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Veterans Commission plans Memorial Day at new park, scouts school letters for recognition program

Lowell Veterans Commission schedules Memorial Day event and seeks veteran recognition letters from schoolchildren. Chairman Paul Paradise said he will invite the School Committee to support a letter-writing campaign from local students about their favorite veterans, which will be displayed at

Library board undertakes bylaws overhaul with City Solicitor support

Pollard Memorial Library Board of Trustees proposes major bylaw amendments with City Solicitor backing. The nine-member board, meeting March 11 as a hybrid session, unanimously approved its agenda and prior minutes, then conducted a line-by-line review of governance bylaws in articles I through VI,

Conservation Commission approves three wetland projects, continues two applications.

The Lowell Conservation Commission issued two negative Determinations of Applicability and tabled two applications at its March 11 meeting. Chair Brad Buitenhuys and five commissioners unanimously approved the Lowell Housing Authority's plan to install and replace utility poles at three properties

Lowell enacts data center development moratorium

Lowell City Council adopts data center moratorium after extended public debate. The Council voted 10 to 0, with Councilor Rourke abstaining due to a conflict of interest, to restrict data center development while the city studies environmental and community impacts. Business advocates, including

Assessors board approves 21 applications in routine session

Board of Assessors approves 21 abatement and exemption applications in routine 20-minute session. Chief Assessor Ellen M. Brideau presided over approvals of 10 fiscal 2027 Class 3ABC applications and three statutory exemptions under Clauses 22, 22E, and 41C, along with eight fiscal 2026 real estate