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Month: July 2020

Annual Town Meeting passes most articles

July 11, 2020 By Ann Needle Saturday’s hot and humid Annual Town Meeting rejected only one item out of over 60 Articles, in a session running more than four hours. About 150 residents opened the meeting, dwindling to about 90 later on, with the audience split almost evenly between indoor and outdoor venues at Center…

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TOWN MEETING IS ON FOR SATURDAY, JULY 11

Stow’s Annual Town Meeting is going forward as scheduled (9:00 a.m., Saturday, 7/11) at Center School, 403 Great Road, Stow, MA. While the weather forecast is not ideal, it is not as horrible as we originally thought. We feel we can safely proceed with our original meeting plans.Fr The latest forecast is for light rain…

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Owner of Stow gymnastics facility arraigned on sexual assault charges

POSTED ON: JULY 10, 2020 – 3:51PM From the Office of the Middlesex County District Attorney STOW- David Auger, 41 of Hudson, was arraigned today in Concord District Court and charged with three counts of rape in connection with allegedly sexually assaulting a female known to him at his gymnastics facility in Stow. The charges…

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Obituary: Alice Matthewman, 96

Alice Matthewman, 96 Alton Bay, NH, formerly of Stow  Alice Isabelle Matthewman, of Alton Bay, NH, joined her husband in heaven on June 1, 2020, after a courageous battle with a brief illness. Alice was born in Stow, Mass. in 1923, to Carl A. Lund and Elma B. Conant.  She and her husband Rodger started…

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Nashoba School Committee votes to remove ‘Chieftains’ name and mascot

By Natasha Don As the first meeting post-election on July 1, the Nashoba Regional School Committee welcomed three new members: Amy Cohen of Bolton, Richard Eckel of Stow, and Sharon Poch of Lancaster. Brett Collins was also acknowledged as the official Lancaster replacement for former member Alise Crossland. In light of the recent petition to…

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Nashoba Regional School Committee Votes to Replace High School Native American Team Name, School Symbols

From the Nashoba Regional School District – The Nashoba Regional School Committee, at its July 1, 2020 meeting, has voted unanimously to replace the “Chieftains” team name and any related symbols and iconography used by NashobaRegional High School (NRHS) athletic teams and the school more broadly, effective January 1, 2021. A new teamname will be…

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