Mayor Lisa Wong inherited a big job when she won Fitchburg’s mayoral election last year. An old mill town with closed factories, a crime problem and a record number of foreclosures are just some of her worries.
The 28-year old Wong has a plan and Radio Boston heads to Fitchburg to find out what it is.
2009/01/09
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Coming up in 2009:
An Hour with Governor Deval Patrick, previewing the legislative session.
Will the Massachusetts Health Care Reform Plan be used as a model for the Obama administration?
The troubled state of the local newspaper scene.
Links to last week’s guests:
Reverend Ray Hammond and Reverend Gloria White Hammond of Bethel AME Church, JP
Paul Levy of Beth Israel/Deaconess Medical Center
Comedian Jimmy Tingle
Tiziana Dearing of Catholic Charities of Boston
Keith Lockhart, Conductor of the Boston Pops Orchestra
Malcolm Rogers of the Museum of Fine Arts
Bill Littlefield, host of Only a Game and author of “Only a Game“
Tina Chery of the Louis D. Brown Peace Institute
Jack Beatty of The Atlantic and WBUR’s On Point
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