Tyngsboro News

Bentley College-bound Valedictorian Kyle "Kay-Z" Varanoske drew uproarious laughter and applause from a familial Tiger-town audience that filled the Lawrence Kelleher Gymnasium Friday night for the school's 44th annual commencement exercises.

A Tyngsboro motorcyclist injured in a Westford Road crash Thursday night remained in critical condition Friday morning, according to police.

The early-morning search turned up no bears but several on-edge residents who have watched bear sightings become an almost daily occurrence in the Scribner Hill area, police said.

Students and staff were evacuated from Tyngsboro Middle School Wednesday afternoon after school officials reported a message about a bomb was written on a bathroom stall, police said.

The Education Foundation for Tyngsborough will hold its 4th Annual Grant awards ceremony Thursday, June 7 at 6:30 p.m. in the Tyngsboro High School gymnasium.

After three years with no base-salary increases, town employees will see about a 4 percent pay raise over the next three years.

The driver of a motorcycle involved in a head-on collision Thursday with a mini-van on Westford Road was flown via medical helicopter to a Boston trauma center after sustaining life-threatening injuries, according to police.

BARTLETT CPS: Second-graders will take a field trip Tuesday to Great Meadows in Concord.

Last week we shared a report of bears just over the Westford border in Tyngsboro , and since then we've received a couple of reports of the bears wandering throughout the area.

Selectmen held a work session Monday night to review the board's practices moving forward, which included length of meetings, information on the agenda and voting on items not on the agenda.

The Board of Selectmen held a work session Monday night to review the board's practices moving forward, which included length of meetings, information on the agenda and voting on items not on the agenda.

A mother black bear and what appeared to be her two large cubs were spotted by a resident on Groton Road who looked out her window and saw the animals on her deck working at her bird feeder, police said.

Junior righthander Cam Latta pitched a 3-hitter and struck out 4 as Lowell High edged Acton-Boxboro, 2-1, in a non-league baseball game.

A pint-sized angler, who still takes an afternoon nap, walked away from the Centraville Sportsman's Club Annual Fishing Derby with the biggest catch of the day.

Attempts to increase insurance payments and change bereavement days for Water Supply District employees were defeated at the district's annual meeting May 12.

A 57-year-old tree-cutting service crane operator was seriously injured Thursday morning when he was struck by a large tree trunk that knocked him from an elevated seat atop the crane truck, about 15 feet to the ground, police said.

The Tyngsboro High boys and girls track & field teams competed in the two-day Midland-Wachusett League C Division championships with a number of strong performances.

As contract negotiations between the School Committee and the teachers' union continue, a May 31 deadline is looming before a mitigation package incentive expires for unions that agree to pay 30 percent for health-insurance premiums.

Greater Lowell Technical High School Committee member Michael Lenzi, one of four Lowell representatives on the board, has purchased a home in Dracut.

Two suspects already charged in connection with an investigation into drug distribution in Tyngsboro are now facing additional drug charges, and police say a firearm found in their home was stolen during a burglary in Methuen in 2009.