http://nashobavalley.com/blog Serving the Communities of the Nashoba Valley Tue, 17 Oct 2006 23:10:11 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en First off, I want to congratulate the winner of last week's NashobaValley.com Members Contest. It was... Carol Roberts of Townsend! Carol's tip was: Apple Fest Celebrate Fall on October 14th! The Townsend United Methodist Church will be having an Apple Fest from 8:30 AM to 3:00 Pm. There will be tours of the ... http://nashobavalley.com/blog/2006/10/17/i-need-your-help-contest-ideas/ Just a quick note to give you the weekly contest winner and to let you know that the theme of this week's contest is the same as last week's: "Fall in the Nashoba Valley" Since I know there are some really great things to do in the area during the Fall season, ... http://nashobavalley.com/blog/2006/10/10/the-weekly-winner-and-a-quick-note/ Here's a copy of the email bulletin that just went out... Thanks to everyone who sent me suggestions, and to those of you who forwarded photographs for the screen saver (not sure what I'm talking about - then check out the blog at: http://www.NashobaValley.com/blog) I will take ... http://nashobavalley.com/blog/2006/10/03/winning-tips-and-other-things/ After the article about NashobaValley.com came out in the Free Press last week, the number one question I got from people was... "Why isn't Chuck smiling?" The answer - I had to get some kind of photo in to the paper in a very short amount of time. I got the ... http://nashobavalley.com/blog/2006/09/30/why-isnt-chuck-smiling/ A lot of you have asked me a few questions, and I wanted to answer a few of the more popular questions in this posting. So, without any further ado... Question 1: Where the heck have you been? Answer 1: I've been travelling on business. I'm not doing NashobaValley.com full ... http://nashobavalley.com/blog/2006/09/18/why-i-created-nashobavalleycom/ I've just finished the video tour for the local business section. I'm dead tired, so I hope it makes sense. I have to get up early to head into Boston for a trade show, so I won't be able to get to this tomorrow, and most likely won't ... http://nashobavalley.com/blog/2006/09/12/new-video-tour-local-businesses-section/ A bunch of you requested that I put a link to the Pre-Launch Introductory Tour on the blog, so here it is. Just click on the screen capture image below, and the video page will open in a new browser window. Thanks! Chuck http://nashobavalley.com/blog/2006/09/12/heres-the-pre-launch-tour/ Here's a quick update on the Tell A Friend Race Contest: Melissa Fetterhoff = 6 referrals Jennifer Koulopoulos = 5 referrals Meagan Ackroyd = 5 referrals Lisa Manley = 3 referrals Nancy Prevost = 2 referrals Toby Tyler = 2 referrals Beth Bedard = 2 referrals Kathy Mercurio = 2 referrals Things are really starting to heat up, with ... http://nashobavalley.com/blog/2006/09/11/update-things-are-heating-up/ I just got back from a full day of football. First, I saw my son's Pop Warner football team (the North Middlesex Rustlers) play in Gardner this morning. Then, the whole family went to the Patriots game in Foxboro, where we watched the Pats squeak out a close one over ... http://nashobavalley.com/blog/2006/09/10/some-interesting-survey-results/ I'm looking for your opinion on what you think is most important in a community portal serving the Nashoba Valley. I've created a little anonymous survey with some multiple choice questions, as well as a comment field. Use the comment field to send me your ideas. The survey is ... http://nashobavalley.com/blog/2006/09/09/asking-for-your-opinion-update-on-tell-a-friend-race/