The 38th annual Lowell Folk Festival is now less than a week away, and with it comes a diverse lineup of performances taking ...

The word inertia has two different definitions, even though they really are the same. The first is a tendency to do nothing ...

Pleas for additional road repair funds are a familiar refrain among municipal officials in this state. That’s because almost every municipal leader would agree that the state has shortchanged ...

CBS says its decision to end Stephen Colbert’s late-night comedy show is financial, not political. Yet even with the ample ...

The state of New York agreed Friday to pay $450,000 to settle a lawsuit from an ex-aide to former Gov. Andrew Cuomo who ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Education Department will release $1.3 billion in previously withheld grant money for after-school ...

Climate Cool Schools is a collaborative initiative led by UMass Lowell and National Grid to advance climate literacy and ...

The owner of a factory where six workers died last year in flooding from Hurricane Helene won’t face charges after a ...

Christine Hunsicker, 48, of Lafayette, New Jersey, was charged with six counts, including fraud, aggravated identity theft ...

TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — A transgender woman has sued Princeton University claiming she was illegally removed shortly before her ...

The following arrests were made recently by local police departments. All defendants are presumed innocent until proven guilty. Massachusetts’ privacy law prevents police from releasing ...

NEW YORK (AP) — A Manhattan pawn shop owner pleaded guilty Friday to serving as a fence for luxury items stolen from wealthy ...