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Hubbardston

Rain contributed to fatal crash

HUBBARDSTON - Police have identified the man who died in a crash Tuesday night on Brigham Street as 43-year-old James J. McDonald of Barre. Police say rain was a likely factor in the crash.

Mr. McDonald was thrown from his pickup truck when it crashed near 51 Brigham St. around 7:15 p.m., according to police.

"Upon the officer's arrival they observed a Toyota pickup truck about 20 feet off the roadway," police said in a news release yesterday. "Upon further observation they located a male, later identified as the vehicle operator, on the ground approximately 30 feet from the truck."

Police and paramedics gave Mr. McDonald medical attention at the scene.

The state police accident reconstruction team headed the investigation.

"Weather conditions appeared to play a major role in the accident," police said.

Worcester

New name proposed for new North High

WORCESTER - The late U.S. Sen. Edward M. Kennedy won't get his name on the new North High School, but the School Committee will hear a different idea tonight.

A citizen's petition on the agenda proposes naming the new school after the late John Tivnan, who taught at Harrington Way Junior High (now North High) and other schools in the city for 37 years.

Mr. Tivnan is best known as a baseball player and coach at St. Stephen's High School (which closed in 1971) and as a pitcher at the College of the Holy Cross. Mr. Tivnan also worked for the city Parks Department for 35 summers, and the baseball diamond at Lake Park bears his name.

Arthur F. Tomasetta Sr., who started the petition, said Mr. Tivnan grew up on Grafton Hill and taught Mr. Tomasetta's three sons about baseball at Lake Park.

"He was a role model for all young people," Mr. Tomasetta said of Mr. Tivnan. "He was a very, very honorable person."

Mr. Tomasetta knows he will probably face opposition from alumni, who have said their school pride and history are tied to the current name. In an interview, he suggested integrating both: North John Tivnan High.

The City Council voted last week to keep the school's name as North High, contrary to a proposal by state Rep. John P. Fresolo, D-Worcester, to name it for Mr. Kennedy. At the time of the vote, however, Mayor Joseph C. O'Brien said any citizen can petition the school board to change a school's name.

The School Department is scheduled to take possession of the new school, which sits beside the current one, next month.

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