Ashburnham resident sailed on tall ship voyage to Martinique
      Melissa Joyce, a junior at Mount Holyoke College, is one of 13 students who took part in a 14-day sailing voyage in January aboard the 300-ton steel sailing ship Picton Castle, a three-masted barque that has completed four voyages around the world. The group boarded the ship in Grenada on Saturday...
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Briggs students RISE up
      Respect Increases Student Excellence (RISE) is what the three-year-old program at John R. Briggs works to prove and a program which fifth graders graduated from on Wednesday, Jan. 31. The program shows students how to deal with things ranging from drugs and alcohol to bullying and selfesteem. Scho...
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SCHOOL NOTEBOOK
Week of Monday, Feb. 12 through Friday, Feb. 16
      Ashby Elementary School Thursday, Feb. 15 - Spelling Bee at 2 p.m. for grades 4 and 5 Hawthorne Brook Middle School Thursday, Feb. 15 - Honor Roll Breakfast North Middlesex Regional High School Monday, Feb. 12 - School Committee meetings, 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Feb.
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