http://business-news.thestreet.com/the-valley-dispatch/story/10-ways-to-buy-your-private-island/11601502 (hidethestreet) NEW YORK (MainStreet) – Private islands weren’t much of a refuge during the recession, but the island real estate market is starting to look a bit…
![Before Anna Aslanian took her own life last year, the Lowell teen wrote in a letter that she hoped to bring awareness to the importance of mental health. Anna’s family found that letter in the days after her suicide. Anna, who loved horror movies and making her friends laugh, had just celebrated her 16th birthday. […]](https://www.thevalleydispatch.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/121119macdonaldar03-1.jpg?w=523 "Before Anna Aslanian took her own life last year, the Lowell teen wrote in a letter that she hoped to bring awareness to the importance of mental health. Anna’s family found that letter in the days after her suicide. Anna, who loved horror movies and making her friends laugh, had just celebrated her 16th birthday. […]")
![BOSTON – The state Public Health Council approved new regulations for vaping Wednesday, putting in place tighter restrictions on the sale of e-cigarettes and other vaping products that spurred a public health emergency this year. The new regulations end the emergency ban on all vaping product sales in the state that Gov. Charlie Baker implemented […]](https://www.thevalleydispatch.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/hearingcc01-1.jpg?w=398 "BOSTON – The state Public Health Council approved new regulations for vaping Wednesday, putting in place tighter restrictions on the sale of e-cigarettes and other vaping products that spurred a public health emergency this year. The new regulations end the emergency ban on all vaping product sales in the state that Gov. Charlie Baker implemented […]")
![DRACUT — After several rounds of bidding, Dracut has finally selected a contractor to build a new fire station on Nashua Road. The town’s Permanent Building Committee voted to select Harvard-based contractor L.D. Russo Inc. for the job, according to Interim Town Manager Ann Vandal. The company was the second-lowest bidder in the latest round […]](https://www.thevalleydispatch.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/low-z-dracutwrap-1.jpg?w=525 "DRACUT — After several rounds of bidding, Dracut has finally selected a contractor to build a new fire station on Nashua Road. The town’s Permanent Building Committee voted to select Harvard-based contractor L.D. Russo Inc. for the job, according to Interim Town Manager Ann Vandal. The company was the second-lowest bidder in the latest round […]")
![CARLISLE – The Great Brook State Farm Ski Touring Center will eventually open this winter season, but a contract dispute between the state and man who operates the touring operation kept the popular venue shut down during last week’s record-setting snow. Stuart Johnstone, who prepares and operates cross-country ski trails at Great Brook Farm State […]](https://www.thevalleydispatch.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/low-l-skicontract-1.jpg?w=526 "CARLISLE – The Great Brook State Farm Ski Touring Center will eventually open this winter season, but a contract dispute between the state and man who operates the touring operation kept the popular venue shut down during last week’s record-setting snow. Stuart Johnstone, who prepares and operates cross-country ski trails at Great Brook Farm State […]")