It's time Billerica
Let's start with the obvious: Billerica's town leadership fumbled its chance at making a good first impression on its proposed takeover of maintenance of town fields. The plan calls for splitting...
View ArticleBillerica should maintain its town-owned fields. Vote Yes.
Several items were included in Article 10 at town meeting but the item that has caused the contention since October is the plan for the town to maintain town-owned fields. I think we can all agree that...
View ArticleVideo shows truck plowing into Billerica store
Police on Thursday released video of a pickup truck smashing through the front doors of Bob's Stores on Tuesday evening. The Dodge Ram pickup truck sits at the entrance of the store for about 10...
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Residents will have their say at the polls this weekend as they vote on the future of field maintenance in Billerica, along with other budget items that total $269,856. This Saturday is the special...
View ArticleBillerica energized by money-saving option
If you've never shopped around for the best energy rate, and instead lock into National Grid's rate year after year, you're about to save some money. The town recently created the Billerica Community...
View ArticleBillerica field maintenance plan stands
Residents voted on Saturday to reaffirm Town Meeting's decision to approve funding for the first phase of a field maintenance plan, along with other budget items. Residents voted 2,631-2,312 in support...
View ArticleKenneth C. Alleca, 70
Kenneth C. Alleca, 70, a lifelong Wakefield resident died Friday, December 1, 2017, at the Elmhurst Nursing Center in Melrose. Born in Wakefield on April 25, 1947, he was the son of the late A. Charles...
View ArticleBillerica jail still houses pre-trial detainees despite state vow to find...
It was the fall of 2012, and officials were announcing a $37 million plan to expand the Middlesex House of Correction in Billerica to house those prisoners from the Cambridge Jail. They continued to...
View ArticleOn 3-2 vote, Chelmsford board keeps single tax rate
The Board of Selectmen voted 3-2 in favor of keeping the single rate Monday night after hearing passionate arguments from both sides over the course of their last two meetings. Chairwoman Pat Wojtas...
View ArticleOfficials: Billerica field plan must show results
They argued that the $10 worst-case scenario tax increase for Billerica households was phony; it'd be much higher to maintain all the fields in town, they said. And they asserted the town would not do...
View ArticleEthics Committee opens probe into Rosenberg
Embroiled in leadership turnover, the state Senate continued its trip down uncharted waters Tuesday as the Ethics Committee formally opened an investigation into Sen. Stanley Rosenberg, who was serving...
View ArticleFull-court press
A temporary accommodation in search of a promised permanent solution. That's the situation in which the Middlesex House of Correction in Billerica finds itself.
View ArticleBig day for Billerica High project
The massive crane swoops down and grabs the final steel beam covered in signatures -- along with an American flag and Christmas tree attached to its top. Residents flash a smile, proud of getting a...
View ArticleOut-of-work mom needs your help
Then her baby sitter quit. She couldn't find a steady replacement. Absences piled up, until her boss fired her.
View ArticleRemember When? the Howe School in Billerica
This week, I had the opportunity to shoot some aerial drone photos of a temporary roof repair at the vacant Howe school or Zadok Howe Academy building in Billerica. I have driven down Route 3A in...
View ArticleTraffic headaches throughout Greater Lowell as storm blows in
Though winter doesn't officially start until Dec. 21, a taste of the season -- and its snow-coating capability -- was experienced on Saturday. After blanketing portions of the southern U.S, a winter...
View ArticleCurriculum Associates Wins a 2017 Tech & Learning Stellar Service Award
NORTH BILLERICA, Mass., December 11, 2017-Curriculum Associates' technical support team was recently honored with a 2017 Tech & Learning Stellar Service Award in The Number You Have on Autodial...
View ArticleComposites enable handicap-accessible train platforms
MBTA needed a high-performance, corrosion-resistant replacement for the previous concrete structures. The agency found an attractive alternative with Composite Advantage LLC 's fiber-reinforced polymer...
View ArticleShawsheen Tech leading the way in STEM
One year after Shawsheen Valley Technical High School implemented Project Lead the Way, students shared their perspectives on the program, which is designed to enhance learning in math and science....
View ArticleTax bill comes due for BMHS
Almost two years after residents overwhelmingly supported building a new high school, they're going to start paying for it. The $278.27 average property-tax increase for Billerica residential property...
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