NewVue Communities, a community development corp. serving Fitchburg, received a $726,000 grant from the Massachusetts Underutilized Properties Program for new roofs on three historic buildings that are a part of the organization’s plan to create artist space in downtown Fitchburg.
After a tedious all-day meeting that stretched the limits of commissioners' and staff's patience, the Gaming Commission failed to find resolution Thursday on any potential timeline for it to roll out legal sports betting. Instead, the commission recessed after 6 p.m. Thursday with a plan to try again on Friday in a meeting being called on an emergency basis.
Fallon Health of Worcester and the Worcester Red Sox teamed up for the second year for their Strike Out Hunger Campaign, raising $50,000 for the Worcester County Food Bank in Shrewsbury.