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LOWELL -- Firefighters are investigating what caused a backhoe to burst into flames at an industrial facility in the city's Acre neighborhood on Sunday night.

LOWELL -- A Lowell man was arrested after he allegedly assaulted a woman who is 6-months pregnant during a fight in the city's Acre neighborhood on Saturday, authorities say.

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ANOTHER CHELMSFORD Town Meeting, another argument between Town Moderator Jon Kurland and a precinct representative.

TEWKSBURY -- These residents of Munro Circle are all for a new elementary school; just not one that is constructed -- along with a new athletic field and school administration offices -- right in their backyards.

LOWELL -- A Lowell man is facing a series of charges after he was allegedly caught using his cellphone to secretly record two students showering in a dorm bathroom at Bridgewater State University, according to The Enterprise of Brockton.

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.

LOWELL -- Five years ago, Jose Christian Rojas Baca left his home near Lima, Peru, to come to the United States.

BOSTON -- Rep. Dave Nangle was born and raised in Lowell. He's spent his whole life as a proud Democrat. And he's been re-elected to office 11 times -- but now some local Democrats are voicing concerns about where his allegiances lie.

GROTON - Only a few occasions call for the use of a giant pair of scissors, but Rollstone Bank & Trust were justified in using them on Thursday afternoon.

FITCHBURG -- An unidentified woman was killed when she was struck by a train on the Fitchburg Line at around 1:40 p.