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Raising awareness by lowering the flag  By: Editorial  U.S. Rep. Lori Trahan, who previously reached across the aisle in an effort to save the Lowell Spinners minor league baseball team, has mounted another campaign to underscore the terrible toll the scourge of substance abuse has taken on this country. This time the Westford Democrat is co-leading a bipartisan effort to… Read more »

Trahan, bipartisan coalition urge Trump to lower flags in honor of overdose victims  By: Alana Melanson LOWELL — U.S. Rep. Lori Trahan is co-leading a bipartisan effort to have American flags lowered to half-staff in honor of International Overdose Awareness Day. The Westford Democrat and U.S. Rep. John Joyce, a Pennsylvania Republican, authored a letter — which 37 of their… Read more »

Museums find their footing post-outbreak  By: Jon Winkler  Earlier this month, the Concord Museum announced its reopening to the public in a big way. The museum welcomed U.S. Rep. Lori Trahan and state Rep. Tami Gouveia on Aug. 5 to tour the “Beyond Midnight: Paul Revere and His Ride” exhibit. It was also a moment of appreciation after the museum received a $400,000 federal… Read more »

Mass. House Delegation Calls For Postmaster General Louis DeJoy’s Resignation By: Saraya Wintersmith  Hours after U.S. Postmaster General Louis DeJoy paused several controversial changes to Postal Service operations on Tuesday, members of Massachusetts’ House delegation began calling on him to resign. On a late Zoom call Tuesday, eight of the state’s nine U.S. House members… Read more »

Congress Challenges Local Middle and High School Students to Enter App Challenge By: News Editor  Middle and high school students are invited to create and submit their own computer, tablet or mobile apps to this year’s Congressional App Challenge and possibly win national recognition. The competition is designed to encourage student participation in computer science and coding.… Read more »

Gardner Fire Department receives $240,000 grant for new equipment  By: Stephen Landry  GARDNER — The Gardner Fire Department has received more than $240,000 in federal grant funding to purchase new breathing equipment. The funding, which was announced by U.S. Rep. Lori Trahan on Aug. 5, was awarded through the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s fiscal 2019 Assistance… Read more »

Congresswoman Lori Trahan and officials mark reopening of Concord Museum  Congresswoman Lori Trahan, D-3rd Massachusetts, helped mark the reopening of Concord Museum on Aug. 5. Trahan joined Concord Museum’s leadership including Ralph Earle, president; board of directors and Tom Putnam, Edward W. Kane executive director, as well as state and local officials for the tour of the… Read more »

Column: Gas explosions heroes and victims deserve better By: U.S. Rep. Lori Trahan Shortly after the excessive pressure in gas lines led to multiple explosions in the greater Lawrence area nearly two years ago, Lawrence police Officer Ivan Soto arrived at his home to see it ablaze. Rather than abandon his duties to focus on the tragedy striking his family in real time, he chose to… Read more »

Haverhill's Community Action Receives More Than $1.3 Million for Early Head Start Program By: News Editor  Haverhill’s Community Action is receiving more than $1.3 million in federal money to support its Early Head Start program. The money, awarded in a five-year grant by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, won applause from Congresswoman Lori Trahan. “We have a… Read more »

More sewage released into Merrimack River  Heavy rain causes latest incident that worries public  By: Bill Kirk  Whenever the Merrimack River Watershed Council announces a release of untreated sewage and storm water into the river, its social media accounts explode. So said Matthew Thorne, executive director of the organization — and it happened again this… Read more »