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MCAS scores fail to rebound post pandemic in town, state

The Department of Elementary and Secondary Education released the results of the 2025 Massachusetts Comprehensive Assessment ...
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‘2 Across’ brings heart, wit, and puzzles to new production at Fivesparks Theater

Knowing that he wanted something fun and witty, he settled on “2 Across.” The playwright is Jerry Mayer, who was a writer on ...
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Voters elect Ward to remaining months of empty Select Board seat

Eric Ward, winner of the Oct. 8 special town election, will fill the fifth Select Board seat left empty by the resignation of Rich Maiore last spring. Ward received 58% of the votes cast, defeating ...
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Kemeza captures gold in storm-threatened Twilight Invitational cross-country races

The Cape Cod course is known to be fast, a flat, 1-mile looped trail, lined with lights and cheering spectators. The top five Bromfield sophomore and varsity runners in the boys and girls 5K races set ...
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With five wins at Northeast Fall Championship Regatta, rowers show depth

The Bromfield Acton-Boxborough rowing team made a strong showing in the Northeast Fall Championship Regatta held Sunday, Oct. 12, on Worcester’s Lake Quinsigamond.
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At a Farmstand Near You: October 17, 2025

Store is open 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily; pick-your-own apples is open from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. daily. Wagon rides to pick-your-own pumpkins, weekends only (final weekend will be Oct. 18-19), 11 a.m. to 4 ...
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Sports Roundup - October 17, 2025

10/20 MIAA Division 3 State Championship (at Blissful Meadows, Uxbridge), 10 a.m. Top eight individual performers in the section tournament will advance to states. Scheduled games and meets are shown ...
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Trojan boys shut out Maynard to take top spot in soccer Mid-Wach C Division

Isaac Balicky was the first to score for Bromfield, five minutes into the game, on an assist by Owen Balsis. It was Balicky’s ...
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Bull Run Restaurant in Shirley awarded $50,000 from Backing Historic Small Restaurants Grant Program

The Bull Run Restaurant in Shirley, MA, a nearly 300-year-old tavern listed on the Massachusetts Register of Historic Buildings, has been awarded $50,000 from the Backing Historic Small Restaurants ...
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Reflections: Roman

Roman at 14 months can now not only walk but run—fast. I kept dreading a face-plant, but miraculously that never happened. He ...
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Ward wins special election

Eric Ward has won the Oct. 8 special town election to fill the vacant fifth seat on Harvard’s Select Board. His margin of victory over his opponent, Adam Wool, was 383 to 275. A total of 660 ballots ...
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