Fitchburg State College News

Webster Police say man died after arrest NORTH ANDOVER - Police say a Webster man who struggled with state police at a North Andover sobriety checkpoint has died.

Carl E. Dahlstrom of Grafton was a Korean War veteran, teacher, father, grandfather and husband.

The Adult Learning in the Fitchburg Area in connection with its sponsor, Fitchburg State College, will offer a free lecture entitled "Everything You Want to Know about the Swine Flu " on Tuesday, Dec.

Hampden-Wilbraham Regional School Superintendent M. Martin O'Shea said he has named Daniel D. Roy, assistant principal of Quaboag Regional Middle High School in Warren, as principal of Wilbraham Middle School.

The United Way of North Central Massachusetts has elected new officers and directors.

The Student-Athlete Advisory Committee represented Fitchburg State College at the 2009 MASCAC Diversity Workshop, hosted by MCLA on Saturday.

Lunenburg High School is excited and proud to announce the continuation of the LHS Peer Tutor Program.

The sights, sounds and now the taste of the holidays will all come together at The Festival of Trees, in its 16th year.

This was not your typical sleepover, although there were the prerequisite fuzzy slippers, sleeping bags and a stuffed horse named Natty.

LEOMINSTER_ The SHINE Initiative's "Keep Your Mind Open" fundraiser was a success on Thursday night for the third year in a row.

Fitchburg State College invites students at Fitchburg and Leominster high schools, Oakmont Regional High School and Montachusett Regional Vocational Technical School to enter the English Department's annual Discovering Young Writers competition.

Emily Devlin's article "FSC mulls possibilities to close $6.2 million budget deficit" exposes the consequences of declining state support for public higher education at Fitchburg State College.

Faculty and staff layoffs, an increase in student fees and the delay of capital-improvement projects are all ways Fitchburg State College officials say they plan to deal with a proposed $6.2 million cut from the state Department of Higher Education.

As the nation gives thanks later this month, a few colleges are already working to help others less fortunate.

Seat being sought: Fitchburg city councilor at large Address: 377 Highland Ave., Fitchburg Age: 25 Occupation: Social worker at Community Hospice House, Merrimack, N.H. Education: Bachelor of Science in psychology; working on Master of Science in counseling at Fitchburg State College, to be completed in May 2010 Political experience: No political ...

Fitchburg State College officials said they are ready to begin the first phase of a project to renovate and rebuild the college's dated science building this year, the Sentinel & Enterprise reports.

Walking through the Condike Science Building is like a trip down memory lane - not an image Fitchburg State College wants to project.

Former City Councilor Thomas Donnelly on Tuesday announced he will run against incumbent Mayor Lisa Wong in the Nov.

I'm learning that a lot of people are born and raised in the city and love Fitchburg.

GraftonAbsentee rate at school drops GRAFTON - Grafton High School reopened Wednesday, and the absentee rate has dropped significantly since the school was closed last week after faculty and students became ill from what is believed to have been the H1N1 virus, or swine flu.