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 Zoning Board continues West Union Street 40B permit hearing. The board unanimously voted to continue the public hearing for a proposed 116-unit mixed-income apartment project to August 25, awaiting an applicant report. The four-story building would include 87 market-rate units and 29
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…
Ashland Conservation Commission approves bank expansion waiver and manages development review queue. The commission unanimously approved a stormwater waiver for Middlesex Savings Bank's 300 square foot expansion at 2 West Union Street, finding that the project will decrease net impervious area. The
Bestselling author Jane Healey visits Ashland Public Library Tuesday, Aug. 11, for an in-person book club talk and a virtual Q&A. The library's Historical Fiction Book Club discusses Healey's novel "The Saturday Evening Girls Club" that same day, part of a packed Aug. 11 slate that also…
Two Ashland, Massachusetts obituaries were published this week: Schmutz, Elizabeth, age 93, who died July 23, and Gomez, Herman Coronado Jr., age 75, who died July 30. Both notices were handled by Matarese Funeral Home and Cremation Service Inc. of Ashland and listed on Echovita. The so…
Nineteen Ashland properties sold between July 10 and Aug. 8, with 16 of those deeds listing a price ranging from $412,175 to $4,075,000 and a median of $661,000. The top sale was 158 Butterfield Drive at $4,075,000, an LLC-to-LLC transfer. Prospect Street and Algonquin Trail each saw two sales
Ashland's civic calendar packs five town board meetings into the week ahead, led by a roadway traffic study session. The Conservation Commission meets Monday, Aug. 10, followed by the Roadway Traffic Study Committee, the Zoning Board of Appeals and the Historical Commission on Tuesday, …
Ashland Town Manager Michael Herbert will step down effective Sept. 1, according to a MetroWest Daily News report published Thursday. Herbert's departure comes as Ashland enters a stretch of municipal business, with the town's Planning Board scheduled to meet Aug. 13 and the Conservatio…
The Ashland Select Board approved an addendum ending Town Manager Michael Herbert's nearly 14-year tenure and voted 5-0 on a mutual aid conflict waiver and a Telechron clock fund transfer.