As a new U.S. federal policies shift the U.S.’s foreign relationships, tourism has been hit hard in several Northeastern states, governors stated in a wide-ranging conversation with Canadian premiers at the Massachusetts State House on Monday.
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Karen Read defense effort to change verdict slip denied by judge
Karen Read’s defense team renewed its effort to amend the verdict slip jurors will use to record their decision, but the request was once again denied.
Karen Read jurors end Day 2 of deliberations without a verdict
Jurors in the Karen Read retrial defense team made a pitch that the verdict slip jurors will use to record their decisions be changed in the midst of deliberations — an effort the judge denied. Jurors ended the day without a verdict.
Written in Granite: Housing remains a key issue
NASHUA, N.H. – The late New England philosopher Henry David Thoreau has a famous quote I like to use: “It’s not what you look at that matters, it’s what you see.” Take, for instance, the Millyard district, the birthplace of Nashua’s historic economic prosperity. It was here, right by the Nashua Canal, where the city’s industrial development rapidly grew from the cotton textile industry and the Nashua Manufacturing Company (1823 to around 1945). Today, the Veterans Memorial Parkway, just west of downtown, welcomes vehicles and pedestrians into the district on Pine Street, and the iconic, almost 200-foot-tall brick Millyard smokestack […]
Trump protestors pack downtown Fitchburg
Protestors lined both sides of the street in the center of downtown Fitchburg on Saturday, June 14 as part of a nationwide No Kings protest to oppose President Donald Trump’s military parade in Washington for his birthday, as well as his policies and Big Beautiful Bill.
Fitchburg DPW Alerts: Week of June 16, 2025
FITCHBURG – The Department of Public Works advises residents of the following work that will be done, weather permitting, during the week of June 16, 2025. Road Construction Monday – Sunday 12 a.m. to 12 p.m. River Street Bridge: MassDOT’s contractor Northern Construction has implemented a detour on the River Street Bridge. All southbound traffic […]
