Fitchburg News

The jarring roadside discovery of a body believed to be Jeremiah Oliver - the Fitchburg boy who went missing under the state's watch - could be the tipping point in calls for the ouster of embattled DCF chief Olga Roche, a child advocate warned yesterday.

The Fitchburg Civic Days Committee and the United States Air Force will host a free concert by the United States Air Force Heritage of America Concert Band at 4 p.m. April 27 at Fitchburg State University's Weston Auditorium, 353 North St. The Concert Band features 38 professional musicians whose commitment to excellence has earned worldwide ... (more)

Kristy Collins poked her head out a window to watch Kelli Lundgren swing her legs over scaffolding on the side of the house and climb down from the roof Friday.

All Massachusetts authorities could say for sure is that they found the lifeless body of a small boy, apparently cast off the side of a highway.

Sandrino Oliver was so overcome with emotion after learning his 5-year-old nephew Jeremiah Oliver's body may have been found Friday that he collapsed and went into convulsions at a makeshift memorial across from the boy's home.

Rehoboth police are asking for the public's assistance in looking for a woman who disappeared Tuesday night.

Authorities say a child's body has been found off a Massachusetts highway and it matches the height and weight of a 5-year-old boy who has been missing for seven months.

Authorities say a child's body has been found off a Massachusetts highway and it matches the height and weight of a 5-year-old boy who has been missing for seven months.

Sources told WBZ-TV Friday that the body of a small child has been found off Interstate 190 in Sterling and those sources believe it is the body of missing Fitchburg boy Jeremiah Oliver .

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With April vacation coming up next week for local schoolchildren, Rollstone Studios is working with a number of community partners to offer kids of all ages a combination of art and environmental learning activities.

The North Central Massachusetts Chamber of Commerce board of directors has launched a nationwide search for the successor to President and CEO David McKeehan, who has announced he is retiring at the end of the year.

Christopher Maloney, a 1989 graduate of Fitchburg State University and the chief U.S. probation officer for the District of Massachusetts, will deliver Fitchburg State University's spring commencement address.

A Fitchburg man was arraigned in Worcester Superior Court Thursday for his alleged involvement in a fire a Leominster breakfast diner that is being blamed on arson.

An identification on human remains found by a hiker earlier this month has yet to be determined, according to Worcester District Attorney Spokesman Timothy Connolly.

Fitchburg State University students will give a free photographic presentation and history talk, "Footprints of Legend: Rediscovering Medieval Sites in Today's England," at 6 p.m. at the Fitchburg Historical Society, 781 Main St., on Wednesday.

Learn about the educational opportunities available at Fitchburg State University when the Office of Graduate and Continuing Education hosts an information session at 5 p.m. today.

Looking for some spring fun? Get out into the warm weather and enjoy the Spring Egg Hunt in Gateway Park.

From creating jobs to lowering health-care costs, Democratic gubernatorial candidate Joe Avellone emphasized on Wednesday he's the only candidate with the complete package to address the critical issues in Massachusetts.

It's that moment of enlightenment for students who take a financial-reality program put on by area credit unions when they realize their career choices won't support the lifestyles they envision for themselves.