Mass nonprofits warn against cuts to personal care assistant program

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• House lawmakers seek to preserve funding for state's personal care assistant program
• Get the latest on where to shop, dine and play in Downtown Milford directly to your inbox!
• Milford House Bar and Grill Review
• Milford Gate Lodge Opened as Part of European Heritage Day
• New food highlights the menu
• Milford House, Banditos are officially closed. Here's the story behind their demise

The submitted plans shows a deficiency of parking on the site, according to an analysis by the village's planning consultant Giffels Webster. On the surface, Milford House Bar and Grill is a clean, spacious restaurant/bar. While waiting for our food, we began to notice why Milford House is unique. Families, singles, couples, barflys, and adults dining with their parents were all enjoying their meals. It’s easy to see why Milford House Bar and Grill appealed to everyone. It’s family-friendly, has a great menu with affordable prices and caters to everyone.

House lawmakers seek to preserve funding for state's personal care assistant program

We have also created an additional map showing a selection of the beautiful walking and canoeing trails available to you. The restaurant was also connected to The Wine Studio that opened in 2018, and also offered an ice cream stand for walk-up guests looking for a scoop of Guernsey Farms Dairy ice cream or other frozen treats. Now owned by Milford residents, Gerald and Mairead Mackle (also proprietors of Homecare Independent Living), the grounds and buildings of Milford House are being put to good use through a series of charity and community fundraising events.

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They do not assign personal care attendants to clients, but rather help people find PCAs and train clients on how to act as employers. You can choose the perfect cabin for your stay, in the location you want. You can book your stay within the map itself by quick link to the booking service.

Milford House Bar and Grill Review

Prince said MassHealth has told Tri-Valley there would be other options for the approximately 200 people serviced by Tri-Valley and who would lose eligibility. For cancellations made more than14 days in advance of the first day of occupancy, there is a fee of $50 for bookings of five nights or fewer, and a fee of $100 for bookings of six nights or more. Go to the map where you can hover over each button to see the name of each cabin, if you click on any of them it will bring up some information and some pictures of each cabin. Milford House and Banditos were no exception, Horvath said, noting that in his past 27 days as general manager, he had talked to 20 line cook candidates on the phone, got 10 of them to come in for interviews, and had only one show up to work. Commissioner Karen Worrell said the shark tank will make the space a destination.

A longtime mainstay of downtown Milford has closed its doors for good. Plans for an addition to the Milford House restaurant building, 113 E. Those plans include a 2,080-foot addition to the front of the restaurant, which would wrap around the front of the building near the current outdoor patio. The Scoop of Milford will be open during the warmer months, serving up ice cream from inside the building, rather than the walk-up stand that operated there previously. Groups like the Center for Living & Working and Tri-Valley Inc. are personal care management agencies.

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The Milford House combines old and new world comfort food with delicately prepared entrees in a historic, warm and welcoming environment. The plans for the renovation were presented before the Milford Planning Commission during its meeting March 8 at the Milford Civic Center. There, commissioners recommended approval of the work on the restaurant — which closed down last summer after 28 years in business — albeit with several conditions. For adults, some additional redemption games will be up in what was formerly the wine bar on the north end of the building. They will accompany a new bar, aimed at serving spirits such as bourbon.

With most of downtown's business fronts occupied, she expects it will be an attractive place for another business to locate. "There is very real shortage of labor in the market for restaurants for all different kinds of reasons." Ann Barnette, executive director of the Milford Downtown Development Authority, said she heard Aug. 3 the restaurant would permanently close. "We already have the tank that's been brought up. The fish are waiting for us in Key West, Florida," said John Stewart, a Milford-based architect working on the project. But the most unique feature will be a 20,000-gallon fish tank that is expected to hold several live sharks as a focal point inside the dining room of the restaurant. Milford House (also known as Manor House) is a B1 listed building of national importance and is the former seat of the Mc Crum family, one of Ireland’s premier linen manufacturing dynasties.

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More changes could come as they figure out the needs of the community. The back dining room, which can currently be used as banquet space, may turn more into a party room, with some games from the front of the restaurant possibly moving to the back to accommodate such events. And the potential to add a giant shark tank with live sharks — something that made headlines earlier this year when the restaurant's concept was discussed by the village's planning commission — is still up in the air. Located in the heart of downtown Milford at Main and Commerce streets, the restaurant was closed 2021 by its longtime owners. After months of work and revamping of the business, a new attraction has arrived, complete with ways to dine and play. PCA customers operate as employers and are responsible for finding their own attendants, said Lisa Prince, CEO of Tri-Valley Inc., a Dudley-based organization that provides services for older individuals and younger persons with disabilities.

Milford House, Banditos are officially closed. Here's the story behind their demise

They enjoyed some pizza and playing games, an experience they expect to replicate often. According to the Governor’s Office, the PCA program is set to cost $2 billion by fiscal 2027. For a very reasonable price we will include a 3 course dinner plus a full breakfast the next morning, or just pay from our priced a la carte menu for the meals you would like to have. We are well known for our wholesome home-cooked meals, utilizing freshly picked vegetables from our very own gardens. But those open positions, which will now never be filled, are also part of a tale that has become all too familiar — the struggle by restaurants to get staff, particularly cooks. Barnette said while it's sad to see Milford House go, she's hopeful the property at a pivotal location in downtown will see new life sooner rather than later.

On one of the doors, a sign bearing logos for a restaurant of that name, as well as for Banditos, advertises “Now Hiring,” with positions including line cooks, dishwashers, busers and bartenders. The closures were caused by a multitude of problems, said Rob Horvath, who was brought in less than a month ago to manage Banditos in a late-stage effort to salvage the business. Signs on the door seen the afternoon of Aug. 5 indicate the restaurant is permanently closed. While there was plenty of discussion around the needed conditions required by the commission, Chairman John Heidt said he was happy to see activity returning to that part of downtown Milford in the coming months. "This whole amusement area, the area ... is for families," Stewart said. "The north side of the family (area) is going to be hopefully a higher end steak and wine bar."

It's just the most recent high-profile restaurant closure in the region the last 18 months. Also in Milford, longtime bar Hector & Jimmy's closed this past June after 36 years in business, citing issues with staffing as being the main driver of the closure. Many restaurants have cited the closure of dining rooms for extended periods of time since the pandemic began, as well as the difficulty many businesses currently face in hiring staff. Stewart said they are doing work in three phases on the property, with the first phase already underway. That work includes renovating the kitchen to get it up and running to offer some service as early as next month, Stewart said.