INVITATION FOR BIDSCHOOL BUSINESS MANAGEMENT SERVICESWARE PUBLIC SCHOOLSIn accordance with M.G.L Chapter 30B, the Ware Public School District is accepting bids for School Business Management Services. Specifications will be available beginning, Monday, May 18, 2026, after 10:00 a.m. via email request to krasys@ware.k12.ma.us and in the office at the address below:WARE PUBLIC SCHOOLS239 WEST STREETWARE, MA 01082Bids will be received at the Ware Public Schools Superintendents Office, 239 West Street, Ware, MA 01082, no later than 2:00 p.m. on June 3, 2026 to be publicly opened and read. No bid will be accepted after 2:00 p.m. on June 3, 2026. Bids shall be filed in a sealed envelope, bearing the title SCHOOL BUSINESS MANAGEMENT SERVICES FY27-1, per specifications, delivered personally or by mail to Ware Public Schools Superintendents Office, 239 West Street, Ware, MA 01082 on or before 2:00 p.m., June 3, 2026.Questions may be referred to the following:Michael L. Wood, Interim Superintendentmwood@ware.k12.ma.us05/21, 05/28/2026NOTICE OF MORTGAGEES SALE OF REAL ESTATEBy virtue and in execution of the Power of Sale contained in a certain mortgage given by Paul Muise, Sr. to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for Mortgage Research Center, LLC dba Veterans United Home Loans, dated April 15, 2016 and registered at the Hampshire County Registry District of the Land Court as document number 19333, and noted on certificate of title number 2395, as modified by a certain modification agreement registered on November 8, 2021, and registered with the Hampshire County Registry District of the Land Court as Document No. 21243 as noted on Certificate of Title No. 2395, of which mortgage the undersigned is the present holder, by assignment from: Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as mortgagee, as nominee for Mortgage Research Center, LLC dba Veterans United Home Loans, its successors and assigns to PennyMac Loan Services, LLC, registered on May 5, 2021, Document No. 21027, as noted on Certificate of Title No. 2395 for breach of the conditions of said mortgage and for the purpose of foreclosing, the same will be sold at Public Auction at 4:00 PM on June 18, 2026, on the mortgaged premises located at 79 Pleasant Street, Ware, Hampshire County, Massachusetts, all and singular the premises described in said mortgage, TO WIT: The land in said Ware, Hampshire County, Massachusetts bounded and described as follows: A certain parcel of land situate in Ware together with the buildings thereon in the County of Hampshire and said Commonwealth bounded and described as follows: SOUTHWESTERLY by the northeasterly line of Pleasant Street fifty and seventy-five one hundredths (50.75) feet; NORTHWESTERLY by land of Bridget Scheffer sixty-eight and seventy three one hundredths (68.73) feet; NORTHEASTERLY by Lot C as shown on plan hereinafter mentioned fifty-seven and eighteen one hundredths (57.18) feet; SOUTHEASTERLY by Lot A on plan above mentioned seventy-six and eighteen one hundredths (76.18) feet Being Lot B on sub-division plan numbered 609 B land in Ware, John T. Casey, Surveyor, January 1951. Sub-division plan filed in Registry District of Hampshire County November 2, 1951, Book 4, Page 13 1/2. All of said boundaries are determined by the Court as shown on sub-division plan numbered 609 B as above referenced to. Subject to restrictions of record, if in force and effect. For mortgagors(s) title see deed registered with Hampshire County Registry District of the Land Court as Document No. 19332, as noted on Certificate of Title No. 2395. These premises will be sold and conveyed subject to and with the benefit of all rights, rights of way, restrictions, easements, covenants, liens or claims in the nature of liens, improvements, public assessments, any and all unpaid taxes, tax titles, tax liens, water and sewer liens and any other municipal assessments or liens or existing encumbrances of record which are in force and are applicable, having priority over said mortgage, whether or not reference to such restrictions, easements, improvements, liens or encumbrances is made in the deed. TERMS OF SALE: A deposit of Five Thousand ($5,000.00) Dollars by certified or bank check will be required to be paid by the purchaser at the time and place of sale. The balance is to be paid by certified or bank check at Harmon Law Offices, P.C., 150 California St., Newton, Massachusetts 02458, or by mail to P.O. Box 610389, Newton Highlands, Massachusetts 02461-0389, within thirty (30) days from the date of sale. Deed will be provided to purchaser for recording upon receipt in full of the purchase price. The description of the premises contained in said mortgage shall control in the event of an error in this publication. Other terms, if any, to be announced at the sale. PENNYMAC LOAN SERVICES, LLC Present holder of said mortgage By its Attorneys, HARMON LAW OFFICES, P.C. 150 California St. Newton, MA 02458 (617)558-0500 2843705/21, 05/28, 06/04/2026Legal AdvertisementTOWN OF WARREN RIver & Central Street Improvement ProjecTTHIS PROJECT IS BEING BID ELECTRONICALLY AND HARD COPY BIDS WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED. Please review the instructions in the Bid Documents on how to register as an electronic bidder. See www.biddocs.com for bidding instructions. The Town of Warren invites sealed bids for the River & Central Street Improvement Project. The project consists of furnishing all labor, tools, materials, and equipment necessary for the installation of approximately 805 linear feet of 8-inch DI water main and associated water services. Alternate #1 includes 425 linear feet of 12-inchHDPE drainage pipe and associated precast concrete structures, and 510 LF of roadway reconstruction, and associated work. Alternate #2 includes the installation of approximately 510 LF of new concrete sidewalk paving & curbing.This project is being administered by the Town of Warren and the Central Massachusetts Regional Planning Commission (CMRPC) and funded by the Massachusetts Executive Office of Housing and Livable Communities (EOHLC), FY2024 Warren Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) Program and MassDOT Chapter 90 Program. This project is being administered by the Town of Warren and the Central Massachusetts Regional Planning Commission (CMRPC) and funded by the Massachusetts Executive Office of Housing and Livable Communities (EOHLC), FY2024 Warren Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) Program and MassDOT Chapter 90 Program. Electronic bids for the construction of the River & Central Street Improvement Project for the Town of Warren, Massachusetts, shall be prepared and received electronically by www.biddocs.com until 3:00 p.m. prevailing time, on June 11, 2026, at which time said bids will be publicly opened, forthwith online.Bid Forms and Contract Documents will be available at www.biddocs.com (may be viewed electronically and downloaded at no cost) or hard copies may be purchased online at www.biddocs.com or at Nashoba Blue, Inc. at 433 Main Street, Hudson, MA 01749 (978-568-1167).All bids for this project are subject to the provisions and minimum wage rates required by M.G.L. c.30, 39M as amended, and M.G.L. c.149, 26 to 27H, inclusive, or by the federal Davis-Bacon wage rates, whichever hourly rate is higher. The project is also governed by HUDs Section 3 policy as implement by 24 CFR Part 75, whereas efforts occur to ensure that economic opportunities, most importantly employment, generated by this CDBG program shall be directed to low- and very low-income persons. Bidders on the work shall also make a good faith effort to achieve the goals of the Federal Minority and Womens Business Enterprise (MBE/WBE) policy regarding utilization of MBEs and WBEs in order to be deemed a responsible bidder. This project is subject to Build America, Buy America (BABA) Act requirements.A bid bond with an acceptable surety, or a certified bank check in the amount of 5% of the total bid shall be submitted with each bid and made payable to the Town of Warren. The successful bidder must furnish a 100% Performance Bond, and 100% Labor and Material Payment Bond. MassDOT prequalification of contractors with the class of work as Sewer and Water for the River & Central Street Improvement Project with an estimate value of $785,000 will be required. The lowest qualified responsible bidder shall be awarded the contract subject to availability of funds under the EOHLC CDBG program. The Town of Warren, the Awarding and Contracting Authority, may cancel this Invitation for Bid (IFB), in whole or in part, at any time that such an act is deemed in its best interest, reserves the right to waive any informality in the bidding or to reject any and all bids in total or in part as may be deemed to serve the best interest of the Town, and will not be responsible for any costs incurred by a bidder in preparing and submitting a bid in response to this IFB.A pre-bid conference will not be held for this project. Questions regarding the bid specifications should be directed in writing to Jacob Murray at Waterfield Design Group, at jmurray@wdgrp.com. Contract documents may be viewed at the CMRPC, 1 Mercantile Street, Suite 520, Worcester, MA 01608, or Warren Town Hall Building, 48 High Street, Warren, MA 01083. 05/21/2026(SEAL)COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTSLAND COURTDEPARTMENT OFTHE TRIAL COURT26 SM 001628ORDER OF NOTICETO: Ross Shong and to all persons entitled to the benefit of the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act: 50 U.S.C. c. 50 3901 (et seq): Freedom Mortgage Corporation claiming to have an interest in a Mortgage covering real property in Ware, numbered 1 Vernon Street, given by Ross Shong to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as mortgagee, as nominee for CMG Mortgage, Inc. dba CMG Home Loans, dated September 15, 2023, and recorded at Hampshire County Registry of Deeds in Book 14962, Page 97, and now held by the plaintiff by assignment, has/have filed with this court a complaint for determination of Defendants/Defendants Servicemembers status.If you now are, or recently have been, in the active military service of the United States of America, then you may be entitled to the benefits of the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act. If you object to a foreclosure of the above-mentioned property on that basis, then you or your attorney must file a written appearance and answer in this court at Three Pemberton Square, Boston, MA 02108 on or before June 29, 2026 or you may lose the opportunity to challenge the foreclosure on the grounds of noncompliance with the Act.Witness, GORDON H. PIPER, Chief Justice of said Court on May 18, 2026.Attest:Deborah J. PattersonRecorder05/21/2026
