![LOWELL — U.S. Rep. Joe Kennedy III, who is in a tighter than expected race against incumbent U.S. Sen. Ed Markey, got even more specific, and perhaps a little more sharp-tongued than in previous Sun interviews, when pressed on what sets him apart from a respected incumbent who agrees with him on many of the […]](https://www.nashobavalleyvoice.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/low-l-kennedy2-1.jpg?w=131 "LOWELL — U.S. Rep. Joe Kennedy III, who is in a tighter than expected race against incumbent U.S. Sen. Ed Markey, got even more specific, and perhaps a little more sharp-tongued than in previous Sun interviews, when pressed on what sets him apart from a respected incumbent who agrees with him on many of the […]")
Kennedy gets specific about Markey differences
LOWELL — U.S. Rep. Joe Kennedy III, who is in a tighter than expected race against incumbent U.S. Sen. Ed Markey, got even more specific, and perhaps a little more...
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![LOWELL — A program aimed at helping first generation college students at UMass Lowell — where roughly 41 percent of students are exactly that — was singled out as a national leader by anorganization that seeks to support such programs. The university’s River Hawk Scholars Academy was named a “First-gen Forward Advisory Institution” by the […]](https://www.nashobavalleyvoice.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/low-l-firstGeneration-1.jpg?w=140 "LOWELL — A program aimed at helping first generation college students at UMass Lowell — where roughly 41 percent of students are exactly that — was singled out as a national leader by anorganization that seeks to support such programs. The university’s River Hawk Scholars Academy was named a “First-gen Forward Advisory Institution” by the […]")
UMass Lowell feted for support of first-generation students
LOWELL — A program aimed at helping first generation college students at UMass Lowell — where roughly 41 percent of students are exactly that — was singled out as a...
![LOWELL — U.S. Sen. Ed Markey called for payments of $2,000 per month to American families, for billions in aid to state and local governments, and for infrastructure spending similar to that of the New Deal as he told The Sun and Sentinel and Enterprise that bold action is needed to stave off economic catastrophe […]](https://www.nashobavalleyvoice.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/low-l-Markey3-1.jpg?w=134 "LOWELL — U.S. Sen. Ed Markey called for payments of $2,000 per month to American families, for billions in aid to state and local governments, and for infrastructure spending similar to that of the New Deal as he told The Sun and Sentinel and Enterprise that bold action is needed to stave off economic catastrophe […]")
Markey calls for massive stimulus efforts in sit down with Sun editorial board
LOWELL — U.S. Sen. Ed Markey called for payments of $2,000 per month to American families, for billions in aid to state and local governments, and for infrastructure spending similar...
![LOWELL — Less than two weeks after Rep.Lori Trahan declared “racism is a public health crisis” even though the Lowell City Council does not agree, Trahan on Monday announced that the Lowell Community Health Center will get a $665,000 federal grant to help reduce racial disparities in healthcare in Lowell. The grant, from the U.S. […]](https://www.nashobavalleyvoice.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/LOW-L-lchcCovidTesting114-1.jpg?w=125 "LOWELL — Less than two weeks after Rep.Lori Trahan declared “racism is a public health crisis” even though the Lowell City Council does not agree, Trahan on Monday announced that the Lowell Community Health Center will get a $665,000 federal grant to help reduce racial disparities in healthcare in Lowell. The grant, from the U.S. […]")
Grant aims to reduce racial disparities in healthcare in Lowell
LOWELL — Less than two weeks after Rep.Lori Trahan declared “racism is a public health crisis” even though the Lowell City Council does not agree, Trahan on Monday announced that...
![U.S. Veterans Affairs Secretary Robert Wilkie said Massachusetts had not adequately prepared for emergencies at two soldiers homes where dozens of aging veterans died as a result of COVID-19. “I think there will be a reckoning,” Wilkie said regarding failures at such facilities, as he called for a conversation about how to better care for […]](https://www.nashobavalleyvoice.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/low-l-wilkie3-1.jpg?w=132 "U.S. Veterans Affairs Secretary Robert Wilkie said Massachusetts had not adequately prepared for emergencies at two soldiers homes where dozens of aging veterans died as a result of COVID-19. “I think there will be a reckoning,” Wilkie said regarding failures at such facilities, as he called for a conversation about how to better care for […]")
VA Secretary: ‘I think there’s going to be a reckoning’
U.S. Veterans Affairs Secretary Robert Wilkie said Massachusetts had not adequately prepared for emergencies at two soldiers homes where dozens of aging veterans died as a result of COVID-19. “I...
![LOWELL – Black women in America are twice likely to die as a result of complications from childbirth than women of any other race, and that disparity remains despite income, geographic location, or any other factor, Rep. Lauren Underwood said recently while discussing racial disparities in the healthcare system with Rep. Lori Trahan. Underwood, who […]](https://www.nashobavalleyvoice.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/low-l-TrahanConvo-1.jpg?w=140 "LOWELL – Black women in America are twice likely to die as a result of complications from childbirth than women of any other race, and that disparity remains despite income, geographic location, or any other factor, Rep. Lauren Underwood said recently while discussing racial disparities in the healthcare system with Rep. Lori Trahan. Underwood, who […]")
In on-line event, Trahan declares racism a public health crisis
LOWELL – Black women in America are twice likely to die as a result of complications from childbirth than women of any other race, and that disparity remains despite income,...
![LOWELL – Over a year and more than $380,000 later, Rep. Lori Trahan has been cleared of campaign finance allegations by the House Committee on Ethics. The Committee ended more than a year of questions surrounding Trahan’s campaign finances during the contentious 2018 primary that she narrowly won over Dan Koh of Andover. At issue […]](https://www.nashobavalleyvoice.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/SEN-L-QinetiQ_082719_03-1.jpg?w=132 "LOWELL – Over a year and more than $380,000 later, Rep. Lori Trahan has been cleared of campaign finance allegations by the House Committee on Ethics. The Committee ended more than a year of questions surrounding Trahan’s campaign finances during the contentious 2018 primary that she narrowly won over Dan Koh of Andover. At issue […]")
House Ethics Committee clears Trahan of campaign violations
LOWELL – Over a year and more than $380,000 later, Rep. Lori Trahan has been cleared of campaign finance allegations by the House Committee on Ethics. The Committee ended more...
![GROTON — Groton Fire Chief Steele McCurdy and state Fire Marshal Peter Ostroskey announced Thursday that the cause of a June 1 fire on Main Street in Groton that injured a resident and a firefighter was improper disposal of smoking materials — the third time so far this year that a serious fire in Greater […]](https://www.nashobavalleyvoice.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/low-l-grotonfire1-1-1.jpg?w=132 "GROTON — Groton Fire Chief Steele McCurdy and state Fire Marshal Peter Ostroskey announced Thursday that the cause of a June 1 fire on Main Street in Groton that injured a resident and a firefighter was improper disposal of smoking materials — the third time so far this year that a serious fire in Greater […]")
Smoking blamed for Groton fire that injured resident, firefighter
GROTON — Groton Fire Chief Steele McCurdy and state Fire Marshal Peter Ostroskey announced Thursday that the cause of a June 1 fire on Main Street in Groton that injured...
![LITTLETON — Attorney General Maura Healey’s Office announced it is investigating the Life Care Center of Nashoba Valley, a Littleton nursing home where 24 residents and one staff member have died of COVID-19. The probe comes in the wake of several calls for such an investigation and increased oversight at nursing homes statewide. “My office […]](https://www.nashobavalleyvoice.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/LOW-L-lifeCareGuard114-1.jpg?w=71 "LITTLETON — Attorney General Maura Healey’s Office announced it is investigating the Life Care Center of Nashoba Valley, a Littleton nursing home where 24 residents and one staff member have died of COVID-19. The probe comes in the wake of several calls for such an investigation and increased oversight at nursing homes statewide. “My office […]")
AG launches probe of Littleton nursing home
LITTLETON — Attorney General Maura Healey’s Office announced it is investigating the Life Care Center of Nashoba Valley, a Littleton nursing home where 24 residents and one staff member have...
![LOWELL – Lowell General Hospital announced it is closing the alternative care space setup last month inside the UMass Lowell Campus Recreation Center as admissions for COVID-19 have leveled off in the past two weeks. The 85-bed site was setup on three basketball courts in the Campus Recreation Center in mid-April, and included a mobile […]](https://www.nashobavalleyvoice.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/low-l-fieldhospital1-1.jpg?w=132 "LOWELL – Lowell General Hospital announced it is closing the alternative care space setup last month inside the UMass Lowell Campus Recreation Center as admissions for COVID-19 have leveled off in the past two weeks. The 85-bed site was setup on three basketball courts in the Campus Recreation Center in mid-April, and included a mobile […]")
Lowell General Hospital closing alternative COVID-19 site at UMass Lowell
LOWELL – Lowell General Hospital announced it is closing the alternative care space setup last month inside the UMass Lowell Campus Recreation Center as admissions for COVID-19 have leveled off...