Weather or not, Home Day is on

Don’t fear the rain. That’s the message from Olde Home Day organizers, who decided this morning not to cancel Saturday’s events:
Olde Home Day is still on, despite the weather forecast!
On the chance that we see inclement weather on Saturday, we wanted to let everyone know that Olde Home Day is held rain or shine.
Please remember [...]

One less Knuuttila supporter (again)

Following up on last week’s revelation that Stephen Kerrigan doesn’t endorse Brian Knuuttila, the state senator candidate appears to have lost another of his claimed supporters this week, as a Web user claiming to be Mark Elworthy disavowed the Gardner Democrat at ClintonMass.us:
Rep Knuutilla should NOT be using my name on his list of people [...]

Knuuttila’s endorsement misstep

Here’s a real “behind the Times” for you: guess how much effort went into publishing “Clintonians Offer Support for Knuuttila,” a seemingly routine campaign press release about endorsements of a state Senate candidate?
Not enough, apparently. In the longer Web version, your editor made a gaffe assuming former state Sen. Mary Padula, one of the endorsers, [...]

Sens., truth and videotape

Well, would-be sens., at least — the two Democratic candidates for state senator in Lancaster and half of Clinton. You’ll recall that they met for a debate in Sterling in June, and you may recall the debate was on the same night as Clinton’s Town Meeting, shutting part of the electorate out from seeing the [...]

Something fishy in trash fee hike?

A seemingly straightforward vote to raise trash fees in Clinton earned a couple brickbats over the weekend.
One member of ClintonMass.com complained that it’s now impossible to find trash stickers since Clinton single-family homeowners have begun hoarding them. The $2.50 price won’t take effect until Aug. 1, and since the July 16 vote, savvy consumers have [...]

Welcome to the West

Following up on blogger Lance Harris’ recent find that Gov. Deval Patrick apparently can’t tell Boston from Greenfield on a map, another clip for the “Does anyone in the State House realize it’s not all Boston” file, this one via e-mail from state Registrar Rachel Kaprielian:
Newly installed Registrar Rachel Kaprielian takes the final leg [...]

Tomorrow: Recreation situation

How does Clinton’s Parks and Recreation Department stack up with neighboring towns for recreation? Favorably with Lancaster — a department with virtually no budget — but not so well when compared to some other towns’ offerings, a Times & Courier survey shows in this week’s paper, available now on newsstands and tomorrow in subscribers’ mailboxes.
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