Paxton News

Thomas Beesley's brain helps him as a research student at the University of Massachusetts Medical School.

R oger P Warfield American Legion Auxiliary Unit 373 has elected the following officers for 2009-2010: Virginia Gingras, president; Patricia Berry Lamb, senior vice commander; Tracy Smith, junior vice commander; Jackie Rumery, treasurer; Jen Lyons, secretary; Cindy Kelly, chaplain; and Valerie Lloyd and Julianna Dunleavy, historians.

Wendy Popple of Holden right and her daughter Molly 4 stroll through the Holden Farmers Market at 1187 Main St.

18+ $10. 8-11 p.m. 55 Pearl Restaurant, The Cabaret Room, 55 Pearl St. NIGHT HIKE There's hiking.

There's something new this summer next to the Hart Center at the College of the Holy Cross.

Tuesday, June 2, 2009 Voters approve $1.7M for ice storm cleanup costs PAXTON - The largest crowd in the last 20 years came to a special town meeting last night determined to cover the costs of the December ice storm and voted, almost unanimously, to borrow a total of $1.73 million.

Investigators are intensifying their search for a woman who hasn't been seen in a week.

The career services coordinator at Woodstock Academy never has a dull moment, always seeming to find ways to steer students into a job or apprenticeship that they are ready for, going into college and beyond.

After seven years in Congress, Sam Adams returned to Massachusetts in 1779, and became a member of the Constitutional Convention, charged with writing a new constitution for Massachusetts.

One minute, Martha Paxton was sitting attentively inside the packed church. Next, she found herself among the crowd gathered on the front lawn, watching flames ravage the nearly 60-year-old building.

From left, Mary Micari, Julie Tortorici and Jessica Arinella in a scene from 'Belly.' By Nancy Sheehan TELEGRAM & GAZETTE STAFF nsheehan@telegram.com 'Kung Pow Wow,' by Worcester natives Alicia and Jessica Arinella, is one of 70 films in this weekend's Berkshire International Film Festival.

You don't have to be an alcoholic to cause a serious automobile accident. All it takes is just one error in judgment to destroy not one, but two or more families, says Patrick O'Donoghue. He should know.

Despite dire predictions from four state representatives and senators, the Wachusett Regional School Committee decided not to increase town assessments by $1,008,512. State Sens.

Co-owners Allen Granberg and Karen Snow are pictured in Bella's Bistro & Market in Putnam.

A Paxton man and son of a Worcester police detective was arraigned in court today on a drunken-driving charge stemming from a fiery crash that occurred over a week ago and left a 61-year-old city woman seriously injured.

Judge John S. McCann Dora Trujillo, 44, of 225-227 Rollstone St., Fitchburg, sentenced to 1 year to 1 year and 1 day in Framingham State Prison after pleading guilty to possession of cocaine.

Four police officers have been transferred out of their divisions, pending an internal investigation into the handling of a motor vehicle accident last weekend involving the son of one of the officers.

Look! Up in the sky. It's a plane! It's Superman! No...It's a bird! Yes, pileated woodpeckers are big and loud and exotic looking and very cool to see.

A woman died last night after a multi-alarm fire at 201 Greenville St. Police this morning identified the victim as Lynda Lilyestrom, a resident of the farmhouse.

It's all relative The Associated Industries of Massachusetts, a big trade group for employers, released its business confidence index last week and reported that employers felt, oh, about 33.5 in March.