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A police officer responding to a 911 call was threatened by a man wielding a machete last night.

Turkey raffle: 7:30 p.m., VFW Post 6538, 491A Main Street; American Legion-sponsored annual turkey raffle.

Lower prices for diesel fuel have prompted North Middlesex Regional School District Superintendent Maureen Marshall to recommend exercising an option in the district's $1.6 million regular school transportation ...

Duct tape is now holding the bottom of the Ashby Police Station front door together after it started coming apart a few weeks ago.

Highway Superintendent William Davis improperly held on to town money, planning to spend it on equipment for his department, according to Selectman Geoff Woollacott.

How much is a cord of wood? Rick Muehlke knows it's a question many first-time wood-stove buyers cannot answer.

The Ashby Free Public Library announces their November happenings. For more information, please contact 1- 386-5377. * Preschool Story and Craft, Tuesdays at 10:30 a.m. Drop in and enjoy stories and a related ...

Jessica M. Goguen, 40, said she wasn't shocked when she read in the paper that she had been falsely identified by another woman who was arrested in Ashby.

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.

Selectmen have decided to delay joining a new initiative that would unite a number of communities in Massachusetts -- including Ashby, Lunenburg, Townsend, Pepperell and Groton -- with adjacent towns just ...

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.

Ashby Fitchburg -- Ward 1 -- Knights of Columbus Hall, 165 Electric Ave. -- Ward 5 -- MART Intermodal Station, 100 Main St.

Special Town Meeting voted overwhelmingly last night to use $1 million from the town's rainy-day fund to balance the 2009 operating budget rather than cut town services next year.

Fall Fun Storytime: 10:30 a.m., Library lawn; Miss Stacy will tell stories on the lawn, in good weather only.

Lack of understanding of state laws and town policies led to the failed fire truck purchase that lost the town $350,000, according to Ken Brown, co-chairman of the Citizen's Committee on Procurement.

The committee formed in the wake of the town's failed fire truck purchase will get a chance to present its findings to selectmen Wednesday night.

The Community Foundation of North Central Massachusetts and the Greater Lowell Community Foundation are accepting applications for grant funding from the Nashoba Valley Community Healthcare Fund through Oct.

A study by the University of Massachusetts shows incomes of families in Southeastern Massachusetts have generally trailed those in Greater Boston, the North Shore, and the Cape.

North Middlesex Regional School District is offering a full-day preschool, new for 2008-2009. The program is available to residents of Ashby, Pepperell and Townsend and will be held at the Varnum Brook ...

Nelson J. Goguen of Ashby has seen improvements in the treatment and public awareness of mental illness since his son, now 50, was diagnosed with schizophrenia at age 11.