Feehan Skating Team Places 3rd

Cat Rescue Group Seeks Foster Homes

JEREMIAH SULLIVAN Crowned Elks “Hoop Shoot” Regional Champ

Attleboro Youth Center Receives Donation From Cardi's Furniture

Senator Timilty Secures $1 Million For Attleboro Streetscape Project

Pack 33 Cub Scouts Held Annual Derby Race

Local Cultural Council Grants AWarded For Attleboro

Joseph Lazzerini, 17, a junior attending Attleboro High School in the fall, is running for Attleboro City Council with an official campaign kick-off to be in February. Lazzerini says he's running for City Council because he wants to serve the people of Attleboro. If elected Lazzerini will work on Education, Economic Development, Public Safety, and keeping city user fees low. "The people of Attleboro need a new voice, they need someone young with innovative ideas that wants to change the community." Joseph is already getting his feet wet in politics, he was a Youth Delegate to the 2008 Democratic State Convention in June, youth coordinator on Bill Bowles campaign for State Representative and Attleboro Coordinator on Gina DeRossi's campaign for Register of Probate. If elected Joseph would like to work on implementing Community Policing, renovating the Attleboro High School and work on developing down-town. To Contact Joseph Lazzerini email joeforcitycouncil@gmail.com and be sure to visit his website www.joeforcitycouncil.com where you can watch a video interview with AACS.

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The Attleboro Police Department is currently accepting applications for the voluntary position of auxiliary police officer.

Applicants must be U.S. citizens, reside in Attleboro or be Massachusetts’s residents within fifteen miles of the City of Attleboro limits. In addition, they must not have a criminal felony record.

They must have a current Massachusetts drivers license, be in excellent health and physical fitness, have good moral character, be a high school graduate or hold a GED, and successfully complete a thorough background investigation and interview board.

Selected applicants, upon completion of the 8 month training program, must be available on weekends, must attend monthly meetings and in-service training classes.

The Attleboro Auxiliary Police help out with traffic control at community events and parades, perform security patrols of municipal properties and may be called upon to assist during emergencies.

Applications for the September 08 academy may be obtained at the Attleboro Police Department Headquarters, 12 Union Street. Completed applications must be returned to the Police Headquarters, Attention: Auxiliary Sergeant Gary Plante by August 16th, 2008.

State Senators Scott Brown and James Timilty are pleased to announce that the Senate recently adopted an amendment for $3.2 million for the Attleboro campus of Bristol Community College.

The money will pay for renovations to a building the BCC purchased in the former Texas Instruments corporate campus off Pleasant Street. The college’s foundation bought the building for $1.2 million and loaned the $3.2 million needed to renovate it and covert it into a school.

The Senate Ways and Means Committee had eliminated the Attleboro money from the $1 billion higher education bond bill, but Senators Brown and Timilty were able to restore it through an amendment.

The new facility is vastly needed because the college has outgrown its current local home in the former high school on County Street. Bridgewater State College is working on the possibility to locating classes on the second floor of the building.

“This is a good step forward in the process for Attleboro’s branch of Bristol Community College,” stated Senator Brown. “We worked hard to get this funding and I am glad these efforts paid off. Easy access to higher education is important to the city’s economy.”

“This amendment is an important step to maintaining our workforce in Attleboro,” said Senator Timilty. “Additional campus space in the city will hopefully make it easier for more students to attend and earn their degree from BCC.”

The bill now goes to the House of Representatives to be voted on.

The Bishop Feehan High School Skating team recently placed 3rd in the 2008 High School Team Open at the Nashoba Valley Olympia in Acton/Boxboro. The team placed first in overall Interpretive Freeskating, second in overall Freeskating, and third in overall Ice Dancing. Senior Cailee Smith lead the team as a high scorer receiving a total of 16 points for her first place finish in Intermediate Interpretive Freeskating, second place finish in the American Waltz, and second place finish in the Paso Doble. Junior D’Angela Alberty was next highest scorer placing first in Preliminary Freeskating and third in both Preliminary Compulsory Moves and Preliminary Interpretive Freeskating. “The girls did really well working together as a team,” comments skating coach Kate Grenier, “Figure skating tends to be a very

individual and competitive sport so I was really happy to see our skaters come together and work as a team even when some of them had to compete against each other.”

PHOTO: Feehan Skating team members from left: Danielle Bessette (Cumberland), D’Angela Alberty (Foxboro), Cailee Smith (Pawtucket), Hannah Simmons (N. Attleboro), and Lana Rachin (Attlboro).

Front row Jeremiah Sullivan with

Regional trophy (small one) State Trophy (large one)

back row- John Mack, Secretary Attleboro Elks Lodge #101

Paul Peloquin – Junior Past Exalted Ruler – Steven Cruff

Exalted Ruler, Jim Mulcahey – Esteemed Leading Knight

Joint Committee on Transportation releases capital bond recommendations

Senator James E. Timilty (D-Walpole) is pleased to announce that the City of Attleboro is in line to receive $1,000,000 for the much needed downtown Streetscape Project. Earlier today, the Joint Committee on Transportation issued a favorable report on the redrafted version of House Bill 4409, the so-called Transportation Bond Bill. The critical bond authorization for Attleboro was included in the final version released from Committee.

“I am thrilled that the Committee has included this vital funding in their final Transportation Bond Bill recommendations,” stated Timilty.

The Streetscape Project funding will provide significant assistance to the City in their efforts to improve area sidewalks and crosswalks, and to install new streetlights and street trees. News of the bond authorization could not have come at a better time, with the March edition of Boston Magazine highlighting the City as one of the state’s best place places to live for young families looking to invest in the future.

Senator Timilty has long advocated for funding to improve the downtown corridor to increase the City’s profile, with his hope that it will promote business expansion and increase community involvement. Mayor Dumas and the Attleboro Redevelopment Authority have pursued a comprehensive plan for a full scale revitalization of the downtown area, and with increased state assistance the City will soon realize its vision.

“Improving the roadways and streetscape will only enhance the ongoing renaissance being witnessed in Attleboro center,” said Timilty. “This state investment will dovetail the efforts of the Mayor and Congressman McGovern, who have been working tirelessly to revitalize the downtown area.”

The Transportation Bond Bill, reported favorable by the Committee, also includes approximately $800 million in various state and municipal roadway improvements. Timilty has served on the Transportation Committee since his election to the Senate. The bond appropriation requires the approval of both the Senate and the House of Representatives. Final action on this matter is anticipated before the close of the Legislative Session in July.

The Pack 33 Cub Scouts in Attleboro held their annual Pinewood Derby Race on Saturday, February 9th. Each scout was required to build and decorate their own race car conforming to specific size and weight requirements.

Pictured with all the winners is Pack 33 Cub Master Sean McKearney. There is an upcoming Pack 33 Registration Night for boys (ages 7-10) to sign up with Pack 33. It will be held Friday, March 7th at Ryan & Sons Sporting Goods from 6:00 to 8:00 pm. There is a $45 registration fee, however all new scouts that sign up that evening will receive a free Pack 33 Class B uniform.

The following are the top three winners per Scout Den:

The Attleboro Cultural Council has announced the award of 29 grants totaling $16,999 for cultural programs in Attleboro. The grants were awarded from a pool of funds distributed to Attleboro by the Massachusetts Cultural Council, a state agency that supports public programs and educational activities in the arts, sciences and humanities.
The Attleboro Cultural Council is part of a grass-roots network of 329 local councils that serve every city and town in the state. The program is the largest, most decentralized one of its kind in the United States. The state legislature provides an annual appropriation to the Massachusetts Cultural Council, which then allocates funds to each local council. Decisions about which activities to support are made at the community level by a board of municipally appointed volunteers.
The members of the Attleboro Cultural Council are: Iona Bonneville, Sandy Coleman, Rick Conti, Maxine Johnson, Mike Kane, Tracey Maroni, Sheila Oliver, Chris O’Neil, Lucrecia Sosa, Mary Whelan and Anne-Marie Enderby
Statewide, more than $2.65 million will be distributed by local cultural councils in 2008. Grants will support an enormous range of grass-roots activities: concerts, exhibitions, radio and video productions, field trips for schoolchildren, after-school youth programs, writing workshops, historical preservation efforts, lectures, First Night celebrations, nature and science education programs for families and town festivals. Nearly half of LCC funds support educational activities for young people. This includes the PASS Program, which provides subsidies for school children to attend cultural field trips.

This year's grants in Attleboro are as follows:

• Art of the Pastel Workshop II: The DaVinci Method by Gregory Maichak
• Attleboro’s 1 Adventure, 1 Book, 1 Community
• Attleboro Historic Preservation Society
• Attleboro Arts Museum for “Calder Rewired” at the Flower Show and Viktor Schreckengost
• Legacy Workshops
• Attleboro Music Parents Association Visiting Artist Series
• Chaminade Music Club Scholarship Competition
• “And Now, Mark Twain” at Christopher Heights Assisted Living Center
• Civil Rights: Racism, Lynching & Bullying by Gode Johnson at Attleboro High School
• Community Care Services-Transitional Living Program for arts and crafts supplies
• Community VNA Hospice Journaling Workshop

• Doll E. Daze Project by Debra A. Britt
• Earth Day 2008 Celebration at Oak Knoll Wildlife Sanctuary
• Combating Hate & Prejudice presented by Janet Applefield
• Scott Jameson’s Magic & Juggling at the Attleboro Public Library
• SMARTS Collaborative/Touring Art Exhibit & Wind Symphony
• YMCA Summer Band 2008
• Symphonic Concert by Boston City Band
• The Oure Pleasure Singers/25th Anniversary Concert
• Triboro Youth Theatre for Scholarships and a summer production of “Starmites”
• “Wild About Reading” program by Davis Bates at the Library
• “Winter Wonderland: Story & Song” by John Porcino at the Larson Senior Center

PASS GRANTS, were awarded to Staley Elementary School for Sturbridge Village;
Willett Elementary School Grade 4 for Sturbridge Village Willett Elementary School Grade 2 for Theatre Works/USA St Mary Sacred Heart School for Sturbridge Village and the Museum of Science.