Ashburnham News

At the Crushing Academy in Ashburnham, Mass., the library's 20,000-book collection is being replaced by a fully digital collection.

For anyone fascinated with wheels and gears, circus stunts, or political satire, a troupe of performers called Cirque Mechanics will bring all of that and more in a show titled Birdhouse Factory to the Providence Performing Arts Center on Saturday, November 14 at 8 pm, in the final weekend of the FirstWorks Festival 2009.

Day one of the Massachusetts Ethics Commission combined adjudicatory hearings for Harvard School Superintendent Thomas Jefferson and former School Committeeman Paul Wormer took place Nov.

An elite boarding school in Ashburnham, Mass., just spent hundreds of thousands of dollars on renovating its library.

Fifth-graders at the John R. Briggs Elementary School will honor local veterans this week with a photography exhibit on view Thursday at the school.

"I didn't do very well," said Kyle Quinn, a 21-year old Fitchburg State Senior from Ashburnham.

Four people were displaced yesterday when a four-alarm fire destroyed their home at 375 Mellen Road.

A former Gardner doctor who coerced his sexual assault victims by illegally giving them morphine and intimate massages for common ailments such as sore throats and back pain is being sued in federal court.

The Ashburnham-Westminster School District could face the loss of an estimated $228,000 in state transportation money, state Rep.

Seat being sought: Fitchburg city councilor at large Address: 570 Milk St., Fitchburg Age: 69 Occupation: Retired teacher; now music minister in St.

SUBMITTED PHOTO Cushing Academy senior Shawn Bennett, left, recently raised more than $1,400 for charity golf programs.

Somebody had to go first. In this case, it was Cushing Academy in Ashburnham, Mass.

Cushing Academy, a private boarding school in Ashburnham, Mass., last summer began getting rid of most of its library's books.

With the cold season moving in, I want to reassure my constituents that the ice storm of last December has not faded from my memory.

ASHBURHAM _ Police have identified the victim of a fatal car wreck that occurred on Fitchburg Road in Ashburnham Wednesday afternoon.

Harvard School Committee Chairman Keith Cheveralls publicly commented at Tuesday night's board meeting after a Harvard Hillside report Oct.

Westminster's 250th anniversary parade was held Sept. 27. Many townspeople and local bands and schools were involved, and everyone should be commended on a job well done.

A missing female bull mastiff has been found after she disappeared from the Ashburnham Pound on Central Street nearly two weeks ago.

More space may soon be available to Oakmont Regional High School students and local residents who use video production space at the school.

Need some new books for fall and winter reading? Louise Reid of Ashburnham has organized two October sales of donated used books to benefit the Gordon R. Erickson Fire/Rescue Fund and the Friends of the Stevens Memorial Library.