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Congresswoman Tsongas hosts Secretary of Veterans Services in Lowell

Congresswoman Niki Tsongas convened a meeting of her Veterans Advisory Council yesterday with special guest Coleman Nee who has been the Commonwealth’s Secretary of Veterans Services since 2009. More than 30 veterans, many of them veterans service officers in Lowell and other Third Congressional District communities, attended the meeting. Congresswoman…

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City Council Meeting, March 18, 2014

Suspension of Rules HR Director Mary Callery reports to council on interview arrangements. She’s still waiting to hear from two candidates who are trying to fit their schedules. Four candidates are scheduled. She does say that Robert Bruner, the candidate from Michigan, is scheduled for 6pm on March 25. She’s…

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Femnoire: The Women’s Playwriting Festival

Lowell’s Image Theater will be producing its 4th annual festival this year to celebrate women writers for the stage. Jerry Bisantz sent the following information about this year’s event: Femnoire: The Women’s Playwriting Festival March 28, 29th at 8PM The Whistler House Museum 243 Worthen Street, Lowell, MA Tix $19…

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Week in Review: March 16, 2014

City Manager Selection Process At noontime on Monday Bernie Lynch walked out of Lowell City Hall and ended his seven plus year tenure as Lowell City Manager. At 12:01 the Michael Geary administration began. The will be short-lived because Geary did not apply for the position on a permanent basis…

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Red or Gray?

Back on March 16, 2009, I did a blog post entitled “Red or Gray?” It got quite a few comments. Here’s the original post plus some of the comments. Hopefully more comments (and recipes) will be added in 2014: By Dick on March 16, 2009 Even though corned beef is…

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Civil War Talk this Sunday at 10am

This coming Sunday, March 16, 2014, at 10 a.m., I’ll be giving a talk about Lowell in the Civil War at UnchARTed Gallery at 66 Merrimack Street in Lowell (right next to Edible Arrangements at the corner of Merrimack and Central). The event is in conjunction of an exhibition of…

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