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Council approves board appointments, advances $1.5M in capital projects

Fitchburg City Council approves three board appointments and authorizes $500,000 in immediate departmental spending. Erik Salmi joins the Planning Board; Abigail Wolf and Sabrina La Fave-Saletnik join the Conservation Commission. With Council Member Paul Beauchemin's sole dissent, the Council

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Fitchburg City Council enacts junk vehicle enforcement ordinances

Fitchburg City Council unanimously adopts junk vehicle enforcement ordinances. With 10 of 11 members present, Council President Anthony Zarrella presided as the body passed ordinances 005-26 and 006-26, amending Chapters 138 and 172, signed by the Mayor on February 19. The council accepted state

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City Council approves grants for domestic violence and police services

Fitchburg City Council approves police grants, confirms board appointments. The council unanimously approved a $76,307.11 Violence Against Women Act grant for the Police Department's domestic violence advocate program and a $29,556 Department of Justice grant for police technology and equipment

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City Council approves Cannabis policy, adopts two ordinances

Fitchburg City Council approves Cannabis Social Equity Policy, authorizes $1.3 million in grants. The Council voted unanimously on January 6 to adopt the Cannabis Social Equity Policy dated November 14, 2025, and approved numerous grant expenditures including $315,400 from Amazon for Interval Road

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City Council elects Zarrella as president and Cruz as vice president

Fitchburg City Council elects Zarrella president and Cruz vice president for 2026. Anthony Zarrella, Councilor-at-Large, was elected Council President by a 10-0 roll call vote at the city's organizational meeting on January 5. Derrick Cruz, the Ward 6 Councilor, was elected Council Vice President

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