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Rowe Funeral Home located on Main Street.
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MARLBOROUGH – It will take a bit longer before a proposal for the former Rowe Funeral Home on Main Street comes under a site plan review. During its Dec. 19 meeting, the City
MARLBOROUGH – Come early in the new year, Margaret Cardello will not be among the stacks at Marlborough Public Library. After 12 years, she will be stepping down as the library’s director. The first thing she’ll do once her retirement begins? “Throw out my alarm clock,” she said. Cardello plans to catch up on her reading and to travel. She also plans to visit the “new” library once it opens next spring. “Being here with the dream of a new library becoming a reality – that’s definitely a highlight of my career,” she said. “It’s been tremendously rewarding.”
Margaret Cardello will be retiring in mid-January after 12 years as the director of the Marlborough Public Library.
Hudson school budget set to be $42.7 million By Caroline Gordon Reporter HUDSON - The Hudson Public Schools budget is projected to increase 2.75% in the 2024 fiscal year, which is the same increase as the past fiscal year. That’s according to Director of Finance and Operations Daniel Gale, who pre-
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sented the budget during a joint meeting between the School Committee and Finance Committee Dec. 6. “We are trying to create a budget that creates excellent education programs for all of our students,” Gale said. The school budget for fiscal year 2024 is projected to be $42,705,340. Budget | 24
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