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Planning Board OKs site plan for plaza at former Papa Razzi site

January 28, 2024

Crosspoint Associates, Inc. has received site plan approval for its development on Elm Street at the former Papa Razzi site. The 4.8-acre site has been vacant since August. The Planning Board vote

Capital planning defers big-ticket building, public works projects

January 26, 2024

The town’s large, expensive building projects are not coming before voters in the Fiscal Year 2025 budget, but they are coming, according to the Finance Committee. The January 18 FinCom meeting focused

Concord Center streetlights swapped out after decorative fixtures fall

January 26, 2024

The town swapped out dozens of decorative streetlight heads in Concord Center for temporary replacements after at least three of the 15-pound fixtures apparently tumbled to the ground from atop their poles.

What is behind the drop in population at MCI-Concord?

January 26, 2024

Editor’s Note: This story is published with permission from CommonWealth Beacon, a nonprofit, nonpartisan news organization reporting on state issues. The original can be viewed here. Incarceration and crime rates both down

Patriots Roundup: Boys’ Nordic Ski Team sweeps the podium

January 26, 2024

MIAA Power Rankings for games through January 19 found the boys’ ice hockey team, 11-0, atop Division 2 for the second straight week. The girls’ basketball team is currently ranked 32nd in

Union: Closure of MCI-Concord risks officers’ safety

January 25, 2024

The Massachusetts Correction Officers Federated Union is protesting the closure of MCI-Concord, contending that it will put officers’ safety at risk. “The Executive Board feels that the closing of MCI-Concord or any

Controversial tercentenary markers removed from Concord Center, Lexington Road

January 25, 2024

Their time was up: Concord’s three surviving tercentenary markers were pulled up Thursday morning. Two of the signs — “The Milldam” and “Jethro’s Tree” — were removed from Concord Center. The other,

Concord residents weigh in on name for new middle school

January 25, 2024

Concordians have no shortage of opinions about what to name the new middle school set to open its doors next February. Residents composed nearly 200 emails proposing 22 unique titles for

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