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Chasing EbolaWORCESTER’S TIES TO LIBERIA AND THE FIGHT AGAINST EBOLA

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The Ebola crisis in West Africa is not over. It is, as one Liberian tells us, going, but it is not

gone. That it is much less the brutally devastating force now than it was in the summer and early-fall months of last year, however, is testament to the efforts of many. While it can be argued that it waited to respond, the global community has, in fact, responded in a big way. Worcester is playing a big role in the fight against Ebola. From the very public connection through Holden Dr. Rick Sacra, himself an Ebola survivor, and the vibrant Liberian community in Worcester, to UMass Medical School and Seven Hills Foundation, the ties between Worcester and Liberia are undeniable. Throw in efforts from academic institutions such as Worcester Polytechnic Institute, and there is an inarguable link between the second largest city in New England, and Liberia, particularly its largest city, Monrovia. Worcester Magazine editor Walter Bird Jr. and photographer Steven King traveled to Monrovia with Sacra in January. Inside is the result of that trip, a special, 24-page, pull-out section. Online, at worcestermag.com/chasing-ebola, you will find a multi-media package featuring video and audio clips, as well as text and photographs. This week’s cover story is “Chasing Ebola.” We invite you to come along with us as we find out how Liberia is surviving — and how Worcester is playing a big part.

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WOO-TOWN INDEXA weekly quality of life check-in of Worcester

Total for this week: +1

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Two men were caught on tape sliding down Front Street on an ATV and crashing into a parked SUV, knocking both of them off before driving away. -5

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Boston-area amateur musicians made their debuts when the Boston Symphony Orchestra invited 186 musicians to perform at Symphony Hall. +2

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Worcester Art Museum opens up its Flora in Winter exhibit for this past weekend, just in time for Punxsutawney Phil to tell us we’ll be having six more weeks of winter. +3 +3

+10MEMA sent Worcester five front-end loaders and 19 dump trucks to help clear snow banks after Juno. +3-4

It’s official: The Worcester Sharks will be headed to California at the start of next season, a move which could hurt Worcester downtown. -4 -2

A water main break on Ames Street kept Worcester Public Schools closed and the roads slushy. -2

Patriots score thrilling 28-24 win in Super Bowl XLIX. Even in Worcester, we’re all Patriots. +10

-6Worcester slammed with 17.4 inches of snow less than a week after Snowstorm Juno’s 34.5 inches. -6

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Worcester ready to move forward with tree cutting in ALB battleTom Quinn

The city is closer to moving forward with a controversial plan to cut down thousands of trees at risk of being infested by the

Asian Longhorned Beetle. While councilors had previously balked at removing the trees in the Green Hill Park area, some of the opposition appears to be evaporating. Instead, there appears to be a reluctant resignation to going along with the plan championed by City Manager Ed Augustus Jr. and Public Works & Parks Commissioner Paul Moosey.

“Two weeks ago I was concerned about the host tree removal,” District 5 Councilor Gary Rosen said at a Council meeting this week. “How can we just take down up to 10,000 trees? I guess the answer is we really have no choice.”

Rosen had been among the councilors pushing for alternatives to the tree-clearing, such as a chemical treatment with imidacloprid that some experts say would not guarantee eradication of the devastating beetle. It had also been noted that the U.S. is considering a ban on using the chemical for treatment.

District 2 Councilor Phil Palmieri, however, remains opposed to cutting down the trees, and in favor of treating them, instead. He suggested this week that politics has been injected into the ALB discussion,

“The people who came tonight,” he said at this week’s meeting, “it sounded like it was more political science than science.”

He questioned a claim by the U.S.

Department of Agriculture that they have surveyed trees in Worcester, as well as the evidence presented that host trees for the ALB should be removed.

The ALB has had a devastating effect on trees in Worcester, forcing the removal of more than 30,000 trees since the beetle first invaded the area in 2008.

Palmieri has questioned whether cutting down more trees is the right thing to do.

“After $50 million and eight years, I’m not sure we’ve taken a step forward,” he said at a meeting last month. “If we clear cut the whole area in Green Hill Park, I wonder what the unintended consequences will be.”

The city is getting some support from groups such as the Worcester Tree Initiative and the Greater Worcester Land Trust in its plan to cut down more trees.

“The recommendation of large-scale removal in Green Hill Park was ignored five years ago, and now the problem has grown,” Ruth Seward of the Worcester Tree Initiative said. “It’s time to follow the recommendations of our city administrators before the problem spreads to areas of the city that are not affected.”

Worcester is in a quarantine zone called the Massachusetts Asian Longhorned Beetle Cooperative Eradication Program, which also includes Shrewsbury, West Boylston and parts of Holden and Auburn. Residents are not allowed to transport firewood or other wood materials out of the zone without permission, for fear of spreading the pest to other regions. As annoying as the beetle is

to Worcester residents, the city government is also concerned with the larger impact the treatment decision will have.

“[Full host removal] will also help to assist in the far-reaching goal of preventing further infestation in other areas of New England, where four million jobs depend on forests that vulnerable to the ALB,” Augustus said

While officials on both sides of the debate are not in agreement on the total number of infected and potential host trees, it is estimated that 400 trees around the Green Hill Park area are infested, with about 5,000 potential host trees. Part of the argument against chemically treating the trees centers on cost. The treatment would have to be done once a year for three consecutive years. Inoculating Green Hill Park this way would cost around $1.2 million.

There is a spin war of sorts going on about tree removal as well. Augustus and other claim the phrase “clear cutting” when referring to full host removal is misleading, since only certain types of hardwood deciduous trees are susceptible to ALB infestations, and full host removal would leave some trees standing in the affected area. Palmieri, however, says the impact caused by clearing whole acres of host trees, which are not yet infected, is devastating for neighborhoods. He specifically called out the Burncoat neighborhood in Worcester, and multiple councilors brought up communities nationwide that went with different approaches in dealing with infestations.

Augustus addressed that line of thinking in a memo to councilors.

“The situation in the Worcester area is different than the infestations found in other parts of the country,” he said. “Our area is unique because we are the only U.S. outbreak that is part of a continuous forest

TOM QUINN

District 2 City Councilor Phil Palmieri has been critical of a plan to cut down thousands of trees in and around Green Hill Park in an effort to ward off the devastating Asian Longhorned Beetle.

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Worcester dealt blow as hockey Sharks head westJoshua Lyford

After years of speculation, the Worcester Sharks professional hockey team is shipping off to San Jose, California. The

decision was made official late last month, raising a question for the city being left behind: What does it mean to hockey fans, the DCU Center where the Sharks played and Worcester, in general?

In his statement on the move, which affects several other teams, American Hockey League President and CEO David Andrews made no mention of the potential impact on Worcester.

“Today we are announcing that we will begin our 80th season with another monumental shift in the geography of our league,” said Andrews. “Earlier this week the American Hockey League’s board of governors unanimously approved the purchase of an AHL franchise by the Anaheim Ducks and the relocation of AHL franchises owned by the Calgary Flames, Edmonton Oilers, the Los Angeles Kings and the San Jose Sharks, as well as the franchise purchased by Anaheim. These approvals are

paving the way for the launch of the Pacific Division of the AHL with teams in five California cities.”

The Sharks, the minor league affiliate of the San Jose Sharks, will be moving to their NHL counterpart’s headquarters at the SAP Center, making them the only current AHL team to share an arena with their NHL affiliate. Rounding out the newly-formed division, the Manchester Monarchs will be headed to Ontario, California, the Norfolk Admirals will head to San Diego, the Adirondack Flames will head to Stockton and the Oklahoma City Barons are headed to Bakersfield.

The Sharks will drop their moniker, though their new name will not be announced for another few weeks.

While it has been common knowledge among the sports media that the American Hockey League has been quietly developing a Pacific Division over the last few years, Sharks’ front-end staff have been tight-lipped about the departure. Vice President Jon Gustafson admitted earlier in the season that the move was the topic of an ongoing conversation. “As you’ve heard for quite awhile, the AHL

has been in discussions with a number of western-based NHL teams over the last 30 months regarding an objective of creating a Pacific Division in our league,” said Gustafson in an interview with Worcester Magazine several weeks ago. “We continue to make progress on that, but there is still some work to be done and that’s really all I have to comment on it.”

Now that it has been made official, the move hurts Worcester hockey fans and, presumably, the DCU Center and the downtown area, which has been the focus of revitalization efforts, including efforts to add hotels that could accommodate more visitors to the DCU - and, therefore, help it attract more events. The move does bring the team closer to its NHL counterpart, and cost reduction - particularly travel cost - was a large component of the decision.

“There is no question that there is an economic impact,” said Worcester Chamber of Commerce President and CEO Tim Murray. “How much that is, that is hard to say.”

Murray, himself a hockey player, said the city would try to land another hockey team.

“We have a strong foundation,” said Murray. “We have 20 of hockey and we have a strong fan base. Hockey is growing in the Northeast. It’s a good market and that has been acknowledged repeatedly by San Jose and others. We want to continue that tradition.”

DCU General Manager Sandy Dunn said the staff was not surprised by the decision.

In the past six to nine months the Sharks have been terrific about keeping us

informed,” she said. “We have been working with both the AHL and the ECHL (East Coast Hockey League) and other minor sports leagues about potential tenants in the future. The AHL has been terrific and the ECHL has been terrific about giving us information about who might be interested.”

Dunn said, while the conversation has begun with new potential tenants, nothing is set in stone and they are currently past deadline to acquire a team from any league until the 2016-17 season. That would put the city in the same position it was with baseball at Hanover Insurance Park at Holy Cross’ Fitton Field for one season after the Worcester Tornadoes went belly-up. Baseball returned last year in the form of the Worcester Bravehearts with the Futures Collegiate Baseball League (FCBL). There was also a yearlong gap between the Sharks and their predecessor, the Worcester Ice Cats.

The DCU has been looking into indoor lacrosse and soccer leagues as well.

“We’ll miss them,” Dunn said of the Sharks. “We knew it was coming and this isn’t unusual for minor league sports teams. They’ve been a terrific partner for the city and the DCU Center.”

Dunn would not comment on the actual dollars and cents number the Sharks brought to the DCU Center, but the bottom line is bound to suffer.

The cheapest Sharks game-day ticket cost is $12 and, according to Murray, the Sharks play 39 home games a season with an average attendance of 3,000 people. That equals out to $36,000 a night on the

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Worcester nonprofits score big with grants

Two Worcester-based nonprofits, one dedicated to

helping ex-cons, the other devoted to the homeless, are receiving a combined $25,000 in grants from Episcopal City Mission (ECM) though its Burgess Urban Fund (BUF).

Ex-Prisoners Organizing for Community Advancement (EPOCA) was awarded $15,000, while the Worcester Homeless Action Committee (WHAC) was awarded $10,000.

Having awarded nearly $7 million since being established in 1974, BUF this year awarded grants ranging from $10,000-$20,000. The fund is designed to improve the lives of the urban poor and oppressed.

“Worcester Homeless Action Committee looks forward to another year of strong, grassroots activism, thanks to this grant from ECM’s Burgess Urban Fund,” said Dave McMahon, co-executive director of the Dismas House of Massachusetts. “This year, we intend to work with our broad coalition called the Restorative Justice Coalition of Massachusetts to strengthen both local and statewide efforts at providing a system of age-old just reconciliation for youth and offenders, rather than the failed, solely punitive justice system we have.”

The group, he added, intends to fight climate change by advocating for green homes for the homeless. It will also continue the Coming Home initiative, a web-based reentry portal and discharge guide for the homeless.

EPOCA, meanwhile, uses the funds for Jobs NOT Jails, a long-term strategy to force a major shift in public attention and resources toward addressing long-term unemployment and poverty — as opposed to continuing to expand the prison system.

The long-term objectives, according to EPOCA co-directors Delia Vega and Steve O’Neill, are go freeze prison construction, adopt a slate of criminal justice reforms that have been proven to work in other states and divert $2 billion in prison construction spending into job creation strategies targeting low-income, high-crime neighborhoods.

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that runs through the entire northeastern cost of the U.S.”

Although the Council appears to be coming to grips with Augustus’s recommendation, which is backed by the USDA, the Department of Conservation and Recreation, Worcester Department of Public Works and other advocates and scientists, the positive impact trees have on neighborhoods, as well as their economic benefit in terms of rainwater retention and air conditioning savings, give pause to some councilors.

“If we can save some of these host trees, I think it’s something we should consider,” District 1 councilor Tony Economou said.

The failure of the city to contain the earlier infestation in Dodge Park was brought up by both sides. Back when the infestation was new to Worcester, the city tried cutting down only infected trees, which came back to haunt them when the infestation came roaring back and 44 acres had to undergo full host removal. Palmieri sees this as an example of the USDA and DCR passing blame to the City Council without first trying to chemically

inoculate the rest of the trees that were not cut down. Augustus and the councilors who support the city manager, on the other hand, see it as an example of what happens when the city does not fully commit to a host removal plan.

“We tried [leaving host trees up] back in 2008 and it didn’t work,” Mayor Joe Petty said. “Evidence and science says it won’t work, and to try it again would be doing a disservice to the people of Worcester.”

Everyone agrees the ALB must be eradicated. The voices calling for chopping down host trees have grown stronger than the voices calling for chemical treatment, but both sides agree that whatever comes next will be painful.

“As painful as it is, we are making progress with the course we are on,” Augustus said. “By not removing the host species trees, we’re just delaying the inevitable and potentially allowing a spread to other areas.”

A public meeting is scheduled to be held at 6 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 5 at the Grill on the Hill at Green Hill Park to discuss the tree clearing effort.

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through-the-gate low-end and $1.4 million throughout a season. That does not take expenses into consideration, nor does it acknowledge liquor, food or merchandise sales,

“We’ve had a great run in Worcester, over nine years,” said Gustafson. “We’ve brought a lot of great things to the region, the AHL All-Star Game in particular. We’re very proud of all the community initiatives we’ve committed to and we’re so thankful for the great fans we have. Our fans are very knowledgeable and very passionate and we appreciate that.”

With five teams being brought out west for the new Pacific Division, Gustafson said he is not concerned about potential market over-saturation.

“California is a very big state,” said the Sharks VP. “The Southern California teams are certainly a good distance away from us, easily 300 miles away. There are plenty of

people here, six million people in the Bay Area alone, certainly the saturation isn’t something we’re concerned with.”

Fingers here are crossed that a new hockey team will find its home here in Worcester and that the economic impact to the city will be minimal. In the meantime, fans have the remainder of the Sharks’ season left and a possible playoff run to look forward to before the team leaves.

“For nearly a decade, the Sharks have entertained Worcester’s families and been a fixture in the community,” City Manager Ed Augustus Jr. wrote in a press release following the AHL’s announcement. “In that time they have been committed, generous partners of the city of Worcester. It is my hope that the community will continue to give their full support to the Shark’s players, coaches and staff for the remainder of the season, as they push for another playoff bid.”

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Recent snow storms cause consternation in WorcesterTom Quinn

After being pummeled by two major snowstorms, including one that dumped a record-setting 34 inches on the city

last week, Worcester is still digging itself out of a mess. This week’s City Council meeting was full of good vibes about the work the Department of Public Works did to clean up the drifts left in Juno’s wake, but traffic problems caused by Linus on Monday, Feb. 2 highlighted the ongoing work the city must do, with one councilor suggesting the possibility of allocating more money toward snow removal.

“We’re far from being in good shape in the city of Worcester, particularly with where they’re piling the snow,” District 2 Councilor Phil Palmieri said. “We always shortchange it by a wide margin. I wish more people would come before the council and talk about this because it’s serious and it’s a problem.”

One resident spoke about a giant pile of snow left by plow drivers at an intersection near his house off Plantation Street. The story drew sympathy from a number of councilors, with a couple relaying their own horror stories from the storms.

“The issue is we have an enormous amount of snow in such a short amount of time and not many places to put it,” Toomey said. “We need to start thinking outside the box.”

One idea Toomey brought up was for the city to start using snow melting machines instead of creating huge mounds of snow every time workers cleared a street or sidewalk. Still, all the councilors seemed in agreement about the quick and effective work done by DPW plow drivers after the 34 inches dropped by Juno set a new Worcester record for single-storm snowfall.

“Remember, we had 5 feet of snow [in 10 days] and the city was operational in less than 24 hours,” Mayor Joe Petty said. “Take a ride through other major cities in Massachusetts and see how bad they have it right now.”

Other councilors echoed Petty’s thanks to the DPW, with a few who were around for the blizzard of 1978 recalling fond memories of snow cleanup in that era.

“Back in 1978 it took a week for streets to be opened,” District 1 Councilor Tony Economou said. “Now we’re able to fight a major fire, deal with a water main break, and in 24 hours get the city operational and

navigable.”Part of the reason the city’s response

to the storms has been so immediate has been the work of DPW workers who would otherwise not be driving plows. City Manager Ed Augustus, Jr. stressed the plow drivers who worked 24-hour shifts during the blizzard were sanitation or water department workers who were certified to drive a plow because of extreme situations like this. He also commended city employees in other departments.

“It was really a herculean effort by the DPW,” he said. “The customer service staff were sleeping in sleeping bags so they could man the lines for 24 hours.”

District 5 Councilor Gary Rosen told a story from the storm about finding someone in a sleeping bag – a homeless resident Rosen and his wife discovered in the Union Street parking garage elevator when they took advantage of the free overnight

parking offered by the city to help citizens comply with the parking ban. The problems of homelessness get exacerbated during bad weather, so the city opened Worcester Technical High School as a temporary shelter and sent a police detail to the Triage Center to allow them to take in more people.

Rosen said he heard complaints from residents, but expressed his full support for the city’s efforts.

“When you think of the 500 miles of streets, the problems seem small,” Rosen said. “Some people get inpatient, I can understand that, but I think the city’s response was very effective.”

In terms of snow cleanup, the city enforced a travel ban during Juno to keep the streets clear for plows and pre-treating roads before major snow fell. District 4 Councilor Sarai Rivera said next year the city could be even more proactive by keeping citizens informed about the measures being taken to combat

storms that year.“Much like we prepare for flu season,

maybe we could have a flyer with tidbits on how to deal with the snow,” Rivera said.

Palmieri filed an order asking the city to consider removing snow at major small business arteries, and asking whether FEMA funds were available. He said the issue of small businesses losing business in the aftermath of major storms was one the city “doesn’t take seriously enough.”

“With storms of this magnitude, you just can’t get close enough to the sidewalk,” Palmieri said. “And the impact that has on small businesses this time of the year is devastating.”

Petty was vocal in his disagreement with the need to allocate more money toward the storm, pointing out the unusually large amount of snow and the need for patience. The city’s estimates for how much money has been spent on cleanup are climbing over $1.5 million, although final figures were not yet available. Petty and Augustus also brought up the help given to the city by MEMA and Lt. Gov. Karyn Polito.

Councilor Rick Rushton suggested the storms were just part of living in New England.

“[We could] learn to talk to Mother Nature instead of Karyn Polito, she’d be able to help more,” Rushton said. “We’re hardy. This is New England. This happens, and when it happens it gives us the opportunity to bind together.”

The last snow-related item on the agenda was brought up under suspension of the rules, with Palmieri calling for a computerized list of people who regularly do not comply with the sidewalk shoveling ordinance. The city requires residents to clear sidewalks in front of their property within 10 hours of the end of a snowstorm, although that deadline was extended under the extreme circumstances. At last count, the WPD had cited 45 citizens for failure to comply with the ordinance this winter. Palmieri suggested a more efficient way to ensure enforcement.

“The only way we can generate a ticket right now is if it’s generated by a neighbor, but if we have a list someone from the police department can go up and give them a ticket, and I think that would help enormously,” Palmieri said. “We must have a real serious list of those abusers who don’t know what they are supposed to do.”

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The city’s Department of Public Works crews performed admirable in two recent snow storms, according to City Manager Ed Augustus Jr., noting the city’s plow drivers are regular DPW personnel whose primary jobs do not involve plowing.

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SUPER BOWL SHOUT OUT: After the Patriots’ Super Bowl victory, it was time to make good on the traditional politicians’ bets. Lt. Governor Karyn Polito gave shout-outs to a few Worcester businesses, wagering a case of beer from Wormtown Brewery and a box of desserts from Wholly Cannoli. It’s her counterpart from Washington who will have to pony up the goods, though. Brad Owen will send a bottle of wine, smoked salmon, herbal tea, a plush throw and a few other romantic items. It’s almost a shame Seattle won’t get to taste Worcester’s (debatably) best beer and Cannoli, but it’s nice of Polito to give some recognition to Worcester anyway. Gov. Charlie Baker wagered Boston cream pie cupcakes from Springfield, which he will send to a Seattle food pantry anyway in a sporting gesture. The real mystery is Washington Gov. Jay Inslee, who decided to wager 1,000 cups of clam chowder. He knows New England is famous for clam chowder, right? The bet could have easily turned into two governors swapping chowder, which sounds as pointless as it does euphemistic. Food pantries can’t do a lot with rain or hippies, though, so Seattle did the best with what they had.

MOST LIKELY TO VOTE: Tony Economou has a challenger in the upcoming District 1 city council race – Cindy Nguyen has declared her candidacy. Even avid followers of the Worcester political landscape may not be familiar with Nguyen’s name, though, for good reason – the would-be politician is still finishing her degree at Holy Cross. Who says the younger generation isn’t involved in politics? Nguyen grew up in Worcester, and says she is familiar with the impact municipal government has on daily life. She has also thought out what her priorities will be if she gets elected. “I think it’s our responsibility to keep everyone in touch, and that’s crucial in any type of policy making – keeping your constituents informed,” she said. Nguyen is active in the community, currently working to set up a concert series and get grant money for various causes she is involved in, but Economou has name recognition and a two terms on the City Council under his belt. Nomination papers are available March 3.

WOULD BE KING: Recent calls for more diverse representation in local government may bolster his campaign for an at-large city council seat, but Khrystian King says only time will tell how recent discussions and protests about race will impact his candidacy. King, who previously lost to Dan Donahue in the 2013 Democratic primary for the 16th District state rep race, would be the first black councilor elected since 1997. “Their proceedings down at City Council certainly left a lot to be desired,” King said about recent events in the city. The Council has dealt with race a lot in the last few months, with one meeting culminating with Councilor Konnie Lukes telling the crowd, made up mostly of protesters who showed up to speak out against her resolution commending the Worcester police, “If we’re so evil, replace us. Run for office and replace us.” With calls for diversity thick in the air, voters might do just that.

HOLY DUNKING!: After a video montage of his most impressive dunks was posted by NBC sports and various other basketball blogs, Holy Cross senior Malcolm Miller is getting preliminary attention for the college dunk contest. NBC’s College Basketball Talk calls Miller “one of the most underrated dunkers in America.” He might be underrated because Holy Cross is not known as a national basketball powerhouse, and Miller will be competing for attention with athletes from major sporting schools, but the highlight reel is impressive and could help him become the dark horse in the campaign. Miller is the Crusaders’ leading scorer this season, and

SNOW TROPHY: Foxboro brought home the Lombardi trophy, but Worcester has a shot at an even more prestigious award – the Golden Snow Globe prize. The contest recognizes the U.S. city with the most snowfall each year. Contestants are limited to cities with more than 100,000 residents to avoid a city in Alaska winning every time. Worcester was looking like a lost cause a few weeks ago, failing to crack the top 25, but after Juno dumped a record setting amount of snow on the city and Linus chipped in another 17 inches, Worcester sits in second place behind Erie, Pennsylvania (as of earlier this week). A mere 7 inches sit between Worcester and eternal glory. The city has finished as high as second place, but has never won the top spot.

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FOOD CONGRESSMAN: “Food is power, or at least an instrument of power – economic, political, moral,” reads an overly-serious preface to the Daily Meal’s annual ranking of the most powerful people in food. “Those who control our food supply control us, for better or worse.” U.S. Rep Jim McGovern, D-2nd, made his way onto the list for the first time, placing 27th. He beat out celebrities like Dr. Oz and Jimmy Fallon, as well as businessmen like the founders of Chipotle, Pinterest and Subway. McGovern, who represents Worcester in Congress, is the highest-ranked elected official on the list after President Barack Obama. The Daily Meal notes his leadership of the House Hunger Caucus and the Congressional Hunger Center, as well as his advocacy for a “hunger czar.”

CITIZEN DETECTIVE: One Worcester resident played private investigator on Jan. 28 after a thief broke into his or her car. When police got the call, they were told a young man had been seen rummaging around inside a parked car. The owner of the vehicle tried to approach the suspect, who fled. The vehicle owner then tailed the man to a house on Standish Street and provided police with the location, telling them money was stolen out of a wallet left in the car. Police took 18-year-old Joel Maldonado into custody and charged him with the crime. Following a suspected criminal home worked out in this case, but it’s not wise to rely on amateur crime-fighting skills in most cases.

PRODIGAL SUN: Does Worcester need another media outlet? Mark Henderson, who most recently worked as the online director for the Telegram and Gazette, thinks so. He’s teaming up with Fred Hurlbrink Jr. of MetroWest Daily News fame to launch the Worcester Sun, a digital news site that will also print a Sunday newspaper. The Kickstarter campaign, launched on Jan. 30, has raised under $2,000 of a $150,000 goal. The money would be used to build the website and hire staff – possibly some of the reporters who were dropped from Henderson’s old employer? “We believe that when the number of former journalists exceeds the number of working journalists there is an opportunity and a need for a new approach,” according to the launch announcement on Facebook. It’s no secret the Telegram has been shedding experienced reporters as it gets passed around from owner to owner like a bad cold, so the Sun should have no problem finding unemployed journalists locally. The real question is whether the print edition, which the Sun is planning to sell for $1, can compete with the Telegram’s widely-read Sunday paper. The website’s content will also be available for $1 per week, with the founders saying they want to “put the focus back on the journalism itself, and we believe we can do this with the large and growing pool of experienced journalists the industry has left behind.” Henderson and Hurlbrink have 50 years of journalism experience between them, so their research must tell them they have a chance to succeed, but launching such a bold attack on the Telegram’s Sunday readership is ambitious. They have until March 1, when the Kickstarter campaign ends, to prove Worcester wants their services. If they don’t reach the total, they receive none of the money raised.

CORRECTION: Last week’s Worcesteria had an item about an upcoming collaboration between the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) and the Worcester Police Department. I also published an excerpt from an email by Worcester resident Keesha LaTulippe about potentially refusing to be at the table with the WPD until a public apology is made. LaTulippe contacted Worcester Magazine about the characterization of the email. She said she was not organizing a response to the event, and further stated the email was not calling out the NAACP’s decision to invite a WPD officer to give a presentation, and was not sent to the NAACP. It was instead sent to NAACP members, which the organization mentioned in its response email that was also quoted in Worcesteria. I apologize for the inaccuracies, as it appears there is no “infighting” between the NAACP and some of its members. The meeting in question was rescheduled to Thursday Feb. 5 at 6:30 p.m. at the YWCA.


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EditorialAn opportunity for media, community to do it rightThere is a chance, amid some of the recent unrest within the

Worcester community, for much good to come of it. While, for example, a divide has been exposed between the African-

American community and the Worcester Police Department, there is an opportunity for new bridges to be built and old relationships to be redefined.

A similar chance exists within the North High School community. For quite some time now, we have heard from some who work inside that building of an atmosphere of distrust and disrespect. Recent events that unfolded there, including a student fight and a bomb threat, suggest there was some fire behind that cloud of smoke.

There is another opportunity — and this one lies with the media and the communities they serve.

The hard, cold truth is the media often cover the “what,” “when,” “where” and “how” of a story. Far too often, the why gets left out. It is the “why” that can lead to change, to solutions and reconciliations. But in our haste to beat our opposition to the punch, so to speak, the media often end up posting whatever story they get as quickly as they can. That is part of our job. Our livelihoods depend on getting information out in a manner to which the public has become accustomed. In that regard, the criticism that gets heaped upon the media is often hypocritical. If a news outlet is late getting the story out, the public hawks will notice. When that outlet is the first to get the story, those same watchful eyes might believe there was more to the story that should have been included.

That, in part, is what a small group of students at North High School suggest in a letter published elsewhere on this page this week in Worcester Magazine. They claim the media, in reporting about the violence and unruliness at North High, failed to capture all the positive occurrences at the school.

They are simultaneously correct and off the mark. While those initial news stories did not paint a rosy picture of

their school, reporters are trained to stick to the point when writing a story. What happened at North High was worth telling. The argument could be made that the “why” was missing from some of the news coverage. It is not always easy to get a school department — any school department, mind you — to be completely forthcoming about something that might cast a negative light on its schools, faculty and students. That makes it a little harder to get to the heart of the matter.

The students have a point if the media only focuses on them and their school when something bad happens. While there are, sadly, plenty of examples of media sensationalism, we contend that is not always the case. We can point to many stories, in Worcester Magazine and from other local news outlets, that capture all the good things going on in Worcester Public Schools.

We applaud the students who compiled the letter included in this week’s issue for their passion and conviction, for their love of school and for having the chutzpah to do something about what has gone wrong there. We also applaud School Superintendent Melinda Boone for promising to develop an action plan to work with student, faculty and parents when it comes to addressing violence. We do believe, when possible, a plan of action should be devised before a problem occurs.

We also make this offer to the student authors of that letter — and to any other school, for that matter: Meet with us to talk about your thoughts, your opinions, your hopes. Help us know more about you and your school. We also will work with you to do more to highlight the good work done by Worcester’s students and schools. Take us up on that — and if we fail to deliver, you will not have to blame us. We will do it ourselves.

LettersNorth High School students embark on a mission To the Editor:

We the students of North High gather together to create a mission statement that will push us towards a brighter future and instill the importance of remaining determined, optimistic, and united within our community. In order to get that message into the hearts of each and every one of us, we wish to invite students to look within and identify the best part of who they are. We all are unique individuals, capable of a great number of things.

There is beauty within North and that beauty lies not only within the capabilities and strengths of our students, but also within the diversity and culture of our community. We have students from many different parts of the world: Ecuador, Ghana, Nepal, Nigeria, Peru, Brazil - the list goes on. Diversity is found within the character of all our students. North High is home to not only the hardworking and the high achievers, but also to the quiet, the laid back, the rockers, the rappers, the drawers, the future scientists, photographers, mathematicians, the aerospace engineers, the cooks, the college professors, the musicians, the doctors - the list truly does go on. We are more than the fights and bomb threats that are circling throughout the media; we are the promise of a brighter future and a better tomorrow.

These past few days have been a nightmare to the North High community because what the media fails to capture, and what the rumors fail to spread, is the brilliance that is North High. We are home to students who get accepted into Ivy League colleges and renowned summer programs, students who win full ride scholarships and provide further insight towards the improvement of our own community. Our students take on daunting tasks, excel in them, and transform them into a more approachable effort, allowing for an example to be placed for their fellow students to follow. These students would not have excelled and done all the beautiful work that they have performed without some source of inspiration or motivation.

With this mission statement, we ask you to look within, and ask yourself: “What am I passionate about?” “What road will my actions take me to?” “Is the path I’m carving, the one I want to follow?”

Not all students are inspired enough to achieve what we all know they are capable of. We have students who are in need of a source of inspiration, who are in need of a role model to follow, a story to overcome, and a history to break free of. Therefore, we invite students not to wait for someone to step in and help, but rather to step up and fight back -but not with violence. We encourage our fellow peers to gather their strength and destroy the negative image others have of us; to start writing the pages of our own legacy; to become our own role model - to become our own hero. We have the power to improve our school. If change is what you want then bring it; if hope is what you need,

then find it; if success is what you desire, then achieve it. We are capable of so much more than what others believe, all it takes is looking within and believing in your strengths, improving your weaknesses. The adversity you face does not define you, because at the end of the day, you are the only person responsible for who you let yourself become.

Together, we think; together, we plan; and together, we conquer.

CORALYS DEJESUS, BRYAN PAULA GONZALEZ, NANCY LOPEZ RAMIREZ AND BREANNA JOHNSTONSenior Members of Principal’s Advisory Council and Student Council

Time for a new political party?To the Editor:

Considering the way politics has been lately I‘ve been thinking about starting my own party. I’ve been thinking about calling it WGWA - White Guys With Attitudes. We could be anti-everything and politically incorrect. We could elect Juan Jose Jesus Del Rio as El Presidente. He just caught a train here from somewhere down south and is no longer called an illegal alien, but a store associate, or perhaps a grocery cart technician. While we’re at it, let’s give him a driver’s license, so he can drive to work and take your job from you. Oh, let’s not forget to give him a Social Security number so he can collect checks in his native land later on. Let’s see how many babies they can have to take advantage of a ridiculous law that makes them U.S. citizens. We also need to have every born and raised American learn to speak Spanish so we can communicate with him. Let’s change the whole way of life here in the USA to be accommodating to him.

Baloney. Let’s buy him or her a new pair of shoes so they can walk their rear ends back across the border and let Mexico deal with it. Let’s bring our troops home and let them guard our borders. You would suspect a few well-placed Abrams A1M1 tanks would send a clear message, but you might have to detonate a few rounds just to prove we plan on using them. Then create and declare an illegal alien-free zone nationwide. No more Green Cards for anyone. We also need to send a message to our current president that “no” means “no,” and we don’t need any more baby factories collecting welfare that want to change us into another third world nation.

Mr. President, we have no problem with legal aliens entering this country to become productive citizens. We do have a problem with illegals flooding our medical system, welfare system, prison systems, courts, school systems and whatever other system you can think of. In the most outrageous statement yet, you said you heard what the people said that didn’t vote and you would do all you could to uphold what they said they wanted. You need to step aside Mr. President and let Juan take the helm, I think he might do a better job. At least he might listen to what the majority of voters of this country want.

RON WHITTLEWorcester

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EATING SMARTLeave it to Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) to find

a way to integrate technology with how we eat. With the help of a $2-million grant, researchers are developing a stress-eating smart phone to help people understand why they overeat. the National Institute of Health (NIH) awarded the grant. The so-called RELAX patient app will track eating patterns, daily activities, exercise, patient-mood and stress-inducing events. Users will receive an itemized list of foods consumed, the times of day identified as high-stress moments and an illustration of the relationship between food intake and stress. Dr. Sherry Pagoto, associate professor of medicine at UMass Medical School, and Dr. Bengisu Tulu, associate professor in the WPI Foisie School of Business, will lead development of the app and a pilot clinical study to evaluate its effectiveness. Pagoto said current apps focus on tracking diet and exercise, but not on why people eat so much. “Our clinical research experience suggests that stress is a very common trigger for overeating The app is a three-year project, whose first phase will establish the clinical and technical requirements for the mobile app and web-based tools. The second phase will cover technology development and usability analysis, with the final phase serving as a clinical trial of the prototype RELAX applications. “Part of our hypothesis is that the RELAX applications will result in a more cost-effective way to deliver this clinical program,” Tulu said.

DON’T WORRY, BE HAPPYIf the snow has got you down, don’t frown — head on over to Clark University for the

first “Week of Happiness” being held this week. Clark’s Wellness Outreach Coordinator Erin Dolan is organizing the weeklong effort, which features a series of events through Feb 7. “For many, the winter months can be challenging,” Dolan said of the idea behind the Week of Happiness. Study after study has shown that even the simple act of talking about happiness can increase happiness for those involved,” said Dolan. “I had a vision for the Clark community to dedicate an entire week to all things happy. My hope was that, for one whole week, special attention could be paid to celebrating the little things in life. I thought that if we could spend a week really dedicating time to kindness to others, kindness to ourselves, and kindness to our community, it could lead to an increased sense of wellbeing and optimism

for all involved.” You can get in on the fun by using the hash tag #clarkuweekofhappiness. All the events are free. For more

information, call Dolan at 508-793-7678, ext. 4.

BACK IN BLACKFebruary is back, and so is Black History Month. Holy

Cross is celebrating with a series of events throughout the month, including a talk by filmmaker Dawn Porter (“Gideon’s

Army) on the American justice system. “American history is incomplete without back history,” Holy Cross senior Vicmarys Brito,

co-chair of the Black Student Union, said. “In order to understand the state that our nation is in today, we all need to understand black history,

American history.” Porter will deliver her speech on Feb. 24 at 7 p.m. in the Hogan Ballroom. It is free to the public. A dinner will be served at 5:30 p.m.

in Hogan Suite A, with a meet-and-greet with Porter held at 8 p.m. in the Dunn Reception Area. The month-long slate of events complements the HC in Solidarity

initiative, which invites students, faculty and alumni to explore what it means to live as a community in solidarity. Learn more by visiting holycross.edu/hcnsolidarity/.

FLAPJACKS FOR LILYBreakfast and buses - what do they have in common? Nothing, unless you head to

Applebee’s on Park Ave in Worcester Sunday, Feb. 22 for a flapjack fund raiser being held by Quinsigamond Community College’s chapter of phi theta kappa’s (PTK) international honor society. The group is raising money for maintenance and upkeep of Lily, the Worcester Public Library’s bookmobile. The fund raiser is 8-10 a.m. Cost is $10 per person. You may also go online to GoFundMe.com/cvde4 to make donations for Lily. For fund raiser tickets, contact PTK advisor Bonnie Coleman at [email protected].

Something is missing from Campus Corner - your school! Don’t be left out. If you have exciting news or something special happening at your school, Campus Corner is where it should be. Email your news/notice to [email protected], RE:CAMPUS CORNER. All submissions for Campus Corner should be made by the Monday prior to that week’s Thursday issue. For more information, call the editor, Walter Bird Jr., at 508-749-3166, ext. 322.

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On the cover: Sunday, Jan. 18, 2015 Paynesville, Monrovia, Liberia: Martha Gbarner lost her husband, the brother of Worcester resident and Liberian Jesse Gibson, to Ebola. His death left her with several children, including a young son, to support and put through school, even though she does not work.

Above: Monday, Jan. 19, 2015 Paynesville, Monrovia, Liberia: A man washes his hands with a bleach and water solution, a mandate from the Liberian government, and then will have his temperature taken before he is allowed to enter the ELWA Hospital.

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CHASING EBOLA

WORCESTER’S TIES TO LIBERIA AND THE FIGHT AGAINST EBOLA

BY WALTER BIRD JR. — PHOTOS BY STEVEN KING

When the wheels of an airplane meet the tarmac in Af-rica, passengers sometimes will break out in applause to celebrate their safe arrival. When Flight 1247 from Brussels touched down at Roberts International Air-

port shortly after eight in the evening Liberia time Friday, Jan. 16, there was only the sound of one woman’s moan of pain.

For much of the last leg of the flight from Brussels to the capital city of Monrovia in Liberia, following a stop for fuel in Dakar, the woman had uttered not a peep. As the plane descended, however, she cried out loud, “I’m burying

my baby!” as flight attendants hurried over to her middle-row seat on the plane, where she sat clutching a large doll. Her son, she told them, had died of Ebola. The woman’s cries reached a howl when she finally descended the stairs of the plane and touched her feet to the ground, her legs buckling. Falling to the ground, she was steadied by a man standing with her. The rest of the passengers filed by her, boarding a shuttle to customs. Still standing outside at the foot of the plane, the woman’s mournful sobs were silenced as the sliding doors closed shut.

The shuttle rolled a brief ways to the small building that receives visitors at the airport, its passengers spilling out and directed to large containers of water resting on tables outside the building. Buckets underneath caught the splash as people furiously scrubbed their hands with the chlorinated water. At the

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Monday, Jan. 18, 2015 Paynesville, Monrovia, Liberia: A view of the West Point community from the top of the Ducor Hotel, which is built atop of a sand bar is considered Monrovia’s worst ghetto.


door, a worker held a thermometer to each person’s head, waving them on if there was no sign of fever. The lone luggage carousel hummed as people jostled for position to grab theirs. It was a chaotic scene, with security frantically trying to check each piece of luggage. Outside, taxis lined up to snag hurried customers. Personal drivers held signs to catch the attention of their passengers. Night had descended over Monrovia, a blanket of heat cloaked over the 970,000-plus people that live there — most of them in abject poverty.

When daylight broke the next day, the cries of a heartbroken mother had long faded, but much like the buckets of chlorinated water at the airport, there were signs all over Monrovia that, while the disease that has claimed the lives of more than 3,680 Liberians

may be loosening its death grip on the country, it has not freed it entirely. Some here are saying the World Health Organization could declare the crisis over as soon as March.

“Someone tell me, ‘Ebola is gone,’” Rev. Dr. Samuel Reeves Jr. of Monrovia’s Providence Baptist Church said in the Liberian English practiced here. “I say, ‘No, it is not gone. It is going.’”

Until it is vanquished, Ebola remains very much a threat in West Africa. Even when it is not directly responsible for someone’s death, the devastating disease that has claimed close to 9,000 victims in Liberia, Sierra Leone and Guinea, and completely changed the way of life in these West African nations, is not free of guilt.

Twelve-year-old Musu Fofana of Brewerville City in Liberia’s Montserrado County was allegedly raped Sunday night

Jan. 18, and reportedly died the next day when two hospitals in Monrovia — Redemption, a government-run facility, and Faith Clinic — refused to admit her. According to reports, personnel at Redemption saw the girl was bleeding and told relatives they were afraid of Ebola.

While the sounds are not as frequent, ambulances still speed by, lights flashing and alarms blaring, often in a rush to take a patient to one of the city’s Ebola Treatment Units (ETUs). They fight for priority over the massive push of cars and motorcycles along the paved roads in Monrovia. Traffic is, more often than not, snarled along the main roads, the congestion only worsened by so many emergency vehicles donated from other countries in the fight against Ebola. The cars, trucks and bikes also must contend with the crush of pedestrians and child hawkers, some

no older than eight, moving swiftly, vehicle to vehicle, selling candy, gum and shouting “watta, watta, watta” to their rolling clientele. The water comes in small, knotted bags from buckets that were, much earlier in the day filled from local well pumps. They prove tempting during the humid days as West Africa lurches into its hot season.

American and other military personnel are also a visible presence here, a result of an outpouring of help from the international community. Since arriving, they have built mobile laboratories that have dramatically sped up the time it takes to test for Ebola, and have delivered much-needed food, medicine and other supplies to a country largely populated by families living in poverty.

There are other, more literal signs that Ebola remains a threat not to be taken lightly. One cannot drive more than several hundred

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Below: Sunday, Jan. 18, 2015 Paynesville, Monrovia, Liberia: ELWA Hospital staff attend an early prayer service at the chapel before they begin their shift.


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yards, it seems, without spying a billboard or sign along the side of the road, or attached to a building, warning of the dangers of Ebola. A sign reading “Ebola is Real” hints of when the disease first infiltrated Liberia, and many of its citizens ignored the calls to protect themselves. Despite being told to do the exact opposite, these loving and expressive people continued to shake hands, to hug and to kiss. It is, after all, their custom. That physical contact and exchange of sweat and other bodily fluids, however, is also how Ebola does what it has done with such unrelenting fury since the first outbreak in West Africa was identified in 2013.

‘NOTHING CALLED EBOLA’

The arrival of Ebola in Liberia last year was initially met with disbelief, which some claim played a huge role in the path of destruction carved out

through the ocean-side city. A public that had grown distrustful of its government simply did not believe it was being told the truth. When reality did take hold, many people were too afraid to go near loved ones to help them.

“On March 19, 2014 the government told

the Liberian people they have experienced this new illness in the country, called Ebola,” recalled Alfred Gezaye, a Liberian writer for the Insight Newspaper. “The first pronouncement was so discouraging. We were told do not touch anybody who contracted Ebola, do not go close to the person, do not go close to your family member. So a lot of people died.”

People, he said, blamed the government for many things before Ebola hit. As a result, he said, many did not heed the initial warnings, and did not protect themselves.

“People thought the government was lying, that there was nothing called Ebola,” Gezaye said.

As the disease spread, and fear mounted, so, too, did casualties from treatable illnesses not at all related to Ebola.

“One person lost his daughter from asthma,” said Gezaye. “He went to the hospital, his daughter died right on his lap from asthma. No one would take care of the child. All of the major hospitals in Monrovia were closed. Doctors and nurses, they too were contracting the disease, so there was fear, they had fear.”

Because of that fear, he continued, many people were afraid to enter a hospital.

“People were saying if you go to the hospital, people will spray you with chlorine, and some people will inject you and give

you pills,” Gezaye said. “So a lot of things were into play. A lot of people were afraid, so people were dying from curable diseases.”

His own father, he said, died of cholera in August, although he died when Ebola was tearing through Liberia. Both diseases present similar symptoms, and the question of whether his father, in fact, died from Ebola remains. Gezaye said his aunt died from Ebola.

There was also the problem of patients arriving at hospitals for medical procedures and not informing the staff that they were, in fact, infected with Ebola. Esther Kolleh, a certified midwife at the Eternal Love Winning Africa (ELWA) Hospital in the Paynesville section of Monrovia, said she encountered cases where patients outright lied about their condition.

“The one thing about Ebola, they don’t talk the truth, the patients,” Kolleh said. She pointed inside her office as she continued. “I remember one day we had two Ebola patients, one sitting right in here. I tried to interview her, but she would not talk to me. Later on, when her labor was advancing, she started crying. People said she had not been anywhere, had not been near anybody. We took her to do a C-section, the baby died, she herself died. They did a test and she was positive. The relative left and never returned. They knew it was Ebola, this is why they

brought her here, and they lied to us.”Compounding the situation in the early

days of the disease, with fear spreading rapidly, many Liberians felt shut off from the rest of the world. Some countries banned incoming flights from Liberia. There was some pressure in the U.S. to do the same, but it was resisted, with critics warning it would only worsen the crisis. Much of the panic was born of misinformation and misunderstanding. As more was learned about how the disease is spread — it is not airborne, and can only be transmitted from a symptomatic person (early symptoms include, but are not limited to, fever, headache, diarrhea and vomiting) — nerves have calmed somewhat.

To be sure, the disease is not nearly as widespread now as it was in August, September and October, when so many people were infected there were simply not enough beds for them. Bodies were dumped in the streets, not touched by anyone, lest they risk contracting Ebola themselves. Patients showing up to doctors and hospitals for other illnesses were often turned away. Some diseases, such as cholera, which presents symptoms similar to Ebola, may have been misdiagnosed. Pregnant women sometimes gave birth on sidewalks in full view of frantic mobs desperate for medical treatment. Now, the confirmed cases of Ebola have slowed to


Wednesday, Jan. 21, 2015 Paynesville, Monrovia, Liberia: The ELWA Ebola Treatment Unit where Dr. Richard Sacra spent the first days after being diagnosed with Ebola before he was flown back to the U.S. for treatment.


a trickle; according to the United Nations late last month, Liberia was dealing with just five remaining cases.

In addition, the first 300 doses of an experimental Ebola vaccine made their way to Liberia late last month, although some say the drug is coming too late — after the country has weathered the worst of the disease.

A global response of humanitarian relief, supplies and other support helped stem the tide. The military established mobile labs that allowed for an Ebola diagnosis to be made in a matter of minutes, as opposed to the eight days it took when the disease first broke. Blood samples previously had to go outside the country, sometimes to Paris. Dozens of NGOs (non-governmental organizations) have set up around the country, and in Guinea and Sierra Leone, where the disease remains. Charitable organizations from around the globe have responded in West Africa’s hour of need. In Liberia, which is just eight or so years removed from a civil war that tore it apart, the need is exceptionally great.

More than 6,000 miles away, a city that at first blush could not be more different than its Liberian counterpart in Monrovia, has answered the cries for help in a big way.

PAIN FELT IN WORCESTER

With such a diverse population and a proclivity for helping others in need, it should not be surprising that Worcester

is among the global communities that have upped their game in response to the Ebola outbreak in Liberia. UMass Medical Center and Seven Hills Foundation are among the city’s institutions that have footprints here. By extension, one of the city’s major col-leges, Clark University, is playing a role. The president and CEO of Seven Hills, Dr. David Jordan, is an adjunct professor there, and the director of the Foundation’s Global Outreach affiliate is a graduate.

There also happens to be a large Liberian population in and around Worcester (an estimated 5,000-plus in Worcester County), one that has felt the sting of Ebola quite personally. Some, like Rev. Jesse Gibson, have lost relatives to the disease. His brother died Oct. 18 last year, and left behind a wife and several children, contracting it like so many others have — trying to help. In Liberia, Gibson’s nephew, Pastor Remon Gibson Jr., and his mother, Martha, are struggling to maintain hope and faith — two things held dearly by Liberians — in the face of overwhelming grief.

“Our father was involved in helping people,” Gibson Jr. said outside of the

rundown shack that serves as home for his family. It is accessed by walking along dirt trails off the main road. Coconut trees provide some shade but no respite from the flies and mosquitoes. “That was his passion. He helped people who had malaria. Unfortunately, he had the wrong patient and came into contact with the virus.”

Making the matter worse, Gibson Jr. had warned his father not to go near patients who might have Ebola. He said his father was afraid to tell him at first after being diagnosed with Ebola. Now, with his father gone, Gibson Jr. worries his mother will not be able to afford an education for her youngest children. At 29, he is a junior in college, and plans to finish.

“It was a big blow to me when I lost my father, because I know when he was alive his most important goal was to see us get an education,” Gibson Jr. said. “It’s not easy to lose him. [His mother] is not actually working. He was the working man. The head is gone, everybody is going to suffer.”

Those challenges have been compounded by the significant changes in Liberian customs, such as the display of affection. Gibson Jr. does not even chance a physical show of love with his own family, for fear they

may have left home and come into contact with an infected person.

“Oh, really, it was hard,” Gibson Jr. said of not being able to hug or shake hands. “Sometimes your friends, you’ve got to warn them, they give you their hand, ‘Oh, my man, don’t forget.’ With God above, we got used to it and we adapted to it.”

Gibson Jr. may be thousands of miles away from his uncle, but the Liberian community in Worcester has worked hard to make sure neither he, nor any of the thousands of other people staring down this killer disease, is forgotten.

The Liberian Association of Worcester County (LAWC) brought together many of the Liberian immigrants who have settled here to rally around their homeland. They were aided by a city that went so far as to host a night specifically in celebration of West African culture. From raising awareness of the health crisis in Liberia to raising money to fight the disease, Liberians here are doing what they can to help those back home.

“All of us here have deep connections in Liberia,” said Moses Makor, the liaison chair for LAWC’s Ebola Crisis Response team, which was established in direct response to the Ebola crisis. “Even though we are

thousands of miles away, whatever help we can give, it’s really letting them know we’re working along with them.”

Makor, a nurse at Saint Vincent Hospital, recently volunteered to go to Liberia in March, through an effort with UMass Medical School.

“As much as we’ve done everything here, it would be more helpful if we are there working for them as members of the medical profession,” Makor said.

Worcester, he added, “really afforded us the platform to assist the folks back home.” Makor singled out Mayor Joe Petty and City Manager Ed Augustus Jr. for opening the door to the Liberian community.

Gibson Jr. and Makor are but two links between Worcester, a city just shy of 200,000 people, and the city of Monrovia, more than four times its size. From the Liberian community in Worcester to its educational and medical institutions, there is a little bit of Liberia around every corner here, just as there is seemingly a bit of Worcester sprinkled throughout Liberia in the ongoing effort to eradicate Ebola.

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Wednesday, Jan. 21, 2015 Paynesville, Monrovia, Liberia: Dr. Richard Sacra makes his morning rounds at the ELWA maternity ward.


I would love to live here and be working here full-time. I would love to be back here again.

The real passion I have in my heart is for training doctors, and I would love to be full-time here

training doctors, but obviously family comes first. We want to make sure our kids are doing fine and

they’re well-established. That’s first priority, number one.

— Dr. Rick Sacra of Holden, an Ebola survivor who returned to Liberia,

where he contracted the disease, to work with his mission, SIM at ELWA Hospital


SACRA BACK IN LIBERIA

Dr. Rick Sacra is, perhaps, the most visible and well-known example of the city’s efforts in Liberia. His connection is both professional and

fiercely personal, having lived in the country several years and volunteered as a missionary for longer. The Holden physician, an appoint-ed assistant professor of family medicine and community health at UMass Medical School, contracted Ebola last August while working at the ELWA compound where Kolleh is a midwife. A born-again Christian, Sacra was there with colleagues as part of a mission with SIM Ministries. He and his family resided in Liberia for about 15 years, before moving back to the U.S. Sacra has frequently gone back, however, to assist at ELWA. He was there at the height of the Ebola crisis in Liberia back before full safety measures were put in place. Wearing what he normally would wear while working with pregnant women at ELWA, he likely contracted the disease when remov-ing a glove or garment, splattering blood or other bodily fluid onto his skin or face. Sacra survived the disease, first landing in the Ebola Treatment Unit (ETU) known as ELWA-2 on the compound before being treated in the U.S. at the Nebraska Medical Center.

Just five months after going home to his family, however, Sacra returned to the scene of the crime, so to speak, unable to resist what he sees as his calling to care for others. He flew back Jan. 15, accompanied by a writer and photographer from Worcester Magazine. Leaving behind his wife, Debbie, and three sons, he planned to spend four weeks total in Liberia before coming home again. After that, he intends to return three more times this year.

Sacra came to ELWA under very different circumstances than when he last left. First of all, according to his doctors, he is now immune to Ebola, although he has said he does not plan to put it to the test. Indeed, performing his rounds at the hospital — a facility in dire need of renovating, but still up to the task of treating the sick — Sacra followed protocol to the letter. Wearing gloves, if he touched a patient, he went outside to one of the chlorinated water buckets, washed the gloves first, removed them, then washed his hands. Before moving on to the next patient, he donned a new pair of gloves.

What has also changed since Sacra’s last time there is Ebola is no longer claiming lives with such a voracious appetite. While still proving problematic in Sierra Leone, the disease in Liberia, as of late January, was absent in all but two of the country’s 15 counties — Montserrado and Grand Cape Mount. In one county, Lofa, more than 90 days

had passed without a new case of Ebola. In order for the entire country to be declared free of Ebola, there must be zero cases reported over 42 days — two incubation periods (Ebola incubates over 21 days, although symptoms may appear much earlier than that). There have been 35 new cases, between one and two a day, in Liberia since Jan. 1 according to Tolbert Nyenswah, head of Liberia’s Ebola response team through the Incident Management System. He describes the battle against Ebola almost like a hunting expedition.

“We’re chasing the virus,” Nyenswah said. “We’re hunting the virus, we’re chasing it, we’re going to the ground level in every community, every household [the two counties that still have the virus]. We are making significant progress as a country, but we’re warning every single day against complacency.”

The landscape, at least from a medical perspective, is far different for Sacra than in August. He is back to tending to patients — ironically enough, his first day back on the job at ELWA on Jan. 19 saw him in the maternity ward.

It was not all business, however, because when he was taken home last year, Sacra left behind a community that had not only embraced him, it had taken him in as one of its own. He had made many friends both in the SIM community and the country that has become his second home. His return brought out many of them. From colleagues such as Dr. John Fankhauser, medical director at ELWA, to fellow congregants at the International Church of Monrovia (ICM) that Sacra attends on the compound — the greetings, smiles and welcomes have been many. One of the hardest things, though, has been ignoring the urge to hug or shake hands with his friends. Physical contact of any sort has been strongly discouraged in the wake of Ebola, since it is transferred through the exchange of bodily fluids such as sweat. In a country whose people traditionally are emotionally expressive and generally warm in their reception of others, that has been a tough task.

“Several people drove by, stopped by, old friends,” Sacra said of his first couple days back in Monrovia. “It is really nice to be able to see them. It is a little funny, because you want to give them a hug, and we don’t do that right now in Liberia.”

Instead, it is elbow and fist bumps, accompanied by warm smiles and apologies from the locals for not being able to be more affectionate. Still, Sacra was greeted like a rock star on the ELWA compound during his days back. From colleagues such as Fankhauser and longtime ELWA nurse Marthalyne Freeman, to the man who actually drew the blood sample from Sacra that tested positive for Ebola, they all smiled broadly upon first sight of their old friend. At a Sunday morning service at ICM, the priest singled him out, along with his

Wednesday, Jan. 21, 2015 Paynesville, Monrovia, Liberia: Dr. Richard Sacra talks with Marthalyne Freeman, a nurse who treated him in the ELWA Ebola Treatment Unit before he was transported to the U.S. for care.


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guests, the journalists from America. He was front and center again at an early chapel service on his first day back at work at the ELWA Hospital. After, many colleagues stole a moment or two of his time. The catching up was good for them, but also for Sacra, who while separated by some 6,000-plus miles from the wife he met in his sophomore year at Brown University, is surrounded by his Liberian “family.” He also learned new details about when he first fell ill.

“I had it in my head that I started feeling ill in the evening on Friday, Aug. 29,” he said. “I had it in my notebook that I checked my tem-perature and it was 100.8. That was how I had it in my mind ... but I actually found out first [Friday, Jan. 16] on the plane, when I met up with [a colleague] who I had had dinner with that evening. He said, ‘You know, Rick, you told me you weren’t feeling well at dinner, and

you said to me, I hope it’s not Ebola.’” Then, the day after arriving back in Liberia,

Sacra spoke with Fankhauser.“He said, ‘Oh yeah, the [hospital] staff said

you weren’t feeling too good at the hospital that day,’” Sacra said. “I had forgotten that. It’s interesting, I think the memory is more plas-tic than we think it is, and we all need to rely on each other to fill in the gaps sometimes.”

Sacra very quickly assimilated himself back to his work at ELWA, even if his presence has brought some added media attention — cable news giant CNN runs his blog regularly. With that extra attention, of course, comes greater exposure for Sacra’s Christian faith and for the SIM mission, not to mention the work being done in Liberia. And while the media spotlight may fade, Sacra’s devotion here will not. The periodic returns to ELWA could again lead to a permanent life here.

“I would love to live here and be working

here full-time,” he said. “I would love to be back here again. The real passion I have in my heart is for training doctors, and I would love to be full-time here training doctors, but ob-viously family comes first. We want to make sure our kids are doing fine and they’re well-established. That’s first priority, number one.”

THE SEVEN HILLS CONNECTION

From Sacra to UMass Medical Cen-ter and UMass Medical School to the Seven Hills Foundation, even to Worcester Polytechnic Institute, the

ties in Liberia are strong. Some were forged long before Ebola, which has been present in Africa since 1976, first struck Liberia; others

have arisen because of the disease. The con-nections should last well into the future.

One of them involves the Seven Hills Foundation, which was approached by members of Worcester’s Liberian community to visit Liberia and examine ways his organization might be able to help the country. It led to the recent launch of two initiatives aimed specifically at strengthening the medical and educational systems in Liberia and Sierra Leone, which with more than 3,100 confirmed deaths as of earlier this month, has also been hard-hit by Ebola.

Through its affiliate, Seven Hills Global Outreach (SHGO), led by director Ashley Emerson Gilbert, a graduate of Clark University, the Foundation is working to partner hospitals and schools in the U.S. with their counterparts in the neediest parts of West Africa. The SHGO effort has initially identified two schools and two medical clinics seeking partners in Sierra


Sunday, Jan. 18, 2015 Paynesville, Monrovia, Liberia: A family in Monrovia, Liberia sits under the overhang of its home, shaded from the hot sun.



Leone and Liberia. Soon, three additional hospitals and three more schools in Liberia will be added to the initiative.

“Rather than trying to address one small piece of one area,” said Dr. David Jordan, presi-dent and CEO of Seven Hills, “we wanted to begin looking at a more systemic approach.”

That has involved examining the various difficulties facing Liberia, most of which have their roots in economic development. From education to healthcare, the infrastructure there is weak, at best. Years of war rendered the country’s economic base tenuous; Ebola has nearly crippled it. Even as hospitals started to reopen and treat Ebola-stricken patients, and schools were getting ready to open Feb. 2 after closing last July, there is near unanimous agreement that, were the international community that responded to the crisis to leave now, the entire system would be in danger of collapse. There is particular concern with the healthcare system.

“Part of our problem is planning,” said Reeves. “We just don’t do a good job with planning. I’m hoping the government will see reason to start planning now for the future. A lot of what we do here, we react. You see it all the time here. Nobody sits down and says, ‘What if? What if this happens?’ If it never pans out, amen. But if it pans out, at least we’re ready.”

Jordan and Seven Hills are aiming for that. All the good work being done by so many selfless volunteers and medical professionals right now, Jordan said, could go for naught if the right foundations are not laid for Liberia to move forward as a country once Ebola is but a terrible memory. To that end, Seven Hills has launched an ambitious initiative.

“We started to move to create a network to develop hospital partnerships and school partnerships,” Jordan said. “We are trying to link 32 health clinics in Liberia with either a hospital, business or large entity in the U.S. that are willing to become partners with a hospital in Liberia for a minimum of three years.”

Those institutions would agree to provide equipment support and supplies, human capital and financial assistance.

Jordan cited St. Timothy Government Hospital in Robertsport, a seaside town northwest of Monrovia. That facility, he said, has less than the bare essentials.

“They had five bottles of medicine in their ‘pharmacy,’” he said. “There are flies all over the surgery room, and there is no anesthesia.”

If, Jordan said by way of example, Worcester’s St. Vincent’s Hospital partnered up with a hospital like St. Timothy in Liberia, “it would turn around people’s health dramatically.”

A similar effort could prove just as beneficial for the country’s schools. According to Jordan, $2,000 a year for education in Liberia could support a school for 200 students.

Those kinds of approaches, he said, are necessary in addition to the footwork being done to fight Ebola.

“We need a different perspective on how to approach things,” he said. “The current concern is Ebola, but once Ebola goes away, guess what else goes away? So does all the financial aid, all the resources, and something else comes in, and in my opinion it will be worse than Ebola.

“The missionaries and health workers, what they’re doing is great to patients, and absolutely laudable and necessary. But it is like a grain of sand on a big issue. The work

by great men like Dr. Sacra is going to be unraveled in an instant.”

Liberian Sen. Peter Coleman has been a point of contact for Jordan and Seven Hills. A surgeon, he chairs the Senate on Health, Social Welfare, Gender, Women and Children issues. From 1998-2006, he served as minister of health. Coleman also oversees the Foundation for the Empowerment of Rural Dwellers.

“I represent a county that is, most likely, the most under-developed county of Liberia,” Coleman said of Grand Kru County, with a population around 58,000. “A lot of things Seven Hills and

my foundation are collaborating on are basic things. In these parts, basic social services are almost nonexistent. People have a problem with access to safe drinking water, sanitation, health care and schools. My foundation, along with Seven Hills, is looking at how to fix the benches at schools.”

As Jordan noted, the two initially will address secondary-level hospitals in Liberia and try to pair them with major U.S. hospitals. The primary intent would be to train medical professionals, because in Liberia, medical training has not been a

Thursday, Jan. 22, 2015 Paynesville, Monrovia, Liberia: A boy waits in the morning sun for his turn to fill plastic containers at the neighborhood water pump.

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Thursday, Jan. 22, 2015 Paynesville, Monrovia, Liberia: Workers at the Ministry of Defense Ebola Treatment Unit 1 pause at the entrance.

We’re chasing the virus. We’re hunting the virus, we’re chasing it, we’re going to the

ground level in every community, every household [the two

counties that still have the virus]. We are making significant

progress as a country, but we’re warning every single day

against complacency.

- Tolbert Nyenswah, head of Liberia’s Ebola response team on the country’s efforts to eradicate the disease


priority. According to Sacra, there has been no medical residency training in Liberia for 20 years.

“They do internship training,” he said, “then they’re out.”

On-the-job training has led many doctors and nurses in Liberia to become well-equipped to serve, but “it still doesn’t replace residency training,” Sacra said.

The lack of trained personnel, Coleman acknowledged, is one of the country’s biggest problems.

“The enormous international response to the Ebola outbreak is helping to train our health workers,” he said. “Infection prevention and control was not too well-established in our health system.”

As a result, he said, many health professionals died as Ebola ripped through the country.

“Basic diseases,” Coleman said. “Our greatest burden of disease is infectious disease here. We still have tuberculosis, HIV/AIDS, malaria. The issue here is to get basic medication. Many times, our government we build the health facilities, but it’s not the building that makes that place a clinic, but how you impact the health level of the people.”

UMASS IN WEST AFRICA

Dr. Trish McQuilkin surveyed the mounds of boxes inside a make-shift warehouse in the shadows of the mammoth Monrovia Sports

Complex, where nary a game of soccer has been played in months (the action is expected to return in February). Dozens upon dozens of pallets hold even more boxes of PPE (personal protective equipment) and other medical supplies to be distributed to doctors and nurses at hospitals as well as to ETUs.

Just days before, McQuilkin had been at UMass Medical School for Sacra’s official announcement that he was returning to Liberia. She arrived a few days after he did, and is spending most of her time behind the scenes coordinating the teaching and training of doctors at 25 hospitals throughout Liberia. It is part of what used to be called The Consortium, but is now known as the Academic Consortium Combating Ebola in Liberia, or ACCEL for short.

A presence in Liberia is nothing new for UMass, working on the implementation of residency training programs, but Ebola stopped all that work in its tracks. A new way to help was born out of contact between the hospital and colleagues in Liberia.

“We were hearing they weren’t getting PPEs and needed them desperately,”

McQuilkin said of the change in focus once Ebola hit the country. “We started just sending over whatever we could gather and get off of Amazon.”

Another colleague, Dr. Michelle Miescierenko of Boston Children’s Hospital, started a Kickstarter campaign online. Through their combined efforts, and with no small amount of help from the Liberian community in Worcester, which raised several thousand dollars on its own, the hospitals were able to send over three shipments of supplies.

Even then, however, more needed to be done.

“There was still a lot of need,” Miescierenko said. “We started applying to various grant funders for training, PPEs, ongoing mentorship. [McQuilkin] and I wrote a proposal and sent it to anybody who would receive email.”

With both women laughing, Miescierenko said, “We got ‘almost funded’ several times.”

Fate struck through a connection between UMass Medical School Chancellor Dr. Michael Collins and the Paul G. Allen Family Foundation, which committed at least $100 million toward fighting Ebola. McQuilkin and Miescierenko successfully applied for a three-part, $7.5-million grant as part of a collaborative that includes, in addition to UMass and Children’s Hospital, MIT, the University of Florida, University of Maryland and others.

The three-pronged approach consists of infection prevention control (IPC), recruiting doctors and nurses to work at ETUs in Liberia and building up lab testing at two key hospitals there: Redemption and Tapita. The training is largely done by Liberia doctors, nurses and midwives; the country brought forth its 12 best, according to McQuilkin, and the Consortium supports them as they go out in the field to train other medical professionals.

Makor’s scheduled return to Liberia is part of the grant for recruiting doctors and nurses to work in Liberia.

For McQuilkin, who has visited Liberia several times, this time was much different. Whereas in the past, the plane rides over would include many Liberian passengers, when McQuilkin and Miescierenko went over in November, those passengers were almost exclusively humanitarian relief workers. It reminded Miescierenko of when the pair first started visiting Liberia in 2008, just two years after the end of the war. Many Liberians had fled the country, and were not yet returning.

“I love coming here,” McQuilkin said, “but this time it was different, because after Ebola hit, all these NGOs were coming, but we had to kind of sit by the sidelines and watch these things happening. Things were getting really bad, so we were really

THE CHILDREN OF EBOLA:DEALING WITH YOUNG SURVIVORS

A place with thousands of orphaned children, West Africa hardly needed any more. Ebola did not care, rendering thousands more kids without a mother and father as it swept through Guinea, Sierra Leone and Liberia. In that country alone, more than

2,000 children have been orphaned since the disease first struck. Even those who have been lucky enough not to have been left without parents have still felt Ebola’s devastating effects.

While they face an uncertain future, these youngsters are not alone. The road ahead is rocky, but organizations such as YoungLife will be there to help. So, too, will Monrovia’s Providence Baptist Church.

At YoungLife in West Africa, regional director James Davis II and area director Paul Kangar deal with youths every day who have in some way been impacted by Ebola. For them, the organization has offered Ebola Survivor Camp, the first of which was held in December. A second was planned for February.

“Ebola in Liberia affects every aspect of society,” Kangar said. “Most victims we have happen to be the young people. Even those that survive, many of them are young people. We have to work with these young people, so we see a very big challenge.”

YoungLife in West Africa has more than 50 participants from around Central Monrovia who have survived the disease. With schools closed since last July, many of the youngsters who have lost parents or lived through Ebola find it difficult to remain engaged in healthy activities and maintain a positive outlook.

“They have to become self-supportive,” said Kangar. “They live by themselves. We tell young people, ‘Look, you lost your parents, but you still have somebody who is more than your parents, and that is Jesus. Put your trust in Jesus and forget about what happened.”

That is not easily done, Davis acknowledged. “It has not been an easy thing,” he said of Ebola. “It has been a serious challenge. It had a

huge impact on our ministry.”With schools closed, and many of YoungLife’s members of high school age, the

organization has had to work harder to stay in contact with them. Ebola Survivor Camp has been a blessing in that regard. More than 100 took part in the initial camp, according to Davis. More than 200 are expected at February’s camp.

“We slept with them in the same cabin, we played with them, we ate with them,” he said. “We gave them the vision to go back into their community and serve. We wanted them to not be carried away by what people considered them.”

That is often the most difficult thing for Ebola orphans: facing scorn and ridicule from, even being outcast, by their own communities.

“I saw tears running down the faces of so many young people,” Davis said. “They had nobody to sit and talk to them. After all the horrible things that happened to them, nobody was even able to hear their stories — and they were horrible stories. Some young people with both parents who died, a brother, a sister, only you survive.

“Community dwellers fear them. Nobody is willing to sit with them. Nobody wants to share anything with them. Today, we still visit their homes, call their house, go to visit and sit.”

Rev. Dr. Samuel Reeves Jr. of Monrovia’s Providence Baptist Church said Ebola orphans pose one of the biggest challenges for Liberia. His church is working on building what he said would be the first Ebola children’s orphanage on the border of Liberia and Sierra Leone, where there is already a ministry, school and health care.

Such a facility could make a dramatic difference in a country that currently has a moratorium on adoption because of past problems of children being taken out of the country illegally, Reeves said.

“We can do some, and I’m sure there are other institutions who can,” he said of taking in some of the children left behind by Ebola. “We want to start with 10 units, start with small homes and kind of let them grow up in a real home instead of a big orphanage. It would be kind of a big dormitory. We want to give them some real dignity.”

— Walter Bird Jr.




Friday, Jan. 23, 2015 Paynesville, Monrovia, Liberia: UMass Medical School professor Dr. Trish McQuilkin stands in the ACCEL warehouse where she helped to secure a $7-million grant that was used to buy personal protective equipment.

I love coming here, but this time it was different, because after Ebola hit, all these NGOs were coming, but we had to kind of

sit by the sidelines and watch these things happening. Things were getting really bad, so we were really happy to get this

grant so we could jump back in and start helping.

- Dr. Trish McQuilkin, UMass Medical School, on being in Liberia as part of the Academic Consortium Combating Ebola in Liberia (ACCEL)


happy to get this grant so we could jump back in and start helping.

“It’s good to be back, but it’s so different here now. There’s all these people around that just aren’t usually here.”

It was not unlike the exodus of so many doctors and nurses when Ebola first struck. Hospitals were forced to shut down, and even now some, like Redemption, continue to struggle. The John F. Kennedy Medical Center, where general physician Kanagasabai Udhayashankr works, closed for a few weeks at the height of the crisis, re-training staff before reopening. There was, he conceded, a great amount of fear among the medical community.

“Most of the doctors and nurses have returned [to area hospitals],” Udhayashankr said. “There was a bit of a moment when everybody was frightened, and there was a

lack of knowledge. But once people realized there were measures that could be taken, a lot of healthcare workers returned.”

“It was frightening seeing family and friends getting infected and not being able to help,” he added, saying he, too, lost colleagues to Ebola, including a couple professors, an intern and a medical student. “Even when hospitals were closed, however, a lot of healthcare workers just changed their focus, so instead of working in hospitals they worked in the ETUs.”

ENGINEERS OF PROTECTION

Worcester is at the forefront academically when it comes to helping Liberia through the Ebola crisis, and one of the big-

gest players is Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI). Researchers there recently received awards from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to develop new technologies to help protect workers caring for patients with Ebola and other infectious diseases.

The Rapid Response Research awards totaled $275,000. The first award, $200,000, will fund a new type of “smart” mobile treatment tent, called a medical Cyber-Physical System (CPS). It will feature so-called “smart” technologies to improve the delivery of care and decrease the risk of contamination for patients and clinicians. The project will see the WPI team outfit an actual mobile treatment tent that could include tele-operated robots to deliver food, water and medicine; pressure-sensitive mats to detect the location of patients and workers; Bluetooth low-energy localization beacons and microwave and infrared motion

sensors for surveillance, and to detect breaches of patient isolation protocols; wireless communication networks panning infrared cameras to remotely monitor patient temperatures; barcodes and other tracking methods for equipment and food; and a telemedicine interface to allow medical staff and family members to interact with patients without coming into contact with them.

“We want to create a realistic environment that can quickly provide us with the data we need to adapt the kinds of technology we are developing at WPI in the fight against infectious disease,” said Taskin Padir, assistant professor of electrical and computer engineering and principal investigator for the project. “We need to take what we know and employ it in different ways to enhance our understanding of the environment to reduce clinicians’ exposure to pathogens and minimize the spread of disease.”

Friday, Jan. 23, 2015 Lower Margibi County, Monrovia, Liberia: Outside the crematorium, where it’s said several thousand Ebola positive bodies were burned by a wood-fired furnace. Butter was applied to the bodies to make them burn hotter.



Reducing the need for physicians and workers to wear PPEs, the medical CPS will lower costs while improving patient care, according to Dr. Jeff Bailey, assistant professor of medicine at UMass Medical School.

“Patient treatment for Ebola is severely limited by the constraints of PPE,” said Bailey. “PPE is unwieldy and, importantly, limits the time a health care worker can work with the patients before overheating. Cyber systems and robotics have a great potential to be able to offload repetitive tasks and provide comprehensive monitoring so that doctors and nurses can focus on human interactions with patients and more complex work that can improve patient care and hopefully save more lives.”

The second grant, $75,000, was awarded to Padir and Dmitry Berenson, assistant professor of computer science. It will support the creation of a human-robot system to

assist in the removal of PPE, a multi-step process that brings with it a significant risk of infecting the workers wearing them.

Utilizing the Baxter robot, which was originally built to help researchers and students consider industrial applications of robotics, especially in manufacturing, Berenson and Padir want to minimize the amount of contact between workers’ hands and the PPE through strategies that allow a robot to assist in removing the equipment.

“If you watch videos of how healthcare workers take off the protective gear, there’s a lot of risk of contamination if you make even the slightest mistake,” Berenson said. “So what we want to do with Baxter is help the workers take off the gear. It’s not going to totally undress someone. That’s actually very difficult. But it can aid in the human getting out of the gear by themselves without having to touch their own heads or bodies and

possibly contaminate themselves.”

DANGER ZONES

Preventing further contamination is of utmost concern at hospitals and ETUs in Liberia. At one ETU, the so-called MOD-1 (Ministry of Defense

Unit 1) staffed by World Health Organization (WHO) workers, the “donning” and “doffing” of equipment — putting it on and removing it — is a painstakingly meticulous process.

The unit is actually two separate units — MOD-1, where confirmed Ebola patients are treated, and MOD-2, which is used for training and does not hold any patients. At MOD-1, those who will tend to afflicted patients in the “red zone” prepare themselves in the “green zone,” which is free from contamination. Workers there apply their

PPE, which under WHO standards consist of a semi-permeable suit, two pairs of gloves, mask, goggles and boots. That area is just outside the red zone. Closer to the main entrance of the facility, which is along Congatown Road, are the kitchen area, changing rooms and a conference area, where coordination and clinical meetings are held.

Patients are brought in by ambulance, and unloaded outside the unit. They are taken to a triage tent, where they are admitted. A one-and-a-half-meter space is maintained at all times between the patient and admitting personnel.

When workers are done treating an Ebola patient, they head to a decontamination tent. The first step involves removing the most contaminated part — the apron. The worker is then sprayed before removing the suit. After washing their hands, workers remove their goggles, wash their hands again, then

Wednesday, Jan. 21, 2015 Paynesville, Monrovia, Liberia: Marthalyne Freeman a nurse who helps run the ELWA Ebola Treatment Unit (ETU) keeps a photograph of an 18-year-old boy who at one time, near death, was bleeding from his eyes, nose, mouth and ears. He complained of ants eating the blood from inside his eyes, which they were. The boy lived, making a full recovery, his photograph an inspiration to the ETU staff.


Sunday, Jan. 18, 2015 Paynesville, Monrovia, Liberia: A Liberian woman with tears in her eyes welcomes back Dr. Richard Sacra at the International Church of Monrovia on the ELWA compound.


remove the mask and gloves before once more washing their hands.

Some equipment, such as the boots, are soaked in decontaminant and reused.

Since the unit started operating Nov. 5, no worker in MOD-1 has contracted Ebola, according to Emerson Rogers, a physician’s assistant and the unit’s acting director. He praised the efforts of health workers in the face of such a deadly disease for helping to prevent an even larger-scale disaster.

“When the virus came everyone was afraid,” Rogers said. “What are we going to do? Where to start from? How can we contain the virus? It started to claim a lot of lives. It took the bravery of health workers and the international community to come in and help. If not for the bravery of the health workers, it would have been difficult to contain.”

While ETUs are rife with danger for infection, so too are the cemeteries where bodies are buried. The risk of infection of others is at its greatest when a victim is deceased. Early on in the crisis, the bodies of Ebola victims were incinerated. According to Matt Ward of Global Communities, however, bodies were buried right from the start up-country in Liberia. Now, in Monrovia, they are buried.

Ward oversees the temporary burial site at Lower Margibi Cemetery, where there are roughly 250 bodies currently buried. About 25 percent of them came from ETUs, he said, and not all of them died from Ebola.

When a body arrives at the cemetery, it is brought to a temporary morgue, where burial teams are waiting. Those teams, Ward said, could wait as many as several hours for a body to arrive. Other days, they could be in PPE for two hours straight. Team members wear full PPE, with not one part of the body exposed; on busy days, the heat can become almost overwhelming. Each team member is assigned a specific role: two people carry the head of the victim, two carry the torso and two carry the feet.

“Everyone,” says Ward, “knows their position and what to do.”

The body is lowered into a grave. There are not mass burials, only single graves. Global Communities performs no cremations at the cemetery, but does burn protective clothing and potentially contaminated items such as mattresses that might arrive from an infected house.

While not every corpse that arrives at the cemetery is the result of Ebola, Ward said each body is treated as though it had the disease. Despite the extra precautions, a

measure of humanity is preserved.“Everyone here’s a person,” Ward said.

“They’ve got family.”

A FRACTURED COMMUNITY

While the physical toll from Ebola in Liberia has been dev-astating, it has inflicted dam-age in other ways. As Rogers

put it, “The virus has struck at the fabric of this nation — educationally, economically, socially. It’s traumatizing.”

Reeves, who was in the U.S. last year when Ebola was claiming so many lives in his home country, agreed. Ebola, he said, has become much more than a health crisis.

“[Ebola] has created an economic crisis, a psychological crisis and a spiritual crisis,” said Reeves, who has worked both with Gibson and Gibson’s brother in the past. In order to wipe out Ebola, he said, Liberians must maintain vigilance and follow the advice of avoiding physical contact. But that exacts an emotional toll.

“These are things that go against the culture,” Reeves said. “We love touching

people, and we speak by touching. I think one of the reasons the numbers [of Ebola cases] went up is because of some of those things. Even at church, at fellowship time we typically do a lot of everybody shaking everybody’s hands, hugging. There is none of that now.”

The disease, he said, has affected the local economy; it has definitely hit church coffers hard.

“At one time here I know it affected almost every other church in town,” said Reeves. “We run weekly a little over 2,000 in our attendance, with four or five services a week. Our attendance has dwindled to less than 400 and there isn’t any offering.”

Liberians have been sorely tested spiritually, as well, he said.

“I wasn’t here when things were really, really rough,” he acknowledged, “but I hear the sirens were going by every hour of the day, trucks loaded with dead bodies. You get back here and someone tells you the story, you can see how that’s affected their spirits and well-being.”

There is also, Reeves added, a psychological aspect. At some point, he said, the Liberian people will deal with the emotional scars left by the crisis.

Friday, Jan. 23, 2015 Lower Margibi County, Monrovia, Liberia: A young grave digger takes a break from wielding his pick-axe at Lower Margibi cemetery just outside Roberts International Airport.




Friday, Jan. 23, 2015 Lower Margibi County, Monrovia, Liberia: Graves are dug at Lower Margibi cemetery by Roberts International Airport, in anticipation of more Ebola positive bodies.



“We’re in the midst of death and people are still dying,” he said. “In a couple months, a year down the road, I think that’s when we have to start dealing with the psychological issues. We’ve got to start laying the groundwork now. People are still dying. When some of that subsides, I think people are going to have to deal with that.”

WHAT COMES NEXT

As the threat of Ebola abates and Liberia grows ever nearer to a decla-ration that the crisis is, indeed, over, questions remain: What is the next

threat facing Liberia? Is the country ready to face it on its own? How prepared, exactly, is the nation — and West Africa as a whole — for the next big crisis, whatever form it may take? The answers from many in Liberia have a common thread: the overall need for better healthcare and sound medical infrastructure.

“At this state, the healthcare system is ill-prepared,” Nyenswah said. “We need to carry on a robust assessment and build a resilient healthcare system. We are looking at what went wrong before Ebola, what happened during Ebola and how we build a healthcare system that is resilient in the future. At this state, this is what we’re working on as a country. We know Ebola has exposed our healthcare system to be very, very weak.”

Preparing for the future, according to Coleman, is what the Liberian government

is trying to do. To that end, an agreement has been signed with the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) for that organization to remain in Liberia for the next seven to 10 years to run the country’s main laboratory. Complacency, he promised, will not be allowed to take hold.

“For us, we’re going to continue to work,” Coleman said. “Even after the WHO tells us we’re Ebola free, we have to continue a disease surveillance program.”

The program is linked to the CDC and, according to Coleman, boosts the ability to detect not just Ebola, but other diseases that are endemic to the region.

Medicine and other supplies continue to be needed, he said, and while Liberia has received a great amount of assistance from the U.S., China, the European Union and

others, “It’s just inadequate,” Coleman said. “We need more.”

Rebuilding the healthcare system, said Fankhauser, is crucial, as is having the right kinds of medical help available.

“The kind of physician help that can take calls at night in their hospitals and do C-sections and other procedures when you need them” is among the biggest needs, Fankhauser said. Health community outreach, he added, will also be necessary.

Even the basics remain an essential need, Kolleh said.

“We need more PPE,” she said. “We need it, we need plenty. We need more doctors.”

ELWA, specifically, needs repairs she added, citing an outer wall she said has started to deteriorate. There is a newer facility under construction elsewhere on the compound, but it is uncertain when it will be finished.

There is fear that, as Jordan suggested, once Ebola is gone, so too will all the outside forces that have helped guide the West African countries ravaged by the disease. In the case of UMass, that will not happen, according to McQuilkin.

“We’re really here for the long-term,” she said. “We want to give medical education, getting people back to work in residency programs.”

Liberians such as Nyenswah hope the global community feels the same way. Walking away because Ebola is no longer deemed a threat, he said, would be a mistake — one his country can ill afford.

“We need international resources into this,” Nyenswah said. “I’m appealing to the world, do not forget about Liberia, Guinea and Sierra Leone when Ebola is over, because the history is clear: it will come back.”

Worcester Magazine cordially invites the Worcester community to a special, free public presentation on “Chasing Ebola.” Editor Walter Bird Jr. and a special panel of invited guests, including Ebola survivor Dr. Rick Sacra, will talk about Worcester Magazine’s recent visit to Liberia, the fight against Ebola there and how Worcester has been a huge part of those efforts. Join us Thursday, Feb. 19, at Clark University, Jefferson Hall, Room 320 (home of Cinema 320), from 6-7:30 p.m. for this special evening. Light refreshments will be served and a question and answer session with the public will follow the presentation. The evening is sponsored by Seven Hills Global Outreach. For more information, contact Walter Bird Jr. at 508-749-3166, ext. 322 or by email at wbird@ worcestermagazine.com. We look forward to seeing you there.

Sunday, Jan. 18, 2015 Paynesville, Monrovia, Liberia: A young girl hides behind a wooden post outside her home.



Final Thoughts

Spending a week in Liberia gives a glimpse of what life is like in the midst of a disease that has turned its societal and cultural norms upside down.

It is important to note that we spent just seven days, and Steven and I had a driver when we were there. We drank bottled water. We were able to fly back home. Once back, sure there was snow, but when things returned to normal in New England, trash pickup resumed, folks went back to work, kids went back to school.

In Liberia, many homes dump their trash outside and burn it, filing the air with a stench not easily wiped from the senses. Kids as young as 7 or 8 — maybe younger, sometimes older — weave in and out of traffic selling water, gum, candy, anything to make money to take home to their family. If you give a kid a buck in Liberia, he is likely to turn around and buy his sister a biscuit to snack on. Half-finished construction projects stick out in the landscape, yet another sign of how life came to a halt in the face of Ebola.

This story looks at how a disease no one in Liberia every expected has affected so much change. It looks at how Liberians have changed their very way of life, and what should and must be done to strengthen the nation for the next threat that undoubtedly will arise. To be able to tell that story, in photographs and words, is an honor — but it is just one story of millions that could be told. All should be remembered. As one of the people we spoke with, the rest of the world must not forget Liberia, Guinea and Sierra Leone once Ebola is officially declared a defeated enemy. Others will surface. More challenges remain. If this effort by Worcester Magazine somehow keeps that thought in the public conscious, that would be the greatest reward.

— Walter Bird Jr.

Credits: Putting together a story that takes you halfway around the world is not done without a lot of help. In that vein, we offer the most sincere thanks to the following individuals and organizations for assisting Worcester Magazine in compiling this special story: Dr. David Jordan, Seven Hills Foundation and Seven Hills Global Outreach; UMass Medical School; Penny Dumas, AAA Travel; Jayah Hassan; Alfred Gezaye; Rev. Jesse Gibson; Joe Santa Maria; Mike Murray; Dr. Richard and Debbie Sacra and family; and Clark University


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Worcester actress starts in rarely performed Neil Simon playJoshua Lyford

Worcester native Robin Shropshire is tackling the “challenge” of starring in the rarely-performed Neil Simon play “Proposals” being staged by the Worcester County Lighter Opera Company Feb. 6-22 at the Grandview Avenue Playhouse.

Given the play, which debuted in 1997 in Los Angeles and enjoyed a brief Broadway run, is not often seen on stage, the challenge could be understandable.

“It’s a rarely performed Neil Simon play, so it’s exciting that it’s one of his works that isn’t done as frequently,” explained the show’s producer and WCLOC director, Eric Butler.

The play’s plot is a bit more nostalgic than some of the other Simon plays, including the

Front row, Julia Short (playing Josie Hines), Rob Lynds, Burt Hines, Jeremy Woloski (playing Vinnie Bavasi) Eric Butler (playing Kenny Norman), Jackie Fashjian (playing Annie Robbins). Second Row: Jonathan Dano (playing Ray Dolenz),

Sally Holden (Director), Robin Shropshire (playing Clemma Diggins), and Eric Darden (playing Lewis Barnett). Missing from photo: Kaitlyn Eckstrom (playing Sammii)

Tony Award-winning “The Odd Couple.” Proposals follows the Hines family in the summer of 1953, vacationing in the Poconos. The story is filled with bright, wild characters and Simon’s classic snappy dialogue. As with most of Simon’s work, the play is fun; however, “Proposals” has a bleaker undertone that sets it apart.

“I have found this entire production to be challenging,” Shropshire said. “Because it does have this undertone that wants to pull you in to a dark, pensive, reflective phases. But, that’s counter to comedy and Neil Simon in particular You have to kind of smile through your tears.”

Shropshire stars as Clemma, the family housekeeper who narrates the play. Clemma is a deep character, and interestingly was Simon’s first written leading African-American role.

“Clemma is just a dream,” said Shropshire. “There are so many ways in that she is so very, very different, but I feel like he didn’t know it. But Neil Simon had me in mind when he wrote this.”

It is said that playwrights write about what they know: their experiences and the people that fill their lives. Simon often uses his Jewish heritage as inspiration for his plays, and a rumored relationship with an African-American actress has been hinted as the inspiration for Clemma.

“Every writer, let’s face it, writes with the material and the matter with which they are most familiar,” said Shropshire. “So, you can’t fault a Jewish playwright for writing about Jewish people.”

Shropshire graduated from New York City’s American Academy of Dramatic Arts in 1994, later performing with the Academy Repertory Company from 1995-96.

“Robin is a really gifted actress,” said Butler. “I think she brings a practical wisdom and a really beautiful sensitivity to the role of Clemma. She is a perfectionist in the best sense of the word. She’s always ready to work hard.”

Shropshire found her interest in acting in the second grade. She was supposed to write a book report, but wrote a play involving her fellow students instead.

“If I had gotten a ‘D,’ that might have been the end of the story,” said Shropshire. “But she gave me an ‘A’ and created a monster.”

Though she held an interest in acting dormant within her, Shropshire did not initially follow through on her dreams of being an actress. Instead, she attended UMass-Amherst, where she majored in English with a minor in history. She has since gone on to perform in productions such as “The Mound Builders,” “Blood Wedding, “ “The Lower Depths,” “Trojan Women,” and “The Secret Garden,” among others.

The WCLOC, the city’s oldest and longest-running community theatre, got started in 1937. It grew from six to 100 active members in just a year’s time. Its first major production was held at Tuckerman Hall in 1938. The club purchased its permanent home, the Grandview Avenue Playhouse, 10 years later in 1948.

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(Editor’s Note: Welcome to Worcester Maga-zine’s latest feature, “Woo’s Who,” a spotlight on some of the city’s many distinguished artists and musicians. This week, contribut-ing writer Tony Boiardi — love the nickname — tells you about Cowboy Matt Hopewell. You’ve seen the Cowboy in these pages before, but, what the hell, he’s pretty interesting. Join Tony each month for a new Woo’s Who in Worcester.)

Matt Hopewell, better known as Cowboy, slinks through the deep-est annals of Worcester strum-ming a guitar and humming a tune to anyone willing to listen. A bard of sorts, he blends the

deeply philosophical surrealism of his poetry with the hard-driv-ing bluesy rock riffs with a dash of “2001: A Space Odyssey.”

In his most recent venture, “Welcome to the Future,” produced by Worcester’s own Lo-Z Records, Hopewell takes us on a lyrical jour-ney taking jabs at alien conspiracies, voodoo and what he refers to as “The Grand Dumben-ing” — a coincidental catastrophe where our simplifying technologies and deeper online connections further drive us from intelligence; a world where one can have 10,000 friends online, but never be more alone.

“Why is this the future?” he inquires, “Anything with a ‘20’ in front of it meant the future. Well I’m here now, where the hell is my flying car? It’s an absurd world we live in, a plague of hash tags with smart phones

that contain more tools than all the instru-ments Mr. Spock would carry.”

People, Hopewell surmises, “are more con-nected in a way” because of the plethora of social media outlets designed seemingly for unaccountable arguments and opinions dis-guised as fact, “yet we are very emotionally disconnected.”

Hopewell’s musical styles certainly seem out of this world, blending the vocal styles of Frank Zappa, with the lyrical composi-tions similar to Salvador Dali paintings and 1930s comedy, all while ripping guitar riffs to rival Hendrix and Vaughn. To get an idea of what that sounds like, imagine a stiff-collared government official in 1950 getting abducted by a flying saucer piloted by a clown and Tom Waits.

Beyond Hopewell’s music being quite a trip, the creations from his mind transcend

music. It invokes a discussion, causing the listener to take a hard look at the way the world works today, with a perspective from the past.

Though his musical progression has evolved into a social commentary of sorts, Hopewell still feels he is simply a comedian.

“There’s plenty of people who have better things to say than me,” he said. “I’d rather just make people laugh, I’d rather be the clown.”

With such tracks as “Panda Blues,” “Must Have Been the Aliens” and “The Feeling Like a 21st Century Schizoid Man Blues,” Hopewell definitely puts out the image of the musical clown.

He has come a long way since his days as a barista at the Java Hut (formerly located at 1073 Main St.) Yet that’s where Hopewell describes his roots. He acted as a collector of oddballs, hosting open mic nights for music and poetry, where he “met a interesting slush pile of rogue poets.”

Continuing the journey through the valley of the strange, Hopewell had his share of slam poetry and musical endeavors: Aslan King Experience (also produced by Lo-Z records), Little “a” poetry series and Scat Flatulence & the Plastic Animal Cramps, to name a few.

Hopewell said he has taken a slowed role to hosting shows while he works harder on his own projects. “Viva Psychedelia” was released 2009, and “Welcome to the Future” just last year. There is much more to come unless he finds himself lost in the cosmos.

“I’m pretty easily distracted,” Hopewell admitted. “One moment I’m writing a poem, then I find myself strumming a guitar.”

He tries not to lament his fleeting ideas, supposing some of them were never meant to be.

“But of course,” he said, “it could have also been my legacy.”

Certainly, a strange, surreal individual, Cowboy Matt Hopewell is definitely worth checking out. He’s the new old school, the cowboy in the city, yearning for the future while existing in the past. Everything in the 21st century may not be made of chrome, but until then we can rest easy knowing Cowboy will be there to welcome us to the future.

Cowboy Matt Hopewell’s “Welcome to the Future” is available on iTunes, and he usually performs in many Worcester venues. He can also be located on Facebook, Soundcloud and lo-zrecords.com.

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During the winter of 1962, a young British band from Liverpool, England called The Beatles was finishing up the last in a series of now historic trips to Hamburg, Germany. The raunchy Reeperbahn district, where many British musicians held shop, was a hotbed for the burgeoning new music called rock ‘n roll. One of those musicians was a young guitarist, Albert Lee, just getting his feet wet. Fifty-three years later, he is considered one of the great masters of his instrument, and at the age of 71, Albert Lee keeps a heavy duty concert schedule. This Friday night, Feb. 6, Lee’s current tour brings him to the Bull Run in Shirley.

Though he is renowned for the speed and technical prowess of his playing, Lee tells me

there is much more to his music. “People walk away surprised when they

hear the ballads and variety of styles that we do,” he says.

His new CD, “Highwayman,” exemplifies that versatility. Surprisingly, Lee is also a very accomplished piano player, and that talent is featured on some beautiful numbers. Most of the guitar work is unplugged as well, so the whole project is a more up-close-and-personal Lee. Many of these numbers will be featured at his show, as he gets to showcase his many skills, including a fine, twangy tenor voice.

As any serious fan of electric guitar knows, there aren’t many players who can fly across the neck as fluid and excitingly as Albert Lee. It is that ability that truly sets him apart from the pack. Ever since he recorded the flashy picking showcase, “Country Boy,” back in the early ’70s, his reputation continued to grow, and today he stands as one of the most respected guitarists in the world.

Lee has played with a who’s who of great guitarists over the years, from Scotty Moore

and James Burton to Eric Clapton and Brad Paisley. He still considers James Burton, who played with Elvis Presley and Ricky Nelson, his favorite.

“It’s always a thrill to play with James,” Lee

says. “He and I are still really good friends.” Go to YouTube, and type in Albert Lee’s

name, and chances are you will see him sharing the stage with wild combinations of guitar greats, sharing licks with the best of them.

Looking at his schedule, I couldn’t help but notice a severe lack of nights off. Not unlike

Bob Dylan, Lee is on a nearly never-ending tour. I asked the 71-year-old Lee how the schedule affects his energy.

“Most of the time I feel very young,” he says. “Once in a while, it catches up with me.”

Actually, the southern Californian says he is planning on cutting back soon. He is very popular in Europe as well as the states, and has a separate touring band he uses over there. The band is based in England, and Lee says, “We go to Germany and Holland, etc. on a regular basis.”

Having done this for many years, Lee plans on giving the band his notice.

“I miss my wife,” he said “Being in Europe six months out of the year is hard on my home life. The car is falling apart, etc.”

The current tour band features JT Thomas on keyboards, Will McGregor on bass guitar and Jason Smith on drums. Lee says to prepare to be pleasantly surprised at the wide range of music styles.

“Guys will come to see a guitar slinger, and their girlfriends will be surprised at the other stuff,” he quips.


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Jude Law goes deepJim Keogh

The only way I’d ever board a submarine is at gunpoint, and anything of lesser caliber than a bazooka will not get the job done. I have nothing against subs per se, other than the prospect of something going horribly wrong while deep beneath the sea, leaving me gulping my last breaths as water rushes into the cabin and engulfs me.

And how did I get this terrible image fixed in my mind? Submarine movies. The promise of catastrophe is the basis for every submarine movie that’s ever existed simply because there is no drama in watching a Leviathan sink below the waves only to resurface unscathed. “Run Silent, Run Deep,” “Crimson Tide,” “The Hunt for Red October,” and “Das Boot,” the gold standard of sub pictures, pulled you into this claustrophobic little world where the only two things coming between the crew and oblivion are sturdy steel and a wily captain.

“Black Sea” carries the tradition forward with the story of British and Russian sailors assembled to recover millions in Nazi gold lying in a sunken U-Boat at the bottom of the Black Sea. The team is led by a gruff unemployed salvage expert named Robinson (played by Jude Law, practically unhinging his jaw to deliver a Scottish burr). Hints that the trip may experience some trouble include the ancient vintage of their submarine and the presence of a knife-wielding British diver referred to warmly as “the psychopath.”

Class dissatisfaction is the undercurrent here, with Robinson seething about cold-blooded corporate layoffs and insisting to his crew that recovering the gold is their opportunity to avenge their humiliation by the elites.

Once the sub is launched the film offers a promising scenario along the lines of “The

Treasure of the Sierra Madre.” The prospect of riches breeds mutual distrust between the Brits and the Russians, who believe the other side will get more than it deserves — an underwater Cold War motivated by greed rather than ideology. It’s fun to watch suspicion escalate to paranoia, but unfortunately the plot thread is abandoned too quickly in lieu of more familiar disasters that demand unity among the ranks.

In the pantheon of submarine movies, “Black Sea” dwells somewhere in the middle. It dutifully checks off the genre’s boxes, beginning with the typical array of characters who range from the sweet-natured teenager on his maiden adventure to the cynical company man sent by the mission’s backer for mysterious reasons. The latter is a

particular hoot. Every movie of this ilk needs one sniveling coward, and Daniels (Scooter McNairy of “Argo”) supplies the perfect foil. Daniels is instantly dislikeable because he wears a striped golf shirt in a freakin’ submarine(!) and pleads with Robinson to turn back as conditions worsen. You just know when his fateful moment arrives to act either nobly or rattily, he’s going full rodent.

The crew faces an assortment of unoriginal challenges: mechanical malfunctions that threaten to cripple the sub, a Russian naval fleet waiting to seize

the gold once they surface, and the nearly impossible navigation of an undersea canyon as the only means of escape.

“Black Sea” boasts its share of gripping sequences, especially an audacious attempt by a trio of divers to free the gold from the Nazi ship and transport it aboard their sub. Director Kevin Macdonald is at his best here, fashioning a scenario that plays as though it were occurring in outer space or on a mountain cliff, with the divers in constant jeopardy of hurtling into the abyss. Macdonald’s deftness with these scenes is to be expected since he directed one of the great mountain-climbing movies, “Into the Void.” If he wants to go down the Amazon for a future picture, I’d make that trip with him.

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A friendly next-door neighbor to the Franklin Street Fire Station, and overlooking the CSX Intermodal terminal, Pepe’s is a relaxing oasis for those living and working in the hustle and bustle of the city. It was a Tuesday afternoon at 2:30 when I walked through the front door of Pepe’s, located across from the Franklin Street Fire Station. The restaurant, in fact, offers discounts to Worcester firefighters.

One of 10 patrons, I was planning on eating a nice and tasty Italian style lunch. I was greeted by Tiffany, who was both bartending and waiting on tables, on a calm Tuesday afternoon. The lunch menu at Pepe’s offers salads, soups, appetizers and pizza. The dinner

menu (which may be ordered at any time by request) offers house specialty pasta and seafood dishes. I chose a seat at the ornate bar, which boasts three TVs behind it: a big-screen monitor in the center and two smaller TVs on either side. Atop the middle TV screen, located in the center of the restaurant, is an Engine 6 sign, commemorating the fire station next door. The inside wall covered in several hues of red brick, hosts a few large paintings and photographs of Italian landscapes and still-life.

I had a great selection of wine, liquor and 10 draft beers to from which to choose, but I opted for a glass of water. I was then handed a menu which included appetizers, soup and several originally-crafted 16-inch pizzas. The appetizers feature both classic Italian and modern American foods, including French fries, mozzarella sticks, bruschetta, Caprese salad and stuffed peppers.

There was a child present in the crowd, who seemed to be enjoying himself, hinting that Pepe’s is also family friendly; after all who doesn’t love pizza? I decided to order a pizza. The only question now was which one. With 22 options, I took a few minutes to see which might satisfy my pizza craving the most. With choices ranging from BBQ chicken, buffalo chicken, margarita, BLT,

mushrooms, Hawaiian and potato — my waitress told me most customers love the potato pizza — I decided to try rugola. The pizza comes with tomato sauce, mozzarella cheese and arugula.

After placing my order, I looked outside the big window in the dining room to a nice view of the fire station and the traffic passing by snow piles left in the wake of the historic snowstorm Juno.

Twelve minutes passed by before my attention was diverted from the outside view to the hot, fresh, soft-crusted cheese pizza placed before me. The pizza was topped with fresh and raw arugula greens. Being the meat-heavy eater I am, I always recommend adding fresh veggies to any entrée, creating a less-heavy and more health conscious meal.

The pizza tasted as good as it looked, every bite containing a soft (but not gooey) combination of oregano, soft doughy crust, modestly chunky but flavor-packed tomato sauce and well-seasoned cheese. I really enjoyed the no-mess experience of each slice. The raw arugula leafs surprisingly mixed well with the warm sauce and cheese. Any

unconventional pizza eater that enjoys their pizza not too hot and prefers to fold their slice would surely commend Pepe’s chefs for their efforts. The brick oven-baked pizza had crust

that was perfectly charred, adding a great texture to each bite. I would describe the style as a healthy mix of authentic New York and traditional Italian-style pizza. A large pizza from Pepe’s would definitely satisfy two people.

Overall, the food, the interaction with employees and the welcoming environment made me forget I was on the strip of industrial buildings. The staff at Pepe’s really seem to care about their customers - when I asked for a menu to take with me, Tiffany offered to text it to me, as they did not have any takeaway menus. Pepe’s is also planning on updating its menu by adding some additional pastas and seafood dishes. With a selection of chicken piccata, Chicken parmesan and several others, I will be intrigued as to what other will find their way to the table.

The total tab for my meal, minus tip, came to $13.86.


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S ome believe having champagne taste is extravagant, ostentatious and only for the very rich. I, on the other hand, believe you must taste champagne to experience one of the real joys in life and you needn’t be rich to do so. In fact, with Valentine’s Day

right around the corner Champagne is the perfect way to romance that special someone. Champagne as we know it comes exclusively from the Champagne region of France,

and is considered to be the most famous of sparkling wines. Bubblies from other regions of the world are simply referred to as “sparkling wine.” Around the globe, including here in America, well-made sparkling wines are available to an ever growing consumer base.

Champagne and sparkling wines are categorized as “vintage” or “non-vintage”; vintage are those wines from a single year, while non-vintage denotes a blend of several different years. Typically, the vintage champagnes are pricier while the non-vintage champagne and sparkling wines make up the majority of the market.

To make sparkling wine a number of methods may be employed. One of the most common and, the one used in the Champagne region of France, is the (Méthode Champenoise) or Champagne method. This includes a primary fermentation and bottling followed by a second fermentation whereby the winemaker takes still wine and adds a few grams of sugar and a

few grams of yeast. This yeast and sugar convert to carbon dioxide (bubbles) and, of course alcohol. All of which gives the wine that bubbly nature. Sparkling wines also have varying levels of sweetness, from very dry “brut” styles to sweeter “doux” varieties.

A few producers I highly recommend this Valentine’s Day include Pierre Morlet and Laurent-Perrier from France. Laurent-Perrier’s non-vintage “Cuvee Rose”

Brut Champagne offers a deep pink color with raspberry, strawberry and cherry flavors, along with crisp acidity and a supple finish. This is simply a delicious wine and one worthy of your Valentine. Morlet’s 2005 “Millesine” vintage Champagne is wonderful, with great balance. This wine has clean ripe citrus flavors and a sharp, bold finish. As for domestic sparkling wine, the Domaine-Carneros from California is a terrific choice. Their 2010 “Brut Cuvee” is plush with pear, apple, and honey flavors along with a long silky finish. They also produce a delightful “Brut Rose,” which offers notes of apricot and rose petals.

So this Valentine’s day indulge in one of life’s great joys with a bottle of sparkling wine. You can then boast that you, too, have champagne taste.

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music>Thursday 5 Dana Lewis LIVE!. Dana Lewis LIVE! Playing the Greatest Hits of the 50’s to the 80’s in the dining room. Best Wood fired Pizza’s, Italian Food, Full Bar, Lottery & ME! NO Cover. Come on out! FREE!. 7-10 p.m. Cafe’ Sorrento, 143 Central St., Milford. 508-478-7818. Chris Reddy Acoustic Loops from Hell. 7:30 p.m.-1 a.m. Rye & Thyme, 14 Monument Sqare, Leominster. 978-534-5900. Karaoke. Karaoke by Star Sound Entertainment 7:30 p.m.-midnight Hirosaki Prime, 1121 Grafton St. 508-926-8700. Samantha Fish. Kansas City-based Samantha Fish has been on a major roll ever since she teamed up with Cassie Taylor and Dani Wilde on Ruf’s 2011 release, Girls with Guitars. Fueled by the trio’s Blues Caravan tour of Europe and the U.S., she created an international buzz in the blues world. The Bull Run is a full-service, farm-to-table restaurant/concert venue in a pre-revolutionary tavern, located about 35 miles NW of Boston with plenty of free parking and bursting with rustic charm. . $18 advance; $22 day of show. 7:30-10:30 p.m. Bull Run Restaurant, Sawtelle Room, 215 Great Road, Shirley. 978-425-4311 or tickets.bullrunrestaurant.com/SamanthaFish. Bill McCarthy. 8 p.m.-1 a.m. The Mill 185, 185 West Boylston St., West Boylston. 774-261-8585. Blue Plate Open Mic Thursdays. Channel your inner Alfalfa weekly with our gang of misfit musical toys....Sing to the rafters as the Winter winds blow outside, and make new friends and co-conspiritors to further your musical endeavors whilst furthering your fanbase...Parking’s free, beers cheap and you are it!! FREE. 8-11 p.m. Blue Plate Lounge, 661 Main St., Holden. 508-829-4566. Chris Reddy Acoustic Loops from Hell. 8 p.m.-1 a.m. Flip Flops, 680 Main St., Holden. Dave Gordon. 8 p.m.-1 a.m. The Columbia Tavern, 11 Merriam Ave, Leominster. 978-227-5874. Matt Robert Acoustic Solo. No Cover. 8 p.m.-2 a.m. Nick’s Bar and Restaurant, 124 Millbury St. 508-753-4030. The Lester Rawson Band. Blues, R&B, and a heap big helping of funky, big time fun. 8 p.m.-midnight Beatnik’s, 433 Park Ave. 508-926-8877. THIRSTY THURSDAY OPEN MIC NIGHT @ DARK HORSE TAVERN with Mark & Wibble. *Calling all fellow musicians & artists alike!* Join us down at the Dark Horse & bring your Guitars, Banjos, Mandolins, Trumpets & Xylophones & let’s have some fun :) Showcasing REAL live local music & talent! To RSVP a time slot in advance please send your name/time slot you’d like and e-mail (optional) to [email protected]. To all other players that want to come up to jam and don’t want to RSVP... there will be a sign-up sheet so you get to play your tunes accordingly, so don’t fret (no pun intended). Here are the times: 8:20 8:40 9:00 9:20 9:40 10:00 10:20 10:40 FREE :). 8-11 p.m. Dark Horse Tavern, 12 Crane St., Southbridge. 508-764-1100 or https://www.facebook.com/groups/darkhorseopenmic. Worcester’s new Thursday night PARTY SHOW the weekly dose of MAN vs MaSHANE. Guest opening DJs CHRLS GNRLS and more. Thurs party night is BACK at the Lucky Dog!. our brand new Thursday night PARTY continues with another visit from MAN vs MaSHANE. A DJ/drummer duo with an amazing lightshow. It’s Thursday and it’s TIME TO DANCE again, Worcester! https://www.facebook.com/manvsmashane FREE before 10pm, $5 after that.. 8 p.m.-2 a.m. Lucky Dog Music Hall, 89 Green St. 508-363-1888 or https://www.facebook.com/manvsmashane. DJ (21+). N/A. 9 p.m.-1:30 a.m. Canal Restaurant & Bar, 65

WATER ST., 65 Water St. 508-926-8353. DJ/Karaoke with DJ Curtis. NO COVER. 9 p.m.-1 a.m. Pada-vano’s Place, 358 Shrewsbury St. 774-823-3022. Karaoke. 9 p.m.-2 a.m. Classic’s Pub, 285 Central St., Leominster. 978-537-7750. Karaoke Singing Contest - $500.00 prize. Karaoke contest is open to solo singers 21 years or older. Three singers selected each week to compete in karaoke contest finals which will begin on April 2 and run for 4 weeks. 24 singers total will compete in finals week 1. At the end of week 4 finals, 1 singer will win the Grand Prize of $500.00. There will be open karaoke starting at 9 p.m. The contest portion of the night will start between 10 and 10:30 p.m. and then more open karaoke after the contest. free. 9 p.m.-1 a.m. Padavano’s Place, 358 Shrewsbury St. 774-696-4845. Metal Thursday CCLXVII . 9 p.m.-2 a.m. Ralph’s Chadwick Square Diner, 148 Grove St. 508-753-9543. Mike Brennan. 9 p.m.-1 a.m. Compass Tavern, 90 Harding St. 508-304-6044. The City Boys with Johnny Romance & The Captain. Rockin Acoustic Duo. 9 p.m.-midnight Blueprint New American Bar & Grill, 9 Village Square, Westminster. 978-668-5580 or loveshackmusic.com. Todo Bien / Kenny Brothers. 21plus 9 p.m.-2 a.m. Electric Haze, 26 Millbury St. 508-799-0629. Dace B & The Hotshots. 9:30 p.m.-2 a.m. Michael’s Cigar Bar, 1 Exchange Place. 508-459-9035. College Night w/ DJ Cuz’N Kev. 10 p.m.-2 a.m. Perfect Game Sports Grill and Lounge, 64 Water St. 508-792-4263.

> Friday 6 Thank Friday its Nat 5:30 to 7:30pm, then Swingabilly Lounge at 9pm. No Cover. 5:30 p.m.-2 a.m. Nick’s Bar and Restaurant, 124 Millbury St. 508-753-4030. Hip Swayers & Friends - 1st and 3rd Fridays Series. Hip Swayers & Friends - every 1st and 3rd Friday - continuing through the winter! Special guests TBD - watch this space! 7:30-10 p.m. ESPRESS YOURSELF COFFEE, 2 Richmond Ave. 508-755-3300. RockHouse with Dazed Zep Band!. RockHouse and Dazed are back at Jillians for a great night of classic rock! Come down at 7:30pm to hear RockHouse start the night with hits from ZZ Top, Blondie, Doors, etc. and then incredible Zeppelin tribute band DAZED! 7:30 p.m.-1:30 a.m. Jillian’s - Worcester, 315 Grove St. 508-793-0900. Sean Fullerton: ‘Fully’ Acoustic. Join Sean Fullerton for his ‘Fully’ Acoustic show!! Sean specializes in Acoustic Blues, Rock ‘n’ Roll, American Soul and Fingerstyle Guitar using 6 String, 12 String and resonator guitars, harmonicas, live guitar looping, Bose and UltraSound sound systems. Sean has been a successful musician, singer/songwriter, recording engineer and producer since 1995, and performs in a wide variety of venues and for many weddings, parties, charitable and corporate events throughout New England. Fullerton was voted the 2010 Worcester Music Awards “Best Solo Act”, nominated “Best Blues/R&B Act” in 2010 and 2011, and nominated again for “Best Solo Act” in 2012. Dinner, Drinks and Music. 7:30-10:30 p.m. TERRY O’REILLY’S IRISH PUB, 45 Union St., Newton Center. 617-964-9275 or terryoreillys.com. Seven Hills Symphony Winter Concert. Seven Hills Symphony presents the second concert of its 10th anniversary season. The program features the co-winners of its annual Young Artist Competition who will solo on the violin in Vieuxtemps’s Violin Concerto No. 5 and Ravel’s Tzigane. Also featured are “2010 Green Brass Ensemble Centennial Fanfare” by John Zdechlik, “Coriolan Overture” by Beethoven and the second and thrid movements of “Symphony No. 2” by Howard Hanson. Don’t forget to watch for the May 8, 2015 SHS Spring Concert, whihc will be featuring the

world premiere of a piece by Gary Gackstatter, which the orchestra has commissioned for the occasion. Free/Donations Appreciated. 7:30-9 p.m. University of Massachusetts Memorial Medical Center - University Campus: Aaron Lazare Medical Research Building, 364 Plantation St. shsymphony.org. Albert Lee. Eric Clapton called Albert Lee, “The greatest guitarist in the world.” Known for his lightning speed playing, Albert has played with some of the biggest names in the business. $26 advance; $30 day of show. 8-11 p.m. Bull Run Restaurant, Sawtelle Room, 215 Great Road, Shirley. 978-425-4311 or tickets.bullrunrestaurant.com/AlbertLee. Brian & Captain. 8 p.m.-1 a.m. Rye & Thyme, 14 Monument Sqare, Leominster. 978-534-5900. Karaoke & Dance Party. DJ & Dancing 12:30am - 2am Free. 8 p.m.-12:30 a.m. Speakers Night Club, 19 Weed St., Marlborough. 508-439-9314. Live Music. 8 p.m.-1 a.m. Billy’s Pub, 81 Clinton St., Shrewsbury. 508-425-3353. Scott Babineau. 8 p.m.-1 a.m. The Mill 185, 185 West Boylston St., West Boylston. 774-261-8585. 2 great bands, mArked and Good Question.. mArked Hard Rock cover band- head banging, face melting, high energy, and melodic rock from the 90’s thru today! We are mArked @mArked_OFFICIAL https://twitter.com/mArked_OFFICIAL http://www.reverbnation.com/marked4 www.instagram.com/marked_of-ficial https://www.facebook.com/NameIsGoodQuestion Good Question was formed in 2012 from musicians familiar with the Worcester music scene. Playing anything from blues standards and rock and roll to classic alternative and jam music, they had a tough time figuring out a name that fit. $5. 8:30 p.m.-2 a.m. Lucky Dog Music Hall, 89 Green St. 508-363-1888 or https://www.facebook.com/markedbandpage. Live Music. 8:30 p.m.-1 a.m. Gardner Ale House, 74 Parker St., Gardner. 978-669-0122. Bare Hill. 9 p.m.-2 a.m. Rivalry’s Sports Bar, 274 Shrewsbury St. 774-243-1100. Birch Hill Dam, Jay Berndt & The Orphans, Hazard Hawk and The Shambolics.. 9 p.m.-2 a.m. Ralph’s Chadwick Square Diner, 148 Grove St. 508-753-9543. DJ (21+). N/A. 9 p.m.-1:30 a.m. Canal Restaurant & Bar, 65 WATER ST., 65 Water St. 508-926-8353. Ed & Da Ve. $5. 9 p.m.-1 a.m. Greendale’s Pub, 404 W Boylston St. 508-853-1350. Karaoke. 9 p.m.-2 a.m. Partner’s Pub, 970 South St., Fitchburg. 978-345-5051. Laquerhead. 9 p.m.-2 a.m. Classic’s Pub, 285 Central St., Leominster. 978-537-7750. No Alibi Rocks JJ’s!. The area’s best party band comes back to JJ’s! 9 p.m.-12:30 a.m. JJ’s Sports Bar and Grill, 380 Southwest Cutoff, Northborough. 508-842-8420. Playin’ Dirty. 9 p.m.-1 a.m. Blueprint New American Bar & Grill, 9 Village Square, Westminster. 978-668-5580. Tony Soul Project at Beatniks. 9 p.m.-midnight Beatnik’s, 433 Park Ave. 508-926-8877 or tonysoulproject.com/event/tony-soul-project-at-beatniks. Brett Brumby Acoustic Rock. 9:30 p.m.-12:30 a.m. Padavano’s Place, 358 Shrewsbury St. 774-823-3022. Dazed - Led Zep Tribute. 9:30 p.m.-2 a.m. Jillian’s - Worcester, 315 Grove St. 508-793-0900. We & Mrs Jones at Vincents Feb 6th. don’t miss the return of We & Mrs Jones!!! 9:30 p.m.-12:30 a.m. Vincent’s Bar, 49 Suffolk St. 508-752-9439. DJ Matty. 10 p.m.-2 a.m. Compass Tavern, 90 Harding St. 508-304-6044.DJ One -Three. 10 p.m.-2 a.m. Perfect Game Sports Grill and

Lounge, 64 Water St. 508-792-4263. Friday Night Dance Party with DJ Blackout. DJ Blackout bringin’ the energy to get the party poppin’ all night long, different DJ every other Friday ! No cover charge. 10 p.m.-1:30 a.m. Primos Lounge, 102 Green St. 508-459-8702. On the Rocks. 10 p.m.-2 a.m. Michael’s Cigar Bar, 1 Exchange Place. 508-459-9035.

>Saturday 7 An Afternoon of Eclectic Jazz - Faculty Concert. Join Pakachoag Music School faculty for “It Might As Well Be Spring: An afternoon of Eclectic Jazz” including old time favorites, Rhythm & Blues, and crossover selections. The program features “Driftin’ Sam and Friends”, including Pakachoag faculty: Sam Politz, Jazz Piano; Betsy Bronstein, Jazz Cello; Scott Daugherty, Jazz Trumpet; Alice Daugherty, Flute; Debby Sedgwick, Piano. Special guest Noel Cary on Sax/Clarinet. The School will gratefully accept donations for its Save the Instruments Fund at the event. Free. Suggested donation $15/$5 students. 2-4 p.m. Pakachoag Music School of Greater Worcester, The Great Hall, 203 Pakachoag St., Auburn. 508-791-8159 or pakmusic.org/calendar-and-events/special-events. Open Mic. Open to musicians, poets, comedians or anyone with a talent! Hosted by Stephen Wright. 6-9 p.m. Nu Cafe, 335 Chandler St. 508-926-8800 or nucafe.com/events. ECCE with pre-concert talk by Martin Boykan. Pre-concert talk @ 7:00pm by composer Martin Boykan The ECCE ensemble will perform Reiko Fueting’s light asleep, John Aylward’s Ephemera, and the premiere of Martin Boykan’s Piano Trio No. 4. Boykan, a celebrated composer and recent inductee to the American Academy of Arts and Letters, will offer a pre-concert talk. This performance is supported by the Traina Chamber Music Fund of the Department of Visual and Performing Arts/Music. Residency activities with student performers and composers will be held on Sunday, February 8. 12PM Student composer reading 3PM Career in Arts Seminar 7-9 p.m. Clark University: Traina Center for the Arts, Razzo Hall, 92 Downing St. 508-793-7356. Paul Catiglione and David Sumner. Bluesy and sometimes gritty acoustic rock. Tell it like it is, boys. Full Homemade Meal Available Tonight!! $4 Donation gets you a full meal! $4 Donation. 7:30-10 p.m. !Cafe con Dios!, Main Room, 22 Faith Ave., Auburn. RockHouse Band!. RockHouse is back at the Post Office Pub! Come down and dance to great hits by ZZ Top, Zeppelin, Doors, Blondie, 60’s British Invasion, etc. A good time is always had by all and Sat night is Prime Rib Special night. GREAT food and fantastic music. FREE. 7:30-11:30 p.m. Olde Post Office Pub, 1 Ray St., North Grafton. 508-839-6106. Brian Chaffee. 8 p.m.-1 a.m. Rye & Thyme, 14 Monument Sqare, Leominster. 978-534-5900. Jamie Barton In Recital - The Return of Artist Night. Jamie Barton in Recital - The Return of Artist Night! with Bradley Moore, piano Decades ago one of the most popular concerts at the Worcester Music Festival was Artist Night, where stars of the Metro-politan Opera would come to Worcester. Music Worcester is pleased to bring back that tradition with mezzo-soprano Jamie Barton - winner of the Metropolitan Opera Council auditions, 2013 Cardiff Singer of the World, and fresh off her resounding success in Norma at the Metropolitan Opera this past fall. Other recent and upcoming appearances include Houston Grand Opera, the Cleveland Orchestra, Lyric Opera of Chicago, and being invited to sing at Marilyn Horne’s 80th Birthday Party. Program to include Dvoraks’s Gypsy Songs. $42 for Adults, $15 with Student ID, $5 for Youth under 18. 8-10 p.m. Mechanics Hall, 321 Main St. 508-754-3231 or musicworcester.org/MW/events/schedule-and-tickets/jamie-barton-and-bradley-moore. Live Music. 8 p.m.-1 a.m. Billy’s Pub, 81 Clinton St., Shrewsbury. 508-425-3353.




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Rory Block. Five time Blues Music Award winner, Rory Block, has way too many other awards to name here. So let’s just say she’s been there, paid the dues and grabbed the gold ring. “Rory Block has been an inspiration to me since we started out years ago. Her singing, playing and songwriting are some of the most soulful in traditional and modern blues.” - Bonnie Raitt “Some of the most sin-gular and affecting country blues anyone, man or woman, black or white, old or young has cut in recent years.”- Rolling Stone The Bull Run is a full-service, farm-to-table restaurant/concert venue in a pre-revolutionary tavern, located about 35 miles NW of Boston with plenty of free parking and bursting with rustic charm. . $22 advance; $26 day of show. 8-11 p.m. Bull Run Restaurant, Sawtelle Room, 215 Great Road, Shirley. 978-425-4311 or tickets.bullrunrestaurant.com/RoryBlock. Sam James. 8 p.m.-1 a.m. The Mill 185, 185 West Boylston St., West Boylston. 774-261-8585. Live Music. 8:30 p.m.-1 a.m. Gardner Ale House, 74 Parker St., Gardner. 978-669-0122. Sean Fullerton: ‘Fully’ Acoustic. Join Sean Fullerton for his ‘Fully’ Acoustic show at 3 RESTAURANT on the first Saturday of every month throughout 2015!! Sean specializes in Acoustic Blues, Rock ‘n’ Roll, American Soul and Fingerstyle Guitar using 6 String, 12 String and resonator guitars, harmonicas, live guitar looping, Bose and UltraSound sound systems. Sean has been a successful musician, singer/songwriter, recording engineer and producer since 1995, and performs in a wide variety of venues and for many weddings, parties, charitable and corporate events throughout New England. Fullerton was voted the 2010 Worcester Music Awards “Best Solo Act”, nominated “Best Blues/R&B Act” in 2010 and 2011, and nominated again for “Best Solo Act” in 2012. Dinner,

Drinks and Music. 8:30-11:30 p.m. 3 Restaurant, 461 West Central St., Franklin. 508-528-6333 or 3-restaurant.com. The PANTERA tribute band TRENDKILL with special local guests Strangler Needs A Manicure & The Moulten Llama. The most authentic PANTERA tribute you’ll EVER see/hear. WOW! https://www.facebook.com/panteratribute Local METAL...SNAM: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Strangler-Needsa-Manicure/773397499338783 Clark Brown-Guitar and Vocals, Vin Pendleton-Bass, Tim Powers-Guitar, Joe Simone-Drums The Moulten Llama playing stoner, grunge, hard rock and metal. https://www.facebook.com/TheMoultenLlama $10. 8:30 p.m.-2 a.m. Lucky Dog Music Hall, 89 Green St. 508-363-1888 or https://www.facebook.com/events/375915382533370. Andy Cummings. 9 p.m.-2 a.m. Rivalry’s Sports Bar, 274 Shrewsbury St. 774-243-1100. Clam Diggers. $5. 9 p.m.-1 a.m. Greendale’s Pub, 404 W Boylston St. 508-853-1350. Desolate Highway. Southern Fried Rock ‘n’ Blues 9 p.m.-2 a.m. Beatnik’s, 433 Park Ave. 508-926-8877. DJ (21+). N/A. 9 p.m.-1:30 a.m. Canal Restaurant & Bar, 65 WATER ST., 65 Water St. 508-926-8353. Moonshine. 9 p.m.-2 a.m. Classic’s Pub, 285 Central St., Leomin-ster. 978-537-7750. One Master, Bog of the Infidel, Arsantiqva, and Grue. 9 p.m.-2 a.m. Ralph’s Chadwick Square Diner, 148 Grove St. 508-753-9543. Suzanne Cabot Trio. No Cover. 9 p.m.-2 a.m. Nick’s Bar and Restaurant, 124 Millbury St. 508-753-4030. Synergy. Old and new pop and dance hits come alive with Synergy! You’ll be on the dance floor all night long! 9 p.m.-12:30 a.m. JJ’s

Sports Bar and Grill, 380 Southwest Cutoff, Northborough. 508-842-8420. The Hornitz, William Thompson Funk. 21plus 9 p.m.-2 a.m. Electric Haze, 26 Millbury St. 508-799-0629. Wheelhouse Band. 9 p.m.-1 a.m. Blueprint New American Bar & Grill, 9 Village Square, Westminster. 978-668-5580. Jubilee Gardens at Sahara Feb 7th. 9:30 p.m.-12:30 a.m. Sahara Cafe & Restaurant, 143 Highland St. 508-798-2181. ANDY CUMMINGS . 10 p.m.-1 a.m. Padavano’s Place, 358 Shrewsbury St. 774-823-3022. Bobby Hogan & Sugarcreek. 10 p.m.-2 a.m. Jillian’s - Worces-ter, 315 Grove St. 508-793-0900. DJ ONE-3. 10 p.m.-2 a.m. Compass Tavern, 90 Harding St.

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no cover. 10-1 p.m. The Nines Neighborhood Bar, 136 Millbury St. 508-340-0318 or facebook.com/shamrockwhiskey. Worcester Jazz Collective @ Sahara. Worcester Jazz Col-lective plays Sahara Restaurant every 4th Saturday! Deconstructed Standards and Originals. free. 10 p.m.-2 a.m. Sahara Cafe & Restaurant, 143 Highland St. 508-798-2181 or worcesterjazzcol-lective.com.

>Sunday 8 Sunday Brunch w/Zack Slik. 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Rye & Thyme, 14 Monument Sqare, Leominster. 978-534-5900. Assumption College HumanArts: Piano recital . Music from the WWI years, Granados, Bridge, Ravel with pianist, Leslie Amper. SNOW DATE February 22, 2015 2:00pm Chapel of the Holy Spirit, Assumption College. Free. 2-3:15 p.m. Assumption College: Chapel of the Holy Spirit, 500 Salisbury St. assumption.edu/humanarts. Harp Concert - Rebecca Swett. Music of the Flowers and Nature. Harp selections will include songs written about flowers that are familiar to all of us as well as a variety of classical and popular selections. The concert will also include a short harp demonstration. Massachusetts Harpist Rebecca Swett began studying the harp at the age of ten and has been playing the harp for over thirty years. She has performed with many orchestras, as well as many solo, ensemble and symphony concerts along with many as extensive freelance engagements. Rebecca has released 7 CDs which include Classical, Popular, Christmas, Celtic and Relaxing musical selec-tions. Free with admission. 3-4 p.m. Tower Hill Botanic Garden, 11 French Drive, Boylston. 508-869-6111.

Apple Tree Arts’ Faculty and Friends Concert. Leave the winter doldrums behind, shake off the winter blues and come be inspired at Apple Tree Arts’ Faculty and Friends Concert. Tickets will be sold at the door. Founded in 1989, Apple Tree Arts, a nonprofit 501 (c) 3 organization has grown to serve over 1,000 children and adults annually with early childhood music classes, group keyboard lessons, private music and voice instruction, ensembles, theatre arts programs and concerts. For more information, visit www.appletree-arts.org. $10 for adults:$5 for seniors;free for youths and children under 18 years old.. 4-6 p.m. Congregational Church of Grafton, 30 Grafton Common, Grafton. 508-839-4286. Joy of Music Faculty Chamber Music Concert. Nancy Ackerman, clarinet; Regie Pineda, viola and Sanghee Kim, piano performing works by Mozart, Jacob & Clarke. $15 Suggested Donation; $10 Students & Seniors; Everyone welcome regardless of donation.. 4-5:30 p.m. Joy of Music Program, Recital Hall, 1 Gorham St. 508-856-9541 or jomp.org/events/2015/clarinet-violin-piano-faculty-concert. Guy Bergeron Acoustic Rock. NO COVER. 5-8 p.m. Padavano’s Place, 358 Shrewsbury St. 774-823-3022. Hangover Hour at 5pm, then Andy Cummings at 8:30pm. No Cover. 5 p.m.-2 a.m. Nick’s Bar and Restaurant, 124 Millbury St. 508-753-4030. Jim’s Blues Jam at Greendales. Each week has a first rate feature performer, followed by an open mike segment. Host Jim Perry keeps things rolling. No cover. 6-10 p.m. Greendale’s Pub, 404 W Boylston St. 508-853-1350. Vinyl Siding’s All House crappy winter dance party. This one is for the Dancers, get things nice and hot before we begin to enter into the never-ending suck part of winter If you know any ill house dancers please hit them up, hopefully we can get some

battles going up in here So here’s your warning DJs! We are drop-ping strictly the most danceable House tracks all night As always open decks and all are welcome to throw down Timeslots are first come first serve and we’ve never had an instance where someone didn’t get a chance to play Doors at 6 Music at 7 And say what?” House Music All Night Long! FREE. 6:30 p.m.-1:45 a.m. Lucky Dog Music Hall, 89 Green St. 508-363-1888 or https://www.facebook.com/events/750771125008056. Funky Jazz Jam Sundays. 21 plus First, and Third Sundays! More info at facebook.com/electrichaze FREE. 7-11 p.m. Electric Haze, 26 Millbury St. 508-799-0629. Worcester Jazz Collective @ Electric Haze. Worcester Jazz Collective plays Electric Haze every 2nd Sunday! Deconstructed Standards and Originals. free. 8-11 p.m. Electric Haze, 26 Millbury St. 508-799-0629 or worcesterjazzcollective.com. Karaoke. 9 p.m.-2 a.m. Partner’s Pub, 970 South St., Fitchburg. 978-345-5051. Karaoke. 9 p.m.-2 a.m. Classic’s Pub, 285 Central St., Leominster. 978-537-7750.

>Monday 9 Blue Mondays. Guitarist/Singer Nate Flecha plays the blues every Monday. Free. 7-9 p.m. starlite, 37 Hamilton St., Southbridge. 772-402-8777 or https://www.facebook.com/events/622722221190330. Open Mic/Open Decks. Sign up is at 7pm for half hour or less slots Use our PA system, Mics, controller and sound tech Anything is welcome!! 21plus FREE. 7 p.m.-1 a.m. Electric Haze, 26 Millbury St. 508-799-0629. Hip Swayers Deluxe. Start Your Week Right with a Dose of Hip Swayers! Free!. 8 p.m.-midnight Vincent’s Bar, 49 Suffolk St. 508-752-9439. Monday - Ladies Night!. 8 p.m.-2 a.m. Perfect Game Sports Grill

and Lounge, 64 Water St. 508-792-4263. Movie Night at Nicks! . No Cover. 8 p.m.-2 a.m. Nick’s Bar and Restaurant, 124 Millbury St. 508-753-4030. Blue Mondays - Live Blues. 8:30 p.m.-1 a.m. Gardner Ale House, 74 Parker St., Gardner. 978-669-0122.

>Tuesday 10 2Fer Tuesdays with Pete Towler Solo Acoustic. 7-10 p.m. Compass Tavern, 90 Harding St. 508-304-6044. Two Left - Classic, Modern Rock and beyond. Brian Degon (Vocals, Guitar), Fr. Gregory Christakos (Bass) and David Degon (Guitar) Jam Classic Rock, Modern Rock and Beyond. Free. 7-10 p.m. Park Grill and Spirits, 257 Park Ave. 508-756-7995. TUESDAY OPEN MIC NIGHT @ GREENDALE’S PUB with Bill McCarthy LOCAL MUSICIANS SHOWCASE!. To check the schedules and open slots visit: Bill McCarthy’s Open Mic World on Facebook Bill McCarthy (originator of the “Half-Hour Sets!”) is Your Host at another great Open Mic Night! Email Bill McCarthy to reserve it! at: [email protected] 7:30-11:30 p.m. Greendale’s Pub, 404 W Boylston St. 508-853-1350. Dam Chick Singer!. No Cover. 8:30 p.m.-2 a.m. Nick’s Bar and Restaurant, 124 Millbury St. 508-753-4030. C.U.Next Tuesday!!! Tunes in the Diner with DJ Poke Smot and Special Guests every Tuesday Night!!!!. No cover. 9 p.m.-2 a.m. Ralph’s Chadwick Square Diner, 148 Grove St. 508-753-9543. Every Tuesday: Jon Bonner and Boogie Chillin’. 9 p.m.-midnight Vincent’s Bar, 49 Suffolk St. 508-752-9439. Hip Hop Tuesdays. Every Tuesday is different! Check our facebook page, under events for more details! $5-$15. 9 p.m.-1 a.m. Electric Haze, 26 Millbury St. 508-799-0629. Open Mic with Key Performance. 9 p.m.-2 a.m. Classic’s Pub, 285 Central St., Leominster. 978-537-7750.

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WEDNESDAY NIGHT OPEN MIC/LOCAL MUSICIANS’ SHOWCASE w/ BILL McCARTHY @ GUISEPPE’S. To check the schedules and open slots visit: Bill McCarthy’s Open Mic World on Facebook Bill McCarthy (originator of the “Half-Hour Sets!”) is Your Host at another great Open Mic Night! Email Bill McCarthy to reserve it! at: [email protected] 7:30-10:30 p.m. Guiseppe’s Grille, 35 Solomon Pond Road, Northborough. 508-393-4405 or https://m.facebook.com/groups/209610855806788?ref=bookmark&__user=578549000. Grade ‘A’ Fancy. No Cover. 8 p.m.-2 a.m. Nick’s Bar and Restaurant, 124 Millbury St. 508-753-4030. Karaoke. Karaoke by Star Sound Entertainment 8 p.m.-midnight Dark Horse Tavern, 12 Crane St., Southbridge. 508-764-1100. Karaoke. 8-11 p.m. The Mill 185, 185 West Boylston St., West Boylston. 774-261-8585. WEDNESDAY NIGHT OPEN MIC NIGHT W/WIBBLE @ MONDO’S. *Calling all fellow musicians & artists alike!* Join us down at the Dark Horse & bring your Guitars, Banjos, Mandolins, Trumpets & Xylophones & let’s have some fun :) Showcasing REAL live local music & talent! To RSVP a time slot in advance please send your name/time slot you’d like and e-mail (optional) to [email protected]. To all other players that want to come up to jam and don’t want to RSVP... there will be a sign-up sheet so you get to play your tunes accordingly, so don’t fret (no pun intended). Here are the times: 8:30 9:00 9:00 10:00 10:30 FREE :). 8-11 p.m. Mondos, 6 Gillespie

Road, Charlton. Dominos and other games at the bar.. It’s tons of fun!!!! FREE. 8:30 p.m.-1 a.m. Lucky Dog Music Hall, 89 Green St. 508-363-1888 or dominoesrules.org/mexican-train-dominoes-how-to-play. Marc Turo Singing Italian Classics. NO COVER. 8:30-11:30 p.m. Padavano’s Place, 358 Shrewsbury St. 774-823-3022. Marc Turo Singing Italian Classics. NO COVER. 8:30-11:30 p.m. Padavano’s Place, 358 Shrewsbury St. 774-823-3022. FBW (Federation of Belligerent Writers). 9 p.m.-2 a.m. Ralph’s Chadwick Square Diner, 148 Grove St. 508-753-9543. Karaoke. 9 p.m.-2 a.m. Partner’s Pub, 970 South St., Fitchburg. 978-345-5051. Karaoke with DJ Sirch-One. 9 p.m.-2 a.m. Perfect Game Sports Grill and Lounge, 64 Water St. 508-792-4263. Sean Ryan on Acoustic. 9 p.m.-midnight Padavano’s Place, 358 Shrewsbury St. 774-823-3022. Sing to Win Karaoke Contest. 9 p.m.-2 a.m. Classic’s Pub, 285 Central St., Leominster. 978-537-7750.

artsADC Performance Center (@ The Artist Development Complex), 18 Mill St., Southbridge. 508-764-6900 or adcmusic.com/Index.htmAnna Maria College, 50 Sunset Lane, Paxton. 508-849-3300 or annamaria.eduArtsWorcester, Exhibition Opening: “Agglomeration” by Megan McNaught and Luke Buffenmyer, Friday; Exhibition Opening: The Eleventh Annual College Show, Friday; The Eleventh Annual College Show, Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays, Feb. 6 - Feb. 27; Exhibit Opening for Multi-artist March show, Friday (March 13); Multi-Artist March show: Jennifer Amenta, Marion Buricatu, Amanda Kidd Schall

and Scott Coffrin, and Allen Levine, Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays, March 13 - April 11; ”The Sixteenth ArtsWorcester Biennial”, Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays, May 1 - May 30; Exhibition Opening: “One More”, Friday (June 12); ”Agglomeration” by Megan McNaught and Luke Buffenmyer, Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays, Feb. 6 - June 30; ”Random Payoffs” by Bob O’Donnell, Wednesdays, Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays, March 4 - July 8; One More, Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays, June 12 - July 11; ”Cropped” by Susan Paciello, Wednesdays, Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays, July 8 - Oct. 9. Hours: closed Sunday - Monday, 1-4 p.m. Tuesday, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Wednesday - Friday, 1-4 p.m. Saturday. Admission: Fre. 660 Main St. 508-755-5142 or artsworcester.orgAsa Waters Mansion, Admission: $3 for guided tour $7-10 for tea. 123 Elm St., Millbury. 508-865-0855 or asawaters.orgAssumption College: Emmanuel d’Alzon Library, 500 Salisbury St. 508-767-7272 or assumption.edu/dept/LibraryBooklovers’ Gourmet, ”Winter’s Beauty” Group Art Show & Sale, Through Feb. 28. Hours: closed Sunday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday, 10 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. Tuesday - Friday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday. 55 East Main St., Webster. 508-949-6232 or er3.com/bookClark University: Cohen-Lasry House, 11 Hawthorne St. clarku.edu/departments/holocaustClark University: Schiltkamp Gallery, 92 Downing St. 508-793-7349.Clark University: Traina Center for the Arts, 92 Downing St. clarku.eduClark University: University Gallery, Hours: noon-5 p.m. Sunday, closed Monday - Tuesday, noon-8 p.m. Wednesday, noon-5 p.m. Thursday - Saturday. 950 Main St. 508-793-7349 or 508-793-7113 or clarku.edu

Clark’s Cafe and Art On Rotation Gallery, Hours: 6 a.m. to 1 p.m. Sunday - Saturday. Admission: Free for galler. 310 High St., Clinton. 978-549-5822 or 978-365-7772 or aorgallery.comCollege of the Holy Cross: Iris & B. Gerald Cantor Art Gallery, Pulse: New Work by Faculty Artists, Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays, through April 10. Hours: closed Sunday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday - Friday, 2-5 p.m. Saturday. 1 College St. 508-793-3356 or holycross.edu/departments/cantor/websiteDanforth Museum of Art, Hours: noon-5 p.m. Sunday, closed Monday - Tuesday, noon-5 p.m. Wednesday - Thursday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Friday - Saturday. 123 Union Ave., Framingham. 508-620-0050 or danforthmuseum.orgEcoTarium, Budding Scientists: Build!, Thursday; Girls’ Night Out: Science Journey!, Friday; Boys’ Night Out: Science Adventure!, Saturday (Feb. 21); Preschool and Toddler Wednesdays, Wednesdays, through Dec. 16; KEVA: Build It Up!, Sundays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays, Oct. 4 - April 26. Hours: noon-5 p.m. Sunday, closed Monday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday - Saturday. Admission: $14.00 adults; $8.00 for children ages 2-18, $10 college students with IDs & senior citizens. Children under 2 & EcoTarium members free. Additional charges apply for Tree Canopy Walkway, Explorer Express Train, planetarium programs & other special progra. 222 Harrington Way. 508-929-2700 or ecotarium.orgFisher Museum Harvard Forest, 324 N. Main St., Petersham. 978-724-3302 or harvardforest.fas.harvard.edu/museum.html.

Fitchburg Art Museum, Hours: noon-4 p.m. Sunday, closed Monday, noon-4 p.m. Tuesday - Saturday. 25 Merriam Parkway, Fitchburg. 978-345-4207 or fitchburgartmuseum.orgFitchburg Historical Society, Hours: closed Sunday, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday - Tuesday, 10 a.m.-midnight Wednesday, closed Thursday - Saturday. 50 Grove St., Fitchburg. 978-345-1157 or fitchburghistory.fsc.edu.Fitchburg State University: Hammond Hall, 160 Pearl St., Fitchburg. fitchburgstate.edu.Fruitlands Museum, Curatorial Tour: 100 Objects, 100 Stories, 100 Years at Fruitlands Museum, Saturday (Feb. 28). 102 Prospect Hill Road, Harvard. 978-456-3924 or fruitlands.org.Gallery of African Art, Hours: closed Sunday, 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Monday - Wednesday, 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Thursday, 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Friday, 9 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Saturday. Admission: Donations accepte. 62 High St., Clinton. 978-265-4345 or 978-598-5000x12 or galleryofafricanart.org.Mass Audubon: Broad Meadow Brook Conservation Center and Wildlife Sanctuary, Hours: 12:30-4 p.m. Sunday, closed Monday, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tuesday - Saturday. 414 Massasoit Ave. 508-753-6087 or massaudubon.org.Museum of Russian Icons, The Vibrant Art and Storied History of Ethiopian Icons, Through April 18. Hours: closed Sunday - Monday, 11-3 a.m. Tuesday - Wednesday, 11 a.m. to 7 p.m.

Thursday, 11-3 a.m. Friday, 9-3 a.m. Saturday. Admission: Adults $10; Seniors (59 +), $7; Students, $5; Children 3-17, $5; Children <3, FRE. 203 Union St., Clinton. 978-598-5000 or 978-598-5000x17 or museumofrussianicons.org.Old Sturbridge Village, Admission: $7 - $20 charged by age. Children under 3 fre. 1 Old Sturbridge Village Road, Sturbridge. 800-733-1830 or 508-347-3362 or osv.org.Park Hill Gallery, Hours: closed Sunday, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday - Friday, closed Saturday. 387 Park Ave. 774-696-0909.Post Road Art Center, It’s in the Bag Exhibit: Opening Reception, Thursday (Feb. 12); Call to Artists: Themed Exhibit- “Abstraction” 2015, Thursday (March 19) - Thursday. Hours: closed Sunday, 9:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Monday - Saturday. 1 Boston Post Road, Marlborough. 508-485-2580 or postroadartcenter.comPreservation Worcester, Hours: closed Sunday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday - Friday, closed Saturday. 10 Cedar St. 508-754-8760 or preservationworcester.org.Prints and Potter Gallery: American Arts and Crafts Gallery, Hours: closed Sunday, 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Monday - Tuesday, 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Wednesday - Thursday, 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Friday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday. 142 Highland St. 508-752-2170 or printsandpotter.com.Quinebaug Valley Council for the Arts & Humanities, the Arts Center, Hours: 2-4 p.m. Sunday, closed Monday - Friday, 2-4 p.m. Saturday. 111 Main St., Southbridge. 508-346-3341 or qvcah.org.Quinsigamond Community College: Administration

Building, 670 West Boylston St. qcc.edu.Rollstone Studios, Hours: 11-4 p.m. Sunday, closed Monday - Wednesday, 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Thursday - Saturday. Admission: fre. 633 Main St., Fitchburg. 978-348-2781 or rollstoneartists.com.Salisbury Mansion, Hours: closed Sunday - Wednesday, 1-8:30 p.m. Thursday, 1-4 p.m. Friday - Saturday. 40 Highland St. 508-753-8278 or worcesterhistory.org.SAORI Worcester Freestyle Weaving Studio, 18 Winslow St. 508-757-4646 or 508-757-0116 or saoriworcester.com.Sprinkler Factory, Making Our Mark - A Collection of Creative Works by Worcester, Saturday; Making Our Mark - A Collection of Creative Works by Worcester, Sundays, Saturdays, Feb. 8 - Feb. 22; Various Artists Various Media 2015 Opening, Sunday (March 8). Admission: FRE. 38 Harlow St. sprinklerfactory.com.Taproot Bookstore, Hours: noon-5 p.m. Sunday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday - Tuesday, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Wednesday - Thursday, 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Friday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday. 1200 West Boylston St. 508-853-5083 or TaprootBookstore.com.Top Fun Aviation Toy Museum, Hours: 1:30-4:30 p.m. Sunday, closed Monday - Friday, 10:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Saturday. 21 Prichard St., Fitchburg. 978-342-2809 or 978-297-4337 or topfunaviation.com.Tower Hill Botanic Garden, Tower Hill Botanic Garden Library Exhibit: Ex Libris, Dr. John Green, Tuesdays, Thursdays, Saturdays, through April 30; The Art of Floral Preservation - Pauline Bergassi, Saturday. Hours: 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday, closed Monday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday - Saturday. Admission: $12 Adults, $9 Seniors & $7 Youth, FREE to Members & Children under . 11 French Drive, Boylston. 508-869-6111 or towerhillbg.org.Worcester Art Museum, Art Cart!, Saturdays, Feb. 7 - Feb. 28; Art Cart!, Saturdays, Feb. 7 - Feb. 28; Zip Tour: Study for the Venetian Blind By Edmund Tarbell, Saturday; Jeppson Idea Lab: Hogarth Portraits, Through Feb. 8; Knight’s Tale, Sunday; Sunday Public Tour, Sundays, Feb. 8 - Feb. 22; Zip Tour: Why the Change in Style (Flemish to French 1890 - 1920), Saturday (Feb. 14); Polly Apfelbaum: Nevermind Exhibition, Through Feb. 15; Tour of the Month: Female Psyche: The Madonna to the Modern Woman, Wednesday (Feb. 18); Art Cart!, Thursday (Feb. 19); Master Series Lecture: The Cowper Madonna , Thursday (Feb. 19); Art Cart!, Friday (Feb. 20); Tour of the Month: Female Psyche: The Madonna to the Modern Woman, Saturday (Feb. 21); Zip Tour: A Game of Tric-Trac by Judith Leyster, Saturday (Feb. 21); Roman Soldier, Sunday (Feb. 22); Zip Tour: Clay in the Collection: Techniques and Materials, Saturday (Feb. 28); Arms and Armor Presentation, Sunday (March 1); Legio III Cyrenaica - Roman, Sunday (March 8); Tour of the Month: Painting with Light: The Beauty of Stained Glass, Wednesday (March 18); Tour of the Month: Painting with Light: The Beauty of Stained Glass, Saturday (March 21); King Arthur: Myth versus Reality, Sunday (March 22); Knight’s Tale, Sunday (March 29); Slow Art Day, Saturday (April 11); Tour of the Month: Art and Music, Wednesday (April 15); Master Series Lecture: Rembrandt and Fallibility , Thursday (April 16); Tour of the Month: Art and Music, Saturday (April 18); Tour of the Month: Samurai - Knights of the East, Wednesday (May 20); Master Series Event: Yoshitoshi Flute Concert, Thursday (May 21); Tour of the Month: Samurai - Knights of the East, Saturday (May 23); Art Since the Mid-20th Century, Through Dec. 31; Art + Market, Saturdays, July 11 - Aug. 29. Hours: 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday, closed Monday - Tuesday, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Wednesday, 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. Thursday, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Friday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday. Admission: Free for members, $14 adults, $12 seniors, free for youth 17 and under. Free for all first Saturdays of each month, 10am-noon. 55 Salisbury St. 508-799-4406 or worcesterart.orgWorcester Center for Crafts, Harmony, Through Feb. 28; Looking Back, Thursday (March 12) - Saturday; Pottery Invitational,

Sundays, Fridays, Saturdays, April 17 - April 19; Hot Night in the City 2015, Friday (July 24). Hours: closed Sunday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday - Saturday. 25 Sagamore Road. 508-753-8183 or worcestercraftcenter.orgWorcester Historical Museum, Stories They Tell, Through Dec. 31; In Their Shirtsleeves, Through Dec. 31; Alden Family Gallery, Through Dec. 31. Hours: closed Sunday - Monday, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tuesday - Saturday. 30 Elm St. 508-753-8278 or worcesterhistory.orgWorcester Public Library, Triumph! Black Military Unsung Heroes, Sundays, Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Fridays, Saturdays, through Feb. 28; Triumph! Black Military Unsung Heroes Exhibit, Through Feb. 28. Hours: 1:30-5:30 p.m. Sunday, 9 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Monday, 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. Tuesday - Wednesday, 9 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Thursday - Saturday. 3 Salem Square. 508-799-1655 or worcpublib.orgWPI: George C. Gordon Library, 100 Institute Road. wpi.edu

class/workshop>Thursday 5Zumba with Kickboxing and RE-SHAPE your body for 2015. This class will help to re-shape your body. “Re-Shape” is a low-impact class that is fun and easy to follow. The fitness program includes cardio, such as Zumba and kickboxing, Pilates moves and core strengthening and toning exercises. Tuesday 6:00 – 7:00 PM Starts 01/06/15 $70.00 / 8 Week session At Mayo School 351 Bullard St Holden, MA 01520 To register call: Holden Recreation 508-829-0263 Please bring water and a mat. $70 /8 week session. 6-7 p.m. Mayo Elementary School, Gym, 351 Bullard St., Holden. 508-829-0263. Quit to Win. This eight-week program will give you the tools to become tobacco-free. Different people quit in different ways. We help create individualized quit plans. Free. 5:30-6:30 p.m. Fallon Information Center, 50 Boston Turnpike, Shrewsbury. 866-209-5073 fallonhealth.org/info-centerSilverSneakers Circuit. Combine fun with fitness to increase your cardiovascular endurance and muscular power with a circuit workout. $55 for 11 weeks (free for SilverSneakers members). 11 a.m.-noon Fallon Information Center, 50 Boston Turnpike, Shrewsbury. 866-209-5073. fallonhealth.org/info-center10 Steps to Grow Your Business. Have you recently launched your business and secured your first few clients, but want to take your business to the next level? This workshop will cover some basic strategies to grow your revenue base and formalize your company. This workshop is suited for businesses in the first 1-3 years of operations with sales between $25-$100K/year. Must register to attend. $60. 8-10 a.m. Center for Women & Enterprise (CWE) Central Massachusetts, 2nd Floor, 50 Elm St. 508-453-9206 tinyurl.com/o53tyoxNature Adventures for 5-7 Year Olds. Join us for a hands-on nature program designed especially for five, six, and seven year olds. Each month we’ll focus on a new nature topic. Well explore our nature topic indoors using investigations, crafts, and activities and outdoors in Broad Meadow Brooks beautiful 400-acre wildlife sanctuary. These classes will provide in-depth learning in a supportive social environment. (Homeschool classes for 8-16 year olds meet at the same time.) $8 Child Members, $12 Child Non-members. 1-3 p.m. Mass Audubon: Broad Meadow Brook Conservation Center and Wildlife Sanctuary, 414 Massasoit Ave. 508-753-6087 tinyurl.com/lmdezn7Paint Lab - Butterfly, Ages 6-12. Step by step instruction and everything you’ll need to make your own Butterfly Painting! Just



Name: J.P. AndersonAge: 22Hometown: Toronto, OntarioYears Playing Hockey: 16Playing Professionally: 2Position: Goalie

Favorite part about playing in Worcester? I think just the team and the group of guys we have, I think everyone would say the same thing. It’s fun to come to the rink here, come to practice, it’s just an enjoyable place to be.

How do you prepare for a game? I don’t really have any superstitions, I just like to make sure that I have everything ready to go. When I come to the rink, I’m kind of quiet. I just like to focus on the game and think about what I need to do.

What is the most difficult part of making it through a season? We play up toward 70 games and sometimes a long playoff run, that’s always a challenge. You have to make sure that you can maintain a high level for that period of time and you can manage the highs and lows. The emotions and mental grind is definitely the main challenge.

What are you most proud of through your hockey career? I think playing on some of the teams I’ve played on, being able to play in championship games and playoffs. Those memorable runs I was able to go on with some great teams, those are the times I remember the most.

Is there something our readers would never guess about you? I really enjoy other sports, I’m a big sports fan in general. I like baseball, I grew up playing my whole life. Baseball in the summers, hockey in the winters. I’m not much of a golfer like a lot of the other guys, but a lot of the major American sports I definitely enjoy watching and playing.

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$15, Ages 6-12. Make sure to wear paint friendly clothing! $15. 4:30-5:30 p.m. C.C. Lowell Art Supplies & Framing, 258 Park Ave. 508-757-7713 tinyurl.com/n9euyqfSpreading Canvas: Marine Painting and Early Modern Ways of Knowing. In the early modern period, Britain’s struggle for maritime ascendancy was represented and understood through visual culture. For example, John Pine’s “Tapestry Hangings of the House of Lords” (1739) depicts the defeat of the Spanish Armada in 1588 and uses maps, pictures, and text--a combination of visual cues that would become typical during the eighteenth century--to present complex events. In this talk, Eleanor Hughes will consider these pre-Romantic modes of representation and will ask how they might be presented for contemporary audiences. Free. 5-7 p.m. Clark University: Dana Commons, Higgins Lounge, Second Floor, 950 Main St. 508-793-7479. Nude Drawing in the Galleries. Visitors are invited to set-up their drawing boards in the galleries for the rare opportunity to draw from live nude models posing among masterworks by such artists as Veronese, El Greco and Rembrandt. Beginners and seasoned artists alike are welcome to join a studio class faculty member as they teach new skills and techniques, all within the inspirational setting of the museum. Make Nude Drawing your perfect Thursday afternoon and become intimately acquainted with the artworks found throughout WAM’s galleries. Participants are encouraged to bring their own supplies. Stools will be provided. Free with Museum Admission. 2-5 p.m. Worcester Art Museum, [remastered] galleries, 55 Salisbury St. 508-799-4406 tinyurl.com/mb5khoj

>Friday 6 Friday Unwind / Open Levels with Oceana Leblanc at

Flowforms Yoga. Open for everyone, all welcome: modifications offered for you to do the yoga that is best for you on the given day a variety of options and inspiration for what is possible. Relax, let go of your week and get ready for your weekend. This class is a great choice for any levels of experience - beginners, those working with injuries or limitations, or those just looking to leave it all behind to relax, and de-stress. First class free. 4:30-5:30 p.m. Flowforms Yoga Center, 195 Lake Ave. 508-752-4700. flowformsyoga.comTalk and book-signing with Jan Johnsen. Jan Johnsen is a professional landscape designer and a principal of the established design/build firm, Johnsen Landscapes & Pools, in Westchester County, NY. She is also an adjunct professor at Columbia University and an award-winning instructor at the New York Botanical Garden. “Heaven is a Garden” – Designing Serene Outdoor Spaces for Inspiration and Reflection taps ancient traditions and modern ideas to show you a new way to create a place of peace and contentment outdoors. Free with admission. 1-2 p.m. Tower Hill Botanic Garden, 11 French Drive, Boylston. 508-869-6111. Friday Night Fun with Glassblowing: Heart Sun Catcher. Get a taste of the ancient art of glassblowing in this fun one-night course. In one evening, you will learn about the history and process behind creating beautiful blown glass at the New Street Glass Studio. After learning the safety and studio etiquette rules, students will watch a brief demonstration of this 2000-year-old art before diving in and making their very own glass heart from glass gathered out of a 2100-degree furnace. Students will choose their own colors and instructors will guide the class through the steps


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>Saturday 7 Zumba with Lauren Demers. $10 to drop in, punch cards available, check schedule and register online to secure spot. 9:15-10:15 a.m. Fit FRIENDzy Studios, 196 Boston Turnpike Road, Shrewsbury. 508-752-5456. BeTheFitFriend.comOpen Levels with Sharan Tulsiani at Flowforms Yoga. Open for everyone, all welcome: modifications offered for you to do the yoga that is best for you on the given day a variety of options and inspiration for what is possible Would you like help with choosing a class? Flowforms Yoga Yoga, Pilates, Meditation Welcoming & Inclusive Scenic Tranquil Lakeside Yoga is for everybody Mind-Body-Spirit Treat Yourself! We warmly welcome you to join in anytime. First class free. 8-9:15 a.m. Flowforms Yoga Center, 195 Lake Ave. 508-752-4700. flowformsyoga.com My Mommy & Me - Creative Movement/Dance Class. An introductory dance and creative movement program, specifically catered to our youngest students! Students will learn rhythmic movements; hand-eye coordination; counting music; stretching; and basic pre-dance techniques. Our Mommy & Me classes offer a chance for parents to spend extra “special” time with their child, as well as meet other parents & their children in a comfortable group setting. Open to girls and boys, ages 20 months - 2.5 years. $10 per student (includes accompanying parent); drop-in class. Credit card payments are not accepted for this class. $10 drop-in; 1st class is FREE for new members. 8:45-9:30 a.m. The Dancer’s Sole, Studio II,

6 Main St., Webster. 508-949-1508. TheDancersSole.comSAT Prep Course. Intensive customized learning program designed to provide a thorough review of all content areas found on the SAT. In addition, students will gain clear insight into the structure and scoring of the test. Special attention is given to winning strategies which lead to increased confidence and higher achievement. $265. 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Quinsigamond Community College, 25 Federal St. 508-751-7900 Out of the Box: Creating Across Genres. Out of the Box is a hands-on exploration of connections between words and visual images. 4 x 4 members will explain the process that has led them to 3 exhibitions, guide you through a series of creative projects, and discuss your responses. This workshop is free to all participants 16 years of age and older. A brown bag lunch is recommended; coffee, tea and water will be provided. Please register by calling or email [email protected]. Free. 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Boylston Public Library, 695 Main St., Boylston. 508-869-2371 tinyurl.com/m44pumbTarot Card Readings with Rev. John Cabot-Griffin HP. With Valentine’s Day almost near many people are questioning the status of their relationships and where it is going. A tarot card reading from Rev. John Cabot-Griffin can not only help uncover hidden information but also can give helpful advice for any situation, helping you to determine your future course of action. He will be taking half hour appointments, which can be made by calling Amethyst Point and making a reservation. $45. 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Amethyst Point, 64 Dewey St. 508-753-3975 tinyurl.com/l274hkfFloral Arrangements: Demonstration and Instruction with Marisa McCoy. Learn the basics of floral arrangements to decorate your home. Learn to use what you have, how to buy

sensibly and how to get the greatest impact for your effort. Marisa McCoy will demonstrate traditional and modern designs and teach about the mechanics of arrangements, rules that help and myths that hinder. Marisa McCoy is a nationally accredited Master Flower Show Judge, a Senior Associate at the Museum of Fine Arts, and frequent exhibitor in Art in Bloom and the New England Spring Flower Show. Free with admission. 11 a.m.-noon Tower Hill Botanic Garden, 11 French Drive, Boylston. 508-869-6111. Keepsake Annuals Keepsake Annuals Barbara Pierson. The best old-fashioned annuals for beds and containers and the new versions of some our favorites. Whether you like fragrant heliotrope or self-sowing verbena, we will cover the A-Z of easy care heirloom types and showcase combinations that work. Included with

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Men’s BasketballAnna Maria CollegeFeb. 7 Home vs. Rivier University 3 p.m.Feb. 10 Home vs. Johnson & Wales University 7 p.m.Assumption CollegeFeb. 7 Home vs. Franklin Pierce University 3:30 p.m.Feb. 10 @ Stonehill College 7:30 p.m.Becker CollegeFeb. 5 Home vs. Elms College 8 p.m.Feb. 7 @ Lesley University 4 p.m.Feb. 11 Home vs. Southern Vermont College 7 p.m.Clark UniversityFeb. 7 Home vs. Emerson College 3 p.m.Feb. 11 Home vs. Wellesley College 7 p.m.College of the Holy CrossFeb. 5 Home vs. Colgate University 7:05 p.m.Feb. 8 @ Bucknell University 2 p.m.Feb. 11 @ United States Military Academy at West Point 7 p.m.Fitchburg State UniversityFeb. 7 @ Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts 3 p.m.Feb. 10 @ Tufts University 7 p.m.Nichols CollegeFeb. 5 Home vs. Gordon College 7:30 p.m.Feb. 7 Home vs. Western New England University 2 p.m.Feb. 11 @ Endicott College 5:30 p.m.Tufts UniversityFeb. 6 Home vs. Hamilton College 7 p.m.Feb. 7 Home vs. Williams College 2 p.m.Feb. 10 Home vs. Fitchburg State University 7 p.m.Worcester Polytechnic InstituteFeb. 7 Home vs. Babson College 3 p.m.Feb. 11 Home vs. Massachusetts Institute of Technology 6 p.m.Worcester State UniversityFeb. 7 @ Salem State University 3 p.m.Feb. 10 Home vs. Bridgewater State University 8 p.m.

Women’s BasketballAnna Maria CollegeFeb. 5 @ Simmons College 7 p.m.Feb. 7 Home vs. Rivier University 1 p.m.Assumption CollegeFeb. 7 Home vs. Franklin Pierce University 1:30 p.m.Feb. 10 @ Stonehill College 5:30 p.m.Becker CollegeFeb. 5 Home vs. Elms College 6 p.m.Feb. 7 @ Lesley University 2 p.m.Feb. 9 @ Mitchell College 5:30 p.m.Feb. 11 @ Regis College 6 p.m.Clark UniversityFeb. 7 Home vs. Massachusetts Institute of Technology 1 p.m.Feb. 11 Home vs. Wellesley College 5 p.m.College of the Holy CrossFeb. 7 Home vs. Bucknell University 2:05 p.m.Feb. 11 @ United States Military Academy at West Point 7:05 p.m.Fitchburg State UniversityFeb. 7 @ Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts 1 p.m.January 27 @ Westfield State University 5:30 p.m.Nichols CollegeFeb. 7 Home vs. Western New England University 12 p.m.Feb. 11 @ Endicott College 7:30 p.m.Tufts UniversityFeb. 6 @ Hamilton College 7 p.m.Feb. 7 @ Williams College 3 p.m.Worcester Polytechnic InstituteFeb. 7 Home vs. Smith College 1 p.m.

Feb. 11 Home vs. Emerson College 8 p.m.Worcester State UniversityFeb. 7 @ Salem State University 1 p.m.Feb. 10 Home vs. Bridgewater State University 6 p.m.

Women’s FencingTufts UniversityFeb. 7 @ Smith Multi-Meet 9 a.m.

Men’s Ice HockeyAssumption CollegeFeb. 7 Home vs. Daniel Webster College 6:35 p.m.Becker CollegeFeb. 5 @ Western New England University 7:10 p.m.Feb. 8 Home vs. Johnson & Wales University 4:50 p.m.Feb. 11 @ Salve Regina University 7:35 p.m.College of the Holy CrossFeb. 7 @ Bentley University 7:05 p.m.Fitchburg State UniversityFeb. 7 Plymouth State University 5 p.m.January 24 Home vs. Framingham State University 5 p.m.Nichols CollegeFeb. 7 @ Suffolk University 7 p.m.Feb. 11 Home vs. Wentworth Institute of Technology 8:10 p.m.Tufts UniversityFeb. 6 Home vs. Connecticut College 7 p.m.Feb. 7 @ Connecticut College 7 p.m.Worcester State UniversityFeb. 5 @ University of Massachusetts Dartmouth 7:30 p.m.Feb. 10 Home vs. Westfield State University 8 p.m.

Women’s Ice HockeyCollege of the Holy CrossFeb. 6 Home vs. University of New England 7:05 p.m.Feb. 7 @ Franklin Pierce University 8 p.m.Nichols CollegeFeb. 6 @ University of Massachusetts-Boston 4 p.m.Feb. 7 Home vs. University of Southern Maine 4:40 p.m.

Men’s LacrosseCollege of the Holy CrossFeb. 7 Home vs. Monmouth University @ Fairfield University 1 p.m.Feb. 7 @ Sacred Heart University 2:30 p.m.

Men’s SquashTufts UniversityFeb. 6 Home vs. TBD @ WilliamsFeb. 7 Home vs. TBD @ WilliamsFeb. 8 Home vs. TBD @ Williams

Women’s SquashTufts UniversityFeb. 6 Home vs. TBD @ WilliamsFeb. 7 Home vs. TBD @ WilliamsFeb. 8 Home vs. TBD @ Williams

Men’s Swimming & DivingClark UniversityFeb. 6 @ Wheaton College Invite 6:30 p.m.Feb. 7 @ Wheaton College Invite 10 a.m.

Women’s Swimming & DivingAssumption CollegeFeb. 5 @ Northeast-10 Championships @ Southern Connecticut State UniversityFeb. 6 @ Northeast-10 Championships @ Southern Connecticut State UniversityFeb. 7 @ Northeast-10 Championships @ Southern Connecticut State UniversityFeb. 8 @ Northeast-10 Championships @ Southern Connecticut State UniversityClark UniversityFeb. 6 @ Wheaton College Invitational 6:30 p.m.Feb. 7 @ Wheaton College Invitational 10 a.m.Tufts UniversityFeb. 6 @ Wheaton College Invitational 6:30 p.m.Feb. 7 @ Wheaton College Invitational 10 a.m.Worcester Polytechnic InstituteFeb. 6 @ Wheaton College Invitational 6:30 p.m.Feb. 7 @ Wheaton College Invitational 10 a.m.

Men’s TennisClark UniversityFeb. 7 Home vs. Vassar College 6 p.m.

Men’s Track & FieldAssumption CollegeFeb. 7 @ Dartmouth Classic 12 p.m.College of the Holy CrossFeb. 7 @ University of Maine 10 a.m.Feb. 7 @ Scarlet & White Invitational 10 a.m.Fitchburg State UniversityFeb. 7 @ Tufts University 10 a.m.Tufts UniversityFeb. 7 @ Tufts Cupid ChallengeWorcester Polytechnic InstituteFeb. 7 @ Scarlet & White Invitational 10 a.m.Worcester State UniversityFeb. 7 @ Tufts Cupid Challenge

Women’s Track & FieldAssumption CollegeFeb. 7 @ Dartmouth Classic 12 p.m.College of the Holy CrossFeb. 7 @ University of Maine 10 a.m.Feb. 7 @ Scarlet & White Invitational 10 a.m.Fitchburg State UniversityFeb. 7 @ Tufts University 10 a.m.Tufts UniversityFeb. 7 @ Tufts Cupid ChallengeWorcester Polytechnic InstituteFeb. 7 @ Scarlet & White Invitational 10 a.m.Worcester State UniversityFeb. 7 @ Tufts Cupid Challenge

WrestlingWorcester Polytechnic InstituteFeb. 7 Home vs. Rhode Island College 12 p.m.Feb. 7 Home vs. Bridgewater State UniversityFeb. 7 Home vs. Daniel Webster College

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opening for a full-time Money Management Program Supervisor (MMPS). Bachelor’s Degree in Business or Human Service is preferable; three years experience supervising or managing a

program may be substituted for a Bachelor’s Degree.

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A valid driver’s license and fully registered and insured automobile is required. MHCC offers a family friendly work environment, a 35 hour

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MERCHANDISE

CEMETERY PLOTS

Worcester CountyMemorial Park Paxton, MA.

2 Lots in the Garden of Faith.

$2500.00 for both. Near the

feature. Mary 508-886-4334.

Worcester County MemorialPark, Paxton MA 2 lots in Her-

itage II w/vaults. $2,500.00 for

both. Call Rick at

508-450-7470

Worcester County MemorialPark Paxton, 4 beautifully situ-

ated burial plots in The Garden

of the Cross. $2200.00 each

(current value $5200.00 ea)

508-886-4449

Worcester County MemorialPark Desirable ’Garden of the

Gospels’, plot 127C with

space for 1 or 2, $3600.00 or

email best offer. Visit WCMP

for a look - very nice.

[email protected]

Worcester County MemorialPark Paxton, Ma. Lot Number

297-B Space 1 and 2, Garden

Of Valor Section. Current value

is $8,400.00 including 2 con-

crete burial vaults. $4,000.00

or B/O 508-375-0080

Worcester Memorial ParkPaxton. Garden of the Cross.

Beautiful location. 1-4 nicely

located burial plots. Plots adja-

cent to each other. Would pro-

vide a lovely resting place for

your loved one. $2500.00 each

(original price $4800.00 ea).

Cathy 203-315-9291

FOR SALE

Campers/trailers 5x8 foot

black metal. Almost new land-

scape trailer. Never been regis-

tered. Used only in yard. Mint

condition. Fold down 5’ gate.

After 5 P.M $450 Don 978-549-

0118

Delta 12" Portable PlanerMounted model 22-540

$200.00 Cash & Carry

978-422-7481*

Full Length Mink Coat Size 8.

Perfect condition. $100.00 508

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ITEMS UNDER $2,015

Bunk beds $75.00 (Sutton). Call

508-667-1687

Cabinet, Steel, 18"w x 18"d x24"h. Lips inside for shelves.

$28.00 Call 978-422-7792

George

Dell Inspiron Laptop w/ IntelPentium Processor Promise

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Ladies Mink Stole Excellent

Condition. $75.00 508-459-9259

Queen size sleeper sofa Color:

camel. Little over 1 year old.

Exc. cond. $750 978-534-3911

Tires New 255/55 R18 Master-crafts mounted & bal w/new

sensors. Have 5. $1000.00 508-

886-4918

Toddler bed and mattress,$10.00 Please call 508-829-9363

Twin Wood Bed with mattress.

Like new. $125.00 978-466-7703

FURNITURE

Century Dining Room Set 4

side, 2 captain chairs. Oval ta-

ble, extends to 9’. Lighted

hutch, beveled glass front.

"Rosewood" Asking $9,500.00

(orig. $20,000) 508-791-0770*

Henredon Bedroom Set King

bed & mirrored oval back-

board. 2 end tables, 9 drwr

dresser w/oval detached wall

mirror, mens wardrobe & 3 dr-

wrs. Asking $9,500.00 508-791

-0770*

Navy Blue Leather Sofa &Matching Chair Excellent

condition. $700.00 or B/0 Call

571-437-2123*

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YARD SALES & FLEA MARKETS

Indoor Flea MarketSaturday, February 7th

Worcester Elks. 233 Mill St.

Worcester, MA. 8AM-1PM.

Worcester-Auburn Emblem.

Free Admission.

Snack bar, bake table.

For table rentals call

508-892-3788

HEALTHCARE SERVICES

HEALTHCARE SERVICES MISCELLANEOUS

YOGA ANITACalm your mind,stretch your

body, invigorate your spirit.

Private & Group Classes.

Leominster & Worcester

locations. Info:

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REAL ESTATE

APARTMENT FOR RENT

Grafton, North.2 bedroom

apartments that include HEAT

& HOT WATER, off street park-

ing, central vacuum and on

site laundry. $1075.00 508-

839-5775 1st and security

Millbury, 2 bedroom $950,newly renovated includes hot

water. Off street parking, on

site laundry. 1st and second,

508-839-5775 call for bonus!

APARTMENT FOR RENT

Worcester Greenhalge Street

Spacious 2 BR Townhouse

$1150

508-852-6001

REAL ESTATE WANTED

Need pet friendly apartmentSeeking clean, single-level,

ground floor apartment that al-

lows a dog. Rutland/Holden

area. For April. 508-954-4955

Run your four line ad for FREE for two weeks and then you have to the option to run your ad until it sells for $20!

Or you may run your ad from the beginning until it sells for $20 (no refund if the item sells within the two weeks)

SUBMIT ITEMS UNDER $2014 FOR FREE! Here’s all you need to do! 3 ways to submit...

1. Mail completed form to Central Mass Classifi eds, P.O. Box 546, Holden, MA 01520 2. OR FAX the completed form to 508-829-0670 3. OR Email the info with name/address/phone number to [email protected]

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Maximum 4 lines (approx. 28 characters per line). We reserve the right to edit if ads come in that are too long. NO phone orders accepted. See ways to submit above. Merchandise Ads Only - NO autos, snowmobiles, RV’s, trailers, boats, ATV’s, etc. We have a special rate for these ads ($20 till it sells). NO

business Ads accepted for this section. If we suspect the ads are being sent in by a business, we reserve the right to refuse. Limit 1 ad per name/address/phone number every 2 weeks. Free Ads will run for 2 weeks. If you choose to run your ad until it sells for $20, no refund will be given if it sells within

the fi rst two weeks. Limit 1 item per ad (group of items OK if one price for all and under $2,014). Price must be listed in ad. NO Cemetery Plots$2015).

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FOSTER PARENTS WANTEDFOSTER PARENTS WANTED

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improving a child’s life.Call to inquire about our

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AUTO/MOTORCYCLE

1999 Road King Under 8,000

miles. Too many extras to list.

Always stored in room temper-

ature. $14,000.00 978-464-

5525 or 781-879-8275 cell

2008 HondaMetropolitan Scooter

Black and gray. Mint cond. 469

miles. Asking $1650.00.

Includes helmet. 207-289-9362

OR 207-450-1492.

AUTO/TRUCK

1994 Dodge Ram 1500 4X45.2 V8 Auto, 142K Miles. Reg-

ular cab. Black. Cap, hitch.

Good shape. $3975.00

978-422-8084

2000 Ford F150Flareside Pickup

Showroom condition

inside and out. 100K miles.

All power, needs nothing.

$8000.00

Call 978-466-6043

AUTO/VAN

2003 Dodge Ram Van w/chair

lift. 78K orig miles. Excellent

condition. $5900.00 or B/O

Leominster 978-840-2662

2008 Ford E250 ExtendedVan 3dr, A-T/AC, Power pack-

age. Roof racks. Int. shelving,

tow package, 6 rims, 8 tires in

good cond. Exc. overall cond.

57K miles. $14,999.00

508-829-2907

AUTOS

1930 Ford Model A Huckster22 Woodland Rd. Holden, MA

508-829-2282

AUTOS

1988 Mercedes-Benz 300 SEL

6 cylinder gas. Very good

cond. Runs exc. $3200.00

195k miles. Located in

Sutton, MA 774-287-0777

1990 Chevrolet CorvetteZR-1 Performance Coupe. 25K

miles. 2 tops. LT5, 375HP.

6SPD, ZF Manual trans. Fully

optioned. Fair weather only,

always stored. $21,000.00

978-422-6624

1994 Geo Prizm 87K miles.

A/C, 5 Speed, Rear defroster.

Good tires and brakes. Passed

MA inspection. Asking

$1,790.00 508-450-0808

2000 Toyota Corolla Blue, tan

interior, AC, PS, PB, PW, PL.

Low 109K miles. Great shape

dependable. $3750.00 508-

581-7967

2001 Honda AccordSedan 180000 miles. Dark

Green ext/Tan Leather int

$2,495. Runs great.

[email protected]

508-869-6326

AUTOS

2002 Mazda Protege5Manual. Metallic blue.

Runs excellent. Very sporty.

Always garaged. $3,450.00

508-829-9882

2004 Cadillac CTS Black, grey

interior. Loaded. Only 67K

miles. $8750.00 508-581-7967

2004 Lincoln Town Car Sig-

nature Edition. 43,500 hyway

miles. Excellent pristine cond.

inside/out. Showroom cond.

Always garaged. Grey/light

green. $9,300 978-868-0357/

508-942-2134

2004 Toyota Corolla Maroon,

grey interior. AC, PS, PB, PW,

PL Toyota dependability. Low

137K miles. $5875.00

508-581-7967

2008 Cadillac DTS 4DR.

White pearl/tan.118K miles.

Extras. $7,900.00

508-425-9776

AUTOS

Classic Car 1957 Chevy BelAir 4dr hardtop. Total frame off

resto. New 350 crate motor.

Appraised at $47,500, only

5,000 miles since resto.

$30,000 OBO. Call Len cell

508-789-3436 Millbury, MA

BOATS

12’ Sundolphin KLN Jon Boatw/galvanized trailer. 55lb thrust

Minnkota motor. 2 life jackets,

anchor. 2 swivel seats. Battery

& charger. Exc. cond.

$1,200.00 or B/O Dave 978-

537-2536

1986 Stingray Super Sport17 foot bowrider w/170hp Mer-

cruiser. This is a classic. Full

boat cover and bimini top. Very

clean. $2950.00 B/O Call Cliff

603-494-8219/508-829-9882

Kayak Perception SoleIncludes many accessories.

$700.00 978-424-6315 *

Businesses Nonprofits Individuals

Tax ReturnsIndividuals • Corporations • Nonprofits

Grafton 80 Worcester Street 508-839-0020Holden 795 Main Street 508-829-5544Worcester 67 Millbrook Street 508-797-5200

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CLASS IT UP!CLASS IT UP!Living the Class ifi eds’ Lifes tyle!Living the Class ifi eds’ Lifes tyle!

I often hear that it is never too late to make a change. From what I have experienced, I believe this to be true. I love to hear stories about people in their elder years who start a new hobby or a new career. I have a friend who is in her late eighties who is a poet. She taught classes well into her later years and has gotten published at an older age. I admire her tenacity, because she has had other life changes and has handled them with grace and enthusiasm. Through all her changes that she did not have much control over, she made changes that she did have control over and reinvented herself. I am beyond inspired by her and I hope to be like her when I grow up.

What changes are you looking to make? Do you need assistance? We have some quality service providers in this section who would be happy to assist. Need a new job, auto or apartment? We have those too! Please do let them know that you saw them here! It is never too late to make that change! Always grateful.....

Keep It Classy!!

Carr ie Arsenault Classifi ed Sales Manager 978-728-4302 | [email protected]



CAMPERS/TRAILERS

2000 Wilderness 37’ Trailerw/attached screenroom. East

Douglas,MA on site at Lake

Manchaug Camping. Center

slide out, Sleeps 6-8. Call for

details. $7000.00 Russ 508-

769-0811

2011 28’ LightweightCamping Trailer w/slide.Electric awning and many

extras. Excellent condition.

Asking $15,450.00 or B/O

978-602-0099

CAMPERS/TRAILERS

24 ft Light Weight 2004 TerryDakota Travel Trailer Sleeps

7, bunk beds & full bed, 16ft

awning, A/C, Central heat, mi-

crowave & 3 burner stove. Dual

powered fridge/freezer. Loads of

storage, outdoor shower. 2 bat-

teries, travel septic. Like new.

$6900.00 OR B/O 508-579-6622

Truck Camper 1985Bought new in 1991. Real Life

brand. Bathroom, shower, self

contained. 8ft truck bed.

$2900.00 B/O 774-287-0777

CAMPERS/TRAILERS

TRY BEFORE YOU BUY!

• Class A, B, C Motor Homes• Travel Trailers

Parts • Propane • Service Transportation • Temporary Housing

Fuller RV Sales & Rentals150 Shrewsbury St., Boylston

508-869-2905www.fullerrv.com

BBB Accredited A+ Rating

Utility Trailer 5’ X 8’. Floor,

sides and gate are 3/4" pt. Re-

movable fold down gate in

rear. $1400 invested, asking

$800 firm. Can be seen in

Holden. 508-791-6444

JUNK CARS

We Buy and PICK UPYour junk or wrecked cars

or trucks.

We Sell New

and Used Parts.

Specials on Batteries

and Tires.

New and Used!

Airport Auto Parts, Inc.

56 Crawford St.

Leominster, MA 01453

978-534-3137

PARTS & ACCESSORIES

2 Storage Shelvesfor a Cargo Van

Like New. (1) 42 x 46

and (1) 54 x 46 $100 B/0

Call Box 508-752-2768

(Paxton)*

REPAIRS & SERVICES

Dick’s Auto BodyCollision Experts

Lifetime Guarantee In Writing

On All Collision Repairs.

Don’t let your insurance com-

pany tell you where you have

to have your vehicle repaired.

It is your right by law to

choose a registered repair

shop of your choice.

94 Reservoir St. Holden, MA

508-829-5532/508-886-6230

RS#4474 Visa/MC

REPAIRS & SERVICES

PATRIOT AUTO GLASS"When it comes to safety,

quality matters"

WeatherTech Floor Liners,

Auto Glass Replacement,

Rock Chip Repairs, etc.

We direct bill all

insurance companies.

$20 Gift Card w/every in-shop

windshield replacement

with this ad.

764 Main St. Holden, MA

508-829-1995

SNOWMOBILES

Snowmobile trailer/tilt blksteel, 8’ long, 3’ wide.

New Hitch cap, $175. Call

978-582-4692 noon-6. *

We Buy Unwanted &

Junk VehiclesSCRAP METAL ACCEPTED

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508-792-6211Worcester, MA

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LEGALS/PUBLIC NOTICES

TOWN OF MILLBURY BOARD OF APPEALS

In accordance with Chapter 40A of the Massachusetts General Laws and the Zoning Ordinances of the Town of Millbury, a public hearing will be held in the hearing room of the Municipal Office Building, 127 Elm Street, Millbury, MA on: Wednesday, February 25, 2015 At: 7:30 p.m. To act on a petition from: Dan Rizika, 18 Manor Road, Millbury, MA For a Variance in the Millbury Zoning Ordinance relative to: construct a roof over an existing patio. All interested parties are invited to attend.2-5, 2-12-2015

MORTGAGEE’S NOTICE OF SALE OF REAL ESTATEBy virtue and in execution of the Power of Sale contained in a certain Mortgage given by Glenn MacGregor and Anna MacGregor to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. as nominee for Countrywide Home Loans, Inc., its successors and assigns, dated May 21, 2005 and recorded with the Worcester County (Worcester District) Registry of Deeds at Book 36509, Page 206, subsequently assigned to BAC Home Loans Servicing, LP by Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., by assignment recorded in said Registry of Deeds in Book 45469, Page 133, subsequently assigned to Nationstar Mortgage, LLC by Bank of America, N.A., s/b/m to BAC Home Loans Servicing, LP by assignment recorded in said Registry of Deeds in Book 51702, Page 284, of which the Mortgage the undersigned is the present holder, for breach of the conditions of said Mortgage and for the purpose of foreclosing the same will be sold at Public Auction at 02:00 PM on February 19, 2015 at 35 High Street, Millbury, MA, all and singular the premises described in said Mortgage, to wit: All that certain parcel of land with the buildings thereon and all the privileges and appurtenances thereto belonging, situated on the southerly side of High Street, in the Town of Millbury, in said Worcester County and State of Massachusetts being more particularly bounded as follows: Beginning at the northeasterly corner thereof at a stone set in the ground on the southerly line of said High Street and at the northwesterly corner of land now or formerly of the heirs of Charles P. Dwinell; Thence: S. 9 deg 15' 20" E. by said land now or formerly of heirs of Charles P. Dwinell, 79.21 feet to another stone bound set in the ground; Thence: S. 68 deg W. by land formerly of Ezra Lovell, 59.4 feet to an angle; Thence: S. 8 deg E. still continuing by said land formerly of Ezra Lovell, 51.15 feet to a corner at land formerly of one Lapham; Thence: S. 77 deg W. 60.72 feet to a corner at land formerly of Ann M. Handy; Thence: N. 8 1/2 deg W. by said land formerly of Ann M. Handy, 146.52 feet to a point on the southerly line of said High Street; Thence: N about 80 deg E. by the southerly line of said High Street, 121 .44 feet to the point of beginning. Together with our right, title and interest in the abutting portion of said High Street. The premises are to be sold subject to and with the benefit of all easements, restrictions, building and zoning laws, unpaid taxes, tax titles, water bills, municipal liens and assessments, rights of tenants and parties in possession. TERMS OF SALE: A deposit of FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS AND 00 CENTS ($5,000.00) in the form of a certified check or bank treasurer’s check will be required to be delivered at or before the time the bid is offered. The successful bidder will be required to execute a Foreclosure Sale Agreement immediately after the close of the bidding. The balance of the purchase price shall be paid within thirty (30) days from the sale date in the form of a certified check, bank treasurer’s check or other check satisfactory to Mortgagee’s attorney. The Mortgagee reserves the right to bid at the sale, to reject any and all bids, to continue the sale and to amend the terms of the sale by written or oral announcement made before or during the foreclosure sale. If the sale is set aside for any reason, the Purchaser at the sale shall be entitled only to a return of the deposit paid. The purchaser shall have no further recourse against the Mortgagor, the Mortgagee or the Mortgagee’s attorney. The description of the premises contained in said mortgage shall control in the event of an error in this publication. TIME WILL BE OF THE ESSENCE. Other terms if any, to be announced at the sale. Nationstar Mortgage LLC Present Holder of said Mortgage, By Its Attorneys,Orlans Moran PLLC P.O. Box 540540 Waltham, MA 02454 Phone: 781-790-7800 1/29, 2/5, 2/12/2015 MS

Town of SuttonSutton Planning BoardPublic Hearing Notice

In accordance with the provisions of IV.C – Site Plan Review and V. D. – Route 146 Overlay District Bylaw, the Planning Board will hold a public hearing on the application of Galaxy Sutton LLC, 826 Southbridge Street, Auburn, MA 01501 to amend a previ-ously approved site plan and special permit. These changes are to the proposed Pleasant Valley Crossing to be located at 171 Worcester Provi-dence Turnpike and Boston Road. Changes include replacement of the 7,000 s.f. restaurant and 101 space parking field adjacent to Route 146 with two multi-tenant retail/restau-rant buildings totaling 11,388 s.f. with 76 parking spaces. The hearing will be held at the Sutton Town Hall, third floor, on Monday, February 23, 2015 at 7:15 P.M. A copy of the application can be inspected in the office of the Town Clerk during normal office hours.Robert S. Largess Jr.Chairman2-5, 2-12-2015 MS

PUBLIC AUCTIONPublic Auction Notice is hereby given. Pursuant to provision of M.L. c255 sec. 39A that the following vehicles will be sold on February 11, 2015 at a private sale to satisfy our garage keeper lien thereon for towing and storage charges and expenses of sale and notice. 2000 Toyota Camry / VIN 4T1BG22K4Y49240182004 Ford Taurus / VIN 1FAFP55UX4G1072522004 Jeep Grand Cherokee / VIN 1J4GW48S34C1113442006 Chevy Colorado / VIN 1GCDT198968272449 To be sold at Early’s on Park Ave., 536 Park Ave., Worcester, MA 01603

TOWN OF MILLBURYPLANNING BOARD

PUBLIC HEARING NOTICEIn accordance with the provisions of Chapter 41, Section 81W of the Massachusetts General Laws, the Millbury Planning Board will hold a public hearing on Monday, Febru-ary 23, 2015 at 7:30 p.m. in the Municipal Office Building, 127 Elm Street, Millbury, MA, to consider a modification of the definitive plan approval, specifically to extend the construction deadline for comple-tion of the roads and associated infrastructure for the 4 lot subdivi-sion entitled “Watson Estates”, property located off of McCracken Road. Anyone wishing to be heard on this matter should appear at the time and place specified above.Richard Gosselin Chairman2-5, 2-12-2015 MS

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Commonwealth of Massachusetts The Trial CourtProbate and Family Court Worcester Probate and Family Court

225 Main St. Worcester, MA 01608 508-831-2200CITATION ON PETITION FOR FORMAL ADJUDICATION

Docket No. WO14P3115EAEstate of: Julie L. Niewiera Also known as: Julie NiewieraDate of Death: 02/11/2014 To all interested persons: A Petition has been filed by: Thomas Niewiera of Stratham NH requesting that the Court enter a formal Decree and Order of testacy and for such other relief as requested in the Petition. And also requesting that: Thomas Niewiera of Stratham NH be appointed as Personal Representative(s) of said estate to serve Without Surety on the bond. You have the right to obtain a copy of the Petition from the Petitioner or at the Court. You have a right to object to this proceeding. To do so, you or your attorney must file a written appearance and objection at this Court before: 10:00 a.m. on 02/17/2015. This is NOT a hearing date, but a deadline by which you must file a written appearance and objection if you object to this proceeding. If you fail to file a timely written appearance and objection followed by an Affidavit of Objections within thirty (30) days of the return date, action may be taken without further notice to you. The estate is being administered under formal procedure by the Personal Representative under the Massachusetts Uniform Probate Code without supervision by the Court. Inventory and accounts are not required to be filed with the Court, but recipients are entitled to notice regarding the administration from the Personal Representative and can petition the Court in any matter relating to the estate, including distribution of assets and expenses of administration. WITNESS, Hon. Denise L. Meagher, First Justice of this Court. Date: January 14, 2015Stephanie K. Fattman, Register of Probate02/05/2015 MS

Commonwealth of Massachusetts The Trial CourtProbate and Family Court Worcester Probate

and Family Court 225 Main St. Worcester, MA 01608Docket No. WO14P4136GD NOTICE AND ORDER: Petition for Appointment of Guardian of a Minor

In the interests of Stephanie Lynn Leboeuf of Millbuy MA Minor NOTICE TO ALL INTERESTED PARTIES1. Hearing Date/Time: A hearing on a Petition for Appointment of Guardian of a Minor filed on 12/26/2014 by Katrina M Leboeuf of Millbury, MA will be held February 19, 2015 08:30 AM Motion. Located Courtroom 2, Worcester Probate and Family Court 2. Response to Petition: You may respond by filing a written response to the Petition or by appearing in person at the hearing. If you choose to file a written response, you need to: File the original with the court; and Mail a copy to all interested parties at least (5) business days before the hearing.3. Counsel for the Minor: The minor (or an adult on behalf of the minor) has the right to request that counsel be appointed for the minor.4. Presence of the Minor at Hearing: A minor over age 14 has the right to be present at any hearing, unless the court finds that it is not in the minor’s best interests.THIS IS A LEGAL NOTICE: An important court proceeding that may affect your rights have been scheduled. If you do not understand this notice or other court papers, please contact an attorney for legal advice. Date: December 31, 2014Stephen G. AbrahamRegister of Probate02/05/2015 MS



COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS 14E0035PP Worcester, ss Probate Court

To: Pamela F. Lee of Douglas and Patricia Hughes of Oxford, both in the County of Worcester, and to all other persons interested.A petition has been presented to said Court by Bernard R. Gover, Jr., of Douglas in the County of Worcester, representing that he hold as tenant in common undivided part or share of certain land lying in Millbury, in said County Worcester, and briefly described as follows: The real property commonly known and numbered as: 317 Millbury Avenue, Millbury, Worcester County, Massachusetts.Setting forth that he desires that all of said land may be sold at private sale for not less than $190,000.00 dollars, and praying that partition may be made of all the land aforesaid according to law, and to that end that a commissioner be appointed to make such partition and be ordered to make sale and conveyance of all, or any part of said land which the court finds cannot be advantageously divided either at private sale or public auction, and be ordered to distribute the net proceeds thereof. If you desire to object thereto you or your attorney should file a written appearance in said Court at Worcester before ten o’clock in the forenoon on the twenty-fourth day of February, 2015, the return day of this citation. Witness, Denise Meagher, First Judge of said court, this third day of June 2014. Stephen G. Abraham Register of Probate 1/29, 2/05, 2/12/2015 MS

LEGALS/PUBLIC NOTICES

WORCESTER HOUSING AUTHORITY WHA Job No. 2014-01 Phase I MA 12-01 Great Brook Valley Gardens Invitation For BidsThe Worcester Housing Authority invites sealed bids for MA 12-01 Great Brook Valley Gardens in accordance with the documents prepared by BSC Group. The work is estimated to cost $780,000. Project consists of but is not limited to: building and landscape improvements to the Phase I area consisting of 37 units in 5 buildings and associated landscaped areas. General Bids will be received until 2:00 p.m. on Thursday March 5, 2015 at the Worcester Housing Authority, Department of Modernization, 81 Tacoma Street, Worcester, MA 01605 at which time and place all bids will be publicly opened and read aloud. Filed Sub-Bids will be received until 2:00 p.m. on Thursday February 19, 2015, and publicly opened and read aloud at the same address. Filed sub-bids will be taken for the following portions of the work: Section 04 21 10 Brick Masonry Section 26 00 00 ElectricalA pre-bid conference will be held at 2:00 p.m.. on Tuesday, February 3, 2015 at the intersection of Constitution Ave and Tacoma St. which time bidders will be invited to visit the project site(s) with the a Worcester Housing Authority representative. Failure to attend or visit the premises shall be no defense in failure to perform contract terms. Bids are subject to M.G.L c149 §44A-J and federal minimum wage rates as well as other applicable laws. General Bidders must be certified by the Division of Capital Asset Management and Maintenance (DCAMM) in the following category(ies) of work: General Building Construction. Each bid shall be accompanied by a bid deposit in the amount of 5% of the bid price in the form of a Bid Bond, issued by a responsible surety company li-censed to do business in Massachusetts, or a certified check, or a treasurer's or cashier's check issued by a responsible bank or trust company, made payable to the Worcester Housing Authority by bidders for the greatest possible bid amount (considering all alternates).Bid forms and Contract Documents will be made available on the Worcester Housing Authority website (http://worcester-housing.com/purchasing.html) at no cost. Hard copies will be made available on January 28, 2015 at the Worcester Housing Authority, Department of Modernization, 81 Tacoma Street, Worcester, MA 01605 and thereafter, Monday thru Friday 8:00 A.M. through 4:30 P. M. Copies of the contract documents may be obtained by depositing $50.00 in the form of a company check, made payable to the Worcester Housing Authority, for each set of documents so obtained. The amount of the deposit will be refunded to each person who returns the plans, specifications and other documents in good condition within ten (10) days after bid opening. Bidders requesting contract documents to be mailed to them should include a separate check in the amount of $40.00 for each set payable to the Worcester Housing Authority to cover mailing and handling costs.The contract documents may be seen, but not removed at:1.Worcester Housing Authority, Department of Modernization, 81 Tacoma Street, Worcester, MA 01605. 2.F.W. Dodge, 24 Hartwell Ave., Lexington, MA 02173. 3.Reed Construction Data, 30 Technology Parkway South, Norcross, GA 30092. 4.Project Dog, 18 Graf Road Unit #8 Plan Room, Newburyport, MA 01950Attention is called to the following: 1.Provisions of Equal Employment Opportunity; 2.Provisions for payment of not less than the minimum wages as set forth in the Specifications; 3.Provisions of Chapter 14, Acts of 1966, Imposing a Temporary Sales Tax, Section 1, Subsection 6 (d) and (k) exempting the Authority from the operation of such a chapter; 4.Requirement to furnish and pay for a Performance Bond and a Labor and Materials Bond as set forth in the specifications,5.Insurance certificate indicating coverage for public liability, property damage and workers compensation, in accordance with the contract requirements, must be filed by the successful bidder upon signing of the contract. The Worcester Housing Authority reserves the right to reject any or all bids, in whole or in part, or to waive any informalities in the bidding if it be in the public interest to do so. No bid of a General Bidder shall be withdrawn, after opening thereof, prior to thirty (30) days, Saturdays, Sundays, and legal holidays excluded, without the consent of the Worcester Housing Authority. No bid of a Sub-Bidder shall be withdrawn, excluded, after award of the contract to the General Contractor without the consent of the Worcester Housing Authority.Questions regarding this project shall be submitted in writing by Sub-contractors no later than 10:00 A.M. Friday February 13, 2015 and by General Contractors no later than 10:00 A.M. Wednesday February 25, 2015 directed to:Leslie D. Fanger, RLABSC Group33 Waldo St, Worcester, MA 01608(617) [email protected]

Worcester Housing AuthorityCecilio G. Gonzalez, ChairpersonDATE: -January 28, 2015END OF INVITATION FOR BIDS

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You are currently a student and LEEP Fellow at Clark University, can you explain what LEEP is and the project you’ve been working on? The LEEP program is Clark University’s answer to the changing way students apply their education in the post-undergraduate world. LEEP ... has permeated the curriculum. Students engaged in the program in myriad ways, which combine to ensure that what is learned in the classroom makes it into the student’s work life. The resources are concentrated in the “LEEP Center,” which assists students align their personal and academic interests. This may mean helping students work toward graduate programs, study abroad opportunities, and toward the development of leadership, writing, and other skills necessary in the workplace. The LEEP Project is another offering under the LEEP umbrella, and is where my involvement focused. There are many to choose from, and the available programs are always changing. If a student doesn’t find one that aligns well with their interests, they may choose to design their own project. I elected to take this route, and created Dorm Room Menswear. Over the summer, I designed and produced five menswear garments. This had been a goal of mine for a long time, and the LEEP Project program was the perfect opportunity for me to execute my vision. Your focus of study at Clark has been in comparative politics, a little different than fashion and design. Why choose a project so different than your major? My project wasn’t related to comparative politics at all, but was in fact related to my entrepreneurship minor. I’m fascinated by and would love to work in politics, but have had a side interest in men’s fashion for years. Ideally, I’d be able to incorporate

both into a career, and part of doing that successfully will be understanding how my interests can work together, and how their pursuit can play out in my life. You currently design clothing for men. Can you talk about that? What’s your style? My interest in menswear started in high school, and has grown and developed further since then. Unsurprisingly, this has coincided with an international menswear boom. I used to struggle to find a pair of jeans that was the cut I was interested in, and now I can name 10 brands off the top of my head that produce that cut with a range of denim weight, color, country of origin, and price. Even traditionally women’s lines, like Kate Spade, have branched out into the menswear industry, with their Jack Spade line. I grew up in New Mexico, and menswear there is different than it is here. There’s a ton of style there, but not much fashion. Coming east for school showed me how people actually applied all the fashion I saw online all the time, so I got into it pretty heavily in a short amount of time. How do you design, sketchbook or are there design programs? I do most of my design work by hand, and polish them on the computer. Pen and paper allow you to work faster, and to not lose your focus. Design is about conveying a personal vision as accurately as possible, and working with pace is important for that. Transitioning designs to the computer helps me polish details and make sure the preparations and measurements are as I envisioned them originally. It also makes it easy to test out color and texture combinations. Being able to apply a quick affect to try something out can help focus a pallet, or determine where it’s important to splurge on a certain fabric.

How difficult is it choosing that perfect color, pattern and cloth weight for an article of clothing that will be worn next summer? Trying to predict trends is a lot of the fun of menswear design, especially given the way the market has been expanding in the past few years. One design that I had pursued this summer was for a sweatshirt made of neoprene, the material wetsuits are made of. It seemed like an innovative way to make a highly water resistant, warm garment with a texture unlike anything on the market. I did the research, and found that to buy neoprene in the small amount I needed for the sample, it wouldn’t be cost effective, and would put the final garment in a different price category from the other four. I assumed that this must have been the reason that there were no neoprene sweatshirts on the market, and that I’d just learned the same lesson as many designers before me. However, if you go to GQ.com, you’ll see a feature titled Now Trending: Ready to Wear Neoprene. The point being, sometimes your gut is right, and sometimes, to follow your gut, you’d be falling into a trap. In this instance, both were the case. After the design stage, what goes into creating a prototype? Is it difficult working with fabric manufactures? Designing and prototyping are two different animals. I prefer the design process substantially more than the sourcing and production side of the garment production. The production side can include by-the-yard fabric suppliers, fabric

manufacturers, sample makers, jobbers, garment manufacturers, and the entire retail apparatus. Creating a prototype starts with finding a sample maker who is equipped to produce each of your garments. I had trouble with this, because while many tailors can make a shirt, few have the machinery to make a pair of jeans. I worked with Lydia, at Swedes Sewing and Designs on Grafton Street, after a month-long search. After finally connecting with her, we determined what fabric she had access to that I would need, and what I had to go out and buy.

This seems like a very difficult business to break into. With new prototype in hand, what’s the next step? Do you sell under your own label or try to sell your vision? Were I to take the next step, I would build a website and distribute the clothing myself. Doing so would essentially triple my profit margins, in exchange for greatly reducing my visibility. However, in the current market, new lines are recognized all the time, and strategic partnerships have never been more prominent. Where do you see yourself in five years? Will fashion still be a part of your life? In five years, I see myself as having finally settled into a job regarding civil rights law, after finally graduating law school and finding a job. Five years is long enough for me to have found a way to keep fashion as a part of my life, but I’m unsure of whether it will be a side hobby, or front and center.

- Steven King, writer and photographer

A senior at Clark University studying political science, Nick Gerber isn’t all about politics. Participating in Clark’s LEEP (Liberal Education and Effective Practice) program, he got to show off his creative side. Gerber, who grew up in Santa Fe, New Mexico, designed clothing he calls Dorm Room Menswear. We wanted to find out more about Gerber and a project that actually played off his entrepreneurship minor. Here is what we found out.

Nick Gerber


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