LEOMINSTER — Ginny’s Helping Hand Executive Director Brandon Robbins was thrilled to be recently honored as a 2024 WooStar by Country Bank and the WooSox Foundation. In addition to Robbins being recognized on the field at the Aug. 14 WooSox game in Worcester along with other honorees, the WooStar award also included a $5,000 donation […]
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Gauging accessibility
LEOMINSTER — How challenging is it to maneuver around the city in a wheelchair? That was the subject of the Disabilities Commission organized gathering on the morning of Aug. 15. Various department heads, city hall staff, and other guests were fitted with wheelchairs and took to the streets accompanied by commission members including Tom Thelin […]
Downtown Sounds returns
LEOMINSTER — Downtown Sounds has returned to the city on Thursday, Friday, and Saturday evenings through September. Local talented musicians play in front of the Monoosnoc Brook Walk entrance on Central Street from 5 to 8 p.m. on scheduled evenings weather permitting unless other events are happening. Mark Femino kicked off the Leominster Community Development […]
Labor union treasurer indicted Friday on embezzlement charge
WORCESTER — A Leominster man was arrested on Friday and indicted in Worcester Federal Court for embezzling from a labor union where he served as treasurer, according to the office of Acting U.S. Attorney Joshua Levy. Joe Scott, Jr., 53, was indicted by a federal grand jury in Worcester on one count of embezzlement from […]
Astronomical views in the Twin Cities
Celestial happenings this week included not only the return of aurora borealis, more commonly known as Northern Lights, but also clear viewing of the Milky Way galaxy and the spectacular Perseid meteor shower. People flocked to places like Sholan Farms in Leominster, the hills high above Fitchburg, and other spots in the region and beyond […]
Hungry to learn
During the activity Makey-Makey, kids at the Spanish American Center in Leominster use things like turkey sandwiches to conduct electricity and complete a circuit. (COURTESY SPANISH AMERICAN CENTER/AARON FEMIA)
