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Auditor: District violated state law with budget deficit CITES ‘LACK OF SCHOOL COMMITTEE OVERSIGHT’ AS ONE FACTOR

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SPENCER — The Spencer-East Brookfield Regional School District violated state law when it overspent last year’s budget by $1.55 million, causing a $1.31 million deficit, the district’s auditor recently told officials and residents. Daniel Haynes from Scanlon and Associates in Paxton told the SpencerEast Brookfield Regional School Committee Tuesday, Oct. 8 a few factors made that possible, such as the removal of a “key financial employee” in 2012 and “lack of School Committee over-

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sight with respect to the budgetary process.” The audit report states the district spent $1,552,623 more than it took in between July 1, 2012 and June 30, 2013 — leading to a deficit of $1,311,135. That was under the watch of former Superintendent of Schools Reza Namin. He also became business manager following the departure of Roger Pontbriand in the summer of 2012. Namin took time off starting in December 2012, ostensibly to complete a move from Maine to Massachusetts. Once the deficit was discovered, the

School Committee placed Namin on administrative leave in January. He resigned six weeks later. The audit report listed several items that contributed to the deficit: • Legal fees went up $72,959 from what was spent in fiscal 2012, and that account had a $103,745 deficit. • Salaries and wages went up $554,726 from fiscal 2012 because of “wage increases and new positions created, which were not adequately budgeted in Fiscal Year 2013.” Please Read

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Fall Town Meeting coming next week WEST BROOKFIELD RESIDENTS TO DECIDE FATE OF SIX QUESTIONS BY DAVID DORE NEW LEADER STAFF WRITER

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WEST BROOKFIELD — A couple of requests for salary hikes and two land acceptances are among the six items facing a vote when West Brookfield residents gather next week for the fall Special Town Meeting. The session starts at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 29 at West Brookfield Elementary School, 89 North Main St. (Route 67). All of the budget-related items on the warrant — Articles 1, 4, 5 and 6 — would take money out of “free cash,” which is money collected during the previous fiscal year that was not spent. Executive Secretary Johanna Swain said earlier this month the town

has $439,003 in free cash. Of that, $226,000 is Chapter 90 aid from the state for road projects and repairs during the current fiscal year, which started July 1. Article 1 would amend a vote taken at the May Annual Town Meeting so the $226,000 can be used for that purpose. Article 4 would put some money back into the now-empty Town Building Maintenance Account. Swain said the account, which is used to pay for emergency maintenance (such as roof leaks) to town buildings, was accidentally “closed out” earlier this year. That means the $7,000 in the account on June 30, Please Read

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SPENCER — More than 400 pugs and their owners made their way to Spencer a couple of weekends ago for costume contests, races, maybe a new treat or toy, and a chance to meet each other.

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SPENCER — After a couple of decades in marketing research, advertising and employee benefits, Nancy Allen decided it was time to change careers. “I felt a nudge from God, for lack of other words to use,” she said. “My dad’s a retired pastor, so I grew up in the church.” After losing a job, Allen worked more in the Methodist Church. During a workshop she attended, she realized Please Read

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“We rescue pugs in need in the six New England states,” PRoNE President Tammy Cooper said. “So we take them in, get them that care, and then find new adoptive homes for them.” Turn To DOGS, page A17

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The Spencer Fairgrounds once again hosted the annual Pug Social on Sunday, Oct. 13. It’s the biggest fundraiser of the year for Pug Rescue of New England, a nonprofit group that’s been around for more than 30 years.

Plans in place for district-wide budget meeting BY DAVID DORE NEW LEADER STAFF WRITER

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Spencer Methodist Church Pastor Nancy Allen, center, poses for a photo with church members Kaye Glass, left, and Joyce Stone in the church sanctuary Wednesday, Oct. 16. Allen became pastor July 1; a service to mark her arrival will be held this weekend.

SPENCER — Setting up a regional Town Meeting that could bring out a couple of thousand people or more requires plenty of planning and coordination. That’s why Spencer and East Brookfield officials started the process even before the Spencer-East Brookfield Regional School Committee set the meeting to decide this year’s school budget for 1 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 26 at David Prouty High School in Spencer. Last week, the logistics

were finalized for the district-wide meeting, which will be open to registered voters in Spencer and East Brookfield. On the agenda will be the $24,031,558 budget proposal approved by the School Committee earlier this month — a budget that has been reduced by $2.4 million since May. In the five months since, voters in both towns have rejected a pair of overrides to fund the portion of their assessments above the statemandated minimum. There is a wide-ranging Please Read

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Budget reductions to be presented at Town Meeting BY DAVID DORE NEW LEADER STAFF WRITER

LEICESTER — Voters decided a few weeks ago they did not want their property taxes to go up by almost 17 percent to close a roughly $600,000 deficit in this year’s budget. Town and school officials went to work to find other ways of achieving that goal. And at a Special Town Meeting next week, they’ll present their plan. Just like the Oct. 1 ballot vote on a $1.5 million Proposition 2 1/2

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hours of some employees, not filling vacant positions and cutting $36,913 from three insurance accounts. The other two scenarios used a mixture of free cash, not filling vacant positions and reducing hours. The plan selectmen endorsed Monday night would spend $110,156 in free cash, not fill vacant positions in the selectmen’s office, the Highway Department and the Council on Aging, reduce assessors’ hours by four per week, cut the Fire Department’s training budget by $2,500 (or more than 25 percent), reduce an administrative assistant position shared by the Highway Department and the Parks and Recreation Department from 14 hours per week to five hours per week, and instead have the $3,800 come from money the parks department gets for programs, trim staff hours at the library by $5,344 (or 7.5 percent) and cut four hours per week for the Board of Sponsored by Paige’s Basic Obedience Training Health’s administrative assisMeet Mork, Mindy, and tant. Mabel - we are 8-9 weeks Mizikar said the Board of old siblings! Health found areas in its Mork is white/black, Mindy expense budget to “more than and Mabel are black. offset that,” but the money Playful, cute, and ready to go to their new homes! won’t be used right now. The town administrator’s A note on kittens: PAL prefers to place kittens in pairs or in a home with another pet. Kittens require socialization, idea for the Parks and constant attention, and company. Adopting kittens in pairs Recreation Department upset offers the best possible environment for their social and Parks and Recreation emotional development. All applications for kittens and Commission Vice Chairman cats are considered on a case by case basis. Leonard “Lucky” Margadonna, who attended People for Animals League the Oct. 21 selectmen’s meeting. He said it was “like a slap www.people4animals.org in the face” after the board Spencer MA • 774-745-8041 tried to stretch its dollars as far as possible. Paige’s “We can’t operate without a period,” Basic Obedience Training secretary, Margadonna said. “ ... To take with MUTUAL RESPECT and TRUST more out of our revolving fund, I think it’s a sin.” Selectmen Douglas Belanger and Matthew Free Consultation Dennison said they were willing to Private In-Home Training spearhead a fundraiser for the Serving Central MA Parks and R e c r e a t i o n Stop Problem Behavior Before it Starts Department because Modify Undesirable Behavior some of the money it would use for programs would instead be used for its secretary’s salary. “I Dog Trainer • 508.867.6901 All five selectmen

override, residents at Town Meeting will have the ultimate say on balancing the fiscal 2014 budget. The meeting starts at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 29 in the Leicester High School auditorium. Selectmen Chairman Sandra Wilson said Monday, Oct. 21 the plan to be presented to voters does not include two possibilities mentioned in the override campaign: Closing the Leicester Public Library and demoting two police sergeants. But, she said, it does

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include layoffs, hour reductions for some municipal employees and postponing building maintenance and the purchase of bigticket items departments are seeking. Following the override failure, new Town Administrator Kevin Mizikar looked for ways to reduce the budget. He examined the amount of money departments did not spend from their appropriations over the last three years and recommended reductions totaling $110,325. Along with cuts in the accounting and code departments and insurance, Mizikar’s total came to $156,761. Then, at a special selectmen’s meeting on Wednesday, Oct. 16 he presented three scenarios for further reductions. One scenario used no unspent money from the previous fiscal year (known as “free cash”), while reducing the

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voted Monday to endorse Mizikar’s plan, which was similar to one they approved Wednesday, Oct. 16. Mizikar came back with an updated proposal because the one he gave to selectmen last week called for reducing the hours of a full-time public safety dispatcher — an idea the board rejected. To make up that $7,501, Mizikar added a further $2,500 reduction in firefighter training, the fourhour-per-week cut in the Board of Health administrative assistant’s schedule and the Parks and Recreation Commission reduction. “Unfortunately it’s not fun, but we have to do this,” said Selectman Thomas Buckley III. “And ultimately it’ll be the townspeople that vote.” Wilson said the library would not close because the School Department agreed to reduce its fiscal 2014 budget by an additional $63,080. The schools recently issued layoff notices to seven employees because the override was not approved. Also, she said, two police sergeants will not have to be demoted because of changes and reductions elsewhere in the town’s budget. Wilson said selectmen are “actively moving forward” with regionalizing Leicester’s public safety dispatch service with Worcester, a move that does not require Town Meeting approval. The town will not buy big-ticket items such as new vehicles, maintenance of town buildings would be postponed, and the snow and ice removal budget would not be increased. Although $110,156 in free cash will be used toward this year’s budget, Wilson said, that is 85 percent less than the $750,749 used in last year’s budget. Turn To LEICESTER, page A4

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Groups continue work on Town Hall renovation BY ELISA KROCHMALNYCKYJ NEW LEADER CORRESPONDENT

BROOKFIELD — With help from a state grant, the Friends of the Brookfield Town Hall are hiring an architect to draw up Town Hall renovation plans. Depending on funding, those plans could range from remodeled bathrooms to a handicap-friendly, elevator-equipped building with a Senior Center and town offices in the basement, and access that will allow Town Meetings to once again be held in the Grand Hall, said Bill Simpson, president of the Friends. Those latter plans would cost about $5 million, said Simpson, who is also on the Municipal Facilities Planning Committee. In the meantime, town officials are going ahead with plans to update the septic system, which will also serve the fire house and any new police station’s septic needs, because the septic needs to be replaced no matter what, Simpson said. By the end of October, officials expect to have hired an architect, who will prepare drawings, docu-

ments and cost estimates for the renovations, Simpson said. The renovation architect will be paid with a $10,000 grant from the Massachusetts Preservation Projects Fund, which the town matched with its own $10,000, Simpson said. Since the town voted down the Community Preservation Act (and its associated 3 percent property tax surcharge) in April, officials have been looking for other ways to pay for the renovations, he said. “The CPA could be a big portion, but the town voted it down and made it clear they don’t want it, so we’re looking for other funding,” he said. One of those money sources is a Community Development Block Grant, which could net the town up to $800,000, Simpson said. While that fund is always difficult to get, its requirements are closely aligned with the renovation plans. “Because we’re looking to install an elevator and to upgrade bathrooms and the septic, that puts us in good standing with the

grant,” he said. “So does trying to get an accessible Senior Center in there.” Until significant funding is in place, officials are going to plug away at the improvements that can be — and need to be — started now. “We are looking to get some of the small projects done in the meanwhile, like the bathrooms,” he said, adding that even installing bathrooms is contingent on the architect’s renovation plans. “We at least want to have a conceptual plan for the full renovation to know where everything is going to be going, so we don’t have the bathroom plumbing where there will be a wall later,” he said.

SEPTIC SYSTEM As they wait for more direction on the renovation plans, officials are working hard to get the septic system replaced. “That work can be done internally, so we can get it done outside the scope of the big project,” Simpson said, adding that the cost

of the septic system has been included in both the $5 million full-renovation figure and the estimated costs of a new police station. It will be good to at least get the septic done, Simpson said. “If we don’t go ahead with the full renovation in the near future, we can at least get the bathrooms operating and keep things functioning as much as we can on the first floor,” he said. “So we’re moving ahead, even though it’s a relatively smaller piece of the puzzle.” The architect’s plans are expected to include an elevator that will make the building accessible to everyone, and a renovated basement that is fully usable. That basement would be used as a Senior Center and for some additional office space, he said. Plans would also include renovating the first floor. “We’d have to fix that up, for accessibility and to change the layout, because it is awkwardly laid out and right now there is not enough meeting space,” he said. “The renovation would get us to

the point that we’d have space for all the town needs.” Currently, the town is using less than a third of the building. Installing an elevator would also enable the town to again hold meetings in the Great Hall, which is a big goal, Simpson said. “The Great Hall is a historic treasure and it’s structurally sound, but because of ADA [the federal Americans with Disabilities Act], we can’t use it,” he said. Officials fully understand the renovations would require substantial funding, so they will also ask the architect to set up a stepby-step renovation plan as well, Simpson said. “Once the plans are put forth and we have concept drawings, we’ll have a list of next steps,” he said. “My hope is that maybe there is a way we can get an elevator in without a full renovation.” For now, the Friends are continuing to fundraise and apply for grants, Simpson said. “We’re keeping the forward momentum,” he said.

Masiello found incompetent to stand trial for murder BY DAVID DORE NEW LEADER STAFF WRITER

WORCESTER — A Spencer man accused of killing his stepfather in August 2012 has been found incompetent to stand trial, and will spend at least the next six months in a psychiatric hospital. Worcester Superior Court Judge James Lemire made his ruling on 38-year-old Jason Masiello following an Oct. 10 hearing. Masiello was ordered committed to Bridgewater State Hospital until a hearing scheduled for April 9. “His competency will likely be addressed then,” Paul Jarvey, a spokesman for Worcester District Attorney Joseph Early Jr., wrote in an Oct. 21 email. Prosecutors wanted a second opinion on Masiello because doctors believed he is not competent to stand trial, but Masiello has claimed otherwise. Masiello faces a single charge of murder. Authorities allege that Masiello slit the throat of stepfather Michael Iagallo the

morning of Aug. 29, 2012 at the house at 35 Pine Acres Road in Spencer they shared with Nancy Iagallo, Masiello’s mother and Michael Iagallo’s wife. He allegedly wrapped up Michael Iagallo’s body in plastic and stuffed it in a crawlspace underneath the house. Masiello was moved in April from the Worcester County Jail and House of Correction to Bridgewater State Hospital. “Failure to retain said person in strict security would create a likelihood of serious harm,” court documents stated. Bernard Katz, appointed by the state Department of Mental Health to examine Masiello, determined Masiello has “chronic mental illness of paranoid type,” according to court documents. “No insight into illness, refusing anti-psychotic medication, agitated psychotic refusing full psychiatric examination multiple times, cannot be maintained in jail setting as he is.” “The patient is not competent to stand

trial, is mentally ill, and is in need of psychiatric treatment in a suitable facility,” Dr. Jamie Krauss, a forensic psychologist at Bridgewater State Hospital, wrote in a July 3 letter. “It is my opinion that this patient’s psychiatric treatment should be rendered in a maximum security facility.” A motion filed earlier this year by prosecutors stated that Masiello “has made 73 separate recordings on a digital audio recorder where he has talked about hearing other voices, thinks something was implanted in his body and believes someone was trying to kill him. His family has said he has been diagnosed as a paranoid schizophrenic from a prior hospitalization at Bridgewater State Hospital.” As court officers escorted him from the courtroom during his August 2012 arraignment, Masiello looked at a video camera from a Boston TV news station and announced, “I’m being subliminally altered. This is an injustice. I’m being subliminally altered, and it’s confusing me.”

Dr. Hanya Bluestone, a forensic psychologist with the state Department of Mental Health, interviewed Masiello before his arraignment. She wrote in her report that Masiello told her he was being “subliminally altered through my ear canal with some kind of receivers that enable me to receive computer voices.” He said the receivers were implanted “against my will,” Bluestone wrote. He had been hearing computer voices for 22 months, she stated, which caused him “considerable pain and suffering.” Bluestone said at Masiello’s arraignment he suffers from a “substantial disorder of mood and perception.” She said although he understands what is happening around him, he could have a hard time communicating with his lawyer. David Dore may be reached at (508) 9094140, or by email at [email protected].

would mean the town could move to a three-year inspection period, instead of every year, and could save the town up to $60,000. BILLS AND STUDIES “We have to do this,” Buckley said at a This year’s budget is not the only item selectmen’s meeting earlier this month. “If voters will make a decision on at the Oct. 29 we don’t, we have to pay the piper later.” • Article 5, which would take $20,000 from Special Town Meeting. Also on the warrant free cash to preserve municipal records. is: • Article 3, which would create a Police Officials said the money is from a grant the Department Training Services revolving town received. • Article 6, the second attempt this year fund for fees the department charges for training classes. The account would have a (following the May Annual Town Meeting) to have Leicester adopt the state’s Stretch limit of $5,000. • Article 4, which seeks money to fund Energy Code for building design and con“groundwater and other studies” at the for- struction. The rules would increase energy mer town landfill. Officials said earlier this efficiency requirements for new residential and commercial month spending $12,700 now (which includes the study and grass mowing) buildings, along with residential additions and renovations that normally trigger building code requirements, by about 20 percent. Adopting the Stretch Code is one of five criteria for a city or town to be classified as a Green Community by the state. By becoming a Green Community, the town would become eligible for SPENCER, MA: Airman 1st grants to fund enerClass Michael Letendre, son of Scott gy conservation & Laurie Letendre of Spencer, gradprojects. Former uated from David Prouty High Town Administrator School in 2009. He attended Robert Reed said at Worcester State College in 2009 and the May Town 2010 and then decided to enlist in the Meeting Leicester Air Force in 2011. In January 2012 could use the grant Michael graduated from boot camp to replace the Town at San Antonio’s Lackland Airforce Hall boiler, remove Base, where he was an Element an underground oil Leader for his flight. Michael also storage tank and received the Warhawk Award for convert the building achieving 100% excellence in PT from oil to natural (physical training). Michael is curgas. rently based in Tucson, Arizona at • Article 9, which Davis-Monthan Air Force Base would change the where he is an Honor Guard, and he zoning of 100 Clark Airman 1st Class Michael Letendre, is also a Maintenance management St., which is now 355th Force Support Squadron Honor scheduler – he alternates months for split between Guardsman, salutes a table setting each job. He is the grandson of S u b u r b a n during the POW/MIA ceremony at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Ariz., Donna Arsenault, Daniel & Shirley Agriculture and Sept. 20, 2013. The table is set for one Letendre, & Jean & Ed Gagne. Highway Businesswith specific characteristics to rememThank you, Airman 1st Class Industrial 2, to ber those lost or held captive during Letendre, for your service to our S u b u r b a n wartimes. Digital — in DavisCountry! Monthan Air Force Base, AZ. Agriculture. The full warrant Sponsored by: for the Oct. 29 Special Town Meeting is available on the town website, www.leicester ma. org.

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NEWS BRIEF Brookfield COA provides list of November events BROOKFIELD — The next Brown Bag Lunch will be Tuesday, Nov. 12 at 11:30 a.m. at the Brookfield Congregational Church. The Medi Car service is available for a ride to doctors’ appointments; call the West Brookfield Senior Center at (508) 867-1407. There is a need for drivers for this service; please call the West Brookfield Senior Center if you are interested. Tai Chi still continues Tuesdays at 8:30 a.m. in the Banquet Hall of Brookfield Town Hall. If you wish to participate in the Foot Clinics with Dr. Quigley at Brookfield Town Hall, it is mandatory to call Rikki LaMonda at (508) 867-4578 for an appointment; please leave a message with your telephone number, and she will get back to you. The next clinic is Tuesday, Nov. 19 at 1:30 p.m. The Wii will be available for fun and bowling to pass the time! Please do not attend if you don’t have an appointment. The Council on Aging will meet in the kitchen off

the Banquet Hall of Town Hall at 10 a.m. Tuesday, Nov. 12. SOS: We are in need of new members! Please contact Barbara Clancy at (508) 867-6043 if you are interested. Seniors’ interests need to be heard — speak up! Younger members are welcome. The Council on Aging has purchased a laptop that is available at the Merrick Public Library and may be used by seniors any time or on Wednesdays from 2-4 p.m. if you desire to learn about using a laptop. The Friends of the Brookfield Library provides a delivery service of library materials every Friday afternoon. If you are interested in this service or have any questions, please call the library at (508) 867-6339. The Brookfield Food Pantry is available Wednesday and Saturday from 9:30-11 a.m. at St. Mary’s Church in Brookfield. Please partake of this service if you wish.

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K-12 Monday, Oct. 28: Bagel with cream cheese or yogurt cup, fruit, juice, milk. Tuesday, Oct. 29: Assorted cereal or assorted muffins, fruit, juice, milk. Wednesday, Oct. 30: Egg and cheese sandwich or pancakes, fruit, juice, milk. Thursday, Oct. 31: Benefit bar or French toast, fruit juice, milk. Friday, Nov. 1: Bagel with cream cheese or pancakes, fruit, juice, milk. LUNCH

K-8 Monday, Oct. 28: Chicken and cheese quesadilla, bean and corn salad, rice, corn, fruit, milk. Tuesday, Oct. 29: Monte Cristo sandwich or toasted ham and cheese, tomato soup, green beans, fruit, milk. Wednesday, Oct. 30: Hamburgr/cheeseburger, French fries, sweet potato, carrots, fruit, milk. Thursday, Oct. 31: Chicken nuggets, vegetable rice casserole, peas, fruit, milk. LUNCH

9-12 Monday, Oct. 28: Chicken fajitas with toppings, rice pilaf, bean and corn salad, peas, fruit, milk. Tuesday, Oct. 29: Monte Cristo sandwich or toasted ham and cheese, tomato soup, green beans, fruit, milk. Wednesday, Oct. 30: Quarter pounder with or without cheese, French fries, sweet potato, carrots, fruit, milk. Thursday, Oct. 31: Chicken nuggets, vegetable rice casserole, corn, fruit, milk.

LEICESTER HIGH Monday, Oct. 28: Nachos with meat and cheese, lettuce, tomato, salsa, baked beans, corn, applesauce, fresh fruit, milk. Tuesday, Oct. 29: Buffalo chicken tenders,

wheat roll, seasoned green beans, roasted potato wedge, chilled pears, Jell-O and cream, milk. Wednesday, Oct. 30: Macaroni and cheese, choice of meatballs, breadstick, Romaine tossed salad, peaches, pears, milk. Thursday, Oct. 31: Halloween dinner – popcorn chicken, potato smiles, glazed carrots, dinner roll, Halloween fruit cup, pumpkin chocolate chip cookie, milk.

LEICESTER MIDDLE SCHOOL Monday, Oct. 28: Nachos with meat and cheese, lettuce, tomato, salsa, baked beans, corn, applesauce, fresh fruit, milk. Tuesday, Oct. 29: Buffalo chicken tenders, wheat roll, seasoned green beans, roasted potato wedge, chilled pears, Jell-O and cream, milk. Wednesday, Oct. 30: Macaroni and cheese, choice of meatballs, breadstick, Romaine tossed salad, peaches, pears, milk. Thursday, Oct. 31: Halloween dinner – popcorn chicken, potato smiles, glazed carrots, dinner roll, Halloween fruit cup, pumpkin chocolate chip cookie, milk.

LEICESTER PRIMARY SCHOOL Monday, Oct. 28: Whole wheat pancakes, sausage, hash brown, applesauce, milk. Tuesday, Oct. 29: Grilled chicken patty on a bun, lettuce and tomato, potato wedge, corn, jell-o and cream, pears, milk. Wednesday, Oct. 30: Nacho boat with meat and cheese, baked bean, lettuce, tomato and salsa, fresh apple, milk. Thursday, Oct. 31: Halloween dinner – Ghost nuggets (popcorn chicken), dipping sauce, scary carrots, dinner roll, Jack O Lantern fries, Halloween fruit cup, pumpkin chocolate chip cookie, milk. Alternate for the Week – bagel and cheese.

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sausage, hash brown, applesauce, milk. Tuesday, Oct. 29: Fajita chicken wrap, choice of peppers and onions, assorted toppings, corn, Jell-O and cream, pears, milk. Wednesday, Oct. 30: Nacho boat with meat and cheese, baked beans, lettuce, tomato and salsa, fresh apple, milk. Thursday, Oct. 31: Halloween dinner – Ghost nuggets (popcorn chicken), dipping sauce, scary carrots, dinner roll, Jack O Lantern fries, Halloween fruit cup, pumpkin chocolate chip cookie, milk. Alternate for the week – bagel and cheese

TANTASQUA REGIONAL JR./SR. HIGH SCHOOL Monday, Oct. 28: Pasta with meat sauce, garlic bread, Italian green beans, Caesar salad, chilled pears, milk. Tuesday, Oct. 29: Hot ham and cheese croissant, roasted sweet potatoes, assorted vegetables with hummus dip, chilled peaches, milk. Wednesday, Oct. 30: Chili with cornbread, Spanish rice, cowboy corn salad, fresh apple, milk. Thursday, Oct. 31: Happy Halloween – TerrorYaki chicken sandwich, witches brew, worm salad, vampire vegetables, Halloween treat, milk.

NORTH BROOKFIELD HIGH Monday, Oct. 28: Chicken fajita wraps or hot dog on a roll, hash brown carrits, assorted fruit, milk. Tuesday, Oct. 29: Chicken patty on a roll or sloppy Joe on a roll, bag or pretzel, corn on the cob/peas, chocolate cookies, milk, assorted fruit, milk. Wednesday, Oct. 30: Rotini and meat sauce, warm rolls or cheeseburger on a roll, hash brown, pickles, green beans, assorted fruit, milk. Thursday, Oct. 31: Chicken nuggets/dipping sauce or mozzarella sticks with marinara sauce, pasta with herbs, broccoli, three bean salad, assorted fruit.

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MENTARY SCHOOL Monday, Oct. 28: Hot dog on a roll or pancakes, sausage, hash brown, carrot bags, assorted fruit, milk. Tuesday, Oct. 29: Sloppy Joe or chicken patty on a roll, bag or pretzel, corn on the cob, peas, chocolate cake, assorted fruit, milk. Wednesday, Oct. 30: Rotini and meat sauce or hamburger on wheat roll, pickles, green beans, assorted fruit, milk. Thursday, Oct. 31: Taco bar or mozzarella sticks with marinara sauce, brown rice, broccoli, school baked beans, assorted fruit, milk.

BROOKFIELD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL Monday, Oct. 28: Pepperoni and cheese quesadillas, seasoned rice, salsa and low fat sour cream, corn, vegetable salsa soup pears or alternate entrée. Tuesday, Oct. 29: Popcorn chicken, Caesar salad, chicken vegetable and rice soup, fruit cocktail r alternate entrée or chef ’s salad. Wednesday, Oct. 30: French bread cheese pizza, mixed greens and bean salad, fresh fruit or alternate entrée. Thursday, Oct. 31: Cheeseburger, lettuce, cucumber wheels, carrot sticks and dip, fruit cups and fresh fruit or alternate entrée or chef ’s salad. Friday, Nov. 1: Pasta with or without meat sauce, garlic, green beans, tossed salad, shredded cheese, assorted fruit or alternate entrée.

QUABOAG REGIONAL HIGH SCHOOL BREAKFAST Monday, Oct. 28: Breakfast sandwich with sausage patty and egg on whole grain croissant, peach cup or 100 percent fruit juice or Choice of whole grain breakfast muffin (1), half cup fruit cup or 4 oz 100 percent orange juice. Tuesday, Oct. 29: (1) Warm breakfast muffin, Turn To MENUS, page A17

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