The Lowell Sun

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... The past two high school football seasons have been remarkably special, especially for the Shawsheen Tech Rams. Al Costabile’s teams have won two straight Division 5 Super Bowls and have a 27-game winning streak heading into this season. While Shawsheen graduated many players who were a big part of those two titles, they return multi-sport athlete Quinn Carbone and welcome a strong-armed, talented freshman quarterback in David Murray.

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Today is Wednesday, Sept. 9, the 252nd day of 2026. There are 113 days left in the year. Today in history: On Sept. 9, 1985, President Ronald Reagan ordered economic sanctions against South Africa to target apartheid. Also on this date: In 1776, the second Continental Congress formally adopted the name “United States of America,” replacing the “United Colonies of North America.” In 1850, California was admitted as the 31st U.S. state.

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Having been a State House lobbyist, I am very familiar with the painfully slow pace of lawmakers studying, debating and eventually voting on important health care legislation. It comes as no surprise that our lawmakers have thus far failed to take action on approving a bill that provides meaningful legal consequences for assaulting a nurse. Nurses go to work every day to care for those who are sick, injured, frightened or vulnerable.

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Recently, the Norfolk County register of deeds publicly informed homeowners in his jurisdiction about the equity protection provided by filing a declaration of homestead with his office. But every Massachusetts homeowner would be well advised to take that step if they haven’t already. At the time of closing on a property, homeowners should have been advised to file a document called the Declaration of Homestead.

Roger Cote OBITUARY Roger Arthur Cote, 73, died on Saturday, August 27, 2026, at Concord Hospital, Concord. Roger was born on May 8, 1953, in Lowell, MA, the son of the late Arthur Cote and Doris (Sevigny) Couture. He worked in various roles in the production control department at NH Ball Bearings for 25 years. He loved to golf and all New England sports teams, but the Celtics were his favorite team. He loved to boat on Lake Winnipesaukee, camping, and snowmobiling.

Barbara A. Bellerose OBITUARY Barbara A. (Wood) Bellerose, loving wife, mother, sister, grandmother, great-grandmother, aunt, and friend, passed away peacefully, surrounded by her family, on August 28, 2026, at the High Pointe House, Haverhill. A lifelong resident of Lowell, she was born January 21, 1937, the daughter of the late George and Winifred (Moran) Wood. She attended St. Patrick’s and Lowell High School. She was the beloved wife of the late Raymond F.

Field hockey Apponequet 6, Middleboro 0 Arlington 4, WIlmington 2 Danvers 4, Hamilton-Wenham 3 Dover-Sherborn 6, Dedham 1 Franklin 3, King Philip 2 Lexington 7, Burlington 0 Malden Catholic 2, Marblehead 2 Masconomet 1, North Andover 1 Medfield 2, Ashland 1 Medway 2, Bellingham 1 Nauset 4, St. John Paul II 1 Norwood 4, Westwood 4 Sandwich 5, Bishop Feehan 1 Sutton 3, Case 0 Taunton 3, Oliver Ames 2 West Bridgewater 7, Seekonk 1 Winchester 4, Stoneham 1 Golf Beverly 54, Winthrop 18 Central...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Talia Lowney couldn't wait to begin the 2026 season for the Greater Lowell Tech girls soccer team. Already have an account? Log In This article is only available to subscribers

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... By PETER SMITH A former missionary with an Ohio-based ministry pleaded guilty Tuesday to federal charges that he sexually abused two boys in Haiti, reaching an agreement with prosecutors that could lead to a prison sentence of at least 25 years. Jeriah Mast, 45, of Millersburg, Ohio — who told police in 2019 he had molested more than 30 boys in Haiti and four children in Ohio — entered the plea before Judge Donald C. Nugent in federal court in Cleveland.

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... By SHARON LURYE Families’ interest in their kids’ education is falling in many high-income countries as school systems struggle with plunging test scores, according to newly released results from a standardized test taken by 15-year-olds around the world. Over 760,000 teenagers in dozens of countries took the Programme for International Student Assessment last year.