LOWELL — Starting in February, the Rourke Bridge construction project really kicks off, with heavy equipment already on site and ready to begin excavation and mobilization work on the brand-new span.

Family and friends of 4-year-old Azriel Lopez-Fontanez were still searching for him Sunday night, more than 24 hours after he was swept away by the Merrimack River in Lowell., Joan Lopez Contreras, ...

It was a sparkling spring day along the Merrimack River, but that brought no solace to a Lowell family waiting for their personal horror to end. Last Saturday, four-year-old Azriel Lopez-Fontanez was ...

LOWELL — The flood stage level of the Merrimack River is 52 feet, and ever-so-briefly on May 11, it exceeded that threshold, recording a year-to-date high of 52.30 feet, before quickly receeding.

NEWSCENTER FIVE. EMILY, THANK YOU FOR THAT. FOR A FIFTH DAY NOW CREWS ARE SEARCHING THE MERRIMACK RIVER FOR A FOUR YEAR OLD BOY WHO THEY BELIEVE GOT SWEPT AWAY. OUR SHARMAN SACCHETTI IS LIVE ON THE ...

PARENT’S GRIEF IS CLEARLY UNIVERSAL. PADRE, SIEMPRE TENEMOS LA SHEER GRIEF FOR LAWRENCE FAMILY TODAY. THE BODY PULLED FROM THE MERRIMACK RIVER NEAR THE GOLF COURSE IN TEWKSBURY, IS BELIEVED TO BE ...