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Girls Youth Lacrosse Hosting Fall Clinics
August 6, 2014 By Jess Thomas Nashoba Girls Youth Lacrosse is teaming up with longtime lacrosse coach Rich Fulvi for four lacrosse clinics in September in Bolton. The clinics are open to all girls in grades K-8. Fulvi has 20 years of coaching experience and is currently the owner and head coach of Rewards School…
NRHS Girls Hoops Staying in Shape
By Michael James LeClair
Despite its recent success over the past couple seasons, the Nashoba Regional girls’ basketball program is not resting on its laurels this summer.
The ‘Family’ Behind The Bolton Fair
By Nancy Arsenault
In just two weeks, an area tradition continues: the 132-year-old Bolton Fair officially opens August 8. While it’s now held in Lancaster and no longer a production of the founding Farmers and Mechanics Association, its agricultural identity still forms the backbone. Add in Monster Trucks, Racing Pigs and fried Oreos, and the modern day Bolton Fair continues to draw crowds.
Needle at Large: Wheels, Wings, Pizza
July 16, 2014 by Ann Needle Nowadays, the Needles live by twos — two college tuition bills, two busted cars, and two 15-pound cats demanding organic litter. Don’t expect reports from Maui any time soon. Instead, sit back and watch our family find fun close to home. The latest adventure was a trip to the…
July in the Library… July 9, 2014
By Ann Needle This month is often devoted to beach, sun, travel, and anything outdoors. But some days get a bit too steamy or the cries of “I’m bored” become too loud. When the going gets hot, and reading materials are in short supply, head for the Randall Library and check out some of these…
In This Week’s Print Edition… June 25, 2014
Where to Buy a Copy Subscribe for Home Delivery Along with the articles featured on our website, you will find the following in this week’s print edition: Seen & Heard Around Stow A Round Up of Stow News including a Guilty Plea from a sex offender, the results of a public hearing on the Collings…
High Spirits for Ultimate Frisbee Team
By Jess Thomas
From just throwing a Frisbee around outside to playing in the State Ultimate Championship and winning the “Spirit Award,” Nashoba Regional High School’s Ultimate Frisbee team has come a long way in three years.
Testing the Limits in ‘Death Race’
By Jess Thomas
“All my friends call me crazy,” said Stow native Ned Dalzell.
The 29-year-old mechanical engineer has signed up to take part in a “Death Race” in Pittsfield, Vt., starting on Thursday, June 27. Dalzell is ready for any challenge that comes his way.
Discovery May Lead to New Lyme Treament
by Robert Cooke
A new look into the intricacies of Lyme disease – the dangerous tick-borne infections we pick up in backyards and woodlands here in Boston’s suburbs – shows the corkscrew-shaped bacterium causing Lyme has a surprising metabolic quirk: it needs no iron.
This important discovery, discussed recently in the scientific literature, is important because it may offer a new avenue of attack, an exploitable difference that medical scientists may use in devising effective new treatments.
Minuteman Agreement Still on Hold
by Ann Needle
Those hoping for a new regional agreement for Minuteman High School this year will have to wait. But there is a movement to try to make the proposed agreement more acceptable to some of the vocational school’s 16 member towns.