LOWELL Within hours it was over. The so-called Dog Park homeless encampment in Centralville off First Street Boulevard, that has existed in some form for 10 years, was gone. Not only gone, it was obliterated in a coordinated action by city services Monday morning.
LOWELL Robert Waylein has lived in the so-called Dog Park camp for 10 years. For almost 4,000 nights, he has laid his head down in a shelter he built on land he says he cleaned and has maintained that used to function as an open-air garbage dump.