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Farewell, Eleanor McGarry: Activist, Traveler, Kerouac Reader & More

September 7, 2011 by PaulM Posted in Culture, Greater Lowell, History, Lowell Leave a Comment

Read SUN reporter Rita Savard’s appreciation of Eleanor McGarry of Tyngsboro, who, among many other dimensions of her life, was a Kerouac admirer who started the annual Kerouac 5K road race in Lowell.

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