Shrewsbury – Eight students, Lubana Afreen, Sean Horan, Zak King, Nidhee Krishnan, Ruby Lee, Ahbinav Mishra, Sunanda Sharma and Kefu Zhou, recently represented Shrewsbury High School in the Massachusetts State Science and Engineering Fair (MSSEF) at MIT. The following students placed in their divisions: Ahbinav Mishra, with "Construction and Characterization of a Natural Dye-Sensitized Solar [...]
Northborough – Peaslee Elementary School students rap with recorders when visited by the group "Eine Kleine Konsort," which presented "The Recorder Goes to School" program to the third- and fourth-graders. The group, made of four music teachers, played eight diff erent sized recorders for the students and music teacher Katrina Caron. The visit finished with [...]
Westborough – Hastings Elementary School celebrated Literacy Day last month with an assembly, which included visitors from the Worcester Tornadoes, including mascot Twister; a visit by author and illustrator Eileen Christelow ("Five Little Monkeys"); and guest readers, including Westborough's Chief of Police Gordon.
Westborough – The following University of Delaware students from Westborough were named to the 2008 fall semester Dean's List: Courtney Elizabeth Bohen, a junior finance major in the College of Business and Economics; Michael Eric Burton, a freshman finance major in the College of Business and Economics; Allison Stirling Leclair, a sophomore accounting and finance [...]
Hudson – Members of the Hudson Catholic High School (HCHS) Class of 2009 pose for photographs following the Baccalaureate Mass and Graduation Ceremony celebrated May 22 at St. Michael Church. Forty-six diplomas were presented. The Rev. John Mulloy, who was the parish pastor from 1991 through 1996, was invited to lead the ceremony. Mulloy noted [...]
Marlborough – Assabet Valley Regional Technical High School's (AVRTHS) Casey Taillacq, a senior from Marlborough who is enrolled in the Marlborough-based school's Design and Visual Technologies Program, waits on a pitch during a recent Aztecs softball win over Hudson Catholic, 10-5. AVRTHS, which, at 11-4, is headed to the Central Mass. Division 3 Softball Tournament, [...]
Region – The eighth annual Karyn Polito Charity Golf Tournament, which will again benefit Shrewsbury Youth and Family Services and the Westborough Food Pantry, will be held at 11 a.m., Monday Aug. 10 at Pleasant Valley Country Club in Sutton. "This is easily one of the most rewarding events I am involved in every year," [...]
Local communities honor veterans with Memorial Day tributes Northborough – The Algonquin Regional High School band plays in the Memorial Day Parade in Northborough May 25. The day's events included several tributes to local veterans. For more information, see the article on the front page. PHOTO/ANDREW SULLIVAN Northborough – The Algonquin Regional High School band [...]
Northborough – UMass-Amherst has chosen Robert House, a civil engineering major from Northborough, as one of 13 graduating seniors who was presented with 21st Century Leaders Awards during the 139th Annual Commencement May 23. The College of Engineering also selected House as the student speaker for its commencement ceremonies May 21. The awards recognize students [...]
Southborough – The Friends of the Southborough Library have announced that the annual June book sale will be held Saturday June 13 from 10 a.m. until 2 p.m. For sale will be an excellent selection of fiction and non-fiction books for adults and children, including biography, travel, gardening, cookbooks, health and hobby items, in hardcover [...]