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Ten miles of toilet paper: St. Mark’s tries to break mathematical record

December 12, 2011 10:11:21 AM

Try this experiment. Go get yourself a length of toilet paper. Now fold it in half crosswise. Fold it in half again and again. It won’t take long – maybe three or four folds – before the paper won’t stay folded anymore. Now try taking 53,000 feet of toilet paper and folding it in half over and over. That’s exactly what a group of students from St. Mark’s did last week.

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St. Mark’s unveils new artificial turf field

October 7, 2011 09:34:02 AM

A couple of you asked about the construction activity over the past few months at the intersection of Route 85 and Common Street across from St. Mark’s School. The work was all to install a new artificial field, a field St. Mark’s unveiled at a recent field hockey game.

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St. Mark’s touts new faculty housing

July 15, 2011 09:31:35 AM

In a post on their website earlier this year, St, Mark’s announced the construction of new faculty housing on campus. The school said the two new 4-bedroom housing units were made possible by the gift of an anonymous donor family.

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St. Mark’s declares its lawn ‘sustainable’

September 3, 2010 04:15:28 PM

I’ve always referred to the grass in front of St. Mark’s at the corner of Main Street and Route 85 a “lawn,” but I guess I’ll have to update my terminology.

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Neighbors want an end to St. Mark’s traffic

June 10, 2010 10:30:07 AM

In all the discussion about St. Mark’s lawn last week, some commenters also griped about bus traffic to and from the school on School Street and Latisquama Road. Residents along both roads presented a petition to selectmen last week asking them to do something about traffic they called “dangerous.”

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Good question: What’s up with the lawn in front of St. Mark’s?

June 3, 2010 11:34:34 AM

I’ve had several readers ask me about the unusual mowing pattern on the St. Mark’s lawn this year. If you’ve driven down Main Street or Route 85, surely you’ve noticed that a large portion of the lawn has gone unmowed all spring, with the tallest of the blades now a good couple feet high.

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Treble Choir Festival at St. Mark’s tonight

October 15, 2009 09:24:33 AM

From Wicked Local Southborough: Treble choirs from three schools will be featured in an evening choral festival on Thursday, Oct. 15, at 7 p.m. in the Class of 1945 Hall at St. Mark’s School in Southborough. The Fay School Chorus and Boy’s Chorus, the All Saints Church (Worcester) Boys Choir and St. Cecilia Choir and

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St. Mark’s alum a ‘Top Chef’

August 21, 2009 12:37:03 PM

I’m a huge fan of Top Chef on Bravo TV. Season 6 started Wednesday night, and this time there’s a contestant with local ties to root for. Cheftestant Ashley Merriman graduated from St. Mark’s in 1994. She went on to Hamilton College and then the Institute of Culinary Education in New York. Most recently she

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Saluting the musical at St. Mark’s School

August 6, 2009 12:35:22 PM

St. Mark’s Summer Music Institute culminates on Friday night with the performance A Salute to the American Musical, a revue of songs from the American musical theater tradition. Student performers enrolled in the summer music program have been rehearsing for the past two weeks in preparation for the performance. They’ll be directed by Martha Collins

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Summer concert series at St. Mark’s starts Friday

July 9, 2009 01:33:48 PM

As part of their fourth annual Summer Music Festival, St. Mark’s will host a free concert series starting Friday and featuring performances by both students and faculty. All concerts take place in the Class of 1945 Hall in the Performing Arts Center (map) and are open to the public. Here’s the schedule (via Wicked Local

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St. Mark’s adopts green practices

June 26, 2009 11:56:30 AM

St. Mark’s is adopting some changes to make their operations a bit greener. They eliminated the use of trays in their dining center to conserve water and cut down on wasted food. This fall they’ll use an organic approach to maintain their athletic fields. And the Board of Trustees recently adopted a nine point Sustainability

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St. Mark’s commencement today

May 25, 2009 08:43:27 AM

St. Mark’s will hold its commencement ceremony today starting at 10:30 am, which may mean some extra traffic in the area. If you’re so inclined, you can watch the commencement online. And in case you’re wondering, the Algonquin graduation ceremony is on Sunday, June 7.

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St. Mark’s opens for skating starting Friday

November 26, 2008 08:30:00 AM

You could go shopping on Black Friday, or you could do something much more fun, like ice skating. The rink at St. Mark’s will open for free skating starting Friday. There are free skate opportunities during each of the upcoming school holidays, including Thanksgiving, Christmas, and February vacation. Check out the schedule on the Rec

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News from the Board of Selectmen

November 26, 2008 05:57:00 AM

The Board of Selectmen last night heard updates from the Board of Health and the Cable Committee. I’ll talk more about those updates in an upcoming post In other business, the selectmen took on an array of topics, including the following: Approved a request to move several utility poles near Fay School from the south

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