State bill takes next step forward
By Caitlyn Kelleher JOURNAL REPORTER
      A statewide bill that could make getting capital funding for regional schools a bit easier took a step forward this week. The bill - House 586 - will allow towns like Ashburnham and Westminster to ask voters to approve one year overrides of Proposition 2 ½, to allow capital exclusions for...
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A lesson in individuality
     Ashburnham Officer Wade Wright came to visit Junior Troop 246 at their meeting recently to teach the girls about fingerprinting as part of their Science Sleuth Junior Badge and how each person's fingerprint is unique to them. They then identified the kind of fingerprint they had, how fingerprint sam...
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Community Note
      ACT 3rd FridayCoffeehouse to be held May 18 An exciting evening of music is planned for the final ACT 3rd Friday coffeehouse of the season at 7:30 p.m. Friday, May 18, at Stevens Memorial Library, 20 Memorial Drive. The featured performer of the evening will be Gardner's Chair City Pipers.
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Police Logs
      Week of May 1 through 8 Tuesday, May 1 2:05 p.m., Williams Road - Abandoned/accident, E-911. 6:22 p.m., Dunn Road - Abandoned/accident, E-911. 7:58 p.m., Lower Lake Road - Medical Emergency. Wednesday, May 2 1:56 a.m., Willard Road - Motor vehicle stop. 7:25 a.m., Oakmont Drive - Burglar al...
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Police: An accident
     Ashburnham Police do not believe drive misconduct or drugs and alcohol were a factor in an accident that took a 18-wheel truck into the woods on Westminster Road near Oakmont High School on Monday, May 14, said Sgt. Robert Brennan. The driver of the truck appeared to misjudge the width of the bridge...
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