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The Ashburnham-Westminster Regional School Committee asked Ashburnham voters Wednesday to "take the time to learn the facts" and support the Proposition 2 1/2 override, to be voted Dec.

Town officials have dropped the only alternative presented to prevent layoffs if the Proposition 2-1/2 override fails in the Dec.1 special election.

An article at Thursday's Special Town Meeting that would have transferred custody of a parcel of town-owned land to the Board of Selectmen failed after the town moderator had initially declared it passed.

Board of Assessors Chairman Richard Coswell said a recent assessment of the town's taxable property value won't yield significant changes for the average taxpayer.

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The art of a society says almost as much about it as its history does. Works produced by a culture reflect the society's trends and are often times a direct reaction to some of its most important historical ...

Who wouldn't want a three-day weekend every week? Many town employees will get just that this winter as Shirley, like a number of other communities across the Commonwealth, tries to find creative ways to save ...

Town leaders in Ashburnham and Westminster spent Thursday arguing via e-mail on whether to hold a tri-board meeting sometime before the second of two Special Town Meetings in Ashburnham on Dec.

State Rep. Robert L. Rice Jr., D-Gardner, coasted to a third term last night after defeating unenrolled candidate Carolyn A. Kamuda by a nearly 3-to-1 margin.

The Ashby police have charged Jessica Goguen, 40, of 15 Westminster Street, Ashburnham, with breaking and entering into a house and a motor vehicle and larceny over $250. On Sunday, Oct.

Town Administrator Kevin Paicos has bad news for town officials. Paicos called selling town-owned land on Lake Watatic to help balance the town budget "a long-shot." The town administrator had been confident in ...

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Selectman Jonathan Dennehy provided the latest in a recent string of ideas to fix the town's budget crisis when he suggested selling a plot of town-owned land on Lake Watatic.

Two meetings now scheduled ASHBURNHAM -- The town is going to hold two special town meetings, on Nov.

The town Board of Selectmen on Wednesday chose wording for an upcoming Proposition 2 1/2 override ballot question that informs voters as to the specific departments their money would support.

Town and local officials gathered at Jacob H. Fairbanks Memorial Town Hall on Monday for the long-awaited dedication of the building, reopened in late June after year-long renovations.

Police are investigating a series of suspicious car fires set in the neighborhood along Sunset Lake.

H omeowners are taking advantage of suddenly lower heating-oil prices to top off their tanks.

Town leaders' response to Tuesday's Ash-West Regional School Committee meeting proved mostly favorable, but officials raised some question as to how school leaders arrived at figures showing a decrease in ...

A committee that's exploring the feasibility of the Fire Department staffing its own ambulance heard a presentation yesterday from a woman whose company collects bills for neighboring departments.