Shrewsbury resident studies life of Walter J. Paton
By Heather Dubois Contributing Writer
      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 son...
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Peer leaders recognize classmates for peace eff orts
By Kate Daly Contributing Writer
      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," pe...
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Shrewsbury High celebrates Black History Month
      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 Ag...
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Westborough students get fit for the Olympics
By Melissa Muntz Community Reporter
      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.
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School addresses cell phone policy
By Angela Greiner Community Reporter
      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.
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Program focuses on underage drinking, liability
By Kate Daly Contributing Writer
      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 na...
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State Police make guest appearance at AVRTHS
      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.
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