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Updates from around the district, posted regularly. Hear from our students, supporters, and leadership team, all in one place.

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[FIRST RI] Robots on Fire at WaterFire 2026

NE FIRST is bringing robots back to WaterFire in Providence again this year! We are looking for FIRST teams of any type to demo robots and talk about FIRST and STEM with us on Saturday, October 24, 2026.

3 hours ago1 min read

[FTC MA] Scrimmages + Volunteering

Many thanks and congratulations to the 6 teams who made it out to the Robot in 3 Weeks Scrimmage at Deerfield Academy yesterday; we had 6 working robots! It was great to see the game in live action.

4 days ago2 min read

[FTC CT] Updates

Updated schedule, event payment link, and Nov. 15 scrimmage information!

6 days ago1 min read

[FLL CT] BIOGLOW Season Update

As September ends and October begins we transition to phase 2 of the FLL season. Read for the event schedule, registration info and more.

Sep 302 min read

[FTC MA] Scrimmages + Registration Reminder

Hope your first full week with BIOBUZZ has led to many strategy discussions and many ideas to chase for your robots! After this week, expect a team email blast every other Monday.

Sep 212 min read

[FTC MA] Volunteer Mailing List

If you are someone who would love to volunteer regularly for MA FTC, there is now a form to gather contact info in one place for post-high school volunteers to receive details about local events.

Sep 161 min read

[FTC MA] Happy Kickoff!

Happy Kickoff! It was so exciting to see many of you in person again, hear about your experiences at the live kickoff events on Saturday, and watch everyone take in BIOBUZZ.

Sep 143 min read

[FLL RI] Welcome to the BIOGLOW Season

Starting in the spring NE FIRST has been hard at working preparing the events for your season. Read for info on a coaches meeting, the kickoff event, and the qualifier schedule.

Sep 121 min read

[NOTICE] Sad news regarding the passing of Steve Cremer

It is with heavy hearts that we learned of the passing of Steve Cremer, an incredible supporter of the FIRST mission and a dedicated teacher of us all.

Sep 91 min read

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 2, 20251 min read

Warm Holiday Wishes from NE FIRST!

We hope our students, alumni, mentors, teachers, team parents, volunteers, supporters, family and friends have a wonderful holiday season! Cheers to a calming last week of 2024! ❄️✨

Dec 23, 20241 min read

[NOTICE] Sad news regarding the passing of Clare Greenlaw

Clare had an outsized impact on so many students in and out of FRC and FLL, as a Scout leader, as an entrepreneur, as an academic leader, and as a fierce advocate of women in STEM.

Dec 8, 20241 min read