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City Council Meeting of March 4, 2014

Unfinished business from last week: Councilor Belanger moves to delay executive sessions from tonight to the next council meeting. Unanimously approved. Motion by Mayor Elliott to set up joint subcommittee of council and school committee to assess recently completed Lowell High School facilities assessment report. Unanimously approved. Motion by Mayor…

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City Council Meeting: February 25, 2014

Communications from City Manager Report on Shot Spotter technology referred to Public Safety Subcommittee. (Three year subscription for 1 square mile would be $235,000; 2 square miles would be $340,000; 3 square miles would be $415,000). Vote to authorize third amendment to development agreement between city and Trinity Financial for…

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Irish Cultural Week schedule

Lots of great activities planned for the 31st Annual Irish Cultural Week in Lowell. Here’s the schedule: SUNDAY, MARCH 9, 2014 IRISH CONCERT 10:00 AM – Traditional Irish Music Performed by St. Patrick Parish Choir Directed and Accompanied by Ginny Corcoran IRISH CULTURAL WEEK OPENING MASS 10:30 AM – St.…

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Week in Review: February 23, 2014

With a Monday holiday (Presidents Day), school vacation week, a big snowstorm that cancelled Tuesday’s city council meeting, a series of smaller storms that made getting around each day a challenge, and a brilliantly sunny Saturday for Winterfest, politics was not foremost in the news this week. The biggest political…

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FreeVerse! on Saturday night

Tomorrow night (Saturday, February 22, 2014) at 6:30 pm at the Lowell High Little Theatre, FreeVerse! will hold its 4th Annual I Think I ____ You!, a Spoken Word Poetry showcase featuring a dozen youth poets performing moving pieces “in this theatrical representation of love!” Tickets are $7 and may…

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