Devens News Archives

The money rattling around in Jasmine's pocket is all she had left from her last paycheck.

The Nashoba Valley Chamber of Commerce is hosting its 11th annual Community Service & Leadership Awards event Wednesday, Nov.

We are very excited to share information with you regarding the Early Childhood Center located at Devens, which is now available to the Harvard Integrated Preschool Program.

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.

Nov. 17 Fall Town Meeting voters will be asked to consider joining 10 other towns in using a proposed regional hazardous-waste facility on Cook Street in Devens that would terminate using the Lunenburg DPW, but offer 10 times as many collection dates.

As the price of solar panels has plunged since then, the company has struggled, inviting questions about the wisdom of the initial round of public support - and of a $5 million loan recently approved by the agency MassDevelopment.

Raymond Weicker's Back Central home was recently burglarized, becoming one of the five homes on the block that have been broken into over the past two years.

The Joint Boards of Selectmen for Ayer, Harvard and Shirley met Oct. 8, taking up several subjects.

American poet, novelist and painter E. E. Cummings was one of the best-selling poets of the 20th century, earning fame for his unique approach to punctuation and syntax.

The School Committee is a considering a plan designed to improve the preschool program by relocating it to Devens, but the board is planning to seek public input before making any decisions.

Nikki Makarutsa looks forward to the day when she can return to her native Zimbabwe for a reunion with her 77-year-old mother and other family members who have survived ongoing political violence there.

Mayor Lisa Wong said at a Wednesday press conference that state aid cuts could equal job losses for city employees, and reduced services to Fitchburg residents.

A Weymouth-based electric company is facing a $35,000 fine after allegedly failing to protect its employees at a work site in Devens.

Townsend's Transformations Inc. is one of the four companies advancing from an original field of nine for the rights to build affordable single- and multifamily low energy use homes on Devens.

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

Open house: 1-3 p.m. The Sandy Pond School House will be open for all to see. Come and take a walk back in time to see the one-room school house nestled into the triangle where Sandy Pond, Willow and Westford roads meet.