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2 hrs ago | Nashoba Publishing Online

Townsend posting board

Fall Fun Storytime: 10:30 a.m., Library lawn; Miss Stacy will tell stories on the lawn, in good weather only.

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Related Topix: Traditional, Ethnic, Pepperell, MA, Lawrence, MA

Thu Oct 09, 2008

Sentinel & Enterprise

Townsend Library announces events for October and beyond

The Townsend Public Library is now accepting donations for the Friends of the Library Book Sale.

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Related Topix: Worcester, MA

Wed Oct 08, 2008

Nashoba Publishing Online

TEO feels the pinch

It is no secret that America is in a financial crisis. And with rough economic times comes an added need for the services of Townsend Ecumenical Outreach .

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Related Topix: Life, Holidays, Thanksgiving

Mon Oct 06, 2008

Nashoba Publishing Online

Presidential election moved to North Middlesex Regional High School

The national presidential election on Nov. 4 is expected to draw a big crowd -- too big, in fact, for the usual Memorial Hall polling place.

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Sun Oct 05, 2008

Nashua Telegraph

Ex-tax collector recollects

Twenty-one years ago, when Barbara Townsend succeeded Leonard White as town tax collector, she did her calculations by hand and forwarded stacks of IBM computer cards, fastened with elastic bands, to a ...

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Related Topix: Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Fri Oct 03, 2008

Lowell Sun

Guardian angel on four legs: Dog helped Groton woman stay conscious in diabetic emergency

Chloe has no idea what she did. When her owner, Tracy Colby, passed out on the living-room floor in her home on McCarthy Drive last Friday morning, the 6-year-old German shepherd sprang into action.

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Related Topix: Groton, MA

Thu Oct 02, 2008

Ayer Public Spirit

Money needed for service trip to New Orleans, La.

I am a senior at North Middlesex Regional High School in Townsend. This year, I, along with four other coordinators and 28 students, will be traveling to New Orleans, La., for our schools third-annual Community ...

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Related Topix: Orleans, MA, Hurricane, Natural Disasters

Tue Sep 30, 2008

Sentinel & Enterprise

Police: Driver in Route 13 accident died at scene

A Palmer man died in Friday's accident on Route 13, according to Townsend Police Lt.

11 comments

Related Topix: Fitchburg, MA, Fitchburg Metro

Mon Sep 29, 2008

Lowell Sun

Man dies when car hits pole in Townsend

A Palmer man was killed in a one-car accident on Fitchburg Road when his 2003 Subaru Legacy hit a utility pole Monday morning, according to police.

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Lowell Sun

Ayer pharmacist has prescription for hope in fight against cancer

Richard Oakley's heart sank in the summer of 2004 when he heard a local young girl he met through the American Cancer Society's Relay for Life suffered a relapse of leukemia after two years.

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Related Topix: Leukemia, Health, Ayer, MA, Gardner, MA

Pepperell Free Press

A lot of this and that before selectmen

Creation of an Ad- Hoc Committee to investigate funding for the proposed Squannacook River Rail Trail, review of the new trash and recycling system with G.W. Shaw, Inc., and an assessment of the findings by the ...

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Sat Sep 27, 2008

Sentinel & Enterprise

Witness describes accident scene in Townsend

A single-car accident left a man trapped in a small car on its side, against a telephone pole with damaged power lines on Route 13 on Friday night, according to a witness Fitchburg resident Destiny Kelley said ...

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Related Topix: Fitchburg, MA, Fitchburg Metro

Fri Sep 26, 2008

Nashoba Publishing Online

Townsend posting board

Fall Fun Storytime: 10:30 a.m., Townsend Public Library lawn ; Storytime with Miss Stacy, if the weather is nice.

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Related Topix: West Townsend, MA, Pepperell, MA, Ashby, MA

Thu Sep 25, 2008

Sentinel & Enterprise

Townsend plans tournament

Townsend Recreation will be hosting their 1st golf tournament to be held on Friday, Oct.

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Wed Sep 24, 2008

Sentinel & Enterprise

Local students earn varsity letters

During a recent athletic awards ceremony, Victoria M. Lorden, class of 2009, of Townsend and Mr.

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Related Topix: Lunenburg, MA

Mon Sep 22, 2008

Sentinel & Enterprise

Leaving the pack Townsend Scouts struggle to fill dens

Joe Biondi and Peter Cook have been searching out recruits for Townsend's Cub Scout Pack 12 for weeks.

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Related Topix: Lancaster, MA

Sun Sep 21, 2008

Pepperell Free Press

Neighbor helping neighbor in Community Builders

Neighbor helping neighbor is a time honored tradition. A group of business people in Townsend are taking that one step further.

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Fri Sep 19, 2008

Ayer Public Spirit

Three deaths result from crashes

A 43-year-old Townsend father lost his life Saturday, Sept. 13 in West Boylston.

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Related Topix: West Boylston, MA, Boylston, MA, Worcester County, MA

Thu Sep 18, 2008

Nashua Telegraph

Milford getting students, cash from Mason

Mason residents voted this week to send their middle and high school students to Milford, which means the school district will gain about 90 students and eventually about $700,000 in annual revenue.

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Related Topix: Pepperell, MA, Education Etc.

Tue Sep 16, 2008

Pepperell Free Press

Pepperell's newest resident

It isn't often that emergency responders have the chance the bring a new life into the world, and even less often that it happens in an ambulance on the way to the hospital.

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Related Topix: Pepperell, MA

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