Article: Rescue crews pull woman from lake.(LOCAL NEWS)

Byline: Dave Greenslit; Anna L. Griffin

ASHBURNHAM - Town firefighters and the Fitchburg dive team pulled a woman from the middle of Winnekeag Lake early yesterday morning.

Winnekeag Lake is off Route 101, north of Ashburnham center. The incident occurred off the shore of Camp Wellville, off Stowell Road.

Robert W. Salo, battalion chief of the Ashburnham Fire Department, said the woman was rescued by boat and taken to Heywood Hospital in Gardner by Ashburnham Fire - Emergency Medical Services ambulance.

Chief Salo said the woman, who was not identified, is in her 50s and appeared to have a medical issue.

"She was distressed," ...

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