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Kindergarten info program set in Lowell
An information night and orientation for Lowell Public Schools' full-day kindergarten program will be held Tuesday, Feb.
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Dress uniform: Shop owner reaches out to military brides
Boston Herald Features Reporter Tenley Woodman is a feature writer for the Boston Herald.
I had intended to start today's chat with a very positive review of the recent state-of-the-city package City Manager Bernie Lynch had submitted to the City Council a few weeks ago.
Report: Health-insurance rules mean big savings for Mass. communities
Legislative leaders may have been modest when they claimed Massachusetts cities and towns would save $100 million under new health-insurance-bargaining rules.
License Commission: Roll back closing time to midnight
Under mounting pressure to help solve problems involving bars in and near downtown, the city's License Commission is recommending the city roll back bar closing time from 2 a.m. to midnight.
Like Lowell, Springfield trying to deal with rowdy bar scene
The city of Springfield made a move this week aimed at curbing the same type of late-night, alcohol-fueled downtown disorder that has been plaguing Lowell.
Lowell-area officials glad Mass. exempt from No Child Left Behind
U.S. Sen. John Kerry applauded the announcement by President Barack Obama yesterday that Massachusetts and nine other states get to leave behind the No Child Left Behind law.
Fashion-forward: Lowell WinterFest hits runway
Backstage at Lowell High School's Cyrus Irish Auditorium, hairstylists and makeup artists put the finishing touches on frenzied models waiting to strut their stuff at the inaugural Looks of Lowell WinterFest Fashion Show.
LHA moves on with roof work at North Common
The Lowell Housing Authority has been working to bring 132 units at its North Common Village into compliance with state law, but the agency's efforts are not stopping it from moving forward with other work at the complex.
Journey to the center of steampunk
Think Charles Dickens in goggles, sprouting ancillary wings and flying over Lowell.
From the late 1960s through to the early 80s, a creative energy gripped the city where Jack Kerouac found his muse.
Missing dog is found safe 30 miles away
Maria Zamboni tried not to get her hopes up as she sped north from Boston to a Lowell police precinct Wednesday morning.
Lowell man cleared in 2002 slaying now facing gun and drug-traffic charges
A 29-year-old Lowell man cleared in a 2002 slaying has been ordered held on $50,000 cash bail in connection with 25 charges of trafficking in firearms and Oxycodone.
Lowell man facing third drunken-driving charge
The Super Bowl didn't just end badly for the New England Patriots, a Lowell man is facing his third drunken-driving charge after he left a Super Bowl party and got into a minor fender bender that landed him in handcuffs.
Shots fired near Dracut market
Police say a young man emerged from a van near the Hannaford Supermarket in Dracut on Thursday afternoon and fired at least five gunshots at a man nearby, though all the shots missed their intended victim.
Local acts dot New England Music Awards finalists
From soul-piercing vocals to sounds that stay humming in your head, the nominees for the New England Music Awards are in and the list of local talent is long.
2nd stab victim from Chelmsford
A spokeswoman for District Attorney Gerard Leone said a Chelmsford man, 38, was one of three men stabbed in a fight that killed Timothy Lewis, 34, of Chelmsford, on Tuesday morning in Lowell.
Concert of Works for Chorus & Orchestra -- Littleton High School Performing Arts Center, 56 King St., Littleton, Sun., Feb.
Downtown galleries get into Winterfest act all weekend
Winterfest is more than soup, dogsleds and downtown sleigh rides. The city's boutiques, galleries and museums get into the act this weekend, too, with events and exhibits to turn visitors on to the arts scene here.
Trailer-permit decision on hold for Lowell monks
A decision to permit the Community of Khmer Buddhist Monks to locate a trailer on the site off Townsend Avenue where they plan to eventually build a temple has been postponed two weeks while the Conservation Commission reviews updated plans and receives official stamped plans from the applicant.