Give proper gifts with college plans
Q: I am single and fortunate to have substantial assets. In planning for my estate to avoid paying state taxes, I want to begin giving money to my children and grandchildren, while I am alive.
View ArticleRosy audit review for Chelmsford
Auditors have again given Chelmsford a positive review, saying the town's books are "well-recorded and well-reconciled," but drew attention to the schools' food-services program, which ran a deficit...
View ArticleSister single moms could use your help
While Jessica had been struggling to raise two children alone, her sister Ashley had been serving in Afghanistan.
View ArticleSun Santa Toys for Tots benefit a night to donate toys, share holiday joy
People will have a chance to enjoy a night of fun while helping families in need across the region celebrate the holidays at the third annual Sun Santa Toys for Tots West Fundraiser this week.
View ArticleBillerica officials hope grants, donations restart before-school exercise...
Dozens of students pile into the gym with loads of energy, excited to get a solid workout in before many people have even woken up.
View ArticleDec. 2 Selectmen Meeting Part One
The following is Part One of a transcript of the Dec. 2, 2013 Board of Selectmen meeting .
View ArticleShift in property tax kept in Billerica
For the ninth straight year, selectmen voted Monday night to maintain the largest property-tax shift between residential- and business-property owners allowed by state law, which will result in a $114...
View ArticleShift in property tax kept in Billerica
For the ninth straight year, selectmen voted Monday night to maintain the largest property-tax shift between residential- and business-property owners allowed by state law, which will result in a $114...
View ArticleBillerica Police: Naked man tased, claimed to be God
That's what a 20-year-old Tewksbury man should be asking himself after his attorney claims Patrick C. Taylor's friends must have slipped him something, causing him to strip naked, display lewd behavior...
View ArticleMiddlesex Sherriff's Office sergeant faces road rage charges
A sergeant with the Middlesex Sheriff's Office is facing charges in what is described as a road rage incident where William G. McLean is accused of stopping a driver, frisking him and the punching the...
View ArticleProsecutors: Driver of special-needs van was drunk before Billerica crash
As Melissa Rich drove a van with three special-needs adults to their Billerica group home, prosecutors at her trial allege the Dracut woman was drunk, talking on a cellphone and driving erratically...
View ArticleSanta to visit Billerica
The 2013 Winter Festival & Tree Lighting runs from noon to 6 p.m. in Billerica Center.
View ArticleK9 search turns up no drugs at Billerica school
The Billerica K9 unit, along with K9s from Chelmsford, Burlington and Lowell, conducted a narcotic sniff of the Locke Middle School on Allen Road Thursday morning.
View ArticleBillerica residents push for new high school building
Residents who favor building a new Billerica Memorial High School on Nov. 22 filed a statement of organization with the town clerk's office to form a ballot question committee called "Building...
View ArticleFormer PawSox Skipper Gary DiSarcina Named 2013 Minor League Manager Of The Year
Former Pawtucket Red Sox manager Gary DiSarcina has been selected as Baseball America's 2013 Minor League Manager of the Year.
View ArticleHelp Fund Locals Medical Mission Trip to Kenya
Local Jessica Wangia will be going on a medical mission trip to Tenwek hospital in Kenya in the fall of next year with the New Colony Baptist church of Billerica.
View Article'Will this be the month they shut our lights off?' struggling mom wonders
Once free of her abuser, Pamela became a victim to the aftermath: suffering from severe anxiety; her ability to work becoming greatly diminished.
View ArticleBomb threat at Billerica High not credible
Billerica Memorial High School will have additional police officers in the building today after a bomb threat was discovered on Thursday night.
View ArticleIn Billerica, bright lights, big hearts
Cars creep down Biscayne Drive in Billerica, checking out countless Santas, Rudolphs, sea serpents, snowmen and angels.
View ArticleAram Boghosian for The Boston Globe opinion | Paul McMorrowa game-changer for...
Waves of renewal efforts came for Somerville's southeastern neighborhoods a half-century ago, first in the form of widespread clearance for a doomed highway, and later in spurts of construction that...
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