Winchendon News

Sara, 11, was taken from her home several years ago after being sexually abused by her mother's boyfriends.

Seventeen-year-old Jackie Bresnahan knows what it's like to multitask. In addition to being a straight-A student at Oakmont Regional High School, Bresnahan -- a senior -- takes dance lessons three days a week, is active at her church, is a member of three school clubs, serves on the school's Student Advisory Council and coached one season of youth ...

As part of the ''calendar season,'' I can always expect a Quabbin History calendar, created by J.R. Greene of Athol.

Virtually desolate Dudley Square needed dining alternatives to deep-fried heart attacks, so in 2005, organizers with Haley House - the 43-year-old South End - "based charity foundation - opened the Corner Shop Bakery CafA©. Soon after, they responded to another Roxbury need, and offered the Dade Street restaurant's rustic brick walls to local ...

Linda Sanders is the selectmen's choice to become Rockport's full-time new town administrator.

Monday, November 9, 2009 Guard set for Afghanistan Massachusetts National Guard members meet Sunday at the Crowne Plaza Hotel to discuss services available to them and their families as they prepare for deployment.

Four people were displaced yesterday when a four-alarm fire destroyed their home at 375 Mellen Road.

With 99 percent of the vote in, challengers appeared to come on strong in the School Committee race, with both Dianna L. Biancheria and Tracy O'Connell Novick joining the committee and Robert A. Bogigian exiting after just one term.

Two of three finalists vying for the position of town administrator will have an opportunity to speak before selectmen and answer questions tomorrow night.

In a yearlong manhunt that took police from the East Coast to the West Coast, Sgt.

Would I like to see it tell a wonderful story? Yeah, probably I would. But I have to take the story that's before me.

The owner of Knight Chevrolet on Route 169 says spending millions of dollars on a new building without any assurance that he would continue as a dealer would be a clunker of a deal.

With the cold season moving in, I want to reassure my constituents that the ice storm of last December has not faded from my memory.

As snow lightly blanketed the ground yesterday afternoon, members of The First Church of Templeton gathered in the sanctuary for its rededication after $400,000 in repairs and improvements were completed, proud that they restored the building for generations to come.

Board wants ZBA to study bike track's noise WINCHENDON - Selectmen want the Zoning Board of Appeals to monitor sound levels at the Wachusett Valley Riders Club on Route 12.

The School Committee field for this fall's election breaks down into roughly three categories: parents, former school district administrators, and 'the lifer,' i.e., Brian A. O'Connell. The parents include challengers Robert Diaz, a private detective active in local Democratic circles; and Tracy O'Connell Novick, a stay-at-home mom and former ...

The Zoning Board of Appeals continued a public hearing Wednesday, delaying discussion about a proposed septic system to be installed next to the public drinking water supply, until Oct.

Talk about being in the wrong place at the wrong time. A man walking down the street minding his own business was arrested early this morning after he gave a cigarette to a stranger.

A woman suffered life-threatening injuries during a three-alarm fire on the 14th floor of an elderly high-rise complex in Gardner, Fire Chief Ronald Therrien said Thursday morning.

For the first time in years, there is a new pharmacy in town and its owner plans to have it around for a long, long time.