Pepperell, Massachusetts

Townsend Recreation will be holding volleyball for all fifth-, sixth-, seventh- and eighth-grade students from Ashby, Pepperell and Townsend at Hawthorne Brook Middle School from 6 p.m. to 7:20 p.m. for ...

Ann Wirtanen, director of the Fitchburg Public Library, has accepted a full-time position in Winchester as public library director and will be leaving the Fitchburg post Jan.

A 46-year-old Pepperell man was being held without bail last night, accused of offering a woman on Westford Street a ride early Wednesday morning, and then stabbing her three times once she got in his truck.

Barely three weeks after working around the clock to restore power to thousands of homes battered by an ice storm, National Grid crews were back to battling electricity outages on Tuesday.

Mauricio Puente's colorful oil paintings of landscapes have the eyes of the king of Spain and adorned the walls of Logan International Airport.

John DeCosta wants to avoid any problems before he gets his homing pigeons. The Lunenburg Road man is set to go before the Zoning Board of Appeals on Wednesday night to seek a special permit to keep the birds.

"Driving is a privilege. Transportation is a basic human right." A sign with that saying on it has hung on Groton Senior Center Director Martha Campbell's for a long time.

Join us for the opening reception in the art gallery at Lawrence Library, Pepperell, on Jan.

The latest film for independent writer/producer/cameraman John Hartman, of Denver, Colo., shot throughout New England including Pepperell's Keyes Conservation Land, debuted in December at the Regent Underground ...

Police said a Leominster man punched and choked a passenger in a car while it was traveling on Route 13 early yesterday.

Varnum Brook Elementary School's cafeteria resembled an Army barracks last Friday night as refugees from their own powerless, cold homes placed blankets and personal items onto lightweight blue cots.

If ever there was a need for a sit-down roast beef dinner, last Friday's Fire Department awards banquet at VFW Post 3291, prepared and served by the Lions Club, must rank near the top.

The Massachusetts Composting Group's 18-year-old plans to build an organic composting facility on 49 acres off Nashua Road are still moving ahead, although struggling -- this time due to an expired special ...

"I can't tell you how thankful and proud I am of the young guys. You've really come together and helped these past two days," fire Chief Toby Tyler said during last weekend's annual banquet.

North Middlesex Regional School District will remain closed until Jan. 5. Superintendent of Schools Maureen Marshall and police officials from the three towns the school covers -- Ashby, Pepperell and Townsend ...

Shaun Gallant of Groton Street merely wanted guidance about sending a letter to the newspaper.

Joyce Fernandes spent early yesterday morning listening to the loud crack of snapping tree limbs outside her mobile home.

The town will not pay the $10,000 price tag for the 2009 fireworks display, as it has for "what records seem to show as forever," according to Jannine Kraus.

Scissor Action of Pepperell will hold a benefit "cutathon" to assist those in need.