Fort Devens News

Fresh from an Army Community Covenant meeting at Fort Devens July 1, Veterans Agent Joseph Mazzola brought particulars of the initiative before selectmen as the town considers signing on.

Fort Devens Museum President Bert Tompkins announced on June 24 that the museum could be located in a new permanent home of its own within months.

As Lt. Col. Warren F. Bacote assumed command of the U.S. Army Garrison - Fort Devens yesterday, he spoke of his gratitude for his family, fellow soldiers and predecessor.

Command of U.S. Army Garrison Fort Devens changed hands yesterday morning as Lt.

Everett "Ev" Cassagneres was a young soldier back from the front lines of Korea with two Purple Hearts in 1952 when he met a fledgling bicyclist named Art Longsjo.

Rust-colored sediment and putrid-looking growth on submerged branches in the 30-acre Plow Shop Pond's Red Cove do not invite wading, fishing or even foot-dipping. It's the Army's job to determine if its past activities present risk to either humans or the ecology.

Nathan Buckley knows the word "comrades" takes on new meaning when fighting in a war zone.

As I see in the paper about the deployment of troops from Camp Shelby, it reminds me of my own military experience.

PUERTO RICAN VETERANS HONORED Luis Colon was 18 when he joined the Army in Puerto Rico.

Walter Hedlund turned 88 yesterday, and no one was more surprised than he. The day before Hedlund turned 23, he was one of thousands of American GIs, working the sands of Omaha Beach, on D-Day. There was no time for cake, nor a rousing chorus of "Happy Birthday" from his brethren.

Most notably, the rezoning proposal would permit multifamily uses for the historic buildings, along with small-scale retail development to service the future homesteaders.

On Memorial Day communities across the nation honor and remember the service men and women who died in the service of our country.

Soldiers, Marines and former active duty members quietly placed flags at the headstones of departed comrades in arms as U.S. Army Garrison Fort Devens conducted a small but poignant military-style Memorial Day observance last Thursday.

When Adolfo Ramirez graduated from high school in 2003, his mother, Altagracia, wanted to buy him his class ring.

Marie Sidilou Enzinger Rettger, 85, of Garland, Texas, died May 7, 2009, after a period of declining health.

Fort Devens is reviving its Armed Forces Day celebrations for the first time since the central Massachusetts army based was decommissioned more than a decade ago.

U.S. Army Garrison Fort Devens, the modern-day version of the former Fort Devens, will be celebrating Armed Forces Day on Saturday, May 16, for the first time in more than 10 years, said Lt.

Voters from Ayer, Harvard and Shirley will participate in a Super Town Meeting on June 8 to decide whether zoning should be changed to allow for redevelopment of seven historically significant buildings in Vicksburg Square.

A rezoning plan for Devens' Vicksburg Square has been making the rounds in the three towns that will decide its fate.

When Paul Thibodeau joined the Shirley Police Department as a patrol officer in 1976, the town was very different.