Jack Speaks of Lowell

“In my opinion Lowell, Massachusetts is now the most interesting city in the United States of America,” Jack Kerouac enthusiastically proclaimed on a local Lowell radio show in 1962. He told the interviewers that he was back in his boyhood city for a...

Picking a Trash Plan

It’s been almost 20 years since the city of Worcester adopted a so-called “pay as you throw” trash collection system, which charges residents based on the amount of garbage they toss, and allows them to recycle free of charge. And city officials...