Roadtown Turkey Trot

05/21/2026

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05/21/2026

A huge thank you to The Cat Hospital for sponsoring the 2026 Roadtown Turkey Trot! We are so grateful for your support and generosity. Community sponsors like you help make this event possible while supporting programs and services at the library.

Thank you for being part of the Roadtown Turkey Trot community and helping us make this year’s event another great success!

05/21/2026

Thank you, Florence Bank, for giving back so much to the community! The Friends of the M.N. Spear Memorial Library are so grateful!

On Tuesday, May 19, we held a reception for our 24th Annual Customers’ Choice Community Grants program at the Garden House at Look Memorial Park. A total of 40 local nonprofits were awarded a share of the $150,000 grant pool based on Florence Bank customer votes that were received in 2025.

Congratulations to this year’s winners for lifting spirits, raising awareness, and improving lives. Because when you vote, everyone wins.

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05/19/2026

Thank you to Integrity Development & Construction Inc. for being a Roadtown Turkey Trot Wishbone Sponsor for the fourth year in a row! Your continued support means so much to our community and helps make this event — and the programs it supports — possible year after year. We are incredibly grateful for your generosity and commitment to the Turkey Trot tradition.

05/15/2026

Sponsors are starting to roll in for the 2026 Roadtown Turkey Trot, and we are so grateful for the incredible community support already building around this year’s race.

A huge thank you to Amherst Insurance Agency Inc. for returning as a Wishbone Sponsor for the fourth year in a row. Your continued support means so much to us and helps make this event possible year after year.

We truly appreciate your generosity, commitment, and enthusiasm for this community tradition. Thank you for sticking with us and helping the Turkey Trot continue to grow.

04/29/2026

The Shutesbury Public Library is so lucky to have Mary Anne at the helm! Congratulations!

American Library Association honors Shutesbury Public Library Director Mary Anne Antonellis
https://www.ala.org/news/2026/04/2026-lemony-snicket-prize-noble-librarians-faced-adversity-winner-mary-anne-antonellis

04/06/2026

Join us on April 11 at 6:00 PM at the Shutesbury Athletic Club for an evening of fun, friendly competition, and community spirit.

This exciting event is a fundraiser to benefit the Friends of the Shutesbury Library, supporting programs, resources, and opportunities for all.

Suggested donation, $5 per person.
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02/10/2026

We love our sponsor and their support for the Shutesbury Public Library

01/13/2026

After 30 years of organizing. After countless bake sales and cans recycled. After spaghetti supper fundraisers and the first ever Roadtown Turkey Trot. After many town meetings where residents grappled with supporting a new library among so much else that needs funding, Library Director Mary Anne Antonellis cut the ribbon and welcomed the community to Shutesbury Public Library.

It was joyous morning, with heaps of thanks rightly bestowed on the Trustees, Building Committee, Select Board, residents — and the Massachusetts Board of Library Commissioners which established a small library program making it possible for communities like Shutesbury to apply for funds.

In building this library, Shutesbury said YES to democracy and free access to information. YES to its children and teens (who raced about this morning). YES to seniors. YES to creating a perfect space for gathering. YES to hope and an investment in the future of the Town.

And speaking of gathering, my first stop on a district library tour was at the MN Spear library just up the road. At more than 100 years and fewer than 800 square feet, Mary Anne remembered today that she had to close the library so that I could gather with constituents. That won't have to happen now and we're already making plans for a Town Hall this winter/spring — in, of course, the BEAUTIFUL Shutesbury PUBLIC library.

Honored to join and say words of love and celebration. Thankful to represent Shutesbury with Rep. Aaron Saunders and Congressman Jim McGovern.

These are brutal times. This morning reminds us of the good that's possible. And it strikes me as an embodiment of the grit and grace of the people I work for.

01/04/2026

SHUTESBURY — On Sunday morning, around 60 volunteers joined staff members to remove the 12,000 or so books, DVDs and audiobooks squeezed into the M.N. Spear Memorial Library, preparing them for their short journey to the new Shutesbury Public Library. Less than five hours later, all of the circula...