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Mar 12, 2010

Methuen Awarded Recovery Act Energy Grant

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Methuen Awarded Recovery Act Energy Grant
$179,200.00 Grant Will Be Used To Fund Several Projects
Mayor William M. Manzi, III announced this week that Methuen has received $179,200.00 energy grant through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. The Energy Efficiency and Conservation Block Grant Program (EECBG) is designed to assist state, local and tribal governments in implementing [...]


Feb 21, 2010

NH DOT commissioner committed to I-93 toll

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From the Eagle Tribune February 21, 2010
NH DOT commissioner committed to I-93 toll
Corridor towns resisting as state moving ahead
By Terry Date

The New Hampshire Department of Transportation plans to apply for federal approval in April to locate a free-flowing toll system on Interstate 93 southbound at the Massachusetts border.
DOT Commissioner George Campbell is moving ahead with [...]


Oct 23, 2009

Wall Lincoln/Mercury on Merrimack St to close Nov 30

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From the Eagle Tribune October 23, 2009 12:10 am
Wall’s Lincoln Mercury to close Nov. 30
Parts and service operations moving to Salisbury Ford site
By Bill Kirk
METHUEN — Wall’s Lincoln Mercury, a car dealership on Route 110 for the past 33 years, is closing Nov. 30.
The family-owned business at 115 Merrimack St. is closing out the Lincoln [...]


Oct 8, 2009

City gets 200K to restore firefighters

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Methuen will receive $204,980 to bring back three firefighters who were laid off July 1.

from the Eagle Tribune
Stimulus money saves Lawrence, Methuen fire jobs
By Jill Harmacinski
October 08, 2009
Laid off firefighters in Lawrence and Methuen are headed back to work courtesy of $8.1 million in economic stimulus money released by Gov. Deval Patrick yesterday.
“It’s absolutely great [...]


Oct 4, 2009

Fratto:Getting at the truth behind Methuen school budget deficit

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released to the Eagle Tribune:
Getting at the truth behind Methuen school budget deficit
Glenn Fratto
As the new business administrator for Methuen Public Schools, I am surprised by the apparent lack of public understanding of the difficult financial situation the city is facing. As I understand, Methuen has always supported education and the school district has been [...]


Sep 2, 2009

Methuen’s Dimdim Takes on the Webinar Big Boys

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from Xconomy/Boston
Wade Roush 9/2/09
Though it may be one of the most grating neologisms of the Internet era, the “webinar” has grown into an important, often profitable, way for group leaders to reach employees and/or followers and for companies to reach existing and potential customers. The leading providers of webinar hosting technology are the WebEx division [...]


Aug 15, 2009

Taxes send shoppers north

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From the Boston Globe
By Jenn Abelson
August 15, 2009
SALEM, N.H. – Some Massachusetts consumers, frustrated by the recent sales tax hike, say they are driving miles out of their way to shopping centers in tax-free New Hampshire for their back-to-school needs.
And it’s not just the usual border crossers. Nancy Hemme, annoyed by the 62-cent tax she [...]