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LOWELL — Superintendent of Schools Liam Skinner came before the City Council during its Tuesday night meeting to say he was cleaning house and the books. It was a theme throughout the night's agenda.

Boston.com compiled five homes on the market in Massachusetts that sit less than 5 miles from a commuter rail station.

WATER WAS very much on the mind of Fire Chief Phillip Charron, who presented a report titled “The Potential for Flooding” to the Lowell City Council Tuesday night.

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.

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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 — A longstanding partnership between Middlesex Community College and UMass Lowell may result in the college playing a future role in the university’s Inn & Conference Center, which the Healey-Driscoll administration confirmed on Tuesday was under discussion as emergency migrant family housing.

Most of Jack’s five siblings worked at the paper’s 15 Kearney Square address in varying roles but none with the passion and intensity of Jack, who ascended to editor in 1987 and then publisher in 1991, following his father’s death. Jack died Aug. 28 at Avita of Newburyport, a facility specializing in memory care. He was 78.

Former Sun editor Jack Costello remembered as a larger-than-life figure, especially one morning on deadline.

LOWELL — The African Cultural Club at Middlesex Community College presents the annual ACC Fashion Show on Wednesday, April 19, from 4 to 6 p.m., at the Cowan Center, 33 Kearney Square.