LOWELL There are more homeless people than available beds in Lowell, leading to people in need of emergency shelter being turned away, said Isaiah Stephens, managing director of the Lowell Transitional Living Center on Middlesex Street.
LOWELL Kenny, a 26-year resident of Lowell, said he survived the killing fields of the Khmer Rouge, but he wasn't sure how he would survive the night without a place to sleep.
THE CITY cleared its third of at least a half dozen known homeless encampments this week, and while three times wasn’t exactly the charm, it did appear that the administration was applying lessons learned in its handling of this complex and growing demographic that has bedeviled larger and better-resourced cities.
LOWELL The Rev. Heather Prince Doss and the congregation of Eliot Presbyterian Church practice a muscular form of Christian-based ministry, by offering both spiritual and practical support to their unhoused neighbors in the city.
LOWELL Kenny, a 26-year resident of Lowell, said he survived the killing fields of the Khmer Rouge, but he wasn't sure how he would survive the night without a place to sleep.