Devens News

From a nonprofit housing organization to a publicly traded industry heavy hitter to a local builder known for green and affordable subdivisions, a wide range of developers is lining up to win a contract to rebuild the Grant Road neighborhood in Devens.

Fort Devens Museum will present a talk by historian Anne Marie Reardon on the Italian soldiers who were imprisoned in Massachusetts during World War II today at 1 p.m. Between 1944 and 1946, more than 5,000 German and Italian prisoners of war were held at Fort Devens.

With the current contract to provide police services in Devens set to expire next year, MassDevelopment, in accordance with Chapter 498, state legislation that spells out the structures and procedures by which the agency operates the former military base, recently sent out requests for proposals to eligible entities: the U.S. Department of Defense, ... (more)

Devens Firefighters Local S-19 will hold its annual MDA "Fill the Boot" Drive: June 14 and June 15, from 7 a.m. to 1 p.m. at all Devens entrances collecting for the Muscular Dystrophy Association.

Two of the town's four dispatchers will keep their jobs at the end of the month when the town enters a regionalization plan based at Devens, it was revealed at a Board of Selectmen meeting Monday night.

Between 1944 and 1946, more than 5,000 German and Italian Prisoners of War were held at Fort Devens.

"It is our opportunity to recognize, remember and applaud our true American heroes -- all of the men and women who have served our country."

This multigenerational family group ranges in age from 5 months to 90 years old.

Zubeidat Tsarnaeva, mother of the two Boston bombing suspects, says her son Djokhar has told her not to worry about him as he is eating and people are sending him thousands of dollars.

MassDevelopment is expected to hire a developer to build 120 new housing units in Devens sometime in August after six firms expressed their interest in taking on the project.

Scott Ennis of Barre, wearing the No. 12 Eagles jersey in the foreground, runs with the bulls in Pamplona, Spain.

Groton's 3Rivers Arts is looking for artists and their works for the first festival of its kind this summer.

Boston bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev telephoned his mother from his heavily guarded hospital room at Fort Devens in Massachusetts: Don't worry.

A roll call of 101 veterans who died in the past year rang out across Carter Park without an answer in one of many poignant moments during Memorial Day ceremonies Monday.

Guest speaker Colonel Michael A. LeSavage, USMC, spoke of the loss of dozens of fellow soldiers and how it has impacted himself, but more so their families.

Taxpayers of the commonwealth; prepare yourselves to dig a little deeper into your pockets and gasp slightly when you do.

Getting to Devens is as easy as hopping on Route 2 and staying on the highway a little past Route 495 to Exit 37B Jackson Road/Deven then follow Jackson Road to the designated parking areas for Willard/Antietam Field.

Police Chief Edward Denmark updated the selectmen Tuesday night on the process and progress of responding to a MassDevelopment request for proposals on its next Devens policing contract.