Town Meeting approves budget for '19
Budget discussions at the Thursday night session of spring Town Meeting focused on the school department budget, which as submitted totals $62.4 million, $1,030,261 increase over the current fiscal...
View ArticleNew England Nuclear (LNTH) Upgraded to Hold by Zacks Investment Research
According to Zacks, "Lantheus Holdings, Inc. is involved in developing, manufacturing, selling and distributing diagnostic medical imaging agents and products for diagnosis of cardiovascular and other...
View ArticleCupboard is open in a new home
After running the Billerica Food Pantry for nearly three decades, Marie O'Rourke and Ken Buffum were handing over the pantry paperwork to new leaders. "It's been a pleasure to help all these people...
View ArticleWilkie, Koufogazos top Dracut school race
In a three-way race for two open seats on the School Committee, incumbent School Committee Chair Joe Wilkie finished first with 1,788 votes, followed by Susan Koufogazos with 1,717 votes. Incumbent Dan...
View ArticleBacktalk: 5/9/2018
CHANGE THE WEATHER: CNN has now become SDN . Stormy Daniels' attorney has been on CNN 59 times in the last two months.
View ArticleJudge hears residents' plea to halt Billerica turnpike work
An attorney representing several Billerica residents asked a judge to halt a major Middlesex Turnpike project temporarily, arguing that a portion of the work takes his clients' Manning Road property...
View ArticleWilmington police officer helps save family, pets from house fire
A Wilmington police officer alerted sleeping residents to a fire at their home and helped them safely escape with their four pets early Saturday, police said. Officer William Skinner was among the...
View ArticleShawsheen Tech trio earns graphics kudos
Three students representing the Graphic Communication Shop at Shawsheen Valley Technical High School were recently presented individual Awards of Excellence at the Printing Industries of New England...
View ArticleTewksbury Police: Unwelcome customer flipped pool table, crushing woman
A Wilmington man who crushed a Billerica woman's legs by allegedly flipping over a pool table at Maverick's Restaurant on May 5 has been charged with assault and battery with a dangerous weapon. Justin...
View ArticleBillerica teen's volunteer work stretches across town
Bobby Ackroyd makes a clear distinction when discussing Emily Morris, a 17-year-old regular fixture at the Boys and Girls Club of Greater Billerica: she is not only the busiest teenager Ackroyd knows,...
View ArticleMeet and greet Prinzivalli
The first is Saturday, May 19 from 10 a.m. to noon at Panera Bread, located at 228 Main St. The second is Wednesday, May 30 from 7 to 8:30 p.m., also at Panera Bread. TEWKSBURY -- The Tewksbury Senior...
View ArticleFire damages Billerica business
Employees were forced to evacuate a roughly 30,000-square-foot commercial space on Cook Street after a machine caught on fire Tuesday night. About 15 employees safely evacuated Lab Manufacturing Inc....
View ArticleBattling lure of e-cigs
And into our language: The word vape, as a verb, has become so common that it was the Oxford Dictionary's word of the year in 2014. On Monday night, about 50 parents, a few teachers and industry...
View ArticleFirefighters contain Billerica junkyard blaze
Firefighters were shuttling water and working to extinguish hot spots in a large fire that burned through over a half dozen large scrapped vehicles in a remote part of Jack's Junk Yard on Town Farm...
View ArticleSpecialized Coating Services Hosts Successful Open House for New Billerica...
Specialized Coating Services, the industry leader in contract services of conformal coating, today announced the success of the ribbon cutting and open house of their new Billerica, MA office. In...
View ArticleSpecial visitor to attend unveiling of Lowell monument to vets killed in...
Barry Frechette of Billerica, at the Centralville Veterans Memorial in Lowell, where Memorial Day ceremonies will include Shigeaki Mori of Japan, who made sure the American POWs who died from the...
View ArticleChelmsford OKs therapeutic classrooms
The School Committee last week unanimously approved a plan to bring two therapeutic classrooms to South Row Elementary School in the fall. The STRIVE program will cater to students who are not able to...
View ArticleBillerica man's mission: banner day for veterans
This time of year, Ironwood Street feels like a silent, suburban parade route, with more than a dozen American flags billowing in the breeze along the side of the road. Their appearance every year just...
View ArticleWith every flag, a story of service and sacrifice
For 40 years Ken Buffum has brought American flags to each cemetery in town before Memorial Day, to honor those who have served the country. "This is the most we have ever seen here," says Buffum, 89,...
View ArticleMemorial Day: Things to do, places to visit
The Memorial Day weekend is the traditional start of summer and many local residents will be on the rode to the mountains, lakes and beaches. But the holiday also provides a nice chance to slow it down...
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