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Lowell Week in Review: September 11, 2016

Primary Election In case you missed it, the state primary election took place this past Thursday. 4,896 of the 62,453 registered voters in Lowell showed up. That’s 7.84 percent. The major contested race in Lowell was in the 18th Middlesex State Representative District. Rady Mom was renominated with 1,072 votes;…

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‘9/11’

I waited a long time before writing about 9/11, not because I didn’t want to but because I could not find the right words. I had composed a short, oblique poem called “The Cut” that delved into the way Nature tends to heal itself when it can, the way tree…

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Lowell Week in Review: September 4, 2016

Love Where You Live Visiting Mill No. 5 yesterday, I spotted this hand-printed sign in the window of Sweet Pig Press. Love Where You Live epitomized this past week in Lowell with the highlight being the lighting of the canals on Thursday night which was part of the Lowell Waterway…

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Lowell Week in Review: August 28, 2016

Back to School Edition School starts on Tuesday Add some extra time to your morning commute on Tuesday. Students at Lowell Public Schools start the 2016-17 academic year that day. Besides the dozens of yellow school buses that navigate the city’s roads, the start of school also brings thousands of…

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“A Special Place and a Special Park”

More than one hundred people gathered in front of Lowell City Hall this morning to witness the raising of the National Park Service flag as part of the centennial celebration of the service which was officially founded one hundred years ago today. Speakers included Mayor Edward Kennedy, former Mayor Armand…

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