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Dueling Pianos Event Supports Mission of Habitat for Humanity North Central MA

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An evening of fun and laughter is on tap with the musical antics of Rob Steen and Company at Habitat for Humanity’s “Dueling Pianos” event on Saturday, April 1para at the Bull Run Restaurant in Shirley.  With two sharp-witted, incredibly talented musicians and two grand pianos, the evening is a wonderful opportunity to enjoy a night of entertainment while supporting a great cause.  All proceeds from the event will benefit the work of Habitat for Humanity North Central MA, bringing affordable housing to those in need throughout the organization’s 25 towns and cities in the region. Last year’s event was sold out, so we encourage patrons to purchase tickets soon.

 

Tickets to the event are $70 per person for Dinner and the Show -OR- $35 per person for the Show Only.  Dinner and Show package includes a three-course plated dinner with choice of Yankee pot roast, baked Atlantic salmon or a vegetarian selection and premium seating for the show.  A cash bar will also be available.

 

Sponsorship opportunities for the event are also available in a variety of support levels and offer many recognition benefits for local businesses, corporate groups and individual donors.

 

Schedule:

  • 6:00 pm: Dinner will be served for those who buy Dinner and a Show tickets, cash bar opens.
  • 7:00 pm: A cocktail hour with complimentary table snacks and cash bar for Show Only patrons
  • 7:30: Show starts!

 

A Silent Auction will be offered at the start of the evening and winners will be announced during the show’s intermission.

 

To purchase tickets or for more information about becoming a sponsor for the event, please visit our website. Tickets are also available through the Bull Run Restaurant’s website or by calling the Habitat office at 978-348-2749.  The Bull Run Restaurant is located on 215 Great Road, Route 2A in Shirley.

Feb. 11 Marston Clough — Solo Show of All New Works from Martha’s Vineyard Seascape Painter

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Solo Show of All New Works from Martha’s Vineyard Seascape Painter
to Premiere at Gallery Sitka in Fitchburg
 
FITCHBURG, Mass. — Marston Clough loves the ocean and loves to paint it. But the other the side of the coin in every seascape is the sky. Mr. Clough is fascinated by the sea, the sky, and their continual interaction. The light changes, the color changes, and a change in the sea is reflected in the sky, and vice versa. His upcoming solo exhibition at Gallery Sitka in Fitchburg is appropriately entitled, “I Went to the Ocean to Look at the Sky.”
 
The artist, a native of the little town of Vineyard Haven on Martha’s Vineyard, couldn’t have chosen a better place from which to observe the sea and the sky and their meeting at the horizon. The sometimes foggy sky pressing down on the ocean obscures that horizon and intensifies that feeling of the two areas melding into each other.
 
The colors Mr. Clough uses are sometimes very familiar to all of us, as in a stormy sky he represents as a sort of struggle between an “angry” dark grey and a somewhat surprising purple. Also familiar in an almost comforting way is a sky of bright pink.
 
Yet then there are other pictures in which the lower plane is an impossible eggshell white — unless that area is the sandy beach. But how can that be, when there seems to be no ocean intervening between it and the boiling, wine-colored sky above? More startling still is a sky that is mostly magenta. This is a color that really could never occur in nature — not this brightly and intensely, at any rate — and yet somehow communicates a feeling that seems very genuine and may remind any one of us of a sky we’ve seen sometime in our lives.
 
A longtime devotee of oils, Mr. Clough paints occasionally in acrylic. He loves to experiment in many media and explore the challenges they represent.
 
Mr. Clough often paints “en plein air” (in the open air), but ordinarily does most of his work at his studio at home. He works on several paintings at a time, often allowing each one to “take its own direction.” He lets himself experiment and occasionally makes major changes in a painting, perhaps setting it aside many times before he is satisfied with the results. He maintains very high standards and sometimes abandons a picture altogether. “My wife gives me a critique,” he says, providing the well-trusted extra pair of eyes that helps him decide what the final fate of a painting will be. He has a rather stark way of expressing how he might choose to continue with a picture — or not: “I need to kill a lot of ’em.”
 
Not long ago, Marston’s brother asked him why he paints. No pat answer came to mind. Not surprisingly for a person working in a visual medium, Mr. Clough often finds, regarding his thoughts and feelings about his art, that he “can’t put it into words.” He is often working on impulse rather than from formal plans, but continually makes sketches as he travels on the ferry. He seeks out subject matter and methods that intrigue him and does not intellectualize the process too much. He has found that many other artists have the same difficulty expressing their ideas about their art in words. That impression is confirmed by reading the attempts of other artists to write about their own artwork, which Mr. Clough often finds incomprehensible!
 
Mr. Clough began studying art at Massachusetts College of Art and Design in Boston, and later took printmaking classes at the Worcester Art Museum.
 
This event will take place on Saturday, Feb. 11, 2 – 4 p.m., at Gallery Sitka, 454 Main St., Fitchburg, Mass. Art lovers can go to marstonclough.com  y gallerysitka.com for more information.

A Call to Action: Fitchburg is Welcoming to All

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UNF, Ahmadiyya Muslim Community, North Central Massachusetts Minority Coalition and others to hold press conference in support of immigrant and Muslim communities in Fitchburg
WHAT: Community leaders in Fitchburg will be holding a press conference to condemn Trump administration executive orders against immigrants and refugees and call on allies to support the Safe Communities Act (SD.1596 and HD.3052), an act that would ensure local police resources for fighting crime, not enforcing federal immigration law and pledge no state support for a Muslim registry.

WHO:  Speakers confirmed include:

  • State Representative Stephen Hay
  • Ijaz Ahmed, President of the Fitchburg Chapter of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community USA;
  • Adrian Ford, Chief Administrator and CEO of Three Pyramids, Inc./ North Central Massachusetts Minority Coalition;
  • Kimatra Maxwell, former candidate for state representative and Founder of Fitchburg Naturals;
  • Pastor Thomas Hughes;
  • UNF Executive Director Joana Dos Santos
  • Other speakers are being confirmed.

WHEN: Friday, February 3rd at 12:00pm

WHERE: In front of Immigrant statute, on corner of Prichard and Main St, Fitchburg, MA.

FOR MORE INFORMATION: Please contact Eric Rodriguez, Director of Organizing at 774-573-3459 or by email at .

Wachusett Joins Zipcar for Special Promotion!

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Wachusett Mountain has teamed up with the popular car-sharing service Zipcar to offer skiers and snowboarders yet another easy alternative to reach the central Massachusetts ski resort.

Zipcar has introduced “Wachusett Wednesdays” to its members in Boston and Providence to encourage them to drive to the ski area for a midweek day of skiing or snowboarding.  The promotion will run Wednesday, January 18 & 25; February 8 & 15 and March 1, 8, 15, 22 & 29.  Zipcar members are encouraged to visit www.Zipcar.com/Wachusett to learn about their special deals.  To qualify for the special “Z.I.P.” treatment, they will be provided with a special online code for a discount on their Wachusett lift ticket (at www.wachusett.com); a $10 Zipcar driving credit; priority parking at Wachusett Mountain and a discount on Demos and logo wear at MTNside Ski & Ride Shop at Wachusett.  The first 2 Zipcar drivers to the mountain each Wednesday will also receive a special ZIP gift bag (while supplies last).

“Being located so close to Boston and Providence, Zipcar provides our guests with an easy way to travel to the mountain,” said Wachusett General Manager David Crowley.  “We’re only one hour from Boston and a little over an hour from Providence, so skiers or snowboarders who don’t have their own transportation can use this as a great opportunity for a midweek getaway to the mountain.  We’re already the most accessible ski resort in New England and this program with Zipcar just makes us more accessible!”

Wachusett Teams with Head Skis to Launches “Headway” guaranteed learning program!

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As winners of the 2016 National Ski Areas Association Conversion Cup, Wachusett Mountain Ski Area is already well known across the country for offering some of the nation’s finest programs to turn new skiers or snowboarders into “lifelong” enthusiasts.  In conjunction with the Head Ski Company, Wachusett’s beginner programs have expanded again for the 2016-17 season.

The central Massachusetts mountain is the first in the eastern USA to launch the Headway Teaching Program – a customized learning experience which guarantees results in just one day.  This “total immersion” program combines specially-designed rental skis with all-day instruction to help skiers learn at a faster pace.  Wachusett’s Headway Program runs from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. including a full day of instruction and use of three different length skis as skiers progress during their lesson.

The three lengths include a shorter ski which allows for new skiers to work on balance; they then progress to a medium-length ski to work on gliding and stopping; then they utilize a regular length ski to perfect their steering skills.   Head has outfitted the Wachusett Rental Shop with just 10 sets of these customized teaching skis.  Each ski is pre-set for the customer to provide easy transition through the various stages of learning.  In the Wachusett Ski & Snowboard School, students will be paired into groups no larger than 5 with their instructor.  The program guarantees students will be skiing blue square intermediate trails by the end of the day.

Cost for the intensive one day package is only $299 per person (only available online).  As an added bonus, Headway participants also receive:

  • Three more visits for only $79.50 (1/2 price 3-Peat Card) – that’s just over $27/day.
  • 2 FREE Rentals and 1 1/2-price Demo
  • MTNside Ski & Ride Shop “essentials” Discounts (20% off gloves, hats, goggle, socks, neck warmers).

For more details or to purchase online, visit www.wachusett.com.

Wachusett Sets New Snowmaking Record Thanks to Expanded System!

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The ski season is not even half over and Wachusett Mountain has already made more snow this winter than ever before in an entire season.

That is thanks to the mountain’s $2 million snowmaking expansion this past summer more than doubling the resort’s water pumping capacity.  Snowmaking crews have taken advantage of opportune snowmaking temperatures every chance they’ve gotten enabling the mountain to build base depth topping out at more than four feet.  Thanks to the record snowmaking effort since snowmaking began in late November, it’s also notable is that Wachusett’s base depths are among the highest in New England even with the mountain only receiving 40 inches of natural snow thus far this winter.

“Machine made snow is much more durable than natural snow,” said Wachusett President Jeff Crowley.  “So even when the natural snow melts in people’s back yards, we’ve been able to maintain a solid base.”  With the critical Christmas Holiday week and Martin Luther King Holiday behind, snowmaking efforts will continue as weather permits as the mountain now heads toward the February vacation period.

“To put our snowcover in football terms, our crew could have covered 250 football fields so far this season with 1 foot of snow,” added Crowley. “Better yet, with everyone thinking about the New England Patriot’s playoff run, that’s like covering the field at Gillette Stadium with 250 feet of snow!”

Thanks to its strong commitment to snowmaking and grooming, Wachusett already offers one of the only “snow guarantees” in New England, stating that if a skier or snowboarder doesn’t like the conditions, they can return their lift ticket within the first hour of purchase and be credited equal value for a future visit.  For daily snow conditions updates, visit www.wachusett.com.

Groundbreaking Ceremony for 50 Henry Street, Fitchburg

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Habitat for Humanity North Central MA will be hosting a groundbreaking ceremony for 50 Henry Street, Fitchburg at 10:00 a.m. on January 27ta. 50 Henry Street is their latest building project and this fall held a “$25K in 25 Days” campaign. The funds raised by the campaign were used to install the foundation at the build site before the winter season.
Habitat for Humanity North Central Massachusetts is a non-profit housing ministry that builds simple, decent houses with people in need. It is the local affiliate of Habitat for Humanity International, serving 25 towns and cities in north central Massachusetts, including Acton, Ashburnham, Ashby, Ayer, Berlin, Bolton, Boxborough, Clinton, Fitchburg, Gardner, Groton, Harvard, Hudson, Lancaster, Littleton, Lunenburg, Leominster, Maynard, Pepperell, Princeton, Shirley, Sterling, Stow, Townsend, and Westminster.  Habitat NCM also operates the Leominster ReStore which raises funds through the sale of discounted or recycled materials and furniture.

MWCC Job Fair 2017 on Wednesday, March 29th

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It’s hard to believe, but Spring Term 2017 is in full swing at Mount Wachusett Community College with students enrolled at our Gardner, Leominster and Devens campuses!  As a participant of last year’s Job Fair and/or a currently active recruiter on-campus, I am sending you a priority invite to attend this year’s Job Fair 2017 on Wednesday, March 29ta  in addition to offering our other recruiting options.

Feel free to choose any or all recruitment options as follows:

Option 1        Join us for Job Fair 2017: Wednesday, March 29th:     SAVE THE DATE FLYER WITH DETAILS ATTACHED!

Reserve your table today by emailing:  (Free to our participating employers!)

Option 2        Free Online Job Posting:  Don’t forget to take advantage of our Online Job Posting offered free to participating employers!  Jobs are posted year round, including full-time, part-time and temporary positions.  Positions that are emailed are also routed directly to major specific faculty and announced in class.  Please email to:

(Please keep in mind that MWCC offers job placement information to students and employers as a college and community service.  This service does not imply the screening of either applicant or employer and as such, the college may not be held liable for situations occurring in employment resulting from job referral.)

Option 3        On-Campus Recruiting Table:  Every Monday through Thursday, we feature one employer at our Recruiting Table.  The table is located in a high traffic area to maximize your exposure to a large number of students.  Your company is advertised to faculty and students in advance.

                        Tables are FREE for our participating employers! Call to reserve now!