Athol 2025 Street Lists available

ATHOL – The town clerk’s office is now taking orders for the 2025 Street List. The cost is $15 per book and must be prepaid in advance. The deadline to place an order is June 2. Order forms are available at the town clerk’s office and www.athol-ma.gov. Office hours for the Athol Town Clerk are Monday, Wednesday and Thursday, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.; Tuesday, 8 a.m.-8 p.m.; and Town Hall is closed on Friday. For further information, please call the town clerk at 978-721-8445.

Beals Library open house

WINCHENDON – The Friends of the Beals Memorial Library in Winchendon invite the community to an open house on Saturday, May 17, from noon to 2 p.m. The purpose of this free event is to let residents get to know their library. What’s its history? What are the plans for the future? What programs and services do they provide, and what value does the institution hold for the town? Any questions that community members have will be answered.

The Friends of the Library would especially like to see folks who have never been in the library, or who haven’t visited in years, to come experience and explore for themselves what the library has to offer. If

Also planned is a Library Scavenger Hunt and storytelling for the kids, tours of the building, and a slide show on the history of the Beals Library. Refreshments will be served, and all visitors will receive a coupon for a free book in the Friends Used Book Sale area. Pick up a coupon at the circulation desk during the open house visit.

The Beals Memorial Library is located at 50 Pleasant St. in Winchendon. For more information, call the library at 978-297-0300, email us at bealsmemoriallibrary@gmail.com, or visit bealslibrary.org.

Mount Wachusett holds civic celebration

GARDNER – The Brewer Center for Civic Learning and Community Engagement recognized 148 students for their volunteerism in the 2024-2025 school year during their annual Civic and Service-Learning Celebration on May 7.

Volunteers included more than 30 students who contributed over 300 hours each, eight who contributed over 200 hours each, and 14 who contributed over 100 hours. Overall, MWCC students gave 12,880 hours of service to the community during the academic year, impacting over 1,000 individuals.

“We believe very deeply that service is interwoven in our mission here at MWCC,” said MWCC President James Vander Hooven. “The number of hours you have given to your community in addition to balancing your academic work and all of life’s responsibilities is amazing. Thank you for making a positive difference for us here, and to all of north central Massachusetts region.”

The Community Partner of the Year was awarded to GAAMHA, Inc. for the significant impact its work has for the community.

Additional awards were:

Service Learning Awardees: Rebecca Buell and Shelby Bommarito

Hillary Bartlett Newsome Award: Sara Leopaldi

Newman Civic Fellow: Wren Stoddard

Retiring Faculty Award: Judy Fredette

Club of the Year: Musicians at the Mount

Sharyn Rice Award for Community Leadership: Abigail MacKinnon

SLiCE (Student Leaders in Civic Engagement): Justina Johnson, Mike Mosher, Wren Stoddard, Neenee Graham, Erika Brown, Beckett Caisse, Wayne Jurgeleit, Abigail MacKinnon

Petersham Lions blood drive

FITCHBURG – The Petersham Lions Club in partnership with the Montachusett Regional Technological High School in Fitchburg sponsored a blood drive with Massachusetts General Hospital Bloodmobile on May 3. Thirty-eight pints of blood were donated.

This is the third year that the Petersham Lions Club and Montachusett Regional have collaborated in offering the blood drive. The Lions Club collaborates with the students in the National Honor Society (NHS) to spread the word and encourage donors to sign up. The May event was led by NHS student Sophia Carlson. Her fellow students were Chloe Hill, Isabella Williams, Evan McGrath and Ava Wislocki.

MGH’s bloodmobile is a self-contained bus that has four recliners for those donating, experienced staff of registered nurses and phlebotomists. They offer drinks and snacks afterwards for donors. The entire process takes 30-45 minutes including completing paperwork, a prescreening by a staff member and the actual donation. Donors are able to book appointments online through the MGH Bloodmobile website.

The next Bloodmobile date at Monty Tech will be Nov. 1. The exclusion criteria are listed on the website and with the advancements in blood testing, processing and medical care, there are very few exceptions.