Chris joined Patch from the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. He covers Andover, North Andover, Wilmington, Woburn and Tewksbury, and he looks forward to hearing from you. You can reach him at chris.huffaker@patch.com or 412-265-8353.
"Figure it out" and "What about us?" students chanted at the Tewksbury Memorial High School walkout over stalled negotiations Friday.
The School Committee is unlikely to vote on the mask policy until March 3, one member said.
The town's two-week positive test rate fell below 10 percent for the first time in 2022.
The town's two-week positive test rate fell below 10 percent for the first time in 2022.
The town's two-week positive test rate fell below 10 percent for the first time in 2022.
The town's two-week positive test rate fell below 10 percent for the first time in 2022.
The town's two-week positive test rate fell below 10 percent for the first time in 2022.
Beginning Monday, only the unvaccinated will need to wear masks in town buildings.
All key COVID-19 metrics, including deaths, cases and hospitalizations, declined statewide for another week.
The city put out a request for proposals for a fish ladder for herring and eel funded by the Industri-Plex settlement.
Resident Mike Myers and other petitioners see Town Manager Andrew Flanagan as "unethical" and "self-dealing."
If the School Committee takes no action, Tewksbury will not have a school mask mandate when the state requirement ends Feb. 28.
The meeting was adjourned multiple times as teachers union members and supporters called for a contract.
The district policy remains in effect until the School Committee rescinds it, regardless of the state policy expiring Feb. 28.
The School Committee would have to vote to rescind the policy for the district to follow the state's lead and lift the mandate.
The district's mask mandate currently remains in place regardless of the Feb. 28 expiration of the state requirement.
The town joins a number of communities in reviewing seals that include images of Native Americans.
Unless the School Committee acts, the district's mask mandate remains in place regardless of the state requirement's expiration Feb. 28.
Healthgrades, a website designed to help people find non-biased health care, has released its list of the country's top hospitals.
Three people died in the deadly gas explosion at the Lowell Gas Company Feb. 9, 1972.
