(Additional photograph below.) Haverhill police and firefighters and Pridestar Trinity EMS staff are getting ready to go holiday shopping with children from families in need. This year’s fifth annual Heroes and Helpers program, taking place Saturday, Dec. 16, received a $3,000 added boost this week when Michael Jarvis of Jarvi Production donated the proceeds of […]
LOWELL All eyes will be on the City Council meeting Tuesday night, less for the agenda than for whether embattled and accused City Councilor Corey Robinson shows up to take his seat on the chamber floor.
LOWELL A 33-year-old male resident of a group home on Pawtucket Boulevard, who had barricaded himself in his room and told police he had an AR-15 rifle, was apprehended without incident following a Northeastern Massachusetts Law Enforcement Council SWAT Team response on Monday morning.
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.