LOWELL Newly elected City Councilor John Descoteaux is concerned about the lack of development on the Hamilton Canal Innovation District parcels owned by the Lupoli Companies, and he wonders if the city needs to move in a different direction.
LOWELL The outside investigation into allegations of unlawful employment or hiring practices in the Lowell Public Schools ended with an expensive whimper when the report repeatedly did not find by a preponderance of the evidence that there were policy violations.
LOWELL Selected minutes from City Council executive session meetings held since January 2022 were released in two tranches to the public following a motion made by Councilor Erik Gitschier back in August.
LOWELL One Lowell Public Schools superintendent, two city solicitors, three high-level city attorneys, more than a dozen City Council and School Committee meetings and almost $100,000 later, the yearlong and much-hyped outside investigation into allegations of unfair or unlawful hiring practices in the district plods on.
LOWELL A case that kicked off with the resignation of an elected School Committee member back in February 2021 has resurfaced. Roland Milliard, the attorney representing Dominik Lay, the next-in-line candidate whose seating was contested by the city due to residency concerns, has filed a tort claim against the city for $100,000.