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Jeff Raymond

Referee Dave Dwinell raises the arm of Bruno Sammartino inside a wrestling ring

THROWBACK TUESDAY: The Saturday Lunchtime Wrestlers

This column was originally written for the Millbury-Sutton Chronicle in March 2021. With Dave Dwinell appearing at Asa Waters Mansion on Saturday, October 22, 2022, at noon to discuss his book, Ringman, I thought it was worth sharing again. When I was nine years old, I saw my first professional

Two people frowning, a basket of eggs on the groun

SCENES FROM THE SECOND PARISH: Mix All the Satellites

It all started when Google canceled Stadia... Actually, it all started when Google announced that they would transition Chrome to Manifest V3... Now that I think about it, I think it was when Google canceled Reader... Of the 200 or so of you who read this, maybe 25 of you

Food on rolling racks in a hallway.

Building a Society

The Society of St. Vincent de Paul is quietly building the infrastructure of giving back beneath St. Brigid's. For many of us, a church hall holds many memories. Maybe it was school lunch, maybe a play, maybe bingo night or "coffee and" after mass. For others,

THROWBACK TUESDAY: 40B and Me

I originally wrote this in February of 2022, following the Planning Board's denial of a housing project off Rice Road. Many believed that the Planning Board was the final step, but others were sure the developer would move toward an affordable housing build. With the Board of Selectmen

Several tables and items on display at a yard sale.

Treasures Galore at Millbury's First Annual Townwide Yard Sale

The Friends of the Millbury Public Library organized Millbury's first town-wide yard sale on Saturday, October 8, 2022. Jeff Raymond (full disclosure: Jeff Raymond is president of the Friends) visited a number of the locations and provides some dispatches. On Riverlin Street, two families came together to sell

RECAP: Board of Selectmen - 9/27/22

RECAP: Board of Selectmen - 9/27/22

NOTE: Founding Editor Chris Naff is a member of the Board of Selectmen. Naff has no editorial input on Board of Selectmen news or information in regard to the Bramanville Tribune. The Board of Selectmen met at Town Hall at 6:00pm. Mary Krumsiek, Katie McKenna, and Scott Despres attended

A lithograph of two horses racing, with a crowd on both sides.

SCENES FROM THE SECOND PARISH: Ramblin' Round Your City

I don't open Facebook too too often, but seeing yet another post decrying roundabouts, this time about the traffic circle going in at the McCracken/Greenwood intersection, made me want to open that can of worms once more. Plus, if you watched the Planning Board meeting earlier this