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<![CDATA[VFW getting ready for Santa's visit]]>
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<![CDATA[Townsend Veterans of Foreign Wars Post No. 6538 and its Ladies Auxiliary will once again sponsor the Christmas Eve Santa Program in Townsend as part of their Community Service and Youth Activities Programs.]]>
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<![CDATA[Fri, 20 Nov 2009 07:14:23 -0700]]>
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<![CDATA[Smoky blaze on Main Street]]>
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<![CDATA[TOWNSEND -- At approximately 2:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Townsend Fire-EMS responded to a report of smoke on the second floor of a two-and-a-half story single-family home at 322 Main St.]]>
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<![CDATA[Fri, 20 Nov 2009 07:14:08 -0700]]>
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<![CDATA[Girl Scouts make pennies count for charity]]>
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<![CDATA[TOWNSEND -- Members of Townsend Girl Scout Troops No. 30642 and No. 31100 provided a service for Townsend Ecumenical Outreach by helping to count and roll change donated during the TEO Summer Penny Drive.]]>
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<![CDATA[Fri, 20 Nov 2009 07:13:58 -0700]]>
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<![CDATA[Voters buck official position, OK joining regional waste plan]]>
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<![CDATA[TOWNSEND -- Is joining a regional hazardous-waste program still in the formative stages better than a town-operated program, or forcing residents to drive 45 minutes to Lexington now that the Lunenburg regional program is going away?]]>
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<![CDATA[editor@nashobavalleychronicle.com (Don Eriksson, Correspondent)]]>
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<![CDATA[Fri, 20 Nov 2009 07:12:50 -0700]]>
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<![CDATA[Schools asked for $350,000 by Pepperell]]>
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<![CDATA[TOWNSEND -- Pepperell Selectman Chairman Joseph Sergi has asked the North Middlesex Regional School District committee to cut $350,000 from his town's school assessment for 2011.]]>
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<![CDATA[editor@nashobavalleychronicle.com (Don Eriksson, Correspondent)]]>
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<![CDATA[Fri, 20 Nov 2009 07:07:27 -0700]]>
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<![CDATA[Discovery phase launches on NM/Lunenburg union]]>
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<![CDATA[TOWNSEND -- The North Middlesex Regional School Committee voted unanimously this week to begin a discovery phase on consolidation of the North Middlesex and Lunenburg school districts.]]>
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<![CDATA[editor@nashobavalleychronicle.com (Don Eriksson, Correspondent)]]>
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<![CDATA[Fri, 20 Nov 2009 07:07:18 -0700]]>
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<![CDATA[The Posting Board]]>
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<![CDATA[Calendar    Friday, Nov. 20    Ashby Elementary Playground Committee Presents: 5:30 to p.m. Our Second Annual Christmas Fair, Friday, Nov.]]>
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<![CDATA[Fri, 20 Nov 2009 07:07:08 -0700]]>
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<![CDATA[Townsend candidate chosen for SchoolCom]]>
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<![CDATA[TOWNSEND --  Ten-year Townsend resident Randy Rush was chosen an at-large member of the North Middlesex Regional School District Committee in a joint meeting of the committee and the nine selectmen from Ashby, Pepperell, and Townsend.]]>
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<![CDATA[editor@nashobavalleychronicle.com (Don Eriksson, Correspondent)]]>
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<![CDATA[Fri, 20 Nov 2009 07:06:59 -0700]]>
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<![CDATA[Special Town Meeting voters quickly dispense articles]]>
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<![CDATA[TOWNSEND -- Special Town Meeting voters this week determined the fate of 13 warrant articles involving $120,330 in a fast-moving session that ended two minutes shy of one hour.]]>
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<![CDATA[editor@nashobavalleychronicle.com (Don Eriksson, Correspondent)]]>
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<![CDATA[Fri, 20 Nov 2009 07:06:44 -0700]]>
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<![CDATA[Historical Society annual meeting Sunday]]>
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<![CDATA[The Townsend Historical Society is holding its Annual Meeting on Sunday, Nov. 22, at 2 p.m. at the new Townsend Meeting Hall.]]>
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<![CDATA[Fri, 20 Nov 2009 07:03:52 -0700]]>
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<![CDATA[Townsend loses state funds]]>
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<![CDATA[Barnes recommended one time expenditures be funded from free cash. Townsend has over $1 million dollars in the account; about half belongs to the water department he said.]]>
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<![CDATA[editor@nashobavalleychronicle.com (Anne O'Connor   Correspondent     TOWNSEND -- Townsend is facing more cuts in state aid than originally thought ,according to town administrator Greg Barnes.   "We got harder hit than what at first glance would have been apparent," he told the Finance)]]>
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<![CDATA[Fri, 20 Nov 2009 07:03:30 -0700]]>
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<![CDATA[3 hospitalized following carbon monoxide leak]]>
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<![CDATA[TOWNSEND -- A wood stove at 128 Haynes Road spewed carbon monoxide into the home, sending two children and their mother to the hospital Wednesday about 12:15 p.]]>
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<![CDATA[editor@nashobavalleychronicle.com (Jack Minch, Correspondent)]]>
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<![CDATA[Wed, 18 Nov 2009 17:09:47 -0700]]>
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<![CDATA[Smoky blaze on Main Street]]>
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<![CDATA[TOWNSEND -- At approximately 2:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Townsend Fire-EMS responded to a report of smoke on the second floor of a two and a half story single-family home at 322 Main St.]]>
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<![CDATA[Wed, 18 Nov 2009 14:49:33 -0700]]>
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<![CDATA[Bleak road ahead]]>
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<![CDATA[By Anne O'Connor    Correspondent      TOWNSEND -- With financial projections for area towns bleak and state aid continuing to be cut, representatives from three town finance committees met to discuss ways that the towns may work together to soften the expected hard times.]]>
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<![CDATA[Fri, 13 Nov 2009 07:17:07 -0700]]>
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<![CDATA[A day to honor veterans]]>
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<![CDATA[PEPPERELL -- The North Middlesex Regional High School District once again turned out to honor veterans Tuesday, Nov.]]>
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<![CDATA[editor@nashobavalleychronicle.com (Don Eriksson, Correspondent)]]>
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<![CDATA[Fri, 13 Nov 2009 07:14:21 -0700]]>
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<![CDATA[Ceremony honors sacrifice]]>
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<![CDATA[TOWNSEND -- Soldiers and wives, Boy Scouts and Brownies, parents accompanied by their children.    Al told, roughly 120 people gathered at a ceremony on the morning of Nov.]]>
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<![CDATA[editor@nashobavalleychronicle.com (Nathan Lamb , nlamb@nashobapub.com)]]>
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<![CDATA[Fri, 13 Nov 2009 07:14:07 -0700]]>
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<![CDATA[Townsend Recycling Center sets new hours]]>
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<![CDATA[The Town of Townsend is pleased to announce an easier-to-remember schedule for the Townsend Recycling Center.]]>
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<![CDATA[Fri, 13 Nov 2009 07:11:32 -0700]]>
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<![CDATA[Barnes: State is making 'back door' cuts]]>
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<![CDATA[TOWNSEND -- Town Administrator Greg Barnes has cautioned selectmen that the town may be hard hit by Gov.]]>
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<![CDATA[editor@nashobavalleychronicle.com (Don Eriksson, Correspondent)]]>
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<![CDATA[Fri, 13 Nov 2009 07:07:02 -0700]]>
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<![CDATA[The Posting Board]]>
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<![CDATA[Calendar    Monday, Nov. 16    Board of Health: 6:30  p.m., Town Hall    Planning Board: 7 p.m., Town Hall    North Middlesex Regional School District Committee: 7 p.]]>
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<![CDATA[Fri, 13 Nov 2009 07:06:16 -0700]]>
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<![CDATA[13 articles for STM]]>
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<![CDATA[TOWNSEND -- Selectmen have signed and posted a 13-article Special Town Meeting warrant for the Tuesday, Nov.]]>
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<![CDATA[editor@nashobavalleychronicle.com (Don Eriksson, Correspondent)]]>
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<![CDATA[Fri, 13 Nov 2009 07:03:52 -0700]]>
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<![CDATA[State cuts inching upward]]>
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<![CDATA[TOWNSEND -- The bad news is that the estimate of state reimbursement cutbacks for 2010 have inched upward, Town Administrator Greg Barnes said Tuesday night.]]>
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<![CDATA[editor@nashobavalleychronicle.com (Don Eriksson, Correspondent)]]>
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<![CDATA[Fri, 13 Nov 2009 07:03:39 -0700]]>
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<![CDATA[Townsend and Ashby animal control officer goes above and beyond]]>
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<![CDATA[TOWNSEND -- Mary Letourneau is the animal control officer for Townsend and Ashby. She has been with  Ashby for five years and Townsend for two years.]]>
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<![CDATA[editor@nashobavalleychronicle.com (Lyn Giancotti, Correspondent)]]>
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<![CDATA[Fri, 13 Nov 2009 05:32:48 -0700]]>
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<![CDATA[Bats make great neighbors]]>
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<![CDATA[But like most neighbors, they also need our help    By Gaynor Bigelbach    Correspondent    AYER OR ANYWHERE -- If the only bats hanging out in your backyard are Halloween decorations, then you are missing out on some of nature's most fascinating, most beneficial, yet most misunderstood creatures.]]>
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<![CDATA[Fri, 13 Nov 2009 05:32:16 -0700]]>
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