Welcoming the Holidays in Mendon & Upton!
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By Michelle Sanford Staff Reporter ... 2019-11-25 Residents of all ages can welcome in the holidays during the weekend of December 6 through 8 with a Santa parade, tree lighting, lots of shopping and eating, visits from Old St. Nick and even fireworks! Here Santa is shown arriving in Mendon at last year’s parade. Town Crier file photo [more]
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Voters Support Fire Department Requests and Build Up Reserves
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By Michelle Sanford Staff Reporter ... 2019-11-25 In just over three hours, Mendon residents discussed and debated a 29 article warrant during the town’s November 20 Special Town Meeting. A total of 142 residents attended the meeting. Residents passed a number of financial articles and kicked off the meeting by supporting Article 1, a transfer of $ [more]
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Solar Program Discussed with Selectmen
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By Michelle Sanford Staff Reporter ... 2019-11-25 Mendon residents Anne Mazar and Carolyn Barthel attended the November 12 Board of Selectmen’s meeting to discuss an opportunity for the town to collaborate with Upton to take part in Solarize Mass Plus 2020. The two residents were seeking the Board’s support to move forward with the application pr [more]
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Dual Tax Rate Criticized
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By Kevin Rudden Staff Reporter/Columnist ... 2019-11-12 The chairman of the town’s Downtown Revitalization Committee told selectmen on October 21 that the town’s dual tax rate is making local businesses non-competitive with area towns having a single tax rate. Currently, Milford’s commercial and industrial property owners pay $14.34 per thousand doll [more]
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Scouting for Food
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Submitted ... 2019-11-12 During the first weekend of November Milford scout troops hung Scouting for Food door hangers at houses around Milford. Pickup of donated, nonperishable food items will be Saturday, November 9. Shown are Tayah Pisani of Milford Girl Scout Troop 30016 and Atrayu Pisani of Milford Cub Scout Pack 4 Den 5 [more]
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Firefighters Successfully Put Out East St. Blaze
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Submitted ... 2019-11-12 Firefighters from Milford, Hopedale and Bellingham battled a two-alarm fire during the afternoon of October 22 at 23 East St. The two-family, two-story home suffered significant water, smoke and fire damage. None of the residents of the home were hurt in the fire and no firefighters were injured [more]
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