Groton native Steve Kornacki tells of Election Night drama on MSNBC
LOWELL -- Steve Kornacki was as surprised as just about anyone on the night of Election Day, watching as Donald Trump pulled off a major upset to take the presidency....
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Today he’s at home on TV, but this Groton native hasn’t forgotten his roots
LOWELL -- As a senior at Groton-Dunstable Regional High School in the spring of 1997, Steve Kornacki took a political science and an economics class at UMass Lowell. The eight...
Renters’ insurance costs under state average in Nashoba Valley towns
When renters choose to insure their apartments, it is yet another cost that can vary depending on the community where they live, just as home prices, taxes, fees and car...
Just months after turmoil, Market Basket pays bonuses
TEWKSBURY -- In another sign of a return to normalcy at Market Basket, the company paid out bonuses to employees this week that match or exceed what the chain has...
Lightning sparks 3-alarm Ayer blaze
AYER -- A lightning strike during a quickly passing thunderstorm sparked a three-alarm fire in at 19 Columbia St. Thursday afternoon, leaving two families homeless, officials said. There were no...
Drugs, guns seized in Ayer SWAT raid
AYER -- A raid on a home here early Thursday morning led to the arrest of a man who police said was known to have firearms and could be dangerous....
Littleton, Westford Catholic parishes among 21 new collaboratives
LOWELL -- Catholic parishes in Littleton, Lowell, Westford and Wilmington are among those being grouped together as part of a plan by the Archdiocese of Boston to combine some parish...
No smoke, no odor, no shortage of questions
Mike Hayes was a pack-and-a-half-a-day smoker for 28 years until he found something that made him quit successfully in only two months. Nicotine inhalers, gum, patches and quitting cold turkey...
Towns generally issue more gun licenses than cities
A Tyngsboro resident is about four times as likely to own a gun as someone in Lowell, and anyone in Wilmington, Groton, Billerica and Tewksbury is also more than three...
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