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Happy Halloween
Many who visit Lowell Cemetery come to pay their respects to deceased relatives. Others come to enjoy the beautiful, natural setting or the wonderful sculptures that mark some of the graves. A few come in search of a witch. People who believe in those things say that the bronze figure…
Read More »Happy Pchum Ben
Today may be Halloween, but it is also a big holiday for our Cambodian neighbors. Pchum Ben is a month-long festival in October that culminates on the final day of the month. It is a tradition that comes from both Buddhism and animism and it allows people to respect and…
Read More »Derek Mitchell Halloween rally
Derek Mitchell has an interesting event planned for Halloween night – a rally that begins and ends at Kittredge Park at the corner of Andover and Nesmith Streets. Here’s what Derek’s Facebook Page says about the event: Join Derek Mitchell and the campaign volunteer team for a visibility and rally…
Read More »Lowell City Council meeting, October 29, 2013
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT SUBCOMMITTEE The Economic Development Subcommittee of the city council met before the regular meeting. CM Lynch and Adam Baacke made the same presentation on economic development that they gave at the Lowell Plan Breakfast last month. My report on that event covers most of what Baacke said tonight.…
Read More »Lowell Sun endorsements
The Lowell Sun website now has the newspaper’s endorsements for city council. Eight candidates were endorsed, three incumbents and five challengers. Incumbent councilors who received the endorsement were: Ed Kennedy Rita Mercier Joe Mendonca Challengers who were endorsed were: Dan Rourke Jim Milinazzo Stacie Hargis Derek Mitchell Corey Belanger That…
Read More »Along Merrimack Street
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Read More »Announcing the 1st Annual Lowell Social Media Conference
Save the date: The First Annual Lowell Social Media Conference Saturday, December 7, 2013 10 a.m. until 1 p.m. at Lowell Telecommunications Corp 246 Market St, Lowell Topics include: • Taking the temperature of Lowell’s blogosphere • Best practices for Tweets & short form video • Social media in the…
Read More »Lowell Week in Review, October 27, 2013
The biggest development this week will come as a surprise to most: it’s the launching of a new blog in the city. Learning Lowell is written by two young people, Chris and Aurora, who recently moved to Lowell. They are making a determined and enthusiastic effort to learn Lowell’s history,…
Read More »MassDOT transportation survey
A reader brought to my attention a survey that’s just been launched on the Massachusetts Department of Transportation website. The DOT explanation of the survey is MassDOT Secretary and Chief Executive Officer Richard A. Davey today announced release of the MassDOT Highway Division User Satisfaction Survey. The online survey seeks…
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