1+ day, 23+ min ago   (641+ words) LOWELL — Jeff Markley has been building data centers since 1991. Some 35 years later, he still is, but is concerned that opposition to the technology is challenging the commonwealth’s ability to remain competitive and relevant into the 21st century. “If Massachusetts wants to…...

1+ day, 19+ hour ago   (834+ words) DRACUT — Just over a year after a bullet was fired during an alleged road‑rage incident on New Boston Road, the Lowell man accused of pulling the trigger has been arrested. Tylor Poth, 23, is behind bars awaiting a 58A dangerousness hearing…...

2+ day, 27+ min ago   (211+ words) LOWELL — A juvenile bicyclist suffered head trauma and was airlifted to a Boston hospital after a crash in the Lower Highlands Thursday night, and police say early indications show the bicycle was not struck by a motor vehicle. Officers responded…...

2+ day, 19+ hour ago   (819+ words) CHELMSFORD — An early‑morning domestic assault in a convenience store parking lot — where a man allegedly pointed a revolver at his girlfriend’s head — ended with him barricaded inside his vehicle until SWAT officers took him into custody. Phoumano Keohavong, 47, of…...

2+ day, 19+ hour ago   (448+ words) LOWELL — With 25 years now having passed since the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, most undergraduate students currently at UMass Lowell were not yet alive to have experienced it. Behind Leitch Hall, near where crowds of those students can often be seen…...

2+ day, 20+ hour ago   (311+ words) LOWELL — After cutting the ribbon on its brand-new substance abuse treatment facility earlier this year, Spectrum Health Systems is celebrating after receiving clearance to offer “its full breadth of services.” Spectrum celebrated the opening of its new facility at 10 Technology…...

2+ day, 22+ hour ago   (489+ words) LOWELL — The city issued a community advisory Wednesday after the Massachusetts Department of Public Health notified Lowell’s Health Department that West Nile virus had been detected in mosquitoes collected in the Centralville neighborhood. “As a preventative measure, the City has…...

3+ day, 12+ hour ago   (193+ words) TOWNSEND — Area residents will gather on the Townsend Common Friday, Sept. 18, to honor American prisoners of war and those still missing in action. Townsend VFW Post 6538 and its Auxiliary will hold a candlelight POW/MIA Recognition Ceremony beginning at 6:15 p.m....

3+ day, 17+ hour ago   (83+ words) Lowell Sun Man found guilty in 2021 Lowell killing Son of ousted Market Basket CEO named an ‘Emerging Leader’ Stolen pickup truck pulled from Lowell canal Written in Granite: Market Basket called NH’s ‘Best Employer’ New details in alleged Tyngsboro school…...

3+ day, 23+ hour ago   (494+ words) CHELMSFORD — The 39th annual recipient of the John R. Carson Memorial Scholarship is Will Whitley. The John R. Carson Memorial Scholarship is awarded each year to a Chelmsford High School senior boy distance runner who plans to attend college. The committee’s…...