Police Union Calls for Raises

The president of the Fitchburg Police Union, Ron L’Ecuyer, sent a letter to city councilors today calling on the council to not eliminated union raises from the budget. L'Ecuyer says the union has made financial concessions in its last two contracts, and it's not right for the council to consider rolling back the raises. The council has said it will reconsider all negotiated raises if a final contract has not been signed as it tries to reduce the budget. For more, including the entirely of L'Ecuyer's letter, visit the Fitchburg Pride website.

Also, coming on the website in the next hour or so: A story on lowering dropout rates at Fitchburg High. A Department of Education report released today shows the rate has dropped by almost one-third at FHS in the last two years. Find out why in the story coming later today.