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The latest UMass Lowell-Boston Herald poll on the Mass. U.S. Senate race shows Elizabeth Warren leading Scott Brown 49-42. At this moment the poll is the home-page top story on huffingtonpost.com. The election polling is a project of the UMass Lowell Center for Public Opinion in collaboration with the Herald. Here’s the poll…
Read More »The Pawtucketville Citizens Council received the email below from a Pawtucketville resident and is asking us to let all parents know what took place. I am writing to inform you of suspicious activity in Pawtucketville that took place this morning. One of our young baseball players was approached by a man in…
Read More »Thanks to Eileen Loucraft for sending along a front-page story from the December 5, 1942 Lowell Sun which commemorated the first anniversary of the death of two Lowell service men in the Pearl Harbor attack from a year earlier. The article, reproduced in full below, gives a sense of life…
Read More »Smokestack Christmas Tree, photos by Tony Sampas
Read More »Billy Joel at UMass Lowell’s Durgin Concert Hall tonight for a conversation about the art and business of Music, with a few songs dropped in. This is a university-only event at the request of the Piano Man. He does these college visits once in a while as a way to…
Read More »From nbcbayarea.com, a report on efforts to serve the entire public at national parks like Golden Gate National Recreation Area in San Francisco. Nationwide, the Park Service is trying to attract a more diverse audience.
Read More »Greater Lowell Community Foundation Grant Awardees from a past Philanthropy Day Last night the Greater Lowell Community Foundation presented its annual “Celebrate Giving” evening – an event held since 1998 – first as a daytime event of workshops and lunch now as an early evening event more accessible to people…
Read More »Posted on the Lowell City Manager’s Blog: The City of Lowell is currently seeking interested Lowell residents to fill (2) vacancies on the Library Board of Trustees for the Pollard Memorial Library. The Library Board of Trustees provides policy direction in matters and concerns related to the Lowell Public Library.…
Read More »The election of five new city councilors in November 1969 made City Manager Charles Gallagher’s tenure in office uncertain. Gallagher, who had worked for the city for 33 years, was elected City Manager in December 1966 after a long stint as city treasurer. The end came when Gallagher resigned as…
Read More »Merrimack Place, Lowell, Massachusetts. Photos by Tony Sampas.
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