Cadets from the UMass Lowell Air Force and Army ROTC detachments joined members of the Greater Lowell Veterans Council, local elected officials, representatives of the UMass Lowell Office of Veterans Affairs and family members of a Lowell Tech student killed in action during World War Two to dedicate the new…
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For those able to attend the Lowell Plan’s annual breakfast yesterday at the UMass Lowell Inn & Conference Center, a person would have to be pretty hard-hearted not to have come away feeling better about the city and more optimistic about what’s over the wooded horizon. The 300 people in…
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About eighteen months ago I wrote about a special permit request on the docket for the Lowell Planning Board for the property at 658 Andover Street – the historic-minded would know it as the Worcester House. The plan to put at least 5 homes and possibly a “road” into the…
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Don’t miss the final Lowell Cemetery tours of 2014: today at 1 pm and tomorrow at 10 am. Both begin at the Knapp Avenue entrance right behind Shedd Park. Free and no registration required.
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Jeff Speck, a nationally recognized urban planner, was brought to Lowell four years ago by the Lowell Plan to draft a plan to improve the city’s downtown, primarily by making it more walkable. Called the “Lowell Downtown Evolution Plan”, Speck’s ideas have supporters and critics. Today Speck was the keynote…
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This past Tuesday night the American Textile History Museum and Lowell Telecommunications Corporation hosted a preview of “Lowell: Place of Invention”, a series of four short videos about invention in Lowell that will premiere at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History in 2015. Sponsored by the Smithsonian’s Lemelson Center…
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The Republican candidate for Lieutenant Governor, Karyn Polito, was in Lowell today. She visited many of the places that have been funded by Governor Deval Patrick and the Democratically controlled State Legislature. The Massachusetts Democratic Party appreciates her efforts to draw attention to all of these accomplishments with the following…
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From the archive ~ a reminder that two of Lowell’s most magnificent buildings Lowell City Hall and the Pollard Memorial Library are built in the “Richardsonian Romanesque” style created by Henry Hobson Richardson… “American’s First Architect” born this day September 29, 1838. MassMoments reminds that Henry Hobson Richardson was born…
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Lowell now has an Independent Cinema: The Luna Theater at Mill No. 5. Photos by Tony Sampas.
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