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 […]
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Italian tradition, culture, and cuisine coming up this Saturday
LEOMINSTER — Italy’s many regions are wrapped up in natural beauty, art, and history, and they all pride themselves with the country’s most celebrated festivals. While the celebrations vary from one location to another, each one of these colorful festivals tells a story about the culture and traditions of the region. Leominster Mayor Dean Mazzarella, […]
Super incredibly huge fun
LEOMINSTER — Youngsters in the area are gearing up for the inaugural Super Incredibly Huge Lemonade (and other drinks) World Series on Aug. 20. Nine-year-old Brooklyn Laundry set up a lemonade stand in the front yard of her city home this past Sunday. The young lady was out there for five hours, and it wrapped […]
‘Every day was an adventure’
LUNENBURG — Susan Mello-Conroy is taking comfort in knowing that her adventure-seeking husband died doing something he loved. Robert ‘Bob’ Conroy perished while rock climbing at Crow Hill in Leominster State Forest on July 11. The accomplished musician, seasoned climber and hiker, and beloved husband, father, grandfather, and friend was just 69. “He lived life […]
Healey awards $1M for tree planting in gateway cities
BOSTON — The Healey-Driscoll Administration today announced over $1 million in grants to support tree planting and expand the urban forest canopy in Gateway Cities across Massachusetts. Seven projects are receiving awards through the GGCP’s Non-Profit Partnership Grant Program, which includes projects in Leominster, Fitchburg and Lowell. In addition, six municipalities, two non-profit organizations, and […]
Get ready for kindergarten
LEOMINSTER — It’s the first day of kindergarten for the characters, Jenny and Rebecca. Come find out about their first day adventures, as the staff at Leominster Project Apples CFCE and Leominster Public Library’s Martin T. Feldman Children’s Room welcome children, their parents, and caregivers to a special performance of “First Day”, an original play, […]
