By changing the graduation requirements, North Middlesex Regional High School will come into compliance with state standards, according to Principal Richard Manley. The Department of Education states that high schools should offer 990 hours of structured learning time. NMRHS does not currently do ... More...
While youth soccer leagues were playing their last games of the fall season, Colin Rooney, 14, and his brothers Kyle, 17, and Owen, 10, had already moved on to what most people think of as a strictly winter sport: skiing. More...
Ron LaPlante joined the Turnpike Club more than 40 years ago. "It was a rod and gun club - everyone who hunted and fished came down here," he said. The club has changed slightly as the focus of hunting on the property has decreased because of the changing neighborhood, and as the membership has ... More...
The Holden Landmark Corp. will begin publishing the Fitchburg Pride, a free weekly newspaper focusing exclusively on the people and happenings of Fitchburg. The newspaper and Web site fitchburgpride.com will debut on Friday, Jan. 26. More...
Saturday, January 6 A Winter Wonderland Crop will be held from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. at Townsend Methodist Church, Townsend. The day will include food, beverages and snacks all day; four-feet of scrapping space; free use of stamping and die cut stations; and hourly door prizes. Cost is $30. For infor... More...
A positive thing that has come out of the ongoing discussion about where to relocate Ashburnham municipal employees during the Town Hall renovation is that the question of "Where should the senior citizens be?" has been raised. Ashburnham, like all four of the towns in the Journal's coverage area,... More...
(Below) Oakmont Senior John Griffin flies above the competition to score 2 of his 13 points against Nashoba on Dec. 27. The Spartans soundly defeated the Chieftains by a score of 65-44. More...
Week of Dec. 28, 2006 through Jan. 2, 2007 2 Assist Other Agency 10 Building Check Complaints 52 Motor Vehicle Stop 6 Parking Violations 4 Out on Investigation Request to Speak with Officer 31 Vehicle Information / Person Information More...
ASHBY - Oiva Olkkola, 75, of 350 West Road, died Saturday, Dec. 30, at the Golden Living Center, Fitchburg, after an illness. He was born on March 15, 1931, in Toholampi, Finland. Mr. Olkkola was educated in Finland and served in the Finnish Army as a Sharp Shooter. He has been a resident of Ashb... 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...
"We're not where we want to be," said Town Hall Renovation Committee Chairman David Sargent as the estimated renovation cost presented at last week's committee meeting surpassed the project budget. The committee has a budget of $2.7 million, which was passed at a town meeting in 2005. More...
Voters will be asked at a Jan. 10 special town meeting to appropriate an additional $90,000 for the Forbush Memorial Library renovation project. The money will be used to hire a new architect. Andrew Barr, of Russo Barr Associates, was originally hired for the project. More...
Ever since the newly renovated Ashby Free Public Library re-opened its doors two months ago, more people have been visiting, according to new library director Mary E. Murtland. Murtland said she is excited about seeing more patrons checking out the additions to the library, as well as the books an... More...
Resident Joe Mazzola has been appointed to the position of veterans' agent. The Board of Selectmen were divided at their Tuesday, Jan. 2 meeting on whom they wanted to fill the role. Mazzola and fellow resident Keith Jackson were the two finalists that were chosen from ten applicants. Both men we... More...
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