Centennial camporee to mark 100 years of scouting in Mendon
Mendon Troop 1 is organizing a celebratory camporee for up to 300 participants at Inman Hill Oct. 9-12. The event will be open to the public Saturday Oct. 10, with food stands, displays and activities.
“They want the event to be inclusive, with Mendon youth and adult scouts as well as scouts from other towns,…
Museum of Mendon’s history to reopen Sunday
Starting March 22, the Mendon Historical Society museum will be open regularly to the public for the first time since the Covid-19 shut it down six years ago.
The museum had been in its current location at 15 Hastings Street for three years when the pandemic forced its closure. It had previously been operating in…
Fourth graders dabble in the Fourth Estate with help from Nipmuc Regional writing fellows
As a team of fourth-grade newspaper reporters learn more about their craft, they’re drawing upon the knowledge of their older counterparts from the newly launched Nipmuc Writing Center. The two groups met at Clough Elementary School earlier this month with a dozen Nipmuc writing fellows working in small groups with 11 Clough Newspaper Club members.…