Gardner News

Sandy Taylor's job before her retirement a few years ago was helping place about-to-be released state prison inmates back into society and the working world.

Linda Boucher, 53, formerly of New Brunswick and Gardner, Mass., died Friday, June 19, 2009, at the home of her sister, Marie Avoine.

Judge James R. Lemire Oscar Obregon Jr., 23, of 116 Canterbury St., Worcester, was sentenced to 12 concurrent terms of 3 years to 3 years and a day in Walpole state prison after pleading guilty to two counts of trafficking in cocaine, possession of a class C substance, two counts of possession of a large-capacity firearm, four counts of possession ...

It kind of shocked a lot of people. It's going to be hard on me and my family. I've never been laid off.

The following Berkshire County residents graduated from Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts during its 110th Commencement ceremony on Saturday, May 16, in the Amsler Campus Center Gym.

After losing up to 10 days of school to ice and snow this year, several Central Massachusetts school districts asked state education officials to waive the rule that districts must hold 180 school days per year.

Free bicycle helmets, games, face painting, music, and safety demonstrations were among the many offerings at the sixth annul Molly Bish Kid Expo in Gardner on Saturday.

Cynthia Boucher has spent the past 14 years working on the North Central Pathway, a bike path that stretches from downtown Winchendon to downtown Gardner.

Anyone in the vicinity of Mount Wachusett Community College, around 6 p.m. on Friday night heard a chorus of several hundred kazoos.

DRUGS, 11:50 a.m. June 5: Patrolman Carlos Ferreiro stopped a vehicle on Route 22 west.

A 22-year-old Ashburnham man died early Saturday morning after crashing his motorcycle at the intersection of Narrows and East roads, according to Westminster Police.

On June 13, 1884, Gerald Gardner was born in England. Gardner became a renowned folklorist and collector of occult material, and he claimed to have been initiated into a coven of witches in the New Forest area.

Four people charged with breaking into cars in Gardner early Wednesday may have been involved in a number of recent car break-ins in Winchendon, police said.

Two men are being held on $250,000 cash bail and two others are being sought in an attack on a Gardner man.

Army Pvt. Matthew Ashmore has graduated from Basic Combat Training at Fort Sill, Lawton, Okla.

Police charged three men and a woman with breaking into at least three automobiles along Clark Street early Wednesday.

Saving a life in the line of duty is rare enough, but Gardner Police Officer Roger Cormier got to save nine lives this morning, although of the aquatic kind.

Nashoba Regional's upset run through the Central Mass. Division 1 playoffs continued yesterday at Rockwood Field.

Sitting on a stool, picking rocks and grass in her community garden plot Monday, Maggie Belle-Isle stared at a flock of geese suspiciously.

Jun 1, 2009 5:51 pm US/Eastern Reporting Bill Shields BROOKLINE Boston University's Dr.