FITCHBURG — This year, more than 600 public school students grades 1 through 6 entered the annual Love Your Dog – License Your Dog art contest. The winning artwork was created by Angel Garcia, a 5th grader at Crocker Elementary School. Last year, he received an Honorable Mention. Guadeloupe Garcia, Angel’s mother, explains that her […]
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Anonymous tip411 working in Leominster
LEOMINSTER — A press conference at the Police Department on Monday provided information about tip411, a system that enables citizens to send anonymous tips via text message or an app. Police are encouraging citizens to use the recently implemented system they say is already helping. Police Chief Aaron Kennedy said they have received numerous tips […]
Editorial: With Fitchburg theater’s demise, some closing credit
It’s the end of an era for a Fitchburg staple that has been around for nearly three decades, another victim of a worldwide public-health crisis and a seismic shift in American viewing habits. After 28 years in business, the final curtain call for Cinema World, located in a strip mall on John Fitch Highway, will […]
House fire rips through garage on Saturday
ASHBY — The Fire Department and State Fire Marshal are looking into the cause of a two-alarm fire that consumed a garage attached to a Mason Road home on Saturday. Luckily, fire officials say the all the occupants made it out safely. At about 12:30 p.m. on March 23, the Fire Department responded to a […]
Two men indicted for 1993 murder of Fitchburg teen
FITCHBURG — A Worcester County Grand Jury handed up murder indictments against two men on Friday in the 1993 shooting death of a teenager in Fitchburg, according to a statement released Monday morning by District Attorney Joseph Early, Jr. One of the men was previously charged in the case and has been serving time in […]
‘Old-fashioned power grab’: Hearing over DiZoglio ballot to audit legislature gets heated
A battle over an initiative to expand the powers of the state auditor to audit the Legislature boiled over Tuesday when State Auditor Diana DiZoglio defended her proposal from an array of critics who questioned whether the measure violated separation of power principles in the state constitution.
