02/05/2010 02:50 PM EST - PEPPERELL -- The Emergency Medical Services program in Pepperell is transitioning toward a higher level of care for ambulance patients, and they're doing it without additional cost to taxpayers, thanks to rescuers like Al Deshler.   Full Story

02/05/2010 02:22 PM EST - PEPPERELL -- The Board of Selectmen has gone on record in recent weeks asking for a $350,000 reduction in its portion of the 2011 North Middlesex Regional School District (NMRSD) budget, which has created quite a stir.   Full Story

02/05/2010 02:25 PM EST - PEPPERELL -- A financial forecast presented to selectmen last week by Town Administrator John Moak is not the doom- and-loom deficit scenario predicted a few weeks ago.   Full Story

02/05/2010 02:25 PM EST - PEPPERELL -- While the 2011 budget shortfall is expected to be much more manageable than anticipated, Selectman Patrick McNabb recently brought before the board five suggestions for potential cost savings.   Full Story

02/05/2010 02:19 PM EST - PEPPERELL -- One article for the upcoming May Town Meeting will be a new fee structure for the town clerk's office that averages a 50 percent increase for many items.   Full Story

02/05/2010 03:58 PM EST - PEPPERELL - Area music fans are in for a treat. The Jonathan Edwards Trio will be performing in Pepperell this March.   Full Story

02/05/2010 02:18 PM EST - PEPPERELL -- The Covered Bridge Committee, a group of business people and other volunteers who have been laying plans for an historic park beside the new covered bridge (Pepperell River Access and Scenic Outlook), has begun fundraising efforts for The Pepperell Memory Walk, a commemorative brick walkway leading to monuments honoring Prudence   Full Story

02/05/2010 02:16 PM EST - By Lisa Redmond MediaNews AYER -- Like a scene from CSI, two men are facing more than a dozen charges related to a rash of car break-ins in Pepperell after being tripped up by a discarded cigarette butt.   Full Story

02/05/2010 12:03 PM EST - Suppose you were stuck in a small boat in shark-infested waters, together with a man who hates you and intends to kill you if he can.   Full Story

02/05/2010 02:16 PM EST - Calendar Saturday, Feb. 6 Meat Bingo: The Pepperell Knights Of Columbus Council 317 will be hosting a Meat Bingo on Saturday, Feb.   Full Story

02/04/2010 04:37 PM EST - By Hiroko Sato MediaNews MILFORD, NH -- Nicholas Cate, chairman of the Pepperell Planning Board, plead no contest to the marijuana possession charge against him during his arraignment at Milford District Court Tuesday morning.   Full Story

02/04/2010 03:52 PM EST - LUNENBURG -- Superintendent of Schools Loxi Jo Calmes painted a bleak budget picture for the next fiscal year Wednesday night, projecting at least a $500,000 shortfall if the district is level funded.   Full Story

01/29/2010 01:31 PM EST - The nightly news has provided a steady stream of horrific images from Haiti since much of that nation was devastated by a 7.   Full Story

01/29/2010 02:30 PM EST - PEPPERELL -- Selectmen have sent a clear message to the North Middlesex Regional School District (NMRSD) Committee's 2011 budget setting process: Look harder to reduce the town's increased assessment and to stop using teacher loss and class size scare tactics.   Full Story

01/29/2010 01:31 PM EST - TOWNSEND -- The North Middlesex Regional School Committee narrowed budget options to two choices Monday night when they voted to follow the recommendations of the Finance Subcommittee to eliminate a "worst case scenario" option that would have cut $3.   Full Story

01/29/2010 11:55 AM EST - PEPPERELL -- A new era of team work in financial planning has begun with the recent hiring of Town Administrator John Moak, one that closes the communication gap between Selectmen and Finance Committee members and that saw creation of a town hall "financial group" that meets once each week.   Full Story

01/29/2010 11:52 AM EST - PEPPERELL -- A week and a half has passed since Webmaster Jeffrey Sauer placed the "Name the Covered Bridge" survey online, and so far 221 responses have been registered, he told selectmen this week.   Full Story

01/29/2010 11:52 AM EST - Excitement is mounting as everyone awaits the building of Pepperell's third covered bridge and the place it will take in the town's history.   Full Story

01/29/2010 11:52 AM EST - Thanks for fix-up PEPPERELL - Selectman Patrick McNabb publicly thanked Gary Lorden of Benjamin Builders for his work with ongoing rehabilitation of two old Main Street residences abutting the Paugus Mall.   Full Story

01/29/2010 11:55 AM EST - PACH Outreach would like to thank: * All of the businesses, Girl and Boy Scout troops, churches, schools, and individuals that have generously donated food and funding during the holiday season.   Full Story