FIRE Princeton Feb. 13 8:28 a.m.: Phone, firesmoke detector sounding, Brooks Station Road.

BOSTON — Montachusett Regional Vocational Technical High School is one of 14 Massachusetts school districts to receive a grant to bolster school safety and enhance violence prevention efforts. The Healey-Driscoll administration has announced the award of more than $570,000 to the districts. The federal funding supports the development and operation of school threat assessments and crisis intervention teams.

HOLDEN — This year three $1,000 awards are being offered in the 30th year of the Jason Bradshaw Memorial Scholarship. This scholarship is in memory of Jason, a member of WRHS class of 1990.

HOLDEN — The meeting was short on March 27, but the Select Board action might be of interest to residents who learned they may see a new flood plain map in the future. Although there are likely to be few, if any, changes to who is in a flood plain, the impact could be higher insurance costs for flood insurance, Senior Civil Engineer Patrick Wood said.

HOLDEN — The Holden Democratic Town Committee presented its recipients of the annual Good Neighbor Award on March 23 at the Holden Senior Center. This year is the award’s 28th.

HOLDEN — An effort by the state to expand multifamily housing in town is being met with questions. The so-called MBTA Communities Law, which requires allowing multifamily housing in communities adjacent to a community with an MBTA connections, has Holden officials objecting to the way the law is being presented, as well as its impacts.