Leominster Hispanic Heritage Event Set for Saturday

LEOMINSTER — The city's calendar lists a Leominster Hispanic Heritage Event for Saturday, August 29, the top new item on an otherwise quiet 24 hours in town, alongside a fresh preschool waitlist notice from the school district and a run of early-September dates opening up at the library and in the schools.

SCHOOLS

Leominster Public Schools reopened its waitlist for tuition-based peer slots in the Bennett Preschool program for the 2026-2027 school year. Children must turn three by or before August 31, 2026, to join the list, and families can call the Bennett Preschool office at 978-534-7704 for details.

COMMUNITY & ARTS

The city's community calendar lists a Leominster Hispanic Heritage Event on Saturday, August 29, part of a full late-summer weekend on the municipal events calendar.

COMING UP

The Leominster Public Library opens its fall season next week: Chess Club meets Monday, August 31, from 7 to 8:45 p.m., and September 1 brings a cluster of new offerings, including an English Conversation Class from 10 to 11 a.m., an Alzheimer and Dementia Caregivers Support Group from 6 to 8 p.m., the start of the Teen Fall Reading Program and Teen Writing Contest, and a "Meet and Greet with Penny the Cockapoo" for kids from 6 to 7 p.m. Chair Yoga for Pain and Stress Relief follows September 2 at 5:30 p.m.

In the schools, Lincoln and Bennett hold orientation September 1, Priest Street holds orientation September 3, and Frances Drake holds kindergarten orientation September 3 in two sessions, 10 a.m. for last names A through L and 2 p.m. for M through Z. There is no school districtwide on September 4.

The city's Contributory Retirement Board meets Monday, August 31.

Compiled from official town feeds, community organizations, and local press. Outside reporting is attributed inline.