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$21M federal funding announced for I-495/I-90 interchange improvements Washington (Senate.gov) – Senators Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) and Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Chairmen Richard E. Neal (MA-01) and James P. McGovern (MA-02), and Representatives Katherine Clark (MA-05), Joseph P. Kennedy III (MA-04), and Lori Trahan (MA-03) today announced that the U.S. Department of Transportation… Read more »

Spinning in Lowell: City seeks to keep Sox affiliate By: Marisa Ingemi For the Lowell Spinners, the former textile manufacturing city's minor league baseball team, Covid-19 stole their 25th anniversary season. But the team is in danger of losing more than just that: It's widely considered to be in the crosshairs of cuts Major League Baseball is planning for minor league… Read more »

$400,000 comes to Valley to help small businesses By: Mike LaBella HAVERHILL — Help is on the way to Greater Haverhill businesses that are struggling, even fighting to survive during the pandemic. The Merrimack Valley Planning Commission has received $400,000 from the federal government CARES Act to help those businesses. Congresswoman Lori Trahan said the money, which… Read more »

Trahan Requests EPA Change CSO Grant Guidelines for Merrimack River By: Bill Kirk Members of Congress from Massachusetts and New Hampshire joined forces Thursday to write a letter to the EPA seeking more money to clean up the Merrimack River. Rep. Lori Trahan, D-Lowell, was joined by Congressman Seth Moulton, D-Salem, and New Hampshire Congressman Chris Pappas,… Read more »

LRTA restores full bus service in attempt to return to ‘near normal’ By: Stefan Geller Five months after the Lowell Regional Transit Authority cut back its regular service in order to protect bus drivers and passengers from the coronavirus, the LRTA restored full bus service on Monday in what one official said is an effort to return to a “near normal.” “It’s going to take… Read more »

ANC of Merrimack Valley Connects with Congresswoman Lori Trahan During August Recess By: ANCA-Eastern Region  Representatives from the Armenian National Committee (ANC) of Merrimack Valley (Massachusetts) met virtually via Zoom with Representative Lori Trahan (3rd-MA) and staff member Jose Villalvazo on August 25, 2020, to discuss the legislative priorities of concern for the… Read more »

Massachusetts Congressional delegation calls for independent investigation into death of Sgt. Elder Fernandes, whose body was found miles from Fort Hood By: Michelle Williams Members of the Massachusetts Congressional delegation joined together this week in calling for an independent investigation into the death of soldier from Massachusetts. In a letter to Acting Inspector General… Read more »

'We stand on their shoulders': Marlborough marks 100th anniversary of women’s suffrage with celebration Jeff Malachowski The names Susan B. Anthony, Sojourner Truth and Elizabeth Cady Stanton are synonymous with the women’s rights movement. Countless others, including Marlborough’s Crystal Eastman, tirelessly fought for women’s suffrage and equal rights. Eastman was born at the corner… Read more »

Heavy rain causes release of more sewage into Merrimack River By: Allison Corneau  It happened again. Heavy rains last weekend caused sewage to discharge into the Merrimack River, with treatment plants in Haverhill and Greater Lawrence reporting releases. The incidents are the latest in a series of such discharges. The problem has caused federal officials to order communities… Read more »

Our frontline heroes deserve better  By: Congresswoman Lori Trahan and Dr. David A. Rosman  The United States was caught off-guard by the coronavirus. Our nation’s disjointed pandemic response protocols put health care workers at risk and, as a result, failed patients by jeopardizing their health. Since the onset of the pandemic, our nation’s frontline health care workers… Read more »