Sun, Salem News, MCC teaming up for 6th District debate Thursday
Democratic candidates for one of the state's most heavily contested primary races will face off in a debate this Thursday, jointly hosted by The Sun and The Salem News.
View ArticleBillerica's Curran receives high marks; selectmen scuffle over stipends
A year after selectmen were bitterly divided over his contract, Town Manager John Curran received moderately high marks in his performance appraisal, while two members of the board clashed over how the...
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Market Basket employees and customers join hands during a rally near the Tewksbury store, Tuesday, August 05, 2014.
View ArticleBillerica panel picks town counsel
Selectmen tapped Kopelman and Paige for town counsel Tuesday night, 3-2, and later unanimously ratified a contract with the firm, headquartered in Boston.
View ArticleCourt denies hearing for local gas-station robber
The state Appeals Court has denied a hearing for a former Billerica man serving 20 years in prison as a career criminal for a series of gas station break-ins in 2007 and 2008 after he argued that a...
View ArticleWilmington man killed, 1 injured in Billerica motorcycle crash
A single motorcycle accident on Bicknell Road in Billerica left one passenger dead and the other seriously injured early Thursday morning.
View ArticleFormer Lowell Fleet employee charged with selling 26 cars for parts
A former Lowell Fleet towing company employee is facing 26 counts of larceny, one count for each of the 26 cars police allege he stole from the Lowell tow company and sold for parts to a Billerica used...
View ArticleMarket Basket's day of reckoning: Things are about to get ugly
A poster of Arthur T. Demoulas greets shoppers at the Market Basket store in Billerica's Treble Cove Plaza.
View ArticleAssault leads to list of risk-aversion tips
A carjacking and sexual assault in Philadelphia of a Realtor leaving an open house reminds real-estate agents across the country of the industry's potential for danger.
View ArticleShawsheen Tech auto student has tools for a career
Recently, during an end-of-the-year ceremony for the Automotive Department, the Billerica resident received what amounts to icing on the cake.
View Article3D printer comes to Milford library - what would Gutenberg say?
Consider the newest addition to Wadleigh Memorial Library in Milford. It's a 3D printer, the poster child for 21st century manufacturing possibilities.
View ArticleMarket Basket boycott affecting neighboring stores, too
Restaurants, liquor stores and other shops that have long relied on people deciding to grab dinner, a bottle of wine or run other errands while getting groceries at Market Basket have found themselves...
View ArticleBillerica woman pleads not guilty to animal-cruelty charges
A 26-year-old Billerica woman pleaded not guilty to an animal-cruelty charge after a neighbor told police he saw the woman discipline her male Pitbull by choking it with its own collar, punching it and...
View ArticleCallahans not the first local brothers slain in Lowell
The fatal shootings of brothers Joseph and Keith Callahan Aug. 10 in Lowell isn't the first time that two brothers, who spent their lives together also died together at the hands of a killer.
View ArticleA medallion signature acts as super notary
Q: I am transferring stocks and must obtain a medallion signature-guarantee stamp on the transfer form.
View ArticleMassachusetts' ballot is stacked for voters
Massachusetts' voters should consider themselves blessed with the quantity, quality and diversity of candidates who are on the September 9 primary ballot this year.
View ArticleThe Protection People
Staffers at BulletBlocker Inc. in Billerica show off some of the products the company can custom-make with bulletproof material.
View ArticleFour from MCC named to All-Massachusetts Academic Team
Middlesex Community College students Zena Casteel of Waltham, Joohee "Judy" Hyung of Billerica, Kara Bologna Rea of Woburn, and Assaf Shahar of Bedford were recently recognized as outstanding two-year...
View ArticleBillerica board clashes on Curran
The Board of Selectmen's individual evaluations of Town Manager John Curran reveal clashing opinions over his performance, as well as tension between some members and Curran.
View ArticleLabor complaint filed against Market Basket for threat to fire workers
Treble Cove Market Basket in Billerica shows juxtaposition of unsold milk and unmade fresh meals, a now-common sight as the worker protest continues.
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