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.
The extremes of weather the region has experienced in recent years have posed challenges to keeping area waterways clean, but local watershed associations said infrastructure improvements could help keep rivers clean in the future.