Residents on Main Street will get to keep their mailboxes after the town voted down an article that would have done away with them at last night's annual Town Meeting. Ken Glowacki, who sponsored the article, said the mailboxes are an eyesore and get in the way of pedestrians using the sidewalks.
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Performers in Canton’s first official teacher/staff talent show, “Canton’s Got Talent,” wowed audiences last Friday.
What better way to celebrate maternity than bringing Mom to visit some friendly zoo animals this Mother's Day?
There was a time that I didn't drink beer from McNeill's Brewery in Vermont. But it's back in my lineup now, after the brewery made a few changes.
Last week's Craft Brewers Conference and BrewExpo America, held at the Seaport Hotel & World Trade Center in Boston, is the largest craft beer industry event in the country.
Seemingly benign, this invasive is a landscape wrecker.
Q: Attached is 1899 correspondence between a distant relative and Edwin Barber. The pictures enclosed are of the chocolate pot and a small bowl. There are also chocolate cups, saucers and plates in the set. The design seems to portray Penn's Treaty with the Indians. The fact that these pieces were not familiar to Barber, who was such a renowned expert, is curious and interesting. Are you able to identify the set? - P.E., Aiken, S.C.
To paraphrase former Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld, you go to war with the allies you have, not the allies you might want.
State Treasurer Timothy Cahill should not be too quick to dismiss the idea of investigating recently uncovered cases of possible pension abuse.
Our thanks to the 46 public-spirited volunteers who joined the town-wide Earth Day Clean up sponsored by the Westborough Community Land Trust on April 25. More than 70 bags of trash were picked up from town streets and parks by families and individuals who worked to make our surroundings cleaner and safer. Even Miss Environmental Massachusetts, Kymberly Young, joined our 6:30 a.m., early bird team to clean up Bellows Road and East Main Street near Friendly's. Other volunteer teams concentrated their efforts along Flanders Road, the West Meadow Rte. 9 intersection, Otis Street, Lake Chauncy, Oak Street, Bowman Street, and Minuteman Park.
Jennie Maroney is right ("Free speech for Miss California," May 6). As much as I disagree with Ms. California's answer to Perez Hilton's question regarding gay marriage she has a constitutionaly protected right to say what she believes, especially when someone asks her a question on national TV. If Mr. Hilton couldn't deal with her answer he never should have asked the question.
A Whitinsville man will serve six months in jail after admitting to sexually assaulting two girls.
A 22-year-old Holliston man, who police believe was driving drunk and using his cell phone, crashed his BMW on Rte. 16 early yesterday.
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Newspapers in Education is holding its 2nd Annual Children's Book Sale fundraiser on Saturday, May 9 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. in the MetroWest Daily News office's conference room
at 33 New York Ave. in Framingham. (use the side entrance, follow the signs).
You'll find a comprehensive listing of support groups throughout MetroWest and the Milford region here.
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Using two video clips on YouTube, the School Committee directly appealed to the teachers union for wage concessions that will save 16 teachers' jobs. Addressing the entire Franklin Education Association in a 9-minute video, and again in a 4-minute video, Chairman Jeffrey Roy said the district only has a few weeks left to "put aside emotions and work together for what's in the best interest of students, parents and guardians in this community."
It was a snowy February day in 1965 when Algonquin Regional High School student Carl Lund decided to cut through the courtyard on his way to class.
Shanna Glassman has belted the national anthem dozens of times, but says she doesn't get tired of praising the stars and stripes. "For me, it's not just a song at all, it's so important," said Glassman, 31, who began singing "The Star-Spangled Banner" at local events before landing bigger gigs. "I love doing it."