Portland bets on rail link to waterfront
State officials see the rail link as key to reviving the port, which was among the largest on the East Coast a century ago but had fallen in past decades. Stuck at the end of the nation's supply line,...
View ArticleKiller in bid for parole
"I knew exactly what it was," Marsh said while sitting in the kitchen of her Billerica home with her daughter, Paula Todisco. It was the same letter she has received three times before - every five...
View ArticlePortland bets on rail link to waterfront
State officials see the rail link as key to reviving the port, which was among the largest on the East Coast a century ago but had fallen in past decades. Stuck at the end of the nation's supply line,...
View ArticleBillerica High School bomb threat found not-credible
Billerica Memorial High School received another bomb threat through a phone call on Monday, but officials found no evidence that indicates the threat is valid. Superintendent Timothy Piwowar said in a...
View ArticleBillerica High School bomb threat found not-credible
Billerica Memorial High School received another bomb threat through a phone call on Monday, but officials found no evidence that indicates the threat is valid. Superintendent Timothy Piwowar said in a...
View ArticleNashoba principal tapped for superintendent's post
Nashoba Valley Technical High School Principal Denise Pigeon will be the next superintendent, following a meeting Monday night when nearly every School Committee member expressed confidence in her...
View ArticleBillerica to explore former Ditson School for housing
There's a housing wait list of more than 450 names, and wait times of more than three years for senior housing and 10 years for family housing. There are 177 senior and disabled units in town.
View ArticleBillerica police investigate armed bank robbery
Billerica police were investigating a bank robbery that occurred on Tuesday morning, according to a statement released by the department. Authorities responded to the report of an armed bank robbery at...
View ArticleBacktalk: 2/2/2016
END MEN'S CLUB: The Sun reported State Treasurer Deb Goldberg's observation about the lack of women representing Billerica at the new high-school announcement. The Billerica voters have a great chance...
View ArticleMashpee, Billerica schools receive threats
The threats continued into the next week with more than a dozen Commonwealth school districts affected. "Although no bomb has ever been found in a MA school after a communicated threat, we take each...
View Article3 vie for 2 seats in Billerica
In addition to the four-way race for two Board of Selectmen seats, there's also a less-talked-about three-way race for two School Committee seats -- a notable contest with a potential new high school...
View ArticleDavid L Ryan/Globe Staff Port of Boston security gets big helping scan
Amidst the tens of thousands of spectators at a NASCAR race in New Hampshire last summer, someone or something was radioactive. And a team of emergency workers at the New Hampshire Motor Speedway in...
View ArticleVote change and elect
When things are in transition, people get scared and lose heart. Opinion gets polarized.
View ArticleSupport Groups
ALTERNATIVE HOUSE SUPPORT GROUPS: For women who have been abused, or are in an abusive relationship. Victims can learn about their own options and how to break the cycle of abuse.
View ArticleLatest norovirus appearance costs Chipotle $750M
Chipotle's latest bout of bad press was triggered by the parent of one of the employees at a Boston-area restaurant who came down with norovirus, according to executives. That parent alerted the media...
View ArticleSpring snowstorm slows morning commute
The National Weather Service says as of 7 a.m. Monday the forecast is for the spring storm to drop 4 to 6 inches of snow across much of eastern Massachusetts, Rhode Island, northeast Connecticut and...
View ArticleHeroin suspects released on personal recognizance
Two people were arrested Saturday afternoon for alleged distribution of heroin, and a third allegedly for buying the drug, according to police. Danielle Roy, 39, of Billerica, and Matthew Hall, 25, of...
View ArticleMassive manhunt ends with two held on high bail
Two men who triggered a massive manhunt after allegedly robbing the Citizens Bank in Chelmsford on Friday were ordered held on high bail as one of the men was also fingered for a second bank robbery in...
View ArticleBillerica board seeks background checks on potential pot-dispensary operators
Billerica selectmen on Monday moved forward in the medical-marijuana process, telling the Police Department to conduct detailed background checks of the two potential companies. In addition, selectmen...
View ArticleVendor chosen for TV studio equipment
The Somerset Berkley Regional High School building committee approved of $310,000 to purchase equipment and for other expenses related to getting a television studio up and running at the high school....
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