Upper Common News Today

Christmas decorations and both old and new traditions are popping up all over the Twin Cities with the holiday just around the corner.

The Fitchburg Military Band is returning to the stage this weekend with a merry and joyful holiday concert for the community sure to please music lovers of all ages.

FITCHBURG — The Laurelwood Garden Club will hold its first meeting for the 2023-2024 season at 9:30 a.m. Friday, Sept. 22, at the Fitchburg Art Museum, 185 Elm St. Tom Maney will give a lecture and demonstration while designing several Ikebana arrangements. Maney received his Instructor Certificate in the O’Hara School of Ikebana, Berlin, in 2012. Ikebana is a Japanese art of arranging and […]

In the lead-up to International Overdose Awareness Day on Aug. 31, the Fitchburg community gathered at the Upper Common last Thursday to remember those lives lost to drugs, and to give comfort to the families and friends left behind. 

The community gathered at the Upper Common to remember lives lost to overdose and to give hope to families and friends left behind. The event, now in the 8th year, is run by the city's dedicated Health Department.

FITCHBURG — The Health Department invites the public to attend an Overdose Awareness Vigil to be held on Thursday, Aug. 24 at the Upper Common on Main Street. A variety of resource tables will be available at 6:15 p.m. and the vigil will begin at 7 p.m. The event is a reminder for the community […]

Fidelity Bank recently announced it has pledged $9,000 to support the restoration of historic Crocker Field in Fitchburg.

Find out where an observance is taking place near you.

Do you ever have the experience of meeting someone and saying right away: “Oh, we’re going to be good friends!” I recently had this experience at Fitchburg Historical Society as I looked through a box labelled “Diaries,” and found one from 1914 kept by a Helen Hardy in Fitchburg.

This is a time for the community to join together and remember lives lost to overdose while giving hope to those struggling.