Ashland

Ashland Public Library hosts a free outdoor Flicknic screening of Chicken Run Friday, part of a five-event weekend slate. The lineup also includes doodler Heather Rogers' virtual Presidential Series talk on Martin Van Buren, a Mystery Book Club discussion of Donna Leon's "By Its Cover,"…

Ashland Public Schools set Monday, Aug. 31, as David Mindess Elementary's first day of classes, with preschool orientation the same morning from 9 to 10 a.m. The Ashland Public Library, meanwhile, is packing Thursday, Aug. 13, with programming: a virtual "Book Birthday Celebration" with…

Ashland rolled out a new online License and Permitting Portal called OpenGov aimed at simplifying town permit applications, the town announced. The move gives residents and contractors a streamlined way to apply for and track permits without a trip to Town Hall. Meanwhile, the Ashland P…

Bestselling author Jane Healey visits Ashland Public Library Tuesday, Aug. 11, for an in-person book club talk and a virtual Q&A. The library's Historical Fiction Book Club discusses Healey's novel "The Saturday Evening Girls Club" that same day, part of a packed Aug. 11 slate that also…