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CBA grateful for spice drive Just before the holiday season began last November, the CBA’s food pantry received an influx of spices – almost 2,000 of them – that made preparing culturally rooted meals a lot easier for the 800 families from throughout Lowell visiting the pantry each month. We are all aware of the […]

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. 

Students in the Cultures and Communities Club at Nashoba Valley Technical High School met recently with State Rep. Vanna Howard to pass off the spices and cooking oils collected for the annual Spice Drive for Coalition for a Better Acre of Lowell. The Nashoba Tech community donated over 50 pounds of items.

LOWELL — CEO Yun-Ju Choi will step down from her position next June after nearly 10 years of leading the nonprofit, member-based community development organization Coalition for a Better Acre.

LOWELL — The glitterati of the Mill City turned out to fete Attorney General Andrea Campbell during a reception held in her honor on Thursday.

The Five Minute Read highlights things to do, places to go and people to know in the Greater Lowell area. Have news to share? Send it to mgilbert@lowellsun.com.

LOWELL — Tuesday was a night for incumbents in Lowell's City Council district races, with all hanging onto their seats with sizable margins.

The Five Minute Read highlights things to do, places to go and people to know in the Greater Lowell area. Have news to share? Send it to mgilbert@lowellsun.com.

The Five Minute Read highlights things to do, places to go and people to know in the Greater Lowell area. Have news to share? Send it to mgilbert@lowellsun.com.

We were touring Lowell with one of the park rangers when she pointed to an aging triple-decker nearby, describing it as a fine example of “an immigrant tenement house.” Charlie Gargiulo let out a laugh. “That was my house,” he said.