Board of Health looks to adopt new littering regulation
TOWNSEND – Health officials are trying to clean up certain town streets by clarifying rules on garbage dispoal. The Board of Health is looking to implement a new regulation later...
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![AYER – Responses to a recently closed online survey have changed the minds of town officials on pursuing a bylaw restricting plastic bags. The Ayer Recycling Committee shared an online survey with residents in early July asking if they would support the committee bringing a single-use plastic bag bylaw to Town Meeting for approval. After […]](https://www.nashobavalleyvoice.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/1119-NWS-BHR-Bags01-1.jpg?w=126 "AYER – Responses to a recently closed online survey have changed the minds of town officials on pursuing a bylaw restricting plastic bags. The Ayer Recycling Committee shared an online survey with residents in early July asking if they would support the committee bringing a single-use plastic bag bylaw to Town Meeting for approval. After […]")
Recycling Committee skips plastic bag bylaw
AYER – Responses to a recently closed online survey have changed the minds of town officials on pursuing a bylaw restricting plastic bags. The Ayer Recycling Committee shared an online...
![PEPPERELL – New England Craft Cultivators is one step closer to opening two retail marijuana businesses in two different towns. In a press release issued on Thursday, the company announced it had received provisional licenses from the Cannabis Control Commission to open its first official locations in Pepperell and Dracut. The company wants to open […]](https://www.nashobavalleyvoice.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/low-z-potlicense-1.jpg?w=140 "PEPPERELL – New England Craft Cultivators is one step closer to opening two retail marijuana businesses in two different towns. In a press release issued on Thursday, the company announced it had received provisional licenses from the Cannabis Control Commission to open its first official locations in Pepperell and Dracut. The company wants to open […]")
Cannabis company earns provisional licenses for pot shops
PEPPERELL – New England Craft Cultivators is one step closer to opening two retail marijuana businesses in two different towns. In a press release issued on Thursday, the company announced...
![PEPPERELL – Despite the days blending together in a dour time loop as the coronavirus pandemic lurches on, some people are trying their hardest to perk-up spirits of senior citizens. Whether it’s through bringing Christmas to July or simply making phone calls, local senior centers are still putting in work despite not being able to […]](https://www.nashobavalleyvoice.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/low-l-seniorcenter-1.jpg?w=140 "PEPPERELL – Despite the days blending together in a dour time loop as the coronavirus pandemic lurches on, some people are trying their hardest to perk-up spirits of senior citizens. Whether it’s through bringing Christmas to July or simply making phone calls, local senior centers are still putting in work despite not being able to […]")
Senior Centers stay vigilant with doors closed
PEPPERELL – Despite the days blending together in a dour time loop as the coronavirus pandemic lurches on, some people are trying their hardest to perk-up spirits of senior citizens....
![TOWNSEND – If local residents are concerned about the numbers and figures going in and out of Town Hall, they’re lucky to have Veronica Kell on the Board of Selectmen. Kell won the only contested race at this year’s annual town election, defeating Kevin Keefe in late June with 424 votes to his 392. Kell […]](https://www.nashobavalleyvoice.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/low-z-townsendkell-1.png?w=68 "TOWNSEND – If local residents are concerned about the numbers and figures going in and out of Town Hall, they’re lucky to have Veronica Kell on the Board of Selectmen. Kell won the only contested race at this year’s annual town election, defeating Kevin Keefe in late June with 424 votes to his 392. Kell […]")
New selectwoman brings numerical science and activism to board
TOWNSEND – If local residents are concerned about the numbers and figures going in and out of Town Hall, they’re lucky to have Veronica Kell on the Board of Selectmen....
EEE virus detected in mosquitos from two towns
TOWNSEND — Mosquitos containing the Eastern Equine Encephalitis virus have been found in two neighboring towns in the Nashoba Valley this week, prompting the state to raise the risk of...
![GROTON — If you’re a fan of breakfast at Johnson’s Restaurant on Boston Road, you might’ve noticed a chatty group of guys sitting around a table sipping coffee and shooting the breeze. No matter what was going on in the world around them, the “Johnson’s Gang” still made time to catch up with each other. […]](https://www.nashobavalleyvoice.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/low-l-rider-1.jpg?w=68 "GROTON — If you’re a fan of breakfast at Johnson’s Restaurant on Boston Road, you might’ve noticed a chatty group of guys sitting around a table sipping coffee and shooting the breeze. No matter what was going on in the world around them, the “Johnson’s Gang” still made time to catch up with each other. […]")
Former police chief George Rider remembered by 'Johnson's Gang' and friends
GROTON — If you’re a fan of breakfast at Johnson’s Restaurant on Boston Road, you might’ve noticed a chatty group of guys sitting around a table sipping coffee and shooting...
![GROTON — As a means of saying thanks for their endless efforts, residents of Rivercourt Residences recently prepared free lunches for dozens of first responders. The assisted living facility on West Main Street welcomed police, firefighters and other first responders to its courtyard. Rivercourt staffers provided grilled food and drinks to visiting first responders from […]](https://www.nashobavalleyvoice.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/low-l-responders-1.jpg?w=132 "GROTON — As a means of saying thanks for their endless efforts, residents of Rivercourt Residences recently prepared free lunches for dozens of first responders. The assisted living facility on West Main Street welcomed police, firefighters and other first responders to its courtyard. Rivercourt staffers provided grilled food and drinks to visiting first responders from […]")
Rivercourt Residences honors first responders
GROTON — As a means of saying thanks for their endless efforts, residents of Rivercourt Residences recently prepared free lunches for dozens of first responders. The assisted living facility on...
![TOWNSEND – Calling this year’s Annual Town Meeting “heated” could be misconstrued as either an observation of the weather or the discussions had on Saturday morning. It certainly was a hot day for residents to come out to vote on warrant items, so much so that the Townsend Town Meeting had to start 15 minutes […]](https://www.nashobavalleyvoice.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/low-l-townsendmeeting-1.jpg?w=132 "TOWNSEND – Calling this year’s Annual Town Meeting “heated” could be misconstrued as either an observation of the weather or the discussions had on Saturday morning. It certainly was a hot day for residents to come out to vote on warrant items, so much so that the Townsend Town Meeting had to start 15 minutes […]")
Schools and energy contracts discussed at town meeting
TOWNSEND – Calling this year’s Annual Town Meeting “heated” could be misconstrued as either an observation of the weather or the discussions had on Saturday morning. It certainly was a...
![GROTON – For the second time in less than a decade, the name of a local road is being questioned for what some people view as racial insensitivity. While the first time ended with no change, the second time around for Redskin Trail comes with some timely context locally and nationally. The Washington Redskins football […]](https://www.nashobavalleyvoice.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/low-l-redskin2-1.jpg?w=132 "GROTON – For the second time in less than a decade, the name of a local road is being questioned for what some people view as racial insensitivity. While the first time ended with no change, the second time around for Redskin Trail comes with some timely context locally and nationally. The Washington Redskins football […]")
Redskin Trail could face name change
GROTON – For the second time in less than a decade, the name of a local road is being questioned for what some people view as racial insensitivity. While the...