Fort Devens News

In a departure from the agenda, the selectmen began their Nov. 2 meeting with a testimonial to longtime resident and decorated WWII veteran John Hebert, who died Nov.

In the winter of 1778, Town Meeting voted to "supply the families of the continental soldiers of this town." In 1946, the entire town gathered to welcome veterans of World War II home with a daylong celebration and dinner.

Did you know that Newburyport had a beneficial association with the Civilian Conservation Corps during The Great Depression? People were out of work, some families were suffering greatly, and many had reached a point of losing hope.

Pepperell could soon join Ayer, Harvard, Lancaster, Shirley and Groton, in signing the Army Community Covenant.

Dave Carden has led a colorful life. So when someone suggested he package the stories into a book, he did just that.

This September was the first in more than 45 years that Lowell children were not returning to the Rogers School on Highland Avenue.

Following their mid-August trip to Nova Scotia, three members of the Devens Enterprise Commission and three staff members recounted their North-of-the-boarder experience with Canadian counterparts who are also in the midst of redeveloping a former military base.

Edward M. Kennedy leaves behind an enormous legacy of championing social justice for the nation.

To the strains of "Here I Am Lord," sung by soloist Claire Garrity Neas, the funeral service for Manuel "Manny" Velez began last Thursday morning at St.

A son of Inarajan is the region's latest casualty in the ongoing war in Afghanistan.

The flag at Town Hall flies at half staff in honor of Ayer's Veterans Agent Manuel "Manny" Velez, who died last Thursday in Ayer at the age of 77.

Dennis Maher spent 19 years in prison for two rapes and a sexual assault before being proved innocent by DNA evidence.

Dennis Maher spent 19 years in prison for two rapes and a sexual assault before being proved innocent by DNA evidence.

By Tom Sharpe Milt Sternberg finally got his class ring back a ' 46 years after he lost it in Massachusetts, 44 years after it was found on a beach in Japan and nearly a year after it was rediscovered in a Texas house damaged by Hurricane Ike.

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.