The Town Administrator Search Committee announced Monday night its two picks as finalists for the vacant leadership position. The two candidates - Douglas Briggs of Rutland and Christopher Ryan of Warwick - were chosen by the committee from a pool of 45 applicants. More...
It was an age old struggle between the men of two towns. It was a battle of strength, with the winner walking away with glory and the losers pulling themselves from the water. More...
J.R. Briggs Elementary school nurse Krista Penning barely has a lead in the Scooter Race over Westminster Elementary/Meetinghouse School Assistant Principal Kathy Kelley during the Scooter Races held during the second intermission of the Eighth Annual Community Benefit Hockey Game. Penning took this year's Scooter Race Title defeating Westminster Police Chief Salvatore Albert in the final. JOURNAL PHOTOS/JEFFREY BOUDREAU More...
10 FRIDAY Cornerstone Performing Arts Center will perform "The Tale of Three Trees" at 3 p.m. and again at 7 p.m. at Phillips Hall, First Parish Church, 923 Main St., Fitchburg. Call (978) 345-2915. Stratton Players will perform "The Prisoner of Second Avenue" at 8 p.m. at the Stratton Playhouse, 60 Wallace Ave. More...
The Boston Red Sox kicked off their 2009 season with a win on Tuesday against the American League champions the Tampa Bay Rays (5 to 3). If you're a Sox fan, visiting Fenway Park is a great event — eating a Fenway frank and enjoying a game, especially if you are lucky enough to get tickets to a Red Sox vs. New York Yankees game. More...
Allan Smal and Patrick McNamara of Ashburnham view Edouard Vysekal painting titled 'Joy' on exhibit at the Fitchburg Art Museum now through June 7. The museum is the only showing in Massachusetts of "All Things Bright & Beautiful: California Impressionist Paintings" from the Irvine Museum. The exhibition of 58 paintings, most of them completed out-of-doors, are by artists who lived and worked in California during the late 19th and early 20th centuries. For more information, call (978) 345-4207 or visit www.fitchburgartmuseum.org. JOURNAL PHOTO/CHARLES STERNAIMOLO More...
Name: Jesse Francis Hometown: Ashburnham Age: 16 School: Oakmont Regional High School Family: Mom - Lisa; Dad - Dave; Brother - Travis Sport (Current): Baseball Team and League: ORHS, junior varsity Other sports: More...
Kyle Blessington, a sixth grader from Overlook Middle School, won this year's Applewild Day Camp scholarship from the Leominster Art Association. Overlook art teacher Brian Beaudoin said Blessington is a very quiet art student, but his art work speaks loudly in his overall approach to the lessons being taught. More...
Ashburnham Community Church 9 Chapel St., Ashburnham; (978) 827-5553 Easter Sunday, April 12 at 8:30 a.m. contemporary service with Christian praise music; at 10:30 a.m. More...
Some Ashburnham residents are taking matters into their own hands and want a special town meeting called — on the same day as the May 2 annual town meeting — to give residents the option of accepting or declining a federal grant for the Ashburnham Fire Department. More...
Westminster resident Courtney Lawrence was the winner of a Shamrock Basket filled with candy and raffle tickets at a fundraiser held by Always on Call Health Services Inc., for the American Cancer Society Relay For Life Event, which is being held in Gardner at Mount Wachusett Community College on June 12 and 13. There is an ongoing fundraiser listed on the company Web site www.alwaysoncallhealth.com. COURTESY PHOTO More...
A day for the community to play
