Communities around the region will receive a portion of the $1.4 billion in loans and grants recently finalized by the state to fund municipal water and wastewater projects, including efforts to address PFAS contamination as the federal government sets the first-ever limits for “forever chemicals” in drinking water.
Lowell
Editorial: Stadium complex’s facelift preserves past, ensures future
Unless of a certain age, spectators at Lowell High School athletic events at Cawley Stadium may have no idea of the historical and sentimental significance attached to that edifice. Built in 1937 in the heart of the Great Depression, it truly represented the heart in many ways of Lowell’s community spirit, a spirit that rose […]
Editorial: Congested roads like Lowell’s will always face a higher accident risk
If you feel like you’ve tempting fate every time you drive around the streets of Lowell, you’re not alone. Massachusetts Department of Transportation data support that unsettling contention. A new study based on information collected from MassDOT puts Lowell in a tie with the seaside town of Salisbury for the sixth most dangerous intersections in […]
