Fitchburg News

Looking toward the bustling produce section of the Water Street Market Basket, Adiel Silva knew the commotion wouldn't last too much longer.

The city's building commissioner has issued an opinion that a special permit approved to a developer looking to build homes on a historic apple orchard was legally extended, despite opposition from orchard neighbors.

A crime scene K9 searches near the corner of Adam Street and Pleasant Street in Leominster on March 11 as the police investigate a shooting that happened there.

Fitchburg Police Sgt. Mark Jackson is looking to bring a love of reading to school-age children this summer via the city's trolley system.

Seventeen elected Massachusetts officials on Saturday called for an immediate boycott of Market Basket supermarkets and announced support for employees and members of the public who have protested the ousting of Arthur T. Demoulas as chief executive.

Juan J. Torres of Fitchburg and others work to build a cafe at the former Dante's Restaurant in Worcester.

Many educators feel that music should as important a part of the general curriculum as reading, writing and arithmetic.

Fire heavily damaged a home at 301 Pratt Road Friday night. Fire Capt. Gregg Normandin said when firefighters arrived about 5:45 p.m. flames were showing from three separate windows in the front of the old two-and-a-half-story house.

Police in the Twin Cities arrested a Fitchburg man on home-invasion charges, but not before he led them on a car and foot chase late Thursday into Friday.

Fire investigators were at the scene of a two-alarm fire Friday afternoon that left a Pratt Road home severely damaged.

Troy Thiboutot , 45, of 92 Oak Hill Road, Fitchburg, was sentenced to two concurrent terms of 4 years to 4 years and a day in Walpole state prison after pleading guilty to armed assault with intent to murder and aggravated assault and battery with a dangerous weapon.

A year after its enormously successful exhibition of historic bicycles, the Fitchburg Historical Society is presenting a larger exhibition of classic Iver Johnson Bicycles through July 22. Part of the Wallace Exhibit Series, "Made in Fitchburg, Bicycles by Iver Johnson" is attracting collectors, riders and hobbyists from all over New England to see ... (more)

For a Fitchburg icon, it is a fitting tribute that will be displayed in perpetuity above the very river she worked her entire life to protect.

Fitchburg State University President Robert V. Antonucci is seeking city and community input through Mayor Lisa Wong to assist the university in determining the eventual fate of the Landry Arena.

A Fitchburg woman was in a bad mood and let police know it when they arrived to calm her down Wednesday evening.

Join Ariel, Sebastian, Flounder and all their friends under the sea in ShirleyArts! production of Disney's The Little Mermaid Jr., Friday, July 18, at 7 p.m., and Saturday, July 19, at 2 p.m. at the Ayer Shirley Middle School, 1 Hospital Road, Shirley.

The Building Reuse Committee is asking the School Committee to release its unneeded property so the Reuse Committee can start the process of attracting local developers.

Pit-bull mixes Mary, Lady and Jodi, feared dead by volunteers at the now defunct Fitchburg Animal Shelter, are alive and well in shelters in Worcester and Auburn, Mayor Lisa A. Wong said Wednesday.

A future splash pad for youngsters in the city is in jeopardy after the governor vetoed its funding last week.

Rep. Stephen DiNatale, a Fitchburg Democrat, on Wednesday announced his endorsement for Steve Kerrigan's campaign for lieutenant governor today, according to Kerrigan's campaign.