Methuen officials are waiting to see if state politicians will approve the city’s petition to skip the Sept. 15 preliminary election. Methuen isn’t the only community to consider such a move to save money during this horrific budget year. Skipping an election to cut costs sounds like it would be a sticky subject, but [...]
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Posted in Uncategorized on Aug 12th, 2009 View Comments
METHUEN — Boston sports fans can forget about the ups and downs of the Red Sox for at least two hours tomorrow, when Celtics legend Cedric Maxwell will be in town. The 1981 Finals’ most valuable player will be at Ted’s Stateline Mobil signing autographs from 3 to 5 p.m. He will be there promoting [...]
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I’m not a fan of self promotion, but here I go. I went on the radio show, Hotline with Nancy Greenwood, on WCCM 1110 am yesterday. Myself, Nancy, Bruce Arnold and several callers discussed the newspaper business, Methuen City Hall and crime in Lawrence. I had a great time and Nancy talked about having me [...]
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Posted in Uncategorized on Jul 26th, 2009 View Comments
A wet microburst tore through Andover and Lawrence today, knocking down trees and ripping a hole in a building, officials said. “We think that there was probably a wet microburst in that area,” said Bob Thompson, the meteorologist in charge at the National Weather Service in Taunton. “Looked like North Street in Andover was probably [...]
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Posted in Uncategorized on Jul 26th, 2009 View Comments
METHUEN — Firefighters extinguished a two-alarm blaze at 4 Darrens Way this evening and saved a dog that hid in the basement. Firefighters received the call about the fire at 6:32 p.m. An off-duty Lawrence firefighter had spotted the blaze. He rushed to the home, kicked in the front door and shouted to see if [...]
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METHUEN – Superintendent Jeanne Whitten said today that the purpose of tomorrow night’s budget meeting, which is being held one week after the $57.6 million school budget was approved, is to make more cuts. “We have to make some additional cuts to the budget,” she said. This will be tough news for Methuenites, who were waiting [...]
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Posted in Uncategorized on Jul 6th, 2009 View Comments
Join Eagle-Tribune reporter J.J. Huggins in a live chat with Merrimack College Professor of Political Science Curtis Martin on the issues surrounding both Iran and North Korea. With concerns over nuclear advancements in North Korea and political unrest in Iran, the two countries are focal points of U.S. concerns abroad. Martin, an expert in U.S. [...]
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Posted in Uncategorized on Jul 2nd, 2009 View Comments
Please join The Eagle-Tribune for a live Web chat with Merrimack College political science Professor Curtis Martin at 1 p.m. Monday, when we will talk about North Korea and Iran. Martin has written extensively about foreign policy and diplomacy with the two countries. Given the news about North Korea’s alleged plans to fire a missile [...]
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Posted in Uncategorized on Jun 29th, 2009 View Comments
Update from Methuen budget land The legions of band students and parents who crammed all the Methuen School Committee meetings this month can claim victory now that School Committee members unanimously approved a budget tonight that fills two music teaching jobs Superintendent Jeanne Whitten had planned to leave vacant. Officials also hope to save the [...]
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The thought of sitting through a three-hour budget meeting at 9 a.m. on Saturday is enough to horrify most people. But you didn’t need coffee to stay awake at today’s City Council hearing in Methuen. While the council took a short recess, Chairwoman Deborah Quinn and council hopeful Jack Burke (a rival of Quinn’s) stood in front [...]
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