News & Stories 

We've closed the curtains on the final FRC qualifying event in New England, and what a show it was! Worcester Polytechnic Institute...

District qualifiers are complete! The top half of the district is excited to be invited to the final act of our FIRST IN SHOW season...

Western New England University hosted 36 FRC teams. Special thanks to the Department of Industrial Engineering and Manufacturing for hosting

We made it through Week 4 in New England! That left just two competitions before district rankings would be locked and we'd see who is...

Three for three: our northernmost event of the entire season, the Pine Tree District Event, returned to the beautiful state of Maine.

Heading north in the district, the North Shore District Event was our second event during our triple play weekend!

Week 3 in New England was the perfect time for a trilogy: our only weekend with three distinct FRC events running at the same time.

As we reach the decade milestone and celebrate 10 years of NE FIRST, we're excited to take you behind the scenes of venue selection!

To close out an energizing FIRST competition season, thousands of students, mentors, volunteers, sponsors and spectators traveled to Houston

It was amazing to bring teams and guests from all FIRST programs together for this incredible celebration of FIRST and STEM in New England!

In Hartford we welcomed many guests from the manufacturing sector, including the Chief Manufacturing Officer for CT, Paul Lavoie.

Special thanks to the event's Presenting Sponsor, National Grid, and to all of the WPI alumni and students that made this event a success.

We are always so excited to be hosted in a university venue, where students can compete while getting familiar with the college campus vibe.

We've crossed the halfway point in the CHARGED UP FIRST Robotics Competition season this year! We're ready to focus on Week 4.

One of our longest-running district events returned to the North Shore of Massachusetts during week 3 of CHARGED UP competition!

Week 3 means double Massachusetts events! WNEU is the alma mater of many FIRST Alumni and we are so grateful for their hospitality.

We were excited to return to Rhode Island to host an event for the first time since 2019, and this time in a new venue in North Scituate!

Week 2 events in New England are not immune to the winter weather! Despite a snow delay on Day 1, Waterbury went off without a hitch,

Featuring robotic "judges" and tons of tie-dye, FRC returned to Bridgewater, Massachusetts during Week 1 of the CHARGED UP season!

Though there was only one day of the Granite State District Event, there were tons of awesome CHARGED UP moments!