LAST WEEK, the Healey-Driscoll administration released a statement regarding its consideration to house migrants at Lammers Hall, a 320-student dorm on the Westfield State University campus, located nearly two hours west of the State House.
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LOWELL A local nonprofit is ready to jump into action if the UMass Lowell Inn & Conference Center is repurposed as housing for migrant families fleeing unrest and violence in their home countries. The Rev. Jim Leavitt can’t think of a better place for the refugees to land than in Lowell, a city with a long and proud immigrant story.