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Letter to the Editor: In Support of Laurie Oliver
It is my pleasure to endorse Laurie Oliver for School Committee. Laurie and I met at University of Lowell over 30 years ago, when we were pursuing degrees in music. It was a second career for both of us. We continued our friendship after graduation, often. singing in the same...
Fire and Ambulance Log: April 16 to 22, 2024
The Ambulance Service responded to five calls and transported three patients to the hospital, one with Advanced Life Support services on board. One person needed a lift assist. At 2:36 p.m. an alarm went off at a Myrick Lane home, but the duty officer found no smoke or fire. The...
HUD awards $2.2M to Nashua Continuum of Care for housing, services for homeless
NASHUA, NH — The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) has awarded over $2.2 million to the Greater Nashua Continuum of Care (GNCOC). This funding will ensure ongoing support for up to 89 units of permanent supportive housing and services for individuals and families, including veterans, who are chronically homeless and living with disabilities within Nashua and surrounding towns.
Neighbor asks to cancel live burning exercise in Still River
I am concerned regarding the planned Harvard Fire Department training scheduled rental house burn May 4 at 235 Still River Road. We are an abutting neighbor—40 feet with trees and foliage connecting over our house to where the fire will burn. This is dangerous to our property and the neighbors. Winds create unacceptable risk due to their unpredictability.
Friday’s weather for Nashua: Sunny and warmer, high of 61
Click below for Rick’s exclusive videocast. A high-pressure system will produce a sunny day with warmer temperatures in the lower 60s and chilly overnight with lows near freezing with some patchy frost. The Week Ahead. Warming trend through next week but there remains a good deal of uncertainty as...
Letter to the Editor: Wish You Could Vote without Attending Town Meeting?
It’s time we enabled citizens to vote on warrant articles without having to attend Town Meeting. Many important issues facing the town are decided by votes at Town Meeting. This spring we have an override. At the last Special Town Meeting, we had a question regarding gun sales in the town. These are issues that people have strong views on which they would like to have counted in the votes that decide the outcome.
Editorial: Hyundai, Kia flaws a ticking theft time bomb
A national phenomenon involving the mass theft of certain Kia and Hyundai vehicles has apparently hit home. The Lowell Police Department recently sent out a warning to residents about a significant increase in motor-vehicle thefts in the city targeting certain models of Kias and Hyundais with known security flaws. Lowell...
Take a Hike: Rocky Hill Wildlife Sanctuary coexists with suburban development
Last weekend I visited Audubon’s Rocky Hill Wildlife Sanctuary in southeast Groton, straddling the Ayer line, in the Snake and Rocky hills. A few years ago I had heard that a colony of herons existed somewhere in that area, but I had never made it over there to investigate. The great blue herons flying over Route 2 and standing on their nests in the swamp’s dead trees reminded me to seek out the Rocky Hill heronry.
Tyngsborough police and fire respond to two-alarm structure fire
TYNGSBOROUGH — Police Chief Richard Howe and Fire Chief Wes Russell report that the Tyngsborough Police and Fire Departments responded Tuesday to a two-alarm structure fire on Long Pond Road. On Tuesday, April 23, at approximately 12:18 p.m., the Tyngsborough Police and Fire Departments were alerted to a fire...
6 charged in connection with string of lottery scratch ticket thefts in New Hampshire, Massachusetts
NASHUA, N.H. — Six men from Massachusetts are facing charges in connection with a series of convenience store break-ins and lottery ticket thefts in New Hampshire and Massachusetts. Investigators said the six suspects are all believed to have gang ties and are facing serious charges after allegedly breaking into...
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