WELCOME to the August issue of my free, local and fun monthly email newsletter! What’s in it this month?
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August is one of my favorite months—2 of my favorite things: Westminster’s Neighbors Helping Neighbors Town Benefit Day and Princeton’s weeklong Labor Day Tennis Tournament. Why? Because of the sense of community that both bring out.
When the kids were young—August was bittersweet. I was exhausted from all the summer chaos, yet didn’t want it to end. Also, at this point in the summer I’d be counting the days to the structure and organization of school being in session. When would the damn school bus come?
In this issue I’ve got stories about how we managed household organization and laundry with 6 kids, Jay’s hate/hate relationship with invasive bittersweet, and an important topic — we did a deep dive in to our homeowners insurance and it was EYE OPENING.
I’m on the board of the Ashburnham Westminster Foundation for Academic Excellence and we just awarded $20K in grants to classrooms in AWRSD.
A lot of people have been asking about land surveyors on Facebook and Nextdoor lately, so I asked around and put together a list based on reader recommendations. I’ve also got info on Princeton’s FREE outdoor summer movie nights, Labor Day square dancing, summer and fall fairs in the area, school calendars and bus routes for many local districts and of course, a little bit about the Central Mass local real estate market.
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We just did a Deep Dive on our Homeowners Insurance
Novel Idea: The Kids do their own Laundry (it works)
Invasive Bittersweet: All Bitter, No Sweet
Ash-West Education Foundation Grants $20K to Ash-West Classrooms
Westminster’s Neighbors Helping Neighbors Town Benefit Day is Sunday, August 10
Princeton Free Outdoor Movie Nights 2025
Princeton’s 113th Annual Labor Day Tennis Weeklong Tournament
Reader Feedback: My Favorite Documentaries story
Summer and Fall Fairs in Mass and Southern NH
Central Mass School Calendars and Bus Routes
Princeton Labor Day Festivities also includes SQUARE DANCING!
Popular from last month: $5 Mega Millions Tickets: Jay’s Thoughts
Recommended Tradespeople and Professionals: Land Surveyors: Who Do You Recommend?
Central Mass Real Estate Market: August 2025
