Pepperell News

More than 100 students applied for Charter's 29th annual Scholar Athlete Awards, and 13 area graduating high school seniors were recently granted $13,500 in scholarships.

Have a strawberry -- or more. Lots more. They're big, sweet and juicy, and there's plenty fresh for the picking.

Deciding that more information was needed before they could make a final determination, the Zoning Board of Appeals chose to continue a public hearing on the issue of opening a kennel in a residential complex.

The Global War on Terrorism Monument Committee presented its design Monday night, after meeting with town officials and getting the design approved by various departments.

After months of sometimes contentious discussion, the Board of Selectmen voted to appoint members to a newly constituted Personnel Board.

John Moak stares at the gallery of trees sprinkled with red, white and blue while driving on Route 113 toward Dunstable and Pepperell every morning and utters to himself: "Oh, yeah."

Voting for the Grand Marshal of the Fourth of July parade closes today after two weeks, with the winner expected to be announced in the next few days.

The reformation of the board had been in the discussion phase for some months but received fresh impetus when a group of bylaw employees, the only town employees not covered under collective bargaining, decided to form their own union.

The Global War on Terrorism Monument Committee presented their design at the Board of Selectmen meeting Monday night, after meeting with town officials and getting the designed approved by various departments.

Spotted from a distant fire tower, the call came in at 2:30 p.m. Firefighters were finished 5 1/2 hours later.

A press release from Congresswoman Niki Tsongas's office announces that the effort to make the Nashua River one of the nation's Wild & Scenic Rives is moving forward.

Two students from the Class of 2013 at Nashoba Valley Technical High School were among the students recognized at the recent Merrimack Valley Superintendents' Association Academic Scholars Luncheon at Lenzi's in Dracut.

Lifeguards Elena Ream-Rodriguez, 21, of Pepperell, left, and Erin McNulty, 19, of Ayer wait for the afternoon beach crowd to arrive at Ayer's Sandy Pond on Wednesday.

Pepperell will hold its annual Hazardous Waste Collection Day this Saturday from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. at the Jersey Street Fire Station.

"This is a tough one for me. I have never in my life counted days," said Caryl Adamowich, who is retiring at the end of the school year after teaching in the North Middlesex Regional School District for 43 years.

Spotted from a distant fire tower, the call came in at 2:30 p.m.; firefighters were finished five and a half hours later.

The Pepperell Senior Center is delighted to be able to have Mary Richardson as its guest after lunch on Monday, June 17. You remember seeing Mary Richardson every evening for many years as the co-anchor of WCVB TV's "Chronicle."

North Middlesex Regional High School does not meet current educational requirements.

The 9th annual Pepperell Business Association Duck Race will be held this Sunday at 2 p.m., from the Hollis Street bridge over the Nissitissit River to Shattuck Oil on Groton Street.

Kaitlin Baker, of Townsend, will present a bassoon recital on June 9, at 3 p.m. at the Lawrence Library, 15 Main St., Pepperell.