Heat can't deter Folk Festival visitors Sunday
Festival-goers Sunday swarmed the seven stages, buzzed around craft booths and made a beeline for the food trucks dotting the cobbled streets of downtown at the New Bedford Folk Festival.
View ArticleHigh bail set in massage parlor prostitution case
A man and woman accused of using six massage parlors, including some in Bedford, Billerica and Wilmington, as fronts for prostitution were each ordered held on $250,000 cash bail at their superior...
View ArticleBillerica man faces fourth OUI charge
The day after Thomas L. Fitzpatrick III's 48th birthday, Tewksbury police say they gave the Billerica man an unwelcome gift -- his fourth drunken-driving arrest.
View ArticleChelmsford man who scammed elderly, car-rental firm, must repay $40G
Trying to outrun police who wanted to arrest him for scamming nearly a dozen people out of thousands of dollars, former heating-oil repairman Michael Santaniello did his running in a rented 2009 Kia...
View ArticleBillerica sex offender takes last minute plea bargain
In an 11th hour plea agreement, a 65-year Level 3 sex offender from Billerica was sentenced Wednesday to four years in prison followed by probation after admitting prosecutors that he had contact with...
View Article150 Cyclists from EMD Millipore and EMD Serono Participated in 150 Mile Ride...
Why: 150 employees from EMD Millipore and EMD Serono participated in the Bike MS: Cape Cod Getaway event as part of team "Reason to Ride".
View ArticlePush for jail study has some in Billerica hopeful
As Billerica braces for the $37 million expansion plan at the Middlesex House of Correction, residents may have gotten good news on Wednesday.
View ArticleLowell Shedd takes victory
Marc Beland and JoJo Robinson combined on a 2-hitter as Lowell Shedd defeated Chelmsford, 3-1, during a Suburban Pony League 14-15 Division clash Wednesday.
View ArticleWhy Entegris Could Clean Up
The company should benefit from a coming recovery in semiconductor production, and its success isn't tied to any one group of customers or products.
View ArticleShea-Mixon
Stephen and Carol Mixon of Billerica announce the engagement of their daughter, KELLIE MIXON, to RYAN SHEA, son of Roger Shea of Randolph and Delores Shea of Dorchester.
View ArticleCollege Graduates
Billerica: Rachel N. Costello, Carissa A. Forte, Heather N. Glancey, Amoy P. Manley, Ravi K. Nerella, Jason F. Rogers, Rebekah L. Roulier.
View ArticleNashoba Tech students pose at promenade
Russell Byron-Kelly, a junior from Groton in the Design & Visual Communications program at Nashoba Valley Technical High School in Westford, and his date, Julia Phelps, a junior from Lowell in the...
View ArticleArmed robbery at Tewksbury gas station could be linked to others
Detectives are investigating the armed robbery of a Main Street gas station shortly after midnight Monday, which may be connected to robberies in Billerica, Woburn and Nashua, according to Billerica...
View ArticleMass. Man Killed in Motorcycle Crash in Lang Township
Officials say 42 year-old Michael Rezendes of Billerica, Massachusetts was killed instantly when the motorcycle he was riding eastbound on Route 16 collided head on with a Webber Oil Company propane...
View ArticleWhat will The Sun look like tomorrow? Here's what we're working on
It's Monday, July 15. Here is some of what Sun staffers and other news providers are working on for lowellsun.com and Tuesday's print edition of the newspaper.
View ArticleSewer plans irk Billerica officials
As the $37 million project at the Middlesex House of Correction creeps closer, at least two selectmen are up in arms about the proposed sewer-connection permit that would allow 99,200 gallons per day...
View ArticleBacktalk: 7/16/2013
BLAME GAME: The United States has nobody to blame but themselves, as usual. Not Snowden.
View ArticleReading man charged in Tewksbury robbery
A 45-year-old Reading man who allegedly pulled a knife and threatened to stab the clerk of a convenience store in Tewksbury early Monday morning was arrested Tuesday afternoon after police surrounded...
View ArticleNearly 4,000 buildings without power in Tewksbury, Billerica
Nearly 4,000 buildings are without power in Tewksbury and Billerica while crews try to fix an outage that began a little before 10 p.m. National Grid reported on its website that 1,091 customers were...
View ArticleGas prices up, and they're not done yet
Ernest Tousignant regularly stops at Prime Energy gas station on Route 119 in Groton because it's the cheapest option, he said.
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