Sturbridge's Barn at Wight Farm draws statewide TV attention as a wedding destination this week. Also in today's brief (5 items): Wight Farm venue featured in two WFSB segments; Library offers basic tech help session Wednesday; Library runs ghost scavenger hunt all October; Book Bedazzl…
Two Sturbridge-resident obituaries were published this week: Peloquin, Marcel I. and Clark, Beth Ann. Marcel I. Peloquin, 82, of First Street, Sturbridge, died September 19 after 60 years of marriage to Marielle R. (Lachance) Peloquin; his funeral Mass is scheduled for September 29 at S…
Sturbridge recorded nine property sales in the deed registry from Aug. 28 to Sept. 26, but only one carries a sale price so far, at $79,828, with no street address listed in the data. Prices for the remaining eight sales, including properties on Podunk Road, Paradise Lane, Brookfield Ro…
Joshua Hyde library hosts a virtual talk on avoiding fatal accidents on Mount Washington Monday evening. Also in today's brief (3 items): Author talks Mount Washington hiking safety virtually; Kids make their own zines at library Monday; Back-to-school scavenger hunt at library ends Wed…
Historian Manisha Sinha visits Joshua Hyde library Thursday as story times and tech help round out the week. Also in today's brief (5 items): Library offers free tech help session Wednesday; Historian Manisha Sinha to speak Thursday; Fall story time returns to library Friday; Fall baby …
Sturbridge logged 15 property transfers this week but pricing data was missing for most sales. From our own coverage: Sturbridge logs 15 property transfers for the week. Also in today's brief (5 items): Library hosts Fall Toddler Time program Tuesday; Library's afternoon book group disc…
Sturbridge recorded 15 property transfers between Aug. 21 and Sept. 19, but sale prices had posted for only four as of this report. Prices ranged from $100,000 to $486,000, with a median of $137,500. The period's top recorded sale was 238 Walker Rd at $486,000, sold by David S. Kida and…
Joshua Hyde Public Library added two new online databases, giving cardholders more free digital research resources as of September 19. The announcement came alongside a busy week of programming: Fall Baby Time on September 21, Fall Toddler Time and two book discussions, "The Astral Libr…
This week's obituary column carries one Sturbridge, Massachusetts notice: Smiley, Anne L., who died Wednesday, September 2, 2026, at age 89. Born in Concord, North Carolina, she was the daughter of the late George F. and Ila (Taylor) Whitley and the wife of the late Kenneth Smiley. Her …
Sturbridge recorded 14 property transfers between Aug. 14 and Sept. 12, but only one deed disclosed a sale price: $73,000, for a property sold by John G. Jolin to Citizens Bank NA on Aug. 20. That single data point sets the period's reported price range and median at $73,000. The other …
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