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The Independent Clause… May 13, 2015
Congratulations to the newly elected and re-elected candidates. In the one contested race for the single School Committee seat, Mark Jones beat incumbent Maureen Busch, 335 – 159, according to the Town Clerk’s official results. Congratulations to Mark and thank you to Maureen for her years of service. Springfest Weekend is here – although the…
The Independent Clause… April 22, 2015
Welcome to the Special Annual Town Warrant Distribution and Contractor’s Guide edition! The paper is being distributed to all Stow residents and PO Boxes so you will NOT find a label on your paper this week. The enclosed Town Warrant is quite lengthy, but the information contained is important. All of the warrant articles that require…
The Independent Clause… April 8, 2015
I don’t even have to go outside to know it’s spring. I just need to look at the calendar announcement filling my inboxes. I can also tell by the number of articles related to budget and town meeting matters. Spring sports have finally been able to get out and get started. Mike LeClair previews the…
The Independent Clause… March 25, 2015
There are many fundraisers around this time of year and we highlight several of them in this week’s edition. Stow has proven to be a generous community and I hope that spirit continues. Spring is here… at least that’s the rumor. I realize that not having instant summer is a good thing as far as…
The Independent Clause… March 18, 2015
Nashoba High School certainly had a banner week with a very successful weekend of “Peter Pan” performances by Nashoba Drama Society and with the first state divisional win by the varsity hockey team. Congratulations to all! With the arrival of spring this week, talks turn to Town Meeting and Town Election. As of press time,…
The Independent Clause… March 11,2015
While there wasn’t a heavy turnout of voters on Saturday, a majority of those that did come to the polls voted in the new Fire Station/Community Center project at the site of the former Pompo School. Congratulations to Nashoba’s hockey team on their first division win since 1980. Best of luck to the team going…
The Independent Clause… March 4, 2015
CHANGE YOUR CLOCKS, CHANGE YOUR BATTERIES- MARCH 8 I still don’t understand why, but it’s already time to change the clocks. I understand the original intent of Daylight Saving Time. But I don’t see that moving the event back this early in March really does much. It isn’t going to suddenly be spring on Sunday. As much…
The Independent Clause… February 25, 2015
Monday night’s Town Meeting saw the passage of all three warrant articles including the funding for a new Fire Station and Community Center at the former Pompo School Building. Don’t forget to vote on the building project at the Saturday, March 7 Special Town Election. This is the only article that will be voted on…
The Independent Clause… February 18, 2015
SPECIAL TOWN MEETING is this coming Monday- barring more snow, of course. At least the latest forecast only has snow showing for the weekend and not into Monday…yet. The snow and frigid temps are of course wreaking havoc on area homes (and people). This week we feature several articles looking at some of the damage,…
The Independent Clause… February 11, 2015
SPECIAL TOWN MEETING EDITION: Please note the Town Warrant is being distributed to ALL Stow residents in this week’s paper. You will not find a label on your paper unless you live outside of Stow. We have had about seven feet of snow in the last two weeks in my hometown of Lunenburg. The snowbanks are ridiculously large…