FITCHBURG — Three finalists have been named for Fitchburg State University’s next president. The candidates, selected in a nationwide search, will visit the university campus in the coming weeks to meet with campus constituencies including open forums with the general public. The university’s Board of Trustees will vote on the next presidential appointment and submit […]
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Local communities awarded funding for water infrastructure, PFAS treatment
Communities around the region will receive a portion of the $1.4 billion in loans and grants recently finalized by the state to fund municipal water and wastewater projects, including efforts to address PFAS contamination as the federal government sets the first-ever limits for “forever chemicals” in drinking water.
New play exposes ‘insanity’ of gun violence
FITCHBURG — City on a Hill Arts is presenting “The Secretary,” a new dark comedy about gun violence, this weekend in Fitchburg, hoping to make people both “laugh and cry.” With performances the first weekend in April, there are two more free shows coming up on Friday and Saturday, April 12-13. This is the New […]
Rollover accident sends car into the woods
Fitchburg Police report icy conditions from the recent late winter storm were most likely to blame for the vehicle that flipped over the guardrail on Ashby State Road in Fitchburg on Monday morning. No injuries were reported with the sole occupant, who got himself out of the wreck, following the accident shortly before 7 a.m. […]
Fitchburg Library expansion set to begin this year
FITCHBURG.—The city will be moving forward this year on the Public Library expansion project after the construction timeline had been briefly delayed due to the discovery of a structural issue. An effort to create a renewed community resource and destination for the next several decades, the library project is one of many large-scale projects that […]
Thornton tells his story at Fitchburg State
FITCHBURG — There was a time not too terribly long ago that when Shawn Thornton dropped his gloves, it spelled trouble for someone wearing an opposing sweater. With his mitts off Monday, what the former Boston Bruins enforcer brought to Fitchburg State University wasn’t a physical altercation, but rather a candid and honest look into […]
