Can God Save Fitchburg?

Not to be too religiously snarky here, but a new business is injecting a bit of the Lord into downtown, with a Christian-themed coffeehouse taking over the space that used to the bar Third Base.

This is a pretty unique business, and it will be interesting to see if it can catch a foothold in Downtown Fitchburg. The place will have Christian music on the sound system, including live Christian bands some nights. There will also be volunteers around to handle spiritual questions, but the owner says he won't be pushing religion down customers' throats. It opens next Thursday, June 29.

This is a certainly a drastic change from the old tenant. Hopefully it's a savior for downtown.

By the way, Councilor Dean Tran's sex offender residency restriction proposal passed the City Council last night unanimously and without discussion last night. This proposal got a pretty heavy review in committee, but no discussion last night? This seems like a pretty serious, legally complicated issue to get the quick passage last night. That said, good legislation for Fitchburg.

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REMINDER: Save Fitchburg will be on "Politically Speaking" tomorrow night at 7 p.m. We'll be making a big joint announcement with host Ralph Romano that we think is really pretty cool, and certainly something of a first for Fitchburg. I recommend running to Circuit City and getting a big plasma TV and surround sound to be able to fully enjoy the experience.