Melanie Gilbert

LOWELL — A $40 million housing project cleared an important hurdle when the Historic Board approved a historic permit for the Coalition for a Better Acre's application for its North Canal project.

LOWELL — Two students from the Shaughnessy Elementary School were hit by a car Friday morning while crossing at Gorham Street near the Dunkin' Donuts at Manchester Street just prior to the start of morning drop-off.

DRACUT — Common Ground Development Corporation, the affordable housing development affiliate of Community Teamwork Inc., cut the ribbon on The Avenue

LOWELL — People were lined up 10 spots deep even before Shefali Kalyani popped open the lift gate to her SUV and started distributing food as part of her weekly homeless outreach mission in Lowell.

LOWELL — The License Commission will hold a public hearing on June 25 to address whether to extend bar hours and/or allow consumption of alcoholic

LOWELL — Residents will have an opportunity to provide feedback on zoning related to data center development in the city during a public forum scheduled for the evening of Monday, June 29, at the Butler School auditorium.

LOWELL — Alarmed by a violent, drug-fueled home invasion by a 34-year-old man staying in what was originally reported to be a short-term rented room

LOWELL — Attorneys for the city of Lowell and the Blue Shamrock Pub argued their cases during a de novo hearing with the Alcoholic Beverages Control Commission held Monday at the state agency's offices in Chelsea.

LOWELL — Major private and nonprofit housing developments and commercial projects continue to position Lowell for economic growth despite fiscal challenges on the municipal side of city operations.

CHELMSFORD — For the first time in the history of Freeman Lake, aquatic herbicides were applied to the waterbody to target the increased growth of