MAYOR SOKHARY Chau opens every Lowell City Council meeting with a traditional request for “any moment of silence or memorial?” At this point in the public meeting, before the official business is conducted, councilors may read a memorial and request a darkening of chambers for members of the community who have passed.
LOWELL In life, Shannon Lally was a mass of complications and contradictions. He had a reputation for both sweetness and belligerence, of lucidity and disordered behavior. But he was best known for almost a decade of living on the streets of Downtown Lowell, sitting on a bench or sprawled out on a section of sidewalk, copping for spare change or a cup of coffee.