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This list is complete, but about 100 of the older articles listed below have been deleted from this blog as they were incorporated into two books "MAYNARD: History and Life Outdoors" (2011) and "Hidden History of Maynard" (2014). Another 50+ deleted although not in any book. As of April 2022, 12.5 years and 425 columns, not counting 55 repeats. Sections are History, At The Mill (present-day), Recreational Opportunities, Nature Observations, and Health. The most-viewed article by far is Luna Moths, May 2013. Entries ceased with the end of the Beacon-Villager existing as a printed newspaper.

(R) = repeat of an earlier article

EASTERN MASSACHUSETTS HISTORY
Stone Walls                              Jan 2010
Assabet River                           Jan 2010
Marble Farm, Maynard            Feb 2010
Ice Houses                               Mar 2010
Aerial View, Maynard              Mar 2010
Assabet, 2010 Flood                Apr 2010
Urban Barns                             May 2010
Electric Trolley 1901-23          June 2010
Horses and Cows                     July 2010
Assabet, Low Water                Aug 2010
Assabet, Annual Cleanup        Sept 2010
This Old House                       Sept 2010
Assabet Historic Floods          Nov 2010
Finnish Public Saunas             Nov 2010

Railroad Ran Through It          Jan 2011
The Maynard News, 1911       Jan 2011
Slaves & Indentured Servants  Feb 2011
Fire Fighting History                Feb 2011
A Slave in Stow                      Mar 2011
Erikson's Ice Cream                Mar 2011
Marble Farm Fire Anniversary  Mar 2011
Maynard's Boundary (Part 1)   Apr 2011
Remembering WWI Veterans  May 2011
Old Glass Bottles                     July 2011
Thoreau's Maynard                  July 2011
Maynard's Boundary (Part 2)   Aug 2011
This Old Spoon                        Sept 2011
Fire Fighting                             Sept 2011
Hydropower at Woolen Mill     Oct 2011
Maynard - Inventors' Paradise?   Oct 2011
Before National Prohibition      Nov 2011
Eat Bitterness                            Nov 2011

The Maynard News, 1912          Jan 2012
1902 Debate on Renaming Town   Jan 2012
1902 Debate (part 2)                    Jan 2012
Meet the Maynard Family            Feb 2012
Always a Mill Town                    Mar 2012
Brick by Brick                             Mar 2012
Maynard's Boundary (Part 3)      Mar 2012
Genealogy and DNA Analysis     Apr 2012
Historical Society - History of      Apr 2012
Titanic Sinking Affected Maynard  Apr 2012
William H. Knight                         May 2012
Oldest restaurant in town             June 2012
Harlan Maynard's Diary (1857)   June 2012
More sheep than people               July 2012
Maynard family - warts and all     Aug 2012
Imaginary Maynard: Zipline, etc.   Aug 2012
John Tobin Riverfront Park          Sept 2012
Maynard H.S. 50th Reunion        Sept 2012
Clocktower Clock                        Oct 2012
Leapin' Lena                                Oct 2012
WWI and Veterans Day               Nov 2012
Who is in the Maynard Crypt?    Nov 2012
The Town Seal, 1899-1975         Nov 2012

Odds and ends to end 2012         Jan 2013
The Bridges of Maynard             Jan 2013
Photos of old bridges                  Jan 2013
ONLY IN MAYNARD              Jan 2013
The Maynard News, 1913          Jan 2013
Slavery in Massachusetts            Feb 2013
The Paper Mill: 1820-1882         April 2013
Paper making before wood pulp  April 2013
Mink Farm in Maynard!              May 2013
Wild Mink                                  June 2013
Notable Residents                       July 2013
Maynard High School: 1964-2013  Aug 2013
History Books: Stow & Maynard  Aug 2013
No hotels in Maynard or Stow     Sept 2013
Ghost Signs of Old Businesses   Sept 2013
Poet Laureate of Maynard           Oct 2013
Maydale Beverage Company       Oct 2013
Chewing gum as recent history    Oct 2013
Babe Ruth Shopped Here             Nov 2013
Babe Ruth Drank Here?                Dec 2013
Music Studio Once in Maynard    Dec 2013

You know you're from Maynard...  Jan 2014
Gunpowder Mills (Ka-boom!)       Jan 2014
Maynard's Cemeteries                   Jan 2014
Big Fires                                        Feb 2014
150th Column                               Feb 2014
Funeral Homes                              Feb 2014
The Maynard News, 1914            Feb 2014
Petition to create Maynard            Mar 2014
ArtSpace and Acme Theatre         Mar 2014
Street names/how many streets?   April 2014
The Town Dump, Repurposed      May 2014
Sid's Airport                                 June 2014
Women at Digital Equipment Corp  June 2014
Fine Arts Theatre/Movie Theaters   July 2014
Churches, Closed                          July 2014
Fire Station Horn; 12:10               Sept 2014
Murders in Maynard?                   Sept 2014
Births and Deaths, 1880-2013      Oct 2014
Postcard Scenes Then and Now   Oct 2014
Fleepo the Clown                         Nov 2014
Parking Deck 1984-2014              Nov 2014
United Nations 1946: Concord?    Dec 2014
Outdoor Store Building                 Dec 2014

Fire Alarm Boxes Going, Going   Jan 2015
Oldest Houses in Maynard            Jan 2015
Smith Family                                 Feb 2015
The Maynard News, 1915             Feb 2015
Coolidge School                            Mar 2015
Clock Face has IIII, not IV           Apr 2015
Cricket Club                                 Apr 2015
Thoreau's Walk to Boon Pond     May 2015
More Murders in Maynard           May 2015
Maynard's Oldest Resident           May 2015
Gruber Bros. Furniture                 July 2015
Maynard Woman's Club              July 2015
Mill Buildings, When Built        Aug 2015
1816: Year Without a Summer    Sept 2015
Sidewalks, History of                   Oct 2015
Maynard Public Library               Nov 2015
Maynard Post Office                    Nov 2015
Baker Bridge Train Wreck 1905  Nov 2015

(R) Aerial View, Maynard           Jan 2016
MA Town Meetings                     Jan 2016
The Finest Hour; Local Connection  Feb 2016
The Maynard News, 1916            Mar 2016
Streets and Street Name Signs     Mar 2016
Founder's Day                              Apr 2016
KKK in Massachusetts; 1920s     May 2016
Fire Hydrants American Iron       May 2016
Fire Hydrants - Maynard's Oldest  June 2016
D.Y.W.Y.K. Club: 1889-1926       June 2016
Telephone Reaches Maynard        June 2016
ARRT History: Railroad and Trail June 2016
High Schools: 1871-2016             Aug 2016
Bridge Removal, Footbridge        Aug 2016
ArtSpace Centennial                     Oct 2016
Myths of Stow and Maynard        Oct 2016
Ketchup - America's Condiment  Nov 2016
Acacia Communications               Nov 2016
Stow Cemetery                              Dec 2016
Lafayette's 1824 Visit to Stow       Dec 2016
Most Popular Columns of 2016     Dec 2016

Home Delivery Then and Now      Jan 2017
Shrinking Stow - Part One             Feb 2017
Shrinking Stow - Part Two            Feb 2017
Shrinking Stow - Part Three          Mar 2017
Remembering Coal                        Mar 2017
Thoreau/Marlborough Road          Mar 2017
Assabet River Names                     Apr 2017
Maynard News 1917                      June 2017
Salt-Cured Meat                            June 2017
Mansard Roof                               June 2017
Boston Post Cane                          July 2017
(R) Thoreau on Walking               July 2017
Congregational Church                Aug 2017
Hurricanes, Historic                     Sept 2017
Carbone Park                                Oct 2017
Six Mile Road Race                      Nov 2017
Shrinking Millpond                      Dec 2017
Boston Globe 1909                      Dec 2017

(R) Boston Post Cane                   Mar 2018
William Maynard (1833-1906)    Mar 2018
Things Change (Retail Biz)          Apr 2018
(R) Founders' Day 2018               Apr 2018
Work/Live/Play                            April 2018
Maynard's Descendants Visit       May 2018
300 Columns                                July 2018
Garden Club 1938                        Aug 2018
WWII Observation Tower           Aug 2018
Babe Ruth Mural                         Sept 2018
Influenza 1918                             Sept 2018
Towns Named Maynard               Sept 2018
Gleasondale                                  Oct 2018
Building Tear-Downs                   Nov 2018

Nason and Summer Intersection   Jan 2019
Harriman Laundry                        Jan 2019
Marble Farm 2019                        Feb 2019
Freemasons                                   Feb 2019
Co-operatives-1                            Mar 2019
Co-operatives-2                            Mar 2019
Dance Ban                                    Mar 2019
Co-operatives-3                            Apr 2019
By-Laws, 1872                            May 2019
Before/After Europeans               May 2019
(R) This Old House                      May 2019
Lobster Alone                              June 2019
Street Lights                                 June 2019
Sophia Thoreau                            July 2019
Women of WWII                         Aug 2019
Three Books                                Aug 2019
Not Historic Enough                   Aug 2019
Painting River Markers              Sept 2019
Anniversary 50th                        Oct 2019
Litter: Less Each Year               Nov 2019
Ten Years of Columns               Nov 2019
Auctions of Homes                    Dec 2019

Newspapers                                 Jan 2020
Police                                           Feb 2020
Money/Banks                               Feb 2020
50 Years Biz (Part 1)                    Mar 2020
(R) Only IN MAYNARD            Mar 2020
50 Years Biz (Part 1)                    Mar 2020
(R) Influenza                                Apr 2020
WWII Land Seizure                     Apr 2020           
Mill Boom/Bust                           Apr 2020
Depression Era                             Apr 2020
Schools, History                           Apr 2020
Bands                                           May 2020
Cultural Council/District             May 2020
Swimming Pools                          June 2020
(R) Slavery in MA                       June 2020
H.H. Scott - Hi-Fi                        July 2020
Wikipedia-Maynard                     July 2020
Yard Sales                                    July 2020
(R) ONLY IN MAYNARD          Oct 2020

AT THE MILL
Powell Flutes                               Sept 2013
Monster.com Moved Out              Mar 2014
Mill Buildings Destroyed             Apr 2016
Monster.com/Corp Volunteering  Dec 2017
Building No. 5                              Jan 2018
AquaBounty (GMO salmon)        Jan 2018
Stratus Technologies                    Jan 2018
Irving Burg - Mill Manager         Feb 2018
(R) Powell Flutes                         Feb 2018
Wildlife Acoustics                        Feb 2018
Mill Bankruptcies                         May 2018
Mill Pond Drained                        Dec 2020

DIGITAL EQUIPMENT CORPORATION
Women                                          June 2014
Origin                                            Nov 2019
Rise                                                Dec 2019
Minicomputers                              Dec 2019        
(R) Women                                   Dec 2019
DCU                                              Jan 2020
PCs                                                Jan 2020
DECworld/air                                Jan 2020       
Logo                                              Jan 2020
 Decline                                         Feb 2020
Aftermath                                      Feb 2020
Diversity                                        Mar 2020
All Things DEC                            June 2020

RECREATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES
Winter Bicycling                       Jan 2010
Snowshoes                                Jan 2010
Walking the Rail Trail               Apr 2010
Bicyclists Need Hills                May 2010
Walking, Maynard                   July 2010
ArtSpace Labyrinth                 Aug 2010
Hypothermia                            Nov 2010
Tracks in the Snow                  Jan 2011
Maynard Community Gardeners   May 2011
Farmers' Market                        June 2011
Andy Goldsworthy: Snow House  June 2011
Assabet River Wildlife Refuge   Sept 2011
Outdoor Volunteers Needed     Nov 2011
Thoreau's Essay "Walking"       Dec 2011
ARRT Update                           Dec 2011
Five Historic Walking Tours     Oct 2012
Local Bike Rides                       May 2013
ARRT Public Hearing              June 2013
National Trails Day                 June 2013
Geocaching in Maynard           Nov 2013
ARRT Volunteers Needed        April 2014
A Cleaner Assabet River           May 2014
Remembering First Art Purchase  July 2014
You've Been Droned!               Aug 2014
Assabet River Walk                  Jan 2015
Erikson's Ice Cream                 April 2015
Screed About Litter                  May 2015
Town's Small Parks                  June 2015
Assabet River Access               June 2015
(R) Farmers' Market                 June 2015
Without a Paddle                      Aug 2015
Assabet Clean-up 2015             Sept 2015
Boy Scouts Build Bridge          Oct 2015
Outdoor Things To Do             Dec 2015
Column Writing                        Mar 2016
(R) Erikson's Ice Cream           April 2016
(R) ArtSpace Labyrinth            April 2016
Ginger Beer                              July 2016
ARRT Groundbreaking            July 2016
New Singletrack Trail (Acton)  Aug 2016
OARS 30th Annual Cleanup    Sept 2016
Ego-Surfing the Internet           Nov 2016
Delaney Complex                     Jan 2017
ARRT Update - May                 May 2017
Writers on Writing                     July 2017
Instagram for Maynard, Etc.     Sept 2017
ARRT Update - Oct                   Oct 2017
ARRT Update - June                 June 2018
Thoreau's Walk Sept 1, 1851     July 2018
Maynard 150                             July 2018
ARRT - Ribbon Cutting            Aug 2018
Volunteers Needed (Bulbs)       Oct 2018
(R) Volunteers Really Needed   Oct 2018
Trail of Flowers                         Nov 2018
ARRT Bicycle Safety                Nov 2018
Alcohol Minis = Litter               Jan 2019
Maynard Rocks                          May 2019
Overtourism                               Aug 2019
OARS 33rd Annual Cleanup     Sept 2019
Volunteers Needed 2019            Oct 2019
ARRT 2 yr Anniversary             Sept 2020
Cell Phone in River                   Sept 2020
METAL-ITY                              Oct 2020
No Soup for You                        Dec 2020

NATURE OBSERVATIONS
Robins in Winter                        Jan 2010
Oriental Bittersweet                  Mar 2010
Coyote-Wolf Hybrids               Mar 2010
Skunk Cabbage                        Apr 2010
Worms, Slugs, Snails                June 2010
Skunks                                     June 2010
Geese, Turkeys, Herons          Mar 2011
Swans on the Assabet             Apr 2011
Japanese Knotweed                June 2011
Poison Ivy                              July 2011
Deer and Cars and Deer         July 2011
Behold the Opossum               Aug 2011
Historic Hurricanes in MA       Aug 2011
Bits and Pieces                       Oct 2011
Beavers Invade Maynard        Nov 2011
Murder of Crows                    Dec 2011
Seeing Really Far Away          Jan 2012
Hibernators, Large/Small         Feb 2012
Indoor Wild Life                     Mar 2012
Ruby-Throated Hummingbirds  May 2012
Garlic Mustard                         May 2012
Jumping Spiders                       July 2012
Raindrops                                Aug 2012
Autumn Leaf Color Explained  Sept 2012
Predicting a Snowy Winter       Dec 2012
Winter Crops                           Dec 2012
Peeps in the Snow                    Mar 2013
Tree-of-Heaven                        April 2013
Why Plant Tulips?                     May 2013
Luna Moth: Symbolism/Poem  May 2013
Local Climate Change               June 2013
Wild Cucumber Vines                Sept 2013
Wild Turkeys                            Nov 2013
(R) Subnivean: life under snow  Jan 2014
(R) Skunk Cabbage                  April 2014
Luna Moths                              May 2014
Animals Invade Suburbia          May 2014
(R) Poison Ivy                          May 2014
Damariscotta Lake                   June 2014
(R) Worms, Slugs, Snails          July 2014
Woodchucks                             Aug 2014
Birds, Life List                          Sept 2014
Winter Moths - Act Now!           Nov 2014
When Cats Go Out                    Jan 2015
Snow and Roof Collapse           Jan 2015
Snow: Record Year                   Mar 2015
Snow: the Great Melting           April 2015
(R) Murder of Crows                 May 2015
Water Chestnut                          July 2015
Suburban Ravens                       Aug 2015
Leaves: Burn or Compost          Dec 2015
Microbeads Banned                   Jan 2016
Maple Tree Tapping                  Feb 2016
Black Squirrels                          Mar 2016
Winter Moth Caterpillars           May 2016
Snapping Turtles                        June 2016
(R) Assabet, Low Water            Aug 2016
Rabbits, Multiplying                  Sept 2016
Mallard Ducks                           Nov 2016
Density of Stone, Wood...          Dec 2016
Cedar Waxwings                        Jan 2017
(R) Beavers Invade Maynard     Feb 2017
(R) Raindrops                             Mar 2017
Bald Eagles, Return to MA        May 2017
Wolves, Return to MA???         May 2017
Turtles, Painted                          Aug 2017
Muskrats                                    Sept 2017
Fall Leaf Color Fail                   Nov 2017
Winter Moths                             Nov 2017
Clematis, Fall-Blooming           Dec 2017
Lichen                                        Feb 2018
Winter 2017-2018                      Mar 2018
Trees/One - Communication     June 2018
Loons in Maine                         June 2018
Trees/Two - Four Centuries      July 2018
Walden Pond Water Levels       July 2018
Trees/Three - Treeless              Aug 2018
2018: Warm, Wet Year             Nov 2018
Norway Maple/Invasive           Dec 2018
(R) Coyotes                              Dec 2018
Berries Red, Birds Red             Dec 2018
Flower Viewing Walk               Apr 2019
Brown-tail Moth                       May 2019
Trees/Four                                 June 2019
(R) Swans                                 July 2019
Assabet River Rises/Falls         Oct 2019
River Revisited                         May 2020
Ecological Succession         May 2020
(R) Hummingbirds               Aug 2020
Mourning Doves                  Aug 2020
Trees - A Plan                       Oct 2020
Chipmunks                           Nov 2020
Fifty Shades of Brown         Jan 2021
Bald-Faced Hornets              Feb 2021
Raccoons                               March 2021
Dandelions                            April 2021
Cicadas                                  May 2021
Trees/Five "Windthrown"     March 2022

HEALTH
Avoid Overhydration                 Feb 2010
Human Blood, Calories In        Sept 2010
Hypothermia                             Nov 2010
Recovery from Donating Blood  Mar 2011
Got Caffeine?                            June 2011
The Operation Generation         July 2011
Death by Exercise                     Sept 2011
Age and Athletic Performance   Feb 2012
Don't Drink Salty Water             June 2012
We Contain Multitudes (of Bacteria)  Aug 2012
Overweight is Healthy?!?          Feb 2013
Bicycle Fatality Statistics          Feb 2013
Water - How Much to Drink      May 2013
Lyme Disease                            Aug 2013
Anaplasmosis                            Aug 2013
(R) Hypothermia                       Nov 2014
Standing Versus Sitting            Mar 2015
One Hundred Dollar Soup       Nov 2015
Traditional Arabic Medicine    June 2017
Ticks - All Diseases                 July 2017
Vitamin E                                 May 2018
Why do We Sweat?                  May 2018
(R) Death by Exercise              Sept 2019
Vitamin Folate                          Oct 2019
Alcohol in Moderation              July 2020
Science is Real                          Aug 2020
Vitamin K                                  Sept 2020
Vitamin Biotin                           Apr 2021
Statins/Muscle                          Sept 2021
Vitamin Riboflavin                    Dec 2021
Heart Rate Recovery                  Feb 2022