Sunday, April 7 Sunday Morning Bird Walk: 8 a.m.; Wachusett Meadow Wildlife Sanctuary, 113 Goodnow Road, Princeton. Walk the trails in search of birds; all levels of experience welcome. Register at massaudubon.org. Yoga on the Trails: 10 a.m.; Wachusett Meadow Wildlife Sanctuary, 113 Goodnow Road, Princeton. Join certified yoga instructor Jen Songer on this seasonal […]
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‘A real sense of community’
FITCHBURG — The third annual Emanuel Lutheran Church Lent coat drive collected over 40 coats for donation this year and each one was blessed on Palm Sunday for a very special reason. “Because this is the day the church remembers Jesus riding into Jerusalem on a donkey to people waving palm branches and laying their […]
Housing families in state-funded shelters in Mass. can cost taxpayers $300 a night
Nightly rates to house homeless families in hotels and motels can run hundreds of dollars, with agencies often baking in the cost of food and supportive services into the bill they hand to the state, according to contracts reviewed by the Herald.
Renowned author Fred Plotkin guides tasting tour of the scambio
FITCHBURG — Author and connoisseur of fine food Fred Plotkin – well known to be a lover of all things Italian – is excited to guide a dinner and tasting tour of the scambio, the exchange of food between Italy and America, here in North Central Mass. The special dinner event, hosted by Fitchburg State […]
Earthquake felt in Massachusetts: Boston researchers have quake warning system ‘on our radar’
Earthquake felt in Massachusetts: Boston researchers have quake warning system ‘on our radar’
Massachusetts housing department approved four no-bid contracts for migrant shelter crisis
Massachusetts’ statewide housing agency inked at least four no-bid contracts in the past year to stand up services at state-run emergency shelters amid an influx of migrants, including a $6.8 million deal with a Cape Cod cab company to provide free transportation to shelter residents.
