“It’s been a pleasure, and it makes me proud watching them grow and succeed.”īlakeney has had a varied and interesting career in law enforcement. “We’ve loved living and raising our children here in Sterling,” says Blakeney. After the unit was disbanded due to budget cuts Blakeney was assigned to the Great Brook Valley Housing Task Force for four years, where he was responsible for patrol and calls for service.īlakeney and Patty moved to Sterling in 1994 and raised their three children here – Ryan, 30, Hillary, 27, and Casey, 24. He married his wife Patty in 1984 and at the age of 26 entered the Worcester Police Academy.īlakeney worked his way up from overnight shifts in the operations division of the Worcester Police Department, where he answered calls for service, to the vice squad’s Strike Force Team, working in uniform as well as plain clothes to address street crime issues such as drugs, prostitution, and violent crimes – mostly in Worcester’s Main South neighborhood. He is the only member of his family to go into law enforcement.Īfter graduating from Burncoat High School in Worcester, Blakeney joined the United States Coast Guard Reserve in 1982 and served for six years. He said that although he can’t say he always wanted to be a police officer, the older he got the more “attracted” to the job he became. It became apparent to me that it was all worthwhile when my supervisor gave a speech and announced he was saddened that I would not be at work on Monday.”īlakeney was born and raised in Worcester, the city he would eventually serve in as a police officer. “It was attended by those I worked with, past coworkers, supervisors, family and friends. “It was a surprise right up until I was getting ready to leave my house, at which point I couldn’t stop smiling,” Blakeney says, recalling the celebration. His co-workers, family and friends had a different plan and surprised him with a retirement party that evening at La Scala Ristorante in Worcester. Purvis said he preferred not to disclose the restaurant’s selling price.įor Purvis, running the restaurant “is all about really good food.When longtime Sterling resident Scott Blakeney retired from the Worcester Police Department on September 9, after working his entire 33-year law enforcement career there, he wanted to do so with as little fanfare as possible. “Our hearts and souls and many endless nights and early mornings at 183 Shrewsbury Street, but we have weathered some very difficult situations,” Zona continued in her post. Taking to social media, Maria Zona wrote that selling the restaurant was a very tough decision, “but the tough decisions in life are sometimes the biggest,” reports the Worcester Business Journal.
When asked about the reason for the sale, Purvis said he thinks it’s her time, saying they’ve been running the restaurant for a number of years.
Kevin and Maria Zona are both Johnson & Wales University graduates, according to the restaurant’s website, and provided “a wonderful and authentic Italian cooking experience.”
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