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.
A 16-year-old boy is facing several gun charges after he allegedly brought a loaded firearm into a Lowell Charter School forcing a lockdown, according to Middlesex District Attorney Marian Ryan.
It’s said you never get a second chance to make a first impression, which in the case of the Peace Officer Standards and Training Commission, means it has its work cut out to restore confidence in its police-accountability mission.