Billerica board backs present site for new high school
While many Billerica High School Building Committee members believe the Cider Mill site is the higher-quality option for a new high school -- the majority rated it the more desirable option last week...
View ArticleCresta named school business director
By a unanimous vote Tuesday, the School Committee confirmed Michelle Cresta as Chelmsford Public Schools' new director of business and finance. Cresta, who has served as Stoneham Public Schools'...
View ArticleSandi Wilson endowment to continue her fight against youth homelessness
George Duncan, chairman of Enterprise Bank, raises his hand as Karen Frederick of Community Teamwork asks a series of questions about Sandi Wilson, right, who was honored at Lenzi's in Dracut April 28...
View ArticleCrews on Scene of Fire in Vacant Condo on Arborwood Drive
It's been a busy afternoon for Burlington firefighters. On the scene of a brush fire near the Burlington Gun Club since just after 4 p.m .
View ArticleBacktalk: 5/7/2015
MISSED IT: Interesting article about the Dracut selectman's race in Wednesday's Sun. I voted as usual on Monday, and was completely unaware that there was any controversy between any of the candidates.
View ArticleCourt officer recalls 34 years in Lowell District Court with honor, humor and...
In the early 1980s, John McNeil was happily working for Dracut Appliance Center selling, delivering and repairing appliances when he received a call that would change his career and his life....
View ArticleSupport Groups
ADOPTIVE FAMILIES TOGETHER: A group for pre- and post-adoptive families; meets fourth Sun. each month, 7-9 p.m. at Billerica Boys and Girls Club, 19 Campbell Road, Billerica.
View ArticlePolice Ask, Do You Know Where Richard Palmer Is?
Palmer has lived in Wilmington but was last seen on Nov. 24, 2014, in Billerica. At the time, he was possibly wearing jeans and a sweatshirt, according to the report.
View ArticleBillerica Town Meeting OKs $143M budget
Town Meeting voted to fund the $143.1 million budget at the second session of Spring Town Meeting Thursday night, which is almost a 4 percent increase from the previous fiscal year . The 2014 fiscal...
View ArticleTaking my Students to Prison
Every semester my students from Voices Behind Bars, a class I teach at Middlesex Community College in Massachusetts, go to prison. They used to visit state institutions but now that the Massachusetts...
View ArticleCourt: Billerica's Christakis must pay debts
That was the message from the state's highest court to Pagona Christakis after she argued, through her attorney, that the debts that triggered a lien on her three Billerica lots should have been erased...
View ArticleClinton High in the running to win Bob's blood drive challenge for fourth year
The Bob's Discount Furniture $250,000 High School Heroes Scholarship Program, in its sixth year, recognizes outstanding high school seniors in Massachusetts, Connecticut, New York and New Jersey who...
View ArticleMore administrative openings in Chelmsford schools
A food-service director and preschool coordinator have been added to the growing list of administrative positions the Chelmsford Public Schools need to fill going into the next school year. For the...
View ArticleDA brings 'Cut It Out' to Nashoba Tech
Middlesex County District Attorney Marian T. Ryan recently spoke to Nashoba Tech students about the Cut It Out program to curb domestic violence, then posed for a photo with Cosmetology students. Front...
View ArticleNew tack to fight heroin's deadly toll
"We've all come to the realization that we're not going to arrest our way out of this problem." "This problem" is the epidemic of heroin abuse in Massachusetts.
View ArticleBillerica bee farm mechanic charged with stealing cash
A part-time mechanic at a Billerica bee farm was stung by police after he was accused of dipping into the company's honey pot, stealing $25,000 in cash. In Lowell District Court on Monday, Michael P....
View ArticleBillerica Town Meeting amends hen bylaw
Town Meeting representatives voted overwhelmingly Tuesday to change the zoning bylaws regarding the keeping of hens, meaning that residents can now keep a maximum of 12 hens, an increase from the...
View ArticleBillerica police go undercover to boost pedestrian safety
Less than a week after a pedestrian was struck and suffered a serious injury, the Police Department announced that it's increasing pedestrian safety in town. To increase patrol efforts, police recently...
View ArticleDracut squeezes past Tewksbury
LeLacheur will host the Spinners World Series semifinals Monday, with Billerica facing Tewksbury at 5 p.m. and Lowell and Chelmsford squaring off at 7:30. The consolation and championship games are...
View ArticleWohlfahrtiimonas chitiniclastica Bacteremia Associated with Myiasis, United...
To the Editor: We report the identification of Wohlfahrtiimonas chitiniclastica bacteria in a sample of blood obtained from a patient in Surrey, United Kingdom. We highlight the importance of...
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