THE FIRST big snow of the season will be hitting Sunday morning, giving the city of Lowell its first run through of street-clearing and winter protocol operations.
LOWELL Persistent, united and vocal neighborhood opposition resulted in the Zoning Board of Appeals denying petitioner Mary Burns’ request for multiple variances to build a single-family house on an undersized vacant lot at 209 Gibson St.
LOWELL Mary Burns’ family has owned the vacant lot located at 209 Gibson St. since 1962. Where the neighbors see an eyesore, with the 4,000-square-foot lot overgrown with trees and vines and strewn with trash, Burns sees a buildable lot that could be the new home to a family.