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Developer submits initial plans for a gas station on Leominster/Shirley Road


Seeking to utilize a vacant property at 134 Leominster/Shirley Rd., developer New England Farms presented an intensive building plan to the Planning Board Monday night.

Big school issues estimated to cost millions to fix

At the Wednesday School Committee meeting held at Lunenburg High School, Director of Facilities John Londa presented a detailed and troubling account of school conditions. The three buildings in question, T.C. Passios Elementary School, Turkey Hill Middle School, and Lunenburg High School, have a slew of issues that demand resolution, at high expense.

New social skills program helps students overcome fear, improve self-esteem

In a presentation to the School Committee this past Monday, Lunenburg High School teacher Joshua Koziol brought in members of an intensive new social skills program aimed at improving students’ lives.

3-to-1 in town support for remote government

In a step forward to keeping up with the rapidly advancing world of technology, the Board of Selectmen debated in the meeting Tuesday night about the benefits of remote participation.

PB joins with GCTF to draft new solar bylaw

In a joint workshop meeting between the Planning Board and Green Community Task Force, a beginning draft of a new town solar bylaw was put up for review.

Bootlegger changes include updated sewer

At the Sewer Commission meeting Tuesday night, Steve Pederson of Weston & Sampson, an environmental consulting firm, presented Bootlegger’s Restaurant plan for updating its sewer connection and waste disposal.

It may be green but residents feel solar farm won’t be natural enough

Mike Borkowski and Rob Babcock, the enterprising owners of EPG Solar, offered an informational presentation at Monday night’s Planning Board meeting. Attended by over a dozen abutters to the project, EPG owners tried to put residents’ minds at ease over the aesthetic and commercial impacts of the project.

Proposed school reconfiguration raises questions

Held in the high school auditorium this past Wednesday,  the Lunenburg School Committee held an informative town meeting to answer questions and concerns from residents regarding the reconfiguration of the school system.

Local, fed funds to pay for Summer Street

At the Board of Selectmen meeting Tuesday night, three representatives from engineering company VanasseHangenBrustlin [VHB] presented a refresher for their plans to renovate Summer Street.

Geography Bee participants put a world of knowledge to the test

There was a lot of excited tension in the Turkey Hill Middle School cafeteria as the twelve contestants for this year’s National Geographic Geography Bee took their seats on the main stage.