Fitchburg Voter Registration Deadline Set for Saturday, Aug. 22

FITCHBURG — Fitchburg voters have until Saturday, Aug. 22, to register for the State Primary Election, with in-person early voting also opening that same day, according to the city's community calendar.

TOWN HALL

Saturday, Aug. 22, is the last day Fitchburg residents can register to vote in the upcoming State Primary Election, the city's calendar shows. In-person early voting for the primary also begins that day, giving residents who cannot make it to the polls on primary day an earlier option to cast a ballot. The deadline follows the city's previously announced adjustments to several Fitchburg polling locations for the primary.

ELSEWHERE IN THE NEWS

The Telegram & Gazette turned its attention to Fitchburg history this week. In "Worcester County Wonders: The trio within Fitchburg's smallest cemetery," the paper profiles Hartwell Cemetery, tracing a Fitchburg family's resistance to the British back to 1773 and the small burial ground that carries their name, according to the Telegram & Gazette. (read it at https://www.telegram.com/story/lifestyle/columns/2026/08/16/worcester-county-wonders-the-story-behind-fitchburgs-smallest-cemetery/86546662007/)

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