BOSTON — The Healey-Driscoll Administration today announced over $1 million in grants to support tree planting and expand the urban forest canopy in Gateway Cities across Massachusetts. Seven projects are receiving awards through the GGCP’s Non-Profit Partnership Grant Program, which includes projects in Leominster, Fitchburg and Lowell. In addition, six municipalities, two non-profit organizations, and […]
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Food rules the day at the Lowell Folk Festival
LOWELL — A little after 10 a.m. Saturday, the preparations for another day of the Lowell Folk Festival had begun with about two hours to go until the official start time of Day 2. Stage techs could be heard setting up and checking the sound equipment for the second day’s musical acts, volunteers bustled around making sure everything was squared away and, most importantly, a faint, smoky haze loomed over Downtown Lowell as groups fired up their grills to start making another day’s worth of food from around the world.
Lowell educator Robin Desmond named Leominster school superintendent
LEOMINSTER – Longtime educator and Lowell school official Robin Desmond will be stepping in as the new superintendent to lead Leominster Schools after being chosen out of three finalists in May. Desmond, whose contract was approved Monday by the Leominster School Committee, is coming off a long stint with Lowell Public Schools that began in […]
Tewksbury man held without bail in fatal shooting of 15-year-old Lowell girl
LOWELL — Grieving friends and family of 15-year-old Ahliana Dickey packed a courtroom in Lowell District Court Monday morning as Trevor Bady was arraigned on multiple charges stemming from Dickey’s shooting death last week.
Tewksbury man arrested in shooting death of 15-year-old Lowell girl
LOWELL — Middlesex District Attorney Marian Ryan and the Lowell Police Department announced an arrest Monday afternoon in last week’s shooting death of 15-year-old Ahliana Dickey.
Officials highlight $7M in EPA grants for brownfield cleanup
U.S. Rep. Lori Trahan and officials from Lowell, Lawrence and Clinton gathered in front of Lowell City Hall Monday morning to highlight a total of $7 million in federal grant funding given to the three communities for the cleanup of brownfield sites.
