This week's Ashburnham obituary notices column carries one obituary: Lashua, David H., 71. David H. Lashua of Ashburnham died Tuesday, September 22, 2026, surrounded by his family; he was a 1973 graduate of Gardner High School and the son of the late Howard F. and Gertrude (Ropulewis) L…
Ashburnham's Select Board rejected Verizon's Bush Hill Road conduit plan and swore in a new fire chief. From our own coverage: Select Board takes up Verizon conduit plan for Bush Hill Road. Also in today's brief (3 items): Library awarded $20,000 federal grant for food literacy; Water c…
Ashburnham-Westminster School Committee adopts three state-required policies with little real-world change.
Ashburnham Select Board unanimously rejects Verizon's Bush Hill Road broadband conduit and swears in a new fire chief.
This week's obituary notices column carries one notice for an Ashburnham resident: Messina, Paul R. His obituary was posted by Dee Funeral Home & Cremation Service of Concord via Legacy.com. Messina, 60, of Ashburnham, MA, died suddenly and unexpectedly on Thursday, September 3, 2026. H…
Ashburnham will host its Celebrate Ashburnham Street Fair Sunday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., town officials announced this week. The town's News Flash confirmed the event downtown, giving residents a full day of activities to close out the weekend. Separately, Stevens Memorial Library, led …
One Ashburnham obituary was published this week: Gallant, Linda M. (also listed as Linda Gallant), 67, who died Wednesday, September 2, 2026. Her notice was posted by Wright-Roy Funeral Home Inc of Leominster. No other obituaries publishing this week explicitly identified the deceased a…
Stevens Memorial Library landed a $20,000 federal grant to expand food literacy programming for Ashburnham residents. The Massachusetts Board of Library Commissioners provisionally awarded the Library Services and Technology Act funding for a new initiative called "At the Table: Food Li…
Ashburnham selectmen will hold a public hearing Monday, August 31, on amending the town's license for liquefied petroleum gas and propane storage. The 7 p.m. session at the Public Safety Building, 99 Central Street, follows a notice posted August 18 on the town's website. Meanwhile, Ste…
Ashburnham voters head to the polls for the state primary on September 1, even as summer water restrictions stay in effect through the end of the month. The Town Clerk posted the primary notice August 17, giving residents advance word on the vote, while a water conservation order first …
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