The Lowell Folk Festival, one of the longest running free folk festivals in the country, announced the first nine performers coming to the mill city for 3 days of music, dance, crafts, food, and family fun Friday, July 28th through Sunday, July 30th.
Cities and towns across the region were gearing up for the impending winter storm that's set to hit New England overnight Monday into Tuesday, continuing.
this is bbc news. the headlines: russia is claiming a rare victory in what s become a war of attrition in ukraine. it says it s captured the eastern salt mining town of soledar. ukraine says fighting is continuing. the town had been pummelled for weeks in one of the most intense battles of the war. brazil s supreme court has decided that prosecutors should investigate the role of the former president, jair bolsonaro, in the storming of congress. the violence was carried out by thousands of radical bolsonaro supporters who continue to claim that october s election was rigged. the former president is in florida. on a trip to washington, japan s prime minister has warned that russia s invasion of ukraine has opened a dangerous new era for the world.