Lowell Walks Summer 2015 Schedule

Lowell Walks is a series of guided walking tours of downtown Lowell on Saturday mornings throughout the summer.  Each tour has a different topic led by a different tour guide.  All tours begin at 10:00 A.M. from the Lowell National Historical Park Visitor Center at 246 Market Street in Lowell.…

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The Rich Get Richer

Here’s another news story about a fabulously wealthy donor giving a ton of money to a fabulously wealthy institution. A Wall Street titan and alumnus of Yale University, Stephen A. Schwarzman, contributed $150 million for a performing arts center that will be fashioned out of a set of extraordinary buildings on the campus. In reporting…

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Lowell Week in Review: May 10, 2015

New School Superintendent The School Committee on Friday night selected Salah Khelfaoui to be the next superintendent of the Lowell Public Schools by a four to three vote.  A search committee had narrowed the field to five candidates.  The others were current Lowell Deputy Superintendent Jay Lang, Memphis Superintendent Kriner…

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Museum Expansion in Boston

“Nine years after moving into its waterfront building, the Institute of Contemporary Art is hoping to expand into an adjacent office tower and increase its gallery space by a third. At the heart of a proposal before the Boston Redevelopment Authority is the museum’s effort to take up two floors…

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