Lunenburg News

Award-winning rock trio Crashdown will perform at the fifth annual St. Boniface Italian Festival on Friday.

Sullivan, of Lunenburg, takes over as chief on Aug. 1, according to a statement from Town Manager Kerry Speidel.

The state Attorney General's Office has launched an internal review of whether the Open Meeting Law was violated in Lunenburg last month.

Less than an hour after being bailed out from his second drunken-driving charge Saturday evening, Lunenburg resident Robert Ruggles, 28, was again in police custody.

Instead, it's a "barn lifting," joked Douglas Duval, whose home sits next to a classic New England barn on Lancaster Avenue that was recently elevated to accommodate the construction of a new foundation.

Come and learn how a small beetle is helping to protect our wetlands from being overwhelmed by invasive purple loosestrife.

Based on the results of the survey taken of seniors using the senior van to go shopping on Thursdays, there will be a temporary change to the schedule.

Last Friday the National Shooting Sports Foundation and the Gun Owners' Action League held the Fifth Annual Firearms Safety and Education Day for Legislators at the North Leominster Rod and Gun Club in Lunenburg, Mass.

Last Friday the National Shooting Sports Foundation and the Gun Owners' Action League held the Fifth Annual Firearms Safety and Education Day for Legislators at the North Leominster Rod and Gun Club in Lunenburg, Mass.

Ronnie Gallagher, owner of Lowell Auto School, guides student driver Molly Silva, 19, of Lowell, during a lesson Friday.

The employees of Padula Brothers threw their boss, Bryan Mansfield, a surprise groundbreaking ceremony on Fort Pond Road Monday evening.

During the recession, new home construction skidded to a near halt in Central Massachusetts, but some communities are now on the rebound, a GoLocalWorcester review of US Census Bureau data revealed.

Residents of Lunenburg, your local government wants more of your money. It wants to raise your property taxes more than is usually allowed under tax-limiting Proposition 2 1/2. This year, the town wants to increase the amount it takes in through property taxes by $2.2 million.

A new solar bylaw presented and approved at Town Meeting on Saturday in Lunenburg was the best option, according to neighbors who disputed the document as presented by the Planning Board.

Two area women were arrested Friday morning after allegedly jumping a 22-year-old Lunenburg woman, according to court documents.

After four hours of discussion plus an hour lunch break, voters at yesterday's annual town meeting approved a $2.2-million Proposition 2-1/2 override, about half of which would supplement the School Department budget for next fiscal year.

Habitat for Humanity North Central Massachusetts recently named Larry Hubner of Lunenburg and Patrick J. McCarty and Jason Murray, both of Leominster, new members to its board of directors.

Our youngest child will be graduating from Lunenburg High School this year. Because we will no longer have children in the school system, people have asked us if we will vote for the override.

She was born in Clinton, daughter of Curtis and Minnie Taubert, and lived here until moving to her daughter's home in Lunenburg in 2007.

PRO PATRIOTS CELEBRITY BASKETBALL: team vs. the Clinton High School Boys and Girls All-Stars, sponsored by the Clinton Police Association, Friday, May 4, at 7 p.m., at Clinton High School.