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Lowell City Council Meeting: October 7, 2014
Disability commission will now provide close captioning of city council meetings on LTC. Council recesses regular meeting and resumes special meeting to elect a member of the Regional Vocational School Committee to fill the vacancy that occurred when Erik Gitschier resigned after being hired as head of the Lowell Water…
Read More »Sacred Heart Neighborhood Scholarship at UML
On Saturday, November 8 from 7 pm until 11 pm, there will be a special event at the UMass Lowell Inn & Conference Center. The purpose? To raise funds for the Sacred Heart Neighborhood Scholarship at UMass Lowell. What makes this event unique is how it came about. Six individuals…
Read More »Lowell Week in Review: October 5, 2014
Belanger for Baker The very close race for governor of Massachusetts between Democrat Martha Coakley and Republican Charlie Baker landed in Lowell earlier in the week when Republican candidate for Lieutenant Governor Karyn Polito visited the city. She was escorted through the Hamilton Canal District by City Councilor Corey Belanger…
Read More »UMass Lowell South Campus
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Read More »Textile Memorial dedication ceremony
Cadets from the UMass Lowell Air Force and Army ROTC detachments joined members of the Greater Lowell Veterans Council, local elected officials, representatives of the UMass Lowell Office of Veterans Affairs and family members of a Lowell Tech student killed in action during World War Two to dedicate the new…
Read More »Lowell Real Estate: Week of September 29, 2014
The following sales took place in Lowell this week: September 29, 2014 – Monday 1 Newbury St for $260,000. Prior sale in 2007 for $265,000 96 Cashin St for $335,000. Prior sale in 2008 for $394,900 14 Wannalancit St Unit B for $112,000. Prior sale 2006 foreclosure 38 Smith St…
Read More »Pollard Memorial Library, golden oak
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Read More »Lowell Cemetery tours today and tomorrow
Don’t miss the final Lowell Cemetery tours of 2014: today at 1 pm and tomorrow at 10 am. Both begin at the Knapp Avenue entrance right behind Shedd Park. Free and no registration required.
Read More »Jeff Speck at Lowell Plan Breakfast
Jeff Speck, a nationally recognized urban planner, was brought to Lowell four years ago by the Lowell Plan to draft a plan to improve the city’s downtown, primarily by making it more walkable. Called the “Lowell Downtown Evolution Plan”, Speck’s ideas have supporters and critics. Today Speck was the keynote…
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