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.
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.

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.
Lancaster commission weighs energy-purchase plans
LANCASTER -- The Energy Commission has a tough choice ahead in determining whether it will proceed with either Colonial Power Group or GridSmart Energy in the town's quest for municipal aggregation, according to commission member Andrew Detsikas and
Townsend man pleads guilty to OUI hit-and-run
LANCASTER -- Selectmen decided at their meeting Monday night that further information and resident input would be necessary in determining the fate of the aging Bartlett Pond Dam, according to Town Administrator Orlando Pacheco.
Motorist faces multiple charges after arrest on...
LANCASTER -- A 24-year-old Newton man was to be arraigned today in Clinton District Court on motor-vehicle and drug charges after he was stopped by state police on Route 2 in Lancaster on Monday.
Lancaster woman logs off software career to pursue...
LANCASTER -- After working as a software developer for 22 years, Suzanne Brazeau left her information-technology job to take care of a sick relative in the spring of 2009.
Lancaster resident finds dog missing in crash
LANCASTER -- Brian and Michelle Tuttle of Winchendon are happy to report that Baby, the black female pitbull missing since her owner Gordon Tuttle's car crash early Wednesday morning on Route 2, has been found and returned to Gordon Tuttle's wife,
Lancaster likely to get 75% back for storm cleanup
LANCASTER -- The town will likely receive a federal reimbursement of 75 percent of the cost of removing debris from the October nor'easter, and the state could kick in even more, Town Manager Orlando Pacheco told selectmen Monday.
Thayer Library readies for 150th
LANCASTER -- Thayer Memorial Library will be commemorating its 150th anniversary with a yearlong celebration kicking off in January with a four-month display of its rare book collection and related lectures.
Grant to support library's environmental programs
LANCASTER -- Thayer Memorial Library was awarded a $6,900 grant last week from the Greater Worcester Community Foundation Rosemary Davis Memorial Fund.
Lancaster health center on market for $16 million
LANCASTER -- The Maharishi Ayurveda Health Center and its surrounding property have been put on the market for the asking price of $16 million.
Bolton Fairgrounds to host ACS cycling event
LANCASTER -- The town will participate in the American Cancer Society New England Division's 2012 Bicycles Battling Cancer event, to start and finish at the Bolton Fairgrounds.
Lancaster grant money will go to heating
LANCASTER -- Town officials have decided to divert Green Communities grant funds originally slated for a solar array at the police station toward replacing the Town Hall's failing heating system and municipal building envelope work.
Oh, Christmas Tree
Locals gather on the town green in Lancaster while singing Christmas carols during the annual tree lighting, Wednesday night.
Library to host Internet, cellphone safety...
LANCASTER -- Thayer Memorial Library will be hosting an internet and cellphone safety workshop aimed at educating parents, caregivers and school personnel in how to keep children safe online on Thursday, Dec.
Man struck, killed on I-190
LANCASTER -- A West Boylston man was struck and killed early Saturday morning on Interstate 190 northbound after exiting his own vehicle after hitting a guardrail, according to state police.
Lions Club holding meat raffle tonight
LEOMINSTER -- The Leominster Lions Club is holding a meat raffle at 6:30 tonight at the Knights of Columbus, 484 Lancaster St.
College decides on program offerings
LANCASTER -- Atlantic Union College trustees have decided to offer only three major areas of study upon the school's reopening, which is dependent upon being granted accreditation with the Transnational Association of Christian Colleges and Schools
OSHA investigating Fitchburg man's death
LANCASTER -- The death of a Fitchburg man in an accident at Horn Packaging Corp. last week is still under investigation by the State Police and the U.
Visitor Center needs volunteers
LANCASTER -- One of North Central Massachusetts' hidden gems is in need of a bit of help. Right off the highway between Exits 35 and 34 on Route 2 westbound sits the Johnny Appleseed Visitor Center, a building filled to the brim with information
Utility: There are no guarantees
LEOMINSTER -- "I hope this isn't a sign of the winter to come." That's what Leominster resident Kenneth Berard, 68, said on Thursday, sitting on his cot at the shelter set up in the gymnasium at Atlantic Union College in Lancaster.
Lancaster residents in sixth day without power
LANCASTER -- Local residents have been grateful to be able to utilize the shelter at the Atlantic Union College gymnasium, as electricity has been slowly restored to their homes.
Lancaster library to host author
LANCASTER -- Thayer Memorial Library will be welcoming guest speaker Yoko Kawashima Watkins, author of children's books "So Far From the Bamboo Grove" and "My Brother, My Sister and I," for a discussion on her work, Japanese culture and more on
Nursing students in lurch rescued by MWCC
DEVENS -- In the months leading up to the closure of Atlantic Union College in Lancaster, students were faced with the fear that they may have to relocate to another school to continue their education.
Visitor center giving away ice cream
LANCASTER -- Visitors to the Johnny Appleseed Visitor Center on Route 2 will receive free cake and ice cream Sunday morning to celebrate the birthday of the center's namesake, Leominster native Johnny Appleseed.
Lancaster appointee eager to help veterans
LANCASTER -- Sterling Veterans' Service Officer Roland Nelson has been appointed by selectmen to serve as Lancaster's veterans' agent.

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