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Tewksbury Select Board talks next steps in addressing Flock concerns
1+ hour, 56+ min ago (509+ words) TEWKSBURY — After a lengthy and sometimes tense discussion about Tewksbury’s Flock Safety contract last month, the town is taking steps toward negotiating a master services agreement with the surveillance technology company as officials work to bring in an expert attorney…...
Lebanon and Israel move toward implementing withdrawal agreement, US officials say
4+ hour, 32+ min ago (611+ words) The latest Israel-Hezbollah war began when the Lebanese militant group fired rockets into Israel days after Israel and the U.S. launched their war on Iran on Feb. 28. Israel invaded Lebanon and has since occupied a large swathe of the country’s south....
US negotiator Brett McGurk will release a book on the Hamas hostage crisis
2+ hour, 39+ min ago (289+ words) Lowell Sun By HILLEL ITALIE, AP National Writer The Penguin Random House imprint Crown has scheduled Brett McGurk’s “Brink: Inside the Race to Free the October 7 Hostages” for Oct. 6, nearly three years to the day after the deadly Hamas siege…...
House passes bill to ‘ditch the switch’ and make daylight saving time permanent
23+ hour, 23+ min ago (461+ words) The House passed a bill Tuesday that would make daylight saving time permanent. Proponents, including the White House, argued the change would provide more daylight during the times that Americans are most active. The vote was 308-117. Daylight saving time is…...
Editorial: Senate healthcare provider shield bill lacks House’s teeth
18+ hour, 35+ min ago (815+ words) Last week, the Senate Ways and Means Committee advanced legislation to address the widespread instances of violence against the state’s healthcare workers, putting it on a collision course with the more stringent House version. The main difference between the bills…...
Town, union officials urge town manager to keep Billerica fire chief search internal
1+ day, 1+ hour ago (653+ words) BILLERICA — Back in January, Fire Chief Robert Cole provided the town with a one-year notice that he will retire from the role, and now local officials and the town’s fire union are urging the town manager to keep the search…...
Housing development in the Acre gets state funding boost
2+ day, 1+ hour ago (434+ words) LOWELL — The third phase of an ongoing housing development project at the site of the former Franco American School just got a big boost after Gov. Maura Healey announced $18.6 million in funding to help create 662 homes in six gateway cities…...
Written in Granite: What the (expletive) is Nashua coming to these days?
4+ day, 21+ hour ago (247+ words) I probably shouldn’t touch this one with a 10-foot pole, but here we go. It was a hot, humid evening on July 1, and Jupiter was squaring Chiron, for what it’s worth. According to astrological experts, this intense square “frequently manifests…...
Jeff Robbins: Mayor Pete gets swatted, and so does America
4+ day, 17+ hour ago (490+ words) Everything about President Donald Trump’s Independence Day-eve speech at Mt. Rushmore was a much-unneeded reminder that the personification of crude, self-glorifying narcissism occupies the White House as we celebrate our 250th birthday. He chose the venue to suggest, not subtly, that…...
Graham Platner withdraws from Maine Senate race, kicking off Democrats’ quest for nominee
5+ day, 55+ min ago (298+ words) By MEG KINNARD and PATRICK WHITTLE Platner’s paperwork was received by the Maine secretary of state’s office and reflected shortly thereafter in its online withdrawal list. “I seek to further the movement we have built together and the future we…...