Halloween Event for Saturday Canceled

Unfortunately, the forecast for this Saturday evening is for rain with temperatures in the high 30′s. The electronics and electrical connections outside simply can’t tolerate wet weather and be expected to function properly, or remain undamaged. I also am not going to subject myself, my Mom, and the volunteers (thank you!) to stand out in the cold wet weather for 3 hours.

Therefore, I’m forced to cancel the event for Saturday, the 29th. Sorry, folks.

The weather looks good for Halloween, so we’ll be holding the event on that day between 6pm and 9pm.

Halloween Event On

I will be hosting my annual “Haunted House on Lake Terror-Among-Us” benefiting the Marlborough Food Bank on Saturday, October 29th and Monday, October 31st, between 6:00PM and 9:00 PM both nights. The event will be held at 15 Washington Road in Marlborough. Monetary donations and non-perishable food items will be accepted with all proceeds benefiting the Marlborough Food Bank.  Admission is free.

I have enough volunteers for Saturday, but could use a few more for Halloween.  If anybody can spare a few hours for a good cause, please let us know (see previous post for details.)

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Volunteers Needed for Halloween Event

 

Halloween is just around the corner. Every year I’ve run my event, people invariably say, “If you need help next year, let me know.”

Well, if I’m going to do this again for 2011, I need your help.

Specifically, I’m looking for a few volunteers to participate during the event. Participation involves working a section of the event, sometimes with a little theatrics, but mostly to guide people through or give them a scare.

I’m contemplating running the event on Friday the 28th and Saturday the 29th, and definitely on Monday the 31st.

Not connected to the sewer? Get ready to pay a usage charge anyway.

On Saturday, October 1st, I received the above “Sewer Use Bill” from the WPCA. If you follow this blog at all, you know that I am not connected to the sewer, and have appealed the WPCA’s connection order. Being unconnected means I am not a user, and should not have received a usage bill. Even the legal notice in the paper states that only those connected to the sewer must pay the use bill.

Today, October 3rd, I went to Town Hall to get this bill removed from my account. I approached Tax collector Barbara Murray and explained the situation. She and I then approached Peter Hughes, Town Planner (and WPCA puppet master) to have the issue rectified.

Hughes stated that residents with connection appeals shouldn’t have gotten the usage bill. I corrected him and stated that I’m not a connected, thus I’m not a “User” per the regulations, and shouldn’t have gotten the bill. The appeal is irrelevant.

Hughes then proceeded to state, “That’s not going to be the case soon. We’re going to charge anyone who has the sewer available a usage charge, whether they’re connected or not.“

Excuse, me what?!