Ashland Library Board discontinues Hoopla amid budget cuts. The Board of Trustees voted unanimously to approve a new Employee Handbook while announcing the discontinuation of the Hoopla digital service effective September 1st due to library budget cuts affecting materials purchasing. The library's
Ashland Board of Health presses Cherry Blossom over repeat food-safety violations, adds $75 septic fee.
Conservation Commission continues residential development hearing to September 21. The Ashland Conservation Commission continued its hearing on a Notice of Intent for a 10-60 Main Street residential development to September 21, 2026, pending completion of peer reviews and soil testing. Vice Chair
Ashland's weekly obituary notices column lists three residents this week: Lovezzola, John; Raffi, Sergio; and Messana, Pearl Marie. Lovezzola died August 11, Raffi, 80, died August 13, and Messana died August 16 at age 101, the oldest of the three. Notices were posted primarily by Matar…
Ashland entered a Stage 1 water restriction this week, asking residents to cut back on lawn and outdoor water use immediately. The town's News Flash alert system issued the notice without specifying exact watering-day limits, directing residents to the town's civic alerts page for detai…
Ashland recorded 18 property transfers between July 17 and July 30, 13 with a recorded sale price. Prices ranged from $350,000 to $1.7 million, with a median of $860,000. The period's top sale was a $1.7 million transfer with no listed street address, from Ballard Highland LLC to Starboard Homes
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,"…
The Ashland Planning Board approved a bank renovation and delayed votes on two other projects.