Sunday Photo-‘Toons 1.16

Ken O’Brien

Another week in beautiful cosmopolitan Southbridge and we return to the local humor mill.

Once again I am bedeviled trying to come up with anything more laughable than what our local solons provide for us.

Nevertheless, we give it the old collage try with raw materials provided as usual by the Southbridge town council and the Southbridge school department.

An additional dollop of amusement is provided at the end of the week as Mitt Romney wrangles an endorsement from another socially potent icon.

So, in the spirit of the Olympics, down that heaping bowl of Wheaties and wash it down with a frosty mimosa made of Florida OJ and French champagne, sit back, enjoy the funnies and let all that fiber do its thing.

Southbridge School Committee Reconstituted – Moves Aggressively for Change - Ely's Contract Extended

Ken O’Brien

The Southbridge School Committee held its reorganizational meeting tonight following the June 26^th town elections.

Committee member Scott Lazo was excused from the meeting.

Patricia Woodruff was elected as committee chairman and Mary Ellen Prencipe was elected as vice chairman.

The committee also eliminated the collective bargaining subcommittee. Preference regarding the latter seemed to lean toward a negotiating panel consisting of a member of the school committee, the school superintendent, the school business manager and, when appropriate, a legal advisor. It established a new subcommittee on Communication and Family Engagement to facilitate community wide communication and enhance citizen participation in school affairs.

Sunday Photo-‘Toons 1.11

Ken O’Brien

WOW! What a week!

We had Southbridge Smack Down 2012. We had a decision in Robamneycare. We even had a little local hissy fit.

As always, our crack team of photo elves have been busily crafting a bottoms-up compilation of the week in review.

We hope you can suspend judgment and find humor in our efforts.

So sit back, relax, and put a big dollop of Sambuca in your Sunday morning coffee.