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By MAX BOWEN
WINCHENDON—A planned re-development of the former White’s Mill complex in Winchendon Springs is proceeding, following a partial collapse of the roof from a snowstorm on April 4.Since then, Amelia Giovanoni, acting director of the Mill Farm Initiative...
WINCHENDON – Mount Grace Land Conservation Trust and North County Land Trust (NCLT) joined forces with residents a year ago to protect 200-plus acres of forest at the southern reaches of Lake Monomonac, according to an announcement. With the support...
By GREG VINE
ROYALSTON – Voters will get an opportunity at April’s annual Town Election to tell officials if they want to keep the transfer station open or close it and instead take their trash to Winchendon.Winchendon Public Works Director Brian Coteau recently...
By MAX BOWEN
WINCHENDON — Two town boards have voted to assign their right of first refusal for a 1,365-acre forested area to Mass Audubon, which has pledged to conserve the land.The Winchendon Board of Selectmen voted unanimously to assign the town’s right of...
By GREG VINE
WINCHENDON – Seven Town Meeting articles totaling over $500,000 may need to wait until next year, due to the town’s free cash not being certified.At the Dec. 11 Fall Town Meeting, those residents in attendance were told that the free cash had still...
By GREG VINE
WINCHENDON – During the holidays, Bridget Marinelli wants people to remember those that sacrificed all so that they could celebrate the season.Thirteen years ago, Marinelli, a Winchendon resident and member of the American Legion Auxiliary, took over...
By Greg Vine
WINCHENDON – Following an unexpected week off, Murdock Middle/High School students are back in the classroom – but not in the rooms that they normally occupy.Beginning on Dec. 4, middle schoolers were bused to Elm Street School in Gardner, while high...
By GREG VINE
WINCHENDON – More than 100 people filled the chapel at Veterans Memorial Cemetery on Saturday to honor the men and women who have served in the Armed Forces over the course of the nation’s history.The crowd was welcomed by the cemetery’s...
By MAX BOWEN
WINCHENDON — Local and state police continue to investigate a threat made via social media to Murdock Middle/High School, according to a statement made by Superintendent Ruthann Petruno-Goguen.On Friday morning, the district closed all schools after...
By GREG VINE
WINCHENDON — Residents can expect to see more than the usual number of motorcycles on area roads this weekend as the Massachusetts Motorcycle Association holds its 40th annual Fall Round-Up.Those attending the entire event, which runs from Thursday...
By GREG VINE
WINCHENDON – Area music lovers can satisfy themselves on a variety of genres this month at the Winchendon Music Festival.The series kicks off on Wednesday, Aug. 16 at 7 p.m. with lutenists Hideki Yamaya and William Simms, who will perform 16th-century...
By MAX BOWEN
WINCHENDON — Following the departure of Superintendent Thaddeus King in July, the School Committee has offered the position of interim superintendent to Ruthann Petruno-Goguen, who describes herself as a “change agent.”Meantime, school officials have...
By MAX BOWEN
WINCHENDON — The owner of Murdock Farm and Dairy Bar is offering a reward for the return of a stolen cow skull that has more sentimental than monetary value.The skull of Kiley, a Texas longhorn, was stolen sometime last Friday, according to Andy...
By GREG VINE
WINCHENDON – Two and a half years ago, Legrand Masonry of Athol applied industrial-strength shrink wrap around the clock tower of Winchendon’s Old Murdock Senior Center to curtail further collapse of the structure’s brick exterior.At the time, company...
By Greg Vine
WINCHENDON – Now in its second year, the Parks & Recreation Department’s annual Food Truck Festival will feature more to eat and a lot of music to hear.Recreation Coordinator Tiffany Newton told the Athol Daily News that this Friday’s event will be...
By Max Bowen
WINCHENDON—Officials have begun the search for the community’s next town manager.In early May, the Middleton Select Board approved a contract with Winchendon Town Manager Justin Sultzbach to be its next town administrator. His first day in Middleton...
By GREG VINE
WINCHENDON – A pair of popular local music series, made possible in part with support from the Athol Cultural Council, are returning to Winchendon.First up is the kickoff performance of the Winchendon Music Festival on Saturday, June 3, at 7 p.m. at...
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WINCHENDON- The Montachusett Veterans Outreach Center has been hard at work for nearly four years to redevelop the former Streeter and Poland Elementary schools into 44 units of low-income apartments for homeless and high-risk veterans.On May 18, it...
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WINCHENDON — The Beals Memorial Library has been selected as one of 240 libraries nationwide to participate in the Libraries Transforming Communities: Accessible Small and Rural Communities, an American Library Association (ALA).This initiative...
By MAX BOWEN
WINCHENDON — If you’re in search of good, locally made food and crafts, be sure to head to Winchendon this Saturday.The town’s farmers market will celebrate its opening day on May 20, from 10 a.m.-1 p.m. Sherry Haley, co-market manager, said the...
By GREG VINE
Officials from Provincetown to Stockbridge are being urged to review public comment policies following a Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court ruling that Southborough’s civility code violated the state’s Constitution’s Declaration of Rights and Civil...
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