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MILFORDTVol. 6 No. 21 August 9, 2013

August Tax-Free Weekend to stimulate

local businessSen. Richard T. Moore, D.

Uxbridge and other legisla-tors announced approval of a bill to create a sales tax holiday on August 10 and 11. Th is is the eighth year the Commonwealth will provide a two-day sales tax exemption. Th e legislation is designed to increase sales for local businesses and provide relief to consumers, particularly as families pre-pare for a new school year.

Moore said, “Th is sales tax holiday is an opportuni-ty to give something back to the consumers. Th e suspen-sion of the sales tax for the two day holiday will stimu-late the Commonwealth’s economy while promoting small businesses.”

As in previous tax holi-days, the purchase of any single item over $2,500 does not qualify. However, a customer may purchase multiple items totaling over $2,500, as long as each individual item is less than the threshold. Vehicles, motorized boats, tobacco, meals and utilities are also excluded from the holiday.

A wonderful day to be Portuguese!

Board votes to change Treasurer to appointed job

Guidance Issue/Memorial Ratio

AddressedBy Michael McInnisStaff ReporterBoard Asks Tremblay to “Keep An Eye” On Guidance Issue

Aft er receiving a positive review from the School Committee, at the July 18 meet-ing, Superintendent Robert Tremblay was asked “to keep an eye” on communications between parents and the Milford High School Guidance department.

“Th e high school entered this past year without a guidance counselor,” Chair-man, Robert Lanzetta recalled, adding some Board members and parents were concerned with the level of communica-tion and services coming from the Guid-ance Offi ce. “We know, to date, that that has been corrected, but it’s something we should keep an eye on,” he said.

Board member, Donald Quattrochio, provided several examples of complaints he had received from parents. “Th ere was a parent whose child was sick and couldn’t

Members of the Escola Portuguesa de Milford Clube de Instrucao e Recreio wearing the colors of their country – red and green – participated in the annual Portuguese Parade in Milford. Blessed with beautiful weather, the parade and the picnic, which were held July 20-21, drew

large crowds. Harry Platcow photo

Borges Installed as 53rd “Mayor” of Prospect Heights

Manny Borges was offi cially inaugurated as the 53rd “Mayor” of Prospect Heights in ceremonies held on July 21. Borges recalled that, when he fi rst moved to America from Portugal he was 19 years old, the area felt

like a “little Portugal” to him. His intended service project as Mayor is to take the

wooden sign listing the names of past mayors and replace it with a permanent granite monument. “I’m very happy and very

honored to be the 53rd Mayor of Prospect Heights,” he said. Kevin Rudden photo

By Kevin RuddenStaff Reporter/Columnist

Selectmen voted 2-1 on July 22 to start the procedure to convert the Town Treasurer’s position from being elected by the voters at the Annual Town Election to a position that is appointed by—and would report to—the board. Chairman William Buckley voted against the idea in two separate votes taken by selectmen.

Town Counsel Gerald Moody said the recent departure of long-time Town Treasurer Barbara Auger made it an ideal time to consider changing the nature of the position to ensure that people with the right background and experience are chosen for it. Th e board’s fi rst vote was on whether to take that step, with Selectman Dino DeBartolomeis and Selectman Brian Murray voting to do so.

Murray then outlined two diff erent paths to accomplish that goal. Th e fi rst would be to take a vote by Town Meeting Members at the fall Special Town Meeting and – if approved – then place a question on the ballot at next spring’s Annual Town Election to let voters decide. Th e second way would be to also go

to the Special Town Meeting, but instead ask Town Meeting Members to petition the state legislature to pass special legislation converting the position to an appointed one where the treasurer would be under contract to the town.

DeBartolomeis noted that Milford has been “fortunate” in having people like Auger and her predecessor, Anthony Rando, fi ll the Town Treasurer’s position through the local annual election process. But, he added, he felt it was the time to change it to an appointed one. “Clearly the position has evolved,” Selectman Brian Murray stated, explaining that the person who fi lls it is now in a key position to infl uence the town’s fi nancial policies.

Disagreeing, Buckley noted: “I think, over the years, Milford voters have done a terrifi c job in putting the right people in the right places at the right time.” He also stated that taking a choice away from voters should not be done “casually.”

Aft er his colleagues voted to make the position an appointed one, the chairman also voted against them in taking the route of Special Town Meeting and the

“Clearly the position has evolved,” Selectman Brian Murray stated,

explaining that the person who fi lls it is now in a key position to infl uence

the town’s fi nancial policies.

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Inserted in this issue is another envelope for donating money to the Oliva Fund. Please consider giving what-ever you can. Every dollar goes to the fund. It then goes to a cancer treatment patient for those things that can help to take them away from their treatements for a mo-ment to a place where they can, maybe, relax and think about something else for a while.

Th e Oliva Fund is an ongoing project for Milford Hos-pital. August is also the month for big fundraisers that fund other local organizations.

Th e Milford Rotary Club is holding their fi rst annual Youth Golf Tournament on August 12 at the Hopedale Country Club. Th e tournament is for youth ages 10 to 18 years old. Th e Rotary Youth Golf Tournament will raise money to fund the annual college scholarships awarded to area high school seniors by Rotary. Just go to http://milfordrotaryyouthgolf.com to register online. Fathers and Grandfathers, here is a chance to get your young people out on the golf course and have some fun with them, and practice for the high school team.

Imperial Cars in Mendon will be hosting “Th e Show” on August 16. Like last year “Th e Show” will have lots of fun things to do for every member of the family. It will

also be a place where there will be lots of food, music, fun, games and cars of all kinds to look at. All the car freaks in the area will just be overwhelmed with the dif-ferent cars. Th e rides for the kids will have them jumping up and down to get in line to ride. In general it will be the place to be on Friday August 16. Admission to “Th e Show” is free - it is a way for Imperial Cars to give back to the community while providing a venue for any local organizations to raise funds for their specifi c projects.

Th e annual Milford Regional Medical Center Golf Tournament will be held on August 26. Th e funds raised will go to the new ER building project of $56 million. Go to http://supportexcellence.org/ to watch the video and see the rendering of the new ER. Th e demands on the Milford Regional Medical Center’s services have been increasing over the past few years; it is becoming a nationally recognized facility and with the Dana Farber Cancer Center addition it is servicing more patients. All of this is a result of our community’s continued support.

And that’s looking out my window - saying thanks to you for the gift s you have sent in to Oliva Fund so far. It just goes to show “Ask and you will receive” for a good purpose.

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Milford Health Board Issues Heat Wave

GuidelinesBy Kevin RuddenStaff Reporter/Columnist

Th e Milford Board of Health this summer issued guidelines to help people protect themselves from heat-related illnesses during any periods of prolonged high temperatures:

• Go to an air conditioned environment. If your home is not air-conditioned, go to public places such as stores, shopping centers, libraries.

• Remember to hydrate frequently by drinking n on-alcoholic fl uids.

• Avoid strenuous activities, especially between 1 p.m. and 3 p.m.

• Wear lightweight, light-colored clothing. Wear a hat when outdoors.

• Never leave pets or people – especially infants and children – unattended in cars during excessive heat conditions.

• Animals need a cool, shady place to sleep during hot weather, as well as plenty of clean, fresh water.

While overheating can occur in any individual, the elderly, the young and people with certain medical conditions are at highest risk for heat-related illnesses.If working outside:

• Have chilled water available• Take frequent rest breaks• Wear loose-fi tting clothing (if safety

permits)• Move heat-producing jobs to earlier in

the day, when it is cooler• Report to supervisors if you are feeling

ill or notice co-workers having diffi culty working in the heat

CLAFLIN HILL COMMUNITY SUMMER CONCERTS

Last 2 Concerts - Aug 13 & 20 Milford Bandstand - 6:30 pm(postponed to Thursday in case of rain)

Alternatives Summer Concert SeriesAlternatives’ free summer concert series resumes on its

usual Th ursday evening schedule. All concerts are at 6 p.m. and, in case of inclement weather, move indoors into the Singh Performance Center. Food is provided by Uxbridge First Night. Concerts are sponsored by Alternatives and ValleyCAST with co-sponsors UniBank and Lampin Corp.

Th e concert schedule is:August 15--Marshall MorrisAugust 22--Super Chief TrioAugust 29--Point & Swing Big BandSeptember 5--BV Bluegrass Band

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Join Us at “Th e Show” New England’s largest car dealership, Imperial

Cars annually hosts New England’s largest car show and family fair. Th is year’s event, Th e Show 2013, will be held Friday, August 16 at the dealership, 8-18 Uxbridge Road, Mendon.

Kickoff of Th e Show is at 5 p.m. but arrive early! All activities conclude at 10 p.m.

Th ere will be free admission, parking, live music, carnival rides, motorcycle stunts, breathtaking fi reworks,

and Th e Show’s signature burnouts. Th ere will also be free entrance into the display areas, which will have 3500 show cars, muscle cars, customs and exotics, and motorcycles. More than 60 food and retail vendors will be present.

Since the entire 52-acre lot is cleared to make room for all the fun, parking is off site. Th ere will be several free parking areas with trolley service running all evening long. Several of the trolleys are handicapped accessible.

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Do you love to sing? Were you in the high school chorus or church choir and always thought of singing in a chorus again? Come join us and share your love of singing with the Greater Milford Community Chorus. Our fall season rehearsals begin on the Wednesday aft er Labor Day and culminate with our concert the fi rst weekend in December. Wednesday rehearsals run from 7:15 to 9:30 p.m. and are held upstairs at Memorial Hall located at 30 School St. Registration for new members will be open for three weeks at the start of this new season on September 4, 11, and 18. Th ere are no auditions, just the ability to carry a tune. If you like what you see and hear, please join us. Th ere is a small membership fee, which defrays the cost of expenses as well as a sheet music deposit that is returned at the end of the season. Our membership is made up of adults from many towns in the Greater Milford area including Blackstone, Bellingham, Mendon, Upton, Franklin, Wrentham and beyond.

Th e Greater Milford Chorus is a nonprofi t organization sponsored by the Milford Community Use Program and the Milford Cultural Council, which is funded in part by the Massachusetts Cultural Council. For more information please contact Linnea Silvia, GMCC President at 781-504-7300, email the chorus at [email protected] or visit our website at www.GreaterMilfordCommunityChorus.org.

Offi cials Question Proposal to Close Registry Offi ces Word that a proposed Patrick Administra-

tion modernization plan for the Registry of Motor Vehicles might close as many as 18 lo-cal Registry of Motor Vehicles offi ces around the state has sparked concern among many legislators, including Senate President Pro Tem Richard T. Moore, D-Uxbridge, and Rep. John Fernandes, D-Milford.

Although Registrar of Motor Vehicles Ra-chel Kaprielian has assured legislators that no closings are imminent, David J. Holway, Na-tional President of the National Association of Government Employees, based in Quincy, Massachusetts, questioned the merits of the proposal. In a letter sent to all legislators, Holway expressed concerns following a briefi ng on Registry modernization plans by Transportation Secretary Richard Davey and Registrar Kaprelian.

Th e modernization plan, which is aimed at reducing Registry wait times to less than 15 minutes, reducing administrative costs through facility consolidation, and outsourc-ing many registry responsibilities, is said to include closing Registry offi ces in Attleboro, Brockton, Chicopee, Danvers, Deerfi eld,

Easthampton, Fall River, Greenfi eld, Law-rence, Milford, Natick, North Adams, Plym-outh, Revere, Roslindale, Taunton, Water-town, and Wilmington. Th e plan assumes that more Registry business can be done online.

“I think reducing the waiting time for ser-vice at the Registry offi ces is a commendable goal,” Moore states, “However, increasing the travel time to get to the Registry by another half hour, hour, or more, and increasing the number of people seeking services at a “re-gional” offi ce that serves a larger area, doesn’t seem to make any sense. I hope the Registrar will meet with legislators and the public be-fore any possible closings are implemented.

“Milford is one the busiest, most attended registries in Massachusetts. I look forward to meeting with the Registrar and demonstrat-ing to her the value of our local offi ce,” Fer-nandes said.

Under the consolidation plan, Milford area residents and businesses could be forced to travel to Framingham or Worcester to do business with the Registry of Motor Vehicles if they wanted or needed to do business face-to-face rather than on-line.


Th anks to Yanks Dinner

For the seventh consecutive year a special tribute dinner is being planned to recognize all military families, paying tribute to Blue Star and Gold Star families, veterans and to honor the heroes and victims of 9/11/01 by Th anks to Yanks. Th is non-political event is to simply say “Th ank You.” Th e dinner will be held at the Medway V.F.W, Wednesday September 11, from 6 to 8 p.m. If you are a family that has a loved one in the military, or a Gold Star family or veteran or a fi rst responder or know of a family that we should invite, please contact Michael Shain, at www.thankstoyanks.org.

If you would like further information or are interested in attending. Please contact Shain at www.thankstoyanks.org, call 508-330-8487 or email [email protected]. Free childcare is provided and families are warmly welcome to attend.

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Foxwoods revenues would cost Milford residents

To the Editor, I left the Foxwoods traffi c presentation

this past Wednesday, July 10 even more convinced that building a casino here is a bad choice for Milford. Our home is located ¾ of a mile west of I-495. When we fi rst moved in, the neighborhood was quiet. Over the years as traffi c has increased on I-495, we have begun to hear more and more highway noise in our yard. If a casino is built, the traffi c on I-495 will increase by approximately 50 percent every Saturday according to Foxwoods’ own study. Combined with the removal of trees in the I-495 median to make room for the highway expansion, we can expect a substantial increase in not only traffi c noise but also in air pollution. I asked at the Foxwoods traffi c presentation why noise and air pollution were not addressed in the Foxwoods traffi c report. Th e answer: these critical issues, which undoubtedly will adversely aff ect our quality of life and public health, will be considered at a later date by the state, aft er the host community agreement has been signed. Th erefore, we have no guarantees that Foxwoods or the state will erect sound barriers or plant more trees to alleviate the noise and air pollution.

Allowing a casino to be built here would be like opening a Pandora’s Box that unleashes a multitude of damaging eff ects on our community, altering our quality of life here forever. Th e much-hyped Foxwoods revenue would come at a considerable cost to Milford residents. I urge our Selectmen and all other Milford residents to say no to the casino!Geri EddinsMilford

Th ank YouTo the Editor,

Th e Milford Youth Center would like to thank everyone for a great school year! We could not off er this great community resource without the support from the Town, the United Way of Tri-County, JAG, and the numerous community organizations, businesses, and volunteers that continue to support us! We are already working on programs for next school year! We are also working on a yearly calendar for all our events to help other groups and parents plan early! Finally, we will also be having an open house at the beginning of the school year to welcome new families who are unfamiliar with what the Center does and off ers.

You can fi nd out all up-to-date info at http://milfordyouthcenter.net.

If you would like to volunteer, donate, or run a program during next school year’s aft er school program please call or email [email protected]. Th e Milford Youth Center members were able to enjoy an End of the Year Party on the last day of the Aft er School program. For the last two years, the JAG Youth Council and Milford Youth Center hold their last Find Yourself Friday event during the Aft er School program and off ered free admission! Th e kids enjoyed music, dancing, games, a jumpie, cotton candy, snow cones, and an outdoor water slide!

We would like to thank all the volunteers who helped make the event a success and especially Taylor Rental of Norfolk.Jen Ward , Milford Youth Center

Questions about the Foxwoods Construction ProcessTo the Editor,

I found it very frustrating that aft er sitting and listening to the recent Foxwoods presentation on sewer and water mitigation, the meeting was closed without those in attendance being aff orded the opportunity to ask questions on the water presentation.

As an East Milford neighborhood resident who, along with my neighbors, will have to live with the Casino in our backyards once it’s built, I am wondering how life will be in the years leading up to the casino’s opening day.

Th e construction of the collector/distributor roads proposed to mitigate traffi c on 495 will bring heavy construction equipment and additional noise to the east side of Milford. Th is will undoubtedly increase traffi c on local roads as people try to avoid the construction between the Franklin and Hopkinton exits.

Upgrading the sewer system from the proposed casino site, all the way through town to the treatment facility on 140 in Hopedale, will create ongoing town-wide construction and traffi c nightmares for everyone traveling the streets of Milford.

Replacing the Clark’s Island well fi eld and installing new wells at the Dilla St. and Godfrey Brook sites will create yet another ongoing construction site requiring heavy construction equipment and creating additional traffi c and noise at and around these sites.

How long will Milford residents have to deal with the consequences inherent to these ongoing construction projects? Th e state has a 36-month time frame within which the work must be completed. How will Foxwoods mitigate construction time overruns, which routinely occur despite state-mandated time frames?

Considering the already precarious fi nancial state of FCX Massachusetts LLC, what if another fi nancial restructuring was to occur while construction is ongoing? What then?

Th e promise of money is just that...a promise. Th ere are no guarantees in these negotiations and it is only a fool who believes that a signed host agreement provides one. Anne WaltonMilford

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18th consecutive summer Family Night at the Bandstand at the Milford Musicians Pavilion in Milford Town Park at the corner of Congress and Walnut Streets. Concerts continue every Tuesday evening until August 20. Concerts begin at 6:30 p.m. Any concert that is postponed due to inclement weather at ww.clafl inhill.org Weather status will also be posted on the CHSO voice mail messae at 508-478-5925.


Th ree Troop 4 Scouts Earn Eagle Rank

On June 13, Boy Scout Troop Four of Milford held an Eagle Scout Court of Honor at St. Mary’s Parish Center. Th e dinner and awards ceremony were attended by over 250 Scouts, family members, community leaders and friends and featured the presentation of the Eagle Scout award to Alex Croteau, Nolan Hobart and Wyatt Barie. Th ese 16-year old Eagle Scouts have been together in the Scouting program since age six.

Keynote speakers included State Sen. Richard Moore, D. Uxbridge, and Reverend Ray Goodwin of St. Mary’s Parish. Moore presented citations from both the Massachusetts Senate and House of Representatives recognizing the work of Croteau, Hobart and Barie to achieve the rank of Eagle Scout. Reverend Goodwin’s remarks focused on recognizing those who encourage the Scouting program and its ideals, in order to develop Milford’s youth into strong leaders.

Troop 4 Committee Member Jeff Croteau introduced Nolan Hobart to the audience, recalling highlights and memories of his Scouting career. Hobart started Scouting with Milford Pack 4 Cub Scouts in 2002. His achievements encompass participation and leadership on four high adventure trips, including a 50-mile backpacking trip along Colorado’s continental divide, a 50-mile wilderness canoe trip in northern Maine and a backpacking traverse of the entire New Hampshire Presidential Range. Hobart is entering his junior year at Milford High School, where he participates in the school band, and is a member of the lacrosse and swim teams. Hobart’s Eagle Scout Leadership Service Project involved replacing a failing footbridge over the Mill River in Upton’s Peppercorn Hill Town Forest.

Former Troop 4 Scoutmaster Phil Bedard introduced Wyatt Barie, whose long scouting career began in 2001. Wyatt’s Scouting highlights include serving in the Troop’s highest elected leadership position, the Senior Patrol Leader. He also participated in a 50-mile wilderness canoe trip on Maine’s Penobscot River. Barie is entering his junior year at Milford High School, where he is a member of the school band and chorus. Outside of Scouting, he is an avid archer and enjoys martial arts. For his Eagle Scout Leadership Service Project, Barie constructed a roof extension at the Milford Animal Shelter. Th e extension provides needed shelter to outdoor equipment that had been previously exposed to rain and snow.

Troop 4 Committee Member Mark Hobart introduced Alex Croteau, whose Boy Scout career included more camping nights – 75 – than any other Scout in Troop 4’s history. Alex is a expert outdoorsman, honed his skills on four extended high adventure trips involving wilderness canoeing, alpine backpacking in the Rockies and White Mountains, and rock climbing. Croteau is entering his junior year at Milford High School. Outside of Scouting, he enjoys mountain biking, snowmobiling, fi shing and all other adventure activities. For his Eagle Scout Leadership Service Project, Croteau constructed two Gaga Gaga ball courts between Memorial and Stacey Schools. Th e courts are frequently used by students and town residents for exercise and fun.

Croteau was presented his Eagle Scout badge by his parents, Jeff and Amy Croteau. Hobart was presented his Eagle Scout badge by his parents, Mark and Ann Hobart. Barie’s Eagle Scout badge was presented by parents Christine and Stacey Barie. Following the presentation, the Eagle Scout Challenge was issued by Eagle Scout James Symmes, with assistance from new scouts Brandon Dulak, Derek Jordan and Gillieson Hobart.

In their Eagle Scout Responses, the three new Eagles recognized their family, friends, fellow Scouts and Troop leaders for their friendship and assistance in reaching the Eagle Scout rank. All acknowledged the leadership skills they acquired through their Eagle Scout Leadership Service Projects, and advised the younger Scouts in the audience to enthusiastically seek challenges in the Scouting program and in their school and community activities.

In addition to the Eagle Scout ceremony, many other Scouts were presented awards and merit badges by the Troop leadership. Th ese awards included the annual Scoutmaster’s Scout Spirit award presented to Tenderfoot Scout Brandon Kee. Troop 4 is sponsored by Saint Mary of the Assumption Church in Milford.

New Troop 4 Eagle Scout Alex Croteau with his father, Jeff and mother, Amy Croteau.

New Troop 4 Eagle Scout Wyatt Barie with (left to right) his sister Katie, father Stacey,

and mother Christine Barie.

New Troop 4 Eagle Scout

Nolan Hobart (rear center) with family members

(left to right) mother Ann, sister

Emma, brothers Mason, Gillieson and Ashby, and

father Mark Hobart.

JAG Youth Council End of the Year

PartyTh e JAG Youth Council enjoyed their end of the

year party at the Milford Youth Center. Th e Milford

Youth Center and the Juvenile Advocacy Group

(JAG) staff thank the Youth Council for another great and successful year.

Th e Youth Council helped plan and take part in numerous events and volunteer opportunities this school year including the Find Yourself Friday events which organized a sneaker collection

for youth in the Dominican Republic, and donated to the United Way of Tri-County’s “Feed a Family for Fift y,” a fund to support the victim’s families of Sandy Hook, and to the Relay for Life of Milford. Members also took park in the Milford CROP Walk, “Dressed Up, Not Messed Up” Fashion Show, Milford Play Initiative Fundraisers, the Relay for Life overnight, and fi nally

helped conduct interviews for the Milford Youth Center’s Strategic Plan. Contributed photo

Scout provides Milford trail shelterLife Scout Ryan Fitzpatrick of Milford

Boy Scout Troop 15 spent a recent weekend working with Eagle Scout

Th omas Asson and fellow Boy Scouts Nick Ruscitti, Massimo Ruscitti, Hasan

Khwaja, Moin Khwaja and John Giacomuzzi preparing the site for a Gazebo, which was placed at Louisa

Lake near the bike path. Ryan, age 15 and a resident of Milford, is completing

the work as part of his Eagle project. He chose this project to off er a place

for those on the bike path as a shelter from rain or a rest spot on a hot day. Here he is shown in the new gazebo.

Contributed photo


Community CalendarThe Milford Town Crier is pleased to list the calendar events of community groups and

fundraising events of local charities. Maximum 200 words.Published the 2nd & 4th Friday of every month.

Deadline 10 days prior to publication date. Email to [email protected]

MILFORD SENIOR CENTER

MILFORD MEETINGSCommunity Brown Bag Lunch/DinnerMILFORD-Please join us for a free, nutritious, Community Brown Bag Lunch/Dinner on the last Saturday of each month from 6 to 7 p.m. at the Universalist Church, Pine St. Milford. Hot homemade soup has been added to the menu that includes sandwiches, hardboiled eggs, fresh fruit and vegetables, drinks (hot and cold) along with snacks. Everything is packaged so that it can be eaten on site or taken home. Please enter the church by the side door next to the former Dunkin Donuts for the food distribution, which is sponsored by the Sacred Heart of Jesus Parish, Milford.

Trinity Church Community DinnerMILFORD-On the last Wednesday of every month, from 4:30 to 6 p.m., Trinity Episcopal Church, 17 Congress St., Milford, off ers free, nourishing meals to the local community. Meals consist of an entrée, soup, salad, bread, dessert, and beverages. All are welcome to come and enjoy a hot meal. For more information, contact the parish offi ce at 508-473-8464 or offi [email protected].

Milford Area Chamber of CommerceAREA-Th e Milford Area Chamber of Commerce has planned the following events for the next few weeks. For more information visit MilfordChamber.org. To register call 508-473-6700 or email [email protected].

Get ready for the Fall Classic Golf Tournament on Monday, September 23 beginning at 7:30 a.m. with registration and breakfast at the Blackstone National Golf Club, Sutton.

Steamers at SunsetUXBRIDGE-Join the Blackstone Valley Chamber of Commerce for their Steamers at Sunset, New England Lobster Bake at Blissful Meadows Golf Club, Chockalog Rd., Uxbridge on Wednesday, August 21. Enjoy a round of golf at 12 or 1 p.m., then dive into the cocktails and hors d’ourves at 4 p.m. before dining on la complete lobster, steak, chicken or vegetarian dinner at 5 p.m. Toby Tobas, Calypso Steel Drummer will be featured. Reserve your place by August 17 by calling 508-234-9090, emailing [email protected] or visiting BlackstoneValley.org.

Seeking Artists and CraftersHOPEDALE-Th e annual Hopedale Day in the Park will be held on Saturday, September 7 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Th e Hopedale Cultural Council is looking for craft ers and artists to participate. Applications and information can be found on the town website www.hopedale-ma.gov under Boards and Commissions. For additional information email [email protected] or call 508-478-0929.

Taste of the TownsMILFORD- Plan now for the 8th Annual Taste of the Towns sponsored by the Milford Regional Medical Center Auxiliary at the Portuguese Club, 119 Prospect Heights on September 18. Th is is the Auxiliary’s biggest fund raising event of the year. Proceeds will support the MRMC planned expansion project. A wide range of local restaurants will participate; there will be raffl es and a cash bar. Tickets are limited and on sale now: $30 in advance, $35 at the door. Call the Auxiliary Treasurer at 508-473-4493 or 508-328-9717 for additional information and to purchase tickets.

Milford Humane Society Yard SaleMILFORD–Th e Milford Humane Society will have a yard sale on Saturday, August 17, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Th e rain date is August 24. Drop off hours for donated items are 4-6 p.m. the Fri-day before the sale at the Milford Humane Soci-ety, 289 West St. (Rt. 140), Milford.

We would appreciate the following clean, gently used items in good working condition: household goods, furniture, toys, games, sports equipment, garden items, collectibles, and tools. Sorry, we cannot accept: TVs, computers, moni-tors, clothing, shoes, mattresses, large appliances, air conditioners, broken or out-of-date electron-ics, fi tness equipment, or baby car seats.

Th e Milford Humane Society is a non-profi t, no-kill, all-volunteer cat shelter. For more infor-mation, call 508-473-7008 or visit www.milford-humane.org. Th e cats and kittens thank you for helping us to keep them safe, warm, and fed.

Blackstone Canal CleanupNORTHBRIDGE-Th e Blackstone Canal Conservancy is sponsoring a morning of brush clearing and trash removal along the canal and trails in the Blackstone River & Canal Heritage State Park. All who are interested in preserving the canal are invited to meet at 9 a.m., Saturday, August 17 at the Plummer’s Landing west parking area at the canal on Church St., Northbridge. Volunteers are requested to bring loppers, bow saws, brush cutters, and work gloves. No power tools will be used. We may be using a manua, two man saw. Th is is one of a continuing series of work events to improve the canal, towpath and adjacent trails.

The Merchant of VeniceWHITINSVILLE-Th e Merchant of Venice by the Worcester Shakespeare Festival 2013 is presented through August 25 at Alternatives Community Plaza, 50 Douglas Rd, Whitinsville. Performances are Th ursday, Friday and Saturday at 8 p.m. and Sunday at 2 p.m.

Tickets-$25 for adults, $15 for Seniors/Students and free for children under 12-are available online at WorcesterShakespeareCompany.org or at the door.

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Science, Literatureand The Arts!

Programming available for all ages!

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SUMMER FUN@

CONTACT:Dianne Spittler, Director23 Pine Street, Milford

www.milfordccc.org • 508-473-2935

Let us be your supplier for this fun hobby! Wine making requires little

space and equipment and we guarantee you will produce a

quality wine.

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HOURS OPEN:Tu & Th 4-8 • Sat 10-5

We offer a wide selection of wine and beer making starter kits, equipment and accessories!

Unless otherwise noted, the activities take place at Town Hall. Offi cial meeting notices are posted on Town Clerk’s Bulletin Board.

For additional information, contact the appropriate Board or offi cial.

Monday, August 12Capital Improvement Committee,

Room 02, 7 p.m.Tuesday, August 13

Planning Board, Room 03, 7 p.m.Th ursday, August 15

Conservation Commission, Room 03, 7 p.m.

Personnel Board, Room 02, 7 p.m.Monday, August 19

Board of Selectmen, Room 03, 7 p.m.Tuesday, August 20

Retirement Board, Room 14, 1 p.m.Wednesday, August 21

Vernon Grove Trustees, Room 02, 3 p.mCommission on Disability, Room 14, 7 p.m.

Th e Ruth Anne Bleakney Senior Center, located at 60 North Bow St., is open Monday through Th ursday from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m.,

Fridays 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. and Sundays from 1 to 4 p.m. Contact the center by

calling 508-473-8334 or emailing [email protected]. Susan Clark is the director.

Monday, August 128 a.m. Foxwoods Casino Trip

Monday8:30 a.m. Game Room

8:30 a.m. Fitness and Equipment & Internet8:30 a.m. S.H.I.N.E.

9 a.m. Silver Sneakers10:30 a.m. Zumba Gold

1 p.m. Mexican Train Dominos1:15 p.m. Safe Exercise

Tuesday8:30 a.m. Game Room


10 a.m. Tai-Chi11 a.m. Whist

12:30 p.m. Turkey Foot Dominos1 p.m. Mah Jongg

Wednesday8:30 a.m. Game Room


9 a.m. Silver Sneakers1:30 p.m. Bingo

Th ursday8:30 a.m. Game Room


9 a.m. Knitting and Sewing Class9:30 a.m. Senior Yoga

1 p.m. Mah Jongg1:15 p.m. Safe Exercise

Friday8:30 a.m. Game Room


9 a.m. Silver Sneakers9 a.m. Hairdresser

9:30 a.m. Watercolor Art Classes10:30 a.m. Zumba Gold Classes

Micky Ward Charities 4th Annual Bike Run/BBQMILFORD-Team Micky Ward Charities will sponsor its 4th annual Bike Run/BBQ on Saturday, September 8, at the Italian American Vets club in Milford. Biker registration is from 10:30 to 11:30 a.m. and the BBQ will be served around 3 p.m. Th e cost is $20 for general admission including bikers and a $10 fee for passengers. Th roughout the day, there will be raffl es, Motorcycle Stunt show by Dan Duest, a live band – Reckless Abandon – along with autograph signing by Micky Ward. Team Micky Ward Charities will also present a donation to the family of Matt Denice who tragically lost his life in an accident last August.

All proceeds will be used to assist local families in need in the greater Milford area. Team Micky Ward Charities is a non-profi t organization, thus, your donation is tax deductible. Our 501 C 3 number is 31447.For tickets, please contact Erika at 508-446-1983 or Roger at 508-294-2022. For more information visit TeamMickyWardCharities.com.

MilfordTV Open House and Art ReceptionMILFORD-MilfordTV will host an Open House and Art Reception on Th ursday, August 22 from 6-8 p.m. at the studio, 138 Main St. across from McDonald’s on Rt. 140 Milford. Waterviews of the Blackstone Valley Art Association will be on display along creations by featured artist, Judith Belben. View the art, purchase some photos or pictures, enjoy the light refreshments and tour the studio. For more information visit www.milfordtv.net or 508-488-6445

R.J. Sheedy Show going live on August 24 MILFORD-“Talk Show with R.J. Sheedy,” on Milford Cable TV hosted by the Milford High School student, will become the fi rst show to be broadcast live from the Milford TV studios when it airs at 8 p.m. on Saturday, August 24. Th e guest has yet to be announced.

August Events at Atria Draper PlaceHOPEDALE-Th e following events are held at free of charge at Atria Draper Place. Th e public is invited to the events, which are held at 2 p.m. New crayons, pens, pencils, writing paper, boxes of tissues and any other school supplies for local area schools will be collected until August 31.

Cynthia’s Colony of Rabbits will off er an informative talk and demonstration about angora rabbits on Friday, August 2.

Letters to Mrs. Drinkwater, Little Italy, Boston will present the tale of two neighbors who shared a true friendship that lasted a lifetime even aft er one of them moved away and their relationship depended on the letters they sent each other on Sunday, August 4.

Step back in time for a virtual tour of the Draper Place Field Days of yesteryear with local historian, Dan Malloy on Friday, August 9.

Comedian and Magician Tommy Jones will delight with comedy and magic act on Friday, August 16.

Nominees for the Friends of Milford Upper Charles Trail DirectorsMILFORD-Th e Friends of the Milford Upper Charles Trail are currently accepting nominations for the Friends Board of Directors. Elections will be held at the Tuesday, September 3 meeting. Please consider joining and / or participating our volunteer organization, especially if you love the Trail! For more info visit www.milfordtrail.org.

Aug. 15.....Marshall Morris

Aug. 22.....Super Chief Trio

Aug. 29.....Point and Swing Band

Sept. 5 ....Blackstone Valley Bluegrass Band


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MILFORD TOWN LIBRARY80 Spruce St, Milford • 508-473-2145 • fax: 508-473-8651

Mon thru Thur 9 - 9 • Fri 9 - 6 • Sat 9 - 5www.milfordtownlibrary.org

Submitted by Anne BerardReference & Outreach Services LibrarianCheck Out Our New Bike Racks!

Th e Milford Town Library had beautiful deep red bike racks installed recently. Th e new racks are located near the granite posts between the beds of perennials adjacent to the handicap ramp.

We hope that the bike racks will encourage more patrons to lock up their bikes rather than leaving them in places where they may be stolen or damaged. We also hope more people may choose to ride their bikes to the library instead of driving their cars. Biking is good exercise and good for the environment.

Milford Regional Hospital recently donated several books about cycling including Just Ride: A Radically Practical Guide to Riding Your Bike: Equipment, Health, Safety, Attitude by Grant Peterson, It’s All About the Like: Th e Pursuit of Happiness on Two Wheels by Rob Penn, and On Bicycles : 50 ways the New Bike Culture Can Change Your Life, edited by Amy Walker.

Art by Janice RodriguezEleven oil paintings by Mendon resident

Janice Rodriguez will be displayed behind the Reference Desk for the month of August. Th e paintings are varied in theme: landscapes, animals, children, and still-life.

She is one of the students of the Milford Library Atelier taught by Sal Ferreira. She began taking Sal’s Oil Painting Classes, as they are more commonly known, about a year and a half ago aft er trying other attempts at learning painting. She just had a “hunger to try to paint.”

Aft er exhibiting her wonderful photographs here to great acclaim, Rodriguez felt encouraged to show her paintings. Her love of her Airedale is evident in the several pictures of dogs, as is her enjoyment of children and their playfulness.

Attention, Virtual Catalog Patrons!Library patrons who request items from

the Virtual Catalog from home should be careful not to type anything in the “Note” fi eld. If any words or instructions are placed in the “Note” fi eld of the Request Form, it will cause the request to become “Provisional.”

“Provisional” requests are never fi lled. We don’t know why. Th ey eventually end up here and we can re-request them by not typing anything in the “Note” fi eld, but much time can be lost.

Senior Book GroupTh e Senior Book Group will meet at

10 a.m. at the Milford Senior Center on Tuesday, August 20 to discuss Dear Life: Stories by Alice Munro.

Munro, a native of Canada, is considered a modern master of the short story and has published more than a dozen books of stories over a career spanning six decades. Fellow writer Cynthia Ozick has referred to Munro as “our Chekhov.”

Dear Life, Munro’s most recent collection, contains 14 stories, four of which are autobiographical including the title story. Now 82 years of age, Munro has publicly announced this will be her last book.

To reserve a copy, please call the Information Desk at 508-473-2145, ext 219.

Contemporary Book GroupTh e Contemporary Book Group will meet

on Wednesday, August 28 at 7 p.m. in the Children’s Program Room to discuss In the Shadow of the Banyan by Vaddey Ratner.

First time novelist Ratner was only fi ve years old when the Khmer Rouge regime came to power in Cambodia in 1975. As a refugee, she came to the US in 1981 went on to graduate summa cum laude from Cornell where she studied Southeast Asian history and literature.

Her experiences give In the Shadow of the Banyan its poignant authenticity. For more information or to reserve a copy, contact Shelley at 508-473-2145 or [email protected]. Family Passes to USS Constitution Museum

Th e Milford Town Library has been given a limited number of free passes to the USS Constitution Museum located in the Charlestown Navy Yard (Building 22) in Boston. Th e pass will admit a party of nine or fewer persons for free to the Museum. Passes may be picked up at the Information Desk in the Children’s Room of the Library.

Mass AudubonTh e Massachusetts Audubon Society has

Wildlife Sanctuaries throughout the state. Most of these have programs and activities year round, but especially in the summer. Th is year all Mass Audubon Sanctuaries are free during the summer for military families who have a member on active duty.

Th e Milford Library can provide information about individual Sanctuaries and their addresses and facilities.

Summer ESL Sessions Let’s TalkAlthough the regular ESL classes will be

on hiatus for the summer, the library will be hosting an English Conversation Group open to all ESL students.

Th ese groups are open to any adult students wishing to improve their speaking skills, but we request that attendees come to each of the three-week sessions to build a community and continuity.

Session #2 meets August 13, 20, and 27 from 7 to 8 p.m. in the evening. Th ere is no registration required.

Dig into ReadingRegistration continues for the 2013

Summer Reading Program “Dig Into Reading.” Join the reading fun at the Milford Town Library and be eligible to win some fantastic Boston Bruins prizes! Sign-up in person in the Children’s or YA Room or online at: www.ReadsinMa.org.

“Dig Into Reading” Summer 2013 Summer Reading Program is sponsored by your local library, the Massachusetts Library System, the Boston Bruins and the Massachusetts Board of Library Commissioners with funding from the Institute of Museum and Library Sciences.

Calendars featuring all of the great programs planned around the summer reading theme are available in the Children’s Room.

Young Adult ProgramsTh ere will be no YA Programs during

August due to the renovation of the Young Adult Room. Check out the new exciting room when it reopens in September.

RuminationsBy Kevin Rudden, Town Crier Columnist

An Cnoc Rua, An Cabhan, Eire: Greetings from the “Emerald Isle.” Specifi cally, Redhills (Cnoc Rua), County Cavan (Cabhan).

Th is year, the National Tourism Development Authority in Ireland is encouraging Irish fami-lies to host “Th e Gathering” – getting all the rel-atives you can fi nd and having them “gather” to-gether. My “cousins” Seamus Rudden of Wales and Paul Rudden of Britain took them up on it, and about 50 of us Ruddens got together a few weekends ago at Maguire’s pub in Redhills. It’s the nearest town near to where my great-grand-father grew up before immigrating to New York City and was also a backdrop for a few movies fi lmed in Ireland.

If the goal of the National Tourism Devel-opment Authority was to get people to spend money – well, let’s just say that Maguire’s made out fairly well that weekend. As did the bed and breakfasts in the area. Aft er eating a traditional Irish “fry breakfast” (eggs, mushrooms, beans, toast, cereal, sausages, bacon, fried tomatoes, juice and tea) for a few days, I had to go on a quick diet.

Ireland has changed a lot in the nearly 30 years since I last visited. For one thing, there has been a ton of economic development and infrastruc-ture building. But, the “Celtic Tiger” boom went bust and joining the European Economic Com-munity (also known as the Common Market) hasn’t made everyone happy.

However, aft er listening to my new “cousins” (Except for knowing that Seamus is my father’s second cousin, no one at our “gathering” could really fi gure out our exact relationships to each other.), it became apparent that we have a lot more in common than the language that – in my son Michael’s words – “sounds like music when they speak.”

In no particular order, I’ll review what we have in common:

National Politicians: Th ey think they’re all crooks who are enriching themselves at the tax-payer’s expense.

Cost Over-runs on Infrastructure: Remember the “Big Dig”? Dublin has a convention center that cost more than a billion Euro (at today’s ex-change rates, that’s well over $1 billion).

Bankers: Th ey think they screwed the average person by causing their recession and not get-ting punished for it.

Th e Recession/Unemployment: Th ey see an endless recession, with up to 30 percent of the population out of work.

Welfare: Th ey complain about welfare cheats who live off the taxpayers and won’t get a job.

Th e Future: Th ey’re worried about whether their children will have jobs and what kind of world they’ll inherit.

Immigration: Too many immigrants (from Eastern Europe, primarily) are allowed to just come in, get free benefi ts, and take jobs away from native-born citizens.

Bridges: Boston has the Zakim bridge, which is supposed to look like two sails near the har-bor. Dublin has the Samuel Becket bridge, which looks like a giant harp on its side and its cables are the harp’s strings.

Driving: We may have “Massachusetts driv-ers,” but in Ireland, they drive on narrow coun-try roads at the equivalent of 60 to 80 miles per hours (and, it’s on the wrong side of the road!).

Casinos: We’re getting them in Massachusetts. Th ey have them in storefronts already in Dub-lin.

Aft er pondering all this, I fi gured we have more in common than just our bloodlines. And, in addition to these common “headaches,” we all shared some real ones aft er our weekend in Maguire’s pub!


Four casino presentations yield volumes of data


Last month, Foxwoods Massachusetts held four public presentation sessions on consecutive Wednesday nights that were attended by hundreds of residents, watched by many more on local cable television, and resulted in thousands of pages of information about its impact that attendees and town offi cials are processing. Residents also had the chance to ask questions or voice their opinions about the resort casino proposed to be built off Interstate Route 495.

Th e main take-aways from the meetings are that Foxwoods Massachusetts would be the largest single development in town, with the most employees, and become Milford’s largest single property taxpayer. Th e company’s traffi c engineers projected that an estimated 7 million vehicles would be arriving or leaving the resort yearly, primarily on Interstate Route I-495.

Selectmen were expected to vote on August 5 to proceed negotiating a “community host agreement” with Foxwoods Massachusetts that – if approved by both sides – would be

presented to Milford voters sometime in late October or early November.

Engineer Sean Reardon of TetraTech, Inc. – Foxwoods Massachusetts’ consulting engineers – told the July 31 session audience that – if its proposal was to be selected by the Massachusetts Gaming Commission – it would take an estimated 18 to 24 months to obtain all necessary permits to build the resort casino complex and then another 18 to 24 months to construct it. Over the four meetings, he outlined the mitigation eff orts that Foxwoods would undertake. What follows is a rough summary of each topic – as discussed by both Foxwoods and experts hired by the town to review the casino’s projections.Traffi c

• Th e project is expected to bring 7 million new vehicle trips to the site each year, with 22,600 on each Friday and 28,000 on each Saturday. An estimated 90 percent of this traffi c is projected to use Route I-495, with 10 percent on local roads.

Th is rendering by Foxwoods Massachusetts shows the site where its proposed resort casino would be located, with parking garages about 600 feet away from Wildwood Drive.

Th is map details what routes Foxwoods Massachusetts’ traffi c engineers believe people will use to get to the proposed resort casino in Milford. Th ey estimated that 91 percent of the estimated seven million trips each year (6,370,000 trips) to the

casino would be made on Route I-495, leaving 630,000 trips to be made on local roadways.

Selectmen meet with Foxwoods’ offi cials


Aft er listening to members of Casino-Free Milford discuss their opposition to its resort casino proposed to be built off Interstate Route 495 with the Board of Selectmen on July 8, Foxwoods Massachusetts offi cials had their say at the board’s next scheduled meeting on July 22. [Editor’s Note: Please see related story in this issue.] Saying he thought the opponents’ concerns were founded on fear, CEO Scott Butera said, “We do recognize the concerns of the community.”

Noting that Milford has required a far more thorough review of the Foxwoods’ proposal than required by other communities being courted by casino operators, Butera commented that “this process has been a very complete one.” Foxwoods’ attorney, Robert Allen, also recognized that all the work going into the reviews would have to be done in the other communities before their so-called “Phase II” proposals can be submitted to the Massachusetts Gaming Commission in December.

Before the Foxwoods offi cials talked to the board, Peter Scandone of Whitewood Road presented selectmen with a petition signed by 27 business owners in Milford and surrounding towns, who he said were “adamantly opposed” to the casino coming to Milford because it would cause them to lose customers and have to compete for staff . Responding to that, Butera noted, I don’t see us competing for customers and employees because we have a diff erent product.”

“Th is isn’t about [just meeting] the minimum standard. It’s about making Milford great,” Butera said. "From our perspective, we feel very good about where we are,” he said. “If we’re unsuccessful getting through all this, it will make us a healthier and better project.”

Engineer Sean Reardon of TetraTech, Inc. – Foxwoods

Massachusetts’ consulting engineers – Butera and Allen went through several pages of information they said rebutted claims made by Casino-Free Milford earlier in the month. Allen also gave selectmen on update on key dates in the state’s casino selection process:

• Phase I fi nancial evaluation by the Massachusetts Gaming Commission – now being wrapped up by the state agency;

• Host Community Agreement between Foxwoods Massachusetts and the Town of Milford – would need to be completed by the end of August;

• Town-wide Referendum – would need to be held on the fi rst Tuesday in November;

• Phase II casino application – needs to be submitted to the Massachusetts Gaming Commission on or before December 31; and,

• April, 2014 – Massachusetts Gaming Commission announces which companies will receive resort casino licenses.

“I think there is a good economic opportunity for the town if we can pull this off ,” Butera said, referencing the amounts of money the town would receive from the casino in terms of annual tax revenues and mitigation payments.

Selectman Dino DeBartolomeis said the potential for increased traffi c concerned him: “I still lose sleep over [it.] I can’t get my hands around it. I need some more time. I need some more info,” he added. Selectman Brian Murray echoed those concerns about traffi c, but said anything built on the site – currently zoned for business parks – would cause increases in traffi c. He also voiced his concern about the casino’s site being shift ed closer to Wildwood Drive residents’ homes. “Th ere’s clearly impact to the neighbors,” he said.

Chairman William Buckley – who is opposed to the casino – asked Reardon if the proposed collector distributor lanes to be built on Route I-495 by Foxwoods could be compared to the Lowell Connector further north on the highway, and Reardon agreed that it could. He also said Buckley was correct in saying the casino company is projecting 7 million visits annually to the casino. Buckley said “the concept of a Lowell Connector on top of the 495 thing is a hassle.”

“I think there is a good economic opportunity for the town if we can pull this off,” Butera said, referencing the amounts of money the town would receive from the casino in terms of annual tax revenues and

mitigation payments.


Editor’s Note: There is no simple way to properly go into detail in these newspaper pages about the hours of discussion and pages of data and reports shared at the four public presentations held in July. In order for readers to make informed decisions about the proposed Foxwoods Massachusetts’ resort casino, the Town Crier encourages Milford residents and business owners to go to the website set up by Milford, http://casino.milford.ma.us, to review all data and reports generated at these meetings, as well as link directly to streaming videos of the four meetings. The Town Crier is presenting a summary of these presentations in this article.

Selectmen discuss casino foes’

recommendationsBy Kevin RuddenStaff Reporter/Columnist

Members of Casino-Free Milford met with the Board of Selectmen on July 8 to review the group’s rebuttal to the presentation given on June 3 by Foxwoods Massachusetts outlining its resort casino proposed to be built off Interstate Route 495. Specifi cally, the group asked selectmen to make sure that 13 areas be studied by consultants to determine how the casino would impact the town.

“It’s a moving target,” noted the group’s Robert Mitchell of Kraft Road, referencing the changes to the casino proposal in terms of access lanes and the exact site location during the six-week interval between June 3 and July 8. “It’s a real question of credibility,” he added. “Some of the concerns I have is what they’re presenting hasn’t been vetted.”

Th e 13 areas specifi cally cited by Casino-Free Milford are: water; sewer; traffi c and roads; job opportunities for locals; economic impacts on businesses; crime and police demand; demand for emergency medical and fi re services; demands for health care facilities; community housing; school system; property values; environment; and, social impact.

“It’s always a changing target here,” Mitchell continued. “Th ey’re either not thinking through this plan, they’re telling stories, or they’re rushing through their plans.” To Mitchell’s comment that “Th ere’s no formal study that I’ve seen to date on these 13 items,” Chairman William Buckley said that was the

purpose of the series of Wednesday night meetings being held during July on various topics related to the proposed casino. [Editor’s Note: Please see related story in this issue.] “What we’re saying is that each of these issues is serious enough to have its own impact report,” said the group’s Steven Trettel of Ferguson St.

“We’re really urging you not to enter into a host [community] agreement until all the information is complete,” Mitchell said. “I think we’re at risk trying to negotiate something this early in the game.” Th e changes to the casino proposal were merely “verbal,” Trettel said. “Th ere’s nothing in writing.”

“To me, a lot of the things you’ve asked we’ve been saying for a few months,” Selectman Dino DeBartolomeis said. “Th e fi rst real test will be on Wednesday [the July 10 presentation on traffi c], to see what they present.”

Selectman Brian Murray voiced his frustration that he had stood in peoples’ neighborhoods one night declaring to them that the proposed casino’s location was not to be near their homes, only to hear on the radio a few days later that the location was moving closer to those homes. “Personally, I’m very upset. Th e thing is being moved to within 600 feet of those people,” he said.

“Unless these issues can be answered to my satisfaction, I’m not prepared to go forward on any type of agreement,” Murray said, referencing how to mitigate the 13 issues identifi ed by Casino-Free Milford. “At some point, there’s going to be a day of judgment.” He termed the evolving casino plans as “watching bread being baked and everyone wants a slice.”

“I share your frustration,” Buckley told the Casino-Free Milford representatives. “Th ey’ve got themselves in a position that they’re losing credibility with each presentation that they provide.” Th e developer “didn’t come back with any plans that would pass scrutiny with any of the powers that be,” he said in reference to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and federal and state highway authorities making Foxwoods Massachusetts change their original plans. “I’m looking at the ‘plan du jour,’ and it’s frankly frustrating and I fi nd it unacceptable.”

Pointing to how the debate about the casino is starting to polarize the Milford community, Buckley added, “It’s not to be lost on anybody that this can be divisive.”

In a written statement issued that day, Foxwoods Massachusetts CEO Scott Butera said, “While we respect the opinion of all Milford residents, through extensive, careful and ongoing study we believe we can deliver a world-class resort casino that enhances the community. Th e process mandated by the Massachusetts Gaming Commission will enable residents to make a fair and informed decision through their representative town government. Our meetings with town offi cials have been fruitful and informative, we have and will continue to maintain an open dialogue with the town and its advisors, and we believe it would be inappropriate to abruptly end discussions without this process taking its due course.”

• Foxwoods plans to spend $100 million on traffi c improvements, including adding two more lanes each way in the center of the existing Route I-495 and using the two existing right-most lanes in each direction as a collector/distributor roadway between the existing Route 85 exit, a to-be-constructed Route 16 interchange and the existing Route 109 exit.

• Foxwoods would improve certain Milford roadways through traffi c signal upgrades and additional turning lanes.

• Foxwoods would pay for expanding the MetroWest Area Regional Transit Authority (MWRTA) bus service between Framingham and Milford.

Water• Th e project would require an estimated 170,000

gallons of water per day, leaving the Milford Water Company with 1,075,200 gallons of “extra” water per day under its current state water withdrawal permits.

• Foxwoods plans to use low-fl ow fi xtures and will have no irrigation system using the public water supply at the resort casino.

• Th e casino would pay for well improvements at the Milford Water Company’s Godfrey Brook and Dilla Street wellfi elds, as well as install a larger water Main along East Main St. (Route 16) and a looped water main to Fortune Boulevard.

Sewer• Foxwoods would generate an estimated 190,000

gallons per day of sewage.• Th e casino plans to extend current sewer mains

along East Main St. (Route 16) to the Holliston town line, pay for new and upgraded sewage pumping stations, and any needed improvement to existing mains and processes at the town’s wastewater treatment plant.

• Foxwoods will remove fi ve gallons of “infl ow and infi ltration” water within the town’s existing sewer system for each one gallon it adds.

Stormwater Runoff • An estimated 12 percent of the site would be covered

with impervious surfaces.• Foxwoods plans to exceed all current stormwater

management regulations and practice “low impact development.”

Wetlands• An estimated 30 percent of the site is covered by

wetlands.• Foxwoods will deed portions of the land as

permanent conservation space.• Foxwoods plan to improve public access to the

natural landscape, and create parking areas and better access to the “Vietnam” mountain biking trails in the area

Crime and Law Enforcement• Studies show there is little crime at casino sites

nationally, but incidents of petty theft do go up.• Th e casino will have its own private security force.• Foxwoods will contribute $400,000 up-front funding

and $1.4-million per year to pay for the Milford Police Department to staff a new “patrol sector” with nine new police offi cers, new vehicles and radio equipment, and increasing the Public Safety dispatch capacity by 50 percent through the addition of four new dispatchers.

Fire Protection and Response• Th e casino would be the largest building with the

largest onsite population in Milford.• Th e site would have its own 24x7 security

monitoring.

• Foxwoods is willing to pay between $123,000 to $1,723,000 up-front and $1,115,000 per year to upgrade the nearby Birch Street fi re station by adding nine new fi refi ghters and paying for their training. Requests for additional equipment – including a new ladder truck – are still being negotiated.

Schools• Th ere would be a projected increase of 20 students

in the public school system, with none of them being non-English speakers.

• Foxwoods is willing to pay $121,000 per year to cover the town’s costs – aft er state aid – of educating those students. In addition, the casino is willing to re-open its agreement with the town if more students than projected attend the local school system or if special education expenses are needed.

Residential Property Values• Th e impact on residential property values –

including homes in the eastern parts of Milford closest to the proposed development – is expected to be “negligible or no eff ect, positive or negative, on home values.”

• Th e casino would add “green” screening on the above-the-tree-line, six-story high parking garages that would help to minimize their visual impact on the nearest homes, which would be 600 feet away.

• Foxwoods is negotiating the amount of money to be placed in a fund that would be used to compensate homeowners who experience a documented adverse eff ect on their property values.

Economy and Existing Businesses• Local spending in Milford is projected to be $631

million during construction and $449 million annually once the resort casino is operating. Overfl ow demand would be directed to local existing hotels and restaurants.

• Foxwoods will support local entertainment venues, such as the Clafl in Hill Symphony Orchestra.

Problem Gambling• Whether a resort casino comes to Milford or not,

the incidence of problem gambling in Milford is not expected to change because of the proximity of other existing and to-be-built casinos.

• Foxwoods will have on-site treatment resources and self-exclusion obligations, and will contribute to the state’s prevention and treatment funds.

Jobs• Th e casino’s construction will take an estimated

5,970 person-years, with new compensation in Milford estimated to be $225 million, or an average of $37,700 per job.

• Once the casino is in operation, an estimated 4,130 new jobs will be created, with new compensation estimated to be $138 million or an average of $32,000 per job.

• Foxwoods intends to give Milford residents preference during hiring.

Property Tax Revenue• Th e resort casino project is estimated to generate

$900,000 per year in hotel taxes and $19.1 million per year in property taxes, for a total of $20 million income to Milford annually.

• Foxwoods will pay incremental costs to the towns which have been identifi ed as resulting from the resort casino complex: $2.06 million in up-front costs and $2.86 million per year. Other funding – such as a fi ve percent increase to budgets for certain town departments – is still being negotiated.

“We’re really urging you not to enter into a host [community] agreement until all the

information is complete,” Mitchell said.

Multiple-story parking garages, curtained by green plantings, for Foxwoods Massachusetts’ proposed resort casino in Milford, would be located 600 feet

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Local residents are asked to check their trees in August by the Massachusetts Introduced Pests Outreach Project, a collaboration of the Massachusetts Department of Agricultural Resources and the UMass Extension and Agriculture and Landscape Program. Two of newest threats are the Asian Longhorned Beetle and the Emerald Ash Borer. Asian Longhorned Beetle

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Recent Blackstone Valley Tech graduate and Milford resident Anthony Young was named one of America’s Top three Culinary Arts students at the 49th annual SkillsUSA National Leadership & Skills Conference, held June 24-28 in Kansas City, Mo.

SkillsUSA is the national organization for students in trade, industrial, technical and health occupations education and hosts the National Leadership & Skills Conference as a showcase of outstanding students. Th e conference’s keystone event is the SkillsUSA Championships, in which over 5,900 students compete over the course of three days in hands-on competition in 98 diff erent trade, technical and leadership fi elds.

Aft er winning gold at the 2013 SkillsUSA Massachusetts State Championships, Young joined 14 other Valley Tech state gold medalists and 11 Valley Tech advisors in representing the region and the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in the national competition.

According to Young, the Commercial Baking competition proved to be the ultimate test for the skills and craft smanship he acquired in the Valley Tech Culinary Arts program. Over the course of nearly eight hours, Young and 40 other students competed against one another as they decorated cakes, shaped various pastries and made the likes of pumpkin bread, piecrust and white bread from scratch. In the end, Young was awarded the bronze medal.

“I had a lot of moral support from everyone at Valley Tech,” Young said. “My Commercial Baking advisor [BVT Culinary Arts instructor] Dawn Dubois was with me every step of the way. She made a lot of sacrifi ces to teach me and help me practice. I couldn’t have asked for

a better advisor.”For being named the 3rd best Commercial

Baking student in the country, Young was awarded a $3500 SkillsUSA renewable annual scholarship, which he will put to good use this fall when he attends the Culinary Institute of America.

Bronze was not the only medal captured by Valley Tech students this year, as gold medals were awarded to: Andrew Desjardin of Uxbridge in Welding; Jake Rivard of Northbridge in Technical Draft ing; Anthony Collari of Upton in Plumbing; and the team of Robert Silberberg of Mendon and Dillon Arnold of Northbridge in Urban Search and Rescue. According to SkillsUSA Massachusetts, Desjardin is the fi rst student in the state’s history to win the national title in Welding.

Valley Tech students also placed in the Top 10 in several competitions. Brianna Shea of Milford took 4th place in Cosmetology, while Joshua DeNoncour of Millville and Cody McPhail of Milford fi nished 4th in Mobile Robotic Technology. Alexandra Delmore of Milford was awarded 8th place in Related Technical Math and Matthew Goldstein of Northbridge captured 10th place in Computer Maintenance Technology.

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By Michael McInnisStaff Reporter

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Assumption CollegeTh e following Milford residents graduated from Assumption College in Worcester on May 11 with a Bachelor of Arts degree: Gina Castiglioni, Jacqueline Castiglioni, Jeff rey Gardella, Jenna Garozzo, Peter Mulrey, Avnee Patel and Erin Sliney.

Ithaca CollegeTh e following Milford residents were among 1,371 students from Ithaca College who received degrees during the College’s commencement ceremony held in May 2013. Julia Becker graduated from Ithaca College’s School of Humanities and Sciences with a major in English and Monami Choudhury graduated from Ithaca College’s School of Health Sciences and Human Performance with a major in Exercise Science.

UMass LowellRoop Saini, Timothy Goncalves, Mariska Harbachuck, Courtney Dias, Daniel Roxo and Daniel C. Scovil of Milford all received diplomas at the UMass Lowell Commencement Exercises held on May 18.

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Th ree Milford High School students – shown l-r, Cullen Ferrira, Collin Brennan, Jospeh Mirenda representing Milford

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Refl ecting on the admin-istration’s teamwork, Mac-chi said, “We have meet-ings all the time. Just keep-ing everyone on the same page is important. Com-munication, I think, is the biggest [factor] in success.”

Th e Milford High School adminis-tration has changed with a new Prin-cipal in Carolyn Banach; two new As-sistant Principals, Macchi and Mark McGillivray; and a new Guidance Di-rector, Mathew Baione. Noting the col-laboration shown by administrators is strong and growing, Macchi said they are confi dent starting the school year and the challenges it poses including a new schedule.

As Assistant Principal for House B, Macchi is charged with overseeing the freshman and junior classes. He lob-bied for the freshman class saying he hoped their familiarity with him from Middle School East will help their transition to high school.

Much like a baseball player looks to defi ne his career through his success on the fi eld, Macchi hopes to make a lasting impression as a MHS Assistant Principal. “Th at’s exciting to me,” he said. “It energizes and motivates me, every day, to see what kind of diff er-ence I can make, not only in the lives of the students but in the school, as a whole.”

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Tremblay receives high marks from School CommitteeBy Michael McInnisStaff Reporter

It was a very good year for Superintendent of Schools Robert Tremblay. Th at was the assessment of the School Committee during the Superintendent’s annual end-of-cycle evaluation, made public at the July 18 meeting.

Utilizing a new four-step evaluation tool from the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education, Tremblay was graded fi rst on Progress

Toward Goals, which are the self-stated goals that the Superintendent had formulated for the 2012-2013 school year. Grading levels were: Did Not Meet; Some Progress; Signifi cant Progress; Met (Goals) or Exceeded (Goals).

Tremblay scored to Met (Goals) for the Professional Practice section, which included implementing a new Educator Evaluation System, and for the Student Learning Goals, which was dominated by overseeing of the Curriculum Committee. “With goals related to District Improvement, you made signifi cant progress,” Lanzetta stated, “By using data analysis in decision making.” Tremblay also succeeded in rolling out a standards-based report card for grades K-through-four, communicating [eff ectively] with the School Committee and staying on time with the Woodland Building Project.

Section two of the evaluation covered four defi ned

standards: Instructional Leadership; Management and Operations; Family and Community Communication and Professional Culture. Th ese categories were graded on a scale of: Unsatisfactory, Needs Improvement/ Developing; Profi cient or Exemplary. Under most circumstances, Lanzetta explained, a rating of Profi cient indicates “fully satisfactory” while Exemplary is usually reserved for job performance, which far exceeds Profi cient, could be a “model of practice” regionally or statewide, and is seldom awarded.

For Standard One, Instructional Leadership, Tremblay earned a Profi cient. In this category, the Committee looked at Curriculum, Instruction, Assessment, Evaluation and

Data-Informed Decision-Making. Tremblay received a Profi cient in all but Assessment, which earned a Needs Improvement.

Lanzetta pointed to improvements “in the way you use data” and expressed the hope that the Superintendent would continue using available data but also provide “evidence of data-driven decisions.”

Critical areas of concern for the Committee were curriculum and the ability to “move the district forward, with a cohesive Pre-K through twelve vision. We believe this is not a completed goal, but a work in progress,” Lanzetta said.

Tremblay received a Profi cient for all sections of the Management and Operations standard, which includes: Environment, Human Resources Management and Development; Scheduling and Management Information Systems; Law Ethics and Policies and Fiscal Systems.

Tremblay, well known for his communications skills, scored high marks for Standard Th ree, Family and Community Engagement. “You received an overall rating of Profi cient,” Lanzetta said. “You received a rating of Profi cient in Engagement, Sharing Responsibility and Family Concerns and you received a rating of Exemplary in Communications, and that says a lot.”

He also received an overall Profi cient rating for the fi nal Standard , Professional Culture, which covers Commitment to High Standards; Cultural Profi ciency; Communication; Continuous Learning; Shared Vision and Meeting Confl ict.

Awarding the Superintendent an overall Profi cient rating, the Committee touched upon some areas in which they would like to see improved. Th e Board suggested that the Superintendent fi nd more opportunities for teacher and administrator interaction and asked that the new teacher evaluation tool be used to improve staff performance.

Several School Committee members reiterated their satisfaction with the Superintendent’s performance. “I think it was a great year,” Patrick Holland stated. “I think you do a great job,” Donald Quattrochio added. Tremblay then received a congratulatory round of applause from the members of the committee.

“I’m really moved by the evaluation,” Tremblay said, “Th ank you. I’ll continue to work hard and work harder,” he vowed. “I love what I do and love the town of Milford.”

Robert Tremblay

“I think you do a great job,” Donald Quattrochio added.

McGillivray, new “House A” Assistant Principal

Mark McGillivray, a former MHS math

teacher, has been named as one of two new

Assistant Principals for Milford High

School. McGillivray is responsible for House A - which oversees the Sophomore and Senior

classes.


Although he’s spent the past eight or nine years as a teacher, Mark McGillivray’s initial plan was to someday move into administrative work. Now, with the changing of the guard at Milford High School, he was presented with the opportunity to do just that.

Following the departure of former MHS Principal Michael Tempesta, and the naming of his successor, Carolyn Banach, who previously served as Assistant Principal, the search was on to fi ll that vacancy as well as second Assistant Principal position which opened up when Michael McIntyre accepted a position in Marlboro.

“At the time I was hired here [as a math teacher], the principal asked me if I had considered just pursuing a leadership program and going directly into administration,” McGillivray recalled. “My feeling was that I would be a more eff ective administrator if I was coming from the classroom because then, I would have a better understanding of the challenges that the teachers face and have a clear vision of how to be an eff ective classroom teacher and how to mentor and help teachers when I was in the administrative role.”

McGillivray, who was one of several candidates for the position, interviewed before a committee of “10 or so” faculty members who then submitted their recommendations to Banach, who made the fi nal decision.

Th ough he’s been a classroom teacher for almost a decade, McGillivray considers himself to be relatively new to education, having spent a number of years in leadership positions in the private sector. “I’ve managed my own business, worked for a Fortune 500 company and an internet start-up company, so I have a wide variety of experiences,” McGillivray pointed out. “I’ve managed people, I’ve managed multi-million-dollar budgets, negotiated multi-million-dollar contracts.”

McGillivray utilized his private industry experience to impress upon his students the importance of learning math. “When the students in my class would say ‘When am I ever going to use that?’ I would say, ‘You probably would never have to factor a quadratic equation, however, you may need to be able to read a graph that has the intersection of two lines and that is critical for senior-level executives when you’re going to show them when your business line is going to be profi table. So, I could use a real-world example of something that I used to do.”

McGillivray is genuinely excited about the challenges for the coming year. Th ey include the new schedule, the Common Core alignment and a lot of new faculty members. Recalling that when he fi rst started in education, he received a lot of support from senior staff , McGillivray hopes to pay-it-forward by “making sure that the new people are being supported.”

Because of it’s size, Milford High School carries two Assistant Principals, whose duties are divided by grade level, with McGillivray (House A) assigned to the Sophomore and Senior class students while the Freshman and Junior classes will be overseen by Brian Macchi, (House B) who, like McGillivray, will begin his fi rst year as a newly appointed Assistant Principal.

“We’re sort of an extension of the principal,” he explained. “We have to work on bell schedules, things like Freshman Orientation and we have to manage diff erent aspects of the building.” In addition, the Assistant Principals are responsible for student discipline issues and “any of the requirements that the Principal has, in running the building.” He added that testing is a major component since MCAS is a graduation requirement and PSATs are important.

McGillivray looks forward to working eith the new Principal. “Carrie is terrifi c,” he said. “She’s a real positive person and she’s very collaborative. So, for me, I’m very excited about the opportunity.”

Blackstone Valley Tech Th ird Trimester Commendation List

SENIORS (Class of 2013)BUSINESS TECHNOLOGYAlexandra Delmore; Terance Edward

Jones; Gabriela Rosa.COSMETOLOGYAshley Santo.CULINARY ARTSKathryn Davis; Anthony Young.DENTAL ASSISTINGAlexandra Doyle.ELECTRICALMichael Moran.HEALTH SERVICESKelly Ney.HVAC/RJustin Del Tufo; Richard Roberts.

MANUFACTURING & ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGY

Daniel Avery.

JUNIORS (Class of 2014)CULINARY ARTSVeronica Doyle.DENTAL ASSISTINGChristeen Megala. ELECTRICALAntonio Bassil.ELECTRONICS & ENGINEERING

TECHNOLOGYNicholas Weisenhorn.

HEALTH SERVICESNicole DeFonzo; Hailee Gelinas;

Monica Laronga; Rachel Metcalf; Jasmine Morales Gonzalez; Maria Verrocchi.

SOPHOMORES (Class of 2015)AUTOMOTIVE TECHNOLOGYWilliam Palomares.COSMETOLOGYMeghan Roy.CULINARY ARTSSamson O’Brien; Graydon Webb.DRAFTING & ENGINEERING

TECHNOLOGYJames Chakalos.

ELECTRONICS & ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGY

Johnathan Saniuk.GRAPHIC COMMUNICATIONSJenna Roberts.HEALTH SERVICESVeronica Auger; Maria Demko;

Katelyn Lasser.INFORMATION TECHNOLOGYOwen Amour.

FRESHMEN (Class of 2016)BUSINESS TECHNOLOGYVictoria Weisenhorn.CONSTRUCTION TECHNOLOGYRichard Gaffi n.COSMETOLOGYLucia Cenedella; Sydney Luke.

CULINARY ARTSTeresa Facey; Megan Gassett;

Rebecca Weisenhorn.DENTAL ASSISTINGChanell DaSilva.HEALTH SERVICESVictoria Flodstrom; Karina Ramos.INFORMATION TECHNOLOGYSteven Beaudrot; Christopher

Flodstrom.MANUFACTURING &

ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGYJacob Ortega.PLUMBINGJoseph Corsi; Joseph Medeiros;

Nathaniel Motuzas.

Superintendent-Director Dr. Michael Fitzpatrick has released the following Commendation List for the third trimester of the 2012-2013 academic school year at Blackstone Valley Regional Vocational Technical High School. Students from the town of Milford are listed by class according to their vocational technical shops.


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come to school, a parent that felt their child was being bullied, [and] several parents whose kids have drug is-sues.” Th eir chief concern, according to Quattrochio, was “the Guidance Department wasn’t responding to parents.” Quattrochio told Tremblay, “What I’d like to see you do before the start of the school year, is to make sure that the goals of the Guidance Department, for 2013-2014 are set so that one of the main goals is to improve communica-tion with parents, when their kids have issues.”

Quattrochio noted last year presented the Superintendent with a “unique situation,” since the former Guidance Director, Peter Bruce, was let go aft er being accused by three Framingham teens of chasing them from a parking garage with his car, leaving the department without a leader. Bruce has been acquitted of all charges but was let go at the time due to the serious nature of the charges.

Quattrochio advised Tremblay that the complaint wasn’t aimed at him, personally. “Th is wasn’t you - I think you do a great job responding to parents and when you’ve gotten into it, you address it.”

Tremblay said a new Director of Guidance, Mathew Baione, “is now in place’ and promised to make him aware of the need to communicate with parents. Memorial Ratio Is Back In Line

Responding to a parent’s complaint in regard to teacher/student ratios at Memorial Elementary School, Superintendent of Schools, Robert Tremblay announced the hiring of a new fi rst-grade teacher for that school.

During a June School Committee meeting, Milford parent, Meghan Hornberger, expressed her concern that the grade-one student teacher ratio was not in line with the School Department’s stated goal of maintaining classroom sizes below 24 students. “Kindergarten students, who currently have a ratio of ten students to one instructor, will be transitioning into classrooms of 23 or 24 students to one instructor,” Hornberger noted.

Both the Committee and the Superintendent agreed that the ratio was not acceptable and had promised Hornberger that they would monitor enrollment numbers and should they remain the same, try to fi nd a way to add a fi rst-grade teacher, despite budget restrictions. Th e hope was that the monies would be found through previously unannounced retirements or through in-district promotions.

At the July 18 meeting, Tremblay said the enrollment numbers have remained “about the same, so by adding an additional grade-one teacher, we’re able to keep [the teacher/student ratio] to about 20-21 on average, in grade-one, which is right where we want to be.”

He added, “We were able to free up [the money] with the internal appointments at the high school.” Former assistant principal, Carolyn Banach has succeeded Michael Tempesta as principal. She has recently appointed Mark McGillivray and Brian Macchi as Assistant Principals. Both men were previously teachers in the Milford School District. Th e Superintendent explained he was then able to “bring in teachers for those positions at a lower cost, which then aff orded us the opportunity to hire the grade-one teacher.”

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Th e School Committee, at the July 18 meeting, was presented with a detailed progress report from the new Assistant Superintendent for Curriculum, Instruction and Assessment, Dr. Kevin McIntyre, who started July 1. “I’ve enjoyed my fi rst three weeks in Milford,” he began. “It’s clear that there are a number of dedicated professionals who are committed to student success in a number of outstanding programs.”

Meetings with principals, assistant principals, curriculum team leaders, mentor coordinators and teachers provided McIntyre with an understanding of the current state of the curriculum. “Clear priorities are starting to emerge, that we’ll be tackling during the school year,” he said. “My overall goal is to support schools and classrooms that are responsive to the needs of our students and are focused on student achievement and growth.” McIntyre added this is a time of “rapid change in education” and “there are a number of initiatives and programs, at the state and national level that are impacting local school districts on a day-to-day basis.”

McIntyre then listed the areas he plans to focus on, in the coming year. Th ey included: Th e Mentoring Program

“We reviewed the two-day

induction program and we talked about a number of ways to enhance that program,” McIntyre stated. “We want to potentially incorporate ... either panel discussions or seminars for new teachers, focusing on areas that all new teachers struggle with. Th ese include things like working and communicating with parents. assessments and data, special education and classroom management.”Data Collection, Reporting and Analysis

According to McIntyre, “there are a lot of new initiatives in this area from the national and state level. I want to provide training for our administrators in Edwin Analytics, which is a new tool that the Massachusetts Department of Education is rolling out ... And, a

new program being rolled out by the state - DSACS (District and School Assistance Centers), which are the regional assistance groups called Visual Analytic Resources.” Visual Analytic Resources, McIntyre said, is a “dynamic Excel spreadsheet” which allows for

real-time manipulation of data.Professional Development

In conjunction with the Superintendent, school principals and the Curriculum Team Leaders, McIntyre plans to investigate the ways the district is using Professional Development time and looking into to adding it for administrators. Curriculum Development and Mapping

“I’ve been reviewing the curriculum maps that the CTL’s (Curriculum Team Leaders) have been working on,” McIntyre said. “We’re looking at ways to make those usable, living documents that teachers are using on a regular basis, to track where they are and where they’re going.”

With a shift from “curriculum frameworks, to the common core,” which is happening statewide, McIntyre hopes to play a large part in providing information to all concerned parties about the new PARCC (Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers) test, which will be implemented in 2014-15. Following his presentation, McIntyre indicated that he would be presenting a “broader” report at an upcoming School Committee Meeting.

Impressed with what McIntyre had accomplished in only three weeks in the position, board members commented that it seemed as if he’d been on the job for a year.

“My overall goal is to support schools and classrooms that

are responsive to the needs of our students and are focused on student achievement and

growth.”

Milford brothers share academic achievements

Th e John and Kaoru Pagnelli family of Milford has much to be proud of. Th eir son,

John Takashi, left in the photo, a senior UMass Amherst history major interested in

international relations, has been participating in a full-time, summer internship at the

Missile Defense Advocacy Alliance, (MDAA) located in Alexandria, Va. He is earning

University credit as a student intern through the Washington Center for Internships and Academic Seminars based in the nation’s

capital. Last summer, he studied and received credit at Sophia University located in Tokyo, Japan.

Th eir other son, James Hitoshi, on the right, graduated in June from Mount Saint Charles Academy in Woonsocket. He was an All Division/ All Class

runner on the track team and a lacrosse player. Entering Bryant University, Smithfi eld this fall as a freshman to study international business, he has been

working in the Bryant Development Offi ce. Pagnell family photo

Milford High School student receives

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Each year, UniBank off ers scholarships to support the educational endeavors of exceptional students in the Blackstone

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UniBank’s $2,000 scholarship award. Lathrop will be attending Northeastern University in the fall, and plans to study Civil Engineering. She is the daughter of Stephen and Joycelyn

Lathrop. Contributed photo


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Sewer Department anticipates fi ft h year with no rate increaseBy Kevin RuddenStaff Reporter/Columnist

Th e Board of Sewer Commissioners will decide on August 20 whether to raise rates for the new fi scal year, but offi cials anticipate the rates will probably remain unchanged for the fi ft h year in a row.

Sewer Superintendent John Mainini told board members on July 22 that he had just received water consumption numbers, but they looked roughly the same as last year’s. He said he did not foresee a rate increase being necessary.

Chairman Th omas Morelli asked how Milford’s rates compared to other towns’ rates, with Mainini responding that engineering fi rm Tighe & Bond, Inc. does an annual study of water and sewer rates throughout the state. According to that Westfi eld fi rm’s website, in 2012 the annual bills for sewer users in Milford and surrounding towns were:

• Ashland: $1,440• Bellingham: $835• Upton: $723• Framingham: $678• Uxbridge: $586• Blackstone: $562• Franklin: $513• Milford: $505• Hopedale: $440• Medway: $406Tighe & Bond says that its survey “is

based on a ‘typical’ yearly homeowner’s cost assuming consumption of 90,000 gallons of water per year.” Th e fi rm says that typical annual sewer costs in Massachusetts range from a low of $210 per household to a high of $1,440, with an average of $690 per household and a median of $646 per household.

In a brief discussion about Foxwoods Massachusetts’ need to remove 1.5 million gallons of “infl ow and infi ltration” groundwater from the town’s sewer system if its proposed casino off Interstate Route 495 is approved, Mainini said that his department would direct casino offi cials where to do its work by using a study done a few years ago by Tata & Howard, Inc. – the Sewer Department’s Marlborough-based consulting engineers – that analyzed on a street-by-street basis where remedial work such as relining or replacing old sewer mains needs to be done.

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Susan Clark Named New Senior Center Director

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Th e Planning Board on July 16 asked Crystal Room owner Keith Usher to work with neighbor Anthony Fallon to modify a parking lot light at the function room so that it doesn’t shine brightly on Fallon’s Ravenna Street property. Usher promised to keep the light turned off while he works to put a shield on it, but noted the lighting was installed as called for in the site plan that had been approved by the board for the property’s previous owner.

Fallon, who lives directly behind the Cedar St. (Route 85) function hall, said the parking lot lights shine directly into bedrooms in his house, making it diffi cult for family members to sleep. Selectman Brian Murray visited his house one night and found the lighting to be too bright, he added.

Building Commissioner John Erickson said he had investigated the lighting and found no legal violations. “Th e lights are not a zoning violation. Th ey are installed in conformance with the site plan,” he said. Turning off the light pole in question – located at the Ravenna Street exit from the parking lot – “does make a marked diff erence on Mr. Fallon’s property, Erickson said.

Th e lights in question are energy-effi cient light emitting diode (LED) lights that cost $2,500 each and “are manufactured to shine straight down,” Usher explained. Th ey do not come equipped with a shield, but he will try to make one, he added. “All we did was follow the site plan that was approved,” he

said. “I understand their situation and we’re certainly willing to do what we can,” Usher said. Th e one light will be kept off unless he has a function booked at the hall, he added.

“Th at corner is not without light,” Fallon said. “I don’t believe that lights needs to go back on if he has a function.” When Usher noted that no other neighbors on nearby Ravenna St. or Naples St. have complained about the lighting, Fallon replied, “Th ey don’t have bedrooms facing the property.”

“Unfortunately, even though we approved the plan, if it’s creating a burden to a neighbor, we can’t sit idle,” board member Patrick Kennelly said. He urged Usher and Fallon to try to work the problem out. He called for “trying to come up with a reasonable solution that everyone can live with.” He suggested that Town Engineer Vonnie Reis review the issue and make a recommendation to the board.

Erickson suggested giving Usher enough time to try to build a shield for the particular light. Fallon then asked why all the other lights could not be shielded as well. Board Chairman Joseph Calagione pointed out that the property in question – the former Knights of Columbus Hall – has been used for commercial purposes, with outdoor parking lot lights, for many years. “It needs to be lit,” he said. Calagione asked Usher to give the board an update on his eff orts before its August 13 meeting.

Usher said that although the lights are directed downward, they do have what he termed a “wash eff ect” that causes them to

shine against Fallon’s house. “We defi nitely have concerns about our property and the safety of our patrons,” he said, but indicated he was willing to try to turn off the light in question if a shield does not solve the problem. “We could certainly look into that,” he said.

“I think he’s being understanding to you to shut that light off ,” board member Lena McCarthy told Fallon. “We all have to come together and enter into a good compromise that makes everyone happy,” Kennelly repeated. Town Planner Larry Dunkin said lighting technology has changed since the site plan was approved in 2005 and diff erent types of lighting may now be available.


Th e Board of Selectmen voted unanimously on July 8 to name Susan Clark, head of the town’s Community Development offi ce, as the new director of the Ruth Anne Bleakney Senior Center. Selectmen renamed the center aft er Bleakney earlier this year aft er the long-time director passed away. Program

Coordinator Dolores Alvarez-Devita had been acting as the center’s interim director.

Town Administrator Richard Villani told selectmen that 24 people had applied for the post. A committee consisting of himself, Council on Aging Chair Vincent Squiciari and Phyllis Ahearn reviewed the applications and interviewed six fi nalists before deciding to recommend Clark for the position, he said. Villani cited her roughly 20 years in the Community Development position, proven administrative and supervisory skills and past membership on the Senior Center Building Committee as reasons for recommending her.

Chairman William Buckley said he had hoped that someone with direct experience in working with the elderly – such as current Program Coordinator Johnna O’Loughlin – would have been recommended, but added that he would make the vote to appoint Clark a unanimous one.

Selectman Dino DeBartolomeis noted Clark was responsible for bringing more than $15 million in Community Development Block Grant funds to the town during her tenure as Community Development director. “I think she’ll do a great job for the seniors of Milford,” he said. Selectman Brian Murray said Clark was able to get $600,000 of Community Development funding to help build the $3.5-million senior center, and cited her role on its Building Committee. “If Ruth Anne was on my right, Sue was on my left ,” he said. “I think she’ll be a great director.”

At the July 8 meeting, the board did not address Clark’s starting date or salary, nor plans for who would take over Clark’s role in the Community Development offi ce.

Clark told the Town Crier on August 1 that she expected to offi cially start in her new position by mid-moth, and praised Alvarez-Devita for the job she did as the interim director.

On July 22, selectmen voted unanimously to name Carlos Benjamin as senior building custodian to replace the retiring Charlie Skaff . Villani said 21 people applied for the position and fi ve fi nalists were interviewed by himself, Skaff and Police Chief Th omas O’Loughlin. Benjamin was scheduled to start on July 29 at a pay rate of $19.90 per hour, the town administrator said.


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Recent actions by Town BoardsBy Kevin RuddenStaff Reporter/ColumnistBoard of Selectmen

• Waived all town permit fees associated with the Woodland Elementary School renovation/rebuilding project (June 27 vote)

• Granted the Marchegiano Club a one-day all-alcoholic beverages license to run from 8 a.m. to 1 a.m. on July 3 (June 27 vote)

• Asked Police Chief Th omas O’Loughlin to reinforce the town’s by-law prohibiting picking through curbside trash (July 8 discussion)

• Agreed to solicit volunteers for an ad-hoc committee to create a farmer’s market in town, as suggested by Finance Committee member David Morganelli, who was appointed to the new committee (July 8 discussion)

• Granted Scioli’s Pizza a one-day all-alcoholic beverages license from noon to 9 p.m. on August 31 to allow patrons to watch the My One Wish bike run (July 8 vote)

• Granted Braking Aids permission for its fund-raising bicycle riders to go through town, primarily on the Upper Charles Trail, from 8:15-10:30 a.m. on September 27 (July 8 vote)

• Approved Town Accountant Zachary Taylor’s request to renew a three-year contract for the town audit with Scanlon & Associates, LLC of South Deerfi eld, but with a new audit team (July 8 vote)

• Gave Police Chief Th omas O’Loughlin permission to expand his temporary evidence room space by declaring old photography dark room equipment -- now replaced by digital photography – as surplus equipment (July 8 vote)

• Approved Town Counsel Gerald Moody’s recommendation to adopt two regulations governing eligibility by town employees who leave the town’s employ

involuntarily but in good standing to participate in the town’s group health and life insurance programs (July 8 vote); Rescinded one of the regulations on Moody’s recommendation (July 22 vote)

• Agreed to follow Town Accountant Zachary Taylor’s recommendation that there is no need to audit the town’s cash following the departure of Town Treasurer Barbara Auger, since the town’s annually required end-of-fi scal-year audit will achieve the same result (July 8 discussion)

• Accepted, with regret, the retirement of Maureen Black Guido from the town in September (July 8 vote)

• Granted the Milford Firefi ghters permission to hold a Muscular Dystrophy toll road in front of the Spruce Street Fire Station from 9 a.m. to noon on September 14 (July 22 vote)

• Granted Acting Town Treasurer Kelly Capece’s request to appoint Janet Ferreira as Interim Assistant Town Treasurer (July 22 vote)

• Approved a request by the Tradesman at 284 West St. to open at 10 a.m. on Sundays (July 22 vote)

• Allowed B-P Trucking of Ashland to place a dumpster on Spruce St. from 7 a.m. to 3 p.m. on July 29 (July 22 vote)

• Granted Pepperoncini’s Pizzeria and Grille at 201 East Main St. a one -day Wine and Malt Beverages license to serve beverages in its parking lot from noon to 6 p.m. on September 8 for an event to benefi t the Fisher House for Veterans

• Approved O’Loughlin’s request to accept T.G. I. Friday’s Skillsoft Alcohol Awareness Training Program for its employees as complying with the town’s liquor license regulations (July 22 vote)

Board of Sewer Commissioners• Approved a sewer connection

permit for 314 Purchase St.

(July 23 vote)• Approved a sewer connection

permit for 86A East St. Extension (July 23 vote)

• Forwarded a “no impact” recommendation to the Planning Board on an amended site plan for Blaire House at 20 Clafl in St. (July 22 vote)

Planning Board• Approved a lot line change for

11 Roland Way and two other lots in the South Central Estates 2 subdivision (July 16 vote)

• Approved an amended site plan depicting an additional 30 parking spaces for Blaire House at 20 Clafl in St. (July 16 vote)

• Voted to give the Zoning Board of Appeals ZBA) an unfavorable recommendation on a special permit request fi led by John and Maria Alves to add a third residential unit at 71-73 Central St. (July 16)

• Voted to give the ZBA a favorable recommendation on a variance/special permit request fi led by Scott Lanzetta to restore a dilapidated house at 38 Pine Island Road (July 16)

• Voted to give the ZBA a favorable recommendation on a special permit request fi led by Star Car Rental to move its operations to 231 East Main St.

Zoning Board of Appeals• Granted a variance to Maher

Sargius allowing him to renovate the second fl oor, build a fi nished attic, and rebuild the front steps at 70 West St. (July 11 vote)

• Granted Memorial Elementary School of 12 Walnut St. a variance to erect a four-foot by six-foot double-faced sign with changeable copy panels in front of the building (July 11 vote)

• Granted Doreen Stickney a special permit to remove an existing deck and replace it with a sun room addition at 188 Medway Road (July 11 vote)

Health Board Looks at Farmers’ MarketBy Kevin RuddenStaff Reporter/Columnist

Th e Board of Health spent the bulk of its July 15 meeting reviewing potential health and safety regulations for a potential farmers’ market in town. Finance Committee member David Morganelli had advocated creating a venue in town, and the Board of Selectmen named him the initial member of an ad hoc committee to study the idea.

Morganelli told board members that he realized food handling regulations would probably be the single biggest issue to deal with, so he had met with Public Health Offi cer Paul Mazzuchelli to review them. “It’s a very nice thing to do, but there are certain health and safety risks that we have to be on top of,” Mazzuchelli said.

Th e issues don’t involve farm fresh produce – which can be sold directly to consumers – but with any “processed” foods, the health agent explained. “It just doesn’t go from the farm to the stand to the buyer anymore,” Mazzuchelli explained. State regulations call for any baked or processed foods to be made in licensed and inspected kitchens, he said, so that “it’s done in a safe and sanitary manner.”

Mazzuchelli draft ed some regulations and a vendor registration form for Morganelli to review. “We’ll make it [the process] as smooth as possible,” he said. Morganelli, in turn, asked that the Board of Health license and inspect any vendor who needs to be, but expected them to be few in number. “I prefer to make the bulk of it raw produce from local farms,” he said.

Mazzuchelli also noted he had located a food safety presentation for farmers’ markets used in Oregon and would be happy to run a session for anyone interested in participating in the local market. Morganelli said he is receiving a great deal of interest from people wanting to take part in a local farmers’ market.

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BVT’s Wilkins Prepares to Join Bryant FootballBy Chris VillaniSports Reporter/Columnist

Blackstone Valley Tech wide receiver and safety Shawn Wilkins liked the sense of community surrounding the Beavers’ football program over the past four years. Th at unity resulted in a Super Bowl victory last winter, and Wilkins is hoping to fi nd many of the same traits when he suits up for Bryant University this fall.

“I loved the team aspect at BVT, just being around my teammates and how we all came together last season,” he said. “On the fi eld, it came down to football and everyone worked hard to get the job done. Th at’s what I hope Bryant will be like and hopefully I can contribute myself.”

Wilkins, a 6-foot-3, 185-pound dual threat for BVT, chose Bryant aft er looking across a broad spectrum of division 1, 2, and 3 programs. He had a chance to walk-on at Penn State, but said he wanted to stay closer to home and liked the fact that he will have an opportunity to contribute more quickly at Bryant.

“I considered (Penn State), who wouldn’t want the chance to play for a big time program that’s always on television,” he said. “But I’d rather have a chance to see the fi eld early on. Of course, I’d work hard to try to earn playing time wherever I went, but coming into Bryant I’m in a spot where I know I might see the fi eld.

He said Bulldogs head coach Marty Fine told him he would start by working with the scout teams this fall and have the chance to work his way up from there.

“Coach Fine said I would be getting reps on both off ense and defense,” said Wilkins. “I’m probably not going to start as a freshman, they have a good core of players coming back, but if I prove myself I could see some time during the season and defi nitely play more as a sophomore and junior.”

Wilkins was a standout on both sides of the ball at Valley Tech. He was a two-time all-league pick in the Colonial Athletic League and the team’s Off ensive Player of the Year in his senior season. Wilkins fi nished the year with more than 1,000 yards receiving as well as fi ve interceptions in the defensive backfi eld. His contributions helped the Beavers capture the Division 6 Super Bowl title.

“Winning the Super Bowl was the icing on the cake,” he said.

“I could not have had a better end to my senior season.”

Wilkins said he will major in a computer science program at Bryant and intends to minor in business. Th e Bulldogs coaches sent him an eight-week training program to stay in shape over the summer which he has nearly completed. He may be able to join the team for practice as soon as next week.

“I may not start this season, but I want to be a part in their upcoming legacy,” said Wilkins. “Th ey are relatively new to the [Football Championship Subdivision, formerly 1-AA] level and I see this as a fresh start and a chance for me to show what I can do and make things happen.”

PMC rides through the area raising money to fi ght cancer

The Pan Mass Challenge (PMC), the most successful athletic fundraising event in the country, held its 34th annual ride the fi rst week of August. The 5,506 riders taking part in the 2013 event passed through local area on August 2 on their two day, 190-mile bike-a-thon from Sturbridge to Provincetown. All funds raised by the riders, expected to be $38 million this year, are contributed to adult and pediatric cancer research and care at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute through the Jimmy Fund. There is still time to help support the Milford residents who rode in this year’s ride by visiting PMC.org, clicking on

the red “Donate” button and then searching by the rider’s name. Any donation, small or

large, will help the riders meet their fundraising goals. Milford riders in the event were Bob and Tara Bennett, Linda Blake, Neil Cameron, Lisa Campopiano, Anthony Consigli, Stephen Greco,

Laura Kidman, David Kutz, Joy Longa, Marc Mann, Meredith McCarthy, Kevin Robbins and Mark and Kimberly Sexton. Town Crier Sports

reporter Chris Villani was also a rider. Here the PMC riders are shown making their way through

Mendon. Jane Bigda photo

Easy riding, the 2013 Pan-Mass Challenge

Th is was my fourth time making the trek from Sturbridge to Bourne in the Pan-Mass Challenge, but the fi rst time I was a little nervous heading into the ride.

I knew the route and knew where all the big climbs were. For the fi rst time, I remembered that climb through Uxbridge into Mendon that ends up on Route 16 by Imperial Cars and wasn’t surprised when it came around. Th e problem was, I had barely been on the bike. Work deadlines, training for other events and sub par weather had gotten in the way of training and I had a total of maybe 80 or 90 miles under my belt when the 112-mile trek came around last weekend.

Still, the ride was no problem. I should have known it wouldn’t be. Th e PMC is the easiest riding there is, for a number of reasons.

Th ere are more than 3,000 volunteers along the route. Th ey top off our water bottles, doll out sunscreen, make countless peanut butter sandwiches, and do it all with enthusiasm and smiles.

Th ere are thousands of people along the route cheering us on. People who get out of bed at ridiculous time in the morning and stand along the side of the road to hold signs and applaud for strangers as if they were family.

Th ere are more than 5,500 other riders to pull you along, converse along the route, and forge a sense of community and camaraderie.

And there’s the reason we’re all out there in the fi rst place, the patients of the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute in Boston. Many of the spectators, volunteers, and riders are cancer survivors. Th ere’s a rider I see every year, who has one leg, but peddles with fury and fi re through the entire ride and shows himself to be one of the strongest cyclists in the fi eld.

Th ere are also the Peddle Partners. In PMC parlance, these are pediatric oncology patients at Dana Farber who are paired with a rider. Th e rider pedals in honor of his or her pedal partner and the photos of the children greet all riders along the road as we roll into the Lakeville water stop.

By then, I was about 82 miles into the ride. I was sore, mainly from being on the saddle much longer than I had been all summer. By that point, most riders are aching. A steady drizzle had begun to fall and we were all wet and wanting to get to Bourne where hot showers and cold beer await. But one look at those pictures is enough to give you a glimpse at real toughness. Most of the children in those pictures are younger than 10-years-old, too young to fully grasp what is happening to them. Our minor and temporary discomfort is dwarfed by the daily battle these children and their families face each and every day.

So we pedal on, and the miles get easier, because they’re traveled with a purpose and a goal in mind. To support the Jimmy Fund and ride for those who cannot. To raise money, some $26 million and counting, and help the brilliant doctors at Dana Farber work towards new treatments and, ultimately, a cure for all forms of cancer.

Yep, this was the easiest riding I’ve ever done.PMC Riders are accepting donations through August 1st.

Please consider donating to a rider. Visit PMC.org to search for local riders to support. To donate to Chris’ rider, visit PMC.org/CV0042

One of the thousands of volunteers along the Pan Mass Challenge route in Mendon off ered one of the riders water

during the event on August 2. Jane Bigda photo


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Special Olympic 5K Road Race/WalkJennifer Walsh, Coordinator of Special Programs for Milford Community School Use Program, has announced

the date of the annual 5K Road Race/Walk to benefi t the Milford Special Olympic Programs to be held Saturday, September 21, at 9 a.m. Th e Milford Community School Use Program will host the race/walk.

Registration will begin at 8 a.m. at the Milford High Gym Parking Lot. Th e Kids Fun Run for ages 10 and under will begin at 8:30 a.m. and the 9th Annual Road Race and Walk will begin at 9 a.m. Refreshments will be provided for all participants and there will be water stops along the race route. Awards will be presented to top Male and Female participants in seven divisions at approximately 10:15 a.m. Th e Tri-Valley Front Runners will provide timing for the event. Register and get any further information on at http://www.mcs.milford.ma.us/roadrace.html.

With the continued growth of our local programs, there are now 18 Special Olympic teams and over 150 Special Olympic Athletes from 17 towns in the Milford Area. All money raised will directly benefi t the programs by going towards, uniforms, equipment, transportation, games fees, annual awards banquet, etc.

Sponsors, and volunteers are needed to help make the ninth annual race a success. To register or get more information, registering, please contact Jennifer Walsh, 508-478-1119 or visit www.mcs.milford.ma.us.

Tri Valley Front RunnersFor the 16th year, the Tri Valley Front Runners will

be hosting a series of fi ve-mile trail runs through the woods at West Hill Park in Uxbridge. Th e last race will begin at 6 p.m. on August 29. Th is is a new location from previous years. Pre entry is $6, post entry $ 9, under 18 years old is $6 and 70 and over--no fee. Ample refreshments, sheltered registration area and indoor rest rooms will be available. We cancel only in the event of severe weather, not if it is merely raining. For information contact: Ray 508-839-2639, Frank 508 -473-4260 and Gary at [email protected].

Cape Cod Against The Tide fundraising event

Th e Massachusetts Breast Cancer Coalition (MBCC) will be holding the Cape Cod location of their annual Against the Tide fundraising event at DCR’s Nickerson State Park in Brewster on August 17.

Th e family-friendly, morning event consists of your choice of one or more competitive or recreational swim, kayak, walk, and run components, as well as a “Splash & Dash” Aquathlon where participants “splash” in the 1-mile swim and “dash” in the 5K or 10K run.

Th e event starts at 7 a.m. and ends at noon. Please visit www.mbcc.org/swim or call 800-649-MBCC for more information and to register. All proceeds benefi t MBCC’s work towards breast cancer prevention.

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Post 59 continues to show resiliency

By Chris VillaniSports Reporter/Columnist

About a month ago, Milford Legion manager Brian Macchi had a conversation with his club about overcoming adversity. His team was out to a 9-3 start, but due to a strangely concocted manner of selecting who represents Massachusetts in the Northeast Regional Tournament, Post 59 knew it would not have an opportunity to compete for the regional championship.

Milford continued to press on, and captured the zone and sectional titles on the way to a birth in the intra-state tournament. Th e season, in the microcosm, could be well summed up by Post 59’s 8-7 win over Lowell last Sunday in the second game of the states. Down 7-3, Milford rallied with fi ve runs over the fi nal two innings for an 8-7 win.

“Th is is a resilient group, they’ve been great to coach because they have the character to handle adversity within the season and within the game,” said Macchi. “Sure, they get disappointed or mad at times, that’s part of sports, but they’ve kept the right mindset throughout the year.”

A pair of veterans, Milford natives JJ Branch and Matt Ferrelli, have been instrumental in making sure the team keeps the right attitude. Branch has been the ace of the pitching staff all season, and earned the win over Plymouth in the state tournament opener last Saturday. Ferrelli has been a middle-of-the-order bat and drove in the winning runs with a two-run single in the bottom of the 6th in Sunday’s win over Lowell.

“Th ose two guys show you how to go about it on the fi eld,” said Macchi. “Th ey bring an energy and excitement and handle themselves the right way. Th ey do the little things, and make sure the entire team has a positive attitude when we show up to the fi eld.”

Th at attitude is especially important when playing in the Milford blue and gold. Some legion posts don’t worry much about the national-bound tournament. In Milford, however, state and regional championships are more frequent occurrences and the bar by which all future legion teams in this town are judged. Longtime fans can remember championship teams by the year of their accomplishment, 1952, 1953, 1972, 2001, and so-on.

“Any time you have that Milford uniform on, you want to beat the other team out on the fi eld, regardless of circumstances,” said Macchi. “Winning a game is important, and winning a title is something that has a lot of meaning.”

Aft er beating Norwood 10-5 on Monday, Milford stood 3-0 in the state tournament and 30-4 overall. Post 59 had guaranteed itself a spot in Wednesday’s state championship game.

“Th e middle point of the year, not qualifying for the national-bound state tournament, that was the biggest adversity for us,” said Macchi. “But we refocused and we still have the goal of being a state champion, and we are that much closer.”

Macchi steps down as MHS Softball

CoachBy Chris VillaniSports Reporter/Columnist

It was a fi tting ending, but not one Brian Macchi expected. Aft er winning his second straight Division 1 state championship, the Scarlet Hawks soft ball coach will step down to become the new assistant principal at Milford High School.

“I told the girls recently and it was an emotional conversation,” he said. “Obviously, we have great players that care about the program and I’ve build relationships with them. It was a diffi cult conversation to have, but in the long run they understand this was a chance to progress my career.”

Macchi has been teaching at the middle school level while leading the Milford High School program over the past eight seasons. During that time, he’s piled up a record of 168-22 and captured fi ve league titles, four district titles, and back-to-back state championships in 2012 and 2013. A standout baseball player at MHS and then for four years at Boston College, Macchi never saw soft ball in his future even aft er completing his baseball career.

“Coaching soft ball never entered into the equation until Jen Finley, the head coach at Boston College, asked me if I’d be a volunteer assistant,” he said, “I worked with the outfi elders and the hitters and that got me into it.”

Macchi worked with the BC program and also coached a couple of seasons of summer ball before taking over the Milford High program.

“I fell in love with the game, especially the pace of the game,” he said. “It’s a little bit faster than baseball, so you have less time to make decisions.”

Macchi’s decision to become an administrator meant having to step away from the soft ball diamond during the school year. He will continue to serve as the manager of the Milford Legion baseball team.

“Having to give up soft ball was an unfortunate byproduct and, in the big picture, probably the most diffi cult piece of the decision,” he said. “I’ve coached some wonderful student athletes and now I will be a part of their lives in a diff erent capacity, seeing them progress in the classroom.”

Macchi’s fi nal responsibility as the soft ball coach will be the 2013 team banquet on August 19. He said he is going to assist MHS Athletic Director Rich Piergustavo in fi nding his successor. Macchi said the past two championship seasons were the obvious highlights of his eight-year run, but he said raising the bar of expectation for the program is his greatest point of pride.

“Th e atmosphere we were able to create was something special,” he said. “Th e girls bought in from day one through the fi nal out and they came to work in practice and games. I enjoyed being a part of it. Th ey just wanted to get better on the fi eld each and every day and, for me, that is a rewarding and satisfying feeling.”


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Digging the music at the Library

Youngsters of all ages got into the act of digging the music from Jazz to Hip Hop presented at the Milford Town Library on July 18 by MUSICdance.edu. Th e

group comprised performers ages 9-13 years old played the trumpet, fl ute, clarinet, trombone and bells, and performed hip-hop dance. Musical selections include

songs from Michael Jackson, clean cut hip-hop rap songs and oldies but goodies. Th e performance, sponsored by

the Milford Cultural Council, was upbeat, energetic and included audience participation with “Th e Cotton Eye

Joe,” “Th e Dougie’ and “Cha Cha Slide!” Harry Platcow photo

Digging it at the Milford Town LibraryBy Michael McInnisStaff Reporter

Th is year’s summer reading program carried a theme of Dig Into Reading and those in attendance at the Milford Town Library’s summer reading kick-off program, presented July 9, were ... well, digging it.

Entertaining the audience with stories and songs were Davis Bates and Roger Tincknell, who, both together and separately, specialize in presenting programs for a variety of organizations and events.

For the summer reading kick-off , Bates and Tincknell brought along their guitar, mandolin, banjo and a host of various percussion instruments to treat the audience to Earth Rhythms - Stories and Songs for the Whole Earth.

“Th e theme for the summer reading is Dig Into Reading, so we’re sort of going in a nature/gardening kind of direction,” Bates explained.

“For schools, our programs tend to be mostly solo, because schools like to have a program for the whole day and to have two people for the whole day is a lot more expensive than one person,” Bates pointed out. Funding from the Milford Cultural Council allowed the library to invite Bates and Tincknell back to perform as a duo. Th e pair last presented their program to Milford library patrons two years ago.

Both Bates and Tincknell have won Parent’s Choice Awards for their children’s programming and both entertainers also perform programs designed for adults and teens, including those on the American Civil War (Tincknell) and Traditional Tales of the Supernatural (Bates). In addition, many of the programs are revised and lengthened for adult audiences, such as those at various senior centers. “Th e program title is the same, but the choice of stories is diff erent,” Bates explained. “For example, a story I’ll tell to younger kids might be fi ve minutes long, but I’ll tell the same story to a senior audience and they might be ten minutes long.”

Th e stories, Bates noted, are a mix of folk tales, creation myths from diff erent cultures, oral history narratives from New England and some personal family stories. “Some have been in my family since the 1700‘,” Bates revealed.

Musically, Bates and Tincknell’s style may be compared to Peter, Paul and Mary - sans Mary; that is, it falls comfortably into the folk music genre. Audience participation is welcomed, with many stops along the way for interactive communication between the musicians and their following.

A rousing rendition of “Th ere Ain’t No Bugs On Us” was aided, lyrically, by suggestions put forth by the children in the audience, as to the type of insect to be incorporated into song. Butterfl ies, mosquitoes and other bugs were suggested and the entertainers were challenged to come up with appropriate rhymes, from the easy; “ants in your pants” to the diffi cult; “mosquitoes in your Doritos”.

Th e children were also invited to assume the role of trees, stretching their arms to gather the sunshine and later, to pretend to be in possession of one of the by-products of that same tree, such as a “Louisville Slugger” baseball bat, which they would swing at various points in the song.

As the songs and stories continued unabated, the 50 minutes seemed to condense into a shorter length of time, leaving the audience satisfi ed but looking forward to the duo’s next appearance.

In addition to Bates and Tincknell, the library presented several other programs during the months of July and early August; all in-tune with the summer reading theme. Dig It Story-time was presented on a regular basis, while specialty programs such as Mother Goose On the Loose, Start-U Reading With Cliff ord the Big Red Dog and From Jazz to Hip-Hop Performance Presentation and Dig Up Clues with Greg McAdams delighted audiences of various ages.

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Milford Library Supervisor of Youth Services, Sue-Ellen Szymanski, introduces David Bates (Center) and Roger

Tincknell (Right) at the July 9 kick-off of the library’s calendar of summer programs.

Audience participation played a large part in the presentation of songs and stories.

Dean’s ListTh e following Milford residents were named to the Spring

2013 Dean’s List at their respective universities or colleges.Assumption College, Worcester: Jacqueline Castiglioni

Class of 2013; John McVey Class of 2014; Courtney Motuzas Class of 2015 and John Rielly Class of 2014.

University of Rhode Island, Kingston: Taylor H. Archer.Berklee College of Music, Boston: Alexandre Cote.Marist College, Poughkeepsie: Dylan Arthur, Class of

2013, majoring in Communication.Becker College, Worcester: Gemelee De Pasquale,

pursuing a Bachelor of Science in Management and Clarissa Rua, pursuing a Bachelor of Science in Nursing.

Westfi eld State University: Brian A. Sanchioni, son of Mark & Patricia Sanchioni, who is a sophomore studying criminal justice.

Union College, Schenectady, N.Y.: Rachel Mann, Class of 2013 and a 2009 Milford High School graduate, and Jeremy Smith, Class of 2014 and a 2010 Milford High School graduate.

Paul Smith’s College, Paul Smith, N.Y.: Robert Kacir, a major in natural resources management and policy who is also an Adirondack Scholar for earning a cumulative GPA or 3.8 or more.

Hofstra University, Hempstead, N.Y.: Joseph Batista, Class of 2013 majoring in Finance.


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Senior Living Residences is excited to introduce Cornerstone at Milford’s newest team addition, Executive Director Jennifer LaCroix.

“We are all thrilled to have Jennifer join our team,” states Tadd Clelland, Partner at Senior Living Residences. “Her expertise and drive will make her

an exceptional leader of this Cornerstone community. We are putting Jennifer at the helm immediately. Th e public is invited to view our fully furnished Model Apartments and visit our Information Center starting July 11!”

Clelland added, “Jennifer’s forte is building relationships with the wider community, including local eldercare and medical professionals, business groups and community programs. But her passion is leading her staff and creating an environment at Cornerstone that provides residents with exceptional and compassionate service. Resident quality of life is

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her number one priority. “Granted the National Assisted Living Federation of

America’s Circle of Leadership Award in 2012, LaCroix brings to Cornerstone more than 12 years of management and leadership experience in assisted living, memory care and hospitality. She has extensive experience in business operations, staff training, strategic planning, community relations, and sales and marketing.

Prior to jointing Senior Living Residences, LaCroix served as Executive Director of Tatnuck Park at Worcester. She is a member of the Milford Area and Worcester Chambers of Commerce. Her professional affi liations include membership in the Massachusetts Assisted Living Facilities Association (Mass-ALFA).

LaCroix currently lives in Holden with her husband, Garrett, and their dog, a rescued yellow Labrador named Kodi.

Cornerstone at Milford, slated to open this winter, has now opened their Model Apartments for public touring. Drop in viewings are available Monday through Friday 1-6 p.m. or anytime by appointment.

Learn more about Cornerstone at Milford at www.CornerstoneMilford.com or call LaCroix at 508-473-0035.

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Milford National Receives

“Outstanding” CRA Rating

Th e Milford National Bank and Trust Company announced that it has received an “Outstanding” rating from the Massachusetts State Division of Banks for its Community Reinvestment Act (CRA) compliance.

Th e CRA is a federal law designed to encourage commercial banks to help meet the needs of borrowers in all segments of their communities, including low-and moderate-income neighborhoods. Federal regulatory agencies examine banking institutions every two years for CRA compliance.

“Very few banks achieve the ‘Outstanding’ rating so we are particularly pleased to have achieved this,” noted Kristin Carvalho, President/CEO of Th e Milford National. “As a community bank, our primary focus is to help people in this area buy homes and fi nance small businesses. Earning the ‘Outstanding’ rating is an indication that our eff orts are successful.”

Founded in 1849 to meet the personal and business banking needs of residents in the greater Milford area, Th e Milford National off ers a full range of personal, commercial, insurance and investment and trust services through fi ve banking offi ces and online channels. Th e bank is a wholly-owned subsidiary of MNB Bancorp.

Milford Regional First to Off er Single-Site Robotic Surgery in Central Mass

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Milford Regional Medical Center is the fi rst hospital in central Massachusetts to off er Single-Site™ da Vinci® robotic-assisted surgery technology available for gallbladder surgery. Th is new state-of-the-art procedure allows the surgeon to remove the gallbladder though a single, small incision in the belly button. Benefi ts of this leading edge surgery include mini-mal pain, low blood loss, faster recovery time and virtually no scarring.

Until single-site da Vinci technology came along, the only option for minimally invasive gallbladder surgery involved the surgeon making three to four incisions that were one to two inches in length. Th rough these openings, scopes and other tools were carefully inserted to view and remove the organ. With the new single-site robotic-assisted surgery, only one incision, or “port,” is made at the belly button, through which all instruments are inserted. Th e surgery is performed in about an hour and the patient can go home on the same day.

Each year, about one million people in the United States have their gall bladder removed. Forty percent of these patients are women, ages 18 to 44. Many women in this age group are sensitive to scarring. Single-site surgery eliminates this concern since the new technology leaves no visible scar.

Da Vinci is a robotic surgical system used in complex minimally invasive surgery. With da Vinci, the surgeon controls the movement of miniaturized wristed instruments from a console where he can view a magnifi ed, high-resolution 3D image of the surgical site. Th e

benefi ts for the surgeon – and ultimately the patient – of using the da Vinci surgical system is superior visualization, improved dexterity and range of motion and enhanced surgical precision.

“Th is exciting new procedure is one more step we have taken to make surgery less inva-sive and more benefi cial for our patients,” states Edward J. Kelly, president, Milford Regional Medical Center. “To be the fi rst hospital in Central Massachusetts to off er single-site robotic surgery demonstrates Milford Regional’s commitment to providing patients with the most up-to-date minimally invasive surgical options.”

In addition to single-site gall bladder removal, several Milford Regional surgeons are per-forming robotic-assisted surgery in gynecology for hysterectomy and removal of uterine fi broids; and in urology for prostate and kidney cancer. Milford Regional also off ers a wide range of minimally invasive conventional laparoscopic surgeries.

General surgeon Philip Cohen, MD, performs single-site da Vinci gallbladder surgery at Milford Regional. To make an appointment at his Milford practice, call 508-458-4250. To learn more about robotic-assisted surgery or watch a patient video about this surgery, visit Milford Regional’s Web site at milfordregional.org, click on health services, then surgery and look for robotic surgery.

EMC Corporation Honors SenseAbility Gym with an AwardSenseAbility Gym recently

received a $15,000 donation from EMC Corporation. Th e gym was honored as the designated charity for the annual EMC 2013 Community Service Award, which honors EMC employee Timothy Butler, a Consultant Soft ware Engineer in Hopkinton, for his over 400 hours of volunteer work with SenseAbility Gym over the past year. SenseAbility Gym is a nonprofi t organization that off ers a parent-led sensory gym environment for children with special needs, providing them with a fun, indoor area to play safely and enhance their social and life skills.

“Th is generous donation from EMC will enable SenseAbility Gym to purchase additional therapeutic equipment as well as help fund the many special programs we plan to off er families,” said Tina Perriello, Co-Director of SenseAbility Gym. “We’re honored that EMC chose to honor one of their employees for his contribution to our nonprofi t in this way.”

SenseAbility Gym Incorporated is a nonprofi t corporation serving special needs children in the greater Hopedale, Massachusetts area. For more information, visit www.senseabilitygym.com.

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Th ank you to Frank Krzcuik for providing our July 12 Mystery Photo. Th e picture dated 1959 is of the former Town Hall Texaco, oft en known as DeLuca’s Garage. It was across Main St. from the Milford Town Hall, hence its name, and adjoins the

Milford Armory or Youth Center. A number of our readers correctly identifi ed the station, its location and the neighboring building. Th ey include John Migliacci, John Pilla, Bob Kushner, who remembers it as “very busy place” when he was

in high school and Frank “Sonny” Lancisi who notes the armory housed the Massachusetts National Guard Company A of the 181st Infantry Battalion.

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Wild SalmonCourtesy NAPSSalmon is good tasting and good for you—rich in omega-3s and a good source of protein. Want to know how to fi nd the best available? Here are hints on how from Keith Harris, the Whole Foods Market Port Buyer based in Alaska:Tips on Buying Salmon

• King (chinook) salmon is the most highly sought-aft er of all the salmon due to its high omega-3 content and full fl avor. King comes in many shades of orange to red; all are delicious!

• Sockeye reds have a bright red color and extra-fi rm texture. Th e best sockeye comes from Alaska.

• Coho (silver salmon) has a milder fl avor so it’s a good choice for kids. Coho’s also great for grilling.

• How the fi sh was caught aff ects how it tastes. Try to buy troll-caught salmon; each fi sh is handled individually. Trollers care about the environment and take great pride in what they deliver.

• In general, avoid any salmon that shows signs of browning. Also, check for minimal bruising and fi rm fl esh.

• Wild salmon populations are threatened in some parts of the world. Look for fi sh from Marine Stewardship Council–certifi ed sources, or from fi sheries that are green or yellow rated according to the Blue Ocean Institute or Monterey Bay Aquarium’s Seafood Watch program.

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Summer is a breeze at the Milford Youth CenterTh e Milford Youth Center had a great fi rst half of camp and is looking forward to its second half. Th e kids already en-

joyed a water slide at the Center, trips to Southwick’s Zoo, Canobie Lake Park, Norfolk Ice Skating Arena, Captain John’s Whale Watch, Basketball Hall of Fame, and Hopkinton State Park!

Summer Camp registrations are still being accepted for the week or by the day. Camp runs from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. with an extended day option available. Visit MilfordYouthCenter.net for all the information and registration forms. Activities for the rest of the summer include weekly fi eld trips to places like Pinz Entertainment, Water Wizz and Onset Beach, plus fun in-town activities at Fino Pool, Milford Town Park, and at the center itself.

Th anks to the many people who have helped with the Camp to date include the Milford School Community Use program, Taylor Rental of Norfolk, and Joann Fabrics and Craft Store of Milford. Special thanks are extended to the

Hart family for donating water for the campers, Ron Auger for conducting CPR lessons for our counselors, 495 Rental of Milford for donating a Snow Cone Machine during the Heat Wave plus the Milford National Bank and its Charitable Foundation for generously supporting 10 summer campers. Th e Milford Youth Center would also like to thank Milford Rotary Club for it’s generous donation of $1,000 for the Summer Camp Pro-gram and the Worcester County District Attorney’s drug forfeiture program for a generous donation of $4,000. Rep. John Fernandes, D. Milford, and District Attorney Joseph Early were instrumental in making this hap-pen. If there are any local businesses or organizations that would like to sponsor a camper this summer please contact the Center! Every year we receive donations that help make camp available for local youth in need.

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LaPlante Arsenault EngagementDennis and Heather LaPlante of Mendon announce the engagement

of their daughter, Hannah LaPlante, to Michael Arsenault, son of Robert and Karen Arsenault of Milford.

Th e future bride is a graduate of UMASS Dartmouth where she is currently studying for her Master’s degree. She is employed as a counselor at the May Institute in Randolph.

Th e future groom is a graduate of University of Maine, Orono and begins a Master’s program at Framingham State University this fall. He is employed as a sales representative by Bose in Westborough.

A September 2014 wedding is planned.

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Alternatives Hosts International Mental Health Professionals

International group of professionals meeting at Alternatives

Youngsters attending the Milford Youth Center Summer Camp recently enjoyed a outing to Southwick’s Zoo in Mendon. Contributed photo

On June 13, Alternatives hosted a seminar for an international group of human service professionals focused on the role of community involvement in mental health recovery. Th e group, composed of people identifi ed as leaders in the fi eld of mental health recovery and rehabilitation, was attending a Global Institute held by the Center for Psychiatric Rehabilitation at Boston University. Participants came from countries all corners of the world: Australia, Greece, Canada, Chile, Portugal and Scotland.

Th e seminar was presented by Alternatives’ Executive Director, Dennis Rice, and Director of Community Services, Michael Seibold. Topics discussed included training staff to maximize the skills and attitudes necessary to build relationships within the community and to create opportunities to help people with disabilities to fi nd valued roles within their community.

Club 21, one of the programs Alternatives sponsors, was of particular interest to the seminar participants. Club 21, which was developed to address the social isolation experienced by many people with mental illness, pairs adults with disabilities with volunteers from the community and is intended to develop a larger social network for everyone involved. Twenty people, plus one coordinator plan events in which these individual pairs get together socially one on one, with other pairs, and with the whole club. In this way each person’s social contacts are greatly expanded. Alternatives began with one Club 21 in Worcester three years ago and has now expanded the program with new clubs in the Milford and Leominster areas. A previous Global Institute participant was even able to use the Club 21 model to create a similar program in Greece.

Participants of the current institute found the Alternatives presentation interesting and informative. Lynne Blanchette, a nurse manager from Australia, said “Th e work of Alternatives in developing the community to enhance the lives of people with mental health issues is inspiring.” Juan Carlos Almonte, a psychiatrist from Chile was impressed with Alternatives’ emphasis on “making connections among people” and described the organization as an “ideal place.”


Milford Regional Medical Center has been recognized for the third consecutive year in U.S. News & World Report’s 2013-2014 Best Hospitals’ rankings as one of the region’s top performing hospitals in the Worcester Metropolitan area. Th e Medical Center was also named one of three top-ranked hospitals out of 29 in central and western Massachusetts and ranked 14 out of 115 hospitals statewide.

Th e latest rankings showcase 732 Best Regional Hospitals from nearly 4,800 hospitals across the country. Covering 94 metro areas in the U.S., the regional hospital rankings complement the national rankings by including hospitals with solid performance nearly at the level of nationally ranked institutions. Hard numbers stand behind the rankings in most specialties- death rates, patient safety, procedure volume, and other objective data. Responses to a national survey, in which physicians were asked to name hospitals they consider best in their specialty for the toughest cases, also were factored in.

Milford Regional was ranked high performing in geriatrics and pulmonology and scored high in patient safety, demonstrating commitment to reducing accidents and medical mistakes. Th e Medical Center also exceeded the state and national average in patient satisfaction surveys achieving high “overall” and “willingness to recommend” ratings.

“Being recognized as one of the region’s best hospitals for the third year in a row is a testament to the hard work and dedication of our physicians, nurses, ancillary/support staff , volunteers and trustees. Working together, it is our mission to provide leading-edge diagnostics, clinical excellence and state-of-the-art treatments to our patients,” states Edward J. Kelly, president of Milford Regional. “I’d like to congratulate everyone at Milford Regional for this honor.”

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