Shawsheen Tech’s culinary maestros invite community for St. Patrick’s Day lunch
BILLERICA — Shawsheen Valley Technical High School’s Culinary Arts and Hospitality Management program are set to dazzle taste buds with a specially crafted St. Patrick’s Day-inspired menu, available...
View ArticleSchool groups warn lawmakers of ‘funding cliff’
BOSTON — School districts across Massachusetts are facing a fiscal cliff that could result in staff and service cuts, according to education advocacy groups that are calling on lawmakers to rethink...
View ArticleGreater Lowell Tech’s second quarter honor roll
TYNGSBORO — Greater Lowell Technical High School announced the names of students named to the honor roll for the second marking period for the 2023-2024 school year. GRADE 9: High honor roll Isabella...
View ArticleLowell’s Butler Middle School brings laundry in-house
LOWELL — Starting next week, reading, writing, arithmetic — and laundry — will be part of the curriculum for students at Butler Middle School. Principal Jaime Moody, along with Community School Program...
View ArticleLowell’s Joyce Philippe is bound for West Point
LOWELL — After graduating from Lowell Greater Lowell Technical High School in June 2024, Joyce Philippe will begin a journey that only a few people are selected to make. She’ll be packing her bags for...
View ArticleEnglish professor Lim named 2023 UMass Lowell Distinguished University Professor
A gifted poet, author and educator, English professor Sandra Lim was named the 2023 UMass Lowell Distinguished University Professor. The annual award honors selected professors for exemplary teaching,...
View ArticleFederal leaders visit UMass Lowell to advance goals for Asian American students
LOWELL — White House and other federal officials advancing efforts to provide educational equity and opportunities for Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians, and Pacific Islanders, visited UMass Lowell in...
View ArticleChelmsford High’s December Students of the Month
CHELMSFORD — Six Chelmsford High School seniors were honored as Lions Pride/Rotary Students of the Month for December, Principal Stephen Murray announced. Sponsored by the Chelmsford Rotary Club for...
View ArticleNorth Middlesex Regional High School awarded financial literacy grant
TOWNSEND — North Middlesex Regional High School was awarded a financial literacy grant from the Healey-Driscoll administration. In January, the school learned it had been awarded $5,350 through an...
View ArticleLowell’s Kyla Breslin is hitting her stride
LOWELL — Kyla Breslin started running when she was 4 years old, and it doesn’t look like she’s stopping anytime soon. The eighth grader at the Pyne Arts Magnet Middle School took fifth place at the...
View ArticleMCC part of $1.5M for workforce training program
Middlesex Community College will receive funding for the college’s Advanced Manufacturing Training Program as part of the Healey-Driscoll administration’s $1.5 million in grants for new community...
View ArticleWomen in Defense highlighted at UMass Lowell event
Employees of Nashua-based BAE Systems participated in an Empowering Women in Business & STEM event hosted by the Women in Defense-Greater Boston Chapter and UMass Lowell on Feb. 20.
View ArticleIranian poet named UMass Lowell 2024 Greeley Peace Scholar
LOWELL — Iranian writer, activist and feminist scholar Fatemeh Shams has been named UMass Lowell’s 2024 Greeley Scholar for Peace Studies. Shams is a poet and essayist whose leadership in Iran’s Green...
View ArticleChelmsford High sends two a cappella groups to ICHSA semifinals
CHELMSFORD — Both of Chelmsford High School’s a cappella groups, The Thursdays and The Crescendos, have advanced to the International Championship of High School A Cappella (ICHSA) Northeast...
View ArticleUMass offering $5K annual scholarships for Mass. community college graduates...
Starting in fall 2024, the top 10% of the commonwealth’s future community college graduates are eligible to receive a minimum of $5,000 per year above federal and private financial aid if they enroll...
View ArticleShawsheen Tech celebrates 86 recipients of John and Abigail Adams Scholarship
BILLERICA — Shawsheen Valley Technical High School proudly acknowledges the outstanding achievement of 86 seniors who were honored with the prestigious John and Abigail Adams Scholarship. The school...
View ArticleThere’s a lot to LINC about Lowell
LOWELL — UMass Lowell Chancellor Julie Chen unveiled a multimillion-dollar development plan that leverages the prestige and innovation of the university and the resources and history of the city of...
View ArticleUMass Lowell launches sports engineering program
LOWELL — Sports engineering, the latest new minor for UMass Lowell undergraduates, is a home run among engineering students who also have a passion for athletics. The first integrated undergraduate...
View ArticleMill City miracle: Draper Labs expands to Lowell
LOWELL — A company that operated the computer guidance system that helped land Apollo 11 on the moon is coming to Lowell, to be an anchor tenant in the Lowell Innovation Network Corridor project that...
View ArticleCha-ching: MSBA pays out cost overrun on Lowell High rebuild
LOWELL — The Massachusetts School Building Authority cut a check for $10,594,239 to the city of Lowell in March. The money represents a partial reimbursement of supplemental funding that was approved...
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