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If you are a beachgoer in Duval, you may hear sounds of heavy equipment instead of the ocean waves.

If you are a beachgoer in Duval, you may hear sounds of heavy equipment instead of the ocean waves.

LOWELL — Superintendent Liam Skinner told the School Committee last Wednesday that Lowell Public Schools is in discussions with the Archdiocese of Boston to purchase Ste Jeanne d'Arc School for approximately $2.4 million.

LOWELL — Taking a page out of the City Council’s agenda playbook, the new School Committee filed a record 14 motions during its Wednesday night meeting. But first, it voted to approve Superintendent of Schools Liam Skinner’s three-year, $230,000 yearly contract that runs through June 2027.

LOWELL — In January, the city conducted its annual, federally mandated point-in-time count of the number of people experiencing homelessness, and found there are 189 sheltered and 97 unsheltered individuals in Lowell.

BY TUESDAY at 8 p.m., when the polls close in Lowell, the 2023 election for the City Council and School Committee races will be over, and a new era of governing in the city will begin in January 2024.

LOWELL — When it comes to American Rescue Plan Act funding, the good times just keep rolling for the city of Lowell. This month, the city announced cultural organization and public art grant program award recipients and round two of the ad-hoc grant program awards.

LOWELL — Frustration, déjà vu and accusations were on the City Council’s agenda during Tuesday night’s meeting.

Lord chancellor failing to carry out duty on provision of services in England and Wales, says Public Law Project

THE RACE is on, and as of this past Friday, 27 Lowell residents had signaled their interest in running for office by signing their names to the 2023 City Election Nomination Paper Log kept on file in the Elections Office at City Hall.