LEOMINSTER — A special holiday concert coming up this weekend will benefit a foundation in honor of a very special little girl. Proceeds from this year’s Montachusett Chorale Holiday Concert on Sunday, Dec. 1 at 2 p.m. at Tata Auditorium in city hall will go to The SPATA Foundation, a nonprofit organization dedicated to advocating, […]
Dean Mazzarella
Winning bid earns lunch with the mayor
LEOMINSTER — City resident Jim Hohman won lunch with the mayor for the second year in a row at the annual Arc of Opportunity charity gala. The fundraiser held on Oct. 11 at Great Wolf Lodge in Fitchburg drew a large crowd of people who bid on various items and bought raffle tickets for the […]
North Central Mass. contributes to hurricane relief
Local efforts by many to provide desperately needed food, clothing, and other resources for hurricane victims have resulted in a lot of love being sent down south. Donations for those affected by recent hurricanes Helene and Milton are pouring in at Leominster City Hall, one of several places in the region collecting to help the […]
A walk to remember
LEOMINSTER — Upwards of 700 students along with staff and parents made their way from Our Lady of the Lake Church to Johnny Appleseed Elementary School on Oct. 4, two days after the official National Walk to School Day. “The day promotes healthy ways to move our bodies, and we hit the pavement to celebrate!” […]
‘How we help communities help themselves’
LEOMINSTER — Gov. Maura Healey visited the city on Thursday to announce the latest round of Municipal Vulnerability Preparedness (MVP) Action Grants, totaling over $50 million. The grants support community-driven climate resilience planning and action ranging from flooding to extreme heat and sea level rise and will be distributed to more than 70 projects across […]
‘God bless them all’
LEOMINSTER — Lucy Eleanor Politano had no idea the staff at Manor on the Hill had planned a big party in honor of her 100th birthday. “I was surprised, I had no idea,” the newly minted centenarian said with a smile on her face at the May 9 affair. Politano was born in Everett on […]
