Blistering criticism of a State Police investigator’s crude comments in the Karen Read murder case has a top law enforcement watchdog renewing its demand the governor overhaul the agency — as Facebook users rip into troopers online.
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Gunfire erupts at ‘chaotic’ gathering in Methuen, 8 injured, 2 critically
Eight people were injured, two critically, after an eruption of gunfire at a crowded spontaneous gathering in Methuen, according local police and the Essex County District Attorney’s Office.
Taking footsteps to brilliance
FITCHBURG — Dozens of first, second and fifth graders, who are new to the city, recently joined the rank of writers at Reingold Elementary School. And five are now published authors. This year, students who are English language learners created short memoirs as part of the “I Am Happy to Be in Fitchburg” writing contest. […]
City celebrates 13th annual DPW Day
FITCHBURG — Hundreds took advantage of a warm summer afternoon on Wednesday for the city’s 13th annual DPW Day, the celebration of public works rigs that consistently draws a crowd. Many of the vehicles on display were “big rigs,” like dump trucks and plow trucks, and kids played in the immense sandpile created for the […]
Eye On Art: Art for all as summer season starts next week
Summer starts officially next week, and for artists around the region that means it’s time for the Fitchburg Art Museum’s annual Regional Exhibition of Art and Craft. This year, the 88th version of this artistic extravaganza is on June 21-Sept. 8.
Report: Massachusetts is leaving behind 225K students in ‘substandard segregated schools’
Decades after desegregation orders took root across the country, Massachusetts leaders have failed to correct a system keeping 225,000 students currently in “substandard segregated schools,” according a new report from a state oversight council.
