Feature Articles

By Rod Lee

One thing Realtor/Broker/Owner Susan VanderZicht likes better than looking back on the twenty-five years of VanderZicht Real Estate is looking ahead to what the future holds in store.

Recently, that next horizon began to come more clearly into focus with a move from the firm’s previous home in Whitinsville to 119 N. Main St. in Uxbridge. VanderZicht’s new residence just north of the center of town is owne... Read More

Bring your documents, electronics and scrap metals. Paper shredding done on site. electronics and scrap metals will be taken away. Donations $20; $40; $60

For further information contact any Lions Club Member or call 774-922-4001

BOSTON – After learning of several vacancies, Senator Michael O. Moore (D-Millbury) is highlighting opportunities to serve on the Massachusetts Commission on the Status of Women (MCSW).  The Commission was created in 1998 and is tasked to review the status of women and girls in Massachusetts, and to offer policy recommendations to improve equality and access to opportunities for all women throughout the Commonwealth  

“Thi... Read More

Grafton, MA, Oct. 7, 2019.  . Apple Tree Arts welcomes adults and teens 16 years and older to participate in open auditions for the musical “You’re A Good Man, Charlie Brown” Nov. 7 and Nov. 8, 6:00-8:30 p.m. at One Grafton Common in Grafton. Interested actors are invited to email Matt Mariner, creative dramatics manager at... Read More

(First of two articles on Koopman Lumber & Hardware’s 80th anniversary)

By Rod Lee

Surely the symbolism of a claw hammer is not lost on those who are presented with Dirk Koopman’s business card.

Any of a number of objects representing Koopman Lumber & Hardware could have been chosen as appropriate window dressing by way of introducing the owner of a company that is now in its 80th year: a 2x4... Read More

The Last Green Valley, Inc. (TLGV) recently awarded $12,000 in grants to four local organizations to preserve, protect, interpret, promote or market historic and cultural resources. Since TLGV began awarding historic and cultural grants in 2003, more than $1 million has been disseminated to local organizations. For many the funding is the necessary step toward completion of their projects.

“These four projects are importan... Read More

By Rod Lee

Like so many other businesses of every sort imaginable, Webster Five Cents Savings Bank recognizes what fertile ground the town of Auburn is for commercial activity and investment.

As evidence of this, Webster Five recently announced plans to relocate its headquarters from Thompson Road in Webster to Millbury St. in Auburn. The bank’s acquisition of a property at 35 Millbury St. for $2.75 million makes th... Read More

By Janet Stoica

It was sold out weeks ahead of time and the Gladys E. Kelly Public Library’s event Taste of Webster proved to be a truly resounding success. If you missed it this year, you can only hope to snag a ticket for next year’s event before they sell out again.

“We hope that this event will continue for years to come,” said Library Director Amanda Grenier. “Despite the rain, it was very well attende... Read More

by Christine Galeone

Although Annie Cronin Romano has been an avid reader and writer since she was a little girl, she didn’t pursue becoming a published author until she was in her early 30s. And she discovered, like many of today’s most successful authors, that the road to publication is littered with rejection. But after 12 years of querying publishers about her children’s picture book manuscripts and after receiving mor... Read More