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Porter Memorial Library seeks input for building expansion

By | Jan 6, 2025

Porter Memorial Library seeks input for building expansion

BLANDFORD — The Porter Memorial Library is seeking public input for its building expansion plan at two upcoming focus groups, designed to provide an opportunity for residents to dream and brainstorm about what they would like to see in the future library.


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By | Dec 27, 2024

Chester Special Town Meeting planned for Jan. 6

CHESTER — The town of Chester has announced a special town meeting on Monday, Jan. 6. to ask voters to authorize several town expenditures. Registered town voters are asked to meet in the Town Hall Auditorium, 15 Middlefield Rd. at 7 p.m.


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Toy for Joy ends with donations still coming in

By | Dec 27, 2024

Toy for Joy ends with donations still coming in

The 2024 Toy for Joy campaign has officially ended, but any donations received after the Christmas Eve deadline will be accepted.


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Parade of Lights shined on Russell on Dec. 14

By | Dec 20, 2024

Parade of Lights shined on Russell on Dec. 14

RUSSELL — Dec. 14’s Russell Parade of Lights had the biggest crowd she’d ever seen, said organizer Missy Castro of the town’s Parks and Recreation Commission.


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Students at Chester Elementary enjoy ‘fruits’ of their labor

By | Dec 16, 2024

Students at Chester Elementary enjoy ‘fruits’ of their labor

CHESTER — Students at Chester Elementary School were excited to eat their vegetables at school lunch before Thanksgiving, said Vanna Maffuccio, their school principal.


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New deer technician at Huntington weigh station loves her job

By | Dec 16, 2024

New deer technician at Huntington weigh station loves her job

HUNTINGTON — Some hunters checking their deer at the weigh station in the parking lot of 22 E. Main St. outside of B&D’s the first week of shotgun season were surprised to meet MassWildlife technician Kalina Flood of Worthington at the scale in place of stewardship biologist Jacob Morris-Siegel, who manned the station for the past 16 years.


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By | Dec 9, 2024

Russell Parade of Lights will dazzle on Dec. 14

RUSSELL — The popular Russell Parade of Lights featuring area fire and police departments and vehicles of every kind, is scheduled for Saturday, Dec. 14. The parade has been a local draw since 2000.


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Toy for Joy gets two important contributions

By | Dec 9, 2024

Toy for Joy gets two important contributions

As the weather turned nippier and Christmas began coming into view, the Toy for Joy campaign gained two important contributions — but still needs more.


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Chester Railway Station shares train history at school

By | Dec 3, 2024

Chester Railway Station shares train history at school

CHESTER — On Nov. 22, David Pierce, president of the Chester Foundation, brought the Chester Railway Station and its history, in the form of a G Scale train set, to Chester Elementary School.


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By | Nov 22, 2024

Remember Hilltown charities on Giving Tuesday

GivingTuesday is a global generosity movement created in 2012 as a simple idea: a day that encourages people to do good. Since then, it has grown into a year-round global movement that inspires people to give, collaborate and celebrate generosity.


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