ASHBY — Hannelore Colasanto started volunteering at the Ashby Free Public Library in 2009. She did not have a background in libraries but her attention to detail and precision made her perfect for processing books – or adding material to the library’s system. What makes Colasanto special – besides her smile, her fantastic sense of […]
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Pepperell special Town Meeting approves override
PEPPERELL — Special Town Meeting voters took the first step to passing a nearly $3 million override of tax limits imposed by Proposition 2½ on April 8.
A momentous occasion
ASHBURNHAM/ASHBY – Cambridge based photographer Grace Gershenfeld traveled to the summit of Mount Watatic, which lies in Ashburnham and Ashby, to capture these images of the April 8 solar eclipse and the people who had the same idea as her. “I think it’s a unique angle to see a group of strangers all coming together […]
Official: Footage of bus driver shoving student ‘horrifying’
TOWNSEND — A school bus driver accused of shoving an eighth grade student to the floor of the bus during the ride home on Tuesday now faces a charge of assault and battery.
Students to learn civic engagement in ambassador program
TOWNSEND — The Project 351 Ambassador Program calls on eighth grade “ambassadors” from each of the 351 cities and towns in Massachusetts to take part in a 12-month program, where they explore civic engagement, leadership development, and community service. These, ambassadors are diverse in all ways but one – they share Dr. Martin Luther King’s […]
North Middlesex HS grad paints mural for Ashby Elementary
ASHBY — Artist Caleigh Hardy, and also a graduate of North Middlesex High School’s class of 2022, returned to the school district recently to paint a series of wall murals in the main lobby of Ashby Elementary School. Hardy, who is now in her second year at Endicott College in Beverly, spent the duration of […]
