Submitted
by:
Monika Agnello
Monika Agnello
The Quinebaug Valley Council for the Arts and
Humanities (QVCAH) announces the Art Hearts Show by Lisa Kretchman: A Benefit
Exhibition for Olivia's Heart Fund.
Monday, January 28, 2013
Friday, January 18, 2013
School Hires Armed Guard - Forgets His Gun In Bathroom
“The only thing that will stop a bad guy with a gun
is a good guy with a gun”, or so the head of the NRA tells us.
Following this sage
advice a Lapeer County Michigan school hired an armed security guard. As the
local television news reported three days ago:
So what could go wrong?
Thursday, January 17, 2013
They Laughed
Submitted
by Paul Zotos
They laughed
They laughed at us
When we wanted to save
The whale
They laughed when we
created
Earth day
They ridiculed us and
called us
Tree huggers
They laughed at Al Gore
for
Climate change and
trying to
Save Polar Bears
Monday, January 14, 2013
Southbridge Town Council Agenda - January 14, 2013
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TOWN
COUNCIL MEETING
COUNCIL
CHAMBERS
TOWN HALL
January
14, 2013 – 7:00 PM
AGENDA
1. Pledge of Allegiance
2. Roll Call
3. Consider and accept Town Council Meeting Minutes
of Monday, December 17, 2012
Sunday, January 13, 2013
Thursday, January 10, 2013
Wiggin Resigns As Southbridge Schools Director Of Finance & Operations
According to reliable sources Terry Wiggin has
submitted his resignation as Director of Finance and Operations for the
Southbridge School District.
Despite a letter that subsequently sought to rescind
his 60 day notice of resignation, the initial resignation was accepted by the
School Committee Chair.
Rumors have circulated that Mr. Wiggin was upset
that he had not been considered for the position of acting superintendent of
schools following his service as temporary acting superintendent.
It is expected that the resignation will be
effective at the end of February, although the exact effective date could not
be verified.
Thursday, January 3, 2013
From January 5, 2012: Can't Sell Your Property In Southbridge?
Neither Can the Town, But Either Way
It's Your Problem!
Ken O'Brien
Yesterday’s
article in the Worcester Telegram, “In
Southbridge, officials to consider bargain sale of town-owned buildings: 5
vacant buildings could be available”, brought to mind an article I posted
just over a year ago.
The
Telegram article reports, “Town Manager Christopher Clark said he will
recommend that the Town Council approve selling five buildings for one-third of
their assessed value.
“Mr.
Clark said in an interview Monday the town needs to sell the vacant town-owned
buildings and spur economic growth.
“The
manager has been trying to sell four of the buildings since 2010, when the
properties’ values were most recently assessed. At present, the buildings are
for sale at two-thirds of their assessed values. Mr. Clark wants to knock off
another third.”
Wednesday, January 2, 2013
Tuesday, January 1, 2013
Sunday, December 30, 2012
Friday, December 28, 2012
Thursday, December 27, 2012
Rumors, Speculation and Fact
In writing this blog I have been careful to
distinguish between rumor, speculation and fact.
One of my blog colleagues is now accusing me of
perpetuating a rumor.
As it was put,
“If we have enough credible evidence to put people
on leave, let's get it over with, tell the people what happened (and treat us
all like grown-ups and tell us the truth), and move on. That would put one
conspiracy theory in the local blogosphere to rest...that being, that the
principal was put on leave for a pocket knife incident. Nothing could be
further from the full truth (although, I'm sure that didn't help). Apparently
I'm guilty of being a psychic.”
Wednesday, December 26, 2012
Nembirkow Named Acting Superintendent
Basan Nembirkow has been named acting Superintendent of Southbridge schools.
Nembirkow has been an educator for more than 35 years. He previously headed the 7,500-student Chicopee Public Schools.
From 1996 to 2002, Nembirkow served as Superintendent of Schools in Greenfield, Mass. and was Assistant Superintendent in the 30,000-student Durham, NC School District from 1993 to 1996. He has also held a number of interesting educational posts around the world, among them a 12-year stint at the United Nations International School and an educational consulting post with the Republic of Kazakhstan.
He holds a Bachelor's Degree in English and Social Studies from Rowan University and a Master's Degree in Intercultural Education from Rutgers University.
Monday, December 24, 2012
Sunday, December 23, 2012
Which Came First…?
 |
| Tammy Perreault |
On Friday , December 21st, we learned
that Southbridge Middle/High School Principal Tammy Perreault had been put on
administrative leave.
This fulfilled a prediction made by Dennis Martinek
on his blog Speak
Out Southbridge. On December 13th he wrote
in an article titled “As
if things in Southbridge couldn’t get any worse”,
“Tomorrow, or early next week, you will hear some rather shocking news that few
people I’ve spoken with saw coming.”
In a follow up article published in the same blog
today, “Another
one bites the dust in Southbridge”, he confirmed that it
was Ms. Perreault’s suspension to which he was referring. In response to one
commenter on the article he wrote, “This is half of the big news that I was
telling you was coming.” To another he wrote, “…I have to say, I knew, but
decided to hold-off until something could be verified,..”
This chronology of events raises a troubling issue.
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