Ashland's library opens the week with eight virtual and in-person programs spanning Monday and Tuesday, Aug. 17-18, headlined by a live talk with presidential doodler Heather Rogers and an in-person cook book club built around "Ice Cream." The same stretch brings five town meetings, inc…

Longtime Ashland resident John "Jack" Lovezzola died Aug. 11 at age 87, obituaries reported this week. The MetroWest Daily News carried the notice under the headline "John 'Jack' Lovezzola Obituary," with Legacy.com posting a matching notice from Matarese Funeral Home & Cremation Servic…

Ashland Public Library hosts a free outdoor Flicknic screening of Chicken Run Friday, part of a five-event weekend slate. The lineup also includes doodler Heather Rogers' virtual Presidential Series talk on Martin Van Buren, a Mystery Book Club discussion of Donna Leon's "By Its Cover,"…

Ashland Public Schools set Monday, Aug. 31, as David Mindess Elementary's first day of classes, with preschool orientation the same morning from 9 to 10 a.m. The Ashland Public Library, meanwhile, is packing Thursday, Aug. 13, with programming: a virtual "Book Birthday Celebration" with…

Ashland rolled out a new online License and Permitting Portal called OpenGov aimed at simplifying town permit applications, the town announced. The move gives residents and contractors a streamlined way to apply for and track permits without a trip to Town Hall. Meanwhile, the Ashland P…