LOWELL — Incumbent Democratic state Sen. Ed Kennedy is facing Republican challenger Karla Miller in the race for the 1st Middlesex District seat, which serves the five communities of Lowell, Dracut, Dunstable, Pepperell and Tyngsboro.
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Massachusetts National Guard member charged with child pornography
The feds say a Massachusetts National Guard master sergeant arrested on child pornography exploited his own kin and claimed to have sexually molested two of them before they were 2 years old.
Scarsdale, Archambault face off for 1st Middlesex House District seat
PEPPERELL — Incumbent first-term Democratic Rep. Margaret Scarsdale is facing Republican challenger Lynne Archambault in the race for the 1st Middlesex District seat in the state’s House of Representatives.
Boston residents, businesses say Mass and Cass conditions have spread, worsened in parks and neighborhoods
Residents and business leaders slammed the open-air drug use, public sex and violence they said has worsened in surrounding neighborhoods since tents were cleared at Mass and Cass, in stark contrast from the progress cited by the Wu administration.
Massachusetts community college enrollment up 14%, public colleges see first enrollment growth in last decade
Massachusetts public higher education saw a surge in fall enrollment this year, with community college students jumping by 14% and public four-year colleges increasing for the first time since 2013, according to Massachusetts Department of Higher Education data released Tuesday.
North Atlantic right whale population actually increases, but ‘threats from vessel strikes and entanglement’ remain
The North Atlantic right whale population actually increases, but ‘threats from vessel strikes and entanglement’ remain