Charest wins overall in Great Pumpkins contest
TOWNSEND -- Under the guidance of English teacher Jan Pothier, seventh-graders at Hawthorne Brook Middle School competed for top honors in the Great Pumpkins in Literature contest. Using the book...
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Squannacook book fair, social brings in money for needed supplies
TOWNSEND -- Adults and children alike attended the annual Squannacook Elementary School Scholastic Book Fair and Ice Cream Social. Thirty percent of the profit goes to the library, according to...
Ashby students learn to move to the music
ASHBY -- Where else can one learn pitch, sing about alligator pie and practice for Halloween, but in the kindergarten music class at Ashby Elementary School. Music teacher Deborah Hencke...
McDonald’s Night fund-raiser held to buy cafeteria tables
NASHOBA PUBLISHING/DIANE BEAUDOIN Ashby Elementary School Principal Anne Cromwell-Gapp hams it up at McDonald's Night, a fund-raiser held to assist in purchasing cafeteria tables for the school. NASHOBA PUBLISHING/DIANE BEAUDOIN...
Squannacook students to develop geodesic dome
NASHOBA PUBLISHING/DIANE BEAUDOIN 1: The sun dial built by Christopher Barnacoat, a teacher at Squannacook Elementary School in Townsend, teaches the students how ancient civilizations told time. NASHOBA PUBLISHING/DIANE BEAUDOIN...
Dressing
TOWNSEND -- If you went into Memorial Hall on a recent Tuesday, people working there may have looked a little too casual for public service work, but it was all...
Old Home Days draws large crowd on Town Common
TOWNSEND -- The quaint New England Town Common came alive with old-fashioned fun as the 275th Anniversary Committee held Old Home Days under clear skies. Vendors had a chance to...
Watson strives to break weightlifting record
NASHOBA PUBLISHING/DIANE BEAUDOIN After-School Enrichment Program Coordinator Rick Maino stands with Hawthorne Brook Middle School weightlifter Ross Watson. Watson is looking to break his own weightlifting record during the program...
Dozens of volunteers join
TOWNSEND -- Residents are pulling together in the effort to build the first Habitat for Humanity house on Apple Drive, with the first lot cleaning taking place over the weekend....
After dispute, Donahue and Murphy agree to more open dialogue
TOWNSEND -- Fire Chief William Donahue and former selectman and town clerk Daniel Murphy have been at opposing ends of several issues, including whether Murphy filed charges against Donahue over...