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Lowell Parks Board approves 22 permits, tables softball tournaments and Zoom discussion

Lowell Parks Board approves 22 spring-summer permits, tables major softball tournaments. Chairman John Linnehan and members Tom Caunter, Melissa Morales, and Kah Ndi approved permits for youth cricket and baseball leagues, the Philharmonic Orchestra concert, Ultimate Frisbee, and multiple community

Council Establishes Solid Waste and Recycling Enterprise Fund

City Council votes unanimously to establish a Solid Waste and Recycling Enterprise Fund, formalizing how waste management and recycling operations are financed and administered. The council also accepted a $121,000 state gaming mitigation grant and approved a $118,750 unemployment budget transfer,

Board of Assessors approves routine exemptions and abatements

Lowell Board of Assessors processes exemptions and abatements in eight-minute meeting. The Board unanimously denied five motor vehicle excise tax abatements for the week of March 9-13 and 19 real estate and personal property abatement applications. Chief Assessor Ellen M. Brideau, Deputy Chief

Zoning Board approves three residential variances, rejects lot-split on single dissent

Lowell Zoning Board approves three variances, narrowly backing contested lot-split. The board voted unanimously for two residential variances: one for Gualter Almeida to raise a garage roof at 14 Carly Way, and another for Daniel Farrell to build an 18-by-20-foot addition at 35 Westwind Road in the

School Committee extends assistant superintendent contracts one year with 3 percent raise.

Lowell School Committee extends assistant superintendent contracts one year with three percent salary increase. Fred Bahou's original motion for a three-year extension with tiered raises faced public opposition and internal concern over a looming budget deficit; the Committee amended it to a