News Tai chi class at the Dracut Council on Aging Share this:Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)By Julia Malakie | jmalakie@lowellsun.com | Lowell SunPUBLISHED: September 4, 2019 at 11:10 a.m. | UPDATED: September 5, 2019 at 9:13 a.m.
![BOSTON – Sharing personal stories of challenges with remote learning, a group of parents and K-12 school staff on Thursday questioned the viability of returning to in-person education this fall and criticized state officials for not offering a more concrete plan. Speakers at a virtual panel hosted by the labor-backed Massachusetts COVID-19 Response Alliance acknowledged […]](https://www.thevalleydispatch.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/gov007-1-1.jpg?w=366 "BOSTON – Sharing personal stories of challenges with remote learning, a group of parents and K-12 school staff on Thursday questioned the viability of returning to in-person education this fall and criticized state officials for not offering a more concrete plan. Speakers at a virtual panel hosted by the labor-backed Massachusetts COVID-19 Response Alliance acknowledged […]")
![LOWELL — A program aimed at helping first generation college students at UMass Lowell — where roughly 41 percent of students are exactly that — was singled out as a national leader by anorganization that seeks to support such programs. The university’s River Hawk Scholars Academy was named a “First-gen Forward Advisory Institution” by the […]](https://www.thevalleydispatch.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/low-l-firstGeneration-1.jpg?w=553 "LOWELL — A program aimed at helping first generation college students at UMass Lowell — where roughly 41 percent of students are exactly that — was singled out as a national leader by anorganization that seeks to support such programs. The university’s River Hawk Scholars Academy was named a “First-gen Forward Advisory Institution” by the […]")
![DRACUT — A 50-year-old Lowell man is being cited for operating to endanger and other motor vehicle charges after police say he drove his SUV across the center line of Route 110 and struck a motorcycle, leaving the motorcyclist, a man identified only as being in his 60s, with life-threatening injuries. The crash involving a […]](https://www.thevalleydispatch.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/low-l-dracutcrash-1.jpg?w=467 "DRACUT — A 50-year-old Lowell man is being cited for operating to endanger and other motor vehicle charges after police say he drove his SUV across the center line of Route 110 and struck a motorcycle, leaving the motorcyclist, a man identified only as being in his 60s, with life-threatening injuries. The crash involving a […]")
![DRACUT – The Police Department is urging residents to use caution while driving, after seeing an increase in accidents over the past month, including a serious rollover crash on Mammoth Road on Aug. 2. Police have responded to a total of 46 motor vehicle accidents since July 1, including 17 in the past week. These […]](https://www.thevalleydispatch.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/low-l-accidents-1.jpg?w=599 "DRACUT – The Police Department is urging residents to use caution while driving, after seeing an increase in accidents over the past month, including a serious rollover crash on Mammoth Road on Aug. 2. Police have responded to a total of 46 motor vehicle accidents since July 1, including 17 in the past week. These […]")