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July 13th, 2007
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Stop the presses
Marlborough - Erin Zagzoug, 4, Sarah Zagzoug, 7, and Megan Lozouski, 7, pose with their newly created newspaper hats during the "newspaper fashion show" drop-in crafts session July 9 at the Children's Room of the Marlborough Public Library. The library hosts themed drop-in crafts for children age... More...
Conservation Commission considers water improvements

Marlborough - At its meeting July 5, Marlborough's Conservation Commission considered a project on Maple Street designed to improve the water flow around the city. More...

Aspiring New York performer returns to work with local youth

Region - Six years after graduating from Hudson High School, Sarah Worrest said good-bye to her plants and her busy New York City life for a few weeks and returned to Hudson to direct a summer performing arts program. More...


Policy subcommittee considers new residency rules

Marlborough - A proposal to tighten residency requirements raised concern from community members and the Marlborough School Committee's policy subcommittee at the subcommittee's July 9 meeting. More...


Marlborough Library welcomes new director

Marlborough - The interview process is over, and the town now welcomes Natick resident Salvatore Genovese as the new director of the Marlborough Public Library. Genovese began in the position July 2. "I am personally excited for the opportunity," he said. More...


Cruising and snoozing

Shrewsbury - Beth Duncan takes her children for a cruise through Shrewsbury Center. Kelly, 3, enjoys the ride while her little brother Timothy, 2, takes a snooze. More...


 Westborough
•Businesses elect to wait for full Planning Board
Westborough - An absence at the July 3 Planning Board meeting caused two local businesses to postpone their presentations for permits. EMC is looking for a subdivision permit to build an office park on the Westborough- Southborough line, and Herb Chambers wants a special permit to build an Inf... More...
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 Northborough
•Court puts Northborough Library project on hold
Northborough - Preparations for the renovation and expansion of the Northborough Free Library have been suspended after the lowest bidder for the project - who was not selected by town officials - filed a motion saying it was unfairly bypassed during the selection process. More...
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 Shrewsbury
•Road race for Special Olympics to be held July 21
Shrewsbury - Fittingly, The idea for a road race to benefit Special Olympics came to Peg Holdash during a 2003 training run. Holdash, a lifelong Shrewsbury resident, is the girls cross country coach at Shrewsbury High, where she ran competitively and is a member of the Athletic Hall of Fame. More...
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 Marlborough
•'Golden Goal' is soccer team's goal
Marlborough - U-12 soccer teammates (l to r) Colleen Condry, Jenifer Bombar and Nicole Archibald sell candy to earn money for a week-long trip to Lake George, N.Y., to participate in the Golden Goal soccer event. The Under-12 team is coached by Terri Peltak. The team is trying to raise $650 so th... More...
•Discovery Series continues with Nick Page
•Assabet Valley Regional students earn Gold, Bronze medals
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 Hudson
•Recycled cans raise funds for trips to Boy Scout camp
Hudson - On July 7, Boy Scouts (l to r) Aaron and Alex Rawley make a game out of sorting the hundreds of cans that community members drop off at the recycling center. Members of Troop 77 in Hudson spend Saturday mornings at the recycling center sorting and counting cans. More...
•Hudson Education Foundation
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 Region
•Celebrating the Fourth of July
Above: Sisters Paula Dunn, of Shrewsbury, and Patricia Chisolm, of Natick, enjoy the festivities at the Fourth of July celebration at Dean Park. More...
•Countdown to release of 7th Harry Potter book
•Ecotarium offers the 'Secrets of Circles'
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 Viewpoint
•Inklings
Uh, oh. We had a crack in our downstairs bathtub. More accurately: I believed we had a crack in the bathtub. I could see and feel a thin jagged ridge around the inside back end of the tub, outlined by a pale orange soap build-up that I couldn't remove with regular washing. More...
•How low can you go?
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 Schools
•Revolutionary new teaching tool goes live
Marlborough - The first stage of a wide-ranging reform of the way the Marlborough School District teaches students is now up and running. The district has created a new Web site that aims to standardize the curriculum, provide teachers with a generic set of teaching materials, and encourage the... More...
•Non-violence consultant visits Oak Middle School
•'Project Graduation' provides safe environment
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 Police Log
•police log
The information in the police log is obtained directly from the official records maintained at each police station in our circulation area. It contains arrests and a sampling of police activity from June 20 to July 8, 2007. Those arrested are innocent until proven guilty. More...
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 Sports
•Practice makes perfect
Marlborough - Phillip Batista, Marlborough High School Class of 2006, works on his game July 6 at the Arthur Lambert Courts in preparation for next season at Newbury College. More...
•Eagles team drops from Stan Musial league
•Letting it rip
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 Calendar
•community calendar
13 Friday The Arts Alliance Summer Drama Workshop, Theater Too! will present "Disney's The Jungle Book" and the Kids & Little Theater will present "Aesop's Fables" at 1 p.m. at Hudson High School, 69 Brigham St. For info, call (978) 562-1646 or visit www. upwitharts.org. More...
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 Business
•Charlton Furniture
Region - For more than 50 years Charlton Furniture has been decorating homes in the communities of Worcester County and Metrowest with aff ordable high-end furniture. More...
•Business Briefs
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 Homes
•You have to find an agent. How do you do that?
One key to a successful relationship between a real estate agent and their client is that, in addition to representing your interests competently, they educate you about the process as it unfolds. So don't simply look for property on the web - look for an agent that informs you about the process. More...
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 Obituaries
•William F. O'Toole, 75
Hudson - William F. O'Toole, 75, died Monday, July 2, 2007 at Parkview of Central MA, Kindred Hospital in Leicester. His wife of 47 years, Maureen (O'Hare) O'Toole, died in 2006. He leaves his sons William O'Toole and his wife, Cynthia, Sean O'Toole and his wife, Marjarie, and Peter T. More...
•Travis J. DeSimone, 17
•Virginia M. Chimelski, 80
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