Backtalk: 10/5/2015
BOTH COMETS: I enjoyed reading the editorial about Dick Donahue and Dick Howe. One other thing should be noted: They were both Keith Academy men.
View ArticleDracut's goal: Increase services and revenues
Four months into the Joint Budget Task Force's mission to analyze Dracut's fiscal future, a picture is starting to emerge of a town that will have to make bold, wide-ranging changes to expand services...
View ArticleMerck Millipore Adds Protein Pegylation To Portfolio Of Services...
The new service offering enabled by the collaboration includes feasibility studies, process and analytical development, and scale-up from milligram to gram quantities required for pilot and subsequent...
View ArticleSchool board member Kim Conway running for Billerica selectman
It's been almost a decade since a woman has served on the Board of Selectmen, but that could change come April. "Over the last five years, a number of people have approached me about running for...
View ArticleBillerica TM votes to move free cash to cushion impact of big projects
A new high school, along with major sewer work, may worry some residents about the projects' impact on their tax bills for years to come. However, Town Meeting members voted to minimize that financial...
View ArticleBoston eatery owner faces assault charge
The owner of an Italian restaurant near Boston's North Station will be arraigned on an assault and battery charge next month after allegedly pepper spraying a former employee and his girlfriend. Boston...
View ArticlePolice: Billerica High student arrested for 'act of violence'
A Billerica Memorial High School student was arrested over the weekend for an alleged "act of violence" involving other students who attend the high school. Writing to parents on Wednesday afternoon,...
View ArticleCivil Service Commission denies layoff appeal by Billerica veteran
A town worker laid off from his Department of Public Works job because of work-related injuries has lost his appeal. The Civil Service Commission voted last week that the Town of Billerica had "just...
View ArticleWeek 5 High School Football: North Andover Scarlet Knights at Home Against...
The North Andover High School Scarlet Knights will play a home game against the Billerica Memorial High School Indians at 7 p.m. Friday, Oct. 9. Massachusetts high school football schedules and scores...
View ArticleBillerica TM OKs new definition of manufacturing
A warrant article passed by a razor-thin margin of one vote at Thursday night's second session of fall Town Meeting, after nearly failing by one vote. Article 40 of the fall warrant proposed amending...
View ArticleBillerica High band says thanks, musically
Senior Owen Kelly, 17, the student field conductor, leads the band. SUN/Julia Malakie Sun staff photos can be ordered by visiting our SmugMug site.
View ArticleTSA 'Pre-Check' Adds Saturday Signups At BDL
Airline passengers who are willing to pay to skip many of the hassles of security screening now have the option to enroll on Saturdays at Bradley International Airport - at least through late November....
View ArticleBillerica woman charged in break-in
A 43-year-old woman used a hammer to smash mirrors, a bathtub and a sink in an apartment early Wednesday morning, according to police. Stephanie Lyman, of Billerica, is being charged with breaking and...
View ArticleBillerica woman charged in break-in
A 43-year-old woman used a hammer to smash mirrors, a bathtub and a sink in an apartment early Wednesday morning, according to police. Stephanie Lyman, of Billerica, is being charged with breaking and...
View ArticleBillerica police warn of scam
Police are warning everyone to be wary of anyone requesting money or personal financial information over the telephone after a Billerica resident was scammed out of a large sum of money. Police say...
View ArticleBillerica TM OKs $4M for improvements at Salem and Pond streets
Town Meeting Tuesday night approved a warrant article to reappropriate $4 million to fund sewer-main, water-main, sidewalk and traffic-signal improvements on Salem Road at Pond Street. Town Manager...
View ArticleBillerica TM OKs $4M for improvements at Salem and Pond streets
Town Meeting Tuesday night approved a warrant article to reappropriate $4 million to fund sewer-main, water-main, sidewalk and traffic-signal improvements on Salem Road at Pond Street. Town Manager...
View ArticleBillerica TM stands by Common Core
That's at least how the majority of Town Meeting representatives feel, as they voted Thursday to reject a petitioner article -- which advocated for the elimination of the controversial education...
View ArticleHammer alleged weapon used in Billerica break-in
A 43-year-old woman with a long criminal history was ordered held on bail after Billerica police allege she used a hammer to smash mirrors, a bathtub and a sink in an apartment early Wednesday morning....
View ArticleAnnouncements
Northern Essex Community College will host the New England Association of College Admission Counseling Fair today, from 1 to 3 p.m., in the Sports and Fitness Center on the Haverhill campus, 100...
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