John Macone News Today

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.

It was a rough summer and year for a resilient waterway.

It was a rough summer and year for a resilient waterway.

LAWRENCE — The high school senior sees herself dipping brushes into paint as a college fine arts major next year.

NEWBURYPORT — The Merrimack River Watershed Council is hosting five casual fundraiser events along the river this spring and summer.

NEWBURYPORT — The Merrimack River Watershed Council is hosting five casual fundraiser events along the river this spring and summer.

LAWRENCE — State and federal fish and wildlife biologists say a Lawrence hydro-project owner’s rejection of requested river studies rests on faulty grounds.

LOWELL — Now that the city has executed a consent decree with the Environmental Protection Agency, it is eligible for federal grants to help fund the almost $200 million pipe separation project that will address combined sewer overflows and flooding issues in the Lowell’s Centralville neighborhood.

The wettest summer on record in New Hampshire resulted in historic levels of raw sewage and stormwater runoff flowing into the Merrimack River last year, data obtained by Merrimack River

NEWBURYPORT — On this weeks episode of Local Pulse, Joe DiBiase welcomes Amesbury City Councilor Steve Stanganelli to discuss whats happening in Amesbury. Also, John Macone, from the Merrimack River