'Shooting Stars' problem solve for Destination Imagination
      Shrewsbury - Oak Middle School seventhgraders and members of the "Shrewsbury Shooting Stars" Destination Imagination (DI) team Liz Howland, Imogen Thomas, Jen Tylock, Lucy Ding, Angela Su, Anjali Puthanangady and Annie Krumpoch pose after a dress rehearsal held at Sherwood Middle School in March, with a wheelchair they made together as part of their challenge.
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Fales kindergartners study fossils
      Westborough - Corina Gencarelli examines a fossil March 28, when the Fales School kindergartners attended a presentation by paleontologist Paulette Morin, titled "Fun with Fossils and Dinosaurs." The children learned how fossils are formed, where fossils are likely to be found, and how to be a junior paleontologist.
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Family fun at Armstrong
     Westborough - Armstrong Elementary School third-grader Natalie Hebert and her sister Lana, 4, enjoy a snack during the Armstrong Family Fun Day March 29.
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Students celebrate cultures
      Northborough - Proctor School students Kelly Harrison and Eileen Moynihan were the Masters of Ceremony at the school's "Celebration of Cultures" April 18.
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Students get bugged at local school
By Melissa Muntz Community Reporter
      Northborough - A thirdgrade teacher can create all of the exoskeleton diagrams, creepy-crawly spelling lists, and "count the spots on the ladybug" math activities you can imagine while teaching students about the wonderful world of insects, but few, if any, are going to go outside and catch a praying mantis to really drive the lesson home.
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Summer program registration to begin
By Melissa Muntz Community Reporter
     Shrewsbury - Registration for the Parks and Recreation Summer Program will begin Saturday May 10 at 8 a.m. Adult programs offered this season include golf lessons, Jazzercise and tennis lessons.
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Artists celebrate 'Dance Week'
      Hudson - Celebrating National Dance Week, (l to r) Giorgia Nobili, 14, and Kristina Wright, 17, of Studio Ballet of Hudson show their grace in the fifth annual "Gala Dance Performance," presented April 26 at the Hudson Town Hall.
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Hollywood comes to Hudson
      Hudson - A group of local area residents have teamed together to support the American Cancer Society's Relay For Life. On Saturday May 3, the "Banking for a Cure" team will be hosting a five-star impersonators show, starring "Forever Legends" at the Hudson Elks on Park Street in Hudson.
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Hudson fans root for Lugnuts, Sidewinders
      Hudson - On April 24, there was a good turnout at Boutwell-3 diamond in Hudson as parents, friends and pets were there for the Little League scrimmage of the Sidewinders versus the Lugnuts. Between the fences, where they could watch all the action, are Craig Jacobs with Luke (furry), Marybeth Goodwin (center) and Didi Snow (right).
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High school introduces music conversion service
      Marlborough - If you have music or sound in a format that is no longer state-ofthe art, the Assabet Valley Regional Technical High School's Music Lab can help you preserve it.
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