WORCESTER COUNTY NEWS
Brian Meifert drops pounds and inspires others to...
CLINTON -- Two years ago, Brian Meifert would have laughed in the face of anyone who told him he would run five miles during his lunch break at work.
Leominster Emergency Management puts out the call...
LEOMINSTER -- Leominster Emergency Management is calling a summit meeting with 17 churches and synagogues asking for help raising reserve volunteers who can work at shelters during disasters and emergencies.
Only sheer talent will prevail at Barber Battle
FITCHBURG -- Whoever told you haircuts are a time for gossip and conversations about the weather was wrong.
Team Colors
Brian Whitney, owner of Bay State Apparel, a subcontractor for VF Corporation which holds apparel licenses for the NFL, reviews a color separation filter at their factory in Leominster Saturday afternoon.
Lancaster OKs permit for affordable housing
LANCASTER -- The Zoning Board of Appeals has approved a comprehensive permit for the construction of an affordable-housing development to be located off of Mill Street Extension, according to Planning Director Noreen Piazza.
T-shirt printer: Pats victory would be win-win for...
LEOMINSTER -- If the Patriots win the Super Bowl, Brian Whitney won't be able to celebrate like other fans.
Leominster garage will increase spaces for rail...
LEOMINSTER -- The North Leominster commuter rail station opened in 2005, and every one of the parking lot's 140 spaces were full almost immediately.
Lunenburg farmer taps into new market
LUNENBURG -- Lunenburg resident Jim Lattanzi has operated a successful beef and pork farm on Hill Road for several years, but now he's undertaking a new and sweeter challenge -- maple sugaring.
Get Your Head in the Game! Go Pats!
Rob Crespo, a barber at Thumbs Up Barbers on John Fitch Highway in Fitchburg gives a New England Patriots logo haircut to Julio Moralez, Jr.
Students get lesson in animal care
FITCHBURG -- Fitchburg High School students got a lesson in proper animal care Friday, as part of Animal Care Education Awareness Month.
Marine mom steps up for the wounded
FITCHBURG -- For Bonny Hillman, it would have been harder not to get involved. Hillman, 46, formed Helping Hands for our Heroes several months after her son, Justin Hillman, 23, left for Afghanistan with his Marine unit last April.
Fitchburg Ward 4 Democrats to caucus
FITCHBURG -- Registered Democrats in Fitchburg's Ward 4 will hold a caucus at 10 a.m. on Saturday, Feb.
Ashburnham woman charged with OUI
FITCHBURG -- An Ashburnham woman arrested for drunken driving early Friday later exhibited severe mood swings during booking, according to court documents.
Health officials get peek into future
FITCHBURG -- Administrators from the University of Massachusetts Medical School in Worcester were in Fitchburg Friday to tour the future site of Community Health Connections on the Burbank Campus of HealthAlliance Hospital.

Regional Relay for Life raised $778G
GARDNER -- The Relay for Life of Greater Gardner recently announced that it raised $778,794.94 during the 2011 Relay for Life.
Outreach Center in Gardner offers help, hope to...
GARDNER -- People may pass by the brick building with the red, white and blue emblem emblazoned on the window at 268 Central St.
MWCC given $2M to support civic engagement
GARDNER -- Mount Wachusett Community College has received its largest single donation to date with a $2 million anonymous donation to support civic-engagement initiatives on campus.
Gardner man arrested, guns seized after alleged...
GARDNER -- A Gardner man was arrested and a number of weapons seized from his Whitney Street home after officers received a call for a domestic dispute and possible shots fired.
Fancy a swim?
Gardner's Ashley Hamel competes during Monday's swim meet against the Leominster co-op team at Fitchburg State University.
Mt. Wachusett among junior colleges to get $20M in...
BOSTON -- A group of community colleges -- including Mount Wachusett in Gardner -- have teamed up to win a $20 million federal grant that will help train laid-off workers for high-wage, high-skill jobs.
Deal lets MWCC grads transfer to Assumption
GARDNER -- Mount Wachusett Community College and Assumption College have established a new transfer agreement for students seeking academic degrees in human services.
Officials: Redistricting changes couldn't be...
By Katie Lannan Statehouse Correspondent BOSTON -- Local politicians say they were powerless to change a new congressional map that separated Leominster into a different district from its neighboring cities of Fitchburg and Gardner.
Gardner given $500G grant for road project
BOSTON -- The Patrick administration is pouring nearly $23 million into construction projects statewide, including $500,000 for the Main Street Signalization and Roadway Realignment in Gardner.
At The Races
Boys' division 1 runners race at the MIAA 2011 Cross Country Tournament at the Gardner Municipal Golf Course on Saturday.
Cities' next free flu clinic Nov. 5
FITCHBURG -- The cities of Fitchburg, Leominster and Gardner began offering flu-shot clinics Tuesday, with additional dates scheduled next month, according to the Fitchburg Health Department.
Playing for A Cause
Fitchburg High School's Haley McNamara throws in the ball during Monday's game against Gardner High School, while wearing a special pink jersey, along with the rest of her team, to raise awareness for breast cancer.
Headstrong
Gardner High School's Vanessa Johnson tries to intercept a ball headed away by Oakmont Regional High School's Sarah McGee at Oakmont Regional High School in Ashburnham Wednesday evening.
Mt. Wachusett gets fed job-training grant
BOSTON -- A group of Massachusetts community colleges, including Mount Wachusett Communit College in Gardner, has received $20 million in federal funding as part of a nationwide effort to design job-training programs that provide the new
MWCC revved up over $25,000 grant
GARDNER -- Representatives from the General Motors Foundation were at Mount Wachusett Community College Tuesday to present a $25,000 grant to the school's automotive-technology program.
Officer accused of child rape
GARDNER -- A Gardner police officer is being held on $50,000 cash bail after being arraigned Tuesday morning on charges of statutory rape of a child, indecent assault and battery on a child under 14, and assault with intent to rape a child, going
Veterans are forever linked to 9/11 and its...
GARDNER -- It was the horror of the terrorist attacks on Sept. 11, 2001, that inspired Jeremy Pratt, 38, to enlist in the Navy a second time.
MWCC honors memory of artistic alum
GARDNER -- The bustling, always-awake world of New York City is a far cry from Ashburnham's rural quiet, but Carrie Progen, a talented artist and driven student, was ready to take it on.
Car buffs gather for show in Ashby
ASHBY -- It wasn't something normally seen at Allen Field, but for the Montachusett Veterans Outreach Center in Gardner, it was a welcome sight.
MWCC receives grants to help precollege pupils
GARDNER -- Mount Wachusett Community College has been awarded two five-year federal grants totaling $2.
Fed cuts to force VNA closure
FITCHBURG -- Federal cuts to Massachusetts AIDS-prevention programs will hit deeply in Fitchburg, where the Gardner Visiting Nursing Association's Community Services Center will close.
Gardner man charged with attempted murder
GARDNER -- A Gardner man was arraigned and denied bail at Gardner District Court Thursday morning in connection with a stabbing the night before.
Relay for Life video up for national award
GARDNER -- The Gardner area's cancer-fighting Relay for Life took place last month at Mount Wachusett Community College, but the fundraising effort is far from over.
Gardner teen sentenced for vehicular homicide
GARDNER -- A Gardner teenager who struck and killed a pedestrian in December pleaded guilty to charges of vehicular homicide and was sentenced Friday in Gardner District Court to five years probation, and a license suspended of 15 years.
The Gardner News to be acquired by Sentinel &...
GARDNER -- The Gardner News Inc., publisher of The Gardner News, has agreed to be acquired by Lowell Publishing Co.

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