Article: Meet the new board ; Farmer, doctor, student join lineup

A Hopkinton High School student. A former state Supreme Court justice. A local doctor. A farmer.

These are among the new members of the Monitor's board of contributors.

A few weeks back, we put out a call for new members of the board: local writers who could contribute regular opinion pieces for the newspaper's commentary pages. The response was overwhelming.

We received more than 50 applications from writers on a wide variety of topics, and the judging was difficult. I whittled the crowd down to 14, all of whom have agreed to write several pieces over the next year.

In today's paper, you can get a sneak peek at their work. On the Your Life cover is a fun essay by Susan Cragin of Concord ...

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