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by Bruce Wetherbee-
Oct 7, 2018
Pepperell, Massachusetts – Roland Nutter, chairman of the town’s board of selectmen, has been either evasive or silent when asked what and when he found out about the details of a complaint regarding possible fraudulent payments...
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by Bruce Wetherbee-
Oct 6, 2018
Pepperell, Massachusetts – Ethics violation complaints against the Chairman of the Board of Selectmen, Roland Nutter, have been filed with the Massachusetts State Ethics Commission for his participating in a closed-door meeting regarding a complaint of...
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by Bruce Wetherbee-
Sep 30, 2018
Pepperell – The Pepperell Watchers Community Group expect a large group of voters to turn out Monday evening for a Special Town Meeting to vote on a Non-Binding Warrant Article regarding a Reclamation proposal that will...
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by Bruce Wetherbee-
Sep 24, 2018
Monday, September 24, 2018 Selectman Continues to involve himself in matters affecting his wife’s town job. Pepperell, Massachusetts – “Our job is just to sign them. That’s all our job is,” Selectman Roland Nutter angrily told...
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by Bruce Wetherbee-
Sep 23, 2018
Pepperell – When former Town Administrator Mark Andrews opened discussion on the FY 2019 town budget at Pepperell’s annual town meting in May, he stated to residents, “It’s been a very dynamic budget process this fiscal...
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by Bruce Wetherbee-
Sep 21, 2018
Pepperell Town Government: For a Chosen Few the Bucks Just Keep Flowing – along with not having to work all the hours they bill the town. This is an introduction for a multiple part series of...
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by Bruce Wetherbee-
Sep 12, 2018
Wednesday, September 12, 2018 “Vision has no boundaries and knows no limits. Our vision is what we become in life.” ― Tony Dungy Pepperell, Massachusetts – Residents of Pepperell have an opportunity tomorrow night to offer...
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by Bruce Wetherbee-
Sep 10, 2018
Pepperell Master Plan Visioning Session II The residents of Pepperell are invited to attend an important event seeking their input in determining the town’s future. The Commonwealth of Massachusetts encourages all communities to develop and update...
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by Bruce Wetherbee-
Aug 19, 2018
The Nashua River Watershed Association has raised serious concerns about a proposed construction fill dump-site in Pepperell, and has asked the state to reject the proposal. On August 14, 3018, the Nashua River Watershed Association (NRWA)...
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by Bruce Wetherbee-
Aug 16, 2018
The following press release was received by The Candle from Crystal Jeffries of the Pepperell Watchers Community Group. “Residents and business owners from Pepperell and neighboring towns, in opposition to proposed dumping of construction debris and...
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by Bruce Wetherbee-
Aug 13, 2018
A monumental battle over the rights of transgender residents to have access to bathrooms is set for the November elections. The initiative petition presented by social and religious conservative groups would take away rights already recognized...
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by Bruce Wetherbee-
Aug 13, 2018
In a recent report by The Center for Public Integrity “…ticks have brought a surge of Lyme disease in Maine over two decades, boosting reported cases from 71 in 2000 to 1,487 in 2016 — a...
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by Bruce Wetherbee-
Aug 1, 2018
Wednesday, August 1, 2018 Pepperell, Massachusetts – The board of health posted a notice for a special meeting/workshop on earth filling regulations, which will be held tomorrow afternoon, Thursday, August 2, 2018, in Conference Room A...
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by Bruce Wetherbee-
Jul 30, 2018
Monday, July 30, 2018 “It’s a fact. In 1799, Paul Revere was Chairman of the Board of Health in Boston, the first local health board in Massachusetts. He and his fellow board members were given broad...
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by Bruce Wetherbee-
Jul 24, 2018
Editorial Tuesday, July 24, 2018 The Pepperell Board of Health (BOH) meets tonight at the town hall between 6:00 PM and 8:00 PM, in Conference Room A. Near the end of the agenda, under ‘old business’...
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by Bruce Wetherbee-
Jul 23, 2018
Board of Selectmen Meets Tonight in New Regimen Monday, July 23, 2018 Pepperell, Massachusetts – At last week’s board of selectmen’s (BOS) meeting residents received an update from board members and the town administrator about how...
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by Bruce Wetherbee-
Jul 23, 2018
Monday, July 23, 2018 Pepperell, Massachusetts – While there has been significant criticism of recent resigned/retired town administrator Mark Andrews, the board of selectmen received some good news related to his efforts to land a grant...
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by Bruce Wetherbee-
Jul 16, 2018
Monday, July 16, 2018 Pepperell, Massachusetts – Late last week town Clerk Jeanne Survell was ordered by the Massachusetts Secretary of State’s (SOS) office to provide Pepperell resident Caroline Ahdab with all records related to a...
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by Bruce Wetherbee-
Jul 15, 2018
Sunday, July 15, 2018 Pepperell, Massachusetts – BREAKING NEWS. The Massachusetts Secretary of State’s Public Records Division has ordered Pepperell town clerk Jeanne Survell to provide a Pepperell resident all the records the town has in...
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by Bruce Wetherbee-
Jul 8, 2018
Sunday, July 8, 2018 Pepperell, Massachusetts – In the most recent twist about a controversial gravel pit reclamation proposal, a group seeking to dump millions of cubic yards of soil from excavation and construction sites throughout...
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by Bruce Wetherbee-
Jul 7, 2018
Saturday, July 7, 2018 Pepperell, Massachusetts – A plan to truck in more than 50,000 truckloads of fill from construction sites around New England was submitted to Pepperell town hall about a week ago. Although it...
Pepperell, Massachusetts – Ethics violation complaints against the Chairman of the Board of Selectmen, Roland Nutter, have been filed with the Massachusetts State Ethics Commission for his participating in a closed-door meeting regarding a complaint of...
Pepperell – The Pepperell Watchers Community Group expect a large group of voters to turn out Monday evening for a Special Town Meeting to vote on a Non-Binding Warrant Article regarding a Reclamation proposal that will...
Pepperell – When former Town Administrator Mark Andrews opened discussion on the FY 2019 town budget at Pepperell’s annual town meting in May, he stated to residents, “It’s been a very dynamic budget process this fiscal...
Pepperell Master Plan Visioning Session II The residents of Pepperell are invited to attend an important event seeking their input in determining the town’s future. The Commonwealth of Massachusetts encourages all communities to develop and update...
In a recent report by The Center for Public Integrity “…ticks have brought a surge of Lyme disease in Maine over two decades, boosting reported cases from 71 in 2000 to 1,487 in 2016 — a...
Monday, July 23, 2018 Pepperell, Massachusetts – While there has been significant criticism of recent resigned/retired town administrator Mark Andrews, the board of selectmen received some good news related to his efforts to land a grant...
Sunday, July 15, 2018 Pepperell, Massachusetts – BREAKING NEWS. The Massachusetts Secretary of State’s Public Records Division has ordered Pepperell town clerk Jeanne Survell to provide a Pepperell resident all the records the town has in...
