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Showing off: Fall foliage still a sight to behold

While many trees around the region have already shed their leaves, some, like these maples by Lowell's Swamp Locks Pedestrian Bridge over the Lower Pawtucket Canal, are still displaying dazzling fall colors well into November.

A river - and $21.4 million - runs through it

LOWELL There’s the Merrimack River, and then there’s the river of money that is about to flow through Lowell in the coming years thanks to federal and local partnerships that secured millions of dollars for the city’s bridges.

Lori Trahan: $21.4 million in federal funding for 4 Lowell bridges

Lowell's Central Street Bridge to close to traffic for much of next week

The Central Street Bridge going over the Lower Pawtucket Canal will be closed to traffic in both directions for much of next week as crews near completion of the yearslong project.