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Whitman was among several towns affected by a power outage caused by a Friday morning storm.High-speed winds caused many trees to fall, leaving behind branches and debris....
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The Whitman Fire Department has been awarded over $9,000 in three grants, fire chief Tim Grenno told the Board of Selectmen during their meeting Tuesday night at Town Hall. The fire department received $500 for Harvard Pilgrim Health for fire education an...
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Decked out in red, white and blue, sixth graders from Whitman Middle School waited for the arrival of Ty Warren, the Patriot’s defensive end. Warren came to the Whitman Middle School after seventh-grader Justin Cullity won a National Football League con...
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A Senior Center employee fired by the town says that the charges against her are unfair and vows to fight on to get her job back.Bonita Saltzman, assistant supportive day coordinator for the Senior Center, was fired by the Board of Selectmen Tuesday night...
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The excitement is building for the “Here We Grown Again” campaign at the First Baptist Church.The church is beginning to work toward a three year campaign that includes $1.2 million renovations....
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Whitman-Hanson Regional School Committee voted to adopt new graduation requirements for the Class of 2013 that focus on individual progress, foreign languages and expanding the use of technology.“If we wait to say we need to change we are already a year...
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Students from Maquan Elementary School learned the importance of giving during the holiday season.The students began decorating ornaments for holiday trees as part of the Rotary Club’s drive to raise money for the Hanson Community Christmas Fund...
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The First Congregational Church of Whitman youth group raked leaves on two consecutive Saturdays in return for donations. They recently presented the Whitman Food Pantry with a total of $600 from all of their efforts.Congratulations to Boss Academy for pl...
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Superintendent John McEwan warned the Whitman-Hanson Regional School Committee about the possible cuts the Fiscal Year 2010 budget may bring.He told the committee that creative planning would be key to next year’s school budget....
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With the hard economic times the toy donations for the Whitman Area Toy Drive are down and your support is needed more than ever.“This is our sixth year doing it and the toy donations right now are way down,” said Donnie Westhaver....
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With the holidays upon us, retrieving dusty boxes of decorations and donning hats in celebration of the season are in the weeks to come. However, the Good Time Gals of the South Shore Red Hat Society, are determined to wear their red hats in celebration o...
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Despite the snow, large crowds flocked to Whitman Center to engage in the annual winter carnival known as Winterfest on Sunday.People drank cups of hot chocolate hoping for warmth, while wearing hats, mittens, snow pants and boots....
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Don the Barber will be hanging up his scissors, but he says that won’t keep him away from visiting his barber shop on Liberty Street. Don Botieri has cut hair for the past 58 years, four generations in some cases, said Botieri’s daughter Karen Zaiatz....
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A Hanson firefighter was honored by the state for going back into a burning home in an attempt to save a woman’s life.The Massachusetts Firefighter of the Year Awards were held Dec. 3 in Boston and among the honored recipients was a resident of Hanson w...
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Despite the hard economic times during the year and especially the holidays, the owners of Café Deli hope to double their last year’s donation for the less fortunate children of Hanson.Chuck and Caroline Landry began collecting toys for the Hanson Comm...
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A Gold Star Mother will continue to follow in her son’s footsteps by working for the Marine’s Toys for Tots program.“Last year after my son was killed I decided right away I would continue working with Toys for Tots since he had done it for so many ...
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There she is, Miss UMD, There she is, your ideal. Valerie Baretto, a 2006 Whitman-Hanson graduate, won the Miss UMass Dartmouth competition and was crowned Miss UMass Dartmouth on Dec. 4....
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Congratulations to the WHK Squirt A hockey team for winning the Thanksgiving tournament in Waterville Valley, N.H. The team went 1-1-1 before competing in the championship game vs. the 98 Lowell Jr. Riverhawks, which they won 3-2! The team is coached by S...
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The Building Committee has begun to work toward breaking ground on the new police station.The station was approved at a special Town Meeting on Nov. 17. The next step for the committee is selecting a project manager and architects for the project....
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The town of Whitman has revisited the idea of combining the position of town treasurer and town collector.After a heated debate at Town Meeting in May, voters did not support an article that would have merged the two positions. It lost by 14 votes....
