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Methuen keeps services running this Fourth of July with free youth meals, cooling stations, and adjusted city hours. The city's Summer Eats program is serving free meals at four locations to any child or teen 18 and under — no registration or ID required — while cooling stations are als…

Mayor Beauregard moves to end city furloughs and boost school funding for fiscal year 2027. The mayor announced legislation this week that would eliminate unpaid furlough days for Methuen employees while directing more money toward public education, according to a release posted on the …

Methuen's holiday week brings back-to-back service disruptions that residents need to plan around now. A trash and recycling collection delay is in effect June 29, and city hall along with the transfer station will run on modified hours through July 4 — details posted at cityofmethuen.n…

Methuen reaches a landmark health insurance agreement, moving city workers and retirees to the state GIC. Mayor D.J. Beauregard and Public Employee Committee President Kara Blatt announced Thursday the ratification of a comprehensive health insurance agreement that transitions city empl…

Methuen reaches a landmark labor-management health insurance agreement, covering city employees and retirees. Mayor D.J. Beauregard and Public Employee Committee President Kara Blatt jointly announced Thursday the ratification of a deal that will transition city workers, retirees, and t…

Methuen's summer civic calendar moves quietly forward, with no new municipal announcements in the June 24 window. Mayor D.J. Beauregard's standing priorities — a no-override FY27 budget built on spending controls and operational reform, a poll-worker recruitment drive for the September …

Methuen enters the Juneteenth holiday Thursday with a trash-delay alert and a poll-worker search underway. The city posted a holiday-schedule notice warning that trash and recycling collection will run late on June 19, the same day all Methuen Public Schools buildings close and the MHS …

A quiet Friday in Methuen with the school year's finish line in sight. No new town hall announcements landed in the June 12 coverage window and no commercial outlets published fresh Methuen stories. The nearest action is on the school calendar: Methuen High School JROTC cadets depart Mo…