300 years and one fire later, Billerica's deed has a makeover

Houses, properties, cars, and even boats have deeds, but did you know towns have deeds? Billerica does and it was recently returned to Town Clerk Shirley Schult’s office after being revamped and restored through the Northeast Document Conservation Center in Andover. Now it is back, more than 300 years after Billerica broke away from Cambridge and the deed was signed.Kathy Meagher, Billerica Public Library's local history librarian, was at the helm along with Schult in the [...]