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CARVER – A seven-member town administrator screening committee will help with the search for a permanent replacement. The Select Board will invite all 16 applicants interested in serving on the screening committee to a meeting at 6 p.m. next Tuesday, May 25, for five-minute interviews. With the goal of selecting the best candidate, the Select Board decided on the number of committee members and the composition of the committee Tuesday night. The votes were unanimous, 5-0. The board also voted to exclude three residents who missed the deadline to apply. The names of the 16 applicants were to...

RESIDENTS have taken to the streets to protest against the building of 5G masts in their community.

RESIDENTS have taken to the streets to protest against the building of 5G masts in their community. Between 30 and 40 people took to the streets of Altham West on Sunday May 16 to make their feelings known, with Council leader Miles Parkinson, deputy leader Paul Cox and Accrington North Councillor Lorraine Cox amongst them. They were organised by the recently formed Accrington Residents Anti-5G Committee which has said that they have been plagued by masts, built by IX Wireless, going up across their towns, in some cases right outside their homes, without their permission, Speaking on ...

The new Mayor and Mayoress of Burnley Cllr Mark and Kerry Townsend THE Darwen-born new Mayor of Burnley is expecting a 'challenging' year as First Citizen because of coronavirus. Cllr Mark Townsend,who stepped down as leader of the Labour group on his appointment during the council's annual meeting at the Mechanics Theatre on Wednesday, attended Towneley High and Burnley Grammar schools before taking a job as an apprentice mechanic at Hapton Valley Colliery. His wife Kerry will be his Mayoress and the couple have a daughter Rosie. Cll Townsend has chosen Safenet (keeping women and chi...

RESIDENTS have formed a group to oppose 5G masts that have been built in their communities. Accrington’s Resident Anti-5G Committee said some masts have been built right outside people’s homes while other residents in Burnley leads going through their gardens without their consultation. The Hyndburn group, made up of Susan Howarth, vice-chair Stacey Luckhurst, committee members Tony Chadwick and Mark Luckhurst and others concerned residents says that this has happened across their borough, while councillors in Burnley say that they have also received hundreds of complaints from res...