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Book Week at Holbrook School in October 1986 - Credit: Archant Can you spot yourself or a family member in these photos of past book weeks at Suffolk schools? Book week at Halifax School in Ipswich in 1990 - Credit: Archant This week, youngsters will be celebrating World Book Day on Thursday, March 4 - although the festivities will be different from usual because of lockdown. Long Melford Primary School's Book Week in May 1989 - Credit: Archant Book Week at St Pancras School in Ipswich in June 1990 - Credit: Archant But even before World Book Day was launched in 1997, many schools held their...

Don't miss the big stories. Like us on Facebook.   HALIFAX — After a year marked by contentious meetings, Select Board candidates vying for a three-year term faced tough questions from residents in a forum. Incumbent Mitchell Green answered one about whether the board has any etiquette or policy about candidates convicted of a crime. He said board members are elected and they cannot tell each other how to do their job. “I’m totally not the person I was 30 years ago,” he said Tuesday during the forum held by conference call while explaining that a conviction has no effec...

Don't miss the big stories. Like us on Facebook.   HALIFAX — To avoid confusion and complaints, ballots won’t be sent to every registered voter in Halifax for Town Meeting Day on March 2. Town Clerk Patricia Dow called the state’s decision to mail ballots to every voter for the November election a “great idea” but reported hearing a lot of backlash from voters. “There were a lot of complaints I heard along the way,” she said at the Select Board meeting held remotely Monday, describing how some voters thought the ballot wouldn’t be the same one offere...