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Immigrants: Chi Vo, from Vietnam to a life in America

May 11, 2023 05:04PM

This is the third in a series of articles about local immigrants and their lives in the United States, why they came, how they lived, and what their outlook is about this country.

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HAPPENINGS!

May 11, 2023 03:41PM

NOTE: Community bulletin board-type items are welcome for inclusion in the Happenings! section of the Xpress newspapers. Please allow enough lead time for publication. Email your

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Birds Taking Flight highlights new season at Southwick’s Zoo

May 11, 2023 03:02PM

Southwick’s Zoo is officially open for the 2023 season with an exciting array of activities including new wrinkles for visitors of all ages.

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Ribbon cuttings on the horizon for BV Chamber

May 11, 2023 02:57PM

With its annual Charity Golf Tournament at Pleasant Valley Country Club in Sutton—a major fundraiser—now in the books for 2023, the Blackstone Valley Chamber of Commerce is turning

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Corridor is rich in opportunities for volunteer involvement

May 11, 2023 02:40PM

There are many opportunities to volunteer in the Blackstone Valley River Valley National Heritage Corridor this year. If you would like to get involved with the Volunteers-in-parks program, reach

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A Walk in the Park—and at Uxbridge Town Meeting?

May 11, 2023 02:31PM

An impressive turnout for the Uxbridge Historic District Commission’s “A Walk in the Park” spring house tour despite inclement weather gave UHDC Chair Jane Keegan every reason to believe

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BVEF celebrates connections and partnerships

May 11, 2023 12:42PM

Rob Knapp knows a little something about the importance of the Blackstone Valley Education Foundation. The BVEF in turn understands the worth of what he does as a teacher of physics and

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New Webster school superintendent is homegrown

Apr 29, 2023 09:18AM

She really did rise through the ranks, she did. Monique Pierangeli has been with the Webster school system for twenty-three years. When she began her association with the local schools as a

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Transportation talk at SSE: Canals, trains and trolleys

Apr 29, 2023 09:07AM

Boston businessmen were more than a little perturbed in 1828 Twhen the newly built Blackstone Canal gave Worcester merchants direct access to Providence and the sea for transporting freight.

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A nation of immigrants: Dr. Beata Stancel-Grabias

Apr 28, 2023 08:24PM

This is the second in a series of articles about local immigrants and their lives in the United States, why they came, how they lived, and what their outlook is about this country.

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