BOSTON — A new campaign chaired by a Massachusetts General Hospital surgeon will oppose a potential ballot question seeking to decriminalize some psychedelic substances. After coming together “reasonably quickly” in the past week, as spokesperson Chris Keohan put it, organizers filed paperwork with state campaign finance regulators making their plans official to fight against the […]
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DCU reaches agreement to extend naming rights
WORCESTER — ASM Global, the city, and Digital Credit Union reached an agreement on Tuesday to extend the naming rights partnership of the DCU Center arena and convention center through the end of June 2027. DCU agreed to become the facility’s naming rights partner in October 2004 with the official launch on March 1, 2005. […]
DAR, Good Citizens honored at State House
BOSTON — Dozens of National Society Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) representatives and Good Citizen award recipients from across the state were invited to the State House last month. Several Leominster-based DAR members, from the Capt. John Joslin Jr. chapter, traveled to the city with the 70 others for the occasion, including Chapter Regent […]
‘A tremendous help’
FITCHBURG — Funds raised through the upcoming Karing 4 Kidz event will go towards providing food bags for hundreds of school children in the community who receive them weekly. “This program has been a tremendous help to our families,” Fitchburg Public Schools Family and Community Engagement Coordinator Luisa Fernandez said of Karing 4 Kidz, which […]
Mass. Senate’s $57.9B budget proposal does not cover MBTA operating budget gap
Massachusetts Senate Democrats will take up a $57.9 billion budget later this month that does not close a projected budget gap at the MBTA, where officials expect the agency will run a more than $600 million operating deficit come the new fiscal year that starts in July.
Local firefighter to compete for funniest in New England
LEOMINSTER — New England’s bravest will battle it out to see who will be named the funniest firefighter in the region and, among six finalists, a 12-year-veteran of the Leominster Fire Department is hoping that’s him. Firefighter Jonathan Williams will be competing against other firefighters from around the state in the America’s Funniest Firefighter New […]