Dunstable News

The School Committee has appointed Assistant Superintendent Pam Angelakis to be acting superintendent from July 1 - July 14. Angelakis will hold the position down until the district's interim superintendent for the next school year, Garry Murphy, starts work July 15, said School Committee Chairman Rick Kraft.

A Streetcar Named Desire: 7 p.m. Actors from the senior class of Groton-Dunstable Regional High School are performing "A Streetcar Named Desire" by Tennessee Williams at the Black Box Theater at GDRHS on Chicopee Row.

SPANGLED ALL OVER: The Stars and Stripes add a splash of color along Route 119 in Pepperell, a sure sign that the Fourth of July is drawing near.

You can seem some new FACES in Groton next Tuesday, when the Groton Public Library host a reception with the artists who created its current FACES art show, next Tuesday, July 16th from 6:30-8:00 p.m. FACES is an exhibit of portraits executed by artists of many different media and styles, on exhibit in the Owen Smith Shuman Gallery of the Groton ... (more)

I am writing to ask your readers in Groton and Dunstable to take action this weekend on a matter involving fiscal year 2014 state funding for the Groton-Dunstable Regional School District.

A press release from Congresswoman Niki Tsongas's office announces that the effort to make the Nashua River one of the nation's Wild & Scenic Rives is moving forward.

Actors from the senior class of Groton-Dunstable Regional High School are performing "A Streetcar Named Desire" by Tennessee Williams on Friday, June 14, at 7 p.m. at the Black Box Theater at Groton-Dunstable Regional High School on Chicopee Row.

GELD Commission Chair Kevin Lindemer tells the Board of Selectmen that GELD's PILOT will be half what they expected.

The Ayer-Shirley Regional School District School Committee voted to increase the price of school lunches at Page Hilltop Elementary, Lura A. White Elementary, and the Ayer-Shirley Regional Middle School by 25 cents next school year.

Yesterday, the town of Westford launched a brand new look for its website, and tooday we want your take on how you think it looks and how you think it functions.

Groton area residents were among the 78 students who graduated on Sunday from Groton School.

The City Council Education Partnerships subcommittee has proposed electing Greater Lowell Technical High School Committee members district-wide rather than within the communities they represent.

Help your students maintain their academic skills over the summer months while supporting GDSTEM with the Summer SkillsTM book fundraiser.

In a unanimous decision, the Groton-Dunstable Regional School Committee voted to create a new position by simply changing the job title of accountability director to assistant superintendent.

AYER/SHIRLEY -- The Ayer-Shirley Regional School District School Committee voted to increase the price of school lunches at Page Hilltop Elementary, Lura A. White Elementary, and the Ayer Shirley Regional Middle School by 25 cents next school year.

The Groton-Dunstable Education Foundation is pleased to announce it has awarded 20 new enrichment grants totaling $22,720 to district schools in its spring grants cycle, bringing the total of grants funded this school year to $31,679. GDEF wishes to thank everyone who contributed to this year's grants with donations to the Annual Giving Campaign ... (more)

Two seniors from the Massachusetts Academy of Math and Science at WPI, Dhroova Aiylam of Shrewsbury and Aaron Hammond of Dunstable, were selected to receive $2,500 scholarship awards from among 15,000 finalists nationwide, the National Merit Scholarship Corp.

Teenage Anxiety and Depression Solutions , a Groton-based organization which raises awareness and provides education on mental-health issues, announced the election of Robin Young to its board of directors.

The Groton-Dunstable Regional School Committee shuffled the district's administration slightly and reorganized itself at its meeting this Wednesday.

Five high-school juniors from four different schools will represent American Legion Post 55 and its Ladies Auxiliary at Massachusetts Boys and Girls State to be held at Stonehill College from June 15-21. The four Boys State delegates are Collin Sullivan , Daniel Alberts , Bennett Marston and Matthew Fischetti .