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 Archenfield Archaeology - Leominster
Leominster, in north Herefordshire, is now the main settlement in the area once known as Leen, which in the native British language which evolved into Welsh meant ‘area of the streams’.
The church of Leominster was a particular favourite of Leofric, earl of Mercia under King Cnut and husband of the pious Godifu - Lady Godiva.
There is an irony in the properties of the abbey being in the hands of the Queen Edith as a result of misconduct by her brother, but the dissolution of a religious house because of the behaviour of its head seems a somewhat severe reaction.
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 History of Leominster, Massachusetts
In 1701, the land to the northwest was purchased from Chief Sholan of the Nashua Indians.
The permanence and stability of Leominster's economic base stimulated the growth of home building and ownership, as large single family Victorian homes, many of which are extant today, extended the town's pleasant residential area.
As Leominster flourished during the early years of the 20th century, its population jumped rapidly from 11,000 in 1900 to 20,000 fifteen years later, when it was incorporated as a city.
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 History and Genealogy of Leominster, Massachusetts
Leominster is about 20 miles north of Worcester; about 50 miles west of Boston; 20 miles south of the New Hampshire border and is located on Route 2 and Route 190.
Leominster is the pioneer plastic city of the world and the birthplace of John Chapman, aka Johnny Appleseed.
Leominster was established June 23, 1740 from a part of Lancaster and became a city in 1915.
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 Leominster Public Schools   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
The current Leominster High School opened in 1963 and is located approximately fifty miles from Boston and twenty miles from Worcester.
Leominster High School is a student-centered community of life-long learners charged with the challenge of promoting excellence through intellectual, social, emotional, and physical development in a safe and secure environment.
As a microcosm of this changing society, Leominster High School is impacted by ongoing technological advancements, the changing career arena, education reform, cultural diversification, and social change.
www.leominster.mec.edu /2004-2005-website/lhs_profile.htm   (366 words)

  
 A century of history
Andrews, a former Leominster Firefighter, is a member of the society's Board of Directors, and an active member of the 15th Massachusetts Volunteer Regiment reenactors.
Later, as a Leominster businessman, Pellecchia was among the first to develop the South side of Leominster.
Leominster's first ever comb-making company was run out of the Hill's House and the Social will include such treats as ice cream and hoop rolling.
www.leominsterchamp.com /news/2006/0602/your_city/006.html   (711 words)

  
 Leominster News
Candles will be lit on Sunday night to remember a Leominster woman and her unborn child who were killed by a drunk driver six months ago.Katelyn DiSessa, 21, was killed on Route 62 in Lancaster when David...
LEOMINSTER Candles will be lit on Sunday night to remember a Lancaster woman and her unborn child who were killed by a drunk driver six months ago.
Leominster City Councilor Claire Freda is questioning what incumbent state Rep. Jennifer Flanagan's priorities are as a legislator.
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 Leominster Public Library
Folders are filed alphabetically on families and individual citizens of Leominster, or of particular interest to Leominster.
Atlases of Leominster, Worcester County and Massachusetts in various years, largely the late 19th and early 20th century, are available for study in the special collections area, though they may not be copied because of their fragility.
Individual maps of Leominster may be studied in several parts of the library.
www.leominsterlibrary.org /local_history.htm   (557 words)

  
 Leominster - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Leominster (pronounced [ˈlɛmstə]) is a market town at grid reference SO496590 in Herefordshire, England.
From 1974 to 1996, Leominster served as the administrative centre for the former local government district of Leominster and remains the centre of Leominster parliamentary constituency which covers northern Herefordshire as well as a small part of north-west Worcestershire.
The town also has a namesake in the USA: Leominster, Massachusetts, a town of around 40,000 in central Massachusetts 20 miles nortn of Worcester and Shrewsbury Massachusetts.
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 Leominster, Herefordshire. The Town In The Marches
Leominster, "The Town in the Marches", is located in the heart of the beautiful border countryside, where England and Wales nudge each other back and forth along Offa's Dyke.
Leominster (pronounced 'Lemster') is an historic market town in Herefordshire which dates back to the 7th century.
Leominster Circle of Magicians is staging an evening of 'Mirth and Magic' with master illusionist Bill Hanson in aid of Priory Church.
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 Leominster Massachusetts Real Estate
Leominster is situated in North Central Massachusetts, approximately 20 minutes North of Worcester, and 1 hour West of Boston and Logan International Airport.
Leominster's location on the Nashua River led to its development initially as an industrial center where mills were built to take advantage of the readily available water power.
Leominster is certainly a city with charm and a rich history of diversity.
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 Leominster Monuments   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
It was presented to the Town of Leominster at a dedication ceremony on June 24, 1903.
The Leominster Rotary Club #1984 erected this monument in 1967 on the Library lawn, and hung a marker on the wall in the Library noting these facts.
The root of the Leominster Public Library began in the year 1763 with a small group of people in the Town of about eight hundred, buying one hundred books and was known as the Leominster Social Library.
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 Leominster High School
LEOMINSTER -- Leominster High School students are giving the small schools program mixed grades as they near the end of its first full year at the high school.
Leominster Superintendent of Schools Marilyn H. Fratturelli expressed concern that two of the schools in Leominster, the 130-year-old Bennett Elementary School and the 116-year-old Priest Street Kindergarten Center, got a 3 rating instead of a 4.
LEOMINSTER-- School Committee Vice Chairwoman Donna DiNinno did not violate any laws when she wrote a letter to the editor in November criticizing a mayoral candidate, according to an opinion from the school district's attorney released Wednesday.
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 Leominster, Massachusetts, MA, real estate
Leominster Massachusetts, is a beautiful City nestled in a natural valley surrounded by rambling hills.
Leominster is a medium-sized community providing for its residents and businesses in a semi-rural setting with easy access to New England's major cities via Routes 190 and 495.
Leominster takes pride in diverse population; residents come from many backgrounds but are united in community spirit.
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 Leominster Public Library
LEOMINSTER -- Three companies submitted bids to be in charge of building a new library on West Street -- and the lowest bid came in at $9.077 million, said Purchasing Agent Greg Chapdelaine.The entire cost of the project is $10.8 million.
LEOMINSTER - Ground may be broken in June for the long-awaited expansion and renovation of the public library, Library Director Susan T. Shelton said yesterday.
LEOMINSTER-- The planned expansion of the Leominster Public Library calls for the historical section of the building at 30 West St. to be preserved, said a member of the building committee.
www.leominsterlibrary.org /expansion_news_articles.htm   (3438 words)

  
 A milestone in Leominster - The Boston Globe
LEOMINSTER -- Leominster baseball coach Emile Johnson knows records are meant to be broken, but only one person can be the first to a particular milestone.
Senior Zach Gauvin's opposite-field single in the bottom of the eighth inning plated classmate Andrew Quatrale with the winning run as Leominster defeated visiting Worcester Doherty, 6-5, in extra innings yesterday at Doyle Field.
The soon-to-be 69-year-old Johnson (his birthday is Tuesday) might soon have company, as North Reading's Frank Carey entered the season with 584 wins, and Chicopee Comprehensive's Dan Dulchinos boasts 592.
www.boston.com /sports/schools/baseball/articles/2006/04/16/a_milestone_in_leominster   (462 words)

  
 Leominster on the Net news pages   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
The application is in opposition to the clearly stated existing policy in Leominster's Local plan, and in the draft Herefordshire Unitary Development Plan, and we consider that because the applicant has chosen to commission studies into questions of conservation, among others, these matters of policy should be raised.
The view from Mill Street is very significant as one of the 'entrances' to the historic centre from the A49 and the north.
Contrary to the applicant's claim, these materials are totally unsympathetic to the Conservation area, Should the development be allowed the northern section of the town's Conservation area would irrevocably change from the scale and materials appropriate to the historic town to those of an industrial suburb.
www.leominster.org.uk /news.htm   (733 words)

  
 Leominster Employees FCU
Leominster Employees Federal Credit Union is a non-profit financial institution owned by its’ membership, the City of Leominster Municipal employees and their extended families.
The Leominster Employees Federal Credit Union came into being in 1995, with the merger of the Leominster Teachers Federal Credit Union, established in 1936, and the Leominster Municipal Federal Credit Union, established in 1962.
To give the Employees of the City of Leominster and their extended families a credit union of their own, in which to promote thrift through investment, and offer low interest loans to it’s the membership.
www.leomefcu.org /leomefcu/about.asp   (123 words)

  
 Leominster Public Access television   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
To provide all citizens and institutions located in Leominster with the equipment, training, and cable broadcast time to realize their potential in the medium of cable television; and at the same time, encouraging and empowering the individual, and the community by ensuring First Amendment expression through the utilization of television technology.”
Residents of Leominster, as well as organizations and institutions affiliated with the city and those affiliated with such organizations are welcomed and encouraged to use these resources.
Leominster Access Television (LATV) is a non-profit, membership-based organization offering public access television services to the Leominster community.
www.leominster.tv /about.htm   (1033 words)

  
 Leominster, Massachusetts - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The city is divided into a few "villages" such as French Hill, a large hill covered in planned blocks of "triple decker" apartment houses located from 1st Street to 12th Street.
The National Plastics Center and Museum is located in Leominster.
All-star wrestler Biff resides in Leominster during the off-season.
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 Views of Leominster...a Glimpse into the Past
In 1766, Leominster was a village of 600 ruled by King George III of England.
Holly VomEigen composed a poem using the motto, and dedicating the poem to the City of Leominster and all its children.
Be sure to visit The Leominster Public Library's website, The History and Genealogy of Leominster website, and that of the Nashaway Genealogical Society (NashGen).
www.leominsterhistorical.org /features.htm   (239 words)

  
 Boston.com / Sports / Leominster loves a challenge
LEOMINSTER -- Leominster may be "King of the Bowls" with its state best 10 Super Bowl victories, but its quest for No. 11 is loaded with challenges.
Leominster has holes to fill and there's not much time as the team opens the 2003 campaign tonight against Everett, which debuts today as No. 1 in the Globe's preseason Top 20.
Leominster's biggest roadblock this season should be Fitchburg.
boston.com /sports/articles/2003/09/12/leominster_loves_a_challenge   (744 words)

  
 Martinez nets two but Leominster falls to Oakmont
Leominster U-12 "A" player Steven Caligaris and Littleton's Michael Joyce do battle for position of the soccer ball during Saturday's match, held at the Samoset School.
The Leominster team, handicapped with a paltry eight person roster, is now 02-1, and still searching for that elusive first win.
With only 10 minutes left in the second half, Victoria Almeida tied the game, 1-1, for Leominster by sliding a pass to over to Natasha Grudziecki for a quick strike.
www.leominsterchamp.com /news/2006/0428/sports/043.html   (284 words)

  
 Bite back   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Leominster is a member of the Central Massachusetts Mosquito Control Project, which controls mosquito populations by monitoring standing water and through biological control, "larvaciding" and "adultciding." The city health department receives records of all CMMCP activities that take place within the city limits.
The health department considers this project to be more important each year due to the increasing number of people affected by mosquito-borne illnesses in the area.
According to the Leominster Health Department's Web site, reports of dead birds are also useful indicators of where to focus mosquito surveillance and bird-testing efforts.
www.leominsterchamp.com /news/2006/0714/Front_Page/001.html   (661 words)

  
 Find New England Sites - LEOMINSTER MUNI LANDFILL
The Leominster Municipal Landfill (landfill) property consists of approximately 25 acres and is located on Mechanic Street in Leominster, Worcester County, Massachusetts.
The property is located within a commercial and residential area; and is bordered to the north and east by the Nashua River; to the south by Mechanic Street and residences; and to the west by a sewage treatment plant.
In 1900, the City of Leominster purchased the property for use as a municipal landfill.
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 LCU -- Online
Founded in 1954, Leominster Credit Union is a member-owned, not-for-profit financial cooperative.
Leominster Credit Union is headquartered in Leominster, MA.
Leominster Credit Union is committed to providing quality products and services to our members.
www.leominstercu.com   (133 words)

  
 S H O R T S Leominster National LL dance tonight
The Leominster National Little League will be holding a dance on Friday, May 12, from 7:30 p.m.
The Leominster Recreation Department has announced that Summer League Basketball registration and team formation for children in grades 1-8 will begin the last week of May and continue into the first week of June.
Montachusett Home Care Corporation of Leominster will be hosting its 7th Annual Golf Classic as a fundraiser for its volunteer program services at the Oak Hill Country Club on June 12.
www.leominsterchamp.com /news/2006/0512/sports/055.html   (439 words)

  
 LEOMINSTER Neighbors - A Publication of the Sentinel and Enterprise Newspaper.
LEOMINSTER Neighbors - A Publication of the Sentinel and Enterprise Newspaper.
The purpose of these visits was to see, first hand, what many of the wonderful businesses in Leominster do to help benefit the community and elsewhere.
The City of Leominster has teamed up with The New England Rain Barrel Company and DEP to offer these rain barrels to help residents conserve water, save money and reduce stormwater run-off.
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 CD Baby: LEOMINSTER COLONIAL BAND: Number 17!
The Leominster Colonial Band was founded in 1910 by Italian immigrants who settled in North-central Massachusetts, interested in establishing a band like the ones they had in their native land.
Founder Gaspare Bisceglia utilized the skills he learned in the "old country" to whip together a fine ensemble which became well known in the area for their renditions of operatic overtures and symphonic marches.
The younger maestro oversaw the movement of the band's summer concert series to Leominster's Carter Park, where a suitable bandstand was built in the 1970s.
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 Leominster Blog.com - Blog Your Thoughts Away about the City of Leominster, MA
Leominster Blog.com - Blog Your Thoughts Away about the City of Leominster, MA Welcome to the Official Blog of Leominster, Massachusetts.
Here is a woman that has given her life to public office and the citizens of Leominster.
She is always looking out for all of us and I think she would be a great asset to us in that position.
www.leominsterblog.com   (937 words)

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