For those suffering from SAD (Seasonal Affectiveness Disorder), compounded with HAD (Holiday Anxiety Disorder) there is one direction you should face: North. The residents of the countries in Scandinavia have known how to deal with crazy-long cold nights for centuries, and we should learn from them. Here in north central Massachusetts, there have been so […]
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The Highlands seniors become official elves
“This is such a wonderful way to bring our community together”
Friends of the Fitchburg Cemeteries host ‘Winter Solstice Nature Walk’
FITCHBURG — Friends of Fitchburg Cemeteries, a new group formed to support Fitchburg’s historic cemeteries, announces an exciting seasonal event titled “Winter Solstice Nature Walk,” which will be held at 1 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 21, at Fitchburg’s Forest Hill Cemetery. The tour is being co-sponsored by the Fitchburg Cemetery Division, Trustees of the Public Burial […]
Fentanyl kingpin gets 22 years
The Boston U.S. Attorney’s office crackdown on fentanyl trafficking netted a 22-year sentence in one case and charged a New York City man with operating a scheme that flooded Greater Boston with multiple kilos of the “deadly poison.”
Man in stable condition after being shot by police
FITCHBURG – A man is in stable condition after he allegedly pointed a gun directly at a police officer who then shot and injured him. The incident took place on Sunday, Dec. 15 after Fitchburg police received a 9-1-1 call around 9:21 a.m. reporting a shirtless man armed with a gun walking toward Lunenburg St. […]
Ashby American Legion celebrates ‘time spent together’
ASHBY – Holiday spirit was in the air at the Legion gathering on Dec. 15 that featured a turkey dinner with all the fixings and Christmas songs sung by local Girl Scouts. “The entire turkey dinner was excellent,” said Holmes-Curran-Bennett American Legion Post 361 Senior Vice Commander Bill Clement of the festive affair. “People just […]
