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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

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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’

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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.
Algonquin Regional High School Sean Bevan

Sean Bevan returns to ARHS in the role of principal

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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’

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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. 
Tracy Martino

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...
Alicia and John Cannistraro are the people behind the Manning Street dinosaur. (Photo/Laura Hayes)

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

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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."