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The House and SenateBeacon Hill Roll Call records local representatives' vote on the only roll call from the week of May 13-17.

TOWNSEND — Of the many legal actions voted on by residents during the over five-hour town meeting, a surprising one came in the final minutes.

Election season will come to a close Tuesday with two town elections.
Groton and Dunstable will both hold elections.

CHELMSFORD — A mother was seriously injured by her own SUV after her 9-year-old son accidentally shifted the car into reverse Sunday morning, causing the vehicle to knock down and run over the 37-year-old woman, according to police.

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AYER — Local residents are still waiting for May flowers, so they're trying to get a head start on making sure those flowers bloom.

DRACUT — Ann Tinnirella first opened her print shop a decade ago, on Pleasant Street. The space — about 800 square feet — is where she settled in and worked for two years.

There is no doubt President Donald J. Trump talks and writes more about what he thinks at any given moment in time than any other president in American history.

It was years in the making.
Getting everyone on the same page to build Lowell High School downtown was a contentious, complicated drawn-out debate, that just a week ago seemed like it might finally be in the rear view mirror.

TYNGSBORO — The defending Knowledge Bowl champions sat in Ciaran Pendergast's classroom on a recent Thursday afternoon.