News from Beacon Hill
      Evangelidis defeated in proposal to return money State Rep. Lew Evangelidis (R-Holden) supported a measure that would have returned $386,044 to Westminster in the form of additional local aid on Oct. 11. Evangelidis supported a measure that would send $450 million to cities and towns as local ai...
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Watershed Association to celebrate local teachers
      The Nashua River Watershed Association (NRWA) will hold its 2007 Annual Meeting on Friday, Nov. 2, at the Radisson Hotel in Nashua, N.H.
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Details of recalled products
      The following brands and all varieties of chicken, turkey and beef frozen pot pies products are subject to this recall.
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School Events
      Monday, Oct. 22 through Friday, Oct. 26 Meetinghouse Elementary School Tuesday, Oct. 23 - Half day Wednesday, Oct. 24 - Health Advisory Committee meeting, 3:30 p.m. Westminster Elementary School Tuesday, Oct.
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Brown inducted into Phi Eta Sigma
      Heather Brown, daughter of Phil and Brenda Brown of Ashburnham, was inducted into Elmira College's Phi Eta Sigma National Honor Society on Oct. 5.
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Monty Tech to hold career awareness event
      FITCHBURG - Monty Tech's annual Career Awareness Night will be held from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Monday, Oct. 22, in the school. Area seventh and eighth graders and their families are invited to tour the school and see firsthand students and faculty working on projects in the school's 20 career program...
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Spartan Scuttlebutt
Rheault is Spartan of the Month
By Greg Smith OAKMONT ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL
      "I really enjoy helping people," said Sarah Rheault, Oakmont's Spartan of the Month for September. Last year Rheault spent many hours tutoring a special needs student after the end of the school day. "I helped him with math and history," she said. "It made me feel good when he got it.
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Monty Tech holds golf tournament
     Members of the Monty Tech's MCJROTC (Marine Corps Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps) program, Joshua Gallant of Fitchburg, Chris Woodyatt of Westminster, Kyle Allen of Winchendon, Brian Charles of Athol, Jarrod Bolden of Gardner, and Kristi Thibault and Michelle Bills, both of Winchendon, helped...
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