Broadrick tapped to lead Shawsheen Tech
The Shawsheen Valley Technical High School Committee voted unanimously Monday night to enter into negotiations with Tim Broadrick to become the school's next superintendent-director. Broadrick, the...
View ArticleOncam Appoints New Vice President of Product Management
BILLERICA, Mass. & LONDON -- -- Oncam , the security division of Oncam Technologies and leading provider of 360-degree camera technology, announced today the appointment of Justin Wheatley as Vice...
View ArticleElida Gillon
Elida "Ellie" Gillon passed away on July 19, at UMass Memorial Health Care–University Campus, Worcester, after a brief illness. She leaves  her husband of 53 years, Bernard J....
View ArticleNow Available: Aushon BioSystems, Inc. - Pharmaceuticals & Healthcare - Deals...
Recently published research from GlobalData, "Aushon BioSystems, Inc. - Pharmaceuticals & Healthcare - Deals and Alliances Profile", is now available at Fast Market Research Aushon BioSystems Inc....
View ArticleLeadCare Plus Compact Lead Testing System FDA Cleared
Magellan Diagnostics landed FDA clearance to introduce its LeadCare Plus blood lead poisoning testing system. The device was designed to neatly fit into even the smallest clinical labs, taking up only...
View ArticleBillerica police seek charges against official over crosswalks
Billerica police applied for criminal charges Tuesday against a town selectman who swabbed several fading crosswalks in town with household paint. Deputy Chief Roy Frost said the department filed its...
View ArticleCentury 21 Commonwealth Opens Billerica Branch
"The opening of a CENTURY 21 Commonwealth office in Billerica allows local residents to benefit from the company's significant recent growth, which has seen more than 100 experienced agents choose to...
View ArticleOfficial must learn he's not above the law
The unauthorized painting of seven crosswalks is the latest example of George Simolaris taking it upon himself to right a perceived wrong. However, this time, the Billerica selectman's self-appointed...
View ArticleVIDEOS and SLIDESHOW: Campers Learn About Firefighting
These Framingham youths were learning what it is like to be a firefighter and what happens when an individual is trapped in a vehicle after a crash. Friday, the Framingham campers, along with campers...
View ArticleRaytheon reports solid Q2 results
For the three-month period ending June 30, the defense contractor reported net income of $505 million, or $1.65 per share. That's up from net income of $499 million in the comparable year-ago quarter.
View ArticleMahoney sisters plan to remember slain Tewksbury family
Sitting in the back corner of the Owl Diner Monday afternoon, Maureen Mahoney, her sister Jane, and friends reminisced on the lives of Dr. Hugh Mahoney and his wife Ruth Mahoney. The two met at St....
View ArticleBacktalk: 7/24/2015
QUIT BOTH: George Simolaris is a professional painter. If he used deck paint on the town streets, I don't think I would be inclined to hire him to do any painting for me.
View ArticleWill public records be more accessible?
It can take months before records requests are handled, and individuals and organizations can pay a pretty penny for the documents. Next week House and Senate legislators are expected to take up a...
View ArticleBillerica receives first motorist complaint about crosswalk spatter from...
The town has received its first complaint related to Simolaris' painting town crosswalks green last week, according to Selectmen Chairman John Piscatelli. An unidentified individual's car was damaged...
View ArticleCrosswalk, cross talk the talk of the towns
CALL IT whatever you want: Paint Gate, Crosswalk Gate, Billerica Cross. The drama in Yankee Doodle Town was the talk of the Merrimack Valley, Greater Boston and beyond last week.
View ArticleCell-tower 'pings' at issue in murder trial
The American Civil Liberties Union of Massachusetts has joined with defense attorneys in an effort to toss out a crucial piece of evidence -- the "pings" off cellphone towers -- that allegedly tie four...
View ArticleEMD Millipore Adds Protein Pegylation to Portfolio of Services for...
EMD Millipore , the Life Science business of Merck KGaA of Darmstadt, Germany, today announced a collaboration with celares GmbH to provide pegylation services to customers developing protein-based...
View ArticleTown Says It Will Prosecute Official Who Did Something Useful
George Simolaris is a member of the Board of Selectmen in Billerica, Massachusetts. According to him, some of the crosswalks around town have become unsafe because the paint has faded, and it's been...
View ArticleSurvivor deserves a home
Ryan Sears drove onto Route 3 in Billerica on a Friday night last month, mentally preparing to sift through the endless menu at Burlington's Cheesecake Factory. Moments later, the 31-year-old from...
View ArticleTewksbury Police Assist in Heroin Drug Trafficking arrest
Police officers from Tyngsborough, Billerica and Tewksbury made a drug trafficking arrest last week as a result of an investigation initiated by both the Tewksbury and Billerica Police Departments. On...
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