Wednesday, March 11, 2009

Sunny pictures for a dreary day

March 11, 2009 03:15:08 PM

I offer you some much-needed color on this very, very gray day. These are shots I took at Chestnut Hill Farm last weekend. Remember last weekend? When it was sunny and 60 degrees? Sigh. If you have photos you’d like to see published here, email them to me or post them on flickr with the

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Algonquin music showcase happening on Thursday

March 11, 2009 01:27:35 PM

Members of the newly-formed Algonquin Acoustics club and others will participate in the Algonquin Music Showcase on Thursday night. About 20 groups and individuals were chosen to perform both instrumental and vocal selections. Admission is $5.00 with proceeds going to the Murphy Sisters scholarship fund. The show starts at 7:00 pm. (Photo by oneilkwangwanh)

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Handwriting may mean more than you think

March 11, 2009 12:01:48 PM

We email, we text, we IM, we blog. How often do we actually write by hand? Is teaching good handwriting still important these days? Occupational therapist Karen Conrad says yes, and she’ll explain why at a seminar sponsored by the Northborough/Southborough Special Education Parent Advisory Council (NSPAC) on Thursday night. Topics to be covered in

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A regional storm is a-brewin’

March 11, 2009 09:31:26 AM

Every year the towns of Northborough and Southborough use some advanced math to figure out how much of the regional school budget each town will pay. This year those calculations might see Southborough ponying up an additional $200K — an unexpected increase that is raising some eyebrows. Here’s the situation. There are two different ways

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Southborough in the news

March 11, 2009 06:43:49 AM

It’s all about new businesses, biceps, and the power of listening in this installment of Southborough in the News, a (mostly) weekly collection of stories in the local media with a Southborough connection. Algonquin, meet your new principal “I want to be a good listener. I think it’s especially important in the first year. I

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