Fitchburg News

A Kimball Street woman arrested in connection with the disappearance of her five-year-old son was ordered by a judge to undergo a psychiatric evaluation during her arraignment in Fitchburg District Court Tuesday afternoon.

Child not seen since September, but not reported missing until this past Friday, December 13. 5 year old Jeremiah Oliver was reported missing on Friday, December 13, 2013 , in Fitchburg, Massachusetts.

Sentinel & Enterprise reporter Katina Caraganis and photographer Brett Crawford are covering the arraignment of Elsa Oliver, 28, of Fitchburg, the mother of 5-year-old Jeremiah Oliver, who has been missing since Sept.

Health for the Holidays is the Sentinel & Enterprise's fundraising campaign to help Community Health Connections complete and open its state-of-the-art health-care center in Fitchburg.

City children will get to have an early glimpse of Santa Claus this year, as he continues his four-year tradition of teaming up with his local friends to give needy Fitchburg families a Christmas they'll never forget.

A Texas man who came to Fitchburg to meet a woman he met online was arrested by Fitchburg police last week on outstanding warrants that deemed him to be a sexual predator.

A Lunenburg man is being held on $5,000 bail for allegedly attacking a police cruiser with a soda can.

More than a dozen companies have asked the state to give them millions of dollars in tax breaks in exchange for new construction projects and other investments, and creating some 1,500 jobs in Massachusetts.

The Salvation Army Christmas Castle will be open in Fitchburg later this month to distribute toys from Telegram & Gazette Santa to more than 1,000 needy children in 260 families in Fitchburg, Leominster, Lunenburg and surrounding communities.

A 5-year-old Kimball Street boy has been missing since September, and his mother and her boyfriend have been placed under arrest as the investigation progresses.

Andrew Probert devoted much of his career working for Walt Disney as an imagineer -- designing for the small and large screen in California.

Fitchburg State University will present the President's Medal to retiring Fitchburg Police Chief Robert A. DeMoura during the university's winter commencement ceremony at 6:30 p.m. Dec. 20 in the Athletics and Recreation Center, 130 North St. Chief DeMoura has led the Fitchburg Police Department since 2008, guiding the force through challenging ... (more)

With the weekend's snowfall ending in the early-morning hours Sunday, many in North Central Massachusetts awoke to several inches of fluffy, white precipitation accumulated outside.

Many have stepped forward to offer their talents in the Homestretch Campaign to raise the remaining $3.5 million needed to complete Community Health Connections' new $20 million state-of-the-art Fitchburg Family Health Center, and more are needed to help finish the task.

Local celebrities will try to "outsing, outperform and outshine" the competition in "Survivor, the Musical," an upcoming Theatre at the Mount production to benefit the Boys & Girls Club of Fitchburg & Leominster.

After nearly 47 years in the Westminster Fire Department, retiring Chief Brenton MacAloney said it's hard to name which emergency was the most memorable.

As the first significant snowstorm of the season bears down, we're reminded of the severe ice storm that crippled this area five years ago this week.

A year after the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting in Connecticut shocked the nation, schools across Massachusetts are taking different approaches to security and emergency planning, from video cameras to buzz-in doors to forging closer ties with local law enforcement.

Twenty applicants are vying to replace outgoing Police Chief Robert DeMoura, who is set to retire in March, according to Nancy Maynard, chairwoman of the police chief search committee.

Bob Ellis, of Fitchburg, shovels sand, put out by the Fitchburg DPW, into a bucket to take home in preparation for the snowstorm this weekend.