Playoff Action for Nashoba Varsity
By Ellen Oliver
All the Nashoba varsity sports teams made the post season. Read who picked the right time to get hot and who is getting started on their summer vacation.
Stow Resident Seeks $100K TV Prize
By Nancy Arsenault
Seventy-two hours to find $100,000 hidden in a briefcase – Do it in the jungles of New Zealand, with basically no food or water, with two strangers. The only clues are a series of GPS coordinates that must be reached while undergoing physical challenges that defy anything you have ever known.
This is just what Stow’s Meg Patterson experienced this past November when she was part of the inaugural season of filming for TNT Network’s new adventure reality show, 72 Hours, debuting in June.
Food for Thought at School Comm
By Ann Needle
Nashoba students and parents can expect stricter rules next year around what they can eat during school hours and beyond.
The district’s Health and Wellness Advisory Council outlined the major changes to its Health and Wellness Protocol effective with the new school year starting in August. Health & Wellness Coordinator Pat Trahman pointed to the “30-minute rule” as perhaps the biggest change. This state mandate means food that does not meet Massachusetts nutrition standards cannot be sold on district grounds from 30 minutes before through 30 minutes after school hours. As an example, Nashoba Food Services Director Tom Houle explained that cake being sold as a fundraiser during lunch must consist of at least 51% whole grain. But if the fundraisers wait until at least a half hour after school closes, the cake ingredients can vary. The 30-minute rule includes carbonated beverages, he added.
The Independent Clause
Another school year is quickly passing as the Class of 2013 will step across the stage to receive their diplomas this coming weekend. I can imagine the parents (and the kids) shaking their heads and thinking, “How did that happen so fast?” The 4 years of high school seem to be the quickest of all….
Public Safety Log
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 27, 2013 3:48am COMPLAINT A caller from Sudbury Road complained that his neighbors were outside being loud. The Police responded. Three men were located fishing. They were advised….
Calendar
Thursday Nights are Cruise-in/Fly-in Nights This Summer in Stow In cooperation with EAA #196, Friends of Minute Man Air Field, and Nancy’s Air Field Café, the Rotary Clubs of Nashoba Valley, Acton-Boxborough, and Maynard are holding the first annual Wings & Wheels program, a summer-long cruise-in/fly-in event at the Minute Man Air Field (302 Boxboro Road)…
In This Week’s Print Edition… June 5, 2013
Where to Buy a Copy Subscribe for Home Delivery Stow Students at Top of Their Classes Both of these high achievers can be soft spoken, even shy, about their lives and accomplishments. Yet, Nashoba Regional High School Salutatorian Steven Tang, and Minuteman Regional Vocational High School Valedictorian Christine Hamilton, both have stories to tell that…
Unified Track Short, but Sweet Season
By Ellen Oliver
Nashoba’s unified track team had a short, but very sweet season, earning their second league championship. “It was a little bittersweet this year,” explained Coach Matt Ettinger. “We had four meets and three were cancelled due to weather and scheduling issues. One was able to be rescheduled, but we didn’t get the same competition as last year.”
Last year, Nashoba walked away with the first championship title and easily repeated the feat on May 18th for back-to-back wins. “Last year was a nail biter,” said Ettinger. “This year we did really well and won a lot of events.”
Stow Acres is Future Focused… May 29, 2013
By Nancy Arsenault
While the economy has caused ownership changes or turned golf courses into housing developments, Stow Acres Country Club, Stow’s oldest and largest golf course, is still considered one of the premiere public golf facilities in the area.
Boasting two 18-hole courses, North and South, the North course was selected as one of America’s 50 best public courses by Golf Digest in the 1980s and 1990s. The U.S. Amateur Public Links Championship was hosted there in 1995, only the second time ever in New England. From 2003-2006, Stow Acres hosted the Monday qualifier for the PGA’s Deutsche Bank Championship held at the Tournament Players Club Boston and continues to be the site of major tournaments.