Westford News

Farmers market season is in full swing so there's no excuse not to become a locavore.

Water departments in Westford and Dunstable were honored at the Bristol County Agricultural High School in Dighton as part of Drinking Water Awards Day on June 25.

Andy J. King is carrying on one of mankind's deepest atavistic streaks, an instinct as old as fire itself, and is sharing what he has learned over the years cooking meat with fire to help improve barbecues everywhere.

Westford's Patti Mason, director of development and special programs for the town's Roundenbush Community Center, is retiring after 25 years.

In a modest ranch on the Westford line, a 40-year-old suitcase is creating a stir.

A proposal to build an asphalt plant in Westford is drawing heavy oppositions from residents, the Lowell Sun says.

A single mother, a Harvard research scientist and a school-bus driver. The people living along Groton Road don't look the same, but now many are sharing the same title ever since company executives from Newport Materials Inc., proposed to build a hot-mix asphalt plant next door to their homes: community activist.

Erin Auger of Westford and Callista Sitthixay of Lowell recently competed in the USAG Level 8 Region VI Championships representing Walker's Gymnastics .

The Planning Board has approved a 238,000-square-foot "lifestyle center" at the busy intersection of Boston and Littleton roads.

Campaign spending records filed with the Office of Campaign and Political Finance shows that lawmakers use their campaign accounts for a wide variety of purposes, from flowers for constituents to pricey steak dinners with colleagues.

We all have unique childhood escapes that we remember and cherish. When we are truly fortunate those places survive into our adulthood, intact and available.

Potential MySQL customers who are wary of the database's future under Oracle stewardship have a possible alternative in Postgres Plus , an open source alternative from EnterpriseDB , says that companya s CEO, Ed Boyajian .

A former Lowell police officer has been found guilty of intimidating a bookie into forgiving his gambling debt.

A Westford, Mass., great-grandmother is receiving rabies treatments after being attacked by a raccoon in her driveway as she tried to protect her cat.

WESTFORD, MA, June 18, 2009 /24-7PressRelease/ -- EnterpriseDB, the leading enterprise open source database company, today announced the general availability of the latest version of Postgres Plus Advanced Server, the company's flagship RDBMS product, which is based on the award-winning PostgreSQL open source database.

An Island Path Road resident is undergoing treatment for rabies after being bitten by a raccoon on Sunday.

A 35-year-old Westford man is being held without bail pending a dangerousness hearing after he allegedly became intoxicated with alcohol and cocaine at a graduation party on Saturday, got angry at his girlfriend and tried to choke her.

He has surrendered his badge and his gun. Now a 10-year veteran Lowell police officer is facing losing his freedom after he was accused of extorting $5,000 from a Westford bookmaker.

An antiques appraisal show to be held at First Parish Church United, 48 Main St., Wednesday, June 24, from 7 to 9 p.m., will feature Skinner appraiser Stuart White, one of the hosts of TV's Antiques Roadshow.

At the Special Town Meeting on June 18, voters will be asked to designate an approximately 17-acre parcel of land for conservation purposes only.