Fitchburg News

HER 25TH BIRTHDAY. MCFADDEN ALSO WON THE LONDON MARATHON LAST WEEKEND. A SUDBURY, MASSACHUSETTS MAN LUCKY TO BE ALIVE TONIGHT AFTER A SEA PLANE CRASHED INTO LAKE WINNIPESAUKEE.

The Twin Cities region's unemployment rate was 8.8 percent in March, down nearly a full percentage point than it was a year earlier, according to the state.

Officials say a pilot has been rescued after a small plane crashed and sank in New Hampshire's Lake Winnipesaukee.

Sarah E. Masterson, a 2006 graduate of DePauw University, will present a piano recital at Fitchburg State University in Massachusetts on Sunday, April 27. The free event "will feature solo pieces by Beethoven, Chopin, Liszt and Florence Price," reports the Worcester Telegram & Gazette .

Arkansas Tech University 's Board of Trustees unanimously elected the first woman as president of a public, four-year university in Arkansas at a special board meeting Tuesday afternoon.

UMass Memorial Health Care plans to cut services and staff at the Fitchburg Health Alliance Burbank Hospital campus, according to the Massachusetts Nurses Association.

Today's headlines are full of alarm bells about the American health care system.

The father of Jeremiah Oliver said he would rather his son's body be never be found, and keep hope that he was alive, than to have him found discarded by the side of a highway.

Two young girls were sent to area hospitals when a retaining wall behind 51 Pine St. collapsed Saturday evening, according to Deputy Fire Chief Thomas Dateo and acting Police Capt.

Weekend commuter rail service along the Fitchburg Line for some stations will be suspended from April 26 through June 29. Weekend Fitchburg Line service will be suspended for stations west of Brandeis/Roberts and a modified schedule will be in place for stops between Brandeis/Roberts and North Station due to the Fitchburg Commuter Rail Line ... (more)

The Montachusett Chorale will perform its Spring Concert on Sunday, May 4, at 2 p.m. in Tata Auditorium, Leominster City Hall, 25 West St. The mission of the Chorale is to raise money for local nonprofit organizations while providing cultural enrichment for our area.

Supporters of Jeremiah Oliver are requesting no more candles from well-wishers after a fire broke out last night at the slain Fitchburg boy's tribute site.

Applewild School is hosting an Open House on May 1 at 9 a.m. Parents are invited to tour the school and see teachers and students in action.

Fred Darling, of 20 Dudley Road in Townsend, was burning brush on Saturday afternoon.

Massachusetts State Police stand along Interstate 190 where police said a child's body was found Friday, April 18, 2014, near Sterling, Mass.

Two young girls were injured when a wall collapsed in a Pine Street yard Saturday evening and one was flown by medical helicopter to a Worcester hospital.

Although recovery from the Great Recession has been slow, two reports out within the past week suggest that the local economy is improving.

When the sun rose today, Pastor Keith Betry of Beth Eden Baptist Church on Ashburnham Road in Fitchburg planned to hold a sunrise Easter service and tell his congregation the Bible is as relevant as it was when Jesus lived.

Jeremiah Oliver's cousin, Sandro Oliver, center, with his girlfriend Gloria Delgado and Jason Oliver, Jeremiah's uncle, take a moment together at a vigil for Jeremiah on Saturday night.

The Devens Enterprise Commission recently approved the company's application to construct a 28,600-square-foot building on a 3.2-acre lot at 58 Barnum Road.