Lunenburg News

The Planning Board on Monday approved the wording of two proposed zoning amendments aimed at making it easier for residents and developers to install solar- and wind-energy devices on their property.

Fish Street resident Pam Caponette said she initially resisted when her two sons expressed an interest in joining the military a few years ago.

Region Rt. 2 work expected to halt for winter soon A two-mile stretch of Route 2, from Fitchburg to Westminster, is being overhauled using $6 million from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act.

Susana Catarino Nunes and Luis Carlos Bilhete were married July 11 at St. Mary's Church by Monsignor Oliveira.

David R. Cormier swept to victory for the Ward 3 city councilor seat yesterday, handily defeating opponent Christopher P. Grunditz nearly 2-to-1. Mr.

A motorcyclist suffered apparently "serious" injuries in a collision with a minivan in front of the Walmart parking lot this morning about 10:40, Police Chief Daniel F. Bourgeois said.

Army Reserve Pfc. Brian M. LaJiness has graduated from Basic Combat Training at Fort Sill, Lawton, Okla.

The question of why Townsend employees do not receive the retirement health-care coverage that school teachers receive has once again been raised in private circles and according to rumor, a town meeting warrant article to establish the benefit may be forthcoming.

The United Parish of Lunenburg is hosting their Community Gifts, Baskets, and Services Auction on Saturday, Nov.

School officials in Lunenburg and North Middlesex will decide in the coming weeks whether to pursue plans to merge the two districts.

Nov. 17 Fall Town Meeting voters will be asked to consider joining 10 other towns in using a proposed regional hazardous-waste facility on Cook Street in Devens that would terminate using the Lunenburg DPW, but offer 10 times as many collection dates.

Officials from the newly-remodeled Hannaford Supermarket were on hand Saturday to hand out gift cards to customers and area food pantries during a grand reopening celebration.

SENTINEL & ENTERPRISE / BRETT CRAWFORD Gary Arnold, left, sales manager for Cool Polymers, Inc., based in Rhode Island, talks about the product, Xylox, with Wayde Carey Lodor, CEO of Pinnacle, a Leominster firm, and Lars Widstrand, director of operations for Pinnacle, while James Miller, back left, product manager for Cool Polymers, Inc.

Recently your paper printed an article concerning the decision by the Ayer/Lunenburg/Shirley Regionalization Planning Board to not bring a three-town school regionalization proposal to the three towns.

The North Middlesex Regional School Committee is expected to vote tomorrow on rescinding its plan to turn over the Peter Fitzpatrick School building to the town until at least February or March Superintendent Maureen Marshall told selectmen Tuesday night the school board will be asked to take an official vote on a letter of recission at the 7 p.m.

The state will funnel $50.3 million in federal recovery funds to 10 stalled, affordable housing developments across the commonwealth.

Army Reserve Spec. Nicholas O. Seibert has been mobilized and activated for deployment overseas to a forward operating base in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom.

Artist Bryant Stewart said he finds the best way to live life is by intertwining things that you are passionate about.

The Exchange Club of the Montachusett Area recently held its installation banquet at the Bootlegger restaurant in Lunenburg.

The wind was recently knocked out of a tri-town regionalization effort among the Ayer, Shirley and Lunenburg school districts due to both Lunenburg opposition to the plan and the evaporation of previously pledged funding from the State Department of Elementary and Secondary Education.