Focus of Massachusetts Council Race Shifts From Minority Candidate to School Location
(World News USA)

This year´s city council election in Lowell, Massachusetts, is turning the former mill town on its head. What was once expected to be the year when a minority candidate, possibly from the large Cambodian community, won a seat now hinges on the fate of Lowell High School. Eight of nine incumbents, including the mayor, are seeking re-election. Some of them have been in the office over a decade.   At stake is whether to renovate the existing high school or to build a new school. In a city notable for its diversity - taken together, ethnic minorities form a majority - few question the need to do something about the out-of-date but historically significant Lowell High School housed in three...