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News & Stories
Updates from around the district, posted regularly. Hear from our students, supporters, and leadership team, all in one place.
Giving Tuesday 2025!
THANK YOU to everyone who helped us achieve our goals and raise a total of $12,950 in just a few short weeks! We are grateful to all of you for supporting our mission in such a profound way. WE ARE NE!
Dec 21 min read
RI FTC Statement on 2025 Wheeler School Qualifying Tournament
We are grateful for the leadership and careful response of Rhode Island FIRST Tech Challenge, The Wheeler School and FIRST as all strive to support our community through the events of December 13, 2025, in Providence, Rhode Island
Dec 152 min read
CT Manufacturing Innovation Forum 2025: Celebrating Leadership, STEM, and Next-Gen Talent
From classroom to career, Connecticut’s future innovators (and FIRST programs!) were on full display at the 2nd Annual Connecticut Manufacturing Innovation Forum!
Sep 123 min read
FIRST Robotics teams represent New England at the highest level: FIRST Championship 2025
To close out a FIRST season with as many high tides and deep currents as the ocean, thousands of students, mentors, volunteers, sponsors and friends traveled to Houston, Texas for the FIRST Championship
Apr 303 min read
New England hosts the very first Premier Event competition format for FIRST Tech Challenge
As the only Premier Event scheduled before the FIRST Championship, New England had a unique opportunity to showcase our unity as a geographic region, celebrate our FIRST Tech Challenge Teams, give competing teams a taste of the FIRST Championship Experience potentially closer to home, and be a guiding light for the Premier Events to come.
Apr 117 min read
Thousands of students made waves at The Big E to complete the FIRST DIVE robotics season in New England
NE FIRST returned to The Big E for our weekend-long robotics showcase featuring all FIRST programs together on one fairground, April 2–5!
Apr 107 min read
Celebrating 10 years of the NE FIRST Hartford District Event with Hartford Public Schools
Our last REEFSCAPE district event to close out its results was also at our only venue that hosted a qualifying event EVERY year since 2014!
Apr 12 min read
First official FRC event in Vermont gets a snowy welcome at UVM
What a weekend!! Starting off with snow didn't slow down our first ever UVM District Event. No wonder a Vermont team is called Bad Weather
Mar 312 min read
WPI brings New England FRC teams together every year since NE FIRST was founded
There are only two qualifying events left in New England...and next week is the NE DCMP! Special thanks to WPI for hosting this district.
Mar 262 min read
Final FRC REEFSCAPE qualifier in New Hampshire recognizes FIRST Robotics Awareness Month
The REEFSCAPE season is flying.... or swimming? by SO quickly! Week 4 in New England featured two of our collegiate venues in NH and MA.
Mar 252 min read
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