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Robbins House seeks archival Ellen Garrison materials

June 21, 2024

The Robbins House, Ellen Garrison’s childhood home, is beginning to archive the material related to the campaign to name the town’s middle school after Garrison.

Ellen Garrison stands up in spotlight of new biopic premiere in Concord

June 20, 2024

“Concord is known for the shot heard ‘round the world, but Ellen, I think, was also the shot that was heard around the world, but in a different way."

New scholarship for METCO grads honors Ellen Garrison’s legacy

June 10, 2024

Two $1,000 awards and two $500 awards will go to women from Concord-Carlisle High School’s METCO program.

Naming school library for Ellen Garrison ‘a suitable compromise’

June 7, 2024

That would be a full honor, rather than a tacked on acknowledgement of her educational and social justice contributions.

Name new middle school’s library for Ellen Garrison

May 31, 2024

Ellen Garrison was an educator who taught children, unable to get an education, to read.

Don’t fret over Ripley’s record; name school for Ellen Garrison

May 31, 2024

Like every judge sitting in our state and federal courts, the School Committee should accept the fact that they might have missed the mark on the first pass.

Do we even deserve an Ellen Garrison Middle School?

May 31, 2024

Do we have a fraction of her integrity, courage, strength, and wisdom to reflect on what is at stake here and just do the right thing?

In reversal, Select Board cuts Ellen Garrison school naming question from June ballot

May 24, 2024

The move came after the School Committee attempt to strike a compromise with “The Ellen Garrison Building at The Concord Middle School.”