MAYOR SOKHARY Chau opens every Lowell City Council meeting with a traditional request for “any moment of silence or memorial?” At this point in the public meeting, before the official business is conducted, councilors may read a memorial and request a darkening of chambers for members of the community who have passed.
LOWELL For the previous 15 years, this 5,500-square-foot blocked-off section of the Boys & Girls Club of Greater Lowell held what Executive Director Joe Hungler described as an empty "rusted out pool." On Thursday, that formerly decayed old space was once again accessible and alive.
The organization filed an appeal with the civil service commission Friday on behalf of Sgt. Francisco Maldonado. "I think here we see a clear example of retaliation and of injustice," MAMLEO president Jeffrey Lopes said in an interview.
The Lowell Police Department took a positive step in aligning its staff to the community it serves by promoting minority officers to leadership positions during a promotion ceremony held last Friday at City Hall.
THE LOWELL Police Department’s badge-pinning ceremony held in front of an overflow and enthusiastic crowd at City Hall on Friday represented some historic firsts for the department and for the city.