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LOWELL There are more homeless people than available beds in Lowell, leading to people in need of emergency shelter being turned away, said Isaiah Stephens, managing director of the Lowell Transitional Living Center on Middlesex Street.
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 The tents and other temporary housing structures are gone from South Common Park, removed during the July sweep of the sprawling homeless encampment that stretched the length of Summer Street between Thorndike and South streets.
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