Sutton News

Despite torrential rain and the threat of severe thunderstorms, more than 60 Sutton and Douglas residents, state and local officials packed the selectmen's meeting room yesterday afternoon for the state-held meeting on Manchaug Reservoir Corp.'s petition to breach the Manchaug Pond Dam.

What do folks looking for scented candles and churches looking for devotional candles and sacramental wine have in common? Both need look no further than Country Candle and Egan Church Supply.

All dressed up with no place to go is the theme of this year's strawberry crop, and with the season winding down this weekend, the biggest and sweetest berries in recent memory still hang on the vine.

With the construction of a $5.6 million treatment facility near completion, Whitinsville Water Co.

The owner of the Manchaug Pond Dam is taking steps to breach the dam, a move that would shrink the pond, reduce the flow of the Mumford River, and interfere with sewage treatment at the wastewater plant in neighboring Douglas.

Pleasant Valley Country Club 95 Armsby Road, Sutton Phone : 865-4441 Web : www.pleasantvalleycc.com Hours : Tuesdays through Thursdays, open for lunch and dinner, 10 a.m. to 9 p.m.; Fridays, 10 a.m. to 10 p.m.; Saturdays and Sundays, breakfast, lunch and dinner, 6 a.m. to 10 p.m. Reservations: Recommended Parking : Two large lots available plus ...

There's nothing like enjoying ripe, just-picked tomatoes, succulent peppers bursting with flavor or sweet butter-and-sugar corn, fresh from the stalk on a summer day.

Timothy P. Coonan, 42, of 73 Uxbridge Road, Sutton, sentenced o four concurrent terms of 5 years to 5 years and a day in Walpole State Prison after pleading guilty to four counts of armed robbery.

The governor could not have imagined the long-term effects of the revival. In 1740, 269 years ago, Worcester County, Massachusetts and New England got hit by a double whammy - the Land Bank paper money scheme and the religious Great Awakening that tore through society like a hurricane.

State transportation officials said civilian flaggers will be out working on paving and catch basin cleaning jobs in Sutton, Winchendon, Orange, New Braintree and other parts of the state today in an effort to replace more costly police road construction details.

Auburn Town Moderator Charles A. Baker said this year's town meeting was the shortest during his 19-year tenure.

The Fifth Annual Andover Days 5K Road Race to benefit the Andover Youth Center and Andover Youth Services programs is ready to roll on Friday, May 29.

Golf ball-size hail and fierce rain and winds walloped parts of Central Mass. yesterday afternoon, leaving more than 4,000 homes without power.

May 24, 2009 6:14 pm US/Eastern Sunday's thunderstorms dropped hail in several parts of Massachusetts.

The Massachusetts Bar Association has added a new layer to its Serving Our Veterans in the Law initiative: a free Visiting Lawyer Program that will first be offered to Worcester County veterans.

Three veteran Telegram & Gazette newsroom managers have been named to new positions.

Police responded to the Woodcrest Condominiums in Wilbraham just after 8 o'clock Thursday night for reports of a shooting.

A smoky, windfanned fire heavily damaged a six-unit condominium development at 149-159 Border St.

Last summer, a garden tour sponsored by the Sutton Garden Club highlighted nine beautifully landscaped properties and drew more than 200 visitors.

National Grid filed an application with the state Department of Public Utilities to construct a total of 5 megawatts of solar generation facilities, including one on the rooftop of its distribution center at the Sutton-Northbridge line.