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- Water consultants suggest new and replacement wells
Selectmen on Tuesday night met with representatives of an engineering firm hired to test and develop new well sites at Grove and Spectacle ponds.
- The Devens Dilemma Surfaces Again
Two years ago, Ayer and Harvard voters blocked a plan that would have transformed the former military base of Devens into its own town.
- Devens history includes
As the presidential inauguration nears and the news is dominated by cabinet appointments and economic recovery plans, the staff of the Fort Devens Museum newsletter deemed this an appropriate time to review the ...
- Devens to redevelop historic square
MassDevelopment is starting the process of redeveloping the historic Vicksburg Square, which once upon a time housed the command center at the former Fort Devens.
- Children's friend is remembered
Retired Worcester District Fire Chief Joseph A. DiLiddo, 87, and Angelina M. DiLiddo, 86, his wife of 65 years, donate to the Telegram & Gazette Santa Fund each year in memory of their daughter, Madelyn M. ...
- Quadriplegic helps others
Jonathan Hobbs laid in a hospital bed 10 years ago, incapacitated from a spinal cord injury and breathing through a respirator.
- 'You may hold it for a couple
A call came into the newsroom at Nashoba Publishing regarding a "woman" at the lobby desk who wanted to speak with someone.
- June Bennett
June Bennett, who was lovingly nicknamed 'Bubba' by her grandchildren, passed away on Dec.
- Devens military center moves ahead with $80M secured
The design-build contract for an $80 million Armed Forces Reserve Center to be built on 57 acres off Barnum Road has been fully funded, according to Base Realignment and Closure Coordinator Robert Simeone.
- Artillery in France and Germany
On March 24,1943, 41 men left Pittsfield by train for Fort Devens. After getting fitted for their army uniforms, 33 of them left with about 700 other men from New England for Camp Davis, N.C. There they were to ...
- Lt. Col. Nott: 'We are humbled by the continuous march'
This year's Veterans Day observance marked the first time since its reincarnation as U.S. Army Garrison Fort Devens that the new post opened its gates to the public.
- Veterans Day events
Veterans groups across the Merrimack Valley remember war veterans with parades, wreath-laying ceremonies and special services, now through Tuesday.
- WWII veteran gets long-delayed honor
Berlin resident Roger Wheeler, 83, with the Purple Heart he recently received for his injury during World War II.
- Police: Waterbury city mechanic arrested for firing assault rifle
A city mechanic who repairs Waterbury Fire Department vehicles has been arrested for firing an assault rifle at the ceiling of the city's garage on East Aurora Street.
- U.S.A.G. Fort Devens open
The local Veterans Day observance will be different this year, for two reasons. The observance will take place on the new U.S. Army Garrison Fort Devens parade field, and the post will be open to the public for ...
- Game on: David Esielionis, right, helps hunter Dann Brown get into...
"I'm probably the only quadrapelegic that I know of in Massachusetts that hunts," said the veteran outdoorsman.
- 'Unknown Soldiers' no more
Sixty-five years in the making, Joe Garland's vivid epic of World War II and the soldiers in whom it never ends - himself included - has arrived in bookstores, timed for Veterans Day.
- The Election and the War
Sergeant First Class Patrick Malley at Fort Devens. 'The country was not mobilized to a war footing, like when you think of World War II.
- Joint Boards considers voter apathy about Devens' disposition
The Joint Boards of Selectmen is now tackling a new aspect of the future disposition of what was once Fort Devens: Indifference and even hostility from the public.
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City DescriptionFort Devens (sometimes known as Devens) is a census-designated place (CDP) in the towns of Ayer and Shirley, in Middlesex County and Harvard in Worcester County in the U.S. state of Massachusetts. It was a former army post named after jurist and Civil War general Charles Devens. The nearby Devens Reserve Forces Training Area is located in Lancaster. The population was 1,017 at the 2000 census. While currently being considered for reactivation, no official word has yet been given.
Fort Devens is located at 42°32′14″N 71°36′56″W / 42.53722, -71.61556 (42.537137, -71.615493).
According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of 17.7 km² (6.8 mi²). 17.4 km² (6.7 mi²) of it is land and 0.2 km² (0.1 mi²) of it (1.32%) is water.
As of the census of 2000, there were 1,017 people, 3 households, and 1 family residing in the CDP. The population density was 151.1/mi² (58.3/km²). There were 316 housing units at an average density of 46.9/mi² (18.1/km²). The racial makeup of the CDP was 57.23% White, 32.45% African American, 0.39% Native American, 2.46% Asian, 6.69% from other races, and 0.79% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 35.89% of the ... Read MoreCity Contained By:- Middlesex County
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