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A FAMILIAR and well-loved restaurant recently hit the real estate listings. Cobblestones of Lowell Restaurant and Bar is ...

Drugs gang members who ran a crack cocaine and heroin network in Braintree have been sentenced ...

In a way there’s nothing new about foreign interest in English wine. The seminal wine that launched the tidal wave of English ...

The city of Greater Sudbury has opened its first outdoor pickleball courts at O'Connor Park on St George Street. The 13,310 sq ...

One man was forced to sleep on the floor and plied with heroin ...

And check out Room for What's Next: Designing & Building an ADU on the Chelmsford Patch calendar ...

As part of the American Library Association’s 150th Anniversary, ALA Annual 2026 will bring together thousands of library professionals to celebrate our collective achievements and chart a bold course ...

Mostly cloudy. A chance of showers mainly this morning. Highs in the mid 60s. South winds around 5 mph increasing to 10 to 15 mph with gusts up to 30 mph this afternoon. Chance of rain 40 percent.

Library assistants help librarians, and library technicians organize library resources and make them available to users. At the circulation desk, library assistants lend and collect books, periodicals ...