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‘Leaving Lowell . . .’ by Tom Sexton
From the Pacific Rim and the richardhowe.com western desk comes a new poem by Tom Sexton, occupier of poetry precincts on both coasts of America and distinguished alumnus of Lowell High School. — PM . Leaving Lowell, Mass. for San Francisco, 1915, a Postcard Standing beside Mayor Murphy on the…
Read More »Continuous Civic Engagement
Congratulations to everyone who participated in the successful civic-engagement action at the Lowell City Council last night, encouraging the councilors to study further refinements of the current design of Father Morissette Boulevard as opposed to removing bike lanes and parking meters. Kudos to the council as a whole for showing…
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Read More »Downtown Neighborhood Association meeting notes
Thanks to Jack Moynihan for sending the following summary of last night’s meeting of the LDNA (Lowell Downtown Neighborhood Association): The Lowell Downtown Neighborhood Association met Tuesday, April 28 at LTC on Market Street. Co-Chair Susan Purdy called the meeting to order at approximately 7:07 p.m. The first speaker of…
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The Importance of Neighborhood Businesses
This morning I spent several hours giving a driving tour of the Highlands to a couple of students in the Public Matters program. Public Matters is a “leadership and civic engagement initiative of The Lowell Plan conducted in partnership with Lowell National Historical Park. The mission of Public Matters is…
Read More »Frederick Law Olmsted ~ His Influence in Lowell
An article in today’s Boston Globe reminded me that tomorrow is the 192nd anniversary of the birth of Frederick Law Olmsted who as author Carlos Rotella notes is ” the landscape architect — and journalist, conservationist, and public servant — who gave us Manhattan’s Central Park, Boston’s Emerald Necklace, the Niagara…
Read More »R & D Hub
In all the good words spread around last Thursday at the announcement of the forthcoming UMass Lowell Innovation Hub in the 110 Canal St. building, formerly Freudenberg Nonwovens, this statement by Mayor Rodney Elliot resonated strongly for me because it had a familiar theme: “The location of UMass Lowell’s Innovation…
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