Ashburnham News

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.

There will be special services with Pastor Bruce Estola of Ironwood, Mich., at the Ashburnham Apostolic Lutheran Church, 315 Winchendon Road, Ashburnham.

Leominster District Court Judge Mark E. Noonan ordered a 19-year-old Fitchburg woman held on $30,000 cash bail after she allegedly tried to kill a city man by cutting his throat.

Leominster District Court Judge Mark E. Noonan ordered Krysta T. Teixeira, 19, of Fitchburg held on $30,000 cash bail Monday on a charge she tried to kill a 39-year-old man in his Fairmount Place home Sept.

Freshman basketball teams need $2,000 in order to be reinstated for the winter sports season after the teams were cut from the budget this summer, Michael Alario said Monday.

A 5-year-old female bull mastiff is missing after possibly being stolen from the Ashburnham pound, local officials say.

In high-school English class, we're taught that literature features three basic types of conflict: man versus man, man versus environment, and man versus himself.