WACHUSETT — As towns work on their budgets and the Wachusett Regional School District does the same for the schools, attention is again focused on how much the school budget affects the towns’ ability to maintain local services.

HOLDEN — Issues arising at the Jan. 30 meeting of the Wachusett Regional School District Committee made their way into the Feb. 6 meeting of the Holden Board of Selectmen, with two residents asking for the resignation of member Tom Curran.

PRINCETON — Paul Patriarca has known since he was a young boy that he wanted to serve in law enforcement. The 46-year-old Newton native was recently sworn in as the head of the Princeton Police Department.

HOLDEN – A local couple who connected through their love of photography was able to capture images of the moose who recently wandered through town. The sizeable creature was relocated by the Massachusetts Environmental Police, with assistance from town police and a biologist, last month for her own safety.

PAXTON — The annual town meeting will start on the usual day — the first Monday in May. But that may not be the date that the town meeting work gets done by voters.

STERLING - An ice formation along the reservoir on the Heywood trail recently might spark one’s imagination. What do you see? A seahorse? A dragon? Something else? .