Terry Date

LAWRENCE — The two strangers, both regular bus riders, put their heads together at Platform E of the new MeVa transit bus hub, the McGovern Transportation Center, shortly after 11

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NORTH ANDOVER — Dirt, stone and steel are on the move and site redevelopment underway at the North Andover Mall.

LAWRENCE — The 2024 Community Poetry Read opened and ended with teachers.

World traveler Judy King is convinced that her solo trips hold little interest for anyone but herself.

ANDOVER — The dads are in the house, making music for music’s sake, feeling it, and, whether they know it or not, are poster children for the brain’s plasticity.

LAWRENCE — MeVa riders will know short-term hardship but can expect the long-term outlook to brighten, starting Jan. 1, following a surge in bus driver hires.

NORTH ANDOVER — Construction and commerce churn side by side at the North Andover Mall redevelopment project, a pairing that has not been without bumps in the road but is

WINDHAM, N.H. — The candy man can — freeze-dry his and many of your favorite treats.

LAWRENCE — In the late 1970s, established American artist Ralph Fasanella rambled into Lawrence and painted 18 living history scenes of the red-brick Immigrant City.