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Youth wave: Young candidates break through in local elections 264c3s

At a time when the general sense across the country is that politicians are too old, Qenan Francois’ election to the North Middlesex School Committee broke a status quo, but in Greater Lowell this year he was one of several young candidates to win a local elected position.
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Still a senior at North Middlesex Regional High School, 18-year-old Qenan Francois won a seat on the district’s School Committee in this year’s local election, one of several young candidates in Greater Lowell to have won seats on different boards or committees this year. (Courtesy Qenan Francois)
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The Blue Hills Regional Technical School in Canton. (Stuart Cahill/Boston Herald)

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This wheeled cart — placed on the Whitley Park green by the American Legion — bears the names of Shirley war veterans who died serving the country. The cart, called a caisson, is a two-wheeled vehicle that would’ve typically carried an ammunition chest. (M.E. JONES)

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A student in Bioversity’s inaugural UMass Lowell cohort conducts an experiment in UML’s Massachusetts Medical Device Development Lab May 12, 2025. (Peter Currier/Lowell Sun)

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Westford brothers Colin, 7, and Jonathan Krygowski, 11, dress as the police officer from “Make Way for Ducklings,” leading the Duckling Day Parade from Boston Common to the Public Garden on Mother’s Day. (Libby O’Neill/Boston Herald)

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  • Area residents protesting mask and Covid-19 vaccine mandates gather at Westford Town Common, part of what they said was a worldwide walkout day. Alesia Raczelowski of Westford, a high school phys ed teacher in Shrewsbury, holds a sign she made. She said she’s at risk for losing her job because there’s a December 1 deadline to get the vaccine. SUN/Julia Malakie

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  • Volunteers pick up litter and trash around Ayer in a town-wide cleanup run by the Ayer Recycling Committee, and part of the Great American Cleanup. From left, Millie Myers, 9, her sister Tessa Myers, 6, and their mother Rebecca Myers of Ayer, look for litter at Pirone Park. They’re with Girl Scout Troop 83803. (SUN/Julia Malakie)

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  • Jose Banchs of Shirley, left, owner of J & S Business Products, and employee Izeaha Harmon Ayer, show some of the tee shirts the company is making for other small businesses during the pandemic. (SUN/Julia Malakie)

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  • Lawrence Library in Pepperell hosts a socially-distanced tie-dye event, sponsored by Friends of the Lawrence Library. Eloi Jacinto of Pepperell and daughters, from left, Iyla, 7, Sabrina, 4, and Viviana, 8, color their shirts. (SUN/Julia Malakie)

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  • The Mom/Baby Village Group, run by Teresa Coyle Airey of Ashby, right, a doula and birth and lactation counselor, meets at Townsend Common on second and fourth Tuesdays. They used to meet at Coyle Airey’s office, but will meet outdoors for the foreseeable future due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Emily Landine of Shirley, with daughter Olivia Provost, 6 months old, talks with Coyle Airey. (SUN/Julia Malakie)

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  • Karen Metros of Dracut and her twin brother Robert Haines of Lowell, do raking and pruning at the grave of their parents Robert and Elinor Haines at Tewksbury Cemetery, on Saturday of Memorial Day weekend. Robert, Sr., and Jimmy Kane, buried in the adjacent plot, were both Tewksbury police officers, along with some others buried nearby. (SUN/Julia Malakie)

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  • From left, Katherine Shea, 16, and her mother Cheryl Shea of Groton, and their longhaired German shepherd, Holly, and their friends Caroline Keegan, 15, and her mother Nancy Keegan of Groton, with their European retriever, Bella, head out for a walk on the Nashua River Rail Trail in Groton. (SUN/Julia Malakie)

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  • From left (indoors): Bull Run manager Arthur Guercio, Little Leaf Lettuce founder and CEO Paul Sellew, Bull Run restaurant owner Alison Tocci, general manager Bryan Sawyer, executive chef Stephen Barck, and Bull Run employees Luke Junek and Barry Rich. (SUN/Julia Malakie)

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  • Night skiing at Nashoba Valley Ski Area. (SUN/Julia Malakie)

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