Lunenburg News

Selectmen have established goals for Town Manager Kerry Speidel, including working on a facilities-maintenance plan and planning for future use, additions and consolidation of any town-owned building.

A falling utility pole on Lancaster Street led to a triple transformer fire, a large mineral oil spill into a nearby stream and an hours-long power outage Monday.

The animal cruelty trial of James Ferreri of Lunenburg was put on hold until September to allow the Supreme Judicial Court to determine if the welfare of animals constitutes an emergency that eliminates the need for a search warrant.

Much of the land surrounding the Twin City Baptist Church has been advertised on a real-estate website to be sold, despite the owner of the church having entered into a lease agreement with an out-of-state solar developer to use parts of the property.

Students from St. Leo School in Fitchburg pitched in to clean up the banks of Baker Brook in Fitchburg at a clean-up event April 27 organized by the Nashua River Watershed Association.

Riverfront Theatre will present "Gingerbread Stories," directed by Janet Cragin and written and produced by her daughter, Sally Cragin, at 1 p.m. Saturday at the Fitchburg Public Library.

Handicapped-accessible. Credit cards : Major cards accepted Prices : Mostly low Pluses : Attractive interior; friendly service; wonderful sushi choices.

A Townsend man was sentenced to two years in the House of Correction after pleading guilty to breaking into and ransacking a Lunenburg home in April, according to court documents.

Selectmen voted to form a Building Reuse Committee tasked with looking at all town buildings and deciding what could be done with them when they are deemed to have no more value to the town.

Lunenburg police, with assistance from detectives in Westminster and Ashburnham, arrested Patrick E. Crane, 29, of Island Road, Lunenburg, on Thursday and charged him with two counts of receiving stolen property.

In 2010, Laurel Mabon gave birth to daughter Gracie Mae aboard an Ayer ambulance while being rushed to the hospital.

Tequila, a horse, got stuck in chest-deep mud after running away from home. LUNENBURG, MA - Crews rescued a horse named Tequila on Tuesday.

April 29 Christopher Beaton, 24, of 421 River Rd. in Tewksbury was arrested on an outstanding warrant for charges of alleged assault with a dangerous weapon and larceny.

Cascading white orchids to represent Niagara Falls, orange roses signifying the rising sun, and a tree branch covered with fungus straight from a woodland scene.

Hilja Leppala, with Mayor Dean J. Mazzarella, will turn 103 at the end of the month.

FITCHBURG, Mass. - Applewild School had an impressive showing at the Massachusetts History Day District Competition on March 2 at Barre Middle High School.

Mayor Dean Mazzarella awarded Hilja Leppala the prestigious Boston Post Cane lapel pin Wednesday to recognize her as the city's oldest resident.

A Marguerite Avenue taxidermist is in trouble with the state Environmental Police for having a couple of northern copperhead snakes in his store, from which he was allegedly selling live bait without a permit, according to Leominster District Court records.

A newcomer to politics and one who has served in a multitude of capacities for the town were elected to the Board of Selectmen Tuesday.

Voters at Saturday's annual town meeting will be asked to approve a $28,177,000 annual town budget.