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AYER -- Police continue to investigate a home invasion involving a man who entered an East Main Street home around 5 a.

TEWKSBURY -- Sheila Hanrahan's busy day concluded with plans to make some tea at her house on Martha Avenue in Tewksbury, when she received a call from a neighbor telling her the split-level house next door was on fire.

LOWELL -- The City Council introduced another location into the mix in the latest attempt to find compromise in the proposed renaming of Roberto Clemente Park on Middlesex Street to Pailin Park.

DRACUT -- Confusion and frustration spilled over in Tuesday's Board of Selectmen meeting over a possible and controversial fee for taxpayers to comply with new federal stormwater regulations.

By Jon Winkler
jwinkler@nashobavalleyvoice.com
AYER - About 50 residents filled the Ayer-Shirley Regional High School Tuesday night to learn more about the chemical compounds detected in their water supply.

LOWELL -- The City Council introduced another location into the mix in the latest attempt to find compromise in the proposed renaming of Roberto Clemente Park on Middlesex Street to Pailin Park.

TEWKSBURY -- Sheila Hanrahan's busy day concluded with plans to make some tea at her house on Martha Avenue in Tewksbury, when she received a call from a neighbor telling her the split-level house next door was on fire.

By Colin A. Young
State House News Service
BOSTON -- An additional $2.27 million for social services and veterans' affairs programs was added to the House's fiscal 2020 budget Tuesday afternoon in an amendment package that passed 159-0.

LOWELL -- To foster a more diverse teaching staff, the school department is looking to its own backyard.

NASHUA -- A Nashua man pleaded guilty to trafficking more than 20 live water monitor lizards he had exported from the Philippines between March and December 2016, authorities say.