruction. All ages
and levels. Victoria BartlettRoche (978)249-7771.
PIANO AND VOICE— Private instruction provided in your home.
Thirty years experience. Masters
of Music. Call for more info.
(978)544-3298.
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Autos
for Sale
1998 SUBARU SEDAN—
211,000 miles. Good condition,
runs nice. Always maintained.
New tires, exhaust system, gas
tank. $950 or best offer.
(978)895-8056.
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Boats & Marine
Equipment
16' ALUMINUM OPEN BOAT—
With trailer plus some accessories. (978)724-3222. After 6:00.
21
Musical
Equipment
BOB ELLISON— Band and orchestra instruments. Trumpets,
clarinets, trombones, saxophones, flutes, drums, violins,
guitars, french horns. (978)5443649.
23
Pets
& Supplies
MOUNT TULLY— Pet Hotel/
Store. Boarding, Daycare,
Grooming for dogs and cats.
Fish, reptiles, birds, feeds.
(978)575-0614. Open 7 days.
BARK'N BEAUTIES— Mobile
grooming van. Specializing in
handling cats. We conveniently
come to you (978)399-3893.
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Lawn &
Garden Care
BARK MULCH— And wood
chips. Rough Cut Lumber, North
Dana Road, New Salem
(978)575–0475.
SUNRISE LANDSCAPING—
Spring/ fall clean ups. Fertilizer
programs, grub control, pruning,
mowing, mulch, dethatching
(978)544-2097.
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Household
Goods
WHOLESALE CARPET— Service. 35 years experience. Call
Bruce (978)249-6331.
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Household
Goods
LYESIUK'S FLOORING— Sales
and Service. Carpet, vinyl, laminate, hardwood and more. Free
estimates. Please call Nick at
(978)575-0606.
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Building
Materials
NATIVE LUMBER— Pine
boards, hemlock dimension, hard
and soft wood beams and timbers. Wood chips, bark mulch.
Custom sawing. Monday thru Friday 8:30-4:00, Saturday, 8 to 12.
Rough Cut, Old North Dana Rd.,
New Salem (978)575–0475.
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Firewood
for Sale
LOG LENGTH FIREWOOD—
Heyes Forest Products. Call for
delivery: (978)544-8801. VisaM/C accepted.
FIREWOOD— Call Adams Logging, evenings (978)544-8148.
CORDWOOD— (978)249-2650.
QUALITY HARDWOOD— Cut,
split, delivered. Smaller amounts
and size available for pickup.
Athol area. (570)236-1281.
SEASONED FIREWOOD
Free delivery
Credit cards accepted
Call (978)580-7715
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Moving
& Storage
WEATHERHEAD
STORAGE
5x5, 5x15, 10x10,
10x15, 10x20, 10x30
Storage units available.
(413)423-3831
REGAL STORAGE
CENTERS LLC
Self Storage Units
*Special small moving boxes*
*All you need with a Rental*
32 Brown Street
Athol, MA 01331
(978)249-2600
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Swimming
Pools
IN GROUND POOL VACUUM—
Automatic with remote control.
Comes with push cart for moving and storage. DVD and book
instructions included. $300.00 or
B.O. Call (978)249-6857. Leave
message and number for return
call.
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Wanted
to Buy
COINS, POSTCARDS— Pre
1973 baseball cards. Stamps,
local history (978)249-0156.
NORTH QUABBIN— Antiques
Cash paid for good used furniture, antiques, collectibles, silver, gold, coins, glassware, pottery, quilts, jewelry, frames, tools,
and toys. We buy attic, cellar &
barn contents. Top dollar paid!
Call (978)544-2465.
ALWAYS BUYING— Antiques
and collectibles. Furniture, old
advertising signs, store fixtures,
carpenters and machinist tools,
lathes. Farm machinery, military
souvenirs, jackknives, license
plates. Books, postcards, picture
frames, art, comic books, toys,
jewelry, glassware, dishes ,
lamps, one item or complete estate clean outs. Please call
(978)544-6683.
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Care
JILL'S HOME DAYCARE— Has
2 full time openings available for
ages 2 and up. Vouchers welcomed. License #9026099.
Please call with any questions.
(978)249-0356.
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Office Asst., Salesman,
Auto Techs, Body Man &
Service Writer Needed
Grace Quality Cars
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FULL & PART TIME— Wanted
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SPORTS COORDINATOR—
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that oversees organization and
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Orange.
OVER 40 YEARS— In the Antique Business. One item, your
collection, or total estate clean
out. Houses, barns, factories,
etc. Appraisals available. Please
call for prompt and friendly service (978)544-6683.
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Income
Tax
VALLEY TAX SERVICE— 2428
Main Street, Athol. Call day or
night (978)249-2888.
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PACKERS ASSEMBLERS—
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Call today. (413)325-8385.
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LOS ANGELES (AP) — A
notorious rapist who muffled
victim’s screams with a pillowcase was back in a state mental hospital Tuesday, two years
after he was released over the
protests of prosecutors and
women who feared he would
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Christopher Hubbart, 65,
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but was picked up by the Department of State Hospitals,
said District Attorney Jackie
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“The good news is tonight ...
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Lacey told KFI-AM. “That’s
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Hubbart violated terms
of his release and the company supervising his program
returned him to Coalinga
State Hospital, said Santa
Clara County Superior Court
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Macaluso didn’t provide
details.
Lacey had fought Hubbart’s
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Women shouted through
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“burn in hell.”
A woman who spent 18
months protesting his release
and traveled 350 miles to implore the Santa Clara County
judge to keep him out of her
community said she was ecstatic to hear he was gone.
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“We’re praying real hard that
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Hubbart, dubbed the “pillowcase rapist,” has acknowledged raping at least 40 women, several following stints
behind bars. He has been in
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After reoffending and serving more time, Hubbart was
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A Northern California
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said he had completed treatment and was fit to live in the
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Lacey said she wasn’t told
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SHREWSBURY, Mass. (AP) — Massachusetts State
Police say a 44-year-old Worcester man has died after
he was struck by a tractor-trailer along Interstate 290 in
Shrewsbury.
The Telegram & Gazette reports the tractor-trailer
hit Patrick Thomas at about 9 a.m. Tuesday after he
walked into the right travel lane of I-290 West between
exits 23 and 22. He was pronounced dead at the scene.
The driver of the tractor-trailer, an unidentified
50-year-old man, remained at the scene. The roadway
was closed until about noon as investigators examined
the site.
State police say they are continuing to investigate the
crash. No charges have been filed.
Man falls on MBTA station tracks
BOSTON (AP) — Officials say an unidentified man
was severely injured when he fell onto the tracks at the
Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority’s Park
Street Station in downtown Boston.
Transit Police Superintendent Richard Sullivan says
the man fell at about 10:15 p.m. Tuesday and struck the
third rail on the northbound tracks. Sullivan did not disclose any information regarding the victim, his condition or whether he was hospitalized.
The MBTA issued an advisory just before 9:50 p.m.
saying that the Red Line was experiencing delays due
to a medical emergency at Park Street Station. The
train service was suspended at 10:15 p.m. and resumed
around 10:45 p.m.
Ex-Latin Kings leader gets 20 months
SPRINGFIELD, Mass. (AP) — The reported
former head of the Springfield chapter of the Latin Kings street gang has been sentenced to serve a
little over a year and a half in prison for heroin distribution.
Thirty-eight-year-old Jose “King Black” Cartagena was sentenced to serve 20 months in prison Tuesday in Springfield federal court.
Cartagena pleaded guilty in May after he was
granted a new trial following the state crime lab’s
drug evidence tampering scandal.
Federal prosecutors say investigators launched an
initiative two years ago to “disrupt and dismantle”
the Latin Kings’ drug empire in Springfield in Holyoke. As a result of the investigation, Cartagena and
11 fellow Latin Kings were arrested in November
2015.
Cartagena’s attorneys say their client wasn’t an
active member of the gang at the time of the heroin
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LOS ANGELES (AP)
— If you see these pennies, pick them up. You’ll
have a whole lot more than
good luck.
Two rare American onecent coins dating back to
1792 are anticipated to sell
for nearly a million dollars at a public auction in
Southern California starting Wednesday.
The copper coins, known
as the “Silver Center Cent”
and the “Birch Cent,” are
expected to sell for about
a half-million dollars each
and were made during the
early days of the U.S. Mint.
“They’re classic American rarities,” said Eric
Bradley, spokesman for
Heritage Auction, the auction house holding the
five-day sale in Anaheim,
California.
And they have historical
significance that goes beyond their collectible value, representing “the transition in American history
from the colonies to a new
republic,” Bradley said.
“These are coins that
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and British rule,” he said.
The words “Liberty Parent of Science & Industry,”
which are engraved on
both coins, also show how
the United States was trying to distance itself from
the religious persecution
and monarchy it associated
with Britain, Bradley said.
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Mass. gas prices continue to fall
BOSTON (AP) — The price of a gallon of gasoline
in Massachusetts has dropped three cents in the past
week, to the lowest price in the state since April.
AAA Northeast reported Tuesday its weekly survey
found the average price of a gallon of self-serve, regular
gas was $2.05.
The price is seven cents lower than the national average. It’s also 47 cents lower than the in-state price a
year ago.
AAA says prices haven’t been this low at this point in
the summer since 2004.
AAA found self-serve, regular gas selling in Massachusetts for as low as $1.89 per gallon and as high as
$2.59.
Osprey rescued from 60-foot tree
EASTHAM, Mass. (AP) — An osprey is recovering
after it spent three days entangled in fabric fencing and
hanging from a 60-foot tree on Cape Cod.
The Cape Cod Times reports Wild Care wildlife rehabilitator Amy Webster and Orleans police officers
responded last week to the Orleans marsh where the
osprey was spotted dangling in the tree.
Webster says a local tree worker climbed the tree, removed the top of the tree where the bird was trapped
and lowered it to the ground.
The nonprofit says a piece of silt fencing was wrapped
around the bird’s toes and ankles.
The bird wasn’t seriously injured and is expected to
make a full recovery.
Ospreys are large birds of prey that typically nest near
bodies of water.
Ship noise disrupts whale feeding
CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — A study has found that
noise from shipping in North Atlantic waters is impacting the feeding behavior of humpback whales.
Writing in the Royal Society’s journal Biology Letters Wednesday, researchers found that some whales
in the Gulf of Maine changed their foraging behavior
due to ship noise. Some decreased the speed that they
descended while others demonstrated fewer side-rolls
— a technique used by the whales for feeding on the
sand lance fish.
Humpbacks migrate to the Caribbean to mate and
give birth and return to New England waters in the
spring to feed. They live up to 50 years but face a myriad of threats, from ship strikes to becoming entangled
in fishing gear. One dead humpback washed up on a
New Hampshire beach in June.
Train derails, hits bar called DeRailed
CHARLES CITY, Iowa (AP) — Police say a
freight train car that derailed in northern Iowa
rolled into and damaged a trackside tavern called
DeRailed.
Police Chief Hugh Anderson says the accident
occurred around 4 a.m. Tuesday as crews moved
rail cars and changed connections in Charles City.
He says it appears that the track separated and the
grain car tipped about 45 degrees into the back of
the bar.
Anderson says a patrol officer called him to say
a train car had derailed into Derailed, adding that
“it’s not every day you get to say that.”
No one was injured. The bar owner estimates
damage at $10,000.
Charles City is about 140 miles northeast of Des
Moines.
Polartec adding 150 jobs at plant
CLEVELAND, Tenn. (AP) — Textile maker Polartec is moving part of its operations from Massachusetts to southeastern Tennessee.
The Chattanooga Times Free Press reports that
the company best known for inventing fleece materials for companies like Patagonia, North Face and
LL Bean is adding nearly 150 jobs at its Cleveland
factory.
Polartec President Gary Smith says the $10 million investment in to the United Knitting Mills site
in Cleveland will bring total employment to 200
people by next year.
Smith cited Tennessee’s “business friendly environment” including lower energy and tax costs
compared with Massachusetts, where the company
employs about 300 people in Lawrence.
Polartec is the successor company to the 110-yearold Maldin Mills in New England.
Jerry Miller, the former head of United Knitting
Mills, will remain in charge of Polartec’s Tennessee
operations.
Eatery fined for mislabeling meat
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — This might be an
only-in-Alaska problem: A restaurant in Fairbanks
that has told customers since 2013 it was serving
reindeer tenderloin was actually giving them elk.
And now The Pump House has been fined $50,000
by the state for mislabeling the meat.
The parent company of the restaurant agreed to
pay the criminal fine, donate $10,532 to three nonprofit food groups and publicly apologize.
Restaurant co-owner Vivian Bubbel says an advertisement with the apology ran Saturday in the
Fairbanks Daily News-Miner. She says the restaurant would have no additional comment.
The state Department of Environmental Conservation investigated. An employee reported the
restaurant had not served reindeer in the years
he worked there and the restaurant manager confirmed the use of elk.
The menu described reindeer tenderloin as “similar to caribou and raised in Western Alaska where
they are harvested by the Native people.”
The meat actually came from elk in New Zealand.
Suspect tosses Bible pages on highway
SOMERVILLE, Mass. (AP) — State police say a
man spotted tearing pages from a Bible and throwing
them into traffic while walking along the Massachusetts
Turnpike is the same man suspected of stealing a state
police cruiser.
He was spotted on the westbound side of the highway
in Newton at about 7 a.m. Tuesday. He fled but was arrested a short time later.
Troopers recognized him as the man seen on security
video stealing the cruiser Monday from a Department
of Transportation maintenance facility. The suspect
also made statements indicating he had taken the vehicle, which was located in Somerville.
Police say he had recently been hospitalized and took
him to Saint Elizabeth’s Hospital for evaluation. His
name has not been released because of his medical situation and because it’s not clear if he’ll be charged.
WINNERS — Christina Kouros, of Cape Elizabeth, Maine, crosses the finish
line to win the women’s wheelchair division of the 19th annual TD Beach To
Beacon 10K road race Saturday, Aug. 6, 2016, in Cape Elizabeth, Maine. Tony
Nogueira crosses the finish line to win the men’s wheelchair division. This was
Nogueira’s tenth time winning the race. AP Photos/Joel Page
Car hits protester in Ferguson
FERGUSON, Mo. (AP)
— Gunshots rang out but
apparently hit no one after a
car struck a protester during
a peaceful demonstration in
Ferguson, Missouri, on the
second anniversary of Michael Brown’s death.
Witnesses told The Associated Press that a car drove
into a group of protesters who
were blocking a street during
the demonstration Tuesday
night to mark two years since
the unarmed black 18-yearold’s fatal shooting by a white
police officer. They said the
car struck a young man so
hard that he flew into the air.
“A lady came down and hit
a protester — knocked the
shoes off his feet,” said Sharon Cowan, who was at the
scene. “Hit him, and he rolled
and he bounced.”
Ferguson police said in a
statement that several people
chased the car and fired about
two dozen shots at the vehicle.
A city spokesman later said
the vehicle was pockmarked
with bullet holes. Police are
asking for the public’s help to
identify the shooting suspects.
Graphic video provided
to AP by Heather De Mian,
who was at the scene and frequently livestreams protests in
the St. Louis area, appeared
to corroborate the witnesses’
account, showing a man hit
and thrown several feet as bystanders shriek.
The man seemed badly injured and was put into a private car to be taken to a hospital, Cowan said.
Shots can be heard on the
video less than a minute after
the collision.
Spokesman Jeff Small told
the St. Louis Post-Dispatch
police don’t believe the driver
intentionally struck the protester.
“By all accounts, her version
of what happened seems to fit
the version of what happened
to a person driving down a
busy West Florissant Avenue
and not seeing a person standing there,” Small said.
Small said no one inside the
vehicle was injured.
By around 10 p.m., the protesters had disbanded. No arrests were made.
Earlier in the day, a few
hundred people gathered for
a memorial service and moment of silence along Can-
field Drive at the spot where
Brown was fatally shot by officer Darren Wilson after a
confrontation on Aug. 9, 2014.
A state grand jury declined
to press charges against Wilson, and the U.S. Justice Department later cleared him,
concluding that he had acted
in self-defense. He resigned in
November 2014.
Brown’s death led to
months of sometimes-violent
protests in Ferguson. It was
also was a catalyst for the
Black Lives Matter movement, which rebukes police
treatment of minorities and
has grown following several
other killings of black men
and boys by police, such as
Tamir Rice in Cleveland and
Philando Castile in Minnesota.
The 2014 shooting also led
to a Justice Department investigation that found patterns of
racial bias in Ferguson’s police and municipal court system. The federal agency and
the city agreed this year to
make sweeping changes.
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fatally shot by an officer
while participating in a
“shoot-don’t shoot” exercise during a two-hour
citizens academy hosted
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Police Chief Tom Lewis
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Lewis said Mary Knowlton, a librarian, was “mistakenly struck with a live
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“I am devastated for everyone involved in this unimaginable event,” Lewis
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late-night news conference at the police department. “If you pray, please
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were involved. Everyone
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shock and grief.”
Knowlton was taken to
a hospital in nearby Fort
Myers, where she was pronounced dead.
The Florida Department of Law Enforcement
is investigating, Lewis
said. He declined to identify the officer involved in
the shooting, but said he’s
been placed on administrative leave.
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