Ashland Select Board Holds Three Sessions Wednesday
Ashland's civic calendar is busy this week, with three Select Board sessions set for Wednesday and a full slate of library programming running through the weekend, while a MetroWest Daily News obituary noted the death of a 1972 Ashland High School graduate.
TOWN HALL
The Select Board's Wednesday, Aug. 5 lineup includes a budget workshop, an executive session and a hybrid regular meeting, according to the town's public calendar. Later in August, residents can expect meetings of the Conservation Commission, the Roadway Traffic Study Committee, the Zoning Board of Appeals and the Planning Board, all posted to the town's online calendar this week.
COMMUNITY & ARTS
The Ashland Public Library has several programs running Wednesday and Thursday. On Wednesday, Aug. 5, the library hosts Baby Time for children ages 0 to 3 with a caregiver, a Crafternoon flower pinch pot session for grades 2 through 6, an in-person Mah Jongg session for adults, and a virtual meeting of the library's Environmental Book Club discussing "Blown to Hell: America's Deadly Betrayal of the Marshall Islanders." The library's Adult Summer Reading Challenge 2026 also continues online.
On Thursday, Aug. 6, the library offers Make Me a Story for ages 3 to 7 with a caregiver, and a virtual talk from photographer Bill Gette on Alaska's remote places, Nome and Utqiagvik. The Council on Aging also meets Thursday.
ELSEWHERE IN THE NEWS
"Robert Tuttle Obituary" ran in The MetroWest Daily News, noting that Tuttle was a 1972 graduate of Ashland High School who spent much of his life in Hudson before his death, according to the MetroWest Daily News obituary listing (read it at https://www.metrowestdailynews.com/obituaries/pneo1535181).
COMING UP
The Select Board holds a budget workshop, executive session and hybrid regular meeting on Wednesday, Aug. 5. The library's Baby Time, Crafternoon, Mah Jongg session and Environmental Book Club all take place Wednesday, Aug. 5, with the Adult Summer Reading Challenge continuing online through Thursday. The Council on Aging meets Thursday, Aug. 6, alongside the library's Make Me a Story session and the virtual Bill Gette Alaska talk. The Conservation Commission meets via Zoom Monday, Aug. 10, followed by the Roadway Traffic Study Committee and Zoning Board of Appeals on Tuesday, Aug. 11, and the Planning Board on Thursday, Aug. 13.
Compiled from official town feeds, community organizations, and local press. Outside reporting is attributed inline.