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Vol. 49 | No. 43
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Planning Board approves Intel subdivision
By Sarah Freedman Contributing Writer
By Sarah Freedman Contributing Writer
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HUDSON – At its Oct. 17 meeting, the Planning Board approved an application from Intel Massachusetts Inc. for a definitive subdivision plan at 75 Reed Road. This comes after Portman Industrial withdrew their plans to construct a 1.28 millionsquare-foot warehouse last November. Attorney Gregory Sampson and professional engineer Devin Howe of Beals and Associates represented the interests of Intel at the meeting. Sampson said the hearing was a continuaIntel | 9
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The former Intel property stands at 75 Reed Road.
HUDSON – Officers Wendy LaFlamme, Samantha Costa, Heather Manning and Kayleigh Myerson are gathered at the Hudson Police Department (HPD) building on a Monday morning to make a recruitment video for the HPD. The officers are joined by community resource dog Murf, a golden retriever, who immediately comes over to see what is going on. Manning said they were making a recruitment video because “it’s a hard job to get into.” The video will show the different aspects like the duties of the traffic unit and the SWAT team, as well as the positive impact officers can make. The HPD has a street crimes unit to handle a situation that may be too much for one officer, a drone unit and a thriv-
Officers Kayleigh Myerson, Samantha Costa, Heather Manning and Wendy LaFlamme of the Hudson Police Department at the HPD headquarters
New rain garden installed at Ward Park By Maureen Sullivan Assistant Editor MARLBOROUGH – The city has a new rain garden. On Oct. 17, volunteers from DuPont helped install dozens of native plants in a plot at Ward Park, near the Marlborough Senior Center’s greenhouse.
According to Heather Conkerton, the ecological restoration coordinator for OARS, the rain garden will clean and infiltrate stormwater, add biodiversity and help mitigate flooding. “These plants can live in a moist environment,” and they will also attract butterflies and other pollinators, said Clay Larsen of Yard and Rain garden | 15
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