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Karen Packard
Nov 225 min read
Lessons from the Past to Build a Better Future: Holocaust Survivor Inspires Anna Maria College Community with Story of Resilience
By: Caitlin V. Reidy Magda Bader’s teenage years did not include giggling by the school bubbler or going to the mall with her friends....
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Karen Packard
Oct 174 min read
Field of Dreams Therapy Farm Looks To Bring Healing To Our Community
By Caitlin V. Reidy Drazek and Krueger pictured with Sully, a pony suffering from blindness and cataracts. With a second chance at life,...
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Karen Packard
Jul 312 min read
Crayons for a Cause: Paxton Students Collect Nearly 100 lbs of Crayons for Nonprofit Work
Violet Putney, Ophelia Foley and Olivia Duffy, 7th graders at Paxton Center School, hadn’t heard of The Crayon Initiative until Foley’s...
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Karen Packard
Jun 233 min read
Project 351: Paxton Eighth Grader Leads Local Contribution to a Statewide Year of Service
Each January, Project 351 sends student ambassadors from each of Massachusetts's 351 cities and towns to Boston for “Launch Day” to kick...
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Karen Packard
May 202 min read
Homes For Our Troops Building an Adapted Home in Holden for Marine Sargeant Craig Bailey and His Family.
On January 7, 2010, during his third combat deployment in Afghanistan, Sgt. Craig Brady was conducting a battle damage assessment with...
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Karen Packard
Apr 212 min read
Local Store Delights with a Range of Offerings
When is a convenience store not a convenience store? When it’s 10 West Specialty Market, that’s when. Because there’s more packed into...
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Karen Packard
Apr 215 min read
Out of This World!
The International Space Station Astronaut’s Take Wachusett School District Student Questions in a Q&A Broadcast across the Wachusett...
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Karen Packard
Mar 113 min read
Wachusett Student Starts New Club "Wachusett Supporting Sisters"
By Jen Kula When Wachusett Regional High School student, Ellie Daly, has a good idea she doesn’t hesitate to act on it. Last year, as a...
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Karen Packard
Mar 102 min read
This One Is For You Paxton!
When it comes to community, Mark and Karen Packard are all about positivity. Local business owners Mark and Karen publish newspapers in...
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