Telegram & Gazette (Worcester, MA) back issues from May 2008:
Maria C. (Sieniuc) (Flynn) Besaw.(DEATHS)
May 01, 2008 ... WORCESTER Maria C. (Sieniuc) (Flynn) Besaw, 46, of Worcester, died Monday, April 29th in St. Vincent Hospital. She leaves her husband of 13 years, Frederick A. Besaw, Jr.; two sons, Michael T. Flynn of Fitchburg and Ryan P. Flynn of Worcester; her father, Sigmund J. Sieniuc of Worcester; ...
Paul W. Cote, 37.(DEATHS)
May 01, 2008 ... SPENCER Paul W. Cote, 37, of 5 Irving Street, died suddenly, Tuesday, April 29 in St. Vincent Hospital after being stricken ill at home. He leaves his wife of 15 years, Melissa J. (Boisjolie) Cote; two sons, Shawn R. and Michael P. Cote; a daughter, Stephanie J. Cote; his ...
Elaine J. Silvestris, 65.(DEATHS)
May 01, 2008 ... ALLENTOWN, PA Elaine J. Silvestris, 65, of Allentown, PA formerly of Worcester, MA, passed away April 28, 2008, in the Sacred Heart Hospital, Allentown, PA. She was the wife of Maurice R. Silvestris; they were married on November 6, 1965 in Worcester, Massachusetts. She was a ...
Jason S. "J" Pelletier.(DEATHS)
May 01, 2008 ... ROCHDALE Jason S. J Pelletier, 27, of Rochdale, died Monday, April 28th. He leaves his father, Steven H. Pelletier of Rochdale; his mother, Debbi (Niedzinski) Collins of Oxford; two sisters, Niqui DellOlio and Deanna Collins, both of Worcester; his paternal grandmother, Mary Brosnan of ...
Ancile "Tony" Gabriel.(DEATHS)(Obituary)
May 01, 2008 ... WORCESTER Ancile A. Tony Gabriel, 60, died Saturday, April 26, 2008, in UMass Memorial Medical Center University Campus. He was born in Port of Spain, Trinidad, and was the first child of the late Henry L. and Enid (Moore) Gabriel. He has lived in the United States for the past 40 years ....
Florence E. (Leach) Johnson.(DEATHS)
May 01, 2008 ... AUBURN Florence E. (Leach) Johnson, 93, of Auburn died Tuesday in Christopher House Worcester, after an illness. She is survived by her husband, Ernest "Lenny" Johnson, of Auburn, her two children; Julianna Johnson, and Timothy Johnson, both of Millbury, a brother Norman Leach, of Auburn, ...
Henry J. Mulcahy Jr.(DEATHS)
May 01, 2008 ... MARLBOROUGH Henry "Hank" J. Mulcahy Jr., 62, of Marlborough, died Wednesday (April 30, 2008) at home surrounded by his family. He leaves his three sisters: Delma L. Josephson of Marlborough, Maureen Mulcahy of Worcester and Cheryl A. McAuliffe of Columbia, Tenn.; and his ...
Elizabeth "Betty" (Hicks) Kniskern, 68.(DEATHS)
May 01, 2008 ... MILLBURY Elizabeth "Betty" (Hicks) Kniskern, 68, of 35 Elm Court, passed away Tuesday, April 29th in St. Vincent Hospital after being stricken ill at home. Elizabeth's husband of 51 years, Robert F. Kniskern, Sr. passed away in 2006. She is survived by her children, Robert F. ...
Gertrude A. Hartnett; 1914-2008.(DEATHS)
May 01, 2008 ... SPRINGFIELD Gertrude Ann Hartnett, age 94, died on April 27, 2008 at Mont Marie Health Care Center in Holyoke. She was born in Worcester, MA on April 15, 1914 to Doctor J. Henry and Mable (Hennessey) Hartnett. She leaves a niece, A. Christina Hall, of Savannah, Georgia; a niece, Karen J ....
Joseph J. Rossetti, 81.(DEATHS)
May 01, 2008 ... WORCESTER Joseph J. Rossetti, 81, of Shrewsbury St., died unexpectedly Tuesday, April 29, 2008 in St. Vincent Hospital with his family there. Joseph is survived by a brother, John A. Rossetti and his wife Mary of Worcester; many nieces and nephews, among them Valerie and John Rossetti, and ...
Margaret Thomson (Beats) Cross.(DEATHS)
May 01, 2008 ... WORCESTER Margaret Thomson (Beats) Cross died peacefully in her home ...
Ramona J. Wheeler, 68.(DEATHS)
May 01, 2008 ... STERLING/DAVENPORT, FL Ramona J. (Page) Wheeler, 68, formerly of Sterling, died Tuesday, April 29, 2008 at the home of her daughter in West Brookfield. She leaves her husband of 8 years, Robert G. Wheeler; four sons: Michael Bachand of Dover, NH, Brian Bachand and William ...
John W. Mahoney.(DEATHS)
May 01, 2008 ... AUBURN John W. Mahoney, 61, of Auburn, passed away, Wednesday, April 30, 2008, in Saint Vincent Hospital. Calling hours will be held Saturday ...
Recent Deaths.(DEATHS)(Obituary)
May 01, 2008 ... WORCESTER, MA. Besaw, Maria C. (Sieniuc) (Flynn), 46. Calling hours, 4-7 p.m. Friday, May 02, 2008, at the funeral home; burial will be at the convience of the family. Died Monday, April 28, 2008. Funeral Home: O'Connor Brothers Funeral Home, 592 Park Ave. WORCESTER, MA ....
John "Papa" Palmer, Jr., 85.(DEATHS)
May 01, 2008 ... SPENCER John "Papa" Palmer, Jr., 85, of 50 Lambs Grove, died Wednesday, April 30th at his home after an illness. He leaves his wife of 59 years Doris M. (Lagerstrom) Palmer, a son Jeffrey J. Palmer, Jr. and his wife Brenda of N. Brookfield, a daughter Dawn Palmer Mathews of ...
Albert J. Carruthers, 81.(DEATHS)
May 01, 2008 ... WORCESTER Albert J. Carruthers, 81, formerly of Carter Rd., Worcester, died peacefully Monday, April 28th at Knollwood Nursing Center. Born in Hudson he was the son of the late Mr. Walter Carruthers & Mrs. Lottie (Eye) Carruthers. He attended Worcester Public Schools. He enlisted in the ...
Robert H. O'Neill.(DEATHS)
May 01, 2008 ... WALTHAM/MEDWAY / NORFOLK Robert H. ONeill, April 26, 2008, in Florida, formerly of Medway. Beloved husband of Julieanne (Curtis). Devoted father of Douglas R. ONeill and his wife, Kristina, of Norfolk. Brother of Edward S. ONeill and his wife, Peg, and Dorothy J. Wagoneer and her husband, ...
Funerals Today.(DEATHS)
May 01, 2008 ... MILFORD, MA. Keenan, Owen P. Jr., 83. Funeral service 9:30 a.m Thursday, May 01, 2008, from the funeral home a Mass at 10:30 a.m in St. Mary of the Assumption Church, 19 Winter St., Milford. Funeral Home: Edwards Memorial Funeral Home, 44 Congress St., Milford. SPRINGFIELD, MA ....
Harold D. Norrell, 75.(DEATHS)
May 01, 2008 ... KELLER, TX Harold D. Norrell, 75, passed away on Monday, April 28, 2008. Memorial service: 10:00 a.m on Friday at Southlake Church, 2501 W. Southlake Blvd., Southlake, TX Memorials: Harold David Norrell Memorial Library at Southlake Church, the American Diabetes ...
CORRECTION.(NEWS)(Correction notice)
May 01, 2008 ... LEOMINSTER - Susan Chalifoux Zephir is a candidate for the 4th Worcester District House seat, representing Leominster ....
Ruling turns common sense upside down.(EDITORIAL)(Editorial)
May 01, 2008 ... COLUMN: IN OUR OPINION; EDITORIAL FOOTNOTE In a convergence of national politics and tort jurisprudence, the theory that the U.S. government was responsible for the Sept. 11 terror attacks got a boost in a New York courtroom this week. The New York Times reported ...
The demagogue; How will superdelegates rate Obama's performance?(EDITORIAL)(Editorial)
May 01, 2008 ... COLUMN: IN OUR OPINION The political havoc wreaked by the Rev. Jeremiah Wright is fascinating. But before considering the damage to Barack Obama's presidential aspirations, a word about the man responsible is in order. Most Americans are, like Mr. Obama, appalled at ...
UMass Amherst names chancellor; Tenn. provost choice applauded.(NEWS)
May 01, 2008 ... Byline: Mark Pratt BOSTON - An administrator and German scholar who has made a career of working at public universities has been selected to be the next chancellor of the University of Massachusetts' flagship Amherst campus. Robert Holub, 58, currently the provost ...
State health insurance law starting to make a difference.(COMMENTARY)
May 01, 2008 ... Byline: Richard T. Moore COLUMN: AS I SEE IT While the national uninsured rate continues to rise, two years after the historic launch of Massachusetts health reform more than 300,000 formerly uninsured individuals now have health coverage. That is a ...
Counterfeit currency concerns beleaguered the early republic.(COMMENTARY)
May 01, 2008 ... Byline: Albert B. SOUTHWICK COLUMN: ALBERT B. SOUTHWICK On Feb. 5, 1806, the Massachusetts Spy, Worcester's main weekly, published a front page article headlined COUNTERFEIT BILLS. And thereby hung a tale. The story noted that: "The following Counterfeit ...
Remains of czar's children ID'd; Worcester lab pivotal in solving mystery.(NEWS)
May 01, 2008 ... WORCESTER - DNA tests performed at the University of Massachusetts Medical School appear to close the book on a 90-year-old mystery that had many people around the world convinced that two of Czar Nicholas II's children survived a massacre of Russia's last royal family by Bolshevik ...
13 contests in Central Mass. Senate, House seats challenged.(NEWS)
May 01, 2008 ... Byline: John J. Monahan The following correction was published May 3, 2008: Kurt Hayes of Boxboro is running for state representative in the 37th Middlesex District. Because of an editor's error, his name was not included in a chart in the Telegram & Gazette Thursday ....
Chief's killer seeks new trial; Lawyer allegedly had conflict of interest.(NEWS)
May 01, 2008 ... Byline: Gary V. Murray WORCESTER - The man convicted of murdering Paxton Police Chief Robert J. Mortell 14 years ago asked a judge yesterday to grant him a new trial on grounds that the lawyer appointed to represent him failed to inform him of a potential conflict of interest. ...
Law school in city sought; Old courthouse called ideal site.(NEWS)
May 01, 2008 ... Byline: Nick Kotsopoulos WORCESTER - The City Council has called on City Manager Michael V. O'Brien and state legislators to join forces and explore the feasibility of creating a law school for the University of Massachusetts, and locating it in the former courthouse at Lincoln ...
Democratic strategist plans to take on Naughton.(LOCAL NEWS)
May 01, 2008 ... Byline: Karen Nugent Former Lancaster Selectman Stephen J. Kerrigan has taken out nomination papers for the 12th Worcester District state representative seat, which has been held by Harold P. Naughton Jr. for 14 years. Mr. Naughton, a Clinton Democrat, has returned ...
Golf pro gets commission edict; Fees must be limited to what city policies allow.(LOCAL NEWS)
May 01, 2008 ... Byline: Danielle M. Williamson GARDNER - The Golf Commission has ordered head pro J. Michael Egan to stop charging fees higher than what city policies allow, and will meet next week to discuss a potential new and written fee structure for golf cart rentals. ...
Candidates discuss key questions facing the town.(LOCAL NEWS)
May 01, 2008 ... Byline: Karen Nugent CLINTON - The five candidates running for two three-year seats on the Board of Selectmen in Monday's town election took center stage before a handful of residents at Town Hall last night for a candidates' forum sponsored by the Wachusett Chamber ...
Chalifoux Zephir enters contest for House seat.(LOCAL NEWS)
May 01, 2008 ... Byline: Karen Nugent COLUMN: POLITICAL CANDIDATE Editor's note: Because of an editor's error, a headline in the Telegram & Gazette yesterday incorrectly identified the legislative seat Ms. Chalifoux Zephir is seeking. We are publishing the entire story again today. ...
REGIONAL DIGEST.(LOCAL NEWS)
May 01, 2008 ... COLUMN: REGIONAL DIGEST ACLU advises against offender ban LEOMINSTER - Ronal Madnick, director of the Worcester County Chapter, American Civil Liberties Union, has urged the city not to bar convicted sex offenders from specific parts of the city. Last ...
Court date scheduled for 2 graffiti suspects.(LOCAL NEWS)
May 01, 2008 ... Byline: Danielle M. Williamson Nearly two months after they allegedly went on a Good Friday vandalism spree in Gardner, Phillipston and Templeton, two local teenagers are scheduled to answer to charges they spray-painted an anti-Christian message on Narragansett Regional High ...
Four overrides on town meeting warrant.(LOCAL NEWS)
May 01, 2008 ... Byline: Paula J. Owen ASHBY - Voters at town meeting Saturday will be faced with several money articles, including a $5,246,000 town operating budget and four Proposition 2-1/2 override requests: to add a full-time firefighter, buy a new police cruiser, restore a position to the ...
AG takes on mobile home park.(LOCAL NEWS)
May 01, 2008 ... Byline: George Barnes ORANGE - Attorney General Martha Coakley's office filed a housing discrimination complaint late Tuesday in Franklin Superior Court in Greenfield against a mobile home park in Orange for violation of the state's anti-discrimination laws. The ...
Officials explain lack of oversight that led to $348,000 failed deal.(LOCAL NEWS)
May 01, 2008 ... Byline: Paula J. Owen ASHBY - The town prepaid Elite Fire Apparatus of Wisconsin $348,000 to get a discount of $8,000 for a customized firetruck that was never delivered, and now taxpayers are asking how the deal went through without legal review. "It's not typically ...
Trustees seek help cleaning up Pierce Park.(LOCAL NEWS)
May 01, 2008 ... Byline: Anna L. Griffin LEOMINSTER - The Trustees of Reservations is looking for volunteers to assist in a cleanup of Pierce Park. In addition, the organization will open the Doyle Reservation for public viewing. "This is a great way for people to familiarize ...
Fire chief is eager to replace not-so-gracefully aging call boxes.(LOCAL NEWS)
May 01, 2008 ... Byline: Gail Stanton WINCHENDON - In the 1950s they were the height of alarm technology. Wired throughout towns across America, the red fire alarm boxes attached to telephone poles provided an immediate response for the public in case of an emergency. Now, 50 years ...
Sewer bills: $12,000-$13,000.(LOCAL NEWS)
May 01, 2008 ... Byline: Lynne Klaft LUNENBURG - Residents who live along the sewer lines in town will receive a final betterment assessment for the town's $13 million sewer project this month, and it could be as much as $12,000 or $13,000 per home. Sewer commissioners are on the ...
Wong: Think green.(LOCAL NEWS)
May 01, 2008 ... Byline: Matthew Bruun FITCHBURG - Mayor Lisa A. Wong wants to see more green in Fitchburg. And that means inviting entrepreneurs with ideas for clean energy opportunities to set up shop here, and it will likely mean charging residents for trash disposal. At her ...
School lunch vendor aims to end 5 years of deficits.(LOCAL NEWS)
May 01, 2008 ... Byline: Paula J. Owen ASHBURNHAM - The school lunch program is facing a deficit for the fifth year running, but Chartwells Educational Dining Services' District Manager Chris G. Callahan is positive the situation will change in the coming fiscal year with long-range planning. ...
Rt. 15 bylaw waits for another shot; Tuscan River developer not giving up.(LOCAL NEWS)
May 01, 2008 ... Byline: Craig S. Semon STURBRIDGE - When a zoning change that would have allowed a retail component in the Route 15 Special Use District failed Tuesday night, no one arguably was more disappointed than Gary E. Galonek. "I'm disappointed for my passion, which has ...
Latino students' advocates focus on numbers; Test scores, dropout rates.(LOCAL NEWS)
May 01, 2008 ... Byline: Jacqueline Reis WORCESTER - Latino students in Worcester score worse on the statewide standardized tests than any other ethnic group, and they also score worse than their Latino peers statewide. As a group statewide, Latinos are also more likely to be absent and drop out ...
COURTHOUSE RECORDS.(LOCAL NEWS)
May 01, 2008 ... COLUMN: COURTHOUSE RECORDS Worcester Superior Court Judge Peter W. Agnes Jr. Jorge Nieves, of the Worcester County Jail and House of Correction, West Boylston, was sentenced to five concurrent terms of six to eight years in Walpole State Prison after ...
Bus driver off school routes; criminal case is dropped.(LOCAL NEWS)
May 01, 2008 ... Byline: J.P. Ellery WARREN - A court case alleging a veteran school bus driver assaulted two students was dropped yesterday in Western Worcester District Court in East Brookfield, but the driver no longer is allowed to work on school bus routes. No probable cause was ...
Neighbors helped neighbors in fire; Blaze near Elm Park a `firestorm'.(LOCAL NEWS)
May 01, 2008 ... Byline: Scott J. Croteau WORCESTER - George Sasu had just gotten out of the shower Sunday morning. He looked at the second-floor window in his family's 75 Townsend St. apartment. A bright glow radiated in the window that Mr. Sasu, at first, thought might be the sun. ...
Paxton counsel advises voters to bypass article.(LOCAL NEWS)
May 01, 2008 ... Byline: Richard J. Hafey PAXTON - An article on Monday's annual town meeting warrant is "likely to be held unconstitutional" by Town Counsel Peter J. Dawson. Town counsel has recommended that voters pass over the article, No. 24 on the warrant. The ...
Loud-mouth rooster now feathered friend.(LOCAL NEWS)
May 01, 2008 ... Byline: Ellie Oleson OXFORD - A Rhode Island Red rooster that came home to roost was several decades too late to find a position on the old chicken farm that used to be on George Street, though he does have a new job as mascot for the Animal Control Department. There ...
REGIONAL DIGEST.(LOCAL NEWS)
May 01, 2008 ... COLUMN: REGIONAL DIGEST Trial set in murder plot case HARTFORD - A Hartford Superior Court judge has set a trial in the summer for a Putnam man accused of plotting to have two prosecutors and a police officer killed. The judge set the trial Tuesday after ...
$340,000 for school tech on ballot.(LOCAL NEWS)
May 01, 2008 ... Byline: Debbie LaPlaca CHARLTON - Voters will decide three contested races and a $340,000 ballot question at the annual town election set for 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. Saturday at the Heritage School, 34 Oxford Road. Selectman Scott D. Brown is running unopposed to retain Seat ...
Casella is grilled on radioactivity detection at hearing.(LOCAL NEWS)
May 01, 2008 ... Byline: Brian Lee SOUTHBRIDGE - A Casella Waste Systems official's lack of answers about radioactive waste detected two years ago at a transfer station the firm used to run further illustrated uncertainties about accountability, a lawyer for the Sturbridge Board of Health ...
Developer of town houses denied quick road OK.(LOCAL NEWS)
May 01, 2008 ... Byline: Ellie Oleson OXFORD - Developers who plan to build 320 town house units on Ashworth Hill in North Oxford were stymied in their attempt for quick approval to start building an access road to the site, when selectmen Tuesday voted unanimously to continue a hearing on a ...
Ex-Webster man connects with papal visit.(LOCAL NEWS)
May 01, 2008 ... Byline: Ed Patenaude COLUMN: SO I'VE HEARD Bernard A. Bernier left Webster in 1949 and says, "Nobody (in Webster) even knows that I even exist." Maybe, but more likely a lot of the people who attended St. Joseph's Elementary School or Bartlett High School in the ...
Church marks halfway point to $1.3M goal.(LOCAL NEWS)
May 01, 2008 ... Byline: Kim Ring SPENCER - The capital fundraising drive for the Mary, Queen of the Rosary Parish has hit the halfway mark in two weeks, and the early phases of work are under way to raze St. Mary's Church, according to James A. Pervier, who has been active in the fundraising ...
2.48% increase in school budget.(LOCAL NEWS)
May 01, 2008 ... Byline: Betty Lilyestrom LEICESTER - The School Committee will present a fiscal 2009 school budget of $16.08 million to voters at the annual town meeting Monday. The budget, approved at the committee's meeting Monday night, is 2.48 percent higher than this year's, but ...
Convicted felon faces gun, cocaine charges; Pregnant girlfriend has info for police.(LOCAL NEWS)
May 01, 2008 ... Byline: Elaine Thompson MARLBORO - A convicted felon with a long rap sheet is facing serious drug and weapons charges after his pregnant girlfriend led police to a stash when she found the man in her apartment with another woman. At his arraignment in Marlboro ...
83-year-old missing man is found safe.(LOCAL NEWS)
May 01, 2008 ... Byline: Donna Boynton HOPEDALE - An 83-year-old man who wandered away from an assisted living center was found safe four hours later, sitting under an awning at Dutcher Street and Route 140. Floyd "Dutch" Palmer was reported missing at 12:26 a.m. yesterday from Atria ...
Martin makes third try for school board seat.(LOCAL NEWS)
May 01, 2008 ... Byline: Elaine Thompson COLUMN: POLITICAL CANDIDATE SHREWSBURY - John P. Martin said he believes the town can properly educate all students while maintaining a balanced budget. The 66-year-old retired U.S. Navy chief warrant officer is one of three ...
Murray takes pride in accomplishments.(LOCAL NEWS)
May 01, 2008 ... Byline: Elaine Thompson COLUMN: POLITICAL CANDIDATE SHREWSBURY - Veteran School Committee member Mark T. Murray said if re-elected Tuesday, he will continue to lead the effort to focus on finding solutions that meet the needs of the entire community. Three ...
REGIONAL DIGEST.(LOCAL NEWS)
May 01, 2008 ... COLUMN: REGIONAL DIGEST Judge orders illegal guns destroyed WESTBORO - A District Court judge has ordered that eight illegal guns seized from a Shrewsbury man be destroyed. In January, police raided the home of Jeffrey M. Grau, 33, of 23 Waterville Lane in ...
School building projects move front and center; Process, money are discussed.(LOCAL NEWS)
May 01, 2008 ... Byline: Steven H. Foskett Jr. SUTTON - With the state school building process moving faster than school officials anticipated and a key town meeting vote looming, the high school council and PTO held an informational forum last night to update residents on plans for a new or ...
Patrolman's group gives $4,200 to war memorials.(LOCAL NEWS)
May 01, 2008 ... Byline: Patricia J. James NORTHBORO - The Northboro Patrolman's Association has donated $4,200 to the World War II/Korean War Memorial Committee, bringing the group closer to its goal of installing memorials for 11 Northboro residents who were casualties of the wars. ...
Race for moderator to be on ballot; Office last contested 12 years ago.(LOCAL NEWS)
May 01, 2008 ... Byline: Donna Boynton GRAFTON - For the first time in 12 years, there is a race for town moderator in the annual election. Raymond E. Mead of 217 Brigham Hill Road, the incumbent, is seeking re-election for a fifth term. Mr. Mead has been town moderator since 1996. ...