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Cut in bus aid leaves five towns worried about filling budget gap
Officials from towns of the Wachusett Regional School District agreed yesterday that it is going to be hard to fund their portion of new assessments.
Bridge repair timetable worries some
The state expects to complete the Ball Hill Road bridge in July, and residents who rely on the road are concerned about safety in the winter.
State cut leaves district $1M short
That's the definition of discrimination. You are a regional student, you get a cut.
The Cannery in Southbridge has Clutch Grabwell featuring six members who play a mix of hard rock and pop, along with Ten Foot Polecats.
With more than a third of the major wind-energy projects in Massachusetts stalled by lawsuits or permit appeals, the Patrick administration has proposed a landmark bill that would streamline the state's appeals process and make it possible to win approval of such projects much more quickly.
Ray Dobson and the dog he now calls Goblin both had a problem. The little mixed breed who was rescued from the streets of Puerto Rico needed a home.
Mayor Tom Menino looks around the elevator and reaches instinctively for the hand of the only person in the car he's never met.
Assistance Dogs Give Help Hearing Impaired
Ray Dobson and the dog he now calls Goblin both had a problem. This photo taken Oct.
Remember the Schoolhouse Rock skit "How a Bill Becomes a Law"? The animated sketch began with a bill sitting on the Capitol steps dreaming of one day being passed into law.
Power couplings and mayoral elections
AFTER THE Boston mayoral preliminary election, a runner-up with an Ivy League degree agreed to help the challenger.
Gary Anderson and Sarah Trafton-Barao, who were not stopped at the safety checkpoint, leave the One-Forty Rendezvous bar in Sterling.
Wind power is poised to return
Construction crews spent yesterday putting together two, 1.5-megawatt wind turbines that will supply 40 percent of the town's power by the end of the month.
When the Dec. 11-12 ice storm struck Central Massachusetts, Jeff Cranson was at home in Sterling and lived without power for eight days, saw homes of family members damaged by fallen branches and spent days toting his uncle's generator around to five houses to keep pipes from freezing.
Moose are mating. If you can imitate a bull's grunt or a female's wail, you can call them in very close at this time of year - if you dare.
During the recent Taste of Wachusett, visitors voted for their favorite foods from 42 Wachusett area vendors.
Iranian government and people divided, professor says
Iran's June 12 election results that drew countless protests from disillusioned voters was a defining moment for a troubled nation, Boston College professor Ali Banuazizi told about 20 attendees Thursday at Harvard University's first Middle East seminar this semester.
Townsend Search to intensify for missing man TOWNSEND - A search for a missing 51-year-old man was suspended last night but is expected to intensify this morning.
School opening to class changes
When 7,000 students in the Wachusett Regional School District return to school on Wednesday, there will be fewer classes and larger class sizes.
ENROLLMENTS FALL IN RECESSION Working on studies at home are Heather A. Holate with her son Aidan, 8, and daughter Hannah, 10.
Cushing Academy honors nine students
Cushing Academy names students who have earned honors in the 2009 Spring Term. Jacob Z. Droogan of Fitchburg, Erin E. Knight of Lunenburg, Julia M. Zephir of Leominster, and Tyler J. DiMauro of Fitchburg, were named to Cushing Academy's Honor Roll for the 2009 Spring Term.
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