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         <title><![CDATA[Road closings update]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[PEPPERELL -- MassHighway has opened Route 119. All recently flooded and closed roads in Pepperell are now open.]]></description>
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         <pubDate><![CDATA[Fri, 19 Mar 2010 15:25:59 EDT]]></pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[Salamander crossing!]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[By Jeanne Nevard   
Special Contributor   
At this time of year, on the first warm rainy nights, salamanders migrate to vernal pools.]]></description>
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         <pubDate><![CDATA[Fri, 19 Mar 2010 15:23:00 EDT]]></pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[Closed roads a problem for Townsend EMS]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[A three-day rainstorm left commuters scrambling for alternate routes earlier this week, after rising floodwaters closed key traffic arteries across the region.]]></description>
         <dc:creator>By Nathan Lamb, nlamb@nashobapub.com</dc:creator>
         <pubDate><![CDATA[Fri, 19 Mar 2010 09:33:47 EDT]]></pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[Common Cause presents e-Government Award to 180 municipalities]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[BOSTON -- Common Cause Massachusetts released the findings of its annual survey of municipal Web sites today and will present its 2010 e-Government Award to 180 cities and towns next Tuesday, March 16th at 11am in hearing room A-1 at the State House.]]></description>
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         <pubDate><![CDATA[Fri, 19 Mar 2010 09:33:35 EDT]]></pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[District adopts $41M budget]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[TOWNSEND -- After a difficult formulation process made no less challenging following a last-minute cut in local aid by the state, members of the North Middlesex Regional School Committee voted in the majority last Monday night to adopt a budget for fiscal 2011.]]></description>
         <dc:creator>By Pierre Comtois, Correspondent</dc:creator>
         <pubDate><![CDATA[Fri, 19 Mar 2010 09:31:20 EDT]]></pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[Goldberg's African odyssey a library event highlight]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[TOWNSEND -- "Finding Common Ground Through Cultural Awareness" added to the lineup of events and exhibits held in the Townsend Public Library's meeting space since the magnificent new complex opened earlier this year.]]></description>
         <dc:creator>By M.E. Jones, Correspondent</dc:creator>
         <pubDate><![CDATA[Fri, 19 Mar 2010 09:30:19 EDT]]></pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[Regional Briefs]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[Caleb Butler Yard Sale   
April 24, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., 11 Sculley Road, Ayer (off  W. Main Street). Limited spaces available for $20.]]></description>
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         <pubDate><![CDATA[Fri, 19 Mar 2010 09:22:10 EDT]]></pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[Regional Calendar]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[SATURDAY, MARCH 20   
Destination ImagiNation tournament -- opening ceremony 8 a.m., tournament continues until 5 or 6 p.]]></description>
         <dc:creator>Nashoba Publishing</dc:creator>
         <pubDate><![CDATA[Fri, 19 Mar 2010 09:21:12 EDT]]></pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[The Posting Board]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[CALENDAR   
FRIDAY, MARCH 19   
Books and Blocks Storytime: 10:30 to 11 a.m., ages 1 to 3 in Library Storytime Room   
Ping Pong for Seniors: 10:30 a.]]></description>
         <dc:creator>Nashoba Publishing</dc:creator>
         <pubDate><![CDATA[Fri, 19 Mar 2010 09:16:07 EDT]]></pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[Thrifty Shack opens for bargain-hunters]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[PEPPERELL -- Michelle Mead has long been a fan of thrift stores and she used one young-adult sized sweater to underscore their basic appeal.]]></description>
         <dc:creator>By Nathan Lamb, nlamb@nashobapub.com</dc:creator>
         <pubDate><![CDATA[Fri, 19 Mar 2010 09:15:32 EDT]]></pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[Townsend church sends basic comforts to Haiti]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[TOWNSEND -- A toothbrush won't repair damage done by a massive earthquake, but it can provide some basic comfort to the survivors -- and that's an idea that many in town got onboard with in recent weeks.]]></description>
         <dc:creator>By Nathan Lamb, nlamb@nashobapub.com</dc:creator>
         <pubDate><![CDATA[Fri, 19 Mar 2010 09:14:13 EDT]]></pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[Townsend's Sean Morrissey joins prestigious music program]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[Cold. Picturesque. Frozen.    
These are the words that come to mind when imagining the winter months on Martha's Vineyard.]]></description>
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         <pubDate><![CDATA[Fri, 19 Mar 2010 09:14:05 EDT]]></pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[VFW Aux. sponsors patriotic art contest]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[TOWNSEND -- Townsend VFW Post 6538 Ladies Auxiliary is sponsoring the Young American Creative Patriotic Arts Awards in conjunction with other state groups and the National VFW Ladies Auxiliaries.]]></description>
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         <pubDate><![CDATA[Fri, 19 Mar 2010 09:13:56 EDT]]></pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[Lunenburg School Committee calls for halt to regionalization proposal]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[LUNENBURG -- The Lunenburg School Committee voted Wednesday to recommend ending regionalization talks with North Middlesex Regional School District and instead focus on working with the Massachusetts School Building Authority on a renovation and addition at Lunenburg High School.]]></description>
         <dc:creator>By Dan Magazu, dmagazu@sentinelandenterprise.com</dc:creator>
         <pubDate><![CDATA[Thu, 18 Mar 2010 13:45:43 EDT]]></pubDate>
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