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Maple sap boils to syrup for Chester Elementary STEAM classes

Amy Porter
aporter@thereminder.com

CHESTER — Students in Chester Elementary School spent part of February and March tapping maple trees on school property and making maple syrup over a wood fire from the sap they collected....
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Granville ballot to feature contested Selectboard seat race

Cliff Clark
cclark@thereminder.com

GRANVILLE — When residents visit Town Hall on Monday, April 8, to cast ballots in the 2024 municipal election, there is only one contested seat, and it’s on the Selectboard. ...
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Sponsors step in to save Westfield River Wildwater Races

Mike Lydick
mlydick@thereminder.com

A Montgomery resident saw that the Westfield River Wildwater Races would be canceled while wintering in Florida. As a competitor in the races since 1974 and a former committee chair, he couldn’t sleep while thinking the annual tradition would end. The next day, he began making phone calls....
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Gateway staff share findings from grant-funded school visits

Amy Porter
aporter@thereminder.com

HUNTINGTON — Gateway Regional School District administrators and teachers, who visited schools around the country during the “dream” phase of the Barr Foundation grant, related some of the programs that impressed them during a professional development day for staff on March 13....
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Blandford voters back library expansion with state grant aid

Amy Porter
aporter@thereminder.com

BLANDFORD — On the Special Town Meeting warrant of March 18 was a vote to move forward with a grant application for an expansion of the Porter Memorial Library, a step that library director Nicole Daviau said the town has been waiting for five years to take....
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