Braintree Students Create
Documentary on Local Artists
By Sandy Vondrasek
     Braintree has a passel of artists living and working on its back roads, and interviews with 11 of them are featured on a new video that is in its final editing stages.
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Famous Children’s Book Author
Will Visit Rochester School
     The Rochester School PTO will bring famous children’s book author and illustrator, Robert Blake, to the school Monday, May 19 at 9 a.m. This event is being held in conjunction with the elementary schools in Hancock, Granville and Stockbridge, and parents of students in the participating schools, as ...
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$106K Grant Will Assist
Salisbury Sq. Cleanup
     The Salisbury Square development in Randolph was advanced this week with the help of a $106,000 state brownfields grant, Gov. Jim Douglas announced last week.
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Gravel Pit Proposed for Rt. 14;
Decision Pending in Brookfield
By Sandy Vondrasek
     After three public hearings on Douglas Haggett’s application to operate a six-acre gravel pit off Route 14, the Brookfield Board of Adjustment is now drafting its ruling on the application.
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Quarry Permit Decision
Will Be Released Soon
By Sandy Vondrasek
The Randolph Development Review Board has finalized its written decision on a proposed rock extraction quarry off Ridge Road, but its contents won’t be released until later today or tomorrow, May 9.
     Release will occur after all members of the DRB have signed the document, according to Zoning Administrator Mardee Sanchez. The DRB, which held another deliberative session last Tuesday on the application from Sprague Farms, LLC for a 17-acre ledge extraction quarry, has until Friday to issue its de...
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Holy Cross Owners Asked To Remove
In-Ground Plantings
     All lot owners at Holy Cross Cemetery, off Pleasant St. in Randolph, were asked to remove all in-ground plantings, including trees, shrubs, perennial flowers and plants from their family lot by May 2.
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‘Spring Into Downtown Randolph’ Celebration Planned May 17
     The merchants of downtown Randolph invite everyone to a "Spring Into Downtown Randolph" celebration Saturday, May 17.
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