
OARS’ annual meeting: Elections, volunteers honored, Acton scientist speaks, and a new use for beet juice?
June 23, Pompositticut Community Center, Stow: A new slate of board members was elected tonight at the OARS annual meeting, emceed by Executive Director Matt Brown, and five members were honored for their volunteer work during the past year. (OARS is the Organization for the Assabet, Sudbury, and Concord rivers). The organization, established in 1986, works to maintain the health of the three rivers, sometimes abbreviated as SuAsCo, in the thirty-six cities and towns comprising their watersheds. The water quality volunteers honored were: Lisa Fierce, volunteering since 2008; Ann Wachur, since 2017; Kim Kastens of Acton, since 2014; and Chester…