LEOMINSTER — The Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection (MassDEP) assessed over $70,000 in combined fines this week to two Leominster-based businesses for violations that the state said put public health and the environment at risk. On Monday, the MassDEP announced a $46,980 penalty against Leominster-based D&R Environmental Services LLC (D&R), a licensed asbestos contractor, for […]
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Editorial: Folk Fest returns for another weekend of music, food, fun
The 38th edition of the Lowell Folk Festival returns this weekend, with a complete menu of music, food, crafts and storytelling attractions. Preparation for this annual mega event began literally a few days after the previous Folk Fest concluded. The region’s signature cultural event since 1987, organizers expect to welcome as many as 150,000 visitors […]
‘Never going to stop fighting for this company’: Fired Market Basket execs speak out
READING — Two Market Basket executives spoke out Wednesday after they were both informed a day earlier they were being fired from their positions after a combined 89 years working at the company.
Fenway workers to strike Friday through Dodgers series if contract talks fail
Fenway and MGM concessions workers will go on strike if a contract deal is not reached by Friday, the UNITE HERE Local 26 union workers announced Wednesday.
Over 3,000 pages detailing the ouster of former CCC Chair O’Brien released
More than 3,000 pages of records detailing the process which led up to the sudden ouster of former Cannabis Commission Chair Shannon O’Brien have been released by the courts and shared with the Herald, and her attorneys seem to think the evidence to clear her name is found therein.
100+ retired Massachusetts judges call for higher pay for striking bar advocates
More than 100 retired Massachusetts judges have signed a letter calling for “fair pay” for attorneys who take on indigent criminal defendants as those lawyers continue to not work in an appeal for higher pay.
