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Ashland Farmers Market Readies for Opening Day, June 13
By Cynthia Whitty
Board of Selectmen Winners Set to Tackle Finances, Commercial Development Issues
Yolanda Greaves and Rob Scherer won over Paul Shastany, while Carl Hakansson won over
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Contested Seats Heated Up Town Election Most of the 15 seats for Ashland’s May town election were uncontested. However, three contested seats brought out the usual lawn signs but also robo calls, emails, postcards and a flurry of postings and discussions on social media. The discussions centered on economic development, the school and town budget and the need, for some, for a Prop 2 ½ override in November. The Board of Selectmen (BOS) had three candidates running for two three-year seats and two for a one one-year seat. The Planning Board had one uncontested five-year seat and had one contested—there was an official writein candidate—for the one-year seat. No seats for School Committee were contested.
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More than just a market, AFM is a Kids can do fSaturdays, un STEAM (science, technology, engineerin destination for all ages, each week from 9:30 to 10:30 a.m. (Photo/submitted) 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., on the grass across from the library. By Cynthia Whitty
Candidates at May’s annual forum: (l to r, front row) Lornie Bullerwell, Carol Ambacher (Library Trustee); Kathy Bates (School Committee). (L to r, back row) Max Geesey (Planning Board), KG Narayana (Board of Health), Preston Crow (Planning Board), Betsy Emberley and Marc Terry (School Committee), Eric Gemperline (Planning Board). (Photo/Cynthia Whitty)
Phillip Williams. Greaves, Scherer and Hakansson responded to questions via email regarding their short- and long-term plans: Yolanda Greaves: Re-elected for her second three-year term, Greaves, who served as BOS chair this past year, plans to help orient the newer members. “The first few
months for me will be working with the new members and helping them become active members of this Board,” Greaves said. “We will have new dynamics to work through so that we can be produc-
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The Ashland Farmers Market (AFM) Opening Day is set for Saturday, June 13, with the Friends of the Ashland Library at the Community Table; hula hoops by A Simple Twist and face painting by Metrowest Face Painting. Railroad House Band is at the new Arts!Ashland Alliance Music Stage.
artisan breads and scones, bagels, hand-cut pasta and homemade tomato sauce, freshly picked shiitake and oyster mushrooms, handSix Reasons to crafted wines and honey Shop AFM mead, hummus, tabouli and 1. Fun, new food vendors. This season, there are nine baba ganoush, and sweet and new food vendors (35 total), FARMERS MARKET continued on page 8 bringing gourmet ice cream,
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