Shawsheen honors model citizens
Over the past two weeks, students and staff at Shawsheen Valley Technical High School celebrated an annual community tradition at two Citizenship Awards Dinners. The school asks teachers to nominate...
View Article$89M in low-interest loans available for SouthCoast water, wastewater projects
Marion is eligible for a low-interest loan of $25.2 million from the State Revolving Fund for upgrades at the wastewater treatment plant, state officials announced Thursday. Seven other drinking-water...
View ArticleHershey-fonts
This package includes the shared library for libhersheyfont, a library of C routines for loading .jhf format Hershey font files. hershey-license This distribution of the Hershey Fonts may be used by...
View ArticleNew Efficacy Research Demonstrates Curriculum Associates' i-ReadyA ...
New Efficacy Research Demonstrates Curriculum Associates' i-ReadyA Meets Every Student Succeeds Act Federal Funding Requirements, Including School Improvement Funds NORTH BILLERICA, Mass., February 21,...
View Article'Lost Laughs' one of MRT's best shows in years
On Sept. 11, 1921, Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle was arrested and charged with manslaughter in connection with the death of a model he had been partying with in a San Francisco hotel room.
View ArticleRonald F. Sheppard Sr., 78
Ronnie was born on June 26, 1939 in Chelsea to the late Stephen and Mertice Sheppard. He was a retired truck driver for Severance Trucking Co., Inc. in Dracut.
View ArticleWhat we are working on 2/21/2018
It's Wednesday, Feb. 21. Here is some of what Sun staffers and other news providers are working on for lowellsun.com and Thursday's print edition. A tragedy was averted when a two-alarm fire struck a...
View ArticleWhat we are working on 2/21/2018
It's Wednesday, Feb. 21. Here is some of what Sun staffers and other news providers are working on for lowellsun.com and Thursday's print edition. A tragedy was averted when a two-alarm fire struck a...
View ArticlePlan seeks to improve on response times by BFD
The Fire Department should cut the ribbon on new stations in the near future. That's the recommendation from Matrix Consulting Group, which recently finished its risk management and facilities...
View ArticleMissing Billerica man found after search
A man reported missing about midnight was located in North Billerica early Saturday morning after a three-hour police dog search. According to Deputy Police Chief Roy Frost, the 43-year-old man was...
View ArticleA daring rescue for one lucky pup
As the back-country powder chaser removed a layer, he heard a shriek coming from the tranquil Berthoud Pass, which climbs over the Continental Divide west of Denver. Yoshi, a small male shiba inu, had...
View ArticleBillerica neighbors fret over Turnpike work
Searching around the area two years ago for a new home, Hogan and his wife were drawn to a 1.15-acre piece of property at the corner of Manning Road and Middlesex Turnpike. A neighborhood they consider...
View ArticleMissing Billerica man found after search
A man reported missing about midnight was located in North Billerica early Saturday morning after a three-hour police dog search. According to Deputy Police Chief Roy Frost, the 43-year-old man was...
View ArticleDA: Tewksbury mom turns in son after alleged threat to school
For the second time in as many days, a Bay State teen is under arrest for threatening violence against a public school. Middlesex District Attorney Marian Ryan, Tewksbury Police Chief Timothy Sheehan...
View ArticlePedestrian hospitalized following vehicle crash in Lowell
Shortly after 9 a.m. Tuesday, a vehicle operated by Albert Salani, 21, of Billerica collided with a vehicle operated by Francisco DaSilva, 37, of Lowell near the intersection of Appleton Street and...
View ArticleBillerica selects new fire chief
Robert "Bobby" Cole, who had been the acting Billerica fire chief since Tom Conway retired earlier this year, has been appointed permanent chief, according to Town Manager John Curran. Cole has been a...
View ArticleArrest Log: 3/1/2018
Andrew S. Verge, 23, 1975 Middlesex St., Lowell; warrants , operating after suspension, and leaving scene of accident. -- Johvanny Antonio Jimenez, 40, 429 Broadway Apt.
View ArticleActive shooter drills in Billerica
Active shooter response training will take place in a few schools next week. This comes in the wake of the Feb. 14 school shooting in Parkland, Florida -- where 17 died.
View ArticleStudent threat probed at Billerica High
A student threat made against Billerica Memorial High School Thursday afternoon marks the third of its kind this week in the Greater Lowell area. An alert sent to the school community by Schools...
View ArticleChief nearly missed the cut
Robert "Bobby" Cole, a 23-year veteran of the Fire Department, tied for sixth in the assessment center for the new chief, according to information received through a public-records request with the...
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