Top Stories

Six years ago today, Lowell’s First Look officially launched. While we started posting articles online under the name “Lowell Leads the Way” in August 2016, we took the leap a few months later to form […]

October was an interesting month. The stories we would have thought would be in the top five at the start of the month ended up being edged out by latecomers. Instead of election news dominating […]

We’re in the midst of election season, and school board-related articles dominated the top five articles from last month. However, they didn’t make a clean sweep. One grand opening secured a spot in the top […]

When we posted the top articles for last month, we guessed that at least one of the election articles from July would land in the top articles for August. We were right. Despite the primary […]

In July, we posted previews of the upcoming primary races for the August election. While the views on those articles weren’t initially anything to write home about, they progressively got more clicks as the month […]

Typically, the most popular articles each month are newly published stories. However, we occasionally see an old article rise to the top after it garners attention for one reason or another. Sometimes that attention is […]

There was a lot of business news in May, but articles about butter burgers, salad dressing and drive-thru coffee were no match for a retiring preschool teacher. And of course, perennial favorite The Lowell Riddler […]

April saw the return of the Lowell Riddler, a major anniversary for a beloved downtown shop and a little tomfoolery too. These topics, along with some city government news, were the most popular stories last […]

Spring is in the air, and it isn’t only the weather that is changing. The Lowell Police Department has made changes to its personnel, Lowell Area Schools has made changes to how the public can […]