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Danvers resident wins first honorary mayoral election

Jul 07 2011
Mary

Danvers does not have a mayor, and its town government is run by a town manager and Board of Selectmen.
But now it has an honorary mayor.

West Minot Grange delivers dictionaries

Jul 06 2011
Mary

West Minot Grange # 42 delivered 28 student dictionaries on December 20 to the two third-grade classes at the Minot Consolidated School. This is our 8th year with the Dictionary Project.

Cliff-hanger of an ending for Rotarian’s 1,000-mile dictionary walk

Jul 05 2011
Mary

Rotarian Dennis Bayley used a near-disaster in Scotland to complete the final few feet of his 1,000-mile walk to raise money for the purchase of dictionaries for Grade 4 pupils in Scugog schools.

Thank you, Dictionary Project!

Jul 05 2011
Mary

Letters from Mrs. Maurer's 3rd grade class:

Event a gift to the community from the Lions

Jul 05 2011
Mary

On behalf of the Yelm Lions Club, I would like to take this opportunity to thank the Yelm Community for its support of Prairie Days last weekend.

Thank you, Dictionary Project!

Jul 01 2011
Mary

Dear Ms. Anderson,
Thank you for the dictionary. I appreciate the work of the Dictionary Project. So now I can look at the words that I can't spell.
Sincerely,
Jonah

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