Prescription discount plan coming to city By Lyle Moran, lmoran@lowellsun.com LOWELL — City residents will soon have access to a new tool to help them save on prescription drugs. At the urging of City Councilor Patrick Murphy, City Manager Bernie Lynch has launched a prescription-drug discount program for residents. The NeedyMeds drug-discount card, which is [...]

I wish to thank the voters of Lowell who have again given me an opportunity to work on behalf of all the residents of Lowell.  Over the next two years, I hope to inspire more confidence in our city government, more participation throughout our community and a genuine desire to cooperatively address our city’s most [...]

In the Fall of 2010, Councilor Murphy aggressively lobbied for a system of bus shelters, not only to boost local ridership, but also to build a sense of community and spur greater economic activity in the main neighborhood business corridors.  The proposal included the drawing of transit overlay districts in which the minimum parking requirements might [...]

Lowell banking on proposal to boost business By Lyle Moran, lmoran@lowellsun.com From left: Enterprise Bank’s Szablak, Lowell Five Cent Savings Bank’s Caruso, and City Councilor Patrick Murphy. LOWELL — The city is gearing up to launch a program designed to boost the amount of money it places in local banks by millions of dollars in [...]

What began a year and a half ago, has finally been unveiled as a successful renovation to a well-used, but long-neglected community park.  City investment in this neighborhood, coupled with the Cambodia Town project, ought to encourage greater private investment, and further economic development and growth.