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…
S&P Global Ratings revised Ashland's credit outlook to positive from stable this week, a shift that typically points to stronger town finances and could ease future borrowing costs. The change came as Ashland rolled out a new online licensing and permitting portal called OpenGov, giving…
Ashland's Select Board convenes three sessions Wednesday, Aug. 5, including a budget workshop and hybrid public meeting, while the Ashland Public Library runs six programs across Wednesday and Thursday, from a Crafternoon craft session to a virtual talk by photographer Bill Gette on Ala…
Ashland Public Library canceled its Walk In Their Shoes dementia simulation program Tuesday while hosting Public Safety Night and five other events. The in-person session, run with The Residence at Valley, was pulled from the library's calendar even as Clocktown Rockers, LEGO Club, and …
Twenty properties changed hands in Ashland between July 3 and Aug. 1, according to South Middlesex Registry of Deeds records, with recorded prices ranging from $412,175 to $4,075,000 and a median of $661,000 among the 14 sales with reported prices. The month's top transaction was a $4,075,000 sale
Ashland Public Library set a virtual author talk on America's 250th for Monday alongside a new toddler music session. Author Lars D. H. Hedbor joins a virtual "Celebrating America's 250th" discussion of his novel "The Convention" on Aug. 3, the same day the library's Monday Knit and Cro…
Ashland Public Schools set Aug. 31 as the first day of classes at David Mindess Elementary, with preschool orientation the same day, according to the district's online calendar. The Ashland Public Library opens August with a busy slate: the Friends of the Ashland Public Library hold the…
Ashland Sustainability Committee approves planning for bottle cap murals, revises climate roadmap. The committee, led by Chair Todd Ching, unanimously approved previous meeting minutes and advanced planning for a plastic bottle cap collection project with local businesses including the Senior
Ashland has launched a new online permitting system, giving residents digital access to town licenses and permits. The town announced the rollout of OpenGov, its new License/Permitting Portal, in a News Flash posted to the official town website this week, part of a broader push toward o…
Ashland's library rolls out a fresh batch of summer programs as Town Hall committees keep meeting through late July. The Ashland Public Library will host "Make Me a Story" for ages three to seven, a Summer STEM program for grades K-6, and virtual talks on painter Gilbert Stuart and Norm…
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