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LOWELL -- Last year over 800 million gallons of untreated sewer and stormwater runoff flowed into the Merrimack River, a symptom, local leaders say, of infrastructure unable to keep up with current demands even after years of improvement projects

By Katie Lannan
State House News Service
BOSTON -- More than 50 immigrants and advocates with snare drums, flags, and banners marched the roughly 25 miles from Framingham to Boston to highlight a push to provide driver's licenses to

BOSTON -- A Lowell man who sold 20 grams of fentanyl to an undercover police officer was sentenced in federal court Friday, according to the U.

LOWELL -- A former city councilor touted his experience and track-record in a press release announcing his intention to run for City Council this fall.

By Colin A. Young
State House News Service
BOSTON -- Profits at the Massachusetts Lottery are running about $100 million ahead of last year and the agency appears poised to return nearly $1 billion in local aid to cities and towns.

By Laurel J. Sweet
laurel.sweet@bostonherald.com
Two Canadian men were expected to appear in Lawrence District Court Monday on charges they were stealing from ATMs in New Hampshire while headquartered in a hotel room in Methuen.

By Joe Dwinell
joed@bostonherald.com
Tom Ellis, who ruled the TV news airwaves in Boston for decades, has died.

CHELMSFORD -- When the iconic purple beech tree was removed from the town common in 2012, its wood was used to make benches, carvings and other items that remain around Chelmsford as mementos of its 120-plus-year history.

TYNGSBORO -- The town administration and Board of Selectmen will host a pre-Town Meeting information session at 7 p.

BURLINGTON -- Footage from a home surveillance camera helped an alert police officer arrest an armed Whitman man in connection with an attempted break-in at a Burlington home, according to police.