Orange water main to be shut off temporarily
ORANGE — The first step of the Sewer Department’s major emergency repair on East Main Street will result in having to shut off the water main to relocate a portion of it that is impeding the repair.
This work is tentatively scheduled to happen in the early morning of Wednesday, Oct. 15. According to Water Superintendent Kenneth Wysk, shutting off the water main is necessary to make the connections to move the water system piping. It will directly impact some Orange Water Department customers in the immediate area of the East Main Street and Water Street intersection.
Customers from 1 to 30 East Main St. and from 1 to 11 South Main St. will be without water for a portion of the day, as notified with a blue notice on their doors. The short timeframe for the notification is reportedly due to the contractor’s scheduling needs.
With questions, Wysk can be reached at watersuper@townoforange.org or 978-544-1115 between 6:30 a.m. and 3 p.m., Monday through Friday.
Mahar homecoming matches coming up
ORANGE — Any Ralph C. Mahar Regional School alumni who are interested in playing in the Oct. 18 homecoming matches against the Mahar varsity teams for volleyball, boys soccer, girls soccer and field hockey should contact the coaches.
Alumni who are interested in playing volleyball, which starts at 10:30 a.m., should contact Maeve Powell at mpowell@rcmahar.org. Alumni who are interested in playing field hockey, which begins at 9 a.m., should contact Laurie Saisa at lsaisa@rcmahar.org. Those interested in playing girls soccer, which begins at 10:30 a.m., should contact Chad Softic at csoftic@rcmahar.org. Lastly, if you want to play in the boys soccer game, which starts at noon, contact Dan Guertin at dguertin@rcmahar.org.
Oct. 23: ‘Moose in New England’
NEW SALEM — Local photographer and former state Department of Conservation and Recreation employee Dale Monette is scheduled to present “Moose in New England” at the New Salem Public Library on Thursday, Oct. 23, from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m.
Monette will give a brief history of moose in New England, with an updated status of the local moose population in the Quabbin area. He will also share moose photographs that he has taken over the past 10 years in the North Quabbin area.
‘Mysterious Quabbin’ coming to New Salem library
NEW SALEM — Sarah Hodge-Wetherbe will present a program spotlighting strange and unusual happenings in the Quabbin area later this month.
“Mysterious Quabbin” is slated for 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. on Thursday, Oct. 30, at the New Salem Public Library. There will be tales of strange sightings along the reservoir’s edges, unusual lights in the sky and infamous hauntings.