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Notable locations in Fitchburg: Montachusett Industrial Park (A), Oak Hill Country Club (B), Parkhill Plaza (C), South Fitch Plaza (D), Town and Country Plaza (E), Twin City Plaza (F), Victory Plaza (G), Wallace Plaza (H), Central Plaza (I), John Fitch Plaza (J), Wallace Civic Center (K), Fitchburg Art Museum (L), Fay Club (M). Display/hide their locations on the map
Shopping Centers: Park Hill Plaza Shopping Center (1), Twin City Plaza Shopping Center (2), Twin City Shopping Center (3), Valley West Shopping Center (4), Victory Plaza Shopping Center (5), Wallace Plaza Shopping Center (6), Central Valley Plaza Shopping Center (7). Display/hide their locations on the map
Churches in Fitchburg include: West Fitchburg Methodist Church (A), Calvinistic Congregational Church (B), Unitarian Universalist Church (C), Trinity Congregational Church (D), Christ Church (E), Church of the Good Shepherd (F), Church of the Harvest (G), Church of the Living God (H), Congregation Agudas Achim (I). Display/hide their locations on the map
Cemeteries: Laurel Hill Cemetery (1), Saint Bernards Cemetery (2), Forest Hill Cemetery (3), Saint Joseph Cemetery (4). Display/hide their locations on the map
Lakes and reservoirs: Saima Pond (A), Nichols Pond (B), Sheldon Pond (C), Snows Millpond (D), North Nashua River Reservoir (E), Scott Reservoir (F), Overlook Reservoir (G), Mirror Lake (H). Display/hide their locations on the map
Streams, rivers, and creeks: Falulah Brook (A), Sand Brook (B), Baker Brook (C), Scott Brook (D), Flag Brook (E), Whitman River (F), Phillips Brook (G), Pearl Hill Brook (H). Display/hide their locations on the map
Parks in Fitchburg include: Coolidge Park (1), South Fitchburg Playground (2), Lowe Playground (3), Morgan Playground (4), Crocker Field (5), Caldwell Park (6), Falulah Park (7). Display/hide their locations on the map
Post offices: Twin City Plaza Post Office (A), Fitchburg Post Office (B). Display/hide their locations on the map
Tourist attractions: Wallace Civic Center and Planetarium (Planetariums; 1000 John Fitch Highway) (1), Finnish Center of Saima Park (Cultural Attractions- Events- & Facilities; 61 Scott Road) (2), Finnish Center at Saima Park (Cultural Attractions- Events- & Facilities; 61 Scott Road) (3), Viana Distributing (Amusement & Theme Parks; 365 Summer Street) (4), Igamespot (Arcades & Amusements; 57 Main) (5). Display/hide their approximate locations on the map
Hotel: Best Western Royal Plaza Hotel (150 Royal Plaza Drive) (1). Display/hide its approximate location on the map
Courts: Mass Commonwealth - Housing Court (84 Elm Street) (1), Mass Commonwealth - District Courts- Fitchburg Div- Juvenile Court (100 Elm Street) (2). Display/hide their approximate locations on the map
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Drinking water stations with addresses in Fitchburg and their reported violations in the past:
FITCHBURG DPW, DIV. OF WATER SUPPLY (Population served: 39100, Surface_water):
Past health violations:
- MCL, Monthly (TCR) - In JUL-2000, Contaminant: Coliform. Follow-up actions: St Compliance achieved (OCT-13-2000), St Formal NOV issued (OCT-13-2000)
- MCL, Monthly (TCR) - In AUG-1998, Contaminant: Coliform. Follow-up actions: St Compliance achieved (DEC-29-1998), St Formal NOV issued (DEC-29-1998)
- MCL, Monthly (TCR) - In JUN-1998, Contaminant: Coliform. Follow-up actions: St Compliance achieved (AUG-07-1998), St Formal NOV issued (AUG-07-1998)
- OCCT Installation/Demonstration - Between JAN-01-1993 and JUN-10-2002, Contaminant: Lead & Copper Rule. Follow-up actions: St AO (w/o penalty) issued (2 times from FEB-11-2000 to MAR-22-2001), St Compliance achieved (JUN-10-2002), St Other (DEC-30-2002), St AO (w/o penalty) issued (DEC-30-2002)
YMCA CAMP LOWE (Population served: 200, Groundwater):
Past monitoring violations:
- 4 routine major monitoring violations
- One regular monitoring violation
Residents with income below the poverty level in 1999:
| This city: |  15.0% | | Whole state: |  9.3% |
Residents with income below 50% of the poverty level in 1999:
| This city: | 6.4% | | Whole state: | 4.4% |
Fitchburg compared to Massachusetts state average:
- Black race population percentage significantly below state average.
- Hispanic race population percentage significantly above state average.
- Foreign-born population percentage significantly above state average.
- Percentage of population with a bachelor's degree or higher below state average.
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Banks with branches in Fitchburg (2007 data):
- Fitchburg Savings Bank, FSB: Parkhill Plaza Branch, Fitchburg Savings Bank, Fsb, Fitchgate Branch. Info updated 2006-10-11: Bank assets: $347.1 mil, Deposits: $250.7 mil, local headquarters, positive income, Mortgage Lending Specialization, 6 total offices
- TD BankNorth, National Association: 470 Main Street Branch at 470 Main Street, branch established on 1874-04-17; Summer Street Branch at 367 Summer Street, branch established on 1968-03-19. Info updated 2006-11-03: Bank assets: $39,581.7 mil, Deposits: $27,193.6 mil, headquarters in Portland, ME, positive income, Commercial Lending Specialization, 618 total offices, Holding Company: Toronto-Dominion Bank, The
- Fidelity Co-operative Bank: Fidelity Co-Operative Bank at 675 Main Street, branch established on 1888-01-01. Info updated 2006-10-24: Bank assets: $380.4 mil, Deposits: $267.1 mil, local headquarters, positive income, Mortgage Lending Specialization, 7 total offices, Holding Company: Fidelity Mutual Holding Company
- Bank of America, National Association: Fitchburg Branch at 700 Main Street, branch established on 1998-07-01. Info updated 2006-10-10: Bank assets: $1,196,123.8 mil, Deposits: $759,600.6 mil, headquarters in Charlotte, NC, positive income, 5839 total offices, Holding Company: Bank Of America Corporation
- Family Federal Savings and Loan Association: Family Federal Savings And Loan Asso at 310 Main St, branch established on 1877-01-01. Info updated 2006-11-03: Bank assets: $89.4 mil, Deposits: $61.0 mil, local headquarters, positive income, Mortgage Lending Specialization, 3 total offices
- Enterprise Bank and Trust Company: Fitchburg Branch at 420 John Fitch Highway, branch established on 2003-04-28. Info updated 2006-11-03: Bank assets: $978.6 mil, Deposits: $867.7 mil, headquarters in Lowell, MA, positive income, Commercial Lending Specialization, 14 total offices, Holding Company: Enterprise Bancorp, Inc.
- Sovereign Bank: Fitchburg Main Branch at 288 Main Street, branch established on 1865-01-01. Info updated 2006-12-07: Bank assets: $89,506.4 mil, Deposits: $51,244.7 mil, headquarters in Wyomissing, PA, positive income, Commercial Lending Specialization, 860 total offices, Holding Company: Banco Santander Central Hispano, S.A.
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Local government employment and payroll (March 2002)
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| Function |
Full-time employees |
Monthly full-time payroll |
Average yearly full-time wage |
Part-time employees |
Monthly part-time payroll |
| Elementary and Secondary - Instruction |
519 | $2,238,518 | $51,758 | 134 | $168,843 |
| Financial Administration |
23 | $78,792 | $41,109 | 0 | $0 |
| Police Protection - Officers |
85 | $366,530 | $51,745 | 0 | $0 |
| Other Government Administration |
43 | $79,341 | $22,142 | 0 | $0 |
| Firefighters |
97 | $374,288 | $46,304 | 0 | $0 |
| Streets and Highways |
57 | $106,485 | $22,418 | 0 | $0 |
| Airports |
9 | $13,614 | $18,152 | 0 | $0 |
| Welfare |
1 | $3,511 | $42,132 | 0 | $0 |
| Health |
10 | $39,301 | $47,161 | 0 | $0 |
| Sewerage |
37 | $146,941 | $47,657 | 0 | $0 |
| Parks and Recreation |
5 | $9,587 | $23,009 | 21 | $6,044 |
| Water Supply |
31 | $83,373 | $32,273 | 0 | $0 |
| Elementary and Secondary - Other Total |
94 | $207,407 | $26,477 | 78 | $111,841 |
| Local Libraries |
27 | $65,780 | $29,236 | 17 | $18,332 |
| Totals for Government |
1038 | $3,813,466 | $44,086 | 250 | $305,060 |
Fitchburg government finances in 2004:
- Bond Fund - Cash & Deposits: $1,373,000
- Charges - Sewerage: $6,381,000
Solid Waste Management: $1,836,000
Elementary & Secondary Education School Lunch: $1,092,000
All Other: $384,000
Elementary & Secondary Education - Other: $167,000
Elementary & Secondary Education School Tuition: $26,000
- Construction - General: $6,129,000
Housing & Community Development: $366,000
Elementary & Secondary Education: $63,000
- Current Operations - Elementary & Secondary Education: $55,493,000
General - Other: $18,812,000
Police Protection: $6,545,000
Fire Protection: $5,657,000
Sewerage: $4,517,000
Water Utilities: $3,048,000
Regular Highways: $2,947,000
Financial Administration: $1,430,000
Solid Waste Management: $1,373,000
Libraries: $976,000
Housing & Community Development: $852,000
General Public Buildings: $657,000
Central Staff Services: $414,000
Parks & Recreation: $398,000
Health Services - Other: $392,000
Parking Facilities: $181,000
Judicial and Legal Services: $132,000
Protective Inspection and Regulation, NEC: $30,000
Natural Resources - Other: $6,000
- Employee Retirement - Total Other Securities: $43,990,000
Total Federal Securities: $16,779,000
Interest Revenue: $9,063,000
Securities - Corporate Bonds (market): $8,377,000
Benefit Payments: $6,322,000
From Local Government: $5,086,000
Local Employee Contribution: $2,296,000
Total Cash & Deposits: $594,000
From Other Government: $562,000
Withdrawals: $224,000
- Federal Intergovernmental - Housing & Community Development: $7,357,000
All Other: $345,000
Education: $0
- General - Interest on Debt: $2,808,000
- Intergovernmental to Local NEC - Elementary and Secondary Education: $5,211,000
Health: $32,000
- Intergovernmental to State - Transit Utilities: $471,000
General: $67,000
- Long Term Debt Beginning Outstanding - Water Utilities: $17,852,000
- Long Term Debt Beginning Outstanding, Education, NEC: $39,173,000
- Long Term Debt Beginning Outstanding, NEC: $14,447,000
- Long Term Debt Issue, Unspecified - Other NEC: $4,575,000
Water Utilities: $1,000,000
- Long Term Debt Outstanding - Full Faith & Credit - Elementary & Secondary Education: $36,933,000
Full Faith & Credit - Water Utilities: $17,932,000
Full Faith & Credit - Other, NEC: $17,620,000
- Long Term Debt Retired Unspecified - Elementary and Secondary Education: $2,240,000
Other, NEC: $1,403,000
Water Utilities: $919,000
- Miscellaneous - General Revenue, NEC: $3,772,000
Interest Earnings: $248,000
- Other Capital Outlay - General - Other: $3,191,000
Housing & Community Development: $454,000
Elementary and Secondary Education: $118,000
General Public Building: $1,000
- Other Funds - Cash & Deposits: $20,149,000
- Revenue - Water Utilities: $4,782,000
- Short Term Debt Outstanding - End of Fiscal Year: $13,179,000
Beginning: $12,423,000
- State Intergovernmental - Education: $47,969,000
General Support: $7,702,000
All Other: $4,368,000
Highways: $632,000
- Tax - Property: $31,123,000
Other Selective Sales: $799,000
NEC: $729,000
- Total Salaries & Wages: $65,147,000
- Water Utilities - Interest on Debt: $1,071,000
4.47% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($50,737 average adjusted gross income) | Here: | 4.47% | | Massachusetts average: | 6.31% |
0.14% of residents moved from foreign countries ($421 average AGI)| Worcester County: | 0.14% | | Massachusetts average: | 0.28% |
Top counties from which taxpayers relocated into this county between 2005 and 2006:
4.90% of this county's 2005 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2006 ($51,085 average adjusted gross income) | Here: | 4.90% | | Massachusetts average: | 6.91% |
0.08% of residents moved to foreign countries ($610 average AGI)| Worcester County: | 0.08% | | Massachusetts average: | 0.11% |
Top counties to which taxpayers relocated from this county between 2005 and 2006:
Strongest AM radio stations in Fitchburg:
- WFGL (960 AM; 3 kW; FITCHBURG, MA; Owner: CSN INTERNATIONAL)
- WEIM (1280 AM; 5 kW; FITCHBURG, MA; Owner: LIVEAIR COMMUNICATIONS, INC.)
- WCRN (830 AM; 50 kW; WORCESTER, MA; Owner: CARTER BROADCASTING CORPORATION)
- WRKO (680 AM; 50 kW; BOSTON, MA; Owner: ENTERCOM BOSTON LICENSE, LLC)
- WKOX (1200 AM; 50 kW; FRAMINGHAM, MA; Owner: CAPSTAR TX LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
- WVNE (760 AM; daytime; 25 kW; LEICESTER, MA; Owner: BLOUNT MASSCOM, INC.)
- WBIX (1060 AM; 40 kW; NATICK, MA; Owner: LANGER BROADCASTING CORPORATION)
- WEEI (850 AM; 50 kW; BOSTON, MA; Owner: ENTERCOM BOSTON LICENSE, LLC)
- WTAG (580 AM; 5 kW; WORCESTER, MA; Owner: CAPSTAR TX LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
- WCMX (1000 AM; daytime; 1 kW; LEOMINSTER, MA; Owner: TWIN CITY BAPTIST TEMPLE, INC.)
- WALE (990 AM; 50 kW; GREENVILLE, RI; Owner: NORTH AMERICAN BROADCASTING CO., INC.)
- WAMG (890 AM; 25 kW; DEDHAM, MA; Owner: MEGA COMMUNICATIONS OF DEDHAM LICENSEE, LLC)
- WWZN (1510 AM; 50 kW; BOSTON, MA; Owner: ROSE CITY RADIO CORPORATION)
Strongest FM radio stations in Fitchburg:
- WXLO (104.5 FM; FITCHBURG, MA; Owner: CITADEL BROADCASTING COMPANY)
- WXPL (91.3 FM; FITCHBURG, MA; Owner: FITCHBURG STATE COLLEGE)
- WFEX (92.1 FM; PETERBOROUGH, NH; Owner: FNX BROADCASTING OF NEW HAMPSHIRE LLC)
- WAAF (107.3 FM; WORCESTER, MA; Owner: ENTERCOM BOSTON LICENSE, LLC)
- WSRS (96.1 FM; WORCESTER, MA; Owner: CAPSTAR TX LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
- WGIR-FM (101.1 FM; MANCHESTER, NH; Owner: CAPSTAR TX LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
- WQLL (96.5 FM; BEDFORD, NH; Owner: SAGA COMMUNICATIONS OF NEW ENGLAND, LLC)
- WLMW (90.7 FM; MANCHESTER, NH; Owner: KNOWLEDGE FOR LIFE)
- WZID (95.7 FM; MANCHESTER, NH; Owner: SAGA COMMUNICATIONS OF NEW ENGLAND, LLC)
- WINQ (97.7 FM; WINCHENDON, MA; Owner: SAGA COMMUNICATIONS OF NEW ENGLAND, LLC)
- WHDQ (106.1 FM; CLAREMONT, NH; Owner: GREAT NORTHERN RADIO, L.L.C.)
- WBMX (98.5 FM; BOSTON, MA; Owner: INFINITY RADIO OPERATIONS INC.)
- WJMN (94.5 FM; BOSTON, MA; Owner: AMFM RADIO LICENSES, L.L.C.)
- WCRB (102.5 FM; WALTHAM, MA; Owner: CHARLES RIVER BROADCASTING WCRB LICE)
- WTKK (96.9 FM; BOSTON, MA; Owner: GREATER BOSTON RADIO, INC.)
- WROR-FM (105.7 FM; FRAMINGHAM, MA; Owner: GREATER BOSTON RADIO, INC.)
- WBOS (92.9 FM; BROOKLINE, MA; Owner: GREATER BOSTON RADIO, INC.)
- WGBH (89.7 FM; BOSTON, MA; Owner: WGBH EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION)
- WBUR-FM (90.9 FM; BOSTON, MA; Owner: TRUSTEES OF BOSTON UNIVERSITY)
- WAHL (99.9 FM; ATHOL, MA; Owner: CITADEL BROADCASTING COMPANY)
TV broadcast stations around Fitchburg:
- WUNI (Channel 27; WORCESTER, MA; Owner: ENTRAVISION HOLDINGS, LLC)
- WUTF (Channel 66; MARLBOROUGH, MA; Owner: TELEFUTURA BOSTON LLC)
- WCVB-TV (Channel 5; BOSTON, MA; Owner: WCVB HEARST-ARGYLE TV, INC.)
- WGBH-TV (Channel 2; BOSTON, MA; Owner: WGBH EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION)
- WHDH-TV (Channel 7; BOSTON, MA; Owner: WHDH-TV)
- WMFP (Channel 62; LAWRENCE, MA; Owner: WSAH LICENSE, INC.)
- WBZ-TV (Channel 4; BOSTON, MA; Owner: VIACOM INC.)
- WGBX-TV (Channel 44; BOSTON, MA; Owner: WGBH EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION)
- WYDN (Channel 48; WORCESTER, MA; Owner: EDUCATIONAL PUBLIC TV CORPORATION)
- WSBK-TV (Channel 38; BOSTON, MA; Owner: VIACOM INC.)
- WLVI-TV (Channel 56; CAMBRIDGE, MA; Owner: WLVI, INC.)
- WFXT (Channel 25; BOSTON, MA; Owner: FOX TELEVISION STATIONS INC.)
- WNDS (Channel 50; DERRY, NH; Owner: CTV OF DERRY, INC)
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