Apr 10, 2012 | Worcester Telegram & Gazette
Schoolchildren from Hardwick help stock Quabbin trout
Fourth-graders at the Hardwick Elementary School will have some great fish stories to take home from school today.
1,000s of trout released into Quabbin
NEW SALEM, Mass. - Thousands of fish were released into the Quabbin Reservoir in New Salem Monday morning; an important process done just in time for the start of the trout fishing season.
Mass. writer with brain injury wins national award
NEW SALEM, Mass. - Despite living with a brain injury that has left Mira Bartok with memory loss, the New Salem author has won the 2012 National Book Critics Circle Award for her memoir, "The Memory Palace: A Memoir." Bartok said she was completely surprised, very honored and thought for a second that a mistake had been made when she learned she ... (more)