WOBURN — Ending a five-month long administrative hearing, the Zon­ing Board of Appeals (ZBA) recently overturn­ed a cease-and-desist or­der by allowing a Con­necticut developer to fulfill crushed rock orders directly from the Ledges at Woburn site.

WILMINGTON — Last weekend, Danielle McCoy, a graphite pencil artist from Wilmington, won two awards at the Woburn Guild of Artists Fall Ex­hibition for her piece “Hol­ding My Mother’s Hand.”

The name Ames is very common in Massachu­setts. There were many prominent people and bus­inesses with that name. In Wilmington Square, there was Ames News, directly across the street from the railroad depot.

WILMINGTON — At a School Committee meeting on Nov. 13, Superin­tendent of Schools Dr. Glenn Brand gave an update on the district homework policy. The policy was originally approv­ed by the School Commit­tee on Sept. 12, 2018, and according to Brand, is still facing some growing pains.

WILMINGTON — Ear­lier this month, the Wil­mington Police De­part­ment warned residents about potential door-to-door scams against homeowners in this area. Deputy Chief Bri­an Pupa mentioned to the Town Crier that this region has recently seen an increase in the number of reported door-to-doo…

Thanksgiving always brings on some “turkey shoots,” usually held by sporting clubs. Nowa­days, the event is usually a session of target shooting, with frozen turkeys given as prizes.

WILMINGTON — Wil­mington’s iPods for Woun­ded Veterans received a philanthropy gift of $10,000 from 100 Women Who Care Boston North. The organization chose IFWV through a nomination process that started with iPods’ Social Media Di­rector Cindy Wurdeman. Wurdeman has been volunteering with iP…

WILMINGTON — Par­king signage is about to change at the Wilmington MBTA station, based on a discussion at a Nov. 12 Board of Selectmen meeting.

WILMINGTON — Town Manager Jeff Hull shar­ed a free cash update with the Board of Select­men at a meeting on Nov. 12.

The Town Crier in the distant past had a story about a man named Car­ter who burned down his barn, threatening to shoot firemen who came to put out the fire. This was in Burlington, not far from the Wilmington town line.

WILMINGTON — On Friday, Oct. 25, the Wil­mington High School band played its last high school football game of the season, led by band teacher Barbara Mette in the last game of her career. To celebrate, Me­tte’s adopted daughter and WHS alumnus Julie Kelley invited band alum­ni from the past…

WILMINGTON — Wil­mington School Com­mit­tee member MJ Byrnes has received recognition from the Massachusetts Associa­tion of School Commit­tees, being invited into their All-State School Committee. Byrnes is the honoree for all of division one of the MASC, one out of nine school committee me…

A Wilmington shoemaker had brief service in the Civil War as a musician. The position of musician in an infantry company might seem trivial, but in an era with no radios, it was an important position, transmitting orders in the field and setting the spirit and rhythm for marching.

WILMINGTON — On the 11th day of the 11th month of the year, at 11 a.m., Wilmington continues its yearly tradition of honoring veterans for the Veterans Day ceremonies. Veter­ans Day celebrates the armistice of World War I, which took place on Nov. 11 1918 and was first celebrated exactly 100…

WILMINGTON — Last week, Wilmington Middle School eighth grader So­fia Pitzen was selected to be this year’s Project 351 Ambassador for the Town of Wilmington.

WILMINGTON — Many in the community have ex­pressed a need for a town ice rink in Wilmington, in­cluding the Wilmington school department.

Some police officials re­ferred to George E. Swain as a monomaniac, ob­ses­sed with one thing. In his lifetime, he stole more than 1000 horses.

WILMINGTON — The Town of Wilmington will soon be the home of a new community garden, thanks to Girl Scout Troop 62457.

WILMINGTON — Wil­mington High School senior and President of the Local Heroes Club Cassi­dy Ross will lead the Pledge of Allegiance at the “Salute to Veterans Ceremony” this Friday at the State House.

WILMINGTON — Edu­cators in Wilmington are currently pursuing several professional development opportunities.

WOBURN — The Zoning Board of Appeals (ZBA) late last week posted a draft decision that attaches about a dozen conditions to Woburn 38 Devel­opment's plan to fulfill crushed rock orders di­rectly from the Ledges at Woburn construction site.

WOBURN — The proposed removal of crushed stone by third-party buyers would not constitute a substantial change in ap­proved construction operations on the Ledges at Woburn site, the city's Zoning Board of Appeals (ZBA) recently declared.

The advent of Prohibi­tion, nearly 100 years ago, put Walter A. Hill in a tough position. He had been Wilmington’s chief of police for eight years.

WILMINGTON — At a Board of Selectmen meeting on Oct. 15, Town Ma­nager Jeff Hull announ­ced that Bill Cavanaugh will be the town’s new fire chief. Cavanaugh will take over the role upon the re­tirement of current Chief Joe McMahon.

WILMINGTON — Read­­ing Municipal Light De­partment is asking the Town of Wilmington to con­sider building a new power substation on Route 125 in the northern part of town.

You could call it the case of the crippled cruisers. In March 1969, Wilming­ton Town Meeting voted zero money for new police cruisers. Chief Paul Lynch had asked for four vehicles, a station wagon to re­place the K-9 car, an un­marked cruiser and two cruisers, to replace cars 31 and 32. The …

WILMINGTON — Su­perintendent of Schools Glenn Brand has announ­ced the members of the new School Start Time Committee.

WOBURN — The city’s Zoning Board of Appeals (ZBA) intends to review a proposed truck circulation and rock and gra­vel loading plan this week as the local officials resume deliberations over extraordinary activity from the active construction site.

Wilmington’s LeRoy Bed­ell worked as a tower man for the Boston & Maine Railroad. In 1920, he was manning the B&M tower at East Somerville. Anoth­er railroad man, Hughey Turner of Reading High­lands had just told of seeing a lakeside battle in Wakefield between a snapping turtle and …

WILMINGTON — On Oct. 21, a new episode of the show Family Feud will air at 8 p.m. on chan­nel 7 featuring the Caira family from Wilmington. The Cairas flew out to Los Angeles to film the episode earlier this summer after being selected through a casting pro­cess.

WILMINGTON — Last Wednesday, Oct. 2, the Wil­mington Police De­part­ment teamed up with three coffee places in town to host “Coffee with a Cop” in honor of Na­tional Coffee with a Cop Day. The event invited residents to have a chance to bring concerns or just get to know Wilmington’s police …

WILMINGTON — At a meeting on Sept. 23, Town Manager Jeff Hull announced to the Board of Selectmen that the town has received a SAFER grant (staffing for adequate fire and emergency response) from FEMA.

A teenage girl commuting by train to Boston had a harrowing experience 85 years ago. Christine Car­ter was a freshman at Rad­cliffe College in Cam­bridge. On the morning of Oct. 24, 1934, she was late for the morning train at the Silver Lake station.

BILLERICA — Re­cently, the Shawsheen Valley Technical High School School Commit­tee released a statement announcing its search for the next Superin­tendent of Schools. The start date of the position would be on July 1, 2020.

WILMINGTON — On Sept. 25, Superinten­dent of Schools Dr. Glenn Brand updated the School Com­mittee on the school start time committee. He told the board that he has sent information to the community in order to so­licit volunteers. Poten­tial volunteers were ask­ed to re­spond the week prior…

WILMINGTON — The Wilmington Board of Selectmen has voted to approve a change of of­ficers/directors/LLC managers and alteration of premises for an all alcohol-restaurant license for Michael’s Place Restaurant. The update was approved by the four members of the board present; Sel­ectman and f…

In late June 1933, five tons of food was delivered to Thompson’s Grove in Wil­mington. It was all for one event.

WILMINGTON — Edu­cators and town officials are trying to determine a workable solution for the town’s aging school buil­dings, particularly the Wildwood. Superinten­dent of Schools Glenn Brand expressed concern that the current buildings do not adequately fit Wilmington’s needs.

WOBURN — An independent traffic consultant concurred with Wo­burn 38 Development's assertion that it can fulfill crushed rock purchase orders without com­pro­mising traffic pat­terns on Main Street by stacking dump trucks within the Ledges at Woburn site.

Nancy Devitt’s parents wanted her to become a nun. Once she decided against that, she joined the Marines.

Wilmington — Local drivers should be aware of scheduled repairs to the Wo­burn Street Bridge in the near future, with minimal impact to drive times being expected.

WILMINGTON — The role of the MBTA Advisory Board has been amplified, according to Selectman Mi­chael McCoy.

You only need mention a 36-foot rescue boat to a Coast Guardsman, and he will know instantly what you’re talking about. The Pendleton.

WILMINGTON — On Aug. 3, Lori and Steve Morad, owners of Mr. Handyman in Middleton, participated in setting the record for the most people simultaneously hammering a nail in the Guin­ness Book of World Records.