Fort Devens News

"Besides parades, hoopla and days off," Page Hilltop Principal Fred Deppe reminded students that Memorial Day is a day to honor the military "past and present and the many who have given their lives ..this is our time to honor them." Local veterans and uniformed soldiers were seated on stage as students of all grades paid tribute.

From their location just outside the gates of the downsized Fort Devens military base, the Devens Enterprise Commission took a moment at their May 3 meeting to consider the ramifications of the January Department of Defense request for Congress to establish a new Base Realignment And Closure Commission.

Collectively, Massachusetts' military bases and defense and aerospace industries generate more than 120,000 jobs in the commonwealth.

Former House speaker Salvatore F. DiMasi has been diagnosed with cancer in his tongue and lymph nodes, his family confirmed Friday, a disease that can be fatal if not detected early.

Annual Town Meeting continued into a second night on Tuesday. As important as what happened is what did not happen.

A bill that would have allowed Devens to become its own town has died in the state Legislature after failing to win enough support to come up for a vote.

The meeting opened with an attempt by Selectman Gary Luca to reconsider Monday's unsuccessful vote defeating the creation of a selectmen-appointed Finance Department.

From their location just outside the gates of the downsized Fort Devens military base, the Devens Enterprise Commission took a moment at their May 3 meeting to consider the ramifications of the January Department of Defense request for Congress to establish a new Base Realignment And Closure Commission.

The public is invited to Fort Devens Museum's Open House on Saturday, May 19, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. where Armed Forces Day will be observed with exhibits, talks and the opportunity to share conversation about the military and local history with others over refreshments.

Doug Richards, the former Luzerne County human resources director jailed for helping set up a dummy corporation to secure a county contract, began serving his sentence late last month at a federal medical center outside Boston.

LUXTON, T. P., K. G. SCHECKEL, P. J. CLARK, AND R. G. FORD. Speciation And Distribution Of Arsenic In Fresh Water Pond Sediments Impacted By Contaminated Ground-Water Discharge .

From their meeting location just outside the gates of the Fort Devens military base, the Devens Enterprise Commission took a moment at their May 3 meeting to consider the ramifications of the January Department of Defense request for Congress to establish a new Base Realignment And Closure Commission .

Moans, sighs and exclamations erupted Saturday as relatives of Sept. 11 victims watched four closed-circuit TV feeds from Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, that showed the self-proclaimed mastermind of the attacks and co-defendants trying to slow their arraignment, a move that drew outbursts from viewers of "c'mon, are you kidding me?" "It's actually a joke, ... (more)

Family members of some 9/11 victims are watching on closed-circuit TV as the self-proclaimed mastermind of the attacks and four co-defendants are arraigned at Guantanamo Bay in Cuba.

The public is invited to Fort Devens Museum's Open House on Saturday, May 19, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. where Armed Forces Day will be observed with exhibits, talks and the opportunity to share conversation about the military and local history with others over refreshments.

Lt. Gov. Timothy Murray touched down on Devens on Tuesday, the last of six state military installations the Patrick administration is looking to fortify and protect from potential base closure.

The arraignment of the self-proclaimed mastermind of the Sept. 11 terror attacks and four other Guantanamo Bay prisoners will be broadcast at the Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst and three other military bases in the U.S. Northeast, a Pentagon spokesman said Monday.