Hard to believe it’s 2025, since it seems like yesterday that we were dreading Y2K and planning to greet the new millennium. But as we ponder where that quarter century went, there are new exhibits to stimulate your minds and perk up your spirits. The 8th Annual Greater Lowell Regional Art Show “Inspiration Unveiled” is […]
Opinion
Family Recipe Box: Local rivals share their Thanksgiving favorites
At this year’s Breakfast For the Bands, the annual pre-Thanksgiving celebration, Leominster High School’s cafeteria was transformed into an indoor concert hall for both Fitchburg and Leominster’s marching bands. A squad of football players cheerfully served hundreds of pancakes and bacon strips, scrambled eggs and French toast to throngs of supporters, who were perked up […]
Editorial: Don’t let murderer of Colleen Ritzer elude deserved fate
Reliving a nightmare. That’s what the family of a Danvers High School math teacher raped and murdered by one of her students must endure, now that lawyers for Philip Chism, her killer, have made motions before the Supreme Judicial Court to vacate his conviction. Chism, then 14, raped, robbed, and murdered Colleen Ritzer in a […]
Editorial: Take these early steps to preempt drought conditions
Mother Nature has exacted a price for those picture-perfect, late summer days in September. That ideal weather for outdoor, recreational pursuits has left our area with the onset of drought conditions, the product of below average rainfall over the past two months. That moved Energy and Environmental Affairs (EEA) Secretary Rebecca Tepper to declare a […]
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 […]
Editorial: Any legs to UMH’s urgent-care interest in Ayer hospital?
One hundred percent of nothing, or a certain percentage of something? The answer to that question could decide the eventual fate of Nashoba Valley Medical Center. According to a story earlier this week in the Telegram & Gazette – based on reporting by the Worcester Business Journal – UMass Memorial Health has explored the possibility […]
