Forward spin on Yankee Doodle Bike Path project
For far too long, the Yankee Doodle Bike Path project was used as "political football" in town, Selectmen Chairman Andrew Deslaurier recalls. "No one was really doing anything.
View ArticleLender cannot renegotiate the mortgage pay-off
Q: I sold my home last month. Today, my lender called me to say I owed $2,000 in legal fees related to its prior collection efforts against me .
View ArticleSex appeal? It's on the menu
A banner hanging at the entrance to the Tilted Kilt Pub & Eatery at 15 Middlesex Turnpike in Billerica invites servers to apply. The restaurant is scheduled to open on July 25. SUN / CHRIS TIERNEY...
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ADULT DAY VOLUNTEERS: D'Youville Senior Care Center, 981 Varnum Ave., Lowell, seeks volunteers for a variety of activities. Hours flexible.
View ArticleBillerica cyclist seriously injured in Lowell crash
Police say a 53-year-old Billerica man was flown to a Boston trauma center with serious injuries after his motorcycle was struck by a car at Gorham and Saratoga streets Sunday afternoon. Capt.
View Article#PaintGate returns to Billerica, with a twist
You remember that time when Billerica Selectman George Simolaris covered seven crosswalks in the town center with green deck paint last July 19, right? Painting crosswalks was the talk of the town as...
View ArticleMilliporeSigma moving from Billerica to Burlington, taking 800+ jobs
More than 800 employees are departing town as one of the town's largest private employers constructs a $115 million building in a neighboring community. MilliporeSigma has announced that its building a...
View ArticleEx-Chelmsford man seeks parole in 1978 slaying
After serving 27 years in prison for second-degree murder in the 1978 beating death of a Lowell hitchhiker, Kenneth Stimpson, formerly of Chelmsford, was released on parole in 2004. While free on...
View Article.Summer Theater Camp: Applause Academy Ma, Inc. is accepting...
D'YOUVILLE SENIOR CARE ADULT DAY HEALTH PROGRAM: Provides health care and supportive services to frail elders and disabled adults. Mon.-Fri., 8 a.m.-5 p.m. Breakfast, lunch, snack, activities and...
View ArticleMilliporeSigma investing $115m in new North American hub
The 280,000-square-foot facility will be built in Burlington, Massachusetts and will include a customer collaboration laboratory and training center, in addition to office space. According to the...
View ArticlePolice: Teen bicyclist hit by car, seriously injured
Police say a 14-year-old Massachusetts boy was seriously injured when he was hit by a vehicle while riding his bike in Billerica. Officers responded to a report of an accident just before 4 p.m. Thursday.
View ArticleBillerica rampage leads to charges
After being sober for 2 1/2 years, a 33year-old Billerica man is being held without bail after he allegedly got drunk, blacked out and went on a 12hour rampage destroying his parents' Billerica home...
View ArticleParched, and worried
MAKING UP FOR MOTHER NATURE: "We're doing a lot of irrigation and hoping for rain," said Douglas Time, checking the corn crop at Lawndale Farm in Tyngsboro. "It makes it frustrating because if it just...
View ArticleThe cutting edge of robots: your lawn
With little thought to the moral implications, a group of four engineers at a startup called Franklin Robotics are building a robot that will be programmed to kill. But the four-wheel-drive bot, not...
View ArticleBicyclist, 14, seriously injured after being struck by SUV in Billerica
A 14-year-old boy suffered serious injuries Thursday afternoon after he was struck by an SUV while riding his bicycle in Billerica, police said. The boy, who is from Billerica, was struck at about 3:50...
View ArticleSome reservation over Community Preservation Act in Billerica
In the glass ball, the Billerica resident can see a restored Howe School, improved access to the Concord River, a protected Cider Mill property, the Old Ditson School reused as affordable senior...
View ArticleBee farm deserves better from Billerica
Swan song or bee excrement deleted? These two local run-ins pit public safety and public health against the rights of nature's creatures to maintain the habitats they currently enjoy. A few swans...
View ArticleLawmakers rip AG for stepping up ban on weapons
Angered by Attorney General Maura Healey's announcement that her office will step up its enforcement of the state's assault-weapons ban, a bipartisan group of 58 lawmakers sent her a letter over the...
View ArticleCurriculum Associates' i-ReadyA Diagnostic Receives Highest...
NORTH BILLERICA, Mass., August 1, 2016-Curriculum Associates' i-ReadyA Diagnostic for Reading and Mathematics recently received the highest ratings on the Screening Tool chart from the Center on...
View ArticlePolice: Too doggone hot to leave pets in car
Rudy, a border collie belonging to Pavel Pospisil of Leominster, cools off in the brook at Coolidge Park in Fitchburg on Tuesday. The river s a good place for him on hot days like the area is seeing...
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