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Swine-flu vaccines are arriving in small numbers
President Obama's declaration of the swine-flu outbreak as a national emergency last week raised many questions as to when local communities might start seeing volume shipments of H1N1 vaccine across the Commonwealth.
Real life crime investigation isn't far different from that on the popular television series CSI, it just takes longer, Lt.
The members of the Middlesex Correction Officers Association made a prudent decision last week in agreeing to take a 10-day furlough rather than see as many as 30 of their members receive layoff notices.
Pepperell continues search for treasurer
Selectmen have resumed a search for a new town accountant interviewing one candidate last night and reviewing other resumes in executive session.
Pepperell man's efforts definitely bold water
When Aga Khan University's new Faculty of Arts and Science building opens in Pakistan, not a single drop of water that toilets are flushed with will go to waste.
State trooper from Pepperell among honorees at Statehouse Friday
In a yearlong manhunt that took police from the East Coast to the West Coast, Sgt.
Fitzpatrick School will stay open, for now
Plans to mothball the Peter Fitzpatrick Elementary School in Pepperell have been temporarily put on hold, after concerns emerged that the move could jeopardize an ongoing state reimbursement from a past construction project.
Pepperell equestrians set for local expo
Equine enthusiasts of all ages are invited to Field Day sponsored by the Pepperell Horse Owners Association.
Two Mass. hikers stranded by high water
Two Massachusetts hikers trapped by overflowing brooks fed by Saturday's heavy rain were helped out of the Pemigewasset Wilderness yesterday after friends notified authorities that they were overdue.
Selectmen have set a 7 p.m. on Nov. 17 as the start date for the fall Special Town Meeting to be held in Memorial Hall.
Army Community Covenant posed to Pepperell
"We have a roomful of Patriots here who want to help our soldiers and their families," said Tony Saboliauskas, a member of VFW Post 3291.
Man charged in thefts from parked vehicles in Pepperell
A 29-year-old Pepperell man was arrested after police were called by a Mt. Lebanon Street resident early Tuesday morning to report someone was inside his parked automobile.
Montachusett Chorale to sing at St. John
The Montachusett Chorale will perform a concert to benefit Townsend Ecumenical Outreach, this town's source of food and clothing for those in need of a helping hand.
Covered bridges have largely disappeared from the New England countryside over the past century, and a major exhibit that's dedicated to that topic will disappear from Harvard after this weekend.
Benefits Battle: Vets fight another war -- for help in coping with post-traumatic stress
Natalie MacLeod came home from Iraq in 2005 a different woman than when she got there.
Man leaves accident scene, blames his dog
Adam Burnham may be blaming his dog, but now he's the one in the doghouse. The 31-year-old, of 15 Leighton St., Pepperell, told Ayer District Court Judge Michael Brooks yesterday, after admitting to sufficient facts of leaving the scene of an accident on March 29 on Heald Street, that he left the scene of the single-car accident to find his dog, ...
Pepperell man, wheelchair-bound father face rape charges
A 30-year-old Pepperell man and his wheelchair-bound father are facing charges that they got two women drunk and sexually assaulted them after they passed out.
North Middlesex wants to retake control of Fitzpatrick School in Pepperell
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.