Shrewsbury – As the school budget tightens each year, many people have been looking for a way to help out. Now they'll have their chance. Organizers of the Shrewsbury Road Scholars 5K/ Fun Run said the event is designed to bring the community together to support Shrewsbury schools while promoting overall health and wellness. "First, [...]
Marlborough – Students in Donna Groccia's Business Law classes at Assabet Valley Regional Technical High School (AVRTHS) had an opportunity to get up close and personal with two State Police officers recently, as part of Groccia's guest speaker series. Troopers Angie Guerrera, from the Framingham barracks, and Jeffrey Reger, out of the Millbury barracks, were [...]
Marlborough – The Marlborough High School (MHS) Students Against Destructive Decisions (SADD) focused their recent community briefing on destructive decisions by adults as well as by teens. The March 6 event was one of a series held across the country sponsored by Take It Back, described as a national youth-directed movement to reduce alcohol problems. [...]
Hudson – Cell phones have become as important to teenagers as sleep, designer jeans and pizza. The thought of going to school without the devices that keep them in constant connection with friends and family is an unfathomable. For teachers, however, cell phones have become a chronic problem, with the beeps of incoming text messages [...]
Westborough – Preparations for the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing are several years in the making. Olympic athletes have been working their entire lives to make it to China. Mill Pond Elementary School students only have 10 weeks to get there. "Be Fit for Beijing" is a school-wide fitness challenge that will take children around [...]
Shrewsbury – Shrewsbury High School (SHS) Black History Committee student leaders (front) Sherylynn Sealy, (middle, l to r) Alma Dwumfour, Ian Fields, Paul Markham, co-advisors Jessica Reagey and Susie McGuirk, teacher Denise Fair, and (back, l to r) Black History Committee student leaders Nour Agha, Chris Barry and Hanan Bumpus gather after an assembly held [...]
Westborough – Sometimes it's hard to see the good people do, especially under the stress of everyday life. But the peer leaders at Gibbons Middle School decided that's just what they needed to do. "I think 'Peace Player of the Week' kind of opened our eyes that people are helping each other," peer leader Ben [...]
Shrewsbury – Who was Walter J. Paton? On Wednesday April 2 from 9:30 to 11:30 a.m. at the Shrewsbury Senior Center, Erica Bodden will be addressing just that question. Bodden, a 19-year resident of Shrewsbury, has recently become an amateur historian. She caught the history bug when her two sons were attending the Walter J. [...]
Dr. Karen Moriarty and the Northborough Chiropractic Center will present "Simply Dunne," home organization by Carol Dunne, Thursday, April 3, from 6:30-9:30 p.m. Learn how to simplify your life by simplifying your home and creating an environment that gives you purpose, clarity and relaxation. Participants will also learn how to create a more valuable property [...]
Tower Hill Botanic Garden, 11 French Dr., Boylston, has several events and workshops planned for the month of April, including Spring is Coming: Are You Ready?; Tastefully Tower Hill; Advanced Pruning Techniques; Apple Scion Grafting Workshop; Pondless Waterfall Construction; Landscape Design I; Water Gardening Features & Accessories; Herbaceous Plants; Stone Wall Building Workshop; Gardening in [...]