Tyngsboro News

Police are searching for an older-model Ford F-150 pickup truck that may have been involved in a possible abduction attempt on Pawtucket Boulevard shortly after 8 p.m. on Saturday.

It was standing room only at the Hawthorne Brook Middle School awards ceremony. Family and friends clapped and whistled for the more than 200 eighth-graders leaving for high school.

Luann Colombo's blubber burgers show kids how much fat is hidden in fast food. Julie Clark's "tool box" helps youngsters learn how to study and maybe even ace tests in school.

She wind the whole thing. Ceara Tomaino, of Chelmsford, an eighth-grader at Notre Dame Academy in Tyngsboro, won the grand prize with her wind-energy project at the 11th annual Massachusetts Middle School Science & Engineering Fair, held last month at Worcester Technical High School.

As Abraham Lincoln once said, "No man is good enough to govern another man without that other's consent," yet that is precisely what Tyngsboro Finance Committee member Ken Times did when he stated that his committee "punished" the police and teachers' union members who refused to accept wage freeze or pay cuts during these difficult economic times.

Cliff Devine has wrapped up his Eagle Scout project, and the hounds must be happier for it.

State police were investigating a single-vehicle crash on Interstate 495 in Chelmsford that killed a Tyngsboro woman.

All Jon Timothy can do is look out his rain-streaked window at the empty driving range at Max's Golf in Tyngsboro yesterday, where he is manager.

Teachers have an incredibly difficult job, made even worse by the annual fear of budget cuts that could deprive them of a job they must truly love to succeed.

Lowell High tennis coach Dennis Krysiak qualified for the National Senior Games in tennis last weekend and will represent Massachusetts in August in San Francisco.

In response to a lengthy economic downturn that has forced the School Department to cut its budget annually, about a dozen concerned residents rallied in May 2008 to create the Education Foundation of Tyngsboro Inc.

A unanimous vote of Town Meeting last night assured that the former Shur Fine Market building will be torn down.

A month ago, when the Tyngsboro Finance Committee was threatening to finalize a fiscal 2010 budget that subtracted money from the police and school departments, differing from what selectmen and the School Committee had approved by $90,000, it momentarily set the stage for what could have been the best-attended annual Town Meeting ever.

A liquor store caught selling alcohol to a minor for the third time in 18 months had its license to sell alcohol revoked by the Board of Selectmen last night.

A 26-year-old Lowell man is facing attempted-murder charges after police say he swung a vacuum cleaner at his 22-year-old girlfriend and told her he wanted to kill her during a fight last night.

There's no question in Matt Marro's mind that the former Tyngsboro Campground is on the fast track toward becoming the town's newest recreation facility.

As an actor, Rocky Provencher crawls inside the characters he portrays, and they include the man for whom Tyngsboro is named.

Legally, Lowell High School Headmaster William Samaras has two kids: Chris, 40, the city's downtown/events coordinator and John, 38, a Boston police officer.

Shock and sadness permeated the Tyngsboro Water District and Town Hall offices this week after the sudden death of district Superintendent David Denommee.

The crowd packed into the gymnasium of Tyngsboro High School gave a standing ovation to the 133 graduates receiving diplomas and an eye-opening $94,000 in scholarship awards from community sponsors.