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 | June - Past LBA President Ken Raina - succumbed to cancer and passed away
on June 4
Ken was a fireball when it came to issues concerning Lake Boon. He
revived the annual Water Carnival weekend in 1993 from decades of
inactivity. He was a warrior against the weed infestation and turned
$5,000 in the LBA treasury into $25,000 (with a lot of hard work with
fundraising activities and a lot of creativity) to compete for Federal and
State grant money. He was a Big Voice for Lake Boon at all town
meetings and numerous town board meetings. He went to many COLAP
meetings to learn what was best for our lake. With his wife, Tami the
Lake Boon Gazette was born to share lake news to almost 500 households that
we still enjoy today. He was a leader in preventing the Air National
Guard from taking over the old Annex and turning it into a communications
facility with radio towers, paved parking for 500 trucks and cars and
hazardous spray-painting garages. It is now the well-known Assabet
River National Wildlife Refuge. Thank you, Ken!!
http://iberkshires.com/community/obituaries_new.php?ob_id=8982
Kenneth
A. Raina, 72
 June
04, 2009
NORTH
ADAMS
,
Mass.
— Kenneth Aldo Raina, 72, of
237 Katsura Drive,
Kennett
Square
,
Pa.
, a native of
North Adams
, died peacefully Thursday, June 4, 2009, at Neighborhood Hospice in
Westchester
,
Pa.
, surrounded by his family following a valiant battle with cancer.
Born July 24, 1936, son of Andrea "Lino"
and Beatrice Piaggi Raina, he attended schools in North Adams, graduating
from Drury High School in 1954 He graduated from the University of
Massachusetts in 1958 and received a master's degree in electrical
engineering from Northeastern University.
Mr. Raina was employed by UNISYS Computer in
Malvern
,
Pa.
, for about seven years until his retirement in 2007. Before that, he worked
for Digital Equipment Co. in Maynard for about 20 years.
He had been a communicant of the former St. Anthony
of
Padua
Church
while residing in
North Adams
. He enjoyed gardening and reading about history. His family said he was a
beloved husband, brother and friend to all who knew him, and he was a
positive role model. Mr. Raina was also an optimist, and it was his optimism
that propelled him through a difficult year and inspired his loved ones so
much.
He and his wife, the former Tamy Sullivan, were
married July 1, 1967, in St. Anthony's Church.
Besides his wife, he leaves his loving
mother-in-law, Mary Breda Sullivan of North Adams; a brother, Donald Raina
of
Fairfield
,
Calif.
; two sisters, Arlene Zappone of
North Adams
and Gail Pinsonneault of
Bennington
,
Vt.
, and many nieces, nephews, cousins and an extensive network of close
personal friends.
FUNERAL NOTICE
— A Liturgy of Christian Burial for Mr. Raina will be celebrated Tuesday,
June 9, at 11 at St.
Elizabeth
of Hungary Church in North Adams. Burial will be in
Southview
Cemetery
.
Calling hours at Flynn & Dagnoli-Montagna Home
for Funerals, Central Chapels,
74 Marshall St.
,
North Adams
, will be Monday, June 8, from 4 to 7 p.m. Memorial contributions may be
made to the American Cancer Society.
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| May -
 | At it's annual meeting on May 31, the majority of LBA members voted to
allocate a whopping $10,000 of it's treasury (a little over a
third of it's total) to help anyone whose wells are negatively affected
if Drawdown is eventually approved. Specific details of how the
money would be allocated were not known at the time. The vote was
"not a vote for or against drawdown", but as financial support
to help those in need if a need arose from drawdown. |
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Let's Clean Up Stow -
Town-wide litter cleanup scheduled for May 9-10th
weekend - Winter has finally drawn to a close, and under all those snow banks is
... trash! The Stow Cleanup Group asks all citizens to pitch in and help
clean up the roads and neighborhoods of our town during the May 9-10th
weekend. A town free of litter is a great Mother's Day / Earth Day gift!
On Saturday, May 9th, from 8:00 to Noon, you can register for the event
and pick up free garbage bags and gloves. Come to the Stow Plaza and look
for our table on the grass area by Papa Gino's (Lower Commons). Registering
for the event is optional, but it will facilitate the pickup up of bags that
have been left along side the road by the Town Highway Department on
Monday.
So come on out and meet your neighbors and spend an hour or two cleaning
litter from the side of your own road, or anywhere in your neighborhood. You
should wear gloves to protect your hands from any broken glass, sharp metal
cans, and poison ivy. Please wear bright clothes or a reflective running
vest so passing cars can see you. Long pants and sleeves to protect your
arms and legs are also recommended.
When you are done, you can either toss the bags in your own trash can, or
leave them by the side of road. Send email to StowCleanup@gmail.com
with your street name, the number of bags you collected, and any stories or
pictures of your hard work. The best stories and photos will be printed in
the Stow Independent.
Do you want to help out even more? The Stow Cleanup Group is looking for
Road Captains to coordinate cleanup efforts with other families on their
street and get the word out. If you would like to serve as a Road Captain or
just agree to pick up litter, please contact us at StowCleanup@gmail.com.
Sandy Taft - Cleanup Coordinator
Chris Spear - Press Relations |
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Town of
Stow
Conservation Commission
380 Great Road
Stow
,
Massachusetts
01775-0261
(978) 897-8615
FAX (978) 897-4534
email:
conservation@stow-ma.gov
NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING
The Stow Conservation Commission
will hold a public hearing at the
Stow
Town Hall
,
375 Great Road
,
Stow
,
MA
on November 18, 2008 at 8:30 PM to consider the Notice
of Intent filed by the
Lake
Boon
Commission.
The proposed activity, conduct an annual lake-level
drawdown of
Lake
Boon
for the management of aquatic vegetation to achieve the goals of the
watershed management plan, is within an Area Subject to Protection Under
the Wetlands Protection Act, MGL CH 131, Sec. 40 and the Town of
Stow Wetlands Protection Bylaw
. Said activity is planned for
property located at
Lake
Boon
,
Stow
. A copy of the Notice
of Intent is on file at the Office of the Conservation Commission.
STOW CONSERVATION COMMISSION
David
Coppes, Chairman
Printed in the November 10, 2008 edition of the Metro West Daily
News.
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HUDSON
CONSERVATION COMMISSION
78 Main Street
,
Hudson
,
MA
01749
(978) 562-2020
Legal Public Hearing
Notice
The Hudson Conservation
Commission will hold a Public Hearing relative to the following filing
under the Wetlands Protection Act (M.G.L. Chapter 131, Section 40) as
requested by Conray Wharff. The
owner of the property is
Commonwealth
of
Massachusetts
. The work is located at
Lake
Boon
(Map-Block-Parcel). The proposed
project is for a lake level drawdown. The
Public Hearing will be held on October 16, 2008, at 7:00pm in the Town Hall.
All interested parties are
urged to attend. The application can be viewed at the Conservation
Commission Office at the Town Hall.
Paul Byrne
Chair,
Hudson
Conservation Commission
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| How's the fishing been for you at Lake Boon? Send in a
picture of your fish and tell me who you are, what you caught, along
with the date and size of your catch and I'll do my best to post it in the
new section of the website called Fish
Stories. Email Lhawkes@comcast.net
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