Community

To All Veterans and Friends:

Double time to be sure to get a seat at the mess hall for your ration of chipped beef. This month it will be served on Friday, 8 January 2016, at 0900 hours at the Hopkinton Senior Center. Invite other veterans to enjoy the camaraderie and good chow.

Many local veterans are passing in review at various online links. Pay a visit,

Looking for a meaningful way to help animals in the new year? You can make a huge difference in the life of a dog by giving them a temporary foster home.

Baypath Humane Society urgently needs foster homes for a handful of dogs in need. Fostering involves providing love, care, and shelter for an animal until they find their forever home. The shelter’s greatest need is for adult only, pet-free foster homes. A fenced yard would be ideal.

Jack and Delilah, the bloodhounds that went missing from the Front Street area of town, have been found.

WELLESLEY HILLS – MassBay Community College is pleased to announce that student Jennifer Fox will be interning with Massachusetts Congressman Joe Kennedy’s Newton field office starting in January 2016.

“Jennifer’s commitment to civic engagement is admirable and perhaps the start of a great career in public service,” said MassBay Interim President Yves Salomon-Fernandez. “Who better to learn from than Congressman Kennedy. Jennifer can learn from the Kennedy legacy. The College is thrilled for Jennifer.”

To Whom it May Concern

Boston – Tuesday, December 22, 2015- Today, Department of Conservation and Recreation (DCR) Commissioner Leo Roy announced that DCR’s Aquatics Program will offer two free lifeguard testing opportunities for prospective summer lifeguard candidates over the traditional winter school vacation. The tests will take place at the College of the Holy Cross Hart Center Pool in Worcester and DCR’s Connell Pool in Weymouth on December 26, 2015and January 2, 2016 respectively.