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Aaron Curtis

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Multimedia journalist at The Lowell Sun in Lowell, Massachusetts. Covering the pulse of Greater Lowell with a focus on crime and breaking news. If you see a swarm of emergency vehicles in Greater Lowell, let me know. Acurtis@lowellsun.com.

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Aaron Curtis @aaronscurtis.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
DRACUT — Ron Meltzer stood in disbelief outside his Passaconaway Drive home in Dracut early Sunday afternoon as wind‑driven sheets of rain swirled around the pine tree that had just crashed over his roof.
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Nor’easter bringing rainfall, wind, and damage in Greater Lowell
Ron Meltzer stood in disbelief outside his Passaconaway Drive home in Dracut early Sunday afternoon as wind‑driven sheets of rain swirled around the pine tree that had just crashed over his roof.
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Aaron Curtis @aaronscurtis.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Reports of a pedestrian struck by a motor vehicle in the 500 block of Merrimack St in Lowell.
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Aaron Curtis @aaronscurtis.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Reports of a tree that has fallen onto a house at 15 Passaconaway Drive in Dracut. Significant damage reported.
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Aaron Curtis @aaronscurtis.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
LOWELL — At the top of Fort Hill Park, where the city’s noise falls away, families who have lost loved ones to violence gathered on Friday to dedicate a new space meant to hold their grief, their memories and their healing.
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Families gather at Lowell park to honor those lost to violence
LOWELL — At the top of Fort Hill Park, where the city’s noise falls away, families who have lost loved ones to violence gathered on Friday to dedicate a new space meant to hold their grief, their memo...
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Aaron Curtis @aaronscurtis.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Reports of a possible transformer fire at 30 Haines Ave in Lowell.
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Aaron Curtis @aaronscurtis.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Reports of a motor vehicle that struck parked cars on Gibson Street in Lowell. Sounds like the driver took off.
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Aaron Curtis @aaronscurtis.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Reports of a motor vehicle crash involving a pedestrian at Dutton and Market in Lowell.
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Aaron Curtis @aaronscurtis.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Possible stabbing at 153 Westford St in Lowell. Man called police to say he was just attacked by a man with a knife in his doorway.
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Aaron Curtis @aaronscurtis.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Reports of a man “hallucinating and not making any sense” somewhere here in Lowell. Missed the address. The clinician is being sought to respond along with police and other first responders.
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Aaron Curtis @aaronscurtis.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Reports of a 2-year-old girl at a Lowell restaurant who “swallowed a lollipop whole,” according to dispatch. She is choking.
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Aaron Curtis @aaronscurtis.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
A mother in Lowell called police to say her 11-year-old daughter is “yelling, hitting, and kicking” her. Yelling can be heard in the background. Pridestar Trinity EMS has been called to standby.
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Aaron Curtis @aaronscurtis.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Reports of a person down in front of the Owl Diner on Appleton St in Lowell.
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Aaron Curtis @aaronscurtis.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Reports of a fire that was extinguished inside an apartment on Bowdoin Street in Lowell.
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Aaron Curtis @aaronscurtis.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
An honest individual just called police to tell them they found a purse “with a lot of money in it” at Callery Park in Lowell. Owner being sought.
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Aaron Curtis @aaronscurtis.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Reports of a motor vehicle crash on Rogers near Shedd Park in Lowell.
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Aaron Curtis @aaronscurtis.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Reports of a motor vehicle crash in the 300 block of Riverside Street in Lowell. Unknown if there are any injuries.
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Aaron Curtis @aaronscurtis.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Multiple units requested at Tescobar on Middlesex Street in a Lowell. Apparently they are needed to help move a large crowd. Also, dirt bikes reported in the area.
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Aaron Curtis @aaronscurtis.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
UPDATE: The Lowell Police Department announced a little while ago that preliminary indications are that the bicycle was NOT struck by a motor vehicle. Also, the bicyclist struck was described as a juvenile male.
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Aaron Curtis @aaronscurtis.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Here’s the scene of a bicyclist who was apparently struck by a vehicle near the intersection of School and Lawson streets in Lowell tonight. Victim airlifted with head trauma. More info to come at lowellsun.com.
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Aaron Curtis @aaronscurtis.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Reports of a pedestrian believed to be in their mid-20s was struck by a vehicle on School St in Lowell. Head trauma. MedFlight has been requested for transport.
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Aaron Curtis @aaronscurtis.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
LOWELL — A pickup truck that had been reported stolen was pulled from the Pawtucket Canal on Monday after ending up mostly submerged in the water.
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Aaron Curtis @aaronscurtis.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
LOWELL — A Level 3 sex offender with a prior child‑rape conviction is alleged to have been found in possession of child pornography after State Police uncovered images and videos involving victims as young as infants on his seized digital devices.
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Lowell Level 3 sex offender charged after police uncover child pornography
A Level 3 sex offender with a prior child‑rape conviction is alleged to have been found in possession of child pornography after State Police uncovered images and videos involving victims as young as ...
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Aaron Curtis @aaronscurtis.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
NASHUA, N.H. — The cause of a two‑alarm blaze that erupted on Lynde Street during the early morning hours on Saturday remains under investigation.
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Two-alarm Nashua house fire under investigation
NASHUA, N.H. — The cause of a two‑alarm blaze that erupted on Lynde Street during the early morning hours on Saturday remains under investigation.
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Aaron Curtis @aaronscurtis.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
LOWELL — A Lowell man on an electric bicycle is accused of pointing a handgun at a driver as they traveled down Gorham Street earlier this month.
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Lowell man on e-bike accused of pointing gun at driver
LOWELL — A Lowell man on an electric bicycle is accused of pointing a handgun at a driver as they traveled down Gorham Street earlier this month.
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Aaron Curtis @aaronscurtis.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
Boris indulging in an oversized Marshall’s bag. I wish I was so easily amused.
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Aaron Curtis @aaronscurtis.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
TOLLAND, CONN. — A Wilmington woman was one of two people killed on Wednesday when an SUV crashed into the rear of a dump truck on Interstate 84 in Tolland, according to the Connecticut State Police.
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Wilmington woman among two killed in Connecticut crash
TOLLAND, CONN. — A Wilmington woman was one of two people killed on Wednesday when an SUV crashed into the rear of a dump truck on Interstate 84 in Tolland, according to the Connecticut State Police.
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Aaron Curtis @aaronscurtis.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
WESTFORD — Multiple 911 callers reported seeing a vehicle driving erratically, striking two vehicles before driving off South Chelmsford Road and crashing into a tree on Wednesday afternoon.
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Chelmsford woman seriously injured in Westford crash
WESTFORD — Multiple 911 callers reported seeing a vehicle driving erratically, striking two vehicles before driving off South Chelmsford Road and crashing into a tree on Wednesday afternoon.
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Aaron Curtis @aaronscurtis.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
A man in Lowell just called 911 to say he “smoked a little too much marijuana today and is feeling a bit paranoid,” according to dispatch.
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Aaron Curtis @aaronscurtis.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
WESTFORD — A worker was airlifted to a trauma center on Friday afternoon after emergency crews spent about two hours freeing an arm that had become trapped in a conveyor belt system at an industrial site on Groton Road.
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Worker’s arm trapped in conveyor
WESTFORD — A worker was airlifted to a trauma center on Friday afternoon after emergency crews spent about two hours freeing an arm that had become trapped in a conveyor belt system at an industrial s...
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Aaron Curtis @aaronscurtis.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
Reports of a man down on the ground in the area of High and East Merrimack streets in Lowell.
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Aaron Curtis @aaronscurtis.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
MARLBORO — Two people killed in a rollover crash on Interstate 290 this week have been identified as a Dracut mother and her son from Tyngsboro.
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Dracut mother, Tyngsboro son killed in Marlboro crash
MARLBORO — Two people killed in a rollover crash on Interstate 290 this week have been identified as a Dracut mother and her son from Tyngsboro.
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Aaron Curtis @aaronscurtis.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
Reports of a water rescue by Sampas Pavilion off Pawtucket Blvd in Lowell.
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Aaron Curtis @aaronscurtis.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
LOWELL — The family of the Lowell woman fatally struck while crossing Pawtucket Boulevard in May has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against Uber Technologies, its delivery subsidiary Portier LLC, and the driver accused of hitting her and fleeing the scene.
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Family sues Uber, driver for hit-and-run that killed Lowell woman
LOWELL — The family of the Lowell woman fatally struck while crossing Pawtucket Boulevard in May, has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against Uber Technologies, its delivery subsidiary Portier LLC, and...
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Aaron Curtis @aaronscurtis.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
A woman in Lowell just called police to say her neighbor left “a strange substance” on her vehicle. The details of this substance were not revealed.
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Aaron Curtis @aaronscurtis.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
Boris is wishing all the other felines of the world a happy International Cat Day. May their catnip be plentiful.
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Aaron Curtis @aaronscurtis.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
Reports of a motor vehicle crash with injury on Central and Middlesex in Lowell.
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Aaron Curtis @aaronscurtis.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
Reports of a vehicle on fire near a building on Fairmount Street, between Talbot and Fairview, in Lowell. Vehicle is about 5 feet from the building.
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Aaron Curtis @aaronscurtis.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
A Lowell resident just called 911 because they accidentally locked themselves out of their bathroom ... with the tub running. Missed the address. I'm assuming firefighters and/or police are en route to negotiate with the door.
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Aaron Curtis @aaronscurtis.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
LOWELL — The O’Donnell Memorial Bridge was shut down on Friday afternoon as Lowell firefighters carried out a high-angle rescue to reach a man who suffered at least one broken bone after a fall that left him stranded on a cement platform below the bridge.
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Man rescued after fall leaves him injured under Lowell’s O’Donnell Memorial Bridge
LOWELL — The O’Donnell Memorial Bridge was shut down on Friday afternoon as Lowell firefighters carried out a high-angle rescue to reach a man who suffered at least one broken bone after a fall that l...
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Aaron Curtis @aaronscurtis.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
Images from tonight’s sunset over Lowell’s Acre neighborhood.
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Aaron Curtis @aaronscurtis.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
Reports of a motor vehicle crash at Westford and School streets in Lowell.
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Aaron Curtis @aaronscurtis.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
PELHAM, N.H. — Just over three years after a predawn head‑on crash on Bridge Street that killed a PrideStar Trinity EMS employee on his way to work, the driver found responsible for the collision is now headed to prison.
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Lowell man sentenced in 2023 Pelham crash that killed PrideStar Trinity employee
Just over three years after a predawn head‑on crash that killed a PrideStar Trinity EMS employee on his way to work, the driver found responsible for the collision is now headed to prison.
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Aaron Curtis @aaronscurtis.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
Police responding to a what was initially described as a brawl involving 30 people at South and Summer in Lowell. Officer on scene says it’s nowhere near that many people involved. An ambulance was requested though.
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Aaron Curtis @aaronscurtis.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
Reports of a person down at Jackson and Canal streets in Lowell.
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Aaron Curtis @aaronscurtis.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
Wagon requested for an arrest at Lowell’s North Common pool. Sounds like police were involved in a foot pursuit with a suspect who was then found hiding under a vehicle. Unsure what this individual did, as I’m working on writing a story and was distracted. Suspect is a juvenile.
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Aaron Curtis @aaronscurtis.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
Reports of a brawl involving about 10 people inside 47 Barkley Street in Lowell.
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Aaron Curtis @aaronscurtis.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
Lowell Fire just responded to an activated alarm that crews are saying was caused by “weed smoke.” Missed the address. Firefighters may or may not be listening to Sublime and hitting up Taco Bell on the way back to the station.
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Aaron Curtis @aaronscurtis.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
Police responding to reports of possible gunshots reported in the area of Fremont St in Lowell.
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Aaron Curtis @aaronscurtis.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
Police reporting 13 dirt bikes last seen on Pawtucket Street in Lowell, headed toward Wilder Street.
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Aaron Curtis @aaronscurtis.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
Police have been summoned to Planet Fitness in Dracut for reports of a man and woman arguing loudly over a piece of exercise equipment. I hope someone is taking video of this altercation.
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