Minimum-wage boost OK'd in MassachusettsSenate, now goes to House
One day before state lawmakers recess for the holidays, the Senate on Tuesday approved a $3-an-hour increase in the minimum wage.
View ArticleA Weekend of Jewish Music, Bicycles and Cats Coming Up in Chelmsford
Here are just a few things going on in Chelmsford on Saturday and Sunday, Nov. 23/24.
View ArticleBusinesses wary about wage hike
Jim Marshall, owner of Marshall's Auto Body Carstar in Billerica, hires one or two vocational students for a co-op program each year to teach them about the craft and learn new skills in the trades...
View ArticleReps worry about minimum-wage impact on small businesses
Although area lawmakers differ on whether the state's minimum wage should be increased, they agree on one point: the bump from $8-an-hour to $11-an-hour approved by the Senate would hurt small businesses.
View ArticleSmoldering fire in Tewksbuy may take days to extinguish
A fire that broke out early Thursday morning in a compost pile off of South Street near the Tewksbury/Wilmington line may take days to fully extinguish, according to the Tewksbury Fire Department.
View ArticleBillerica Building Superintendent Looks Back
In fourth grade on the day John F. Kennedy was assassinated, Chuck Vanteemsche was a little too young to have deep thoughts about what it meant to have the president killed.
View Article1937 Ford Highboy Coupe
If you decide to compete for one of hot rodding's most revered honors, the Ridler Award, you have to be prepared to open a very big door and step into the deep end of the pool where every detail will...
View ArticleWestford residents take aim at board
WESTFORD NEIGHBORS are joining forces for two causes: to prevent bow hunters from coming to their area, and to possibly give some selectmen the boot.
View ArticleBillerica High instructor selected for Hall of Fame
Ariana Koustas, a Science teacher at Billerica Memorial High School, was inducted into the Northeast Regional Educators Hall of Fame during a recent ceremony at Salem State College's Recital Hall.
View ArticleA landslide vote remains fresh in Billerica center
On Nov. 19, 2012, the Monday before Thanksgiving, residents crushed an ambitious $14 million proposal to reinvent Billerica's town center, obliterating the Town Meeting-approved project by more than...
View ArticleEven with a job, expenses continue to rise
Instead of her financial woes lessening with the assistance of a full-time income, Ivette has found things have become even more difficult.
View ArticleThis Week in Wilmington Public Meetings: Board of Selectmen, Shawsheen School...
Each week we take a look at upcoming public meetings and hearings happening in Wilmington, according to the town's website.
View ArticleChelmsford, Billerica school chiefs wager on Thanksgiving
Superintendents of Schools Tim Piwowar and Frank Tiano aren't betting hundreds of dollars on the annual Thanksgiving football game, but plenty of school pride will be on the line when Billerica and...
View ArticleChelmsford residents looking at $320 bump in taxes for 2014
The average residential tax bill will rise by $320 next year to $6,119 if a tax rate proposed by the Board of Assessors is approved by the state.
View ArticleBIOKE and RainDance Technologies Announce a Distribution Agreement...
BIOKE, a Cell Signaling Technology Europe company, and RainDance Technologies, an innovative genomics tools company enabling ultra-sensitive detection of cancer and inherited diseases, announced an...
View ArticleBacktalk: 11/26/2013
LET MANAGER MANAGE: John Curran is the first town manager in Billerica who has a vision for progress in our town; it's just too bad some residents won't let him do his job.
View ArticlePolice: Billerica man threatened woman with knife
A Billerica man allegedly under investigation by the state Department of Children and Families is accused of using a knife to put his wife in fear.
View ArticlePolice: Billerica man threatened woman with knife
A Billerica man allegedly under investigation by the state Department of Children and Families is accused of using a knife to put his wife in fear.
View ArticleBillerica High instructor selected for Hall of Fame
Ariana Koustas, a Science teacher at Billerica Memorial High School, was inducted into the Northeast Regional Educators Hall of Fame during a recent ceremony at Salem State College's Recital Hall.
View ArticleChelmsford Diner goes 'back to basics'
There's a new place for breakfast and lunch in the strip mall on the Summer Street cut-through just outside of the center of Chelmsford.
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