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LOWELL The City Council opened its Tuesday night meeting with a celebration of libraries. Mayor Dan Rourke presented a citation to Pollard Memorial Library Director Bridget Cooley, recognizing National Library Week, which runs through Saturday.
LOWELL City Councilor Corey Robinson was a no-show at Tuesday night's council meeting, leaving open the question of whether his absence was related to a call by many of Robinson's colleagues for him to step aside pending resolution of his legal issues.
While there’s no way to know if Lowell’s results would have differed if more majority-minority district residents had shown up at the polls, their lack of participation did signify one of the many symptoms contributing to the ailing state of municipal elections.
LOWELL Mickey Mouse, Donald Duck and Bugs Bunny weren't on the ballot, but the cartoon characters and other write-in names collectively took in more votes than several City Council candidates.
AFTER GOV. Maura Healey’s state of emergency on the migrant crisis in the commonwealth, followed by the news that UMass Lowell’s Inn & Conference Center was being considered as a housing site for those families, Lowell’s business and political leadership issued a series of statements on the crisis.
LOWELL The care and welfare of the migrant families expected to come to the Mill City was top of Councilor Vesna Nuon’s mind during Tuesday night's meeting.
LOWELL Any questions about Prime Minister Hun Sen’s imperial ambitions will be laid to rest on Aug. 22, when he stands down in favor of his son, Hun Manet, to take over the government of Cambodia. Local members of the global Cambodian diaspora will protest the undemocratic transfer of power at Pailin Park the Cambodian community's name for Roberto Clemente Park, at 803 Middlesex St. on Sunday, Aug. 20, from 3 to 5 p.m.
LOWELL Cambodia’s general election on July 23 resulted in a landslide victory for the Cambodian People’s Party, whose candidate, Prime Minister Hun Sen, has ruled the country for nearly four decades.
LOWELL The City Council’s last meeting in fiscal 2023 Tuesday night found the body both closing out the books on city business as well as still delaying payment on some Lowell Public Schools invoices.