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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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Birds Taking Flight highlights new season at Southwick’s Zoo

Apr 28, 2023 06:43PM

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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Talk at GPL will focus on ‘the first city on Mars’

Apr 28, 2023 06:37PM

Hundreds of novels, films and TV shows have speculated about what it would be like for us earthlings to build cities on Mars. To make it a reality, however, these dreamers are in sore need

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HAPPENINGS!

Apr 28, 2023 06:22PM

OTE: 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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Booklovers’ Gourmet poised for Independent Bookstore Day

Apr 28, 2023 06:13PM

Independent Bookstore Day across the nation on Saturday, April 29th will give Booklovers’ Gourmet a chance to share with customers all that the store has to offer after three years at its current

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Large home-building company donates $10,000 to BVT

Apr 28, 2023 06:09PM

PulteGroup, Inc. (NYSE: PHM), one of America’s largest homebuilders, announced recently that its New England division has contributed $10,000 to the Blackstone Valley Tech Educational

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M36 Jackson Tank Destroyer undergoes restoration at the AHM

Apr 28, 2023 06:05PM

Under restoration in the American Heritage Museum’s restoration workshop in Hudson is the original World War II vintage M36 Jackson Tank Destroyer. Under the supervision of Team Leader

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Foundation celebrates connections and partnerships

Apr 28, 2023 06:01PM ● By Chuck Tashjian

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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