The Grafton town election is in three days. THREE DAYS. How is this possible? Today was the last day of the Saturday sign-holding — only the second with sunshine, go figure — and Tuesday, May 21 will be a lonnnng day of waving outside the polls, and then sometime around 9 p.m., I’ll know whether…
“She wouldn’t be running if she wasn’t unemployed.” “She only wants a job.” “She was laid off.” Welcome to the Grafton election in 2019, where the simple act of applying for a job via ballot is seen as a negative. Please note, last year’s attempt to make both the Town Clerk’s job and the Planning…
A funny thing happened in early January: I decided to go into politics. Maybe it was the new year. Maybe it was an appreciation of actually being able to spend my entire time in Grafton after five years of commuting to Lowell, accompanied by podcasts, Starbucks and a sense of dread about the newspaper industry.…
Originally posted on UPTON DAILY:
Odin and Graham Brenda Demers, formerly of Upton, recently testified in support of legislation filed to regulate boarding kennels and daycare facilities for dogs (H630). Brenda’s two tea size cup pups were mauled to death by a Siberian husky while boarding at Gibson’s Natural Pet Resort in Grafton, Ma in…
Murder comes to the Grafton High School stage Nov. 20-22 as the theatre arts program presents its fall play, “Arsenic and Old Lace.” Students have been in rehearsal since late September for the production of the 1939 Joseph Kesselring farce. The play is under the direction of Grafton High School English teacher Amanda Wrenn. In…
Good evening and welcome back to a proud Greater Grafton tradition: the Town Meeting liveblog! The newest posts will appear at the top, so keep refreshing. I’ll also be updating from Twitter @lordpaluzzi, because when you’re a multimedia professor of journalism, you tend to go ALL OUT with the digital toys. MOTION TO ADJOURN! #GraftonTM…
It’s fall so, by popular request, I’m not only making Milky Way Cake for my family, I’m posting the recipe once again. When I first posted this recipe in October 2009, I giggled to myself when I overheard people shopping for ingredients in Stop & Shop later in the week (“I got this recipe off…
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On Monday September 14 Northbridge Selectmen held a dog hearing to determine if the dog who mauled and killed two toy pups while boarding at Gibson Kennel in Grafton was a dangerous dog. The hearing was held at the request of Roger and Brenda Demers of Shrewsbury, the owners of…
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The Upton Police Department is advising residents to take precautions to avoid conflicts with animals after a bear was sighted on North Street near Westboro Road. Here are some additional tips from mass.gov about living with black bears. Despite popular belief, black bears are usually wary of people. In woodland…
What are you doing this weekend? I’m going to watch my daughter in her debut performance at the Hanover Theatre, alongside several Graftonites, in “Fiddler on the Roof.” The show, the culmination of the three week Hanover Theatre Youth Summer Program, features a record number of Sandaklys — Jake Sandakly (seen this spring as Shrek…
You may not be familiar with Planet Grafton, which was created by Ed Prisby. Until recently, Prisby was on the town’s Affordable Housing Board, where he had served as chairman. The Board of Selectmen voted 3-2 to not reappoint him last week, and therein lies a saga that really needs a lengthy tale. I am…
There is absolutely no Grafton angle to this. However, Burt Shavitz, founder of Burt’s Bees, died at the age of 80 Sunday, which led me to dig up this (no longer online but in my archives) story I wrote after a day hanging out with Shavitz at the Bellingham Whole Foods back in December 2002. He…
I’m trying to imagine what it would be like if I returned from a vacation, ran to the kennel to pick up my beloved beagle, and learned only then that she was torn apart by another dog. That’s what happened to this Shrewsbury couple when they boarded their tiny dogs at Gibson’s Natural Pet Resort…
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It’s not every day that a train derails carrying giant propane tanks in a small New England town. The GURR train carrying two 120 foot propane tanks derailed in Grafton near the Grafton Town Common at approximately 7:00 p.m. It took crews a little over an hour to get the…
Pic by Mwai Ndegwa of the Grafton & Upton Railroad train stopped at North Street. Reports are it has derailed. Avoid the area. (Update: It was on the move as of 8:30 p.m.) Additional photos from Michelle Debatis, who reports that attempts to move the train are proving futile. Rich Price of the Grafton News…
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