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Parker Lecture: Empire of Cotton

Last evening, I joined an overflow crowd at Lowell National Park Visitor Center to hear Harvard history professor Sven Beckert talk about his bestselling book, Empire of Cotton: A Global History (chosen by the New York Times as one of the ten best books of 2015; also a finalist for…

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Neighborhood Subcommittee goes on the road

The City Council’s Neighborhood Subcommittee took its meeting on the road last night to Temple Emmanuel on West Forrest Street. The gathering was co-hosted by the Highlands Neighborhood Association which meets regularly at the Temple. The Subcommittee, chaired by Dan Rourke with John Leahy and Bill Samaras as members, plans…

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Lydia and Craig: Next Gen Lowell

The following is by Fred Faust, principal of The Edge Group, Inc., a real estate brokerage and consulting firm. It is the latest in a series of articles written by Fred about people in the Greater Lowell area who have taken initiative and achieved special things. Lydia and Craig: Next…

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Lowell Week in Review: March 6, 2016

Kronos Comes to Lowell The big news in Lowell this week was the announcement on Monday that technology company Kronos will be moving from Chelmsford to Lowell to occupy an entire tower at Cross Point (See Kronos press release). Everyone has heard of Kronos, a technology company that makes software…

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See you at Mill No. 5 TODAY

Please stop by Mill No. 5 on Jackson Street today between noon and 5 pm. The theme this month is PAPER and I’ll be there all day with a table for my two Lowell books and plenty of info about Lowell Walks. Paul Marion will be right beside me with…

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