Coming up on WMCT News, the Marlboro community getting their hands dirty for some good clean
funds.
A young alum giving back to Acid Valley High School, and a young adult is hit and killed
by a train in South Foro.
Hi and welcome to WMCT News, I'm Courtney Patrowski.
Police releasing the name of a young man hit and killed by a train in South Foro.
The life of a promising college baseball star cut short Sunday.
Police say Babson pitcher Daniel Cooney was trespassing in South Foro when a freight train
hit him.
It happened early Sunday morning.
Transit police say the young man was dead when they arrived at the scene near Southville
Road.
A Babson baseball coach says the 20-year-old was recovering from Tommy John surgery and
was looking forward to getting back on the field.
Police do not suspect foul play, the crash is still under investigation.
In today's crime watch, Parmenter Road reopens after an overnight crash forces police to
close it.
A vehicle smashing into a telephone pole between Broad Meadow Road and the South Foro
Line.
The early morning crash leading to the arrest of a teenager and a man from Lynn.
Both are charged with receiving several pieces of stolen property.
The man is facing a laundry list of additional charges including speeding, driving with a
suspended license and failing to stop the police.
No injuries were reported in that crash.
Teachers across the region and the state meeting in Worcester to discuss a widespread threat
to student learning.
They say poverty impacts students not just in urban areas but in virtually every district.
In Marlboro alone more than half of the students qualify for free or reduced lunches.
Marlboro Public Schools Committee was at the summit and says it's now aware of more resources
to combat the challenges of poverty in the city.
Yet another major hire is on the horizon for Marlboro's public schools, Kane Elementary
will soon have a new principal.
Superintendent Maureen Gruelich says the search is now down to four finalists.
Among those finalists is current Jarek Elementary assistant principal, Kaliope Pantazopoulos.
The committee hopes to make its decision by the end of the month.
Mark might not be the first thing you think of when you think of Asabit Valley Technical
High School, but one recent grad is hoping to change that.
The spark in Julio Alessio is hard to miss.
You don't see Julios every day.
His former teachers at Asabit Valley High School say he was a one of a kind student.
He is kind of a quirky kid.
With a passion and talent for making things, that's hard to overlook.
His medium is whatever he has in front of him.
If he had clay, he would have used clay.
If he had metal, metal, wood, so to be able to use different materials from our program
here in Carpentry as well as the metal fab shop, he, you know, just whatever was in front
of him, that's what he used to create his ideas.
Julio was able to bridge both sides of that left and right brain, which was really unique.
The Asabit Valley grad recently created a scholarship for current students looking to
study art in college.
Julio himself went to Mass College of Art and later earned a graduate degree in furniture
design from UMass Dartmouth.
He had the ability to visualize and put on paper what his ideas were.
It's a skill that cabinet makers and furniture makers have, and not everyone has that, so
he was very gifted to have those skills.
And his former teachers say it's no surprise Julio found a way to give back, little more
than a decade after he graduated.
He understands the value of people helping one another, so it's not surprising that Julio
developed this scholarship to help the next generation.
Julio hasn't said just yet how much the scholarships will be for or how many he plans to award.
Giving seems to be infectious here in Marlboro.
A local business also donated money to a worthy cause.
Jersey Mike's Subs on Boston Post Road West giving more than $2,700 to make a wish Massachusetts
and Rhode Island.
In total, the sandwich chain donated $4.6 million during its one day day of giving campaign.
Stores across the country gave 100 percent of sales to charities.
This past Monday, the City Council met, and on Tuesday, the Legislative and Legal Affairs
Committee met.
At City Council, 22 issues were on the agenda, with the majority of them being assigned to
subcommittees or passed with no deliberation.
There was a public hearing that began the meeting where a lawyer who represents walker
Realty answered questions about the request for a special permit.
A Realty group is planning on constructing a laundromat drop site with a drive-through
that breaches into property owned by someone else, thus requiring a special permit.
What you see in the amendment is the addition of the acreage, the addition of the map and
parcels, and then the clarification, and this is an important distinction that we wanted
to make sure we got in there, that the drive-throughs that exist currently for the Wendy's Fast
Food Restaurant and the banking drive-through at the Bank of America were not treated as
one of the two that are allowed as of right under the HRMUOD as those are pre-existing
drive-throughs today.
This permit was not voted on at the meeting, but will be at an upcoming Urban Affairs meeting.
As for the Legislative and Legal Affairs Committee meeting on Tuesday, there was only one issue
on the agenda.
The Chapa Quente Restaurant is seeking the approval of the committee to use a piece
of the city property for outside seating starting in May.
The meeting took less than 10 minutes and the Chapa Quente Restaurant was approved for
the use of city property for outdoor seating.
For more information, visit the city website.
For WMCTV, I'm Brendan Black.
Know someone who will do anything for anybody and doesn't expect anything in return, while
Marlboro's Labor Day Parade wants to know about them.
The committee asking the public to nominate unsung heroes in the community.
Nominees will then be put in the running to lead the city's Labor Day Parade in September
as its grand marshal.
To recommend someone for the position, head over to the parade website and submit a short
explanation of why your nominee would be the perfect grand marshal.
It seems the sky's the limit at the Apex Center, Altitude Trampoline Park, announcing it will
set up shop in the complex.
Work on the park started this week and, when it's all said and done, the 30,000 square
foot facility will be covered in trampolines.
The company says it's expecting to open late this summer if you can believe it, so start
your stretching now.
Spring cleaning is in full effect in Marlboro.
WMCTV's Amalyn Anderson got the dirt on this year's Project Clean Sweep.
On Saturday, the city of Marlboro came together for a common cause, keeping the streets clean.
Project Clean Sweep is an annual event that sections off designated areas of the city
for residents, civic groups, and elected officials to clean up garbage and recyclables in an
effort to prevent littering.
I've been doing this section on Stephen Street right by the Rockland Cemetery for the last
14 years, and I care about the area because this is an area that I do represent as a city
counselor.
Volunteers fill bright yellow trash bags, working together to clean up all the debris that tends
to collect over the winter.
For many of them, Project Clean Sweep is a tradition.
We are members of the Marlboro Junior Women's Club, and this is actually our adoptive space,
so we've been cleaning this particular area every year.
We will take bags home to members who couldn't be here today and help throughout the city
as well.
Mayor of Marlboro, Arthur Vigeant was there as well, thanking members of the community
for their hard work.
We have a big turnout today.
Companies like Raytheon have 30 people out there, the Metro Church has a group out there.
It's just a special day, and this is what makes Marlboro a great place to live.
In the next few weeks, several companies and groups will continue their efforts, and city
residents are encouraged to do their part by picking up litter and sweeping sidewalks.
If they do have an opportunity during the year, they can pick up trash anytime and throw
it in their bins, but for the next week, the DPW will be going around the city and picking
up any yellow bags that are out in front on the side of the road.
For WMCT News, I'm Emily Anderson.
Coming up, we've got your first sports highlights of the spring season.
Don't miss WMCT sports, Tom Brown, after the break.
The IRS.
It's coming for ya.
Mr. Roberts, this is George Trezen from the IRS.
I need to inform you that we're recording this conversation for legal purposes.
How are you today?
You know, I see it as a game, and you say you're from the IRS, you can't lose.
Our records indicate that you owe back taxes, accruing to $1,635.80.
I strike fast, and you're like, I got it!
You know?
Get them, hit them with their emotions, and then before they have time to think, you elevate
it.
No, records don't lie, people do.
Well, you're gonna have to take that up with my supervisor.
Here you go, man.
Hi, Ms. Roberts, this is Barbara Johnson, managing supervisor with the IRS.
You're gonna have to make a payment today, or I won't be able to stop the authorities
from coming to your door.
You keep them panicked, and you say, we need to resolve this today, or it's gonna get
worse.
Debit card.
Yes, just give you the number.
And the security code on the back, 07-9.
Thank you, ma'am.
Thank you, people of America.
As the executive producer of the documentary film, The Sea Wearing, I've learned the importance
of breakthrough approaches to treating cancer.
A breakthrough is the start of something extraordinary.
To be breakthrough is to be brave.
Many small breakthroughs can lead inevitably to a big breakthrough, the kinds of breakthroughs
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The ones that save lives by the millions, you are the breakthrough.
You the patients taking part in clinical trials.
You the scientists doing next-level research to beat cancer.
You the doctors and nurses who tirelessly care for everyone along the way.
Defeating cancer takes breakthroughs.
Let's be the breakthrough.
Talk to your doctor about screenings, medical trials, and especially prevention.
Stand up to cancer.
Here, back.
Hi.
You think you're probably sober?
But you're thinking about taking the back roads home, just in case.
If you're probably sober, then why would you do that?
Good choice.
Probably okay isn't okay.
If you see a warning sign, stop and call a cab, a car, or a friend.
That's a full glass of wine, I'll be chatting you later.
You're unstoppable, nothing can throw you off track.
Wait, is that your car?
Uh-oh.
Yeah, I saw that coming.
Despite a week of relentless rain, the spring sports season started according to plan.
The Asavit softball team visitors on their own field this week against Bay Path, whose
home field was flooded.
The Asavit girls have had impressive success in their last few seasons, winning state and
district championships.
As WMCT sports, Tom Brown tells us the Aztecs don't seem to be slowing down.
Opening day for the Aztecs softball team, and to start things off, Dazelle Perez with
a rare swing, and she beats out the infield single.
She promptly steals second base, with Perez on third, and Rachel Raymond on second.
Hannah Bissau ripped a single into left, driving in Perez.
Later, Bissau takes off for second.
No one covers the base, allowing Raymond to come in for the Aztecs.
Later in the at-bat, Alexis Atwood bloops one into right field.
It drops.
Bissau comes around from second, and scores three-nothing, Asavit.
We move to the second.
Again, Perez in the middle of things.
She drops down an absolutely perfect bunt, and on the throw, Liv Garsha is able to score
from third base.
Now, we move to the third, and more work being done by the Aztec bats.
Morgan Foster launch ones to the fence to lead off the inning for a double.
Hannah Bissau collects her second hit of the game, setting up runners on the corner.
Here's Atwood again, grounding out to third this time, but it's productive.
She drives in a run, and moves Bissau over to third base.
Hannah Nezak laces a single up the middle.
That will drive in Bissau.
Asavit blows it open in the fourth, with Garsha on second, Ketcher Kaley Selt launches
one deep to left field over the left fielder's head.
Garsha would score with ease from second base, but on the throw into the infield, Selt has
caught up in a little bit of a pickle.
She makes it to third.
It's not pretty, but effective.
A little later on, the Aztecs perfectly execute a first and third situation with Perez scoring,
and this is not a replay from the first inning, Atwood blooping one to right field, driving
in Trinity Grenier as Asavit rolls in this one, 18-0, starting off the season 1-0.
And you can't talk about stellar athletes in April without mentioning the Boston Marathon.
Marlboro will have quite a presence at the 121st race on Monday.
More than a dozen runners from the city are set to take to the historic course.
Right now, the forecast showing it'll be cool and dry, perfect running weather, that doesn't
happen often.
WMCT's Emily Anderson will be there, getting reaction from local runners and the crowd,
looking forward to that.
That's it for WMCT News, but don't go anywhere, Sports Weekly is back.
The first edition of the spring season is next.
For WMCT News, I'm Kourtney Petraski.
