Winchendon News

A Gardner man charged in connection with the death of a Leominster teenager killed while she was riding on the back of an ATV he was driving has been ordered held on $50,000 cash bail.

An area man is scheduled to be arraigned this morning in Gardner District Court in connection with the death of 17-year-old Leominster resident Abby Gosselin-Remming, 17, of 55 Burrage Ave., who police say died after the ATV she was riding on crashed into a tree late Saturday night in Winchendon.

A judge has doubled the bail of a Winchendon man accused of being drunk when he crashed an all-terrain vehicle, killing his passenger.

O'Neil was later charged with vehicular homicide by a negligent operator. One witness reported hearing Foote say that she saw the van cross the line, and there was no place for her to go.

Jason R. Perini, accused of being at the wheel of an ATV that crashed Saturday, claiming the life of 17-year-old Abby Gosselin-Remming of Leominster, was ordered held on $50,000 cash bail at his arraignment this morning.

A Gardner man is facing a motor vehicle homicide charge after the all-terrain vehicle he was operating crashed into a tree, killing his teenage passenger.

At the beginning of the day was the Morin 5K roadrace and the two shorter races for children called McDonald's McFun runs.

Santino's is comfortable and homey; each floor offers a bar and spacious seating.

A battle of unbeaten Little League All-Star teams lived up to -- and exceeded -- all expectations.

Jun 30, 2009 11:07 pm US/Eastern Reporting Joe Shortsleeve The recession has hit all sectors of the economy, and all types of businesses are laying off employees.

Cynthia Boucher has spent the past 14 years working on the North Central Pathway, a bike path that stretches from downtown Winchendon to downtown Gardner.

The City Council expressed outrage last night that the city received not a dime from the $185 million in federal stimulus money to Massachusetts for water and sewer projects.

The Winchendon School held its commencement May 30. Eighty-eight students received graduate and postgraduate diplomas.

Four people charged with breaking into cars in Gardner early Wednesday may have been involved in a number of recent car break-ins in Winchendon, police said.

Two men are being held on $250,000 cash bail and two others are being sought in an attack on a Gardner man.

Lawyers are keeping quiet about why the town's building inspector issued a last-minute permit on a controversial septic-tank proposal, but town leaders have their own ideas.

* Joelle Sanford, 22, of Puffton Village, was arrested Monday at 3:55 p.m. at her home on a charge of domestic assault and battery after she grabbed a woman and tried to physically remove her from a vehicle, police said.

Montachusett Regional Vocational Technical School held its 38th annual commencement for 294 graduates with exhortations from class leaders for continued greatness in their lives and careers Thursday.

THE STATE of Maryland, roughly equal in population and size to Massachusetts, manages to deliver justice with about half the 106 courthouses found here.

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.