The area’s two major holiday fundraising machines, the Sun Santa Fund and the WCAP Radiothon, are well on their way to fulfilling their charitable missions. With two of its major fundraising events bringing in over $90,000 and individual donations nearing the $70,000 mark, the annual Sun Santa Drive will be delivering another season of Christmas […]
The confluence of recent developments, coinciding with the onset of winter, begs the question: In a city with a burgeoning homeless population, is Lowell’s Inn and Conference Center’s current mission its most effective use?
LOWELL City Manager Tom Golden told the City Council Tuesday that he still did not have an arrival date for the migrant families to Lowell’s Inn and Conference Center from the Healey-Driscoll administration.
LOWELL The number of unhoused people who call Lowell home jumped by a staggering 23% in just two months based on figures released by the Director of Homeless Initiatives Maura Fitzpatrick. In July, the office, which falls under the Department of Health and Human Services, counted 238 total adult homeless people in the city; by September, that number had risen to 291.
LOWELL State and local agencies are getting ready to receive migrant families at Downtown Lowell’s 252-room Inn and Conference Center, perhaps even in time for the holidays.