Nathan Lambe

TOWNSEND -- The eighth-grade class from Hawthorne Brook Middle School spent four action-packed days at the nation's capitol in Washington, D.C., in April, and the itinerary included a solemn occasion...

PEPPERELL-- Resident Casey Reed is being deployed to Afghanistan with the National Guard later this summer and his service was recognized by Cub Scout Pack 55 with a going-away party...

GROTON -- The recent budget vote has the Groton-Dunstable Regional School District bracing for up to 30 layoffs, and the School Committee expects to move forward with staffing reductions in...

PEPPERELL -- Local firefighters donated $1,000 in early May to help the town upgrade its ambulance service, and they did it in the name of a departed comrade. The donation...

TOWNSEND --Selectmen took another step toward hiring a new town administrator on Tuesday, appointing five people to serve on a search committee. The appointees include former selectman Dave Chenelle, who...

DEVENS -- Being diagnosed with leukemia at age 19 didn't stop Victor Perez from graduating at Shriver Job Corps. Instead, the 21-year-old Fitchburg resident said the experience made him shoot...

PEPPERELL -- The voters have spoken, and they want retiring Nissitissit Middle School Principal Michael Tikonoff to be Grand Marshall of this year's Independence Day parade. Tikonoff, who is leaving...

TOWNSEND -- The Board of Selectmen has approved a one-year contract for Weight Watchers to use the Townsend Meeting Hall, but that discussion could spur changes to the town policies...

PEPPERELL -- A federal program could help control invasive weeds in a stretch of the Nashua River known as Pepperell Pond, but there are also concerns it could present a...

PEPPERELL-- Michael Tikonoff's office at Nissitissit Middle School is filled with mementos he's collected over 36 years as an educator, but most of his favorite memories from Pepperell are the...