Local camp makes impact
4-H Camp Middlesex named a Safety 1st Camp
      Each year the Markel Insurance Company Safety 1st Education Program inducts a certain number of camps/clubs into the Safety 1st Hall of Fame. In 2006 Camp Middlesex in Ashby, was inducted, along with 34 other summer camps and clubs nationwide. Safety 1st is an honor given to camps that made safety ...
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4-H Camp Middlesex receives PEACE Award for Exceptional Cultural Exchange
      In December 2006 Camp Middlesex Ashby received the PEACE Award (Providing Exceptional Avenues for Cultural Exchange) from the Camp America Program. The award is given based on recommendations from our international staff. The international staff "felt truly cared for and had their unique needs resp...
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Time to think about Summer Camp
      Registration for summer camp is in full swing at 4-H Camp Middlesex in Ashby. Camp Middlesex, located on Willard Brook, 1031 Erickson Road, Ashby, offers day camp (ages 6-12) and overnight camp (ages 8-15) for boys and girls, running seven weeks in July and August. Open to all, 4-H membership is no...
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     This year Ashby Elementary School raised $8,863.17 during their Jump Rope for Heart fundraiser. This year's largest fundraiser was fifth grader Brian Nielsen. The school has participated over the last seven years and has raised $43,790.26 total for the American Heart Association. JOURNAL PHOTO/M. KA...
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Town prepares to celebrate
By Caitlyn Kelleher JOURNAL REPORTER
      The planning for the Ashby 240th Anniversary Celebration is all about the people of town. The Ashby 240th Anniversary Committee will hold its dinner and a show plans for Saturday, April 28. The show will be "Ashby … It's All About People," which will begin at 7 p.m.
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Rescheduled program to feature raptors
      0%Following their Annual Business meeting, the Ashby Land Trust will host the VINS (Vermont Institute of Natural Science) Nature Center's Live animal program "Raptor Encounter." This first hand encounter with live falcons, hawks, and owls focuses on the natural history, ecology and adaptations of t...
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