07/03/2009 08:11 AM EDT - PEPPERELL -- This year's Independence Day parade is dedicated to the late Ann O'Donnell, a co-founder of the Fourth of July Committee whose boundless patriotism and personal integrity personify the meaning of July 4.   Full Story

07/03/2009 08:11 AM EDT - PEPPERELL -- Selectmen and Board of Health members were called to task for a secret ballot held during a joint meeting of the boards to appoint a successor to former health board chairman Scott Butcher.   Full Story

07/03/2009 08:11 AM EDT - PEPPERELL -- Thirty-nine percent of the town's 7,973 registered voters -- more than 200 of which were absentee ballots -- turned out Monday to pass a $646,797 override that guarantees the library, senior center and community center will remain open for the 2010 fiscal year that began Wednesday.   Full Story

07/03/2009 08:15 AM EDT - By Kristine Holloran Correspondent PEPPERELL -- The Kelly Miller Circus rolled into town field for two shows on June 29.   Full Story

07/03/2009 08:11 AM EDT - PEPPERELL -- Peter Fitzpatrick School students and faculty held their last assembly of the school year on June 25, the day before classes ended, which was the last day for the school -- at least for the foreseeable future.   Full Story

07/03/2009 08:11 AM EDT - Cardinal Sean O'Malley, head of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Boston, has approved a plan presented by Sacred Heart-St.   Full Story

07/03/2009 08:15 AM EDT - TOWNSEND -- In Massachusetts, there are 329 school districts. In Maryland, there are 24. Amid the financial crisis and changing educational needs, more and more districts are looking to merge their operations, according to North Middlesex Regional School District Superintendent Maureen Marshall, who hopes to double as head of the Quabbin   Full Story

07/03/2009 08:15 AM EDT - PEPPERELL -- Former teacher Emily Metcalfe said she will receive her salary and benefits through the summer, and was never technically fired from her long-term substitute teaching job at Spaulding Memorial School in Townsend.   Full Story

07/03/2009 08:11 AM EDT - Calendar Wednesday, July 1 2:00 p.m., Council on Aging, Senior Center 7:00 p.m., Recreation Committee, Conference Room B Thursday, July 2 7:00 p.   Full Story

07/03/2009 08:14 AM EDT - TOWNSEND -- Nineteen of the 43 teachers who received pink slips may soon get their jobs back after the teachers union agreed to a $400,000 concession in salary cuts.   Full Story

07/03/2009 08:11 AM EDT - PEPPERELL -- The 2008 Consumer Confidence Report for the DPW Water Division is now available for review.   Full Story

07/03/2009 08:11 AM EDT - PEPPERELL-- One hundred fifty Nissitissit Middle School (NMS) eighth-graders "celebrated" passage onto ninth grade last week before an auditorium filled with parents, friends and North Middlesex Regional School district administrators.   Full Story