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Sports 07/31/11

Holden Police Log: Incidents and Arrests

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HOLDEN, Mass. — In the week spanning Sunday, July 17 through Saturday, July 23 there were 10 arrests in Holden, with incidents ranging from tresspassing to assault and battery.

Click here for the log.

Have a crime tip to report? Anonymous tips can be reported to the Holden Police Department via text message or through the HPD Crime Tips Website. Click ...

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Sports 07/29/11

Area tea party group to host pot luck dinner with guest Loren Spivack

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HOLDEN, Mass. — The Leicester/Paxton/Holden/Rutland Tea Party group will be hosting a two night "Pot Luck Dinner" on August 10 and 11 at the Leicester Rod and Gun Club, with special guest speaker Loren Spivack to speak on the positives of Capitalism, economics, and the free market system.

The Tea Party member's mission has been to see the government return to three ...

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Sports 07/29/11

Rick Barron and the Quavers to rock the Holden Bandstand

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HOLDEN, Mass — A summer favorite, Rick Barron and the Quavers will bring their high energy rock and country classics to the Holden this Sunday in continuation of the town's 250th Bandstand Summer Concert Series.

Returning once again to the Holden Bandstand, Rick Barron and the Quavers are inspired by the music history of country — which began in the American ...

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Sports 07/26/11

Verizon to bring 4G to Holden, surrounding towns

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LEICESTER, Mass. – Verizon Wireless announced on Tuesday that it will be bringing its 4G network to Holden and 19 other communities in the Worcester area starting Aug. 18. Verizon Wireless customers with 4G LTE smart phones, laptop modems and mobile hot spots will be able to take advantage of speeds up to 10 times faster than the company’s 3G network. Within the Commonwealth, ...Read More
Sports 07/25/11

Assault suspect identified in chase ending in fatal jump from bridge on Holden line

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HOLDEN, Mass. - A Princeton man wanted for assaulting another resident with a cinder block leaped to his death from the Quinapoxet Bridge this morning while he was being pursued by State Police.

The suspect has been identified as Roger A. Leo, 64, of Princeton. The incident, as well as the alleged crime that led to the chase, remains under investigation.
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Sports 07/25/11

Wachusett Stars headed to Eastern Nationals in Pennsylvania

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CENTRAL, Mass. - For the second weekend in a row the Wachusett Stars U10 Fast Pitch Softball team took home the First Place Trophy in the Marlboro Diamond Cat Classic U10 Softball Tournament in Marlboroug this weekend, coming out on top after six games against teams from Webster, Holliston, Marlboro, Millbury, and Newton. Last weekend, the Wachusett Stars took first place at the ...Read More
Sports 07/22/11

Families welcome home troops from Mass. National Guard on Skyline Drive

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WORCESTER, Mass. - As the troops from the 1st Battalion 181st Infantry Regiment of the Massachusetts National Guard marched in formation before being officially released, their families waited with bated breath on Skyline Drive in Worcester, ready to run to embrace their loved ones and welcome them home after their long ten-month tour abroad. Amy MacArthur, of Rutland, was one of ...Read More
Sports 07/21/11

Funeral services set for Joshua Thibodeau

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HOLDEN. Mass - Joshua Daniel Thibodeau, "Moose", 12, of Highland St., Holden died unexpectedly on Monday, July 18, 2011, while attending a soccer camp in Holden.

Josh was born in Worcester on May 26, 1999, the son of loving parents, Ralph and Deb (O'Brien) Thibodeau and lived most of his life in Holden. Besides his parents, Josh leaves and will be greatly missed by two ...Read More
Sports 07/21/11

Gallery: Holden vehicles showcased for kids at Trucks, Diggers and Cruisers event

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HOLDEN, Mass. - Around the center of town Tuesday morning, the constant, carefree blaring of truck horns could be heard - the first sign that it was Gale Free Library's annual Trucks, Diggers, and Cruisers event, where thrilled boys and girls relished in the opportunity to jump in the front seat of Holden's biggest vehicles and honk horns, yank levers, and pretend they were the ...Read More
Sports 07/20/11

Town-wide water restrictions lifted for cooling purposes

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HOLDEN, Mass. - With high temperatures and humidity levels expected, for health and safety reasons, the Town will allow exemptions to the water use restrictions currently in place. The Town will allow residential daytime outside water use, for cooling purposes only, when the temperature reaches 90 degrees or above, between the hours of 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. Residents will be allowed to ...Read More
Sports 07/20/11

The heat is on in Holden

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HOLDEN, Mass. — It's going to be a hot one for Holden, and for residents looking for a place to keep cool, heading to the air-conditioned Senior Center and Gale Free Library, or taking a dip in the Holden Pool might be the first step toward bring those temperatures down. Yet with extremely hot weather affecting Central Mass, local health officials and utilities are issuing ...

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Sports 07/19/11

Following death of Holden student, schools ready themselves to help parents and kids

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HOLDEN, Mass. - The tragic death of Joshua Thibodeau Monday morning on the field at Wachusett Regional High School has sent shock waves throughout the community, and along with remembering the fun-loving and active young boy who attended the district's schools, area educators are also making themselves available to help students who may be affected, as well as to parents struggling ...Read More
Sports 07/18/11

Senior Center to throw tenth birthday concert

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HOLDEN, Mass. - In honor of its decade serving the town's seniors and providing them with a place for programs, activities and entertaining events, The Holden Senior Center will celebrate its tenth birthday with a first-time performance of Two Old Friends, a multi-talented duo that play a unique combination of traditional Irish and American country music. For the last ten years, ...Read More
Sports 07/18/11

Soccer camp resumes today after death of Joshua Thibodeau, autopsy underway

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HOLDEN, Mass. - Soccer camp resumed today on the field at Wachusett Regional High School, where yesterday twelve-year old Joshua Thibodeau of Holden had collapsed suddenly during a low-speed drill, and was unable to be revived. Thibodeau was attending the Zalgiris Soccer Camp at the high school with about 15 other campers when the incident occurred at 10 a.m. shortly after the camp ...Read More
Sports 07/18/11

Holden citizens survey shows 98 percent satisfied with their town

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HOLDEN, Mass. - The results of the 2010-2011 Holden Citizen Satisfaction Survey have been released, with residents showing an overall satisfaction with the town they live in, its services, and quality of life. In 2009, the town joined with five cities and towns in the New England States Performance Measurement Project to conduct the first citizen satisfaction survey, with 195 of 600 ...Read More
Sports 07/15/11

Visit with Nomar Garciaparra a special treat for Grafton and Worcester Little Leaguers

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GRAFTON, Mass - Friday morning local Grafton Little League players and children from the Boys and Girls Club of Worcester were treated to a special appearance by Red Sox great Nomar Garciaparra at Edward P. Miner Field, the prized little league field in Grafton modeled to replicate Fenway Park.

Dennis Miner, son of Edward, who passed away in 2001, has been a major ...

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Sports 07/15/11

Registration to begin August 1 for Before and After School Programs

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HOLDEN, Mass. - The Holden Recreation Department is announcing that registration for the Before and After School Programs for the upcoming school year in the Holden elementary schools begins Monday, August 1 at 9:00 a.m, with registration being available online only. You must have a household account on the new recreation website in order to register. If you have not created an ...Read More
Sports 07/15/11

Legislators announce proposed Green Repair Project approved by MSBA

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BOSTON, Mass. - Senator Harriette L. Chandler (D-Worcester) and Representative Kimberly N. Ferguson (R-Holden) announced Thursday that the Massachusetts School Building Authority has voted to approve the Proposed Green Repair Project for the Wachusett Regional School District, a project which would allow for the replacement of the roof, windows and boilers at the Thomas Prince School ...Read More