Holden voters choose school committee representatives
Ken Cleveland
Special to The Landmark
HOLDEN Lauren Salmon-Garrett , Linda Long-Bellil and Asima Silva won the three seats on the Wachusett Regional School District Committee from the six-person field.
Salmon-Garrett tallied 1,176 votes, incumbent Long-Bellil 1,156 votes, and Silva, also an incumbent, 1,026 votes.
Barry Dellecese Jr. tallied 749 votes, Aidan Kearney 717, and George Kaminski 705.
The Board of Selectmen plans to vote May 24 on a person to fill a seat on the school committee opened by a resignation that occurred too late to appear on the ballot.
Anthony Renzoni and Richard Bates won the seats up for election on the Board of Selectmen, with incumbent Renzoni collecting 1,111 votes and Bates 861 votes.
War hero, pianist wife leave $1.3 million to Gale Free Library
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HOLDEN Carrol “Bill” W. Bailey fought in the Battle of the Bulge during World War II and earned a Bronze Star. His wife, Betty Blunt Bailey, was a classically trained pianist who played with some of the most celebrated performers of the day. After the war, they settled down to a long and quiet life in Holden. Betty died in 1997 and Bill in 2013, but their memory lives on through two trusts, worth a total of $1.3 million, that recently passed to Holden’s Gale Free Library.
HOLDEN Early in 2020, the Gale Free Library received a cryptic letter, the contents of which, once deciphered, seemed too good to be true.
The letter appeared to indicate that the library was the remaining beneficiary on two trust funds from Carrol Bill W. Bailey and his wife, Betty Blunt Bailey. The funds totaled $1.3 million.
Bailey fought in the Battle of the Bulge during World War II and was awarded a Bronze Star Medal. His wife was a classically trained pianist who played with some of the most celebrated performers of the day.
After the war, they settled down to a long and quiet life in Holden. Betty died in 1997 and Bill in 2013. Their son Kent Bailey, also an accomplished musician as well, was a member of the band Ascension which was the opening act for the band The Who at Holy Cross College in October, 1969.
Mid-Michigan man charged after threatening to shoot Democrats at Biden inauguration
Updated Jan 26, 2021;
OWOSSO, MI An Owosso man has been charged after police say he threatened to shoot Democrats and other individuals in the nation’s capital during the inauguration of President Joe Biden.
Richard Maurer, 65, was arraigned Jan. 22 in Shiawassee County District Court on a single count of false report or threat of terrorism, a felony charge that carries a potential 20-year prison term.
Owosso Public Safety was informed Jan. 16 that the Federal Bureau of Investigation was looking into Maurer who police say made threats against individuals in Washington D.C, police Chief Kevin Lenkart said.