WILMINGTON — Voters at Wilmington’s annual May 4 Town Meeting voted to neither accept nor reject the proposed MBTA Communities zoning, but instead to refer the zoning back to the Planning Board for future reconsideration ahead of the Dec. 31 deadline.
Transgender activists have flooded a Utah tip line created to alert state officials to possible violations of a new bathroom law with thousands of hoax reports. The online portal already has received more than 10,000 submissions in its first week. The state auditor says none seem legitimate. Trans activists say the fake submissions are a form of peaceful protest meant to shield trans people who might be reported for possible violations. Their efforts mark the latest attempt by advocates to shut...
A record 30% of global electricity was generated from renewables in 2023, according to a report released by Ember, a think tank based in London. Solar was the main factor in adding clean energy to the global electricity grid. Ember predicted 2023 was likely the peak of fossil fuel electricity generation for the world and for and greenhouse gas emissions from the power sector. Demand for electricity is expected to increase this year, but there will be even more clean energy installed.
The UMass Lowell hockey program has earned a verbal commitment from a towering Canadian defenseman.
LOWELL — Messages exchanged among those involved in the fatal shooting of 20-year-old Nathaniel Fabian in Lowell on the night of Oct. 13, 2021 remained in focus on Day 2 of the trial for Fabian's alleged murderer, Timmy Chan.
LOWELL — Police are investigating gunfire that struck three motor vehicles in the area of Main and Plain streets late Monday afternoon.
BILLERICA — Rumors began to spread on local social media pages over the weekend after the Billerica Select Board meeting agenda for May 6 was posted with an item at the very end that simply read “appoint an acting town manager.”
DEAR BONNIE: I have been experiencing so many emotions and sensitivity lately. More lucid dreaming, clairvoyantly seeing and feeling an unease within myself. I have a low tolerance for toxic people and situations, and I go through stages of wanting to be outside and in nature. I really am feeling a lot of emotional, physical, […]
Several months ago we urged the state’s Department of Children and Families to correct an oversight that prevented children being cared for by their grandparents or other non-parental family members access to free public higher education.That’s what the DCF provides for children in the state’s foster-care system. That includes tuition and fee waivers covering the […]
Dan Parent connected for two hits, including a double and two RBI, as the Lowell Catholic baseball team took out Tyngsboro, 5-1, on Monday. Trailing the Tigers 1-0, the Crusaders (10-3) tied the game with a run in the top of the fifth, before exploding for four runs in the seventh to put the game […]
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Boston will face off with Montreal as they begin chasing the championship in the inaugural Professional Women’s Hockey League Playoffs. The best-of-five semifinal series kicks off Thursday for Game 1 and followed by Game 2 on May 11 at the Place Bell in Montreal, before returning to Tsongas Center on May 14 and May 16, […]