Lancaster News

Erica Iris Bruso, of South Lancaster, graduated from Andrews University in Berrien Springs, Mich., with a bachelor's degree in visual communication/Ggraphic design, magna cum laude and JN Andrews Honors Scholar.

State Rep. Harold P. Naughton Jr., an Army Reserve captain, has returned home safely following an eight-month deployment to Afghanistan.

He gathered the requisite signatures for each article, securing a spot on the annual Town Meeting warrant for two issues for voter consideration.

This American Cancer Society fundraiser will have participants going through Groton this year.

Berlin A Memorial Day service is being held at the First Parish Church, Route 62, on Sunday, May 27, at 10 a.m. Troop 1 Berlin Boy Scouts will be hosting its 51st annual Pancake Breakfast on Memorial Day, Monday, May 28, from 7 to 10 a.m. at the First Parish Church Hall located on Central Street in Berlin Center.

All the events with the bicentennial logo have been but a prelude to the town's birthday bash June 10, when a parade will mark the 200th year since Berlin was incorporated.

Village Green Preschool, in Sterling, awarded its eighth annual scholarship to Connor Casey.

He gathered the requisite signatures for each article, securing a spot on the annual Town Meeting warrant for two issues for voter consideration.

Selectmen approved short-term emergency borrowing of $499,000 to pay for last October's storm costs of nearly $800,000. 'This is to cover ourselves and pay our vendors until FEMA reimbursements come through.

A Lancaster man was sentenced to 14 to 18 years in state prison Wednesday, after pleading guilty to charges of raping a 17-year-old girl in Clinton, tying her to her bed, and then setting fire to her apartment.

Health fair: 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., Senior Center. The whole community is welcome to come and visit the many vendors, information booths and health screenings.

At the ceremony for the BusinessLink New Dodge Ram Sweepstakes are Chris Gourley, general manager of Colonial Dodge, Jeep, Chrysler, Ram; Andy Digiacomo, owner of Digiacomo Landscape and the winner of the contest, and Ted Leppzer, Chrysler Corp.

Join thousands of pet lovers from all over New England for the 5th annual Whisker Walk, to be held from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Lancaster Fairground, home of the Bolton Fair, Route 117, Lancaster.

A district-court judge denied a Myrtle Avenue man's request for reduced bail on a drug case Monday, according to court documents.

In Bolton, Larry Delaney was elected to the Board of Selectmen over Connie Benjamin Monday night as 911 voters turned out.

James Griffin , 18, of 29 Pleasant St., Wayland, unlicensed operation of a motor vehicle, dismissed upon payment of $100 in court costs; failure to stop/yield, responsible, $100 fine.

"The boards vote to move meeting times to daytime hours has prevented me from participating in boards regular meetings and operations and it's simply a tremendous diservice to the residents for me to volunteer for a board I cannot actively participate in," Winsor wrote in a letter to Town Clerk D. Susan Thompson.

LEARN TO WHISTLE LIKE A BIRD: Saturday, May 12, at 7 p.m., at the Lancaster Community Center, 39 Harvard Road.

There is one race for selectman on the town election ballot, and four positions that have no candidates listed, making it a write-in election for the Board of Public Works, the Planning Board, the Board of Health and the Nashoba Regional School Committee.

The ayes outnumbered the nays on all 17 articles at the annual town meeting Monday night, except for the $2.2 million high school athletic field and track request where the no vote indicated approval - the vote was 104-67 on article 11.