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Children’s librarian dresses up to spark literary fun
By Lori Berkey, Contributing Writer
Shrewsbury - Roxanne Starkin fondly recalls her childhood when her mother was studying for her bachelor’s degree and carted her...
Hudson man spreads holiday cheer as Santa for three decades
By Ed Karvoski Jr., Contributing Writer
Hudson – Galen “Red” Isaacs of Hudson has owned five Santa suits and traveled on at least 20 fire...
Nawrocki named new principal of Advanced Math and Science Academy
By Cindy Zomar, Contributing Writer
Marlborough - Mike Nawrocki is the newest principal of the Advanced Math and Science Academy (AMSA) Charter school in Marlborough,...
Former Shrewsbury resident is finally living her dream
By Melanie Petrucci, Senior Community Reporter
Shrewsbury/Cambridge – Former Shrewsbury resident Deb Peeples, 63, recently returned from a month-long residency at the Vermont Studio Center,...
CSI: Culley’s Septic Inc. – Specializing in Title 5 and pumping services
By Jane Keller Gordon, Contributing Writer
Business name: CSI/Culley's Septic
Address: 107 Coburn Rd., Berlin
Owners: Jeff and Chrissi Curtis
Contact information: 508-366-5055, 978-838-0200
www.csiseptic.com
Berlin - Jeff and Chrissi...
Northborough Army LT. to assist those suffering in pandemic
By Cheryl Arsenault, Contributing Photographer
Northborough – When one signs up to serve in the military, they never know exactly where that promise to serve...
New book on Westborough State Hospital details a complicated past
By Bonnie Adams, Managing Editor
Westborough – Katherine Anderson has long had an interest in abandoned buildings.
“My parents and my grandmother always loved them too,”...
Westborough student put her college plans ‘on ice’
Smith joins national tour of Disney on Ice over the next year
By Bonnie Adams, Managing Editor
Westborough – As many members of the Westborough...
Northborough resident uses his ‘Intervention’ experience to help others
Northborough - John Golden is celebrating 10 years of sobriety in February. But he wouldn’t have come this far, he said, without the help of a TV show.
Sean Bevan returns to ARHS in the role of principal
By Liz Nolan, Contributing Writer
Northborough - Algonquin Regional High School (ARHS) Principal Sean Bevan was no stranger to the school when he accepted the...
Marlborough recalls shoemaking boom
City was once a global capital of industry
By Brett Peruzzi, Contributing Writer
MARLBOROUGH – Before 1835, shoe manufacturing did not exist in Marlborough. A half-century...
DopaFit™ offers way to fight back against Parkinson’s disease
By Matthew Dunn
Region - A thumping cadence slowly develops as members of the DopaFit™ boxing class in West Boylston land punches against the boxing...
Hudson student honored for ‘peace poster’
Marlborough - Rebekah Krieg, a seventh-grade student at Quinn Middle School in Hudson, was recently honored by the Marlborough Lions Club for her entry in the Lions International Peace Poster Contest held late last year.
Central One Federal Credit Union President/CEO announces plans to retire
Central One Federal Credit Union’s President and CEO David A. L’Ecuyer has announced his plans to retire in 2022.
Shrewsbury teacher shares love for music in classrooms and theaters
By Ed Karvoski Jr., Contributing Writer
Region – Tracy Martino, a Northborough native now residing in Worcester, shares her passion with Shrewsbury’s Floral Street School...
Grafton man recalls posing for iconic Norman Rockwell painting
By Christine Galeone, Contributing Writer
Grafton – In 1958, Ed Locke was an eight-year-old boy having lunch in his school’s cafeteria, when fellow Stockbridge resident...
Manning Street dinosaur delights Hudson
By Laura Hayes, Senior Community Reporter
HUDSON — He stands about two feet high in the corner of Alicia and John Cannistraro’s yard on Manning...
Shrewsbury’s Lego Robotics team “Shooting Stars” wins Best Presentation prize
By Melanie Petrucci, Senior Community Reporter
Shrewsbury - The “Shooting Stars,” an all-girl Lego Robotics Team from Shrewsbury is aptly named. The sky is the...
COVID 19 – Facts, risks and precautions
By Bonnie Adams, Managing Editor
Region – Over the past few weeks there has been one story leading nearly every news broadcast – the coronavirus,...
Orlando Landscaping: Southborough company offers full range of landscape services
"We are a full-service landscape maintenance company as well as landscape construction, masonry and tree service," said Chris Orlando, owner of the Southborough-based company he started in 2007."