Paxton Community News

04/20/2025

Make sure to check out this months paper. When two of her sons were diagnosed with a rare degenerative disease, Alison Bushnell and her family started a local chapter of the SPG15 foundation. Their journey is a testament to resilience and love. Read more about their inspiring story by clicking the link below.

By Matt LaBarreAlison Bushnell and her family started the local chapter of the SPG15 Foundation, after two of her three sons, the oldest ( Josh) and the youngest (Jonathan) were diagnosed with the rare hereditary degenerative disease. Josh, who is now twenty-six years old, began having noticeable ch...

03/27/2025

If you did not have a chance to read the Paxton Community News yet, check out the online version with the front page highlighting an amazing family in Paxton who took a horrible tragedy that happened to them and created a way to raise money for families in the area who can't afford for their children to take part in youth baseball, the sport their son Tyler loved. Please read the below article and see how you can help.

Tyler Trudell, a seventh grade student in the Wachusett District at Paxton Center School, loved baseball, and was an active participant not just in Paxton youth baseball but in a number of Paxton youth sports programs. One morning in May of 2021, every parent’s worst nightmare occurred, when Tyler...

11/22/2024

We were so happy to share this story about Holocaust survivor, Magda Bader's life and journey to where she is today.
If you missed this month's Paxton Community News, please click the link below to read this inspiring story.

By: Caitlin V. Reidy Magda Bader’s teenage years did not include giggling by the school bubbler or going to the mall with her friends. Instead, she spent her childhood years going from a ghetto, to a cramped cattle car, and eventually being placed in deadly concentration camps during World War II....

10/17/2024

I hope you saw our latest issue of the Paxton Community News!
We had a wonderful article written by Caitlin V. Reidy about a farm in Paxton named Field of Dreams Therapy Farm.
Read the full article here!

By Caitlin V. ReidyDrazek and Krueger pictured with Sully, a pony suffering from blindness and cataracts. With a second chance at life, Laurie Drazek’s horses frolic in wide open fields and greet her warm embrace with their bobbing heads and cheerful neighs. This differs from their earlier days of...

07/31/2024

Click the link below to read the article we published on these amazing students from Paxton who collected 100lbs of crayons for a non profit charity.

Violet Putney, Ophelia Foley and Olivia Duffy, 7th graders at Paxton Center School, hadn’t heard of The Crayon Initiative until Foley’s mom read about it and shared the organization’s goal. The Crayon Initiative, which was established as a nonprofit in 2014, aims to reduce crayon waste by repu...

06/23/2024

If you missed the latest issue of the Paxton Community News, click on the link below and read about one of the Paxton Communities amazing young members helping make the world a better place in her role as this years 351 Student Ambassador.

05/20/2024

Lots of great new articles in this month's Paxton Community News! If you missed it check out our virtual paper on our website. Also, please make sure to read this amazing article about a local hero getting a new home with the help from Homes For Our Troops!

On January 7, 2010, during his third combat deployment in Afghanistan, Sgt. Craig Brady was conducting a battle damage assessment with the 2nd Combat Engineering Battalion when he stepped on an improvised explosive device (IED). The blast caused him to lose his right leg below the knee, resulted in....

04/21/2024

We hope you enjoyed April's edition of the Paxton Community News! If you missed it, check out the below link for the article we did on one of Paxton's amazing businesses, Ten West!

When is a convenience store not a convenience store? When it’s 10 West Specialty Market, that’s when. Because there’s more packed into this little building located at 10 West Street in Paxton, than meets the eye. It’s literally a cornucopia of a market, combined with fresh take-home meals, c...

03/26/2024

Paxton Community News loves to show students and community members doing amazing things! This month, we highlighted Ellie Daly, a Wachusett High School student who started a new club at the High School. Click below to read the full article.
If you have any story ideas please email [email protected]

By Jen KulaWhen Wachusett Regional High School student, Ellie Daly, has a good idea she doesn’t hesitate to act on it. Last year, as a Junior, Daly recognized the need for a school club that would give girls the opportunity to get together and support each other in a safe and welcoming environment...

03/26/2024

🥳 GRAND OPENING 🍾

After a couple of weeks getting athletes, gym members and renters in the building we are ready to throw a PARTY!

FREE food, FREE youth pickup soccer, FREE skills challenges with prizes, and ONE TIME ONLY DISCOUNTS.

Stop by this Saturday from 1-5pm and bring ALL your friends.

03/20/2024

Mark and I are so excited to announce the launch of our 3rd publication the Paxton Community News!! The whole team has been working hard to get this ready and today is the day! Paxton residents will not have their own paper focusing on community events, people, business and more! You will receive the paper FREE in the mail.
Check out the link to our cover page announcing the paper below.
We hope you enjoy it!
If you have any ideas for stories you would like us to cover, please email me at [email protected].
And Follow our page Paxton Community News to see more!