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Dracut Town Meeting soundly rejects MBTA Communities multifamily zoning
DRACUT –– Voters sent a loud message to Beacon Hill and Town Hall Monday night, overwhelmingly defeating a motion to reconsider their vote last November that nixed the MBTA Communities law.
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State aims to turn its surplus properties into housing
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Crime and Public Safety
Former state Sen. Dean Tran sentenced in firearms case involving constituent
WORCESTER — Former state Sen. Dean Tran of Fitchburg pleaded guilty to three state charges Monday in connection with stealing a firearm from an elderly constituent and misleading investigators about it, according to the Attorney General's Office.
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Shawsheen’s Sloman, Greater Lowell’s Finch headline CAC girls lacrosse all-stars
The Commonwealth Athletic Conference recently announced its girls lacrosse award winners and local athletes and coaches fared well. Sharing co-Player of the Year honors were Shawsheen Tech senior midfielder Judith Sloman and Greater Lowell Tech midfielder/attack Emma Finch. The co-Goalies...
Editorials
Editorial: State’s OD death decline reason for guarded optimism
Reason to celebrate, but not overestimate. That should be the takeaway from the state’s most recent fatal drug overdose statistics. Deaths in Massachusetts last year from that cause dropped to its lowest level in more than a decade, an encouraging...
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‘What does define us is what we do next’
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Lowell in bloom
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Local News
Greater Lowell’s Justin Tejada the CAC Upper Division boys volleyball MVP
Greater Lowell Tech's Justin Tejada has been named the Commonwealth Athletic Conference's Upper Division MVP...
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Nashoba Tech celebrates 171 of Class of 2025
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Sturdy aquarium stands that look great in any room
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Education Department says it will not garnish Social Security of student loan borrowers in default
The government last month restarted collections for people in default on federal student loans.
Entertainment
Marc Maron to end his ‘WTF’ podcast after 15 years of interviewing comics, actors, musicians, Obama
Maron was a veteran stand-up comic when he started the show in 2009.
Letters to the Editor
Letters to the Editor: Billerica needs to attract new retail businesses
Billerica needs to attract new retail businesses It’s great to hear that the town has...