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“I don’t let my camera go ... my camera is worth more than me.” Debbie Jamieson/Stuff The scene of the balloon crash on Morven Ferry Rd. His pictures from the trip had been taken by police and may form part of the investigation, he said. He knew the pilot, Carrick McLellan of Sunrise Balloons, but none of the other nine passengers. “I occasionally go up with them, and that was another opportunity.” He estimated he had been on about 30 balloon rides, which paled compared to his 17,000 skydives. “I’m pretty familiar with hot air balloons, and I love them.”

Lisa Redmond Special to the Millbury-Sutton Chronicle MILLBURY — After an 11th-hour decision by the low bidder, CTA Construction Co. Inc., to withdraw its bid, the R.E. Shaw School Building Committee on Monday, Feb. 22, unanimously awarded the contract to build a new Shaw Elementary School to the next lowest bidder, Springfield-based Fontaine Construction, for a total of $46.3 million. Fontaine’s bid, which includes extras such as a PV system, comfort station and sport lighting, is roughly $3 million less than the $49 million allocated by the town to replace the existing 46-year-old Shaw...