Eric Eldridge News Today

No matter how you and your family observe Memorial Day, perhaps just take a moment of silence on Monday at 3 p.m., to honor those who never made it out of uniform in service to our country.

TYNGSBORO — Voters at the Oct. 24 Town Meeting easily approved increasing the funding authorization for the new Tyngsboro Middle School by $4.6 million.

SINCE JUNE 2022, the Lowell City Council debated allowing accessory dwelling units by right only to ultimately end up crafting absolutely nothing actionable on the issue. In contrast, Gov. Maura Healey’s administration — in just half the time — crafted a historic expansion of housing production in the $4 billion housing bond bill, which includes ADUs by right everywhere in the commonwealth and which would be the biggest investment in housing affordability in the state’s history.

TYNGSBORO — Six future students of the now-under-construction Tyngsboro Middle School smiled as they lifted shovels and scooped dirt from a waiting pile. The occasion was the official groundbreaking for the new school.

TYNGSBORO — The Select Board took less than 10 minutes to unanimously appoint Colin Loiselle as the next town manager of Tyngsboro at the board’s Sept. 5 meeting.

TYNGSBORO — Town Manager Matt Hanson’s successor when he leaves in late September may well have a familiar name: Colin Loiselle.

IN THIS week’s Column, the writer imagines a conversation between two people sitting on a park bench in Lowell … Hey, how you doing? Good. Good. Sure, have a seat. Free country, you know. Beautiful day. Yeah, I love these sunny days. I like to sit out here in the park and people-watch. Homeless? Man, […]

PRIDE MONTH is approaching in what is turning into a contentious moment for LGBTQ rights in the U.S.

TYNGSBORO — In the not too distant future, the town may be the home of a multimillion-dollar, 60-room hotel and entertainment park resort on 11.5 acres off Middlesex Road, behind the new Best Friends Pet Hotel.

TYNGSBORO — Early in-person voting for the May 16 town election should be under way, or so the Select Board thought. That didn’t happen.