Milford 8, Uxbridge 2: Scarlet Hawks are geared toward perfection

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.

Food for Thought blogger Nicole Simmons was issued a challenge yesterday: make the ketchup cake featured on fark.com. She accepted the challenge and brought the cake into the newsroom for all to try. Here is what her colleagues thought of the unusual cake:

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.

Convicted murderer James Brescia has withdrawn the appeal to reduce his sentence of 18-20 years for conspiracy, his attorney, Alan Black, learned yesterday morning in Suffolk Superior Court.

Selectmen are set to name interim Fire Chief Ken Clark the department's new head, board Chairman Brian Herr says. Herr says selectmen still need to take an official vote during their Tuesday meeting but intend to chose Clark as the town's new permanent fire chief. Clark has worked for the department since he was a teen.

A roundup from MetroWest

A roundup from MetroWest

Bulletin Board

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).