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The Independent Clause… July 23, 2014
As promised last week, Nancy caught up with Jim and Betty Sauta and brings the story of their battles with Lyme disease and how that has forced the closing of their farm stand for the summer. Lew Halprin revived a Past Tense column about the original Sauta farm, showing Jim’s strong roots in farming. We…
The Independent Clause
July 16, 2014 We’re back in print this week! We will have one more Internet-only edition on August 13 and then back to our regular print schedule. If you didn’t catch our Internet Edition last week, please look around here and see what you missed! Most of what you typically find in our print edition,…
The Independent Clause… July 9, 2014
Welcome to our Online Edition for July 9, 2014! As we stated in our last few papers, the summer schedule includes this week’s online-only edition and we will be back in print next week, July 16. There will be another online-only edition on August 13. We have most of the same sections online as we…
The Independent Clause… June 25, 2014
Finally, vacation is almost here! I am really looking forward to a week OFF. The “office” will be closed from Thursday afternoon, June 26 through Wednesday July 2. Of course I may still check my email, and maybe a voice message or two, but really, I’m on vacation! Our July 9 paper will be an…
The Independent Clause… June 18, 2014
CHANGES at THE STOW INDEPENDENT For many parents, summer “officially” begins this week with the end of the school year. Stow/Nashoba schools are out on Thursday. How long until the first cries of “I’m bored” begin? One person who won’t be bored is Nancy Arsenault. With the change to the school year, there is also a…
Independent Clause… June11, 2014
Congratulations to all of the recent graduates! We have many photos, with more Nashoba grad photos available at www.susanshaye.com. Thank you to Susan Shaye and to Jess Thomas for covering the event as our veteran graduation reporter Ann Needle was busy with a graduate of her own this year. Ann’s daughter, Katy, Nashoba Class of…
The Independent Clause… June 4, 2014
Minuteman Regional High School will hold their graduation ceremonies Friday night, while Nashoba High’s graduation ceremony is this coming Sunday. We wish all of the graduates a bright and happy future and a safe weekend. Look for coverage in next week’s issue. Bob Cooke brings an interesting article on a newly-found fact about Lyme disease…
The Independent Clause… May 29, 2014
There have been several sightings, in opposite ends of town, of what appears to be a non-native yellow golden pheasant. Last week, I received several photos of the bird from a Boxborough Rd resident, but unfortunately I couldn’t get the photo up to print quality. This week, we received another photo of the bird, at…
The Independent Clause… May 21, 2014
Photos, lots of photos, this week! And we didn’t even get them all in! Greg Troxel and his camera once again kindly meandered his way through Springfest weekend to take tons of photos of the festivities. You can find some representative shots on page 7, but can find more at Greg’s website: www.lexort.com/gallery. For this…
The Independent Clause…May 14, 2014
With just a few issues on this year’s ballot, only 496 voters (10.9%) came out to the polls. Congratulations to Nicole Odekirk on winning a seat on the Nashoba Regional School District’s School Committee. This was the only contested race in this year’s town election. The funding for design and engineering funds for a combined…