New charging stations
DeMarco is hoping to secure a grant to install three, dual-port electrical vehicle charging stations.
The Department of Energy Resources has opened up more grant opportunities for electrical vehicle charging stations, DeMarco told the board. If the grant is approved, the charging stations would be installed in the parking lots at Town Hall, the Maynard Public Library and the Maynard Golf Course.
Commonwealth Electric Technologies provided a proposal to install the charging stations, at a cost of $28,084 apiece. If the town gets the grants, Eversource would pay $17,818 toward the cost of each station.
The town would have to pay for the warranty and the cloud service, with an initial cost of $36,063 for the three charging stations.
Life Outdoors: The Russian immigration experience
David Mark
Russians came to Maynard to work at the mill. They were part of an exodus of millions of people leaving the Russian Empire in search of a better life. St. Mary’s Holy Annunciation Orthodox Church the heart of the community with its onion-domed topped roof, is on Prospect Street. It was dedicated in 1917.
The appearance of Russian immigrants in Maynard was representative of a grand exodus. Prior to 1880 the immigration rate to the United States was modest, ramping up during the next decade to more than 10,000 per year, and then the flood: more than 3 million between 1890 and the beginning of World War I. The catalysts for this mass emigration from the Russian Empire included the assassination of Tsar Alexander II in 1881, followed by a repressive government under Tsar Alexander III, combined with famine, deep poverty, anti-Jewish pogroms and political unrest. The Russian experience was part of a larger move from imp
Wicked Local
February is coming in with a wallop, as a winter nor’easter is expected to bring 12 to 18 inches of snow to central Massachusetts.
According to the National Weather Service, snow was expected to continue until Tuesday, Feb. 2.
The heaviest snowfall – 2 to 3 inches per hour – is expected to begin before 4 p.m., Monday afternoon and continue into the evening, making travel treacherous.
What’s closed?
Schools in Stow and Maynard were released early Feb. 1. There will be no meal pick ups at Maynard Public Schools on Feb. 3.
The Stow COA staff will begin working remotely at 2 p.m., Feb. 1 and will work remotely all day Feb. 2. Van transportation will not be provided after 2 p.m., Feb. 1 or on Feb. 2.