Devens Online @devensonline - Tumblr Blog

State Agency takes Next Step on K-Wing Project

The Havard Press, Posted: September 17, 2015 By: Marty Green Plans for rebuilding the kindergarten wing at the Hildreth Elementary School have passed the first hurdle on the path to state financial help. A team from the Massachusetts School Building Authority (MSBA) will visit the school on Nov. 4 for an on-site evaluation to see if the project makes it past the next hurdle. Superintendent…

View On WordPress

What’s new for 2015–16 at Hildreth and Bromfield

School’s open: What’s new for 2015–16 at Hildreth Elementary and Bromfield The Harvard Press, Posted: August 27, 2015 By: Marty Green As the Harvard schools prepare to open next week, some changes are immediately obvious—like the handsome new entryway to the Bromfield School, with its smooth walkways, fall-blooming flowers, and new shrubs. Other improvements are inside the buildings, such as the…

View On WordPress

Hildreth and Bromfield Welcome New Teachers

Hildreth Elementary and Bromfield welcome a pride of new teachers The Harvard Press, Posted: August 27, 2015 By: Marty Green When school opens next week, Harvard students will see lots of new faces in the halls and classrooms. Both schools have had an influx of new students registering during the summer. But both also have a bumper crop of new faculty and staff members. The Bromfield School will…

View On WordPress

Our Debt to Devens

The Harvard Press, Posted: August 27, 2015 As our schools prepare to open for another academic year, the surprise is that the recent decline in enrollments at both Hildreth Elementary and Bromfield schools has come to a halt. The number of local students is expected to increase slightly for the first time in several years, and although the number of Devens students will remain more or less flat…

View On WordPress

Dragonfly Wellness Center: It’s All About Well-Being

The Harvard Press, Posted: October 1, 2015 By: Lucinda Bowen This weekend the Dragonfly Wellness Center, located in the newly renovated Red Cross building in Devens, will officially kick off its grand opening celebration with a ribbon-cutting ceremony and open house. This new business, which just started offering classes and workshops after Labor Day, looks to provide Harvard and surrounding…

View On WordPress

Baker to Speak at Devens Event Honoring Veterans

Baker to speak at Devens event honoring World War II veterans The Boston Globe, September 30, 2015 By: Jennifer Fenn Lefferts, Globe Correspondent Governor Charlie Baker will be the guest speaker at an Oct. 23 event in the Devens community honoring World War II veterans. State Representatives Jennifer Benson, a Lunenburg Democrat, and Sheila Harrington, a Republican from Groton, are hosting…

View On WordPress

Selectmen delay decision on sunsetting EDC and DEAT

The Harvard Press, Posted: September 24, 2015 By: John Osborn The selectmen have postponed a decision to terminate either the Economic Development Committee or the Devens Economic Analysis Team until a future meeting. Selectwoman Lucy Wallace is her board’s liaison to both committees. She reported Tuesday that Kara Minar, chairwoman of the Planning Board, which appoints EDC members jointly with…

View On WordPress

Devens Growth Surge Gives Area a Boost

Nashoba Publishing, Posted: 09/24/2015 11:09:22 AM EDT By: Hiroko Sato Devens had nearly 400 more people working in the community in 2014 than in 2013. If you think the 11 percent job growth was a lucky surge from the national economy bouncing back, think again. Bristol-Myers Scribb has begun its campus expansion project, preparing to add up to 380 new jobs at its Jackson Road location next…

View On WordPress

Devens Treatment Center Draws Praise

Plans for Devens treatment, recovery center draw praise The Lowell Sun, Posted: 09/23/2015 11:37:35 PM EDT By: Jon Bishop LEOMINSTER — In a two-hour meeting with mental health advocates and professionals Wednesday, Dr. Michael Krupa, CEO of Health Partners New England, took input about the design and operations for the Devens-based Health Partners Treatment and Recovery Center, slated to open…

View On WordPress

Night of Wine, Whiskey, Craft Beer and Chocolate

Night of wine, whiskey, craft beer and chocolate aids Habitat for Humanity Nashoba Publishing Online, Posted: 09/22/2015 05:10:01 PM EDT DEVENS — Habitat for Humanity North Central Massachusetts and area restaurants, wine, craft beer, and spirits experts kick off “A Toast to Hope: Wine, Whiskey, Craft Beer & … Chocolate Tasting,” at the Devens Conference Center, Oct. 15. The event, which kicks…

View On WordPress

MWCC Offers Free Manufacturing Training

Telegram.com, Posted: Sep. 9, 2015 at 3:36 PM DEVENS – Mount Wachusett Community College is offering free two-week, six-week and eight-week manufacturing training, beginning Sept. 14, for unemployed or underemployed adults, veterans, recent high school graduates and career changers. All classes are held at MWCC’s satellite campus in Devens, 27 Jackson Road. Full scholarships are available through…

View On WordPress

Sergeant Accidentally Shot Himself in Leg at Devens

State police: Sergeant accidentally shot himself in leg at Devens Sentinel & Enterprise, Posted: 09/15/2015 06:12:19 PM EDT By: Peter Jasinski DEVENS — A veteran state police sergeant is expected to survive after he accidentally shot himself in the leg while transferring a shotgun to a new vehicle at the department’s Emergency Vehicle Operations Center in Devens on Tuesday morning, according to…

View On WordPress

Shriver Job Corps Paves the Way to Success with CPP

Shriver Job Corps paves the way to success with CPP Nashoba Publishing Online, 09/09/2015 09:51:54 AM EDT By: Stephanie Michaud, Correspondent DEVENS — Shriver Job Corps is known for providing young people ages 16 through 24 with career technical and academic training. Upon graduation, students are prepared for the real world with employable skills and burgeoning independence. But before…

View On WordPress

Willow Brook to be Freed from Underground Burial

Nashoba Publishing. Posted: 09/04/2015 07:31:59 AM EDT DEVENS — The Devens Enterprise Commission continued a hearing on a proposal to restore Willow Brook to its former status as a surface stream. With its head waters at Robbins Pond and ending at Nonaquatious Brook in Ayer, the stream was buried by the Army many years ago. A MassDevelopment engineer explained that resurrecting the brook was part…

View On WordPress

Board OKs Permit for Medical-Device Firm

Board OKs permit for medical-device firm at Devens Lowell Sun Online, Posted: 08/27/2015 09:27:44 AM EDT By: M.E. Jones, Correspondent DEVENS — In one of two public hearings the Devens Enterprise Commission held Tuesday night, commissioners voted unanimously to grant a Level 2 Unified Permit to SMC Ltd., a global contract manufacturer that has leased part of the former Gillette building on…

View On WordPress

Treatment and Recovery Center Begins Construction

Treatment and recovery center begins construction Nashoba Publishing, Posted: 08/28/2015 07:33:03 AM EDT By: Hiroko Sato MediaNews DEVENS — Last year, about 2,200 mental-health and substance-abuse patients from Central Massachusetts had to go outside the region to get emergency care because local hospitals had no available beds. And those who did get help locally waited as long as 17 hours in…

View On WordPress

Dragonfly Wellness Center Culmination of 2 Year Effort

Nashoba Publishing; Posted: 08/14/2015 07:37:12 AM EDT By: Joyce. L. Faiola , Correspondent DEVENS — I toured Anne Ferguson’s new Dragonfly Wellness Center on Aug. 4 just as tornado and hail warnings were posted and the sky turned black. Despite the weather, everything was sunny and inviting inside as Anne enjoyed her lunch while Cafe owner Georgette Pulsifer. Her staff smiled as they prepared…

View On WordPress

Trending Blogs

Recently Viewed Blogs

Devens Online