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NORTH OXFORD — Free tours of the Clara Barton Birthplace Museum
will be offered during the 10th annual Blood Drive, which will be
hosted by
the Clara Barton Birthplace Museum in North Oxford and the
American Red Cross in Worcester from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., Sunday,
Jan. 7.
An American Red Cross blood drive will be held at The Barton
Center for Diabetes Education’s Chabot Center, 60 Clara Barton
Road, which is adjacent to the museum.
To celebrate Clara’s birthday (Dec. 25, 1821), the museum will
be open for free tours, featuring an original quilt signed by Civil
War doctors and officers given to honor Clara’s dedication. A new
dis-
play was added in 2015, featuring over 130 American Red Cross
Chapter and Disaster Relief pins.
Clara’s mission was one of service. Her amazing accomplishments
includ-ed delivering medical supplies to Civil War battlefields and
nursing wound-ed soldiers. In 1881, she founded the American Red
Cross and served as the organization’s president for 23 years.
Anyone interested in donating blood is encouraged to schedule an
appoint-ment by calling 1-800 RED CROSS or register online at
www.RedCrossBlood.
org. Walk-ins are always welcome, how-ever appointments are
preferred. Blood donors must be at least 17 years old (16 with
parental permission) and weigh at least 110 pounds. Donors who are
taking medications are usually accept-able, but potential donors
can check with the Red Cross when they make an appointment.
The Clara Barton Birthplace Museum teaches the timeless lessons
of compas-sion and service through Clara Barton’s
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Friday, January 5, 2018
Promoting recycling, one home at a timeLucier targets waste
reduction
BY GUS STEEVESSTAFF WRITER
AUBURN – ‘Tis the season…for snow and sleigh bells, lights and
toys…and lots of boxes and paper to recycle.
Unfortunately, the entire recycling market is in an uncertain
place today, with recent reports that China will start rejecting
loads of metal, plastic and paper more frequently, due to
con-tamination. Not necessarily the toxic kind, but food residue,
plastic films, and other things that make the materi-als
unusable.
To help Auburn residents address that, the health department
recently hired solid waste reduction coordina-tor Erica Lucier,
whose part-time job is to educate people on what is and isn’t
recyclable and travel the trash routes making sure what’s in the
blue totes should be there. Recycling, she said, has been the law
since 2010, but the department formally put it on paper only
recently. The regulations include potential fines for violators,
but she noted none have been issued yet.
“For several years, we saw increas-ing recycling, but the last
few it’s flat-lined, even declined,” Lucier said. Her job is being
funded by an 18-month DEP grant whose money comes from incin-erator
companies; most of Auburn’s trash goes to Wheelabrator.
Recycling coordinator Amy Sullivan noted factors in the
recycling decline
include changes in packaging com-bined with what she dubbed
“wishful recycling.” Many people want to recy-cle but don’t realize
the town’s curb-side system can’t take broken items, electronic
waste and some things that actually are labeled with the famous
triangle symbol.
Case in point: plastic bags and other filmy plastics. They’re
ubiquitous and often have the symbol, but when tossed into Auburn’s
“single-stream” system with other materials, they tend to just gum
up the sorting machinery. The material is reusable — a few
companies remanufacture it into fake-wood build-ing material — but
needs to be handled separately to work. Some supermar-kets provide
collection bins for them, and town hall recently started offering
one. It also accepts batteries and some other items, and the
website has ways to recycle harder things like mattress-es and
furniture.
In fact, the bags are such an envi-ronmental problem that dozens
of Bay State towns have banned them, and selectmen are
investigating doing so here. Several other places have also done
so, while some imposed per-bag fees or taxes that have had the same
goal: getting them out of the waste stream and preventing them from
becoming pollution.
Local food pantries get holiday gift
BY GUS STEEVESNEWS CORRESPONDENT
AUBURN – There is no ‘good’ time to be hungry, but winter’s cold
is proba-bly the worst.
Fortunately for those who are, area food pantries got an extra
infusion of cash for supplies just before Christmas.
Auburn Youth and Family Services was one of them, receiving
(like the others) $2,500 from Bank Hometown’s “Neighbors Helping
Neighbors” pro-gram.
“We have definitely seen an increase, with people coming in and
needing a little extra help this winter,” AYFS Director Sally
D’Arcangelo said. Donations like this “are such a bless-ing. They
enable us to do some things we wouldn’t normally be able to
do.”
She noted it’s at least the fourth year the bank has donated to
her pantry.
John Freeland of Oxford Ecumenical Food Shelf agreed, noting
their $2,500 “plus our buying power” gets them $8,000 in food.
That’s because the pan-tries get the bulk of their supplies from
the Worcester County Food Bank in Shrewsbury, where their price is
just 17¢ a pound, D’Arcangelo said.
“Without donations from the com-munity, we wouldn’t be able to
do what we do,” Freeland said.
BankHometown’s website stat-ed there were nine recipients in
Massachusetts and northeastern Connecticut. In our area, those
were Auburn and Oxford, the St. Vincent de Paul Pantry in Webster
and Food Share in Southbridge.
Generally speaking, all of them have seen a similar pattern of
need in recent years. As Oxford’s website chart of family visits
this decade shows, it peak-ed in 2014 at 1746 visits, but still has
not dropped to the level it was in 2010, when it totaled 1377.
Freeland said they see about 350 different families a year, and
most come in via word of mouth or references from Town Hall, the
Police Department or the website.
The way Oxford’s system works is this: One Thursday each month
(the family chooses which), they can get a full week of groceries,
a much broader selection that the remaining Thursdays, in which
they get “a vari-ety of breads and a selection of grocery items,”
the site states.
The AYFS pantry, by contrast, is open every other week on
Tuesdays, but its site notes “Emergency disburse-ments are made on
an as-needed basis.” D’Arcangelo said their “goal and mis-sion is
to provide education and nutri-tion.”
She noted the economy seems to be improving, most obviously in
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Taking stock of old homesBY GUS STEEVES
NEWS CORRESPONDENT
AUBURN — Most long-time residents will observe Auburn has
changed quite a bit during their lives, with new highways, new
businesses and a lot more people.
One aspect of all that development that is often overlooked —
except by the immediate neighbors — is the fact that periodically
old homes get demolished to make way for something new. In some
cases, that’s OK, but to Historical Museum President Sari Bitticks,
all too often it means “building a silly McMansion where a really
beautiful place once lived.”
To address that, Helen Poirier and several high school interns
(currently, Graham Latino) have been riding around town since this
spring trying to identify and photograph those old homes that
survive. They’re basing their effort on a 1981 Historical
Commission report by John and Meredith Beldings, dividing the town
into several historical sections — the center, Drury Square,
Pondville, Stoneville, Pakachoag and West Auburn — to find the
homes they described from that year’s assessing records.
So far, the project has found most of them are still around.
Poirier said about 25 of the more than 100 they’ve researched no
longer exist, with certain neighbor-hoods hit harder than others.
Drury Square and the Maple Street areas are among them; “The nice
houses that were on Maple Street are all condos now. They’re gone,”
she said.
In several areas, the process takes a bit of detective work,
since streets have been renumbered since the 1980s. Piorier’s own
house is an example: now it’s #50, but in 1981, it was #51; and in
such cases she and her team of teens have to compare homes to the
old black and white assessing pictures.
Safety first when it comes to the ice
Turn To RECYCLE, page A9
Turn To FOOD, page A9
The ice on the lakes has formed, and Sturbridge Lakes Advisory
Committee thought the following information is important to
share.
Winter provides an excellent opportunity to participate on many
of Massachusetts more than 3,000 lakes and ponds including fishing,
skating, snowshoeing, cross country skiing, snowmobiling and more.
Unfortunately, every year people are injured or killed as a direct
result of falling through thin or weak ice. The Sturbridge Lakes
Advisory Committee is providing this article on ice safety to help
ensure all Sturbridge residents can safely enjoy winter
activities.
The reality is, there is no such thing as 100 percent safe ice.
It is generally recommended that no one should venture out on any
ice less than four inches thick. New, clear blue ice is usually the
strongest ice. Partially thawed, white ice embedded with slush or
snow and honeycombed ice are significantly lower in strength than
clear blue ice. As a general guideline, if it is not clear blue ice
you should double the thickness recommendations for each
activity.
The figures in the table are general guidelines for clear blue
ice on lakes and ponds. Always use caution, and don’t venture out
onto unfamiliar waters without checking ice thickness
frequently.
Note: vehicles may be banned from some lakes. It’s best to check
with the local lake association.
Temperature, snow cover, currents, weeds and springs all affect
the rela-tive safety of the ice. Ice is seldom the same thickness
over a single body of water, it can be one foot thick in one place,
and a few inches thick in a short distance away. Check the ice at
least every 150 feet.
Ice thickness can easily be checked using an ice chisel, ice
auger, axe, hatchet or cordless drill to penetrate the ice and then
using a simple tape
Turn To ICE, page A2
Turn To OLD HOMES, page A9
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measure to determine the ice thickness. Be aware ice tends to be
thinner on lakes and ponds where there are spring holes, inlets or
outlets. Don’t venture onto icebound rivers or streams, as the
currents make ice thickness unpredict-able. Similarly, ice near the
shoreline is highly variable, so be particularly care-ful of where
you gain access and your
first few steps.Also, you want to make certain you do
not overload the weight bearing capaci-ty of a particular area
of the ice by main-taining a good spacing between gear,
snowmobiles, ATVs, and cars or trucks.
It is good practice when venturing out on the ice to have a
safety plan. Always wear a flotation device such as boating life
jacket especially if you are testing the ice or snowmobiling or on
an ATV. Employ the buddy system maintaining good spacing and always
carry ice picks. Bringing along a tobog-gan with an adequate length
of rope not only provides a handy means of packing and transporting
your equipment, but provides an excellent safety device for
reaching and retrieving those who have fallen through. It’s a good
idea to have a spare set of dry clothes and an emer-gency kit.
Lastly do not leave any debris on the ice. Log and branch
remains from campfires can be a safety hazard for spring fishermen
and animal feces and other debris will contaminate the lake.
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The RIGHT answer: (Part 2) There are some times of the year that
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all know about the Presidents Day sales in February. Customers,
dealers and manufacturers all are beginning to feel a little stir
crazy from the long cold days of January and early February. As
this holiday comes along there is a bit more excitement and a
strong desire on the dealer and manufacturer to get selling for the
spring and summer markets. Usually this is also a time in which
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AUBURN — The Ninety Nine Restaurant & Pub in Auburn
celebrated its 25th anniversary with team members, guests and
members of the community on Nov. 1 with an event that generated
more than $1,000 for the South County Pop Warner.
During the anniversary event, guests enjoyed a spirited game of
trivia and par-ticipated in a commemorative ceremony that honored
the restaurant’s team mem-bers. A percentage of the restaurant’s
total net sales that entire day were donated to South County Pop
Warner. Ron Sivey, general managing partner of the Auburn Ninety
Nine Restaurant & Pub, proudly presented the check to South
County Pop Warner.
“We are proud to celebrate 25 years of serving great food and
drinks to our guests and are passionate about giving back to the
community in whatever way we can,” said Sivey. “We fully support
South County Pop Warner and look forward to con-tinuing that
relationship for years to come.”
The Ninety Nine Restaurant & Pub is New England’s first
locally-based casual restaurant company, established in 1952 at 99
State Street in Boston. Headquartered in Woburn, Mass., the Ninety
Nine Restaurant & Pub currently operates 106 restau-rants
throughout New England and upstate New York.
For more information, please visit www.99restaurants.com or find
them on Facebook at www.facebook.com/99restaurants, and Instagram
@99restaurants.
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Top Row: South County Pop Warner MembersBottom Row, Left – Right
Jeff Smolen, beverage manager at Auburn Ninety Nine Restaurant
& Pub, Dwayne Abrantes, kitchen manager at Auburn Ninety Nine
Restaurant & Pub, Stephanie Beausoleil, service manager at
Auburn Ninety Nine Restaurant & Pub, and Ron Sivey, general
manager at Auburn Ninety Nine Restaurant & Pub.
Anniversary event raised funds for South County
Pop Warner
NUMISMATICS
Looking for a new hobby? Come learn about the hobby of Coin
Collecting. Or maybe you are an old time collector. Our club, the
Nipmuc Coin Club, has both. We learn from each other through our
monthly guest speakers, show and tell pre-sentations, monthly coin
auctions and free attendance prizes. Our group loves to share their
knowledge with each other. About half of our members also like to
eat. Each month we have a simple dinner with dessert and
refreshments just prior to our meeting, which allows us time to
socialize too. We meet the fourth Wednesday of each month starting
at 6:30 p.m. in the Oxford Senior Center located at 323 Main St. in
Oxford. It is the building directly behind the Oxford Town Hall
building. For more information, please contact Dick Lisi at (508)
410-1332 or [email protected]. Come out and have some fun
with us.
NEW GROUP FORMING
If you’re separated or divorced, you don’t have to go through it
alone. DivorceCare meets weekly, you’ll receive practical support
and find healing and hope for the future in a friendly,
confidential setting. We meet Thursdays, 6:30-8 p.m., beginning
Feb. 1 at Faith Church, 22 Faith Ave., Auburn. Call (508) 832-5044
or email [email protected] for more information.
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WORCESTER — Quinsigamond Community College has received an
$84,100 Performance Incentive Fund grant from the state to provide
accel-erated English classes to students eli-gible for remediation
in English. The college will use the grant to increase its
Accelerated Learning Program, which focuses on improving the
success of developmental education students by working to
accelerate these students into college-level English courses.
QCC has already piloted this program with noteworthy results.
Between 2014 and 2016, 75 percent of QCC students who completed an
accelerated English course by taking both remedial and college
level English, received a “C” or higher, compared to 66 percent of
QCC students who only completed the tradi-tional college level
English course.
“This innovative model is particular-
ly beneficial to those from underserved populations such as low
English lan-guage learners,” said QCC President Dr. Luis G.
Pedraja. “This PIF grant will help us to increase the number of
high quality English reading, writing and critical thinking courses
we offer to these students to help them succeed in college.”
The funding will be used to train additional QCC faculty in
order to scale up its current ALP, in addition to creating a new,
integrated reading/writing course; three accelerated writing
English workshops, and developing a new bridge English as a second
lan-guage course. The new bridge ESL
English course will enable ELL stu-dents to more rapidly
transition from ESL to developmental and college level English.
“This grant will enable us to expand access to educational
opportunities for residents of Central Massachusetts, which in turn
will lead to increased job opportunities for QCC students,” Dr.
Pedraja said. “This is a win for the college and for the
community.”
The Performance Incentive Fund is a competitive grant program
that sup-
ports public campuses in creating or strengthening programs that
advance the goals of producing the best educated citizenry and
workforce in the nation.
For more information, contact Josh Martin, director of
institutional com-munications at (508) 854-7513 or
[email protected]
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Quinsigamond Community College awarded $84K state grant
AUBURN — The following students have earned a place on the honor
roll for the first trimester at Auburn High School
GRADE 9
Honors: Amany Al Nassar, Joshua Anderson, Brendan Anish, Talha
Awan, Tatiana Baez, Caleb Bartlett, Ethan Bedard, Taylor Blanton,
Lacey Boulay, Zion Burdick, Laura Byrne, Maeve Cahill, Amber Camp,
Shayleigh Carlson, Kayla Conway, Carlos Costa, Miranda Courteau,
Thomas Cowden, Mia DelloStritto, Jeffrey DiPadua, Maura Donahue,
Adam Fuller, Emma Gaudreau, Rachel Gervais, Thomas Gill, Grace
Griffin, Corrie Hammond, Dylan Holton, Griffin Hurley, Erin Hynes,
Chizoba Igwenagu, Kaitlyn Jess, Audrey Johnson, Rebecca Johnson,
Kyle Kennedy, Andrew Konicki, Priscilla Kot, Sarah Kramer Lee,
Kristen Lambert, Crystalis LaVergne, Tracy Le, Lucas Leatham,
Brendan Lee, Drew Lemansky, Devin LePoer, Nathan Lewos, Amanda
Loftus, Sean Lovely, Ethan Madison Hella, Emma Martin, Skylar
Matson, Elexa McFadden, Nichole Miranda, Maria Misenti, Isabella
Nash, Raechel Nash, Amelia Nelson, Connor Nordman, Claudia Oliver,
Victor Pacheco, Ethan Petrie, Anthony Picard, Zoe Picard, Ryan
Quinn, Grace Rielly, Lydia Rossik, Sarah Schnee, Kasey Simmons,
Grace Sitkowski, Brendan Slomski, Brendan Sullivan, Sabrina Tang,
Isabella Therrien, Emily Turcotte, Sandy Wahba, Emma Wentworth,
Adriana White, Alyssa Wright, Jill Zaparaskas and David Zona.
High Honors: Emily Adamiak, Samantha Anusauskas, Nathaniel
Archambault, Brian Bailey, Alexander Bisceglia, Abigail Brackett,
Alysha Creelman, Sage Davis, Kali Day, Sara Dowd, Emily Dupuis,
Grace Foulkrod, Savana Giurleo, Connor Halloran,
James Hines, Kieran Keaney, Joshua Lacewell, Brooke Laplante,
Marcus Longo, Quinne Masiello, Julia Matthew, Emma McGrillen,
Alison McKiernan, Thomas McKiernan, Emily Mulone, Truc Nguyen, Ryan
Ordway, Eric Paine, Georgia Pokropowicz, Emma Schieble, Samantha
Stokes, Wilson Van, Isabella Vangos, Nathan Wright, Aaron
Zheng.
GRADE 10
Honors: Joshua Adams, Jessica Barrell, Grace Beauregard, Samuel
Benoit, Julia Benvenuti, Cameron Bolduc, Michael Breen, Ioannis
Chatzopoulos, Shannon Courtney, Bella D’Auteuil, Angelina DiCarlo,
Kelly Do, Fareda El Gaderi, Lucas Faneuff, Sydney Fanion, Emily
Flaherty, Emma Ganley, Sarah Garabedian, Michael Gardner, Griffin
Handfield, Menexia Hatzopoulos, Kualim Johnson, Nolan Kennedy, Luke
Laplante, Isabelle Lavallee, Danh Le, Joseph LeBlanc, Ethan
Leonard, Julia Lussier, Colin Lutz, Amy Ly, Olivia Matthews, Luke
Morin, Andrew Noonan, Sandra Phan, Jasmin Powers, Michael Prunier,
Hannah Roberts, Victoria Robichaud, Jayda Rodriguez, Alli
Schoenfeldt, Kyle Sebastyanski, Luana Sena, Rhiannon Sinkis, Meghan
Sjogren, Justin Skaparas, Jaelynn Smith, Nicolas Spanos, Alex
Stencel, Samuel Stencel, Alexis Strozina, Brett Sullivan, Alexia
Thibodeau, Beau Tran, Serena Viruet, Christine Wanjiru, Elyse
Whittemore, Christopher Willis, Jayne Zaparaskas, Julia Zona,
Niccola Zona.
High Honors: Samuel Almeida, Maura Anish, Andrew Coccio, Rachel
Grandmaison, Carly Hayes, Amanda Healey, Ehmil Johnson, Kamryn
Kobel, Jacob Matson, Kayla Nordman, Haley Norris, Aaron Pigeon,
Cody Plasse, John Pokropowicz, Marika Renner, Danielle Schmeling,
Caleb Scopetski, Philip Tran, Rezwana Uddin.
GRADE 11
Honors: Afuakonadu Agyeman, Allison Anusauska, Matteo Armendo,
Nicholas Bartoli, Cody Berube, Nicholas Billings, Leo Boisvert,
Derek Brigham, Shea Brown, Naomi Bylund, Makayla Camp, Conor
Carlson, Cameron Carpenter, Sheeza Chaudry, Kayli Christie-Perez,
Kylee Christie-Perez, Samantha Collins, Katelyn Cormier, Sarah
Cronin, Haley Croteau, Molly Cutting, Damian Daniels, Angelique
Davis, Thomas Day, Nicholas DiLeo, Jasmine Do, Lauren Duquette,
Samuel Elwell, Maxwell Engel, Kristos Fotos, Marissa Gallant,
Dawson Gemme, Emma Gervais, James Grady, Margaret Grady, Gianna
Grici, Ashley Hayes, Erin Hazelhurst, Jason Henry, Lauryn Hines,
Shea Jarvis, Mark John, Emma Johnson, Alexa Katsoulis, Nikoletta
Kyiazis, Jaclyn Landry, Marcus LaPointe, Jillian Lavallee, Zachary
Lazerick, Charlie Le, Grace Levansavich, Molly Lovely, Caleb
Mackin, Christopher Martin, Benjamin Masiello, Sophia Mazzone,
Alexis McGrail, Eric Merriam, Daniel Mojica, Tyler Nguyen, Breanna
O’Neill, Isabelle O’Toole, Corinne Oliver, Samantha Perry, Gianna
Petraitis, Tyler Pratt, Jennifer Premo, Michael Robichaud, Semran
Sahota, Shannon Sampson, Alyssa Sarkisian, Alexander Scales, Joseph
Scanlon, Matthew Smith, Parth Sonkusare, Hale Spafford, Simon
Stevens, Maxwell Strong, Dylan Tang, Timothy Tran, Lily Tuthill,
MaKenzie Ward, Collin Winkelmann, Neil Wykes, Gabriela Wyspianski,
Eva Zink.
High Honors: Nicholas Bisceglia, Sean Angus Campbell, Meaghan
Contois, Olivia Curnen, Ryan Garabedian, Meghan Hines, Tiffany
Huynh, Kaycee Ikonya, Kaitlyn Johnson, Madison Kapulka, Graham
Latino, Jadon Latino, Giovanni Longo, Alexandra Masterson, Olivia
Mikkila, Victoria Murphy,
Vishvesh Patel, Madison Poshkus, Courtney Prescott, Jared
Sargent, Emily Saucier, Sebastian Smerczak, Paige Souda, Jackson
Sypeck, Dayna Tang, Emily Wambach.
GRADE 12
Honors: Matthew Backlin, Samantha Barrell, Emily Beavers,
Brendan Benevento, Zachary Billings, Kayrin Brower, Craigon Confer,
Olivia Copson, Megan Corey, Sydney Dinsdale, Angela DiTommaso,
Amanda Doherty, Corey Duff, Carly Filliere, Samantha Foulkrod,
Emily Frost, Alyssa Frotten, Rachel Griffin, Coleson Hammond, Julia
Handfield, Zachary Hauge, Mackenzie Hebert, Christopher Inyagwa,
Tyler Judice, Alexis Kamyck, Lauren Kennedy, Christopher Keyes,
Jacob Landry, Gabrielle Lemanski, Brianna Leon, Isabella Lourie,
Morgan Maher, Jonathan Marchant, Steven Marshall, Julianna
Martinelli, Rachel McGrillen, Kaitlyn Miller, Delaney Nadeau,
Breanna Niemiec, Kwame Opoku-Agyeman, Matthew Palmer, Dominic
Papandrea, Ana Pietrewicz, John Pignataro, Kyle Powers, Timothy
Prosser, Abigail Randall, Eric Rockwood, Alexander Rondon, Brian
Sarkisian, Samantha Sheehan, Alexandra Simonian, Elizabeth
Simonian, Jacob Stokes, Madison Swedberg, Brenda Ta, Rick Therrien,
Kamryn White, William Wright, Danielle Zanchi, Andre Zink.
High Honors: Madison Boulay, Brandon Burnett, Brighid Campbell,
Hannah Cherry, Kerri Dowd, Kathryn Dudko, Rebecca Engel, Mikaela
Gilbert, Steven Grampetro, Maggie Grogan, Padraic Halloran, Joshua
Harburn, May Huynh, Emma Jette, Gwenyth Lutz, Andrw Millos, Tiffany
Moen, Katelyn Norwood, Renee Ordway, Stephanie Peterson, Caroline
Saltz, Jennifer Tarini, Matthew Tran, Bridget White.
LEARNINGAubuRN HIGH ScHooL ANNouNcES HoNoR RoLL
AUBURN — The following students have earned a place on the honor
roll for the first trimester at Auburn Middle School.
GRADE 6
Honors: Omar Abu-Lail, Joseph Allain, Vaughan Bailey, Kyle
Banfill, Ava Baviello, Jay Beaudet, Julia Brytowski, Rebekah
Bugros-Mansfield, Bradley Burroughs, Riley Caruso, Brooke
Castellano, Ian Clayton, Rachel Cowden, Liliana Delerme, Connor
Dion, Arianna DiPadua, Brett Doherty, Isabella Gagnon, Makaylah
Gagnon, Nicole Gallant, Morgan Greenidge, Dominic Hammond, Rylie
Jimenez, Ingrid Johnson, Isadora Johnson, Cassandra Keaney, Trey
Keller, Tyler Kohler, Sadie Kulma, Camryn LaPrad-Cabral, Nathan
Mahoney, Grace Marin, Aaliyah Marquez, Brayden
Martin, Julia Mathews, Kyra-Jane Matthews, Lia McDonald, Amanda
McLaughlin, Vincent Miles, Madison Millette, Avery Mulligan, Dorina
Muska, Sam Naeem, Peter Nhan, Alexis Nordman, Luca Parent, Lucas
Peschiera, Konstantinos Pirperis, Nicole Pizziconi, Sebastian
Plona, Yoanna Proko, Samuel Rundell, Casey Shrauger, Kayla Simpson,
Isaac Swedberg, Alysha Szafarowicz, Jordan Tatro, Ava Thibeault,
Rocco Vartabedian, Sophia Venditti, Emily Welch, Timothy Welch,
Korey Wood.
High Honors: Kweku Akese, James Almeida, Trevor Amero, Lucas
Aucoin, Jenna Barber, Mya Benoit, Avery Bissessar, Jack Bjorkman,
Alec Borelli, Joseph Brunsell, Maeve Condron, Erik Dupuis, Kiara
Ellman, Isabella Faber, Kiernan Gardner, Nicholas Gillette, Andrew
Hawley, Ryan Hunter, Kaitlyn Huynh, Alex
Mercadante, Evan Mercadante, Mia Morrow, Jeremiah Murphy, Van
Nguyen, Vanessa Paddock, Gia Patel, Tyler Poshkus, Morgan Ryan,
Saige Sandberg, Leila Santos Diaz, Joshua Schnee, Anthony Seaman,
Lexi Sens, Vivian Silva, Maggie Slomski, Lauren Smith, Samuel
Soloperto, Grant Stannard, Ryan Sullivan, Jevin Ta, Emma Toscano,
Katie Valentine, Jenna Whitsitt, Amanda Wilbur, Grace Wilson.
GRADE 7
Honors: Ethan Adamiak, Rafael Albino, Jack Beauregard, Thomas
Bigelow, Cooper Boisseau, Jacksen Bolduc, Jordyn Bolduc, Cooper
C’Miel, Lily-Ann C’Miel, Raffaele Capaldi, Gavin Cedrone, Daniel
Chaffee, Saira Chaudry, Brianna Cota, Dilora Culani, Bianca
Darwell, Samantha DeCell, Andrew DiLeo, Evan Facteau, Shea
Fanion, Nora Foley, Michael Fortunato, Sofia Fortunato, Abigail
Gaudreau, Anthony Gervais, Claudia Giffone, Jolena Houle, Logan
Hughes, Faith Joslyn, Adam Khafaja, Justin Kisiel, Maximus Lajoie,
Gabriel Lazerick, Nathan LeBoeuf, Mackenzie Mackin, Ava Magoun,
Allison Mancini, Aidan McGrail, Eva O’Reilly, Molly O’Shea,
Nicholas O’Toole, Mateo Peschiera, James Phillips, Hayden Plumb,
Jayme Regan, Lana Rodriguez, Dylan Sampson, EllaMargaret Sanchez,
MelodyAnn Sanchez, Zachary Scheible, Edward Seaver, Ted Spanos,
Zachary Stomski, Briana Ta, Jacob Thomas, Declan Toomey, Silvia
Wahba, Jonathan Walsh, Matthew Walsh, Ariana Weagle-Rodriguez, Leah
Wentworth, Oscar Wyspianski.
High Honors: Nishil Adina, Simon Benton, Ella Berg, Marta
Brzoska, Quinn Cahill,
Bryan Cavanaugh, Logan Costa, Zachary Cote, Isabella Doyle,
Sophia Gawronski, Mallory Graves, Emma Hesselton, Patricia Howk,
Alexis Lamarche, Morganne Lucier, Thomas Lutz, Gabrielle Mahoney,
Ally McGill, Sydney Mercadante, Hanorah Murphy, Finn O’Donnell, Ama
Opoku-Agyeman, Maggie Russell, Zoey Sandberg, Peyton Scopetski,
Lydia Skaparas, Jenna Stencel, Natalie Zona.
GRADE 8
Honors: Jennifer Amlaw, Tyler Anderson, Madison Bogar, Owen
Bond, Connor Bostock, Ava Brown, Patrick Bruso, Tommy Burny, Kyle
Callaghan, Marshal Carpenter, Jackson Chaffee, Tinaya Chauvin,
Wesley Cody, Kevin Cunningham, Gavin Dacri, Nicholas Fitzsimmons,
Michael Frappier, Allison Frost,
AubuRN MIddLE ScHooL ANNouNcES HoNoR RoLL
Turn To HONOR ROLL page A14
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EAST BROOKFIELD — Lamoureux Ford was among a select group of
Ford Dealerships, less than 10% of all dealers nationwide, to be
recognized with the 2016 President’s Award by Ford Motor Company.
The prestigious award honors dealer-ships that have excelled in
auto-motive retailing in 2016 by providing exceptional cus-tomer
sales and service satisfaction.
“Earning this award is a reflection of our entire staff’s
commitment to delivering the best cus-tomer experience pos-sible,”
say Lamoureux Ford’s owners Marc and Lionel Lamoureux. “We couldn’t
be more proud to receive this recognition, especially since it
comes from the people we value most – our customers. They’re the
reason we were able to achieve this award.”
The President’s Award was established in 1998. Dealers become
eligible
through survey responses from the customers related to their
sales and service satisfaction.
Lamoureux Ford has won the President’s Award for the 20th year
in a row and 23 times over-all.
4 • The Auburn news • Friday, January 5, 2018
AlmAnAc
AUBURN$393,587 4 Whitman Bailey Dr #4,
J W Land & Development LLC, to Hedly, Linda L.
$330,000 56 Pakachoag St, Patriot Homes LLC, to Ruco, Anna, and
Rucco, Orgest.
$246,000 23 Alpine Trl, Rose, Allan M, and Rose, Genevieve, to
Mcneil, William J, and Daigle, Maurren A.
$235,000 1202 Forest Park Dr #1202, Rafferty, Lisa, to Morrison,
Damien, and Ferrante, Lisa.
Real estate
Most people are not selling homes on a regular basis. It is
scary to think of how important it is to make the right deci-sion
when hiring a Real Estate Agent. Think of what is important to you
and make sure to ask questions around that to each person you
interview. I would first suggest asking friends and family who they
have used and had a good experience. Also, if you see the agents
sign all around your town then I would interview them as well. I
would suggest you interview 3 agents to ensure you are making the
right decision. This is probably the largest financial transac-tion
you will ever be involved in. The most important thing is trust, so
you want to hire someone you can trust to truly put your needs in
front of their own. You also want to make sure they have a track
record of selling home that is better than the average agent. For
the past the year, the average sales price in Worcester County for
single family homes was $308,196 which means you will be spending
around $15,000-$20,000 on the services of a Real Estate Agent.
Below are some questions to ask the agent to help you discover if
you are hiring the right person for the job.
How many homes have you sold this year? This will let you know
if they have recently been selling homes and
have experience in the cur-rent Real Estate Market, since it is
ever-changing.
How many homes have you sold in the last 5 years? This will show
you that they have consistently been helping people in this area
sell homes over a period of time and their marketing plan must be
working.
Do you have a written marketing plan to get homes sold? It is
important that the agent have a plan in place to sell your home
rather than just “wing-ing it”. Some agents may have a plan they
use for every home or customize the plan for each home they sell,
but make sure they do have a plan.
Do you have a full-time staff work-ing together to get my home
under agreement and sold? This is important to know if when your
agent is meet-ing with another seller that they are not missing
valuable phone calls from buyers interested in your home. In
addition, what if your agent goes on vacation? Is your home sale
going on vacation too or is there a plan in place for coverage
while they are gone.
On average how many days does it take you to get an offer on
your list-ings? This is especially important if you
need to move by a specific timeframe and need to know you are
selecting an agent that will get you moved in the timeframe that
you need. I would also ask them to show the date for what the
average
agents takes to see how it compares.What is your list price to
sales price
ratio on homes you have sold? This will give you a good idea on
how well the agents negotiate to get you the best price for the
home they sell and will get you the best price for yours. I would
ask here for them to show you date on the average agent in you area
to ensure their ratios are above average.
How quickly will you respond to buy-ers that call or email you
about my home? This is important, knowing that it is crucial for an
internet lead to be contacted within 5 minutes of the inqui-ry and
hopefully while they are still searching the agents website. After
5 minutes the odds of them responding back diminishes greatly.
People who are calling it is not as urgent but still best if they
can have a live conversation with them or at least call back within
an
hour of them leaving a message.How quickly will you respond to
other
agents who have interested buyers in my home? It is important to
respond quickly to questions as that will keep the buyers interest
in the home. If they ask questions and it takes a few days to get a
response, most likely the buyer will have moved on to another
home.
What type of regular training do you attend to keep you at the
top of your game? The Real Estate Market is con-stantly changing
and in order to help someone to sell their home quickly and for the
most money then agents need to constantly be learning new
techniques for marketing and skills for negotiat-ing. There have
been studies done that the most successful agents on average spends
40% of their days in some sort of training to increase their
skills.
What percentage of your listings sell vs. expiring? When you
decide to sell your home, you want to actually have it sell. This
will help you see if the agents marketing strategy is effective to
get homes sold. Just because an agent has lots of signs in yards in
your area does not mean the homes are actually sell-ing.
Questions to ask when interviewing Real Estate Agents
JAMESBLACK
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Pictured from left: Mark Rogowski (Boston Regional Manager-
Ford), Lionel Lamoureux, Marc Lamoureux, and Vince Talia (Regional
Manager- Ford Credit).
Superior service and customer satisfaction earn Lamoureux Ford
of East Brookfield Ford’s
highest award: The President’s Award
As we start a new year, I thought it might be a good time to
take another look at which col-lectibles have been selling well and
may con-tinue to sell well during the new year. Some of these items
were in my top 10 antiques and collectibles list in 2015. There are
additional items in this article though.
Mid-century collectibles and furnishings continue to fetch
strong prices at auction. Baby boomers who grew up in the 1940s
through 1970s remember many of these col-lectibles from their
youth. Younger collectors also appreciate the sleek lines and
simplistic design of mid-century design.
There are many mid-century “baby boom-er” collectibles that are
selling well. We’ve auctioned comic books from the 1960s that have
brought over $100 an issue. Older ones can bring even higher
prices. A baseball card collection from the 1950s and ‘60s brought
five fig-ures at a recent auction. Older sports memorabilia remains
popular too. We sold a baseball with a drawing by George Sosnak
that brought $3,500 at auction in 2017. One card of a star player
in pris-tine condition can bring a figure in that range by itself.
Toys remain popular. A toy robot from the 1960s brought a figure
over $500 at one of our auc-tions a few years ago.
Bicycles are also popular with collectors. Early high wheeled
and turn of the century bicycles can bring five figure sums at
auction. Many more modern bicycles also realize strong auction
prices. Schwinn Sting-Ray “Krate” bikes from the late 1960s and
1970s featured high handle bars and banana seats. Some of these
bicycles can bring fig-ures in the thousands. Benjamin Bowden
designed the Spacelander bicycle in 1946. The futuristic bicycles
were then produced in 1960. There are believed to be only 522 that
were produced. They typically sell for five figure sums at
auction.
Military items remain popular with collectors. There has always
been considerable interest in Civil War memorabilia. I’ve also seen
increased interest in World War II artifacts in recent years. For
example, we sold a diary of a captured American soldier in a German
prison. The diary contained information on daily life in the camp
and drawings. It brought several hundred dollars at auction.
Coins remain a very popular collectible. Dollar coins, half
dollars, quarters and dimes from 1964 and earlier are made with 90%
silver. They are worth at least their weight in silver. Coins
with
rare dates can be worth much more than the silver value though.
For example, we sold a silver dollar with a CC (Carson City,
Nevada) mint mark that brought around $500 at auction in 2017. Many
old gold coins are worth well over their scrap value as well.
Other collectibles continue to bring strong prices at auction.
Old movie, travel, advertising, Rock and Roll, cir-cus, sports and
other posters are very desirable. The market is still great for old
advertising signs and displays.
Historical memorabilia still com-mands strong prices at auction.
In 2017, we auctioned some postcards written by Alexander Graham
Bell to his attor-ney. They rang up $1,000.
We continue to pick up some great items for our January 25th
live auction. My Evaluating your Antiques class at Bay Path Evening
School is scheduled for March 5. We are scheduling some estate
sales for after the holidays. Keep checking
www.centralmassauctions.com for details.
Contact us at: Wayne Tuiskula Auctioneer/Appraiser Central Mass
Auctions for Antique Auctions, Estate Sales and Appraisal Services
www.centralmassauctions.com (508-612- 6111),
[email protected]
Valuable collectibles for 2018
WAYNE TUISKULA
Antiques, collectibles
& estAtes
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6 • The Auburn news • Friday, January 5, 2018
(SEAL) COMMONWEALTH
OF MASSACHUSETTSLAND COURT
DEPARTMENT OF THE TRIAL COURT
17 SM 009613ORDER OF NOTICE
TO:Bruce J. Grici; Angela J. Griciand to all persons entitled to
the ben-efit of the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act:, 50 U.S.C.c.
50 §3901 (et seq):Federal National Mortgage Association (Fannie
Mae)claiming to have an interest in a Mortgage covering real
property in Auburn, numbered 650 Oxford Street South, given by
Bruce J. Grici and Angela J. Grici to Mortgage Electronic
Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for CitiMortgage, Inc., its
successors and assigns, dated December 5, 2006, and record-ed with
the Worcester County (Worcester District) Registry of Deeds in Book
40314, Page 1, and now held by plaintiff by assignment has/have
filed with this court a com-plaint for determination of
Defendant’s/Defendants’ Servicemembers status.If you now are, or
recently have been, in the active military service of the United
States of America, then you may be entitled to the benefits of
the
Servicemembers Civil Relief Act. If you object to a foreclosure
of the above-mentioned property on that basis, then you or your
attorney must file a written appearance and answer in this court at
Three Pemberton Square, Boston, MA 02108 on or before January 29,
2018 or you will be forever barred from claiming that you are
entitled to the benefits of said Act.Witness, JUDITH C. CUTLER
Chief Justice of this Court on December 14, 2017Attest: Deborah J.
PattersonRecorder(16-015263 Orlans)January 5, 2018
NOTICE OF MORTGAGEE’S SALE OF REAL ESTATE Premises: 68 Appleton
Road, Auburn, Massachusetts By virtue and in execution of the Power
of Sale contained in a certain mortgage given by Marguerite M.
Beyer to Financial Freedom Senior Funding Corporation, a subsidiary
of IndyMac Bank, F.S.B. and now held by CIT Bank, N.A., said
mortgage dated November 20, 2006, and recorded in the Worcester
County (Southern District) Registry of Deeds, in Book 40227 at Page
98, as affected by an Assignment of Mortgage dated September 25,
2009, and recorded with said Deeds in Book 44930 at Page 60, as
affected by an Assignment
of Mortgage dated December 9, 2015, and recorded with said Deeds
in Book 54699 at Page 244, of which mortgage the undersigned is the
present holder, for breach of the conditions in said mortgage and
for the purpose of fore-closing the same will be sold at Public
Auction on January 12, 2018, at 10:00 AM Local Time upon the
premises, all and singular the premises described in said mortgage,
to wit: The land in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, County of
Worcester, Town of Auburn, on the westerly side of Appleton Road,
and bounded and described as fol-lows: BEGINNING at the point of
inter-section of the westerly side line of Appleton Road and the
northerly side line of Heritage Road; said point being the
southeasterly corner of the Parcel to be described; THENCE N. 87
deg. 46’ 38” W along the northerly side line of Heritage Road for a
distance of 143.95 feet to a point; THENCE N. 12 deg. 15’ 27” W
along land now or formerly of Peters for a distance of 185.91 feet
to a point; THENCE S. 87 deg. 46’ 38” E. for a distance of 136.13
feet to a point on the westerly side line of Appleton road; THENCE
S. 14 deg. 34’ 00’’ E. along the westerly side line of Appleton
Road for a distance of 188.02 feet to the point of beginning. The
above-described parcel contains 25,210 square feet, more or
less.
For Grantor’s title see Deed record-ed at Book 11054, Page 313.
The description of the property contained in the mortgage shall
control in the event of a typographical error in this publication.
For Mortgagor’s Title see Deed dated December 23, 1987, and
recorded in Book 11054 at Page 313 with the Worcester County
(Southern District) Registry of Deeds. TERMS OF SALE: Said premises
will be sold and conveyed subject to all liens, encumbrances,
unpaid taxes, tax titles, municipal liens and assessments, if any,
which take precedence over the said mortgage above described. TEN
THOUSAND ($10,000.00) Dollars of the purchase price must be paid in
cash, certified check, bank treasurer’s or cashier’s check at the
time and place of the sale by the purchaser. The balance of the
purchase price shall be paid in cash, certified check, bank
treasurer’s or cashier’s check within forty five (45) days after
the date of sale. Other terms to be announced at the sale.
Marinosci Law Group, P.C. 275 West Natick Road, Suite 500 Warwick,
RI 02886 Attorney for CIT Bank, N.A. Present Holder of the Mortgage
Telephone: (401) 234-9200 MLG File No.: 17-04649 December 22,
2017December 29, 2017January 5, 2018
LEGALS
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LEGAL NOTICEMORTGAGEE’S SALE
OF REAL ESTATEBy virtue of and in execution of the Power of Sale
contained in a cer-tain mortgage given by Deborah A. Ritacco and
Nicholas J. Ritacco, Jr. to Mortgage Electronic Registration
Systems, Inc. acting solely as a nomi-nee for Cendant Mortgage
Corporation d/b/a Coldwell Banker Mortgage, dated October 23, 2002
and recorded in Worcester County (Worcester District) Registry of
Deeds in Book 27846, Page 14 (the “Mortgage”) as affected by a Loan
Modification Agreement dated May 20, 2007 and recorded at said
Registry of Deeds in Book 42164, Page 112 and further affected by a
Loan Modification Agreement dated March 1, 2011 and recorded at
said Registry of Deeds in Book 47255, Page 273 of which mortgage
GSMPS Mortgage Loan Trust 2004-1, Mortgage Pass-Through
Certificates, Series 2004-1, U.S. Bank National Association, as
Trustee, Successor in Interest to Wachovia Bank, National
Association, as Trustee is the present holder by assignment from
Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. to U.S. Bank,
National Association as Trustee successor in interest to Wachovia
Bank, N.A., as trustee for GSMPS Mortgage Loan Trust 2004-1 dated
October 14, 2009 recorded at Worcester County (Worcester District)
Registry of Deeds in Book 45691, Page 126; assignment from U.S.
Bank, National Association as Trustee, successor in interest to
Wachovia Bank, N.A., as Trustee for GSMPS Mortgage Loan Trust
2004-1 to PHH Mortgage Corporation dated April 24, 2013 recorded at
Worcester County (Worcester District) Registry of Deeds in Book
51770, Page 31 and assign-ment from PHH Mortgage Corporation to
GSMPS Mortgage Loan Trust 2004-1, Mortgage Pass-Through
Certificates, Series 2004-1, U.S. Bank National Association, as
Trustee, Successor in Interest to Wachovia Bank, National
Association, as Trustee dated July 31, 2014 recorded at Worcester
County (Worcester District) Registry of Deeds in Book 52658, Page
202, for breach of conditions of said mortgage and for the purpose
of foreclosing the same, the mortgaged premises located at 5
Sherman Avenue, Auburn, MA 01501 will be sold at a Public Auction
at 11:00 AM on January 30, 2018, at the mortgaged premises, more
particularly described below, all and singular the premises
described in said mortgage, to wit:The land in said Auburn, on the
north-erly side of Sherman Avenue, bounded and described as
follows: PARCEL 1 BEGINNING at the northwesterly cor-ner thereof at
the southwest corner of Lot Numbered 36-C as shown on Plan
hereinafter referred to, and on west by land now or formerly of one
Arthur W. Warren;THENCE S. 80 degrees 29’ 57” E. by the southerly
side of a part of said Lot numbered 36-C seventy-seven (77) feet to
the northwest corner of Lot No. 34-C as shown on said Plan;THENCE
S. 4 degrees 2’ 3” W. by the westerly side of Lot No. 34-C as shown
on said Plan one hundred twen-ty-five and 63/100 (125.63) feet to
the northerly side of Sherman Avenue, as shown on said Plan;THENCE
N. 80 degrees 29’ 57” W. by the northerly side of said Sherman
Avenue as shown on said Plan eighty-three (83) feet to land now or
formerly of Arthur W. Warren;THENCE N. 6 degrees 43’ 33” E. by land
now or formerly of said Arthur W. Warren one hundred twenty-five
and 15/100 (125.15) feet to the place of beginning.CONTAINING
10,000 square feet of land more or less.BEING Lot No. 32-C as shown
on a Plan of House lots in Auburn known as “Intervale” showing Sec.
B and C as Revised September 20th, 1949 Waterman A. Warren, Owner,
Arthur N. Pond, surveyor, and which said Plan is filed with
Worcester District Registry of Deeds.Together granting the right to
use, and also subject to the reservation of and excepting the right
to use, in common, with all present and future owners of lots
described on, and set forth by said Plan, all the drives, roads and
avenues described and set forth on said Plan; subject to the
reservations of and excepting however the right to lay, and/or
right to permit the laying of water, sewer or drainage lines, power
or light poles under, along and over said drives, roads and avenues
in a manner so as not to unnecessarily interfere with the
convenient use of said land. Subject to the following building
restric-tions: Except that any single dwelling shall not cost less
than $6,000; Except that any building erected on said prem-ises
shall not be other than a one fami-ly type home.BEING the same
premises conveyed to the Grantor by deed dated April
16, 2002 and recorded in Worcester District Registry of Deeds
Book 26388, Page 387.PARCEL 2The land in Auburn, Worcester County,
Massachusetts, located on the north-erly side of Sherman Avenue
bounded and described as follows:BEG1NNNING at a stake located on
the northerly side of Sherman Avenue which is north 80 degrees 29’
57” west eighty-three (83) feet from a stone bound located at the
intersection of the northerly side of Sherman Avenue and the
westerly side of Elbridge Road;THENCE north 4 degrees 02’ 03” east
by Lot #32C on a plan hereinafter referred to One Hundred
Twenty-five and 63/100 (125.63) feet to a stake;THENCE south 80
degrees 29’ 57” east Eleven and 97/100 (11.97) feet to a
stake;THENCE south 9 degrees 30’ 03” west by other land now or
formerly of John Holmes, Jr. One Hundred Twenty-five and 06/100
(125.06) feet to the point of beginning.BEING the same premises
conveyed to us by deed of Marguerite L. Holmes dated 10/10/2002 and
recorded with said Registry of Deeds herewith as Instrument
#208679.For mortgagor’s title see deed recorded with the Worcester
County (Worcester District) Registry of Deeds in Book 27846, Page
12. The premises will be sold subject to any and all unpaid taxes
and other municipal assessments and liens, and subject to prior
liens or other enforce-able encumbrances of record entitled to
precedence over this mortgage, and subject to and with the benefit
of all easements, restrictions, reservations and conditions of
record and subject to all tenancies and/or rights of parties in
possession.Terms of the Sale: Cash, cashier’s or certified check in
the sum of $5,000.00 as a deposit must be shown at the time and
place of the sale in order to qualify as a bidder (the mortgage
holder and its designee(s) are exempt from this requirement); high
bidder to sign writ-ten Memorandum of Sale upon accep-tance of bid;
balance of purchase price payable in cash or by certified check in
thirty (30) days from the date of the sale at the offices of
mortgagee’s attor-ney, Korde & Associates, P.C., 900 Chelmsford
Street, Suite 3102, Lowell, MA 01851 or such other time as may be
designated by mortgagee. The description for the premises contained
in said mortgage shall control in the event of a typographical
error in this publication.Other terms to be announced at the
sale.GSMPS Mortgage Loan Trust 2004-1, Mortgage Pass-Through
Certificates, Series 2004-1, U.S. Bank National Association, as
Trustee, Successor in Interest to Wachovia Bank, National
Association, as TrusteeKorde & Associates, P.C.900 Chelmsford
StreetSuite 3102Lowell, MA 01851(978) 256-1500Ritacco, Deborah A.
and Nicholas J. Jr, 13-011175December 29, 2017January 5,
2018January 12, 2018
NOTICE OF MORTGAGEE’S SALE OF REAL ESTATE
Premises: 7 Renaud Drive, Auburn, MA By virtue and in execution
of the Power of Sale contained in a certain mort-gage given by
Jayson G. Silva, Eileen A. Silva, and Patricia A. Belanger to
Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. as nominee for
Citizens Mortgage Corporation and now held by Citizens Bank, N.A.
f/k/a RBS Citizens, N.A., said mortgage dated June 24, 2005, and
recorded with the Worcester County (Worcester District) Registry of
Deeds in Book 36632, Page 323, said mortgage was assigned from
Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for
Citizens Mortgage Corporation to Citizens Bank, N.A. f/k/a RBS
Citizens, N.A. by assignment dated May 27, 2016 and recorded with
said Registry of Deeds in Book 55425, Page 274; for breach of the
conditions in said mortgage and for the purpose of foreclosing the
same will be sold at Public Auction on January 24, 2018 at 10:00 AM
Local Time upon the prem-ises, all and singular the premises
described in said mortgage, to wit:The land situated in Auburn,
being Lot #4 on plan of land in Auburn, Worcester County,
Massachusetts belonging to Emma M. Renaud, dated August 18, 1945,
drawn by W.A. Nelson and recorded in the Worcester Registry of
Deeds in Plan Book 140, Plan 1, and further bounded and described
as follows:BEGINNING at a point at the south-westerly corner of the
premises herein conveyed at land formerly of Eleanor W. Barrows,
which point is N. 27 degrees 25’ E., two hundred sixty-sev-en and
forty-nine hundredths (267.49) feet from the northerly line of
Auburn
Street;THENCE N. 27 degrees 25’ E. by land formerly of said
Barrows, seventy-five (75) feet to a point;THENCE S. 62 degrees 35’
E. by land now or formerly of Whittaker, Irish, Perry Realty Co.,
one hundred (100) feet to a point;THENCE S. 27 degrees 25’ W. by
Renaud Drive, seventy-five (75) feet to a point;THENCE N. 62
degrees 35’ W. one hundred (100) feet to the point of
beginningSUBJECT to reservations recited in a deed from Emma M.
Renaud to Reuben Lewis, et ux dated November 26, 1946 and recorded
with the Worcester District Registry of Deeds in Book 3035, Page
279.PARCEL TWOThe land with buildings thereon situ-ated on the
northerly side of Auburn Street, and being Lot No. 3 shown on Plan
of Land belonging to Arthur X. Boucher, Jr., dated September 22,
1945 and revised March 28, 1949, by W.A. Nelson, C.E., and recorded
with Worcester District Registry of Deeds, Plan Book 158, Plan 45,
bounded and described as follows:BEGINNING at the southwesterly
cor-ner of said Lot No. 3 at an iron pipe set in the ground;THENCE
S. 53 degrees 30’ 15” E. one hundred twenty-four and thirty
hun-dredths (124.30) feet to an iron pipe set in the ground;THENCE
N. 27 degrees 14’ 45” E. seventy-five (75) feet to an iron pipe set
in the ground at land now or for-merly of one Wolfe;THENCE N. 53
degrees 30’ 15” W. one hundred twenty-four and thirty hundredths
(124.30) feet to an iron pipe set in the ground;THENCE S. 27
degrees 14’ 45” W. seventy-five (75) feet by other land of the
grantors to an iron pipe and the point of beginning.CONTAINING
9,150 square feet, more or less.PARCEL THREEA certain parcel of
land at the northeast-erly terminus of Renaud Drive in the Town of
Auburn, County of Worcester, Commonwealth of Massachusetts, bounded
and described as follows:BEGINNING at a point at the south-westerly
corner of the herein described premises, and point being the
northerly most corner of the public layout of Renaud Drive;THENCE
North 27 degrees 14’ 45” East, by land now or formerly of A & J
Realty, Russell, one hundred and thirty-two and ten hundredths
(132.10) feet to a point; THENCE South 62 degrees 45’ 15” East by
said A & J Realty, Russell, sev-enteen and eighty-three
hundredths (17.83) feet to a point at Lot B; THENCE South 27
degrees 14’ 45” West by Lot B, one hundred and thir-ty-two and ten
hundredths (132.10) feet to a point in the northeasterly ter-minus
of Renaud Drive;THENCE North 62 degrees 45’ 15” West by Renaud
Drive, seventeen and eighty-three hundredths (17.83) feet to the
point of beginning.CONTAINING, by calculation, 2,355.3 square feet
of land and beginning delineated as Lot A on a plan entitled “Land
in Auburn, Massachusetts, pre-pared for Kristin R. Tichenor and
Peter J. Bigwood” dated April 7, 1992, and prepared for filing with
the Worcester District Registry of Deeds in Plan Book 661, Plan 49,
by Bouley Brothers, Inc., Registered Land Surveyors, Worcester,
Massachusetts.Parcel Three being subject to a Quitclaim Deed of
Easement from Peter J. Bigwood, et ux, to Dorothy M. Prybyla dated
June 23, 1992 and recorded in Worcester District Registry of Deeds,
Book 14396, Page 117.All parcels are conveyed subject to and with
the benefit of a variance of the Town of Auburn Zoning Board of
Appeals recorded in Worcester District Registry of Deeds, Book
14153, Page 155, and a special permit from said Zoning Board
recorded in Book 14153, Page 159.Subject to all rights,
restrictions, res-ervations and easements of record insofar as the
same are in force and applicable.For title reference see Deed Book
32340, page 97, 98 & 99.Property Address:7 Renaud DriveAuburn,
MAThe description of the property con-tained in the mortgage shall
control in the event of a typographical error in this
publication.For Mortgagor’s Title see deed dated May 7, 2005, and
recorded in the Worcester County (Worcester District) Registry of
Deeds, in Book 36632, Page 320.TERMS OF SALE: Said premises will be
sold and conveyed subject to all liens, encumbrances, unpaid taxes,
tax titles, municipal liens and assessments, if any, which take
pre-cedence over the said mortgage above described.FIVE THOUSAND
($5,000.00) Dollars
of the purchase price must be paid in cash, certified check,
bank treasurer’s or cashier’s check at the time and place of the
sale by the purchaser. The balance of the purchase price shall be
paid in cash, certified check, bank trea-surer’s or cashier’s check
within thirty (30) days after the date of sale.Other terms to be
announced at the sale.Shechtman Halperin Savage, LLP1080 Main
StreetPawtucket, RI 02860Attorney for Citizens Bank, N.A.f/k/a
RBSCitizens, N.A.Present Holder of the Mortgage(401)
272-1400December 29, 2017January 5, 2018January 12, 2018
(SEAL)COMMONWEALTH
OF MASSACHUSETTSLAND COURT
DEPARTMENT OF THE TRIAL COURT
17 SM 005353ORDER OF NOTICE
TO:Kimberly M. Bridge a/k/a Kimberly Bridgeand to all persons
entitled to the ben-efit of the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act, 50
U.S.C. § 3901 et seq.: M&T Bankclaiming to have an interest in
a Mortgage covering real proper-ty in Auburn, numbered 1 Newland
Street, given by Kimberly M. Bridge a/k/a Kimberly Bridge to
Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for
Salem Five Mortgage Company, LLC, dated September 24, 2012, and
recorded in Worcester County (Worcester District) Registry of Deeds
in Book 49701, Page 128, and now held by Plaintiff by assign-ment,
has filed with this court a com-plaint for determination of
Defendant’s Servicemembers status. If you now are, or recently have
been, in the active military service of the United States of
America, then you may be entitled to the benefits of the
Servicemembers Civil Relief Act. If you object to a foreclosure of
the above mentioned property on that basis, then you or your
attorney must file a written appearance and answer in this court at
Three Pemberton Square, Boston, MA 02108 on or before FEB -5 2018
or you will be forever barred from claim-ing that you are entitled
to the benefits of said Act. Witness, Judith C. Cutler, Chief
Justice of this Court on DEC 20 2017Attest: Deborah J.
PattersonRecorderJanuary 5, 2018
(SEAL) COMMONWEALTH
OF MASSACHUSETTSLAND COURT
DEPARTMENT OF THE TRIAL COURT
17 SM 009552ORDER OF NOTICE
TO:Max Freitas; Carmen I. Freitasand to all persons entitled to
the ben-efit of the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act:, 50 U.S.C.c.
50 §3901 (et seq):U.S. Bank Trust, N.A., as Trustee for LSF9 Master
Participation Trustclaiming to have an interest in a Mortgage
covering real property in Auburn, numbered 101 Heritage Lane, Unit
101, Heritage Commons Condominium given by Max Freitas and Carmen
I. Freitas to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as
nominee for GreenPoint Mortgage Funding, Inc., its succes-sors and
assigns, dated December 1, 2005, and recorded with the Worcester
County (Worcester District) Registry of Deeds in Book 37948, Page
79, and now held by plaintiff by assignment has/have filed with
this court a complaint for deter-mination of
Defendant’s/Defendants’ Servicemembers status.If you now are, or
recently have been, in the active military service of the United
States of America, then you may be entitled to the benefits of the
Servicemembers Civil Relief Act. If you object to a foreclosure of
the above-mentioned property on that basis, then you or your
attorney must file a written appearance and answer in this court at
Three Pemberton Square, Boston, MA 02108 on or before January 29,
2018 or you will be forever barred from claiming that you are
entitled to the benefits of said Act.Witness, JUDITH C. CUTLER
Chief Justice of this Court on December 13, 2017Attest: Deborah J.
PattersonRecorder(17-015215 Orlans)January 5, 2018
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We’ve reached the end of anoth-er year – which means it’s just
about time for some New Year’s resolutions. Would you like to study
a new language, take up a musical instrument or visit the gym more
often? All these are worthy goals, of course, but why not also add
some financial reso-lutions?
Here are some ideas to think about:
Increase contributions to your employer-sponsored retirement
plan. For 2018, you can contribute up to $18,500 (or $24,500 if
you’re 50 or older) to your 401(k) or sim-ilar plan, such as a
403(b), for employees of public schools and some nonprofit groups,
or a 457(b) plan, for employees of local gov-ernments. It’s usually
a good idea to contribute as much as you can afford to your
employer’s plan, as your contributions may lower your taxable
income, while your earnings can grow tax-deferred. At a minimum,
put in enough to earn your employer’s matching contribution, if one
is offered.
Try to “max out” on your IRA. Even if you have a 401(k) or
sim-ilar plan, you can probably still invest in an IRA. For 2018,
you can contribute up to $5,500 to a traditional or Roth IRA, or
$6,500 if you’re 50 or older. (Income restrictions apply to Roth
IRAs.) Contributions to a traditional IRA may be tax-deductible,
depend-ing on your income, and your earnings can grow tax-deferred.
Roth IRA contributions are not deductible, but earnings can grow
tax-free, provided you don’t start taking withdrawals until you are
59-1/2 and you’ve have had your account at least five years. You
can put virtually any investment in an IRA, so it can expand your
options beyond those offered in your 401(k) or similar plan.
Build an emergency fund. Try to build an emergency fund
contain-ing three to six months’ worth of living expenses, with the
money held in a low-risk, liquid account. This fund can help you
avoid dip-ping into your long-term invest-ments to pay for
unexpected costs, such as a new furnace or a major car repair.
Control your debts. It’s never easy, but do what you can to keep
your debts under control. The less you have to spend on debt
pay-ments, the more you can invest for your future.
Don’t overreact to changes in the financial markets. We’ve had a
long run of rising stock prices – but it won’t last forever. If we
experience a sharp market down-turn in 2018, don’t overreact by
taking a “time out” from invest-ing. Market drops are a normal
feature of the investment land-scape, and you may ultimately gain
an advantage by buying new shares when their prices are down.
Review your goals and risk tol-erance. At least once in 2018,
take some time to review your short- and long-term financial goals
and try to determine, possibly with the help of a financial
professional, if your investment portfolio is still appropriate for
these goals. At the same time, you’ll want to re-eval-uate your
risk tolerance to ensure you’re not taking too much risk – or
possibly too little risk – with your investments.
Do your best to stick with these resolutions throughout the
com-ing year. At a minimum, they can help you improve your
investment habits – and they may improve your financial picture far
beyond 2018.
This article was written by
Edward Jones for use by your local Edward Jones Financial
Advisor. Please contact Dennis Antonopoulos, your local Edward
Jones Advisor at 5 Albert Street, Auburn, MA 01501 Tel:
508-832-5385 or [email protected].
New Year’s - time
for New Year’s financial
resolutions
Everything old is new again…
As in, new year of course. Why the Gregorian calendar chose to
turn the year in the dead of winter is mysteri-ous; perhaps to give
people a reason to celebrate a mite. Most likely to adapt to the
solstice holidays and continue that vein of thinking.
Janus, the god for whom January is named, is the one looking
both back-ward and forward; two faces and nei-ther of them looking
terribly happy. So that too plays into the mythology. Let’s put the
year change right…here…where we can say Janus is watching over the
change and decrying what happened the last few months and is upset
about what might happen com-ing up.
Yeah, that makes sense.January isn’t much fun. It’s usually
dark, and dreary and cold and snowy. There are no holidays in
January. It’s a full 31 days long, no slack there.
Bears and several other smaller mammals hunker down and just
sleep through it. Smart.
We don’t have any comedy relief this year with politics
either.
It’s the same old, same old there too. We do have government
still paying its bills for a few more weeks at least, the highly
lauded tax cuts included all kinds of hidden agendas that got
approved as well with no debate and no one the wiser.
Those who approve and think the government is going great are
happy.
Those who don’t are grumbling and trying to figure out how to
change it.
This was part of why 200+ years ago the debating founders
attempted to put safeguards in place for the republic. Making
certain there would always be debate, no one would ever have
com-plete control, and despite the present climate of big money
controlling the vote, no, ultimately the people will still
eventually take it all back because they will realize their VOTES
are what have the power. The candidates put up by the machines and
the money get the publicity of course, but if the peo-ple truly
wanted to vote their minds, they could easily defeat any of them;
starting locally and working their way through the milieu.
They just haven’t figured out that power yet.
They did in Alabama earlier. It worked right there. The people
voted. And their choice is now in the Senate.
See, we have all been fed the pablum a long, long time. We don’t
realize what we are capable of at all. There are ways to get what
we want, locally, state and federal levels. But it takes attention
and work.
And we can’t wait for someone else to take the lead on it. We
have to do it ourselves. In small groups, in local Democratic or
Republican town com-mittees; local grassroots organizations for
local causes, independent ventures. Don’t wait for someone else,
and don’t decry what happened already; don’t be Janus. He is only a
talking head, talking out of both sides of his dou-ble mouths and
never accomplishing a thing.
With 2018 having just made its grand entrance, I found myself
wondering what to write in this inau-gural article of the New Year.
Seriously question-ing my commitment to resolutions – other than to
try to be the best person I can be - I decided instead to take a
look back in time. This school year marks my tenth as Auburn’s
proud Superintendent of Schools, having arrived in the fall of
2008. Considering my memorable time as Principal of the Bryn Mawr
School from 2001 to 2006, in total I’ve been an educational leader
in the Auburn Public Schools for fifteen years, constituting nearly
47% of my 32 year career in edu-cation to date.
Upon my arrival in the fall of 2008, I posed three questions to
staff, parents, community members and municipal leaders, committed
to giving them all a voice in the direction in which the Auburn
Public Schools should move. It was with sincere interest that I
sought their opinions, recognizing that unless we did this work
together – all of us with vested interests in the success of the
Auburn Public Schools, both then and in the future – the foundation
on which the work would be built would be shaky at best. Some of
you may recall that when I assumed the role of Superintendent in
the fall of 2008, I was the seventh educa-tional leader to guide
the Auburn Public Schools in eight years. Some colleagues, friends
and family members, I vividly recall, were startled by that fact,
and you may be, too. Such a period of instability had left its mark
on this District and while it was undoubtedly part of our past, I
felt strongly, and many others agreed, that it need not define our
future. In fact, I recall when I penned that article in January of
2009, that Dennis Waitley’s words lent guidance as I set forth on
this project, believing that the lessons of our past can help set
us in the right direction for our future: “Learn from the past,
watch the present, and create the future.”
The three questions posed were:What 3 things about the Auburn
Public
Schools make you the most proud and believe we must not
change?
What 3 areas of concern do you have regarding the Auburn Public
Schools and believe we should consider changing to further improve
it? and,
What is your vision of the Auburn Public Schools and how it
should look in 5-8 years?
These questions were included in mul-tiple editions of the
“Rockets Review,” with an invitation to answer them via e-mail, via
phone interview or to meet with me in person being extended to all.
These questions were mailed to all Town Meeting members, along with
detailed information about the School Department’s request for the
fall 2008 Special Town Meeting. And, these ques-tions were included
in a fall edition of the various school newsletters. Respondents
included members of elected Town Boards and Town Meeting members,
par-ents, teachers, and community members, representing a
cross-section of stakehold-ers.
Borrowing from that article first authored in January of 2009,
included herein are the “positives” that were noted by the
respondents, along with commen-tary regarding their present status
in January of 2018. Next week’s article will focus on the areas of
concern that the respondents believed to be worthy of
con-sideration for change, with an update after a decade of hard
work and collab-oration. And finally, part three will be presented
in the January 19th edition of the Auburn News, to include the
vision as suggested by the respondents, likewise to include an
update from my perspective.
After the first six months in my role as Superintendent of the
Auburn Public Schools, there were many lessons I had learned, with
one that overshadowed all others: this is a District committed to
its students, and despite challenges which arise from time to time,
that commitment is unwavering. I can confirm, without equivocation,
that unwavering commit-
ment continues to this day and will do so well into the
future.
Of the three ques-tions asked, there was amazing agree-ment on
what made the respondents most proud of the Auburn Public Schools
and should not be changed. Nearly every respon-
dent referenced the dedication and com-mitment of the teachers,
administrators and staff. Numerous comments support-ed that belief
including, there is a “per-sonal commitment of all teachers and
administrators. I know that educators go into their chosen career
hoping to make a difference and I have experienced that in many
ways in the four years we have been in Auburn.” Others noted that
the staff is, “warm, talented and caring,” with “pride of work
demonstrated by school department staff at every level.” Another
noted that “despite the challenges, they are serious about their
profession.”
Other “positives” that garnered multi-ple responses included the
immense pride many feel in the beautiful Auburn High School
facility; the welcoming, caring and nurturing small-town feel of
the schools, especially at the elementary level; the hiring of the
new Superintendent, with one respondent stating, “I believe what
you say and I recognize a long tradition of education in your
voice”; and the fact that we are a community-service orient-ed
institution, with countless examples of activities, lessons and
projects that instill in students the enhancement of their social
development as well as aca-demic. Several were appreciative of the
extracurricular offerings, the strong aca-demic program, the
community involve-ment and commitment of volunteers who enhance the
District’s programs at every level. Additionally, two noted their
plea-sure with the fact that we have committed to a model of
continuous improvement. We can always do better – to that end, we
will work together to continually move in the direction of
educational excellence.
Finally, laced throughout many com-ments was “Auburn pride” –
the belief that as a school district – and as a com-munity, I would
contend – we have what it takes to be the high-achieving model to
which others strive to emulate. One respondent expressed it well,
“When the subject of the best public education pro-gram in Central
Massachusetts comes up, Auburn should be on the tip of everyone’s
tongue.”
Fast forward ten years and while we certainly have further to go
as a District – in fact, we always will – there is clear evidence
of the progress that is being made. The former Julia Bancroft and
Pakachoag Schools – once educating our third through fifth graders
– were each recognized with a National Blue Ribbon by the U.S.
Department of Education for their outstanding efforts in clos-ing
achievement gaps. More recently, Auburn High was designated as a
Silver Medal High School, earning the ranking of #31 in
Massachusetts high schools and, more locally, the Telegram &
Gazette gave the Auburn Public Schools a grade of “A” in its
comparison with other cen-tral Massachusetts school districts, one
of only 4 to have received that highest mark. In addition, our
Rockets Marching Band continues to be recognized for its
excellence, we have had students compete locally and nationally in
robotics and fine arts competitions and our students con-tinues to
excel in the classroom, on the field and on the stage.
In closing, our work is far from over, but I am hopeful that the
sign which hangs in the foyer of Auburn High School - “WE ARE
AUBURN” - brings you as much pride as it does all of us in the
Auburn Public Schools. Thank you for your continued support!
To contact me to share an idea, a concern or to ask a question,
I can be reached at 508-832-7755 or via e-mail at
[email protected]. Thank you for your continued interest
in and support of the Auburn Public Schools!
We have reasons for the pride
Dr. Maryellen Brunelle
SuperintenDent of SchoolS
rOCkets review
Even with the popularity of flameless candles, nothing sets the
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valuable decorating tool, and the fragrant luminar-ies are never
more popular
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ambiance or to simply fill the air with a pleasant scent, the
following tips will help you enjoy the magic of candles during the
yuletide season and throughout the year.
Happy Holidays!***Did you know candles don’t
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the tiny odor par-ticles that permeate the air!
***
Here’s a trick from the swinging sixties: Before a din-ner or
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more quickly and easily when you are ready to use them.
***If you are grouping two or
more candles together, be sure they are a few inches apart when
burning. If candles are placed too close to one anoth-er, they can
each create their own draft, causing the flames to flare.
***
Here’s another excuse for burning candles: studies show
candlelight induces quiet! Light a few after dinner to help the
kids settle down.
Believe it or not, lighting a votive candle on the bathroom
vanity prevents steam from fogging up your mirror when you get out
of the shower. Try it, it works!
***Here’s another vintage tip
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Unfortunately, one very com-mon item they see at this time of
year generally isn’t recycla-ble: gift wrap. Despite being paper,
most of it is shiny, glit-tery or otherwise coated, so unless it
was newsprint or a few non-coated types, it’s trash. On the other
hand, magazines and coated newspaper insert paper is recyclable,
deputy health director Eileen Dyson said.
Lucier said she’s often seen people bagging their recycling,
which doesn’t help. Also fairly
common are attempts to recy-cle textiles and polystyrene. Again,
both are recyclable, but not in Auburn’s system; Sullivan said some
companies drive around to collect tex-tiles, and there are
occasional Styrofoam® collection dates in the region. (The latter
is partic-ularly hard to recycle for three reasons: it’s very
light-weight but bulky, takes a large quanti-ty to amass enough to
be worth the effort, and is often contami-nated with food
residue.)
“Contaminants are really becoming a national issue,” Sullivan
said. “They’re calling it the ‘Green Sword’.”
To Dyson, the underlying
issue is economics: if it’s cheap enough and easy to be lazy,
people often do it.
“As the economy gets bet-ter, everybody wants some-body else to
do it for them. They move more toward con-venience and less toward
doing things themselves,” she said. “But it’s cyclical; we’ve seen
many years where people were ‘going back to their roots,’ and we’re
seeing a resurgence of that.”
“Unfortunately, there’s not a law that limits consumption,”
Dyson later added.
Sullivan agreed, saying few people think of reducing
con-sumption, or that “if you gener-
ate it, you have to manage and dispose of it.”
But doing so makes sense, personally and communi-ty-wide; “We’re
trying to save the residents money” by reduc-ing trash tonnage. She
also noted there are producer take-back bills in the Legislature
that would help the process by requiring manufacturers to recycle
their own goods.
One notable issue is peer pressure. While riding her routes,
Lucier said she’s seen some neighborhoods (general-ly wealthier
ones) “where I see no recycling carts out. People follow suit with
their neigh-bors.” There’s some of that at
rental properties, too, but the issue there is generally that
the tenants never got recycling information in the first place
because it went to the owner and/or the tenant arrived only
recently. To her, those areas offer “a higher opportunity to
educate people” in person.
“I’ve noticed a lot of resi-dents are really receptive to
information,” she said. She vis-its them if their recycling tote
isn’t out or has banned things in it, talks to them