 Townsend unites against pipeline TOWNSEND -- Voters cheered after they unanimously voted for a nonbinding resolution to oppose the natural-gas pipeline. Full Story |
AYER NEWS  (NASHOBA PUBLISHING/AMELIA PAK-HARVEY) Public opinion sways toward keeping status quo in trash disposal in Ayer AYER -- Residents again backed the town's transfer station on Thursday night at a public-input meeting on possible townwide curbside trash pickup. Full Story |
PEPPERELL NEWS  (Julia Malakie) Environmental legend joins pipeline protest By Hiroko Sato MediaNews PEPPERELL -- Carrying a big, colorful sign that read, "No pipeline. Not In My Back Yard," on her back on Tuesday, Kristin Yargeau paddled into the Nashua River in a canoe. Full Story |
GROTON NEWS  (Julia Malakie) Environmental legend Marion Stoddart joins pipeline walk By Hiroko Sato MediaNews PEPPERELL -- Carrying a big, colorful sign that read, "No pipeline. Not In My Back Yard," on her back on Tuesday, Kristin Yargeau paddled into the Nashua River in a canoe. Full Story |
SHIRLEY NEWS EDC steps up efforts to bring business, revenue SHIRLEY -- With a five-member roster and a reinvigorated mission, the Economic Development Committee is stepping up efforts to bring businesses and new, nonresidential tax revenue to town. Full Story |
TOWNSEND NEWS Nashoba Tech to hold family athletic nights at new sports facilities WESTFORD -- Nashoba Valley Technical High School, 100 Littleton Road, is hosting two family athletic nights on Wednesday, July 30, and Friday, Aug. Full Story |
SPORTS Bromfield romps past Monty Tech FITCHBURG -- Bromfield fell behind early in the first half of Monday's Monty Tech Summer Basketball League to host Monty Tech, but it recovered nicely behind the offensive performance of junior Jake Frackiewicz. Full Story |
HARVARD NEWS Web page started for family whose home was damaged in three-alarm fire HARVARD -- Harvard firefighters and seven other local fire departments battled a three-alarm fire off Ayer Road on Saturday. Full Story |
LIFESTYLES Tordella, EMIT pushing for prison reform Sen. James Eldridge pushing for expanse of restorative justice program AYER -- Susan Tordella has spent a good amount of time volunteering in prison. But when she read Michelle Alexander's book about mass incarceration, she said, she became an activist. Full Story |
Otter attacks swimmers in Washington river SEATTLE (AP) — State and federal wildlife agents are trying to trap the otter that attacked a boy and his grandmother as they were swimming in the Pilchuck River about 30 miles northeast of Seattle. Full Story |
Correction: Obit-James Garner story NEW YORK (AP) — In a story July 20 about the death of TV legend James Garner, The Associated Press reported erroneously that the actor was "found dead. Full Story |
