For the first time in the town’s history, a flag of the pro-life movement was flown over Billerica Monday evening after the Select Board voted 4-1 to allow it last month as it considers a new policy for displaying flags on town poles.
THE BILLERICA Select Board voted 4-1 Sept. 11 to allow a “pro-life” flag to fly at the Billerica Public Library from Oct. 16 to Oct. 31, per a request by a group of residents who wanted to fly the flag for “Pro-Life Month.” There was one thing, however, that was completely missing from the discussion over whether to fly a pro-life flag on a public flagpole: Abortion.
BILLERICA The Select Board voted 4-1 Monday evening to allow a “pro-life” flag to fly at the Billerica Public Library for two weeks in October while also taking steps towards adopting a policy that would limit which flags could fly on town flag poles.
IN HIS almost 77 years of living and working in Lowell, Dennis Canney has seen and done it all, but the hot weather that closed Lowell Public Schools for two days last week was a new experience for the former teacher and coach who now substitute teaches at the high school.