Leominster Sets Aug. 15 Hazardous Waste Collection, Posts Hearing Slate

DATELINE — LEOMINSTER

Leominster's Department of Public Works set Saturday, Aug. 15, for the city's next Household Hazardous Waste Collection, one of several concrete dates the city and its boards posted this week for residents to plan around.

TOWN HALL

The Household Hazardous Waste Collection is set for Saturday, Aug. 15, part of the municipal calendar the city posted this week; drop-off details are listed on the city's event calendar at leominster-ma.gov.

The City Council meets Monday, Aug. 10, alongside two posted public hearings, 05-27 and P 01-27. The following day, Tuesday, Aug. 11, brings three more sessions: the Fall Brook Building Committee, the Legal Affairs Sub-Committee, and the Conservation Commission.

COMMUNITY & ARTS

The city's Downtown Sounds summer concert series returns Friday, Aug. 14, and Saturday, Aug. 15, with an additional date posted for Friday, Aug. 21.

Leominster Public Library also added two children's programs to its August lineup: a Family Movie Night screening of "Hoppers" on Monday, Aug. 10, and "A Tree's Life," a nature program for kids and teens, on Tuesday, Aug. 11.

ELSEWHERE IN THE NEWS

Sentinel and Enterprise published "Attorney Robert R. LaLancette Obituary - Leominster, MA," reporting that the 88-year-old Ashburnham attorney died Wednesday, Aug. 5, at Health Alliance. (read it at https://www.sentinelandenterprise.com/obituaries/attorney-robert-r-lalancette-leominster-ma/)

Legacy.com, hosting a North Brevard Funeral Home and Crematory notice, published "Paula Marie Chaisson Obituary (2026) - Titusville, FL," noting Chaisson and her husband moved to Leominster in 1962 and raised four children there before her recent death in Florida. (read it at https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/name/paula-chaisson-obituary?id=62143521)

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