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A Tribute to Ashland High School Grads
rincipal Kelley St. Coeur described the Class of 2015 in an interview: “The Class of 2015 showed how special they were on convocation day when we filmed the all-school lip-dub. They went out of their way in planning to be inclusive of all members of the school community. Many
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The Class of 2015 applauded commencement speaker, history teacher Mike Wurster.
of the events they planned this year had a community service spin. They collected a huge amount of food for both the PowderPuff game and during the Thanksgiving Food Drive, all of which was donated
to the Ashland Food Pantry. They ended the year filming another video that again worked to include as many members of the class
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By Cynthia Whitty Downtown Ashland is getting a major new business. At the time of this writing, Needham Bank, on Front Street across from the library, hopes to have a “soft” opening in mid June and a Grand Opening on June 28 with many family-friendly activities. “We want to be an active member of the downtown community and a good neighbor. We’re really excited,” Eric Morse, Senior Vice President, said. “The building renovation has gone well. The landlord is a wonderful local family. Everyone will be quite pleased; we hope it will be a landmark in town.” Last year, the bank met with concerns from some residents about the
drive-thru and traffic flow, and some wanted a town green in that location instead of a bank.
the bank building for it. If planning for the green had come about sooner, or if there had been a con-
“Needham Bank is an important business for the town,” Sara Hines, chair of the Ashland Redevelopment Authority, said in an email. “When the time is right to do a town green, the town will have to decide on the design and whether to acquire
sensus about acquiring the building earlier, it would have made that acquisition more affordable, but that did not happen. In the meantime, we have a very good bank that wants
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