School Drug Search Leads to One Arrest
By Nancy Arsenault
“Their faces were all plastered to the windows,” said Bolton Police Chief Vince Alfano of students at Nashoba Regional High School on Monday, May 19. They were watching a team of law enforcement officials conduct a K-9 drug search of the parking lots, moving from car to car in quick succession. Alfano describes the operation as part of a 3-prong effort to combat the presence of drugs at the high school, planned and executed by Bolton Police, State Police and the Nashoba administration.
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.
Run for the Woods Raises Funds for SCT
The annual road race to benefit the Stow Conservation Trust was once again a success despite the unpredicatable weather of Springfest weekend.
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…
Calendar… May 29, 2014
2014 Fall Football and Cheer Registration is Now Open! Nashoba Youth Football & Cheer is a recreational program open to children who will be in grades 1 – 8 (2nd grade for football) in September from the surrounding towns of Bolton, Harvard, Lancaster and Stow, regardless of size or ability. NYFC strives to instill a…
Public Safety Report… May 29, 2014
By Kristen Kerouac Excerpts from the Public Safety Logs. Please note, arrests are made based on probable cause but do not determine guilt or innocence until proven in court. Monday May 19, 2014 7:38am ANIMAL A caller on Gleasondale Road reported that a woman was walking an emaciated and sickly looking dog along the road. …
In This Week’s Print Edition… May 21, 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: Nashoba Looks at Measures of Success Last night’s Nashoba School Committee meeting focused on how the district measures success among both students and staff, with a view toward…
Nashoba Looks at Measures of Success
By Ann Needle
Last night’s Nashoba School Committee meeting focused on how the district measures success among both students and staff, with a view toward how these measures could change in the future.
One Committee discussion centered on whether to become part of a new, national student testing system. Superintendent Michael Wood announced that Nashoba must decide, before the end of the school year, whether to continue participating in the national PARCC (Partnership for Readiness for College and Careers) testing system. A few classrooms throughout the district participated this year, though those students also took their required MCAS tests.
Relay Brings Cancer Stories Together
by Ann Needle
The illness never looks the same from patient to patient, but hundreds of people get together every year at Nashoba Regional High School with the common goal of trying to stop it. Once again, the American Cancer Society hosted its annual Relay for Life fundraiser at NRHS on Saturday, placing a very local look on a disease that is simply everywhere.