THE APRIL 24 cyberattack on Lowell’s internal networks comes at a terrible time not that there’s ever good time to be the target of an alleged ransomware attack that shuts down, disables and may be holding hostage critical municipal services such as MUNIS.
BILLERICA The spring Town Meeting concluded late Thursday after two days of voting and debate, with Day 2 centering around Community Preservation funds, affordable housing, budget submission guidelines and a public meeting recording policy.
Billerica and Chelmsford are two of fewer than 50 towns in Massachusetts that employ the representative Town Meeting form of government. Just as the towns faced low voter turnout in this month's elections, they also now face extremely low numbers of elected Town Meeting representatives heading into their spring meetings.
BILLERICA The Select Board voted 4-0 with one abstention Wednesday afternoon to reallocate $38,000 in community funds after that money had been rescinded from Community Caregivers due to discrepancies in their application.