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Year: 2018

Calendar… Aug. 15, 2018

STOW EVENTS “Spirituality and Jazz” at FPC   Join the Parish Jazz Band for a jazz-themed worship service on Sunday, Aug. 19, at 10am in Fellowship Hall at First Parish Church of Stow & Acton (FPC), Unitarian Universalist. Featuring music by Charlie Parker, John Coltrane, Billie Holiday, Antônio Carlos Jobim and Duke Ellington, as well as…

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Clerk’s Corner… August 15, 2018

Clerk’s Corner August 15, 2018 THE VOTER REGISTRATION DEADLINE FOR THE PRIMARY IS AUG. 15 ** The State Primary is the day AFTER Labor Day ~ Are you going away? ** STATE PRIMARY SEPT 4 ABSENTEE BALLOTS AVAILABLE! At The Town Clerk’s Office Town Building     380 Great Road State Primary: Tuesday, Sept. 4    …

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Classifieds… Aug. 15, 2018

CLASSIFIEDS FOR SALE Stairs for shallow end of inground swimming pool with handrail and base for handrail. Sturdy but with some surface dis-colorization and trim repairs. $50. Call Ken @ 978-562-5846. Vintage Statastone Stoneware, Sunnydale pattern, heavy duty quality. 5 dinner plates, 5 salad plates, 8 cups,  5 saucers, sugar with cover and creamer matching…

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When the Going Gets Tough… Write a Musical May 16 2018

By Apara Borrowes Though well into their retirement years after distinguished careers, Marika Barnett and Istvan Ver have opened a whole new chapter of life. Residents of Lake Boon since 1994, they’ve written a musical which will debut at the La MaMa Theater in New York City. “Five years ago, I was diagnosed with intestinal…

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School Committee Rep Candidates Apr. 25 2018

The two candidates in a contested race for the one available seat as Stow Representative to the Nashoba Regional School District School Committee were each given the same set of questions with their unedited responses published below. The Stow Town Election will be held on Tuesday, May 15 at Center School. INTRODUCTIONS: MARK JONES, Incumbent…

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Annual Town Warrant at-a-glance… 4/25/18

By Ann Needle At the May 7 Annual Town Meeting, residents will vote on 60 articles as part of the Town of Stow’s proposed fiscal year 2019 budget. Listed in the 2018 ATM Warrant, delivered with this week’s Stow Independent, the articles map how the town plans to allocate its operating budget for the next…

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AVLL Opening Day Sunday, April 22, 2018

Photos Courtesy of Amy Hastings [soliloquy id=”10723″]  

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Piecing together a puzzle party… Feb. 14, 2018

By Apara Borrowes When Marta Burbeck discovered Wentworth wooden jigsaw puzzles in England several years ago, she had no idea she would be starting a puzzle library of her own as a way to connect people and build community. Doing puzzles with others is “an old-new idea,” said Burbeck, as she talked about her jigsaw…

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