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Nashoba Robotics celebrates ‘5th in the world’
The Nashoba Robotics team gathered outside the George R. Brown Convention Center in Houston, TX where the team placed 5th during the FIRST Robotics Competition World Championship in April. By Kristin DeJohn Twenty years ago, Nashoba Robotics entered its first competition after physics teacher Al Fordiani agreed to help students start a robotics team. Celebrating…
Assabet Craft Beer and Food Truck Festival a success
The 3rd Annual Assabet Craft Beer & Food Truck Festival was held around the grounds of the First Parish Church of Stow and Acton on Great Road in Stow on Saturday, Aug. 31, 2024. There were a reported 2000+ attendees who came out to experience the festive atmosphere that included food trucks, beer tents, live…
Footprints of History: Rufus Hosmer
Footprints of History Rufus Hosmer (1778-1839) By Stephanie Lewis On the day that General Lafayette came to town in 1824, the marshal of the day was Squire Rufus Hosmer, a Stow lawyer originally from Concord. Hosmer lived in a grand white house on the Lower Common, across from the Gardner Inn, where Lafayette was received…
Mission: Space Movies
Combining photos taken from space with music, two of the movies from Dan Barstow’s Bach In Space series were featured in Leipzig Germany at the annual BachFest. Shown in the left of the photo is a night flight over the Nile. (Photo courtesy Dan Barstow) By Ann Needle Educating the people of Earth about the…
Footprints of History: The Murder House, Part 1
The Stefanovicz grave (photo from findagrave.com) Footprints of History: The Murder House, Part 1 By Stephanie Lewis A slow drive by the blue colonial house on Hudson Road would not portend of its gruesome history. From the outside, it looks like many other antique homes in Stow. This house, however, would tell a story of deceit,…
Craft Beer Festival draws in a crowd
By Ann Needle For the second year, the Assabet Craft Beer Festival at First Parish Church brought out the sunshine and crowds, coaxed to the church grounds by four brewers of craft suds, a wine truck, food trucks and kids’ games. Co-organizer Neil Saunders estimated well over 2,000 people attended the Sept. 2 event, a…
Footprints of History: Apples, apples, everywhere
Apples, Apples, everywhere! By Stephanie Lewis It’s getting to be that time of year again when the streets of Stow are filled with vehicles from neighboring towns and states. As early as the 1920s, roads in Stow were clogged with cars, as September and October brought apple lovers from all over. There is good reason…
Footprints of Stow History: For Safety’s Sake
“For Safety’s Sake” By Stephanie Lewis An interesting feature of many small towns around Massachusetts is that they have a volunteer fire department or had one at some point. Stow is no exception. Small town fire departments did not usually begin with a full-time paid staff. They grew over the years, often starting by engaging…
Stow student’s acting career taking off
#1 Alessandra Rosenfeld (third from left) attended the Tribeca Festival premiere of her upcoming film, Space Oddity, with fellow costars (l-r) Alexandra Shipp, Kyle Allen, director Kyra Sedgewick, Kevin Bacon, Arden Myrch, Madeline Brewer and Carrie Preston. [Photo courtesy of the Rosenfeld family and Getty Images] By Sophie Clark Aug. 10, 2022 It’s hard for Stow’s…