The New Uxbridge Times - February, 2015

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FebruarY 2015

Legislation signed for National Historic Park

CARING KIDS - Whitinsville Christian School students rallied together to raise money to be sure that kids in their community have warm coats this year. WCS Student Council members presented a check for over $500 to the Uxbridge Rotary Club “Coats for Kids” Chairperson; Dennis Smith (center) for the program. Also on hand was former Rotary member, Marcia Davis. (See related story on page 7)

Open seats on Uxbridge Boards The Uxbridge Town Clerk, Kelly Dumas, has announced the list of open seats on many town boards and committees that will appear on the May 19th, 2015 Annual Town Election Ballot. The complete list appears at the end of this article. Candidate packages will become available on Tuesday, February 3rd in the Town Clerk’s Office during normal business hours. The Annual Town Census was mailed to all residences in Uxbridge in early January, please verify all information on the form, sign and return to the Town Clerk’s Office. Dog Licenses are now available for

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2015. Per Massachusetts General Law All dogs over 6 months old must be licensed. Please stop by the Town Clerk’s Office with a valid rabies certificate before March 31, 2015 to get you dog licensed. Beginning April 1st, 2015, there will be a $10.00 per dog late fee. Dog licenses can also be obtained via US Mail, application and instructions are on the town’s website and will also be included in the Annual Census. For more information on the Ballot, Town Census or Dog Licenses, please contact Town Clerk, Kelly Dumas at 508-278-8600 x2011.

• Board of Selectmen (2) 3 yr seats • Finance Committee (1) 3 yr seat • Board of Health (1) 3 yr seat • Board of Library Trustees (2) 3 yr seats • School Committee (3) 3 yr seats • Edward C. Thayer Fund (1) 3 yr seat & (1) 2 yr seat • Trustees of Soldier’s Memorials (1) 3 yr seat (veteran) • Uxbridge Housing Authority (1) 5 yr seat

News that President Barack Obama Blackstone River was endorsed at a bihas signed federal legislation establish- state economic development conference ing the Blackstone Valley National held in 1981 at Blackstone-Millville Historic Park was greeted with enthusi- Regional High School that featured asm across the Blackstone Valley then-Governors Edward J. King of region of Massachusetts and Rhode Massachusetts and J. Joseph Garrahy of Island. Few, if any however, cheered Rhode Island. The conference, initiated by then-State Rep. more enthusiastically than long-time “It’s the fulfillment of a Moore and sponsored by the Woonsocket Valley area State long-held dream that and Blackstone ValSen. Richard T. Moore, D-Uxbridge. many area residents, me ley Chambers of Sen. Moore has been included, have had for Commerce was atamong the leading national recognition and tended by more than advocates for nation- federal assistance for 150 local leaders and al recognition of the the Blackstone Valley. advocates. Among the action recomBlackstone River Valley as “Birthplace I’m so pleased that it mendations from the of America’s Indust- could happen before my gathering was the rial Revolution,” watch ends in the Mass- creation of a national park in the Blacksince his entry into achusetts Senate.” stone Valley. Subsepolitics in the 1970’s. - Sen. RichaRd T. MooRe quent to that gathering Congress created “I want to comthe Blackstone River mend Senator Jack Reed, members of the Massachusetts Valley National Heritage Corridor in and Rhode Island congressional delega- 1986, but stopped short of establishing tions, the Heritage Corridor commis- a national park. According to Sen. Moore, the original sioners and staff, and all who advocated for national park status for this great idea for a national park in the Blackachievement,” Sen. Moore said, upon stone Valley was proposed in 1935 durlearning that President Obama had ing the depths of the Great Depression by a special Massachusetts legislative signed the bill into law. Moore is a former commissioner of commission chaired by then-Sen. P. the Blackstone River Valley National Eugene Casey, D-Milford. It was Heritage Corridor Commission, and viewed as a way of putting people to served as the commission’s first chair- work and employing landscape archiman in 1987-90. He still serves as a tects and laborers and was to encomdirector of the non-profit successor pass the towns of Uxbridge, Northgroup to the commission. Sen. Moore bridge, Mendon and Upton along the was the original sponsor of legislation Blackstone River and its tributaries, the and funding for the current Blackstone West River and the Mumford River. River Heritage State Park that includes That proposal was not adopted by the ongoing development of the Congress and was shelved when World Blackstone Greenway now being con- War II brought an end to the depression. For more information about Sen. structed in Blackstone and Millville. The 46 mile trail will, ultimately, link Moore, visit www.senatormoore.com, or follow him on Facebook (www.faceWorcester and Providence. Sen. Moore noted that the idea of cre- book.com/senatormoore) or Twitter ating a national park along the (www.twitter.com/SenDickMoore).

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