President Donald Trump and Congressional Republicans’ federal funding cuts have sliced roughly $3.7 billion away from Massachusetts and impacted at least four different fiscal years, a sum that is likely to reshape spending strategies on Beacon Hill, data updated Tuesday showed.
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Regional Household Hazardous Waste Collection Day
Gardner Landfill, 744 West St., Saturday, November 15, 2025 from 9 a.m. – noon.
Registration no longer required. See flyer for more details. (Shredding available.)
Master Plan Open House
Help set Gardner’s direction for the next 10–20 years. At this open house, you’ll move at your own pace through stations covering our draft values, community vision, inventory & assessment findings, and the key issues we’ve heard so far.
Five Ways to Use Fallen Leaves
Did you know the leaves in your yard can help you have a better garden?
Local church writes new chapter of care for area children
FITCHBURG — Emanuel Lutheran Church collected, blessed, and gave away upwards of 675 brand new books for children in grades K through 8 during its annual Homecoming on Sunday, Sept. 28. The books, gathered over the summer and displayed in bookshelves around the altar, were donated to Up With Books, a Shirley-based nonprofit that provides […]
Mike Kennealy plans to continue ignoring Mass. loan limit law, lawyer tells regulators
Republican gubernatorial hopeful Mike Kennealy plans to continue ignoring a state law that limits the amount of cash a candidate for governor can loan themselves each election, even after regulators asked him multiple times to reclassify hundreds of thousands of dollars he has loaned his campaign, his lawyer said in a letter this summer.
