About 30 environmental protesters held a "die-in" near a power plant under construction in Peabody earlier this week, claiming that the plant will cause asthma, heat stroke, hurricanes, explosions, and lung diseases leading to death.
Some protesters lay on the sidewalk of the Danversport Bridge in Danvers on Tuesday, September 27 while others drew chalk outlines of them, according to a news story in The Beverly Citizenpublished on WickedLocal.com. The bridge is within sight of the plant.
A proposal to lengthen the school day by a half-hour isn't going over well with some Billerica parents.
A new teachers union contract with the Billerica public schools calls for lengthening the work day from six and a half hours to seven hours. That would also allow the school day to be lengthened.
