Fitchburg News

Paul Prewitt-Freilino has been appointed to the position of associate vice president for academic planning and institutional effectiveness at Becker College.

The CenterStage at Fitchburg State University arts and culture series invites you to ring in the season with a holiday extravaganza featuring the Thayer Symphony Orchestra, the Greater Gardner Community Choir and Fitchburg State Chamber Singers on Saturday, at 7:30 p.m., in Weston Auditorium.

The Pet of the Week column is making a difference! Shelter officials say every Pet of the Week featured the past two months was adopted the following week.

The Laurelwood Garden Club of Fitchburg will hold its holiday luncheon meeting Friday, from 11:30 a.m. to 2 p.m., at The Harley House Inn, 909 Massachusetts Ave., Lunenburg.

Throngs of sight-seers twisted their way through Ernie Maguy's home Saturday afternoon to see his displays of ornaments, baubles, trinkets, adornments and objects of curiosity spread through the bedrooms, alcoves and parlors in his home.

Friday Nights in Fitchburg History Club will meet Friday, from 6 to 7:30 p.m., at the Fitchburg Senior Center, 14 Wallace Ave. Arrive early for a book signing with author Anne O'Connor from 5 to 6 p.m. She will read from her book, "Fitchburg: The Old Hometown," and sign copies for purchasers.

Clinton van available: for Berlin riders on Fridays for shopping to grocery stores in Clinton; the out-of-town-van available to Berlin riders to Worcester on Wednesdays and Fridays.

As if Bill May's off-the-job agenda hasn't been busy enough, the former Townsend police chief-turned author can now add teaching to his post-retirement resume.

For much of that time, he also held a full-time job as an educator in Fitchburg, where he taught for many years at the former B.F. Brown Junior High School before retiring several years ago.

As news spread Thursday afternoon that 95-year-old Nelson Mandela died after a lengthy illness, members of the black community in North Central Massachusetts reflected on the impact the anti-Apartheid leader had on the world.

Kathleen Galat Bowers, Grasshopper Scream, digital archival print, 2013-one of the works which will be featured in the Creatures Real and Imagined exhibit.

School Superintendent Loxi Jo Calmes is defending the school district's response to alleged racism in Lunenburg, saying that school officials have done everything right in the wake of an alleged hate crime that appeared to target a young Lunenburg High School football player.

The long-debated demolition delay ordinance for historically significant buildings proposed by the Historical Commission has been tabled once again by the City Council after another round of proposed revisions.

The Fitchburg State University Humanities Department will ring in the holiday season with a series of free concerts in December on the university campus.

Li Ruixue, a middle-school principal from China, visited Monty Tech recently to learn about career and technical education.

Christopher M. Clarke, 27, of 11 Blossom St., Leominster, Mass., was arrested Nov. 23, and Michael M. Mack, 24, of 27 Spruce St., Fitchburg, Mass., was arrested Wednesday.

Saving, spending, sharing and investing are the cornerstones of financial literacy, and Leominster Credit Union is taking its lessons to the Boys & Girls Club of Fitchburg and Leominster to build a strong foundation for young people.

A certified go-getter, this beautiful young Hispanic woman is reaching new heights daily.

In anticipation of an ordered restructuring, the UMass Family Medicine Residency program at Community Health Connections is indefinitely suspending recruitment.

Affidavits for search warrants connected to the Nov. 13 fire at the West End Diner allege owner Jeffrey A. Cordio offered a new employee $5,000 to set the eatery on fire and even asked to have his wife killed in order to collect a $2 million insurance policy.