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LOWELL — Hot off his Tuesday night election win, Mayor Sokhary Chau is laying out a political path that he hopes will take him to a state-level office in the Middlesex County Register of Deeds, but it just as easily might land him in the hot seat.

LOWELL — Two new faces — Fred Bahou and Dave Conway — will join the School Committee when the 2024 session opens in January.

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 — Hot off his Tuesday night election win, Mayor Sokhary Chau is laying out a political path that he hopes will take him to a state-level office, but it just as easily might land him in the hot seat.

THE DAY after Lowell’s elections, both winning and losing candidates issued statements affirming the democratic process.

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.

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 — Some candidates stayed in, some dropped out and some pulled last-minute papers and submitted last-minute signatures. Welcome to the 2023 city of Lowell election season.

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.

He was the most played artist of 2021 in the UK, but when Greg Pappas walked out of the kitchen of their burger shop; he saw his mum chatting with him with a puzzled look on her face.