Peter Currier

GROTON — A group of residents are speaking out to try to prevent the demolition of a more than 200-year-old house on Old Ayer Road behind the Groton Hill Music Center.

BILLERICA — Construction has begun on the renovation and restoration of key structural pieces of a nearly 200-year-old church after a groundbreaking ceremony over the weekend.

LOWELL — Two local nonprofits are being awarded Community-based Health Initiative Grant funding by Lahey Hospital & Medical Center to support their work in providing programs for housing and health services in Greater Lowell.

With just weeks to go until the state’s Dec. 31 deadline, and the outcome of the Milton lawsuit still uncertain, Billerica and Wilmington are both on track to convene special Town Meetings next mon…

of 4 Groton native Eli Eslava, 11, has made soccer a primary focus of his life, rising up through more and more advanced teams with the aim of one day going professional. He is currently playing in the Boston Bolts youth organization. (Courtesy Tricia Eslava)

GROTON — For 11-year-old Eli Eslava, the soccer ball is practically an extension of his own self.

BILLERICA — Select Board member Kim Conway announced Monday morning she will not run for reelection to a fourth term on the board in the local election in April.

LOWELL — UMass Lowell is partnering with Boston University and Gov. Maura Healey to launch a new initiative aimed at advancing clean energy and bolstering the workforce in the geothermal energy sector.

LOWELL — You may not have known it with the unusually warm November weather, but the Sun Santa Fund is back for 2024, and the first donations have already been made to give underprivileged families the opportunity to have a proper holiday season.

The baskets are back with raffle tickets now available for purchase for the Tufts Medicine/Lowell General Hospital 21st annual Themed Basket Raffle fundraiser for the Sun Santa Fund.