Massachusetts cities help lead Puerto Rico self-determination push By Matt Murphy April 15, 2021 at 1:52 p.m.
Former leader of Lowell’s Latin Kings pleads guilty in federal court By Christopher Scott April 9, 2021 at 7:28 a.m.
For UMass Lowell, a report card to look at the last decade of growth, change By Robert Mills April 9, 2021 at 7:09 a.m.
State grant furthers Ayer’s plan to makeover portions of Park Street By M.E. Jones April 9, 2021 at 1:47 a.m.
Two charged in ‘wide-ranging burglary conspiracy’ in Massachusetts and southern New Hampshire By Robert Mills April 8, 2021 at 10:41 a.m.
Shifting MassHealth dynamics driving up costs by $1.4 billion By Colin A Young April 8, 2021 at 6:54 a.m.
![State House News Service Puerto Rico leaders and their allies, like U.S. Rep. Ayanna Pressley, voiced support Thursday for federal legislation that would allow the island territory to decide its future status as a state or something else, and urged state and local governments to join them. Pressley joined two Puerto Rican state lawmakers and […]](https://www.nashobavalleyvoice.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/AP21091670313874-1.jpg?w=132 "State House News Service Puerto Rico leaders and their allies, like U.S. Rep. Ayanna Pressley, voiced support Thursday for federal legislation that would allow the island territory to decide its future status as a state or something else, and urged state and local governments to join them. Pressley joined two Puerto Rican state lawmakers and […]")
![LOWELL – The Lowell Regional Transit Authority and Lowell General Hospital have partnered to launch a new bus shuttle service from the Kennedy Bus Center on Thorndike Street to the hospital’s vaccination operation at the Cross River Center on Pawtucket Boulevard. The direct express service, which launched March 25, operates five days a week, except […]](https://www.nashobavalleyvoice.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/LOW-L-lrta76-1-1.jpg?w=132 "LOWELL – The Lowell Regional Transit Authority and Lowell General Hospital have partnered to launch a new bus shuttle service from the Kennedy Bus Center on Thorndike Street to the hospital’s vaccination operation at the Cross River Center on Pawtucket Boulevard. The direct express service, which launched March 25, operates five days a week, except […]")
![BOSTON – A former leader of the Lowell Chapter of the Massachusetts Almighty Latin King and Queen Nation (“Latin Kings”) pleaded guilty Thursday to racketeering charges. Alfred Nieves, a/k/a “King Alfy,” 33, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to conducting enterprise affairs through a pattern of racketeering activity, more commonly referred to as RICO conspiracy. U.S. Senior […]](https://www.nashobavalleyvoice.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/kingsnl012-1.jpg?w=140 "BOSTON – A former leader of the Lowell Chapter of the Massachusetts Almighty Latin King and Queen Nation (“Latin Kings”) pleaded guilty Thursday to racketeering charges. Alfred Nieves, a/k/a “King Alfy,” 33, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to conducting enterprise affairs through a pattern of racketeering activity, more commonly referred to as RICO conspiracy. U.S. Senior […]")
![BOSTON – Massachusetts administered more than half a million vaccine doses in the past week, and the state’s cumulative total of doses administered crept above 4.2 million on Thursday, health officials announced. Between March 31 and April 6, the Department of Public Health counted a total of 524,155 total doses that made it into arms […]](https://www.nashobavalleyvoice.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/LOW-L-vaccinationSrCtr07-1-3.jpg?w=132 "BOSTON – Massachusetts administered more than half a million vaccine doses in the past week, and the state’s cumulative total of doses administered crept above 4.2 million on Thursday, health officials announced. Between March 31 and April 6, the Department of Public Health counted a total of 524,155 total doses that made it into arms […]")
![LOWELL — Ten years ago, UMass Lowell got input from about 250 members of the community and created an ambitious set of goals for the school that was called The 2020 Plan. Once a year since then, the university issued a report card on its progress on the plan. With 2021 here now, Chancellor Jacquie […]](https://www.nashobavalleyvoice.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/LOW-L-UMLcoburnhall219-1.jpg?w=132 "LOWELL — Ten years ago, UMass Lowell got input from about 250 members of the community and created an ambitious set of goals for the school that was called The 2020 Plan. Once a year since then, the university issued a report card on its progress on the plan. With 2021 here now, Chancellor Jacquie […]")
![AYER – A state grant awarded to help the town redesign part of Park Street ties into Ayer’s long-term, sustainable growth goals, according to Community and Economic Development Director Alan Manoian. Ayer is one of several communities across the commonwealth to receive capital grants as part of the state’s $5 million Housing Choice Initiative, and […]](https://www.nashobavalleyvoice.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/low-l-ayer-1.jpg?w=117 "AYER – A state grant awarded to help the town redesign part of Park Street ties into Ayer’s long-term, sustainable growth goals, according to Community and Economic Development Director Alan Manoian. Ayer is one of several communities across the commonwealth to receive capital grants as part of the state’s $5 million Housing Choice Initiative, and […]")
![LOWELL – Appearing on computer screens throughout the region on Wednesday, Tammy Bernardi — an expert in child abuse prevention — tells the dozens of webinar participants to picture a child they care deeply about and to hold them in their minds as she speaks. “Because when we think about those children that we love,” […]](https://www.nashobavalleyvoice.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/LOW-L-mahoney-1.jpg?w=140 "LOWELL – Appearing on computer screens throughout the region on Wednesday, Tammy Bernardi — an expert in child abuse prevention — tells the dozens of webinar participants to picture a child they care deeply about and to hold them in their minds as she speaks. “Because when we think about those children that we love,” […]")
![PELHAM, N.H. — Two men from Lawrence and Methuen were allegedly “the masterminds” behind burglaries in seven local communities and sold property stolen from several more in “a wide-ranging burglary conspiracy” that took over a year to bring down, according to Middlesex District Attorney Marian Ryan and over a dozen local police departments who helped. […]](https://www.nashobavalleyvoice.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/low-l-Burglary-1.jpg?w=140 "PELHAM, N.H. — Two men from Lawrence and Methuen were allegedly “the masterminds” behind burglaries in seven local communities and sold property stolen from several more in “a wide-ranging burglary conspiracy” that took over a year to bring down, according to Middlesex District Attorney Marian Ryan and over a dozen local police departments who helped. […]")
![BOSTON – A week ahead of the House’s expected fiscal year 2022 budget reveal, the Baker administration said it has worked up new spending projections for the single largest budget item to account for a federal-level change that could drive up costs by more than $1.4 billion while providing additional revenue to offset most or […]](https://www.nashobavalleyvoice.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/low-l-costs-1.jpg?w=136 "BOSTON – A week ahead of the House’s expected fiscal year 2022 budget reveal, the Baker administration said it has worked up new spending projections for the single largest budget item to account for a federal-level change that could drive up costs by more than $1.4 billion while providing additional revenue to offset most or […]")
![BOSTON – Having already held two oversight hearings to question Baker administration officials about the state’s vaccine rollout, the COVID-19 and Emergency Preparedness and Management Committee is now planning to hold an informational hearing about COVID-19 variants. The hearing will be held jointly with the Joint Committee on Public Health on Tuesday, April 13, at […]](https://www.nashobavalleyvoice.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/Virus_Outbreak_Variants_Reinfection_33994-1-1.jpg?w=132 "BOSTON – Having already held two oversight hearings to question Baker administration officials about the state’s vaccine rollout, the COVID-19 and Emergency Preparedness and Management Committee is now planning to hold an informational hearing about COVID-19 variants. The hearing will be held jointly with the Joint Committee on Public Health on Tuesday, April 13, at […]")