Spencer News

Barely two years after local politicians ousted former Superintendent of Schools Elaine Espindle, some school officials are hoping to bring her back as interim leader of Dracut schools.

The chairman of the Board of Selectmen is questioning why police union officials waited more than a month to accuse Deputy Chief Dave Chartrand of being intoxicated when he responded to a late-September domestic incident while off duty.

Paxton Paxton house fire traced to fan over shower PAXTON - A two-alarm electrical fire that started in the bathroom of a Crowningshield Drive ranch house Thursday night caused about $105,000 in damage, according to fire officials.

Anna Maria College will present 'The Art of Contemplation, Art by the Monks of St.

Linda Trouville wants to be Dracut's next school superintendent. The 40-year veteran educator made a play for the head of Dracut schools last night, offering to serve as interim superintendent without a pay raise while School Committee members search for a permanent replacement for Superintendent of Schools W. Spencer Mullin.

It's going to be a 'Night in the Fast Lane' at the Historic Strand Theatre in Clinton on Friday, Nov.

A former Massachusetts man authorities say moved to Europe in 1996 without permission while on probation for a child assault conviction has been ordered by a judge to spend two years behind bars.

A realty company doing business in the city has settled a lawsuit filed earlier this year in U.S. District Court that alleged the company discriminated against prospective renters because they have children.

Local towns have set their officially sanctioned hours for Halloween trick-or-treating on Saturday, Oct.

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

8 ceremony. A southern Arizona woman who was badly hurt also filed suit. Ray is accused of negligence, fraud and other actions along with the owners of the Angel Valley Retreat Center, where his event was held, and other defendants.

A former Becker College student who is accusing former equestrian team coach Edmund J. Paro of sexual harassment claims her former coach asked the female riders to wear tight clothing and commented he would like to see one girl ride naked, a recent amended complaint in U.S. District Court said.

Westboro Man gets jail term for drunken driving WESTBORO - A Marlboro man found guilty on his fourth drunken driving offense was sentenced to two years in jail yesterday in Westboro District Court.

Editor's Note: The Southbridge Evening News last week published a story noting the steps taken to ensure enough space at local cemeteries.

For tickets contact the Hanover box office at 877-571-SHOW or visit thehanovertheater.org. tastiest brew happens on Thursday, October 22.

'No water, no sewerage, no heat, no electricity' TRUCK DAMAGES RESIDENCE Roger E. Castell walks yesterday by his house at 607 Stafford St., Leicester, where a tractor-trailer crashed into his front room Monday evening.

A full-sized United Van Lines tractor trailer crashed into a house located yesterday after being cut off by a BMW that drove through a stop sign, Leicester Police Chief James Hurley said in a statement.

A 16-year-old juvenile was arrested at 1:52 a.m. at 40 Bailey Boulevard and charged with armed robbery masked.

Just what has your neighbor been doing up there in that garret? Aren't you dying to know? Well, get on down to the Massasoit Art Guild's sixth annual art show from 10 to 4 p.m. Saturday and Sunday at Spencer Memorial Town Hall, 157 Main St.

UMass Dartmouth is now accepting nominations for its 8th Annual Drum Major Award to memorialize the legacy of Dr.