Calendar
Friday, Dec. 25
Christmas Day: Town Hall closed.
Monday, Dec. 28
Water Commission: 5:30 p.m., Town Hal
Board of Health: 7 p.m.: Town Hall
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Tuesday, Dec. 29
Storytime with Miss Stacy: 11 a.m., Library
Cultural Committee: 6 p.m., Town Hall
Board of Selectmen: 7 p.m., Town Hall
Friday, Jan. 1
New Year’s Day: Town Hall closed.
Save the Date
H1N1 vaccine available in Townsend
Nashoba Associated Boards of Health, in conjunction with the Townsend Board of Health, announces that on Wednesday, Jan. 6 from 1-3 p.m. at the Senior Center, 16 Dudley Road, H1N1 Vaccine will be offered to residents of its member towns and will be administered in accordance with the current guidelines from the Massachusetts Department of Public Health. Please visit our website at www.nashoba.org to download the necessary forms to be completed and brought to the clinic. For further information please contact Nashoba Associated Boards of Health at 978-772-3335, ext. 333.
*Member towns: Ashburnham, Ashby, Ayer, Berlin, Bolton, Boxborough, Dunstable, Groton, Harvard, Lancaster, Littleton, Lunenburg, Pepperell, Shirley, Townsend.
H1N1 vaccine
available in Ashby
Nashoba Associated Boards of Health, in conjunction with the Ashby Board of Health, announces that on Tuesday, Jan. 5 11 a.m. to noon at the Library, H1N1 Influenza Vaccine will be offered to residents of its member towns and will be administered in accordance with the current guidelines from the Massachusetts Department of Public Health. Please visit our website at www.nashoba.org to download the necessary forms to be completed and brought to the clinic. For further information please contact Nashoba Associated Boards of Health at 978-772-3335, ext. 333.
*Member towns: Ashburnham, Ashby, Ayer, Berlin, Bolton, Boxborough, Dunstable, Groton, Harvard, Lancaster, Littleton, Lunenburg, Pepperell, Shirley, Townsend.
McDonald’s Night for Project Graduation
A McDonald’s Night, Main Street, Townsend, will be held on Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2010 from 5-7 p.m. Twenty percent of the take-out and eat-in sales will be contributed to Project Graduation. Project Graduation is a substance free all night party that is offered to all North Middlesex Regional High School seniors on graduation night.
Briefs
Trash schedule:
Christmas Day
and New Year’s Day
Friday residents only: Trash will be picked up on Monday, Dec. 28 and Monday, Jan. 4 instead of Friday. Please make the necessary arrangements. For questions, call 978-597-1713 or 800-649-7419.
2010 Licenses
now available
2010 Dog Licenses are available at the Town Clerk’s Office: altered/spayed dogs $6; standard dogs $11. We may only register dogs with up-to-date rabies certificates. If you have registered them in the past we may have it on file, if not you must bring the certificate with you. Late fees and fines begin March 1.
Volleyball registration
Volleyball for grades 5 to12; open to all students from Ashby, Pepperell and Townsend at Hawthorne Brook Middle School in Townsend. Eight-week session for $48: Jan. 8-22-29, Feb. 5-26, March 5-12-19 (March 26, weather make up date). Grades 5 to 8, 6 to 7:30 p.m.; grades 9 to 12, 7:30 to 9 p.m. Space needs to be confirmed by e-mail, clem6six@verizon.net. Bring payment and form to first session. Get form at ww.townsend.ma.us/towngov/culture&recreatn.htm.
Townsend Recreation — www.townsend.ma.us/towngov/culture&rec/recreatn.htm — for info. Slots, must be confirmed by e-mail to clem6six@verizon.net
ABC Follow Me: Preschool. ABC Follow Me is a children’s playtime and story time combined with music and movement program. Being offered is a series of parent/child programs devoted to encouraging families to engage in fun, physical activities together. Beth Anne McManus will lead the weekly sessions held in the Town Hall, Main Street, on Thursdays. First session Jan. 14, 21, 28, Feb. 4, 11, 25 and March 4, 11. Second session is March 25, April 1, 8, 15, 29 and May 6. The 10:15-11 a.m. session is for walkers-age 2 and the 11 to 11:45 a.m. session is for ages 2-4. Cost is $48 for the eight-week session. Cost is $36 for the six-week session. Daily rate is $7/class per child. Make check out to Townsend Recreation and bring to first session. For additional information e-mail bethanne_mcmanus@yahoo.com.
Volleyball, Grades 5-12: Open to all students from Ashby, Pepperell and Townsend at Hawthorne Brook Middle School. Eight-week session for $48; Jan. 8, 22, 29, Feb. 5, 26, March 5, 12, 19 (3/26- weather make up date) Grades 5-8,6-7:30 p.m. Grades 9-12 7:30-9 p.m. Bring payment and form to first session.
Free Video Class: Hartley Pleshaw will teach you at the Comcast Studio at North Middlesex High School. Each session is two days from 7-8 P.M. 1/14-21-camera class, 2/11-18-audio class, 3/11-18-video editing class, 4/15-22-lighting class
Monster trucks: Monster Jam, DCU Center, Worcester, Sunday, Feb. 21, 2010 at 2 p.m. Section 215-tickets $22.75 adults, $12.75 (age 2-12).Price includes recreation and DCU handling charge. Free Pit Party from noon to 1 p.m. with ticket. You must exit the building and reenter for the show. Send self addressed stamped envelope with check to Townsend Recreation, c/o Karen Clement, 101 Main St., Townsend, MA 01469. Check must be received by Saturday, January 23, 2010.
