Fitchburg

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…

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 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.

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…

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

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

A COVID cluster of more than two dozen cases has shut down in-person services at Crossroads Community Church in Fitchburg, Massachusetts, until at least Nov. 8. “We’ve met with them, they understand the importance of getting a handle on this,” Fitchburg Mayor Stephen DiNatale said Monday. DiNatale said Board of Health nurses are actively doing contact tracing. “If you were…

A cyclist was airlifted after being hit by a vehicle Friday in Fitchburg, Massachusetts. Police in Fitchburg responded just after 5 p.m. to the intersection of Lunenburg Street and Berry Street, where a they say a 29-year-old was hit while riding a mountain bike. The victim was taken by helicopter to an area hospital. No further information about the victim…

Authorities responded Sunday to a car fire at a sports complex in Fitchburg, Massachusetts. The Fitchburg Fire Department received a call around 4:30 p.m. for a reported car fire at the Game On Fitchburg Sports and Performance Center. Video showed thick smoke billowing into the air amid a number of parked cars. Soccer was being played on the field alongside…

The Fitchburg Fire Department responded Sunday to a reported car fire at the Game On Sports Complex.

The woman killed when a tire broke loose from a passing vehicle and struck the windshield of her SUV Wednesday afternoon in Fitchburg, Massachusetts, was identified Thursday as a beloved first grade teacher in the Hudson school system. State police identified the victim as Erin Beth MacKay, 42, of Templeton. MacKay was a first grade teacher at Forest Avenue Elementary…

A woman was killed after a tire believed to have broken loose from a passing vehicle struck the windshield of her SUV Wednesday afternoon on Route 2 in Fitchburg, Massachusetts. Police originally believed the tire was from a passing tractor trailer but later revised their description of the vehicle. Now investigators are seeking to determine what vehicle the tire and…

The number of bald eagles in Massachusetts continues to grow, with nine new nests confirmed in the state this year, including the first on Cape Cod in more than a century. The state Division of Fisheries and Wildlife said more than 70 active eagles’ nests have been documented around the state in 2020, including new nests in Fitchburg, Wenham, Concord,…

A field morgue is being set up on the campus of Fitchburg State University, part of Massachusetts’ emergency management plan to keep the anticipated surge of coronavirus cases from overwhelming the state health care system, state and local officials say. “This will allow mortuary service providers to keep their services operating in a way that’s safe for staff and...

Work is underway to create Massachusetts’ first field morgue at Fitchburg State University, part of Massachusetts’ emergency management plan for coronavirus.