Hubbardston News

The deadline for residents of Princeton, Hubbardston and Templeton to sign up for refuse and recycling collection through a new pay-as-you-throw program has been extended a month.

Judge Patrick A. Fox increased the bail from $50,000 to $100,000 for a Gardner man who allegedly was drunk when he crashed a stolen ATV into a tree late Saturday night, killing a Leominster teen who was riding with him.

With the national unemployment rate nearing 10 percent, Americans are becoming more resourceful - selling family heirlooms, jewelry and rare collectibles to get by - and buyers from Great Treasure Hunt shows are cashing in on hard times.

It is easy to allow perceptions to cloud reality when it comes to people. When you meet someone for the first time, say a banker or a scientist, your mind goes into overdrive building a template of who they are, what they are like and how they live their lives.

Paula McCarthy of the Zia Grill and Paul Barber of the Flying Rhino are co-chairmen for this year's Taste of Shrewsbury Street, which is set for Tuesday.

On Friday, June 12, 2009, a large group of young people , accompanied and chaperoned by several officers from the Area B-3 Community Service Office , travelled to and attended a weekend retreat at the Ron Burton Training Village, located in Hubbardston, Mass.

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A man who went out from shore on an inner tube was found dead in 15 feet of water about an hour later in Lake Monomonac, police said.

Mr. Antonucci is the president of Fitchburg State College in Fitchburg; Ms. Leclair is senior vice president for the Worcester-based accounting firm Greenberg, Rosenblatt, Kull & Bitsoli.

Sitting on a stool, picking rocks and grass in her community garden plot Monday, Maggie Belle-Isle stared at a flock of geese suspiciously.

When Elaine Ivanowski wrote a love letter to John Monfredo Jr., he initially did the right thing.

Local residents can count on seeing the town's 1905 artillery cannon on display this summer, Sue Chapman said, thanks in part to students at Montachusett Regional Vocational Technical School.

The towns of Princeton, Hubbardston and Templeton recently selected a hauler for the HPT Regional Trash and Recycling Program after nearly two years designing a voluntary, environmentally sound and less expensive solution for residents.

When retired U.S. Navy Capt. Thomas Colyer learned in early spring that the town had zeroed out the Memorial Day parade account to balance its budget, he decided to step in.

Robert E. Hakala stood on the dirt road in his Westminster Business Park and looked up an incline at more than a million cubic yards of earth piled in mini-mountains that had been removed from seven acres a few hundred feet downhill.

A home at 108 Osgood Road was spared but the family's barn was destroyed by a fast-moving fire yesterday afternoon.

A fire on Williamsville Road caused about $7,000 in damage yesterday. Fire Chief Joseph A. Rogowski said the homeowner called just before 2 p.m. to report a fire in the wall of his house at 720 Williamsville Road.

Annawon Weeden, pictured, a Mashpee Wampanoag and actor, portrays King Philip in the PBS series 'We Shall Remain,' a multi-media project that examines American Indian history as an essential part of American history.

A fifth person has been charged in connection with a $2.5 million jewelry heist, including New York Giants Super Bowl rings and precious gems, that went down last summer in Attleboro.

The FBI released this photo in January of the 27 stolen rings. WBZ 1 of 4 WBZ 2 of 4 E.A. Dion Company WBZ 3 of 4 The hole cut in the roof by the thieves in June 2008.