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Shrewsbury celebrates National Night Out
By Laura Hayes, Senior Community Reporter
SHREWSBURY — Shrewsbury’s fire trucks and police cruisers filled the town campus on Maple Avenue on Aug. 3, as...
Shrewsbury’s School Street to be closed for water main replacement
By Laura Hayes, Senior Community Reporter
SHREWSBURY — School Street will be closed for six weeks in the near future as the town replaces a...
Shrewsbury officials address shortage of pay-as-you-throw trash bags
By Laura Hayes, Senior Community Reporter
SHREWSBURY — Facing a shortage of blue, pay-as-you-throw trash bags, the town is asking residents to only purchase the...
New Beal School on schedule for opening in the fall
By Laura Hayes, Senior Community Reporter
SHREWSBURY — “Substantial” completion of the new Maj. Howard W. Beal Elementary School was done July 23, Shrewsbury’s vice...
Local communities see increase in COVID-19 cases
By Laura Hayes, Senior Community Reporter
REGION — Local leaders say they’re seeing the impacts of a state-wide increase in COVID-19 cases as the more...
Shrewsbury Legion baseball wraps regular season, enters playoffs
By Jesse Kucewicz, Contributing Writer
SHREWSBURY - First place Shrewsbury Post 397 fell to Milford Post 59 in a Massachusetts Zone Four Legion baseball matchup...
Shrewsbury looks to finish cleanup, monitoring after pump station diesel leak
By Laura Hayes, Senior Community Reporter
SHREWSBURY — The Town of Shrewsbury and its consultants have been busy monitoring a site near a water system...
Square One Players get set to bring community theater back to Shrewsbury
By Ed Karvoski Jr., Contributing Writer
SHREWSBURY – A new community theater group has opened in Shrewsbury.
Square One Players is debuting with the two-act comedy...
Big band jazz comes to Shrewsbury
By Jesse Kucewicz, Contributing Writer
SHREWSBURY - The Bad News Jazz and Blues Orchestra had members of the Shrewsbury community tapping their toes and swinging...
Shrewsbury closes Dean Park Pond, Gauch Park Pond due to E. coli
By Laura Hayes, Senior Community Reporter
UPDATE: The health advisory for Dean Park Pond was lifted, as of July 22.
SHREWSBURY — Town officials in Shrewsbury...
Shrewsbury Post 397 beats Sturbridge
SHREWSBURY - The Shrewsbury Post 397 Legion baseball team rumbled past Sturbridge, July 14 on its way to a 9-1 victory.
Shrewsbury started the game...
Shrewsbury selectmen approve professional services for Beal negotiations
By Laura Hayes, Senior Community Reporter
SHREWSBURY — After a developer pitched potentially redeveloping the Beal Early Childhood Center into mixed-use buildings called “Beal Commons,”...
Shrewsbury Public Library plans virtual networking meetings
SHREWSBURY — Job seekers over 50 now have an opportunity to attend virtual networking meetings through the Shrewsbury Public Library.
The library, joining with seven...
Shrewsbury Farmers Market boosts small vendors hurt by COVID-19
By Laura Hayes, Senior Community Reporter
SHREWSBURY — It was Feb. 2020 when Julia Moriconi was negotiating a space for her ice cream shop, Mrs....
Route 20 in Shrewsbury part of federal infrastructure bill
By Laura Hayes, Senior Community Writer
SHREWSBURY — Work on Route 20 in Shrewsbury was included in the Federal INVEST in America Act legislation, according...
AMSA, Shrewsbury tennis teams end seasons with state championship matchups
By Kevin Stone, Contributing Writer
REGION - For two local girls’ tennis teams, the end to the spring season that almost never happened was unforgettable,...
Shrewsbury youth soccer team wins Tournament of Champions
By Dakota Antelman, Managing Editor
SHREWSBURY - The Shrewsbury Girls 9-11 grade youth soccer team snagged a hard-fought victory in their league’s highest playoff tournament...
Trucks will only turn right into proposed Centech development
By Laura Hayes, Senior Community Reporter
SHREWSBURY — The Shrewsbury Planning Board may soon vote on plans for a proposed three-building campus on Centech Park...
Shrewsbury rowing star competes in World Championships
By Kevin Stone, Contributing Writer
SHREWSBURY - Shrewsbury High School alumnus Collin Hay (2018) earned entry to the U23 World Rowing Championships on June 15...
Shrewsbury Fire Department holds annual recognition ceremony
SHREWSBURY - Firefighters in Shrewsbury revived their annual recognition and promotion ceremony May 26, celebrating two years’ worth of milestones after COVID-19 forced the...