Committee appointed MASC delegate, approved six revised policies, and directed multiyear study of how school calendar closures and early-release days affect low-income, English-learner, and special-education families.
Ashland Public Schools earns two state awards for multilingual learner programming based on 2024-2025 Seal of Biliteracy results. From our own coverage: Ashland schools earn state multilingual learner awards.
Ashland School Committee meets Wednesday for its regular session covering district business. From our own coverage: Deed data again shows trust transfers outpacing sales.
New Ashland deed data finds trust transfers outnumbering priced home sales townwide. From our own coverage: Deed data shows trust transfers outpacing sales.
This week's Ashland obituary column carries one notice: Gentile, Virginia M. (Corkery), 79, of Ashland, who died Saturday, October 17, 2026, at Mary Ann Morse in Natick.
Ashland recorded 20 property transfers between Sept. 25 and Oct. 24, with sale prices posted so far for nine, ranging from $350,000 to $1,300,000 and a median of $540,000. The month's top transaction was 49 Indian Brook Rd., which sold for $1,300,000 on Oct. 5 to Sidney Ma and Susandra Pasaribu Ma.
Select Board previews Special Town Meeting warrant with bigger school fields request. From our own coverage: Planning Board tackles state-mandated zoning changes; Select Board previews Special Town Meeting warrant.
Library trustees adopt teen safety rules, weigh meals tax split for staffing. From our own coverage: Town Forest Committee proposes Old Mill Road addition; Library trustees adopt teen policies, weigh funding shift. Also in today's brief (4 items): School Committee holds regular meeting Oct 28.
Planning Board unanimously approved zoning bylaw amendments required by state law, extending special permit construction timelines and allowing residential use variances on industrial land.