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Final five candidates for Hudson superintendent announced By Sarah Freedman Contributing Writer HUDSON — The Hudson School Committee is getting one step closer to finding a new superintendent to replace Marco Rodrigues, who will retire in June. The Superintendent Search Committee announced the final five candidates to fill the Hudson Public Schools Superintendent position on Feb. 28, along with the overall process that will take place to chose who will become the new superintendent. The Screening Committee recommended five candidates for consideration by the School Committee. The list included Dr. Alexandra McNeil, who is currently the assistant superintendent of Needham Public Schools; Dr. Jannell PearsonCampbell, the interim superintendent of Northampton Public Schools; Dr. Brian Reagan, superintendent of Waltham Public Schools; Dr. Daniel Riley, principal at Marlborough High School and Dr. June Saba-Maguire, assistant superintendent of Brockton Public Schools. The Screening Committee for the applicants for the position was chaired by School Committee member Molly MacKenzie, who thanked everyone who applied for the position. The committee met in February to prepare for preliminary interviews with applicants. Superintendent | 13
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New Shamrocks head coach, general manager named By Maureen Sullivan Assistant Editor MARLBOROUGH – They were so close to a three-peat. The Marlborough Shamrocks were playing the Southern New England Admirals last year in the East Coast Football League championship game. A win, and the Shamrocks would play for its third straight national title. They had come back from a 20-point deficit to tie the Admirals with 17 seconds left. But their luck ran out. The Shamrocks missed the extra point, and the Admirals won in overtime, 23-20. “You get nightmares to lose like that,” said Harrison Ingels, the team’s offensive coordinator. “I’m proud of how we fought … it’s something to build on.” “We lost a heartbreaker last year,” added Adam Ingels, the special teams coach and Har-
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Adam Ingels, second from left, will be the general manager for the Marlborough Shamrocks this season.
City Council rejects permit for dog groomer By Maureen Sullivan Assistant Editor MARLBOROUGH – It’s “no” for a dog-grooming business, and “yes” for a precision machine shop and housing plans on Lincoln Street. The City Council announced its decisions during its Feb. 28, meeting. The owners of the Medway-based All Fur Love
wanted to open a dog-grooming business at 75 Lincoln St., which is the site of a former upholstery business that had been vacant since 2019. The site is within a Residential B zoning district; the City Council determined that the business was not allowed within the district. During an Urban Affairs Committee meeting Jan. 24, the owners told the committee that there
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