Community Notes
      Ladies Auxiliary to sponsor student VFW Essay Contest The Townsend VFW Post 6538 Ladies Auxiliary is locally sponsoring the Department of Massachusetts Ladies Auxiliary VFW Essay Contest for students in grade 5. The theme is "Our Flag is Called Old Glory." The essay should contain 200 to 300 wo...
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Weather causes issues in town
      Townsend suffered significant power outages as a result of Monday's ice storm and Tuesday's cold weather. Town officials opened an emergency shelter at Hawthorne Brook Middle School on Brookline Road. The winter weather that came in with a bang on Jan. 15 and 16 shocked New Englanders including lo...
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