Editorial
Negotiations
      Fact vs. fiction. Perception vs. reality. Black-and-white vs. shades of gray. After months of somewhat quiet rumblings about ongoing negotiations between the Ashburnham-Westminster Regional School Committee and the Ashburnham-Westminster Teachers' Association, things became a little more public ...
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One resident speak out on business aspect of budget
      To the Editor, I am pleased that the teachers' union has moved the debate about fair compensation to the public arena. The cost of labor and labor related costs represent 70 percent to 80 percent of the school operating budget and is the source of most significant budget problems, in my opinion. ...
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Ash-West Committee speaks on the record
      On behalf of the Ashburnham-Westminster Regional School Committee, we'd like to put some facts on the record regarding the ongoing negotiations with the teacher's union. Recent public comment and demonstrations by the union have served only to confuse the public. This diminishes the positive contr...
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