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Looking to help close a $1.6 million budget gap, the Whitman-Hanson Regional School District School Com-mittee approved a 6 percent increase in the operating as-sessment to the towns of Han-son and Whitman last week.

The committee voted 9-1 in favor of the increase, with member Christopher Powers the sole vote against.

If certified, the 6 percent in-crease would not mean a 6 per-cent increase in the WHRSD

budget, Superintendent Dr. Ruth Gilbert-Whitner said.

“Sometimes people think that if we say there was a 3 percent [or example] increase in the operating assessment, it means there was a 3 per-cent increase in the Whitman-Hanson budget. We wish that were the case,” she said. “For each increase of 1 percent in the operating budget, with two towns, it’s an increase in rev-enue of about $150,000.”

Hanson and Whitman town officials present at the budget hearing on Wednesday, March

9 said they did not think the towns could support a 6 per-cent increase. Hanson Town Administrator René Read said he had planned for a 3 percent increase in his town budget, while Whitman Finance Com-mittee member Kristin Ross said she did not feel Whitman could handle any increase at this time.

School Committee mem-ber Michael Kryzanek first proposed a 4 percent assess-ment increase but later with-

Assessment approvedOfficials say 6 percent school hike is too much

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STEPPING OUT: Anne and Ed Thibeault take a spin on the dance floor to tunes played by The Wild Rovers at the Irish Night dinner/dance hosted by the Cardinal Spellman Council 347 Knights of Columbus on Friday, March 11 at the Whitman K of C Hall. See more photos from the event on page 9. Photo by Becca Manning


With most of the season’s snow finally melted, Whit-man residents can once again see their lawns, streets and mailboxes. But in some cases, what’s left behind is not exact-ly a welcome sight.

Litter on the sidewalks and streets of Whitman Cen-ter and throughout town has become a problem, resident Dottie Arena said — one she is hoping to solve.

For Arena, who has lived in town for 20 years and be-gan noticing the trash problem recently, the issue came to a head when she observed that a single cup had been in the same spot outside a downtown establishment for three weeks.

When she pointed it out to the clerks inside the shop, they told her the town did not allow them to have a trash barrel on the street.

But Arena felt the problem was bigger than that.

“I went home that day, opened up the newspaper, and

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By stephanie spyropoulos express staff

With the devasta-tion still unfold-ing following

a 9.0-magnitude earthquake and life-altering tsunamis in Japan this past week, one Whitman family along with many host families are find-ing information about their Japanese friends and family

via social media.Whitman native Mark

O’Donnell, who is stationed with the U.S. Air Force in Ja-pan, has kept in contact with his family with updates on Facebook and e-mail, allow-ing them to breathe easier this week.

O’Donnell’s sisters, Mi-chelle Winnett of Whitman and Danielle Sullivan and

Lauren O’Donnell, both for-merly of Whitman, were comforted to hear from their brother, who stated via e-mails and later by phone that he, his wife Meaghan and son, Kaden, 16 months, were safe.

“I am extremely grate-ful that my family is in a safe location, and my heart goes out to those whose lives and homes were destroyed. I am

proud to know that my broth-er, serving in the Air Force, will be helping the people of Japan during this crisis,” Winnett said.

The base where O’Donnell is stationed is nearly 1,000 miles away from the coast-al communities that were struck. O’Donnell, a U.S. Air

Locals seek news after quakeWhitman residents relieved to learn brother in Japan is safe

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When money is tight, people often scrutinize every single expense, trying to deter-mine just what is necessary and what can be cut — that daily cup of coffee, the cable bill, new clothes, even groceries.

Though their budget is much larger than the average household, the Whitman-Han-son Regional School District too is turning a careful eye on its expenses to see just how every dollar is being spent and how they might be able to cover a projected $1.6 million deficit.

But how lean is too lean?At the March 9 School

Committee meeting, WHRSD Superintendent Dr. Ruth Gil-bert-Whitner reported that the district spent less per pupil than nearly 300 other schools across the commonwealth.

In fiscal year 2010, with a student population of about 4,502, the district spent $10,204.17 per pupil, while the state average was $13,092.74, Gilbert-Whitner reported. Out of 322 schools listed on the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education Web site, the Whit-man-Hanson Regional School District ranked 299th in terms of its per-pupil spending.

“I certainly believe that in this school district people do get value for their dollar,” Gilbert-Whitner said.

According to the Mass. department Web site, the town with the highest per-pupil cost in FY2010 was Provincetown, with about 215 students and $29,118.93 spent per student. The district with the lowest per-pupil cost was Douglas, with about 1,812 students and $9,133.96 spent for each.

By comparison, the stu-dent populations and per-pu-pil costs for other area towns include: Hanover, 2,759 stu-dents, $10,411.76; Abington, 2,307 students, $10,247.29; East Bridgewater, 2,460 students, $9,996.09; and Pembroke, 3,523 students, $9,953.12.

Of the total money spent per student in the Whitman-Hanson district, about 2.3 per-cent is spent on administra-tion, Gilbert-Whitner said.

“Oftentimes we get com-ments from people that we are top-heavy, that all the mon-ey’s going to administration. I think at Whitman-Hanson that is probably not the case if you look at those numbers,” she said.

Even less is spent on pro-fessional development, just .78 percent — a number the superintendent said was con-cerning. Over the years, as the district has struggled to bal-ance the budget, the schools have relied more on grants for training and development and

teachers have given back their reimbursement for courses taken to further their educa-tion.

“The per-pupil expense in the district [for professional development] is $81.23, with a state average of $228.71. Clearly, this has been a big concern with budgets we’ve had in the past,” Gilbert-Whit-ner said.

The school district’s larg-est expense area was for class-room and specialist teachers, at 39.7 percent of its overall per-pupil cost — but it is still more than $800 less than the state average.

One area where the Whit-man-Hanson district spends more than the state average is for instructional materials, equipment and technology, with about $408 spent per student for that purpose. The state average is $393.

“One of the things Whit-man-Hanson has is outstand-ing technology, and it does cost money,” Gilbert-Whitner said.

However, a large part of the funding for these materials came from grants and other revolving funds, such as fed-eral stimulus money used to purchase netbooks for special education students, the super-intendent said.

The school system also pays more than the state aver-age in out-of-district tuition and transportation for students requiring services that cannot be provided locally.

“This is something that waxes and wanes,” Gilbert-Whitner said. “We try to have programs where students do remain in the school system, but sometimes that isn’t pos-sible.”

Several School Commit-tee members said they did not like seeing the district’s per-

pupil cost so low.“I look at what our per-

student expenditure is and how low we rank against other communities, and that concerns me,” said School Committee member William Egan, who has three children in the school system. “I’ve lived here most of my life but I’ve also spent a significant amount of time in a more af-fluent community, and you see the differences, and sometimes you see the opportunities that resources bring.”

Egan commended admin-istrators for finding creative ways to live with a lean bud-get, but he said the communi-ty should be looking to spend more on education, not less.

“We’ve got to find a way to put more resources into our schools, because the future of the school district, the future of our children, the future of our families depends on it,” he said. “I feel as a community we have to do better.”

In other business March 9:• The WHRSD School

Committee voted not to offer school choice for the 2011-12 year, which would have al-lowed out-of-district students to attend. The superintendent said with a particularly tight budget it would be difficult to know what type of services the district could offer out-of-town students.

• The committee autho-rized the superintendent to look into outsourcing custo-dial services with a private company, which could save money.

• The superintendent an-nounced that Rockland Trust would be closing its branch at Whitman-Hanson Regional High School at the end of the 2010-11 year. The company will donate the furniture and fixtures to the school.

THE COST OF EDUCATION

Whitman-Hanson Regional school District spent $10,204.17 per student during fiscal year 2010 compared to the state average of $13,092.74 per student — ranking 299 out of 322 schools report-ing in the commonwealth, superintendent Dr. Ruth Gilbert-Whitner reported March 9. Per-pupil costs are based on student population and revenue from the general fund, grants and other funds. Below is a look at how those expenses break down:

WHRSD per pupil State avg. per pupil

Administration $242.89 $448.30

Instructional leadership $630.35 $820.23

Classroom/specialist teachers $4,123.86 $4,968.01

Other teaching services $612.07 $963

Professional development $81.23 $228.71

Instructional materials $407.72 $392.83equipment and technology

Guidance, counseling and testing $335.10 $359.94

Pupil services (transportation, $917.92 $1,177.75food service, athletics, etc.)

Operations and maintenance $905.65 $1,049.34

Insurance, retirement $1,469.45 $2,198.91programs and other items

Payments to out-of-district $37,376.43 $20,956.51schools (tuition and transportation)

TOTAL AVERAGE PER PUPIL $10,204.17 $13,092.74

What does education cost?WHRSD spends less per student than state average

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Force major, is chief of train-ing for the 82nd Reconnais-sance Squadron and has been stationed at U.S. Kadena Air Base since March 2009. He is expected to stay until 2012.

He has corresponded from his base in southern Japan, painting a much calmer pic-ture than what has emerged for thousands who were directly impacted in the disaster zone.

“The base did provide warnings a couple of hours in advance about the anticipated tsunami via radio and tele-phone, but when the time came, the base did not issue any warn-ing sirens for the tsunami, nor the earthquake, which I mea-sured out on Google Earth to be over 975 miles away from us,” O’Donnell wrote in an e-mail. “I did hear sirens, how-ever, that were issued from the surrounding communities of Okinawa Prefecture.”

“In the past 48 hours, I have learned my neighbor is leaving today to assist with re-lief work. He’s a veterinarian,” O’Donnell wrote. “In addition to Kadena Air Base, other bas-es from Okinawa Island will also be providing U.S. Army, Navy and Marines to assist in the relief efforts.”

O’Donnell said that he along with his coworkers are paying close attention to media coverage of the devastation, but they did not have many friends on mainland Japan. He said he had not heard firsthand accounts at the time he posted his messages less than four days after the destruction.

Kadena Air Base has con-stant updates on its home Web page, stating that the Air Force is deploying supplies, water, food and medical aid to the most devastated parts of north-ern Japan including Miyagi Prefecture.

O’Donnell and his family and friends are not the only locals keeping an eye on news from Japan.

Debbie Blosz has lived in Whitman for more than 20 years and welcomed exchange students into her home for nearly 15. She has had six Jap-anese students.

“Facebook and e-mail have kept me in contact. I sign my e-mails ‘Debbie mom’ because I consider them my boys,” Blosz said. “I keep thinking about

these poor families and these poor kids.”

From the postings, Blosz said she is seeing great sadness at the loss in their country.

“North side of Japan was hit the hardest. My family is on the south side. I am happy my family is safe,” Blosz read from an online posting. “But he is saying he is also very sad about the Japanese tragedy. His name is Yu Takaya.”

Blosz said her heart goes out to the ravaged country.

“I am very sad for all of Japan. There are just so many things happening — the earth-quake, tsunamis, fires, nuclear power failures, aftershocks — and they are trying to deal with everything all at once,” she said.

Another of Blosz’s ex-change students, Asahiro Me-doruma, who attends Yokoha-ma National University south of Tokyo, wrote her to say that he and his family were safe but he was terrified during the earthquake.

“Nothing is more precious than lives,” Blosz read from the message.

She said Medoruma is studying to be a national pub-lic servant and wants to return to the United States before he graduates.

Whitman resident Donna Gardner works for Cultural Homestay International, which has agencies all around the world. Their oldest friendship is with Japan.

She has fielded many calls in the days since the disasters. Gardner said it is difficult to track down the thousands of exchange students over the last decade, but she is finding most of her “kids” through Face-book postings.

“We have hosted kids of all cultures, and we have a large group that come from Okina-wa,” she said.

Yui Kodi graduated from Whitman-Hanson in 2006 and recently posted on Facebook that she is OK. She is in Osa-ka-Shi now but graduated from Berklee College of Music.

“I have heard from so many of my kids,” Gardner said. “Many Whitman-Hanson teachers have also hosted Japa-nese students. I know they have really embraced their culture.”

As part of the cultural ex-change, the Japanese students taught at Duval Elementary School, instructing writing in Japanese and origami and demonstrating how to use chopsticks — something the children loved, Gardner said.

Nearly 26 students have come each year from Naha Kokusai High School in Oki-nawa for a two-week home-stay over the 10 years of the program, she said. Whitman-Hanson is considered their sis-ter school.

Okinawa students did not experience much in the way of trembles from what she is hearing, but Gardner said to her agency the overall disaster has been heart-breaking.

“It is difficult because we have so many friends and fam-ilies everywhere. When some-thing devastating happens, it really hits you differently,” she said. “Hosting a student … they become your family.”

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The Whitman Fire De-partment has seen quite an increase in runs over the past few years, Fire Chief Tim Grenno told selectmen last week. From fiscal year 2009 to FY2010, the department saw a 16 percent increase in calls, to about 2,910 runs.

The chief told selectmen he wasn’t sure what account-ed for the increase — most of which are not EMS calls.

“We’re shaking our heads over this,” Grenno said. “We’re not sure what’s happened over the last three years.”

Though the town’s popu-lation has not grown a lot, Whitman is busier than it was back in 1965, when the Fire Department first went full-time, Grenno said. Back then they handled just under 500 runs per year.

“We’re no longer a bed-room town,” he said. “We’re a very busy operation.”

Board of Selectmen Chair-man Carl Kowalski had asked Grenno a few weeks ago to provide a brief presentation on how the department han-dles day-to-day operations. On Tuesday, March 8, Grenno showed a PowerPoint presen-tation featuring statistics and photographs of the firefighters in action.

Earlier that day, Grenno sat down with the Express to talk about many of the topics discussed in his presentation. Grenno, who started as a call firefighter in 1985, was pro-moted to chief in 2008.

You recently received accreditation by the Mass. Fire Service Commission — what does that mean? What has been happening in recent years is the fire chief from a community will retire and they’ll make the police chief acting fire chief, or they’ll make someone else the act-ing fire chief. There are some communities that don’t un-derstand the importance of a professional fire chief in their community. There’s a lot of re-sponsibility. So what the Fire Service Commission has done is set a standard they suggest you meet to be an accredited fire chief. To achieve accredi-tation, you have to have a cer-tain amount of education and training. It’s a point system, and you have to maintain 100 points.

Will accreditation be re-quired of all fire chiefs? We [Fire Chiefs Association of Massachusetts] are looking to pass legislation right now that makes it a requirement in the commonwealth. Chiefs will have time to file the paperwork and become accredited. It’s not a hard process; it’s just time-consuming. I’m sure there are very few fire chiefs in the state that couldn’t attain accredita-tion, just because of the posi-

tion you hold and the educa-tion and training you have just to attain your position.

Have you had to cut back on training because of budgetary issues? I am vehe-mently against cutting train-ing. When you’re in tough economic times and you’re reducing staffing levels or callback levels, the last thing you want to do is cut back on training. Training is their life safety net. You don’t want people to get rusty at their job just because you’ve had budget reductions. I would reduce available apparatus to respond before I would cut training budgets, because my guys need to be as sharp as they possibly can be going out the door.

Would you say the de-partment is fully staffed right now? We’re severely understaffed, but we are fully staffed. We have 21 full-time firefighters including myself. We have seven call firefighters and I have one administrative assistant. I have four shifts of five firefighters with one shift commander for each [either a lieutenant or the deputy chief]. They’re handling 2,900 runs a year, which is a lot of runs for this little town.

Will you be able to bud-get for more personnel in the near future? I’ve applied for a federal grant for four fire-fighters. One extra guy a shift

will help us — it’s not going to solve the problems, but it will help us. The feds pay for the positions [salary and benefits] for two years, and then we’re responsible for it in year three. You cannot lay off the people once you’ve hired them, or you’ve got to pay back the money. Our call volume has climbed about 36 percent in about four years. We’re burst-ing at the seams. This depart-ment is operating at very dan-gerous levels, and I think the feds are going to see that.

What accounts for the increase in calls? From FY2009 to FY2010, our call volume increased by 16 per-cent. Only about 10 percent of that was EMS calls. Nine-ty percent of that was fire calls — anything from car-bon monoxide investigations to car fires to gas leaks. I’ve looked at these numbers and I’ve looked at these calls time and time again, and there’s not one specific area that explains the increase in call volume.

We’re Jacks of all trades. We do everything from fires to car accidents to medical as-sistance to social service work to putting Mrs. Smith’s air conditioner in because she’s 90 years old and she can’t lift it. When they don’t have anybody else to call, they call us, because they know we’re going to fix their problem for them.

MONDAY, MARCH 74:20 p.m. Beulah Street

resident reported receiving a suspicious phone call from a telemarketing company, “Bay-state Veterans,” soliciting for Whitman area veterans. Police advised resident to be cautious about donating, as the group may not be legitimate.

10:45 p.m. Caller reported his vehicle was struck and dam-aged by another vehicle in the Knights of Columbus lot fol-lowing bingo. The operator of the other vehicle reportedly said there was no damage and drove off.

TUESDAY, MARCH 89:44 a.m. Individual at F &

J’s Autobody on Bedford Street reported that there was possible paintball damage to cars in the used car lot. Vehicle determined not to be damaged.

11:33 p.m. Vehicle stopped on Auburn Street and Hogg Memorial Drive. Female driver summonsed for operating a mo-tor vehicle with a suspended registration and having an un-registered vehicle.

5:40 p.m. Caller reported a low-flying plane in the area of Hogg Memorial Drive and Route 14. FAA called police stating they were tracking a plane and lost it due to low altitude over Whitman. Plane later confirmed returning safely to Mansfield.

9:40 p.m. Caller reported shoplifting in progress at Bed-ford and Auburn streets. Male suspect fled on foot. Andrew Wilson Votsis, 23, of Shelby Court, East Bridgewater arrest-ed for shoplifting by concealing merchandise and assault and battery.

WEDNESDAY, MARCH 98:34 a.m. Catherine Road

resident reported a possible phone scam from a party claim-ing they cleaned fireplaces. The caller asked the resident when someone would be home; when the resident asked for more in-formation on the company, the person hung up.

10:47 a.m. Motor vehicle accident with property dam-age reported on Commercial Street. Police summonsed John F. O’Donoghue, 45, of Linden Street, Whitman for unlicensed operation of a motor vehicle, having an uninsured and unreg-istered vehicle and number plate violation to conceal identity.

8:19 p.m. Vehicle stopped on Corthell Avenue and Temple Street. James J. Mientkiewicz, 20, of Holmes Street, Hanson ar-rested for possession to distrib-ute a Class D drug, possession of a Class D drug, drug violation near a school or park, carrying a dangerous weapon, underage possession of liquor, number plate violation to conceal iden-tity and having an uninsured and unregistered motor vehicle.

THURSDAY, MARCH 101:25 a.m. Vehicle stopped at

Bedford and Glen streets. Police summonsed Kristen Bohn, 22, of Pleasant Street, South Wey-mouth for number plate viola-tion to conceal identity, having an uninsured and unregistered vehicle, number plate viola-tion, bylaw violation for public consumption of marijuana and possession of an ounce or less of marijuana.

1:47 p.m. Vehicle stopped on Raynor Avenue and Plym-outh Street. Weymouth man summonsed for unlicensed op-eration of a motor vehicle and

speeding in violation of special regulations.

3:37 p.m. Caller reported a man threw a rock at his vehicle on Franklin Street in Hanson and was waiting for him to get out of the car and fight. Hanson police handled incident.

5:33 p.m. Caller reported a dark-colored Nissan all over the road at Plymouth and Pleasant streets.

7:11 p.m. Caller reported two suspicious kids running from behind a home on Bell Drive.

8:28 p.m. Caller reported he found a golden retriever wander-ing around near the parking lot of the White Orchid Deli. Ani-mal control officer notified.

FRIDAY, MARCH 112:32 p.m. Caller reported

students getting off the bus on Old Mansion Lane walking in the street and causing a traffic hazard.

3:19 p.m. Fire Department requested for the smell of natu-ral gas in the area of Burton and Lanzt Avenue.

3:50 p.m. Dewey Avenue resident reported larceny from his bank account by a relative.

7:01 p.m. Motor vehicle accident with property damage reported at Bedford and Auburn streets.

7:54 p.m. Caller reported vandalism to his work truck on Park Avenue.

8:05 p.m. Caller reported what sounded like a shotgun blast on Vincent Street and South Avenue. Police could not locate the cause of the noise.

8:14 p.m. Caller reported his motor vehicle was broken into on Commercial Street.

10:05 p.m. Vehicle stopped on Bedford Street. Police arrest-ed Brian J. Kailher, 48, of Battery Street, Abington for operating a motor vehicle with a suspended license and miscellaneous motor vehicle equipment violation.

SATURDAY, MARCH 126:56 p.m. Essex Street resi-

dent reported a possible phone scam involving a male party claiming she won $25 million from Wal-Mart. Resident called to check the numbers and they appeared not to be legitimate.

8:56 p.m. Caller reported someone placed a burning bag of dog poop on his doorstep and rang the doorbell. Individual not found.

SUNDAY, MARCH 136:42 a.m. Caller reported a

domestic disturbance on Wash-ington Street. Woman taken into protective custody.

11:03 a.m. Caller reported a male and female in the parking lot at Tedeschi’s on Washington Street asking patrons for money as they enter the store.

12:51 p.m. Caller reported an unwanted guest on Washing-ton Street.

3:25 p.m. Police arrested Maggie Louise Hudson, 34, of Webster Street on a default war-rant.

7:49 p.m. Whitman-Hanson cheerleaders requested an escort to the high school after winning the state championship.

10:55 p.m. Caller reported a domestic disturbance on Elm Place. Steve G. Spring, 56, of South Avenue arrested for as-sault and threatening to commit a crime.

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Judith A. (Teague) Brady, 67, of East Bridgewater died Thurs-day, March 10. She was the wife of 42 years to John J. Brady.

She was the mother of Ann C. Brady of East Bridgewater, and the late James E. Brady; sister of Dorothy McManus and

her husband Joseph of Roslindale and Fla., Pat Zimmer of Millis and the late Thomas Teague and Doris Knecht. She was the grandmother of Katherine Mullen of East Bridgewater. Judith was a 13-year dialysis patient.

Services were held in the MacKinnon Fu-neral home, 760 Washington St., Whitman on Monday March 14. Funeral Mass was Tuesday in Holy Ghost Church in Whitman. Burial was private.

Patricia M. (Chapman) Curtis, 53, of Han-son, died Monday, March 14 at Quincy Medical Center.

She was born in Boston on May 27, 1957, the daughter of Marion (Marcus) Chapman of Hanson and the late William H. Chapman Sr. Patricia had been employed as a postal clerk. She loved camping, board games and spending time with family and friends.

She leaves her husband, Mark J. Curtis; her son and daughter, Mark J. Curtis Jr. and April

C. Curtis, both of Hanson; her step-daughter, Cynthia J. Curtis-Brown of South Carolina; her brothers and sisters, William H. Chapman Jr. of So. Yarmouth, David C. Chapman of Han-son, Mark A. Chapman of Hanson, Maureen J. Chapman-Fahey of Hanover and Gail A. Hart of Hanover and many nieces and nephews

Visiting hours in the Sullivan Funeral Home, 2 Maquan St., at the corner of Route 14 & 58 in Hanson on Saturday from 1-4 p.m. followed by a service at 4 p.m. Burial will be private.

Louise (D’Arpino) Langton, 81, a longtime resident of Brockton, died Sunday, March 13, with her family by her side, in the New England Sinai Hospital after a pe-riod of failing health. She was the wife of the late Louis P. Langton Sr.

Born in East Bridge-water and raised in Whitman, she was the daughter of the late Federico and Augustina (Batti) D’Arpino and a graduate of Whitman High School.

Louise had worked many years as a nurse’s aide for St. Joseph Manor Nursing home in Brockton.

She was an avid bingo player and a loyal sports fan for all the Boston teams.

She leaves her children, Louis P. Langton Jr. and his wife Joyce of Plymouth, Joseph V. Lang-ton and his wife Kathy of Middleboro, John W. Langton of Wareham, Edward C. Langton and his wife Kathy of Brockton, Deborah L. Gil-lispie of Middleboro and Kathy Mahoney and her husband Thomas of East Bridgewater; her brother, Anthony D’Arpino of Milton and her sisters, Eleanor Brown of Whitman and Edith Lincoln of East Bridgewater, 11 grandchildren as well as 10 great-grandchildren and several nieces and nephews. She was the sister of the late Angeline Treptow and Mary MacLoud.

Her funeral service will be held Friday March 18 at 9:15 a.m. from the Blanchard Fu-neral Chapel, Plymouth Street (Route 58 at the rotary) Whitman, followed by a 10 a.m. Mass in the Holy Ghost Church, Whitman. Burial will be at a later date. Visiting hours will be held Thursday, March 17 from 4-8 p.m.

Randy A. Moen, 53, of Hanson, died Sunday, Feb. 27. He ended his 10-year battle with can-cer at home surrounded by his family.

Randy was born in Anoka, Minn., son of Ione Moen of Arizona and the late Dana Moen. He was raised in Illinois

and from there spent many years in Canada, Arizona and Washington before making Massa-chusetts his home. Randy was a proud member of the Teamsters union, the Masons, the Fra-ternal Order of Eagles 841 and the Carpenters Union 424. He was recently employed at Perry Supply in Pembroke.

Randy was a hardworking, dedicated man who always took pride in whatever he was do-ing. Above all else, the thing that gave him the most pride and what he was most dedicated to was his family.

He enjoyed saltwater and freshwater fish-ing, camping and NASCAR races. He was the kind of guy who always had a smile on his face, a joke or two to tell, a helping hand and a heart of gold.

Randy was the husband of Nancy Moen of Hanson; father of Dakota Moen of Hanson, Jus-

tine Bowman of Whitman and Christina Moen of Canada and grandfather of Hope and Lilly Bowman of Whitman and Sebastian Biffert of Canada. He also leaves 11 brothers and sisters and many nieces and nephews.

Funeral services and burial were private.

Judith A. Brady, 67, East Bridgewater resident

Patricia M. Curtis, 53, postal clerk

Louise Langton, 81, nurse’s aide

Randy A. Moen, 53, teamster

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Friends of Narissa Crosscup Memorial Scholarship

This spring’s scholarship event in mem-ory of Narissa (Nari) Crosscup is going to be one prize of $5,000. There will be 100 tickets sold at $100 each, numbered from 00-99. The raffle will take place on Friday, April 15 and will be according to the evening Massachu-setts State Lottery number for that evening. For example, if the number drawn is 1234, then the winning number will be 23 and the person who has that ticket will win the $5,000 prize immediately. The tickets can be shared with friends and family if so desired.

All proceeds will benefit the Narissa Crosscup Memorial Scholarship, at the Mutu-al Bank in Whitman. Everyone is eligible for the raffle, and all donations are greatly appre-ciated as well as tax deductible. To purchase a ticket, call Bridget Morgan at 781-447-3036, Janie Crosscup at 781-254-2657 or Nancy Payton at 781-447-0393.


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tHe deadline is Tuesday at noon.

Around TownAround TownThe following UMass Dart- ➢

mouth students have been named to the dean’s list: Hanson: Valerie Barretto, Timothy Gray, Joshua McKenna and Krista McCa-rthy; Whitman: Erin Carr, Dar-ren Cundari, Emily Migre, Bri-ley Morrill, Erin Murphy, Jake Rich and Katelyn Rondeau.

Lauren Walsh ➢ , a junior ma-joring in biomedical engineering, was named to the dean’s list at Worcester Polytechnic Institute for academic excellence during the fall semester.

Sarah Burnett ➢ has been named to the dean’s list at Mary-mount University in Arlington, Virginia for the fall semester. Bur-nett, a senior, is a politics major.

Hanson Fire Chief ➢ Jerome Thompson Jr. and Whitman Fire Chief Timothy Grenno have been awarded accreditation as “Fire Chief” in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts by the Common-wealth of Massachusetts Fire Ser-vice Commission. The accredita-tion process is in place to establish a strong degree of accountability and sets forth the goals needed for fire chiefs to enhance their knowl-edge, skills, and abilities to be fire chiefs in Massachusetts.

Brett Loycano ➢ has been named to the dean’s list for the fall 2010 semester at Northeastern University.

Kristen ➢ and Jacqueline Connolly of Whitman, daugh-ters of Erin and Joe Connolly, continue to make their parents very proud. Kristen was invited to become a member of the Sig-ma Theta Tau Society, at Sim-mons College, whose mission is to provide leadership and schol-arship in the nursing practice. Kristen graduates in May with a bachelor of science degree in nursing. Jacqueline is completing her first year at Emanuel College in Boston, and was named to the dean’s list completing her first semester. Jacqueline is working toward becoming an occupational therapist.

The following Hanson stu- ➢dents received honors for the second quarter at Boston College High School: High Honors: James Lewek 2011, Brendan Chernick 2013 and Joseph Zaccheo 2013. Honors: Matthew Chambers 2012, Peter Veneto 2012, Joseph Young 2012, Alexander Hickey 2013, Alexander O’Brien 2013, Kenneth Sweezey 2013, Chris-topher Valley 2013, Alexander Casey 2014, Daniel Westfield 2014.

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Patients taking antidepressants may reach a point where they are not willing to put up with side effects (decreased sexual desire, headache, insomnia, drowsiness, vivid dreaming, or not feeling like one’s normal self) that they were initially willing to endure. If so, they may decide to go off their medications. This is a decision that should only be made in consultation with the prescribing physician in order to minimize or avoid discontinuation symptoms that may arise if the medication is withdrawn too quickly. So-called “SSRI discontinuation syndrome” may occur in association with quick cessation of the use of antidepressants known as “selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors” (SSRIs). While discontinuation symptoms are not indicative of an addiction, they may be needlessly uncomfort-able.

The use of antidepressants has been steadily increasing since they were first developed. Antidepressants are not only used for mental depression -- about half the prescriptions are for eating disorders, post-traumatic stress syn-drome, anxiety disorders, obsessive-compulsive syndromes, chronic pain, and a variety of other conditions. For your family’s prescription needs, please call DUVAL’S PHARMACY at 781-447-0606 or visit us in Whitman at 571 Washington St., Rt. 27. We are also located in East Bridgewater at 1 Compass Way (508-350-2900).

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PlayerS VerSuS ParentS: the Hanson Galaxy soccer players and parents played a 8 vs. 8 (1st half) and a 11 vs. 11 (2nd half) match on Feb. 25, only to have the...well let's keep the winners a secret...they won't want to brag! all enjoyed the exciting wrap up of the February vacation. Photo courtesy of Michelle Ingemi

Home tweet Home: troop 34 cubscouts from Hanson recently built bird houses. the curran family hosted the class and reports that the kids had a lot of fun using hammers and screwdrivers to build their bird houses; they were very proud of the work they accomplished! Photo courtesy of Lisa Desrocher

tee time: whitman Selectman dan Salvucci and his golf partner, dave Smith from east bridgewater, took along the express on their annual golf vacation in myrtle beach, South carolina.

SHow time: Hanson recreation drama and the Friends of camp Kiwanee present "Sadie and the

Seventh Son" on march 18,19, 20, 25, 26 and 27 at camp

Kiwanee, route 58, Hanson. brydie (Sue blauss, center)

shoos away Sheriff Parr (John mahoney, right) and comes to the aid of orphan Sadie

(britney Siereveld, left). For tickets($12), call 781-293-2333

or 781-447-3915.Photo by Matt Watson




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Enjoy braised lamb chops, Irish styleContrary to popular belief, corned beef and cabbage is

not the national dish of Ireland. There will be corned beef and cabbage served in Ireland this week - but

only to American tourists. If there is a national dish of Ireland, it might be lamb. I per-

sonally love the flavor of lamb and enjoy it prepared with Greek, Italian and French flavors; but especially in a straightforward, simple Irish stew where the lamb is truly the star.

Braised lamb shoulder chops, Irish style½ cup all purpose flourSalt and pepper3 tablespoons olive oil or butter4 lamb shoulder chops, bone-in, about 2 pounds total1 large onion, cut into large dice, approximately 2 cups2 stalks celery, cut into large dice, approximately 1 cup3 Large carrots cut into large dice, approximately 2 cups2 cups water1 clove garlic, chopped6 – 8 medium sized boiling potatoes (white or Yukon Gold) peeledAdditional 1-2 tablespoons of olive oil or melted butter¼ cup chopped parsley

Preparation time: about 40 minutes, total cooking time 2 hours 40 minutes. Makes 4 servings.

Preheat oven to 300 degrees. Measure flour into a shallow bowl and season generously with salt and pepper. Heat olive oil or butter in heavy-bottomed skillet or enameled Dutch oven over medium-high heat. Dredge lamb chops in seasoned flour and brown well in skillet or Dutch oven, 8-10 minutes per

side, working in batches if necessary to avoid over-crowding the pan. (It is im-portant to be patient and get good color on the chops.) Remove browned chops to a 2-quart casserole dish if using a skil-let, or to a plate if using a Dutch oven. Add onion, celery and carrot to pan, add-ing any remaining seasoned flour and an additional tablespoon or two of butter or oil if necessary. Sauté vegetables about 10 minutes, scraping up brown bits from

bottom of the pan. Add water and chopped garlic and bring to a boil. Once the broth has thickened slightly, pour over chops in casserole or, if using Dutch oven, add chops back to pot. Nestle whole, peeled potatoes on top of chops and vegetables (about half submerged) and drizzle with olive oil or melted butter. Season with salt and pepper and cook in low oven for two hours. Serve each person a chop, a potato or two and some vegetables and broth in a shallow bowl, garnished with parsley.

Note: Lamb shoulder chops are an affordable cut (I paid $5.99/pound) and after a long braise the meat will literally fall off the bone. If you prefer not to deal with the bones, you may substitute boneless cubes of lamb shoulder meat.

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Vo-Tech silent auctionThe South Shore Vocational Technical High School Parents

Association will hold their second annual silent auction at 7 p.m. on Friday, March 25 at the Whitman Knights of Columbus Hall on Route 18.

Enjoy a night of fun and fundraising with entertainment provided by DJ Bob Caldaria, “The Man of Many Hats.” Light refreshments will be served. Auction items include Boston Celt-ics tickets, flat screen TV, Keurig coffee brewing system, show tickets and sports memorabilia. Proceeds will provide scholar-ships to graduating seniors and monetary support to school pro-grams.

Tickets at the door are $10 per person, $15 per couple. For more information, call 781-878-8822.

Recycle and save

National Grid is offer-ing $50 to get rid of that old second fridge in the garage or basement. Representatives will pick it up and provide residents with a $50 rebate. By getting rid of a second fridge, National Grid estimates resi-dents will save $150 per year on energy costs. For more in-formation, call 877-545-4113 or visit masssave.com/recycle.

Legion baseball registration

Any player in Whitman or Hanson, ages 15-19 years old and not turning 20 this year who missed registration for tryouts, is asked to con-tact Coach Adams at 781-447-5977.


Thursday March 17Hanson Senior Center. 9 a.m. hairdresser, 10 a.m. Cracker Barrel,11 a.m. St. Patrick’s Day Program and luncheon, line dancing, BP clinic at center.

Whitman Senior Center. 8 a.m. Walk the Park, 9:30 a.m. Vanity Fair outlets, Dartmouth, 11:30 a.m. lunch, 12:30-3:30 p.m. brown bag pick up.

Whitman Library. 6:30-7:30 p.m., Strong Women in Literature Book Club, for information call 781-447-7613. This month’s selection is “My Name is Mary Sutter” by Robin Oliveria. This group is open to all.

Hanson Girls Softball Registration. 5:30-7 p.m. The final registration for Hanson Girls Softball for the spring 2011 season will be held at Hanson Middle School.

Rockland-Hanson Rotary Club. 6:30 p.m. on Thursdays at the Olde Hitching Post Restaurant in Hanson.

Friday March 18Hanson Senior Center. 9 a.m. hairdresser, 9:30 a.m. card games, 10 a.m. cribbage, 1 p.m. bingo.

Hanson Library. 10-10:30 a.m. Wee Readers for ages 0-3, drop in with caregiver, for stories, finger play and song. 10:30-11:30 a.m. Craft-a-story for ages 3-7, Alpha Tales: read alphabet stories and make a corresponding craft. Call 781-292-2151, X 106 to register.

Whitman Senior Center. 8:30 a.m. food shopping, 11 a.m. Venus III in Hanson, 11:30 a.m. lunch, 1 p.m. bingo.

Meat Raffle. 7:30 p.m., Friday at Robinson Street in Hanson. Sponsored by the Hanson American Legion 226.

‘Sadie and the Seventh Son.’ 7:30 p.m. at the Needles Lodge in Camp Kiwanee, Hanson. Tickets are $12. An original murder mystery will be presented by Hanson Recreation Drama and the Friends of Camp Kiwanee. Proceeds benefit restoration of Camp Kiwanee and its waterfront. For tickets call 781-293-2333 or 781-447-3915.

saTurday March 19The Life of Jackie Kennedy. 1-3 p.m. at the Whitman Public Library. Celebrate National Women’s History Month with a talk about the life of first lady Jacqueline Kennedy. No registration is required for this event.

Meat Raffle and Boston Celtics Tickets Raffle. 2-4 p.m. at Damien’s, Hanson. The Whitman Panthers Baseball Road to Cooperstown Team will hold a meat raffle. Also, drawing will be held of a premium pair of Celtics tickets for the March 23 game. Loge, Section 1! Basketball raffle tickets are $5. No need to be present to win. For information, visit whitmanpanthers.com.

‘Sadie and the Seventh Son.’ 7:30 p.m. at the Needles Lodge, Camp Kiwanee, Route 58, Hanson. Tickets are $12. An original murder mystery will be presented by Hanson Recreation Drama and the Friends of Camp Kiwanee. Proceeds benefit restoration of Camp Kiwanee and its waterfront. For tickets call 781-293-2333 or 781-447-3915.

A Benefit for BC High. 6 p.m., Boston College High School will hold its biennial gala auction, The Shamrocker, on the BC High Campus, 150 Morrissey Blvd., Dorchester. The evening will be emceed by comedian

Jimmy Tingle and features both live and silent auctions. Ticket cost is $100. Price includes one drink ticket and a seated, four-course meal. All are welcome. For more information and to buy tickets, visit bchigh.edu/shamrocker.

sunday March 20‘Sadie and the Seventh Son.’ 3 p.m. at the Needles Lodge, Camp Kiwanee, Route 58, Hanson. Tickets are $12. Hanson Recreation Drama and the Friends of Camp Kiwanee will present an original murder mystery. Proceeds benefit restoration of Camp Kiwanee and its waterfront. For tickets call 781-293-2333 or 781-447-3915.

Monday March 21Hanson Senior Center. 10 a.m. chorus rehearsal, 1 p.m. Tai Chi and knitting group, Welcome Spring karaoke party

Hanson Library. 9:30 a.m. Yoga stories, ages 3+, registration required; call 781-293-2151 or e-mail [email protected].

Whitman Senior Center. 9 a.m. around town, 10 a.m. Wii bowling, 11 a.m.-1 p.m. blood pressure clinic, 11:30 a.m. lunch, 1 p.m. bingo.

Whitman Library. 1-2 p.m. Uno, Dos, Tres Spanish Story Hour. Call Jessi Finnie at 781-447-7613 for information.

Hanson American Legion Post 226. 7 p.m. the third Monday of the month at 92 Robinson St., Hanson.

Whitman Republican Town Committee. 7:30 p.m. on the third Monday of each month at the senior center on Hayden Avenue. For more information, call Steven Bois at 781-447-4719.

Tuesday March 22Hanson Senior Center. 9 a.m. nails by Julie, 9:30 a.m. card games, 10 a.m. beginner’s bridge, 1 p.m. bowling at the Hanson Athletic Association.

Hanson Library. 1:30 p.m. Yoga Stories, ages 3+, registration required, call 781-293-2151 or e-mail [email protected].

Whitman Senior Center. 8 a.m. Walk the park, 9 a.m. hairdresser, art class, State Rep. Geoff Diehl, 10 a.m. Castle Island, line dancing at Legion,

11:30 a.m. lunch, 12 p.m. Attorney Whitney by appointment, computer class, knitting/crocheting, bowling.

Rep. Geoff Diehl District Hours: 9-10 a.m., Whitman Senior Center. For questions, call Legislative Aide Lynnel Cox at 781-261-3103 or stop by the district office at 529 Washington St. Whitman.

Hanson Food Pantry. 10:30 a.m.-12 p.m. and 6-8 p.m. at First Baptist Church, Main Street.

Tea Party Meeting. 5:45 p.m. at Oliveira’s Restaurant, Pembroke. Meet, greet and have dinner; the meeting will begin at 6:45 p.m. All are welcome. For more information, visit the Web site at plymouthtp.ning.com.

Wednesday March 23Hanson Senior Center. 9:30 a.m. card games, 10 a.m. poker, Cracker Barrel breakfast, 1 p.m. party time with Henry, 1:30 exercise with Cindie ($5).

Whitman Senior Center. 7:30 a.m. center pick up, 7:45 a.m. home pick up for Foxwoods Casino, 10 a.m. chair yoga,11:30 a.m. lunch, 1 p.m. Bingo at Harvard Court, Mah-Jongg.

Whitman-Hanson Kiwanis Club. 6:15 p.m. at the Hitching Post Restaurant. For more information, call Mike at 781-447-6501.

Thursday March 24Hanson Senior Center. 9 a.m. hairdresser, 10 a.m. Cracker Barrel, physical therapy seminar, line dancing.

Whitman Senior Center. 8 a.m. Walk the Park, 9 Wareham Crossing and Ansel Gurney House, a.m. 11:30 a.m. lunch, 12:30-3:30 p.m. brown bag pick up.

Rockland-Hanson Rotary Club. 6:30 p.m. on Thursdays at the Olde Hitching Post Restaurant in Hanson.

Friday March 25Hanson Senior Center. 9 a.m. hairdresser, 9:30 a.m. card games, 10 a.m. cribbage, 1 p.m. bingo.

Hanson Library. 10-10:30 a.m. Wee Readers for ages 0-3, drop in with caregiver, for stories, finger play and song. 10:30-11:30 a.m. Craft-a-story for ages 3-7, Alpha Tales: read alphabet stories and make a

corresponding craft. Call 781-292-2151, X 106 to register.

Whitman Senior Center. 8:30 a.m. food shopping, 9 a.m. manicurist, 11 a.m. Dollar Tree and Fresh Catch, North Easton, 11:30 a.m. lunch, 1 p.m. bingo.

Meat Raffle. 7:30 p.m., Friday at Robinson Street in Hanson. Sponsored by the Hanson American Legion 226.

‘Little Women.’ 7 p.m., Whitman-Hanson Regional High School will present “Little Women” by Marisha Chamberlain, a stage adaptation of the novel by Louisa May Alcott. Tickets are $8 for adults and $5 for children, students and senior citizens. Tickets available at the door, by calling 781-618-8459 or e-mailing [email protected].

‘Sadie and the Seventh Son.’ 7:30 p.m. at the Needles Lodge, Camp Kiwanee, Route 27,Hanson. Tickets are $12. Hanson Recreation Drama and the Friends of Camp Kiwanee will present an original murder mystery. Proceeds benefit restoration of Camp Kiwanee and its waterfront. For tickets call 781-293-2333 or 781-447-3915.

South Shore Vo-Tech Silent Auction. 7 p.m. at the Whitman Knights of Columbus Hall, Route 18, Whitman. The South Shore Vocational Technical High School Parents’ Association 2nd Annual Silent Auction will be held. Enjoy a night of fun and fundraising with entertainment provided by DJ Bob Caldaria, “The Man of Many Hats.” Light refreshments will be served. Tickets at the door are $10 per person, $15 per couple. For more information, call 781-878-8822.

upcoMing evenTs‘Sadie and the Seventh Son.’ Saturday, March 26 at 7:30 p.m. and Sunday, March 27 at 3 p.m. at the Needles Lodge in Camp Kiwanee, Hanson. Tickets are $12. Hanson Recreation Drama and the Friends of Camp Kiwanee will present an original murder mystery. Proceeds benefit restoration of Camp Kiwanee and its waterfront. For tickets call 781-293-2333 or 781-447-3915.

‘Little Women.’ Whitman-Hanson Regional High School will present “Little Women” by Marisha Chamberlain, a stage adaptation of the novel by Louisa May Alcott, on Saturday, March 26 at 7 p.m. and Sunday, March 27 at 2 p.m. Tickets are $8 for adults and $5 for children, students and senior citizens. Tickets available at the door, by calling 781-618-8459 or e-mailing [email protected].

Hanson Little League Evaluations. March 27 at the Hanson Middle School gymnasium. Nine year olds or any new players, age 10: last names A-L: 12:30–1:30 p.m.; last names M-Z: 1:45– 2:45 p.m. Eight year olds looking to move up to Minors: 3–4 p.m. Ten year olds looking to move up to Majors, as well as any new players ages 11-12: 4:15–5:15 p.m. Bring your bat and glove and wear sneakers for the evaluations. If you have any questions, e-mail Scott Sawtelle at [email protected]

Whitman-Hanson Education Foundation Spelling Bee. 6:30-9:30 p.m. March 31, Performing Arts Center at Whitman-Hanson Regional High School. For further information call Laura Kemmett at 781-294-1261 or e-mail [email protected].

Beach Yoga. 9:30 a.m. April 2. Beach yoga classes with Deb Blauss will begin indoors in the library of the Needles Lodge at Camp Kiwanee, Route 58, Hanson. Classes will move outside to the beach when weather permits. Classes are sponsored by the Hanson Recreation Commission and the cost $10.

Annual Cookie and Craft Fair. Saturday, April 2 from 9:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. at the East Bridgewater United Methodist Church, 54 North Central St. Visitors browse various craft tables and may choose from hundreds of homemade cookies to fill a box of favorites for $6. All are welcome.

‘Dancing with the Angels.’ 6:30-11 p.m. on Saturday, April 2. The second annual “Dancing with the Angels” benefit will be held at the Tirrell Room, 254 Quarry St., Quincy. Enjoy hors d’oeuvres, dancing and the music of the 14-piece White Heat swing orchestra and a dancing competition featuring the Visiting Angels staff doing Latin dancing. This fundraising event supports the Special Needs Fund of Old Colony Elder Services and South Shore Elder Services. Tickets are $50 and may be purchased at Old Colony Elder Services. For more information, contact Lucille Dallaire at OCES 508-584-1561.

Hanson Rotary Club Comedy Night. 7-10:30 p.m. on Saturday, April 9 at the VFW on Essex St, Whitman featuring three top comedians, raffles and prizes. Tickets are $25, which includes pizza. For tickets call Peter at 781-293-3551. Proceeds benefit local charities.

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K of C goes greenWith St. Patrick’s Day

less than a week away, members of

the Cardinal Spellman Council 347 Knights of Columbus hosted locals for a fun evening of din-ner and dance, serving up corned beef and cabbage at their annual Irish Night on Friday, March 11 at the Whitman K of C Hall. After dinner, the Boston-based group The Wild Rovers performed Irish songs and other classic tunes as those in attendance took a spin on the dance floor. Later, Irish step dancers from Maureen Haley’s Whitman School of Irish Dance performed for the crowd.

At 93, Agnes McCorkle didn’t shy from the dance floor, as she and her daughter — also named Agnes McCorkle — take a spin to the tune “When Irish Eyes Are Smiling.”

Knight John Powers delivers pieces of green-and-white St. Patrick’s Day cake after dinner.

At right, Patricia and Thomas Riley show off their

dance moves.

Members of the Cardinal Spellman Council 347 Knights of Columbus Larry Roache, Tom Doolin, Grand Knight Warren Kennedy, Hank Walther, Jerry Kelley and Jerry Butts take a break from serving up corned beef and cabbage in the kitchen of the Whitman K of C Hall.

Craig MacGilvray, Nicole Stankewicz, Trisha Stankewicz, Ed MacGilvray, Trisha Grimmett and Steve Grimmett have plenty of green on in cel-ebration of St. Patrick’s Day.

Ann MacDonald, Russell Blake, Doug and Kayla Pigeon and Eddie Murphy get ready for some St. Patrick’s Day cake.

Knights of Columbus member Bill Roberson, Knights District Deputy Paul Flanagan and council chaplain Father Martin Connor chat at the dinner/dance.

Photos by Becca Manning


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thE DEaDlinE is tuesday at noon.

It’s a matter of perspective

Since last Friday morning we have watched and lis-tened to the radio and television news reports coming out of Japan describing the incredible natural disas-

ters of a 9.0 Richter Scale earthquake, apparently the fourth largest in recorded history, followed by a tsunami sweeping

miles inland with a wall of water up to 30 feet or more in height multiplying the damage and loss of life to an as yet unknown dimension. As if these two events were not enough, the col-lateral damage has caused the apparent destruct of three nuclear power generation plants and danger to a fourth. There is the very real pos-sibility of a core meltdown and the release of dangerous radiation into the atmosphere.

The Japanese island of Honshu, where these disasters occurred, has a climate similar to ours so the winter weather is compounding the suffering of hundreds of thousands of people as this situation unfolds. The economic impact is beyond esti-mation at this point, but we do know that in excess of 100,000 buildings have been destroyed or severely damaged, thousands are dead and thousands more are injured and the Japanese stock market is in free fall. Normal life is a long journey away for a large area of Japan.

Besides the normal empathy we feel for our fellow hu-man beings, a disaster as has befallen Japan should force us to all get real about our own situation. We all can appreciate that everything is relative, but let’s think about this. Japan is among the most developed nations in the world. Almost the entire nation and its economic infrastructure have been rebuilt from the ashes of World War II. They are a leader in engineer-ing and technology and have a highly educated and disciplined population. Their economy is third largest in the world. Yet, in the blink of an eye, it all changed. Lifetimes of hard work and material gain disappeared in minutes, livelihoods vanished. Cultural icons disappeared forever. Families and friends were torn apart. In relative terms it makes our own situation look pretty good doesn’t it?

Disasters as in Japan give us the rare opportunity to take stock of how good we have it. They give us an opportunity to re-evaluate life priorities, ambitions and values. It may be a good time to take stock of what is really important in our lives; material things vs. emotional well being; selfish interests vs. family and community; for believers, a time to reconnect with spiritual values. To use a now shopworn term, this is a “teach-able moment.” We probably shouldn’t waste it.

Japan will rebuild. Its trading partners will help it do so. Its economy is basically sound. It will be interesting to see if there is a catharsis from the legendary Japanese work ethic to a new view that prioritizes time with family and loved ones, at least on a par with career advancement.

By EmEry maddocks

GettinG real

Will there be an NFL season this fall?By Linda Bertinoq u E s t i o n o f t h E w E E k

Bob Doran Harvard Street, Whitman

“Yes, there’s too much money at stake for it not to happen.”

Nathan Wheeler Washington Street

“I’m not sure with all the contract issues, but hopefully there is.”

Dave Clay CVS, Whitman

“Yes, I believe there will be. There’s too much at stake.”

Steve Lincoln Pierce Avenue, Hanson

“I would certainly hope so and I hope the coaches and players

come to terms soon.”

Mike Bastek Main Street, Hanson

“I don’t care; I don’t follow foot-ball and they all make too much

money anyway.”

This letter is written in response to Emery Maddocks’ article, “Get-ting Real: Something’s got to give.”

What is happening in Madison, Wisconsin is certainly very intriguing. I agree with newly elected Governor Scott Walker that something should be done about the state of Wisconsin’s 3.6 billion dollar deficit. What I do not agree with is the method by which he plans on cutting the deficit. Removing state employees’ collec-tive bargaining rights is definitely not the way to go. Walker’s proposed budget repair bill will cause a lot of other problems if in fact collec-tive bargaining rights are taken away. To pub-lic employees, collective bargaining rights are extremely important and they view these rights as a form of protection. Without these rights, public employees could lose their benefits, their wages could be cut back, safety in the work-

place could suffer and much more.Unionized workers do not look at this bill

as a way to reduce the states’ deficit but more as an attack against unions. They believe that Walker intends to hurt the unions because he blames public employees that take advantage of the system for why the deficit has become so high. I definitely agree with what Maddocks says in the article that public employees do take advantage of the system through ways such as pension abuse, police detail abuse and pay rais-es in times of economic downturn. Something needs to be done about this issue but complete-ly removing collective bargaining rights from public employees is not the answer. In my opin-ion, Walker’s budget repair bill needs amend-ing.

Patrick WestBarker Street, Pembroke

Collective bargaining rights are extremely important —————————————

The Plymouth County Commission-ers held their weekly meeting on Tuesday, March 15 in Plymouth.

Commissioners had expressed concerns about the financial solvency of county government for the remainder of FY2011 ending June 30. County Administrator Gerald Chipman and Treasurer Thomas O’Brien jointly reported that the county should be financially solvent through FY2011 and provided new documenta-tion to support their report. The administrator also presented the initial draft of the FY2012 budget beginning July 1. Budget cuts of 10

percent have been agreed on by department heads, as well as other targeted cuts. The com-missioners will hold weekly budget hearings beginning March 24. The commissioners also approved appointments to the Board of Trust-ees of the Cooperative Extension 4H Program for John Burnett, Joseph Freitas, Janice Strojny and Jeffrey Chandler. The next commissioners meeting is March 24 in Plymouth. See Plym-outhCountyMass.US for more information.

Anthony O’Brien, Lieut. Cdr., US Navy Seals (Ret.)

Plymouth County Commissioner

DPW yard open for residential leaf disposal

The Whitman Department of Public Works Yard at 100 Essex St. will be open on Saturdays, for residents only, beginning April 2 through June 25 from 7 a.m.–3 p.m. for disposal of leaves and grass clippings. No brush, limbs or bushes will be accepted. Compost permits are $2 at the DPW yard. Bring vehicle registration with you. Regu-lar hours for leaves and grass clippings are also Monday-Friday, 7 a.m.-3 p.m. If you have any questions, call the Whitman DPW office at 781-447-7630.

County government solvent through FY2011

Collector’s office closureThe town (tax) collector’s office will be

closed on Wednesday, March 23 due to staff training requirements. The collector’s office will be open from 8 a.m.-4 p.m. on Monday, March 21, from 8 a.m.-7:30 p.m. on Tuesday, March 22, and from 8 a.m.-4 p.m, on Thursday and Friday, March 24 and 25.

lenten reflections On Friday, March 11 and every Friday dur-

ing Lent, Holy Ghost Parish will host an evening of Lenten reflections at 7 p.m. in Father Glennon Hall on School Street. Weekly speakers will dis-cuss themes corresponding to Lent and includes prayer, discussion and reflection. All are wel-come. Refreshments will be served.




Library newsThe Library has been busy

this winter, not only check-ing out almost 5,000 books but with many class projects. Currently on display are some

great “Inter-active World” monumen t s const ructed by Mrs. My-ette’s social studies class-es. They take us on a sight-seeing tour of Europe’s fin-

est historical attractions.The sixth grade students in

Mrs. Amadei’s classes traveled back to medieval Korea while reading “A Single Shard.” They studied the history of Korea and looked at the DMZ on Google Earth. Since the fo-cus of the book was celadon pottery, the students sculpted and glazed clay pots in Mrs. Dallin’s art classes. We antici-pate a Korean festival as the culminating activity, which will include Korean music, food eaten from the clay pots using chopsticks, and a movie about North Korea.

Mrs. McGaffigan and Mrs. Thornton took their classes on a trip around the universe while studying the planets and reading the novel “George’s Secret Key to the Universe.” Display boards decorated the library and were enjoyed by all.

This year, the library is hosting a knitting group. The members consisting of sixth, seventh and eighth grade stu-dents meet each week to knit and learn new stitches. This month the group began knit-ting squares, which will be made into blankets for our soldiers overseas.

Mrs. Amadei’s sixth grade classes are currently reading “The Lightning Thief” in the library while students study Ancient Greece in social stud-ies. Students are participating in Web quests about the gods and goddesses and completing events projects using Inspira-tion in Ms. Makuch’s technol-ogy classes.

The library has many new and exciting books and maga-zines for students and staff to read this year. Some of the new books are Guinness World Records 2011, Rick Riordan’s “The Red Pyramid” about an-cient Egypt, and the third book of the “Hunger Games” series “Mockingjay.” Newly ac-quired magazines are Popular Science, Dirt Bike, BMX Plus, Girl’s Life and Dig. These books and magazines are be-ing read and enjoyed by all.

News from guidanceMCAS testing for grades

6, 7, 8 in ELA will be March 22-24. Please make sure your children are well rested and eat a good breakfast. In May, we will have the math and sci-ence MCAS tests for grades 6-8 from May 10-16.

This year, 25 seventh and eighth graders took the SAT tests through the Johns Hop-kins Talent Search programs.

SSVT interviews took place in February and accept-ed students should be hearing from the school shortly.

PAC infoThe next meeting will be

March 28 at WMS at 7 p.m. We are just concluding the

grades six and seven spring fundraiser with Otis Spunk-meier cookies. These funds will go toward the purchase of interactive whiteboards for our ICT and SSC classrooms.

Nurse’s Corner: Margaret Baker RNThe WMS clinic is in the

process of completing all re-quired health screenings man-dated by the state. These in-clude the vision and hearing screenings for seventh grad-ers and scoliosis screenings. You will be receiving a letter shortly if your child requires further examination.

The Commonwealth of Mass. requires that all stu-dents entering seventh grade must be fully immunized in order to attend school. There are several immunizations that are required for entrance into seventh grade. All sixth grade parents will be informed shortly of these requirements via the Web site.

Please send in your child’s seventh grade physical exam form to the clinic if you haven’t already done so.

As always, please call Ms. Baker with any questions/con-cerns you may have concern-ing the health of your child at 781-618-7633.

2011 Student CouncilHannah Cotter, PresidentMike Seele, Vice PresidentPaulette Iannone, SecretaryNate Almeida, Treasurer After-school programsMonday: basketball and

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School lunch pricing for 2010-2011 is: Elementary schools, $1.75, middle schools, $2 and high school, $2.25. Call the office if you have any questions about how to apply for the free or reduced lunch program at 781-618-7431 or 7477, or e-mail [email protected]

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High School Alumni Association offers residents an opportu-nity to nominate people for the Whitman-Hanson Graduate Hall of Fame. The Hall of Fame was established in 1984 to honor graduates of Whitman High School and Whitman-Hanson Re-gional High School who have achieved success in their fields. The more than 30 graduates inducted represent a wide variety of occupations and interests including medicine, the law, education business and the entertainment industry.

Graduates of Whitman High School and Whitman-Hanson Regional High School are eligible for the Hall of Fame 10 years after graduation. Persons interested in nominating someone for the Hall of Fame must write a letter of recommendation to the Alumni Association stating the reasons they believe the candi-date is worthy of the honor. A separate letter must be written for each person being nominated. The letters will be kept on file for two years.

This year’s Hall of Fame ceremony will be part of the Na-tional Honor Society Induction, which will be held May 16 at 7 p.m. in the Performing Arts Center at the high school. The dead-line for submitting letters of recommendation is April 8. If you have any questions, call Richard Rosen ’70 at 781-447-1111. All letters should be sent to: WH/WHRHS Alumni Association, P.O. Box 53, Whitman, MA 02382.

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drew his motion after other members pointed out that the district could later reduce the assessment but could not in-crease it once approved.

A 6 percent increase would give the schools about $907,000 over the towns’ fis-cal year 2011 contributions, helping the district close its budget gap to about $753,000, according to Gilbert-Whitner.

The deficit has been steadily decreasing since the first budget breakfast in late January. At the Feb. 9 School Committee meeting, WHRSD Business Manager Sharon Andrew estimated the budget gap at about $2.5 million. That night, the committee voted to move over $800,000 from budget reserves, and since then administrators have met to fur-ther reduce school expenses.

School officials were able to negotiate a lower-than-ex-pected transportation contract — with an increase of just be-low 9 percent as opposed to the 15 percent that was initially budgeted for, Gilbert-Whitner said. Officials also negotiated a new contract for electricity, saving about $90,000, and are anticipating a smaller increase in health insurance costs. The district also will save on rent paid for its COMPASS pro-gram, which is moving back to the high school, and will be able to reduce positions at six of the schools.

The district also will see some savings after working with the Massachusetts School Building Authority to pay off bonds early on Hanson and Whitman middle school proj-ects as well as Indian Head, Conley and Duval renovations, Gilbert-Whitner said.

Though the district is clos-er to balancing expenses with revenues, the towns of Hanson and Whitman are still working toward that goal. In Hanson alone, five union contracts are under negotiation this year, the town administrator said.

Read said he was looking at one-year contracts for all five unions because it would be too difficult to forecast what the second and third year might look like.

Ross said Whitman offi-cials had been planning for a zero assessment increase for the schools in FY2012.

“We’re level funding ev-erything right now to hit our levy limits,” she said. “This is our worst year for Whitman.”

With a slight enrollment adjustment as of Oct. 1 — an increase in Hanson students compared to Whitman by .17 percent over the 2009 count — the projected assessment for each town, assuming a 6 percent increase, would be: about $7.16 million for Han-son and about $8.87 million for Whitman, according to numbers provided by the dis-trict business manager.

For FY2011, Hanson’s contribution was about $6.73 million and Whitman’s was about $8.40 million, accord-ing to Andrew.

With a 6 percent increase, Read said he would have to work with department heads to cut more than $431,000 from the budget on top of the $250,000 gap that already ex-ists for Hanson.

In Whitman, the town would have to cut just un-der $476,000 to make up the 6 percent increase in school funding.

For both towns, a tax over-ride would be the only way to provide the requested school funding without cutting town positions, officials said.

Hanson Selectman Steve Amico said he did not feel an override would get much sup-port and that he could not sup-port a 6 percent assessment increase.

“The firefighters and po-lice officers are 24-hours-a-day, seven-days-a-week ser-vices. I can’t afford to cut any of those. I can’t afford to cut any more in the highway de-partment. We don’t have any-thing; we’re already working at bare bones,” Amico told the School Committee.

School Committee mem-ber William Egan said choos-ing a 6 percent increase would give the schools more time to work on the budget and that the assessment likely would go down before Town Meet-ing.

“There’s a whole expec-tation that we’re not going to Town Hall [sic] floor looking for a 6 percent increase from the town,” he said. “I don’t think it’s really productive to have a conversation that’s go-ing to pit the schools against the police and fire when that battle is not going to happen, as far as I’m concerned.”

But town officials said they would have to plan for the 6 percent now and decide where to make the necessary cuts. Read said he felt the committee should just say the number it intends to bring to voters.

“Let’s play open-faced poker,” he said.

Like the school district, both towns are looking at cuts in state aid as well as local revenues, making it difficult to balance their budgets — par-ticularly with rising health care costs and other expenses.

“We’re in the same position that you are as far as looking at the state numbers coming in,” Amico said. “Your dilemma is still our dilemma, and this just creates an even bigger dilem-ma for the towns.”

School Committee mem-bers said the schools also were facing “very large challenges,” with year after year of cuts.

Another $1 million in bud-get cuts could mean cutting up to 20 school positions, Andrew said.

Funding hike OK’dcontinued from page one

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MORTGAGEE'S NOTICE OF SALE OF REAL ESTATE

By virtue and in execution of the Power of Sale con-tained in a certain Mortgage given by Johnny W. Welch, Jr. and Courtney M. Pond to Mortgage Electronic Registra-tion Systems, Inc., dated De-cember 20, 2007 and recorded with the Plymouth County Registry of Deeds at Book 35437, Page 306 of which the Mortgage the undersigned is the present holder by assign-ment for breach of the condi-tions of said Mortgage and for the purpose of foreclosing same will be sold at Public Auction at 11:00 AM on March 25, 2011 at 957 Tem-ple Street, Whitman, MA, all and singular the premises de-scribed in said Mortgage, to wit:

The land, with the build-ings thereon, situated in Whit-man, Plymouth County, Mas-sachusetts, on the Northerly side of Temple Street, being Lots Nos. 125 and 126 on "Plan of House Lots at Whit-

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man Line Park, Brockton-Whitman, Mass., February 1910" recorded with Plymouth Deeds in Plan Book 1, Page 536. Said lots are to-gether bounded and described as follows:

Beginning at the intersec-tion of Temple Street and Porter Street.

Thence Northerly in the easterly line of said Porter Street 100.6 feet to the south-west corner of Lot No. 124 on said plan;

Thence Easterly in the southerly line of said Lot No. 124, 83.5 feet to the north-west corner of Lot No. 150 on said plan;

Thence Southerly in the westerly line of said Lot No. 150, 100 feet to said Temple Street at the southwest corner of said Lot No. 150; and

Thence Westerly by said Temple Street 95 feet to the point of beginning.

For title see deed from Ralph W. Fitzpatrick to Courtney Pond dated August 9, 2004 recorded with Ply-mouth County Registry of Deeds on August 10, 2004 in Book 28838, Page 43. Deed from Courtney Pond to Court-ney M. Pond and Johnny W. Welch, Jr. recorded immedi-ately prior hereto.

The premises are to be sold subject to and with the benefit of all easements, restrictions, building and zoning laws, un-paid taxes, tax titles, water bills, municipal liens and as-sessments, rights of tenants and parties in possession.

TERMS OF SALE:A deposit of FIVE THOU-

SAND 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 of-fered. 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 Mortga-gee's attorney. The Mortga-gee 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 announce-ment made before or during the foreclosure sale. If the sale is set aside for any rea-son, the Purchaser at the sale shall be entitled only to a re-turn of the deposit paid. The purchaser shall have no fur-ther recourse against the

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Mortgagor, the Mortgagee or the Mortgagee's attorney. The description of the prem-ises contained in said mort-gage shall control in the event of an error in this publication. TIME WILL BE OF THE ESSENCE.

Other terms if any, to be announced at the sale.

GMAC Mortgage, LLCPresent Holder of said

Mortgage, By Its Attorneys,Orlans Moran PLLCP.O. Box 962169Boston, MA 02196Phone: (617) 502-4100

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By virtue and in execution of the Power of Sale con-tained in a certain Mortgage given by Robert A. Raimondi, Sr. to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., dated December 31, 2007 and recorded with the Plymouth County Registry of Deeds at Book 35462, Page 249 of which the Mortgage the un-dersigned is the present holder by assignment for breach of the conditions of said Mortgage and for the purpose of foreclosing same will be sold at Public Auction at 01:00 PM on April 7, 2011 at 70 Pleasant Street, Unit 4, Whitman, MA, all and singu-lar the premises described in said Mortgage, to wit:

Unit #4, in the 70 Pleasant Street Condominium situated at 70 Pleasant Street, Whit-man, Massachusetts, a condo-minium established, pursuant to Massachusetts General Laws, Chapter 183A, by Mas-ter Deed dated November 28, 2007, recorded with Plymouth Deeds Book 35339 Page 167.

The Unit is shown on the floor plans of the building re-corded simultaneously with said Master Deed and on the copy of the portion of said plans attached to the unit deed, to which is affixed a verified statement in the form required by Section 9 of said Chapter 183A.

Said Unit is conveyed to-gether with an undivided 30.6 percent interest in the Com-mon Elements described in the Master Deed.

Said Unit is conveyed to-gether with, subject to, and with the benefit of the provi-sions of said Chapter 183A, the Master Deed, Condomin-

ium Trust and the Unit Deed, and all rights, easements and agreements described therein.

Said Unit is also subject to any easements restrictions, and agreements of record, in-sofar as any of the same are in force and applicable.

For title see deed in Ply-mouth Deeds Book 35339, Page 205.

The premises are to be sold subject to and with the benefit of all easements, restrictions, building and zoning laws, liens, attorneys fees and costs pursuant to M.G.L.Ch.183A, unpaid taxes, tax titles, water bills, municipal liens and as-sessments, rights of tenants and parties in possession.


SAND 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 of-fered. 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 Mortga-gee's attorney. The Mortga-gee 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 announce-ment made before or during the foreclosure sale. If the sale is set aside for any rea-son, the Purchaser at the sale shall be entitled only to a re-turn of the deposit paid. The purchaser shall have no fur-ther recourse against the Mortgagor, the Mortgagee or the Mortgagee's attorney. The description of the prem-ises contained in said mort-gage shall control in the event of an error in this publication. TIME WILL BE OF THE ESSENCE.


OneWest Bank, FSB.Present Holder

of said Mortgage, By Its Attorneys,

Orlans Moran PLLCP.O. Box 962169

Boston, MA 02196Phone: (617) 502-4100

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CONSERVATION COMMISSION

PUBLIC HEARING

The Hanson Conservation Commission will hold a Pub-lic Hearing on Tuesday, March 22nd, 2011 at

7:45 PM at the TOWN HALL, Meeting Room A, 542 LIBERTY STREET, HAN-SON, MA pursuant to a No-tice of Intent for Daniel and Elizabeth Doherty (owners) represented by Land Plan-ning, Inc., 1115 Main Street, Hanson, MA 02341.

Parcel & Project: A pro-posal for the construction of a new in-ground swimming pool and removal of portions of an existing deck as well as minimal regrading within the existing yard area. The pro-posal falls within 100 feet of a Bordering Vegetated Wetland 106 Gray Lane, Map 83, Lot 3-16.

The applicant is filing un-der the Massachusetts Wet-lands Protection Act, Chapter 131, §40 and the Town of Hanson Wetlands Protection By-Law 3-13 §.5 and Rules and Regulations.

HANSONCONSERVATION

COMMISSIONPhilip R. Lindquist

Chairman

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TOWN OF HANSONBOARD

OF APPEALS

The HANSON BOARD OF APPEALS will hold a public hearing on MARCH 29, 2011 at 7:00 pm at HAN-SON TOWN HALL under MGL Chapter 40A on the ap-plication of MIKE DE-LANEY dba NORTH-EAST LUMBER SUPPLY for a SPECIAL PERMIT un-der Town of Hanson Zoning By-laws Section VI.2(b) and VIII.D and SITE PLAN ap-proved under Hanson Zoning By-laws Section VII.F.1 to re-open the lumber yard with painted signage at 91 FRANKLIN STREET, MAP 45 LOT 5B HANSON AS-SESSORS MAP. Property is located in the Flexible Over-lay Zone and Zone II of the Aquifer Protection District.

HANSON BOARD OF APPEALS

Robert Overholtzer,Chairman

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CONSERVATION COMMISSION

PUBLIC HEARING

The Hanson Conservation Commission will hold a Pub-lic Hearing on Tuesday, April 12th, 2011 at

7:45 PM at the TOWN HALL, Meeting Room A, 542 LIBERTY STREET, HAN-SON, MA pursuant to a Re-quest for Determination of Applicability for TEC Associ-ates, Inc., 46 Sawyer Street, South Portland, ME 04106.

Parcel & Project: To de-termine whether the bounda-ries of the resource areas are accurately delineated for vegetation management ac-tivities along the Massachu-setts Bay Commuter Rail Right of Way in Hanson.

The applicant is filing un-der the Massachusetts Wet-lands Protection Act, Chapter 131, §40 and the Town of Hanson Wetlands Protection By-Law 3-13 §.5 and Rules and Regulations.

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The HANSON BOARD OF APPEALS will hold a public hearing on MARCH 29, 2011 at 7:00 pm at HAN-SON TOWN HALL under MGL Chapter 40A Section 6 on the application of STE-PHEN G. EGAN, SR. for a SPECIAL PERMIT under Town of Hanson Zoning By-laws Section IV.A. (iii) to allow for the demolition of an existing structure and the con-struction of a new single fam-ily dwelling within the foot-print of existing nonconform-ing structure at 90 PRATT PLACE, MAP 90 LOT I HANSON ASSESSORS MAP. Property is located in Residence A zone.

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COMMONWEALTH OF

MASSACHUSETTS(SEAL)

LAND COURTDEPARTMENT OF

THE TRIAL COURT

Case No.10 MISC 442698To:Margaret M. Connollya/k/a Margaret M.Connolly, Jr.and to all persons entitled

to the benefit of the Service-members Civil Relief Act. HarborOne Credit Union claiming to be the holder of mortgage covering real prop-erty in Whitman, numbered 322 Temple Street given by Margaret M. Connolly a/k/a Margaret M. Connolly, Jr. to HarborOne Credit Union dated December 19, 2007, re-corded at Plymouth County Registry of Deeds, Book 35426, Page 15, and held by Plaintiff has filed with said court a complaint for author-ity to foreclose said mortgage in the manner following: by entry and possession and ex-ercise of power of sale.

If you are entitled to the benefits of the Servicemem-bers Civil Relief Act and you object to such foreclosure you or your attorney should file a written appearance and an-swer in said court at Boston on or before the April 25, 2011 or you may be forever barred from claiming that such foreclosure is invalid un-der said act.

Witness, KARYN F. SCHEIER Chief Justice of said Court on Mar 10 2011.

Attest:Deborah J. Patterson

Recorder

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THE COMMONWEALTH OF

MASSACHUSETTS(SEAL)


THE TRIAL COURT

Case No. 442294To:Donald W. Owens;Michelle A. Owens

and to all persons entitled to the benefit of the Service-members Civil Relief Act.

CitiMortgage, Inc. claim-ing to be the holder of a Mortgage covering real property in Whitman, num-bered 802 South Avenue given by Donald W. Owens and Michelle A. Owens to Mortgage Electronic Registra-tion Systems, Inc., dated July 22, 2005, and recorded with the Plymouth County Regis-

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try of Deeds at Book 31005, Page 207 and now held by the plaintiff by assignment has filed with said court a com-plaint for authority to fore-close said mortgage in the manner following: by entry and possession and exercise of power of sale.

If you are entitled to the benefits of the Servicemem-bers Civil Relief Act as amended and you object to such foreclosure you or your attorney should file a written appearance and answer in said court at Boston on or be-fore April 18, 2011 or you may be forever barred from claiming that such foreclosure is invalid under said act.

Witness, KARYN F. SCHEIER, Chief Justice of said Court on March 7, 2011

Attest:DEBORAH J.PATTERSONRECORDER

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NOTICE OFMORTGAGEE'S

SALE OF REAL ESTATE

By virtue and in execution of the Power of Sale con-tained in a certain mortgage given by Charlene M. Adams to National City Mortgage a division of National City Bank, dated October 17, 2007 and recorded with the Ply-mouth County Registry of Deeds at Book 35208, Page 220, of which mortgage PNC Bank, National Association successor by merger to Na-tional City Mortgage, a divi-sion of National City Bank is the present holder, for breach of the conditions of said mort-gage and for the purpose of foreclosing, the same will be sold at Public Auction at 12:00 p.m. on April 1, 2011, on the mortgaged premises lo-cated at 62 Beal Avenue, Whitman, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, all and singu-lar the premises described in said mortgage,

TO WIT:The land with the buildings

thereon situated in Whitman, Plymouth County, Massachu-setts, on the West side of Beal Avenue, shown as Lot 9 and Lot 10 on ''Plan of Lots be-tween Temple and Pine Street, drawn for A.W. Beal by A.P. Trufant, of Whitman, in January, 1909'' which plan is recorded Plymouth County Registry of Deeds in Plan Book 1, Page 518, bounded and described as follows: Be-ginning at the Southeast cor-ner of said Lot No. 9, which point is distant 498.73 feet North 3 degrees 10' East from a stone bound at the corner of Temple Street and Beal Ave-

nue; thence running North 86 degrees 50' West, 138.11 feet to a point; thence North 4 de-gees East, 120.01 feet to a point; thence South 86 de-grees 50' East, 136.39 feet to a point on said Westerly line of Beal Avenue; thence South 3 degrees 10' West, 120 feet by said Westerly line of Beal Avenue to the point of begin-ning. Said premises are bounded Easterly by Beal Avenue; Southerly by Lot No. 8 on said Plan; Westerly by land now or formerly of one H. Gurney; and Northerly by Lot No. 11 on said Plan.

For mortgagor's(s') title see deed recorded with Plymouth County Registry of Deeds in Book 21630, Page 98.

These premises will be sold and conveyed subject to and with the benefit of all rights, rights of way, restric-tions, easements, covenants, liens or claims in the nature of liens, improvements, public assessments, any and all un-paid taxes, tax titles, tax liens, water and sewer liens and any other municipal assessments or liens or existing encum-brances of record which are in force and are applicable, hav-ing priority over said mort-gage, whether or not refer-ence to such restrictions, easements, improvements, liens or encumbrances is made in the deed.

TERMS OF SALE:A deposit of Five

Thousand ($5,000.00 ) Dol-lars by certified or bank check will be required to be paid by the purchaser at the time and place of sale. The balance is to be paid by certified or bank check at Harmon Law Of-fices, P.C., 150 California Street, Newton, Massachu-setts 02458, or by mail to P.O. Box 610389, Newton Highlands, Massachusetts 02461-0389, within thirty (30) days from the date of sale. Deed will be provided to purchaser for recording upon receipt in full of the pur-chase price. The description of the premises contained in said mortgage shall control in the event of an error in this publication.

Other terms, if any, to be announced at the sale.

PNC BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION SUCCES-SOR BY MERGER TO NA-TIONAL CITY MORT-GAGE, A DIVISION OF NATIONAL CITY BANK

Present holder of said mortgage

By its Attorneys,

HARMON LAWOFFICES, P.C.

150 California StreetNewton, MA 02458

(617) 558-0500201006-0364 - GRY

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By virtue and in execution of the Power of Sale con-tained in a certain Mortgage given by Matthew C. Clifford and Michelle J. Clifford to Mortgage Electronic Registra-tion Systems, Inc., dated Sep-tember 22, 2006 and recorded with the Plymouth County

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Registry of Deeds at Book 33394, Page 294 of which the Mortgage the undersigned is the present holder by assign-ment for breach of the condi-tions of said Mortgage and for the purpose of foreclosing same will be sold at Public Auction at 03:00 PM on April 7, 2011 at 74 Beal Avenue, Whitman, MA, all and singu-lar the premises described in said Mortgage, to wit:

A certain parcel of land with any buildings thereon, on the westerly side of Beal Avenue, Whitman, MA, being shown as Lot 12 on a plan en-titles, "Plan of Houselots be-tween Temple Street and Pine Street owned by A.W. Beal dated January 1909." and re-corded with the Plymouth Registry of Deeds in Plan Book 1, Page 88.



SAND 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 of-fered. 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 Mortga-gee's attorney. The Mortga-gee 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 announce-ment made before or during the foreclosure sale. If the sale is set aside for any rea-son, the Purchaser at the sale shall be entitled only to a re-turn of the deposit paid. The purchaser shall have no fur-ther recourse against the Mortgagor, the Mortgagee or the Mortgagee's attorney. The description of the prem-ises contained in said mort-gage shall control in the event of an error in this publication. TIME WILL BE OF THE ESSENCE.


BAC Home LoansServicing, LP

Present Holderof said Mortgage, By Its Attorneys,


Boston, MA 02196Phone: (617) 502-4100

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LEGAL NOTICEMORTGAGEE’S

SALE OF REAL ESTATE

By virtue of and in execu-tion of the Power of Sale con-tained in a certain mortgage given by Edward M. Flanagan and Heidi F. Flanagan to CCO Mortgage Corp., dated March 10, 2006 and recorded at Plymouth County Registry of Deeds in Book 32356, Page 333 of which mortgage RBS Citizens N.A., successor in interest to CCO Mortgage Corp. is the present holder, for breach of conditions of said mortgage and for the pur-pose of foreclosing the same, the mortgaged premises lo-cated at 76 Jenkins Avenue, Whitman, MA 02382 will be sold at a Public Auction at 10:00 AM on March 29, 2011, at the mortgaged prem-ises, more particularly de-scribed below, all and singu-lar the premises described in said mortgage, to wit:

The land with the buildings thereon, situated in Whitman, Plymouth County, Massachu-setts, on the Northerly side of Jenkins Avenue, being shown as Lot No. 28 on "Plan No. 1 Showing proposes House Lots on Land of George O. Jenkins, Whitman, Mass., by J.C. Torrey, C.E., July 1890" recorded with Plymouth Deeds in Plan Book 1, Page 61, and being bounded and described as follows: Begin-ning at the Southeast corner of the lot on said Jenkins Avenue, at the southwest cor-ner of Lot No. 29 as shown on said plan, now owned by Meredith L. Beaulieu, at a point 105.3 feet westerly from the junction of said Jenkins Avenue with Alden Street; Thence Northerly running in the Westerly line of said Lot No. 29 and by land of Frank P. Solari et ux, 129.3 feet to the northeast corner of the lot, it being the southeast corner of land now or formerly of Flora G. Benson et al; Thence Westerly running by said land of Flora G. Benson et al, 65.1 feet to the northeast corner of Lot No. 27 as shown on said plan, now owned by Thomas C. Hovey et ux; Thence Southerly running by said land of Thomas G. Hovey et ux, 132.3 feet to said Jenkins Avenue; and Thence Easterly running by said Jenkins Ave-nue 65 feet to the point of be-ginning.

For mortgagor’s title see deed recorded with the Ply-mouth County Registry of Deeds in Book 5431, Page 282.

The premises will be sold subject to any and all unpaid taxes and other municipal as-sessments and liens, and sub-ject to prior liens or other en-forceable encumbrances of re-cord entitled to precedence

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over this mortgage, and sub-ject to and with the benefit of all easements, restrictions, reservations and conditions of record and subject to all ten-ancies 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 de-posit 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 written Memorandum of Sale upon acceptance 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 of-fices of mortgagee’s attorney, Korde & Associates, P.C., 321 Billerica Road, Suite 210, Chelmsford, MA 01824-4100 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 an-nounced at the sale.

RBS Citizens N.A., succes-sor in interest to CCO Mort-gage Corp.

Korde & Associates, P.C.321 Billerica Road

Suite 210Chelmsford, MA

01824-4100(978) 256-1500

(AHF 10-002275 )(Flanagan)(03-03-11,

03-10-11, 03-17-11)(266154)

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NOTICE OFMORTGAGEE'S

SALE OFREAL ESTATE

By virtue and in execution of the Power of Sale con-tained in a certain mortgage given by Michael Gajewski a/k/a Michal Gajewski and Kathleen L. Gajewski to Mortgage Electronic Registra-tion Systems, Inc., dated August 11, 2006 and re-corded with the Plymouth County Registry of Deeds at Book 33226, Page 38, of which mortgage Wells Fargo Bank, NA is the present holder, for breach of the con-ditions of said mortgage and for the purpose of foreclosing, the same will be sold at Pub-lic Auction at 1:00 p.m. on April 13, 2011, on the mort-gaged premises located at 142 Auburn Street, Whitman, Ply-mouth County, Massachu-setts, all and singular the premises described in said mortgage,

TO WIT:All the land with buildings

thereon, situated in Whitman, Plymouth County, Massachu-setts, on the Southerly side of Auburn Street, Being Lot 2 on

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'Plan of Land in Whitman owned by Harry Rose, Sept.11, 1965, 'recorded with Plymouth County Registry of Deeds in Plan Book 13, Page 1053. Said Lot No.2 is bounded and described as fol-lows:

NORTHERLY by said Auburn Street, 105.00 feet; EASTERLY by Lot No.3 on said plan, 180.00 feet; SOUTHERLY by land of Ro-sen, as shown on said plan, 105.00 feet; and WESTERLY by Lot No.1 on said plan 180.00 feet.

Subject to and with the benefit of any rights, restric-tions, easements and cove-nants of record insofar as in-force and applicable.

Commonly known as 142 Auburn Street Whitman, MA 02382 However, by showing this address no additional coverage is provided.

For mortgagor's(s') title see deed recorded with Plymouth County Registry of Deeds in Book 28764, Page 43.

These premises will be sold and conveyed subject to and with the benefit of all rights, rights of way, restric-tions, easements, covenants, liens or claims in the nature of liens, improvements, public assessments, any and all un-paid taxes, tax titles, tax liens, water and sewer liens and any other municipal assessments or liens or existing encum-brances of record which are in force and are applicable, hav-ing priority over said mort-gage, whether or not refer-ence to such restrictions, easements, improvements, liens or encumbrances is made in the deed.

TERMS OF SALE:A deposit of Five Thou-

sand ($5,000.00 ) Dollars by certified or bank check will be required to be paid by the purchaser at the time and place of sale. The balance is to be paid by certified or bank check at Harmon Law Of-fices, P.C., 150 California Street, Newton, Massachu-setts 02458, or by mail to P.O. Box 610389, Newton Highlands, Massachusetts 02461-0389, within thirty (30) days from the date of sale. Deed will be provided to purchaser for recording upon receipt in full of the pur-chase price. The description of the premises contained in said mortgage shall control in the event of an error in this publication.

Other terms, if any, to be announced at the sale.WELLS FARGOBANK, NA

Present holder of saidmortgage by its Attorneys,

HARMON LAWOFFICES, P.C.

150 California StreetNewton, MA 02458

(617) 558-0500201009-1557 - BLU

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COMMONWEALTHOF

MASSACHUSETTS(SEAL)


THE TRIAL COURT

Case No.442455

To:Michael P. SullivanMaureen Sullivanand to all persons entitled to the benefit of the Serv-icemembers Civil Relief Act: GMAC Mortgage, LLC claiming to be the holder of mortgage cover-ing real property in Whit-man, numbered 12 Beaver Street given by Michael P. Sullivan and Maureen Sul-livan to 1-800-East-West Mortgage Company, Inc., dated May 27, 2004, Re-corded with the Plymouth County Registry of Deeds at Book 28359, Page 322, and now held by plaintiff by assignment has filed with said court a complaint for authority to foreclose said mortgage in the man-ner following: by entry and possession and exercise of power of sale. If you are entitled to the benefits of the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act and you object to such foreclosure you or your attorney should file a written appearance and an-swer in said court at Boston on or before the 18th day of April, 2011 or you may be forever barred from claim-ing that such foreclosure is invalid under said act.Witness, KARYN F. SCHEIER Chief Justice of said Court this 7th day of March, 2011.

Attest:Deborah J. Patterson

Recorder

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By virtue and in execution of the Power of Sale con-tained in a certain Mortgage given by Paul W. Hansen and Lynn A. Hansen w/s/a L.A.H. to Cornerstone Mortgage Cor-poration, Inc., dated July 16, 2003 and recorded with the Plymouth County Registry of Deeds at Book 25869, Page 59 of which the Mortgage the undersigned is the present holder by assignment for breach of the conditions of said Mortgage and for the purpose of foreclosing same will be sold at Public Auction at 04:00 PM on March 24, 2011 at 52 Winter Street, Whitman, MA, all and singu-lar the premises described in said Mortgage, to wit:

A certain parcel of land with the buildings thereon situated in said Whitman on the East Side of Winter Street and bounded as follows:

Beginning on Winter Street as the Southwesterly corner of the premises;

Thence Northerly by said Winter Street;

Thence Easterly by land formerly owned by Henry H. Brigham, deceased, to land of the heirs of Charles S. Reed;

Thence Southerly by land of said heirs to land of Aaron Thomas;

Thence Westerly by land of said Thomas to the first-named corner.

Being the same premises conveyed to the herein named mortgagor (s) by deed re-corded with Plymouth County Registry of Deeds in Book 19018, Page 57.



SAND 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 of-fered. 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 Mortga-gee's attorney. The Mortga-gee 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 announce-ment made before or during

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the foreclosure sale. If the sale is set aside for any rea-son, the Purchaser at the sale shall be entitled only to a re-turn of the deposit paid. The purchaser shall have no fur-ther recourse against the Mortgagor, the Mortgagee or the Mortgagee's attorney. The description of the prem-ises contained in said mort-gage shall control in the event of an error in this publication. TIME WILL BE OF THE ESSENCE.


GMAC Mortgage, LLCPresent Holder

of said Mortgage, By Its Attorneys,


Boston, MA 02196Phone: (617) 502-4100

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LEGAL NOTICEMORTGAGEE’S

SALE OFREAL ESTATE

By virtue of and in execu-tion of the Power of Sale con-tained in a certain mortgage given by Michael R. Panaro and Jennifer M. Panaro to Mortgage Electronic Registra-tion Systems, Inc. acting solely as a nominee for Citi-zens Mortgage Corporation, dated June 15, 2005 and re-corded at Plymouth Coun-ty Registry of Deeds in Book 30752, Page 123 of which mortgage RBS Citizens NA is the present holder by assign-ment Recorded at Plymouth County Registry of Deeds in Book 38968, Page 98, for breach of conditions of said mortgage and for the purpose of foreclosing the same, the mortgaged premises located at 847 Washington Street, Whitman, MA 02382 will be sold at a Public Auction at 11:00AM on March 29, 2011, at the mortgaged premises, more particularly described below, all and singular the premises described in said mortgage, to wit:

the land in with the build-ings thereon, situated in Whit-man, Plymouth County, Mas-sachusetts on the Easterly side of Washington Street, bounded and described as fol-lows: Beginning at the south-west corner of the lot on said Washington Street at the northwest corner of land now or formerly of Charles S. Jenkins; thence running East-erly in the northerly line of said land now or formerly of said Charles S. Jenkins, 120

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feet; thence running Northerly by land now or formerly of Luther Poole, 60 feet; thence running Westerly by land now or formerly of said Luther Poole, 120 feet to said Wash-ington Street; and thence run-ning Southerly by said Wash-ington Street, 60 feet to the point of beginning.

For mortgagor’s title see deed recorded with the Ply-mouth County Registry of Deeds in Book 18475, Page 282.

The premises will be sold subject to any and all unpaid taxes and other municipal as-sessments and liens, and sub-ject to prior liens or other en-forceable encumbrances of re-cord entitled to precedence over this mortgage, and sub-ject to and with the benefit of all easements, restrictions, reservations and conditions of record and subject to all ten-ancies 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 de-posit 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 written Memorandum of Sale upon acceptance 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 of-fices of mortgagee’s attorney, Korde & Associates, P.C., 321 Billerica Road, Suite 210, Chelmsford, MA 01824-4100 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 an-nounced at the sale.

RBS Citizens NAKorde & Associates, P.C.

321 Billerica RoadSuite 210

Chelmsford, MA 01824-4100

(978) 256-1500(10-002633)

(Panaro)(03-03-11, 03-10-11, 03-17-11)(265939)

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COMMONWEALTHOF

MASSACHUSETTSLAND COURT

DEPARTMENT OFTHE TRIAL

COURT

Case No. 10 MISC441612TO: Charles M. McCarthy

and Michelle L. McCarthyand to all persons entitled tothe benefit of theServicemembers Civil ReliefAct. Deutsche Bank NationalTrust Company, as Trustee ofthe IndyMac INDX MortgageTrust 2007-AR5, MortgagePass-Through Certificates,Series 2007-AR5 under thePooling and ServicingAgreement dated March 1,2007 claiming to be the hold-er of Mortgage covering realproperty in Whitman num-bered 22 Legion Parkwaygiven by Charles M.McCarthy and Michelle L.McCarthy to MortgageElectronic Registration

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Systems, Inc. as Nominee forIndyMac Bank, F.S.B datedFebruary 27, 2007, andrecorded with the PlymouthCounty Registry of Deeds atBook 34203, Page 1, and nowheld by Plaintiff by assign-ment have filed with saidcourt a complaint for authori-ty to foreclose said mortgagein the manner following: byentry and possession andexercise of power of sale. Ifyou are entitled to the benefitsof the Servicemembers CivilRelief Act and you object tosuch foreclosure you or yourattorney should file a writtenappearance and answer insaid court at Boston on orbefore April 11, 2011 or youmay be forever barred fromclaiming that such foreclosureis invalid under said act.Witness, KARYN F.SCHEIER Chief Justice ofsaid Court on February 28,2011.Attest:

DEBORAH J. PATTERSON,

RECORDER(122.4945)(3/17/2011)

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right in front of me was the article about the adopt-a-street program in Cohasset and I was reading it going, ‘This is what we need,’” she said.

Starting around last June, Arena began meeting with the Board of Health, town ad-ministrator and Department of Public Works officials to discuss her goal of starting a volunteer-based street cleanup program in Whitman. Though the process took longer than she might have liked, eventu-ally Arena got DPW approval and assistance in drawing up a formal plan and safety rules for the Whitman Adopt-A-Street program.

As program coordinator, Arena will be going around to various groups and businesses in town presenting her idea and looking for support both in volunteer hours and donations to purchase trash bags, gloves and other materials.

“Basically, it’s a volunteer program. It can be an individ-ual, school, church — anyone. You would pick whatever street you want and you would clean that street twice a month for at least a year,” Arena said.

She has already seen some interest from businesses that want to participate and have volunteers wear shirts ad-vertising their company — a “win-win” for all involved, Arena said.

Volunteers also could adopt a street in memory of a loved one, she said.

To kick off the program, Arena is hoping to hold a welcome meeting the first or

second week of April, with a Saturday kickoff cleanup to follow shortly after. The Whit-man DPW has provided Arena with some vests, gloves and trash bags to get started and, with donations, will be able to purchase additional materials at a low cost for future use.

Meetings may be held at the local Stop & Shop, which rents out a conference room for community use in exchange for nonperishable food dona-tions for those in need.

Arena said anyone inter-ested in adopting a street or helping out in another way should plan to attend the meet-ing — exact date, time and lo-cation to be announced soon.

“I might end up with five people. I might end up with 500,” she said. “But it has to start somewhere.”

Losing the littercontinued from page one

Dottie Arena got tired of seeing litter on the streets and side-walks of Whitman Center and decided to form the Adopt-A-Street program — a volunteer group that will help clean up and keep streets clean.

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Record performancePanther cheerleaders back on top of the state

By Dave Palana, SPortS eDitor [email protected]

The Whitman-Hanson cheerleading team has won their share of state champi-onships, but never with as impressive a performance as they put together on Sunday.

The Panther team won the Division I championship with a score of 98.25 out of a pos-sible 100 — the highest score in the history of the competi-tion.

“Their routine was flaw-less,” head coach Kailyn Getchell said. “It was the best performance the girls have done all year. They gave ev-eryone goosebumps because you could feel their energy and passion while they were competing.”

The Panthers have put to-gether strong performances at the Patriot League cham-pionships and their regional competitions this year, and they are coming off a win at

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and off the mat. They actually feel like a real family always supporting each other all year long and working toward the same goal — to be the best they can be.”

The Panthers will look to end their season on a high note on Saturday, when they compete at the New England Championships in Rhode Is-land.

The Panther seniors pose with their championship trophy after setting a new record with their score of 98.25 at the state cham-pionships.

SENIOR MOMENTSA visit with hockey captain

Phil Boussy

Boussy was one of the three captains for the boys hockey team this winter and will finish his career as a Panther this spring in his third

season with the varsity lacrosse team. He shared his thoughts on …

… where he’s going next year. I’m going to go to Roger Williams University. I liked the campus, it’s right on the water; and they have a good engineering program.

… why he chose engineering. I like the whole construction and building aspect, so I thought it would be a good field to get into.

… playing sports. I like lacrosse a lot, but I feel like I’m a little better at hockey. I picked up lacrosse in third grade, before Whit-man-Hanson ever had a team, so I played for Abington with a couple of the other kids who are on the lacrosse team now. I’ve been playing hockey since I was about eight. It’s been a long time.

… his favorite memory. Definitely sopho-more year of lacrosse when we were in the locker room. Coach Capellini came into locker room and said a few words, but we couldn’t understand a word he said, so we just made fun of him for it. [Laughs] It was pretty funny, and I’ll always re-member that.

… how he spends his free time. It seems like I’m always working on one of my trucks all the time. I have two and I usually work on them with my dad.

… his goals after high school. I’d like to own my own business. My friend and I already kind of own our own construction business, and I’d like to have a successful business one day.

Photo courtesy of Kailyn Getchell


Residents run the Panther Prowl

Runners take off from outside the high school gym as they begin the annual Panther Prowl 5K road race to raise money for the Whitman-Hanson athletic department.

Race winner Greg Ward heads back down Franklin Street toward the high school. Ward ran the 5K race in 16 minutes and 36 seconds.

Sam Evans runs with Ruby as they near the end of the race. Evans won the boys 14 and under category and finished fourth overall.

David Figueroa and Michelle Rocheleau get ready for the race in the high school gym.

Clint Burns, Bill Wisnaskas and Emily Regan run down Franklin Street.

Panther alumnus Joe Rich runs alone on his way to second place overall in the race.

Allison, Lori and Connor Hanlon walk the race together.

Dave and Theresa Scott hand out the Panther Prowl shirts to the runners who registered early for the race.

Kaley Mientkiewicz smiles at some encour-agement from track coaches Kevin Black and Jeff Andrews.

Members of the boys cross-country team turn into the parking lot as they near the end of the race.

Samantha Smith and Dorothy Dimascio-Donahue cross the finish line hand in hand.

Ned Costantino crosses the fin-ish line.

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Big day in the Big applePanther sophomores end track season at Nationals

By Dave Palana, SPortS eDitor [email protected]

Underclassmen Gianna Cacciatore, Mel Collins, Abby Baker and Rachel Baker put the finishing touches on a re-cord indoor track season on Friday at the New Balance Indoor Nationals in New York City.

The four Panthers ran the distance medley relay in 12 minutes and 58.9 seconds to finish 29th in the country in the event. The team was off their record-breaking time from the MSTCA Elite meet in early February, but Rachel Baker said the team benefited from getting their first glimpse of a national race.

“Just to be at Nationals was really fun,” she said. “There was so much talent there and it was so different from just run-ning in Massachusetts. It was a great experience.”

Baker ran the anchor leg of the race after her sister Abby ran the 800. Collins ran the 400 meters and said she felt like it was one of her better runs of the season.

“It felt really good,” she said. “I went out really strong and didn’t feel tired at the end.”

Cacciatore opened the race for the team, running the 1,200 meters. Cacciatore was battling a sinus infection that caused her problems during her leg, and said she wants an-other chance to get to Nation-als and run at full strength.

“I did awful and had trou-ble breathing,” she said. “I definitely want to go back and run better.”

Mel Collins, shown here running at the MIAA All State Championships, ran the 400-meter leg of the distance medley relay at the New Balance Indoor Nationals on Friday.

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GirlsBoys Most Valuable Player

Travers turned in a stel-lar season in goal for the girls hockey team

to lead WHP to their third tour-nament appearance in four years. The team captain was among the league leaders in save percent-age and goals-against, earning a second consecutive all-star nomination.

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James started his first varsity season coming off the bench, but his

production on both ends of the court quickly got the sophomore into the starting five. James av-eraged 8.8 points per game and 8.1 rebounds per game while also finishing among the team leaders in 3-pointers and steals.

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Rookie of the Year

Trapp started her fresh-man year on junior varsity, but a slew of

injuries to the Panther frontcourt brought her up to the varsity level early in the season. Trapp played some key minutes off the bench all season to help the Pan-thers return to the MIAA tourna-ment.

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