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Courthouses of Lowell

Tomorrow is the groundbreaking for the new Lowell Judicial Center. This seven-story, 250,000 square foot building is expected to cost more than $200 million and take 30 months to build. It will contain 17 courtrooms, the registry of deeds, and other offices related to the judiciary. Governor Charlie Baker will…

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Come to Rotary Park this Saturday

By Mimi Parseghian This past Saturday Mill City Grows celebrated its 5th Annual Harvest Fest.  The highly successful event, which took place at the North Common, featured live entertainment, food tasting, children’s activities, a raffle, silent auctions, local food vendors, and information tables from various organizations.  It attracted a large…

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UMass Lowell Irish History Conference

UMass Lowell’s Center for Irish Partnerships joined with Queen’s University Belfast last week to present an Irish history conference at the Inn & Conference Center. “Remembering 1916” explored two major events of that year—The battle of the Somme in France and Belgium; and the Easter Rising in Dublin—and the impact…

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Lowell Walks events tonight & Saturday

Tonight at 7 p.m. at the Pollard Memorial Library’s ground floor community room, there will be a panel discussion on Lowell Walks and how walking, waterways, natural places, and great stories can improve the quality of life for everyone in a city like Lowell. I’ll serve as moderator and Bob…

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What is Aleppo?

By Mimi Parseghian Last Thursday, Libertarian Presidential Candidate Gary Johnson was asked on MSNBC,  “What would you do about Aleppo?”  He blanked and stumbled and answered, “What is Aleppo?”  That whole day both corporate media and social media criticized him for “lack of knowledge on foreign policy” and of course…

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