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Marlborough Schools Superintendent recognizes student award winners
MARLBOROUGH - A school superintendent has many duties. But acknowledging students who have excelled in one way or another is one of Superintendent Michael...
Lincoln-Sudbury student builds bog bridges at Marlborough’s Holt’s Grove
MARLBOROUGH - Visitors to Holts Grove Conservation Land in Marlborough may now find walking through the trail there a little easier thanks to a...
Assabet students help develop Shrewsbury 9/11 memorial
MARLBOROUGH/SHREWSBURY - Preserving history in such a way as to keep it interesting and relevant is a challenge.Â
Assabet Valley Regional Technical High School metal...
Assabet students enjoy ‘Slime Lab’ at Richer Elementary
MARLBOROUGH - Richer Elementary fourth-grade students in Marlborough welcomed a dozen Assabet Valley Regional Technical High School students to their classrooms last month for...
Marlborough Girl Scout receives Gold Award for online education program
MARLBOROUGH – A Marlborough Girl Scout has received her Girl Scout Gold Award after she started a free program that provides math and science...
Marlborough eliminates set midterm and final exam schedule for high school
By Stuart Foster, Contributing Writer
MARLBOROUGH - The Marlborough School Committee voted to eliminate Marlborough High School’s set schedule for midterms and final exams at...
Spike in first-grade enrollment may prompt new hire next year, Marlborough Superintendent says
By Stuart Foster, Contributing Writer
MARLBOROUGH – A larger than expected class of first-grade students entering the Marlborough Public Schools this year could necessitate an...
Marlborough school officials continue to monitor COVID-19 case data
By Stuart Foster, Contributing Writer
MARLBOROUGH – COVID-19 cases in Marlborough schools sharply decreased late last month, according to Schools Superintendent Michael Bergeron.
Speaking during a...
Marlborough School Committee opposes MASC resolution against Native American mascots
By Stuart Foster, Contributing Writer
MARLBOROUGH - The Marlborough School Committee recently opted not to endorse a Massachusetts Association of School Committees (MASC) resolution that supports...
Area schools react to MCAS score reports
By Laura Hayes, Senior Community Reporter
REGION - While some local school districts saw their Massachusetts Comprehensive Assessment System (MCAS) scores dip this year compared...
Marlborough High choral director finds joy in a cappella music
By Ed Karvoski Jr., Contributing Writer
MARLBOROUGH – Shannon McNulty finds joy in a cappella music.
She made this realization both before and after becoming the...
Marlborough schools hope flag displays continue conversations about addiction
By Dakota Antelman, Managing Editor
MARLBOROUGH - Students at Marlborough High School and Whitcomb Middle School installed thousands of purple flags on their campuses on...
Superintendent gives update on COVID-19 in Marlborough schools
By Stuart Foster, Contributing Writer
MARLBOROUGH – School officials say they’re happy about the multiple COVID-19
vaccination clinics held by the district amid the ongoing immunization...
Marlborough Technology Specialist Team recognized at Teacher of the Year ceremony
By Stuart Foster, Contributing Writer
MARLBOROUGH - The Marlborough United Brethren Masonic Lodge awarded the city’s public school system’s Technology Specialist Team with its Masonic...
Citizen’s Scholarship Foundation awards 31 scholarships
By Cindy Zomar, Education Coordinator
MARLBOROUGH – Amid the uncertainty and turmoil of the past year, high school seniors still managed to do their best,...
Marlborough Public Schools continue pandemic-era expanded food service
By Cindy Zomar, Education Coordinator
MARLBOROUGH - An extension of the measures taken to provide food continuity during the height of the pandemic, the Summer...
Marlborough’s Early Childhood Center hosts ‘touch-a-truck’ event
By Jesse Kucewicz, Contributing Writer
MARLBOROUGH - A choir of honking horns could be heard from the Marlborough Early Childhood Center (ECC) parking lot on...
Goodnow Elementary introduces Girls on the Run to 5th-graders
By Cindy Zomar, Education Coordinator
MARLBOROUGH - After a particularly challenging school year everywhere, Amy Fitzgibbon, an Adjustment Counselor at the new Goodnow Brothers Elementary...
AMSA students form connection with Japanese high school
By Cindy Zomar, Education Coordinator
MARLBOROUGH - Perhaps becoming more at ease with Zoom classes throughout the pandemic made a recent cultural exchange over 6,500...
Marlborough Babe Ruth League awards three scholarships
By Cindy Zomar, Education Coordinator
MARLBOROUGH - Three high school graduates were recently celebrated at a short ceremony at Stevens Field in Marlborough, where they...