For the last eight years a group called The Movement Family (TMF) has been hosting pop-up dinners every Wednesday night at the Buckley garage in Lawrence to feed the poor, homeless, and ...

Sheriff Kevin F. Coppinger and the Essex County Sheriff’s Department (ECSD) recently welcomed correctional leaders and community partners from across the country for a two-day ...

The State of our City is strong, and our future is even stronger. Lawrence has faced real challenges, economic pressure, ...

By Bill Cushing After a virus turns most of humanity into a hive mind, novelist Carol Sturka (Rhea Seehorn), who is immune to ...

A former Internal Revenue Service (IRS) employee has been sentenced in federal court in Boston for filing false tax returns in order to fraudulently obtain tax refunds and stealing Social ...

If local government were a football game, the Dracut School Committee would be the team that keeps celebrating with end-zone ...

Before moving here, I lived in a neighborhood of strangers. Now I live in a community of friends who care.” says senior Wayne ...

By: Anne Brensley The Merrimack Valley understands balance. This region has long welcomed growth while fighting to preserve ...

Methuen Mayor D.J. Beauregard appeared on Spanish Language radio last week as a guest of “Despierta Lawrence Radio” on Power 102.9 with hosts Lissy Rivas, John Rigal, and Gaby Robles where he was ...

By: Lenny Mirra It’s going to take ballot questions to fix Beacon Hill, and we’ve got some good ones. Voters in both parties ...

I didn’t do much… a member of our Nation’s Silent Generation speaks…” When asked, Lawrence residents usually describe where they are from, by their neighborhood’s “nickname,” ...

EVER FAMILY LEAVE PLAN Last month I signed an Executive Order Establishing Methuen’s First-Ever Paid Parental Leave for City ...