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TEWKSBURY — The opening of a new regional dispatch center has been pushed back by several months.

The Northern Middlesex Regional Emergency Communications Center was originally set to open on Whipple Road next month, but the opening has been delayed to July 1 to allow time for employee training, according to Tewksbury Town Manager Richard Montuori.

The new 6,500 square-foot facility will house dispatch services for fire and police departments in Tewksbury and Dracut. The center will be staffed by a director, Kevin Lessard, who started in…