In a special column, Gerry Power reflects on the year since the loss of his daughter and three of his grandchildren.
COLUMN: Holding on to the joy and love
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This week’s meetings
This week's board meetings.
Despite pandemic Abington will celebrate; Abington Celebrates to host “Trick or Treat Trail”
Members of the Abington Celebrates committee (From left: Nancy Reid, Ken Coyle, Christie Coombs, Judy O'Bryan, Michele Christian and Doug Ulwick) (Photo by Emily Christian, 2019 Abington Celebrates Oktoberfest Weekend) The organizers of the Abington Celebrates committee have been hard…
‘Bang, bang, bang!’
A number of Summer Street residents were left in the dark Saturday night when a bad driver smashed through a fire hydrant, took out a utility pole, and hit a second pole before fleeing the scene.
Two more positive tests in schools
Two more members of the Abington school community have tested positive for COVID-19
Summer Street housing hearing delayed
A public hearing on a Summer Street housing project was postponed after too many people showed up.
Abington COVID spike partly from sick people in public
The number of Abington residents testing positive for COVID-19 has more than doubled in a week, and town health officials are blaming the spike partly on people with symptoms going out in public.
Cannabis investor asking Abington to lift retail cap
A Braintree-based marijuana company hopes to make the special town meeting warrant in order to get permission to build a cultivation, manufacturing, delivery, and retail operation.
Budget updates on special town meeting agenda
But overall, Abington’s finances remain solid, thanks to higher than expected state aid, a sizable pot of federal reimbursement money, and what town officials say was a conservative budgeting approach this spring.
Water main fixed; conservation request in place until tomorrow
The broken water main at the Rockland water treatment plant has been fixed, but Abington residents are being asked to conserve water for one more day so tanks can refill.
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