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November 2, 2007
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By Caitlyn Kelleher JOURNAL REPORTER The newest member of the Westminster Police Department jumps out of the cruiser ready to complete his task every chance he gets. Ceaser joined the department at the beginning of the month when he and trainer Officer Richard Michel received their certificati... More...

On Feb. 9, 2008, every Aubuchon Hardware store will celebrate the company's 100th birthday with a birthday cake. The Westminster-based company has made its home on Route 2A for the last 30 years after moving from Fitchburg during the 1970s. More...

Wachusett Mountain Advisory Council members want to know why the half-pipe at the ski area isn't where the expansion plan, and the subsequent expansion approval from the state, specified that it would be. At their Oct. 24 meeting, WMAC member Susan Manero said she walked down the mountain recentl... More...

"People always call adoption a 'leap faith' and that's certainly true," says Massachusetts Lt. Governor Tim Murray in an exclusive interview, inside the November issue of Bay State Parent magazine. "There are more unknowns than knowns. More...
2FRIDAY The Friends of the Fitchburg Public Library will host its annual Fall Book Sale from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the library, 610 Main St. Call (978) 345-9639. The Lascivious Biddies will perform "A Concert of American Stories for Young Audiences" at 10 a.m. More...
Sunday was a special day for me. The weather was beautiful, I got to cover the Leominster Halloween Parade and Festival in Monument Square (which was just fabulous with all the precious, little ghosts and ladybugs and skeletons and princesses, ect.) and I bought Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock fo... More...
To the Editor: To the citizens of Westminster and Ashburnham, For those unfamiliar, W.A.V.E. Inc. (Westminster- Ashburnham Value Education) is our local educational foundation "a sort of booster club" for education. For the past 15 years W.A.V.E. More...
Name: Jacob Allen Hometown: Westminster Age: 18 School: Oakmont Regional High School Family: Mom - Doreen, Dad - Mark Sport (Current): Soccer Team and League: ORHS, varsity Other sports: More...
Ashburnham Tuesday, Oct. 23, through Tuesday, Oct. 30 Tuesday, October 23 1:11 p.m., Center Street - Suspicious activity. 2:03 p.m., Maple Avenue - Complaint. 4:37 p.m., Cashman Hill Road - Hazardous condition. 6:40 p.m., Dunn Road - Hazardous condition. More...
WESTMINSTER - Walter J. Lazarz, 84, of 85 East Road, died at home Thursday, Oct. 25, 2007, after an illness. He was born on Feb. 25, 1923, in Ludlow, the son of the late Joseph and Victoria (Bulat) Lazarz. Mr. Lazarz was a World War II Army Air Corp veteran, as a Tec Sergeant on a B-17 as a rad... More...
I heard a little poem that has stayed with me. "Loving God, that is glory. Loving my neighbor, well that's another story." The more I work with people, the more I realize the delicate and sensitive nature of human relationships. We so easily misunderstand, miscommunicate, and fail to consider th... More...
Area girls are invited to a luncheon and craft event that two local mothers will host to teach them about history, to support the troops and to have fun. Becky Pilsbury and Deb Mercier are organizing an American Girls luncheon for which they hope there will be 50 girls from the area attending at ... More...
Thirty boxes of necessities and goodies were sent to Baghdad, Iraq, this week to the 4th Brigade Special Troops Battalion, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division, which was the platoon of former Westminster resident Lt. Ryan Jones. Jones was killed in Iraq and this is the third shipments tha... More...