LOWELL The issue of homelessness in the city of Lowell roared back to the forefront of the City Council’s Tuesday night agenda with two motions regarding camping by unhoused individuals on public property.
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.
LOWELL A cool breeze couldn’t mask the fetid odor wafting up to Western Avenue from Kyan Street under the School Street Bridge as a crew of city workers cleared a homeless encampment Thursday morning.
THE LOWELL Police Department’s badge-pinning ceremony held in front of an overflow and enthusiastic crowd at City Hall on Friday represented some historic firsts for the department and for the city.