AmericanTowns is a virtual "town square", connecting you to all the events and news happening in Fitchburg Massachusetts. Whether it's town issues and community activism, or school calendars and sports schedules, AmericanTowns delivers the information faster and helps you use it better. en-us 30 https://www.americantowns.com/fitchburg-ma 144 69 https://www.americantowns.com/fitchburg-ma https://www.americantowns.com/images/atn_rss_logo.gif Tue, 18 Feb 2025 00:42:26 -0600 Washington (February 24, 2023) – Today, on the anniversary of Russia’s illegal, immoral invasion of Ukraine, Senator Edward J. Markey https://www.americantowns.com/news/on-anniversary-of-russian-invasion-of-ukraine-senator-markey-announces-new-legislation-tasking-pentagon-with-preventing-catastrophe-at-nuclear-plants-in-war-zones-31540807-fitchburg-ma.html https://www.americantowns.com/news/on-anniversary-of-russian-invasion-of-ukraine-senator-markey-announces-new-legislation-tasking-pentagon-with-preventing-catastrophe-at-nuclear-plants-in-war-zones-31540807-fitchburg-ma.html Government and Politics Tue, 18 Feb 2025 00:00:00 -0600 Boston — Governor Maura T. Healey today announced that she will sign an Executive Order establishing the Governor’s Advisory Council on https://www.americantowns.com/news/governor-healey-to-sign-executive-order-creating-the-governors-advisory-council-on-black-empowerment-31541583-fitchburg-ma.html https://www.americantowns.com/news/governor-healey-to-sign-executive-order-creating-the-governors-advisory-council-on-black-empowerment-31541583-fitchburg-ma.html Government and Politics Tue, 18 Feb 2025 00:00:00 -0600 Sign Up HERE to participate as a CHEF or BARTENDER! Amateur & Professional Cash Prizes Awarded! Sign Up HERE to VOLUNTEER https://www.americantowns.com/news/march-at-fitchburg-art-museum-31543855-fitchburg-ma.html https://www.americantowns.com/news/march-at-fitchburg-art-museum-31543855-fitchburg-ma.html Arts and Entertainment Tue, 18 Feb 2025 00:00:00 -0600 Washington (March 2, 2023) – Today, Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) joined Senators Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio) and Susan Collins (R-Maine) in https://www.americantowns.com/news/senator-markey-joins-senators-brown-and-collins-in-introducing-bipartisan-bill-to-get-public-employees-full-social-security-benefits-31543885-fitchburg-ma.html https://www.americantowns.com/news/senator-markey-joins-senators-brown-and-collins-in-introducing-bipartisan-bill-to-get-public-employees-full-social-security-benefits-31543885-fitchburg-ma.html Government and Politics Tue, 18 Feb 2025 00:00:00 -0600 Washington (March 3, 2023) – Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), Chair of the Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Subcommittee on Clean https://www.americantowns.com/news/sen-markey-rep-huffman-announce-legislation-to-crack-down-on-crypto-energy-consumption-as-markey-holds-firstever-senate-hearing-focused-on-industrys-environmental-impacts-31544725-fitchburg-ma.html https://www.americantowns.com/news/sen-markey-rep-huffman-announce-legislation-to-crack-down-on-crypto-energy-consumption-as-markey-holds-firstever-senate-hearing-focused-on-industrys-environmental-impacts-31544725-fitchburg-ma.html Government and Politics Tue, 18 Feb 2025 00:00:00 -0600 WASHINGTON – Today, at a House Financial Services Committee hearing, Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley (MA-07) praised the Consumer Financial https://www.americantowns.com/news/pressley-praises-cfpb-at-hearing-highlights-agencys-crackdown-on-redlining-31549118-fitchburg-ma.html https://www.americantowns.com/news/pressley-praises-cfpb-at-hearing-highlights-agencys-crackdown-on-redlining-31549118-fitchburg-ma.html Government and Politics Tue, 18 Feb 2025 00:00:00 -0600 Jaffrey Civic Center to Hold Second Annual Heart of the Arts Gala Auction   For immediate release: March 31, 2023   Jaffrey, https://www.americantowns.com/news/jaffrey-civic-center-to-hold-second-annual-heart-of-the-arts-gala-auction-31557295-fitchburg-ma.html https://www.americantowns.com/news/jaffrey-civic-center-to-hold-second-annual-heart-of-the-arts-gala-auction-31557295-fitchburg-ma.html Arts and Entertainment Tue, 18 Feb 2025 00:00:00 -0600 Washington, D.C.  – U.S. Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), Alex Padilla (D-Calif.) and 9 other senators submitted https://www.americantowns.com/news/warren-menendez-padilla-senators-submit-public-comment-against-biden-administrations-proposed-asylum-transit-ban-rule-31557488-fitchburg-ma.html https://www.americantowns.com/news/warren-menendez-padilla-senators-submit-public-comment-against-biden-administrations-proposed-asylum-transit-ban-rule-31557488-fitchburg-ma.html Government and Politics Tue, 18 Feb 2025 00:00:00 -0600 Chelmsfold — Governor Maura T. Healey today announced that her administration is awarding new Innovation Career Pathway designations to 27 high https://www.americantowns.com/news/healeydriscoll-administration-awards-new-innovation-career-pathways-to-27-high-school-across-the-commonwealth-31564051-fitchburg-ma.html https://www.americantowns.com/news/healeydriscoll-administration-awards-new-innovation-career-pathways-to-27-high-school-across-the-commonwealth-31564051-fitchburg-ma.html Government and Politics Tue, 18 Feb 2025 00:00:00 -0600 We are proud to announce the First Lowe Park Chalk Art Festival. There will be performances including Critical Mass Drummers and an Open Mic, food https://www.americantowns.com/news/lowe-park-chalk-art-festival-2023-31564492-fitchburg-ma.html https://www.americantowns.com/news/lowe-park-chalk-art-festival-2023-31564492-fitchburg-ma.html Arts and Entertainment Tue, 18 Feb 2025 00:00:00 -0600 Warren: “Holding up the promotions of every single senior military nominee isn’t democracy; it’s extortion and that kind of https://www.americantowns.com/news/icymi-warren-ramps-up-pressure-for-senate-to-confirm-military-nominations-calls-out-reckless-and-dangerous-republican-holds-31567650-fitchburg-ma.html https://www.americantowns.com/news/icymi-warren-ramps-up-pressure-for-senate-to-confirm-military-nominations-calls-out-reckless-and-dangerous-republican-holds-31567650-fitchburg-ma.html Government and Politics Tue, 18 Feb 2025 00:00:00 -0600 Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Representatives Ayanna Pressley (D-MA) and Barbara Lee (D-Calif.) reintroduced https://www.americantowns.com/news/senator-warren-representatives-pressley-and-lee-reintroduce-the-antiracism-in-public-health-act-31568220-fitchburg-ma.html https://www.americantowns.com/news/senator-warren-representatives-pressley-and-lee-reintroduce-the-antiracism-in-public-health-act-31568220-fitchburg-ma.html Government and Politics Tue, 18 Feb 2025 00:00:00 -0600 Warren: “Credit reporting agencies are the ones who turn all of that bad data into real pain for American consumers. You're the ones who cost https://www.americantowns.com/news/icymi-at-hearing-warren-blasts-credit-reporting-agency-ceos-highlights-need-for-accurate-data-in-credit-reporting-31568932-fitchburg-ma.html https://www.americantowns.com/news/icymi-at-hearing-warren-blasts-credit-reporting-agency-ceos-highlights-need-for-accurate-data-in-credit-reporting-31568932-fitchburg-ma.html Government and Politics Tue, 18 Feb 2025 00:00:00 -0600 Ari Montford’s Freedom Arrows Now on view Ari Montford’s Freedom Arrows amplifies the arrow’s symbolism as tool, weapon, and https://www.americantowns.com/news/may-at-fitchburg-art-museum-31571060-fitchburg-ma.html https://www.americantowns.com/news/may-at-fitchburg-art-museum-31571060-fitchburg-ma.html Arts and Entertainment Tue, 18 Feb 2025 00:00:00 -0600 Washington – Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), a member of the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee and the Senate Health, https://www.americantowns.com/news/senators-markey-and-cassidy-reintroduce-coppa-20-bipartisan-legislation-to-protect-online-privacy-of-children-and-teens-31571216-fitchburg-ma.html https://www.americantowns.com/news/senators-markey-and-cassidy-reintroduce-coppa-20-bipartisan-legislation-to-protect-online-privacy-of-children-and-teens-31571216-fitchburg-ma.html Government and Politics Tue, 18 Feb 2025 00:00:00 -0600