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Team stirs up a good time

By Caitlyn Kelleher JOURNAL REPORTER
It is a local team with a growing fan base and a growing audience. The Worcester Tornadoes - an independent minor league - are less than 45 minutes away from North Central Massachusetts and are right for every audience. More...

Dear Reader:

It is the middle of July and the sun seems finally to be shining. It is time for us to share The Community Journal with each of you. Some of you are subscribers who receive the paper in your mailbox every week. More...

Special Sections

People & Events

CALENDAR

24 FRIDAY The Fitchburg Farmer's Market will be open from 8:45 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. in the lower parking lot of the Wallace Civic Center, John Fitch Highway, Fitchburg. The market will remain open on Fridays through early October. More...

House and Garden tour highlights the town

A House and Garden Tour will be a highlight of the town of Westminster's 250th Anniversary celebrations this year. On Saturday, nine houses and gardens will be open to the public from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. More...

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Arts & Entertainment

Artists invited to unique exhibit

FITCHBURG — It will be raining cats and dogs when a unique exhibition, "Feline, Canine, All Mine" opens at Rollstone Studios on Thursday, Sept. 3. More...

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Opinion

A good step

Editorial

It is nice to see our government working in our best interest occasionally, and that is what it Attorney General's Office seems to be doing for us in their latest file with the Department of Public Utilities (DPU). More...

Friends

By Emily Chetkowski

Sometimes it takes a hiccup in your life to realize just how much you are loved, just how many friends you have, and what really matters. More...

Question of the Week

Should Westminster officials continue to pursue re-zoning the Simplex Drive area?

Yes, there is in nee to help the town grow No, the area should be protected • No, encourage industrial businesses I have no idea Results of last week's question: What would encourage you to buy locally grown or raised food? More...

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Sports

Let's play the game

(Top) Ashburnham's Tyler Hildreth slides safely into second as the Quabbin shortstop attempts to get a handle on the ball during the game against Quabbin on Saturday, July 18. More...

Undefeated Champs

The Ashburnham Westminster senior softball team, the Crusaders, won the North Central Mass Softball League Senior Championship this month. The team went undefeated this season. COURTESY PHOTOS More...

A bronze run

Julia Rembetsy-Brown of Westminster participated in the Bay State Games Track and Field finals held at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology on July 11. More...

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Police Log

POLICE LOG

Ashburnham Tuesday, July 14 4:43 p.m. Ashby Road - Complaint 4:56 p.m. Dunn Road - Domestic Disturbance Arrest: Roger William Roger, IV, 38; Address: 102 Dunn Road; Charges: Assault & Battery 7:54 p.m. More...

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Obituaries

Roy D. Elsmore, 76

Korean War veteran; auto body technician

Roy D. Elsmore, 76, of South Ashburnham Road, Westminster, died unexpectedly Sunday, July 12, 2009 in Health Alliance Leominster Hospital. Roy, son of the late Robert W. and Susie S. (Serreze) Elsmore, was born in Brockton, on Nov. 18, 1932. More...

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Worship

WORSHIP COLUMN

ASHBY CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH Located at the Common in Ashby. If you are seeking a Christian worship service and fellowship, please join us Sunday mornings at 9:00 a.m. (July 5th through September 6th) for worship service. More...

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Ashburnham

License transfers signify Market Place ownership change

By Caitlyn Kelleher JOURNAL REPORTER

The Board of Selectmen Monday transferred the first of the necessary permits for Ashburnham Market Place to the new owners. More...

Yard sale to benefit future scouting center

A yard sale to benefit the William J. Bresnahan Scouting & Community Center will be held from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Saturday, July 25, at 44 Water St. (Route 101), Ashburnham. More...

Rail Trail clean up scheduled

The Rail Trail Committee will have another clean-up on Saturday, July 25. All of those who are interested in participating can meet at 150 Central Street (the old Caouette property) at 10 a.m. and run until noon. More...

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WEB EXCLUSIVE: Police add patrols to enforce seat belt laws

(FRIDAY, 4:35 p.m.) More...

Final school budget cuts 24 people

By Caitlyn Kelleher JOURNAL REPORTER

The Ashburnham-Westminster Regional School Committee formally accepted a budget of $27.7 million The committee met on Tuesday, finalizing a series of cuts that will reduce the district's staffing levels by about 24 people. More...

News

Paint the Town brings beauty to Westminster

Artists in north Central Massachusetts are invited to come to Westminster this summer to participate in a Paint the Town activity, sponsored by the Westminster Historical Society. More...

GFA shows appreciation for employees

To show appreciation for the work its employees do in serving members, GFA Federal Credit Union recently held Employee Appreciation Week. Each day of the week presented a new surprise including breakfast, lunch, contests, and gifts. More...

Theatre at the Mount to hold auditions

GARDNER — Theatre at the Mount will hold auditions for "Forbidden Broadway" on Monday, Aug. 3, and Wednesday, Aug. 5, at 7 p.m. More...

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Living Well

Miss Gulch Return!' to the Stratton Playhouse

FITCHBURG — The Stratton Players Summer Theatre is being revived this year, and apparently, so has a certain dognapping, bicycle-riding spinster. More...

Guest speaker to focus on exercise training

LEOMINSTER - Ramsey Rehab, in partnership with other local medical providers, is continuing a free medical lecture series to improve the medical knowledge of the public. More...

American Family Link supports the troops

The sixth annual Christmas in July and Welcome Home Ceremony will be held at 7 p.m. on Thursday, July 30, at the Leominster Veterans Center, 100 West St. American Family Link is sending packages to the troops in Iraq and Afghanistan. More...

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Schools

Monty Tech health students pass state CAN exam

Five local residents were among the 20 Montachusett Regional Vocational Technical students that passed the state Certified Nurse Assistant examination. More...

FSC's Dean's List announced

A number of local residents, who are students at Fitchburg State College, earned a place on the Dean's List for the Spring 2009 semesters. From Ashburnham the students were Cassandra L. Bingham, Cailin A. Boucher, Jason M. More...

Gustafson makes Nichols College Dean's List

Kurt Gustafson of Ashburnham earned a place on the Nichols College Dean's List for the Spring 2009 semester, earning dean's highest honors. Students who receive the dean's highest honors have a semester grade point average of 3.6 or higher. More...

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Westminster

AgCom lobbies against proposal federal animal tracking

By Caitlyn Kelleher JOURNAL REPORTER

The members of the Westminster Agricultural Committee have started to take lobbying into their own hands as they try to convince those representing Massachusetts on the federal level to oppose the National Animal Identification System (NAIS). More...

Committee to be formed to study overlay district

By Caitlyn Kelleher JOURNAL REPORTER

Members of the Selectmen and Planning Board have decided to create an eight member committee to create a list of the pros and cons for a zoning overlay district in the Simplex Drive area of town that would allow commercial and industrial building. More...

Westminster gas customers could get money back

Many Westminster residents should be seeing a refund on their gas bills if state regulators agree to a request from Attorney General Martha Coakley's Office. More...

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