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After gaining the state’s blessing last month, officials are taking the first big step toward uniting area communities behind a replacement Whittier Regional Vocational Technical High School. Whittier Tech Superintendent Maureen Lynch told WHAV this week that representatives of all 11 communities that send students to the school will meet to discuss goals and attempt to bridge differences. The Municipal Working Group, as it is called, includes mayors, town managers, city councilors and town select board members.
A 57-year-old Lawrence man pleaded guilty Thursday in federal court in Boston to fraudulently obtaining and misusing COVID-19 relief money and stealing Social Security benefits over 22 years totaling more than $200,000. Randolph Dominguez pleaded guilty to wire fraud and theft of government money. U.S. District Court Judge Patti B. Saris scheduled sentencing for May 21.
Essex County District Attorney Paul F. Tucker this week praised the addition of “coercive control” to the state’s domestic violence law. Tucker made his remarks at a Community Conversation forum at Beverly’s Cabot theater. He was joined by state Sen. Joan Lovely, Healing Abuse Working for Change Executive Director Sara Stanley, Beverly Police Department Domestic Violence Advocate Ross Steinborn and Assistant District Attorney Hunter Wildrick Melo.
