New initiative to identify and assist incarcerated veterans
Middlesex Sheriff Peter J. Koutoujian announced that the Middlesex Sheriff's Office has entered into a partnership with the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs and the Massachusetts Department of...
View ArticleMan charged in theft of newspapers
A 44-year-old man from the Billerica area is being charged with stealing newspapers on 11 separate occasions over the past month from Richdale Convenience Store at 161 Boston Road, according to Lt.
View ArticleBillerica man, 66, charged with assault on wife
A 66-year-old terminally ill Billerica man was released without bail after prosecutors say he became agitated and put a knife to his wife's throat.
View ArticleOnce-bright solar industry dims as state nears limit
Solar panels help to power Phoenix Park in Shirley. sun/JOHN LOVE Sun staff photos can be ordered by visiting our MyCapture site.
View ArticleBillerica schools superintendent: Average is no longer good enough
One glance at funding and test scores for a school system, and it's easy to make a generalized connection: When funding is up, test scores go up; when the funding is down, test scores go down.
View ArticleLowell Shedd sweeps to quarterfinal victory
Visiting Lowell Shedd ripped Reading, 14-4, to sweep the best-of-three quarterfinal Suburban Pony League 14-15 series Monday.
View ArticleBillerica selectmen battle over vote to hold executive session
It's almost a month after the Fourth of July, but plenty of fireworks blasted off in Town Hall on Monday night.
View ArticleSalute to Women: Ginny White
The yellow truck parked outside Ginny's Thrift Shop is painted with blue letters that read, "A hand up not a hand out."
View ArticleBillerica selectmen, manager want state to deny sewer permit for jail expansion
Town Manager John Curran requested last week that the state Department of Environmental Protection deny the Billerica House of Correction's proposed sewer-connection permit, stating in a detailed...
View ArticleBillerica beach closed for high bacteria count
Micozzi Beach is temporarily closed after the latest round of water tests came back with higher than acceptable bacteria count, according to the Billerica Recreation Department.
View ArticleTrio facing charges in multi-agency opioid bust
Three people are facing a mandatory eight years in prison if convicted of charges leveled against them Wednesday as a result of a multi-town investigation into what police called "large-scale"...
View ArticleCon shot in past gun grab
Former Waltham Detective Kevin O'Connor talks about the night he and his partner apprehended Raymond Wallace.
View ArticleMedford Youth Participate in Public Safety Camp
Middlesex Sheriff Peter J. Koutoujian proudly recognized the Arlington, Belmont, Medford and Somerville graduates of the 2013 Middlesex Sheriff's Office Youth Public Safety Academy on Friday, July 26,...
View ArticleSuspect Who Shot Middlesex Deputy Sheriff is Charged in Hospital Shooting,...
By Bret Silverberg Raymond Wallace, the North Billerica man accused of shooting a Middlesex County Sheriff's deputy with his own gun at Mass Eye and Ear Infirmary, faces charges in the Wednesday incident.
View ArticleRetailers wait to raise prices at pump
Sean Flynn, owner of Flynn's Truck Stop in Shrewsbury, says he will absorb the 3-cent gas tax hike while he waits to see what his competitors will do.
View ArticleFather & Son Movers settles charges
Billerica-based Father and Son Moving and Storage agreed to pay up to $202,000 to settle charges of holding customers' goods hostage to collect inflated fees, the state attorney general's office said.
View ArticleAccused Percocet perps plead innocent
After a two-month joint investigation by three local police departments and the U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency, three people pleaded not guilty Thursday to drug-trafficking charges in what police...
View ArticleA night for Lowell police to build bridges
Sandy McNamara is president of the Centralville Neighborhood Action Group, vice-president of the Citywide Neighborhood Council, and this year she's taken on the planning of one of several celebrations...
View ArticleBulger link seen in motion for retrial in Lowell man's conviction for 1972...
A key piece of evidence that sent Robert Breest to prison for the past four decades for a murder he says he didn't commit was the testimony of a jailhouse snitch with ties to James "Whitey" Bulger's...
View ArticleBillerica to get $3M boost from Shaffer Landfill's solar panels
The contaminated Shaffer Landfill has been useless for decades, but tens of thousands of solar panels could soon sit atop one of Massachusetts' most polluted landscapes.
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