Billerica, MA News http://www.axtora.com/homesites/us/massachusetts/billerica/ Billerica, MA News Woman gets jail for bilking CTI of 100G http://www.axtora.com/homesites/us/massachusetts/billerica/content/b98f50bcf3f342da3d2f060c6bb72af3.html By Lisa Redmond lredmondlowellsuncom LOWELL A former Community Teamwork Inc employee and the mastermind of a scheme to steal more than 100000 from the housingassistance program where she worked will serve a year in jail and repay a fraction of what she and her family stole Plan in place for senior housing in Billerica http://www.axtora.com/homesites/us/massachusetts/billerica/content/7adf4e3f1fc2163031a3cf0a6771c613.html BILLERICA A plan to build an affordablehousing complex for seniors behind St Theresa Church is in its final stages with construction expected to begin in the spring All that's needed for the project's approval said Interim Town Manager Rich Scanlon is a green light from the Zoning Board of Appeals Total employment down 300 positions in Greater Lowell http://www.axtora.com/homesites/us/massachusetts/billerica/content/e3ae3cd4d128c423cb8d829b01b51969.html LOWELL Total employment in Greater Lowell was off about 300 positions last month when compared to July 2007 according to the state The Massachusetts Executive Office of Labor and Workforce Development said on Tuesday that total employment in the region that includes Lowell Billerica and Chelmsford came to 118700 in July down from No bail for men accused of robbery in Billerica http://www.axtora.com/homesites/us/massachusetts/billerica/content/d23eb89c0cafe1cc53b0ad3504b8eff7.html LOWELL Police say three men who robbed a Billerica roofing company on Friday morning took thousands of dollars its owner had planned to pay his employees with The three men are being held without bail pending a dangerousness hearing on Thursday after being accused of robbing Morgan Construction on Billerica Avenue shortly after 6 a Other embezzlement cases have rocked area http://www.axtora.com/homesites/us/massachusetts/billerica/content/ec03e1caefb3b1a88abeb7ec492f59d7.html Angelika Iglesias wife of Lowell police Officer Felix Iglesias was convicted of embezzlement twice Iglesias stole 164000 from the Greater Lowell Pastoral Counseling Center on the same day in 2004 that she stole 1400 from her new job with a local drywall company Community Meetings http://www.axtora.com/homesites/us/massachusetts/billerica/content/f4f7c5fdccfb036e9510b0b68dc44267.html Meetings are held in Town Hall unless otherwise noted Billerica MONDAY Planning Board 7 pm; Composting Study Committee 7 pm WEDNESDAY Cemetery Commission 10 am; Board of Health 7:30 p Race on to raise 12G for Billerica's Yankee Doodle fest http://www.axtora.com/homesites/us/massachusetts/billerica/content/44af55626e0a21f758e4e5a47e0839e6.html BILLERICA As the skies opened and rain poured down on the Yankee Doodle parade last September Joan Parcewski was sure spectators would run to their cars She was wrong Soaked but still smiling hordes of residents braved the elements to celebrate their Yankee Doodle Hometown Police: SWAT response to Billerica heist paid off http://www.axtora.com/homesites/us/massachusetts/billerica/content/c43e4885bb35e63499ee391995c7ff4c.html BILLERICA An earlymorning armed robbery at a Billerica roofing company Friday prompted police to call in a regional SWAT Team a helicopter and police dogs and it seems the firm response paid off