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Day: October 18, 2014

Homecoming Victory for NRHS Football… Oct. 15, 2014

By Jordana Bieze Foster
Nashoba Regional football got its groove back on Friday night with a 21-14 homecoming victory over nonconference rival Marlborough, highlighted by a rejuvenated passing game and a positive turnover differential for the Chieftains.

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A Twist on Farm to Table… Oct. 15, 2014

By Nancy Arsenault
While most farms offer local produce, meat and dairy products, Stow’s Marble Hill Farm is offering something more – stone bowls and serving plates produced from the granite fieldstone pulled from the ground of their own farm.

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Nashoba Seeks Accountability… Oct. 15, 2014

By Ann Needle
The Nashoba School Committee voted in a salary increase last Wednesday for Superintendent Michael Wood. Most of the school committee meeting, however, was spent debating how to make both district and administrative goals more measurable and realistic.

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The Independent Clause… Oct. 15, 2014

The stowindependent.com website, as you can see,  is back up and running, fingers crossed. I will spare you the details of the hours and hours I spent with tech support and on my own trying to figure out what exactly was going on and then fixing it. It took far more spare time than I…

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Calendar… Oct. 15, 2014

Events at the Randall Library in October (For more details check out http://www.randalllibrarystow.org) Why Your Story Matters (Memoir Writing), Thursday, October 16, 7pm – Thatcher Freund, a journalist and memoir writer, will talk about the importance of stories both to ourselves and to the culture we live in, and why it matters so much that…

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Public Safety Report… Oct. 15, 2014

By Kristen Kerouac Excerpts from the Public Safety Logs. Please note, arrests are made based on probable cause but do not determine  guilt or innocence until proven in court. Monday October 6, 2014 7:25am MEDICAL EMERGENCY A caller from Boon Road requested an ambulance for a man who was unconscious.  The Police and Fire/Rescue responded. …

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In this week’s print edition… Oct. 15, 2014

Subscribe for Home Delivery   Along with the articles featured on our website, you will find the following in this week’s print edition: Noise Questions and Zoning at Selectmen’s Noise bylaws and zoning issues were brought before the Board of Selectmen   on Tuesday night.  Other topics included the water in Lower Village, and Randall Library reported…

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