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Tyngsborough Police Arrest Three Men for Aggravated Burglary, Armed Robbery

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Tyngsborough Police Department
Chief Richard D. Howe
20 Westford Road
Tyngsborough, MA 01879

For Immediate Release

Sunday, Dec. 1, 2019

Media Contact: John Guilfoil
Phone: 617-993-0003
Email: [email protected]

Tyngsborough Police Arrest Three Men for Aggravated Burglary, Armed Robbery

TYNGSBOROUGH — Chief Richard Howe reports that the Tyngsborough Police Department arrested three men in connection with an incident that occurred early Sunday morning.

As a result of an investigation:

IAN FINNILA, AGE 18, OF TYNGSBOROUGH was arrested and charged with:

  • Aggravated Burglary
  • Assault and Battery with a Dangerous Weapon

LUKE O’BRIEN FORMAN, AGE 19 OF DOYLESTOWN, PENN. was arrested and charged with:

  • Aggravated Burglary
  • Armed Robbery
  • Assault and Battery with a Dangerous Weapon
  • Possession of a Class B Drug

JOHN GILET, AGE 18, OF TYNGSBOROUGH was arrested and charged with

  • Aggravated Burglary
  • Assault and Battery with a Dangerous Weapon
  • Malicious Destruction of Property over $1,200

On Sunday, Dec. 1 at 2:42 a.m., Tyngsborough Police were called to a location on Groton Road for a report of vandalism, with suspects seen in a gray Land Rover vehicle.

After an investigation, police found the vehicle and the suspects and took the suspects into custody. The investigation determined that there was an altercation between the suspects and a Groton Road resident. The suspects allegedly entered the victim’s home without permission. During the dispute, GILET allegedly vandalized the victim’s vehicle, and the suspects allegedly assaulted the victim by kicking and punching him and assaulting him with objects, including a metal water bottle.

The victim and suspects are believed to be known to each other.

The incident remains under active investigation by Tyngsborough Police, and additional information will be released as it becomes available. If anyone has any information about this incident, they are asked to call the Tyngsborough Police Department at 978-649-7504.

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Greater Lowell Tech’s “A Charlie Brown Christmas” Themed Float wins City of Lights 2019 Mayor’s Award – Best of Parade

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Greater Lowell Technical High School
Superintendent Joseph Mastrocola
250 Pawtucket Blvd.,
Tyngsborough, MA 01879

For Immediate Release

Saturday, Nov. 30, 2019

Contact: John Guilfoil
Phone: 617-993-0003
Email: [email protected]

Greater Lowell Tech Students’ “A Charlie Brown Christmas” Themed Float wins City of Lights 2019 Mayor’s Award

Greater Lowell is Best of Parade!

LOWELL — Superintendent Joseph Mastrocola is pleased to share that the “Charlie Brown Christmas” themed float built by Greater Lowell Tech students won the Mayor’s Award for Best of Parade at the 31st Annual City of Lights Holiday Parade earlier today.

Thousands of spectators attended the parade Saturday in downtown Lowell, which featured various floats, music, marching bands and performances. 

“Students always look forward to the challenge of designing and building a float for the parade, which provides a special opportunity for them to collaborate with peers in other technical programs and showcase their hard work to the public,” Superintendent Mastrocola said. “It’s also a fun, festive project that allows students to celebrate the holidays, use their creativity and skills and contribute to a meaningful community event.”

Students and staff began planning their design for the float in early October, which depicted various scenes from the “A Charlie Brown Christmas” television special and featured “Lucy’s Snow Globe Stand” in honor of the parade’s theme: Festival of Snow Globes. The entire project was overseen by carpentry instructor Patrick Couillard.

Carpentry students at the school framed all of the wooden structures of the float, installed lighting and detailed the trim; CADD students used Peanut character illustrations to create a file for the carpentry CNC cutting machine; Painting and Design students painted the float’s structure and characters; Electrical students wired all of the lighting and generator connections; and Plumbing students threaded the rod fixture holders for the props and speaker stands on the float.

“The project required teamwork and helped me gain a better understanding of having to work with other trades on a project,” said Brady Huard, a senior, of Dracut, who helped frame the float and build the Snoopy house and snow globe stand. 

As students worked with peers from various programs on the float, they also gained a better understanding of what it is like to work with subcontractors.

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Tyngsborough Police, Regional SWAT Team Arrest Hudson, N.H. Suspect 

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Tyngsborough Police Department
Chief Richard D. Howe
20 Westford Road
Tyngsborough, MA 01879

For Immediate Release

Monday, Nov. 18, 2019

Media Contact: John Guilfoil
Phone: 781-428-3299
Email: [email protected]

Tyngsborough Police, Regional SWAT Team Arrest Hudson, N.H. Suspect 

TYNGSBOROUGH — Police Chief Richard Howe reports that the Tyngsborough Police Department arrested a man who fled from the Hudson, New Hampshire Police Department on Sunday, Nov. 17 after he was found inside a trailer Sunday night.

MICHAEL PELLERIN, AGE 45, OF HUDSON, N.H., will be charged with:

  • Fugitive from Justice on Court Warrant
  • Breaking and Entering Into Motor Vehicle

PELLERIN will face additional charges out of Hudson.

On Sunday night, PELLERIN, who fled from police following an incident earlier Sunday in Hudson, was traced to a RV behind Forrest Marine & RV on Middlesex Road in Tyngsborough. Initial reports had indicated that he may have been armed with a firearm.

PELLERIN was arrested Sunday night without further incident by the Northeastern Massachusetts Law Enforcement Council (NEMLEC) SWAT Team. He was unarmed at the time of his arrest and a subsequent search did not locate a firearm.

Chief Howe would like to thank Tyngsborough officers, as well as the responding units from NEMLEC, for their quick and professional response.

PELLERIN is expected to be arraigned Monday in Lowell District Court.

These are allegations. All suspects are innocent until proven guilty.

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Greater Lowell Tech Students Participate in STEM Week Activities

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Greater Lowell Technical High School
Superintendent Joseph Mastrocola
250 Pawtucket Boulevard,
Tyngsborough, MA 01879

For Immediate Release

Wednesday, Oct. 30, 2019

Contact: Kelsey Bode
Phone: 617-993-0003
Email: [email protected]

Greater Lowell Tech Students Participate in STEM Week Activities

TYNGSBOROUGH — Superintendent Joseph Mastrocola is pleased to announce that Greater Lowell Technical High School students explored the science, technology, engineering and math fields last week during STEM Week.

GLTHS participated in the Massachusetts STEM Week Challenge 2019 from Oct. 21-25, as part of the statewide effort to boost the interest, awareness and ability for all learners to envision themselves in STEM education and employment opportunities.

The theme for the second-annual statewide STEM Week was “See Yourself in STEM.” 

“We need more young people to see themselves in STEM careers, and last week’s activities gave students terrific experience in these fields,” Mastrocola said. “It was great to see so much hands-on learning, as well as students taking part in special projects that will benefit the entire school community and residents of Lowell.”

Instructors participating in STEM Week included Coordinator of STEM Outreach and Academic Success Lorrie Campbell, history teachers Jennifer Parkhurst and Karen Washington, science teachers Kelly Griffin and Nate Howe, and math teachers Judy Moran, Stacey O’Keefe, Devin McInerney, Helen Sullivan and Andrea Collins.

In history classes, students considered how integrated electronics have become in peoples’ lives, how dependent people have become on technology and how electronics help us. They defined what an electronic is, and described the typical components of common electronic devices.

Science students participated in a two-day laboratory experiment, setting up a simulation of the copper etching process for creating circuit boards found in many electronic components. They were shown that this manufacturing process creates e-waste that requires proper disposal. The students considered the pros and cons of various disposal methods for the virtual water created in their circuit board simulation.

In math classes, students defined e-waste and discussed the high volume of the e-waste problem. They identified familiar examples of common products designed with planned obsolescence versus those designed to last. Students evaluated trade-offs associated with the usage of electronics.

Several special projects were also undertaken by students during the week, including Information Technology students in Paul McNeil and Steven King’s classes. Students were chosen to present the projects to school administrators and other staff members who visited classrooms to observe STEM Week activities.

McNeil’s students installed a KVM (keyboard, video and mouse) switch and additional cables to the new Windows computers and a new Apple Mac mini computer. The switch allows students to use a single workstation to control multiple computers with the touch of a button.

Students can use the workstation to learn about building iPhone and Apple apps. More advanced students can explore the curriculum developed by Apple for the Advanced Placement Computer Science Principles with Swift that the Greater Lowell School Committee sent McNeil to Austin, Texas this past summer to learn. The curriculum is used to prepare the students for the AP Computer Science exam and the App Development with Swift Certification Level 1.

The presenter for the project was Information Technology sophomore Abbey Gingras, of Dracut.

King’s student’s worked on a GLTech AR app, which uses Augmented Reality to display a video representing Greater Lowell Tech programs on posters that can be hung anywhere in the school. To use the app, students point their iPhone at one of the technical program posters and the poster turns into a video for the appropriate shop.

DVC (Design & Visual Communications) students created the posters. The app is currently in the Apple beta testing and review process, and the school hopes to have it available for all to download from the App Store within the next two weeks.

Presenters for the project included Information Technology senior Andrew Seak, of Lowell. 

Engineering teacher Susan Youens has also been working with her students, including senior engineering student Shayla Som, of Lowell, on the design of a multi-function building to support youth sports at Shedd Park in South Lowell.

The building will serve as Som’s Term 1 project. She is serving as the main drafter/designer of the plans for the building, which is expected be open for the summer and spring sports seasons.

The project is based off a community service idea to create a new concession stand with bathrooms for the park, which Som said she chose as a way to gain real-world experience in architectural and civil engineering. 

Now that STEM Week activities have concluded, students will participate in a real-world problem to solve in the form of a cell phone recycling program. It will allow students to receive hands-on experience with reducing e-waste. Boxes within the school will be set up to collect old cell phones, preventing them from ending up in a landfill.

The program is being run by Carol Chisolm’s math and science cluster departments. It will conclude on National Recycling Day, which falls on Friday, Nov. 15.

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