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Hospital plans
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By Becca Manning, Express Editor
becca@hansonexpress.com
Selectmen will not be
asking voters to OK the $1.3
million demolition of the old
Plymouth County Hospital
building this spring — choos-
ing instead to delay the project
for a year to pursue grants that
could help reduce taxpayers’
cost.
Town Administrator René
Read said Tuesday night he
had spoken with the town en-
gineer about seeking funding
through the Old Colony Plan-
ning Council because Hanson
is part of an economic target
area. The hospital demolition
project could fit the require-
Eye on Japan
Local families look online for
news of past exchange students
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By Stephanie Spyropoulos
Express Staff
ith the devasta-
tion still unfold-

ing following a
9.0-magnitude earthquake and
life-altering tsunamis that hit
Japan last week, several local
families who have hosted Jap-
anese students in the past are
turning to social media to find
out how their friends are.
A Hanson resident for
more than 50 years, Cathy
Smith knows what it feels like
to be part of a small town. She
calls the recent tragedies in
many of the Japanese villages
“an immeasurable tragedy,”
and she has scanned Facebook
this week trying to locate some
of her past exchange students,
wondering if they are safe.
The wonderful times she
spent with her girls as a host
family over the last decade is
something she treasures.
“This time is so difficult,”
Smith said. “My mother and
sister also hosted Japanese ex-
change students over several
years. I only had contact with
one of the girls this week. She
ments for this type of grant,
helping with asbestos removal
and remediation of the town-
owned site.
Located on High Street,
the hospital was built around
1910 as a tuberculosis hospital
and used throughout the 20th
century until it was closed in
the early 1990s. The town has
owned the property for more
than a decade.
Though a developer had
moved forward with plans to
restore the hospital several
years ago, plans eventually
fell through, and the site has
seen much vandalism over the
continued on page 4
DOING OK: Hanson resident
Cathy Smith, who has hosted
six Japanese students over the
years, has been able to track
down some of them online fol-
lowing last week’s earthquake,
including Masako Yasui, above
with Cathy’s daughter Tor.
Photo courtesy of Cathy Smith
lives in Okinawa and had a
two-week stay here in Hanson
with us.”
After finding her friend on
Facebook, Smith said she was
relieved to hear she was physi-
cally OK.
“She said they had tsuna-
mi warnings but nothing hap-
continued on page 3
BOOK ’EM: Hanson Police Officer Brian Watson reads to Marsha
Baglole’s kindergarten class at Maquan Elementary School on
Tuesday, March 8, part of Read Across America Week. See more
photos from the week’s activities on page 9.
School board
OKs increase
Town officials say 6 percent
assessment hike is too much
By Becca Manning, Express Editor
becca@hansonexpress.com
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
increase would not mean
a 6 percent increase in the
WHRSD budget, Superinten-
dent 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-
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Hanson budget. We wish that
were the case,” she said. “For
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2 The Express – Your Hometown Newspaper!
What does education cost?
WHRSD spends less per student than state average
By Becca Manning, Express Staff
becca@hansonexpress.com
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
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Whitman-Hanson Regional School District spent $10,204.17 per
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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
Sunrise/Sunset
Instructional leadership $630.35 $820.23
Classroom/specialist teachers $4,123.86 $4,968.01
Sunrise Sunset
Friday March 18 6:50 a.m. 6:52 p.m.
Other teaching services $612.07 $963
Saturday March 19 6:48 a.m. 5:53 p.m.
Professional development $81.23 $228.71
Sunday March 20 6:46 a.m. 6:54 p.m.
Instructional materials $407.72 $392.83
equipment and technology
Monday March 21 6:44 a.m. 6:55 p.m.
Guidance, counseling and testing $335.10 $359.94
Tuesday March 22 6:43 a.m. 6:56 p.m.
Wednesday March 23 6:41 a.m. 6:58 p.m.
Pupil services (transportation, $917.92 $1,177.75
Thursday March 24 6:39 a.m. 6:59 p.m.
food service, athletics, etc.)
Friday March 25 6:37 a.m. 7:00 p.m.
Operations and maintenance $905.65 $1,049.34
Insurance, retirement $1,469.45 $2,198.91
programs and other items
Payments to out-of-district $37,376.43 $20,956.51
schools (tuition and transportation)
TOTAL AVERAGE PER PUPIL $10,204.17 $13,092.74
teachers have given back their pupil cost so low.
reimbursement for courses “I look at what our per-
taken to further their educa- student expenditure is and
tion. how low we rank against
“The per-pupil expense in other communities, and that
the district [for professional concerns me,” said School
development] is $81.23, with Committee member William
a state average of $228.71. Egan, who has three children
Clearly, this has been a big in the school system. “I’ve Accuracy watch
concern with budgets we’ve lived here most of my life but
The Hanson Express is committed to accuracy in all its news
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at 39.7 percent of its overall resources bring.”
per-pupil cost — but it is still Egan commended admin-
more than $800 less than the istrators for finding creative
state average. ways to live with a lean bud-
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Locals search for news
following Japan quake
continued from page one
pened. They were fine,” Smith
said. “But she is very anxious
about her friends who were
there in the worst-hit areas.”
“It was  a real positive to
have them in our life when they
were here,” she added of the
students she has hosted. Over
the years, as Smith raised her
own family, she hosted seven
Japanese exchange students,
all of whom were girls.
“It is hard to even fathom
what they are going through
— or to even imagine, with so
many circumstances, what they
are experiencing,” she said.
Debbie Blosz has resided
in Whitman for more than 20
years and welcomed exchange
students into her home for
nearly 15. She had six Japa-
nese 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.”
“It was a real positive to have them in our life
when they were here. [...] It is hard to even
fathom what they are going through.”
— Hanson resident Cathy Smith on the seven
Japanese students she has hosted over the years
“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
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Hanson resident Cathy Smith has hosted six Japanese students
over the years and is trying to track them down online following
last week’s earthquake and tsunamis on Japan’s eastern coast.
Former exchange student Masako Yasui  returned for a visit to
Hanson three years ago with her husband Masatoshi (above
with Cathy’s daughter Tor, left, and German exchange student
Karoline Roth).
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 Cultur-
al Homestay International,
which has agencies around the
world. Their oldest friendship
is with Japan.
Gardner has fielded many
calls in the days since the di-
sasters and 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 Fa-
cebook 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 Regional
High School in 2006 and re-
cently posted on Facebook that
she is OK. She is in Osaka-Shi
now but had 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-
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change, older Japanese stu-
dents taught at Duval Elemen-
tary 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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Hanson police log

Monday March 7
11:16 a.m. Motor vehicle
accident reported at Shaw’s Su-
permarket, Liberty Street.
12:11 p.m. Suspicious ac-
tivity reported on Holly Ridge
Drive.
3:03 p.m. 209/A served on
Crescent Street.
5:29 p.m. Police required
at Hanson Grain on West Wash-
ington Street.
8:38 p.m. Animal com-
plaint on Main Street.
20:16 p.m. Police required
on West Washington Street.
Peace restored. Vehicle towed
for violations.
STANDING OVATION: Selectmen congratulate retiring firefighter
Tuesday March 8
Donald Colby (inset) on his 36 years of service at their meeting
1:41 p.m. Officer wanted
Tuesday night at Town Hall. Photos by Becca Manning
at Ferry’s Sunoco.
10:00 a.m. Assisted mo-
torist who was out of gas on
County Road.
2:07 p.m. Assisted motor-
ist out of gas at Winter Street
and Brook Street.
5:05 p.m. Malicious dam-
age reported at Whitman-Han-
son maintenance building on
Franklin Street.
5:09 p.m. Disabled auto
reported at Shaw’s Supermar-
ket, Liberty Street.
7:18 p.m. Officer wanted
on Main Street. Area search
was negative.
7:57 p.m. Suspicious ac-
tivity reported at Hanover Ex-
cavation and Design Inc. on
Industrial Blvd.
8:05 p.m. Suspicious ac-
tivity reported at Special FX
Inc., Industrial Blvd.

Firefighter honored
2:04 p.m. Caller reported
larceny on Gorwin Drive. 8:10 p.m. Suspicious ac-
8:39 p.m. Suspicious ac- tivity reported at McDonald’s
tivity reported at Ferry’s Suno- on Liberty Street.
distinguished you as a fire-

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By Becca Manning, Express Editor
becca@hansonexpress.com
anson Firefighter
Donald Colby
was honored
Tuesday night for his 36
years of service to the town.
Colby is retiring from the de-
partment.
At the Board of Select-
men meeting, selectmen and
members of the Hanson po-
lice and fire departments gave
Colby a standing ovation af-
ter he was presented with a
citation from the board.
“Throughout your career,
your skills and actions have
fighter in the highest, most
honored traditions of the
Hanson Fire Department,”
Board of Selectmen Chair-
man Chris Colclough read
from the certificate he pre-
sented to Colby. “The town
of Hanson Board of Select-
men wishes to recognize you
and express the community’s
deepest appreciation for your
commitment of service to the
citizens of Hanson.”
Also on hand Tuesday
was State Rep. Dan Webster,
who presented Colby with
a certificate of appreciation
signed by himself and the
House speaker wishing him
“sincerest congratulations.”
Webster said he was im-
pressed when he saw that Col-
by had served for 36 years.
In the hallway after the
presentation, Colby said he
had no definite plans for re-
tirement.
“I’m just working and
waiting for my wife to re-
tire,” he said. “We haven’t
really decided what we’re
going to do.”
co on Liberty Street.
11:04 p.m. Caller report-
ed motor vehicle accident on
Spring Street. Vehicle towed.
Wednesday March 9
3:39 a.m. Burglar alarm
sounded on Maquan Street.
10 a.m. Caller reported
property lost/found at New
England Villages, Industrial
Blvd.
5:55 p.m. Officer request-
ed on Waltham Street. Vehicle
towed as traffic hazard.
7:41 p.m. Burglar alarm
sounded on Elm Street.
Thursday March 10
6:12 a.m. Burglar alarm
sounded on Maquan Street.
11:11 p.m. Officer wanted
on Whitman Street. Area search
was negative.
Saturday March 12
11:45 a.m. Motor vehicle
accident reported at Hanson
Ace Hardware, Main Street.
Vehicle towed.
12:35 p.m. Fire Depart-
ment provided mutual aid to
Whitman on Blaus Road. Indi-
vidual transported to hospital.
3:05 p.m. Officer wanted
on Morton Street. No police
service was necessary.
4:33 p.m. Animal com-
plaint on Valley Forge Road.
Sunday March 13
1:11 p.m. Unregistered

Selectmen mull TM articles 1:08 p.m. Officer wanted

continued from page one
years, including one large fire
and several small fires.
In December, selectmen
discussed the need to tear
down structures, saying the
derelict building was holding
up future development of the
site. It was a view repeated
this week.
“Part of the problem with
that whole site is nobody is
even willing to look at the
site with the building there,”
Selectman Steve Amico said
Tuesday.
But selectmen agreed that
this was not the year to bring
the project before voters,
Though the hospital pro-
posal did not make it on the
May 2 annual Town Meeting
warrant, several other capital
projects did get the board’s OK
— though not all of the items
are expected to move forward
on Town Meeting floor.
One item voters likely will
see not just at Town Meeting
but also on the May 21 bal-
lot is the estimated $450,000
repair and replacement of the
roof at Indian Head School.
Though the project could re-
ceive funding from the Mas-
sachusetts School Building
Authority, it is not guaranteed,
and for now it looks as though
Hanson taxpayers will be foot-
ing the bill.
Following approval at
Town Meeting, residents will
have to OK a debt exclusion
on the town election ballot to
secure funding for the project.
Other items proposed
by the Capital Improvement
Committee that may or may
not be recommended on Town
Meeting floor include: $25,000
for drainage projects through-
out town; $50,000 to purchase
a jet rodder for the Highway
Department; $75,000 for the
first installment of a three-year
purchase of fiber optic cabling
to connect town buildings; and
$67,000 to repave the Fire De-
partment parking lot.
During the special Town
Meeting, also set for May 2,
voters will revisit an option to
place a telecommunications
tower on town property (cur-
rently Article 16). At the Octo-
ber 2010 special Town Meet-
ing, voters rejected a proposal
to enter a lease agreement with
a telecommunications compa-
ny to place a 175-foot cellular
tower on Town Hall property.
But Read said residents
had indicated they might sup-
port an alternative town-owned
location, and the new article
proposes the tower be located
on the Fire Department prop-
erty at 571 Liberty St.
Fire Chief Jerry Thomp-
son was present at Tuesday’s
meeting and said though there
was at least one area he did not
want to see a tower, he did feel
the property could accommo-
date the structure.
If approved, the lease
could bring in about $26,000
annually for the town.
Passage of the article could
help resolve a suit between T-
Mobile and the town over the
Zoning Board’s previous re-
jection of a tower proposal.
Selectmen voted Tuesday
to support the measure.
Also on the special war-
rant is an article proposed by
citizen’s petition signed by
Richard Edgehille and oth-
ers to transfer $414.05 from
free cash to pay for the health
agent’s mileage from March,
April, May and June 2010
(currently Article 15).
Selectmen voted not to
support this article.
Selectman David Soper
said the board had already
discussed the issue last fall
and felt it was not appropriate
because the health agent had
missed numerous deadlines.
Another citizen’s petition
article will appear on the an-
nual warrant, proposed by
resident Kevin McCarthy and
others, related to application
of Civil Service law for the
police force. Selectmen held
off on making a recommenda-
tion to hear more information
from the police chief.
on High Street
1:16 p.m. Assistance pro-
vided to Pembroke Police on
dirt bike impounded on Winter
Street for violations.
4:25 p.m. Party in station
to report a prior motor vehicle
accident.
Surrey Lane.
5:12 p.m. Burglar alarm
Friday March 11 sounded at Whitman-Hanson
9:32 a.m. Motor vehicle Regional High School, Frank-
stop on Indian Head Street. lin Street.
Town office closed March 18
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Bridgewater died Thurs- and Doris Knecht. She was the grandmother of
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the wife of 42 years to was a 13-year dialysis patient.
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Center. brothers and sisters, William H. Chapman Jr.

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
Louise Langton, 81, nurse’s aide
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.
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. We have gift
certificates available
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, teamster

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.
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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➢➢ Lauren Walsh, a junior ma-
joring in biomedical engineering,
blended with home/garden decor items.
was named to the dean’s list at Coming April 16th We source only from independent Artists,
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mount University in Arlington, PLAYERS VERSUS PARENTS: The Hanson Galaxy soccer players
Virginia for the fall semester. Bur- and parents played a 8 vs. 8 (1st half) and a 11 vs. 11 (2nd half)
nett, a senior, is a politics major. match on Feb. 25, only to have the...well let's keep the winners a
➢➢ Hanson Fire Chief Jerome secret...they won't want to brag! All enjoyed the exciting wrap up
Thompson Jr. and Whitman Fire of the February vacation. Photo courtesy of Michelle Ingemi
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. WEANING YOURSELF OFF ANTIDEPRESSANTS
Patients taking antidepressants may reach a The use of antidepressants has been steadily
➢➢ Kristen and Jacqueline point where they are not willing to put up with increasing since they were first developed.
Connolly of Whitman, daugh- HOME TWEET HOME: Troop 34 Cubscouts from Hanson recently
side effects (decreased sexual desire, headache, Antidepressants are not only used for mental
ters of Erin and Joe Connolly, built bird houses. The Curran family hosted the class and reports
insomnia, drowsiness, vivid dreaming, or not depression -- about half the prescriptions are
continue to make their parents that the kids had a lot of fun using hammers and screwdrivers
feeling like one’s normal self) that they were for eating disorders, post-traumatic stress syn-
initially willing to endure. If so, they may decide drome, anxiety disorders, obsessive-compulsive
very proud. Kristen was invited to build their bird houses; they were very proud of the work they to go off their medications. This is a decision syndromes, chronic pain, and a variety of other
to become a member of the Sig-
accomplished! Photo courtesy of Lisa Desrocher that should only be made in consultation with conditions. For your family’s prescription needs,
ma Theta Tau  Society, at Sim- the prescribing physician in order to minimize please call DUVAL’S PHARMACY at 781-447-0606
mons College, whose mission is or avoid discontinuation symptoms that may or visit us in Whitman at 571 Washington St., Rt.
to provide leadership and schol- arise if the medication is withdrawn too quickly. 27. We are also located in East Bridgewater at 1
arship in the nursing practice. So-called “SSRI discontinuation syndrome” may Compass Way (508-350-2900).
Kristen graduates in May with occur in association with quick cessation of the
a bachelor of science degree in use of antidepressants known as “selective HINT: Symptoms commonly associated with
nursing. Jacqueline is completing serotonin reuptake inhibitors” (SSRIs). While SSRI discontinuation syndrome include nausea,
her first year at Emanuel College discontinuation symptoms are not indicative of excessive sweating/flushing, trouble sleeping,
an addiction, they may be needlessly uncomfort- restless legs, and/or mood changes.
in Boston, and was named to the able.
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- TEE TIME: Whitman Selectman Dan Salvucci and his golf partner,
topher Valley 2013, Alexander Dave Smith from East Bridgewater, took along the Express on
Casey 2014, Daniel Westfield their annual golf vacation in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina.
2014.

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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Hanson 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 18
Hanson 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 19
The 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


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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 21
Hanson 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 info@
hansonlibrary.org.
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 22
Hanson 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 info@
hansonlibrary.org.
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,
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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.
5:45
Tea Party Meeting.
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 23
Hanson 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 24
Hanson 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 25
Hanson 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
Thursday, March 17, 2011
corresponding craft. Call 781-292-
2151, X 106 to register.
Hanson Little League Evaluations.
March 27 at the Hanson Middle
School gymnasium. Nine year olds or
Whitman Senior Center. 8:30 a.m. any new players, age 10: last names
food shopping, 9 a.m. manicurist, 11
A-L: 12:30–1:30 p.m.; last names
a.m. Dollar Tree and Fresh Catch, M-Z: 1:45– 2:45 p.m. Eight year
North Easton, 11:30 a.m. lunch, 1 olds looking to move up to Minors:
p.m. bingo.
3–4 p.m. Ten year olds looking to
Meat Raffle. 7:30 p.m., Friday move up to Majors, as well as any
new players ages 11-12: 4:15–5:15
at Robinson Street in Hanson.
p.m. Bring your bat and glove and
Sponsored by the Hanson American
Legion 226. wear sneakers for the evaluations. If
you have any questions, e-mail Scott
‘Little Women.’ 7 p.m., Whitman- Sawtelle at slsawtelle@comcast.net
Hanson Regional High School will
present “Little Women” by Marisha Whitman-Hanson Education
Chamberlain, a stage adaptation of Foundation Spelling Bee. 6:30-
9:30 p.m. March 31, Performing
the novel by Louisa May Alcott.
Tickets are $8 for adults and $5 for Arts Center at Whitman-Hanson
children, students and senior citizens. Regional High School. For further
information call Laura Kemmett
Tickets available at the door, by
calling 781-618-8459 or e-mailing at 781-294-1261 or e-mail info@
whrhsdrama@hotmail.com. wheducationfoundation.org.
‘Sadie and the Seventh Son.’ 7:30 Beach Yoga. 9:30 a.m. April 2.
Beach yoga classes with Deb Blauss
p.m. at the Needles Lodge, Camp
Kiwanee, Route 27,Hanson. Tickets will begin indoors in the library of the
Needles Lodge at Camp Kiwanee,
are $12. Hanson Recreation Drama
Route 58, Hanson. Classes will move
and the Friends of Camp Kiwanee
outside to the beach when weather
will present an original murder
mystery. Proceeds benefit restoration permits. Classes are sponsored by the
of Camp Kiwanee and its waterfront. Hanson Recreation Commission and
For tickets call 781-293-2333 or the cost $10.
781-447-3915. Annual Cookie and Craft Fair.
Saturday, April 2 from 9:30 a.m. to
South Shore Vo-Tech Silent Auction.
7 p.m. at the Whitman Knights of 2:30 p.m. at the East Bridgewater
Columbus Hall, Route 18, Whitman. United Methodist Church, 54
The South Shore Vocational Technical North Central St. Visitors browse
High School Parents’ Association 2nd various craft tables and may choose
Annual Silent Auction will be held. from hundreds of homemade cookies
Enjoy a night of fun and fundraising to fill a box  of favorites for $6. All
with entertainment provided by DJ are welcome.
Bob Caldaria, “The Man of Many ‘Dancing with the Angels.’ 6:30-11
Hats.” Light refreshments will be
p.m. on Saturday, April 2. The second
served. Tickets at the door are $10
annual “Dancing with the Angels”
per person, $15 per couple. For more benefit will be held at the Tirrell
information, call 781-878-8822.
Room, 254 Quarry St., Quincy.
Enjoy hors d’oeuvres, dancing and
Upcoming events the music of the 14-piece White
Heat swing orchestra and a dancing
‘Sadie and the Seventh Son.’ competition featuring the Visiting
Saturday, March 26 at 7:30 p.m. and
Angels staff doing Latin dancing.
Sunday, March 27 at 3 p.m. at the This fundraising event supports the
Needles Lodge in Camp Kiwanee,
Hanson. Tickets are $12. Hanson
Special Needs Fund of Old Colony
Recreation Drama and the Friends
Elder Services and South Shore Elder
Services. Tickets are $50 and may
of Camp Kiwanee will present an be purchased at Old Colony Elder
original murder mystery. Proceeds Services. For more information,
benefit restoration of Camp Kiwanee contact Lucille Dallaire at OCES
and its waterfront. For tickets call 508-584-1561.
781-293-2333 or 781-447-3915.
Hanson Rotary Club Comedy
‘Little Women.’ Whitman- Night. 7-10:30 p.m. on Saturday, April
Hanson Regional High School will
present “Little Women” by Marisha
9 at the VFW on Essex St, Whitman
featuring three top comedians, raffles
Chamberlain, a stage adaptation of
and prizes. Tickets are $25, which
the novel by Louisa May Alcott, on
includes pizza. For tickets call Peter
Saturday, March 26 at 7 p.m. and
at 781-293-3551. Proceeds benefit
Sunday, March 27 at 2 p.m. Tickets
local charities.
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 whrhsdrama@
hotmail.com.
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science, swimming, math, puzzles, gross motor and lots more!
For more information please call our Child Care Director, Karen Pimentel.
CAMP SATUCKET WILL BE CELEBRATING ITS
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Maquan Celebrates Read Across America

A dults from throughout the Hanson community visited Maquan Elementary
School this week to read to children as part of Read Across America Week.
The week before, The Indian Head School Student Council, under the leadership of Patty
deProsse and directed by librarian Nancy Florence, performed their annual “Green Eggs
and Ham” skit at Maquan School in honor of Dr. Seuss’s birthday.

Ruth Gilbert-Whitner, superintendent of Whitman-Hanson Regional Sharon Kennedy, director of the Hanson Food Pantry, reads to a multi-grade classroom at
School District, reads to Mrs. Richards’ first grade class at Maquan Maquan.
Elementary School.

Emily Hunt and Kayla McTernan prepare the

Olivia Barie and Hayden Wager want to know “Would green eggs and Spam.
you eat them in a boat?”
Photos by Becca Manning & Nancy Florence
Parent volunteers Debbie Bonney and Lisa Pulling set up a dis-
play for Right to Read Week at Maquan on Tuesday, March 8.

The Indian Head School Student Council, under the leadership of Patty deProsse
and directed by librarian Nancy Florence, performed their annual “Green Eggs Hanson Middle School Principal Marty Geoghegan reads “Henry Builds a Cabin” to
and Ham” skit at Maquan School in honor of Dr. Seuss’s birthday. Mrs. Gardner’s second grade class.
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q u e s t i o n o f t h e w ee k By Linda Bertino

Will there be an NFL season this fall?

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.”

It’s a matter of Email Letters to

editor@hansonexpress.com.

perspective The Deadline is

S
ince 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
collateral damage has caused the apparent de-
struct of three nuclear power generation plants
and danger to a fourth. There is the very real
By Emery Maddocks possibility 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 Getting real
of people as this situation unfolds.
The economic impact is beyond estimation at this point, but we
do know that in excess of 100,000 buildings have been de-
stroyed 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 such as the one in Japan give us the rare oppor-
tunity 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 re-
connect with spiritual values. To use a now shopworn term, this
is a “teachable 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.
Collective bargaining rights are extremely
important –––––––––––––––––––––––––––
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his 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-
Child care open house
The Christian Child Care Center lo-
cated at the First Baptist Church, 234 Main
St., Hanson will hold an open house during
business hours from 7:30 a.m.-5:30 p.m. by
appointment during the week of Monday,
March 21-Friday, March 25. The program
serves children ages 15 months through kin-
dergarten and teaches school readiness skills
along with Christian values. Call 781-294-
7030 to schedule an appointment.
What’s your trash hot spot?
Last year’s Clean Up Green  Up Han-
son  was a great success - much participation
and many, many bags of trash were removed
from the sides of the road. Green Hanson is
sponsoring the event again this year from 9-11
a.m. on Saturday, April 9 and hope you can
join them, either cleaning up your own neigh-
borhood or joining them at Town Hall to hit
some ‘hot spots.’  If you haven’t voted on ‘hot
spots,’ visit greenhanson.org and tell them
now. So far they have heard about Route 27,
between the transfer station and Club Ex and
Maquan Street near Indian Head. What’s your
trash hot spot?
If attending the Clean Up Green Up day,
please wear long sleeved shirts, long pants and
brightly colored clothing. Also, if possible,
bring gloves; gardening gloves work great.
Refreshments will be served after the clean
up. If you clean an area near your home and
want the bags to be picked up, contact Green
Hanson.
Tuesday at noon.
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 West
Barker Street, Pembroke
Gently-used donations
sought –––––––––––
T
he Hanson Housing Authority and
Meeting Housing Lane senior cen-
ter is looking for donations to help
spruce up the community room.   In particular,
we are looking for the following gently-used
items: pool table, television, comfortable light-
weight couch and matching lightweight chairs. 
If you have any of these items, or an item that
you think might benefit the community center,
please contact Lorraine at rainne2@comcast.
net or the HHA at 781-293-7474.
 Mary Frances Allen
Executive Director
Hanson Housing Authority
Health plan options
for seniors
Nancy McCarthy, senior plan consul-
tant from Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massa-
chusetts will answer questions about health
plan options for seniors at the Hanson Senior
Center at 10 a.m. on Wednesday, March 30.
The presentation will include an explana-
tion of COBRA and direct-pay health plan
options available before Medicare, as well
as options available once a person does
have Medicare. A question-and-answer ses-
sion will follow.
Thursday, March 17, 2011
The start of another MCAS season
We are about to begin
a new season. And I’m not
talking about the Red Sox, al-
though they are in full swing of
spring training. This season,
though, is not as well known
as fall, winter, or spring, but in
this new age
of education it
is even more
important: the
MCAS sea-
son is upon
us. Every stu-
By Martin Geoghegan
dent at Han-
Principal
son Middle
Hanson Middle
School begins
the English language arts por-
tion on Tuesday, March 22. We
have to keep in the forefront of
our minds that these tests are
important. The reason for this
is simple: the MCAS is just
that important. I know it. The
teachers here at HMS know it.
Hopefully, the students under-
stand it and do their best; and
I am also hoping that parents
are echoing these same senti-
ments at home.
So on Tuesday, March 22,
all of Hanson Middle School’s
students (grades six through
eight) will begin taking the
English language arts (ELA)
portion of the Massachusetts
Comprehensive Assessment
System (MCAS for short).
And then on May 10 through
20, students will be completing
the math (grades six through
eight) and science and tech-
nology (grade eight only) por-
tions of the tests. These tests
bring anxiety, fear, anticipa-
tion, grief, resentment and re-
lief. With everyone’s differing
feelings on MCAS, , one thing
is for sure, they are here and
we must deal with them for the
best of our students. Students
at HMS have been preparing
all year for these assessments,
but we all must make sure we
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are doing everything we can in
order to make sure each and
every student is ready.
I will be having meet-
ings with each grade level to
discuss the importance of the
tests, better test-taking, and
some overall strategies to help
them do better and relax. Our
teachers are preparing stu-
dents with skills they need to
succeed each and every day
either through teaching to the
standards, extra test prep dur-
ing Extension periods, work-
ing with our online test prep
service, IXL or participating
in our after-school MCAS
prep classes. So what, may
you ask, can parents do? Well,
I am glad you asked. The fol-
lowing is from the Guide to the
MCAS for Parents/Guardians
put out by the Massachusetts
Department of Elementary and
Secondary Education:
What can I do to help my
child?
Supporting your child is
critical now and in his or her
future academic career. Here
are some tips for helping your
child prepare for the next
MCAS test administration.
• Have regular discussions
with your child’s teachers to
see what you can do at home
to support your child’s work in
school.
• Make sure your child gets
enough rest, eats properly, and
arrives at school on time every
day. Send your child to school
prepared to learn.
• Discuss with your child
subjects that need improve-
ment and whether he or she
thinks there has been improve-
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Lunch Menus
Week of March 21
All schools
Monday: Popcorn chicken with dipping sauce, rice pilaf, corn, apple
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the Deadline is Monday at noon. Tuesday: American chop suey, garlic bread, tossed salad, fresh apple,
chilled fruit.
Wednesday: Chicken stir fry, brown rice pilaf, green beans with cheese
sauce, pineapple tidbits, chilled fruit.
Thursday: Oven fried chicken, mashed potatoes, peas, apple crisp, blue-
berries with whipped topping, raisins.
Friday: Cheese pizza, tossed salad, celery sticks with dipping sauce,
chilled applesauce.
ment. If the answer is no, find
out why.
• Ask your child about School lunch pricing for 2010-2011 is: Elementary schools, $1.75,
homework that is due tomor- middle schools, $2 and high school, $2.25. Call the office if you have
row and next week, and make any questions about how to apply for the free or reduced lunch program
sure this homework is com- at 781-618-7431 or 7477, or e-mail deborah.seger@whrsd.org
pleted.
• Ask your child to ex-
plain what he or she is study- Hall of Fame nominees
ing. These conversations help
The Whitman High School/Whitman-Hanson Regional
you follow your child’s prog-
High School Alumni Association offers residents an opportu-
ress and help your child to
nity to nominate people for the Whitman-Hanson Graduate Hall
remember what he or she has
of Fame. The Hall of Fame was established in 1984 to honor
learned.
graduates of Whitman High School and Whitman-Hanson Re-
• Help your child practice
gional High School who have achieved success in their fields.
MCAS test questions, and re- The more than 30 graduates inducted represent a wide variety of
view the tests together so you
occupations and interests including medicine, the law, education
will all become familiar with
business and the entertainment industry.
the expectations. Have them
Graduates of Whitman High School and Whitman-Hanson
show you what the tests look
Regional High School are eligible for the Hall of Fame 10 years
like and try to answer the ques-
after graduation. Persons interested in nominating someone for
tions with him or her.
the Hall of Fame must write a letter of recommendation to the
Test prep questions are on-
Alumni Association stating the reasons they believe the candi-
line at doe.mass.edu each day
date is worthy of the honor. A separate letter must be written for
and other helpful information
each person being nominated. The letters will be kept on file for
can also be found; there is a
two years.
whole database of past tests.
This year’s Hall of Fame ceremony will be part of the Na-
Our students have been utiliz-
tional Honor Society Induction, which will be held May 16 at 7
ing this all year, and more and
p.m. in the Performing Arts Center at the high school. The dead-
more each day as we get clos-
line for submitting letters of recommendation is April 8. If you
er to get used to the styles of have any questions, call Richard Rosen ’70 at 781-447-1111. All
questions as well as to be more letters should be sent to: WH/WHRHS Alumni Association, P.O.
familiar with the material. We Box 53, Whitman, MA 02382.
are getting there; each and ev-
ery day we are getting closer
to doing better as a school.
The MCAS is important.
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just another season of success
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Second
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Brendan
Nehiley
celebrates
Dr.
Seuss’s
birthday,
March 2,
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Funding hike OK’d
continued from page one
proposed a 4 percent assess-
ment increase but later with-
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 per-
cent increase, would be: about
$7.16 million for Hanson and
about $8.87 million for Whit-
man, according to numbers
The Express – Your Hometown Newspaper! Thursday, March 17, 2011
provided by the district busi-
ness manager.
For FY2011, Hanson’s
contribution was about $6.73
million and Whitman’s was
about $8.40 million, according
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 Meeting.
“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.”
YOU’D TAKE HER TO THE
But town officials said they
would have to plan for the 6 ENDS OF THE EARTH FOR
percent now and decide where
to make the necessary cuts.
Read said he felt the commit-
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tee should just say the number
it intends to bring to voters.
“Let’s play open-faced
poker,” he said.
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Notices
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, LLC
Present Holder of said
Mortgage,
By Its Attorneys,
Orlans Moran PLLC
P.O. Box 962169
Boston, MA 02196
Phone: (617) 502-4100
3W- March 3, 10, 17, ‘11
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 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-
15
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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.
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
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.
OneWest Bank, FSB.
Present Holder
of said Mortgage,
By Its Attorneys,
Orlans Moran PLLC
P.O. Box 962169
Boston, MA 02196
Phone: (617) 502-4100
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HANSON
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.
HANSON
CONSERVATION
COMMISSION
Philip R. Lindquist
Chairman
1H - March 17,‘’11
TOWN OF HANSON
BOARD
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
March 10 and
March 17, 2011
2H - March 10, 17, ‘11
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HANSON
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.
HANSON
CONSERVATION
COMMISSION
Philip R. Lindquist
Chairman
1H - March 17, ‘11
TOWN OF HANSON
BOARD
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 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.
HANSON
BOARD OF APPEALS
Robert Overholtzer,
Chairman
March 10 and
March 17, 2011
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COMMONWEALTH
OF
MASSACHUSETTS
(SEAL)
LAND COURT
DEPARTMENT OF
THE TRIAL COURT
Case No.10 MISC 442698
To:
Margaret M. Connolly
a/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
1W- March 17, ‘11
THE
COMMONWEALTH OF
MASSACHUSETTS
(SEAL)
LAND COURT
DEPARTMENT OF
THE TRIAL COURT
Case No. 442294
To:
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.
PATTERSON
RECORDER
201009-1768 - ORE
1W- March 17, ‘11
NOTICE OF
MORTGAGEE'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-
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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 LAW
OFFICES, P.C.
150 California Street
Newton, MA 02458
(617) 558-0500
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COMMONWEALTH
OF
MASSACHUSETTS
(SEAL)
LAND COURT
DEPARTMENT OF
THE TRIAL COURT
Case No.442455
To:
Michael P. Sullivan
Maureen Sullivan
and 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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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 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.
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
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.
BAC Home Loans
Servicing, LP
Present Holder
of said Mortgage,
By Its Attorneys,
Orlans Moran PLLC
P.O. Box 962169
Boston, MA 02196
Phone: (617) 502-4100
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LEGAL NOTICE
MORTGAGEE’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 210
Chelmsford, 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 OF
MORTGAGEE'S
SALE OF
REAL 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
19
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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 said
mortgage by its Attorneys,
HARMON LAW
OFFICES, P.C.
150 California Street
Newton, MA 02458
(617) 558-0500
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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 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.
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
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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.
Other terms if any, to be
announced at the sale.
GMAC Mortgage, LLC
Present Holder
of said Mortgage,
By Its Attorneys,
Orlans Moran PLLC
P.O. Box 962169
Boston, MA 02196
Phone: (617) 502-4100
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LEGAL NOTICE
MORTGAGEE’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 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 NA
Korde & Associates, P.C.
321 Billerica Road
Suite 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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Everybody reads the
Express Newspapers!
Coast to coast
Hanson skater Jillian Smart takes
first place at Bay State Games
By Dave Palana, Sports Editor
dave@hansonexpess.com
Most New Englanders are
looking forward to fun in the
sun this summer after a cold
and snowy winter, but Jillian
Smart is hoping to spend her
summer on ice.
The fifth grader at Indian
Head School qualified for
the State Games of America
in figure skating, and hopes
to head out to San Diego for
the competition in August.
Smart qualified for the Games
by taking first place with her
freestyle program at the win-
ter Bay State Games in Janu-
ary held at Williams College
in Williamstown.
“That was the biggest com-
petition I have been in,” Smart
said. “I was really nervous, but
when I got on the ice, I didn’t
feel that nervous anymore.”
While the win at the Bay
State Games was her biggest
win to date, Smart has been
no stranger to victories as of
late. This past June, she took
first place at Districts and fol-
lowed that up with another
win at Worlds in July. She also
passed her test to move up a
skill level at competitions and
take on more challenging rou-
tines.
“She’s definitely grasping
the tougher stuff,” said Lau-
ren Happ, Smart’s coach at the
Winterland Skating School in
Rockland. “She’s got a great
personality and she’s a sweet
kid. She’s very upbeat and fun
to teach.”
Smart joined Winterland
after she attended a learn-to-
skate program at the Rockland
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COMMONWEALTH
OF
MASSACHUSETTS
LAND COURT
DEPARTMENT OF
THE TRIAL
COURT
Case No. 10 MISC441612
TO: Charles M. McCarthy
and Michelle L. McCarthy
and to all persons entitled to
the benefit of the
Servicemembers Civil Relief
Act. Deutsche Bank National
Trust Company, as Trustee of
the IndyMac INDX Mortgage
Trust 2007-AR5, Mortgage
Pass-Through Certificates,
Series 2007-AR5 under the
Pooling and Servicing
Agreement dated March 1,
2007 claiming to be the hold-
er of Mortgage covering real
property in Whitman num-
bered 22 Legion Parkway
given by Charles M.
McCarthy and Michelle L.
McCarthy to Mortgage
Electronic Registration
Thursday, March 17, 2011
Jillian Smart
Rink when she was six. She
took to skating fast and per-
suaded her parents to let her
try her luck at figure skating.
“It got boring just going
back and forth,” Smart said. “I
like the spins and the jumps.”
  Smart practices three or
four times a week at Winter-
land. She tied for first at anoth-
er competition in Natick last
weekend. The trip out to the
Berkshires for the Bay State
Games was the farthest Smart
has ever traveled for a com-
petition, and she is eager for
the chance to go cross-country
this summer to skate.
“I’m very excited,” she
said. “It will be my first time
going there.”
While it will be a bigger
competition than the Bay State
Games, Happ said she thinks
Smart will have no problem
skating with the best in her
division from across the coun-
try.
“She’s placed in every
competition she’s been in so
far, and the majority of those
have been firsts,” Happ said.
“She’s going to do so great.”
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Systems, Inc. as Nominee for
IndyMac Bank, F.S.B dated
February 27, 2007, and
recorded with the Plymouth
County Registry of Deeds at
Book 34203, Page 1, and now
held by Plaintiff by assign-
ment have filed with said
court a complaint for authori-
ty to foreclose 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 Servicemembers Civil
Relief Act and you object to
such foreclosure you or your
attorney should file a written
appearance and answer in
said court at Boston on or
before April 11, 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 February 28,
2011.
Attest:
DEBORAH J.
PATTERSON,
RECORDER
(122.4945)(3/17/2011)
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Record performance
Panther cheerleaders back on top of the state
By Dave Palana, Sports Editor
dave@hansonexpress.com

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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… his favorite memory. Definitely sopho-

more year of lacrosse when we were in the locker
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… how he spends his free time. It seems like

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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.
Photos by Dave Palana

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.

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

David Figueroa and Michelle Rocheleau get ready for Clint Burns, Bill Wisnaskas and Emily Regan
the race in the high school gym. run down Franklin Street.

Kaley Mientkiewicz Panther alumnus Joe Rich runs alone on his way to second place
smiles at some encour- Samantha Smith and Dorothy overall in the race.
Dave and Theresa Scott hand out the agement from track Dimascio-Donahue cross the
Panther Prowl shirts to the runners who coaches Kevin Black finish line hand in hand.
registered early for the race. and Jeff Andrews.

Members of the boys cross-country team turn into the parking lot Ned Costantino crosses the fin- Allison, Lori and Connor Hanlon walk the race together.
as they near the end of the race. ish line.
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The Express Winter

Sports Awards
Boys Most Valuable Player Girls
Derek Cavender Kelly Travers
Wrestling WHP
C T
avender started the ravers turned in a stel-
season with a first lar season in goal for
place at the Patriot the girls hockey team
League Tournament and never to lead WHP to their third tour-
looked back as he helped cap- nament appearance in four years.
tain the Panthers to the Patriot The team captain was among the
League championship. The 152- league leaders in save percent-
pounder placed sixth at the All age and goals-against, earning
State Championships to earn a a second consecutive all-star
trip to New Englands. nomination.

Rookie of the Year

Dondre James Abby Trapp
Basketball Basketball
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ames started his first rapp started her fresh-
varsity season coming man year on junior
off the bench, but his varsity, but a slew of
production on both ends of the injuries to the Panther frontcourt
court quickly got the sophomore brought her up to the varsity
into the starting five. James av- level early in the season. Trapp
eraged 8.8 points per game and played some key minutes off the
8.1 rebounds per game while bench all season to help the Pan-
also finishing among the team thers return to the MIAA tourna-
leaders in 3-pointers and steals. ment.
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