Posted in Uncategorized on Dec 4th, 2008 No Comments »
One of the features of the new high school is a proposal to provide all 1200 students with a laptop computer that can be used anywhere in the building because it will be equipped with a wireless Internet connection. That plan is not so certain now.
The problem arose when the Massachusetts School Building Authority approved $1.07 million less than Beverly had budgeted for the “furniture, fixtures and equipment” category, which includes technology.
Ward 6 City Councilor … continued »
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Posted in Uncategorized on Dec 1st, 2008 No Comments »
A judge this morning denied a request by the low bidder for the high school construction project to stop the city from awarding the contract to another company. City Solicitor Roy Gelineau said that Brait Builders’ request for a preliminary injunction was rejected this morning in Suffolk Superior Court.
Brait was the low bidder on the high school project, but the Attorney General’s Office disqualified Brait and the state de-certified the company for exaggerating its … continued »
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Posted in Uncategorized on Nov 25th, 2008 No Comments »
Ward 3 City Councilor John Burke is trying to find a solution for the lack of visitor parking at the Montserrat condominiums at the corner of Heather and Herrick streets. At last night’s City Council Legal Affairs Committee meeting, Burke said Heather Street is only street in the city that has a no-parking restriction from Dec. 1 to April 1. That restriction is now “antiquated,” he said, because the city has a “blue light” system … continued »
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Posted in Uncategorized on Nov 24th, 2008 No Comments »
The Registry of Motor Vehicles has closed all 35 of its branches, including Beverly’s, due to an electrical power outage caused by a manhole explosion near the State Transportation Building in Boston, according to the Registry’s Web site. The explosion affected the computer systems that support the branches, the Registry said. The notice says they hope to fix the computer “as soon as possible.”
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Posted in Uncategorized on Nov 18th, 2008 No Comments »
The School Committee of the Whole will meet Wednesday night at 7:30 at the Memorial Building, not tonight as we erroneously reported in today’s paper. Superintendent Hayes is scheduled talk about next year’s school budget.
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Posted in Uncategorized on Nov 18th, 2008 No Comments »
Here’s a link to a story in The Union Leader about Sister Irene Turgeon, a Beverly native who died Thursday.
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Posted in Uncategorized on Nov 17th, 2008 No Comments »
According to the agenda for tonight’s City Council meeting at City Hall, Mayor Scanlon will talk about the upcoming North Beverly Brook drainage project. The work is designed to alleviate flooding in a 1,000-acre section of the city that includes about 1,250 homes around the North Beverly Brook. The area ranges from the Cummings Center north past Route 128 and up to Dodge Street.
The city has received bids from 13 companies to do the work. … continued »
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Posted in Uncategorized on Nov 14th, 2008 No Comments »
Leftover notes from last night’s eventful Licensing Board meeting regarding The Press Box:
– Police said there have been 122 police calls about the Press Box this year — more than the rest of the bars in the city combined. Panther Pub was second with 24, followed by Fibber McGees (20), The Pickled Onion (18), Kitty O’Shea’s (9), Lucky Dog (9), The Sports Page (6) and Overtime (1).
Press Box lawyer Jack Altshuler argued that the 122 … continued »
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Posted in Uncategorized on Nov 13th, 2008 No Comments »
The fate of The Press Box could be decided tonight. The Licensing Board is scheduled to meet at 6 p.m. in the City Council chambers. Police have responded to more than 60 incidents in and around the Park Street bar this year. We’ll have a story on the meeting in tomorrow’s paper.
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Posted in Uncategorized on Nov 7th, 2008 No Comments »
The City Council plans to look into whether it makes sense to put the Police Department in charge of school crossing guards rather than the School Department. The issue came up at Monday night’s council meeting during a discussion over the need for a crossing guard to help students from the Shingleville neighborhood cross Elliott Street to get to Ayers Ryal Side School.
Ward 2 Councilor Wes Slate said the council was not informed of the … continued »
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