Lancaster News

Nashoba band students, who participated in the Central District Festival included Dan Paladini , Rolan Yang ,Kerry Anne Conlin , Regina Fenstermaker and Beth Rogers Nashoba Regional High School band and choral made a showing at November's auditions for the Central District Festival.

Republican Kurt Hayes of Boxborough announced Friday that he will run for the 37 Middlesex District state representative seat, setting up a rematch this November with State Rep.

Jim Sheehan, executive director of WHEAT Community Services, announces that the Hidden Treasures Thrift Shop, currently at 125-127 High St., Clinton, will be moving to its new location at 178-182 High St., effective March 2. "We have needed a larger space for some time now", Sheehan stated.

Like post-holiday sales advertisements, each January prison union campaign signs appear on utility poles, trees, and guardrails in Hank Hamelin's quiet Fort Pond neighborhood.

America's first famous native-born professional architect, Charles Bulfinch, left his mark on the landscape of Lancaster with his last Massachusetts commission, First Church of Christ, Unitarian - the Fifth Meeting House, on Town Green.

Members from the Suburban Springfield Exchange Club with their Clinton counterparts included Steve Simolari, John Sullivan , Steve Philbin , Ray White , Bob McNally and Karen Newsham .

Ramesh Govindan believes that despite the current economic crisis, advancements in science and medicine can help make America a true model for the rest of the world.

Despite the doom and gloom of fiscal forecasts, townsfolk do have exciting events to look forward to this coming year - the opening of a Community Center on Town Green, a facelift for the Prescott building, the start of a solar facility on the landfill, water line work on Neck Road and a brand-new Town Report.

Monday, Nov. 30 Judge Martha Brennan Thomas L. McCarthy , 29, of 112 School St., Apt.

The Finance Committee expressed its concerns to selectmen, through Town Administrator Orlando Pacheco, over Minuteman Career and Technical High School's $1.1 million facility renovation feasibility study.

Days after rock from an errant blast tore holes in the sign and peppered the fence at Castleton Banquet and Conference Center, repairs were under way at the Route 111 landmark.

Girls' Basketball Shepherd Hill 60, Tantasqua 34: Sophomore Meghan Fornaro had 15 points, senior Ali Tyburski added 10 points, and the second-ranked Rams upended the visiting Warriors .

They called for peace, prayed for the speedy return of troops fighting abroad, and asked the mourners weeping for Harold Brown Jr.

Six area Massachusetts residents, including a Lancaster resident, have received a United Way Community Builders Fellowship, which provides mentoring, networking and financial assistance to implement their community-directed initiatives.

SENTINEL & ENTERPRISE / JACK MINCH Orchard Hills Athletic Club Chief Operating Officer Cindy Curley, and personal trainer Scott McCartney, stand on the track overlooking the main exercise room of the facility on Tuesday.

Four hours into 2010, Christina Maney figured another family had beaten hers to welcoming the first baby of the new year in the region.

Editor's note: The following are some of the news events covered by The Item in 2009.

For many years, some residents have been complaining over the cost of sending high school students to Minuteman Career and Technical High School in Lexington, approximately $24,000 per student this year.

Since October, the CARE food pantry, based at Our Lady of the Rosary Church, 1 Cross St., has had some welcome helpers.

The Doctor Franklin Perkins School, in Lancaster, will receive $10,000 from The Doug Flutie Jr.