WOBURN - The city’s Retirement Board needs local officials’ endorsement of a proposed living allowance hike for local pensioners, who stand to receive around $27 extra in their monthly stipend. Read moreRetirement board seeks to boost stipends
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BURLINGTON - The newest potential restaurant in Burlington hopes to be True Food Kitchen. Read moreTrue Food Kitchen eyes Burlington Mall location
BOSTON – Reading will receive $594,466.76 in Chapter 90 state funding to help maintain its roads and bridges under a proposed $350 million transportation bond bill recently approved by the House of Representatives with the support of House Minority Leader Bradley H. Jones, Jr. (R-North Readi… Read moreReading to receive $594K for local road and bridge projects
WINCHESTER - The Select Board chose to stay the course, the one they laid out for Town Meeting last spring regarding the town’s water & sewer rates. At the time, Town Meeting passed an increase of 3.5 percent for FY23 and was told the plan called for 6.5 percent increases over the next f… Read moreSelect Board to recommend another water & sewer rate hike
For generations, one nostalgic toy has captured the hearts of children and adults alike, offering up hours of imaginative play for children that often turns into decades of devotion for the avid adult collector. This favorite American toy could be none other than the iconic model train set. Read moreChug on down to the Greenberg Train Show
WAKEFIELD - The fourth and final community survey is now open for Wakefield’s Master Plan project. All members of the community are invited to take this survey, which allows expanded input on the topics covered at the public workshop on February 1: public facilities, town services, and infra… Read moreSurvey now open for Wakefield’s Master Plan project
WILMINGTON — Thursday, Mach 23, 2023 is opening night for the Wilmington High School Lamplighters Drama Guild’s presentation of “School of Rock - The Musical.” Read moreWHS Lamplighters to perform ‘School of Rock’
NEWTON — Woburn High girls' basketball coach Steve Sullivan had it right when he said of the Final 4, following Friday night's win over Winchester: "At this point in the season, every team is good, it's just a matter of who plays better." Read moreWoburn comes up short in girls basketball state semifinal
Reading school officials hope to join the likes of Burlington and Woburn by creating a rainy day account to better manage difficult-to-forecast special education expenses related to out-of-district placements. Read moreSchool officials look to special rainy day funds to manage unpredictable SPED costs
BOSTON (AP) — The Prince and Princess of Wales on Thursday heard about solar-powered autonomous boats and low-carbon cement at a green technology startup incubator in suburban Boston before learning how a nonprofit gives young people the tools to stay out jail and away from violence. Read moreRoyals tour US green tech incubator, meet at-risk youth
STONEHAM - Stunned by the weekend defacement of an impromptu bikeway memorial to slain Minneapolis father George Floyd, Select Board member Raymie Parker met unexpected resistance on Tuesday night to a request to officially reaffirm the town's commitment to inclusiveness. Read moreSelect Board delays formal response to defacement of Floyd memorial
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