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Marlborough Hudson An edition of the Community Advocate
Vol. 51 | No. 42 | Friday, October 17, 2025
‘She had a storied life’ Hudson author remembers iconic community member By Evan Walsh Managing Editor HUDSON – Linda LeSage laid nine pieces of paper across her dining room table, using Scotch tape to secure them in place. On one end of the table, she wrote 1924; on the other, 2021. She created a timeline, and, as memories came to her, put them on the sheet. Those became her chapters. She wrote every sentence longhand before it was converted to text. All LeSage’s effort was meant to honor one person: Jean V. Beddow-Arnth, an English woman who dealt with childhood sickness, immigrated to America with only $500 to her name, and went on to found Jean’s School of Gymnastics in Marlborough. “It’s a story about a woman who left a long legacy of giving back to her community. It’s an immigrant’s story, it’s a woman’s story,” LeSage told the Community Advocate. “She had a storied life. And I knew I wanted to write
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Marlborough becomes fifth municipality in Mass. to ban kratom By Shealagh Sullivan Reporter
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MARLBOROUGH — The Marlborough Board of Health voted to ban kratom on Oct. 7, making it the fifth municipality in Massachusetts to regulate the substance. The ban will go into effect on Dec. 1, according to the ordinance. “I am so proud of the Marlborough Board of Health. They actively listened to both sides of the debate, and sided with the position of saving lives. Banning kratom and all its derivatives will possibly save the lives of our students and neighbors,” said Ward 1 City Kratom | 6
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State withholds millions in funding from Hudson after delayed filings By Paul Hopkins Reporter HUDSON – The Massachusetts Department of Revenue (DoR) is threatening to put another hold on local aid until Hudson meets deadlines for filing financial audits and
summaries. The town says it “cannot possibly meet” the DoR’s expectations and that the circumstances are the result of years of problems. The hold on local aid has happened before, including earlier this year, when the state
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