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Longtime Ashland Resident John Lovezzola Dies at 87

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…

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Library To Screen 'Chicken Run' At Friday Outdoor Flicknic

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,"…

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Mindess Elementary Sets Aug. 31 First Day of School

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…

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Zoning board continues West Union Street 40B permit hearing

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

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Ashland Launches New OpenGov Permitting Portal

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…

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Bestselling Author Jane Healey Visits Ashland Library Tuesday

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…

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Ashland Home Sales Range From $412,175 to $4.075 Million in Late July

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

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Ashland Sets Five Town Board Meetings for Week Ahead

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, …

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Ashland Town Manager Michael Herbert to Step Down Sept. 1

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…

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