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Jon Winkler
jwinkler@nashobavalleyvoice.com
TOWNSEND -- Local residents who use private companies to take away their trash in the mornings will have to go green this summer.

Staff Report
LOWELL -- UMass Lowell recently recognized Kronos and Raytheon for their commitment to the success of the university with its first-ever Preferred Partners honors.

By Katie Lannan
State House News Service
BOSTON -- Nineteen years after Massachusetts voters agreed to a constitutional amendment banning people incarcerated on felony convictions from voting in state elections, a state senator from Pittsfield

DRACUT -- The 15th annual Northeastern Massachusetts Law Enforcement Council (NEMLEC) Police Foundation, Inc.

LOWELL -- Nashley Rosario's newest book has a title that's easy to remember.
"Bugs, Bugs, Bugs," she said, reading the title aloud.

LOWELL -- Francine Clay has spent much of her life volunteering.
Once a week she sits at the Merrimack Repertory Theatre's front desk ready to greet visitors and lend a hand to the theater's small staff. It is one of several roles Clay fills as an MRT volunteer.

Temperatures reached a high of 75 degrees in Dracut on Saturday afternoon, and the warm air caught the attention of critters like this garter snake that was running amok after waking up from a winter of hibernation.

By Bob Katzen
THE HOUSE AND SENATE. Beacon Hill Roll Call records local representatives' votes on roll calls from the week of April 8-12.

By Taylor Pettaway
Boston Herald
BOSTON -- Police are warning it's a "slippery slope" to blindly raise the age of juvenile offenders from 18 to 21, with other officials saying programs to keep teens out of jail are safer alternatives.

By Mina Corpuz
mcorpuz@sentinel andenterprise.com
FITCHBURG -- Improving intersections to enter or exit Route 2 could be a key to addressing traffic issues and improving safety, state transportation officials told leaders from around the