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Amid HVAC tech shortage, Billerica company trains new staff itself
With businesses across the country feeling the heat of a nationwide skilled labor shortage, a Massachusetts HVAC company has come up with a cool solution that should reduce customer wait times. Billerica-based Medford Wellington Service Company has been paying and training people to become HVAC and refrigeration technicians since October. The two-month course starts in the classroom with lessons in…
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Local HVAC company creates course to help ease staffing shortage
Your heating system will be working overtime amid this week’s cold snap, and if it breaks down, the wait for someone to come fix it can be long. You can blame that on a staffing shortage — which a Billerica company is trying to change....
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Three teens charged in Billerica mail theft investigation
Three teens have been arrested after they were found with a U.S. Postal Service Arrow key amid a string of thefts from mailboxes in Billerica, Massachusetts. Billerica police said they were conducting surveillance on mailboxes on Boston Road Sunday due to the recent thefts. Around 10:45 p.m. they spotted a white Lexus pull into the parking lot and turn...
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Serious crash on Route 3 in Billerica
A charred car was seen along Route 3 in Billerica overnight after a crash.
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Pedestrian struck and killed by passing vehicle after escaping fiery crash
A pedestrian was struck and killed by a passing vehicle after exiting their burning car on Route 3 in Billerica, Massachusetts, overnight. State police said they responded to a report of a car fire with possible entrapment on Route 3 north prior to Treble Cove Road shortly after midnight Monday morning. When they arrived, troopers determined that no one was…
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New details on then-Billerica officer's alleged sexual assault of girl, 15
The former Billerica police officer accused of having a sexual relationship with a teenager and asking her for a sexually explicit image appeared in court Friday, where prosecutors revealed more about the allegations against the man. Alexander Allen, who resigned from the Billerica Police Department in December and was suspended by Massachusetts’ officer-certifying POST Commission earlier this month, was ordered…
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Video shows pickup on fire at Billerica gas station
A surveillance camera captured a truck bursting into flames at a gas station and the facility’s fire suppression system putting it out safely.
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Ex-Billerica police officer accused of raping teen girl is suspended in Mass.
A former Billerica police officer who’s been accused of having a sexual relationship with a teenager and asking her for a sexually explicit image has been suspended by Massachusetts’ POST Commission.
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Former Billerica police officer charged with aggravated rape of a child
A former Massachusetts police officer is accused of having a sexual relationship with a teenager and asking the victim to send him a naked photograph, the Middlesex District Attorney’s Office said Wednesday. Alexander Allen, 35, was indicted by a grand jury on charges of aggravated rape of a child with a 10-year age difference and possession of child pornography. Prosecutors…
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Firefighters battling large house fire in Billerica
A fire was burning early Monday afternoon at a home in Billerica, Massachusetts. Smoke was billowing into the sky on Rangeway Road as firefighters used multiple hose lines to douse the flames with water around 12:30 p.m. Aerial footage showed a good portion of the home to be completely charred, as well as what appeared to be a partial roof…
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Billerica police sergeant killed in crash honored at funeral
Hundreds gathered to remember Sgt. Ian Taylor of the Billerica Police Department a week after he was hit and killed by an excavator while working a construction detail.
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Remembering Billerica police Sgt. Ian Taylor
Hundreds of people are coming together Friday morning to say one final goodbye to Billerica police officer, Sgt. Ian Taylor, who was killed last week while working a construction detail.
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Billerica police officer killed in construction accident remembered at funeral
A funeral service was held Friday for a Billerica, Massachusetts, police officer who was killed in a construction accident last week. The funeral service honored Sgt. Ian Taylor at the St. Patrick Church on South Broadway in Lawrence. Hundreds were in attendance. Taylor was killed Friday when he was hit by an excavator that was moving equipment at the intersection…
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Wake, funeral services set for Billerica police sergeant killed at construction site
The wake for the Billerica police Sgt. Ian Taylor, who was killed last week in a crash while working on a construction detail, is set for Thursday. Visitation will be held from 3 p.m. to 7 p.m. at the Cataudella Funeral Home on Pleasant Valley Street in Methuen, Massachusetts. A funeral service is scheduled for 11 a.m. Friday at the…
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Fallen Billerica Police Sgt. Ian Taylor honored at vigil
Sgt. Ian Taylor, 49, was working a detail at the intersection of Boston Road at Pollard Street when he was fatally struck by an excavator on Friday.
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Fallen Billerica police sergeant honored during vigil
Sgt. Ian Taylor, 49, was working a detail at the intersection of Boston Road at Pollard Street when he was fatally struck by an excavator on Friday.
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Hundreds attend vigil for fallen Billerica police sergeant
It was an incredibly emotional night in Billerica, Massachusetts, on Sunday as the community came together to remember a veteran of the city’s police department who was killed in a crash while working a construction detail. Sgt. Ian Taylor was working Friday at the intersection of Boston Road at Pollard Street when he was struck by an excavator at...
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Community mourns Billerica police sergeant killed on duty
Sgt. Ian Taylor, 49, was working a detail at the intersection of Boston Road at Pollard Street when he was struck by an excavator.
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Billerica police sergeant hit and killed by excavator during construction detail
Sgt. Ian Taylor was fatally hit by an excavator Friday afternoon while directing traffic.
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Officer hit and killed while working construction detail in Billerica, authorities say
An excavator hit a Billerica police officer Friday, leaving him dead.