MANSFIELD — The Renaissance Theatre is preparing to present a new production, “Trouble at the Mill,” this summer. The family-friendly comedy will take place outdoors in the Renaissance Plaza green space as part of the Mechanics Bank Education Series. “The kids are having such a great time with this very hambone, over-the-top acting style. I’m […]
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Attendance tracking program helps combat chronic absenteeism
ONTARIO — For Chris Miller, the principal of Ontario Middle School, attendance has been one of his job’s biggest duties — and challenges — for the better part of 11 years. One of the biggest challenges Miller faced were attendance tracking programs that didn’t offer an easy way to see when students were reaching concerning […]
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Ashland student takes top prize in national VFW essay competition
ASHLAND – The Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) has announced Bryant Day, an eighth grade student from Ashland, has been selected the national first-place winner and recipient of a $5,000 award in its 2023-2024 Patriot’s Pen essay contest. Day, who was sponsored by VFW Post 9943 and its Auxiliary located in Mansfield, wrote his winning essay based on this […]
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Ashland woman tapped to lead District 10 middle school honor choir
ASHLAND — Kim Wolbert will add another feather to her conducting cap as she leads students from eight counties in the middle school honor choir’s annual performance Saturday. “Music programs, I think, are one of the best ways to help our kiddos become more humane and more loving and more compassionate and more responsible and […]