LAWRENCE — State and federal fish and wildlife biologists say a Lawrence hydro-project owner’s rejection of requested river studies rests on faulty grounds.
LOWELL Now that the city has executed a consent decree with the Environmental Protection Agency, it is eligible for federal grants to help fund the almost $200 million pipe separation project that will address combined sewer overflows and flooding issues in the Lowell’s Centralville neighborhood.
The seat for the 1st Middlesex District’s state committeewoman for the Democratic Party is up for grabs in the March 5 primary, with Judith Durant and Elizabeth Coughlin vying for the seat.
The Merrimack River Watershed Council is hailing a new agreement between the City of Lowell and state and federal environmental agencies that will immediately curb a quarter of its raw sewage discharges into the river. Lowell agreed Monday to a consent decree with the U.S. Justice Department to reduce the amount of combined sewer overflows blamed […]