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LOWELL -- The Lowell teen who suffered life-threatening injuries after falling from the back of his friend's moving pickup truck in Tyngsboro on April 24 is now back home and recovering, he says.

BILLERICA -- Noah Pigeon spent his last morning as a 7-year-old giving the earth a gift.

By Bob Katzen
THE HOUSE AND SENATE: There were no roll calls in the House or Senate last week.
INTEREST GROUPS RATE YOUR LEGISLATORS -- This week, Beacon Hill Roll Call continues its series that looks at the ratings senators and

DRACUT -- Voters will decide today who they want to represent them on the Board of Selectmen. The four candidates vying for two seats are incumbents Tony Archinski and Jesse Forcier, and challengers Brian Bond and John Joyce.

LOS ANGELES -- "Avengers: Endgame" continued its global domination at the box office in a second week victory lap that saw the blockbuster cross the $2 billion mark in record time and unseat "Titanic" as the second highest-grossing film ever

Later this month, the Lowell School Committee will interview its finalists for the city's next superintendent of schools.

Townsend will be hosting a townwide yard sale on Saturday, May 11.
The community event will involve multiple yard sales at various houses throughout town.

CHELMSFORD -- The North Chelmsford Water District spent Thursday morning addressing the last of five water-main breaks.

BOSTON -- The Boston Jewish community stood in solidarity with their brothers and sisters in Israel Sunday after four Israelis were killed in a barrage of rocket attacks in Gaza -- the first Israeli fatalities from

This is the latest in The Sun's "Be a Volunteer" series.
By Prudence Brighton
Sun Correspondent
TYNGSBORO -- Twenty teenage boys carrying rakes, leaf blowers and pruning shears descended on a Norris Road property on a recent Saturday