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Nearly 18 months after legislative leaders kicked off the two-year term by identifying sky-high housing costs as one of their chief areas of focus, the Massachusetts House stamped its approval

Thomas Shaheen passed away. This is the full obituary where you can share condolences and memories. Published in the Gloucester Times on 2024-05-29.

Systemic changes needed in solar incentivization The recent article “Community Solar powers up for energy ownership” published by the Boston Herald presented an exciting alternative to “predatory leasing schemes” for community investment in solar energy. Climate change (currently and in the future) affects every one of us, and every one of us has the opportunity […]

Time to stand united I expect that as this presidential election year progresses, we will all be bombarded with powerful messages from our favorite news/media sources. We will be told what to embrace and, more forcefully, what to fear and hate. If you read or hear something that feels like an attack on your values […]

High school seniors will soon experience two eagerly anticipated rites of passage, and with them memories that will remain through their entire lives.Prom and graduation season have arrived, and with them the joys – and occasional sorrows – that come with these once-in-a-lifetime events.The dangers of drunk and distracted driving have been well publicized, to […]

High school seniors will soon experience two eagerly anticipated rites of passage, and with them memories that will remain through their entire lives.Prom and graduation season have arrived, and with them the joys – and occasional sorrows – that come with these once-in-a-lifetime events.The dangers of drunk and distracted driving have been well publicized, to […]

While current Dracut High School students do not know Bruce Hutchins, they certainly know about the annual Dracut Scholarship Foundation Telethon which was started by Hutchins 40 years ago this year.

THE BATTLE for the soul of Lowell played out at last Monday’s Planning Board meeting, as the board discussed whether to formally adopt Lowell’s new comprehensive master plan, Lowell Forward.The 20-year vision of the community’s plan for the future that City Manager Tom Golden called a “living, breathing document,” was unveiled during the City Council’s Feb. […]

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.

HAVERHILL — Fifty-one officers, including those from the Newburyport, Salisbury, Amesbury Groveland and West Newbury police departments, graduated from Municipal Police Training Committee Police Academy on Friday, according to state