Lunenburg News

The Leominster Housing Authority, which also manages the Lunenburg and Sterling housing authorities, is negotiating to manage the Fitchburg Housing Authority, officials said Monday as two key housing lawmakers visited Sunset Towers for a fact-finding meeting.

The School Building Committee on Monday night reaffirmed its vote to send a proposal for a grade 6-12 middle-school/high-school project to the Massachusetts School Building Authority.

On a drizzly Tuesday in the parking lot of the Christmas Tree Shop in Shrewsbury, Patch asked shoppers, "What is the most important thing your dad taught you?" It wasn't how to hold a bat, or mow the lawn in a straight line.

The Board of Selectmen and Open Space Committee expressed an interest in developing an interactive map for community members who want to know where conservation land and hiking trails are in town.

The JP Centre farmer's market has been open Saturdays since May, but today is the first day of the market's Tuesdays run.

The North Middlesex Regional School Committee authorized Superintendent of Schools Joan Landers to enter into contract negotiations with a solar developer to purchase net-metering credits to lower the district's energy bills.

An ad-hoc committee tasked with establishing a database documenting every piece of open space in town hopes that by doing so, it will allow the town to find a balance between open space and development.

Lunenburg High School valedictorian Molly O'Connell's message to her 120 classmates at Saturday's graduation ceremony was to dream big.

While the members of the class of 2013 at Fitchburg Alternative High School will all be embarking on new adventures after graduation, the one thing they will all still have in common is the sense of closeness they all have with each other.

Families and friends showed their pride and support for the newest graduates of the Montachusett Regional Vocational Technical School in a ceremony honoring the students' accomplishments.

A Leominster man blamed the TV show "Cops" for his decision to hide under his pickup truck at a Lunenburg restaurant after he fled from an alleged assault and battery on his estranged wife, according to court documents.

A Lunenburg man is being held on $100,000 cash bail after he allegedly squeezed his girlfriend's head so hard he fractured an orbital bone and gave her a black eye, according to court documents.

SENTINEL & ENTERPRISE / Charles Sternaimolo The American Legion placed crosses in Fitchburg's Monument Park on Sunday for the city's Memorial Day White Cross Ceremony.

Selectmen have established goals for Town Manager Kerry Speidel, including working on a facilities-maintenance plan and planning for future use, additions and consolidation of any town-owned building.

A falling utility pole on Lancaster Street led to a triple transformer fire, a large mineral oil spill into a nearby stream and an hours-long power outage Monday.

The animal cruelty trial of James Ferreri of Lunenburg was put on hold until September to allow the Supreme Judicial Court to determine if the welfare of animals constitutes an emergency that eliminates the need for a search warrant.

Much of the land surrounding the Twin City Baptist Church has been advertised on a real-estate website to be sold, despite the owner of the church having entered into a lease agreement with an out-of-state solar developer to use parts of the property.