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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Museum is a regional icon

Hot on the heels of our story on Gordon Lankton — named an “honorary Clintonian” by the Board of Selectmen earlier this year — our sister paper The MetroWest Daily News, based in Framingham, sent a reporter and photographer out to tell their readers about Lankton’s (and present-day Clinton’s) largest cultural contribution to Central Massachusetts: [...]

Blogsport = Clinton commentary

First we had the shark tank, and now we’ve got a bloodsport. I’m thinking of changing the name of this blog to “Behind the Chainsaw Massacre,” or at least “Newspaper-cut.”
Late last month, former Selectman Joseph Notaro Jr. started the newest blog to take on the local political scene. Its name is supposedly a description of [...]