December 19, 2008 RSS feed / News

By the numbers

Sleeping at Westminster Elementary School Friday: 30 people Saturday: 47 people Sunday: 60 people Monday: 37 people Sleeping at Oakmont Regional High School Friday: 22 people Saturday: 51 people Sunday: 27 people Monday: More...

Photo

The intersection at Route 2A and Route 140 had the right hand turn lane blocked and the traffic light out for more than five days. JOURNAL PHOTO/ JEFFREY W. BOUDREAU More...

Weather-wise, it was a close call

Without a doubt the ice storm had its way with Ashburnham and Westminster and other parts of Central and Western Massachusetts, but for such a devastating storm, it was very nearly just another rainstorm. More...

National Guard serves local communities

The members of the Massachusetts National Guard walked the streets of Westminster and they walked the halls of Oakmont Regional High School with smiles on their faces and a helpful attitude that were will to serve. Cpl. Frank Russick, Spc. More...

Holiday deadlines

Due to the Christmas and New Year's holidays, The Community Journal will be adhering to early deadlines the next two weeks. Next week's paper will be dated Dec. 28. The deadline for classified advertising is noon on Friday, Dec. More...

Hundreds take shelter, food, showers at schools

On Tuesday night, five-year-old Heather McHatton of Lakeshore Drive was not convinced she wanted to leave Oakmont Regional High School, her home for the past two nights. More...

CoCo Keys opens with warm receptions

There is now a place in the region where it is always 84 degrees. More...

Some business goes on, others stop

The ice storm that brought down power lines, brought some businesses to a stand still including one that thrives on bad weather. More...