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Hudson DPW works to clean up after Dec. 18 storm
There was damaged throughout the region following a Dec. 18 storm, as seen in this photo from Westborough.
By Sarah Freedman Contributing Writer HUDSON – After the severe rainstorm on Dec. 18, the Department of Public Works had its work cut out. According to the National Weather Service, Hudson got 2 inches of rain. At the Select Board meeting that night, Chair Scott Duplisea said, “I feel bad for people who had issues with flooding, sewage backup, trees coming down. It was just horrible.” DPW Director Eric Ryder said Hudson received a “significant amount of rain today” from a couple large storm cells late in the morning and afternoon. DPW | 14
A ‘Welcome’ help for refugees By Maureen Sulivan Assistant Editor MARLBOROUGH – With refugee families arriving in this country by the hundreds, one organization is quietly helping them find a home in the United States. One family at a time. Welcome Neighborhood Support Team (NST) is a program based in Marlborough that started in 2021 to help families flee- Since forming in 2021, Welcome NST has helped resettle more than 600 refugees. ing from Afghanistan. As American troops “Under the previous administration, the U.S. had not been withdrew and the Taliban took over, families who aided the welcoming to immigrants, so there was no infrastructure to Americans found themselves in danger of arrest or worse. welcome up to 8,000 refugees,” she said. “They literally just When these refugees began arriving in the United States, didn’t have the people” to process the new arrivals. there was little to no infrastructure to help them, according Welcome NST | 6 to Welcome NST founder Elizabeth Davis-Edwards.
Preliminary budget for town of Hudson presented By Sarah Freedman Contributing Writer HUDSON – Executive Assistant Thomas Gregory reviewed the 2025 fiscal year budget at the Dec. 18 meeting of the Select Board. He presented a first pass at the budget, including the revenue sources and expenses that were projected. Some of the budget assump-
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