LOWELL The Massachusetts Department of Public Health rolled out a new Viral Respiratory Illness Reporting dashboard in December that shows high rates of flu and moderately rising COVID and respiratory syncytial virus cases.
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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 The city has been assessed a $200,000 civil penalty by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection for violating provisions of the Clean Water Act associated with combined sewer overflows, said Aaron Fox, the executive director of Lowell Regional Wastewater Utility, also known as Duck Island.