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Vol. 51 | No. 32 | August 8, 2025
After 40 years, this Marlborough mailman is saying goodbye By Shealagh Sullivan Reporter MARLBOROUGH – Everyone in Marlborough’s Church Street neighborhood knows Andre Laliberte. For 38 years, Laliberte delivered mail to the neighborhood in Central Marlborough for the United States Post Office, walking 11 miles every day while making his rounds. According to the Postal Service, his route has about 470 deliveries. “I know everybody on my route. I know everybody by name. I can literally sort my route with no addresses on it,” Laliberte said. But on July 19, he walked his route for the last time exactly 40 years since he had started his career at the Post Office. Signs decorated Church Street as Laliberte walked along, receiving congratulations and goodbyes from residents. “It was almost like a Disney movie,” said Laliberte, 62. Laliberte has walked through blizzards, a
Stephen Sierpina
By Sara Bedigian Contributing Writer
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MARLBOROUGH – Stephen Sierpina, former principal of Groton-Dunstable High School, has been appointed as the new principal of Marlborough High School for the upcoming school year. With more than 16 years as a school administrator and experience at schools in cities, suburbs, and rural areas, Sierpina said he wanted to return to a more urban and diverse community, but also a school small enough where he can learn students’ names. Principal | 9
Andre Laliberte walked his 11-mile route every day for 38 years. (Photo/Contributed)
Hudson to update master plan By Paul Hopkins Reporter HUDSON – The Hudson Select Board in June awarded a $148,800 contract to the Horsley Witten Group of Sandwich, Mass., to update the town’s master plan. Director of Planning and Community Development Kristina Johnson said the update is
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“a calibration” and will involve “getting out of Town Hall” as part of an effort to ensure that visions and priorities reflect the community at large. The approach will “allow for planning staff to meet people where they are, whether that is a church, a civic association, the farmers market, a coffee shop, or a town-sponsored event.” Master Plan | 9
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