Mary Lavigne dies

Only two days short of 108 years old, Lancaster’s oldest resident died this week.  The funeral is Saturday.
Imagine what she saw in more than a century of life. She moved to South Lancaster in 1922, already an adult on her own. You or your parents may remember a time before the Interstate highways. Mary Lavigne [...]

Wal-Mart won’t be coming down the pike

Big news in Lancaster today — Wal-Mart has canceled its plans for a Supercenter” on Old Union Turnpike.
Company spokesman Christopher Buchanan says the Friday announcement comes after Wal-Mart decided to slow down building Supercenters — its largest stores — in the U.S. The company will still build a Supercenter in Leominster, only three miles away [...]

Vote today!

Only two days left Today’s the day to save the Rauscher Farm.
Whatever your opinion on the Rauscher purchase or the merits of the Senior Center proposal, it’s important that you get out and vote Wednesday at Clinton Town Hall, opposite Central Park on Church Street. Polls will be open until 8 p.m. ClintonMass.com has the [...]

It’s Eldridge! … in Lancaster

We hear that Niki Tsongas and Jim Ogonowski will be the major-party candidates in the Oct. 16 special election, but that’s not the biggest story in Lancaster. The big surprise — or is it — is Democrat James Eldridge’s showing in today’s primary election.
Here are the Lancaster Democratic results by precinct (Precinct 1 is the [...]