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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.
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
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 127 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
Diving in to Week 3 in New England: triple play starts with URI District Event
Just three weeks before DCMP, teams at the URI District Event met a special guest, one who happens to be a namesake of a 2025 Division!
Mar 192 min read
Western NE District Event brings preview of New England Championship to Western Mass
The Western NE District Event hosted 35 teams at WNEU! We'll be 20m west in just TWO weeks for the New England District Championship!
Mar 192 min read
Bringing ALL students together: FRC + Unified Robotics at the Pine Tree District 2025 Event
Heading way up the coast to our most northeastern event, we returned to The Colisée in Maine for our 8th annual Pine Tree District Event!
Mar 192 min read
Robots in Revere: NE FIRST 2025 Greater Boston District Event
Only two miles from their own beach, robots made waves in Revere! Revere High School hosted their 7th iteration of the Greater Boston Event
Mar 112 min read
Making a splash in Week 2 in New England: Waterbury District Event
What better city to host a water game than Waterbury? Our first event in Connecticut this season hosted 37 teams from CT, MA and even NH!
Mar 102 min read
Emotions run deep at the new for 2025 Southern Maine District Event
The Southern Maine District Event was incredibly special, and not just because it was the first time hosting an FRC qualifier in this venue.
Mar 53 min read
Diving in to Week 1 in New England: Granite State District Event
We did it...REEFSCAPE IS HERE! 66 teams worked hard for two months to make it to a Week 1 event this year, with half at GSD March 1–2!
Mar 42 min read
Make your impact in 2024!
As 2024 comes to a close, we need your help to celebrate our history—and invest in our future. What do YOU remember from your rookie year?
Dec 3, 20241 min read
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