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DRACUT — Seniors graduating from Dracut High School next year will be unable to walk across Beaudry Field in their gowns, part of a longstanding tradition.

LOWELL — As the pursuit for those involved in an alleged cocaine trafficking scheme continues, a 13th suspect was arraigned in Lowell District Court Tuesday.

ATHENS, Ala. An Alabama man accused of feeding methamphetamine to what authorities called an "attack squirrel" is being charged with a state wildlife offense.

DETROIT (AP) — Lee Iacocca, the auto executive and master pitchman who put the Mustang in Ford's lineup in the 1960s and became a corporate folk hero when he resurrected Chrysler 20 years later, has died in Bel Air, California.

SAN DIEGO (AP) — The decorated Navy SEAL who was acquitted of murder in the killing of a wounded Islamic State captive in Iraq thanked Fox News, President Donald Trump and two congressmen for their support during his trial.

BOSTON Examinations of the Registry of Motor Vehicles by the state auditor's office have never looked at state-to-state data sharing, an area where major problems were exposed this week.

BILLERICA — The community is mourning the loss of dedicated Billerica resident Joan Parcewski.
Parcewski passed away earlier this week at the age of 71.

LOWELL — An attorney representing former Superintendent Salah Khelfaoui filed a lawsuit against the School Committee and city of Lowell in Middlesex Superior Court on Wednesday, according to online court records.

CHELMSFORD - Richard DeFreitas, an active member of the community with multiple forms of government experience under his belt, passed away this week.

BOSTON Unable to agree on an annual state budget by the July 1 deadline, House and Senate Democrats are breaking for the Fourth of July holiday and now hoping that a budget deal might come next week.