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Momentum builds for Lowell Middle East relief effort
Leaders from the Lowell region and beyond are gathering this Sunday to honor the persecuted religious minorities in the Middle East. A…
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Active shooter detection systems recommended by Senate for UMass
The Senate on Tuesday tacked onto its budget a directive for the University of Massachusetts to study the feasibility of installing on…
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Mass. Senate ready to make case for higher education funding increases
STATE HOUSE — The Massachusetts Senate is poised in the coming weeks to press the House and Gov. Charlie Baker to make larger…
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Harvard steps may lead down a thorny path
CAMBRIDGE – The latest call by students at Harvard University for the school to purge terms or symbols deemed offensive by a vocal…
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Rep. Rady Mom on transforming Lowell’s urban landscape
Rady Mom (D) is the first Cambodian-American in history to be elected to a state Legislature. His extraordinary personal journey mirrors…
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‘Middle cities’ residents deserve the same economic opportunities as Bostonians
A Brookings Institution study made headlines in January when it found that Boston has the worst income inequality of any major American…
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Pioneer Institute calls on Baker administration to remember ‘middle cities’
BOSTON – Do smaller municipalities outside of this city feel forgotten? While Gov. Charlie Baker's $918 million, five-year economic development…
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Tsongas backs draft registration for women
LOWELL – Niki Tsongas, the congresswoman from Lowell, thinks women should be required to register and be ready to be drafted for military…
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U.S. Rep. Tsongas to face new challenge from GOP’s Wofford
BOSTON – Haverhill Republican Ann Wofford has pulled nomination papers to challenge incumbent U.S. Rep. Niki Tsongas, a Lowell Democrat, in the…
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State’s fifth medical marijuana dispensary opening in Lowell
STATE HOUSE — As the medical marijuana industry in Massachusetts continues to grow, the state's fifth registered dispensary plans to open…
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UMass-Lowell faces lawsuit spawned from affair gone bad
LOWELL – A student from Cameroon claims in a lawsuit that he was robbed of due process by University of Massachusetts-Lowell administrators…
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Homegrown: Meehan committed to UMass for the long haul
BOSTON — The University of Massachusetts might be going places, but Marty Meehan, the former congressman from Lowell who will be sworn in…
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Moloney becomes first woman to lead UMass Lowell
Jacquie Moloney, the first woman to run the University of Massachusetts Lowell in the school's 121-year history, formally took…
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Lowell churches unite to help persecuted Christians
Recently, a group of religious leaders from different denominations in the Lowell region met to discuss the plight of persecuted Christians in…
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Trump rolls into Lowell to scold and cajole
LOWELL — Frigid temperatures and a slow-moving security checkpoint line snaking its way across several city blocks could not deter supporters of…
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Trump plans rally next week in Lowell
Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump will ring in the first full week of the new year with a campaign stop in Lowell.…
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UMass Foundation agrees to divest from coal companies
STATE HOUSE — The University of Massachusetts Foundation will divest its $770 million endowment from investments in coal companies, marking a victory for…
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Drug abuse drops under tough new court program
BOSTON – A program aimed at keeping ex-offenders from relapsing into drug abuse and crime shows early signs of success in Worcester,…
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Tuition costs at UMass should — and can — go down
Since 2008, tuition at Massachusetts public four year colleges has increased more than 21 percent, according to the Center on Budget and…
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Immigrant students stage sit-in at Lowell senator’s office
STATE HOUSE — Wearing mortarboards and carrying SAT prep books, members of a student immigrant group camped out in Sen. Eileen Donoghue'…
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Kerouac’s knickknacks go on the road back to Lowell
LOWELL, Mass. (AP) — The eclectic bric-a-brac that comforted and inspired writer Jack Kerouac is going on the road. "Kerouac…
