A Look Back at the Week in Wilmington

Some Wilmington residents started their week in an unwelcomed position –

On Monday a bird flew into wires causing a fire and two main lines to fall onto the tracks below at the intersection of Route 38 and Route 62 near the overpass bridge. The result was a power outage for about 600 customers near Main Street.

The outage lasted for approximately an hour before power was restored.

On Tuesday, for the first time since he was that include vehicular homicide.

McNeil when he as she was walking near the intersection of Main Street and Glen Road.

During the brief pre-trial conference, McNeil was given a continuance because he recently hired a new lawyer. He will next be in court on May 11, when lawyers will discuss the prosecution’s request for phone records.

The Woburn Police Department announced this week that a scholarship fund has been set up in honor of , a Wilmington resident and Woburn officer who was shot and killed in the line of duty in December.

Read more about the scholarship and how to donate by .

Wednesday night the during a meeting at Wilmington High School.

“What I am pleased about it that there are no surprises,” said Superintendent of Schools Joanne Benton.

The survey revealed that community members see a need for improved technology, science and engineering and also a new high school.

Benton and Town Manager Michael Caira spoke about that .

Town officials are in the preliminary stages of gaging community interest in a new or renovated high school.

Ideally, a proposed high school would come before voters in late fall.

“This process means that we are going to continue to move forward and try to identify the best option for the community, particularly with the student in mind,” said Caira. “It would benefit the entire community. We have a good building that is now tired and outdated and can no longer function the way it should function programmatically. So we are in the process of exploring the best options to help us solve the problem.”

Saturday, Patch provided a look at the that took place on Thursday.

Dick Hoyt provided an inspirational message to the room full of people at the Fez Room.