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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...
High School Scoreboard: Playoffs on the Horizon
By Chris Wilson, Contributing Writer
REGION – Regional schools are playing their last regular season games of the fall sports season.
Football will continue until the...
HIGH SCHOOL SCOREBOARD: Grafton soccer begins league play
By Chris Wilson, Contributing Writer
REGION – A sense of normalcy has returned to high school sports with COVID-19 restrictions lifted for this fall season.
As...
Bus driver shortage forces schedule changes for sports teams
By Dakota Antelman, Managing Editor
REGION - The statewide bus driver shortage that recently prompted Gov. Charlie Baker to activate the National Guard is having...
Fife and drum corps to hold celebration at Wayside Inn
REGION - Community members will have the opportunity to see dozens of fife and drum corps from across the Northeast gather Saturday, Sept. 25,...
HIGH SCHOOL SCOREBOARD: Westborough girls volleyball start undefeated
By Chris Wilson, Contributing Writer
REGION – The fall sports season is in full swing, marking the second slate of games in just a matter...
Fletcher Tilton attorneys earn national recognition
REGION - A number of attorneys from Fletcher Tilton Attorneys At Law recently earned recognition from their peers and the industry publication Best Lawyers...
HIGH SCHOOL SCOREBOARD: Grafton dominates as fall sports return
By Chris Wilson, Contributing Writer
REGION – Regional schools returned to action last week. Quickly, Grafton led the way with an 11-1-1 record across six...
Mr. Handyman offers home repair with integrity
By Dakota Antelman, Managing Editor
REGION - Michael Campbell isn’t the type of boss who meets his employees over the bed of a pick-up truck...
Experts share warnings after scattered sightings of invasive Lanternfly
By Laura Hayes, Senior Community Reporter
REGION – There is not an active infestation of the Spotted Lanternfly in Massachusetts.
But state officials are still warning...
Dignity Matters nonprofit gears up for auction
REGION - Dignity Matters, a nonprofit that provides free menstrual care, underwear and bras to 10,000 women in Greater Boston every month, announced that...
Region dodges worst of Tropical Storm Henri
By Dakota Antelman, Managing Editor
REGION - Area communities braced for the effects of Tropical Storm Henri, Aug. 22, but were largely spared from the worst...
Officials eye Assabet River Rail Trail extension near Hudson/Stow border
By Dakota Antelman, Managing Editor
REGION - Officials in Stow are eyeing federal funding to help extend a paved portion of the Assabet River Rail...
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...
Chapter 90 bond bill unanimously passes both houses of Mass. Legislature
By Stuart Foster, Contributing Writer
REGION - Gov. Charlie Baker has signed an annual Chapter 90 bond bill that will provide nearly $5 million in...
High school coaches welcome summer workouts following COVID-19 disruption
By Kevin Stone, Contributing Writer
REGION - Summer workouts are back for local high school sports teams. That’s good news, coaches say, after COVID-19 disrupted...
Newspapers – The cornerstone of community journalism
By David Bagdon, Publisher
Newspapers have been part of the Massachusetts lifestyle for over 300 years, actually pre-dating the American Revolution. With such a long,...
Northborough, Southborough, Westborough lead region in vaccination metrics
By Stuart Foster, Contributing Writer
REGION – Northborough, Southborough and Westborough are exceeding the state average for COVID-19 vaccinations by wide margins, data shows.
That is...
PHOTOS: Storms brings lightning, rainbows, snap heat-wave
REGION - Area residents were treated to a light show in the sky June 30 as a patch of thunderstorms sparked flashes of lightning...
Area farmers’ markets return for 2021
REGION - A handful of farmers’ markets are back this year after an abbreviated season in 2020 due to COVID-19.
In Hudson, vendors have already...