Leominster News

The release this week of a controversial report suggesting new timing for routine breast cancer screenings should encourage women to talk openly with their doctors about breast health, according to HealthAlliance Hospital Chief Medical Officer Val W. Slayton.

Richard O'Leary, a Boy Scout from Troop 11, recently completed his Eagle Service project with a flag ceremony held on the front lawn of Barrett Park.

Staff photo by KATHY CLEVELAND Two people were injured Thursday after a crash on Route 101 in Amherst near Route 122.

Dance2Swing: Swingin' Sundays at Leominster Elks, 134 N. Main St. Featuring Compaq Big Band With Britt and Ed Scheer of the Love Dogs.

Reading about the Leominster city water quality has forced me to write this letter.

The city will be greening and cleaning up over the next few years as a local organization that focuses on clean water in the state creates gardens to protect Lower Monoosnoc Brook.

"I didn't do very well," said Kyle Quinn, a 21-year old Fitchburg State Senior from Ashburnham.

City Councilors were "oversold" on a temporary formula to improve water quality from Notown Reservoir, which cost about $80,000 to implement, Ward 1 Councilor David Rowlands said Monday night.

Ward 3 City Councilor Claire Freda said she has received complaints about a Central Street video store's sale of adult novelties and sex toys, and has asked the city's Building Inspector to check into the business and make sure it is following the city's zoning laws.

The City Council is expected tonight to debate a proposal from Mayor Dean Mazzarella to declare a piece of city-owned land surplus, which could then be sold and the proceeds used toward the construction of a new or renovated police station.

An acclaimed flutist and harpist, who are mother and daughter, will perform at Leominster Public Library on Sunday, Nov.

Students at Leominster High School dress in layers, knowing that heat distribution varies throughout the large building, Superintendent Nadine Binkley said.

A local woman is accused of beating her 9-year-old child with a belt and then abandoning her at the state Department of Children and Families office in Leominster, according to court documents.

The pressures of jobs, school, family issues and other demands on people's time leave plenty of people scrambling for meal ideas every day, said John Ciccone, executive chef of the Four Points by Sheraton Hotel in Leominster.

I am writing this letter as a public thank you and acknowledgement of public servants doing their job.

More than a quarter of the jobs created or saved in Massachusetts from federal stimulus spending have come in Bay State schools, according a new report published yesterday by the U.S. Department of Education.

Two newcomers will get a chance to vie for the Ward 3 City Council seat held for 16 years by Claire M. Freda, who is not seeking re-election because she is running for a councilor-at-large seat.

Sometime between five and eight years ago -- the two men differ in their recollections -- Wilmington American Legion Commander Joe Steen approached his state senator, Bruce Tarr.

Randall Arendt, one of the country's leading authority on conservation planning, will present a free public lecture on Thursday, Nov.

A Hudson man is being held without bail after appearing in Leominster District Court today to face a murder charge in connection with the August beating death of a Leominster man.