Ashland's School Committee approved AHS Handbook updates and $153,000 in school choice funding but held off voting on a proposed cell phone-blocking app pilot after a member raised cybersecurity concerns.
Ashland's Jennifer Leavey suffers agonizing loss on Jeopardy after late comeback bid. Also in today's brief (5 items): Ashland's Jennifer Leavey competes on Jeopardy; Town seeks interest in 2027 Boston Marathon; Planning Board meets Thursday in hybrid format; Sustainability Committee me…
Ashland's Zoning Board of Appeals elected new officers and delayed a road permit case at its September 22 meeting. Members voted 4-0 to elect John Trefethen chair and 4-0 to elect Brian Forrestal clerk for the term beginning September 1.
Ashland Conservation Commission continued a Notice of Intent hearing to October 26. The hearing concerns a property at 10-60 Main Street (DEP 95-1018) and ongoing environmental reviews.
Ashland's Select Board opens its fall grant cycle for community groups and nonprofits. From our own coverage: Ashland real estate roundup logs 20 sales. Also in today's brief (7 items): Select Board opens fall grant cycle; Planning Board seeks design review volunteers; Ashland schools s…
Two Ashland obituaries were recorded this week: Aires, João "John," 67, who died Wednesday, September 16, 2026, in the care of Matarese Funeral Home & Cremation Service, Inc. of Ashland; and Monique, Paul A., 83, who died September 15, 2026, with arrangements by Norton, McKinney & Lawle…
Ashland home sales top $1.6 million as Hardwick Road property leads latest roundup. From our own coverage: Planning Board continues two site reviews to Aug. 13; Board weighs zoning fix, not moratorium, for data centers. Also in today's brief (10 items): Planning Board seeks design profe…
Twenty properties changed hands in Ashland from Aug. 21 to Sept. 19, according to deeds recorded at the South Middlesex Registry of Deeds. Eleven of the 20 sales have a recorded price so far, ranging from $450,000 to $1,599,000 with a median of $685,000. The period's highest-priced sale was 82
Ashland rolled out a new online permitting and licensing system called OpenGov while the town remains under Stage 2 Water Restrictions. The Planning Board is seeking architects, engineers, and landscape architects to serve on short-term design review committees, and Superintendent Adams…
The Ashland Select Board declined to back former member Steve Mitchell's plan to split the town's local meals tax revenue evenly between economic development and a new "resident services" fund.