Woburn Advocate

With the volume of cards, letters and packages expected to mushroom with the countdown to the holidays, Jeffrey P. Roach, officer in charge of Woburn Post Office, advises customers to mail early.

Owners of a tiny 2.9 pound Chihuahua puppy walked in to Massachusetts Veterinary Referral Hospital in Woburn recently with a puppy cradled in their arms.

With the need higher than ever, what are you doing to help others this holiday season?

At the age of 6, Amit was forced to leave his native country of Bhutan in the middle of the night to escape Bhutanese soldiers who were scouring the countryside, torching the homes of ethnic Nepali families.

In the 1870s, Charles Bowers Winn bequeathed the funds for a library in Woburn, “an architectural ornament for the town.

All Boston television stations and cable providers are teaming up on Dec. 9 to give television viewers a day-long readiness test for conversion to all-digital TV.

Many shoppers had an extra special, unexpected surprise at Target on Tuesday.

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This January, state Senator-Elect Ken Donnelly, D-Arlington, will take his office, and in the time leading up to that, Donnelly is filling his cabinet and preparing for what he predicts will be a tough legislative session.

A gasoline spill Saturday morning at a gas station near Horn Pond led the Woburn Department of Public Works to shut down the city’s wells.

Despite their theological differences, members of Protestant, Catholic, Jewish and Muslim congregations came together to celebrate and worship together at the annual Lexington Interfaith Thanksgiving Service last Tuesday night.

They grew up knowing in their hearts there was no reason a black person should not be president of the United State

“When Children Grieve: How Educators can Help,” a resource for educators on providing support for children who are grieving for a parent, grandparent, relative or a friend, is available for free from VNA Hospice Care.

The Pathway to Knowledge at Woburn Memorial High School is entering the second phase of brick sales and will be ongoing until Jan. 15.

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Burn off that Thanksgiving meal with a 4.25 mile trail run to the top of Horn Pond Hill in Woburn on Friday, Nov. 28.

The Hilton Boston/Woburn is looking for help to assist children and families who are suffering from the current economic crunch.

Despite their theological differences, members of Protestant, Catholic, Jewish and Muslim congregations came together to celebrate and worship together at the annual Lexington Interfaith Thanksgiving Service Tuesday night.

The Woburn police department has announced that the following streets will have restricted parking on Thanksgiving Day:

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The number of people applying for unemployment benefits at the state’s “one-stop” career center in Woburn, The Career Place, has increased “dramatically” over the last two months.