More than 55 percent of voters in both Ashburnham and Westminster voted "no" to a proposed override of Proposition 2 ½ to fund $1.2 million of the school operating budget. More...
(Friday 10:28 a.m.)School Committee members voted to certify a lower budget number and try for a second and lower override on Wednesday night as school administrators prepare to hand out 32 pink slips today.
Committee members met in a 3.5-hour meeting on Wednesday as more than 100 parents, teache... More...
Robert Saccone opened the Victorian House 25 years ago on Maple Avenue in Ashburnham and conducted business by word of mouth and reputation. Saccone has never once put a sign up marking his business' location. "Times have changed," he said. "It is a little different now. People from Ashburnham ... More...
The implications of Tuesday's failed override election on the school district were not available at press time due to the Wednesday night meeting of the Ashburnham Westminster Regional School Committee. School committee members expected to discuss the next steps in either reducing the $1. More...
15 FRIDAY Crossroads Community Church, 839 Ashby State Road, Fitchburg presents "Friday Night Live" at 7 p.m. Join them as Crossroads Worship Team rocks the House of the Lord. Hear a dynamic sermon from Pastor Bryan, straight from the Bible. For information, visit www.thecrossroadscommunity. More...
A message sent? After the election results were announced many people said a message was sent to the regional school committee on Tuesday night with the overwhelming defeat of the override for the school district. Voters in both towns were on the same page with the results of the ballot vote. More...
Perfect Attendance School Career: Maegan Biggs and Jeffrey Gahan School Year: Jeffrey Brighenti Exchange Students: Zoltan Csanak; Jan Christian Elmers Scholarships & Awards Thomas P. More...
GARDNER - Long before there was a Captain Jack Sparrow there was Gilbert and Sullivan. The mania of Disney Pictures "Pirates of the Caribbean" was predated by nearly 125 years in what has become a worldwide classic of the operetta genre - The Pirates of Penzance. Performances of are June 15, 16,... More...
North County's Julio Torres makes a delivery during the North County American Legion Baseball Team's opening game against Wachusett. North County lost 7 to 2. More...
Westminster Police Logs Monday, June 4 9:38 a.m., 11 South St., Request for officer to respond to Town Hall for an irate person. 1 p.m., Turnpike Road, Resident from Turnpike Road called reporting high pressure sales from solicitor. Salesman warned not to use high pressure sales tactic, and will ... More...
The Holden Landmark Corp., publishers of The Community Journal, has helped form a major advertising network financed by a newspaper trade association and ten community newspaper companies. National advertisers will now have an easy way to place business with thousands of suburban and community ne... More...
WESTMINSTER - Aili (Hintila) Kahkola, 90, of 13 Elliot St., died Saturday, June 9, 2007, at Birchwood Care Center, after an illness. She was born in Clinton on April 13, 1917, the daughter of the late John and Aino Hintila. Mrs. Kahkola was a homemaker and a member of the Finnish Dance Club in ... More...
ASBHY CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH Located at The Common, in Ashby. If you are seeking Christian worship, service and fellowship, please join us Sunday mornings at 10 a.m. for worship and Sunday School. Welcome one another, therefore, just as Christ has welcomed you, for the glory of God. Romans 15:7. T... More...
On Monday, June 11, selectmen voted unanimously to appoint Paul Bouchell as the interim town administrator while Town Administrator Kevin Paicos is deployed with the Army National Guard. Bouchell was one of the two finalists interviewed for the position, that is expected to last about a year, on ... More...
BOARD OF SELECTMEN WEDNESDAY, JUNE 6, 2007 Compiled by Caitlyn Kelleher Journal Reporter Top Story: Paul Aldrich appeared before the selectmen on Wednesday, June 6, to ask them if they wished to buy an approximately two-acre parcel of land in the center of town. More...
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