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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

Historical Commission nears completion of Main Street building histories map.

Fitchburg Historical Commission nears completion of downtown building documentation project. Chair Keith Chenot and members Ellen DiGeronimo, Emily Randall, Don Ostrowski, and Brian Gallagher approved revised February minutes unanimously and advanced plans to present a map of historic properties

MRPC approves $207,474 in technical assistance grants for 2026.

Montachusett Regional Planning Commission awards $207,474 in planning assistance across region. At the March 5 remote meeting, the commissioners unanimously approved conditional grants for 12 communities, including funding for zoning updates in Winchendon and Ashburnham, commercial zoning studies

License Commission approves Canvas liquor license and three permits.

The Fitchburg Board of License Commissioners unanimously approved a new general on-premises all alcoholic beverages liquor license for Canvas, a proposed event space at 320 Main Street operated by Derek Craig of Cof33 Corp. Chair Daniel Sarefield and Member Glenn Fossa also voted unanimously to

Trustees move forward on cemetery expansion design and engineering study.

Trustees of Public Burial Grounds vote to fund cemetery expansion planning study. Chair James McNamara, Ph.D., and the board unanimously advanced design and engineering analysis work estimated at $100,000 to $250,000, determining that only two viable parkland sites exist within the city for