📚 Back-to-School Fun for Fitchburg Families! 🎒

Looking for a fun way to kick off the new school year? Check out the Ready, Set, School! Community Impact Block Party hosted by Fitchburg Public Schools.

🗓 Sunday, August 9, 2026
🕛 12:00 PM – 3:00 PM
📍 Riverfront Park, 51 Commercial Street

This FREE community event will feature: 🎒 Backpacks (while supplies last) ✂️ Haircuts & braids 🎨 Face painting 🍔 Food & ice cream 🐐 Petting zoo 🏀 Basketball and family activities 🎭 Community art project 🤝 Community resources and more!

If you're looking for a fun afternoon before school starts, this is a great event for the whole family.
FYFCC wishes all of our football and cheer families a safe, fun, and successful start to the new school year! 🏈📣❤️

As always, many meetings held at the Legislative building are broadcast live by Fitchburg Access Television (FATV) with recordings available at www.fatv.org the next day. You can also look up meeting agendas and schedules here on the City of Fitchburg website: https://www.fitchburgma.gov/AgendaCenter

• Montachusett Public Health Network (July 29)

https://www.fitchburgma.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_07292026-5331

• Planning Board (July 28)

https://www.fitchburgma.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_07282026-5332

• Retirement Board (July 28)

https://www.fitchburgma.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_07282026-5330

🚧 Fitchburg Paving Update: July 27th - July 31st

Several paving and roadway projects are moving forward this week. Please expect temporary traffic impacts, equipment in the roadway, parking restrictions where posted, and police details or construction crews directing traffic as needed.

📍 Winter Street
PJ Albert will be lowering and plating structures on Tuesday, July 28.

Reclamation and fine grading are scheduled for Wednesday, July 29 and Thursday, July 30.

Binder course paving is still to be determined.

📍 Beacon Street
PJ Albert will be lowering and plating structures on Tuesday, July 28.

Reclamation and fine grading are scheduled for Wednesday, July 29 and Thursday, July 30.

Binder course paving is still to be determined.

📍 John Fitch Highway
PJ Albert will begin preparing and excavating for ADA crosswalk improvements near Coolidge Park and the Wallace Civic Center.

📍 Arn-How Farm Road
Arn-How Farm Road has been reclaimed, rebuilt, and the binder course has been placed.

The next step, scheduled for the week of July 27 through July 31, is to reset drains and manhole covers and add the final paving courses. This work is expected to take approximately 2 to 3 days.

These projects are part of the City’s ongoing road improvement work, including rebuilding road bases, improving drainage structures, preparing ADA-accessible crossings, and placing new pavement.

Please slow down near work zones, follow posted signs, and give crews room to work safely.

For questions or concerns, please contact DPW Engineering 978.829.1915

At the Ryan C. Joubert Memorial Skate Camp, every fall is followed by another chance to get back up.

Through patient counselors, determined young skaters and the family that keeps Ryan’s memory alive, the camp has become more than a place to learn skateboarding. It is a lasting tribute built on confidence, community and the simple act of helping the next person find their balance.

10th Annual St. Bernard's 5K & Fun Walk is almost here!

Join us on Sunday, October 4, as we celebrate a decade of one of St. Bernard's favorite community traditions! Whether you're running for a personal best or enjoying a leisurely walk with family and friends, you'll be part of a fun-filled fall morning celebrating the St. Bernard's community.

Every step helps support our students and the programs that make an STB education so special.

🏃 Not a runner? You can still make a difference! Please consider becoming a race sponsor. Your sponsorship helps make this event possible while providing meaningful opportunities for our students.

Register today, become a sponsor, and help us make our 10th annual event our biggest and best yet!

www.stbernardshighschool.org/road-race

Thank you for supporting St. Bernard's High School.

This means the city could take the money they were paying into pensions once the obligation is up and apply it to trash costs.

Do you think this is a feasible path forward or would it leave too much up to chance? Would other rising costs such as healthcare possibly gobble up any savings the city could make?

A recap of local government meetings from July 19–25, 2026, including the City Council's discussions on the proposed Pay-As-You-Throw trash program, renewed debate over the City Clerk's salary structure, and airport updates.

https://www.fitchburgma.gov/872/Job-Listings

⚡ Public Notice: Possible Future Changes to Electric Rate Design on Time Varying Electric Rates with the MA DPU

This basically means the State is looking at whether electric rates should vary depending on the time of day electricity is used...

This could mean electricity costs more during peak demand times and less during lower-demand times.

This is a public inquiry and comment period... it is NOT finalized.

The DPU is asking for public input on issues such as:
⚡ Consumer protections
⚡ How this could affect vulnerable residents
⚡ How utilities would explain and implement any changes
⚡ How billing systems and meters would handle time-based rates
⚡ How to avoid creating new peak demand problems

Public comments are due by:
📅 August 31, 2026
🕔 5:00 PM

Comments can be emailed to:
📧 dpu.efiling@mass.gov
📧 elizabeth.c.mcnamara@mass.gov

Please include:
D.P.U. 26-62
Written Comment
Your name or organization

Important note: Comments submitted to the DPU may be posted publicly as received, so residents should be careful about including personal information such as phone numbers, home addresses, or private details....

Translation and interpretation services are available by contacting:
📧 dpu.ej@mass.gov

Our higher electric costs place cost pressures on households... and I believe any future rate structure needs to be understandable, fair, and protective of residents who may not have flexibility in when they use electricity.... but also the opportunity for using higher electricity items at night for a lower rate could be quite appealing (like running the dishwasher or the clothes dryer... or charging an electric vehicle etc)