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07/29/2024

IF you did not watch the men's gymnastics team competition live, make sure to watch prime time. What an amazing night for Sterling Gymnastics trained Steve Nedoroscik. I will include more in the comments for anyone who doesn't want the suspense ruined.

07/29/2024

07/29/2024

Voting is now live for the Best of the Region, hosted by The Item and Landmark newspapers. See who won nominations and vote for your favorite. And it is also visible on phones this time!:

07/28/2024

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07/28/2024

07/27/2024

Recorded the men's gymnastics opening day qualifications at Olympics (a bit early and no way to know when local on). Team doing well. Stephen Nedoroscik, who trained at Sterling Gymnastics, did well on his routine, though NBC only showed highlights. Prime time NBC will show highlights from the Paris competition

07/26/2024

Kat Hastings's art will be exhibited in the Boylston Library throughout the month of August. Stop by to meet with the artist and enjoy refreshments on August 1st from 6-8pm.

07/26/2024

07/26/2024

Item Letter to the Editor: Did you enjoy Cruisin Clinton last week? Organizer offers thanks (plus a link to The Item's photo gallery):

I must express our gratitude to the many people who made “Cruisin Clinton” night a great success last week.

07/26/2024

Item Sports: Clinton Bulldogs 12-U softball team, in its inaugural season, captured the Tanner Pride Rocks the Diamond tournament:

WOBURN – The Clinton Bulldogs 12-U softball team, in its inaugural season, captured the Tanner Pride Rocks the Diamond tournament with an 8-2 victory over the North Haven Nighthawks of Connecticut, at Gonsalves Field on Sunday, July, 21.

07/26/2024

The Item: Local teens start in "Legally Blonde The Musical" at Hanover Conservatory:

WORCESTER - Boylston, Sterling and West Boylston teens will have Worcester thinking pink when they appear in “Legally Blonde The Musical” during session one of the Youth Summer Program (YSP) at The Hanover Theatre and Conservatory for the Performing Arts Friday, July 26 at 7 p.m. and Saturday, J...

07/26/2024

The Item: State installs sensory walk along Rail Trail segment in Sterling:

STERLING - The Mass. Department of Conservation and Recreation (DCR), Division of Water Supply Protection (DWSP), announces the new installation of a Sensory Trail along a short stretch of the Mass. Central Rail Trail-Sterling Spur.

07/26/2024

The Item: Clinton is hosting two StoryWalks of the same book: The English version is at Rauscher Farm, “The Kissing Hand.” And a Spanish version, “Un Beso en Mi Mano,” is at the Bigelow Free Public Library:

CLINTON—The Bigelow Free Public Library has partnered with Rauscher Farm and Storywalk to host “Un Beso en Mi Mano,” a Spanish version of “The Kissing Hand,” by Audrey Penn.

07/26/2024

Who doesn't love a fair? From big to small, fair season begins in August with the Bolton Fair and runs through the fall:

Bolton Fair, Aug. 9-11, Lancaster Fairgrounds, Route 117. This is the 141st Bolton Fair. Hours: Friday, Aug. 9, fair open noon to 9 p.m., including the midway; Saturday, Aug. 10, fair open 9 a.m. to 9 p.m., with midway open noon to close; and Sunday, Aug. 11, fair open 9 a.m. to 6 p.m., with midway....

07/26/2024

The Item: The Venture Crew is bring adventure to West Boylston:

WEST BOYLSTON - Venturing BSA (Boy Scouts of America) is a co-ed program of BSA for teens and young adults ages 14 to 21. Venture crews operate similarly to Scout troops, but focus more on outdoor activities and high adventure.

07/26/2024

The Item loves sharing our readers' good news, Neighbor to Neighbor:

Student honors

07/26/2024

The Item: West Boylston Girl Scout honored for her Gold Award-winning project:

HOLYOKE — Girl Scouts of Central and Western Massachusetts (GSCWN) is celebrating the 2024 class of Gold Award Girl Scouts: Sixteen teen world-changers in central and western Massachusetts who invested nearly 1,300 hours creating lasting impact on issues important to them.

07/26/2024

The Item's 7 towns have several chambers of commerce that members belong to. Here is some news from a few:

Worcester Regional Chamber

07/26/2024

What's happening in The Item towns? Check out some of the highlights in the Item calendar of events:

For the July 26 Item.

07/26/2024

The Item: Have you attended any of the local concerts in the park yet? Still time to enjoy several before summer is history:

BERLIN

07/26/2024

The Item: The Sterling police department continues to evolve. With one officer retiring, another is joining the roster:

STERLING – Changes keep coming to the police department, but the police chief told the Select Board Sept. 17 that they are lucky to have a pool of good candidates.

07/26/2024

The Item: Trying to balance several factors, Berlin Boylston School District extremely limits school choice:

BOYLSTON - A lengthy discussion on school choice, and the ramifications of adding more students to the Berlin and Boylston schools, kept the number of school choice students mostly the same for the district.

07/26/2024

The Item: Nashoba Winery's new storage facility ready to streamline its operations:

BOLTON - A transformation at the Nashoba Valley Winery on Wattaquadock Hill Road is all but unnoticable, being largely underground.

07/26/2024

The Item: Child found after search that include helicopter, drone and K9:

BOLTON – Working with area partners, Bolton Police were able to find a missing youth who ran away from home.

07/26/2024

The Item: Berlin shed fire sparked by ion battery:

BERLIN – A fire caused damage to a shed, but no injuries.

07/26/2024

The Item: New state regulations require communities with MBTA stations - and adjacent to them - to create zoning for multi-family homes. Sterling is working on zoning (since Leominster has an MBTA station), but one proposal already rejected by state:

STERLING – Planner Stephen Wallace met with the Select Board on July 17 for his bi-yearly update, which included an update on progress to meet state requirements for multi-family zoning under the state’s MBTA-adjacent communities regulations.

07/26/2024

The Item public safety logs:

BERLIN

07/26/2024

The Item: Several of the Item's towns have questioned which day is best to hold the important town meetings: Monday nights, Saturday during the day or another day. West Boylston will be surveying voters for their preference:

WEST BOYLSTON - The Select Board set the date for the fall town meeting for Oct. 21.