Leominster News

Two stray Roman candles hit a toddler during a Fourth of July celebration at a lakeside house in Leominster Friday evening, sending him to the hospital with second- and third-degree burns on his hands and legs, ...

A Fourth of July fireworks shell misfired in a northern Iowa town, sending a fireball skidding down a street into a crowd of spectators and injuring 37 people, officials said Saturday.

LEOMINSTER, Mass.- Authorities say a New Hampshire toddler was seriously burned by fireworks in Leominster after an illegal display by his father went awry.

A Boston man is dead and a Roslindale man is in the hospital with a gunshot wound in his back following Thursday night's shooting in front of 24 Congress St., according to Worcester District Attorney Joseph ...

A former behavioral specialist from the Millbury Public School system has been tabbed to replace Helen Deranian as the early childhood development principal, Leominster School Superintendent Nadine Binkley said ...

A man charged with beating a bartender at A & R's Double Inn on Water Street with a pool stick was released on personal recognizance bail in Leominster District Court Thursday.

It didn't take long for Leominster Superintendent Nadine Binkley to make her presence felt in the Leominster School District.

The onetime manufacturer of the plastic pink flamingo lawn ornament has filed for Chapter 7 liquidation in U.S. Bankruptcy Court.

Mayor Dean J. Mazzarella said he wants to capitalize on the popularity of past downtown events and create a "Ladies' Night Out" event for the end of the summer.

A proposal to build an athletic field behind Leominster High School leaped over another hurdle Wednesday as the Conservation Commission determined the project would not encroach on city wetlands.

Time's up on free parking in downtown Leominster. Mayor Dean J. Mazzarella said Tuesday he would ultimately like to get rid of the parking meters, which were covered from April 15 to July 1 as an experiment, ...

A Leominster man is charged with sexually assaulting a child at Parkhill Park and trying to pull her away with him, according to court records.

The window view from Leominster High School's art classroom was anything but inspirational.

Planning for today's downtown Summer Stroll has gone smoothly, with more than 50 groups or vendors set to participate, organizer Sandie Chacon said Friday.

Tara Burke and her fellow performers from Leominster High School attracted a large crowd with their medley from the play "Hairspray" during Saturday's Summer Stroll in downtown Leominster.

Roland Martineau stood at the front of the meeting room looking down as retired Navy Reserve Cmdr.

Leominster officials auctioned off 10 parcels of land on Thursday that the city acquired through the foreclosure process.

Six property owners submitted proposals to sell land to the city for a new police station, according to documents in the city purchasing office Monday.

AMERICAN LEGION Leominster 11, Wachusett 5 First baseman Mike Mercier had two singles and three RBIs for undefeated Leominster at Anna Maria.

The two Democratic candidates seeking to win the state senate seat being vacated by Sen.