Schools
The Groton-Dunstable Regional School District School Committee will conduct a Public Hearing on the Preliminary FY 2023 Budget via Zoom meeting beginning at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday, March 1, 2022. Please visit the link below to join the webinar: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/ 89686468978?pwd=...
At Worcester Polytechnic Institute, all undergraduates are required to complete a research-driven, professional-level project that applies science and technology to address an important societal need or issue. About two-thirds of students complete a project at one of the university's 50-plus off-...
The Elegant Chef, the in-school restaurant at Nashoba Valley Technical High School, is back open regularly, from Tuesday through Friday. Of course, you may want to call before you go just to make sure.
Like all other restaurants, the award-winning Elegant Chef has faced many dilemmas since...
Wrapping up the 2021 year, the Groton Dunstable High School’s band, chorus, jazz band, and chamber choir spread holiday cheer to residents in the community with their annual winter concert tour this past December!
Friday, December 17, the music program’s chorus and chamber choirs dressed...
by Connie Sartini
Chairman of the Board of Health Bob Fleischer, along with members Michelle Collette and Evan Thackaberry, discussed the need for a town-wide mask mandate for all indoor establishments open to the public, at their Monday evening Zoom meeting. Fleischer said that this action was...
Fitchburg State University held the winter ceremony of its 125th commencement exercises on Friday, Dec. 17. 2021, conferring more than 400 degrees at the first in-person ceremony since the start of the pandemic.
President Richard S. Lapidus delivered the keynote address during the ceremony...
Powerful semiconductors for enhanced wireless communication and digital imaging is on the drawing board, thanks to research led by a UMass Lowell scientist.
Semiconductors transmit electricity. Also known as “chips,” they are found in countless products, including automobiles, computers,...
by Karen Angelo
The Federal Emergency Management Agency has awarded a $900,000 grant to Research Prof. Anila Bello of the UMass Lowell Department of Public Health for research into better protections for firefighters from harmful chemicals used to extinguish fuel-based fires.
Known as...
Making it happen for the community. Thanks to these Nashoba Technical High School students, Groton Water Department has a solid, sturdy new shed to temporarily house well equipment at the Whitney Pond Well Site on Lowell Road. Water Superintendent Tom Orcutt said, “These young men did a super job for us.”
Mount Wachusett Community College, with generous support from the Shannon Grant, has launched a new program aiming to connect with students and provide them with support, coaching and workshops in academic, employment, and life readiness. The program is intended for high school seniors and HiSet...