In This Week… April 19, 2017
Tons and Tons in this week’s edition– pick up a copy and see for yourself!
Team Ari at Bat… April 19, 2017
By Ann Needle Stow’s Ari Schultz and his family have become the cornerstone of a major community effort to support them through an almost incomprehensible situation. The good news is 5-year-old heart transplant recipient Ari is improving, while friends and neighbors work to muster the financial support the family needs to re-build their mold-infested home….
The Path to Donating Life… April 19, 2017
By Ann Needle Stow rejoiced last month when 5-year-old Ari Schultz received a long-awaited heart transplant. While his family was the first to say that the transplant process is difficult and not a guarantee for the recipient, they knew that another family, in the midst of heartbreak and loss, had given Ari a fighting chance…
Annual Town Warrant at a Glance… April 19, 2017
By Nancy Arsenault With one of the largest warrants in recent years, the Annual Town Meeting is scheduled for two nights of voting to get through all of the articles. Beginning Monday May 1, voters will be asked to approve an operating budget that continues Stow’s trend of minor increases in spending, without the need…
Easy Access to Maynard’s Rail Trail… April 12, 2017
By Nancy Arsenault The nearly-completed Maynard leg of the Assabet River Rail Trail offers Stow residents another access point to the Trail, despite there being no official route through Stow. This newest spur, including the final section of the route through Acton, totals 3.4 miles from the Stow/Maynard line to the terminus of the entire…
She packed her seven versalia
She packed her seven versalia, put her initial into the belt and made herself on the way. When she reached the first hills of the Italic Mountains, she had a last view back on the skyline of her hometown Bookmarksgrove, the headline of Alphabet Village and the subline of her own road, the Line Lane….
April 12, 2017
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Legal Notices
NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING STOW CONSERVATION COMMISSION The Stow Conservation Commission will hold a public hearing at the Stow Town Building on Tuesday April 18, 2017 at 8:00 PM to consider the Abbreviated Notice of Resource Area Delineation filed by Jonathan Bransfield, Money Brook Farm, LLC. The applicant is seeking confirmation of wetland resource area…
Calendar of Events… March 24, 2017
Stow Democrats meet The Stow Democratic Town Committee will meet Wednesday, March 22, 7:15pm, in A NEW LOCATION — the community center ( old Pompo school). New faces welcome. Topics for discussion will include our participation in Springfest; agenda for the April 26 meeting with the Mass. Democratic Party chairman; and review of the caucus…