KEYNOTES: Team Nancy walks again
Rosemary Rimkus
Team Nancy, in tribute to Hudson resident Nancy Sullivan, has walked in the Multiple Sclerosis Fund annual walk for the past 27 years.
This year on May 1, family, friends and former classmates walked 3 miles on Hudson streets in tribute to Nancy, and to raise money for the Multiple Sclerosis Fund. The walk, held annually in Concord, was postponed last year due to Covid.
Nancy is the wife of Hudson native Paul Sullivan, who is captain of Team Nancy.
“We have participated since 1994,” he said, “and have a great team of old friends, relatives and former classmates.”
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A former Needham middle school teacher who is accused of raping a student several years ago while employed as a teacher in Hudson is now banned from working or volunteering with children.
Caitlin Harding, 37, of Wellesley, pleaded not guilty Friday in Middlesex Superior Court to several charges in connection with the rape allegations.
Judge Hélène Kazanjian released Harding, who was arraigned via video conference, without bail, but ordered her to have no unsupervised contact with children younger than 18 and to not work or volunteer with children.
A Middlesex grand jury indicted Harding of rape of a child by force; three counts of aggravated rape of a child; and five counts of indecent assault and battery on a child younger than 14.
WOBURN A former Hudson middle school teacher who is accused of raping a student several years ago is now banned from working or volunteering with children.
Caitlin Harding, 37, of Wellesley, pleaded not guilty Friday in Middlesex Superior Court to several charges in connection with the rape allegations.
Judge Hélène Kazanjian released Harding, who was arraigned via videoconference, without bail, but ordered her to have no unsupervised contact with children younger than 18 and to not work or volunteer with children.
Authorities said Harding was a teacher at the Quinn Middle School in Hudson when she sexually assaulted the victim, a 13-year-old seventh-grade girl, multiple times over several months in 2010.
HUDSON – Hudson schools will shift from hybrid to full remote learning Jan. 4 for two weeks to prevent a potential holiday-related surge of coronavirus cases in the schools.
Superintendent Marco Rodrigues said last week he and the administration team were considering moving to remote learning for two weeks after the holiday break due to concerns that gatherings during the Christmas and New Year’s holidays could lead to an uptick in positive cases. He informed the school community in a letter late last week that Hudson will temporarily transition to full remote learning.
“We strongly believe that there is no replacement for in-person learning and the connections between students and their teachers and peers,” Rodrigues wrote. “However, concerns surrounding the significant rise in COVID-19 cases in our community and statewide, the extended holiday period in the coming week and the potential for additional positive cases within our students and staff, may impact our ability
HUDSON District officials are considering transitioning from hybrid to full remote learning for at least two weeks in early January to prevent a potential spike in coronavirus cases in the schools coming out of the holiday break.
Superintendent of Schools Marco Rodrigues is concerned that gatherings during the Christmas and New Year’s holidays could lead to an uptick in positive cases in town and in the schools. He noted there was an increase in cases in Hudson coming out of the Thanksgiving holiday.
“That does bring a layer of concern about what can happen shortly after,” Rodrigues said during Tuesday night’s School Committee meeting. “That can generate a number of gatherings. It does generate some concerns.”