LEOMINSTER — When lifelong city resident Missy Hendry hits the ground running this weekend, she’ll be thinking about two people who are very important to her and inspire her to continue raising funds for Boston Children’s Hospital. Hendry will be joined by hundreds of others running and walking alongside her in the annual Rock the […]
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Massachusetts Department of Correction hit with lawsuit alleging brutal violence against inmates
Plaintiffs allege a 2020 “Retaliatory Force Campaign” at Souza-Baranowski prison “consisted of officers attacking more than 100 prisoners using extreme, malicious, and cruel methods of force designed not to restore order, but to inflict pain, fear, and trauma.”
Monty Tech receives $1.2M for clean energy, climate tech job training
FITCHBURG — In late September, Monty Tech officials traveled to Brockton High School where they joined leaders from 70 other schools, businesses and nonprofits, all of whom were awarded grants from the state to support training efforts in climate-critical occupations. Of the $16 million awarded, the Massachusetts Clean Energy Center allocated $1.2 million to Monty […]
Researching lives of local Civil War veterans
Fitchburg Historical Society Director Susan Navarre, Honoree Eunice Halbedel, and FHS president Amy Green at the annual meeting in September. A historian and genealogist, Halbedel has nearly completed a research project on the lives before and after co…
Editorial: Will hospitals’ dire financial state move lawmakers to act?
The financial collapse of Steward Health Care, which has dominated the headlines over the past several months, has overshadowed the operating struggles experienced by several other of the state’s medical facilities. That “deeply troubling trend” emerged from new financial data released by a state agency, which found that more than half of acute-care hospitals in […]
Hurricane Milton: Massachusetts pol calls on Congress to ‘stand ready’ with relief funding
As a once-in-century hurricane barrels closer towards Florida’s west coast, one Massachusetts representative says Congress “must stand ready” to approve emergency funding “without delay.”
