FITCHBURG – The Department of Public Works advises residents of the following work that will be done, weather permitting, during the week of June 9, 2025. Road Construction Monday – Sunday 12 a.m. to 12 p.m. River Street Bridge: MassDOT’s contractor Northern Construction has implemented a detour on the River Street Bridge. All southbound traffic […]
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Local communities to celebrate Juneteenth with events
LEOMINSTER — Stratton Players will celebrate Juneteenth events by concluding their “Play Reading” season with an original one-act drama by local playwright Cedric Arno. The event will be held at 6:30 p.m. Thursday, June 12, at the Leominster Public Library, 30 West St. His play, titled “400 Years in the Making: American Slavery on Trial […]
Townsend VFW to host Father’s Day clambake
WEST TOWNSEND — The local VFW Post No. 6538 and its Auxiliary will hold their annual Clambake and Chicken Barbecue from noon (until sold out), Sunday, June 15, at the VFW, 491 Main St. Barbecued chicken dinners complete with potato salad, corn-on-the-cob, cranberry sauce, and roll with butter, steamed lobsters with drawn butter, steamed clams […]
HS seniors visit elementary, middle schools as part of annual tradition
LEOMINSTER — Besides walking across the stage at high school graduation, city seniors are given the opportunity to do a walkthrough at the elementary and middle schools they used to attend while wearing their blue caps and gowns as part of a special yearly tradition. Chloe Vettese was one of the many Leominster High School […]
Friends of Saima Park to host trip to Tanglewood
FITCHBURG — Enjoy beautiful music in an idyllic setting, as the Friends of Saima Park invite you to join them for a bus trip to Tanglewood in Lenox, on Sunday, July 13. Esa-Pekka Salonen will conduct the Boston Symphony Orchestra, featuring violinist Pekka Kuusisto. On the program are Gabriella Smith’s “Tumblebird Contrails” and Jean Sibelius’s […]
Nashoba Tech seniors earn awards and scholarships
WESTFORD — Nashoba Valley Technical High School handed out its Senior Awards and Scholarships during a ceremony in the Performing Arts Center on May 22.
