Daily Times Chronicle

WOBURN - City officials are taking all precautions in advance of Hurricane Earl, though the storm is expected to weaken and stay east of the Massachusetts coast.

WOBURN - The B.Y.O.B. issue just won’t go away! A smiling, energetic Antonio Pereira of Lisa’s Pizza in North Woburn center was waving a “Lisa’s Pizzeria” colorful brochure but was confused as to whether he could use the word’s “B.Y.O.B” on it (the “B” meaning beer in this case) at the Woburn License Commission.

WOBURN - Local school officials still have little information as to how they can spend $311,179 in federal money recently slated to the city under a national education reform program.

WOBURN - The city’s top school administrators learned yesterday that the district will receive an unanticipated $380,835 in grant money as part of $204 million in new federal money being distributed to the Commonwealth.

WOBURN - The city’s School Committee voted unanimously last night to award a five-year transportation contract to the locally-based company North Suburban Transportation.

WOBURN - The second time was a charm for Woburn native Mike Colucci as he and his camera crew were recently nominated for the second year in a row for an Emmy and this time he will be coming home with the gold statue.

WOBURN - The city’s two police unions recently filed three separate challenges of Mayor Scott Galvin’s refusal to foot the state’s portion of the Quinn Bill.

WOBURN - The city recently declared that Connolly Stadium fully complies with all handicapped-accessibility regulations after the state’s Architectural Access Board (AAB) apparently received an anonymous complaint about the Woburn Memorial High School complex.

WOBURN - Mayor Scott Galvin notified the City Council at its most recent regular meeting that he has formed a new 3-member Agricultural Advisory Committee.

WOBURN - Mayor Scott Galvin advised the City Council at its most recent meeting that he will seek “green community” status for Woburn.

WOBURN - Attempting to gain control of the parking situation at Horn Pond, the City Council at its most recent meeting approved a resolution asking Mayor Scott Galvin to “direct the appropriate department heads to explore adding additional parking spaces to the municipal lots on Sturgis Street and Lake Avenue.”

WOBURN - A new bill signed into law by Governor Deval Patrick earlier this month automatically extends by two years all recently approved project construction timetables on the local level.

WOBURN - Commercial exhibits and signs will be prohibited from Woburn Common if the City Council approves an ordinance change recommended recently by one of its committees.

WOBURN - Complying with changes to the state’s open meeting law is proving to be a vexing, and perhaps expensive, problem for city officials.

WOBURN – Toys“R”Us, Inc. today announced that Babies“R”Us® will join Toys“R”Us® in Woburn at 366 Cambridge Road in Woburn at the Horn Pond Plaza to provide local parents with a convenient, one-stop shopping destination to fulfill the needs of children of all ages.

WOBURN - Pending what should be a perfunctory vote by the City Council next month, the Woburn Fire Dept. will obtain money to buy some new self-contained breathing apparatus (SBCA).

WOBURN - Former Planning Board member Paul Doherty recently implored his former colleagues to add more controls to the subdivision process in order to protect abutters from drainage and runoff issues.

WOBURN - The city’s School Committee postponed a special meeting on the district’s transportation contract last night after administrators decided to solicit yet another round of bids for the service.

WOBURN - The new proprietor of the Silver Cue billiards hall in Woburn Center told the City Council’s Police & License Committee last night he wants to create a more family-friendly environment.

WOBURN - “Legal issues” delayed the City Council from moving forward this week on a proposal to re-pave a private road linking Russell and Lexington streets near the Four Corners intersection in West Woburn.