Project Manager David Foster recently reported work done on the Valentine Estate house and 250-year-old barn on West Union Street (Rt. 135):
January-March: The barn was cleaned out and secured from the weather.
May: The chimney was...
Aug 2019
Aug 2019
Peter Matchak was hired in May 2019 as Ashland’s town planner. Previously, Matchak was Cohasset’s town planner. He lives in Boston with his wife Molly and newborn, Macy, born May 27, 2019. Recently, he answered some questions for Ashland Local...
Aug 2019
Ashland Local Town Pages would like to thank the many volunteers that make Ashland great. In this month’s Volunteer Spotlight, we would like to recognize longtime resident Jeanne Walker, who works on many community groups and town committees,...
Aug 2019
The town of Ashland is set to undergo a series of major construction projects over the next couple of years. Infrastructure projects starting this summer through early September will be followed by the Downtown Revitalization Project, which could...
Jul 2019
The difference between being a good and excellent runner in certain track events is seconds. Ashland’s Matt Long has been running the 400 for the Clockers for the past four years, beginning as a seventh grader in the Middle School. Since he...
Jul 2019
Stephen Marks is pleased with the way his first year as Ashland High’s athletic director has transpired and he’s eager to continue building and improving the Clockers’ sports programs.
When the Bethesda, Md. native, who’s lived in town for...
Jul 2019
The Reality Fair at Ashland High School was held on the morning of May 24. The purpose of the event was to teach the graduating seniors about financial literacy and budgeting and give them a sense of the financial obligations they will have once...
Property owners will receive their first bill in August
Jul 2019
The November 2018 town meeting authorized the creation of an Enterprise Fund, which created a new department, the Stormwater Management Utility (SMU), within the Ashland Department of Public Works (DPW). Working in collaboration with the...
Jul 2019
Principal Kelley St. Coeur welcomed family, friends, community leaders, scholarship donors, and 184 graduating students to the 2019 Ashland High School (AHS) graduation on June 2.
St. Coeur said, “. . . . Over the course of the past four...
Jul 2019
Ashland residents concerned about the environment are protesting a proposed Eversource gas pipeline, called the Hopkinton to Ashland Transfer Line Replacement Project.
On its website, Eversource states that it hopes “to begin a new project...