Editorial
100 years and community service
      Many times in business the focus is on reporting the financial down swings, the concerns about the big box stores and other economic struggles. This weekend we get to do something special. We get to celebrate (with cake and everything) the 100th anniversary of the founding of Aubuchon Hardware in...
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SpeakOut
Former Oakmont guidance director
Dick Mackey GUIDANCE DIRECTOR, OAKMONT 1968-1993 RETIRED WESTMINSTER
      I would like to commend Mr. Harding on his letter that papered in the 1/24/08 edition of The Community Journal though his use of the salary figures he obtained from the Department of Education (DOE) cannot be accurately used to compare various school system's salaries.
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Parents to step up in response to teachers
      To the Editor: If you ask any eighth grader at Overlook Middle School what they can't wait for it would be the end of the year trip, graduation and the graduation dance. So when the eighth grade teachers chose those three activities, they knew what they where doing. They knew they would get a res...
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COMMUNITY JOURNAL QUESTION OF THE WEEK
Have you shopped at Aubuchon in the last 100 years?
      Yes, all the time. Yes, sometimes. Nope. Cast your vote online at www.thecommunityjournal.com Results of last week's question: Will you vote in the Massachusetts primary? Yes, for former Gov. Mitt Romeny - 0 percent Yes, for Sen. Hillary Clinton.
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SpeakOut
Teachers explain their requests, actions
David LaRoche NEGOTIATIONS CHAIRPERSON ASHBURNHAM-WESTMINSTER TEACHERS ASSOCIATION
      Most teachers find it much easier to nurture and support others than to stand up for ourselves and our profession. Picketing, speaking out at school committee meetings and holding rallies is not in the DNA of most teachers.
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Bidder, resident critical of the delay in appropriating money for library
      To the Editor: The Journal reported the following: "The Library Trustees are in the process of bidding a renovation project to repair the exterior and roof of the building and to fix the mold issues that have plagued the building for years. The projects are completely separate issues and the ins...
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MTA rep. rebutts committee's charges
      To the Editor: I am Lou Cornacchioli, the Massachusetts Teachers Association representative who was referenced by the Ashburnham-Westminster School Committee in their January 25 "SpeakOut" piece in The Community Journal.
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