TOURIST CENTER SET FOR LANCASTER SITE

March 28, 1995 - Veronica Russell of Leominster remembered stopping at the Howard Johnson's restaurant on Route 2 here on trips back from Hampton Beach in the 1950s. >> More

PROJECT CALLED A WELCOME SIGN FOR CITY

December 6, 1995 - The city's Industrial Development Commission is raising money to erect a "Welcome to Leominster" sign along Route 2. >> More

INNKEEPER WANTS TAX TO GO TO TOURISM CENTER

February 1, 1996 - In a letter to selectmen, the general manager of the Westminster Village Inn asked that a portion of the money collected from the town's new hotel-motel tax be used to support the Johnny Appleseed Trail Association. >> More

STATE CHASES AFTER TOURIST BUCKS \ NORTH COUNTY EYES SHARE

April 14, 1996 - Residents of northern Central Massachusetts are seeing tourists spend close to $9 billion a year across the state. >> More

SITE TO PUBLICIZE ATTRACTIONS IN AREA

June 16, 1996 - John Fraher dreams of traffic - lots of traffic - on Route 2. As Fraher and others on the Tourism and Development Committee of the North Central Massachusetts Chamber of Commerce see it, the cars will pull off the road on the westbound side at an attractive rest stop in Lancaster. >> More

LEOMINSTER HOPES ITS SIGN WILL LURE ROUTE 2 TRAVELERS

June 17, 1996 - Now that the money to pay for it is in hand, construction on a "Welcome to Leominster" sign on the westbound side of Route 2 will begin next week. >> More

LEOMINSTER UNVEILS ITS BUSINESS MISSION

July 20, 1996 - The city yesterday unveiled a giant billboard at the edge of the westbound lane of Route 2 to welcome drivers to Leominster. >> More

TOURIST CENTER MONEY SOUGHT

August 21, 1996 - Westminster may use money generated from the newly enacted hotel-motel tax to help support the Johnny Appleseed Trail Association. >> More

HAM RADIO OPERATORS SPREAD THE WORD ON JOHNNY APPLESEED

May 25, 1997 - Despite a delay in the opening of the Johnny Appleseed Hospitality and Visitors Center on Route 2, a group of ham radio enthusiasts spread the word yesterday of Appleseed's accomplishments. >> More

REGION'S TOURISM HOPES RESTING ON VISITOR CENTER

May 29, 1997 - A $1.2 million visitor center on Route 2 - the centerpiece of an effort to attract tourists to the region - will be open for business next week. >> More

A TRAIL OF TOURISTS IN APPLESEED LAND

July 13, 1997 - The Johnny Appleseed Trail takes visitors of North Central Massachusetts along a winding path past orchards, antique shops, restaurants, galleries, lodging, wineries, farms, museums, parks and lodging. >> More

TOILETS A TOURIST ATTRACTION

August 17, 1997 - Interspersed among the comments about the friendly service at the new Johnny Appleseed Visitor Center on Route 2, are the musings on an unlikely subject: the toilets. >> More

JOHNNY APPLESEED CENTER HELPS TO PROMOTE AREA ATTRACTIONS

September 24, 1997 - Sunday farmers' markets may have been the big draw for visitors to the Johnny Appleseed Visitors Center since its June 14 opening, but area businesses have also reaped benefits. >> More

GARDNER WON'T FUND APPLESEED CENTER

October 7, 1997 - The Gardner City Council took a bite out the Johnny Appleseed Trail Visitors Center last night by refusing to contribute $30,000 to fund the center on Route 2 in Lancaster. >> More