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lowellsun.com | Peter Currier
LOWELL - A day after the latest Market Basket family feud came to light, it was unclear whether this will be a repeat of the 2014 saga, but the weeks of protests 11 years ago were still on the minds of some customers. Nothing seemed amiss at the few Greater Lowell locations visited by The Sun Thursday less than 24 hours after the grocery chain's popular CEO Arthur T. Demoulas was placed on administrative leave by the company's board of directors.
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1 week ago | 
lowellsun.com | Peter Currier
CHELMSFORD - A new private elementary and middle school with a "positive education" model is accepting applications for its inaugural class of first graders in the coming school year this fall.
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1 week ago | 
sentinelandenterprise.com | Peter Currier
TEWKSBURY — More than a decade after weeks of protests of his ouster brought the eastern New England grocery chain to a standstill, the Market Basket board of directors announced Wednesday they had placed CEO Arthur T. Demoulas on paid administrative leave amid an investigation. Originally Published: May 28, 2025 at 6:30 PM EDT
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1 week ago | 
lowellsun.com | Peter Currier
TEWKSBURY - More than a decade after weeks of protests of his ouster brought the eastern New England grocery chain to a standstill, the Market Basket board of directors announced Wednesday they had placed CEO Arthur T. Demoulas on paid administrative leave amid an investigation. In a surprise statement Wednesday, the three-member executive committee of the Market Basket board of directors announced Arthur T.
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1 week ago | 
lowellsun.com | Peter Currier
LOWELL - "America's Best Restaurants" will be at the oldest tavern in Lowell next week to highlight its menu and the historic building for the ABR Roadshow. The Worthen House Cafe has been operating as a tavern and restaurant since 1898, but the building was constructed on Worthen Street in 1934 as the West India Goods Store, just a decade after Lowell was chartered, and two years before it became a city. The building has been owned by the Hamourgas family since 2001.
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1 week ago | 
lowellsun.com | Peter Currier
DRACUT - Right as the colder weather finally subsided for the season, hundreds lined the sidewalks of Lakeview Avenue Monday morning for the town's annual Memorial Day parade. The parade went from the Greenmont Elementary School, down Pleasant Street and up Lakeview Avenue to Dracut High School. American flags spotted the route along flagpoles and in the hands of spectators as the children among them rushed for candy thrown from parade participants.
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1 week ago | 
lowellsun.com | Peter Currier
LOWELL - Middlesex Community College's annual Celebrity Forum is returning June 10 and this year looks to feature a crowded stage with The Beach Boys being joined by "Full House" actor and musician John Stamos at the Lowell Memorial Auditorium. The legendary rock band whose music lives up to its name was announced as the celebrity guests back in March, before the news broke this past week that Stamos, a longtime friend of the band going back to 1985, would be joining them.
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1 week ago | 
lowellsun.com | Peter Currier
LOWELL - Ahead of Memorial Day weekend, on Friday morning the Lowell City Hall lobby was packed for a Hometown Heroes event honoring 12 veterans and service members with banners flying at JFK Plaza. The 12 banners bear the faces and names of local veterans from World War I to the various conflicts of the War on Terror. The banners are sponsored by the veterans' and service members' families, local businesses and organizations.
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2 weeks ago | 
lowellsun.com | Peter Currier
LOWELL - It was all smiles at Lowell Memorial Auditorium Thursday morning as dozens of students donned their caps and gowns to receive their diplomas as members of Middlesex Community College's Class of 2025. "My best wishes to each and every one of you. Even in these trying times, I am confident that your Middlesex Community College education has prepared you to do great things," said Middlesex Community College President Phil Sisson as he opened the ceremony.
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2 weeks ago | 
lowellsun.com | Peter Currier
At a time when the general sense across the country is that politicians are too old, Qenan Francois' election to the North Middlesex School Committee broke a status quo, but in Greater Lowell this year he was one of several young candidates to win a local elected position.
