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LOWELL — The School Building Committee received $36.9 million worth of good news on the Lowell High School rebuilding project during its Thursday night meeting at City Hall.

Obesity ranks one of the most serious health issues in the United States, even in the state of Massachusetts, habitually ranked as one of the nation’s healthiest.

LOWELL — A Lawrence woman was arraigned on two counts of animal cruelty in Lowell District Court on Tuesday, in an incident that was caught on security cameras the morning of Dec. 29 at 127-133 Westford St.

LOWELL — The situation might have looked a bit bleak recently for Lowell High student Nam Phan. But in the end, members of the Lowell Police Department came together to show Phan that good things do happen to good people.

LOWELL — A family of five was temporarily displaced, but unharmed, due to a fire that broke out right outside their apartment at the North Canal Apartments in the Acre late Saturday morning. 

The construction of the new Lowell High School is well underway, but the more daunting half of the project still awaits. That’s the belated message emanating from the most recent School Building Committee meeting.

LOWELL — The $381 million Lowell High School rebuilding and renovation project is 50% done and on track to be completed by the summer of 2026, according to project representatives from Suffolk Construction, the owner’s project manager Skanska and architect firm Perkins Eastman.

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LOWELL — A Lowell man is behind bars for allegedly holding a woman against her will, while armed, inside his booby-trapped apartment on Market Street for approximately nine hours.