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By Maureen Sullivan Assistant Editor
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Approved requests include four police vehicles.
By Maureen Sullivan Assistant Editor MARLBOROUGH – The city clerk’s office is closer to getting new voting booths and polling equipment, and the fire department can soon replace its bedding. These were among the nearly $1.6 million in capital improvements requests approved by the City Council’s Finance Committee on June 12. Requests explained City Clerk Steve Kerrigan told the committee the request of $152,000 would go toward new voting booths and polling machines. The current booths were built by Assabet
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MARLBOROUGH – At the front of City Hall, sharing space with a shiny black 1948 Cadillac, horns blared from a pair of mini-vehicles. These small trucks, brought by the Aleppo Shriners, were among hundreds of vehicles making their way to Main Street for the annual car show on Sunday, June 18. The trucks were not among the oldest there, but they were very popular with the youngest car enthusiasts. “Kids love to play with the horns,” said Al Baldwin of the Shriners. The mini-trucks would normally be seen at parades, performing routines for the crowds. But on June 18, the Shriners were on the sidelines, watching the parade of spectators. “I just love it,” said David Evans-Brown. “There’s a lot of people watching and vehicle watching.” Car show | 9
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Visitors head up and down Main Street to check out hundreds of classic vehicles during the annual show on Sunday, June 18.
Hudson graphic arts students help preserve mural By Sarah Freedman Contributing Writer HUDSON — Five Hudson High School students helped preserve a mural in the former School Committee room, Director of Technology Ellen Schuck said June 13. When officials were looking at changes to be made to the old School Committee room in
the school administration building on Apsley Street, they were trying to figure out the best place to install a flat panel TV. There is a “beautiful image” that was painted by former art teacher Mike Correa. Schuck said, “We realized that we needed to find a way to preserve this mural.” First, they reached out to the school phoMurals | 14
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