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A student from Sudbury, Massachusetts, is facing charges in connection with a fireworks incident at a Lincoln-Sudbury Regional High School football game against Fitchburg last week.

A student from Sudbury, Massachusetts, is facing charges in connection with a fireworks incident at a Lincoln-Sudbury Regional High School football game against Fitchburg last week. Sudbury police said Friday that the student, whose name has not been released, is charged with assault and battery with a dangerous weapon, assault with a dangerous weapon and wanton destruction of property. The…

After fireworks were shot off at last week’s game, Lincoln-Sudbury Regional has shifted its game this week to Thursday night with increased security measures and fan restrictions.

When schools in Massachusetts and across the country shut down in March 2020, one of the biggest concerns was figuring out how to feed children who might otherwise go hungry. “So many families during normal times face food insecurity, and it really became even more so during the pandemic,” said David Semenza, the nutrition services director of Fitchburg Public Schools….

When schools closed due to COVID-19, some of the most essential employees were cafeteria workers who never stopped churning out food for families in need.

With a strong population of Hmong-Americans, gymnast Suni Lee had a lot of people in Massachusetts cheering her on as she won gold.

Some families have lost their homes after a four-alarm fire destroyed the Fitchburg, Massachusetts, building they lived in on Sunday, fire officials said.  The fire happened on Kimball Street around 11:45 a.m., the Fitchburg Fire Department said.  There is extensive damage to apartments located in the back of the building. No injuries have been reported, officials said.  The Massachusetts Red…

The mayor of Leominster, Massachusetts, is looking for the owner of a sword that is believed to have been stolen more than four decades ago. Mayor Dean Mazzarella says the sword was sent to his office along with some limited information. The sword might have been stolen from a Fitchburg home between 1976 and 1980, Mazzarella said, adding that the…

A storm may be bringing several inches of snow, but many New Englanders are more focused on the game ahead Sunday.

Sunday will bring both a Super Bowl matchup and a wintry storm to the New England region.

As New England football fans prepare to watch their former hometown quarterback play for a different team in the Super Bowl on Sunday, Mother Nature is delivering a whole other challenge for officials in the region to tackle. Several cities and towns in Central and Southern Massachusetts have already issued snow emergencies for Sunday, as an incoming storm is forecast…

“There’s a lot to like about Lowell,” the city’s marketing slogan says. On Tuesday, that meant liking snow, too, since it hit the jackpot. The city had among the highest snow totals in Massachusetts, 24 inches, after a nor’easter crossed New England and brought varied impacts, from coastal flooding to the heavy snow that buried this Merrimack Valley community....

A noreaster moved out of the Boston area, leaving behind a mess, including two feet of snow in Lowell and flooding on parts of the coast.

A Fitchburg, Massachusetts church service has been linked to nearly 200 COVID-19 cases.

There have been 85 deaths connected to COVID-19 in Fitchburg this year.

A Fitchburg, Massachusetts church service has been linked to nearly 200 COVID-19 cases.

New COVID-19 cases have been linked to a church in Fitchburg, Massachusetts.

Nearly 150 confirmed cases of COVID-19 have been reported in connection to a single church in Fitchburg, Massachusetts.

A church in Central Massachusetts that shut down in-person services earlier this week after a couple dozen people tested positive for COVID-19 has now been connected to nearly 150 confirmed cases, according to the local board of health. Officials have traced the source of a rising outbreak to services held at Crossroads Community Church in Fitchburg, Massachusetts, on or around…

More than two dozen cases of the novel coronavirus have shutdown in-person services at a central Massachusetts church.