Crosswalk at Shaw Pond

Seniors Socialize at Town Hall

meals and bingo each Tuesday and Thursday from 10am to 2pm in the community room at Becket Town Hall. Paula Bergeron and Linda Shaw, COA co-chairs, host the get-togethers that routinely attract about a dozen people. Meals on Wheels delivers a hot meal for $3

“A Murder of the Most Revolting Kind”

1891, A. B. Pomeroy was hunting with his dog, Jack, in a wooded area of Washington. Suddenly Jack ran toward a leaf-covered area and began digging frantically. When the hound pulled a man’s suspender out of the earth, Pomeroy, further noting the sickening odor of decomposing

The Becket Truant School Experiment

right? Actually, wrong. It was only in 1852 that Massachusetts began to regulate school terms and make attendance compulsory. A new law intended to give youngsters a basic education and keep them off the streets provided that children