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The Lowell Sustainability Council’s 2nd Sustainability Summit will be held tomorrow (Saturday, October 22, 2016) from 10:00 am to 1:30 pm at Enterprise Bank’s Community Room, 18 Palmer Street, 2nd floor (opposite The Coffee Mill). The free event is open to the public. The Summit will bring together the Lowell Department…
Read More »MSNBC’s journalist Rachel Maddow presented this clip of former Supreme Court Justice David Souter warning about the real peril to our democracy, the arrival on scene of a “strong man” who will be given control of our government. He said this will only happen as a result of “civic ignorance.”…
Read More »Lowell has a great tradition of running and road races that is carried on today by Greater Lowell Road Runners. Last Sunday’s Baystate Marathon, one of the preeminent qualifying races for the Boston Marathon, is strong evidence of Lowell’s continued status as a center of running in New England. One…
Read More »The Northern Middlesex Council of Governments (NMCOG) had its 53rd Annual Meeting last night at Four Oaks Country Club in Dracut. The guest speaker was State Senator Eileen Donoghue. Her topic was economic development. Donoghue began by saying the replacement of the Rourke Bridge “is a priority for the Lowell…
Read More »The entry below is being cross posted from Marjorie Arons-Barron’s own blog. The Neighborhood House Charter School in the Dorchester section of Boston is a prime example of why more children should have access to charter school education. That’s the goal of Question 2 on the November ballot, allowing the…
Read More »Amy Pessia of Merrimack Valley Food Bank addresses council on “Food Day.” This Saturday, annual downtown Lowell stroll sponsored by Rep Tom Golden. Oct 25, UML will show “A Place at the Table” at 7 pm at O’Leary Library. Distributes apples to everyone to commemorate food day 2016. (Food Day…
Read More »Moses Greeley Parker Lectures, Sunday, Oct. 23, 2 PM Kevin Gallagher – Poetry Reading: Lords of the Loom Lowell National Historical Park Visitor Center, 246 Market St., Downtown Lowell Gallagher will read and discuss his new book, “Loom,” which traces how the men who built the backbone of American capitalism—the…
Read More »Lowell Walks wraps up 2016 season Yesterday’s beautiful weather drew 105 people to the final Lowell Walk of 2016. Jane Calvin of Lowell Parks and Conservation Trust led us along the Lawrence Street portion of the Concord River Greenway and then onto Centennial Island, the home of the West End…
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