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Sherborn's Board of Selectmen has approved a new plan for a proposed housing development along Whitney Road that would reduce the number of units, both overall and those set aside as affordable, and provide the ...
Developer, state settle dispute over property cleanup costs
A real estate developer seeking to buy 52 acres for housing in Holliston has settled a dispute with the state over hazardous waste cleanup costs at the site.
With fuel prices on what seems to be a limitless upward climb, school officials are paying more and more to run their yellow buses, which average 8 miles per gallon of diesel.
Wilde launches interactive division
With an eye on branching out further into online marketing and technology solutions, Holliston, MA-based direct marketer The Wilde Companies has launched a new division, Wilde Interactive.
Sometimes, the warning signs don't show up
Longtime Superior Court Judge Diane Kottmyer addressed the jury pool from a podium.
Wanted: Kids' stuff, gently used
Ashland Ashland Youth and Family Services is partnering with Cradles to Crayons, a national nonprofit charity based in Quincy, to provide new and gently used children's clothing, toys, books, and baby equipment ...
FSC's Center for Italian Culture awards scholarships
The Center for Italian Culture at Fitchburg State College has awarded $12,000 in scholarships for students to pursue studies in Italian language and culture.
A community effort to rebuild history
As with countless other New England towns, Holliston started with a church. When a small group of Sherborn residents decided they wanted to branch off and create their own community, they were told by the ...
Voters in Ashland turn down override
Voters turned down a request for a $496,000 Proposition 2 1/2 override Tuesday by a 49-vote margin.
Emissions expert weighs in on landfill
Consultant JoAnne Shatkin last night said that her analysis of emissions for the Board of Health increases the confidence that a plan for more trash and garbage going into the town landfill "is not going to ... via Worcester Telegram & Gazette
[Epidemiology] Cross-Sectional Relations of Digital Vascular Function ...
Emelia J. Benjamin, MD, ScM From the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute Framingham Heart Study, Framingham, Mass ; Cardiology and Preventive Medicine Sections, Whitaker Cardiovascular Institute, School ... via Circulation
MBTA: Ridership Up As Gas Prices Soar
“The gas prices are so ridiculous. I am thinking more and more about how I can not take the car and the car sits in the driveway more and more”
Rising gas prices are helping to swell the number of people using public transportation, according to the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority. via TheBostonChannel
Family teams up to raise child Jewish
“The only thing I have to regret is that I said I didn't want to remember her that way. . . . I went home. And I know that she would have wanted me to be with her. I'm sorry I didn't stay with her.”
Meg Dame is being raised Jewish with a lot of help from her grandmother Carolyn Hastings and father, Jeff . via The Boston Globe
a Matter of Wanting it Bad Enough:
“You can see it in the faces of the Labor politicians -- they all know this is a disastrous result.”
Boris Johnson is the new London Mayor The Conservative candidate's win over Ken Livingstone followed a calamitous showing for Labour at the local elections - the party's worst performance at the polls for 40 ... via BrothersJudd Blog
“Many people think that storm drains are connected to a sewer or a waste-water treatment plant”
Ashland Absentee ballots for the May 20 town election, at which residents will be asked to vote on a $496,000 override of Proposition 2 1/2, are available in the town clerk's office. via Boston.com
“It turned out there's a whole subculture.”
All morning one cool, drizzly April Sunday, cars pull up to the Reseska Apiaries warehouse in Holliston - one driven by an attorney, one carrying a plumber and a machinist, another a yoga studio owner. via Free Republic
W.A. Wilde Celebrates First Year in Cincinnati
Direct marketer W.A. Wilde recently celebrated its first year in operation in Cincinnati, during which the company developed significant relationships demonstrating the importance of this location to the ... via Earth Times
Electronics manufacturing is alive and well in the U.S., and an excellent example of this is RAD Electronics and RPM Technology - two contract manufacturers that are now part of the same organization. via US Tech
ASHLAND Ashland's sixth annual Earth Day Community Cleanup will be held Saturday from 9 a.m. to noon. via Boston.com
“As a musician, you're working really hard a few months out of the year, and then from December through March things slow down. So eventually you learn to build up your nutshell, build up your nut, for the slow times.”
Who: Jo Dee Messina When: 7 and 9:30 p.m. Saturday Where: Ramada Wagon Wheel Theatre, 2519 E. Center St., Warsaw Admission: Tickets, from $49 to $69, are available by calling 574-267-8041 You gotta watch out ... via Journal Gazette