LEOMINSTER — Members of Vietnam Veterans of America (VVA) Chapter 116 finished their last meeting of 2024 with a Dec. 10 holiday luncheon at Barber’s Crossing in Sterling, where they welcomed a surprise special guest — World War II Navy veteran Mario Paticola. The father of Leominster based VVA Post 116 member Mark Paticola was […]
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‘That’s what community is all about’
LEOMINSTER — The large public ice-skating rink recently set up by the Department of Public Works (DPW) in Monument Square needs to freeze solid before it will be safe to be on. Mayor Dean Mazzarella posted the news on social media on Jan. 6 and asked that people “please wait until we post that it […]
Fitchburg 3-alarm fire displaces dozens on Sunday
FITCHBURG — Over the weekend, a fire on the fourth floor of an apartment building displaced over two dozen people on Day Street in Fitchburg and another fire forced school officials to close Leominster High School on Monday. A three-alarm fire broke out at 35 Day St., a four-story brick apartment building known as Hotel […]
‘A beautiful reflection of the world we live in,’ children’s book celebrates diversity
LEOMINSTER -— “A Walk in Town” is in many ways Debbie Davey Fukuda’s love letter to her former hometown of Fitchburg and a celebration of the diversity of the people who inhabit the city and the various cultures represented in the community. It took about a year for the woman, goes by the pen name […]
Healthy living in the new year with Anita Perry
LEOMINSTER — Anita Perry, fondly known as Yoga Anita, is an author, educator, yogi, and blogger. She has enjoyed helping people for more than 46 years in the health and fitness field. On her schedule for the new year will be “Chair Yoga for Pain and Stress Relief” at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 8, at […]
‘The ultimate gift you can give’
LEOMINSTER — The phone call Christina Aguirre received on Christmas Eve two years ago was life changing in the best way possible. “I was in shock, I was speechless,” the longtime city resident recalled of her reaction when she was told there was a liver available for her after being on the organ transplant list […]
