AYER — As the Nashoba Valley Region continues to grapple with the loss of a hospital, a local group received a three-year, $250,000 grant to bolster health equity in Ayer, the Healey administration announced Wednesday. The Health Equity Partnership of North Central Massachusetts will use the funding to create a coalition to address the underlying […]
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Tourism down ‘between 20% and 60%’ in several Northeast states, US governors meet with Canadian premiers
As a new U.S. federal policies shift the U.S.’s foreign relationships, tourism has been hit hard in several Northeastern states, governors stated in a wide-ranging conversation with Canadian premiers at the Massachusetts State House on Monday.
Karen Read defense effort to change verdict slip denied by judge
Karen Read’s defense team renewed its effort to amend the verdict slip jurors will use to record their decision, but the request was once again denied.
Karen Read jurors end Day 2 of deliberations without a verdict
Jurors in the Karen Read retrial defense team made a pitch that the verdict slip jurors will use to record their decisions be changed in the midst of deliberations — an effort the judge denied. Jurors ended the day without a verdict.
Trump protestors pack downtown Fitchburg
Protestors lined both sides of the street in the center of downtown Fitchburg on Saturday, June 14 as part of a nationwide No Kings protest to oppose President Donald Trump’s military parade in Washington for his birthday, as well as his policies and Big Beautiful Bill.
Ex-Mass. man sentenced for Fitchburg woman’s death in Boston hotel
A former Bay State man is facing up to 16 years in prison for the death of a 29-year-old Fitchburg woman who was found in a Boston hotel in March 2020. Maine man Aaron Parsons, 47, pleaded guilty to manslaughter and engaging in sexual conduct for a fee. He was sentenced on Thursday to 14-16 […]
