Lancaster News

After hearing complaints from residents, selectmen said last night they want a much more restrictive agreement with Clinton than the one proposed for the use of the former rifle range by the Clinton police.

Benjamin and Christine Ware, and their son Shawn, proudly announce the birth of Shawn's brother, Shane Arthur Ware.

Last week, Gov. Deval Patrick announced budget cuts to close a projected $600 million revenue gap.

By Lynne Klaft CORRESPONDENT and Karen Nugent TELEGRAM & GAZETTE STAFF LANCASTER - Clinton and Lancaster are two board votes away from setting ground rules allowing the Clinton Police Department to use the former firing range as a training and shooting qualification gun range.

If Orlando Pacheco is selected Rockport's next town administrator, he would strive to improve the community's information technology systems, aggressively pursue grants - and aim to keep politics out of the chief executive's daily decision-making processes.

Numbers for next year are already causing fiscal headaches for town officials. Selectmen last week discussed with the Advisory Committee the town's budget planning and issues, with concerns already high about next year's budget.

It's home, sort of. A large stone watering trough that once offered welcome respite to thirsty horses along Harvard Road, is again along that Lancaster roadway, although a little farther south.

Tuesday, Sept. 15 Judge Martha Brennan Ronald Kemski , 52, of 43B Cook Lane, Marlboro, operating a motor vehicle with a suspended registration, dismissed upon payment of $100 in court costs; uninsured, dismissed; unregistered, not responsible.

A broken hip led to unintended consequences of the positive kind recently for William Thomas of Lancaster and his mother, Bertha Thomas.

In the winter of 1778, Town Meeting voted to "supply the families of the continental soldiers of this town." In 1946, the entire town gathered to welcome veterans of World War II home with a daylong celebration and dinner.

Pepperell could soon join Ayer, Harvard, Lancaster, Shirley and Groton, in signing the Army Community Covenant.

Last Sunday's Third Annual Day of Play at the Shirley Middle School started off with a blast -- literally.

Local apple farmers are hailing this season's crop as one of the best in many years thanks to ideal weather conditions during portions of the spring and summer.

Voters at a Special Town Meeting Monday night adopted a balanced budget of $15,707,998. The crowd of about 50 people voted at Mary Rowlandson Elementary School in a hand count to pass the Fiscal Year 2010 budget with no objections.

The rush of dressing up and scaring crowds keeps Bruce Millet coming back to play a Spooky World haunt each year.

Replacing the personnel bylaw, purchasing a police cruiser, making the fire chief responsible for setting street numbers on new homes and increasing the number of members on the Recreation Committee are among the varied pieces of town business that will be taken up tomorrow at the special town meeting at the elementary school auditorium on ...

Teachers and administrators at Nashoba Regional High School are mulling the best way to implement common assessments of student ability, Principal Jeremy Roche told Nashoba School Committee members Thursday night.

Westfield State College has recently named the following local students to the Dean's List of the spring 2009 semester: * Timothy Cetrano of Fitchburg, majoring in criminal justice.

$10 at the door , kids 12 and under free. Help CMRD raise funds needed to kick off their first bouting season in 2010.

Tuesday, Aug. 11 Judge Martha Brennan David Palacios-Vazquez , 26, of Manton Avenue, Apt.