LOWELL About a dozen Billerica residents sat in the courtroom gallery in Middlesex Superior Court Monday afternoon in the first hearing for a lawsuit against the Billerica Select Board in response to the board’s decision to reject a petition to put the controversial town center rehabilitation project to a townwide vote.
WILMINGTON — On Monday, Nov. 13, the Select Board opened their meeting with a moment of silence in honor of Gary Robichaud. Select Board member Frank West shared that Robichaud
Residents filled the seats in the Select Board meeting room in Billerica’s Town Hall Nov. 6, and many sounded off against the board during the first opportunity for public comment since the board voted 3-2 Oct. 26 to reject a petition to bring the town center project to a town wide vote.
Some residents have been expressing outrage after the Billerica Select Board voted 3-2 to reject a petition with at least 2,299 signatures after a campaign to put the $20 million town center project to a town wide vote after it had narrowly been approved at the fall Town Meeting.
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.