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Tonight at the Boott Cotton Mills Museum, the Lowell National Historical Park and the Lowell Heritage Partnership presented the 2014 Cultural Heritage and Historic Preservation Awards. Lowell National Park Superintendent Celeste Bernardo served as the master of ceremonies. She explained that the theme of the National Park in 2014 is…
Read More »I’ll be leading walking tours of Lowell Cemetery beginning from the Lawrence Street gate this Friday (May 16) at 1 pm and on Saturday (May 17) at 10 am. The tours will be held rain or shine (although not in a thunder storm since the first rule of cemetery tours…
Read More »Yesterday I attended the very successful Greater Lowell Chamber of Commerce Small Business Social Media Summit at the Westford Regency Hotel. The speakers were all informative and entertaining and the event was every well attended. Hopefully it will become an annual event. Over the next few days, I’ll do some…
Read More »Perhaps that should say “re-introducing” because many readers will fondly remember Julie Mofford, a former staffer at the Lowell Historic Preservation Commission, who currently lives in midcoast Maine where she writes and works as a museum and historical society consultant. Julie has agreed to contribute blog posts to richardhowe.com from…
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Read More »COMMUNICATIONS City Manager gave a brief report on his meeting with leadership of UTEC to hear their side of the story. It was a fruitful meeting. He will now meet with Superintendent Taylor. Hopefully will get the City-UTEC relationship back on track. VOTE Authorizing the City Manager to execute a…
Read More »It’s not too late to sign up for tomorrow’s Small Business Social Media Summit which will be held at the Westford Regency Hotel. Sponsored by the Greater Lowell Chamber of Commerce, SBSM 2014 brings together leading practitioners and theorists in the world of social media and its uses by small…
Read More »PET PIGS We’ll start on a light note with the prospective Lowell resident who petitioned the city council Tuesday night to amend city ordinances to allow the keeping of miniature pigs as household pets. The petitioner currently lives in Arlington and owns a female miniature pig named Bacon. The woman…
Read More »The following sales occurred in Lowell during the past week: May 5, 2014 – Monday 59-61 Bachman St for $241,000. Prior sale in 2007 for $225,000 135 Hampshire St for $153,000. Prior sale in 2013 for $135,000 1007-1011 Central St for $165,000. Prior sale in 1979 259 South St for…
Read More »What do you know, this is Bay State Bike Week. Julia Hans, a member of the city’s Green Building Commission did a blog post on her “Green Sense” blog about the significance of the week. Here’s some of what she wrote: Bay State Bike Week begins this weekend and runs…
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