The three library trustees facing recall petitions retained their seats with a majority of the voters at the Dec. 19 special election voting against removing them. The trustees expressed relief and gratitude after hearing the results on Tuesday night. More...
An Industrial Land Use Suitability Assessment of Ashburnham was presented to the Planning Board at their Dec. 14 meeting. Two University of Massachusetts-Amherst graduate students, Nathaniel Malloy and John Hersey, have spent the semester studying the best location and feasibility of building an i... More...
Ashby Police found the body of apparent suicide victim in Willard Brook State Park on Monday, December 18. Police Chief Paul Lundin said police began a search of the park around 11 a.m. after receiving information from state police about a 911-call. An adult female cell phone caller had dialed the... More...
Friday, December 2 The Food Pantry at Peoples Church, located at 56 S. Main St., Ashburnham, will be open from 10 a.m. to noon. Saturday, December 23 A Christmas Giveaway will be held from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Peoples Church, 56 S. Main St., Ashburnham. Clothes, books, videos and other miscel... More...
In three days, many of us will be sitting down around the table for dinner with our families to celebrate Christmas. Others have been enjoying the festival of Hannukah. Folks are scrambling to do errands and complete holiday shopping. Remember it is supposed to be the season of peace and joy. More...
Oakmont’s Colleen Doherty gets some air while driving to the hoop during second-half action against Gardner in the Girls Varsity Basketball Team’s home opener. Oakmont won the hard fought contest 41-38. More...
ASHBURNHAM — Stanley L. Newton, 84, formerly of 27 South School St., Ashley Court, Ashburnham, died Thursday, Dec. 14, 2006, in the Odd Fellows Home, Worcester, after a lengthy illness. He was born in Worcester on July 26, 1922, the son of the late Robert L. and Edith (Haas) Newton and lived in Gr... More...
ASBHY CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH Located at The Common, in Ashby. Worship services and Sunday School at 10 a.m. Coffee Fellowship follows worship. Pastor Sally Calhoun can be reached at (978) 386-5566. ASHBY FIRST PARISH CHURCH Summer services at The First Parish Church of Ashby, Unitarian Universali... More...
The John R. Briggs Elementary School Building Committee told Superintendent Michael Zapantis to take the necessary steps to have the extended Phase I survey done on the site after receiving the cost estimate. More...
Top Story: Selectmen invited town department heads into their Monday, December 18, meeting to discuss guidelines for setting their FY08 budgets. Selectman Lorraine Emerson stressed that the deadline dates will be strictly followed this year, because of the confusion and the backtracking for repa... More...
After her first competition, she is already a rising star. Resident Deborahann Mayer won two Rising Star awards at this year’s New England Country Music Organization competition. “I couldn’t even believe it,” said Mayer. “I did it for fun.” Mayer was not even at the award ceremony, so she did no... More...
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