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Vol. 49 | No. 2 | Janiary 13, 2023
A ‘tremendous achievement’
Market Basket in Shrewsbury opens Jan. 13
Ribbon cutting held at Annie E. Fales Elementary By Maureen Sullivan Assistant Editor
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The Shrewsbury Market Basket will be opening on Jan. 13.
By Caroline Gordon and Laura Hayes
Algonquin Regional High School athletic complex goes before Planning Board By Laura Hayes Managing Editor NORTHBOROUGH - The Planning Board got a first look at a series of improvements to Algonquin Regional High School’s athletic facilities. Gale Associates Kathy Hervol and
Project Engineer Matt Kinlin presented the plans to the board on Jan. 3. As part of this project, the high school is proposing to install a synthetic turf stadium field, a turf multipurpose field and amphitheater. Additionally, the track would be re-done, the tennis Athletic complex | 13
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Market Basket | 11
PHOTO/LAURA HAYES
SHREWSBURY - The Market Basket in Shrewsbury is officially open come Friday, Jan. 13, said Market Basket Operations Manager David McLean. This announcement comes after customers have been anticipating the opening of the store since the Planning
WESTBOROUGH - For Superintendent Amber Bock, the Annie E. Fales Elementary School on Eli Whitney Street is “the final piece of the puzzle” in creating a new space for grades K-3. During an official ribbon-cutting and open house on Jan. 8, Bock honored those who assembled the puzzle, from school staff to Fales Principal Maryann Stannard and Building Committee Chairman Stephen Doret. The event capped a process that began in 2015. “It is incredibly exciting to reach this moment,” said Bock. Doret took pride in the school being a net-zero-plus building; the school’s solar panels have already produced 700,000 kilowatt hours, he said.
Fales Elementary School Principal Maryann Stannard, center, and Stephen Doret, back to camera, chairman of the Building Committee, cut the ribbon at the Fales Elementary School on Jan. 8.
Algonquin boys hockey defeats Westborough
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