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TYNGSBORO — Police Chief Richard Howe is not changing his mind: He is deactivating the agency's K-9 program by the end of this month and now hopes to have Jagr, the force's German shepherd-Belgian Malinois mix, transferred to a sheriff's

TEWKSBURY —Police arrested a Saugus man Thursday after his car crashed into a home on Pleasant Street.

METHUEN — A Lowell mother of three died of her injuries after officials say the Honda she was driving crashed into a home early Friday morning.

ANDOVER —A 16-year-old Tewksbury boy was killed in a single-vehicle crash on Interstate 93 in Andover Saturday afternoon, according to state police.

EMERSON HOUSE: Juliette Margarette Abel, Jack David Adamson, Charlotte May Bailey**, Timothy David Dyer Barlow, Sophia Rose Bellone**, Isaac Leo Blanchette**, Joseph Robert Boudreau, Emma Elizabeth Bouley**, Shane Patrick Cairns, Tess Lynsey

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Billerica: Peyton Ballam, Katelynn Brown, Samantha Conroy, Michael Crane, Aiden Felty, Dorothea Fennell, Andrew Girouard, Jenna Green, Elizabeth Hart, William Hilliker Jr, Abigail Helsey, Brooke Kennedy, Megan Knight, Abigail Lyna, Benjamin

BILLERICA — Efforts to set up adult-use marijuana shops in town are getting competitive.
Three adult-use marijuana companies presented their proposals during community outreach meetings Wednesday night.

AYER — Two high profile topics will come before residents when they convene in a special town meeting Monday: pot and downtown development,
Specifically, residents will be asked whether or not the town should amend its zoning bylaws on two

LOWELL —The proposed city budget for the coming fiscal year includes $16.4 million in cash funding for Lowell Public Schools.